The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-16 00:00:00

TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Aug. 16.—Wind this day at noon—South;
light breezes and cloudy weather.
PLYMOUTIL, Aug. 15.—Wind S.S.W. to S.E.—Arrived
—Prince of Orange, from Batavia; Henry Duncan, from
Quebec.

FALMOUTH, Aug. 15.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—Pores'
King, for Porto Torres.

NEWPORT.—Sailed—Ferdinand and Louis, for Singa-
pore.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Solaco,
from Monte Video.

GOTTENBURG, Aug. 11.—A schooner belonging to Aland,
and bound from Newcastle to Stockholm, coal laden, was
passed on the 6th Aug. in lat. 57 N. and long. 5 E., with
loss of masts, bowsprit, and starboard bulwarks, by the
Hazard, arrived here from Newcastle. The crew, it is sup-
posed, had been taken off by a Dutch fishing craft, that had
just left the wreck.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.

Wind W.
Arrived, Aug. 16—Commodore, from Waterford; Le
Coq, from Cherbourg ; Courier, steamer, from Jersey
Clara, from Newport.
Arrived, Aug. 16—Jessie, from Sunderland ; Alliance,
steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—Fanny Selfeld, for Dantzic ; Atalanta, steamer,
for Jersey ; Havre, steamer, for Jersey,
(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind S. ; tide first hour's flood ; weather fine.
Arrived, Aug. 15—Emily, from Havre; Minerva, from
Demerara; Ililda, from Noskow ; Thea, from Gravelines ;
Eclipse, from Riga; Zenobia, from Cronstadt ; Topina,
from Berdianski ; Fortuna, from Riga.
Sailed—Adler, steamer, for Bremen; Frances llenty,
for Table Bay ; Jane, for New Orleans ; Diana, for
Archangel.

DEAL, Thursday Morning,

Wind S.W. ; moderate.

Passed.—Miss Nightingale, from Colombo, for London ;
Surprise (of Bridport), from west, for north • Catharine
Pemberton, for Cardiff; Pauline, for Genoa • Regas Ferois,'
for Smyrna ; Panama, for Rio Janeiro—all from London.
The brig Bradford, of London, from Southampton, for
the north, was on tho Goodwin Sands this morning,but
was got off without assistance, and proceeded,

The other votes for thi7S department were then agreed to.
A sum of £2,721 was voted for the salaries and. expenses
of the Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums, as well as a sum of
£33,118 for defraying expenses of office of auditors of pub-
lic account.
On the vote of £19,660 for the expenses of the Copyhold
Inclosure and Tithe Commission, some discussion took
place, but it was ultimately agreed to.
A sum of £36,400 for the General Register-office in Eng-
land and Wales, and of £33,301 for the General Register-
office, Dublin, weTe agreed to ; as were £5,812 for the office
of Registrar of births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland.
The vote of £14,652 for the National Debt-office was
agreed to after a short discussion.
The following votes were also agreed to, viz.:—£2,800
for the Public Works Loan Commission, £1,420 for
West Indian Islands Relief Commission, £6,166 for
Commissioners in Lunacy in England, £923 to complete
the vote of £1,222 for salaries and expenses connected with
the office of general superintendent of county roads of
South Wales ; £24,000 to make up £32,000 for the secret
sen:ce, and £335,280 for printing. and stationery.
On the vote of £128,628 for the public postage depart-
ment,

Sir G. BOWYER asked for information as to when the
Postmaster-General would be appointed, the duties of which
office at present were discharged by the Duke of Argyll,
the Lord Ptivy Seal. He drew attention to the fact that
for some t;me the port office had been in a state of insur-
rection, the men being worked for 16 or 17 hours a day with-
out intermission, and were unable to discharge such onerous
duties. He also wished to ask whether the report of the
commission on the post office was ready.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said he understood that the office was
to be filled up immediately. The report alluded to was
under the consideration of the Duke of Argyll, who hoped
to be able to lay it, with the opinions of the commission, on
the tables of both Houses of Parliament.
Colonel DUNNE wished to know what was the revenuo
and expenditure the Post-office in Ireland, and he would
move for returns to that effect.

