The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-25 00:00:00

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At the same time a regiment of mounted Chasseurs made a reconnaissance on Prussian The Prussians appear to be assuming the territory. offensive. PROOLAMATION OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON TO • THE FRENCH PEOPLE The Emperor has addressed the following noble and spirit-stirring proclamation to the French people : Frenchmen,— There are certain moments in the life of peoples when the national honour, 'violently excited, imposes itself with irresistible force, dominates all interests, and alone takes in hand the direction of the destinies of the country. One of those decisive hours has sounded for France. Prussia, to whom both during and since the war of 1866 we have shown the most conciliatory disposition, has taken no account of our good wishes and our forbearance. Launched on the path of invasion she has aroused defiance, everywhere necessitated exaggerated armaments, and has turned Europe into a camp where nothing but uncertainty and fear of the morrow reigns. A. last incident has come to show the instability of inter national relations, and to prove the gravity of the situation. In presence of the new pretensions of Prussia we made our protestations to be heard. They Were evaded, and were followed on the part of Prussia by contemptuous proceedings. Our country has re sented this with profound irritation, and immediately a cry for war resounded from one end of France to the other. It only remains to us to confide our destinies to the decision of arms. We do not make war on Germany, Whose independence we respect. Let us wish that the peoples who compose the great Germanic nationality may freely dispose of their destinies. For ourselves we demand the establishment of a state of affairs which shall guar antee our security and assure our future. We wish to conquer a lasting peace, based on the true interests of peoples, and to put an end to that precarious state in which all nations employ their re sources to arm themselves one against the other. The glorious flag which we once more unfurl before those who have provoked us, is the same which bore throughout Europe the civilising ideas of our great revolution. It presents the same principles, and inspires the same devotion. Frenchmen,—l place myself at the head of that valiant army which is animated by love of duty and cf country. It knows its own worth since it has seen how victory has accompanied its march in the four quarters of the world. I shall take my son with me despite his youth. He knows what are the duties which his name imposes upon him, and he is proud to bear his share in the dangers of those who fight for their country. May God bless our efforts. A great people which defends a just cause is invincible. NAPOLEON. BLOWING UP OF THE BRIDGE AT KEHL. The following official telegram has been published in Paris : "STRASBOURG, July 22.—The Prussians blew up the abutment on the Baden shore of the bridge at Kehl at four a.m. to-day. " The explosion was terrific. The bridge turrets were destroyed, and the debris thrown as far as the French shore." [Strasbourg was connected with Kehl by a bridge of boats and a very fine railway bridge. The destruction of the bastions of the railway bridge will prevent the French from restoring the communication. Strasbourg is the central fortress of that portion of the Rhine which runs between France and Baden and forms the frontier. It lies on the left bank of the river, at the point where the 11l falls into the Rhine.] THE FRENCH FORCE ON THE FRONTIER, The five army corps echeloned on the frontier consist of 340 battalions of infantry, 140 squadrons of cavalry, and from 90 to 100 batteries of artillery. There still remains in France of regular troops available for service 160 battalions of infantry, 140 squadrons of cavalry, and 130 batteries of artillery. The whole Imperial Guard under General Bourbaki Was to be concentrated at Nancy on Friday. No troops are now left in Strasbourg. It is occupied by the Mobile Guard. Three camps of infantry, cavalry, and artillery are established at Metz, at which place there is also a great concentration of war material. Many, regi- Ments have left Paris for Cherbourg. The sixth army corps is in course of formation at Chalons. No head quarters has yet been fixed upon for the seventh corps. It is composed of troops from Algeria, and is ex pected to form either a reserve or a corps for disem barkation on some point of the Prussian territory. THE DUKE OF GRAMONT'S CIRCULAR. The following statement has been published at Berlin :—" In reference to a circular of the Duke of Gramont, alleging that the Chancellor of the North German Confederation had declared the candi dature of a Prince of Hohenzollern to be im possible, and that the Under-Secretary of State, Baron Thile had pledged his word that such a candidature did not exist, both the Chancellor and the Secretary declare officially and in their private capacity that not a single word on the subject has ever passed be tween either of them and M. Benedetti, either officially or in private conversation, since they were first aware of the fact that the offer of the Spanish Throne had been made to the Prince of Hohenzollern." The Paris papers applaud the proclamation issued by the Emperor. The enthusiasm for war is on the increase throughout France, as shown by the large number of en listments, and by the enormous amount of subscriptions. The Presse denies the assertions of Count Bismarck and Herr von Thile, and states that M. Rouher, when pro visionally Minister of Foreign Affairs, sent a despatch to Berlin declaring that France would never consent to the accession of a Prince of Hohenzollern to the Spanish throne. An Imperial decree dated yesterday de c l ares th e sess i on of the Senate and Legislative Body closed. ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA AND ITALY. The St. Petersburg Offittal Journal of yesterday con tains the following :—"The Imperial Russian Govern ment has made all possible endeavours to avert the out break of war. Unfortunately the rapidity with which the warlike resolutions were taken rendered our efforts for the maintenance of peace abortive. The Emperor is resolved to observe neutrality so long as Russia's interests are not affected by the eventualities of the campaign. The Russian Government undertakes to support every endeavour to circumscribe the operations and diminish the duration of the war." The Florence Officiq Gazette of last evening announces that the Italian Government has received notification that war is declared between France and the North Ger man Confederation, Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Baden, and Hesse. The Gazette recalls the obligations of steict neu trality which are incumbent upon Italian subjects, and the penalties incurred by any infraction of the law. 