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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1859.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

subscriptif )n of £2O was made for the game, though unfor-
tunate, M ike Madden, and there can be no doubt that sum
will be considerably augmented. During the contest
Madden •was waited on by Jorry Noon and Boa Tyler,
while John M'Donald and Bob Brettle seconded Travers.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

termined on bringing forward Mr. A. J. Otway,
late M.P. for Stafford, in opposition to Sir F.
Smith. Mr. Otway is in favour of a large exten-
sion of the suffrage, the ballot, the abolition of
church rates, and other progressive measures ; and
from the great strength of the Liberal party,
coupled with the fact that Sir F. Smith's recent
extraordinary conduct, and vote on the Reform
Bill has alienated a large number of his form.er
supporters, there is no doubt that Mr. Otway will
be returned.—South Eastern Gazette.
NORWICH.—It was yesterday currently reported
that the Conservatives intend to contest both seats,
and that their choice has fallen on the Hon. Mr.
Scarlett, son of Lord Abinger (who sat for Norwich
when Sir James Scarlett) and a noble lord a mem-
ber of the Hay family. Both the sitting members,
Lord Bury and Mr. H. W. Schneider, pledged
themselves at a meeting held recently to offer
themselves for re-election.
EYE.—There is no probability of any opposition
being offered to the re-election of the present Con-
servative sitting member, Sir E.C. Kerrison, Bart.
THETFOItD.—The present sitting members, the
Earl of Euston and Mr. A. H. Baring, will, in all
probability, be re-eleotod.
KING'S LYNN.—It is not probable that the pre-
sent sitting members, Lord Stanley and Mr. John
Henry Gurney, will be opposed.
MAIDSTONE.—No arrangements have yet been
made by the Conservative party for supplying the
place of Mr. A. J. Beresford Tope, who is about
leaving. Maidstone for the purpose of seeking elec-
tion as the representative of the University of
Cambridge. Major Scott, his colleague, will offer
himself for re-election. Mr. W. Lee, who was an
unsuccessful candidate in 1857, will be brought
forward on the present occasion by the Liberals in
conjunction with another gentleman not yet named.
DERBY.—The present-Liberal members, Aressia.
Bass and Beale, intend offering themselves for re-
election, and the latter hon. gentleman will be
opposed by Mr. W. M. James, a Chancery barris-
ter, who was a candidate at the last election,
but who had to retire on the arbitration of Mr.
Biggs, of Leicester, chosen to decide which of the
candidates should go to the poll. The Tories
threaten to bring out a candidate, but no name has
been mentioned.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—It is generally anticipated
that the Tory party will contest this division, the
selection of Mr. J. P. Heywood in place of Mr.
Wm. Brown by the Liverpool Liberals having,
it is said, given offence to the Manchester party,
and the Tories hope to profit by the misunder-
standing.
SOUTH DERBYSHIRE.—The present members,
Messrs. T. W. Evans and C. R. Colvile, will offer
themselves for re election. Both gentlemen voted
against the Government Reform Bill. It is reported
that the Tories will oppose Mr. Colvile.
NORTH DERBYSHIRE.—Lord G. Cavendish and
Mr. W. P. Thornhill will, it is understood, be
returned without opposition. Both voted against
the Government bill.
WEST SUFFOLK.—Two candidates are before the
electors for the vacancy which will shortly be occa-
sioned in the representation of West Suffolk by the
retirement of Mr. H. S. Waddington—viz., Earl
Jermyn and Major Windsor Parker. Both gen-
tlemen profess Conservative principles, but Major
Parker appears to be the favourite with the party.
The name of Sir Robert Buxton, of Shadwell Court,
has also been mentioned in connection with the
vacancy, but it is not likely that the hon. baronet
will come forward under present circumstances.
Up to the close of last week the Liberal party had
made no public movement in the matter.
EAST KENT.—It is very questionable whether
there will be any opposition to the present repre-
sentatives, Sir Brook William Bridges, Bart., and
Mr. Deedes, as the state of the register would
hardly seem to justify any hope of a successful
issue to the Liberal party were a contest resorted
to

