The Sun.
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THE SUN„ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1861.

months work in the South they will be fit for I
anything that can be required of them. The
regular training and discipline they have. And
the self-reliance and fertility of resource acquired
by a sort of Guerilla war will give CIALDINJ
some regiments fit for GARIBALDI'S work of
" hunting the Austrians like rabbits." It will
not be all evil that will come of these trouble-
some brigands. It will give an opportunity to
clear the country, and the men who do it will
have been in a useful school.

The Sultan, we are told, is setting right the
finances of his empire, all at least that can be done
in the way of reduction he is ruthlessly effecting,

but he meets, of course, with some obstructions,
and even the French ambassador is said to back the
old corrupt Vizier, and to have got him a hand-
some pension in lieu of a merciless examination of
his accounts. In another departmelat, how-
ever, the Sultan intends to reign supreme.
He is the head of Islam, and he has undertaken the

rectification of the dress of the Turkish ladies. and

of their demeanour too. They are not to enjoy

henceforth so much liberty as they have done, and

they are to wear thicker veils—for it seems they

have lately indulged the unladylike wish to be seen

as well as to see, The latter they could do pretty

well over the edge of the thickest veil, but the former
is a privilege not allowed in the East to ladies, and
the SULTAN is determined they shall conceal their
faces as good Oriental ladies ought to do.

While we read this somewhat amusing infor-
mation we had at the same time before us the sad
story told at the inquest of Mrs. BRODHURST, and
we could not help wishing the head of our Church,
too, had the power, and was disposed to use it, of
regulating the dimensions of female dress.

The number of deaths due to the present absurd
dimensions to which it has swelled is really appal-

ling. We used to read, too frequently, before the
modern fashion set in, of children's clothing
taking fire, and life being lost because a child
did know what to do, and was not discovered in
time ; but the death of adults, from such a cause,
was comparatively rare. But poor Mrs. BROD-
HURST is only the last of numerous cases in
which hoops and crinoline have been the sole
cause of the accident being fatal, and in which
the sufferer has been an educated lady, aware
that suffocating the fire by means of rugs, cur-
tains, or anything at hand, was the best

way to extinguish it, and in which, too, she has
been aided by intelligent domestics—in this last
case by a husband also.
It is frightful to think that, with a highly com-
bustible dress thus expanded, it seems impossible
to extinguiSh the flame with sufficient rapidity to
prevent fatal consequences. It is most probable
that the death of Mrs. LONGFELLOW, wife of the
poet, mentioned in the American papers, was due
to this cause ; it is certain that that of Mrs.
BRODHURST, like those of so many predecessors
in England, was so. All was the work of moments.
Her husband had but ascended a flight of stairs after
he left her, and was called back by the cry of
" fire." When he got back, he and three domestics
could not extinguish it by enveloping the burning
dress in the hearthrug and all the loose things in
the room, aided by the intelligent co-operation of
the lady, who had not lost her presence of mind, in
adapting her position to the demands of the case.
A verdict of " Death from injuries received
by accidental burning," was recorded. We think
the jury would have done wisely to have been
more specific. The evidence was much more pre-
cise as to the cause of the death. Dr. BRODHURST
stated that his wife, unfortunately, had on one
of those crinolines made of steel hoops. " Every
means was used to extinguish the fire about and
under the hoops" with everything at hand, but to
no purpose. The Doctor " knelt on and tried
to compress and break them, but all with-
out avail ;" they had to be cut off before
the fire could be extinguished." We should
certainly think the verdict ought to have specified
that the hoops were the most guilty cause of
this lamentable loss of life.
We observe that an attempt is made to throw
the blame on the dress not having been made in-
combustible by having been soaked in sulphate of
ammonia, or tungstate of soda, and dried again.
The laundress ought, we are told, to be held re-
sponsible for doing this. We should say the mad-
ness and tyranny of fashion is alone responsible.
Of fashion, emphatically, not of taste. We
never heard the present unnatural style of
female dress defended on the score of ele-
gance. Every statuary and painter would at once
protest against draping his figures in such mon-
strous departures from the only test of elegance—
nature. Drapery naturally flows and falls,
and the sights we behold every day betray some
unnatural interference with what might be a
graceful self-adjustment of the material so artifi-
cially distended.. It is really too bad that a mode of
dress should be persisted in which at the best makes
us smile, which is inconvenient in every public place
and conveyance, which is a violation of all taste in
regard to the female figure, and which, to crown
all, has been the cause of as many deaths in a year,
probably, as all the railway accidents in the king-
dom. From motives of humanity, at least, it is
time for the rulers of fashion to bethink themsclves
of a revolution.

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF BUCKING-

HAM.

We regret to learn that the Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos died last night, after a short illness.

THE GOO,DIVOOD VASE, 1861.

Paris.

