The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-28 00:00:00

NATIONAL INSTITUTION for DISEASES of the SKIN, Gray's-inn-road and Mitre-street. Physi cian, Dr. BARR MEADOWS, 49, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Ave rage number of Patients under treatment, 1,000 weekly. Free letters are available for necessitous applicants. THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Sec. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1870 LORD GRANVILLE need hardly open his lips in vindication of the course pursued by Her MAJESTY'S Government throughout the whole of these negotia tions. That vindication can be found by those who care to look for it in bile momentous correspondence just now- published by order of Her MAJESTY and in its printed form laid before Parliament. Negotia tions more startling in their suddenness could hardly be conceived by the wildest imagina tion. The abrupt rise of the angry contention between France and Prussia, was, as we remember expressing it upon the instant, when the Prince of HOHENZOLLERN'S candidature was . first announced, like the fall of a thunderbolt from a blue sky. Lord GRANVILLE had then but just entered upon his duties at the Foreign Office upon the death of his late colleague, Lord CLARENDON. He had been con gratulated by Mr. OTWAY—on crossing Downing street, from No. 13 to No 14, from the home of the British Colonies to that of British Diplomacy—upon having nothing of any im portance whatever to attend to, upon resuming his place there at the Foreign Office, weighted with no especial source of responsibility. Scarcely was that felicitation uttered, however, scarcely had Lord GRANVILLE begun to congratulate himself upon the soothing colour of the situation in regard to England and her foreign relations, when a telegram from Mr. LAYARD and a despatch from Lord LYONS, both dated the sth instant, the one from San Ildefonso, the other from the British Embassy at Paris, roused him from his halcyon repose. It is something more than a crumpled rcse leaf that has awakened him from the dolce far niente. Earl GRANVILLE finds that there is a necessity all of a sudden that he should have all his wits about him, and that there is need especially to draw upon all his well known and most ample resources in the way of suavity and conciliation. The development of the difficulty may, readily enough now, be followed out step by step through the 124 despatches, or telegrams, constituting the sum total of this wonderfully interesting and, at times, awfully significant correspondence. First came the account of the Prince of HOHENZOLLERN'S candida ture. The French Minister declaring to our Ambas sador at Paris that that candidature would not be tolerated by the EMPEROR'S Government, invited her BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S Government to avert, if possible, impending dangers by their good offices as mediators. Immediately afterwards, however, came the Due de GRAMONT'S and M. OLLIVIER'S haughty declaration in the Corps L6gislatif against Prince LEOPOLD'S candidature. Through Lord AUGUSTUS LOFTUS Her MAJESTY'S Government next urge upon the Prussian Government the danger and imprudence of that candidature, Lord GILANVILLE'S despatch hav ing reference also to the secrecy of the negotiations. After wards the King of PRUSSIA disclaims all know ledge of the negotiations, and all responsibility in the matter of the candidature. In opposition to this, the Duc de GRAMONT insists upon his Majesty's complicity in Prince LEOPOLD'S nomination. Subsequently follow the interviews between the KING and M. BENNDETTI at Ems, closed by the announcement in the North German Gazette of the KING'S refusal to accord another interview to M BENEDETTI. Assurances come after this from the French Government that the neutrality of Belgium should in any case be respected ; for which assurances the Duc de GRAMONT is thanked by her Britannic Majesty's Government. Finally comes the formal rupture of peace on that fatal day for Europe, the 19th inst.. on which war was declared. M. OLLIVIER'S last political brochure was entitled " 19th January." Supposing he were to publish now a pendant to that " entitled the "19th July!" Lord GRANVILLE, without needing it, has given to the world his vindication in this newly-issued Correspondence. There is a grow ing sense now that M. OLLIVIER, in his position of Minister, does need it, and that sorely. Why not, therefore, give to the world a companion to the blue-book, a livre jaune, giving to him alio the chance of something like a self-vindication. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S. This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since its foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, w.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on heir useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).— Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE MOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green wich, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, will be admitted on.personal application, as heretofore, without in troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re moved from the City to the same building. KEMI3ALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WING. Amount still required, k:4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164. The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street. HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Scc. