The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

and such unsparing publicity, as to make
the House resound with Oh ! oh's ! and
to convince the country that will, not argu-
ment, was the soul of the opposition. We want a
CATO, not a pupil of Momus, to set the House right
with the country. An advocate of the Ballot who
is willing to submit himself to the secret, and
therefore unbiassed suffrages by his own constitu-
ency, may fairly challenge the electoral honesty
and integrity of every other member who refuses
to do the same. He may fairly ask each—Are you
afraid that the electors would not return you if
they voted secretly ? If he replies " No," then let
him not oppose." If he says " Yes," then the re-
joinder is, " You are here by bribery or by intimi-
dation—by some undue influence." This process
ought to settle the question.

TEE KNOWSLEY MARRIAG-E.
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The following is a list of the principal presents offered to
the bride :
The Earl of Derby presented a magnificent tiara of dia-
monds, and a bracelet composed of diamonds and emeralds.
The Countess of Derby—a necklace, brooch, and brace-
let, each composed of diamonds, pearls, and rubies.
Lord Stanley—a dressing case with gold fittings.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge—lnditm
carf, brocaded with silver.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar—
a gold clock.
Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge—a
splendid pair of white china stands.
The Countess of Sefton—a locket.
The Duke of Buccleuch—a large brooch, composed of
amethysts, pearls, and diamonds. •
The Duchess of Buccleuch—a handsome ruby ring.
'lie Earl of Dalkeith—a case of gold spoons, &c.
The Marquis of Exeter—a diamond cross.
The Earl of Hardwicke—a pearl and gold necklace.
The Earl of Chesterfield—a handsome workbox, com-
posed of old china, set in gold and coral fittings.
Lord Skelmersdale—a gold bracelet with turquoise.
Tho Marchioness of Clanricarde—a beautiful set of
ornaments.
The Marchioness of Aylesbury—a silver basket.
The Countess of Jersey—a gold bracelet, set with dia-
monds and turquoises.
The Earl of Winchester—a large silver and ebony clock
Lady Cremorne—gold and coral earrings.
The Lady Constance Grosvenor—gold and coral brooch
and earrings.
The Marquis of Salisbury—a handsome silver tea kettle.
The Marchioness of Salisbury—a ring set with diamonds
and rubies.
Lady Cecilia Molyneux—a music book.
The Hon. Miss Mary Wilbraham (aunt of the bride)—a
ring set with opals.
The Hon. F. Stanley—a writing book and inkstand, with
blue and gold enamel fittings.
The Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham—a diamond locket.
Colonel 'Wilbraham—a large casket set in oak and gold,
for Indian shawls.
Miss Stanley—writing materials, set in silver and oak.
Miss de Rothschild (daughter of the Baroness de Roths-
child)—two figures in gold.
It is said that the gardeners on the estate and also the
upper servants at the hall requested permission and were
allowed to offer presents to the noble bride.

The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are re-
ceiving a select circle at Drumlanrig Castle, their seat in
Dumfriesshire.

The Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland is, we are
happy to learn, improving in health, although slowly.
The Marquis of Lothian has arrived at his seat
in Scotland. The marchioness is staying at Ingestre Hall,
Stafford shire.

The Earl of Sefton arrived in town a few days
back from his shooting quarters in Scotland.
Tho Count and Countess Valentine de Seilhac
and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from
Italy.

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M. and Madame Eduardo Costello, accompanied
by M. Manuel Martinez and M. Jose Fernandez, have
arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Spain.

HAYMAKING IN THE SEASON.—On Monday last,
Oct. 8, haymaking was proceeding in the midst of a shower
of snow at Spital, near Barnardcastle.
THE MISSING GIRL AT WARWICK,—On Monday
afternoon George Gates, who had stated that Mr. Norman,
of Birmingham, had sent his (Gates's) daughter to a Ca-
tholic Servants' Home at Handsworth, without the per-
mission of her parents, went to the home alluded to. Upon
applying for the girl to be given up, and upon stating that
he was a Protestant, the request was immediately complied
with. She had previously stated in writing that she was
extremely happy, and did not wish to leave. bier father,
however, notwithstanding her repeated desires to the con-
trary, insisted upon her leaving. The girl is now at-War-
wick.

