The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-05 00:00:00

use for ch the elicited 7 blend ft with ;h they Ls, they to the aurally Ls for it rmans, us to iat can facture imates Led the pity to usable, erman would Navy ake to Le war 'nt has vonted Navy on for ready omits. sander tenant to the erican ,fficers ?osure THIS EVENING'S NEWS. THE WAR. THE RUMOURED CAPTURE OF SAARLOUIS. A telegram from Paris dated this morning states that no further war news is published. The rumour current yesterday of an attack on Saarluis has not been con- firmed. ARMAMENTS OF ITALY. The Senate to-day, August 4, almost unanimously adopted an order of the day, approving the proposed ar maments, accepting the declarations of the Government, and expressing confidence in the Ministers that they will energetically preserve public order and prevent all that might affect the liberty of aotion reserved to the Govern meat. THE AMERICAN GENERALS. There is no truth in the report that Generals Lee, Johnston, and Sheridan had offered their service to France or Prussia. ENGLAND AND BELGIUM. It is confidently asserted that the English Government have virtually laid down a casus belli to France and Prus sia. The modes operandi has already been concerted be tween the Belgian and English Governments. In the event of the neutrality and independence of Belgium being violated by either of the belligerents, King Leopold 11. will formally demandthe performance of Great Britain of her treaty obligations. It will then be the duty of the British Cabinet to call upon all the Powers who signed the Treaty of 1839, other than the actual offender, to assist her in performing their mutual engagements. But Great Britain will not wait either for the collective or individual action of her allies. If the preliminary negotiations now going on shall indicate any confirmed backwardness or indecision on the part of these Powers, as soon as the casus UM just laid down by the English Cabinet has occurred, a British expedition will sail for the Scheldt, and British artillerymen and infantry will assist the Belgians to garrison and hold Antwerp. THE FIGHT AT SAARBRUCK. The correspondent of the Debats gives the following curious description of the fight at Saarbruck :—August 2, 11.15—Three platoon discharges in front. Clear, firm— a proof that our soldiers have not lost their coolness. 11.20.—Silence. Then we are advancing, for if our men were falling back they would defend themselves. 11.30. A discharge by platoon or battalion, but less audible than the first, therefore we are advancing. 11.35.—Silence. The reserve division has not stirred, therefore it has not been wanted. The soldiers chat pleasantly. There is a joyous ardour amongst them, and a confidence which is delightful. 11.40.—We have reached the spot from which the firing commenced. The soldiers search about the fields and woods with anxious concern ; not one dead or wounded. Have we for the first time made the enemy sensible of the superiority of our rifles, which they cannot reply to ? What is that? Is it cannon or platoon fire ? `Tis so far off ; one, two, three discharges ;no more. 11.47.—Can non. Two, three, four, five discharges. Before me is a smoking locomotive at a standstill. No doubt it is wait- ing for news. Perhaps it carries Caesar and his fortunes. One, two discharges. Men about me are impatient, and complain that all will be over without them. We have not had a chance they say, You will have plenty to morrow, and the day after, replies an old campaigner. 1 1.50.—More discharges ; two or three per minute. The resistance is not much. All these discharges are from the same point ; there is neither advance nor retreat ; We should be in front of Saarbruck. There is not enough of firing to constitute a real action. I shall count the dis charges by the chronometer—twelve per minute at regular intervals. ILss.—Some hurried discharges ; people have different opinions about them. They are guns fired to gether—three at least in battery. The cannonade gets more lively-21 discharges per minute. The Emperor has Passed by on horseback some short distance on our left, At 11.30 there was a cry of " Vive l'Empereur." I thought it w a§ the cry of victory. I am now sure it was the army saluting its sovereign, its Commander-in-Chief. 12 5. Cannonade going on in the same way. Behind us troops are advancing to the air of the " Marseillaise.' , The Douay division belonging to the corps of Bazaine brushes by our side ; this morning it was near Forbach. 12 .10.—Again I see the locomotive which brought the Emperor. The cannonade is either slackening or more distant. We should be firing on the other side of the Saar. 12.30.—The cannonade continues-22 shots per minute. I should imagine, from the difference in sound, that one Is firing 7, the other 15. The engine has returned quietly to Forbach. The Emperor, it is said, has remained. But I have not seen him ; he is much too far in advance. The correspondent of the Moniteur Universel carries on the account. He says :—At 12.45 our reserves advance before us on the left. On our right they descend behind Ile and deploy. They are the 2nd of the Line, and will not flinch. General Bataille is in the front, like a sala mander in a sea of fire. A house on the side of the fixed battery is on fire. We advance. Two terrible detona tions, followed by a plume of smoke, inform us that the bridges of the Saar have been blown up. We are in Saarbruck. Victory. By one o'clock the enemy's bat teries in the wood on the right cease to fire. The affair is over. At 1.5 we are in possession of the Prussian manoeuvring ground. Severe discharges of mitrailleuses followed each other. There was no reply to them. The enemy has fallen back. We have won a great moral success. Letters from Metz speak of the great success of a bat talon of military workmen intended to repair any rail roads destroyed by the enemy. The Eastern line has don• a great deal for this scheme, sending 600 volunteers, mid giving many carriages for the conveyance of material. The Paris Journal states that according to a statistical table there are in Paris at this moment 80,000 Germans, of whom 8,000 are Prussians. Of that number 1,500 have left, mostly young men, in consequence of peremptory orders to join the Landwehr. There consequently remain 6,500 Prussians in the French capital A telegram in the France is thus worded :—The Prince Imperial in person fired the first shot from our mitrail leuses, which literally mowed down the Prussians. Vive le Prince Imperial ! POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tms DAY. - --- • OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT AT THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.