The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-04 00:00:00

to the >. IV., nd the Id the (citing ,ime to , how ait in • ade- rselves of but ch and ut his iation, 1, and 3rison- -olume er mis- Arose, wealth which great Prince efforts annot st im- B. A. , owns- 'ravel, tdven, recnt .er the scenes tptain fl the Spain, t. At rich is )apish lually ht, it the and recol n our ity of ry in hunt- Rail traffic count e rate ;ed on leery. f past or the 'ough. ndon, rough ilway ly 21. mile. mi) 1 73r) 2 .k) 3 gger, ran. SPECIAL EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. THIS EVENING'S NEWS. THE WARS THE SECRET THE Y A telegram dated Paris, August 4, F , ays 1), Gramont has addressed a despatch data! •:;t d French representatives abroad, replying tf) 111:1 mark's last circular to the North German reibrusynt tives. The Minister quotes the words Cooni, Bismark, addressed by him to . Prince N )1 eon, intimating that it would be impossible for Fiance to take the Rhine Provinces, which were German, but advising the annexation of Belgium. Count G (az, the then Prussian Ambassador in Paris, repeated the same at the French Imperial Court, and the Due de Gramont defies Count Bismarck to name one fact in support of his insinuations. He adds :—We cpcnod no negociations with Count Bismarck, either in respect to Belgium, or with any other object." The Minister draws attention to the fact that, instead of seeking war, France intended to disarm, and quotes letters of Count Daru, dated the ht and 13th of February, on the subject of disarmament. He avers that in refusing the French proposal of disarmament recom mended by England, Count Bismarck dwelt Principally on the anxiety he felt from the policy o liussia, and on this subject entered into particulars re specting the Court of St. Petersburg, which the Duke de Gramont prefers to leave unmentioned, not wishing to repeat injurious insinuations. The Duke concludes as follows :—" Whatever may be ti e cainaodes put forward by Count Bismark through fear, lie has for feited every claim to be believed." RUNNING THE BLOCKADE A bold attempt is now being made by the German steamer Uhlenhorst to run the blockade of Hamburg; under cover of the prevailing fog. The Uhlenhorst left Hartlepool on Tuesday, with 900 tons of steam coal, and will prove a valuable prize should ehe fall into the hands of the French fleet known to be cruising off the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew are exclusively Germans. NEUTRALITY OF HUNGARY In the sitting of the Lower House yesterday a roya decree was read closing the present session and convoking the next. The Presideht in his closing speech dwelt upon the fact that the National Hungarian Honved army and the common army of the empire take their part by the present Monarchy. The King and the nation, he said, recognised strict neutrality as salutary, and the Honved Army, no less than the common army of the Empire, will secure this neutrality, and supported by it, we fearlessly look forward to the future. This speech was received with cheers from all sides. The Impartial du Rhin contains the following : "The Emperor. has decided to organize a Foreign Legion for the whole length of the war, to consist of several battalions, destined to receive into their ranks foreigners and deserters who might offer themselves for service. They will be accepted in the 6th Military Division at Strasburg, and at Belfort. These recruits will, untilfurther orders, be sent to Tours." When the French occupied the heights of Saarbruck yesterday a battery of 11litrailleuses was placed in posi tion in presence of the Emperor and of the Prince Impe rial. Shortly afterwards a Prussian detachment marched aver the railway bank at a distance of 1,600 metres. The Mitrailleuses fired upon them, and in a moment the detachment was dispersed, leaving half of their number on the ground. A second detachment crossed the same line and suffered the same fate. The French artillery officers are enthusiastic at the effect of the mitrailleuses. Marshal Bazaine had an engagement with the enemy's riflemen, in which several Prussians were killed. 13y the Ist of November France will have 2,200,000 phassepots in store. The production has never slackened f9r a moment. In July 30,000 per week were manu 49Ved ; in August the number will reach 47,000 ; in Bepteixtber, 52,000 ; and October, 60,000. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON MEETING—Tins DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CLUB BIENNIAL. Alaric • Annie Wood Two ran. CLUB STAKES. Hobart ---- Cawdor Juliet Three ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. T.Y.C Tibthorpe Waif Agnes CLARET STAKES. Neuchatel ONE MILE SWEEPSTAKES. Artist.. IV. 0. PLATE OF 100 SOVS. Mabile Camera Lizzie Cowl Five ran. YORK ATIGU: Acceptances for the Great I Age st lb Paganini ... 5 9 4 Mysotis ... 5 8 12 ICennington ... 3 8 2 Ploughboy ... 6 8 0 Good Hope ... 4 8 0 Lord Hawthorn 4 7 11 Toison d'Or ... 4 7 10 Moscow ... 4 7 9 11 1yosotis ... 4 7 9 Nancy ... a 7 6 Fleets ... 4 613 Torreador ... 3 6 12 a` MEETING. :bor Handicap. Two miles. Age st lb Cherid ... 4 611 Sweet Sound ... 3 611 The Briton ... 4 6 8 Miss Sheppard ... 3 6 7 Sagittarius ... 4 6 6 Knight of Athol 3 6 6 Jarnac ... 3 6 0 Firefly ... ... 4 511 Blandford ... 3 5 10 Cauldron ... ... 3 5 7 Sensation ... ... 3 5 7 Columbine f ... 3 5 7 HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. July 28, at 2.30 p.m., Sweet Sound, out of the Good wood Cup. July 29, at 9 a.m., Wanderer and My Queen, out of the Nursery Stakes, Goodwood. July 30, at 9 a.m., Lord Berkeley and Good Wine, out of th e Wenlock Stakes. July 30, at 2.25 p.m., Cymbal, out of Brighton engage ments. , July 30, at 2.25 p.m., Faith, out of the Bevingdean Stakes, Brighton. July 30, at 4.30 p.m., Cymbal, out of Lewes engage ments. Aug. 3, at 9 a.m., Lecturer, out of Brighton Nursery. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Albany, out of the Brighton Stakes. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., John Davis, out of all engagements. Aug. 1, at 2 a.m, f. by Newmmster, out of Bab at the Bowater, out of Brighton engagements. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Lord Hawke, out of Brighton Nursery. Aug. 1, at 9, a.m., Nero, Manolo, Ecce, and Auriol, out of Wolverhampton engagements. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Douglas and Perambulator, out of Lewes engagements. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., High Pressure, out of Brighton Nursery. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Manifesto, out of Bevingdean Stakes at Brighton. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Broadlea, out of Lewes and Brighton engagements. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Frederica, out of Tyro Stakes at Liverpool. Aug. 1, at 9 a.m., Lady Stanhope, out of the Badminton Stakes, Liverpool. Aug. 1, at 11.45 a.m., Rodomonte, out of Lewes en gagements. Aug. 1, at 2.40 p.m., Patd, out of the Brighton Stakes and Cup. Aug. 1, at 3.25 p.m., c. by Blair Athol, out of Christa belle, out of all engagements. Aug. 1, at 4.30 p.m., Ironstone, out of all engagements. Aug. 1, at 5.20 p.m., Barford, out of B r i g ht on an d Lewe s engagements. Aug. 1, at 5.30 p.m., Ambitious, out of Brighton Stakes. Aug. 1, after 6 p.m., Knight of Athol, out of the Brigh ton stakes. Aug. 1, after 6 p.m., Knightley, out of the Sussex Stakes, Lewes. Aug. 2 at 9 a.m, Tumbler, Nightingall, Chilworth, an d Talavera, , out of Lewes- engagements. Aug. 2, at 9 a.m., Moscow, Epworth, and lonia, out of Wolverhampton engagements. 