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THE SUN, LONDO"‘, MONDA Y - FRENCH WOUNDED FUND.—In response to 1: the appeal which we made on the 18th instant, we have much pleasure to ACKNOWLEDGE the RECEIPT of the CON TRIBUTIONS, as at foot. 7n answer to several kind correspondents making inquiries, we beg to state that the contributions we receive will be sent to the Sociftd des Secours aux Blessds Militaires, of which M. le Compte de Flavigny is President ; Madame la Mar6chale Canrobert, Vice-President ; and Baron A. de Rothschild, Treasurer. The central office of the Soci6t6 is at the Palais de l'lndustrie, Champs Elysees, Paris. The operations of this Soci6te were fully and truthfully described in the Times of the 19th inst., page 8. The first instilment of £2OO was forwaiied on August 24th. PIESSE and LUBIN •_ _ . No. 2, New Bond-street, W. Mrs. Pares .. £2 0 0 Lady Francis Lindsay. 5 0 0 Mrs. McDermott .. 0 10 0 M.P. 1 0 0 100 0 0 A. T. 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William Martin .. 2 0 0 Miss Emily Martin .. 1 0 0 Mrs. Grant .. 010 0 E. Varty 1 1 0 Cheques should be crossed Lon , square. .. 1 7 0 .. 5 5 0 .. 1 1 0 20 0 0 5 00 ing to one of NAPOLEON'S earliest and most famous proclamations. Remembering the jean 7of peace (but of an a-med peace) that had recently succeeded . ewh other—remembering the millions that, during that interval, had been squanderel upon that very army—remembering that the responsible Mini ster, the Minister of War, was there at the head of that army as virtual Commander-in Chief, this collapse of the whole system was nothing less than criminal was nothing less infamous in its character. "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark," says Hamlet. There's some thing rotten in the state of France, might have been the instinctive utterance of every Frenchman. The atrocity of the whole break down admits of no gloss, of no attempt at palliation or even of explanation. France will look into the complicated rascality, thus suddenly revealed to her; when the war has been terminated. Until then, she recognises nothing before her in the shape of duty but the expulsion of the German invader. During the progress of the Crimean War the Com mittee of Inquiry into the State of the British Army before Sebastopol, the committee moved for and presided over by Mr. ROEBUCK, sat from day to day and carried on its laborious and patriotic investigations. But, unlike France at this moment, England was not then invaded by the enemy's army, the hostile forces were not then marching upon London, the capital was not then threatened with bombardment. France has something more urgent now to engage all her attention and to absorb all her energies. The wrongdoers, this MarshaI:LEBCEUF and his follows, are seemingly forgotten for the time being in the clash of arms. But, for them, one and all, we may be quite certain of this, sooner or later there will come au inevitable day of reckoning. THE " mystery of MAcMAHos" remains the central point of interest in connection with the war. His secret, so far as the outside public are concerned, has been well kept. Where he is, what he is doing or designs to do, are alike matters of speculation merely. All that we know is that the Marshal has left Chalons, the most favourable point of defence, and in consequence does not design at once to cover the road to Paris by a battle. He must, therefore, either contemplate retiring on Paris with the view of harassing the invaders whilst near that city, or he must have planned a march upo nMetz for the purpose of relieving BAZAINR. Up to Mon day was at Chalons with a tolerably numerous army, awaiting, according to general expecta tioi, the CROWN PRINCE. On that day he suddenly raised his camp, abandoned the [acourable position at Chalons, and executed a rapid march northwards to Rheims. On Tuesday he was known to be moving in a north-easterly direction towards Rethel. This is the last we hear of him, but it is sufficient to j ustify a very strong presumption that the Second French Army is attempting to form a junction with that under BAZAINE. In the first place the utmost celerity has been given this remarkable movement. But if Illac3kHON proposed to retire on Paris, he could do so arhis leisure. In the next place the straight road to the capital is entirely abandoned by this ItICeSTIM. A glance at Ow map will slew that the direct route from Metz to Paris lies through Claims itself; an army stationed at Rheims woull hold a ecidedly less favourable position for offering (leo- tive resistance to an army marching forward. MAC MAHoN has voluntarily given up the best line of defence—nay, more, he is marching away from Paris for Rethel, where he was last heard of, is further east than Rheims, to which