The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINU, OCTOBER 28, 1861

remains only an eighth volume, shortly to form an
independent issue, to complete a work that many
able men might have been proud and happy to re-
gard as the one achievement of active literary life."

The other works of which Mr. KNIGHT has been
the author, editor or promoter, are too numerous to
mention. They are all, however, of the same high
class, animated by the same excellent purpose.
The Cyclopedia which is now attracting the
attention of the literary world, is one of the most
useful works of the day. Amid the multitude
of our dictionaries, chronologies, and works of
reference it preserves its pre-eminence, and fulfils
its promise of being " the only complete cyclopedia
of reference in our language." The comprehen-
siveness of its range, the character of its authors,
and the judiciousness of its editing, all rank it high
above ordinary works of the class. Each of the
four divisions is a complete work in itself, and com-
piled by our greatest modern authorities. The
department of geography embraces the physical
features of every country, with its statistics and
history to the latest period. The Cyclopmdia of
Biography, in six volumes, fully supplies the need
felt so constantly by all intelligent readers or
writers. It contains as much matter as forty octavo
volumes, and includes the names of living
celebrities. The division of Natural History,
under the editorship of Dr. E. LANKESTER,
claims many of our principal naturalists among its
contributors, and botany, geology, zoology, com-
parative anatomy, and physiology have each their
share of attention. The concluding division is,
however, the crown of the work, from its extent,
its utility, and the variety and importance of the
subjects it discusses. On this point we may refer
the reader to the interesting analysis recently
issued by Messrs. BRADBURY and EVANS :
"The Cyclopedias of the last century ware strictly Dic-
tionaries of Arts and Sciences. They included no names
of persons or of places. Their Natural History was directed
to the uses of vegetable and animal substances rather than
to their scientific characters. In these practical objects
our Cyclopedia of Arts and Sciences' follows in the steps
of these early works, upon which all Cyclopedias, with the
exception of the' Penny Cyclopedia,' have been founded.
But its range is far more universal. The difficulty of obtain-
ing completeness in this age of rapid progress is far greater
than at a period when the influence of science upon the
productive powers of industry was comparatively small.
It is impossible to give an adequate idea of the character
of this, the most important of the divisions The
English Cyclopedia"—to show the vast amount of new
matter that has been required to bring up its infor-
mation to the present day—to point out how this
mass of detail has been supplied—without requesting
a perusal of the analysis contained in the enume-
ration of its contributors and of its more important articles,
especially of those which are either wholly new or have been
subjected to the most elaborate revision. Not an article,
not a page, not a line, has beet reprinted without revision.
Whether correction or not has been required, the labour of
the reviser has been compensated. A cyclopedia may
make high pretensions, and yet use its old stereotype plates
with a few alterations and new articles. That is not the
course which has been pursued with The English Cyclo-
pedia.' To judge of the extent of the division of labour
required to produce the Cyclopaadia of Arts and Sciences'
alone it will be seen that it includes sixty contributors in the
original ' Penny Cyclopedia,' and that thirty-six new con-
tributors and revisers have assisted in the production of the
present eight volumes."

If an extended reputation, and the establishment
of a standard work in English literature be a matter
of gratification, Mr. KNIGHT has reaped the reward
of his labours; but the gratitude due to the pioneer
of popular education might find a more substantial
expression. In any case, we congratulate the editor
and contributors to this magnificent work on the
termination of their truly national undertaking.

Her Majesty is expected to visit the camp at
Aldershot early this week, when some grand reviews and
sham fights will probably give a brilliant wind-up to the
past drill season.
Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar are on a tour in Ireland, and are
at present on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Bess-
borough, at Bessborough House, Kilkenny.
The Duke of Newcastle arrived in London from
Clamber Park on Friday. His grace left town on Satur-
day for Brighton.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester are ex-
pected in town to-day from a tour on the Continent.

The Duchess Dowager of Richmond is expected
in town on Thursday from llighcliffe Castle, Hants, the
residence of Lady Stuart de Rothesay.

The Marquis of Donegal is about to marry Lady
Ashworth, widow of Lientonant-General Sir Frederick
Ashworth, K.C.B,

The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter arrived
in Grosvenor-square on Friday from Burghley House, near
Stamford.

