The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-23 00:00:00

MOSES and SON, CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STEENT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROA and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. "LI L' MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST o f . GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Mroek C 4 ts. Also at other prices. Dees 1 Oxford Calt 3. Coats. Also at Also at other prices. other prices Also at other prices - Li MOSES and SON beg to remind the public • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho ise in England. it: MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST o f 1 , . GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED Summer Tourist I Sumer Suits. Trousers, Also at other prices. ORDERS punctual measure introd guarantee a fau 10s. 6d, Also at other prices. Dress Trousers. Also at other price; by post are attended to with care and lity, and the easy and accurate system of self luced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to illness fit. E. 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'...X.IItIVER of TOTTRNIT A M-0017RT-ROAD and EUSTON-RO AD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ST. JAMES'S.-THIS EVENING.-POSI• TIVELY LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. ST. JAMES'S.—Last Night of M B . J. CLARKE as PAUL PRY, and as Gaiters in THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. ST. JAMES'S.—PROGRAMME f or TO-NIGHT . At 7.30, AN UNHAPPY PAIR. Messrs. Shore and Murray. At 8, PAUL PRY (29th time). Miss Hughes (with the song " Cherry Ripe"), Misses Larkin, Bishop, Staf ford, and Brennan ; Messrs. William Farren, Shore, Vollaire, Murray, Grainger, and J. Clarke. At 10, THE BONNIE FISHWIFE. Mr. J. Clarke, as Gaiters (his original part), with a new Scotch song ; Messrs. Murray and Grainger. Miss Hughes as Maggie Macfarlane, with a new song, "The Nightingale and Rose." and "Ottller Herrin'." LAST NIGHT of the SEASON. V.AUDEVILLE THEATRE,/ STRAND.-- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague. D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENINI4, at 7 30. CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful iturlesque, DON CARLiiS ; or, The Infante in Arms Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. EL Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Kelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors opea at Seven. Commence at 7.30. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and M anngeress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE SCHOOL FOR SCA? DAL. Mr. erry, Mr. D. James, Joyce ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. ufton, Hughes, and E. Fowler. And THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE LI. and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. lied Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, £3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHER RY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from Oecay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. ficl. Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. riIHORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE, In Penny Pack ets only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn realers in the Country. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.—The Proprietor of th e CENTRAL PRESS furnishes Telegraphic News to Newspaper Proprietors, to the Managers of Clubs, Exchanges, News Rooms, Reading Rooms, and Hotels. GENERAL NEWS.—Four services are supplied daily. The first service gives all news becoming known between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m., including extracts from the London Morning Journals. 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Oxford-street ruHE LA rE EDITION of " THE SUN" at w. .• Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camdon- town. 30s. 213. 355. 265 , 425. 30s. Also at other prices, 265. 1 325. I 325, 368. 1 365. 48s. I 48s. Camb. Coats. s~~ ru ~~~. MORNING EDITION. LONDON, SA7 URDAY, JULY 23, 1870. ENGLAND, we may rest assured, will upon the instant acquit both Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. CARD• WELL from the charge of servility most rashly pre ferred against them both yesterday by our leading contemporary. Servility is not in the nature of either. A disposition to servility is about the very last that, as a rule, could be looked for among English statesmen. In the instance of Mr. GLADSTONE, we had hardly thought that anyone, even the most virulent among his political traducers, would ever have ventured upon a statement so eminently ridiculous as that of imputing servility to one; the fault of whose tempera ment is rather that it has been, upon various occasions before now, so repellant and unconcilia tory, in the House of Commons, for example, that it notoriously led, more than anything else, to the break up, for the time being, of the great Liberal party, very soon after the death of Lord PALMERSTON, and to their temporary expulsion from office at the close of Lord RUSSELL'S last and briefest administration. Again, as to Mr. CARDWELL, the charge of sycophancy or of subservi ency towards anyone is about the very last that any individual would dream of directing against him with the smallest hope of its sticking like a burr of a splash of mud. The unlikeliest thing of all about this extravagant accusation, hurled with the right hand and with the left simultaneously against the Prime Minister and the War Minister of England, is that