The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-22 00:00:00

MOSES and SON, CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STRENT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. Ll MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of 12J. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Co.lts. Dresi Oxford 0,31t3. Coats. Also at other prices, MOSE; .1 4 _.J• that the quality, and they is '_ionsiderably ho Ise in Englani S and SON beg to remind I cheapness of an article depends en ir venture to Munn that every article teaper than what can be obtained a. J MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of . GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONT: Summer Suits. Tourist Summer Suits. Trousers. 10s. 6d. 12s. 6d. Also at other prices ORDERS punctual measure introd guarantee a fat E. MOS: S and SON'S PRICE Li T of BOYS' CLOTHING: Knickerbocker Suits. Eton ; Brighton Harrow Suits. I Suits. Suits. 9s. 6d, 13s. 6d , 16s. 6d. Also at other prices, Also at ; Also at I Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. TI MOSES and SON supply every description of 'J. clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages all occasions, and all classes; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD, COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague. D. James, and T• Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful Burlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The In fante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power. Amy Fawsitt, T Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors will be open at 6.30. Overture at 7. N.B.—Mr. David James, having terminated his engagement at the Strand Theatre, will positively have the honour of ap pearing here, in a new farce, entitled " Chiselling," on Saturday next, August 27th. MESSRS. MONTAGUE, JAMES, AND THORNE beg to announce that on SATURDAY MORN ING, August 27th, at Two o'Clock, a PERFORMANCE of the enormously successful Comedy of THE TWO ROSES, by James Albery, will be given in aid of the FUND uow being raised for the SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS of the French and German armies. The ladies and gentlemen of the company, the band, and every one engaged ou the establishment have offered their gratuitous services. The proceeds will be imme diately handed over to the Lord Mayor, and the amount announced from the stage in the course of the morning. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. MA DAME T S S AUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of Frussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. 0110 p.m. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON MC ). THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s Per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper . .. 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note ; much approved . 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note . . 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent:" adapted for rapid writin g ... ..... .... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers is., 4s. 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream .....10s. 6d., 12a. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6 New Vellum Wove " Club House" h ote, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blne Envelopes, 4s Gd, 55 Bd, & 8s 8d .. Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6di . i per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases. Desks post free. Established 1841 RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS kPerfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five ;Hundred .Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and cicse ness that it cannot be detected. and may be worn during sleep. A. descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425.. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC sToCKINGS, HNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains , it,. They are porous, light in texture. and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY el TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from (lec%y, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. dd Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE, AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNEI.L 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 65., 78. 6d., and 15.4. each, nclud ng brush. Iced Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, C 3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.O. NATIONAL INSTITUTION for DISEASES of the SKIN, Gray's-inn-road and Mitre-street. Physi cian, Dr. BARR MEADOWS, 49, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Ave rage number of Patients under treatment, 1,000 weekly. Free letters are available for necessitous applicants. THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Sec. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S. This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24 ,000 patients si nce i ts foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on heir 'usefu work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. T I HORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE, 1_ In Penny Pack eta only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in the Country. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS, PRINCE OF WALEWS—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearer Mamma. QUEEN'S—At Seven, Illy Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown, VAUDEVILLE —Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. CHatsrY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed. nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, Is. on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, is.; extra 6d. 30s. 21s. 355. 