place he at first retreated. Above all, an attempt to release BAZAINE is the only resource left to the French armies. It may be hazardous, it may even be foolhardy, as one journal puts it, but it is certainly needf i ul. If BAZAINE be not speedily and efficiently helped, he must surrender ; and it requires no great effort of the imagination to conceive the effect of such a catastrophe on the fortunes of the war, as well as on the spirit of France. Not only is BAZAINE shut up in Metz, but the whole fortress is surrounded by Prussian intrenchments, which the Marshal is in no position to force. It is obvious enough that the difficulties which MAC MAHON must encounter in the attempt to release his colleague are most formidable. The German army left before Metz is very powerful; it is said to be so powerful (though this is very questionable) as to be capable of dealing with the combined forces of MAcMAHoN and BAZAINE. More dangerous still to the scheme is the close proximity of the great host composed of the CROWN PRINCE'S army, and portions of the array that lately fought before Metz. This army is, or at any rate was a day or two ago, positively nearer the fortress than MAcMAHoN. The latter must, if he reach Metz at all, go by a very circuitous route; the Germans can retire direct to the fortress. It is not to be supposed that the Germans have not foreseen the possibility of some such attempt on the part of MAcMituolv. It is very likely that they are pretending to march on Paris only in order to trap the French leader. But on the other hand, MACMAIION is not a despicable an tagonist. He may have means and information at his disposal which justify this terrible risk : and the necessity is alone almost justification enough. In a word, if MAcMattoN has not advanced on Metz, the French Government virtually confesses its utter defeat, and the practical end of the war. The only hope lies in setting BAZAINE free. TOPICS OF THE DAY. SMALL NEUTRAL STATES. The Economist looks with suspicion on the un necessary formation of small neutral states, which it calls the artificial inventions of diplomatists at the close of t great war. They are certain baits for the growing ambitions of the future. The chief bait to France since she recovered her strength as a military empire has been the prospect of absorbing Belgium or Luxembourg, or little bits of French Switzerland. Colourless neutral states, guarded by guarantees which all the guarantors are apt to regret, are the great chronic temptations to war. Had the Emperor of the French seen only strong States around him, or at least States of well marked Individual character, he would not have indulged in so many rash menaces and calamitous resolves. The avfnornist is convinced that for the sale of Europe, the fewer colourless States which on. this side gravitate to one Power, and on that to another, the better, and it consequently regards the rumour of the intended creation of a new neutral State out of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine with great disfavour. Instead of serving the design intended, and proving a buffer between France and Germany, it would create more political hankerings than if it was left as part of France, or even taken as part of Germany. THE HORRORS OF WAR INCREASED. The Spectator calls attention to the fact that the policy of arming whole nations may possess some merits, but it has the drawback . of increasing the horrors of war to a great extent. So vast are the numbers engaged in these battles that it becomes quite impossible to organise any plan for the care of the wounded, and the majority of these so afflicted must die in lingering pain —tortured with thirst. Supposing there are fifty thousand on the field after a battle. They cannot receive anything like effective, aid, and yet, if they are not removed from the field within twenty-four hours they will die of pestilence. Some notion of the sufferings that are endured, may be formed from the statement that Birmingham and Sheffield have been stripped of surgical instruments. The Prussian organisation is an admirable one, but it is not equal to the strain put upon it, and there have b,.en rumours of the cholera appearing in the German army. If this be true there must be before Metz a 4 ' scene of misery, of suffering in its most heart rending forms, such as earth has not seen since, Na poleon retreated from Moscow with the relics of half a million of men." It may be surmised that during this campaign the losseS have exceeded 1.30,000 men, or in other words that the entire adult manhood of two cities like Glasgow has been prostrated. Other kinds of suffering are entailed by this war. When armies are so large it is impos sible for provisions to be carried with them, and whole provinces are plundered