it is a charge of servility—so says the great self- appointed Public Prosecutor who arraigns them thus arrogantly at the bar of Public Opinion—evidenced towards one of the two formidable potentates. one of the two belligerent sovereigns, whu, armed to I,l le teeth, is now mustering his forces along the Northttin frontiers of his dominions, and threatening, by the complication and expansion of the war, to set all Europe in a flame. Everything considered, it is surely the most unlikely time for an English states man to evidence servility towards any foreign Power upon earth, even supposing for one instant, what we absolutely deny, that it were in keeping with any one of his antecedents, that he would under any conceivable circumstances, display syco phancy to any foreign sovereign. The imputation directed against both the eminent statesmen referred to, against Mr. GLADSTONE and against Mr. CARD WELL, is, in one word, simply outrageous. It originated—this daring charge of servility towards the EMPEROR of the FRENCH, as evidenced, it was said, both by the SECRETARY of WAR and by the FIRST LORD of the TREASITRY-11l the decision arrived at, not in the Cabinet Council tbut simply at the War Office, not by the Ministers collectively, but by one of them individually, that no British officer, either on full pay or on half pay, should be allowed to go to the seat of war in the capacity of a newspaper correspondent. The decision arrived at in this matter by the SECRETARY for WAR, in concert with H.R.H., the COMMANDER IN-CHIEF, was dictated purely and solely by considerations of discipline. It was conceived by our military authorities—and not very extra vagantly conceived by them— that under existing circumstances it might be just as well if there were no hazard at either camp, in the Prussian Camp, or in the French Camp, of having any premature disclosures during the progress of the war, attributed to this or that officer of a nation proclaiming from the outset that its position was one of the strictest neutrality. Added to which considerations it seemed incompatible with the position of officers and gentlemen in receipt from the Exchequer of pay in that two-fold capacity (it matters little whether full pay or half pay), it seemed incompatible to our military authorities that those officers and gentle men should, in any other capacity, be employ ing their time and abilities for pay else where at a juncture in the affairs of Europe so doubtful and so critical, that it is, to say the least of it, certainly within the limits of possibility that Eng land may find her neutral position no longer tenable, and that she may be compelled to choose her side between the two great belligerents. It is a matter of regret, no doubt, to the public at large that Captain HOSIERS abilities can no longer be applied to the Times as war correspondent, but the exigencies of the service have to be regarded as well as the exi gencies of journalism. But, in ally case, it is surely wide of the mark, directing a disgraceful charge of servility, because of this, against Ministers of State as high-minded and as fully alive to the dignity of their position as such, as the Secretary for War and the Prime Minister of England. The question, " Where shall we go this summer," always puzzling to answer, will offer special diffi culties this year. One favourite theatre of operations will be positively forbidden to tourists. The valley of the Rhine, and all the region round about the frontier of Germany which adjoins France, is already in the possession of hostile armies, and all idea must be abandoned of resting from the labours of the year in a district which will be a prey to the horrors and discomforts of a cam paign. This prohibition will extend to many favoured places. All down the Rhine from above Cologne to the Swiss frontier will be closed. Nancy, Metz, and Strasburg stand in the midst of debate able ground. The seductions of Homburg, Baden, and the many kindred places on German territory will tempt no more. In short, West Germany and East France must be struck off the list of possible exploration grounds. Still, there remains an excellent selection. Italy, of cour4c, is open. Spain will not fight, and therefore the adventurous traveller who fears not brigands and the discomforts of indifferent hotel-fare may try an experiment upon the romantic scenery of the Ebro valley. There ought to be no difficulty in entering Switzerland by way of Geneva: indeed, the little Republic is likely to be a gainer to some extent by the contest, and the idea of its embroiling itself in war without any pr3vocation—as one of our contemporaries imagines—is so much the more improbable. Possibly a few more travellers may make up their minds to examine "Free Russia." Moreover, as it is so easy now to cross an ocean and a continent or two, it is not at all unlikely that m any will turn their attention to the United States, with a view to a run across the Rocky Mountains, a flying visit to Salt Lake, and glance at the finest scenery in the world in the Yosemite Valley. We are sorry to report a grievous drawback to the realisation of this project. After the Pacific Railway was opened, its , fearful journey of seven or eight days was rendered tolerable only by special accommodation in the shape of the Pollman carriage, a remarkably elegant and commodious structure, fitted up with every convenience for sleep ing, &0., and more nearly resembling the cabin of a fine liner than any ordinary railway carriage. The use of this vehicle has been discontinued. Of course such a