The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEI4UNG, NOVEMBER 4, 1859;

zation of an entirely new system of
naval architecture, and for that matter,
also (to a very great extent), of an entirely
new system of navigation. Iron-built vessels,
impelled by steam power, acting through the screw-
propeller, have militated nothing from the perfec-
tion of seamanship distinguishing the Royal Navy
of Britain among all the navies of all the world.
How sang glorious CHARLEY DIR7DEN, the Bard
of the British Tar ?

" D'ye mind me, a sailor should lot every inch,
All as one as a piece of the ship i"

And what the tars were in the days of BLAKE or
of NELSON, they are now, with all these magnificent
new-fangled devices in aid of seanzanship, the steam-
engine, and the screw propeller ! The late gale has
proved signally and incontestably that our sailors are
in not one iota degenerated ! That they are naviga-
tors worthy of their heroic forefathers—with all the
immense advantages accruing...to them from the pos-
session of auxiliary scientific powers that their
dauntless forefathers never dreamt of. Such was,
such is, the Royal Navy of England. Esto per-
petua !

SIR WM. NAPIER ON THE STRATEGY
OF LIGHT LuAxTRY AND RIFLEMEN.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.

SlR,—The recent letter by Sir Wm. Napier on
the above subject is most timely and valuable, the
more so because an erroneous statement on our
volunteer rifle movement was made some weeks ago
by a military officer of high rank, but of a branch
of the service which has little practical knowledge
of the working of light infantry. I can state a
parallel with the fate of the brave man of the 71st
Light Infantry whose life was uselessly squandered
at the battle of Fuentes d'Onore. During the
battle of Toulouse, when a portion of Lord Hill's
corps attacked that part of the suburbs called St.
Cypriene, my late regiment, the 34th, had to fight
its way through vineyards divided by low thick
stone walls. Near the close of the day I observed
the dead bodies of two men of that company of the
60th Rifles that was attached to our brigade.
When I mentioned the fact in the presence of some
officers of my regiment, one of them, a lieutenant
of the same company that I belonged to, the
grenadiers, said, " The two men killed by a cannon
ball were two men of the 60th that were crouching
behind a low stone wall. I struck them on th•
shoulders with the flat side of my sabre, and
ordered them to stand up like men and not crouch
down like cowards. They did so, and almost
immediately two out of the three were killed by a
cannon ball fired from a light field-piece." Thus
an ignorant though brave man was the cause of the
loss of two valuable lives.

I am, your obedient servant,
Rosherville, Nov. 2. J. NORTON.

THE GREAT EASTERN.

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, 4 P.M.

The Great Eastern, Captain Harrison, from
Holyhead for Southampton, hove in sight to the
westward, as observed from the Hoe, about half-
past 2 o'clock this afternoon, and was out of sight
in a line with the Alewstone at half-past 8 o'clock,
Plymouth time, when she was passing through a
fleet of trawl sloops. The Great Eastern was under
fore and aft canvas on all her masts, excepting the
one between the two foremost funnels. She carried
colours at her peak ; as smoke was issuing from
the two fore funnels and the aftermost funnels it
was judged that the paddles and screw were both
at work. Her speed was estimated at from 14 to
17 knots, course east by south, direct for Start
Point; the wind southerly, a smart breeze.

THURSDAY, 9 P.M.

Some of the trawl sloops have come into har-
bour. They report that at half-past 3 o'clock the
Great Eastern clewed up all canvas, probably to
press on for night duty. At 4 o'clock she was
approaching the Bolt Tail, going about nine knots,
at which rate she would be abreast of the Start at
6 ; Portland, say 12 ; and reach the Needles at
to-morrow (Friday) morning. It is stated that she
was off Penzance to-day at 12.
After sunset the wind increased, and it is now
blowing a strong gale, with much rain.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY, 8.30 A.M.

The Great Eastern has just appeared off the east
end of the Isle of Wight, distant about 10 miles,
steering N.E.

9.15 A.M.
The Great Eastern is now steaming in, past the
Warner Light, towards the Solent. _

9.20 A.m.
The Great Eastern is now passing through
Spithead.
SOUTHAMPTON, 10.45 A.M.

The Great Eastern is in the river, within a mile
of her mooring ground. Several steamboats have
gone down to meet her, notwithstanding the wet,
uncomfortable state of the weather. A salute of
17 guns is firing from the Plaform Battery,

COWES, ISLE OF Ti /GILT.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
NOVEMBER 3.

SHIPPING DISASTERS.

The Flora pilot boat, No.'s, has this afternoon towed
into Cowes harbour the Norway brig Duen, Jacobsen
master, from Frederickstadt for Painbcouf, timber laden,
full of water, with foretopmast gone, and mainmast by the
deck. Tho schooner Mary, Brown master, of and for
Cowes with a cargo of coals, foundered to-day off Haesbro
—crew saved. She was the property of Mr. Weather, of
this port.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been recoived a'
Mr. Reuter's office, November 4 :

PARIS, Nov. 4.

The French and English Governments have com-
pletely agreed on the bases of the Congress which
is to be held at Brussels. All that remains to be
settled is the official notification from the English
Government.

Her Majesty the Empress has assisted for the
last few days at the Council of Ministers, presided
over by the Emperor.
Count Walewski, since his return to Paris, on
Tuesday last, has held conferences with Prince
Metternich, Lord Cowley, Count Kisseleff, and the
Marquis de Villamarina.

