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

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, August 4
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
and Prince, and Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out
yesterday afternoon.
Iler Majesty and the Royal Family walked in tb°
grounds this morning.
The Prince of Leiningen dined with the Queen

[ast evening.

The PHI, cess of Wales drove out yesterdaY,3c'
companiod by Prince Albert Victor and Pollee
George, attenled by the lion, Mrs. Ilardinge•

LITERATURE.

Colonel Fortescue's Daughter. By Lady Charles
Thynne. Three Vole. Hurst and Blacke,tt•

Lady Charles Thynne has been fortunate in the
subject of her new work. Her stories are alsvAls
pleasantly written, and narrated in an interestil
rummer, but in her novel lass year, " Off the Line,
we could not congratulate her on the theme of her
selection. In her new work, ho..vever, it is dif-
ferent. Colonel Fortescue's daughter, in the firs"
days of her infancy, is the delight of her happy
parents. Her young mother with diffic-alty 0.11°,3,
filer out of sight. An unlucky nurse walking
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 tells
her she will never forget to her dying day. Sbe
rashly accepts the invitation, leaving the baby Wit'll
a good-natured woman, who offers to hold
and she does not, we are told, to her dying del
forget the adventure ! 'When she returns ft°
inspecting the wonders of the show woman and 1/
are gone. Great is the consternation and grief 0
the parents. Days of anxiety follow4with adver-
tisements and researches innumerable. At last 3
cradle is deposited at Colonel Fortescue's d°ol.l
containing to the delight of all beholders a ball;
but also to the consternation of all beholders, be
it
added, containing not one baby, but a couple
Dressed alike, and possessing no distinctive f°3l:
tures, no one can tell which is THE baby and Which
the impostor. The parents decide upon keePrrivhge
both children, and treating them exactly alike. -1."1
doubt as to the identity of her own child embitte.lo
the mother's life. The after complications of t4t
story may be imagined. The main incidell.t;
of course, is singularly improbable ill 1,
nature, but it gives occasion to a very interestlaa
story. The characters of the two supposed sisters
are very capitally drawn, and the wise impae.ialll
of Colonel Fortescue, thrOughout the days of theic
e,
girlhood, contrasts with the eapriiious and Prd,
judiced feelings with which Mrs. Fortescue reg3f
the child whom she believes to be an alien. " (1°
Fortescue's Daughter" will be a favourite with the
novel readers.

Elephant IlauntB: Being a Sportsman's NarratiVe °f
the Search for Dr. Livingstone. By Henry F 3111.;,
ner, late 17th Lancers. One Vol. PP. 3°

llurst and Blackett.
lerue
The very spirited frontispiece to this V 0 nf
gives lively assurance of the stirring adventures -a
which it relates. In a thick-tangled jungle we
ourselves in company with no less than five a;
Enense elephants. The sportsman, assisted hY.,°OO
follower only, has already done good service•
huge monsters lie dead among the long grass, s.Liti,
two others are taking to flight, one of thou `11,1,1110
his trunk in the air " trumpetting" loudly 1, if'
fifth, and the most formidable, has been struck es
the head, and is in the act of falling,
but he
not fall unavenged. In his fall he sends his ,ho
stroyer flying through the air, and disables j.
formidable gun which Ills given his death-NOUlla
Never, perhaps, not even in the well-known f'(:11-;
tispiece of Southey's " Doctor," in which ""
"author" turns his back upon those who coni°;:
elate his "portrait," never did authar apPear
rs
,icted in more undignified guise. In this picteof
before us, surrounded, it is true, by the trophieser,
ter
his valour, the author appears in the air, and
IliLtbe
Lily " upside down !" This adventure with ire
dye elephants, of which full &tail; `.1,4
given at page 198, is only one of many ese:tirts.
scenes. Mr. Faulkner is evidently a keel 5.1)°,-le,
man, and whether the object of his chase b° -fdif
phant, buffalo, or hippopotamus, he is egti-tho
ready for the occasion, and equally fearless ittio
adventure, conducting us, as he does, through se'the,
but little known, and describing situations f°r,,o3
most part unfamiliar, his work has a freshness tba
a merit which render it conspicuous ainoog
sports and travels of the season.