2, at 9 a.m., Fair Eleanor, Puckaster, c by Tim out of Whiteleg, Fancy Boy, and Referee, out Wolverhampton engagements. Aug. 2, at 9 a.m., f by Oxford, out of Miss Fanny, and Colonia out of Brighton Nursery. Aug. 2, at 7 55 p.m., Wild Flower, out of Wolverhamp ton Stakes. A ~,tsaig. 3, at 3 23 p.m., King o'Scots, oat of all engage ..uents. ford BAugie n. 3,nial at sStakes, 24 p.m 'Wolverham. Clansman, pton out of 1870. Twelfth Stam gtakes, Aug. 3, at 610 p.m Violet out of the Brighton Club Aug. 4, at 11 50 a.m., Perth and King of the Forest, out of the Millington Stakes, Wolverhampton. TAE SECRET TREATY. Sir G. JENKINSON gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Premier whether, in the view of the proposed teaty between France and Prussia, menacing the indepen dence of Belgium, he would state explicitly for the information of the House, whether the Govern , meat would take steps to enforce the provisions of the Treaty of 1831 guaranteeing the independence of Belgium in case any attempt be made by either of the belligerents to carry out the provisions of the supposed secret treaty, and if any steps had been taken by the Government to secure the co-operation of the other Powers who were parties to the treaty with England. ECCLESIASTICAL LAW. In reply to Mr. Salt, Mr. BRUCE said there was no intention at present to introduce next session any measure for the consolidation of the ecclesiastical law. • TEMPLE BAR. Li reply to Mr. Lambert, Alderman LAWRENCE said with respect to the removal of Temple Bar the City authorities thought it would be useless to do so until Fleet-street was widened. THE FRENCH LEGATION AT 111UNICH. Mr. EYLANDs asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if his attention had been called to a tele. grain in the Times of Monday to the following effect : "Mu nich, July 30. Considerable surprise is expressed here at M. Hory, the Chancellor of the French Legation, remaining in Munich, and at the British Legation taking him under their protection on the pretext of his having entered their service." Mr. OTWAY said that if surprise was occasioned it was because the circ unstances connected with the matter wei e not known. Before the outbreak of the war the French Government applied to the British to take under its pro tection French subjects in Germany. It was at once agreed to do so provided the same arrangement was allowed with respect to German subjects remaining in France. THE THRONE OF FRANCE. Mr. POTTER asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of the House a copy of the Treaty of Paris of 1815, and also the supplemental treaty of the same date, excluding the Bonaparte dynasty from the throne of France, to maintain which treaty Eng land and other powers were to use all their force of arms, a'so the.protocol defining the territory ceded by France. by the treaty aforesaid. (Hear, hear,) Mr. OnvAv : The treaties to which my hon. friend al ludes are in the library of this House, and therefore they are accessible to any member, (Hear, heap•.) I will say that is not the reason for which I must de cline reprinting these treaties and laying them upon the table of the House at the present moment. (Hear, hear.) Since these treaties were signed this coun try had wisely determined not to interfere with the choice of the French people as regards the form of their government or their monarch. (Cheers.) Therefore for the last eighteen years the treaties have been practically a dead letter, and it is unnecessary to reprint them. (Cheers 4 (LEFT SITTING.) (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE DEFENCES OF LIVERPOOL, Mr. Forwood, at the meeting of the Mersey Dock Board to-day, stated that the value of the shipping at present in the port of Liverpool was four millions, and that the only real protective force was a small gunboat with one gun. lie thought that the two forts would be utterly powerless against the improved war ships of the present day, should an enemy attack the port. THE NEUTRALITY LAWS. A special meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Com merce will be held next Monday, when a resolution will be proposed calling upon other Chambers to join in ask ing the Government to prohibit the export of arms and munitions of war to belligerents. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. A letter was read this morning from the venerable Thomas Jackson, declaring himself one in mind and heart with tli, body with whom be had stood connected sixty six years, hearty thanks to Dr. Jobson, and the Rev. Samuel Romilly Hill, were adopted by the Conference, and it was reoslved to print the charges of the Conference. The report of the Committee declaring that it was desirable that a religious census should be taken, and that arrange ments should be made to shew what accommodation is pro vided in each place of worship, and the attendance upon a given Sunday, was also accepted. The consideration of the Burials Bill and the Glebe Houses (Ire land) Bill are to be deferred. Additional Ministers are to be appointed to Brixton Hill and Norwood, London, to Cranmer, Liverpool, Whitchurch, Bindley, Keighley, and North Allerton. Several minor alterations in the circuit were made, but none of them were of public importance. The reports were handed in of the Com mittee of Discipline, and the names of the missionaries were called over. There were 1,155. The conference settled the minor arrangements at 12.30 for the Stationing Committee to complete for the second draft of the stations, which will probably be read at the asisembling of the conference to-morrow morning. THE RE-ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. The Manchester Guardian states that members have got the hint that it is very possible they may be wanted for an October session. THE PRUSSIAN EXPLOSIVE BULLETS. An experiment with these terrible destructive missiles has just been made in London for the information of Surgeon-Major Wyatt, and were conducted in a shed attached to the yard of Messrs. Winkley and Shaw, horse slaughterers, at 35, Green-street, Blackfriars-road. Mr. Adams was present with one of his revolvers, and fired all the shots. A small group of officers and others assembled at two o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Shaw, a partner in the firm, made all the 'arrange ments. As soon as the party were fairly assembled a horse was led into the shed—a beast with wicked eyes, and hind legs showing unmistakable marks of contact with splinter bars. He had been condemned as irreclaimably vicious. As he faced Mr. Adams, he stood quietly enough watching the tiny weapon. The pistol is aimed at the forehead, right between the eyes ; there is a tiny report—only one ; the effect of the shock is shown to check every vital function in the frame of the animal ; he sinks instantly upon his knees, and then comes lumbering down to th• ground in a heap. A thin wreath of gray smoke curls from his forehead. Three or four convulsive kicks, and then complete stillness. The whole appears simple enough, and nothing more than would have happened with any bullet sent into the brain. Wait a little. Thal head must be examined. The gray smoke still curls from the wound as skin and muscle are removed from the skull, and then it becomes apparent that the skull is split. On handling it pieces of bone come away easily. The surface bones are removed, and the brain beneath is found to be utterly destroyed —a mass of gray and white matter devoid of consistency. When the loose material is lifted out there is a hole like the crater of a mine, seven inches long by six broad. Part of the bullet had been driven up to the back of the head. And this work was done by a weapon that a man can carry in his pocket. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT REMOVAL OF GOODS—John and Frederick Brown, contractors and carmen, were charged, at the Westminster Police-court, with fraudulently removing goods to avoid a distress for rent, whereby they were liable to a penalty of double the value of the goods so removed. The prosecutor, Mr. G. German, No. 7, Ifield-road, Fulham-road, let the house in Feb., 1869, to a Miss Eleanor Flowers. On the 23d of last March there were two quarters rent due, and a distress was put in ; a quarter's rent was paid, and the broker retired ; the next day was quarter day, and at three in the morning the two two defendants brought a van, and commenced moving the goods. Complainant warned them not to do so as the rent was owing, and he went to the police station and brought back a constable, and suggested then that they were doing wrong ; but the defendants moved the furniture, and the complainant had lost his rent. He had since had the key sent him. In cross-examination the policeman admitted that the complainant said, in the pre sence of the defendant, that the rent was not due till twelve o'clock that day. Mr. Arnold asked the constable why he had not stopped the things. The Police Act em powered him to stop and make inquiry respecting all furni ture in transit between eight at night and six in the morning. The constable said he was ignorant of that. Mr. Smyth offered any terms, but the other side declared their inten tion to vindicate law and make an example of these men. Mr. Smyth said what they wanted was double the pe nalty. His clients had goods, and could give them up for an indemnity, otherwise let the complainant sue in the County Court for rent, and then put a distress on the goods as they stood. His client had been misled, as had the policeman. Mr. Arnold accordingly adjourned the case for a month. The Appropriation Bill having been introduced into the House of Commons and read a first time yester day, it is now believed the prorogation of Parliament will not be delayed beyond Thursday or Friday in next week, TUE sUS, LONDON, THunBi )4a t:VgNiNG, AUGUST 4, 18 u. IMPERI AL PAULIA ‘I EN HOUSE OF COMMONS.—This DAY. Zipeaker took the chair at five minutes to foul' o'clock. rHE .MONEY MARKET AND COMM EiICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx ANOTHER. RISE IN THE BANK RA ! E. At the meeting to-day in the Bank Parlour the rate of discount was again raised to 6 per cent. The expectation of further failures keeps all the mar• kets flat. Consols are now 88i to 89 for money, and 884 to 891 for account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 881 to 89 ; New Three per Cents., 884 to 89 ; Exchequer Bills, par to 5 prem.; Indian 104 per Cents., 202/ ; Indian Five per Cents., 109 to 7 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1001; ditto, 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 100 ; ditto 4 per Cent. Bonds., par ; Metropolitan Board of Works, 34 per Cent. Stook, 90. In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bends of 1865 are 863; Egyptian Seven per Cents. of 1864, 824; ditto of 1868, 67 to 68 ; Spanish of 18C7, 24a to 241 ; ditto of 1869, 231 to 244 ; ditto Quicksilver, 65 to 68 ; Peru vian, 83 to 21; Turkish Five per Cents. ,of 1865, 38 to 39, ditto of 1869, 47 to 481; and Five per Cent. Italian of 1865, 82. The Railway Market—Metropolitan are 631 ; Great Eastern is 821 to 30 ; London and Brighton, 324 to 321; Caledonian, 71 to 711; South-Eastern, 64 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 38 ; Great Northern, 1131 to 1131 ; ditto (A), 118 f; North Eastern, 1291 ; London and North-Western, 1211 ; Midland, 121 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 126 ; Great Western, 62. Canada Six per Cents. are quoted 1001 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 98 to 981 ; New Zealand Five per Cents., 931 to 931 ; Queensland 103 ; Victoria Five) b per Cents., 98 to 971; and ditto Six per Conte., 1081. Telegraph Shares—Anglo-Amrri•an, 83 to . 88 ; British Indian, 61; China, 5 to 5i ; Falmouth,l 8 ; French Cable, 141 to 15 ; and Construction and Mainten ance, 22i. In Bank shares Alliance are quoted 13 ; Anglo- Austrian, 4to 6 prem.; Chartered Meroantile, 26 to 28; Consolidated, ; Imperial Ottoman, 9i to 10k ; London and County, 50; London and Westminster, 60, 59; London Joint Stock, 31 33 ; and Union of London 354. In Miscellaneous Shares Berlin Water Works are quoted 11 12 ; Viceroy of Egypt 9 per cent. Mortgage, Loan, 70 ; National Discount Company, 114 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 39 4L The telegrams from Berlin describe an increased ten dency toward recovery on the Bourse. The subscriptions for the National 5 per Cent. Loan of 15 millions sterling were opened yesterday morning. Previously to the war the Prussian Five per Cents, were at 102 i, and the price of the present loan is 88. Advices from the South of France state that the hoard- ing of silver is being carried on to a great extent. A Petroleum Bill introduced in the Rouse of Lords has passed its second reading, and is now in committee. According to the view of the leading persons engaged in the business its clauses are such as would completely in terrupt this important branch of commerce, and strong representations have therefore been made to some of the principal mercantile members of the House of Commons to prevent its being passed without full consideration when it shall come down to that House. Messrs. John S. Stanley and Son, yarn agents at Man chester, have called a meeting of their creditors for Tuesday next. The Glasgow Herald states :—" The following failures have been reported from America Messrs. George William Bond and Co., of Boston, and Messrs. Thomas Hilsen and Co., of Philadelphia, both in the wool trade — the senior partner of the latter firm having absconded to Europe, it is said, by the Samaria, leaving unpaid balances to the extent of $60,000. Both firms bad deal ings with Messrs. F. H. Jones, jun., and Co., of Boston, whose stoppage we recently announced.' " A meeting has been held of the creditors of Mr. Richard Guest, cotton spinner, Firs-lane, Leigh. The statement prepared by the accountant showed the liabili ties to be £24,617 15s. 9d., of which £9,196145. 6d. is fully secured, and assets about £l,lOO. A resolution was una nimously passed to liquidate the estate by arrangement, under petition, in the Bankruptcy Court. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Joseph Eller and Co., merchants, of Manchester, it was shown that the estate would yield 13s. in the pound, and a committee was appointed to confer with Messrs. Eller as to a com position. The report of the Land Securities Company (Limited), to be presented on the 11th inst., shows an available total of 23,802, including a previous balance of £985, and re commends a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, and the appropriation of £5OO to reserve, leaving £1,302 to be carried forward. The report of the French Cable Company, to be pre sented on the 9th inst., states that the traffic since the last meeting has yielded over £3,000 a week, which enables the directors to recommend an interim dividend for the six months ended June 30 of 14s. per share, or at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. _ _ The half-yearly meeting of the Carnarvonshire Railway Company is called for the 18th inst. The ordinary general meeting of the East London Rail way Company will be held on the 18th inst. Berger. Spence, and Co.'s weekly report says : During the past week there has been much agitation and irregularity in the Chemical trade. For home con sumption there is scarcely an average demand, but the prices for staple articles do not present symptoms of much relaxation. For Minerals there is a good market ; but Pyrites cannot be said to be as firm as during the last few weeks. Oolitic Iron Ores continue in good demand in the Staffordshire district. There is a lively demand for Lead, and some probability of a further advance in value. Spelter in rather better enquiry. Other Metals dull. THIS MORNING'S NEWS PORTUGAL. A Royal decree has been published declaring the neu trality of Portugal in the war bet Ween France and Prussia. The Marquis Anjena has left the Ministry. Manifestations against Marshal Saldanha have been made by the merchants of Lisbon and (Oporto. The crops have suffered from the heat and drought. OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning Tilt; BATTLE OF SAARlkitdk. The Tithes finds it impossible to reconcile the discord Ant accounts of the fight, and therefo re a tt em pt s t o so l ve th e question as to what was the real object of this action, and what the material gain .of the French by their success. It is not said that the French took possession of Saarbruck itself ; much less that they . forced their way across the river, obtained a footing in St. Jolmn; and secured the railway line and station on the right bank. The river is cn the spot broader than the Thames at OXford, and nowhere ford able, and the bridges have been for several days protected by strong stone barricades. It is by no means clear whether the French will push their attack at this voint, or whether their adversaries will prolong their defence. As an isolated fact, this first victory would not have the slightest importance, and we have yet to see whether the cannonade at Saarbruck was accompanied by a general advance of the French. The . Prussian line of the Saar is still unbroken ; all the towns and stations on the railway—Saarburg, Merzig, &c.—are on the right bank, while Saarlouis, the only strong place, is built on a peninsula almost entirely surrounded by the river., with its bastions spreading equally on either side. The immediate return of the Emperor to Metz and the silence of the telegraph with respect to further opera tions for more than twenty-four hours, if we contrast it with the glowing accounts of this first exploit, Might almost induce us to believe that nothing of great conse quence is immediately to follow, and that the causes which have hitherto condemned the French troops to inaction are still at work. The Daily News says this attack has not lifted the veil which hides the movements of the Germans behind the Saar, and that we do not really know whether there is a great army waiting to receive the French as soon as they get well across the frontier of the Rhexiieli Province, as some critics believe, or whether it is the policy of the German Commaede.--iu-Chief to draw the French on to the more ample battle-fields about Mayence. The truth on this point will soon appear. In the meantime the comparatively easy terms on which the French, according to their own account, have been per mitted to obtain Saibruck, seem to put an end to the theory which has found advocates here, of an intention on the part of the German Cothinander-in-Chief to attack the French communication in forte from Saarlouis, and cut off their communications with Mets. Whatever German troops may be stationed between Saar bruck and Saarburg, must now either be raised to a strength such as will enable them to undertake important opera tions from that position, as they might do, or be ordered to fall back if the French should advance, since a small force in such a situation would be liable to be cut off. Having gained a point which opens all the roads of Rhenish Prussia, and the Palatinate south-west of Mayence, the French have now to choose those by which they will advance. The Telegraph does not consider the battle of any great consequence. It seems to throw more light upon the movements of the Prussians than on those of their oppo nents. The Telegraph's information concerning the posi tion of the two armies is so imperfect that it would hesi tate to say that an offensive movement of the German troops was not still upon the cards. Many high military authorities are of opinion that the first great battle of the war will be fought upon French soil. It may be so, and in that case the evacuation of Saarbruck is not decisive one way or another. But, so far as it goes, it seems to strengtnen the impression that the Prussians will await the attack of the French on their own territory. We were informed yesterday that the Seventh Prussian Corps d'Armde was marching towards Trhves by the Eigel district. Now, in case the Germans had any strong force in Rhenish Bavaria, or along the Prusso-French frontier from Sierck to Saargemund—that is, a force with which they could contemplate the invasion of France—it is obvious that it would be of immense import ance to them to retain possession of Saarbruck ; the junc tion of the lines al ong w hi c h— accor di ng to the hypothesis ---the two main divisions of the German army would be advancing towards France. Of course the abandon- ment of Saarbruck is perfectly consistent with the theory that the Prussians intend to pass the frontier through Rhenish Bavaria or across the Rhine; but' it is not easily to be reconciled with the ingenious notion started by some of our contemporaries, that the German right intends to march into French territory in force from some point to the north of Saarlouis, Saarbruck, or Saathrucken,says the Standard, is a small manufacturing town, with a population of about 14,000 people, situated on the left bank of the Saar, with a bridge connecting it with a suburb, St. Johann, on the right bank. It has always contained a small Prussian garrison, but it is without fortifi cations, and, situated in a valley it is completely dominated by the adjoining heights. When these heights were once gained by the French troops the affair was practically over. The French artillery made the town unto cable to an enemy. We are unaware of the strength of the Prussians at the time of the attack, but we