265. 425. 30s, Ms. 365. Also at Also at other prices, other prices 15s. 6d. 17s. 6d , Also at other prices. Also at other prices. by post are attended to wit: ity, and the easy and accurate syl Luced by E. MOSES and SON enal dtless fit. 15s. 1 18s. I 18s. 235. I 235. 21s. ; 265. I 265. 265. 325. I 325, SOs. 365. I 365. 48s. I 488, Camb. Coats. Also at other prices ,he public tirely on its sohl by them at any other HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. ...... 50 after 9 I Afternoon ........29 after 10 ,P •••-: ' l4e 14 EVENING EDITION. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1870. EXACTLY thirty years ago, in the August of 1840, the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. , then known as the Prince Louis NAPOLEON, was conveyed in a little yellow bathing-machine omnibus from the beach to the high town of Boulogne-sur-bier. Six years of imprisonment in the fortress of Ham, two years of exile afterwards here in England, two-and-twenty-years of power in France (the later eighteen of these with imperial authority) elapse, and again, in the August of 1870, NAPOLEON HI. is conveyed over French soil in a very ordinary public conveyance. A day or two ago he takes his seat in a third-class railway car riage, in which accompanied by the PRINCE IMPERIAL, he is conveyed from Verdun to Mourmelon. Upon asking that a train might be prepared for his departure, " Sire," said the stationmaster, " I have here only a third-class car riage." To which his MAJESTY replied, " I shall content myself with that "—as thirty years before he had heen content with the little yellow bathing ma chine omnibus at Boulogne. It is early in the morning when the EMPEROR enters the airy, wooden, third class carriage. Exhausted he asks for a glass of wine. The railway official has just been breakfasting. He gives a hasty rinse to the glass he has been using and, filling it, hands it as a stirrup cup or cup of adieu to the EMPEROR. The little PRINCE IMPERIAL, who is just now prematurely learning what war is in real earnest, that is otherwise than by a mere military promenade and a show fight (is it only of three weeks since ? it seems in its way an age) at Saar bruck, poor little NAPOLEON IV. who was intended to be, but is apparently not to be, is nearly worn out, poor child, with hard night travelling, for it is yet dark, and asks to be enabled to wash his face and hands before starting. What is there for his impromptu ablutions ?—this—the very wine glass out of which his father the EMPEROR has just been drinking. Rinsed out again —it is with this, and with the aid of a pocket handkerchief, that the boy prince makes his toilette. And so en avant from Verdun, through Mourmelon on to thecamp at Chalons, the EMPEROR and his son and theirsuite proceed in their third-class railway carriage, reaching their destination on the 17th inst. about daybreak. In one sense it must have been a more melancholy journey than the one made by his MAJESTY thirty years previously in that little yellow bathing-machine omnibus at Boulogne sur-Mer. Then power bad not once, even for a moment, been tasted by him. Now it has been quaffed—down to the very dregs. Then the future seemed hopeless. Now the present and the past alike have an aspect to him of despair.. His deadliest enemy, one might fancy, would have some momentary sense of commiseration on witnessing the almost unbroken series of disasters that have flooded around him since the present war commenced. Prussia, not invaded —France invaded instead. The cries "To Berlin !" drowned in the cries "To Paris !" MAcMAHoN, the ablest of his marshals, defeated at the final collision— his forces routed, portions of them annihilated, the rest decimated. His soldiers by thousands taken prisoners, eagles captured, cannon, even mitrailleuses carried off as trophies from the field of slaughter. The opening disaster of Weissenburg, followed the very next day by the double disaster of Forbach and Reichshoffen. Marshal LEBCEUF disgraced and de graded—Marshal BAZAINE cut off in his attempted retreat from Metz through Verdun to Chalons. Wit nessing the accumulation of these overwhelming disasters upon the devoted head of NAPOLEON it is scarcely possible to wonder at the rumours flying about in his regard that he is at intervals delirious, and that in one of his paroxysms of de lirium he has destroyed himself. Listening to those rumours, we cannot help thinking of his words of the other day or rather night, when urged to return to Paris—" Dead or Victorious !" CONSIDERING that so little is known of the opera- tions in the present war until long after they have taken place, it might appear difficult to pronounce anything like an early judgment on the movements of the belligerents. In most cases it would be so. No war was ever more imperfectly known. The official bulletins are wretchedly meagre ; in most cases they directly contradict each other ; and the jealousy of independent nar rators is so great that in very few cases are they able to supply pertinent facts. Unfortunately for the French, the blunders of their commanders, and the incapacity of their administration, have been sc glaring, that the very smallest possible quan tum of facts is sufficient to indicate the direction in which the fortunes ofwar are tending. Bazaine's "great victory" of Tuesday was soon interpreted in Eng land to mean that, in attempting to retreat, the French Marshal had met a Prussian army, had fought a battle without a defeat, but at the same time had not succeeded in freeing his line of march from the enemy) or in advancing