'HE DECLARATION OF THE CONGRESS OE PARIS. The following note from the Marquis de Lavalette to Earl Granville has been published : " London, July 22, 1870. " The undersigned, the French Ambassodor in London, has received from his Government an order to address to his Excellency Earl Granville the following communica tion :—His Majesty the Emperor of the French has given orders that, in the prosecution of this war, the com manders of his forces, by land and sea, shall scrupulously observe towards such Powers as shall remain neutral the rules of international law, and shall especially conform to the Principles laid down in the declaration of the Congress of Paris of 19th April, 1856, which are as follows : 1. Pri vateering is and remains abolished. 2. A neutral flag covers en emy's merchandise, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Merchandize of neutrals, except contraband of war, s ailing under an enemy's flag is not seizable. , 4. Block ades, in order to binding, must be effectual; that is, they must be maintained by a force really sufficient to prevent the enemy from obtaining access to the coast. Although Spain and the United States did not adhere to the Treaty of 1856, his Majesty's ships will not seize enemy's pro- Pelt' sailing on board an American or Spanish vessel unless such property is contraband of w ar- Moreover, his Majesty does not intend to vindicate his right of confiscating the property of American or Spanish subjects which may be found on board an enemy's vessel: The Emperor is confi dent that, in just reciprocity, her Majesty's Government will have the goodness to prescribe measures for the exact observance on their part, by the British authorities and subjects, of the duties of strict neutrality during this war. —The undersigned, &c., _ (Signed) LAVALETTE, WAR NEWS FROM GERMANY. The General Steam Navigation Company's steamer Berlin has arrived on Saturday morning with the follow ing news : A Prussian sloop of war is stationed on the cruising ground between Heligoland and Cuxhaven, to give intel ligence of the advance of the French naval force that is expected to occupy the Elbe. The Elbe is unprotected by a single battery or fighting ship ; but it is intended to sink stone laden merchant ships in the narrow channel. The neutrality of Denmark is distrusted, and the occupation of the Elbe by the French is regarded as the signal for the departure of the Danish fleet from Copen hagen. WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH REPRE SENTATIVES FROM SOUTH GERMANY. The Diplomatic Agents of France at Munich, Stuttgart And Carlsruhe have demanded their passports. REPORTED STRANDING OF A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR. One of the French men-of-war, bound for the Baltic, is said to have been stranded near Harlingen, on a danger ous shoal, called the Pollen. THE HOSPITAL SERVICE France and Prussia have declared to the Federal Council 'of Berne that they recognise the engagements un dertaken by the Convention of Geneva of 1864 respecting the neutralisation of ambulances. In reference to the ad ditional articles of 1868 both Governments are disposed to apply them as modus vivendi during hostilities, and have given the necessary instructions to the commanders of their respective forces. COMMANDS IN THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. The New Prussian (Cross) Gazette announces that the military districts of the Ist, 2nd, Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th Army Corps hevc been placed on a war footing. General Kirchbach has been appointed to the sth, General Count Goeben, to the Bth Army Corps. General Steinmetz will have an important command, as also will General Falken stein, in North Germany, with head quarters at Fred zichsort. The face of the country to Berlin is still verdant ; and as yet there has been little harvesting. The destruction of the growing crops will, it is feared, be serious. At Spandau, the Prussian Arsenal, there are great assemblages of the population of Berlin cheering the arriv ing regiments for Stettin and the departing regiments for the Rhine. The Weser has been blockaded by the sinking of stone-laden merchant ships, and the English persons at Bremen are making their way to Cuxhaven and other ports. The Pall Mall Gazette is informed that there are new about 350,000 Germans near the Rhine. In the Prussian army General Kirchback has been ap pointed to the sth, General Count Goeben to the Bth Army Corps. General Steinmetz will have an important command, as also with General Falkenstein in North Germany, with head quarters at Friedrichsort. Mr. Gibbons, the President of the principal Fenian faction, has issued a call fot a Fenian Convention, to be held at Cincinnati on the 23rd of next month. He pre dicts that England will be involved in the European war, and reminds Irishmen that England's difficulty would be Ireland's opportunity. The Greek Ministry has been reconstructed, with Dele georgis at its head. M. Prevost-Paradol was buried at Washington on Friday with imposing ceremonies. THE FRENCH EMPEROR ON THE WAR. The following letter has been addressed to the Tele graph :—" Sir,—Experience has warned me that autho ritative expressions of opinion emanating from the pro tagonists in a great political crisis rarely find their way into foreign newspapers, It is with the purpose of enabling your readers to form their own judg ment upon the views now expressed by the Emperor Napoleon, that I venture to repeat the words which he yesterday employed while speaking to a friend and to myself during an interview with which he honoured us at the Tuileries. I must begin by remarking that I have known the Emperor for many years, and have seldom seen him looking better. When last I spoke with him, five months ago, he looked careworn and haggard, with a complexion more than usually sal low and ash-coloured. Yesterday his face looked fuller, his eye bright, his cheek healthy. I wish in ad dition to premise that, after he had spoken, I inquired whether we were at liberty to repeat his words a haute voix. He answered, " I wish nothing better than that I should be represented to the people of England as hold ing these views." The Emperor, after speaking with his usual quiet kindliness upon some private matters, turned suddenly to the political situa tion of France and of Europe. He said, " One fort night before the utterance of the Duc de Gramont in the Corps Legislatif—which utterance has, as it seems to me, been so unjustly reflected upon by the English press—l had no notion that war was at hand, nor am I, even at this moment, by any means prepared for it. I trusted that, when the Duc de Gramont had set me straight with France by speaking manfully in public as to the Hohenzollern candidature, I should be able so to manipulate and handle the controversy as to make peace certain. But France has slipped out of my hand. I can not rule unless I lead. This is the most national war that in my time France has undertaken, and I have no choice but to advance at the head of a public opinion which I can neither stem nor check. In addi tion, M. de Bismarck, although a very clever man, wants too much, and wants it too quick, After the vic tory of Prussia in 1866, I reminded him that but for the friendly and.self-denying neutrality of France he could never have achieved such marvels. I pointed out to him that I had never moved a Frensh