imagine th e F renc h to h ave b een greatly superior in numbere. French accounts speak of one division op posed to three Prussian divisions, But it is extremely Unlikely that the Prussians were in so great force. in the first place, no great object was to be gained by ' holding the pl ace • in the second, it was almost impossibl e that any force th e Prussians could have spared at that extremity of their line could have withstood the strength the French could easily dispose of at that point, with out in any way weakening their position. The wonder is, that the Prussians made any fight at all—that they did not, for the sake of the population, allow the French to take quiet possession, thereby saving the towns people the terrible calamity that has overtaken them, and avoiding a certain defeat, calculated a t once t o discourage their own t roo p s and greatly inspirit the French. The Standard is not quite sure that this movement be tokens a general advance. General Bazaine, it is true, is reported to have moved forward from Boulay, and to have had a successful encounter with Prussian troops on the frontier; but nothing authentic from that quart er h as reached ue. Private information from Prussian sources induces us to believe that, on the line between Saarburg, Merzig, and Saarluie, a great Prussian army is ooncen trated, prepared either to assume the initiative by cross ing the frontier just to the south of Luxemburg, or to await attack on their own chosen ground. CONTRABAND OF WAR. The Times expresses a hope that some means may be found of restrai n i ng t h e exportat i on of unquestionable munitions of war. It has been rendered clear, in the con troversy of the last few days, that there exists no legal prohibition against such contraband traffic, and that the Crown has only power in great emerg enc i es t o pro hibit the exportati on of such articles. What the exact nature of such emergencies may be appears in some mea sure uncertain. The Government, indeed will be bound to see that we are not deprived of a sufficient supply of horses for our own army. This is a point which must be left to their own responsibility; but, apart from this, horses, oats, and hay are the staple of a trade which is as serviceable in peace as in war, and the emergency ought to be very urgent before we p r ohibit their exportation. It is quite otherwise, however, with definite munitions of war, such as guns and cartridges. It is quite certain that if we are supplying these on any considerable scale we are supplying them for the purposes of the contest now raging. It is also clear that, under certain conditions, we may be prac tically affording material aid to one side in the struggle, and in such a case no one can doubt that a bitter and dangerous resentment might be aroused in the mind of the belligerent whose interests were thus preju diced. It seems equally clear that it is a matter perfectly within our own competence to abstain from supplying warlike munitions to either side in the contest, and, what ever the practice hitherto observed, we cannot but think it desirable to adopt this course. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, lursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victoria., esp. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1870. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £32,957,885 £32,957,883 BAKING D Proprietors' Capi- tal - £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. Seven Days and othor Bills.. 6,090,576 20,587,115 629,C86 £45,307,263 DENMARK AND THE WAR. NEUTRALITY. The Standard holds it to be beyond question that the Danish Government will remain neutral if it can. King Christian and his Ministers will not risk Jutland to regain Schleswig, even if so much pressure had not been put upon them to remain neutral. But it is very doubtful whether the Danish people, irritated beyond all endurance by the conduct of Prussia, will not compel the King to join France. The people of Copenhagen have more than once decided the policy of Denmark, and it is likely enough that with a French fleet on Danish coasts the popular feeling znay rise so high that the King will have to join France, and, to relieve himself of all fatal suspicions, enter heartily into a war upon which his people would enter with enthusiasm. The English Government has no arguments to employ to prevent the participation of neutral states in this conflict but those which the interests of those neutrals suggeSt. It cannot in a conflict like this undertake to impose neutrality on weaker Powers. But it may, by an understandin g w ith A us t r i a , R uss i a , an d Italy, prac tically secure the limitation, perhaps with the exception of Denmark, of the conflict to the countries concerned, and it may by that understanding be enabled to interpose before many months as a mediator, and to suggest terms of peace which both belligerents may readily, if some what sullenly, accept. ENORMOUS WASTE OF FOOD.—In a report pre sented by the Markets Committee to the Town Council of Manchester an extraordinary statement was made as to tl.e seizure and destruction of flesh meat, fish, and fruit which had become unfit for human food. According to this statement, during the year ending June 24, the seizures amounted to 13,E.551b5. of flesh meat (of which upwards of 10,0001b3. was beef), 22,2091b5. fish, and seven boxes of grapes. It was further stated, that between the 24th June and 31st July (in 37 days) the seizures had lyeen 63,0521b5. herrings, 231bs. haddocks, 2351b5. soles. In all, 29 ton s o f fish had. had to be de stroyed. 11 . 11 TWELFTII -OF JULY AT NEw Y oltic —A. serious disturbance eccurred at New York, on this anni versary. The Orangemen determined to celebrate the day by a pic-nic at Elm Park, and went there iii-proces sion. The sight of this greatly e:-:eited the other party, and a number of Irish labourers e fleeted together and attacked the company in the park. At the picnic there were [ionic 2,009 personl, including women and children ; the attackin g party are described as about 1,000. These stood 00 the line of fences, and began their assault by a shower of stones at the groups of people inside, but as this failed to do any serious damage, they proceeded to greater extremities, and fired pistols in sharp volleys ; tilt bullets, however, for awhile whistled harmlessly over the heads of the affrighted women and children. The park presented a terrible scene of confusion. Men became excited, and prepared to defend the women and children from any harm, and such of them as had come upon the ground armed with revolvers returned the fire of the assailants, though they do not seem to have done any great damage, as the wounded were able to move away, or be carried off by their companions. The battle lasted full half an hour. I'he police on arriving charged the assailants, and soon dispersed them ; but another attack was made on the Orange party as they were making their escape from the park, In the whole affray five persons were killed, and ficaThinig4Yll.244494lt Governmt. Debt..