deprivation must materially lessen the comfort and safety of travellers across the American Conti nent. Indeed, the journey is one of such great , length that some special provision of this kind is indispensable. It would be absurd to attempt such an enterprise for mere pleasure. Before the American railroad is utilised to its full extent, the Pollrnan carriage, or something of the same kind, must be tried again ; and in the mean while tourists must be content with their diminished facilities in Europe. They might do worse than turn their attention northwards—either to Norway or the British Isles themselves. TOPICS OF THE DAY. 12s. 6(1 15s. 6d. 17s. 6d. 16s. 6d. TRE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1870. in Prussian territory somewhere between Metz and Mannheim." Now, as Metz is in France, and Mannheim in Baden, a distance of about a hundred miles separating the two places, there is a wide margin left to the readers of the "largest newspaper in the world." The weather has evidently been too much for the Standard, and its study of geography had better be postponed until a more favourable period. It may be as well to inform our contempo rary, however, that Forbach, where the skirmish took place, is on the French frontier. PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE BATTLE FIELD. If the Abyssinian Expedition did not, as a cam paign, reflect undying fame upon England and Englishmen, it served to demonstrate clearly the vast advances which skill in engineering and other pro fessional pursuits has made in late years, as well as to introduce new fields for the operations of science, never before approached. One of the most valuable scientific experiments which was practised on the march to Magdala, and which was found to lead to many important advantages, was the application of photography to mili tary purposes. In registering patterns, in record ing experimental results, and in imparting military instruction, the system was proved to be most effec tive. One fact bore striking evidence in support of this view. Several thousands of pack-saddles were required before the army of supply could set out from Annesley Bay. These complicated receptacles for war materiel were sent direct from England, and the troops coming from Bombay were consequently quite ignorant of their construction or of the method in which they were to have been packed. Ignorance on these points in the hurry of affairs would have led to most disastrous results. There were intelligent men at Woolwich, however, who thought of the idea of photographing a mule harnessed and packed, and of also photographing the position in which the pack-saddles were, at different stages of the furnishing process. Copies of the photographs were sent with the supplies to Annesley Bay, and everything was accomplished with the greatest pos sible expedition. The plan of pourtraying the dif ferent positions of the soldier when undergoing in struction in difficult igunnery practice, of exhibiting the effect of shots on iron plates of certain thickness, of recording the manner in which troops in a body surmounted such a steep declivity, or obtained passage over such a river or pass, were also found to be things worthy of the aid of the camera, and which by being photographed would lead to incalculable benefits afterwards. Since 1868 establishments have been formed at Woolwich, Chatham, and SouthaMpton for the instruction of the troops in photography, and for the fuller development of the system first adopted in the Abyssinian campaign, and there is no doubt whatever that the War Department of Photo graphy in any future war England may be em broiled in, will be one of the most important of the army sections. IIIE EUROPEAN WAR. - TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. 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CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, ls. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, la; extra 6d. THIS HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THE PRESS, Mr. Henley's manoeuvre, in again excluding the representatives of the press from the Lower House on Thursday evening, was only undertaken with a view of bringing the question to a crisis, and of draw ing forth a promise from the Premier that a removal of the objectionable privilege of members in the matter shall be considered at an early date. At the present moment the people outside the walls of St. Stephen's are perhaps more interested in what is taking place at the Rhine than in what is taking place when Mr. Craufurd and other despots of pru dery are in their seats in the House of Commons. Nevertheless there is a section who feel that matters have been conducted in a barbarous fashion at the Houses of Parliament recently. When news paper men are excluded before the opening of debates on the commonest subjects, and when Mr. Cardwell replies to questions on important matters " in a tone so inaudible as not to be heard by the reporters," this sectionof anindignantand discerning public can not but regret that affairs undertaken for a country's weal are not allowed to be discussed with all the openness and honesty, and with all that reliance upon outside wisdom and discrimination which was for- merly shewn. FRENCH MEROHANDISE IN GERMAN PORTS. An official notification of considerable importance to merchants has been transmitted to our Govern ment by the English Ambassador at Berlin. It is addressed by the Minister of Commerce to the Presidents-in-Chief atKonigsberg, Stettin, Hanover, and Kiel, and announces that in case of the