Mr. HENNESSY drew attention to the non-produc-
tion of two returns relating to the Post-office in Ireland,
which were ordered at an early period.
Mr. LAING said he would make an inquiry into the
subject.
Some other votes were agreed to.
On the vote of £lOO,OOO for expenses attendant on crimi-
nal prosecution at assize and quarter sessions, &c.,
Mr. E. JAMES drew attention to the insufficient ac-
commodation provided for the judges on circuit, to which
he ascribed the collisions that had taken place between a
high sheriff and two of her Majesty's judges at Guildford.
Sir G. LEWIS said these courts were under the control
of the county magistrates. If any memorial were presented
to him on the subject it should receive his attention, and
he would do all in his power, namely, communicate with
the county magistrates in reference to it. With regard to
what had occurred at Guildford, so far as his information
extended, the judges in question acted with proper discre-
tion. (Hear, hear.)
Colonel FRENCH considered that the judges had ex-
ceeded their authority, in directing the doors of the court
to be closed. He thought the house should receive an in-
timation that for the future judges should conduct them-
selves more temperately.

Sir G. LEWIS considered that this subject could not be
discussed on the present occasion. If, however, any gentle-
man made a specific motion on this matter he would be
able to lay down facts and reasons for what he had already
stated.
The vote was agreed to, as were the following :-1223,475
for county police in Great Britain, for Crown-office and
Queen's Bench ; £10,675 for registrar and marshal of the
Court of Admiralty ; and £5,976 for the Insolvent Debtors
Court.
On the vote of £34,280 for the salaries of the registrars
and other officers of the Probate and Divorce Courts,
Mr. AYRTON called the attention of the Government
to the deficiency in the revenues of this court, and to the
compensation of some of the officers of the Ecclesiastical
Court, who, he thought, might be employed in other de-
partments of the public service without receiving remune-
ration for doing nothing. He contended that, under exist-
ing laws, the Government were empowered to do so.
Sir G. LEWIS said that he was not ashamed of the part
which he had taken in the abolition of the old ecclesiastical

court, However, the benefits conferred on the public thereby
had to be paid for very largely, but it must be remembered
that the house voted a larger amount of compensation than
the Government proposed. He believed that the appoint-
ment of the officers of the court was vested in the judge of
the court. He was not aware that persons receiving ap-
pointments were obliged to forego compensation, but he
would inquire into the subject.
After some discussion the vote was agreed to.
On the sum of £145,000 to complete the vote of £200,275
for the county courts,
Some discussion ensued, in the course of which, in reply
to Mr. WILLIAMS,
Mr. LAING stated that the cost of the courts had been
£480,000, out of which £218,000 hail been received back as
fees.

Tho vote was agreed to.
The vote of £21,437 for police-courts in the metropolis
was agreed to.
On the vote of £131,860 for the salaries of the metropo-
litan police,
Sir G. BOWYER complained that the officers em-
ployed in the police were not subjected to an examination
before they were appointed. He alluded to the Road mur-
der, and condemned the conduct of the police-officer W hither,
who, on the mere fact of a young lady's night-gown being
missing, took her into custody, and stated that he was in
possession of information to show an animus on her part.
Notwithstanding which, however, the charge against her
was dismissed.
Sir G. LEWIS deprecated any discussion on this subject
at present. Ile was in possession of information on the
facts of the case, but he did not feel justified in communi-
cating it to the house.
After some remarks by Lord FERMOY, Mr. Alderman
SALOMONS, and ether hon. members,
Sir G. LEWIS said that though the police were not
popular when they were first established, it must be ad-
mitted that they had discharged their important duties
very creditably. The commissioners, officers, and men
were, as a body, most respectable, and contrasted most
favourably with the police on the continent, who wereob-
jects of odium. In reference to the conduct of the officer
who had been sent to Road, though ho did not wish to
enter into details, he was in a position to state that there
was no ground of complaint against him (Whither). That
officer was aware of circumstances which required that he
should take the decision of a magistrate with regard to the
young lady. lie was sure that no one acquainted with

tise, enlarged and improved. It gives a good deal
of information respecting the structure of the vocal
organs, the right management of the breath in
reading or speaking, and various other branches of
the subj act. The writer, having himself suffered
from relaxation of the throat and exhaustion after
exertion of the voice, set to work to consider the
cause, and therefore affirms that the present expo-
sition of his opinions is the result of 15 years' study
and experience. Being a clergyman, he is well
qualified to discuss the subject, and, indeed, he de-
votes one of his chapters entirely to clerical sore
throat. His plan of treating all affectior.s of the
vocal organs is to consider the natural formation,
and especially to avoid in any degree forcing or
straining them. We recommend this ratio work
to the attention of all who have occasion to make
much use of the voice in their profession, especially
if they find any inconvenience result from long-
continued effort.