THE EUSTON- SQUARE STATION.—The Euston
Station of tie London and North-Western Railway is now
in process of being entirely renovated. The interior of the
extensive hall, board room, and extensive range of offices is
to be repainted and embellished, and sliding and turn tables
on a new principle have been constructed on the platform
contiguous to the station. The terminus will be rendered
more easy of access to the public in 1861 by the removal-of
several houses in Drummond-street and Seymour-street,
the property having been purchased, and the tenants duly
served with notices by the company with that view.
Loss OF THE NEMESIS.—Mr. Raffles, the stipen-
diary magistrate, assisted by Captain Harris, of the Board
of Trade, opened at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, on Wed-
nesday, an inquiry into the loss of the steamship Nemises,
which was reported in our paper a few days ago. A mass
of evidence was adduced, minutes of which were carefully
made by Mr. Raffles and Captain Harris, and it was inti-
mated that a report would be made to the board, the cap-
tain's certificate being also forwarded to that body.
THE ABORTIVE AGITATION AGAINST ORE-
MonNE.—There never was a more ludicrous termination to
any agitation than that which ended the agitation got up
by the body calling itself the Chelsea Vestry. These
parochial solons have now so covered themselves with
ridicule that we should say, if they are not lost to all feel-
ing, they will for some time to come retire into their native
obscurity, and not seek further notoriety in their sphere of
action. The character of the opposition to Mr. Simpson is
now made clear, and we should say it has received its final
extinguisher. Either the Chelsea Vestry had a good cause
or they had a bad one. If they had a good cause they ignomi-
niously neglected their duty by shrinking from its prosecu-
tion. If they had a bad cause they are equally culpable in
having ever taken it up. But the whole secret of the matter
is what we stated a fortnight or three weeks ago. It arose
out of private pique and personal malice, and the opposi-
tion was originated by some obscure and malicious persons,
who, having failed in certain designs upon Mr. Simpson,
took that means of being revenged. A reference to the re-
port of tke proeeedings before the Licensing Magistrates,
which we publish in another column, will show that
the Chelsea Vestry ignominiously ran away from their
charge, and left Mr. Simpson unopposed.—Era.
THE ICHTHYON.—This model steamboat has
during the last week been plying on the Serpentine. It
merits attention as having been designed and built by Capt.
Beadon, of the Royal Navy, to whom the service is in-
debted for several useful inventions, and who for many
years has devoted himself to the construction of the best
form of screw propeller and its practical application in naval
architecture. The experimental model we refer to is con-
structed upon the principle of the double canoe, and ap-
pears to be admirably adapted for testing the merits of the
peculiar form of screw and mode of propulsion adopted by
the inventor. This twin-boat is in fact raised out of the
water and supported upon two pontoons of a cylindrical
form of two feet in diameter and 18 feet long. These
pontoons or tubes are each fitted with a solid conical spiral
screw at the stem, driven by a direct centre shaft
worked in the usual manner. The propellers are made to
act together, or in opposite directions, in such a way that
the vessel is driven by one or both, and may be turned in a
sweep of little more than her own length. These propellers
bore into the water under the prow of the vessel, causing
little disturbance, and they appear to act equally well
whether immersed or partially uncovered. In the passage
from Bristol it is stated that this model, of only three tons
burden, roughly built, and very imperfectly fitted with
machinery, towed two barges laden with 90 tons of stone in
shallow water at the rate of three miles an hour, with 201 b.
steam pressure in the boilers, and when accidentally run
upon a gravelly shoal she was able, with the aid of the pro-
pellers only, to clear her own way into deep water. The
Ichthyon was designed ra' her for the navigation of canals,
but the principle of construction appears to secure steadiness
and stability, as well as other advantages necessary to gun-
boats and larger vessels of war.
THE CARDINAL.—The light being suspended
overhead and casting spasmodic shadows, it is a positive
Rembrandt figure that walks by me so swiftly, as though
it were trampling roughshod over obstacles. The ivory
face shining out yellowly, the eyes, the famous eyes like
coals, at the bottom of their caverns, the mouth compressed
and almost insolent. He is dark, all dark to-night; a Cara-
vaggio figure rubbed in with chalk and charcoal. Black-
robed, save as to the neat little scarlet buttons and scarlet
stockings peeping out. I think with wonder of the soft,
gentle, white -robed ascetic, seen but yesterday amid
floating clouds of incense, and crucifixes, and lighted tapers,
attended with dreamy notions of a day not far distant when
I shall sing, " Sancte Antonelli, ors pro nobis " and,
presto ! he walks by, roughly tramping on imaginary re-
bellious necks, and with a scornful face—still not approach-
ing to that " bouehe de brigand" of yours, M. Edmond :
to -night it is Il Cardinale Segr3tario, H.E. the Cardinal
Secretary of State I yesterday we were but a poor holy man
and simple deacon. As I go out again into the night and
see tha suspicious errandless figures hovering about the
flame•coloured couch, who have the look indefinable of dis-
guised police, and the lounging gendarmes hanging about,
striving to appear purposeless too, and then look up to the
brightly illuminated window where there are grand-ducal
shadows flitting past, and where " He" is sitting next her
highness, rippling off most sweet and silvery French, I
think what a wretched sinking heart must shrink and
wither away beneath those cardinal's robes ! What sort
or a grisly private skeleton has he to come home to and find
siting in those Vatican chambers ? or who indeed may
travel abroad with him on state occasions and triumphs,
standing by his ear on the wheel of the flame-coloured
coach, to m hisper, not " Remember that thou art but
man!" but this "Remember thou art the most hated man
in Rome! Remember that this hate is savage, furious,
that
elvailmd, be brleoafrt-heye
re eti ea lx2vsi
L and to be soled with blood only :at the first sign of revolu-
tion,culottes will make straight for
;
ndows, frantic women rending
thee limb from limb, men bearing thy /lead aPOA a pole I"
That is something to think on at the dead hours of the
I
, uigiat.—Diapo's "411 the Year .Rouncf."