— l ielarY Aston, described as a " recruit, St. George's Barracks," was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt at the k arlborough-street Police-court, with violently assaulting 17 illialn Smith, a cellarman, at the Alhamb ra P a l ace . ~ '" l 'LellrY Simmons, an officer of the Alhambra, said that - in consequence of complaints from some of the visitors he spoke to the prisoner and requested him a dozen times to desist from making a disturbances when he took up a glass and threatened to smash his head. He caught hold of th e prisoner to eject him, as also did another officer named Smith, and the prisoner bit Smith's hand and head and struck him (witness) several times. William Smith said that on going to the previous witness's assistance the Prisoner made an attempt to bite his nose, but not suc ceeding bit his forehead, and on (putting up his hand to save his face prisoner bit one of his fingers very severely. Patrick Kelley, a porter in Covent Garden Market, de- Posed to having complained to the officer of the prisoner's conduct, which was disgusting in the extreme. The pro secutor was very much annoyed by the conduct of the Prisoner and his companions, who got up and set to da ncing as soon as the band struck up, and such was the grossness of their language that he was compelled to send his wife away. Hearing the witness Smith cry out he went to his assistance, and took his finger from the pri soner's mouth, the finger being severely bitten. The pri soner said all that had been stated was lies. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was evidently one of a brutal race of ro ughs breeding up for the gallows. He had been guilty of a cowardly, brutal action, and would be committed for Bk weeks with hard labour for the assault on Smith, and and have to pay 40s. or 14 days for the assault on Simmons. DEFACING THE QUEEN'S COlN.—Richard Wilcox, bar nlan, at the Sloane's Head, North-street, Chelsea, was 61unnioned to the Westminster Police-court, for defacing a h alf - sovereign. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. W. D. Smyth, of Rochester-row, who stated that the prosecutor, Mr. Arthur Chester Ellis, sent for a bottle crf a w ine for a s i c k person, an d th e h a lf- sovereign was ten dered in payment : the defendant took it, bent it in his teeth, indented it, and then returned it, refusing to take it or give another for it. The Consolidated Statutes empowered the magistrate to try whether its was ?good, an d th en ' upon t en d er t o t h e defen nt and his neglect , to give the full value of it he would be liable to indictment. The half-sovereign was duly traced' to the - defehdant's possession, and he denied th at he had said it was bad, but it appeared that suspicion arose as to its being genuine, arid hence it was returned. It was 24 years old, and had been worn very much. A jeweller proved it was worth 9s. Bd., and had been diminished in value only by reasonable wear and ant Mr. A rno ld d ec i ded that it was good, and the defen da's master, Mr. Pallett, paid the money. Upon the application of Mr. Smyth, Mr. Arnold said the defendant clearly thought it was bad, and ordered ss. costs. BRUTAL ASSAULTS.—David Briant, an Irish labourer, of 31, Brunswick-street, commonly called Tiger Bay, St. George-in-the-East, was brought up before Mr. Lushing ton, at the Thames Police-court, charged with assaulting his wife Hannah, in Christian-street, Tiger Bay—and which a magistrate of this court once described as the most un- Christian street he had ever met with. There was a drunken quarrel between the prisoner and his wife, and she provoked him by calling him bad names. He retaliated with his fists, and beat her in a most brutal manner. The policeman came up and found the woman bleeding and exhausted. Mr. Lushington sentenced the, prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour.—James Ryan, an Irishman, upwards of six feet high, of remarkably giant like proportions, was charged with violently assaulting his wife, Ellen, in Rosemary-lane, commonly called Royal Mint-street, Whitechapel. The parties quarrelled at half-past 12 last night, and the prisoner, who was mad drunk, attacked his wife, and struck and kicked her until she was rendered in sensible. Mr. Lushington said he might be justified in sentencing the prisoner to six months' imprisonment and hard labour for the atrocious assault he had committed, but as it appeared the conduct of the prisoner towards his wife was generally good he should sentence him only to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and after that term had expired to find bail to keep the peace for thres months more, and to be of good behaviour towards his wife and all her Majesty's subjects. rHE MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Markets continue quiet, but prices are fairly supported. Railways dull, but tendency as regards foreign bonds favourable. Two more failures have occurred to day. Consols are now 88e to 89 for money, {land 88i to 89} for account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 881 to 89 ; New Three per Cents., 88i to 89 ; Exchequer Bills, par to 5 prem.; Indian 114 per Cents., 2021 ; Indian Five per Cents., 108 to 81 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1001; ditto, 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 100 ; ditto 4 per Cent. Bonds., par ; Metropolitan Board of Works, 3i per Cent. Stock, 90. In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds of 1865 are 86i ; Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1864, 824; ditto of 1868, 674 to 68 ; Spanish of 18C7, 24 to 24+ ; ditto of 1869, 23i_to 24i ; ditto Quicksilver, 65 to 66 ; Peru vian, 82 to 2}; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 38 to 394, ditto of 1869, 49 to 481- ;1 and Five per Cent. Italian of 1865, 82. The Railway Market—Metropolitan are 631 ; Great Eastern is 271 to 28k ; London and Brighton, 31 to 321; Caledonian, 70 to 70k; South-Eastern, 62; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 35; Great Northern, :112 to 112 k ; ditto (A), 116; North Eastern, 1271 ; London and North-Western, 120} ; Midland, 1201 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125 ; Great Western, 60. Canada Six per Cents. are quoted 1001 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 98 to 98; ; New Zealand Five per Cents., 931 to 93k ; Queensland 1031; Victoria Five per Cents., 97 ; and ditto Six per Cents., 107 to 108. In Bank shares Affiance are quoted 12i ; Anglo- Austrian, 4to 6 prem.; Chartered Mercantile, 25 to 27 ; Consolidated, I I prem ; Imperial Ottoman, 101; London and County, 51; London and Westminster, 69 59 ; London Joint Stock, 32k; and Unionlof London, 35i. In Miscellaneous Shares Berlin Water Works are quoted 11 12 ; Viceroy of Egypt 9 per cent. Mortgage Loan, 70 ; National Discount Company, 10i ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 39 41. _ . _ Telegraph Shares—Anglo-Ameriean, 82 to 85 ; British Indian, ; China, si to 5 ; Falmouth, 81; French Cable, 1411 to 143 ; and Construction and Mainten ance, 223. In American Securities, Five-Twenty Bonds are quoted at 83 to 833 ; Ten-Forties, 79 to 81; Erie Shares, 14 to 15 ; Illinois, 96 to 98 ; Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 18 to 20 ; and ditto De. bentures, 24 to 26. The Bank of Holland has raised its rate of discount from 53 to 6 per cent. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Mon. day, the Bth inst., a special settling day in the shares of the Bank of Roumania. To be marked. The suspension of Messrs. Snead, Snead, and Co., private bankers, of Brecon, caused no surpeise. The liabilities on deposits amount to about £40,000, but it is stated that the partners possess considerable landed pro perty. It is satisfactory to remark that several of the Stock Exchange firms which have stopped payment during the last few weeks, arising partly from the intricate nature of their accounts, have already paid 20s. in the pound. The telegrams from Germany describe firmness on the Bourses of Berlin and Frankfort, and state that the new loan of £15,000,000 is being well subscribed, especially at Frankfort. Paris advices state that an advance of X 500,000 for the Portuguese Government has been negotiated at 9s} per cent., the Government engaging at the same time to arrange matters with the Northern of Portugal Railway Company is a satisfactory way, so as to re-open the Paris market for Portuguese Securities. The Russian Government have granted to the Black Sea Navigation Company, which will henceforward be carried on under the title of " The Company of Russian Steam ships and Odessa Railway," a concession for the Odessa line, comprising extensive ramifications, with an autho rised capital of 47,445,000 silver roubles and 30,413,000 paper roubles, the former amount to be issued in guaran teed obligations and the latter in shares. The proposed line will establish the shortest connection between Aus tria and the Black Sea. According to the Levant Herald the Porte has made a a contract with the Gatling Gun Company for the imme diate supply of the Gatling mitrailleuses, and the local representative of the company left by the last Varna steamer en route for New York in order to hasten their delivery. It is added that the Minister has on this occa sion obtained these arms at a lower rate than that paid by other Governments. The advices from'Lyons mention a banking failure at that place, and state that some of the large silk houses have availed themselves of an old law which compels the Bank of France to advance 60 per cent. on all silk placed in the Government depot, subject to certain stipulations with regard to the right of sale. It is said that the hoard ing of five-franc pieces is actively carried on by the coun try population, and is likely to increase. It is stated to be in contemplation to discontinue the Mont Cenis Railway service during the winter, when it involves loss, and to run sledges in its place. MARKETS.--THIS DAY. TRE LIN, LONDON, FRID THIS MORNING'S NEWS. MARK-LANE. The frequent showers which have fallen in most parts of the comntry have retarded harvest operations, and have prevented farmers threshing out their wheat. Here to-day the supply of old wheat has been short, and no new has been on sale. The demand has been inactive at about late rates. The show of foreign wheat has been moderate. Sales have progressed slowly, on former terms. Flour has sold at Monday's quotations. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. COWES, Thursday Evening. The race for the Queen's Prize, that was left unfinished, at the departure of the boat for Southampton, on Wed day, concluded shortly before eight o'clock. In beating down the Channel the Vanguard passed the Hirondelle and took the first place, and was the first to round the western mark. This position she maintained throughout the race, which was concluded as under : Vanguard ... Hirondelle Egeria Christabel. Flying Cloud Arrow ... H. M. 13. 7 37 43 7 43 22 7 45 39 7 46 20 7 54 10 8 10 0 The Vanguard had to allow the Christabel 3 mm. 23 secs., which she was able to give and still had time to spare, consequently Colonel Verschoyle wins the Queen's Prize ; and on coming ashore he received the hearty con gratulations of his friends on his deserved success. Yesterday's business was devoted to the race for the Town Cup, a piece of plate of the value of £lOO, presented by the inhabitants of the town of Cowes, open to all yachts of not less than 30 tons belonging to any royal yacht club. On the return from the westward for the second time for the winning pest the following were the respec tive times of arrival : H. H. s. Guinevere ;.. 3 52 Egeria ... 35930 - - Arrow ... ... 4 5 0 Vanguard ... ... 4 8 45 Christabel ... 4 15 0 Fione . ... 415 40 Flying Cloud ... ... 416 20 Gwendoline . ... 4 17 50 Thus the Vanguard won the prize by time, beating the Flying Cloud by 16 seconds. The Vanguard, therefore adds another to the numerous list of prizes she has won this season. THE BELGIAN MINISTRY. The resignation of M. Hack has been accepted. M. Jacob has been appointed Minister of Finances, and Baron d'Anethan has undertaken the duties of Minister of Public Works ad interim. The King will open the Chambers in person. The Etoile Beige announces that the Speeoh from the Throne will make known how Belgium understands her part as a neutral State, what steps have been taken to make her neutrality respected, what are the assurances received from foreign Powers on the subject, and on what conditions these Powers have engaged to re spect Belgian neutrality. RUSSIA AND THE PRINCIPALITIES The Journal de St. Petersburgh of Aug. 3 publishes an article on the renewed mendacious reports of an in tended invasion of Roumania by Russia, and says : " The Cabinet of St. Petersburgh desires a peaceful and prosperous development of the Principalities under the.rule of Prince Charles. Even if, contrary to expectation, this prospect should not be realised, Russia will never undertake a course of isolated intervention which is forbidden to any power by the existing treaties. Hitherto no concentration of troops has taken place either in the South or in any other part of Russia, nor has the military budget been in any way altered." THE SULTAN AND THE 'FRENCH. Viscount de la Gueronniere, the newly-appointed French Ambassador to Turkey, presented his credentials on Thursday to the Sultan. In reply to the speech of M. de la Gueronniere, the Sultan expressed a marked sym pathy with the Emperor and the French nation, and the greatest regard for the new Ambassador. Before the ceremony M. de la Gueronniere received the principal French residents, and made a speech, which was warmly applauded. THE EVACUATION OF ROME. A telegram from Viterbo of Wednesday's date states that the French troops had evacuated the town. Transports were expected at Civita Vecchia yesterday to convey home the remainder of the division. Perfect tranquillity prevailed in the Roman States. EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE. A great earthquake has been felt in the Gulf of Corinth. The cities of limphissa and Gafixidi, as well as several villages, have been destroyed. There are many killed and wounded. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) NEW REPRESENTATIVE PEER FOR SCOTLAND. The Earl of Strathmore was yesterday, at a meeting of peers in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, unanimously elected a representative peer for Scotland, in the room of the late Earl of Haddington. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE, A letter was read yesterday morning from the venerable Thomas Jackson, declaring himself one in mind and heart with the body with whom he had stood connected sixty six years, hearty thank 4 to Dr. Jobson, and the Rev. Samuel Romilly Hill, were adopted by the Conference, and it was resolved to print the charges of the Conference. The report of the Committee declaring that it was desirable that a religious census should be taken, and that arrange ments should be made to shew what accommodation is pro vided in each place of worship, and the attendance upon a given Sunday, was also accepted. The consideration of the Burials Bill and the Glebe Houses (Ire land) Bill are to be deferred. Additional Ministers are to be appointed to Brixton Hill and Norwood, liondon, to Cranmer, Liverpool, Whitchurch, Bindley, Keighley, and North Allerton. Several minor alterations in the circuit were made, but none of them were of public importance. The reports were handed in of the Com mittee of Discipline, and the names of the missionaries were called over. There were 1,155. The conference settled the minor arrangements at 12.30 for the Stationing Committee to complete for the second draft of the stations I R STAFFORD NORTHCOTE ON THE WAR. On Thursday the first sod of a new line of railway from Bideford to the new watering place, Westward Ho, North Devon, was cut by the daughter of Sir Stafford North cote ; also the first deck plank of a new promenade pier was nailed. AV the luncheon which followed Sir Stafford Northeote, in proposing the toast of the health of the chairman, made reference to the continental war, and said, on behalf of the party with whom he was identified, that her Majesty's Government should have their sympathy and support in strengthening her forces so as to enforce a strong and impartial neutrality. He hoped that Englaod would not be involved in the war, but It was necessary 14. should be prepared. THE NEUTRALITY LAWS. A special meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Co in . merco will be held next Monday, when a resolution will be proposed calling upon other Chambers to join in ask ing the Government to prohibit the export of arms and vinithms of war to belligerents. SUNDERLAND AND THE WAR. At a town meeting, called by the Mayor on requisi tion, held on Thursday, a resolution was passed authorising the presentation of an address to Mr. Gladstoue, express ing hearty approval of the non-intervention policy pur sued by the Government in this deplorable war, and earnestly hoping that such a policy will be firmly ad., tiered to. ALLEGED FRENCH PURCHASE OF FORAGE IN AYRSHIRE. Large quantities of hay have beet; purchased in Ayr. shire by an agent (it is said) of the French Government. It is affirmed that he has already paid away forty thou sand pounds and contracted for more bay near Prestwick. Numerous stacks await transit. It is believed that Go vernment will take cognisance of the latter, As this country imports hay the sending of so large a quantity abroad may seriously affect the price of this kind of forage. The Recordership of Londonderry has been conferred on Mr. Samuel MacCurdy Greer, who has on several occasions contested the representation of the city. He was member for the county in 1867. The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to leave Marlborough House on Monday next for Abergeidle Castle, for the autumn. It is understood that the Government have resolved to embody the Irish militia. A report has been in circulation that Mr. Glad r stone is seriously indisposed, but it is unfoUnded, as the right hon. gentleman is now in his usual good health, and transacting public business. Large quantities of bay have been purchased in Ayrshire by, it is said, an agent of the French Govern ment. It is affirmed that he has already paid away £40,000, and contrected for more hay near Prestwick. Numerous:stacks awaititransit. At the Hereford Assizes on Wednesday, before Mr. Baron Pigott, Richard Greenhow, manager, and James Fisher Bellamy, cashier, who had pleaded guilty to embezzling £3,656 15s. 2d. and £964 19s. 11d., were sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Great activity continues to prevail in the British naval and military establishments. In the instructions issued at Woolwich for the prosecution of recruiting, it is intimated that tailors will be accepted " of any height." A War-office circular has been issued, impressing upon every soldier the importance of making his will in the regulation form, and of keeping it in his pocket ledger. A letter from Valetta dated July 29. says : Up to yesterday evening it was currently reported in Malta that no official information had reached this island notifying the existence of war on the Continent. During the interval the French have bought 5,000 tons of coal at 28s. to 30s. a lon- the whole order received being, it is said, for 10,000 tons. At the same time it is well known that the Government stores contain a very small quantity of coal. It is reported that the garrison is short of at least 2,000,0001 b. of gunpowder. EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS.—About eight o'clock on Thursday morning an explosion took place in the fire work warehouse of a German, named Ritter, at Bromley, occasioned by a parcel of fireworks, which two men and a boy were preparing, h av i ng suddenly ignited by compres sion. The man at whose bench the accident occurred will, it is feared, lose his sight, and one of his hands was shattered in such a manner that it is supposed amputation will be necessary. The boy received some severe wounds on the head ; the other man was not so much injured. fADVERTISEMENTI—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— W'omen's maladies.—No function can be suspended in the human system without present or future suffering. Holloway's remedies rarely fail in rectifying the first departure from health. The Ointment rubbed externally over the faulty organ penetrates internally, and effec tually removes all causes of erroneous action. Obstinate cases likewise require the Ointment to be well rubbed on the spine twice a day, that it may rouse the dormant nerves to a healthier condition for regulating suspended or disordered functions essential to female growth and well-being. Holloway's Pills Oh ould be taken whilst the treatment is pursued. They cause no harm to the most delicate or feeble frame. They act mildly as aperients principally as restoratives. Y EVENING, AUG UST 5, 1 670. I‘i PERIAL PARL IA M ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THIIRSDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. The Marquis of SALISBURY said he believed that the noble earl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, had promised that their Lordships should have an opportunity of expressing their opinion on the recent negotiations ; he should, therefore, like to know when such odportunity would be offered. Earl GRANVILLE, in reply, was understood to say that he would lay the whole of the papers on the table, which would fully inform their Lordships of all that had taken place. The remainder of the sitting was occupied in formally passing the orders on the paper. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Clerical Disabilities, Juries, Dublin City Voters Dis franchisement, Shipping Dues Act Amendment, Piers and Harbours, Order Confirmation, Telegraph Acts Ex tension, Sewage Utilization, Vestries, Isle of Man,fExtra dition, and Sanitary Act Amendment. cett had to content himself with an expression of satisfac tion at the course pursued. THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BILL. The House considered the Lords' amendments to the Education Bill. On the motion of the Vice-President of the Council, the House disagreed with the amendment taking away the power of the School Board to set up a free school under certain circumstances where it was thought necessary. When the Ballot clause came under con sideration Mr. V. Harcourt could not restrain his desire to have a parting kick at the bill. He taunted the Government on the placidity of their behaviour under the circumstances, seeing that the principle of the Ballot, for which they had so hotly contested until five o'clock in the!morning, had been abandoned. He said they, presumably meaning the Radicals, had had their triumph in the abandonment of the Inclosure Bill, and the Con servatives had had theirs in the relinquishment of the Ballot. There was considerable cheering after the amendments had been considered. The other orders of the day were quickly disposed of and the House adjourned at a quarter past eleve: o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE MILITIA, Lord NORTHBROOK brought iu a bill, which was read a first time, enabling her Majesty in times of great national emergency to call out by proclamation and embody the Militia. The bill further set out that in case her Majesty should exercise this power whilst Parliament was not sitting, the Parliament was to be called together within ten days after the issue of the proclamation. The bill was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The Larceny Advertisement Bill was read a second time. Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past six. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock. THESECRET TREATY. Sir G. JENKINSON gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Premier whether, in the view of the proposed treaty between France and Prussia, menacing the indepen dence of Belgium, he would state explicitly for the information of the House, whether the Govern ment would take steps to enforce the provisions of the Treaty of 1831 guaranteeing the independence of Belgium in case any attempt be made by either of the belligerents to carry out the provisions of the supposed secret treaty, and if any steps had been taken by the Government to secure the co-operation of the other Powers who were parties to the treaty with England. ECCLESIASTICAL LAW. In reply to Mr. Salt, Mr. BRUCE said there was no' intention at present to introduce next session any measure for the consolidation of the ecclesiastical law. TEMPLE BAR, In reply to Mr. Lambert, . . _ Alderman LAWRENCE said with respect to the removal of Temple Bar the City authorities thought it would be useless to do so until Fleet-street was widened. THE FRENCH LEGATION AT MUNICH. Mr. RYLANDS asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if his attention had been called to a tele gram in the Times of Monday to the following effect : " Munich, July 30. Considerable surprise is expressed here at M. Hory, the Chancellor of the French Legation, remaining in Munich, and at the British Legation taking him under their protection on the pretext of his having entered their service." Mr. OTWAY said that if surprise was occasioned it was because the circumstances connected with the matter were not known. Before the outbreak of the war the French Government applied to the British to take under its pro tection French subjects in Germany. It was at once agreed to do so provided the same arrangement was allowed with respect to German subjects remaining in France. THE THRONE OF FRANCE. Mr. POTTER asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of the House a copy of the Treaty of Paris of 1815, and also the supplemental treaty of the same date, excluding the Bonaparte dynasty from the throne of France, to maintain which treaty Eng- land and other powers were to use all their force of arms, a'so the protocol defining the territory ceded by France by the treaty aforesaid. (Hear, hear,) Mr. OTNVAY : The treaties to which my hon. friend al ludes are in the library of this House, and therefore they are accessible to any member, (Hear, hear.) I will say that is not the reason for which I must de cline reprinting these treaties and laying them upon the table of the House at the present moment. (Hear, hear.) Since these treaties were signed this coun try had wisely determined not to interfere with the choice of the French people as regards the form of their government or their monarch. (Cheers.) Therefore for the last eighteen years the treaties have been practically a dead letter, and it is unnecessary to reprint them. (Cheers.) ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT REPEAL BILL. On the order for the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act Repeal Bill, a large exodus of members took place.—Mr. Newdegate, immediately on the order being called, commenced to hurl his denunciations at the measure. It was curious to note the behaviour of the hon. gentlemen who remained. Some, without the slightest attempt to resist the inevitable conse quences of the combined influence of the weather, and the dreary tones of the member for North Warwickshire, assumed the most comfortable positions the execrable construction of the benches would permit, and slept happily unconscious of the horrors which the redoubtable opponent of Popery depicted as the cer tain results of recent ecclesiastical legislation. Others of the hon. gentlemen observed a profoundly thoughtful position, but it was obvious that their thoughts were not with the speaker : others conversed in some thing more than whispering voices, whilst a few seemed endeavouring in vain to discover interesting matter. The Treasury bench was occupied by Mr. Bruce, Mr. Cardwell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Stansfeld, and Mr. Grant-Duff. The right hon. gentle men paid but little apparent attention to the speech of Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. Lowe and Mr. Cardwell must have suffered martyrdom in their efforts to keep awake. Any ordinary member would have been silenced by this universal condition of indifferentism, but not so Mr. Newdegate. He is not an ordinary man ; he has the " courage of his convictions," nor, although it seemed to occasion him deep concern, did the idea that people might consider him a persevering bigot, and not see his conduct in a more gratifying light, restrain him. Without the slightest exagge ration, it may be said that not one gentleman was listening to him, and no one paid him the poor compli ment of even looking at him, save when, by way of giving emphasis and force to his words, he brought his right hand down with crushing force upon his left, and when he declared that Rome "spewed moderation," a look of startled surprise was cast towards him. This mournful state of the House lasted for three quarters of an hour, when the Protestant champion resumed his seat.