The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-16 00:00:00

to Mr. Burke was, that he had gone to Eyre's Crcek,
and from thence towards the Gulf. That he had
gone on expecting to find water, but had found the
holes dry. That in this way he had gone too far,
thinking to find water ahead, and was unable to
return, from want of water. He believed Mr. Burke
and his party were stuck fast. He was also afraid
that the party were attacked with scurvy ; but
there were no symptoms of it when they left. Mr.
Burke seemed to be in good health when he left.
He did not know if Mr. Burke had anything with
him to prevent scurvy.
It is needless to say that the Exploration Com-
mittee, upon hearing the above particulars, render-
ing the condition of the exploring expedition one of
extreme peril, took steps at once to afford relief.
Prior to receiving this intelligence, Mr. Howitt had
been despatched with a party to Cooper's Creek,
but becoming acquainted with the state of matters
he returned to town, and his party was re-equipped
and strengthened. Another party, under the com-
mand of Mr. Walker, is to start from llockhamn-
ton, to make for the Albert River, and a sea party
has also been organised, the chief secretary having
consented to place a sum of £2,000 on the estimates
for that purpose.

BRIGHTON FRBAKS,PLEASURES,A,y,9
IMPROPRIETIES.

(From the Observer.)
Brighton is considered, and very properly so, the
first watering-place in England. No town of its
character approaches it in any way in respect or
extent of the number of its splendid residences, and
of the opulent class who habitually frequent this
fashionable and delightful city. The residential in-
habitants of Brighton look down with an eye of
scorn upon such places as Margate, Ramsgate,
Herne Bay, and Southend. Dover, they allow,
may perhaps be passable ; Folkestone they consi-
der a dull place, and Hastings they set down as the
locality for religions misanthropists and incurables.
Brighton can constantly boast of high-sounding
names, from dukes downwards. The mercantile
magnates of the metropolis swear by it, and glory
in spending their thousands in the town. The air
is pronounced superlative, the drainage tolerably
good, and the water supply abundant, if not of the
purest quality. It might therefore have been anti-
cipated that with all these advantages Brighton, as
respects the conduct of its frequenters, would he
far above such plebian places as Margate and Rams-
gate—that is, according to Brighton formula ; and
the quEstion then 'arises, are the frequenters of
Brighton more moral, more modest, or more decent
than in the places above referred to ? It is to be
feared that not only is there very little difference
between any of these places, but, if comparisons are
drawn, that the balance would be rather against
this most fortunate town. The freaks of Margate
and Ramsgate have been described over and over
again. At Brighton they are to be seen in the same
manner. There are just as many in proportion, if
Lot more, men who call themselves gentlemen, but
who would be horrified at being designated " gents,"
here, as in the more plebian watering-places; the
only difference being that they have more money
to spend, and therefore carry their follies to a greater
extent. These persons conduct themselves in the
morning, on the sands, as they would do at any less
distinguished watering-place, while at night they
are worse, although not quite so uproarious or so
drunken.