The Countess Frances Waldegrave comes to town
to-day from a tour of visits. The Countess of Rothes and
the Hon. George Leslie Waldegrave aro passing the season
at Leslie House, Fifeshire.

Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham are expected at
their residence in Portland-place in a few days from a tour
of visits.

Lady Truro leaves town to-day on a visit to Lady
King at Woburn-park, Chertsey, Surrey.
Lady Bailey has left her mansion in Belgrave-
square for the south of France, her physician having recom-
mended her to pass a second winter at Nice for the benefit
of her health.

The projected marriage of the Princess Anna
Murat with the Prince of Orange, son of the King of Hol-
land, is now said to be off.
ILLNESS OF THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, —This
venerable nobleman is seriously indisposed at Bowood, in
consequence of an accident.—Observer.
ILLNESS OF LORD BROTJGHAIL—We are glad to
be able to announce that the indisposition of Lord Brougham,
though of a serious, has not been of a dangerous character.
His lordship has now nearly recovered, and his medical ad-
visers are of opinion that his health will be sufficiently re-
stored next week to allow his proceeding to London.

THE MET ROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—On Saturday
morning the miners employed by Mr. Jay, the contractor
to form the tunnel between Guildford-street, Clerkenwell,
and the far end of the Clerkenwell workhouse, succeeded in
forming a junction. This is considered very satisfactory,
as this is by far the heaviest part of the work, the top of
the tunnel at Exmouth-street being about 60 feet from the
surface of the roadway. The tunnel is now complete from
the workhouse to Guildford-street, although the brickwork
is not quite finished. The other parts of the works art
progressing very satisfactorily, and the tunnel and open
cutting is complete from St. Pancras Church to Swinton-
street.

THE CONFEDERATE FLEET.--The Bermuda,which
has recently attracted so large an amount of attention upon
American waters, in connection with the operations of the
navy of the Confederate States, is a Tees-built steamer.
She was built some time this year by Messrs, Richardson
and Duck, of Stockton. She is a double-plated iron vessel
and will, no doubt, give the Federals a deal of trouble be-
fore she is got rid of, After being launched she proceeded
to Hartlepool, and there obtained a crew from the three
towns of Stockton, Hartlepool, and Middlesborough. The
head engineer belongs to Stockton. The men, the local
papers state, were paid two months in advance, and the
usual " pay-tickets" when vessels are going on long voyages
were withheld. She took in part of her cargo at Hartle-
peel, which port she loft soma nine weeks since, and pro-
ceeded to Liverpool, where she was loaded with stores,
ammunition, cannon, rifles, &c., and thence proceeded to
America. The local papers state the vessel changed cap-
tains at Liverpool, and when the men left they were not in
the least aware of the expedition on which they were sent
out. All the business connected with the Bermuda has been
conducted in the most secret manner possible in this country.
COLLISION ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE
RAILWAY.-A serious accident happened on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway on Friday evening last, between the
Eastwood and Todmorden stations. An express train, which
starts from Halifax at a quarter to 5 o'clock, had just passed
the Eastwood station, the time being about 20 minutes past
5, when a luggage train was observed in front going at a
speed of about 1S miles an hour. The speed of the express
train was so great that it was found impossible to check it
so as to avoid a collision, and the luggage train was run
into with great violence, many of the tracks being thrown
off the line and the engine displaced. The passengers
in the express train were much shaken, as was the breaks-
man of the luggage train, though it does not appear that
any bones were broken, The passenger carriages sus-
tained no damage, but the engine was so disab!ed that the
train bad to be taken forward by another locomotive after
the line had been cleared of the scattered wreck of the lug-
gage trucks. The clearance was effected by a large force of
men, who were got to work immediately, and the trafflo was
not long impeded,