outbreak of war with France, French merchant vessels, whirli may be in German ports, or may enter such ports without knowing of the war, shall be allowed to remain in the ports where they may be, till the expiration of six weeks from the outbreak of hostilities. They are also to be allowed to take in their cargoes or to unload them within the given time, and the authorities of the pro vince are to receive immediate instructigns to this effect. HELP TO THE WOUNDED. The declaration of war has excited the interest of those who strive to mitigate its inevitable sufferings, and both in England and Germany efforts are being made to organise schemes for the succour of the wounded. A Berlin Ladies Committee under the patronage of the Crown Princess, has made an address to the German ladies to declare that while their armies are in the field it is their duty to prepare for healing the wounds and relieving the sorrows attending on war. They request the co operation of the German ladies to carry out these desirable ends. Committees on behalf of the wounded have also been formed in Hamburg, Cologne, and other cities. Colonel Loyd Lindsay writes to the l imes to say that there is ready orga nised a " Society for aiding in ameliorating the con dition of the sick and wounded of armies in time of war," and that he has placed a sum of £l,OOO at its disposal, feeling certain that its services will be required in the ensuing contest. In the meantime he considers we should form a corn mittee over which the Minister of War should preside, and place ourselves in communication with the other committees already formed over Europe, in order that what we do may be done fairly and impartially between the belligerents. IT IS 4N ILL WIND WHICH BLOWS NOBODY GOOD." War, which pauperises millionaires, and makes nations bankrupt; occasionally is a profitable friend, and so Mr. Scudamore has proved. His return of the number of postal telegrams sent through the United Kingdom durimr the last few weeks exhibits a marvellous increase in the messages sent during the first week of the war. In the seven days ending on the 9th of July the number was 192,048; in the subsequent week it was 214,419, au increase of 22,371 on the week, and 29,899 on the fortnight! It is of course evident that the sudden and unlooked-for outbreak of a European war would call for an imme diate increase in the number of messages, conveying orders, summonses of recall to travellers, and other directions that could mot wait for the tardier post office, but which would only refer to the opening of the campaign. Moreover, the eemand for news in time of war always greatly increases. Commercial men will need to be con stantly informed of the fluctuations of the day and hour ; private families will anxiously demand intelligence of the movements of the rival forces ; men of every degree will naturally want to know the " latest news "of the war. They will all have good reason to rejoice that the long talked of transfer should have been fairly accomplished, and the new system got into thorough working order, ready to play its not insignificant part in the mo mentous European drama just opening. LOOKING UP GEOGRAPHY. One effect of the war between France and Prussia will be to cause a general rubbing up of whatever geographical knowledge one may possess. Old atlases will be furbished up, and there will be a great run on the map sellers. As yet, however, there are symptoms of crudeness in the effortsmade to enlighten the British subject, and some of the London papers are at loggerheads as to the position of F or . bath, where a skirmish has taken place between some Prussians and Frenchmen. The telegram was published in the Times, upon which the Pall IWall Gazette wondered how the French had got so far as "Forbach in Baden." Exception was taken to this by the Standard, who corrected the Pall .Mall Gazette, and, with a sly hint at the ignorance of the "gentlemen who write for gentlemen," informed its readers that Forbach " lies CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS. The gallant conduct of the Canadian Volunteers during the recent Fenian raid calls for some recog nition, and it is satisfactory to find that the sugges- tion of the Lord Mayor that the citizens of London should present the Rifle Volunteers of Canada with a challenge cup has been adopted. A. committee has been formed to put this plan into effect. The Duke of Cambridge is president, and the Lord Mayor chairman and treasurer. The Canadians are gratified at the announcement of the scheme, and it is to be hoped that the exciting events now passing around us will not 'divert attention from this affair. Under the special circum stances of the case it is important that the Canadians should not feel themselves slighted or neglected. The Lord Mayor's proposal affords an opportunity for the recognition of Canadian loyalty, which it would be well not to disregard. The recognition of the services of the Canadian volunteers is to include the defence of the Canadian frontier in 1866. Should there be any surplus funds at the disposal of the Committee, it is proposed that they shall be invested in securities of the Dominion, to be applied to volun teer purposes in Canada. RAILWAY DESPOTISM. Two cases have recently been brought forward, one in the Court of Chancery, and the other in the Guild -- hall, which exhibit our despots of the iron highway in an unfavourable light. In both cases the judicial authorities, though occupying the very diffe. rent positions of Lord Chancellor and City alderman, agreed in denouncing the