soldier near to the Rhine frontier during the continuance of the Ger man war. I quoted to him from his own letter, in which he thanked me for my abstinence, and said that he had left neither a Prussian gun nor a Prussian soldier upon the Rhine, but had thrown Prussia's whole and undivided strength against Austria and her allies. I told him that, as some slight return for my friendly inactivity, I thought that he might surrender Luxembourg, and one or two other little towns which gravely menace our frontier, to France. I added that in this way be would, by a trifling sacrifice, easily forgotten by Prussia in view of her enormous successes and acquisitions, pacify the French nation, whose jealousies it was so easy to arouse, so difficult to disarm." M. de Bismarck replied to me, after some delay, "Not one foot of territory, whether Prussian or neutral, can I resign. But, perhaps, if I were to make some further acquisitions. I could make some concessions. How, for instance, if I went to take Holland ? What would France want as a sop for Holland? I replied," said the Emperor, " that if he attempted to take Holland, it meant war with France ; and there the conversation, in which M. de Bismarck and M. de Benedetti were the interlocutors, came to an end." _ I have repeated this conversation as nearly as possible in the Emperor's words. While we were speaking the Duc de Trevise brought a despatch to his Majesty, which the latter read, and which was to the effect that "the eleventh corps of the Prussian army were at that moment trooping into Trbves." I have little, Sir, to add to this recapitulation. These words, which I have faithfully endeavoured to interpret. must speak for them selves.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., AN ENGLISHMAN. Paris, Friday Evening, July 23. The Bishop of Winchester has left London for the Channel Islands, where he expects to be detained by his episcopal duties till near the end of August. DREADFUL TRAGEDY IN BIRMINGHAM.—A most atrocious murder was committed on Saturday morning in Birmingham, the victim being Philip Bass, a respectaple clerk. The unfortunate man cohabited with a female much addicted to drink. She was out all day on Friday, and some words ensued, but ultimately the parties retired to rest. In the morning the woman gave the alarm, and the man was found with his throat cut and a pail nearly full of blood by the bedside. The female was taken into custody on suspicion of committing the murder. After perpetrating the crime it is thought that she slept off her debauch by the side of her victim. DUNVI L LE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . 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 Buildingr, Strand, W.O. TUE SUIN, LONDON, MONDAY iViORNi . , JUICY 25, 18A). NEUTRAL CONGRESS. The following telegram, dated Paris, July 23, 11.15 p.m., has been received at the Foreign Office from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris:— "A note from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs informs me that the French Government cannot extend to enemy's vessels with neutral cargoes the privilege granted to enemy's vessels with French cargoes, and says that the line of conduct adopted by France in the present war is in strict conformity with that adopted at the sug gestion of England in 1854." LATEST TNT ELLIGENCE. OUTLINE OF TREATY. His Majesty the King of Prussia and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, deeming it careful to tie faster the bonds of friendship which 41re6dy unite them, and to con• salidate the accord of good neighbourhood happily exist ing between their two countries, convinced, on the other hand, moreover, that to attain this result calculated above all things to ensure the maintenance of the general tranquility, and desirous, if possible, of arriving at some good understanding between them upon those ques tions which mainly affect their future relations, have re solved to conclude a treaty to this effect, and have named in consequence for their respective plenipotentiaries : His Majesty, &c. His Majesty, &c. These, after having exchanged the full poWers accre dited te there in gold and due forni, are convened to decide upon the following articles : ARTICLE I.—His Majesty the Emperor of the Freud admits and recognises the acquisitions made by Prussia at the close of the last war undertaken by her against Austria and against her allies. ARTICLE IL—His Majesty the King of Prussia pro mises to facilitate for France the acquisition of Luxem bourg; to this end his Majesty will enter into negotia tions with his Majesty the King of the Low Countries, in order to determine the latter to make to the Emperor of the French the secession of his rights of sovereignty over that Duchy in return for such compensation as shall be deemed sufficient or otherwise. On his side, the Emperor of the French engages to assume the charge of the pecuniary responsibility involved in this transaction. Article lll.—His Majesty the Emperor of the Vreneh will not oppose the federal union of the Confederation of the North with the other States of Germany, excepting Austria, which union can be consolidated on the basis of one common Parliament, respecting throughout in a just manner the sovereignty of the said States. Article IV. Upon his part his Majesty the King of Prussia, in case his Majesty the Emperor of the French shall be compelled by circumstances to cause his troops to enter into Belgium or to Conquer it, shall accord the assistance of his arms to France and he shall sustain her with all his forces, both by land and sea, towards and against•all the Powers that in that eventuality may declare war against her. ARTICLE V.—To ensure the complete execution of the foregoing arrangements, his Majesty the King of Prussia and his Majesty the Emperor of the French contract together by this present treaty an offensive and defensive alliance which they solemnly engage themselves to main tain. Their Majesties beyond this expressly eti;age them selves to observe it in any circumstances in which their respective states, the integrity of which they hereby mutually guarantee, shall be menaced with any aggres sion, holding themselves bound in any such conjuncture, to take without any delay, and not to decline under any pretext those military arrangements which shall be dic tated by their own interests conformably to the clauses and provisions hereinbefore specified. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF DERBY. On Saturday evening the Earl and Countess of Derby made their first public appearance since their return to Knowsley after their bridal tour, having been present at a volunteer inspection in the Kensington Parade Ground, Liverpool. The Earl and Countess arrived on the ground about six o'clock and remained two hours, being loudly cheered by a vast assemblage both upon their arrival and departure. THE VOYAGE OF THE RAGUSA, Captain Hart, of the barque Number 2, from Quebec for Wexford, report having spoken in latitude 49.15 north, longitude 44 west, the boat City of Ragusa, two tons burthen, 26 days from Liverpool. The hands, two in number, were all well. STRIKE AT THE GLASGOW CORPORATION GAS WORKS. The men employed at three of the four gas works of the Glasgow corporation have to the number of 350 struck for an advance of sixpence a day, their present rate of wages being five shillings a day, which they say is under the rate paid in England, their chief complaint, however, is that by a new system of working introduced by the new general manager, Mr. Fowlis, their labour has been nearly doubled, and a return to the old system is asked. Arrangements are making to supply the places of those who are gone and whose demands are refused. OUR COTEMPORARIES—This Morning The Times, speaking of the revelation of the proposed treaty between France and Prussia, says it sheds a new light on the - Proclamation of the Emperor, and on the petty occasions of dispute which have been paraded before Europe during the last fortnight. The riecle is right in reproaching M. de Grainont for still dwellitg on the incident of the Hohenzollern nomination as the only cause of the war with Prussia. Unfriendly as it is to the Empire, it demands, as the condition of peace, the • rectification of the frontier by the cession of Saarlouis,, Landau, and the adjacent cantons. The Proclamation of the Emperor scarcely conceals this aim. It does, indeed, assure the inhabitants of France that the quarrel is theirs, that they have taken it up, and almost forced it on the Government. Peaeeful diplomacy was met with eonteMpt, which Ilia eduiitO• resented it with ProfOund irritation. If this be true, the Pinto 1 asks, who has made it true ? If France be on fire, who has fanned the flames? But the Proclamation goes on to deal with the settlement to be insisted upon in the future. The Emperor asserts that France does not make war on Germany, whose independence she respects ; and he desires that the peoples composing the great German nationality may freely dispose of their destinies. " For ourselves we demand the establishment of a state of affairs which shall guarantee our security and assure our future." How is this language, apparently inconsistent with itself, to be understood? How is the independence of Germany to be respected simultaneously with the establishment of new guarantees of French security ? The simplest explanation is found in such an interpretation of the word " Germany" as shall confine the German nationality within the bounds of the Rhine. If this be the meaning of the Emperor, the Times cannot contemplate it without reitembering the ulterior aims manifested in the draught Treaty.. THE EMPEROR'S PROCLAMATION. The Daily News thinks the English people ought to understand that the pretexts upon which France has declared war against Prussia are a covert threat addressed to every nation in Europe. The can didature of 'a prince of a certain House for a vacant throne s aft ,Uutoward incident ill the per sonal intercourse of diploniacy, a word WO Much from an ambassador, di a *Ord tod little from a sovereign —if war is to spring mit of these things, let every coun try be armed. No nation can be certain df keeping out of a quarrel ; so ldng as such points as these afford a cause of 'war. If breaches of politeness are to entail such con sequerleee, Eriglish diplomacy, partaking as it some times cities of our irisular curtness and hauteur; may prove a source of peril rather than a safeguard of peace. It is worth remembering that the Emperor of the French has found a pretext for war with three out of the four great Powers that were leagued against the first empire. Russia and Austria have • been humbled,. and have •had to ask for peace and to cede territory. The issue of battle is now to be tried with Prussia. The Imperial ethics do not remove the misgivings which are occasioned by the Imperial policy. From the time of Grotius to that of Wheaton, to speak only of the still living literature of International Law, jurists have laboured to define the conditions. of a just war. The Emperor of the French in his speech to the Legislative Body cuts the knot of this entangled question. A popu lar war is a just war; and artifices, such as those of M. 011ivier and the Duc de Gramont, which make a war popular, make it just. The Dublin Freeman, commenting on the demonstration of sympathy with France at Dublin yesterday, says I— "If any doubt existed as to the indignation which the attacks of the London papers on France has created in the Irish heart, the demonstration of the citizens of Dub lin yesterday must convince all that Ireland does not for got the past, and to=day warmly syinp4thises with the French. The thdusands who collected on Sandymount strand, who thronged the city, and the tribes who massed in thousands in Cork yesterday tell with an empressment not to be misconstrued that Ireland indignantly repu diated the calumnies of our English contemporaries. In the struggle of France Ireland feels a deep and an abiding interest. To be apathetic or indifferent would be the blackest ingratitude. That this should be the feeling of Ireland is intelligible to all who are acquainted with the history of their coun try. In past times France was our refuge and our shelter from a proscribing and a persecuting Government. In France the Irish found protection and hospitality, which were ruthlessly denied them at home. And above all, it is not to be forgotten that in the land of France thousands of our exiled countrymen laid down their lives in attestation of Irish sympathy for that glorious country." ' put clearly and tersely . the exact interpretation which any impartial and intelligent - observer of the Prussian policy would lias l ie Made of /ts conduct: The French Government had heard long agO of tile Hohenzol lern candidature, and as - soon as it heard it, so Says M. de Gramont, it informed Count Bismarck that it would not permit a Prussian prince to reign in Spain. M. Bene detti, according to M. de Gramont, after making this an nouncement, received the most satisfactory assurances. Count Bismarck declared the combination one incapable of fealisation, and Baron Thile, who is nominally Foreign Secretary, gaVe hig word of honour that the Prince of Hohenzollern was not and would rictperiously become a candidate for the Spanish Crown. Ndit; ttgstitriitig again M. de Gramont to 'do what it is almost iniiloclsible to doubt, tell the truth, here is a sufficient and indeed the one intelligible and satisfactory explanation of the ve hemence of his famous declaration upon the subject. The French Government, assured by Count Bismarck and his locum tcnout, that the candidature of the Prince was not serious, would naturally have considered itself tricked and insulted when it learned that the Prince was about to be redomineilded to the Cortes, and that in conse quende df zieghtlati?fie in Which the King. of Prussia and his Priiiie 41inihei ,hdd taken an active part. It is all very well fOt the Ring hf Prussia to declare solemnly that he is not respOiisibl fl i this war, but we say frankly, and we are confident gist iv 6 extress the feeling of all thoroughly impartial men, iilesti we .say that if, after such assurances had been given to France by his Minister, be first repudiated all part in this candidature, then allowed he had approved it, but refused to interfere to withdraw it, and subse quently rejected the demand that he should not again authorise it in a manner sO offensive that it necessitated war, the provocation of this contest is all his head, and on that of the Minister of whom he is the instrunultit: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD SCRATCHINGS. Out of all Goodwood Engagements.