—Mr. Jesse' succeeded, in a great measure, in restoring animation, and an interested attention was paid to his speech. Towards the close of the debate a little more spirit was infused into the proceedings, which, not withstanding, were eminently dull.—Mr. Bernal Osborne with his usual impetuosity; stigmatised the measure as worse than a crime, it was a blunder.—Mr. Bruce said that the Government objected to the bill, but would sup port the second reading, in order that it might be restored . 1 to its original shape. The second reading was carried by 113 to 34 votes. FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL. The House considered this bill as amended. An amend ment, proposed by Mr. Lowther, the member for-York, to include arms and munitions of war within the pro hibitory clauses was opposed by the Attorney-General, and rejected ultimately by 90 to 29 votes. —Mr. Monk sought to punish any builder who sold, or 'contracted to sell, any vessel, knowing it to be for the use of either belligerent Power, by forfeiture of the vessel, but the pro position was, on a division, rejected by 67 to 36 votes. The bill subsequently was reported, and the third reading was fixed for Friday. INCLOSURE BILL. Mr. FAWCETT, the hon. member for Brighton, was robbed of a rare opportunity of indulging himself in the pleasure of delivering a set speech of long duration. The other evening he, with amusing coolness, informed the House that he intended to speak for three quarters of an hour on the subject, and it was in a great mea sure owing to his urgent representations of the impropriety of proceeding with an important bill at half-past two in the morning that the consideration of the measure was postponed. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen now announced that, seeing the session was so near it:, close, the Government had decided to dispharge the order. This announcement was cheered by some, and Mr. Faw- LEWES MEETING—This DAY. The following horses have arrived :—Australia, Bor deaux,Mliss, Border Knight, Brother to Ravioli, Cast-off, Cestus, Conrad, Chanoinesse, Countryman, Chivalry, Dora, Election Forest Lass, Gift, Grandee, Gladness, Hohenlinden, Johannisberg, Neuchatel, Olympia, Out post, Perfume, Pericles, Religieuse, Siderolite Sour Grapes, Stockhausen, Soucar, Sophie, Sweetbriar filly, Tamara filly. riney filly, Tumbler, Tibthorpe, Queen of Hearts, Queen Bessie, Violet, Victress. Messrs. Balehin, Drewitt, Deacon, T. Reeve, Clay, and Gatland train here, and several horses will walk over from Brighton this morning. LATEST SCRATCHINGS. Lewes Nursery. —Eugenie colt, Bab-at-the-Bowster filly Tamar a filly, Disdain, Vedette filly, and Cecil's dam filly. Welter Cup.— YEronaut and Gnome King. Acceptances for the Lewes Handicap. Two miles. Age st lb Kennington ... 3 8 12 Skipjack ... 5 8 5 Our Mary Ann 5 8 2 Pate ... ... 3 8 2 Neuchatel ... 4 8 0 Fidelia ...5 7 12 Choral ... ... 5 7 8 Age st lb Soucar ... 3 7 6 Walter ... 3 7 5 Wildflower ... 4 7 5 Mount Pleasant 3 7 5 Violet ... ... 3 6 10 Play —. ... 3 6 5 Acceptances for the Eccentri is Free Handicap. One mile 6 quarter. and a !Age st lb Bonnie Katie ... 4 8 12 The Orphan ... 4 8 12 Contempt ... 5 8 0 Election ... ...5 7 12 Age st lb Victress ... 6 7 9 Brother to Vex ... 3 7 1 Little Fairy ... 3 6 12 Crown Piece ... 3 6 12 LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. THURSDAY, Midnight. So few people are present in town that the followirq quotations may be accepted as a reflex of a very limitec market and small sums. DE WARRENE HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Reindeer (taken) 7to 1 agst Cocoa Nut (taken) Bto 1 agst Bliss (taken) Bto 1 a,gst Sophie (taken) LEWES HANDICAP. 9to 2 agst Violet (taken) sto 1 Soucar (taken and wanted) sto 1 agst Choral (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Kenning -ton (taken and offered) COUNTY CUP. sto 2 agst Barrier [taken and wanted) EBOR HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Toison d'Or (taken) 10 to 1 agst Blandford (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mysotis (taken) BRIGHTON MEETIN u—THURSDAY. The Eleventh Club Biennial. Bristol mile. Mr A. Taylor's Annie Wood, by Atherstone—Hetty, 9st llb (in 81b ex.) Count Legrange's Alaric, Bst 101 b (Parry) f 2 Betting-4 to 1 on Annie Wood, who showed the way with a clear lead into the bottom, and then was joined by Alaric. A fine struggle ensued, ending in a dead heat. The Brighton Club Stakes. Bristol mile. Mr Payne's Hobart, by Young Melbourne —Miss Sarah, 4 yrs, 9st 131 b (in 61b ex) (Mr W. Bevill) 1 Mr Ray's Cawdor, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b (i n 61b ex ) (Grimshaw) 2 Mr C. Wodehouse's Juliet, 3 yrs, lOst ...... (Mr Hobson) 3 Won in a canter by twelve lengths. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C. Prince Soltykoff's Tibthorpe, by Voltigeur—Little Agnes, 6 yrs, lOst (in 71b ex) (French) 1 Mr Chaplin's Waif, 3 yrs, Bst (£100) (Jeffery) 2 Mr Niptingall's Agnes, 3 yrs, Bst (X 100) (Wyatt) 3 Betting-100 to 12 on Tibthorpe, who made all the run ning, and won by 300 yards ; the others pulled up. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. One mile. Mr Sherman's Artist, by St. Albans—Actress, 4 yrs, Bst Zlb (Sherrington) w.o. _ _ _ The Claret Stakes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C. Mr Savile's Neuchatel, by Parmesan—Midddleton Maid 4 yrs, list 7lb •.• • (Mr Crawshaw) w. 0, Plate of 100 sovs. T. Y. C. Mr Savile's Mabile, by Parmosan—Rigolboche, Bst 41b Mr Payne's Camera, Bst 41b (Cha (Maid loner 1 )ment) 2 Sir G Chetwynd's Lizzie Cowl, Bst 121 b (in 61b ex) (Jeffery) 3 Thunderbolt f, and Houghton also ran. Won by a neck. A Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. for beaten horses. T. Y.C. Mr. Mannington's Lady Greensleves, by Master Fenton— Lady Charlotte, 3 yrs, lOst 121 b (inc. 61b extra) Sir F. Johnstone's Historian, aged, 12st 81b 61b ex.) _ , Mr. Savile's Brother to Ravioli (Cannon, 4 yrs, llst 41b Mr. 2 (Crawshaw) 3 OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning. Won by a neck. YORK AUGU Acceptances for the Great I iT MEETING. bor Handicap. Two miles. Age st lb Paganini ... ... 5 9 4 /Vlysotis !... ... 5 8 12 Kennington ... 3 8 2 Ploughboy ... 6 8 0 Good Hope ... 4 8 0 Lord Hawthorn 4 7 11 Tolson d'Or ... 4 7 10 Moscow ... ... 4 7 9 Myosotis ... ... 4 7 9 Nancy ... ... a 7 6 Fleets ... ... 4 613 Torreador ... ... 3 6 12 Age st lb Cheri 6 ... 4 6 11 Sweet Sound ... 3 6 11 The Briton ... 4 6 8 Miss Sheppard 3 6 7 Sagittarius ... 4 6 6 Knight of Athol. 3 6 6 Jarnac ... 3 6 0 Firefly ... ... 4 511 Blandford ... 3 5 10 Cauldron ... 3 5 7 Sensation ... ... 3 5 7 Columbine f .. 3 5 7 HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Albany, out of the Brighton Stakes. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., John Davis, out of all engagements. Aug. 1, at 2 a.m, f. by Newminster, out of Bab at the Bowater, out of Brighton engagements. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Douglas and Perambulator, out of Lewes engagements. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., High Pressure, out of Brighton Nursery. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Manifesto, out of Bevingdean Stakes at Brighton. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Broadlea, out of Lewes and Brighton engagements. . . Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Frederica, out of Tyro Stakes at Liverpool. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Lady Stanhope, out of the Badminton Stakes, Liverpool. Aug. 1, at 11.45 a.m., Rodomonte, out of Lewes en gagements. Aug. 1, at 2.40 p.m., Pats, out of the Brighton Stakes and Cup. Aug. 1, at 3.25 p.m., c. by Blair Athol, out of Christa belle, out of all engagements. Aug. 1, at 4.30 p.m., Ironstone, out of all engagements. Aug. 1, at 5.20 p.m., Barford, out of Brighton and Lewes engagements. Aug. 1, at 5.30 p.m., Ambitious, out of Brighton Stakes. Aug. 1, after 6 p.m., Knight of Athol, out of the Brigh ton stakes. _ _ Aug. 1, after 6 p.m., Knightley, out of the Sussex Stakes, Lewes. Aug. 2, at 9 a.m, Tumbler, Nightingall, Chilworth, and Talavera, out of Lewes engagements. Aug. 2, at 9 a.m., Moscow, Epworth, and lonia, out of Wolverhampton engagements. Aug. 2, at 9 a.m., Fair Eleanor, Puckaster c by Tim Whiffler out of Whiteleg, Fancy Boy, and Referee, out Wolverhampton engagements. Aug. 2, at 9 a.m., f by Oxford, out of Miss Fanny, and Colonia, out of Brighton Nursery. Aug. 2, at 7 55 p.m., Wild Flower, out of Wolverhamp ton Stakes. Aug. 3, at 3 23 p.m., King o'Scots, out of all engage ments. Aug. 3, at 524 p.m., Clansman, out of Twelfth Stam ford Biennial Stakes, Wolverhampton, 1870. Aug. 3, at 6 10 p.m., Violet out of the Brighton Club Stakes. Aug. 4, at 11 50 a.m., Perth and King of the Forest, out of the Chillington Stakes, Wolverhampton. A Veterinary Certificate, signed by John Mannington, at Brighton, M.R.C.V.S., of the age of Mr. W. Planner's b.h. Capitaliste, 5 yrs old, has been lodged. GOODWOOD, I,B7l.—the Stewards elect for this meeting are the Marquis of :Ailesbury and the Marquis of :Anglesey. - - The following assumed names have been registered : Mr. Faucit, Mr. Gilman. Colours of Riders.— Sir C. Chetwynd : Straw, sky blue sleeves and cap. Mr. Faucit : White and red stripes, white cap. Forfeit List.—The forfeits of the following horses have been paid :—Artist, Merry Lass. The following names have beeu given :—Mr Chaplin's 3 f by Newminster—Caller Ou, 2 yrs, The Pearl ; Mr Wallis's B g by Rattle— Mary Stuart, 4 yrs, Rattlesnake ; B m (late Lady Alice), by The Tower, out of Water Hen (h b), Twitter. THE VICTORY OP THE PRUSSIANS. The Telegraph notes that regiments of the Fifth and Eleventh Prussian Army Corps, and of the Second Bava rian Army Corps, were engaged against —as even the vic tors say—a single French division ; that of General Donay, belonging to the First French Corps, under Marshal MacMahon, which, originally quartered around Strasburg, was lately moved north wards by Haguenau towards the frontier of the Palatinate. The Germans, therefore, have not been loth to admit that their adversaries were outnumbered ; and the admission goes far to explain the course and results of the fight. "The French were repulsed and dispersed, leaving behind them their en campment"—a clear proof that they had been taken alto gether by surprise by the skilfully-concealed masses and vigorously-executed movements of the enemy. General Loney himself was killed; at least five hundred unwounded prisoners were taken; and one piece of artillery remained the trophy of the conquerors. The Prussians do not con ceal the fact that they suffered severely ; but such a victory as they have evidently gained—which throws totally into the shade the paltry triumph uf driving from Saarbruok a small and not peculiarly reluctant detachment—well compensates the price which the soldiers of Prince Frederick William have had to pay. The moral of Thursday's triumph will be unquestionably great ; while its influence on the strategical future of the campaign must be important, if not deci s we. We have the experience of 1866 to shew that the Prussian army does not act in isolated corps, but is moved by one clear and all combining purpose. From other points on the line of hostile contact, any hour may bring us news that the tables have everywhere been turned on the French with a vengeance. Meanwhile, the event of Thursday illustrates the justice of the anticipations ventured below, before the news was received that the war had begun in earnest by the storm of Weissenburg. SAARBRUCK AFFAIR. The Times finds that the engagement at Saarbruck is of more importance than was at first estimated. Marshal Lebceuf states that General Froissard's corps had not taken possession of Saarbruck, becaus e , as an open town, it was of no strategic importance. But the passes of the river, the suburb of St. Johann, the railway, and the rai.- way station were much more to their purpose, and one won ders why the conquerors did not follow up their advantage, especially if, as the Marshal states, the French batteries, from their high position at Spicheren, had silenced those of the enemy on the opposite hills. Saarbruck, or rather St. Johann, was only of advantage to the Prussians as a railway junction, and all we were anxious to ascertain was whether the railway communication from Treves up the valley of the Saar, by Saarburg, Merzig, and Saar lonia to Saarbruck, and again from Saarbruck to Neuen kirchen, and hence to the Rhine at Mannheim or Bingen, was interrupted. If it were not, the strategic position of the Prussians would have been by no means impaired; but, if it were, the Prussian force at Saarlouis and Treves would be cut ff from those in the Palatinate, and would have no other retreat than either down the val ley of the Moselle . to Coblentz, or across the Eifel, Mountains to Cologne. We are now assured that the oJject of the French attack of last Tuesday was not merely to occupy the left bank of the Saar, but also to cut off the communication between Treves, or Saarbruck, and Neuenkirchen, and, moreover, that this latter feat was accomplished by a detachment of French Engineers. The Prussians in their accounts only mention that the btatiou and rolling-stock were somewhat damaged. The state of affairs on the Saar seems, therefore, to be as follows :—The French are in position on the plateau of Spicheren and on ether heights south and west of Saar bruck ; the Prussians still hold the hills on the other side, and between them lies the town, with its bridges, its suburb, and railway statinn unoccupied, while at some puha of the line the rails have been torn up, and other damage, more or less reparable, has been done. The Standard concludes that the Prussians were in over ' whelming force. They struck at a weak point. They were stubbornly resisted, but they carried the day. For s time past all our intelligence pointed to the hurrying up of French troops from Strasburg and Haguenan t wards Bitsche, leaving the Palatinate frontier c unparatively unguarded. This concentration of troops in the direction of the valley of the Saar was of course well known. The Prussians have taken advantage of it, and have apparently crushed the