to feed them. At this moment ten departments of France are under such severe foreign requisitions that the peasantry must give up, not only their possessions in the shape of cattle, crops, &c., but the stores of their own loud. Whole villages in Alsace are perishing with hunger, and it may be questioned if the sufferings before Metz are not equalled by the sufferings en dured by the inhabitants of the districts which the armies have traversed. THE PRUSSIAN MEDICAL SEi.VICR. It is not true that all surgeons and medical assis tants who are attached to the Prussian army corps occupy a position of per feet safety while in the field. The medical service as at present arranged is under the command of a General Staff Surgeon, whose principal duty, is to see that in the rear of the army there shall follow a vanguard, a centre corps and a reserve corps of surgeons and hospital assist ants furnished' with necessary appliances and medicines. These detachments are all under the protection of the white flag with the red cross, and are so far comparatively free from on slaught or danger of any kind. Under the chief officer, however, and distinct from the general army medical staff; are a'number of surgeons, who are like captains attached to respective troops, and these have to accompany the soldiers into battle, and take the same part as the latter in the conflict. The position in which these officers are placed renders it necessary that the men holding them shall possess more than the ordinary qualifications of a soldier, or a surgeon, for they have not only to exhaust their strength in cutting down the foe on the one hand, but when the fight is over they have to begin a new work of binding up wounds, and of reviving strength and life with all tho skill in their power. In c QU sideration, however, of all they have to do in the latter respect, soldierly daring in the field, or indeed any offensive strategy, is not expecte-I from the troop surgeons, but they have nevertheless allotted to them a large share of the general danger. 3 0 0 1 0 0 Daughter Mrs. W. P. Hale Mrs. Rosa Madox, per Messrs. Cox and Co. 10 10 0 Rev. Dr. Finch, parcel of linen Mrs. F. Villehois, par- cel of linen - An English Officer .. True Sympathy, parcel of linen The Earl of Sandwich, per Messrs. Drum mond.. .. Co]. 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MADAME TUSSAUD'B EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 8,1. Ift _ ,47 - 1 4. 3 JiCt EVENING EDITION. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 187(. THE collapse of our military system at the com mencement of the Crimean War was as nothing to the collapse of the military system of France at the beginning of the war now raging in Champagne. Any comparison between the two incidents is denied to us, of course, at the very outset, by the obvious consideration of the exceedingly simple fact that England, from her insular position, is essentially a maritime nation, whereas Franco is essentially and intensely a military nation, has, in fact, .until now, during these last two centuries, occupied the very fore most place among the great military nations of the Continent. Yet, retaining this high position—this one might almost say, supreme position, as Me nation of soldiers among the whole family of Europeans— the French military system at the outbreak of this Franco-German war was broken down utterly, and all but crushingly. The green coffee berries served out to.our men at the opening of the Crimean campaign, the hideous muddle and confusion at Balaldava, the slough of despond seven miles in length that lay between that land-locked harbour on the Euxine, and the British camp and its entrench ments in front of Sebastopol—all this put together was as nothing compared with the collapse, the com plete and absolute collapse, of the organisation of nearly every department of the Imperial army, when the forces of NAPOLEON, such as they were—not as they appeared on paper, but as they wore in reality— were first gathered together along the borders . of the Rhine Provinces, between Sierck and Sarreguemines, Marshal LEBCEUF had been Minister of War, Marshal LEBCEUF was Major-General of the Army of the Rhine then with colours flying and trumpets sound ing, about to cross over to the right bank of the Saar, and after that to the right bank of the Rhine, to the cry of a Berlin! and to the choral refrain alternately, of ROUGET DE L'lsLE's " Marseillaise," and Of ALFRED DE MUSSET'S "Noun l'avons en votre Rhin Allemande !" For the discipline of the Imperial army, for its efficiency, for its completeness, Marshal LEBCEUF therefore was ministerially and professionally in his capacity at once as a soldier and as an administrator, personally and individually re sponsible, and we all know how he