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. rullE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen I_ every Evening, at Eight o'clock. Mr. GILMAN'S, "The Whea.'sheaf," High-street Camden-town. milli LATE EDITION of THE SUN" at Mr BEAUMONT'S. "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand rrllE LATEST EDITION of THE SUN snppited, as soon as published, Ever - Evening, by W. ALrarl D i It (late Brooks), Newspaper A g ent., 4 . oid Cavendish st r , :et, Oxford-street rrHE I,ArE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Store s, " 78, Park-str ee t, Camden . __ _ town. It is difficult to read with patience the objections raised by Mr. CANDLISH to the Glebe Loans (Irish) Bill. Here was a measure which was essentially a part of the Irish Church Disestablishment Act ; a measure which, in passing the Act, Mr. GLADSTONE pledged himself to introduce; a measure which was a deed of simple justice to a body of men, who, in consequence of last year's necessary revolution, and not the less a revolution because it was necessary, find themselves placed in a position of no little difficulty and pecuniary embarrassment. Yet because Mr. GLADSTONE proposes to do for them that which successive Governments have done for other persons in far less critical circumstances over ' and over again, the member for Sunderland would ride his hobby of disestablishment rough-shod over the unlucky gentlemen who, through no fault of theirs, suffered from last year's act of justice. But even Mr. CANDLISH was outdone. Mr. MIALL, admitting that Government was bound in honour to introduce the measure in consequence of last year's Act to which Mr. MIALL himself was a party, yet' declared his intention of voting against the Govern ment for doing the very thing which he acknow ledged they ought to do. This is really Nonconformity run mad. Nonconformity becomes with them such an o'er mastering passion that it shuts the eyes and the ears of the victim to the claims of justice and of honour. Fortunately for the credit of the Dissenting M.P.'s it soon became evident that as in the Education Bill so on this occasion, Messrs. CANDLISH and MIALL were not entitled to speak in the name of the Noncon formists. Mr. WINTERBOTHAM, the ablest repre sentative of younir Nonconformity, Mr. BAINES the most influential representative of older Noncon formity, repudiated the leadership of the members ri MOSES and SON, E CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD- STREET, CORNER of HART-STRENT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD lJ and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLE: Also at other prices. E • A th i at S th E E quality, and the is considerably ho Ise in Englar ►LEN'S CLOTHING. D:,?.31 Oxford Onti. Coats. 255. 17s. 30s. 21s. Also at Also at other prices. other prices Also at other prices S and SON beg to remind the public J cheapness of an article depends entirely on its venture to affirm that every article sold by them cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ad. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Trousers. Dress Trousers. Summer Suits. Tourist Su its. Also at Also at other prices. other prices. 10s. 6d. 12s. 6d 15s. 6d 17s. 6d. Also at other prices. ORDERS by post are attended to wit punctuality, and the easy and accurate sy: measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enal guarantee a faultless fit. 16s. 6d, Also at other prices h care and item of 5e1f )14.3 them to T 1 MOSES and •SON'S PRICE Li; Tof B OYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. 13s. Gd. 16s. 6d, Eton Brighton 1 Harrow Suits. I Suits. I Suits. 15s. 18s. 19s. 235. I 235. 365. I 365, Also at Also at Also at I Also at other prices. I other prioes. other prices. other prices, Iy.4MOSES and SON supply every description of . clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre . E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. Tho following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDOATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-RQAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montagu'. D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 730 CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO EOztES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful i'urlesque, DON CARL' iS ; or, The Infante in Aims Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nally Power, Amy Fawsitt, T Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, i 3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth po ogler ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from (levy, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. id Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. rcHORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE, In Penny Pack eta only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in the C.ountry. RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS tPcrfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182 , , is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, tnwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. - A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. A Double Truss, 319. 6d., Vs., and 525. 6d. Postage, la. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly NEW PATENT I'LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., and 165. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1870. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Lucia di Lammermoor. 6.10. A DELPHI—A t Seven, The Robust Invalid. Free Labour. PRINCE OF WALES'S—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. ' QUEEN'S—At Seven, Nry Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCR B 'CIL Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn iugs at 3. Admission is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 ; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. • Zo LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till ° 0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. after 1 I Afternoon... ..... ..15 after 2 • rk, r . EVENING EDITION. f)r Sunderland and Bradford, and supported the Government. When we say that Mr. BAINES, Mr. WINTER DOTHAN, and the other Dissenters, who supported the Government, would not be a party to a breach of faith, we by no means intend to affirm that this was the only reason why they voted for the bill. 1 t is quite possible for occasions to arise in which members may have to choose between voting for a bad measure and violating a promise which they have made unwarily and. unwisely. There was no such. alternative in the present instance. The members in question were not called . upon to deviate from their old antagonism to concurrent endowment. It is the grossest abuse of terms to call a loan an endoWment. All that the Government does is to lend money to certain persons, who, by a Government act, have been placed in a position of considerable embarrassment. The money is not given ; there is no thought