to the slightest degree in the direction he desired to take. Our news of Thursday's battle was at first confined to the most meagre telegram. But it sufficed to shew that the cause of France was finally lost, unless a miracle should intervene. French blundering has again reduced the fighting to the simplest character. _ It was obvious that after the defeats of Woerth and Forbach it was needful for the main army under BAZAINE to retreat. The two wings were beaten in, and hence the main body must fall back. In this case the need of withdrawal was all the greater, as the French were clearly outnumbered, and required re inforcements to enable them to fight with a reason able hope of success. For the first few days after 'Voerth divided authority prevented their retreat— a space which was most advantageously used by the Germans in making ready. At length BAZAINE was declared Commander-in-Chief, and announced his intention of retiring upon Chalons, where with renewed strength he would fight the decisive action of the war. Yet he did not start at once. his retreat commenced only upon Sunday, and then it was too late. The Germans had made fearful ad vances. To the south the CnowN PRINCE was rushing forward by Nancy, Toul, and Commercy, towards Chalons, being on a parallel line with BAZAINE, and in advance of him. More to the north, a large portion of Prince FREDERICK CHARLES'S army was crossing the Moselle, with the view of winding round to the roads on which the retreat of BAZAINE'S army must be made. Lastly, a large force was directly opposite Metz, and fought a battle with the French rearguard on Sunday. Both parties claim the victory on that day, but for the Prussians the fight had at least the advantage of delaying the retreat. By Tuesday their main body had zot so far in front of the French that a great battle was necessary in order to secure BAZAINE'S withdrawal. It was fought; but the French Marshal, even if he drove back the Germans, did not so decisively repulse them as to succeed in getting through. Wed nesday was spent in rest. On Thursday the fight was resumed, the Germans taking the initiative. They had been reinforced, and were in a position to attack, whilst the French had no fresh soldiers to relieve their exhausted forces. After a nine hours' battle, says King WILLum, the French were completely defeated and driven into Metz, and the Germans encamped on the hostile position. What infatuation could lead:the French Marsha to engage in these terrible adventures ? To wait at Metz until a victorious and stronger foe had cut off the track of retreat was simply madness. At first the road to Chalons was clear. If BAZAINE had to retire, he should have retired at once. Why wait until the Germans came up to harass him? The explanation is that BAZAINE for the first few days was not master of his actions; but, no matter what may have been the attendant circumstances, the blundering was so gross, the delay so long, that the commander cannot escape great blame. The French have suffered a fearful disaster. Under no ordinary circumstances can such a position be retrieved. Instead of all meeting with undivided front at Chalons, the Imperial troops are now cut in two, the best portion locked up in a fortress, and the remainder, con sisting of miscellaneous forces at Chalons, must soon confront a powerful army under the CROWN PRINCE. BAZAINE'S army must fight again or surrender. It can. not remain in Metz, because there is no food for it If it fights, the battle must be waged without any reasonable hope of success, for the Germans have been victorious once, and as their reserves will come up, whilst the French can get no aid, the next combat will commence under circumstances still more favourable to the former. The collapse is astounding. Practically the war seems at an end. It may be prolonged further, but with our present light no gleam of hope for the future can be seen. The 'rench regular troops are destroyed, and behind iem is a mob. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE RESIDENCE OF THE QUEEN. The absence of her Majesty from the neighbour. hood of her capital at so momentous a crisis in Euro pean politics has been admitted to be inopportune by her most loyal subjects, and more than one opulart organ has already been a little severe on the supbjec. The Econontist,after reciting some of the many advan tages to be found in a constitutional monarchy, hints that the Queen has of late years occasionally com pelled her subjects to reflect upon the price which they pay for them. "The best of constitutionalists, the most forbearing of sovereigns," she sometimes presses etiquette to an extreme oppressive to her immediate advisers. She flies from one extremity of her king dom to the other in the midst of a great Continental war, though business of the last importance is astir at the Foreign Office and the War Office, and nothing can be done without her signature. She requires her Minister's attendance at a place further from London than Nice is from Paris. Every despatch is delayed three days, and the Premier is compelled, when time and strength are alike over burdened, to spend forty-eight hours at a stretch in railway travelling to and from a place which is twenty miles beyond railway communication. No offi3er of State, not sheltered by the etiquette of monarchy, would be permitted so to interrupt the progress of affairs. The etiquette which- demands the signature of the Queen demands also the atten dance of the Minister, and thus the telegraph is no help, nor is there any resource in correspondence. The Minister must go himself, though he could go to Paris in half the time and with half the fatigue and effort. Thif Economist sug.;ests as a remedy the establishment of another constitutional fiction. Let the Sovereign be presumed to be always in Lon don or Windsor, and when she is absent let the Prime Minister sign documents in her name. As the wearer of the Crown can always be present if she chooses, there could be no ground for complaint while even the appearance of Republicanism would be avoided. Otherwise the existing etiquette will certainly sooner or later break down. :NUED: Dress Trousers. 