The _Rhetoric of Conversation. By G. W. Hervey.
Bentley.
This is a work of very excellent intention and
considerable ability, but somewhat too professedly
pious in its tone to be altogether suited for general
realers. It divides the subject into many branches,
and treats of them very fully. It is edited by the
Rev. Stephen Jenner, M.A., author of " Essays on
the Errors of the Day," who prefixes a highly
eulogistic introduction. The work is ably written
and suggestive, though we regret the continual refer-
ence to sacred and religious things, and are surprised
that a man of the author's sense and judgment does
not perceive that his rules and regulations, if fully
carried out, would infallibly make a great number
of hypocrites. The following passage contains
some excellent advice :
" There are anecdotes and stories which, though not ex-
ceptionable in themselves, become so when told in certain
companies, and within earshot of certain individuals. It is
not permissible to tell an anecdote reflecting on a party
when members of it are present ; or illustrative of the bad
manners, morals, or condition of a country when a native
of it is one of the company ; in a word, it is always unsafe,
when we are thrown among strangers, to speak to the pre-
judice of any nation, party, or person. It is a Spanish pro-
verb, often, though not too often, quoted, that we should
not talk oihalters in the house of a man whose father was
hanged.' Accordingly, we should not describe a death-
bed scene to one who is sick or bereaved ; nor talk of bank-
rupts with those who have failed ; nor of family quarrels
with those who are not happy in their domestic connexions.
Full many a story that is told in society is pointed with a
moral which secretly pierces some heart that has already
bled too freely. We know Solomon has said, The words
of the wise are as nails and as goads--they have point ;
but at the same time the wise are wary, lest their words
wound where they were designed only to excite.' "

The Art of Precis- Writing. By the Rev. J.
Hunter, M.A., Instructor of Candidates for the
Military and Civil Service Examinations. Long-

man.

This a very excellent little work, adapted for the
general instruction of youth no less than for the use
of civil service candidates, It explains the art of
precis. writing, or making digests and abstracts.
There are chapters on the reduction of compound
sentences, the omission of the less important ideas,
the removal of tautology, pleonasm, and superfluous
ornament, all of which furnish excellent instruc-
tion in composition. A good clear style of writing
is of great importance to every man of business,
and should assuredly be looked upon as one of the
first requisites of a sound English education. Any
one who has had occasion for a large mixed corres-
pondence must have been surprised at the confu-
sion of words and ideas, the entanglement of
phrases, the sentences without proper beginning or
end, and even the orthographical blunders which
are not uncommon among the respectable classes.
This little compendium is admirably qualified to
remedy such deficiencies, and we trust will soon be
in extensive circulation.

How I Won the Victoria Cross. By T. Henri'
Kavanagh. Ward and Lock.
Mr.Xavanagh, of Lucknow celebrity, has thought
fit to present the public with an accoard of 1191. v
he won the Victoria Cross, as if the fame of ing
gallant conduct at Lucknow was not world wide.
That the Government were slow to acknowledge
his services and that the Victoria Crosa, the grand
object of his ambition, was at first withheld from
him on certain regulation grounds by mighty red
tape authorities, is much to be regretted, but it is
nothing new or unnatural in our _
Merit free and en-
lightened military authorities. 'such as Mr.
Kavanagh's is not to be rewarded IT pecuniary
emolument. He has received the much coveted Cross,
although given with a bad grace, to) which the
reverse of the proverb Qui cite dat, Lis; dat may be
be applied, viz., a grudged gift loses half its value,
and his daring service in India is acknowledged by
all to have been one of the bolde et, if not the
boldest act of bravery and devotion 1)f a campaign
in which gallantry
was so general. In the little
work before us the author briefly sketches the
history of his adventures during the m utiny, speak-
ing in high terms of the different coma menders. He
gives some amusing anecdotes in one of which we
have
a sample of Lord Clyde's fiery t emper at his
own expense. Mr. Kavanagh
be an author, but he has told hisdoes n tot profess to
tale in a straight
forward way, and to his blunt style 1, ye may attri-
exp.ressions oi discontent,
p
bute some assaes and
unworthy of thegauthor, which we wiltah had neyer
been written.