of giving it ; it will have to be repaid, interest will have to be forthcoming until it is repaid. The thing has been done over and over again without any such urgent reason for it. It has been done twice this session ; money has been lent to the colony of New Zealand, and the Irish Land Bill authorises it to be lent to Irish tenants for the purchase of their holdings. If there is any endowment in the cases of the Irish glebe holders so is there in the case of the New Zealand colonists and the Irish tenants. But it is a waste of words to argue the matter further. Parliament, the nation, has something better to do than to extract bees from the bonnets of Mr. Mum, and his friends. There is, however, one point that we should like to clear up. We can understand why Mr. Mum. and his ultra dissenting friends should have supported Mr. CAND LISH'S bill, for their dissent is nothing except it takes the form of active hostility to the Church. We can understand, though we lament, the votes of men like Mr. MonnisoN, Mr. JOHN LEWIS, and Professor FAW CETT, for they are essentially secularists; but in the name of all that is Conservative, how. came Mr. HENLEY to vote with these gentlemen ? He has more than once this session gone into the lobby with the extremest Radicals, but this is the most eccentric vote given even by the right hon. mem ber for Oxfordshire, and father of the House of Commons. TOPICS OF THE DAY. lation on this point in a doubtful manner, intimating that they permit residence in all parts of Europe, or other continents, during peace, but the majority distinctly declare that policies become positively void by their holders if they visit a country or reside in any of its possessions, while it is at war. It behoves every man who has a family to beware in time of the liability of his attempting to see the Continent or the war. THE STORM OF TIIESDAY. The corn crops in the southern . counties of Eng land have been seriously injured by the heavy fall of rain. Large patches of wheat" and oats in many fields have been levelled flat to the ground, and the roots of turnips and potatoes have been laid bare by 'the powerful beating of the showers np•)n the ridges. In many localities, but more particularly at llolwood-park, Kent, the heavy rains penetrated the rabbit burrows, and thousands of the younger ones were drowned. In Surrey, also, the destruction )1 part ridges in . the valley districts was deplorable, the bodies of coveys being found literally strewed about in some places after the storm. Loss of human life during the thunderstorm which passed over the whole of England has been recorded in only two instances, the victims being a man and a woman. signed bills of lading, said he would take £5OO and sink the ship, which had made several feet of water on the outward passage. This led them to insure the cargo both in England and. Bombay, and to agree to give the captain £1,500 in the event of the ship leaking so much that he would have to sink her. The captain, on the other hand, says the brokers first got him into difficulties by inducing him to sign the bills of lading before the cotton was shipped, and then, suggested to him to sink the ship. The carpenter in his concession im plicated both parties, and it appears to have been a sufficiently discreditable and disastrous affair to justify 'the excitement it has created at Bombay and Liverpool. . Tzi , e -, ;••' . V , MY:' , -C-?•OiAU if..,-- ~„- ir'' 4 Li 'llll4 t . ~ - -4 . tklittilliar. _.,-.7:--,--.i.-,--xiri.„ lIER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JULY 27. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louise, and Tier Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with her Royal Highness. Princess Beatrice also went out. Viscountess Clifton has succeeded Lady Waterpark as Lady in Waiting. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. Cup Day at Goodwood. At Lord's Ground (grand cricket match)—M.C.C. and Ground v. Rugby School. A MINISTER OF EDUCATION. It appears tolerably certain that we shall have a Minister of Education, and Mr. Gladstone in his rem arks on the subject the other day seemed to look upon the creation as the natural sequence of the law now passing the Legislature. The Premier was, of course, careful not to commit himself by making a precipi tate statement, but confined his observations to the expression of a general opinion. It is quite evident that Mr. Forster cannot possibly undertake the supervision of the working of the new measure in addition to the business of his own department. The question that presents itself to our notice is whether Mr. Forster should not be intrusted with the responsibility of the affair, and made Minister of Education, in order that his scheme may have the best chance of success. He has the interest of the question so much at heart, and is so intimately acquainted with the practical working of the matter, that he is the best calculated to promote the objects of the measure. Should the Government decide on this course, their selection will meet with public approval. WAR NAVIES OF FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. France has at the present moment about sixty ironclads, including floating batteries, but the strength of this fleet is not in proportion to its size. The Rochambeau, which the French Government purchased in America, iv a ram, carries its guns broadside, and lias a burden of 6,090 tons. There are also four other powerful rams, the Taurean, the Belier, the Cerbere, and the Boule Dog, each carrying one gun of twenty tons, and covered with a cylindrical ball-proof dome. They have a speed of about fourteen knots. Tho Magenta and Solferino are large but old fashioned ironclads; the Gloire, Invincible, and Nor maudie are smaller ; and the Couronne, although better plated than those already mentioned, in respect of ordnance is ,on a par with them. In the nest place stand the vessels built on a uniform system, carrying 36 guns, and of 900 horse-power. The Belliqueuse stands by itself, and carries ten 00- pounder guns. The St. Jean d'Acre and the Atlanta are turret vessels on a modified form, and there are also four smaller ships of a similar build. For the protection of the coasts France has 27 floating batteries and four coastguard vessels, carrying heavy guns, but having no great speed. Prussia has been very energetic during the last few years, and both in the Baltic and in the North Seas her naval power has been well developed. She has six completed ironclads, and one on the stocks. The King William, said to be the finest of its class in the world, was built originally, for the Turkish Government, offered to this country, and finally purchased by Prussia. The Friedricli Karl and Kroll Prinz are broadside vessels, and the Arminius and Adalbert are turret-ships. Prussia has also 33 wooden vessels of various sizes. It will be seen, however, that Prussia is weaker than France, as far as ships are concerned; but when it is stated that in time of war France can raise 170,000 sailors, and Prussia has only 4,030, the contrast is made still greater. THE RUSSIAN PRESS ON THE WAR. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Eastern Budget says that the whole of the national press has declared so strongly against Prussia, that it will be hardly possible for the Government to take the side of that Power in the war. The semi-official Goloss at one time wavered, but it now joins the others in abusing Prussia. It has even gone so far as to assert that the interests of Russia demand that - France shall be victorious in the ensuing contest. Russia is advised to keep neutral, since she can only gain by the ex!iaustion of the other Powers. The Russian Government, it is argued, can disregard the Treaty of Paris with out being compelled to draw the sword. The Moscow Gazette considers that the withholding of war telegrams from the Russian papers was an offence which calls for strict inquiry, and spews how injurious it is for Russia to depend on the Prussian au thorities for her telegraphic and postal intelligence. The Government itself seems disposed to maintain the strictest neutrality, but it is anxious to be prepared for emergencies. The number of troops in Poland is to be increased to 200,000. This measure is calcu lated to prevent an insurrection in Russian Poland, and also to maintain order in Posen, in the event of any disturbances taking place. 7HE CONTINENT. In one of the comic periodicals, this week, there is a very excellently drawn cartoon, representiii the rapid exodus of all the. English tourists Irom he Rhine territories. The mitrailleuse is represented in the back ground, and the picture seems to denote that it is the alarm and actual inconveniences of en joying comfort and scenery, arising from wartai e, that arehunting the people away. There is, however, another consideration,not referred to in the cartoon, but which undoubtedly ought to be taken into account, if it is not so already, by all English travellers, not only in the neighbourhood of the Rhine, but also in any por tion of France or Germany. We refer to the fOrfei- Wl.° of all value in life assurance policies by resi dents in countries in which the war is car ried on. Some English companies frame the regu- ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH. The catastrophe to St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, is discussed by Mr. Alfred Smee in a letter. The south-east turret was struck by lightning, and the stones of which it was composed were scattered with so much vio lence that one was thrown fifty yards, where it broke some iron rails. From the examination which has been made it appears evident that had there been a conductor from the vane to the water pipes, the accident would not have occurred. Thus the outlay of two or three pounds would have spared the present damage, which must be estimated at £5OO. Mr. Smee attributes the mischief that has ensued entirely to the parsimony of the parish authorities. The moral he draws from the -affair is that two surfaces of metal in so high and exposed a situation should never be left without a lightning conductor. In no part of Europe are thunder and lightning so terrifi cally grand as in the centre of London; and it is therefore important to protect the most valuable works from their destructive agencies. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday, the 23rd, chews that 4,964 births and 3,733 deaths were registered in London and 19 other large cities and towns of the kingdom, the aggregate mortality of the week being at the rate of 27 deaths to the 1,000. Leeds had the unenviable precedence in the list, having 33 deaths per 1,000; but it was closely followed by Liverpool with 32. London had 28, while Portsmouth bad only 17, and Wolverhampton 15. In Vienna, where returns are now regularly made, the rate of mortality was 31 per 1,000. Similar registrations are made in Bombay, and we find that in the week ending June 28th the deaths were 243, the death rate being 16 per 1,000, a low rate for India. In London, zymo tic diseases caused 747 deaths in the week just ended. Smallpox occasioned 15, scarlet fever, more fatal than in any week since January, 130 ; and diarrhoea, 385, of which 356 were cases of chil dren under five. The deaths from the latter cause have risen.steadily during the last 'eight weeks, and the Registrar-General thinks it necessary to call the attention of the water companies to the neces sity of securing a gooa and pure water supply. No less than forty-eight deaths were attributed to violence, five fatal accidents in the streets being recorded. Strangely enough the same paragraph records the. death of a female pauper of "exhaustion from wart of food," a case generally supposed to belong to the winter months, and a death from sunstroke, testifying that we are still in the very heat of the year. We need not wonder at a death from this cause when we find the highest temperature in the sun 153 deg., the highest day temperature in the shade . being 88.1 deg., which was on Thursday. The lowest recorded night temperature in the returns was at Salford, 49 deg., and the highest day temperature in the shade was at Manchester, where it was no less "than 90 deg. THE IRISH CENSUS. The census is to be taken in Dublin upon the Bth of April, 1871, and the work of collecting the neces sary information from house to house is to be entrusted to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force, and