DESIGNED AND MODELLED BY N. R. ROSKELL. 1 ,
The more observant visitors to the new Sculpture
Room in the Academy Exhibition for the present
season will probably bear in recollection an
animated group in miniature, representing "Lycaon
imploring Achilles to spare his life." It was num-
bered 1,088 in the Academy Catalogue, and was
there accompanied by these two dimly-echoed lines
from the " Illiad :"
" Thy well-known captive, great Achilles I see ;
Once more Lycaon trembles at thy knee."
The same young artist who there pourtrayed with
such evidence of his anatomical knowledge and of
his appreciation of the beautiful, the prostration of
by the
and
Lyceon at the feet of Achilles, has but just now
takenth designing
fo
another advance step in his profession
the ornamentation of thi s. V The form,modellitnhge ofthe
Goodwood Vase moulding,
—which, by the way,
is entirely in oxydized silver—arerase. in the purest style
i of Greek art : the twoeie
:
"The Self Sacrifice
of
cart „
e! being illustrative of
Tue theme is
taken from the sixth chapter of the
seventh
han
be
Book
of Livy ; and the manner in which the artist's
has realised the description of the historian cannot
better indicated than through the little descriptivee
liti t and Roskell (late Storr and Alor-
tehpeitoNmiee given upon the card of invitation issued by
ssrs.
ii
timer) the firm by whom this beautiful work of art
has been manuf.ctured :
The first medallion depicts the vast gulf in the Forum,
which the Augurs had declared would remain umlo,ed
until the most precious things in ROlll9 were thrown into
it. Marcus Curtius, a noble youth, is seen leaping into the
chasm, and thus solving the problem by sacrificing youth,
valour, and patriotism. The second medallion shows
itie s, a
Roman Augur at an altar, praying to the apposed de
in the Forum. A Roman eagle crowns the summit of the
cup ; the handles are formed of figures of military virtue
and fame, and on the base are seen the twin founders of
Rome, Romulus and Remus, guarded by the wolf.

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PARIS, TtILY 30.

The Ilioniteur of to-day announces that the Em-
peror has sent General Decaen to Santander to
compliment the Queen of Spain.

TURIN, JULY 30.
The Chevalier Nigra left yesterday evening for

LISBON, JULY 29.
The disturbances in the Algares continue.
The corvette Estephania sailed this evening for

Tavira with troops.
It is said that Viana is also disturbed.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY.

Count Fleury has arrived at Vichy from Turin.
The Emperor will return to Fontainebleau on
Wednesday next, and will go to the camp at
Chalons about the 19th August. It appears certain
that the King of Prussia has accepted the invita-
tion of the Emperor to visit the camp at Chalons.
The latest news from the Herzegovina is not
favourable to the Turks.

The Minister of War has ad Tressed to all the
military authorities instructions; which, by order of
the Emperor, are to receive immediate execution.
They are to the following effect :
" In order to prepare for the incorporation of the
first portion of the contingent of the class of 1860,
and at the same time to keep the effective of the
army within the narrowest limits possible, the Em-
peror has decided that the soldiers of the Line,
whose period of service expires in 1861, whether
in France, Algeria, or Italy, shall be immediately
discharged, and struck off the muster-rolls of their
corps, to be inscribed on those of the reserve. The
men excepted from this measure are :-1. The
soldiers proposed for retiring pensions; 2. Those
who may declare their intention to re-enlist; 3.
The volunteers enlisted, and those who having
re-enlisted bound to the service in virtue
of the law of the 21st March, 1832, who
may desire not to leave the corps till the
expiration of their time of service ; 4. Those
re-enlisted, and volunteers enlisted after liberation,
who may fall under the conditions of the law of
26th April, 1855 ; 5. The soldiers who have been
condemned to serve in companies of discipline. The
non-commissioned officers, corporals, or brigadiers,
and soldats d'elite to be discharged in 1861, will be,
at the moment of their departure, replaced in their
respective corps."
The execution of this measure, by discharging
immediately the men whose time does not expire
till the Ist January next, will have the two-fold
advantage of restoring a great number of hands to
agricultural occupation, and also of realising a con-
siderable economy.
BOURSE, July 29.—The market has been ra-
ther more buoyant, and prices are a shade higher
than the closing rates of Saturday. Threes, for
the Account, are now at 67f 90c. Railway Shares

rather in demand, but without any material change
in quotations.
The following are the last quotations :
4i per per Cents ... 97 80 Credit Fonder lOO 50
Do. end month.... 97 90 Belgian 41 7O
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 90 Roman —
Bank Shares 2900 -- Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 673 751 Spanish Threes —
Do. Account 675 : Home Debt

ROYAL 1111LITARY__AC_:DEMY, WOOL-

W ICH.

The following is a list of successful candidates

for admission :

Order
of Index
Merit. No.