£ll,ols,lPo Other Securities , Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion 3,984,90 ii £32,957,885 'ARTMEN T. Governrnt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... E 12,484,379 Other Securities 2 ,492,053 Notes 8,527,100 Gold and Silver Coin £45,307,263 The Russian Government, it is said, has been very urgent in dissuading King Christian from aban doning the attitude of neutrality which he has hitherto been able to preserve. They have warned him distinctly that iu the event of a sudden termination of the war there is imminent danger of Prussia insisting upon being compensated for her losses by the annexation of the residue of the Danish territories ; and that in that case the Czar would insist upon a cor responding cession on the opposite side of the Sound. The Court of Stockholm know this, and are in a great fright. The King of Denmark has allowed his brother, as hostage, to take service in the Prussian army ; but the popular feeling both in Denmark and Sweden, is becoming uncontrollable, and the Governments will be ere long swept into the vortex. THE BELGIAN MINISTRY. The resignation of M. Hack has been accepted. M. Jacob has been appointed Minister of Finances, and Baron d'Anethan has undertaken the duties of Minister of Public Works ad interim. The King will open the Chambers in person. THE DOCKYARDS, It is generally believed that although the deposit for the purchase of Deptford Dockyard has been paid, the present state of Continental affairs justified the Admi ralty in declining to proceed any further in the matter. Government officers have inspected the factory portion of Woolwich Dockyard, to decide as to the possibility and expediency, in the event of sudden and urgent orders pressing heavily upon that department in the Royal Arsenal, of utilising the dockyard factory as an addition to that in the arsenal. The Court will return from Osborne to Windsor on the 17th inst., and will probably leave for Balmoral on the following day. SALE OF ENGLISH STEAMERS TO FRANCE.-00e of the large screw steamers belonging to the . West Hartle pool Steam Navigation Company has been sold to French buyers, and will at once be employed as a transport. DISTURBANCES IN BELGIUM. Some disturbances occurred at Brussels on Tuesday. Serious disturbances also Occurred at Ghent, and several convents were wrecked. The gendarmerie and the Civic Guard bivouacked in the menaced localities. On the arrival of the troops order was re-established. The Cham bers have been convoked. TILE SPANISH CROWN. It is asserted that Don Fernando has accepted the Spanish Crown. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE NATION.AL REFORM UNION AND THE WAR. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Na tional Reform Union, held in Manchester on Tuesday evening, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That the Executive are of opinion that the only honest and honourable course to be pursued by this country in the present war crisis is that of strict neutra lity, and the Executive hereby express their best thanks to Mr. Gladstone for his express declaration on behalf of the Government of complete neutrality." A resolution was also adopted pledging the Union, by their branch associations, to support the Government in their neutral policy. LIVERPOOL DEFENCELESS. The Liverpudlians, regarding war as a by no means im possible event, are much exercised about the unprotected and defenceless state of the port. A discussion on the subject took place in the Liverpool Town Council yester day. The Mayor stated that he had already taken steps in the matter. He had brought .the subject, and also the inconvenience which might be occasioned by Fenian reck lessness, under the notice of the local Member, of Mr. Childers, and Mr. Bruce ; and in reply he had received full assurances that in case of any war emergency prompt measures would be taken effectually to protect the port. MANSLAUGHTER AT REDRUTH. At the Cornwall County Assizes, held at Bodmin, Joseph Martin, a miner, was on Wednesday sentenced to penal servitude for life for what Mr. Baron Martin de scribed as the worst case of manslaughter that had oc curred in this or any other country. The prisoner was indicted for the wilful murder of John Wren, a fish dealer at Redruth, whom he stabbed in the groin in the 30th of April last, deceased having remonstrated with him for using indecent langtiage towards his (deceased's) wife and another woman. Wren died within an hour after the wotincl had been inflicted. THE FIRE AT LIVERPOOL. As already briefly reported, a destructive fire took place on Wednesday afternoon at Liverpool at Sutherland's Cotton Warehouse, on the Margin of the Liverpool Docks. About half-past one o'clock some smoke was observed issuing from the third and upper storeys, and it is presumed that the fire must have broken out in the two places simultaneously. The alarm was at once given, and shortly afterwards several fire-engines, including the oorporation steam-engine, were on the spot, and did good service. The Canning Dock being so near at hand, there was a plentiful supply of water, and about about half-past three o'clock the fire was got under, but not until the roof had fallen in and a large quantity of cotton had been detroyed or damaged. The extent of the damage done it Is at present impossible to state, but both the warehouse and its contents were insured. YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ANNUAL lIIRETING. The thirty-third annual exhibition of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society was opened on Wednesday morning at Wakefield The town was gaily decorated for the occasion. The show ground is situated at Belle Isle, about a mile from the centre of the town, and it is admirably adapted for the puipose. The following are the entries 3-- Cattle, 102 ; sheep, 123; pigs, 123; horses, 308; total, 656. Upwards of £1,500 is paid in money and cups for live stock, and nearly all the noted breeders in the country are competitors. There is also a good supply of agricultural implements. DAMAGES AGAINST THE YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. Three actions for injury were decided at the Man chester Assizes yesterday against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. In the first place, the plaintiff, named Nesbett, obtained a verdict for £l5O, in addition to 100 paid into court, he having received serious injury by an accident near Wakefield in autumn last, while upon his way to the Doncaster races. In the second action a Mrs. 'Taylor was awarded by consent a verdict of £3O, in addition to the £lOO paid into court. And in the third case a married woman, named Dixon, whose husband has also a claim against the company, received in all £5O. THE LATE TRADE RIOTS AT CORK. Sentence was passed at the Cork Assizes yesterday by Mr. Justice Keogh upon Belcher and O'Connor, journey men tailors, convicted of conspiracy and intimidation in connection with the strike at Cork ; the former was con demned to eighteen months', and the latter to two years' imprisonment. The judge said he looked upon O'Connor as the ringleader in the movement. MURDER NEAR CORK. A farmer, named Cordon, residing near Michelstown, was found dead on the road near the town, on Tuesday morning. The body bore marks of great violence. The deceased had been in Mi , ..helstown on the previous even ing, and left with some neighbours. One of them has been arrested. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE The ordination services were held ycsterday morning at Hanley and Tunstall. The president ordained at Hanley, the ex-president, Dr. Jobson, delivering the charge founded on Colossians 4th, 17th verse: " Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it." The newly-ordained ministers partook of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The stationing com mittee met at five o'clock in the evening, and will pro bably sit during this (Thursday) forenoon. Many changes are likely to take place. BANK FAILURE AT .BRECON. Messrs. Snead, Snead, and Co., bankers, Brecon, an nounce their suspension of payment, which they attribute to their London agents declining to honour their drafts. A statement of affairs by an able accountant is promised forthwith, so that the first dividend may be declared at the earliest possible moment. The Duke of Devonshire has been appointed the first president of Owen's College, Manchester, under the new constitution. His Grace has accepted the appointment, and will lay the foundation of the new college buildings on September sth. Mr. John O'Donnell, President of the Londonderry Working Men's_Liberal Defence Association, has received a threatening letter, warning him not to allow the Catholics to march, or interfere with the apprentice boys or. the coming anniversary of August 12, on theyenalty of making it a bitter day. The tailors' strike was finally adjusted on Tuesday, and all the men have resumed work. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Wednes day, August 3rd, 1870. Ad m i ss i on b y season ti c k e t s, 1,533 ; ditto on payment, 2,578 ; total visitors, 4,111. At Peterborough Cathedral the prayers of the Church are asked daily for the sufferers in the present war. A North German barque and brig have put into Harwich to avoid capture. A French cruiser was seen off the port a few dayssince. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT. —At Bow-street, Walter Farmery was charged with embezzling various sums of money belonging to his employer, Peter Barr, seedsman; Covent-garden. Joseph Thompson, a messenger, deposed that the prisoner had sent him to collect mohby from Dr. Picard. He received 195., which he handed over to the Prisoner. It was proved that this money was not accounted for. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and requested to be dealt with by the magistrate.—Detective Hines said the case deposed to was one of a hundred, some of which go back as far as 1867. It was believed that the whole amount of the prisor's defnlcations would dot be less than £lso.—The prisoner said that it would not be so much as that. He would net plead guilty to all those cases.—Sir Thomas Henry remarked that if the charges were so extensive the case could not be dealt with summarily, and remanded the prisoner for a week. PUNY I LLE 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. Quotatiohs on application to Messrs DUNVILLE it Co.. Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at thei borAlon Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.C, WHAT C . A2g PRUSSIA DO ? It must be very evident to Mose who have watched Europe during the past few years that both parties in the present war have been carefully preparing for the possible contingency of a gigantic struggle. No traveller can have failed to notice the immense preparations made in the fortresses of Rhein's!' Prussia, and the incessant manmu vering and marching of Prussian soldiers across the very region now to be fought over. Never was the old martinet di-ill ; for which the Hohenzol lerns have been so notorious ; so kept up in the royal armies as during the last three years. Rail road connections have been improved, and there is now no part of Prussia from which vast bodies of men cannot in a few hours be concentrated at Cologne or on the Upper Rhine. Nor has Bismarck neglected the essential thing—the sinews of war. An important portion of the Prussian debt has been funded ; the public credit is excellent, and, in financial respects, Prussia stands well prepared for the struggle. The numerouslittle kingdoms, principalities, and free cities width she has absorbed, now furnish her men and means ; and all Foonth Germany, in a struggle for the Rhine, will soon be in her service or an ally. The Ernssian Government in one respect, it is true, has not kept pace with her great opponent. Having but recently become a maritime Power, her fleet is comparatively inferior ; a fact whieh, as her commerce is now, we believe, Mild in importance in the world will be very disastrous to hvr: Yet the naval authorities have purchased one ironclad frigate— built in Englaild--which is said to be more powerful than any single ship in the French Navy. They have also provided several small " monitors" for harbour defence. France line been equally dili gent in her preparations. The Line" has been increased in number, and, since Sadowa, the great body of the army have been armed with the Chnosepot rifle—a weapon pronounced by our officers to be far superior to the clumsy needle gun of the Prussians. Her naval prepara tions have been immense, and the French navy is now the second iii the world. The li'rench officers are no doubt thoroughly &Millar With every inch of the Rhine Province, and every feature of the fortresses where the struggle is to be. In a financial point of view, hcim ever, we doubt if France can be considered so well prepared as Prussia. Her debt is enormous, and a short harvest is crippling her means., In the passions aroused, and the moral forces in arms, the two opponents do not seem to us equal. In the French population the love of glory, the hatred of the German, and the ambition of seeing France again at the head of Europe, are doubtless fully awakened. Still, to the French peasantry, who make the bulk of the army, these Cannot be vital matters. France in its integrity, is not threatened, and the French mind of latter years is more greedy of money than glory. But with Germans even in the poorest Bauer the strong passion of nationality is aroused by this sudden at.ack. Their country is threatened. The Rhine is a symbol of nationality. All the old German enthusiasm, -which has broken the power of France on so many battle-fields, will be kindled again. We shall see some modern fiery Blucher leading the young men once more in vehement. assaults on the French itiVader. Germany will be in the position of a man defending his home. Such forces as these, though of not much account in modern warfare against superior armies, are of immense importance where the contending Powers are in other respects equal. If modern education be of much importance, the great body of the Prussian army ought to be superior to the French. Perhaps with the rank and file this is not of much consequence. Yet, in respect to the whole body of in ferior officers, and in connection with all the mechanical labours of an army and the power of comprehending a manoeuvre, superior intelligence and education must give an advantage. It was plain that Prussian intelligence gave the army the victory over Austrian stupidity. May it not over French drill ?