t NEW POLICE POLICE ACT.—Yesterday the ilfAsia
amend the law relating to the funds provided for d°"*"/The
the expenses of the Metropolitan Police was issued. the
rate on all property assessed to the poor is to be 9d.jilt.ite
pound, instead of Bd., as hithnrte. The Secretary °I I. of
may make an allowance to the assistant commission
£3OO in addition to his salary, for house rent.
er
SUDDEN DEATII OF A 'WESLEYAN I\llNlaJ At
Tho meeting of Wesleyan ministers in Coufol°Etid
Liverpool had a peculiar solemnity cast over it on ,
by the news that the Rev. Alexander T. JaricS, ww'so of
that town on Saturday for Huddersfield, for the pal, °to is
preaching Sunday school sermons, had been found a
bed on Sunday morning.
t 111eet'
THREE-CORNERED CONSTITUENCIES.---4•- 3 for
ing of the Liberal electors of Birmingham, held Onoa the
day evening, Mr. Turner in the chair, to impress Ili:, 00
electors the duty of voting as they are requested scare
Liberal Association at the next election, in order to s'rft
the return of three Liberals, the following letter froit'Aug'
Bright, M.P., on the subject was road Rochda/e;° r re;
I.—Dear Sir,—At the ward meetings the Pl3° si"ao4."
turning three Liberals should be thoroughly °P,.°:con,
and every man who votes for two candidates,
as bt
mended by the committee, should feel that he has "P
t' good
utmost to secure the return of all three. Without iiover
organisation the return of three Liberals ism Da
ce
sible. With it you may succeed, and thus blade ql-aeoc°
offensive scheme ever devised for destroying the s
"
of the largest constituencies. I hope the candid3te.,oo6
be held to be on a perfect equality, and that the
i" vo.l
effort. will be made to return all the three.
who votes for two of them in the manner PrO,°"-yotif"'
most help to carry the threo.-I am, very truly'
oa
JOHN BRIGHT."
RAILWAY COLLISION AT WEYMOUTII.---• Cof fes;
occurred on the London and South-Western N'iii,:',,leavt3
terday morning. Shortly after 7 a "bathing traih. P'
Dorchester to enable persons to bathe a: WeYt"Titwben:
terday the train had more passengers than ustl3h One- ti%
accident occurred at Weymouth station which 8t s reff
threatened considerable destruction of prolog)" t'ay ste„i
loss of life. The run into Weymouth is over av- 00';
decline from Ridgeway tunnel, about four aehso vett
on emerging from which steam is shut off, and t:i.crsr.,;,;
belonging to the engine, as well as that in the gu" 9-'
are applied during the remainder of the ioullir); AVe„);
metals at the time were very slippery, and on DC3,1.11; Drfrio
mouth station the engir o-driver discovered tlla:d ob.
at
would not act. The guard was communicate J03°1)0
apply his break with greater force, and this w ,rest,,:,
it broke soon after, and the train had nothing troci;io ooPo'l
progress until entering the station, when it " „tirpos')oo
sion with a kind of buttress erected for the
severe, its
stopping carriages. The collision was inCoSttegd fooloia
barrier being broken into fragments and st3ra about sed,
foundation, while the passengers were toss° re c0„10
bruised. Fortunately, no serious injuries weiied,
ha
although many severe flesh wounds were susfal_olosof,,Lfs,
sufferers were conveyed to one of the waiting-ruscith Veit
station, when Mr. Arnold, the agent, togetborod
fox and Rhodes, were sreedily on the spoti,.ure J.
to,oisfictroft:l::
they could to alleviate the sufferings of the
1 c iii
to
On Tuesday the banks of the great 1'
_K-80,0.,.,4
etoxiti:.ta-opia.drikn
aNrVye were
teerhOWadmOmingw
rsptcncettnatbooriss
London Swimming Club. The match noil:),
Na't dig
comp,•t: tors swimming in their ordin. r
con)rt
apparel, boots, trousers, coat, hat,
he four
tance being 600 yards. The names of t Norris..
titors were Cromlie, Sprange, W. Bell, ftw-l_ Pito,
half-past seven they took their position
.1.4
platform at the east end of the
signal they all dived in amidst loud &Joie;
.tn'a Vll.tory.
took the lead, followed by Morris, Crnl-1.1
but i 3 f°,l 0.64
this course they swam the length of the 14
forfne,
.04,
ing Bell went away from Morris and Coe
I's es.oti.l,
at
abreast of Sprange. The mei now boome 1:ro
for they were neck and neck for some too ;0
~..oros stoat.
Dell 11
lengthe as3Bull
Morrislaunched
was
thirdout
00 heaviest of clothes and thick boots.
tstonind°Cvrol'inlio fourtb.