Marks.
Gained.

1 64. Corbett, F. V., Cheltenham College 6,028
2 154. Stone, J. G., Royal Naval School, New•.
cross, Clapham Grammar School, and
abroad
3 201. Law, W., Eton and Rev. E. A. Claydon's,
Lee
4 161. James C , Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridgc
5 126. Rawes, W. W., Harrow, and Mr. Taylor's,
Woolwich 4.969
6 87. Savage, J. W., Dr. Bridgman's, Woolwich 4,960
7 101. Spence, J. K., Cheltenham College
8 7. 011ivant, E. A., Rugby, King's College,
London, and Mr. Pritchett's, Old Charl-
ton 4,922
9 128. Bucknill, J. T., Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham,
and Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin
10 239. Elsdale, H., Grammar School, Moulton,
Spalding, and Mr. Wilson's, Old Charlton 4,787
11 240. Poole, W. S., Rev. C. Hughes, St. John's-
wood, and Mr. Keizer's, Blackheath 4,670
12 149. North, W., Marlborough College
13 209. Mascall, F., King's College, London
11 125. Biscoe, J. S., St. Peter's College, Radley,
and the Priory, Croydon
_

15 62. Dillon, H. P. C., abroad, and Mr. Scale's,
Twickenham
16 164. Denny, F. M'G., Portara Royal School,
Enniskillen
17 76. Ottley, J. W., privately
18 100. Gower, G. H., Royal Academy, Gosport 4,332
19 1. Siddons, H. G. F., Mr. Fleming's, Ton-
bridge
20 214. M'Arthur, A. D., Mr. Brackenbury's,

Wimbledon

21 60. Westaway, N., Victoria College, Jersey 4,256
22 217. Moubray, P. 11., Adelaide School, Jersey 4,206
23 98. Denison, W. E., Rev. E. A. Claydon's, Lee 4,162
24 211. Murray, J. G , Kingstown School, near
Düblin
25 41. Clayton, A. G., St. Andrew's College,
Bradfield, Reading 4,147
26 117. Fitz Gerald, R. G., Mr. Sherratt's, Batter-
_ _

sea 4,128
27 227. Gerard, M. G., abroad, Stoneyhurst Col-
lege, and Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich 4,106
28 71. Curtain, J. A., The College, Southampton 4,102
29 221. Simpson, J., Mr. Rennett's, Aberdeen 4,071
30 230. Kirkwood, H. P., Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich 4,057
31 231. Penny, T. C., Harrow, King's College,
London, and Mr. Smalley's, Old Charlton 4,04
32 44. Lambert, S. J., Kingstown School, and Mr.
De Burgh's, Düblin
33 167. Jones, W. P., Mr. Brackenbury's, Wim-
bledon
34 194. Taylor, F. H., Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham 3,934
35 229. Wynne, G. C., Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich 3,928
36 200. Wood, E., King's College, London
37 203. Adams, W. 8., privately, and Mr. Hop-
kirk's and Mr. Wilson's, Eltham
38 155. Harrison, C. T., Clapham Grammar School 3,881
39 58. Wace, R., King's College, London, and
privately
40 179. Salmond, J. M., Glasgow University and
privately
41 178. Murray, S., Mr. Brackenbury's,Wimbledon 3,833
42 17. Dorward, J. F., High School, Edinburgh,
Cheltenham College, the Priory, Croydon 3,826
43 237. Ewing, J. 8., privately, and Mr. Wilson's,
Old Charlton
44 136. Baddeley, P. F. M., Mr. Fleming's, Ton-
bridge
45 159. Ommanney, M. F., Cheltenham College 3,766
46 111. Davies, J. A. S. M., Repton School, Bur-
ton-on-Trent, and privately
47 85. Kelsall, T. A., Collegiate Institution,Lower
Leeson-street and Trinity College, Dublin 3,742
48 97. Fox, W. P.., Queen's College, Stockbridge 3,729
49 84. Wallace, R. H., Mr. Fleming's, Tonbridge 3,727
50 129. Carlow, R., Cheltenham College
51 9. Richardson, T. A., Dr. Burke's, and Mr.
De Burgh's, Düblin
52 113. Russell, F. 8., Blackheath Proprietary
School, and the Rev. L. Edward's, Dor-
ney, near Windsor
53 77. Mundy, R.E., Marlborough College, and
Mr. De la Mare's, Woolwich
54 124. Cotton, W., North Cheam School, and Mr.
Sherrat's, Battersea
55 23, Dugdale, A. G., Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham,
and Mr. Pritchett's, Old Charlton
56 69. Kennedy, G. M., Cheltenham College 3,623
57 142. Bruce, E. S., Mr. De Burgh's, Dublin 3,566
58 55. Plunkett, R. H. W., Cheltenham College 5,554
59 59. Cripps, E. W., Kensington School and pri-
vately
60 195. Domvile, B. F., Mr. Hopkirk's, Eltham
61. 10. White, A. W., privately 3,450
62 184. Browell, B. T.,Mr. Pritchett's, Old Charlton 3,444
63 116. Eact, D. 8., privately; Truby-house, Wood-
ford; and Clyde-house, Tonbridge-well 2,435
64 153. Watkin, H. S. S., privately, and Mr. Kei-
zer's, Blackheath

Go 86. Bally, J. F., Mr. Pritchett's, Old Charlton 3,400

DOCKYARD RXTE.tSION.