is shown by the glare of many disastrous events to have acquitted himself of that responsibility. Regiments were there only nominally, many of them. There were the skeletons of battalions. Pay bad been drawn for those defenders of Fiance who were not there, and that pay had gone into other pockets than those for which it was in tended. The Commissariat was a monstrous sham and delusion. The soldiers of the Second Empire were apparently expected to do in 1870 as the soldiers of the Republic had been compelled, by necessitv, to do in 1790, when they were first led to victory by young General NAPOLEON BONAPARTE— ey were expected, seemingly, to bivouac without bread and brandy, to march without shoes, to cross rivers without bridges, and so forth, accord- 1 00 0 5 0 EVEII_NG, AUGUST 29, :87u. EFFECT OF TIIE WAR ON EMIGRATION. The American papers remark on the disastrous effect of the European war upon German emigra tion. The emigrants from other nations proceed for the most part to the cities, but the Germans gene rally resort to the West, where they contribute greatly to the wealth and prosperity of the States which welcome them as the precursors of progress. The war which has so unexpectedly broken out has thus become a positive calamity, for not only are financial schemes disalTanged, Int t the sudden stoppage of the stream of so industrious a population has produced disastrous consequences. gonte of the pro jected German colonies had promised to add new branches of manufacture and commerce to the States. One of them, composed of wood-cutters from the Black Forest, had made arrangements to supply the German railways with timber from the oak forests of Michigan, and by this means the State would have maintained a direct commerce with Europe through the - Welland Canal and the River St. Lawrence. Other colonies were to furnish labourers for the railroad lines. The immediate loss of men and money from those causes will be severely felt by the entire West, and growth will be retarded in many districts. As a compensation for such serious losses the Ameri cans believe that when the waste of war has been followed by augmented taxes, there will be a greater inclination than ever to seek relief in enligration. They expect under those circumstances that the United States will realise the profits of emigration from Continental Europe to a more considerable extent than has been ever before known. ITALIAN VIEWS OF THE WAR. The Turin Gazette does not think the war will have an altogether prejudicial effect on the future of France, and while it deplores the losses in Lor raine and Alsace, it believes that the Germans will eventually be the means of destroying those falla cious systems which have too long oppressed that noble nation and will enable it to enter on a course or progress at once effective and durable. France has for some time been in fetters, and though she has agitated herself and mads the most violent eflbrts, she has never succeeded in gaining her point or making any lasting acquisition. Whether her government assumed the form of kingdom, republic, or empire, the result has been about the same, but now that the whole mechanism of society has been disarranged we may hope, after an interval of quiet, to see a new France develop itself with surprising rapidity. Looking at things in a comprehensive sense, we may consider that Germany is now ren dering back to France the sharp but salutary lesson she received from her at the beginning of the cen tury. Was it not the invasion of Prussia by France, and the many humiliations inflicted by the First Empire, that originated the idea of nationality and of a united Germany ? SIR ALEXANDER WOODFORD. The late Field Marshal Sir Alexander Woodford was the third senior officer in her Majesty's service. He was born in 1782, and entered the army as ensign in 1794. He joined the Duke of York's unfortunate expedition to the Low Countries, and was severely wo Eluded in the course of the campaign. He served with the Coldstream Guards at the storming of Copenhagen, In 1810 he attained to the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel, and commanded the light battalion of the Brigade of Guards at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, the capture of Badajoz, the battle of Salamanca, the siege of Burgos, and the capture of Madrid. In 1814 he became Colonel, and commanded the second battalion of his regiment at Water loo, and during the three years' occupation of Paris by the allies. He received many orders from foreign Sovereigns for his services during the war beside, obtaining clasps and medals from the war authorities at home. In 1868 he was appointed Go- , vernor of Chelsea Hospital. The same year he was raised to the rank of Field Marshal, in conjunction with