16s. 6d. Also at other prices li care and stem of self )les them to THE SUN, LONDON, MOND NY EN , EN IN G, AUGUST 22, 870. TURRET WAR SHIPS. The controversy that has raged for some time respecting the comparative merits of Captain Coles's turret ships and Mr. Reed's iron-clads is likely to receive an additional impetus by the entrance of the Messrs. Laird, of Birkenhead, into the newspaper war. When, in 1866, the Admiralty gave Captain Coles an opportunity of reducing his theories to practice, the firm of the Lairds was selected to build the turret ship Captain. This vessel has been characterised by Mr. Reed as the very worst failure in a ship to fulfil her design that he had ever known; but the builders contend that the Captain has ful filled every condition laid down, and, as a proof of their success in this respect, the Messrs. Laird refer to the reports of Admirals Symonds and Robinson, ' the former of whom speaks in most unqualified terms as to the power and efficiency of the turret ship. " Comparisons are odious," to old ladies like Mrs. Malaprop, but Messrs. Laird are not reluctant to compare their own workmanship with Mr. Reed's Bellerophon, one of his most successful war ships. At the trial of the Captain, her speed exceeded that of the Bellerophon, although the engines of the former exerted 400 indi cated horse-power less, and she had to carry 400 tons greater weight than Mr. Reed's ironclad. The accommodation in the Captain for the crew and most of the officers is . under the protection of the armour-plated portion of the vessel, while in the Bellerophon this is not the case. Here, therefore, the Captain is decidedly superior to the other ship. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. On the 9th of' August the Royal assent was given to the Elementary Education Bill, and on the 16th of the month the Education Department addressed a circular to every borough and parish, setting forth the nature of .the returns that must be made to the Council. The general or district form is to furnish information with respect to the area of the borough where school provision is required ; the special or school form is to be filled up by the managers or teachers of every school of an elementary character. The councils of the various schools are reminded that the Education Department take into account .the schools in operation, and also those which would be efficient for the population when completed. It is further stated that the Education Department may appoint persons to act as inspectors of returns to inquire into their accuracy and the efficiency of the schools. Should the managersor teachers of schools refuse or neglect to fill up the required returns or allow the inspector to examine the school-books or registers, such school shall not be counted among those which give efficient education to the district. Should any local authority fail to make the necessary returns, the Education De partment may appoint persons to fulfil the duty who will be investsd with the same power and authority. WRECKS AND CASUALTIES. There can be no doubt whatever that a consider able proportion of our annual marine disasters belong to the class of preventible casualties. If we knew the full facts in every case of wreck and disaster at sea we should very often find either that the vessel lost was old, unsound, or insufficiently manned, that the navigation was defective, or that she was overladen, ill found, or otherwise unfitted for her work. Of course there are thousands of cases in which no human skill or caution will avail against the dangers inseparable from a sea life, but these are so numerous, that it is all the more de sirable no effort should be spared to avoid one need less catastrophe. Many suggestions in the way of official inspection, legislative interference, and similar directions have been made of late years ; but the first step in the way of practical reform is un doubtedly the obtaining of full and accurate in formation. In this respect Mr. Henry Jeula, the Hon. Secretary of the Statistical Committee of Lloyd's, has done good public service by his issue of an annual analysis of the wrecks and casualties reported in Lloyd's list, compared with the average of the three previous years. The tables have no reference to insurance transactions, but simply record all losses and casualties of any importance which have occurred throughout the world, dividing them into geographical sections, and giving the number of lives believed to be lost in each case. The cases of total loss, of damage, of raising after sinking, &c., are specified; so, though the actual circumstances of the wreck are not given, the careful observer can attain an accurate idea of the enormous aggregate of mischief which goes on. An annual average total of 3,343 casualties for the last ten years, of which 2,266 occur off the British Islands, certainly calls for further investigation. SETTLEMENT OF THE RED RIVER DIFFICULTY. Whether or no we escape being drawn into the European imbroglio, it is satisfactory that we need not anticipate another costly and dangerous expe dition against semi-civilized foes. The Red River difficulty is at an end, if we are to judge by a despatch