The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-05 00:00:00

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TIER ATIAJESTY.

OSBORNE, August 4.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise:
and Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out
yesterday afternoon.

Her Majesty and the Royal Family walked iu tb°
grounds this morning.
The Prince of Leiningen dined with the Queen
last evening.

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, Ac;
companied by Prince Albert Victor and rrn''
George, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Harding

LITERATURE.

Colonel Fortescue's Daughter. By Lady Charleg
Thynne. Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett•
Lady Charles Thymic has been fortunate io the
subject of her new work. Her stories are always
pleasantly written, and narrated in an interesting,
manner, but in her novel last year, ,6 Oil the Li",
we could not congratulate her on the theme of her
selection. In her new work, however, it is dif-
ferent. Colonel Fortescue's daughter, in the first
days of her infancy, is the delight of her haPPY
parents. Her young mother with difficulty allows
her out of sight. An unlucky nurse walking with
this treasure on Hampstead Heath, during a fair,
meets a friendly butler, who offers to show her
some wonders in one of the booths, which he tell°
her she will never forget to her dying day. Sh°,i
rashly accepts the invitation, leaving the baby Wit"
a good-natured woman, who offers to hold it,
and she does not, we are told, to her dying dill
forget the adventure ! When she returns 101
inspecting the wonders of the show woman and WI
are gone. Great is the consternation and grief 0
the parents. Days of anxiety follow4with adver-
tisements and researches innumerable. At iitSt 3
cradle is deposited at Colonel Fortescue's door,
containing to the delight of all beholders a baby'
but also to the consternation of all beholders, bc
added, containing not one baby, but a couple
Dressed alike, and possessing no distinctive feu'
tures, no one can tell which is TILE baby and which
the impostor. The parents decide upon keep
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both children, and treating them exactly alike.
doubt as to the identity of her own child embitter:
the mother's life. The after complications of the
story may bo imagined. The main incident
of course, is singularly improbable is
nature, but it gives occasion to a very interesting
story. The characters of the two supposed sistero
are very capitally drawn, and the wisepp impartialit,
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of Colonel Fortescue, throughout the days of thel
girlhood, contrasts with the capricious and Prey
judiced feelings with which Mrs. Fortescue regard
the child whom she believes to be an alien. "
Fortescue's Daughter" will be a favourite with t"."
novel readers.

Elephant Daunts: Being a Sportsman's Narrative of
the Search for Dr. Livingstone. By Henry Faulk;
ner, late 17th Lancers. One Vol. Pp. 32v.
Hurst and Blackett.
The very spirited frontispiece to this volume
gives lively assurance of the stirring adventures ()
which it relates. In a thick-tangled jungle we .13d
ourselves in company with no less than five fill;
mense elephants. The sportsman, assisted by °ll,O
follower only, has already done good service. rf c/'d
huge monsters lie dead among the long grass, 31',/,
two others are taking to flight, one of them
his trunk in the air " trumpetting" loudly. 111
fifth, and the most formidable, has been struck w„
the head, and is in the act of falling, but 110 eo
not fall unavenged. In his fall ho sends his de-
stroyer flying through the air, and disables the
formidable gun which has given his death-wound.
Never, perhaps, not even in the well-known fr°ll:
tiapiece of Southey's "Doctor," in which the
"author" turns his buck upon those who conte3l-
plate his "portrait," never did author appear ee"
picted in more undignified guise. In this pietur4;
before us, surrounded, it is true, by the trophies °f
his valour, the author appears in the air, and liter;
ally " upside down !" This adventure with ti
five elephants, of which full defail4 8r
given at page 198, is only oae of many exciting
scenes. Mr. Faulkner is evidently a keen sport°.
man, and whether the object of hs chase be el;
phant, buffalo, or hippopotamus, he is e(11131;
ready for the occasion, and equally fearless the
adventure, conducting us, as he does, through Wit,
but little known, and describing situations for t a
most part unfamiliar, his work has a freshness an
a merit which render it conspicuous among the
sports and travels of the season.