Sir William Gomm, and Sir John Burgoyne. Sir Alexander Woodford has closed a long and distinguished career, but the stirring scenes in which he took part may be said to below to history and are not much taken into account by the present generation. THE COMPLETION OF ST. PAUL'S. Englishmen can - no longer be accused of indiffer— ence to their noble metropolitan cathedral. The subscription for the completion of St. Paul's has in the short space of two months produced £32,000, though the subscribers have as yet only numbered 200, and have been chiefly restricted to the merchants of London. Mr. Napier Broome, secre ta r y the executive committee, very jusfly observes that, though it is well for the metropolis to set a munificent example, the work is a national one, for St. Paul's belongs no less to the empire than to the capital, and has a claim on the liberality of Englishmen at home and abroad. Thousands who never saw Rome helped to adorn II ER MA.IES 7' Y. BALMORAL, AUG. 25. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold, went out this morning. In the afternoon the Queen drove out, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. The Prince and Princess of Wales dined with the Queen yesterday. Viscount Halifax has arrived at Balmoral. AUGUST 26. In the morning the Queen went out, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice. This being the anniversary of the birth of the lamented Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales and Prince Arthur, with all the servants and tenants, assembled at the Obe lisk, and drank to the Prince's memory. In the afternoon the Queen drove out, accompanied by Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice. Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, attended by Miss Lascelles and Colonel Maude, accompanied her Majesty on horseback. COMFORTS FOR THE FRENCH WOUNDED. THE FRENCH CABINET AND ITS ADVISERS. The journal des Debats, referring to the rumour that members of the Privy Council had assisted at the Council of Ministers, says that MM. Rouher, Baroche, and Per signy were supposed to have been present, but the public put no faith in the statement. They asked by what right could the Privy Council mix itself up with the Council of Ministers, and how could men whom the Chamber was reput ed to ignore deliberate upon public affairs with the Ministers who were responsible to the Chamber? Did not M. Daru, Minister of Foreign Affairs, declare formerly to the satisfaction of the country that the members of the Privy Council, not being responsible, had no right under a parliamentary form of government to assist in the deli berations of the Ministers ? We know that times and circumstances have changed, but the men who have been called in succession to the direction of affairs have always proclaimed themselves to be the Ministers of a consti tutional prince, and the responsible representatives of the policy of the majority of the Chamber. If we have, as the Minister affirms, a representative Government, it ought to be enough to explain to the honourable members of the Privy Council that the course they pursue is an irregular one. These gentlemen entrusted with the pre servation of the Constitution must see the necessity leaving to Ministers the task of deciding on important affairs, and will be inclined to set an example of respect for the laws. If the Minister, actuated by a feeling of modesty very rare in these days, feels himself incapable of governing the country without the aid of foreign light, he should pay the Corps Legislatif the honour of appeal ing to its assistance. It would be really out of character to accept the illegal support of the Privy Council when they have refused to allow some members of the Assem bly to sit on the Defence Committee. St. Peter's, and in the same way the" secretary hopes tho dwellers in the provinces, and even in the colo nies, may gladly subscribe - to the completion of St. Paul's. The committee are confident of the ultimate success of their enterprise, and though they readily achnit that the wounded in the war have the first claim on our consideration, they believe, not unrea sonably, that this country is rich enough to do more than one thing at a time. When the dull season is over, and the war is no longer raging, they have li+'le fear that 2250,000 will seem too heavy. a sum releem this magnificent work of art from its existing reproach. AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY. Those gentlemen, whose intense anxiety that national education should be conducted according- to correct theories so long delayed its progress, are not, perhaps, aware that popular ignorance is a very ex pensive luxury for the State. The returns of our juvenile offenders committed to Reformatories during the year 