just received from Toronto, bearing date August sth. The expeditionary force was then at Lake of the Woods, and Riel, the self-elected com mander of the rebels, was aware of their approach, but a good understanding existed between him and Colonel Wolsey, the commander of the forces. Riel, according to the last accounts which we have received_ of him, professes to be indifferent to personal aggrandisement, and to be only anxious t secure the liberties and privileges of " his" people. Whatever the truth of the matter may be, he seems to have decided not to oppose the advance of the expedition, and has issued a proclamation stating that all difficulties are amicably settled. Colonel Wolsey has also issued an address to the people, declaring that his mission was one of peace, and that he would give equal protection to all races, havingcome to establish her Majesty's authority, and to provide for tie impartial administration of justice. Conse quently the expedition, which between the deficiency of communications, the threatened opposition of Indians, the manoeuvres of the Fenians, and the possible unhealthiness of the season, at one time threatened to cost many valuable lives, has arrived at its journey's end with unexpected ease. The American press is a little inclined to resent the dis appointment in the way of sensational news, but Fiance and Prussia have provided them with con solation. The crops on the Red River promise very favourably. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN CAPE TOWN. The Cape Argus contains an interesting account of the opening of the Alfred Docks *by the Duke of Edinburgh. This ceremonial was the subject of great coi.cern, and at first it seemed doomed to failure. After various difficulties in the arrange ments had been got over, the weather became unpropitious, and more delay occurred. At last, however, patience was rewarded, and the Duke accomplished the gracious task assigned to him in the most successful style. In one respect the bad weather was of service, for it enabled people to see how important it was that a harbour of refuge should be established. For four days some of the heaviest seas that ever rolled into Table Bay had beaten against the breakwater, and the only result was to prove its invincible strength and soundness of construction. It was the universal opinion of all nautical men that but for the breakwater these seas would have driven the ships that were in the bay on a lee shore. It is believed that the probable losses of fifty years will pay three or four times over for the docks, so that the colony has ample justification for le large expense it has incurred in forming th e .... .... ... The Cape will never be superseded as a convenient place of call in an important ocean route, and there is no doubt that both the town and country will derive advantages from the harbour works recently inaugurated. The dangers of Table Bay [arbour. during the winter season have long been a source of anxiety and regret, and it is a matter of rejoicing that they have been in a great measure, if not altogether, surmounted, by the accomplishment of this great colonial work. EFFECT OF THE WAR ON THE TURF. A. few days since it was stated that race-horse pro prietors and trainers in Franco were in most cases either contemplating the breaking-up of their esta blishments, or .the removal of their studs to England. We now learn that Count Lagrange, t h e most popular of French stud owners a mong English sportsmen ; has determined to offer in a body his horses " without reserve" at Tattersall's on Saturday, September 3rd. The event must be regarded as one caused solely by the war, as the Count is generally believed to have been more successful on the turf this year than in any since the one of his great English successes. The Sporting Life, referring to the forthcoming sale, says there is certain to be a spirited competition for Gladiateur, the winner of the Two Thousand, Derby, and St. Leger in 1865, for whom Count Lagrange refused 10,000 when threeyears old. It also considers that the distinguished two-year-old performer, Gendral, one of the most conspicuous Derby favourites for 1871, will doubtless also be eagerly sought by buyers. IRELAND AND SWITZERLAND. The populations of both these countries are in Lope that the war will at least be of service to them in sending tourists to see the natural beauties of their respective provinces. Switzerland can, it is said, be reached in safety through the Dijon territory by all Englishmen who have passports in their hands, and as many sovereigns iu their purses as can be carried. It is confessed that travellers who have come to Geneva, while on the way there, have had occasionally to lie on railway station floors ; with out refreshment and without rest. They have found, however, that they can on the whole live cheaply in the Swiss towns, and if they put all thought of peril on the home journey out of their minds, can positively enjoy the still lakes, lovely moun tain scenery, and picturesque valleys so abundantly open to view. The sympathisers with Ireland, however, have a better story to tell as the results of a - Lodr in that country. We have read this week a description of what is called the "circular tour" in the western highlands of Ireland, • and from recollections of certain lovely spots, which it is shown will be encountered in taking the "circular" route, we are inclined to believe that the glories of the west of that country are pretty fairly enumerated in the travellers' guide furnished by the directors of the Irish Midland Railway. The direction taken, entirely leaves the southern lakes and mountain districts out of the question, districts