French troops guarding the exposed frontier with an overwhelming force. Whether, indeed, as a diversion to assist a great army of ittvasionwbich is being concentrated between Saar burg and Saarluis, or as a part of a general advance a'ong the whole Prussian line, it is equally serious to the French. This corps must be met and checked, and f'r that purpose a very consideranle force must bi detached from the main body of the French army. We quite expect to hear of the battle o Weissenburg being followed by another and still b'oodicr engagement if the Prussians retain their footing o French soil. For it is plain that no advance, either into Prussian territory along the valley of the Saar or t wards Kaisolautern, can take place with a large Prus &an force marching upon the flank of the invading army, a•id occupying in its march the line of railway by which Cie French would in great measure be fed. The Prus sians inn displaying the vigour of design and execution - which distinguished their operations in the war of 1866, aid the French army will have to fight quite as much for its own soil as for that of its neighbour. Of the earlier events of the war, the battle of Weissenburg is by far the more serious. The capture of Saarluis by the French, of which there was a rumour in Paris last night, would more than restore the balance of victory to the French a.any. But for the present the Prussians must be allowed to have the advantage. PRUSSIAN PLANS. The Telegraph believes that the movement of the Grown Prince proves that the German a rm i es mean t o defend the Fatherland by a hostile and offensive move ment in the enemy's country. It would be but natural tuat the onslaught of the Crown Prince should be sup, ported by a simultaneous advance of Prince Frederick Charles and of General Steinmetz. In this manner, if the French turned to face the Crown Prince advancing from Weissenburg, the two other Prussian armies would at once press upon their flank, while, if they turned to withstand the northern armies, the Crown Prince would threaten them in an equally dangerous manner. It might be expected, however, that in such a case the Prussian head-quarters would leave the Crown Prince to make the most fatal assault on the enemy ; for not only is his force evidently p re p are d f or great deeds, but, if he could once pass the defiles of the Vosges, the line of his march would enable him to turn the Upper Moselle and the Upper Meuse, and there would be no physical obstacle between him and Paris. At the same time it is in the passes of the Vosges that the difficulties of the Crown Prince would lie. If, in that hilly and broken country, his leading columns could be restrained and held back by a detach ment of the enemy, while his flank was threatened by another force operating from the stronghold of Strasburg as a base, the main bulk of the French army could. be hurled, in superior numbers, on Prince Frederick Charles and Steinmetz. Not that the event would necessarily decide the campaign, or even a single battle ; for the two Prussian northern armies muster 240,000 combatant. and the French, after leaving 50,000 men to check the Crown Prime in the Vosges, could hardly attack with more than 270,000. When such mighty legions were concerned, 30,000 men alone could hardly decide the issue of a great conflict ; and, if the French fought in such a position, to insure success, their victory must be decisive. The French army certainly possesses the advantage known to military men as that of interior lines, which consists in the fact, that, as their assailants are separated by longer distances, the Prussians cannot act so rapidly in unison, or move so quickly to give mutual support. Bulb the advantage of interior lines has been much mottified by the application of the telegraph to war. Nor are the armies of the present day so liable to disaster as were their predecessors when broken into separate bodies. Each of the three Prussian armies would, fifty or a hundred years ago, have been considered colossal ; and, since each is individually perfect, it is tolerably in dependent, and is not force to trust for life to mutual co-operation, as the detachments of Yorck or Blucher were. THE ATTITUDE OF ENGLAND. The Yorkshire Post of to-day, in an article on the war, says if this country . is at any time to act with effect, it can only be done in combination with Russia, and it is obviously our interest to cultivate a good understanding with that Power. It is painful to observe the growth of a warlike spirit among ourselves, and the success which is accompanying the appeals to the feelings of animosity which it was believed had become extinct. It is our duty to be prepared for any emergency, but it is not our duty to facilitate the approach of a catastrophe by constantly assuming its probability. And at the pre. sent stage of thequarrel, with neither party worthy of our sympathy, and with the knowledge that all our rep., • sentations have been absolutely rejected by both sides, every consideration of honour and self-interest requires us to maintain both in word and deed the most rigid neu trality. TURRET SHIPS. Alluding to the trial of the Captain turret ship, and the official repert thereon, the Standard says, it is one of the marvels of modern architecture that a particular kind of ship is now constructed, which can not only carry guns of 25 tons weight, but can fire them with effect while the sea is tossing up its billows under the influence of a "strong gale." In fact the sea has not yet been found in which the turret ship cannot use her guns. There are a number of subsi diaryquestions started in these reports, some of which deserve serious attention in their place. But for the moment we are content to deal with the main features of the sub ject. The " Remarks " by the controller of the navy offer nothing which can be said to controvert the leading points of the admiral's report. Indeed the controller admits so much that we only wonder he does not go all the way with the turret-ship. A careful perusal of these documents can lead to no other conclusion than this—that the turret ship has fulfilled its promise, and that all the ingenuity lavished on the broadside ship has failed to maintain supremacy —or even safety—for the latter. It is some satisfaction to us as journalists to find that the position which we took up several years ago at the commencement of this controversy is thus verified by the logic of facts. Having advocated the turret ship at all times, and under all discouragements, we rejoice to find at the last such abundant proof that we were not mistaken. The Great Eastern Railway Company has issue a notice stating that they only issue through tickets and register luggage of passengers passing over their Conti nental route to Continental towns, upon the distinct un derstanding that no responsibility attaches to them for delays, &c , arising from the war. The directors add, however, that they do not anticipate any interruption of the continental lines with which their system is in con nection aud which pass through what is at present Seiiitheoo4l4o. )akey oosing ion is sorted ~ if of ith, zo-