BERKSHlRE.—Yesterday Capt. Leicester Vernon,
of Ardington House, near Wantage, issued an ad-
dress to the electors of this county. In 1857 the
gallant captain came forward as a Liberal Conser-
vative. It is expected that Mr. Robert Palmer,
who has for a great number of years been M.P. for
the county, will shortly announce his retirement,
and that Mr. John Walter (the present M.P. for
Nottingham, who resides at Bearwood, in this
county) will offer himself as a candidate. The
other two members who will stand for re-election
are the Hou. P. P. Bouverie and Mr. G. H, Van-
sittart.
EAST NORFOLK.—A consultative meeting of the
Conservative party was held on Saturday after-
noon, at the Swan Hotel, Norwich, to select two
candidates to contest the representation of the
Eastern Division of Norfolk, which is now in the
hands of the Liberals. The meeting, which was
attended by about 50 of the leading members of the
party, was presided over by Mr. Edward Howes,
one of the chairmen of the County Quarter Ses-
sions. Four gentlemen were named as suitable
candidates, viz.: Mr. H. N. Burroughes, who
represented the constituency for many years, but
retired in 1857 ; the Hon. F. Walpole, brother of the
Earl of Orford, and author of " Four Years in the
Pacific," " Travels in Syria," &c. ; Mr. Robert Fel-
lowes, of Shottesham ; and Sir Robert Jacob Bux-
ton, of Shadwell-court, Mr. Burroughes was invited
again to offer himself as a candidate, but declined
to give a definite pledge on the subject. After some
discussion, however, a resolution was adopted that
the hon. gentleman and Mr. Fellowes should be
requested to state whether or not they were pre-
pared to come forward at anotb er meeting to be held
on Saturday next. Mr. Robert Fellowes must not
be confounded with Mr. E. Fellowes, the member
for Huntingdonshire.
WEST KENT.---The Kentish Gazette, a conserva-
tive journal, states that Mr. Hardy will probably
be put in nomination for West Kent, in opposition
to either Mr. C. W. Martin or Mr. Whatman.
SOUTH ESSEX.—T. W. Bramston, Esq., the
senior member for this division, has come to the
determination not to offer himself again as a candi-
date when the next dissolution of Parliament takes
P• lace —Essex Herald.—Mr. J. W. P. Watlington
offers himself as a candidate. His views, he states,
" are more in accordance with the principles of Lord
Derby's administration than with those of any
other political leader of the day."

NOTTINGHAM.—There will be a contest for this
borough. It is understood that Mr. George Moore
will offer himself, in conjunction with Mr. Paget,
on liberal principles. Mr. Vernon, of Grove, near
Retford, Conservative, is a►so spoken of. Mr.
Ernest Jones will also come forward. The latter
has issued an address, in which, after alluding to
his well-known advocacy of manhood suffrage, the
ballot, triennial Parliaments, and an equitable re-
vision of constituencies, he says :--The foreign
policy of England ought, in my opinion, to be ono
of peace and non-intervention ; a policy, I believe,
not incompatible with the freedom of continental
nations—for liberty is never won as a gift from
others, but achieved only as the fruit of a people's
own exertions."

DOVER.—We understand that the Liberal party
will continue their support to Mr. Bernal Osborne
and Sir William Russell. The gallant conduct of
the latter in India has awakened much enthusiasm
in his behalf.

SANDWICH.—Mr. Hugessen and Lord Clarence
Paget will, it is believed, offer themselves in the
Liberal interest again. There is a report, however,
that Mr. Huggesen may contest East Kent, in com-
bination with Mr. Rice, late member of for Dover.

A MARCH 1N CHINA.