which, be it said, are the prettiest and most interesting for travellers, but many tourists have already ex plored Killarney, and the Reeks over and over again, and therefore more attention ought henceforth to be given to noting the beauties of the northern and western routes, and in making them better known. For the western highlands route, a traveller can buy his ticket in England and he can pursue the journey marked out for him without any trouble, question, or delay. Hotel charges even here, it is said, are moderate, and the hospitality of Irishmen is no where so exhibited, as in those places where the invigorating breezes of the Atlantic pass over the shore, and where the round towers of other days are most plentiful. SMUGGLING. Time was when one of the stock subjects of romances was the bold smuggler, whose ferociousness of character was only equalled by the hideous ugli ness of his physiognomy. But the world has changed, and free trade and strong Governments have put an end to those bold and daring spirits who were the terror of the coast, and who frequently added murder to their illicit trade. In a very mild form, however, the trade still exists, although the persons who are connected with it would form but sorry heroes for a blood and murder three volume. romance. Spirits, cigars, and tobacco are the staple articles to which the gentry who travel between London and llamburgh devote their attention. The Board of Customs have no ground for supposing that smuggling is on the increase, but in London during the year 1869 the number of cases brought before the authorities was much larger than in 1868. In some instances the cigars and tobacco attempted to be smuggled were of some bulk, and the most in- genious modes of hiding were resorted to for the pur pose of deceiving the Custom House officials. THE BATTLE OF THE BRUSHES. We have had an international pugilistic match, an international boat race, and an international yacht race, and London is now threatened with some thing more awful to contemplate than all these combined. A gentleman who considers himself ill- used, because the Academy will not exhibit his pictures, has challenged the whole world to paint a subject with him against time, and, with real American plrck, the "tallest " nation in the universe has promised a competitor. As the time selected for this contest in art is rapidly approaching, and no American has yet put in an appearance, tears are entertained that the latest piece of sensationalism may fail. In order that the lovers of this peculiar kind of esthetic culture may not be baulked of their enjoyment, the English hero proposes to paint his picture against time. It will be a curious exhibition, and may well form the subject of one of Mr. Rus kin's next lectures at Oxford on the progress of art in England. caurt , to „ fr . tt ra r 11. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, AUG. 19. This morning the Queen walked and drove out, accom panied by Princess Louise. Prince Arthur went out shooting, attended by Lieu tenant Picard. In the afternoon the Queen, with Princess Beatrice, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove to Invercauld, and paid a visit of condolence to the Misses Farquharson. Princess Louise, attended by Miss Lascelles, walked and drove out. Prince Leopold drove out both morning and evening, attended by Dr. Poore. The Toronto Telegraph says that Mr. Gladstone has actually offered the guns at the fortress of Quebec for sale as old iron. The death is announced of the wife of Sir Valentine Fleming, late Chief Justice of Tasmania. She was the daughter of Mr Charles Buckland. Imposters who pretend to have lost limbs in some of the recent battles on the Continent have already made their appearance in the streets of London. A orrespondent writes that in Ireland some un easiness exists as to the wheat crop, which is reported to be blighted in several places. The postal authorities have determined to lay on additional telegraph wires to the North of England, and also to Glasgow and Edinburgh, in order to supply the deficiency which now exists. We are informed that the Hay collection of Egyptian antiquities will shortly be exhibited to the public in the beautiful Egyptian Court of the Crystal Palace, a very fitting locality. _ According to the Civilian, the examination for three supplementary clerkships in the Civil Service Com mission Office, held during the last week, was attended by 120 competitors. EXPECTED VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO TEESDALE.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with his suite, intend visiting Teesdale for a week's grouse shooting at the end of the month. Great preparations are being made f)r his Royal Highness's accommodati on a t the High Ford. The Royal party are to arrive at Mid dleton on the 29th inst., en route for the High Ford. Grouse are said to be very plentiful, but very strong on the wing. —Leeds Mercury. At a public meeting held on Friday at Birming ham, under the presidency of the Mayor, it was decided to commence a general fund in that town for the sick and wounded in the war. The money will be transmitted to the Central London Committee, and in order that no time should be lost, a considerable part of the amount sub scribed was forwarded on Friday night to the London committee. Amongst the persons apprehended in Paris in con nection with the attack upon the Barracks of the firemen at La Villette was M. Louis Leprince, the son-in-law of Joseph Whiteley, Esq., of Leeds. He had gone to Paris to bring home his mother, but was in no way mixed up with the affair, except that he had the misfortune to be in the Boulevard de la Villette