NEW POLICE ACT.—Yesterday the Act i°
amend the law relating to the funds provided for defraYilll
the expenses of the Metropolitan Police was issued•
rate on all property assessed to the poor is to be 9,1. is the
pound, instead of as hitherto. The Secretary of 0'30(
may make an allowance to the assistant commissioner
£3OO in addition to his salary, for house rent.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A WESLEYAN MINISTriI";
The meeting of Wesleyan ministers in Coliferenee 65,
Liverpool had a peculiar solemnity cast over it on linwrofs
by the news that the Rev. Alexander T. James, who:
that town on Saturday for Huddersfield, for the purpose °,•O
preaching Sunday school sermons, had been found dc'a"
bed on Sunday morning.
THREE-CORNERED CONSTITUENCIES.— meet-
ing
At a
of the Liberal electors of Birmingham, held on 11°,1,-;
day evening, Mr. Turner in the chair, to impress upon the
11 electors the duty of voting as they are requested 1.0
Liberal Association at the next election, in order to Secg°
the return of three Liberals, the following letter front
Bright, M.P., on the subject was read :—" Rochdale/ .Aus,re,
I.—Dear Sir,—At the ward meetings the plan for ,
turning three Liberals should bo thoroughly 011)11°,0-
and every man who votes for two candidates, as rec-01
mended by the committee, should feel that he has d°ll,°„o3
utmost to secure the return of all three. Without a
organisation the return of three Liberals is iciP°ost
sible. With it you may succeed, and thus baff ~„
le the ee
offensive scheme ever devised for destroying the Willie:ill
of the largest constituencies. I hope the candidates ot
be held to be on a perfect equality, and that the 013:0
effort will be made to return all the three. Everie Teal
who votes for two of them in the manner propose
Burs,
most help to carry the three.—l am, very truly, I
Jolla BRIGHT."
RAILWAY COLLISION AT WEY3IOUTII.--IL
occurred on the London and South-Western Raillivaielv,eo
terday morning. Shortly after 7 a "bathing train"l yes-
Dorchester to enable persons to bathe at Weytnouth•
terday the train had more passengers than usual, whet:oo
accident occurred at Weymouth station which at on°
11 as
threatened considerable destruction of property as W:teeP
loss of life. The run into 'Weymouth is over a yell
decline from Ridgeway tunnel, about four vanes "1;000)
on emerging from which steam is shut off, and the
,o b
Taal
belonging to the engine, as well as that in the guar' °
The
are applied during the remainder of the journey %%icy-
metals at tho time were very slippery, and on nearie,g. Deealg
mouth station the engir e-driver discovered that his..b to
would not act. The guard was communicated but
apply his break with greater force, and this was der' ; itS
it broke soon after, and the train had nothing to aror°Coilie
progress until entering the station, when it came of
sion with a kind of buttress erected /or the ParP° the
stopping carriages. The collision was most sev,e_oeu,' its
1-Lut mid
barrier being broken into fragments and started.
foundation, while the passengers were tossed a7caosed/
bruised. Fortunately, no serious injuries were The
The
although many severe flesh wounds were sustainelas of the
sufferers were conveyed to one of the waitinger°° ,th Drs'
station, when Mr. Arnold, the agent, together co, do all
Fox and Rhodes, were speedily on the spot, and
they they could to alleviate the sufferings of the _
On Tuesday the banks of the great lake I.l_eo
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tor is-park were crowdej with spectators to .
ti Dist
extraordinary match among four members 0", J of ate
London Swimming Club. The match c eleiet'ivo,rieg
competitors swimming in th tie Ofdillall
the die-
apparel, boots, trousers, coat, bat, Atc.lo cone-
time° being GOO yards. The names of the four
Ar
titers were Cromlie, Sprange, W. Bell, and Altho Laivie„;
half-past seven they took their position on at °I)
platform at the east end of the lake, au
,rogo
al' ja
signal they all dived in amidst loud chooring:.
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took the load, followed by Morris, Cronalie, uroturn's
this course they swam the length of the lek0,11:,1 yea
ing Bell went away from Morris and ere:I:IL. 3;60.4
abreast of Sprange. The race now becamed teee, tat at
for they were neck and neck for some
ro_ten_.
and se%
length Bell launched out some vigorous st
fourth,
sDell
easily. Morris was third and Crornlie four
the heaviest of clothes and thick bolts.