—Stockw ater, Fair mitister, Blue Stocking, Salamis, Stray, Merry Wife filly; all Mr. _ Blue Stocking , horses, except the Brown Duchess filly in thg Fitidoti Stakes j Sunlight, Sunshine. Stewards Cup,-=-Demidolf, Flyaway Jaek, Podesta i Coeoa Nut. Halnaker Stakes.—Knightly, - Ham Stakes.—Filly by Trumpeter- -The Roe. Lavant Stakes.—Miss Ellis. Goodwood Stakes.—Five per Cent, Nursery Stakes.—Feronia. KATY BETTING-SATURDAY. StEWA tip: - - - 9to 1 agst Tabernacle (taken) 9to 1 agst HathCr Bell (taken and offered) 10 to 1. Eigst TibtliorPe (taken) 100 to 8 agst Albuera, (taken) 100 to 8 agst Ida (taken and offered) 100 to 6 east Moorlands (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Vandezilioff (offered) 20 to 1 agst ChawbaCon (offered). 25 to 1 agst Cefdiigne arid *anted) 25 to 1 agst Knutsford ((Aided) 25 to 1 agst Hawthornden (taken and dffered) 25 to 1 agst Badsworth (wanted) 500 to 5 agst Lady Sophia (offered) 20 to 1 agst A. Taylor's lot (offered) 20 to 1 agst A. 'Taylor's lot bar Heather Bell toff, GOODWOOD S I T J '' AKIN: 6 to 1 agst Capitaliste (offered) 7 to 1 agst Toby (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Indian Ocean (offered—take 15 to 2, Bto 1 agst Prince Henry (offered) 10 to 1 agst John Davis (offered—take 100 to 8) 100 to 8 agst Miss Sheppard (taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agst Chivalry (taken freely( 20 to 1 agst Paganini (taken) 50 to 1 agst Laird (wanted) GOODWOOD CUP. 7to 4 agst Sabinus (offered—take 2to 1) to 1 agst Siderolite (taken) ST. LEGER: 2to n the field (offered) BE 1 TING AT MANCIISTER—SATURDAY STEWARDS' CUP. 10 to 1 agst Tabernacle (taken) 100 to 8 agst Tibthorpe (taken) 100 to agst Albuera (taken) 100 to 6 agst Heather Bell (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ida (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lady Sophia (taken) 20 to 1 agst Morphia (taken) 20 to 1 agst Chawbacon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Vandenhoff (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 2to 1 agst Sabinus (offered) 3to 1 agst Siderolite (taken freely) GOODWOOD STAKES. 9to 2 agst Capitaliste (taken) 7to 1 agst Indian Ocean (taken) 8 to 1 agst Toby (taken) 10 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 10 to 1 agst Prince Henry (offered) 100 to 6 agst Paganini (taken) 100 to 6 agst Miss Sheppard (offered) 20 to 1 agst Chivalry (taken) GrOODWOC The Goodwood Cup, value 3 tion of 20 sous each; h ft. subs. (Weights calculated Age st lb Knight of the Garter .. 6 9 10 Pero Gomez ... 4 9 7 Brigantine 4 9 3 Siderolite Border Knight 4 9 0 Starter 4 9 0 Morna Sabinus Champion .... 3 7 7 Muster ID RACES. DO sots, added to a subscriP- Two miles and a half. :33 up to July 21.) Acceptances for the Goo, and Age st lb Brigantine Kidderminster 6 (pd) Paganini Capitaliste Strathnairn 4 8 0 John Davis Acaster 4 7 7 The Laird ... ....... Fleets 4 (pd) Chivalry Bonny Swell 3 7 0 Prince Henry Toby Sweet Sound .. Newsman 3 6 9 Age st lb Normanby ........ 3 7 7 Recorder Musket .. Chawbacon Bonny Swell 3 7 7 Sweet Sound 3 7 3 Patti Sunshine Hester ......... .... 3 7 3 Restitution Argyle [wood Stakes. Two miles half. Age st lb Bertha Miss Sheppard 3 6 5 Rattlepate 3 6 4 Dairymaid 4 6 4 Indian Ocean Five per Cent. 3 5 12 Nightjar 4 5 11 Revenge 3 5 11 Sulphur ...... 3 5 10 f by Tim Whiffler —Maud 3 5 10 Jasonia lonia Moccolo 3 5 7 1 HE GREAT FIRE IN LAMBETH. On Saturday evening Mr. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquiry at the Henry VIII. Tavern, High-street, Lambeth, respecting the deaths of the six children. Police-constable Woodrea, 55 L, deposed that, at about half-past three o'clock on Saturday morning, he was on duty in the Waterloo-road. He then observed the light of flames making their way from the ground floor into the upper apartments of Mr. Hill's business premises which were situated at the corner of Granby-street, Waterloo-road. He at once sprung his rattle and aroused the inmates. Immediately afterwards he saw one of the top-floor windows thrown open, and both Mr. and Mrs. Hill jump out of the window. They fell upon a pent roof over the front shop. Mr. Hill, when she leaped from the window, had in her arms a child of about a month old. Witness managed to get them off the top of the pent-roof by means of a fireman's ladder, and Mrs. Hill then informed him that in the top attic of the house were six of her children. Every effort was made to get into the house, in order to save the lives of the children, but ii was found impossible to do so. The engines played upon the premises for a considerable time ; and, after the fire was subdued, the bodies of the six children were found in the top attic of Mr- Hill's house. They were all frightfully charred. Mr. Shepherd, coroner's officer, said that he had visited the scene of the fire, and that he had found the two houses both ten-roomed ones, in the occupation of Mr. Hill burned out. The w a ll s were l e ft s t an di ng . , The Coroner said that he would adjourn the inquiry for a week, in order to give his office: and the police an opportunity of discovering, if possible, the cause of the fire. The court was accordingly adjourned. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Marquis of Huntly, to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Robert Adam Philip Haldane, Earl of Camperdown, resigned. 4 r , ,JFIRE IN THE LONDON DOCKS.—Yesterday a fire broke out near the Shadwell Basin of the London Docks. Heaps of seasoned railway sleepers which, were lying on the quay were found to be in flames, and a large quantity of them were destroyed. It is supposed that the pickle, as it is called, by which the sleepers were seasoned was acted upon by the heat of the sun so as to cause ignition. CRYSTAL PALACE.—A grand firework display will he given this evening without increasing the usual is. admission. A new troupe of Japanese (the Royal Tycoon Troupe) will perform at six o'clock. A special display of all the great fountains will be given at three o'clock for the Calais excursionists. On Tuesday the "Lily of Killarney" will be played, and on Thursday " Lurline." The last of the series of summer concerts takes place next Saturday, when Mdlle. Ilma de Murska, Mr. Santley, and other artistes of the Drury-lane Opera, will appear. The admissions on Saturday were 4,723. ANOTHER FATALITY IN WATERLOO ROAD.