1868-9 shew that of 1,294 committed, only 103 could read and write well, while 630, or very nearly halt; could not read or write at all. The remaining 561 could either read only or read and write imperfectly ; so that we may reasonably conclude their education had not been very extensive. Not one of the 1,294 had received what is called superior instruction. All these are under sixteen years of age, sixty-four being ten years ot age and under, 104 eleven, and 176 twelve. From 12 to 16 the numbers are much larger, for if the schoolmaster is not abroad, more mischievous instructors are, and the juvenile criminal, while clerical and philosophical doctors are disagreeing as to whether he shall learn the commandments before or alter his multi plication table and his geography, is studying other branches of knowledge, ranging from petty larceny to housebreaking, arson, and receiving stolen goods. No doubt it is highly desirable, as the gentlemen who stand up for the mental and moral liberty ot the subject assure us, that particula r forms of religious instruction should not be forced upon minds incapable of judging, but youths and maidens who have been five, six, and seven times convicted under sixteen, are learning something more dangerous than Church formularies or Dissenting. catechisms. As the average cost per head in reforma tories is £27 Bs. 33., the most economical means of completing this education is also more costly than an education rate proper. THIS YEAR'S FRVIT CROP. The fruit harvest of 1870 is described by the Gar diner's Magazine as one of the best within the expe rience of the present generation. The proprietors of this periodical make the assertion they do after a broad survey of the country, and they declare further that nowhere has there been found a case of failure of sufficient importance to be noted as a characteristic of the season. In the supply cf cherries the county of Kent might alone almost claim to have vanquished France. Out-door grapes aro unusually plentiful, while the produce in pears, apples, nectarines, and plums has been something enormous. It is true that in some gardens peaches have not come to perfection, and in others the apples have in large quantities come down unripe. It is also true that some so-called pear cultivators wh o never had a crop of fruit in their lives are consistent with their destiny, and have none this year, but taking the crop all round, the Gardener's Magazine considers that the ex ceptions to the general plenty are too few and peculiar to be taken into account in a comprehensive view of the subject. It is probable that the harvest of fruit was made as bounteous as it is by the severity of the winter—a theory which would almost lead to the belief that trees which have to endure cold weather yield mo e fruit even than those which are protected, the system at present in practice of protecting fruit being often so unreasonably conducted that the growth is simply suffocated by the means taken to ensure it. Last' winter the cold was at times so intense that the most carefully wrapt-up trees felt its influence. CANOEING. Many people will recollect poor Leech s capital sketch of a fishing party in vain trying to hold them selves erect in a boat tossing in a brisk sea. U'ider neath his picture the artist had humorously written "Perhaps the jolliest thing in the world : fishing off a watering place." It would seem that there is a jollier thing still than this in these days, and that is the pursuit of canoeing. The famous Rob Roy craft has apparently inaugurated a new profession—the art of paddling canoes on long journeys—of living a bachelor's life in a sitting posture, upon the quiet waves, of observing the beauties of nature from a novel and perilous, but convenient situation. The last gentleman who has become an adventurer in the tiny boat seems to be a Mr. Inwards, who went through the water district of the Scottish Highlands, and enjoyed the favourite scenery from Inverness down to the Caledonian Canal, and thence to Lochs Lomond and Latrine a little time since. When nearing Inverary Mr. Inwards tells us, in his interesting narrative just published, he noticed some excitement on shore, and soon he observed fishing boats pulling towards him in all directions. When the ring leaders, puffing and blowing, reached the canoeist, the latter had himself almost approached the shore in another direction. On landing he asked a man who appeared to be the oldest native, what the commotion meant, and received for answer : "Eh, anon, we thocht ye war droonin, an seein nao boot near ye, we sent out the laddies to help ye." tiro - TO THE EDITOR OF THE " RUN." Sir,—You were good enough to announce on the 18th instant that a subscription list had been opened at our office, under the sanction of Le Marquis de Lavalette, I'Anibassadeur de France, for the benefit of the wounded French soldiers. The appeal has been most liberally responded to, as may be seen by reference to your advertising columns of this day. We now take the liberty of asking your further assist ance in giving publicity to the fact that we undertake to pack and transmit parcels of lint, cotton, wool, linen, comfitures, comestibles, preserves, pale ale, and every article considered useful in such cases. Many friends will remember the description of packages forwarded to the Crimea.