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's
Emigration Commissioners have given notice of their inten •
tion to receive tenders on Thursday next, the 31st inst., for
a ship to proceed to Melbourne, Victoria, to be ready for
the reception of passengers on such day as the commis-
sioners may appoint between Dec. Ist and 10th. The ship
must be furnished with a fresh-water distilling apparatus,
with a person to manage it, holding a certificate of compe-
tence from the patentees, and with the requisite fuel to work
it all day throughout the voyage, and necessaries to keep it
in order. In consideration whereof the shipowner will be
entitled to reduce by ono half the quantity of water re-
quired to be carried under the Passengers' Act.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—WhiIe some ropemakers and
labourers were employed in a part of the Middle Storehouse
in Portsmouth Dockyard on Saturday, a portion of a raised
platform, upon which were stowed a large quantity of coils
of rope, suddenly gave way and fell to the ground in a
slanting position, knocking four of the men down. Three
of the men received but slight injuries ; but the fourth, a
"layer," named Francis Davis, was found to have received
a terrible fracture of the skull, and died soon after his re-
moval to the surgery of the dockyard. The deceased has
left a widow and five children, and is stated to have been
much respected by his superiors and workmates. An in-
quest will be held to-day.
COMMITTAL OF THE RATCLIFFE INCENDIARY.--
On Saturday Henry Clifford was brought before the Not-
tingham magistrates, charged with setting fire to the stacks
belonging to Mr. Parr, of Ratcliffe. A few days ago the
prisoner had an interview with Mr. Parr and described to
him the exact position of the stacks in the yard, and the
manner in which he set them on fire. The prisoner, how-
ever, now denied the charge and attempted to prove an
alibi, but was committed to take his trial at the next Not-
tingham Assizes upon the charge. The value of the pro-
perty destroyed amounted to more than £1,500.
ALLEGED ASSAULT UPON A PREACHER BY A POLICE
INSPECTOR AT LIVERPOOL.-011 Thursday the Liverpool
County Court magistrates were occupied five hours in trying
an action brought by Mr. Joseph Duckers, a licensed
preacher, who is also a provision dealer, residing at Leigh,
against Inspector Thomas Blair, of the Liverpool police
force, for £5O, as compensation for injuries sustained at his
hands. In Liverpool a law exists prohibiting street preach-
ing after it is dark, owing to the frequent disturbances which
take place at such gatherings ; the complainant, however,
in opposition to this law preached after hours on the 27th
of July last, and used language calculated to excite the
populace. In consequence of a complaint which was made
to him, the defendant proceeded to where the plaintiff was
preaching, and ordered him to go away, using, as it was
alleged, a good deal of violence in order to expedite his
movements. It was also alleged that the plaintiff suffered
very severely at the time from injuries received by being
pushed in the back by the defendant's stick, and that he had
not at the present time regained his proper health. For the
defence it was proved that the inspector had acted bonafide
in the execution of his duty, and had used no unnecessary
force. The plaintiff was nonsuited with power of appeal, the
execution of the costs to be stayed in the event of an ap-
peal being made in due form.
A PLEASANT SITE FOR A HOSPITAL.—Workmen
have been engaged during the past week in fixing the sites
of the foundat ions of the new Herbert Hospital on Ridbrook-
common, adjoining the Great Dover-road, about nine miles
from London. Whatever may be the advantage of this posi-
tion, there is one thing very much to be regretted, that the
new hospital will face the slope of the hill, and be within
300 yards of the new Greenwich and Deptford Cemetery,
which, from its elevation, is unfortunately prominent on a
large scale in the landscape. The daily average number of
funerals there is considerable; and certainly the sight of
the mournful ceremonies, with the attendant hearses, &c.,
is likely to bo neither pleasant nor refreshing to the sick
men. In short, it must be admitted that the sites chosen by
Government officials for our national buildings aro passing
strange, if not quite inexplicable. The new barracks for
the Royal Marine Artillery at Portsmouth have just been
commenced in rear of a heavy coast fort commenced at the
same time, and mounting guns of the largest calibre ; so
that in case of attack all shot missing the batteries will
plump right into the barracks. Here we are to have our
model hospital erected right in front of one of the widest
graveyards in the kingdom. May we venture to ask who
is responsible fot these extraordinary selections ? concern..
ing which, sooner or later, there will certainly be some in-
quiry.—Army and Navy Gazette.