when the disturbance took place. Yorkshire Post. The South London Press states that another batch of sixty-four South London tradesmen were fined on Wed nesday for being possessed of short weights and measures. They consisted of thirteen chandlers, eleven oilmen, ten butchers, five each of publicans and bakers, four each of fruiterers and cheesemongers, three coal dealers, two each of marine store dealers and grocers, and one each of gum merchants, iron-founders, costermongers and leather dealers. The total amount of the fines was £77 15s. Our readers will learn with great pleasure (says the John Bull) that the Archdeacon of Taunton is much better. He has been out for some time in his Bath chair, and on Wednesday went to an hotel at Burnham for the sea air. He is able to write letters. Writing to a friend he says, "It is my fifty-seventh d a y. I am lying writing on my back ;." and then proceeds in his own vigorous way to express his pleasure at th e f a il ure o f t h e L ec ti on ary Bill, and his distress at the Westminster Abbey Communion. POSTAL CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES. —We learn with regret that the Postmaster-General of the United States has finally declined the offer of the Cunard Steamship Company to carry the mails, on th e grounds that it would be unjust to the Williams and Guion Company, with whom a contract bas been made for two years.—Railway News. 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. Quotationm on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & CO., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at thel London Offices, 4, Beauf or t B u i ldings Strand, W.C. NEW YORK GOSSIP. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, Aug. 3. The great ocean yacht race, which has been an engross ing topic of conversation ever since the 4th of last July, was decided at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27th, when Mr. Ashbury's yacht the Cambria passed the Sandy Hook lightship one hour and seventeen minutes ahead of her opponent, the Dauntless. The race was a superb exhibition of pluck and speed from first to last, and Mr. Ashbury's victory gave no pain to our townspeople. It is true that all here expected the Dauntless to win, and the odds were nearly 100 to N on that vessel, but the pride of birth and a generous desire to see our countryman win were the causes of this favoritism, and many who know nothing of yachts, and still less of yacht building, staked their money freely on the craft that bore the colours of the New York Club. This is very pardonable patriotism, and few would blame our citizens for exhibiting it. And, as it is, the race proves but one point, though that is an important one ; it does not show that the Cambria is a superior vessel to the Dauntless, it does not prove that the English system of building is better than the American, but it does show that both models are good, and that both vessels are entitled to receive the highest honours from their respec tive nations. A difference of an hour and a quarter in a race covering nearly three thousand miles of ocean may almost be said to be no difference at all, and already demonstrated that the two boats were very closely matched and admirably sailed. The contest should not be regarded, and has not been looked upon, in this country at least, as an international one, and the utmost good feeling is expressed and felt towards Mr. Ashbury, not only by his gallant, opponent but by all American yachtsmen. It was well understood that both vessels could not win, and though the Englishman has succeeded in the present conflict, that fact would not deter our people from offering odds on the Daunt less were the race to be sailed again. The details of the voyage are not very interesting, and would hardly warrant reproduction here. But one inci dent of any real importance occurred, and that took place on board of the Dauntless, where, at 7.30 in the morning of the third day out, two of the hands were swept from the jib - boom. The yacht lay to during two hours ; the most diligent search was made, and no effort spared to rescue the two unfortunate men, but all without effect. When all hope was gone, Mr. Bennett gave the order to 'bout ship, and the race was resumed. The victory may have gone to the Cambria, in conse quence of that two hours delay, but the owner of the Dauntless has the satisfaction of knowing that all that man can do was done by him and his subordinates to save the lives of the two sailors, and his defeat under these cir cumstances is far preferable to a victory won by the cruel sacrifice of two fellow-men. The race for the Queen's Cup is to be sailed on Monday next. The course is from the Club House on Statue Island to the light ship and return, a distance of about thirty miles. It is announced as positive' that the Dauntless will not sail in the Queen's Cup race, but has made an arrange ment with the Cambria for a private contest. The vessels will go outside Sandy Hook twenty miles to the wind ward, and return, sailing under the New York Club rules. Many other schooner yachts of the New York squadron have either made or are making arrangements for individual trials of speed with the Cambria, and yachting matters will be very lively in this city for some time to come. Mr. Ashbury announces that he has brought over two cups as prizes to be sailed for by the sloops and schooners, being one prize for each class. The Cambria will be entered in this race, that all the vessels of the New York I Club may have an opportunity to test their comparative speed ; but should she win a prize she will resign it to the second yacht. The America is now on the screw dock in the East