--011 Saturday afternoon, while the volunteers were passing along to the Waterloo Station, a horse attached to one of Reddin's dust carts took fright from the noise from a band of music, and darted off down the road at a rapid pace. Several persons were standing in the road looking A the ruins of the fire which occurred at Mr. Hill's. A man about 30 years of age was knocked down, and one of the heavy wheels passed over his body. He was carried into Dr. Brooks's, but he expired in 40 minutes. IRISH SYMPATHY WITH FRANCE. The demonstration to express sympathy with France, held at Cork on Saturday, was attended by about six thousand people. Amongst the speakers was ex-Mayor O'Sullivan. The tricolour was hoisted, and loud cheers given for France, and cries raised of " God save Ireland !" A resolution was passed expressing the warmest sympathy with France, and denouncing the language of the Times in reference to the war. Allusions to the probability of England coming into collision with France were hailed with great satisfaction. The tricolour was afterwards carried in procession throughout the city. No policemen were visible. A meeting, attended by over 30,000 persons, was held on the Strand, at Landymount, Dublin, yesterday, for the purpose of having a couple of drums presented to two bands by the French residents, in consequence of the drums of the bands having been broken by the police at the demonstration at the French consul's last week. An address censuring the British Government and press, and expressing sympathy with France, for which purpose the meeting really was held, was adopted. The bands played a variety of French and Irish airs. TRAINED NURSES. Lord John Manners presided on Saturday afternoon at the annual meeting for the Institution for Trained Nurses. He expressed his gratification at the skilled ministration of nurses in his own family, and said that in these (lays when there were so many platforms on which the rights of women were being advocated, and when even Cabinet Ministers had been known to express the hope that women would stand a contested election and be returned to sit at school boards, there was a danger of overlooking some spheres of usefulness, much less noisy, but not the less important. Even the duties that cluster around the domestic hearth had been in some degree overlooked. In such a work as that of nursing there was nothing that was not strictly in harmony with woman's primary mission, and which would not, should she be hereafter disposed to return to her ordinary avocations, enable her in a still better manner to perform the duties of domestic life. The benefits from such institutions were two sided : they advantaged the nurse and the nursed. Eloquent lessons were derived, and heroic virtues practised amidst the ministrations of a sick room. Eloquent sermons were also preached by the bedside of dying patients. His lordship made an earnest appeal in support of such institutions. COALS FOR THE FRENCH FLEET. Information has been received in London that the Prussian Government is watching for colliers chartered to supply coals to the French fleet in the North Sea. DEVONPORT AND KEYHAM DOCKYARDS. A telegram from the Lords of the Admiralty has been received at Devonport ordering that no further discharges shall be made from the dockyards. The men in Keyhani yard are also to be employed the extra hours by which the working day was reduced last summer. NARROW ESCAPE OF H.M.S. PENELOPE. A report reached Plymouth on - Saturday from the Soilly Islands stating that during a dense fog H.M.S. Penelope, with 800 troops on board from Ireland, mis taking her course, was steaming directly on to the rock, when she was met by a boat and warned of her perilous position. She then got on the right track. During the same fog the screw-steamer Tyne Queen, coal laden from Cardiff to Marseilles, ran ashore between Menawore Island and St. Helen's. She was got off, but her cargo had to be disembarked. THE CONFERENCE AT BURSLEM. The Kingswood and Woodhouse-grove Schools Com mittee met on Saturday, when the President reported that the state of the schools was very satisfactory, fourteen from Kingswood having passed the Oxford examination and seven from Grove having gone through Lord's matricula tion course. Later on the Sabbath Committee met, and reported petitions to Parliament in favour of the bill for closing public houses on Sunday, and for opening the National Gallery and British Museum on that day. They intended to take part in the movement for closing the Post-offices on Sunday, and suppressing Railway work on that day. The Rev. W. Arthur de nounced the present licensing system, and argued that if it was right to sell gin and beer on that day, it was right to Pell other things.—The Rev. J. Bedford moved a reso lution in favour of closing public houses on the Lord's Day, and several members spoke in its favour. THE BENNETT JUDGMENT. The Standard says, in bringing the prosecution of Mn Bennett forward, the Church Association desired to make the position of the High Church party untenable, but unless the judgment is reversed in the court above, they will be sorely put to it to hold their own. In saying so much it must not be forgotten that the language and atti tude of Mr. Bennett were in some respects highly pro vocative. He set forth the doctrine of the Real Presence and the consequences attributed to it by some of the ex treme sacramental party, in language the strength and exuberance of which no English theo logian, we should hope, would accept or defend. He acknowledged no right in the courts to bring him to book, and pursued his way exactly as if the vicar of Frome were absolutely independent of all human tribunals. The mischief of it is that Mr. Bennett's monstrous formula, which asserted a visible Presence in the sacrament, covered also a doctrine of the Real Presance which is generally accepted by the moderate High Church party, and which, therefore, would be included in the almost inevitable con demnation of Mr. Bennett. This was manifestly unfair, but it was obvious that it was exactly the result aimed at by the promoters of the suit. They sought to obtain a condemnation of the High Church party in the person of Mr. Bennett, and of a High Church doctrine in the gro tesquely exaggerated form in which it had been cast by that gentleman. This judgment may be overturned • but in the meantime it is the decision of the highe s t Church tribunal, and it affirms the lawfulness and the orthodoxy of the doctrine of the Real Presence. The law which was invoked to curse the High Church party has altogether blessed them. The Daily News thinks it certainly seems a pity that it should be so difficult to make out what the Church of Eng land does teach on a subject to which many of her child ren attach importance. To many impartial minds accus tomed to take a broad and practical view of the great interests of life, it will seem strange that any class of persons should think it worth while to contend about such a subject as this. Bnt those who have looked into Church history know that the real object of this contention, however it may be dis guised, is the pretension of a considerable number of priests of the Church of England to work a miracle as often as they consecrate bread and wine, and thus to cause a Divine presence at the altar, irrespective of the state of mind of the communicant. Sir Robert Phillimore tells us that whatever may be the doc trine of the Church, Mr. Bennett has all the liberty he claims. The Church Association will not take the judge's word for the fact, and the Privy Council alone can settle