THE GENDARME AND THE DROWNING MAN.—
Alphonse Karr relates the following incident, which is
stated to have occurred not long since at a village in Nor-
mandy :—" As a gendarme was walking along the banks of
a small river he suddenly heard cries for help from a drown-
ing man. He hastened to the spot, and saw the man strug-
gling in the water. Without a moment's hesitation he threw
off part of his uniform, plunged into the river, seized the
man, and brought him to land in a state of insensibility.
Proper restoratives having been applied, the man came to
himself, and earnestly inquired the name of his deliverer.
' No matter about my name,' replied the gendarme, ' bnt
you must give me yours, and your address, too." But I
really must know who you are, and I trust you will come to
see me.' Oh lasto my name, you will find that at the
bottom of the proces-verbal.' I really do net think any
such formality requisite ; I shall always bo ready to own
my obligation to you, and these good people are all witness
I of your noble action.' What noble action I" asked the
gendarme. Why, your risking your own life to save
mine.' I did nothing of the kind ; I saw you in the water
in a forbidden part of the river, and I jumped in to arrest
you, not to save you from drowning, and must now draw
up a proces-verbal of the fact, and summon you before the
juge de pais,' All persuasion was useless, the proces-verbal
was drawn up, and in due course the offender appeared
before the juge de pail, when it was satisfactorily proved
that the accused had fallen into the river while watering a
horse, and had thus narrowly escaped drowning."
THE ANCIENT MARKET-CROSS OF EDINBURGH.
—Some time ago we noticed the proposal made by a num-
ber of gentlemen in Edinburgh to resuscitate, on or near the
old site, the ancient market-cross which had been removed
about a century ago, after being the mute witness of a long
series of historical events. This proposal we now learn has
been abandoned, the town council having refused by a
majority to grant the site required, but proposing another,
the acceptance of which the committee considered would be
"inconsistent with all traditi ins on the subject, and irre-
concileable with all the expectations that had been held out
to subscribers." The committee conclude their statement
by expressing "sincere concern at this issue of their re-
peated efforts, and fear that the possibility of reviving the
Cross of Edinburgh in any shape, through concurrence of
the town council, is at an end." "It is," they add, "due
to themselves to say that they were prepared to place in the
High-street, and in a manner, as they think, no way calcu-
lated to obstruct the thoroughfare, an object, the name and
figure of which are identified with numerous important
incidents in Scottish history, and which could scarcely fai
to be an attraction and source of interest to strangers.
With their, at least well meant, offer rejected, nothing is left
for them but to relinquish further proceedings ; and with
best thanks to the Lord Provost and the minority who sup-
ported his motion, also to those who liberally aided them
by subscriptions, and likewise to the Royal Scottish Aca-
demy and Society of Antiquaries, they now, as is most
fitting, order that the money gathered for the re-erection of
the cross be returned to the respective donors." The de-
sign submitted was as nearly as possible a fac simile of the
cross removed in 1756, and the site requested was at the
opening of Parliament-square in the High-street. The ma-
jority of the towa council (whose small sympathy with tra-
dition and antiquity was singularly instanced in their re-
fusal to fulfil the Act of Parliament in reference to Trinity
College Church) proposed a site opposite the County-
buildings, which did not belong to them, and which an Act
of Parliament had expressly declared should not be built
on.