River undergoing repairs. She will be sailed in the race of Monday next by Captain Richard Brown, who .navigated her in the celebrated race of 185 L Ensign Jasper, U.S.N., has been appointed to the command, but enough of yachts and yachting matters, which, though very important to many, are not the only topics for New York gossip. The community was shocked and horrified on Friday last by the intelligence that Mr. Benjamin Nathan, one of the wealthiest, best known, and most universally re spected of our citizens had been murdered in his own house on the Twenty-third-street, opposite the Fifth avenue Hotel, during the preceding night. Mr. Nathan's family were at his country seat in New Jersey, and he was in the city by the merest accident. At twelve o'clock at night he parted from his sons, and in the morning was found upon the floor of his apartment a lifeless corpse, his head beaten in and horribly mangled, and one hand broken into fragments.' The police, the detective force, and the public remain in the most entire ignorance con cerning the identity of the assassin, and all attempts to discover him have thus far proved unavailing, in spite of the enormous rewards offered for his capture. Mr. Nathan was one of the oldest and most respected members of the New York Stock Exchange, and many of his fellow members attended his funeral on Monday last, the Board remaining closed out of respect to his memory until one o'clock that day. The locality where Mr. Nathan's house is situated is, as all visitors to New York well know, the most frequented and the most easily guarded district in the city. Within a stone's throw of Broadway and Fifth Avenue, directly opposite the largest of our hotels, and placed on the busiest of our up-town streets, the fact that such a murder could be committed in such a place, and under the circum stances, sent a feeling of horror and dismay into many of the most courageous hearts. The murder was not I committed for plunder either, the only loss being a watch, chain and seals, and a small sum of money. This, in the judgment of many, would indicate that revenge, or some similar motive instigated the crime, and that the mur derer made away with a few articles of value that the polic might be thrown upon a false track. But this seems impossible when the character of the man is con sidered, and his standing in the community remembered. A prominent member of many benevolent societies, always foremost in any scheme for ameliorating the suf ferings of the sick, the cold, or the hungry, perfectly happy, so far as the world can know, in all his domestic relations, it seems preposterous that any of the higher passions should have been the cause of the murder. Indeed, the matter is a most perplexing puzzle, and we may well question whether the assassin will be found. The circumstances of the case are quite as baffling as those of any cause celebre whose intricacies have defied the utmost efforts of the authorities, and our detective force is not noted for its organisation. To the shame of American journalism be it said that a weekly paper contained in its issue of Sunday last an article directly accusing the son of the murdered man of having killed his father. The assertion was based on no evidence whatever, the laudable desire to sell many copies of that number of the paper being the only motive to be ascribed to the editors. It is pleasant to be able to add that the sheet in question is the lowest of New York papers, and that every reputable newspaper in the city has shown up the infamy. In this final paragraph let me mention matters of less importance. The war in Europe affords us food for un- limited conversation, and news is anxiously awaited. Vicar Samuel Starrs has issued a very able document, setting forth clearly and comprehensibly the meaning and precise purport of the dogma of infallibility. The pro duction is likely to do great good in counteracting the bad effects of many ignorant, and therefore intolerant, articles which have appeared in some newspapers of the Protestant Press. Emancipation Day—that is the anniversary of West 'lndian Emancipation was celebrated by our coloured citizens yesterday with great rejoicing. The festivities were marked by the utmost good order. A disastrous fire occurred last night on the Hudson River, resulting in the total destruction of a ferry-boat belonging to the Hoboken Company and a Bremen barque laden with petroleum, against which the burning steamer drifted. Fortunately the passengers and hands in both vessels escaped without injury. The weather has been oppressively hot, and the casual ties in consequence very numerous. Sunstrokes are but too common, and thmigh everything is done to relieve the sufferers many of the cases result fatally. Business com mences to revive to a slight extent. PRINCE HAL. On Thursday night the last train from Leeds brought down an empty carriage, which was detached at Batley. This by some means got away in the darkness un perceived, and, running down the Dewsbury incline, ran into the train which was just about to start for Hudders field. The passengers were much shaken and knocked about. [ADVERTISEMENT. J —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inflam matory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion and general debility. A few doses of these pills taken in time are an efficient preventive against gout and rheuma tism. Any one who has had an attack of either should use Holloway's Ointment also, the powerful properties of which, combined with the Pills, must infallibly effect a cure. These Pills act directly on the blood, which they purify and improve. 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