The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-12 00:00:00

FIGHTING FRENCH SPORTSMEN.

A Nice journal, the Avenir, has the following :
" The Jockey Club of Paris, it is known, had seve-
ral of its members among the officers who served
in the army of Italy, and two of them, Count de la
Rochefoucauld and Viscount A. Talon, escaped death
in a miraculous way. The former, in charging the
Austrian cavalry, received five wounds and was
made prisoner. None of the wounds were mortal,
but one of them was caused in a very extraordinary
way; a hulan placed his pistol close to the count's
forehead and pulled the trigger, but the ball, in-
stead of shattering his skull, went round the frontal
bone, tearing off the skin, and at last went out
into empty space, making a hole in the kepi. As
to M. Talon, whilst charging at the head of his
company at the 'battle of Solferino, he arrived in
an Austrian square. and received a charge of balls,
which, however, only wounded his horse, without
touching him. The horse fell, but the rider
jumped up, sword in hand, and presently had his
kepi cut through by a sword ; a moment after he
received a second blow on the head, but in the
confusion which prbvailed the hand of the soldier
who struck was turned aside, so that the flat of
the sword only hit him ; in another moment a
dragoon placed his carbine close to the viscount's
cheek, but it missed fire. M. Talon then received
a violent thrust from a bayonet, which threw him
to the ground, but the soldier who gave it was
astonished to see him soon after rise and get away.
The soldier no doubt thought the young officer had
some talisman about him, and so he had. In the
campaign in the Crimea M. Talon one day com-
plained that he had broken the glass of his watch,
and could not get it replaced. One of his soldiers
said, Lieutenant, you have no need to carry your
watch to the Palais Royal—l am a watchmaker by
trade, and have some tools in my knapsack. If
you have a piece of 2f. I will put you in" a glass
that will never break !' M. Talon gave the man
his watch and a piece of 2f., and the man very
skil'iilly beat out the coin until it became large
enough, and then fixed it in the case so as to oc-
cupy the place of the lass. The weal then pre-
sented this particularity, that the cases were gold,
and the part where the glass ought to be seen silver.
On his return to France M. Talon continued to wear
the watch, both as a curiosity and as a souvenir of
the Crimea. He had it in his pocket in the battle
of Solferino ; and it was against it that the point
of the Austrian bayonet struck. But so violent
was the thrust that the point of the bayonet passed
through both the coin and the watch! Thus,'
said M. Talon to his friend, in recounting the affair,
I owe my life to a piece of 2f. !" And the money;
said a gentleman present, was well invested.' The
remark, though not new, was appropriate.

THE PADIHAM STRIKE.—We have received the
following telegram—" Blackburn, Sept. 10.—A meeting of
the Blackburn masters' committee and of operatives took
place last night at Blackburn in relation to the Padiham
strike, when it was decided, subject to the approval of the
weavers's boards of management, that as that committee's
list was only an exceedingly small fraction below the stand-
ard list of prices, the operatives should resume work imme-
diately, if the Padiham masters would undertake to pay
them according to the list of that committee. The opera-
tives' deputation is to report the decision thereon to the
meeting next Wednesday."
ACCIDENT TO THE HON. FREDERICK VILLIERS.
—We are sorry to hear that the Hon. Frederick Villiers,
son of the Earl and Countess of Jersey, met with a fall
while trying a' young horse on Saturday forenoon at Mr.
J. Mason's. Although an experienced horseman he was
thrown, and sustained a dislocation of his collar bone. Im-
mediately after the accident the best medical aid was afforded,
and the hon. gentleman was conveyed to Lord Jersey's re-
sidence in Berkeley-square. Lady Elizabeth Villiers was
sent for to town owing to the injuries her husband had
sustained. We are gratified to add that no serious conse-
quences are likely to result, but quiet for some time to come
is indispensable for recovery.
THE LAST OF THE SHANNON.—I read that as soon
as the breaking. up of the Tartar, frigate, is completed, in
Chatham Dockyard, " the St. Lawrence (one of the old 46-
gun frigates) will be taken into the same dock and broken
up." This St. Lawrence is, I believe, no other than that
famous old Shannon which fought and captured the Chesa-
peake in the American war. Her name, having taken an
imperishable place in history, was transferred, some few
years since to the large screw frigate which now bears it
(and which has herself been made memorable by the late
gallant Sir William Peel). The renowned old hull has since
been lost sight of under the name of the St. Lawrence. If
lam not mistaken respecting these facts—and I can hardly
be—many will, doubtless, be glad to learn that a last look
may yet be taken of this famous old vessel.-IVotes and
Queries.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now
beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer,
breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting
care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high
ground as a benefactor to these interests ; and notwithstand-
ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled
against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted
value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest.
Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable
saving in the consumption of provender ; secondly, that it
produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its
influence : and lastly, increases in azemarkable degree an
early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this
singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated
to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive
mode then prevailin of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this
he happily succeeded; and success prompted a very natural
desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap-
plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng,
lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an
unwillingness to rely t pen its efficacy, fancying he possessed
in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed
and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than bythe employment
or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has
been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap
addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in
all cases a subtraction of one-third may be safely submitted
to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produce will be
realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time
usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becolnes
apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application
of Thorley' s Compounded Food. It is believed that the present
unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gene-
ral use, in preference to any other of the usual articles of
food ; it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a
nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainly
it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides
possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health
and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic
and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their otherof
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