—We remain, Sir, your obedient servants, PIESSE & LUBIN. 2, New Bond-street, W., August 27, 1870. 'HIE UNARMED CITIZENS. A letter to the Siecle strongly advocates the necessity that exists for arming the citizens, and says that the writer has been compelled by his avocations to traverae the different departMents which are menaced by the Prus sian invasion. In all these municipalities the cry is for arms. The peasants have resolved to make an energetic resistance. If they could only obtain possession of old guns; they would gladly tire them upon- all the routes. Tin Clovermnent will be very guilty if it turns . a deaf ear to the demands which - issue from so many quarters. It is said that the arsenals contain 700,000 guns of the old sys tem. Let these be distributed to begin with, in the absence of more perfect appliances. The mayors in manY of the communes through which he passed will be respon sible for their proper use. Let no . more time be lost. When bridges are undermined, the peasants fold their arms, and say that they have made a better stand against the enemy than has been done by the adoption of all pre concerted .precautions. Each village contains some old soldiers, who would willingly lend their aid, and make themselves centres of resistance. When they are told to fly to Paris, they declare that they would rather die near their cottages. Let them be assisted; they only ask for arms and some cartouchcs. BELGIAN NEUTRALITY. The Journal des Debata has an article on the refusal of France to allow the wounded to be taken through Belgium. The English Government, it says, has shewn extreme solicitude for the maintenance of the neutrality of Belgian territory, and if the governments of Belgium and Holland have refused to allow the passage of the trains of wounded men, the refusal must be mainly attributed to the representions of England. When the proposal was made, the Governments said they had no objections to make, but must refer the question- to the Governments which guaranteed their neutrality. The The English Government, in its turn, was, bY the treaty and the recent convention, bound to consult the French Government, which refused permission. The reasons of this refusal, says the Debuts, are clear. The permission demanded by Prussia was exclusively to her own material and military advantage, and to the detri ment of the other belligerent—France. Neutrality' has its rights and its duties, but both might have been satisfied without the concession asked by Prussia. Why did the Prussians wish to carry their wounded, and we may well add, ours, to Aix-la-Chapelle, through a neutral territory, when geographically they had the way open to take them to nearer spots, such as Manheim, Mayence, Coblentz, Treves, Landau, which are in their hands, and at their disposal? Because those roads were encumbered bY transports and reserves, by munitions and provisions, which would be delayed on their road by the numberless trains of wounded. In other words, the Prussians wanted to let the dying pass through neutr.:l territory to leave the road free • for the living and the combatants to. arrive through their own territory. An English journal said justly that we might as well have asked the Prussians to let our trains with munitions and stores pass by. The question of humanity must be put on one side ; it has nothing to do with the matter. The removal of the wounded can be accomplished more readily by the roads at the command of the Prussians than by the neutral routes. It is not an affair of humanity, it is an auair of strategy. The only thing delayed is the arrival of the enemy's reinforcements. The English journal the Post acknowledges that if the request of Prussia had been granted, France would have had the right to demand from England the execution of the convention which she herself insisted on the Powers which guaranteed Belgian neutrality signing last week. In other words, England would have been obliged to give her active assistance to France against Prussia on the Belgian territory. In the existing state of treaties, troops, whether French or Prus. Sian, may enter the territory of Belgium or Luxembourg, but only as refugees. If they go as belligerents that is