A private letter from Canton, dated February
,3, says :
I dare say you will have heard that, since the
affair of Shecksing, the monotony of our existence
at Canton has been somewhat relieved by sundry
little trips into the interior, the object being, as we
hear, to accustom the country people to the presence
of troops, to show them how harmless we are when
left alone, how terrible and irresistible when op-
posed. As I accompanied the last expedition,
which has just returned, and which possesses the
historical interest of being the longest march ever
yet performed by British troops in China, you will,
perhaps, like to have some account of it. I must
tell you that our destination was a place called
Fayune, celebrated as the nest in which every plot
for the extermination of the "barbarians" has been
hatched, by a committee composed of three Man-
darins, who were specially intrusted with the rais-
ing of "Braves" and the general conduct of mili-
tary affairs against the barbarians, and who,
known as the " Fayune Committee," have been our
standing bugbear for this year past. However,
after the Braves had received their thorough thrash-
ing the other day, it was reported that these
worthies had decamped; whether they had done so
or not, it was determined to beard the lions in
their den. Accordingly off we started on the
morning of the Bth, the force was composed of some
Engineers, Artillery, 150 of the French Naval
Brigade, the 65th Bengal Native Infantry, and a
battalion of Marines, in all 1,000 men, under the
command of Brigadier Caulfield, Sir Charles Strau-
benzee accompanying the expedition. Lord Elgin
land his staff also rode out with the column on their
first day's march
I The weather was lovely, and the scenery charm-
ing. At this time of year all the paddy fields are
dry, which facilitates the process of marching
across the country, although, as the troops generally
filed along the narrow paths, our line of march
seemed interminable, our array of baggage coolies
being almost as extended as that of our troops.
Substantial villages were found snugly ensconced in
groves of handsome trees, and the heavily timbered
hills and smaller knolls betokened the last resting
places of the more illustrious of the rural
community, whose semicircular graves always
occupy the most picturesque spots. After an easy
day's march we halted for the night at a village
called Kong-Soong, on the bank of a considerable
stream, which was, however, fordable for the
horses. Here a joss-house had been prepared for
the reception of the general and his staff, which
before long was surrounded by the white tents of
the barbarian host, who in their turn were encom-
passed by a crowd of admiring Chinamen, for the
whole village seemed to have turned out to witness
the process of encamping. Then, as night closed in,
cheery camp fires began to blaze and crackle, and
the hum of many voices filled the air, a perfect
Babel of sounds, in which French and Hindostanee,
Chinese and English, struggled for the mastery in
a confused chorus. Next morning the inspiriting
strains of the band were the signal for a start on
our part, and a rush on the part of the Chinese, who
came to listen to them. Our march led us through
a country very similar to that passed on the pre-
vious day, except that it was somewhat tamer and
more Indian looking ; the soil seemed more light
and sandy, and the waving plumes of clunips of
bamboos must have reminded our Bengalee friends
of their native plains. We passed numerous popu-
lous villages ; so far, however, from any alarm
being manifested, the inhabitants all turned out to
look at us, the small-footed women with babies in
their arms stumping manfully across the rough
ground to watch the long procession pass. At every
village the elders came forward to meet us, pre-
senting the General with slips of pink paper as
tokens of friendship and amity, while by the road
side tables were spread with tea and refreshments,
as a sort of peace offering and propitiation. How-
ever much it was to be regretted that the swagger-
ing Braves should not have received some severe
punishment for the various acts of treachery and
audacity of which they have at sundry times been
guilty, it was impossible to pass through this
smiling, peaceful country and not feel thankful
that it had been spared the scourge of war. For
you must distinguish between the Braves and the
peasantry;
,had we turned and destroyed these
villages in retaliation for the injuries inflicted
upon us by the Braves, we should have been
making the innocent suffer for the guilty, and
have raised up for durselves enemies in all those
whose homesteads we had burnt, instead of keep-
ing them as friends who have (now that they have
made our acquaintance) less sympathy than ever with
the Braves. These ruffians are composed of the scum
of the province; there are many of them avowed
rebels, all of them idle vagabonds, who prey upon
the country people when they are not fighting with
their own Government or with foreigners, and to
maintain whom for the latter purpose the rural
population is heavily taxed ; latterly, however,
and thishowever,they
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have refused to respond to this levy,
doubtless one reason whythe Braves seeinoptlrooinngteedrto exist in an organised body. body.yeciprocated
noticestheir
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issuing
desire
pre-
serve peace and order, and our determination not to
injure those who did not molest us. We halted that
night at the village of Pingshan, where the General
and staff were lodged in a really sumptuous abode,
dedicated to the most illustrious ancestors of the
population of the surroun ding villages. Pihquei had
notified the magistrate of Fay une of our intended
visit, and this dignitary had met us in the course of
the day's march, and assured us that he had pre-
pared all the accommodation of which that town