The .31oniteur announces that the Due de Padoue,
late Minister of the Interior, has been appointed by
an exceptional measure Grand Cross of tho Legion
of Honour, in order to testify in a striking manner
the satisfaction of the Emperor with his services.

INIABSEILLES, Nov. 3.

Advices from Algiers to the Ist inst. state that
Beni Suassen, terrified, had submitted to the
French, accepting conditions of peace of a most
severe character. The French expedition is pur•
suing the other tribes. The Akbar announces that
the Castle Algier has- been wrecked between
Genoa and Corsica.

NICE, Nov. 2.

A Russian squadron, composed of one man-of-
war and five frigates, will remain during the winter
At Villafranca.

VENICE, Nov. 2.
On the occasion of the reopening of the Opera
a noisy demonstration has taken place here.
Brigandage continues in the Venetian provinces.
Several persons have been arrested in Verona by
Hungarian soldiers for distributing revolutionary
prints.

INDIAN AND AUSTLALIAN MAILS.

We have been favoured b 7 the Peninsular and
Oriental Company with the :ollowing telegram :

AUS rRALIAN MAIL.

The Bombay, with the mail from Australia, left
Aden for Suez on tue 22d of October.

The Delta, from Southampton, arrived at Alex-
andria on the 25th, and the Vectis, from Marseilles
on the 26th of October.

The letters will probably be delivered in London
on Monday or Tuesday nest.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 28.

A telegram has been rec4ved here announcing
the departure from Aden (cate not given) of the
Nemesis, with the next incoming Calcutta and
China mails.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The Avon, from the Brad.ls, &c., passed Hurs
Castle at 11.30 a.m. this thy.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

The Moniteur publishes the Imperial decree
which nominates M. Billault Minister of the Inte-
rior. It may be remembered that M. Billault has
already held the same office, having been succeeded
in it by the late General Espinasse.
_ _

The Moniteur says :—" It is with a deep feeling
of regret that we learn by a telegraphic despatch
of the 31st ultimo the death of the Viscount de
Serre, Minister of the Emperor in Greece, who
expired after a few days' illness. M. de Serre was
nephew of a statesman who had been ambassador
at Naples, after having taken part with distinction
in the Councils of the Restoration. Faithful to the
traditions which he found in his family, and en-
dowed with great ability, the deceased. went
through all the steps of his career, giving
proof of incontestable merit. He was suc-
cessively precis-writer at the department of
Foreign Affairs, Chef du Cabinet during the
Ministry of M. Baroche; First Secretary of Em-
bassy at Vienna; French Minister at the Court
of the Grand Duke of Baden, and afterwards in
Greece ; and had scarcely arrived at the age when
experience of the world and of business completed
the qualities necessary for diplomacy ; he had, in
fact, scarcely passed his 50th year. M. de Serre
was married about three months ago to Mlle.
Marie Cantacuzene, daughter of the Prince of that

name."

The cholera is, it appears, increasing in intensity
amor g the French troops on the Morocco frontier.
Several officers have fallen victims to it, and the
total loss in every rank is stated to be over 1,500.

THE BOURSE, Nov. 3.—The market has been
rather heavy, and money tight for the continuations
of shares to tho end of the month. Threes, after
having been done at 69f. 65c., rallied to 69f. 75e. ;
Mobilier varied from 785 f. to 777 f. 50c. ; Orleans,
1,367 f. 50c. to 1,362 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 912 f. 50c. to
905 f. ; Southern, 515 f. to 512 f. 50c. ; Austrian,
542 f. 50c. to 540 f. ; Lombard, 550 f. to 548 f. 75c.
The following were the last quotations :

II per Cents. 95 10
Do. end month 95 2.3
3 per Cents 69 651
Do. end month 69 75
Bank Shares 2835
Credit Mobilier 778 75
Do. Account

Credit Fonder 690
Belgian 41 . —
Piedmontese (5) B3 50
Roman B4
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 42

lU.ILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 938 75 .. 941 25
New ditto 826 ..
Lyons and Mediterranean 907 50 .. 905
Geneva 530 .. 525
Southern
Western 562 50 .. 565
Eastern
Sardinialt
Austrian '
Lombard ~ ...

created the army of Romagna, and that the fate
of the country was in his hands, and that. conse-
quently he would never in any case cede to the
counsels of a power which has injured the Italian
cause. He said moreover that if the Piedmontese
Ministry should be disposed to adopt a new line
of policy different from that which he and the Ca-
your cabinet had adopted in common, he (Garibaldi)
would maintain alone that policy, and would cause
it to triumph over all weakness and all resistance."
This letter, which, it is said, was addressed to the
King, was read in full council ; and it caused a
difference of opinion among the ministers—MM.
da Bormida, and La Marmora wanting to disavow
completely the presumptuous general, to join the
Conservative party, and the other Ministers being
opposed to such a rupture. It is this incident
which gave rise to the report that a modification
was about to take place in the policy of the Ca-
binet."

Another Turin letter of the 30th ult., says .
" General Garibaldi, who arrived here the evening
before last, left again yesterday for Bologna, after
a long audience with the King. MM. Mighorati
and Rosa, who were the only Piedmontese func-
tionaries remaining in Romagna, have just resigned
their posts as intendants of Ferrara and Ravenna.
You will not fail to perceive the political significa-
tion of this measure, with which the Sardinian Go-
vernment and M. Dabormida's late journey to
Paris are not unconnected."