arbitrary conduct of the companies. In the first case the right to a small piece of meadow land was the matter in dispute. The Great Western and Brentford Railway Company wanted, in 1856, to run its line through a ten-acre meadow, part of which be longed to a Miss Fawell. The company had secured the rest of the land, but Miss Fawell, owing to certain legal difficulties, declined to sell her title. The company, therefore, dispensed with her per mission, and went on constructing their railway without buying the disputed acre and four perches of land. The remonstrances of the owner pro duced no effect, and so matters went on until the lady's death. Her successor, Mr. Stretton, was less complaisant, and brought an action of ejection against the company as trespassers. Vice-Chancellor Malins declared the action was inequitable, but the Lord Chancellor and Lord Justice James commented with great severity upon the conduct of the com pany, whom they condemned in all the costs of the litigation, deciding that they must pay for the ground according to the improved value, as well as making compensation for the past use of it. In the other case the Great Eastern Railway Company having bought the freehold of the complainant's premises, proceeded deliberately to block up one of his windows, and on his re monstrating with their workman, the man pushed his ladder through the window in question, wounding the plaintiff. As this happened to be a little beyond the law, the man, or rather his employers, was heavily fined and severely reprimanded. FINE ARTS AND THE LABOURING CLASSES. Mr. Potter makes a very wise and kindly sugges tion for the benefit of the labouring classes. nere is, he says, in London an Annual Art Exhibition which is only opened by a silver key, and from which the artisans of the metropolis are consequently excluded. The Royal Academy makes a small annual fortune of its shilling admission fee and the sale of its catalogue, and therefore could well afford, in the opinion of Mr. Potter, to give a few evenings' gratuitous exhibition of its beautiful collection to the working classes of the country after working hours. Any expense attending the scheme would, he feels sure, be willingly borne by those interested in the refinement and elevation of the masses, who could hardly fail to be benefitted by the influence of such a spectacle. Tickets might be issued for the first night or two to prevent over crowding, but it is not the sort of • exhibition which would attract Gotlis and Vandals, and therefore there would be little risk in a totally unrestricted admission, proper order being, of course, main tained. CHARLES DICKENS'S WILL. The Daily News considers that the will of Charles Dickens gives a conclusive refutation to the current notions of the inherent recklessness and extravagance of genius, not only in reference to the large amount earned in a comparatively short life, by the pen of the unfriended newspaper reporter, but to the tastes and habits of the testator. Charles Dickens had simple and natural tastes, and the ambition of a great town house, a retinue of servants, was a fashionable circle of acquaintances and never his. He was too wise t( sacrifice the real enjoyments of life to its costly pleasures, which he might, if he willed, have had in excess. Mr. Bright once said that he never pronounced on any man's character until he had seen his will, and the will of Charles Dickens is strongly marked by its dislike of pomp and ostentation. Such a quality is only too rare in this age, among successful men of any rank, and it is therefore a matter of general congratulation when a man who has filled so prominent a place in the public interest should leave behind him so un usual and commendable an example. A STRANGE ACCIDENT. One of those accidents that are startling by their very strangeness, took place a few days ago, near Fitzroy-square, in London. A man and his wife were sitting on the door-steps of a house, when they sa w a flash on the pavement, which was followed by a loud report. The woman got up, and asked her husband to do the same, but was horrified to find that he had been shot. It was discovered that the gun had been fired from a public house, and a volun teer was taken into custody on the charge of wounding the man. But the evidence adduced at the examination placed the matter in a different light. The proprietor of the public-house in ques tion explained that a dog had found its way into the bar, and had bitten his son. Poison was given to the dog, but without any effect, and the volunteer who was present offered to shoot it. He stood at a window and fired, but the bullet, after going through the dog, made its way out beneath the door, and wounded the man who was sitting outside. It is questionable whether the celebrated Mr. Bri g gs, th e protégé of Punch, ever performed so marvellous a feat as this. te_ titular HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JULY 22. The Queen walked out yesterday afternoon, accom• panied by Princess Beatrice, and her Majesty went oul this morning with Princess Beatrice. Prince Arthur and Princess Beatrice also went out. Sir Francis Grant, President, and Mr. John Prescott Knight, Secretary of the Royal Academy, arrived at Os borne yesterday, and presented •to the Queen the reports of the proceedings of the Royal Academy for the past year, for her Majesty's approval. The diplomas of E. M. Barry, Esq., architect, and James Sant, Esq., painter, were laid before her Majesty for signature. Col. G. A. Maude, C. 8., has left Osborne. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Ellis and Mr. Knollys, left Marlborough House last evening for Grimsby, en route for Denmark. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. Mrs. Schuster's third garden party at Roehampton. Mrs. Jackson's afternoon party at Fulham Palace. Grand Concert at Crystal Palace. The Hurlingham Club—Optional Sweepstakes at handi cap distances. The band of the Scots Fusiliers will be in attendance. At the Gun Club, Shepherd's-bush, the Goodwood £5 Handicap will be shot for at two-o'clock precisely RECALL OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL IN SHEFFIELD. The SheAld Independent has reason to believe that the American Consul at Sheffield, Mr. Abbott, will be re called. Mr. Abbott has occupied his post for seven years, and has been highly esteemed though the troubles of the steel question have brought him into col lision with the manufacturers. The reason for his removal is the determination of the United States Government to change the personnel of its representatives of all grades in Europe, and Mr. Abbot is one of the last of the removal. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. At gun-fire last night the Wimbledon fortnight, so far as prize shooting is concerned, was concluded; and thus will terminated perhaps the most successful gathering which has ever been held under the auspices of the National Rifle Association. The shooting yesterday proceeds but slowly—in fact there was very little to do, and the interest in the contests was very small. Early in the morning the flying column, consisting of about 2,500, who are to take part in the review to-day, arrived in camp and took up their quarters under canvas. The review itself will doubtless be a very interesting sight, but one of the events of to day, which always form an attractive feature will, we regret to say, not take place. We allude to the distribution of the prizes, and it is not so much the loss we regret as the cause which has deter mined the council to abandon it. At half-past twelve yes terday information was received of the serious illness of Lord Elcho's eldest son, the Hon. F. Charteris, and in consequence the Council decided to abandon the public presentation of prizes. The review, however, will take place as originally arranged. The ties for the Nawab's prizes were shot off yesterday morning, the two cempetitors being Captain Jee, 55th Lancashire, and Sergeant Lucas, 38th Middlesex. The latter made a bull's-eye, and won the handsome watch and chain, and the former scored an outer, and takes the telescope. The second stage of the Duke of Cambridge's Prize, which is restricted to the winners in the aggregate Ist stage, was shot for and decided yesterday morning. The range was 800 yards, seven shots at each. Corporal Andrews, 26th Kent, with a score of 24, won the prize, which is a cup value £5O, or £5O in money. He used a Martini- Henri rifle, and was three points above any other compe titor. In the competition for the Any Rifle Wimbledon Cup, M,. J. Rigby, of Dublin, with a score of 49, made with the Rigby rifle, took the £lOO prize. The ranges were 600 and 1,000 yards, seven shots at each range. A rumour has reached the Camp that one of the men of the 33rd Rgiment died at Chobbam yesterday morning from the effects of sunstroke. No reliable information, however, has been received. The following prizes were decided—Ladies' Prize, for Enfield Rifles, 500 yards. Five shots. Robinson, 21st Middlesex .. Baker, Ist Gloucester 2O £5 Rae Col.-Sergeant Clews, Renfrew ... 18 Bunbury Ladies' Prize ; any rifle ; 1,000 yards ; 7 shots. Baker, Ist Gloucester 26 Norsworthy, London Captain Tuffnell Colour-Sergeant Clews 24 ...... £5 Lieutenant Pitchford THE ANY RIFLE WIMBLEDON CUP, VALUE £lOO. _ _ _ Name. Points. Prize. Rifle used Mr. J. Rigby, Dublin 79 — Winner of Cup. Rigby. F.M. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S PRIZE. Second Stage. £5O, Cup or money. Corporal Andrews, 26th Kent, 24 points, winner; rifle used, Martini Henry. Just before gun-fire an interesting breech-loader eom- petition took place in the shape of four men firing inde pendently for three minutes at third-class targets with rifles of the different systems in use during the present meeting. The winning score—prize 220—was made with Henry rifles, and by the following men : J. Farquharson, 55 shots ;A. Farquharson, 52 shots, Fiazer, Queen's Edinburgh, 43 shots; and R. Bird, South Middlesex, 42 total score, 481; total shots fired, 192. The best score with the Martini-Henry, which was used by Hay, London Scottish ; Andrews, 26th Kent ; Revel, ditto ; and Gilder, 18th Middlesex, was 452—total shots, 195. A prize of £5 was offered for the best score under the same conditions with the Snider. This was won by a squad consisting of Sergeant-Major Reed, Second Clerk Matthews, Sergeant-Instructors Underhill and Ross, with a total score of 218—shots fired, 85. The Countess of Mayo intends to leave town to day on a visit to Lord and Lady Leconfield, at Petworth, where her ladyship will remain till after Goodwood week, and then go the family seat in Ireland for a short visit, after which the Countess will return to London on her way to Calcutta to join her husband.