in the country districts to the members of the, Irish Constabulary. A penalty not exceeding Rtj will be incurred, according to the terms of the Irish Census Bill, by all men or women who refuse to answer the questions put to them for the purposes of filling up the returns, or by those who give incor rect answers. If any of the constabulary employed in the work of the census, on the other hand, wil fully neglect.to place a full statement on record, or wilfully falsify certain particulars, they are to forfeit a sum not exceeding fiN e pounds. To guarantee the bond fide nature of the returns furnished, the collec tors will, at the conclusion of their labours, have to make a solemn affirmation before a justice of the peace that their accounts have been truly and faithfully taken by them, and that they are, to the hest of their knowledge, correct. These provisions 'are all detailed in the bill issued yesterday, under the sanction of the Irish Government. RIVAL JURISDICTIONS. The division . of the London police force into two distinct organisations has frequently proved detri mental to the best interests of the public, but in spite of the evident disfavour with which this separa tion is regarded, the schemes hitherto submitted for an amalgamation have met with very little success The tale told by " A Country magistrate" in the Times is an exemplification of the absurdity of the system. While passing through Hatton Garden in a cab a few days ago, his attention was drawn to smoke issuing from a house. About two or three hundred yards further on he met two police sergeants, to whom he communicated his fears that a fire was smouldering, and pointed to the smoke which was then rising. The reply of one of the sergeants, delivered in a tone of perfect nonchalance, was, " We were just looking at the smoke : and thought there must be a fire." Had instant measures been taken, the spread of the flames might have been stopped and an immense amount of property saved. But the policemen belonged to the City force, and the fire was in the Metropolitan dis trict, and the consequence was that no means were taken to prevent what was serious enough in itself, but which might have been attended with loss of life. THE LOSE OF THE AURORA. The Indian papers are full of the loss of the Aurora, a cotton ship, which was destroyed by fire the very first morning after sailing from Bombay. The loss of the ship was not, in itself, so remarkable as the circumstances attending it were suspicious. In fact, before the Aurora . left the port the underwriters felt so uneasy that they endeavoured to get the police to delay her departure, but failed in arranging the matter in time. Full investigations have been set on foot, and they have resulted in bringing to light a gigantic fraud, involving the Captain, the brokers, and the carpenter of the ship, all of whom have been committed for trial on their own confession. The origin of the fire was mys terious and inexplicable, and there seems to have been no effort made to extinguish it, while it appeared that bills of lading representing large consignments of valu able cotton had been signed by the captain and turned to account at the banks, whereas no such consignments had gone on board, worthless bales of goods having been substituted for good cotton. The brokers say that the captain, on inquiring for the un shipped bales of cotton, for which he had already THE LOSS OF H.M.S. SLANEY. The China papers contain full accounts of the loss of U.M. gunboat Slaney, which was wrecked on her voyage from Singapore to Hong Kong in May, in a typhoon. It will be remembered that the vessel struck on a reef, and broke to pieces in the surf, in which no boat could live. The Commander, Lieutenant Elwin, ordered a raft to be made and launched. When the raft left he called out to his men, " You must do the best you can for your lives, lads ; I am no raftsman," and plunged into the water, intending to swim to land. Unfortunately he never reached it. The seven who re mained on board the hull were taken off by a fishing junk on the 14th, and these, with the three who reached the shore on bits of the raft, were the only ones saved out of a ' crew of fifty-one persons. Five of those saved were Chinamen, the others were, a gunner, a cook, a corporal of marines, and two seamen. The barometer, before the ship struck, had fallen to 28. In the same typhoon the Caractacus was also lost, but the crew were more fortunate, the vesselbeing driven high up on the reef. The survivors came together to Hong Kong, after enduring great hardships which especially affected the wife and children of Captain Murray of the Caractacus. Captain Murray's certificate has been returned to him, with commendation by the M:Lrine Court of Inquiry. Great complaints are made of the system of pillage of wrecked ships which goes on on the Hauian coast. The following is a list of the officers and men lost : W. F. Elwyn, lieutenant commanding; R. S. Evatt, navigating sub-lieutenant ; W. F. Ryall, assistant-Bur goon ; J. Young, engineer in charge ; Daniel Wishart, engineer ; John Smith, assistant-engineer, first class ; E. G. Wells, chief gunner's mate; A. Todd, boatswain's mate ; Benjamin Pink and Thomas Owen, quartermas ters ; W. Burton, leading seaman ; Evan Jones, leading stoker ; Joseph Jones, sick berth attendant ; W. C. Court, ship's steward, third class; W. Patton, W. H. Burgess, and G. Trimble, A. B.'s ; H. Roberts ? H. Ellington, G. Brice, W. Gear, W. Boscell, W. Pepin, J. E. Ventries, W. Claring-bod, T. Hancock, Patrick Hosey, H, Raile, W. H:4t, T. Moon, and F. Burrows, ordinary seamen; D. Ward, G. Annereauf and T. Warren, stokers ; S. 13a.vton, S. Fenn, S. Delve, and W. Poorf privates Royal Mzkrine Vglit Infantry. iuese.