the matter. It will be a long time before they can do so, however, and in the meanwhile the ultra -sacramental and ritualistic party will boast that the law of the land is on their side. THE BRIDGE AT KEHL. The Telegraph considers that the mere destruction of the railway bridge at Kehl can place no pi ominent obstacle in the way of a French invasion. The utmost that can be accomplished is to delay the passage of the French army ; and, therefore, as the Prussians have determined upon incurring the heavy cost and responsibility of de stroying the Kehl bridge, we may safely form two con clusions. The first is, that the Prussians themselves have no idea of invading France from the Strasburg side ; the second is, that they anticipate an early invasion of German territory from that ;quartar. Indeed, the whole course of events within the last few days tends to favour the supposition that the Prussians intend to await the attack of the French upon their own territory. A coup de main, such as the invasion of French soil before the imperial armies have had time to corn ' menee their march must be executed with rapidity to have any prospect of success ; and if the Prussians had determined to abandon the strong material support of their fortresses, and the hardly less powerful moral support of their position as the invaded nation, we should probably have found before this time that the German armies were marching upon Paris. If any such scheme was ever seriously entertained—which is very doubtful—it has apparently been abandoned ; and the Prussians have made up their minds to arrest the onslaught of the enemy on their own soil. The head-quarters of King William are now at Frankfort ; the hotels of the old Imperial city have been taken up as hospitals ; strangers have been ordered to leave the water ing-places of the Rhein-Gau ; and the Prussian prepara tions seem to be made on the assumption that the first great battle of the war will be fought in the triangle included between the Berg-Strasse, the Rhine, and the Main. THE CAUSE OF THE WAR. The Standurd looks on the proclamation of the Empe ror and the circular of the Duke as clearly stating the case of France against Prussia. In substance it amounts to this, that the patience of France is exhausted, that her desire for the maintenance of peace has been too grossly abused, and that Prussia, by her arrogance and inso lence, is the real author of the war. The cup has been filled to overflowing. As to the Hohenzollern candidature it was not merely an attack upon French interests, but a gross insult to the French Government. It compelled the Emperor and his. Ministers to decide at once whether they would maintain at all cost the honour and the power of France, or whether they would allow Count Bismarck to ride roughshod over both, and inflict upon France a humiliation which would be followed by the loss, for the time at least, of all her influence • and prestige in Europe. The Standard thinks the Duke de Gramont may not have correctly represented the views and plans of the Prussian Government in this passage, but he has TICE COBDEN CLUB DIN:NKR The ineinhere of the Cobden Club held they Aia.mnall dinner on Saturday, et the'Ship Tavern, Greenwich. Mr. GLADSTONE said they were met to commemorate no mere empty name ; but a name which is associated, in the first pliteai, with the recollection of splendid services performed by Mr. Oobilen on behalf of his own country and of mankind ; and in the second with the anticipation, still more brilliant, that the results of those services which he rendered will extend far into the future ; fur he perceived in their dim commencement and in their embryo the fore most ideas that must govern this great community, Never was there a man who less required that some special ilasoeiaticm should be formed to preserve his fame. His fame, I need not say, carried with it its own pre servation, and as long as civilisation lasts it will not die, In referring to the impending struggle on the Continent the right hon. gentleman said—Within the last few days there has gone forth, as with the voice of trumpets, the, proclamation of war between the two greatest military Powers of Europe, between two of the nations most civilised and most distinguished ; two natsons whose names are inseparably mixed up with the history of all that is great and good in the past records of Christendom ; two nations fisted with the apparatus of destruction in d stot6 of perfectness higher perhaps than it has ever been known before, and animated by those motives of unshrinking patriotism in the masses of the people, which, however innocent, however honourable; hewever admirable they may be in themselves as they dwelt In the individualbreast, yet we cannot witnesf with one cOtenniseratimm when we reflect upon the bloody re cords which so Much human energy will probably leave on many fields of battle before this lamedtable war has ann its course. It is not for tie Who are here assembled,, still less is it for me in the office which I have the honour unworthily to hold, to attempt to anticipate the judgment of posterity upon the great ents which. are now daily occurring • but this I may say without assuming to myself the office of dispensing praise or blame —to which I am totally unequal—that th pen of the his torian will, I believe, hereafter repeat that among all the wars by which the 19th century has been chequered, there Wag none more unspeakably tragic, more un mixedly sorro*fal, more full of painful associationf, and more grievous in anticipation to those who love their country and mankind than that war which is at this moment breaking out. May it be tempered by the humane spirit of civilisation, May it be narrowed and restricted by the wisdom of those who are mercifully exempt from its range, and may the Almighty, who disposes the hearts of men, turn towards peace and mercy the hearts of those upon whom h Will depend how long rivers of human blood ore to flow, and how long earth is to blush for the follies of those who live from her breast. Nov, this association takes no notice of national distinctions: We are here as Christians amid as brother& Our ground has been marked out for us by the Mari whose name is commemorated in the title of this association. There are many assembled round this boaid Who can testify to the breadth of character and idea that belongs tb the Cobden Club, There are repre senia!