--New York Times. A man named George Upham, of Southmolton, Devon, died on Sunday from the effects of a sunstroke which he received on the previous day while in charge of his master's horse. A shoekino- ease of sudden death happened at Sheffield on l i:? uesdaY. A woman named Stack, whilst passing along the street, fell to the ground. A stream of blood flowed from her mouth, rind before assistance could be rendered she was dead. Major-General Pattin says he has reason to believe that the young officer who was killed at nosierbronn is. the son of his uncle, Mr. Winsloe, an Englishman, resid in..° at Carlsruhe. This gentleman has five sons in the Baden Cavalry, and one in the Prussian Hussars. The puke of Abercorii , by the advice of Dr. Gull, has gone to Leamington, in order to benefit by the waters. His Grace will keep an establishment at Newbold Beeches. The Duchess of Montrose will also reside in Leamington, by the advice of her physicians, At a meeting of Orangemen held on Tuesday night at Enniskillen ' speeches were made condemnatory of France and extolling PruSsia. It was resolved to meet in thousands at Dromard on the 12th, for the purpose of ex pressing sympathy with Prussia. A hope was expressed that England would not allow France to behave dis honourably, With the Parliamentary papers issued yesterday here are several returns relative to Indian maters monthly trade accounts (foreign countries); estimates of expenses for legation and consular buildings in China and Japan ; report on the fitness of Mr. Francis M`Keon to be a magistrate of Leitrim county (the report is that M`Keon is a fit person for the magistracy) ; further papers as to China ; report of the president of Queen's College, Cork. The Lord Lieutenant and Countess Spencer arrived at Garbally Park, Ballinasloe, the residence of Earl Clancarty, on Tuesday, on a visit to the Royal Agricultural Society's Cattle Show, which commenced yesterday. Addresses were presented by the Town Commissioners of Athlone, and the Ballinasloe Commis sioners: GERMAN VESSELS IN DOVER.—During the past few days several ships belonging to the North German Confederation have put into our harbour to avoid the danger of capture by the French fleet.—Dover Telegraph, MOSQUITOES IN THE CORN-FIELDS. The harvest workmen around Plnmstead, Wickham, and other districts in Kent, have been much retarded in the operation of reaping and tying up corn this week, by the swarms of mosquitoes which sting and annoy them at work. The women and boys engaged in tying and shock ing the corn are the chief victims of these foreigners, which are traced from Woolwich, and supposed to have been originally imported by shipping from abroad. INSTALLATION OF EARL DE GREY IN GRAND CHAPTER. .... ..... —At a convocation of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Freemasons of England, held on Wednesday night at Free masons Hall, the Right Hon. the Earl de Grey and Ripon was installed as the Grand First Principal of the order. His lordship, at the close of the ceremony, returned thanks for his election to the chair. The Earl of Carnarvon, the second principal, was not present, but Lord de Tabley, who had been elected third principal, was invested. The chapter was attended by many distinguished Freemasons. I )ETERMINED SUICIDE AT LIVERPOOL. A shocking case of suicide has come under the notice of the Liverpool coroner. A woman named Read, the wife of a manufacturing chemist at Wolverhampton, was sepa rated from him a few days after marriage, and went to reside with her friends, in Wellesley-road, Liverpool. Since then she had evidently been very unhappy. On Tuesday she obtained laudanum from the shops of four different chemists, and took dose after dose at various periods of the day. In the evening she was found drowned at Cornwallis-street public baths. DEATH OF A WOMAN FROM EATING HER OWN HAIR.—On Wednesday Dr. Lankester held an inquest on the body of Harriet Adams, aged 20, who had died in St. Pancras Workhouse Infirmary from the effects of eating her own hair. Dr. Ellis, medical officer of infirmary, said the deceased was admitted into the insane ward on the 9th of December last, and died on the 30th of July. She was imbecile, but nothing was known of her or her antecedents. On the 31st of March last she commenced a spitting of blood, owing to some thing, in his belief, which she had swallowed. From this period she continued gradually to waste away and get weaker till she died. He made a post-mortem examina tion. The body was extremely emaciated, and he found embedded in the stomach and intestines a quantity of human hair—no doubt her own—and wool which the de ceased had eaten. The effect of the secretion of this hair and wool had been to produce ulceration of the stomach, and cause death. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned. THE FUNERAL OF M. PARADOL.—JuIy 22ild was a day of gloom and sorrow in Washington, such as is seldom known at the capital. The tragic death of M. Paradol, the French Minister, had cast a sh a d ow over the city which was not yet dispelled, and the funeral cere monies were correspondingly solemn and impressive ; indeed, few similar occasions appear to have had such a marked effect upon the public mind. The entire foreign diplomatic corps, including the Prussian Minister, as also a majority of President Grant's C a bi ne t an d several of the most distinguished representatives of the army and navy, were present to pay their last sad tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased. At first it was feared that the rites of the Roman Catholic Church would not be held over the remains because of M. Paradol's having taken his own life ; but his insanity was so well established that this objection was over-ruled, and the body was taken to St. Matthew's church, where requiem masses were offered and an eloquent sermon delivered by Father White. At the conclusion of the ceremonies at the church the re mains were taken •to the railroad depot and sen t to this city, where they arrived at ten o'clock, and were received by the French Consul, who had them quietly conveyed aboard the steamer Lafayette. But a short while since M. Paradol arrived in this city by the Lafayette, and now the same vessel takes back his mutilated remains.—New York Herald. BRITISH AND COLONIAL. EMIGRATION FUND.— A meeting of the committee of this fund was held at the Mansion House yesterday afternoon, the Lord Mayor presiding. Mr. Haly, the lion. secretory, read a sum mary of the proceedings of the society during the present year, from which it appeared that the receipts had amounted to about £24,000, of which £9,000 had been contributed by public subscriptions, £2,500 by Kelsall's emigration charity, and. £12,000 by local emigration societies, and the emi gran t s themselves. expenditure would amount to £22,500 for passages and landing of emigrants, £2,000 for bedding and mess utensils on board ship, and expenses for carry ing out the emigratipn, £6OO. With the funds upwards of 5,000 persons had been assisted to emigrate, principally to Canada, and the reports received regarding them were very satisfactory. A cash statement shewed that the balance •in hand was £4,800, and th4t the lihbilities amounted to £6,000.' 00••• ) fur- ib) 1 on) 2 ry) 3 Ilene, n') 1 nt) 2 er) 3 ;owl, in a ,rter. ill) 1 w) 2 )n) 3 also 2,0 1 nt) 2 :11) 3 :e) 1 n) 2 It) 3 h) 1 b) 2 e) 3 nter .ude the The the ving the for I an Lsel f ;du- ring the his