The select committee on the proposed extension
of Chatham Dockyard have reported to the House
of Commons that there is not at present a sufficient
extent of floating basins or dry docks, especially
for the larger class of ships ; in 1830 the largest
vessels did not exceed 245 feet in length, but they
have now reached 380 feet, and the construction of
a ship of 400 feet is in immediate contemplation ;
the draught of water has extended to 27 feet, caus-
ing a complete change in the whole system for
which our dockyards were originally constructed.
Hence even now, in time of peace, much delay,
risk, expense, and inconvenience have to be incur-
red in fitting out in the stream, a practice which
is prejudicial to the service and unnecessarily ex-
poses the crews. In the event of a maritime war
"It would be wholly impossible for us, with the
existing means, to equip rapidly and safely such a
fleet as would then be required." The facilities
possessed by other Powers for fitting out ships of
war are incomparably superior to ours. We have in
England 40 acres of floating basin ; in France there
are, or soon will be, 260. It was stated to the
committee that until this moment (one being just
finished at Portsmouth) we have not had a deck
that would take in the Warrior ; the French have
four at Cherbourg alone. Nor can any :reliance
be placed in the docks constructed for the merchant
service; with perhaps one exception, they all fall
far short of the requirements in depth of water.
The engines of the Royal Navy have been nearly
doubled in the last seven years, and now amount to
about 130,000-horse power; as these come to require
repair the existing basin and dock accommodation
must be found wholly inadequate even in time of
peace. Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the
Navy, observed in his evidence before this commit
tee, " After -a naval engagement the country that
can first repair its ships damaged in action will
thereby double its force." The committee were
assured that the requisite depth of water in the
Medway can be secured ; that the cost of forming
the channel would not exceed £40,000, and the
annual cost of maintaining it would not be above
£l,OOO a-year, and that the channel may be formed
in six years. The site proposed to be taken is far
removed from danger of being shelled by hostile
shi of war, and is protected by the fortifications
which form part of the system of national defence.
The committee recommend, therefore, the proposed
extension of Chatham dockyard as the best and
most economical mode of increasing the existing
accommodation for the fitting and repair of the
ships of the royal navy.

Captain John Vine Hall, late commander of. the
Great Eastern, has been appointed general manager of the
Intereolonial Royal Mail Steam Company in Australia and
New Zealand, and proceeded to Sydney from Southampton
on the 20th inst.

COLLISION AND Loss OF LIFE IN THE BRISTOL
CIIANNEL.—SINKING OF A SIIIF AND CREW.—lntelligence
has been received at Bristol of a terrible catastrophe which
happened at an early hour on Sunday morning, and by
which an entire ship's crow (excepting only three hands)
were hurried into eternity. The name of the sunken vessel
was the Mary Ann Duffus, barque, of Newport, Capt. Geo,
Groves, commander, and the cause of the terrible and fatal
occurrence was a collision between her and an American
vessel, the name of which is not stated in the report which
has come to hand. The Mary Ann Duffus had taken in a
cargo of coal for a foreign port, and would have sailed some
days ago had it not been for the adverse winds which have
prevailed, and by which she has been detained in the
Penarth Roads. On Saturday there was a bit of a shift for
the north .west, and Captain Groves thought that he would
endeavour to beat down Channel, and got under sail feu
that purpose. All went on very well until just after mid-
night, when the man on the look-out called out " A sail a-
head." It must have been thick at the time, for before the
vessel's course could have been altered the two ships came
into collision. The shock is described as having been a
terrific one, as indeed it must have been, for tho Mary Ann
Duffus went down with such rapidity that the captain and
crew had only just time to jump into the boat and cut it
adrift before she sunk. Time was not even allowed them
to push off from the doomed and sinking vessel, and shock-
ing to relate, the boat was drawn down in the gulph or vor-
tex. The first mate, a son of the captain, who was on board
and one of the crew, rose again, and swimming for their
lives were picked up when all but exhausted, but the mas-
ter, Capt. Groves, and all the others, sank to rise no more.
As there are possibly three survivors of the terrible tragedy)
more light will probably be thrown upon its cause. The
sad event has cast quite a gloom over Newport, where Capt.
OrOTOO was greatly respected.