+e4 of France and Germany, and I may say that many other ifitiFtikus foreigners, including M. Michel Che valier, would have t hthi presented had not their approach been intercepted by the calaititcus circumstances of war. I rejoice to think that a country near to us, hunted in ex tent and consequently in population, but illustrious in history and dear to Europe for the example she has. pre sented I I Mean Belgium—is represented at this board as you would Wish list to be. I rejoice, also, to think that a great Power Which has shown its capacity to weld an entire Continent into state—l mean America is also represented on this cession. Well, gentlemen, I must say that our friend Mr, Cobden was a man whose mind was too large to be confined to a narrow range of subjects. I do not deny the, his , intense interest in matters to which his intimate and powerful intellect was applied was of an absorbing character; but when we put together all the particulars of those various subjects to which, at different times, he applied his atten ' th,n, we see that nothing cobld be a greater error than to treat Miff as a man of one idea, and while he elways felt and expressed the deepest interest in the welfare of man kind; hc never failed in special attachment to his own county. It has been said abroad that free trade is a good thin°. for England, but a bad thing for the rest of the world. Ido not think we are very much better or very much wiser than our neighbours ; on the contrary, I am ready to confess that in various important respects we are less wise and in some respects inferior ; but I think that every comintry has its own special work to do, and it seems to be the especial design of Providence to employ each country in solvfng its own social and political problems for the advantage of Witte. Countries are put through the fire, as it were, in order to try the effect of the pro cess, and when they come out the experience they haue had has to be placed on reeird for the benefit of mankind. No totintry went more deeply, more dispassionately, into the system 6/ protection, none clung to it more fondly than-mir own, and yet no country has ever felt or ever can feel more deeply Lime mischiefs of the system. The Lord Chancellor, the Hort. Mr. Bigelow, Mons. de Laveleye, and other gentlemen tilao spoke, THE WIMBLEDON REVIEW. The annual Wimbledom review on Saturday was a success, but a gloom seemed to overspread those present in consequence of the catastrophe at Lord FlchO's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was present, but it is understood that, out of respect to Lord Elcho, he left early, and the review was curtailed somewhat of its fair proportions and compressed within narrow limits of time. A force of volunteers, amounting in the avegate to 11,736 inen,kwere to have attendedthe review, but of these two battalions were absent altogether—namely` the Lon don Scottish, out of respect to Lord Elcho, and the St. George's Rifles, which, if represented, did not appear as a distinct corps. This defection, and the poor muster which for some reason always characterises the Wimbledon Re view, reduced the number present to below 10,000 men. The force was drawn up, prior to the commencement of the sham fight, on the south side of the plateau in front of the Grand Stand, facing to the west. The flying columns of the regulars occupied the post of honour, the 7th Dragoon Geards being drawn up in advance, with the battery of Horse Artillery on their right, the infantry in line of columns, with the En gineers on the right, followed in order by the 13th Light Infantry, the 33d Regiment, the 42nd Highlanders, and the battalion of the 60th Rifl es The plan of action suppoSed an enemy to be making his way from Combe-wood and Kingston-bottom towards the line of butts. To find out his strength a cavalry re connaissance was made in the direction of Kingston, and, the head of the enemy's columns being seen, the Horse Artillery received the word of com mand, " Action front," and were soon blazing away. They were quickly strengthened on the left by the field battery of Royal Artillery, and very soon the volunteer batteries moved .up in support, and the fight fairly commenced. When the whole of the field bat teries were engaged with the enemy, the cavalry retired through the line of butts on to the plateau, and, accom panied by the Horse Artillery, moved to the right of the position. The 60th Rifles then doubled out into skirmish ing order covering the whole front of the position, and one of the prettiest sights of the day was the admirable style in which these fine fellows took advantage of the excellent ground to cover themselves as much as possible while rapidly advancing and maintaining a capital fire. Covered by their advance, the brigade of regular infantry deployed, and followed in a line, which, in spite of the trying character of the ground, remained unbroken until sections had to be broken off while passing between the butts. Preserving their formation as well as the thick growth of gorse beyond would allow, they swept onward until within reach of the enemy, and then, skirmishers being recalled, the rolling fire of the Snider became general. As the regulars advanced, the two leading brigades of the volunteers deployed and followed in support. When they had taken a position in advance of the line of the butts, the regulars, who were supposed to have received a check, retired through the volunteers, who then opened fire on the enemy. The volunteer advance was well supported by artillery fire from both flanks, the volunteers vying with the regu lar artillery in the rapidity and precision with which they used their guns. The volunteers were 'supposed to meet with no better success against the enemy than the regulars, and therefore they were in turn withdrawn, the two reserve brigades being advanced to cover the movement, and the artillery fire being redoubled while it was being effected. A succession of company volleys from the newly deployed line was supposed to check the enemy sufficiently to allow the whole force to be safely withdrawn to the east of the butts, and there, according to the programme, a change of front should have been effected, an advance made towards the north, and a succession of cavalry charges delivered in full view of the Grand Stand. This, however, was omitted. The change of front was duly made, but it was only to draw up the whole force in order for the march past ; for rifles were emptied ; the bands of the regulars were massed opposite the saluting base ; the General com manding, Sir Hope Grant, took up his position, accom panied by Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and his staff, and 'an interesting defile commenced. Each battery, splendid body of regulars, with their grand divisions, the weak companies of volunteers shewed to some disadvan tage ; and even the admirable dressing and distance of the London Rifle Brigade did not receive the usual amount of recognition. Every corps, however, acquitted itself creditably, and in some instances this was duly recognised by a cheer front the spectators. ACCIDENT' f 0 THE IRISH MAIL. An accident has occurred to the down Irish mail, two miles beyond this town. The axle of a goods waggon on the up line broke, and, as at Newark, the passenger train ran into it. No serious injuries have been inflicted. The line is blocked, and the trains go round by Shrews bury. THE HON. F. CHARTEIuMS.-011 inquiry at six o'clock this morning at Lord Elcho's we were informed that the Hon. Mr. Charteris was still alive, but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. The inquiries Lord Elcho's residence, St. James's-Oace, tbuiing Satur-_ day and yesterday, were eNtremely mun'eru,O, and the deepest regret at thin untowaxd accident was expressed. )man hem the es on rious )d to dant ie of ,ser tha- and lany itral pile d hem ncil, and )ri ty ries, the I by rove the 4. ady cess ded rge