• DUNVILLE 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 it Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings, Strand, W.G. SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT. FRIDAY. M.P.'s were in their most inquisitive mood last night, and though not a single question was put from the front Opposition bench, there was a list of nearly thirty down on the notice paper, and beside these there were numerous other questions of which no official intimation had been given before hand. The interrogatories were very various, and required nearly the whole phalanx of the Ministry to answer them. So the Treasury Bench was something more than full; and, con sidering that the thermometer was high up in the eighties, it is a wonder that ministers did not all dissolve away under the combined influences of over close prox imity and the raging Dogstar. Of all the occupants of the Treasury Bench none acquit themselves so well as Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Lefevre. Both of them know exactly what answer to give and how to give it in the fewest possible words. Mr. Gladstone takes five words to say what one would have said better. Mr. Bruce always thinks it necessary to begin with " Mr. Speaker." Mr. Forster is just a little verbose, though quite a Laconian compared with his chief. Mr. Ayrton always amuses the House by his egotism when he does not irritate it by his insolence. But both the Secretary for War and the Secretary to the Board of Trade have the art of conveying the largest possible amount of informa tion in the briefest possible narrative. Last night Mr. Cardwell was up again and again, having question after question put to him, and answering all with mingled con ciseness and suavity, most delightful to witness. Mr. Glad stone,however,can sometimes be brief, not to say curt, and he shewed his ability in this way to good effect yesterday. Mr. Fawcett had asked when Mr. Grant Duff meant to make his Indian financial statement, and the Under- Secretary for India had replied amid a storm of "Noes " and "Ohs," that if the House would not object to a morning sitting on Saturday he would deliver his budget then; when the Professor again got up, and declared that that course would be an insult to the hundreds of millions in India, and that if the Prime Minister insisted upon taking it, he, Mr. Faw cett (nothing loth, you may be sure, to oppose Mr. Glad stone) would move to-day that the House on its rising adjourn till Monday. Thereupon the Prime Minister got up, and said, amid approving laughter, "if the hon. mem ber makes that motion, I certainly shall not oppose it." But the questions which excited most interest, and in deed excitement, were those relating to the war. Mr. Horsman was the first to start that topic. Rising from his accustomed seat, the first on the front bench below the gangway, he gave it to be understood that he was going to preface his inquiries with a statement. This announce ment called forth very stormy disapprobation. Strange to say it was his own familiar friends, the Irreconcilables, who were loudest in shouting " Order," and at last he turned round full upon them, and with (so far as I could hear through the tumult) a sneer at their inexperience, he told them that he knew very much better than they when he was in order. The noise continued almost una bated throughout Mr. Horsman's lengthy remarks, yet it was the sigh of the zephyr compared with the uproar that arose when Mr. Alfred Seymour, interposing between the House and the eagerly expected an swer from Mr. Gladstone, put his question a b ou t th e supposed secret Treaty between France and Denmark. Mr. Gladstone answered both questions at once, and there rose up a mighty shout of applause when he said that though the member for Liskeard had given him (Mr Gladstone) private notice of the questions he meant to put, he had not given notice of the preface. I confess I was fairly puzzled by the temper of M.P.'s yesterday. The determination not to hear any expression of opinion with regard to the origin of the war or the deserts of the combatants was so marked and general that there could be no mistaking it. At the same time such a love of reticence is very rare. It was manifestel again when Sir Henry Bulwer, almost in audibly, asked a question respecting the neutrality of Luxemburg, prefacing it with some general remarks. Mr. Ryland's question respecting Mr. Layard's alleged remiss ness in not acquainting his government with the candida ture of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern before the diffi culty arose, received an answer from Mr.Otway, which did not seem to satisfy members. It appeared that the candi dature had been a common topic of conversation in Madrid ever since the early part of May ; but it does not seem as if our Minister had called the attention of the British Foreign-office to the matter in such a way as to shew that he appreciated its gravity. There were many other ques tions about the war, such as Mr. Gourley's, which the Premier answered at considerable length. But this was not the only topic. Mr. Fawcett gave notice that he meant fighting with respect to the Enclosure of Waste Lands Bill, in order to keep the open spaces near the metropolis from being built over. It was amid loud cheers from his Dissenting friends that Mr. Candlish gave notice of his intention to oppose the second reading of the Irish Glebe Lands Bill, a measure which, for some reason, has greatly aroused the wrath of the Nonconformist, and the party represented by that organ. Mr. Peter Taylor made the House very merry by the notice of his intention to bring in a bill to repeal the Game Laws, and Mr. Forster described, amid general approbation, the hearty manner in which cattle-passengers by railway trains ap preciated Miss Burdett Coutts s kind thought for them in obtaining water for them on their journey. It is satisfac tory to know that the cattle