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for the multitude to scram,,.,
Fayune early on the 10th, and w ert. ,ghted
the improved aspect of the et mntry as we ap-
proached. It is surrounded i .3- rounded hills,
covered with fir and other handso me trees, while in
the rear a fine range of mountaivis raise an irre-
gular line of peaks to a height of from 1,500 to
2,000 feet. It is evidently considered by the
Chinese a strategical point of some importance, as
guarding the entrance to the rich plains from the
mountainous district which commences here, and
runs north for some distance. Though insignifi-
cant in point of extent and population, it is sur-
rounded by a wall in admirable repair, apparently
newly built ; in the centre a rising ground is
crowned by a temple, and overshadowed by mag-
nificent trees. As the troops marched in, to the
tune of " Cheer boys, cheer," the small guard of the
Imperial soldiers at the gate turned out—a signifi-
cant indication of the altered state of our relations
in this part of the empire. Some of the troops
were lodged in temples and yamuns inside the
town ; others were encamped on a hill behind it ;
while the General and Staff occupied the very
rooms in which the celebrated commissioners used
to concoct those dire machinations by which they
hoped to turn ns out of Canton. What city in the
province at present shelters their dishonoured Ilea&
is a mystery. A visit which the magistrate paid the"
General to-day was returned on the following day,
the usual compliments being exchanged; indeed, the
magistrate professed to derive great enjoyment from
our visit, and assured us that he would be delighted
to lodge and care for any shooting or picnic
parties who might be tempted to explore the charm-
ing country in the midst of which Fayune is
situated. We regretted that our stay was not
long enough to admit of any extended rambles,
which would have been doubly appreciated after the
routine of Canton. However, we had no reason to
complain, the weather continued lovely, and no
contretemps occurred to mar the general success of
the trip. In justice to the men it should be re-
marked that they behaved admirably, nor, so far as
I am aware, were any complaints made by the.
people of violence or a tendency to" loot" on their
part. The march back wag prated in dap,
some coolies being hiretFoUttethe
which we passed to carry thePeten's pack% snd oh
the afternoon of the 12th we were all safely housed
again in Canton.

-There is some talk of a gunboat expedition neit
week to a place called Shaouking, said to be an
important city about 100 miles up the great
western river.

FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

At the last sitting a letter was read from Dr.
Ch. Jackson, giving a description of the auriferous
placers of Dahlonega, Georgia, U.S., where large
hydraulic works are being undertaken, on the
Californian model, for gold-washing; the Chestertee,
Yahoola, and Etau, contributing their waters for the
purpose. It has been ascertained that by making
the water pass through pipes at a high pressure, earth
containing only one-third of a cent's worth of gold
per bushel can be washed at a profit ; and as the
whole district of Dahlonega will yield at least
three cents of gold per bushel, and in some places
as much as ten, the undertaking will be highly
profitable. Some favoured spots contain vast
Quantities of the precious metal. Dahlonega is a
town of Lumpskin County, Georgia, which was
bought of the Cherokees about twenty-five years
ago. Its geological formation is very simple,,con-
sisting of a soft micaceous and amphibolic schist,
so broken and decomposed that it can be shovelled
away like common earth to the depth of eigthy
feet sometimes. There is no trace of drift or de-
nudation, and the gold on the hills is distinctly
crystalline, and not rounded off at the edges, as it
would be by rolling; it is so, however, on the banks
of the rivers, where it has undergone the friction
of the sands and waters. The amphibolic schist
above-mentioned is intersected with regular veins
of auriferous quartz, as also of tetradymite or tellu-
ruret of bismuth, also containing gold. Specular
and magnetic iron are abundant in this auriferous
region, as is also the case in the Carolinas, and in
California.—M. Nickles wrote to announce that
his discovery of the presence of flourine in the
mineral waters of Plombieres, announced in 1857,
has since been fully confirmed by the discovery of
a vein of fluor spar in that basin, at the very base
of the mineral springs.—M. Laiguel submitted a
new plan for the canal through the Isthmus of
Suez, which, in his opinion, might be advantage-
ously substituted for the old one. M. Guerin de
Meneville sent in a paper to show that the silk-
work of the Aylanthus glandulosa, which he is
now endeavouring to propagate in France, is the
same as the wild silkworm mentioned by the Jesuit
d'lncarville as living on the ash (that being the
name he gives to the tree since called ailan-
thus), and on another tree which he calls the
pepper-plant Of China, but which the inhabitants
of the country call fagara. M. Elie de Beaumont
presented several hydrographic charts and a paper
by M. A. Boutakoff, a captain of he Russian navy,
on the mouth of the Syr-Dariah or laxartes, in the
Lake of Aral. The maps show the outline of the
banks and the soundings taken in 1847, 1853, and
January, 1859, from which it appears that the
delta of that river is undergoing constant changes.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about at par, and the shortexchangeon London is 2.5.072
per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng-
lish Mint price of £3 17s. 10fd. per ounce for standard gold,
it appears that gold is nearly 4-10ths per cent. dearer in
Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the
price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on
London is 1311 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the
English Mint price is therefore about 3-10ths per cent.
dearer in Hamburg than in London. The [course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight
is about lon per cent., which, when compared with the
Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is slighly in favour of England ; and, after making
allowance for chrages of transport and difference of inte-
rest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the impor-
tation of gold from the United States.
RESULTS OF COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.—it may
have been observed that a few weeks ago the successful
candidate fort the Hertford University Scholarship, Oxford,
was Henry Nettleship, a Charterhouse exhibitioner. The
Porson University Scholarship at Cambridge has just been
won by Richard Jebb, also a Charterhouse exhibitioner.
In the year 1850 the governors of the Charterhouse threw
open four scholarships at the Charterhouse, to be com-
peted for by boys at the school in their 15th year. Both
the abovenamed gentlemen were elected scholars in this way.
It may be added that the first Christ Church studentship
thrown open to the whole college was won by a Charter-
house elective scholar, George John Blore. When afterwards
Christ Church extended their competition, and threw stu-
dentships open to the whole university, the first student-
ship thus won was won by a Charterhouse elective acholar,
Frank Parnell.

VACCINATION.—An order has been issued _from
the Privy Council-office, stating that whereas by the
Public Health Act of 1858 the Privy Council are -em-
powered to issue regulations for securing the due quali-
fication of all persons to be contracted with by guar-
dians and overseers of unions and parishes in England
for the vaccination of persons resident in such unions and
parishes, it is enacted That no contract for vaccination
shall be entered into by such guardians or overseers, except
with a medical practitioner who shall be legally competent
to practise both medicine and surgery in England and
Wales. Provided, that if in any union or parish it shall
not be practicable for the guardians or overseers to contract
with a person residing in or near to the district for which
he shall be required to act, fully qualified as aforesaid, the
guardians or overseers may report the circumstances to the
Poor Law Board, and the said board may permit a contract
to be entered into with a medical practitioner not fully
qualified for so long a time as the said Board shall deem
proper."

LADVERTISEMENT.]— SIGHT AND HEARING. SPEC.,
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opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field,
and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses,
very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and
18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show dis-
tinctly a person to know them at two-and-a-half and three
miles, and an object from eight to ten miles diAtant. Her
•
are also pre.
Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as dayand
night
t'erred for deer-stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and
gamekeepers. Telescopes 3f inches long, by which a per-
glasses in preference to all others ; they
son may be clearly seen and known at 31 miles' and an
object at 12 to 14 miles distance; and with an extra astro-
nomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, and
the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be
had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and
are secured by her Majesty's .Royal Letters Patent.
The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly-
nvd, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass,
the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen
and known one and a half mile distant. They answer
every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera.
houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen
at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting,
deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game-
keepers, and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of the
gTeatest transparent power. The great advantage derived
from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are
enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation
—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying
power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the
dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons
can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send-
ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and
stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print
with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by
stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic
Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-invented
instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others,
surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably
ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the
to
skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons
distinctly at church and at public assembhcs) the
unplea-
sant sensation of singing noises in the ears
entirelycould re-•
moved, and it affords all the assistance that possibly
be desired.-39, Ailvelsthestrset, r rf vrPidifyir
opposite the York Not 4