Turning from these to the " fair sex"—ladies who
pride themselves on their position in society and,
on their decorum when at home—one and all seem
animated by the same spirit. Pork-pie hats and
crinoline prevail at Brighton as elsewhere : the
only difference being that the ladies dress more and
oftener. By ten o'clock in the morning the beach.
and esplanade are crowded with young ladies,
" dressed to the eyes," with nether garments of so
capacious a character that, when the wind blows
—as it will blow frequently at Brighton—no ono
is surprised if young gentlemen—aye, and old ones
too—look after them. Then as to bathing at Bi igh-
ton, it is generally and particularly as bad as in any
place known, The whole beach is open to men
until seven o'clock in the morning, and this thectly
fronting the best houses in Brighton ; and no
decent woman of any rank can show her face until
after this fatal hour is past, and the finest and
purest time of day being thus lost to them, for no
reason in the world except that the authorities will
not exert themselves to put down the nuisance, by
issuing directions that no one should be allowed to
bathe from the beach on any part of Brighton east.
of Palmyra-square. The authorities, no doubt, at-
tempt to shield themselves from blame by stating
that the young ladies and gentlemen do not object,
but on the contrary, seem to prefer indiscriminate
bathing, inasmuch as the most crowded part of the
beach in the morning‘ is close to the bathing ma-
chines opposite the Bedford Hotel, where the band
plays. The ladies' and gentlemen's machines are
in close proximity—in fact, they almost adjoin one
another—and yet these machines are more
highly sought after than any other. They
say ladies cannot object to see gentlemen in such a
position, or they would not patronise those machines
which adjoin them; and they urge, if young ladies
will so far forget what is due to themselves., it is
not surprising that young gentlemen who are not
supposed to be brought up with staider morals
should forget what is due to the female sex. But
the worst part of the business is, these bathers pro-
fess to move in the higher circles of society, and
consist of young ladies who are never " brought
out," as the terms goes, until they are 16 or 17
years of age, in order that their young minds may
not be contaminated. Nevertheless, their own
mothers will countenance them in these absurdities,
extravagancies, and indecorums, which have made
Brighton the opprobrium of good taste. It is,
however, but fair to state that on one part of the
beach, beyond Brunswick-square, there are bathing
machines set exclusively apart for ladies, and that
these are always crowded by those who have some-
thing like respect for themselves. How it is that
husbands and fathers do not interfere is a matter of
astonishment. It is presumed that by constant
use they have become so habituated to these prac-
tices that they look upon them as a matter of course.
But, even viewing it in this charitable light, we
cannot understand why they should allow their
wives and daughters to be spectators of such a
scene as was witnessed the other day—a scene which
is of common occurrence, viz., that of a man in the
garb of a gentleman who took a boat, went some 20
yards off in front of the ladies' machines, delibe-
rately undressed himself, had his bath in the open
sea, and then put on his clothes in view of hundreds
of young ladies. The corporation of Brighton may
do much, but the visitors may do more if they will,
o bring about something like propriety.

THE OLD SYSTEM OF NEAPOLITAN
EsPIONAGE.

" Little more than a fortnight since," says the
Naples correspondent of La Prosse, " Signor To-
fano presided over the deliberations of the first
criminal tribunal of the southern provinces, and it
is now avowed that from 1850 to 1859 he was the
secret agent of the police of Ferdinand 11. There
appears to be almost something providential in the
chance by which the letters of Signor Tofano were
discovered ; for during the Government of M. Nigra
the archives of the kingdom were searched, and
nothing was found except the famous letter of
Liborio Romano. One of the most distinguished
men of Naples having been charged by Baron
Ricasoli to write the history of the latter Bourbons,
was, of course, allowed to search all the archives
of the kingdom, and whilst doing so laid his
hand on a dusty packet which was throw-n
in a corner with several others. The outside of this
packet contained these figures 1850--1858.' He
opened the packet, and to his astonishment found
that they were letters written by Tofano to the
King, classified according to their dates and marked
by a letter in red ink, which probably corresponded
with some register of the King. This individual
immediately went to General Cialdini to inform
him of the discovery he had made. Count Bor o-
meo has sent for the packet of letters, copies of
which were taken and sent to Turin. As always hap-
pens in like cases, Signor Tofano ended. his letters
with a remark on the necessity of destroying them.
Ferdinand 11., however, was too adroit for that.
I am assured that all the acts of the Neapoli-
tan emigrants are reviewed in these letters
with the most surprising diligence. Tofano did
not even spare his most intimate friends. As I
am informed, he denounce'i all in the most pitiless
manner. At the time of the last Mazzinian affray
at Genoa, Signor Tofano thought it would be his
interest to take up the defence of the accused Re-
publicans. Fearing, however, lest his patron at
Naples might he shocked at seeing him thus figur-
ing amongst the defenders of such people. and
might stop remittances, he wrote to the K
explain, That in order to stand the better
M
azzinians, and to inspire them with greater
con-
fidence in the future, he had offered
tf, defend the
the
accomplices of Pisacane.' Of coursesvesviTh the
King to
unfortu-
nate men whom Tofano defended e sent to the
galleys. I am told Tofaro affirms that he can
justify his conduct, and that
sending him false news.
his object was to lead
Ferdinand into error
by
and
The Minister of Justice at
the report will be rat Turin has ordered an in-
quiry into the matte
before the next meetirs,
gof Parliament." ready
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THE NEXT LORD MAYOR.—It has 13,2 en stated
that a requisition was in course of signature to the present
Lord mayor, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, to stand for the office
for the second year. Tho next alderman on the rota has,
however, expressed his intention to contest vtny attempt to
wrest the civic chair front him jaws turn.,