—Abingr, officers' cook ; Ah Woon, engineers servant • and Hung Ching stoker. Die following is a list of those saved : C. Milton, gunner, second class ' • J. Douglas, ship's cook ; W. Diamond, acting corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry : R. Lane, A.B. ; and G. Brock, ordinary--none of whom, except Brock, could swim. Chinese—Chunling, ward-room servant; Apan, cap tain's sorvant ; Achant, warrant officer's servant ; Affoo, stoker : and Achuck, carpenter's crew. Mr. Reed has been compelled to give way to the Government business, and his motion affecting Sunday labou in the Post Office, which stood for last night, is postponed to the sth of August. It is not improbable that faen in a thin House he may think it prudent not to hazard a division. MADAME TUSSAUD'EL—Portrait models of John Jones, alias John Owen, and Walter Millar, perpetrators of the Uxbridge and Chelsea tragedies, have been added to the chamber of horrors. Their physiognomies do not belie thir characters. They are excellent models and ex cellent likenesses. _ _ The Medical Department of the Privy Council has promised to take into its consideration a complaint made on behalf of the weavers of Blackburn of the practice of infusing steam into weaving sheds for the purpose of enabling manufacturers to use more size and yarn of bad quality, in the manufacture of cloth. It is represented that the practice is resorted to in thirty-five mills, and that it is injurious to the health of the operatives. Temperature still continues high generally. At eight o'clock in the morning the thermometer registered 65 deg. in London, 59 deg. at Wick, and 60 deg. at Valentia. Winds are north-easterly, fresh in the Chan nel, but generally northerly, light to moderate elsewhere. The weather is clearer in the west and north, and the sea is generally moderate. H.AI. troopship Tamar, Gaptain Henry D. Hick ley, arrived at Portsmouth on Tuesday morning from Quebec, Halifax, and St. John's, which latter port she left on the 16th inst. She brought No- 1 battery Royal Artillery, the sth and 34th companies, Royal Engi neers, and a number of officers, military invalids, and time-expired men. ROYAL COMMISSION ON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.--A meeting of the members of the above commission was held at the South Kensington Museum on the 27th inst., for the purpose of inspecting the chemical laboratory, &c., now being erected. Present—The Duke of Devonshire, K.G., Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., Sir J. P. Kay Shuttleworta, Bart., Mr. B. Samuelson, M.P., Dr. Sharpey, Sec., R.S., Professor Huxley, F.R.S., Dr. W. A. Miller, Treas., R.S., Professor Stokes, Sec., R.S. and the secretary, Mr. J. Norman Lockyer, Mr. Cadogan has given notice that to-day he will inquire whether her Majesty's Government is in posses sion of any information tending to shew that subsequent to the battle of Koenigsgratz, in 1865, proposals were made by the Prussian Government to the Government of France for the annexation of Belgium to the French Empire. The Headmastership of the Butterwick Grammar School, Boston, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. John Jackson, M.A. The rev. gentleman was educated at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in 1833, being twenty-fourth junior optime in the mathematical tripos. Mr. Ferdinand John Schonberg, of Harrogate, wine merchant to H.M. the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, has been appointed Spanish consul at Middlesborough. This is the first new consulship created by the present Spanish Government. Mr. Schonberg has likewise had the honour of being made a Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of Charles the Fifth. Private letters received at Portsmouth from her Majesty's gun vessel Growler, on the West Coast of Africa station, state that Commander E. F. Seymour was compelled to resign his command of her 'and invalid home from the unhealed state of the severe rifle shot wound he received when in command of the boats of the Growler in the early part of the present year, on the Congo river, in the recovery of the British schooner Loando, with her officers and crew, from a band of native pirates who had seized her. The excitement produced by the war among the Austrians has proved a fruitful source of gain to the Viennese booksellers. All kinds of works on military subjects, and even abstruse treatises on fortification, tactics, &c., which have hitherto been almost unsaleable, are now at a premium. Maps are, of course, also in great request, and the booksellers drive a roaring trade in these articles, especially as the Viennese public seem to believe that the war will spread far beyond its present limits, and expect a " map of the seat of war " to include almost every country in Europe, and India and the United States as well.—Eastern Budget. Ouit FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS.—The two most stupendous events in English history during this nineteenth century are the Battle of Waterloo and the appointment of Mr. Ayrton as First Commissioner of Works. Both occurrences, though for opposite reasons, will be remembered almost as long as English history continues to be recorded. In one England at tained the height of her power and glory, and in the other touched her climax of absurdity. While governments rise and crumble again, into dust, the appointment of a glib lawyer as chief cedile to the most enlightened nation of modern times, and controller of its public wsthetics, will remain the eighth wonder of the world. The great Asian mystery has been completely surpassed, and Mr. Gladstone has overshadowed with a profounder puzzle the riddle of the Sphinx.—Gentleman's Magazine for August. DUNVI LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest hblders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medb•al profession in preference to French .brandy. Sup. plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4. Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.O. OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning. THE SECRET TREATY The Times says that who6ver reads M. 011ivier's letter must come to the conclusion that it possesses no value whatever, except as another illustration of that Minister's character. A more important contribution on the French side is found in a memorandum inserted in the Journal Officiel. Acknowledging, as has throughout been con fessed by France, that such a treaty was in some way or other mooted between Count Bismarck and M.Benedetti, it does not repeat the declaration previously made, that it originated with the Prussian Minister. The Prus sian Government, on the other hand, repeat their former statements, and have taken a formal step to prove the accuracy of one of the most important. Independently of the fact of Lord Augustus Loftus hav iag telegraphed to the Government that the Draught Treaty at Berlin was in M. Benedetti's handwriting, it was plain that no such charge would have been made un less it could be substantiated. Nothing could be easier than to challenge the accuracy of the allegation were it false, and nothing could be more fatal than any attempt to evade the proof. We are thus left much where we were yesterday morning, and must wait a little longer for a full explanation of what is justly- described by the SiOc/e as " a scandalous attack on the rights of neutral nations and on the good faith of Treaties." The first statement in M. 011ivier's letter—and it is the whole substance of the communication—suggests even more than it denies. It does not, in truth, refute the charge which, speaking under the greatest reserve, the Times said was advanced, that means had been recently taken to hint that the unadopted Treaty was still avail able as a basis of peace. His language does not touch the accusation. At the same time the Times may freely admit that there is no difficulty in supposing the hint to have been given without M. 011ivier knowing anything about it. The Daily News says the French Government does not take refuge in the common plea of. " Not guilty," on the tout maurais cas est niable, but ignoring altogether any writen project, it reduces the " alleged Treaty "to the impalpable dust of " several negotiations," and of ideas which may have been raised iu conversations. To the choice between these contradictory interpreta tions the letter addressed by M. 011ivier to a friend in England will not, the News fears, lend much as sistance. The Minister of Justice is delightfully effu sive and affectionate in his communicatians, and he is good enough to assure his friend in England that the Cabinet of the Second of January never nego tiated or concluded any Treaty with Prussia. This is in reply to rumours of the projected Treaty of 1866) for the annexation of Belgium having been revived by France within the last three weeks as a condition of peace. No one has ever accused M. 011ivier and his pre sent colleagues of having projected a Treaty with Prus sia four years ago. M. 011ivier assures his friend in England, with most praiseworthy emphasis, that the Cabinet of the Second of January have no secret policy hidden behind their avowed policy. Yet when M. 011ivier told the Deputies in the lobbies of the Chamber the other day that the Prince of Hohenzollern had renounced the Throne of Spain, and that peace was therefore assured, his language was disavowed by the Duc de Gramont. How long has that " secret policy," which initiated the Italian war of 1859, the Mexican expedition, and the German war of 1866, been the same as the avowed policy of the Emperor Napoleon's talking Ministers and diplo matic representasives ? The etandard, says the Times, has performed the happy dispatch by publishing the letter of M. Emile 011ivier, which—to speak .with German emphasis—gives the lie direct to th eone statement which it made its portentous revelation really interesting. If the Times had simply said such a projet de traite was presented by France to Prussia four years ago nobody would have paid much attention to it. The Standard should have pointed out what all persons conversant with such questions know, that the Times draft treaty must necessarily be a for , gery; but a scheme which fell to the ground at the time for giving France the compensation which she notoriously demanded would not have had the slightest interest for well-informed Englishmen. But the assertion of the Times,that France has attempted to negotiate with Prussia recently upon the basis of the alleged treaty, and that the rejection of the proposals by Prussia was the motive of the declaration of war by France, produced for the time the effect intended ; but pub lic opinion did not long remain the victim of this Prussian dodge. The matter was sufficiently cleared up yesterday morning when the Times published 011ivier's letter. The official journals of both countries have spoken, and it is quite clear from their statements that France pro. posed no such treaty, but that the Prussian Foreign Minister and the French Ambassador talked of the com pensation to France for Prussian aggrandisement. The sting of the Times' story lay in the assertion that the pro posals of its draft treaty had been made again to Prussia since this squabble arose. That statement is shown to be false. Our contemporary was simply gulled. As for the remaining part of the story, it would be of no import ance if it were true. It is now proved to be false. The Post asserts that the letter in which M. Emile 01- livier has thought fit to send to the Times is a document not so remarkable for what it denies as for what it reveals. It is true that Lord Clarendon was the channel for pro positions for a reciprocal disarmament between France and Prussia, and that France was willing to disarm. It is also equally obvious that Lord Clarendon's difficulty in his delicate enterprise must have been found in the Prussian Constitution, which makes every citizen a soldier. Prussia could not accept any proposal for disarmament which would involve a change in the fundamental laws of the kingdom. The mention of Lord Clarendon's name revives the universal sorrow for the loss of a statesman who, from purely exceptional advantages, might have been able to prevent the recent rupture, and even ulti mately to bring about the abandonment of the exagge rated armaments which made nations impatient, and have fatally tempted Rulers to use the huge forces at their command. ENGLAND'S DUTY. The Telegraph remarks that her Majesty's Ministers have to-night a duty beyond that of affording the anxi ously expected informaticn. Be their statement com plete or incomplete, it will be, at all events, seasonable that France and Europe should hear from responsible lips a declaration which shall express the universal senti ments of the British nation in view of the past, present, and future eventualities. It is probable that we are much misconstrued by foreign