a violation of neutrality. We do not wish for the assistance of England. We merely wish to point out that it is the Prussians who have been the first to infringe the laws of neutrality. THE ARMY AND NAVY. The Broad Arrow says :—We regret to hear that yellow fever had broken out among the crew of the gunboat Minstrel, while she was at Nassau, and that she had several of her men, as well as her commander, down with this contagious disease. The result was that she left as quickly as possible for Halifax via New York, arriving St the latter .place in the early part of the month. The Minstrel had no assistant-surgeon on board. —Extensive alterations are about to be made in the Royal Artillery mess at Woolwich, in consequence, it is presumed, of His Royal Highness Prince Arthur being again associated with the Woolwich Garrison. The Government have voted £2,000 for the work, but as the cost will amount to at least £6,500, the additional ex penses will be met out of the mess fund. Hi s Royal Highness will resume his military duties in the middle of October. The Army and Navy Gazette says :—We understand that the vacant post of Honorary Physician to her Majesty the Queen will be conferred either on Dr. John Davidson, C. 8., or on Dr. James Salmon. Both of these officers are Inspectors-General of Hospitals and Fleets.- - Captain Henry Boys of her Majesty's ship Excellent has been called on to select two officers for the appointment of keepers of naval stores in the colonies. The amount of salary has not as yet been settled.—Mr. Childers has returned to London after a brief absence. Admiral Sir Sydney C. Dacres, the Senior Sea Lord, is at his post, and is likely to remain there pending the stirring events now going on abroad. -- The Lords of the Admiralty have entrusted Messrs. Rennie, of the Albion Works Blackfriars, with the construction of two gunboats with their engines, Messrs. Mitchell and (Jo., of Port Glasgow, with two gunboats without their engines, and Messrs. Napier and Sons, of Glasgow, with two gunboats and their en g i nes , an d also with the two intended for the vessels tendered for by Messrs. Mitchell.—Major-General Collin gwoo d Di c kson, C. 8., V.C., Inspector-General of Artillery, has just re turned from a searching inspection of the fortresses, works) and armaments in the Channel Islands.—Major-Genera the Hon. A. H. Gordon, C. 8., late in command of the Bombay Army, and Colonel Sir Seymour J. Blane, Bart., have arrived in England from India. The appointment of Captain E. Keate, 7th Brigade Royal Artillery, as aide-de-camp to Major-General J. Collingwood Dickson, C. 8., V.C., Inspector-General of Artillery, h as been confirmed..—We regret to learn of the illness of Field - Marshal Sir Alexander Woodford, G.C.8., —The new naval 'cadet training-ship Trafalgar is expected to leave Portsmouth, under the command of Captain T. B. Lethbridge, on or about the Ist of September. Her cruise will probably extend over six months; and she will then return to England. The Trafalgar is pierced for 60 guns, and is a roomy two' decked ship of 2,900 tons and 500 horse-power. The Bristol, now at sea with a batch of cadets, is a frigate of 3,027 tons and 600 horse-power.—lf there should be n° immediate necessity to retain the armour-clad ships Abyssinia and Magdala, constructed in this country at the expense of the Indian Government for the defence of Bombay, officers will shortly be appointed to them, but it is understood that service on board of these ships will not count for full, half, or retired pay. It is presumed that the liberal pay provided by the India Council will com pensate officers for the sacrifice they will have to make.-- We regret to hear that Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson has been so unwell as to be confined tohis house for the last few days.—lt is repeatedly stated that, in re cognition of the very valuable services rendered by Gene ral Lord Strathnairn, it is the intention of her Majesty immediately to promote him to the rank of Field Mar shal. That Lord Strathnairn deserves such advance' anent none will be found to deny, and the y bestowal Field-Marshal's baton upon the gallant and warm-hearted old soldier would be regarded throughout the army with the very greatest pleasure ; but we have it upon the best authority that there is at present no idea of extending the list of Field-Marshals. The next officer to be promote d to the rank of Field-Marshal, we believe, will be hi ° Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. T II E EUROPEAN WAR. A SECOND EDITION of THE SUN is Published Eve4y Morning at EIGHT O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and of all other events. tit vi Or f o . ha Ce th Bia ha, tho da , 5i a, tic( P r P a ho f ol 41( th, lili sit li e lir