dealers, who at first opposed the " new-fangled " notion, have already discovered that it is to their advantage as much as to that of their stock. At last, somewhere about twenty minutes past five, we had reached the end of our huge list of questions, and we were settling down the finishing debate on the Edu cation Bill, when up rose Mr. Henley and remarked to the Speaker, " there are strangers in those galleries and in the gallery behind you." What, exclude the public and the press from a debate on the Education Bill ! Even so, and out we all thronged, some of us I fancy not very much lamenting our rejection at Mr. Henley's hands. I need hardly say that his object was to bring into ridicule the present system of excluding strangers and the reporters if a single member calls the attention of the Speaker to them. He could not have chosen a better occasion than a debate on the Education Bill, and I am inclined to think that, thanks originally to Mr. Craufurd, the days of the system under which any squeamish legislator can suppress the Fourth Estate pro tem are numbered. On returning to the House, half an hour later, the reporters were cheered by hon. mem bers. Then the Education Bill proceeded, and the com mittee finished its labours amid a joyous shout of relief, mingled with cheers, as Mr. `Forster walked out of the House with his scarlet despatch-box, of which he has made such good use for the last two months. LONDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles, Mar- Ouis of Huntly, to b e one o f t h e Lords in Waiting in rdinary to her Majesty, in the room of Robert Adam Philips Haldane, Earl of Camperdown, resigned. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Talbot, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Newfoundland. CROWN OFFICE, JULY 20. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Rochester.—Julian Goldsmid, Esq., in the room of John Alexander Kinglake, Esq., deceased. JULY 21. Borough of Brecknock.—James Price Gwynne Holford, of Buckland, in the county of Brecknock, Esq., in the room of Edward Hyde Villiers (commonly called Lord Hyde), now Earl of Clarendon, called to the House of Peers. ADMIRALTY, JULY 20. Lieutenant Alexander Plantagenet Hastings has been this day promoted to the rank of Commander in Her Majesty's Fleet, in the hauling-down vacany of Vice- Admiral the Hon. George Fowler Hastings, C. 8., late Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific Station. John Murphy, Esq., has thi s d ay b een promoted to the rank of Staff Surgeon in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 14th July 1870. In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council of the 22nd February, 1870, the under mentioned officer has been placed on the Retired List of his rank from the above date :—Chief Inspector of Ma chinery Afloat John Ward. JULY 20. In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council of the 22nd February, 1870, the under mentioned officer has been placed on the Retired List of his rank from this date :—Staff Surgeon James D. Cronin, M. D. BANKRUPTS. Notice of Adjudications and First Meetings of Creditors. To Surrender under the Bankruptcy Act, 1861. In London. Hemment, Layton John, Crooked-lane, King William-st., City, tailor, Aug 8, at 11. To Surrender under the Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In London. Chillingworth, Joseph, High-houses, Church-st., Stoke Newington, wine merchant, Aug. 10, at 1. Gillespie, John, Great St. Helen's, City, merchant, Aug. 3, at 11. Hand, Henry Augustut, New-st., Cloth Fair, City, box maker, Aug. 8, at 11. Vavasseur, George Inverness-ter., Grove-rd., Hammer smith, iron church builder, Aug. 3, at 2. Williams, Elizabeth, late of Orchard-st., Portman-eq., milliner, Aug. 3, at 12k. SOCIAL SCIENCE.—The 14th annual congress of the National Association for the. Promotion of Social Science will be held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the 21st to the 28th of September next. The preparations for it are now in a satisfactory state, and a large and im portant meeting is expected. CANALS IN CON TEMPLATION.—We lately referred to the grant of $30,000 recommended by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate, for the fitting out of an expedition to survey the Isthmus of Nicaragua, and that of Tehuantepec, in order to promote the construction of an interoceanic canal. Certain special advantages of the latter route, which w e th en po i n t e d ou t , seem to be fully appreciated by local capitalists. A bill has been reported by Senator Fenton to incorporate the projected railroad company with the proposed canal scheme, and the joint enterprise is said to embrace the names of a large number of New York capitalists, representing several hundred millions of dollars. The line of the proposed railroad traced some years ago, follows what may be called the river-basin of the State, being, in the northern or lowland division of Tehuantepec, parallel to the main direction of the large stream called the Coatzacoalcos, and, after cross ing the mountainous ridge which runs at some distance from the Pacific coast line, descending in the opposite course of the southern rivers.—New York Times. the jud P 0,5 arr nio ter/ has hea Nu on; wer the Pru Rhi fens. to fc Ass( succ Man neut Way Dr. Con T 1 of a the T 1 has kin g fron-. ideal relit Leb( guar A se cam ] Tow THE EUROPEAN WAR. TIIE SUN, which is Published Every Morning at Eight o'clock, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper, will always give the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.