( NEW ZEALAND GOLDFIELDS.—The newly dis-
covered goldfields at Tuapeka, about 30 miles from Toko-
mairiro, are exciting great interest in Otago and other pro-
vinces of New Zealand. A very interesting letter has been
published by Mr. Gillies, a member of the Provincial
Council, describing a visit to Tuapeka towards the end of
June. He says the gold is found in some places lying on
the flat surface of the blue slate rock, aid in one rich claim
it lay sprinkled about like oats sown in a field. In others,
and more generally, it is found in ledges of the rock and
deposited in the hollows, where the ledge or hollow crosses
what had formerly been the course of the stream. In some
places it is embedded in the blue slate rock several inches,
and it is to be found in the quartz. The gold is doubtless
to be found distributed over the whole valley in paying
quantities. From careful inquiries of at least 100 per-
sons who had been longest at work he was convinced that
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their average earnings had been over two ounces per
man per day, and that the average earnings of all
who had been at work with proper appliances would be at
least an ounce a day. One party averaged 4oz,l6dwt.per man
per day. In one day a party of seven took 38oz. for their
day's work, and other remarkable finds had been made such
as from three-quarters to an ounce of gold to a tin dishful
of washing stuff; but these, of course, are exceptional cases.
Mr. Gillies is of opinion that the gold is distributed over
a large tract of country, and that it is likely to be a per-
manent as well as a rich goldfield. The country around is
beautifully grassed, and in the Tuapeka and Waitahuma
'valleys there is some of the richest agricultural land in the
province. About 1,000 men were on the spot, and the
greatest harmony and cheerfulness prevailed. The
weather was fine, but very cold in the nights and mornings.
The Lindis goldfields have not realized the great expecta-
tions formed of them. The latest accounts state
that the diggers were leaving, and that not more
than 100 remained on the two diggings, who were barely
paying their expenses. A party of old hands had been sent
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out prospecting by the way of the upper gorge and surround •
ing ranges at the expense of a firm of storekeepers at the
diggings, and the same firm bad engaged another patty to
sink a hole in the flat, tear their stores, so as to bottom the
flat„which had not yet been done. Good order prevailed
at the diggings. The average find of gold daily ranged from
a pennyweight to half an ounce to the party (not indi-
vidually), and some of it was so very fine that it could
scarcely be washed. A party of five had only made a penny-
weight and a half in two days. All the ranges back on

each side of the diggings were coyere4 with snow, some of
them down to the baeQ,

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MESSINA, OCT. 25.
The English man of-war Victor Emmanuel has
arrived here.

The English fleet, under the command of Admiral
Martin, has passed the Straits of Messina on its
way to Malta.

BERNE, OCT. 26.
The statement of a German paper that the Go-
vernment of Geneva had requested that Swiss
Federal troops might be sent to that canton is un-
founded.

The Government of Geneva has, however, called
out the militia of the canton for extraordinary
night duty.

THORN, OCT. 25.

General Lambert has left Warsaw.
The Marquis Wielopolski has tendered his re-

signation.

It is said that General Abramowitsch has been
appointed Military Governor of Poland.

OCTOBER 2G.
Several members of the committee which con-
ducted the funeral of the late Archbishop of War-
saw were arrested last night. Among them were
two priests, named Wifzynski and Steck.

OCTOBER 27.
MM. Schlenker, Beyer, Hispanski, Probst, and
Wyssynski, members of the late delegation of citi-
zens of Warsaw, have been arrested.
Numerous other arrests continue to take place.
The resignation of the Marquis Wielopolski has
not been accepted by the Government.

PESTH, OCT. 26.

The Cardinal Primate of Hungary has delivered
a speech in his quality of Obergespan of the comitat
of Gran, in which he declared that he would not
only refuse to order the functionaries of the comitat
to co-operate in the levy of recruits for the army,
but he would forbid them to do so. He further
said that the Emperor should come to Buda in order
to dispel the fears of the Hungarians with regard
to their constitution, which they believed to be in
danger, and should convoke the Hungarian Diet as
soon as possible.

He expressed a desire for the postponement of the
questions of the taxes and the levying of troops,
and concluded by saying that the collection of
the taxes by military execution should be imme-
diately stopped.

BELGRADE, OCT. 26.

The Official Journal publishes another note
stating that the excitement which prevails in
Servia is caused by the encroachments of the Porte
on the rights granted to the Servians and the
presence of a Turkish army on the frontiers of
Servia.

The note concludes thus :—" The Servian Go-
vernment only aims at the protection of the rights
of the country and the removal of the obstacles
which stand in the way of a good understanding
between the Port and Servia."

OCT. 27.

The insurrection in the Herzegovina is spreading.
The insurgents from Zubzi, with Montenegrins from
Grahovo, have invaded Schuma. Fighting has been
going on there during the last two days. The com-
munications between Trebigne and Belgrade are
interrupted. The inhabitants are taking refuge iu
Austrian territory.

RAGUSA, OCT. 27.

Last night a bloody encounter took place between
the insurgents and the Turkish troops, in which the
latter sustained heavy losses.
The insurgents are advancing and the fight con-
tinues.