politicians. We are known to love peace ; our island life keeps us from meddling with business which is not our own ; and when neighbouring countries have fallen out, or plans of ambitious diplomacy have endangered the Continent, our voice is always heard more anxiously for accord and reconciliation than for this or that side in the quarrel. Thus we are liable to fatal mis apprehension as a people. It is eminently necessary, therefore, that the words heard this evening should correct such a misappreciation, if it prevails anywhere. Most true it is that the policy favoured by the entire British population is that of a dignified and vigilant neutrality. most true that we love and value peace as the best of all blessings, and that we have learned to look upon war as the direst of calamities, even where it is just and succes ful. But those will perilously mistake our present spirit, and those have strangely misread our past history, who dream that England could basely pawn her honour and her friendship for selfish prosperity on the day when a cause for warfare should arise through the violation, by whatever Power, of territory guaranteed under her signature —or through pushing too far the exigencies of belligerency on either side. THE CANDIDATURE OF PRINCE LEOPOLD. The Telegraph considers it a mere misleading fiction to contend that the North German Government was abso lutely ignorant and absolutely unconcerned about 'a great political event which positively owed its existence to the sanction, if not to the intiation and encouragement, of the King of Prussia and his Premier. To talk of distinctions between the King as Head cf the Family and the _King as Head of the State, therefore, was to throw dust in the eyes of France and of Europe ; and the Telegraph would be disposed, if it differed in any de gree from the admirable course pursued by Lord Gran ville in these negotiations, to think that his lordship was somewhat too hard upon France when he said that, after the indirect and dubious withdrawal of the Prince, the French Government was incurring tremendous re sponsibility to gain a mere point of form. Indeed, our Foreign Minister practically reversed in act his own writ ten judgment; for. as the public knows from the papers, he actually asked from Prussia, though under a kind of protest, the concession of the King's consent to what he had himself called a mere point of form. But this much is plain—that the candidature of the Prince now appears to have been encouraged in Prussia after a fashion which justified France in regarding it as a deliberate attempt to disturb the balance of power for her disadvantage, and that the cool, contemptuous, and inso lent silence of Prussia was not to be reconciled either with conscious innocence of guile, or with conscientious regard for the general peace. THE RELIGIOUS CENSUS. The Standard says that the House of Commons hae de cided by a very small majority that the census of 1871 shall not include an enumeration of the religious profes sion of the people. We earnestly trust that the House of Lords will not consent to pass the bill unless this essen tial provision of an effective census is restored. No one denies the importance of ascertaining, for legislative and other purposes, the numerical strength of the various religious denominations, and it is intolerable that the fears or the jealousies of a knot of sectarians should be permitted to mar the usefulness of what is really a great public work. Does anyone believe that the considerations which weigh so potently in the minds of Mr. Bruce and his colleagues would have had any weight or influence if they had not been advanced by the Radical Dissenters? The religious census is a question of fair play for the Church of England, and that is the reason why it is opposed with such tenacious obstinacy. For nearly twenty years past Dissent has made capital out of the deceptive statistics of 1851, and the time has come when the record must be once more tested and verified. Church men ask for no favour. They simply insist that the pro per and legitimate opportunity of asserting their position shall not be denied to them merely because the Dissenters shrink from the ordeal. Thanks to the weakness of the Government, Mr. Miall and his friends have been able by a bare majority to carry their point in the Commons ; but we shall be gravely disappointed if the House of Lords does not insist that the injustice of the last ten years shall be redressed by a return to the practice of 1851. The religious enumeration, according to the practice of this and all other countries, is part and parcel of the census. It is intolerable that it should be. abandoned to spite the Church and gratify political Dissent. PAUPER CHILDREN.—The "boarding out" of pauper children is to have a trial in Liverpool, the Industrial Schools Committee in that town having agreed to recommend that as an experiment orphan children shall be placed out in families at a cost of 3s. a week each, exclusive of clothing and schooling, every case to be con sidered on its merits by thq select 'vestry. T ADD] The E Commanc " I beg much I r( the 1110111 E press the and to wz " At th best of hi Genera:. interim,. A. teleg Emperor open the The pro Denmark mined no the war. Prom quarters Sunday n the Frew at presen GENET The P tne Frenl general a France is force of there is ready for THE The Fr tier are a upwards brought forage. the front troops on A FRE A teleg Bays a Fr Bide the shipping. During and Bad( M. Ro , at Strasl arrest ha The A of the Pa seen fro] march in ternriand( had to re A teleg Cambria winning met dow: Steamers; up to Sta but the 3 the start. uorther4 the DE Cambria 'Tare on , No other She had Race, wl that she DauntleE with occl THE The A enged R eYainpioi river dux the four Brunswil Probably In active acid to Int ( LI This m resumed a Lambeth the child] occurred furniture The it large ch densely c tot f-Or'i "'jug h e] deat I/ THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE SUN, which is Published Every Morning at Eight o'clock, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper, will always give the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and of all other events. Frock Co:As. 9s. 6d Camb. Coats.