The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-29 00:00:00

THE WAR. ANOTHER SKIRMISH ON THE FRONTIER. The following Prussian official despatch has been re ceived at Berlin :—" On the morning of the 27th a detachment of the enemy, consisting of three companies and eighty horsemen, advanced from the direction bath towards Volkingen, and attacked orthe 69th infantry Regiment. The enemy we 7- driven back with a loss of one officer and eight r4 t -.3u. On our side one man was wounded. Otherydst nothing of interest has occurred in the course of the day along the frontier." ENGLAND AND PRUSSIA. The North German Gazette of Thursday evening con tains an article in which it speaks to the " welt founded dissatisfaction of the German people with regard to th e c h arac t er ti England's neutrality, and the manner in which it is observed." It says :—" Englishmen are executing orders for cartridges which are to be used to shoot down our country's children. But it may be objected, what is to become of England's commerce ? Well, her trade would certainly cease if we were to let France take Belgium. . . . During the Crimean war England reproached us for pursuing a legiti - - mate commerce, but what shall we call a traffic by which England is turned into an arsenal close on the French frontier for the use of France, and the British Govern ment does nothing-Ito stop it? " THE StORET TREATY. The Berlin Official G . azette contains the following : " On Lord Granville and Mr. Gladstone declaring in the British Parliament that they relied upon explanations being given by the two Governments concerned in the projected treaty recently published, the Chancellor of the Confederation telegraphed the following to Count Berns torff, the North German Ambassador in London pro mising at the same time a complete documentary exposition of the matter : " ' To Count Bernstorff, ' Your Excellency will be good enough to communi cate the following to Lord Granville :—The document published by the Times contains one of the proposals which have been made to us since the Danish war by official and unofficial French agents with the object of establishing an alliance between Prussia and France for their mutual aggrandisement. I will send the text of an offer made in 1866, according to which France proposed to aid Prussia with 300,000 men against Austria, and to permit Prussia's aggrandisement by six or eight millions of subjects in return for the cession to France of the dis trict between the Rhine and the Moselle. The im, possibility of agreeing to this course was clear to all except French diplomatists. On this proposition being rejected, the French Government began to calcu late upon our defeat. France has not ceased to tempt ua with offers to be carried out at the cost of Ger many and Belgium. In the interests of peace I kept them secret. After the Luxemburg affair the proposals dealing with Belgium and South Germany were renewed. M. Benedetti's manuscript belongs to this period. It is not likely that M. Benedetti acted without the Emperor's sanction. Finally, the conviction that no extension of territory was attainable in conjunction with us must have matured the resolve to obtain it by fighting us. I have even grounds for believing that had not this project been made public, after our armaments on both sides were complete, France would have proposed to us jointly to carry out M. Benedetti's programme against unarmed Europe, and to conclude peace at Belgium's cost. " If the French Cabinet now repudiates aims for our participation in which it has uninterruptedly laboured since 1864, either by demands or promises, this is easily to be explained by the present political situation. " The North German Gazette, alluding to the late revela tions in reference to the draft treaty between France and Prussia, says that other revelations are behind, M. de Benedetti's draft not being the only document of the same nature. Negociations of a similar character were commenced here by Prince Napoleon, according to which, among other matters, mention was made of those Swiss cantons in which the French language prevails, and unmistakeable hints were thrown out that in Piedmont it was impossible to distinguish where French ended and 4 Italian commenced. THE FEELING IN HUNGARY. In Thursday's sitting of the Lower House of the Hun garian Diet, Count Andrassy, replying to an interpella tion respecting the attitude of the Government at the present crisis, referred the House to Count Beust's circular of the 20th instant, and said Austria, had no preparations to make that could dis quiet any foreign state. He added that Austria was bound to look to her own safety, and not to let it de pend upon the favour of any foreign power. Count An drassy continued thus :—" In official circles the view ob tains that any attempt on the part of Austria to regain her former position in Germany would be useless, and even injurious. Hungary wishes to observe neutrality, but whether she will be able to do so no one can deter mine beforehand. The expression " Hungary's neu trality " is to be understood as meaning Hungary alone remaining neutral, for Hungary's laws and interests forbid her to act in . every case in conjunction with Austria." Count Andrassy's declaration was received with approval on all sides of the House. DEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR FOR THE EAT OF WAIL A large crowd assembled at La Vilette yesterday morn ing, at the junction of the Circular Railway with the Eastern Line, to witness the Emperor's departure to the front. His Majesty was accompauied by the Prince Im perial, and was cheered most enthusiastically. The news of the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome is fully confirmed. LATEST FROM THE FRONTIERS. The Paris journals of Wednesday publish official information communicated by Government, which states that-no Prussian troops are visible from Con stance to Bale. A small corps of infantry has ar rived at Hollengen, near Rheinfelden, where the Wurtemburgers are forming a corps of observation. The Wurtemburg troops extend from Rastadt by the valleys of Kintzieg and Kniebies from Langskirch to Fribourg. The Val Denfer is still free, and the pass of the Istein Rock above Mulhain is unoccupied. A scarcity of provisions and forage exists in Prussia. No garrison will be sent to Lauterburg or Arssemburg, as their occu pation by the enemy would have no strategic importance. The Emperor will address a proclamation to the army on arriving at head-quarters. GENERAL ADVANCE OF TIIE PRUSSIANS. The Prussians are concentrating their Rhine army on the French frontier, between Treves and Mouzingen. A general and immediate advance of the Prussian army into France is expected by all the Germans of the Rhine. A force of 70,000 men occupies Mayence ; and in Cologne there is a body of 30,000 cavalry fully equipped and ready for any sudden transference. THE FRENCH FLEET. A dispatch from Skagen, dated 12.45 p.m. yesterday, announces the passage of a French squadron, consisting of seven iron-clads and two small steamers. THE NEUTRALITY OF LUXEMBURG. The alleged violation of Luxemburg territory. a report of which gained currency at Treves, resolbes itself, on in quiry, into the purchase of tobacco and sugar at Schengen by some French soldiers who had crosed the Moselle without arms. --- A RUMOURED FOUR-SIDED BIM TREATY. A telegram from Vienna, dated the 27th inst., states that Count Vimerccati, a personal friend of the Emperor Napoleon, and who has been the intermediary of intimate negotiations between his Majesty and the King Victor Emmanuel, has just arrived at Vienna. His visit to the Austro-Hungarian capital is said to be connected with a scheme of alliance between France, Italy, the Austro- Hungarian Empire, and Denmark, to counteract another alliance reported to have been concluded at Ems between Prussia and Russia. HOLLAND AND THE WAR Several Dutch newspapers contain the following : The Cologne Gazette, having published inaccurate infor mation relative to the prohibition of the export of coal, and having odiously implicated Holland in this matter, inquiries have been made, the result of which clearly proves the inaccuracy of that information and of the suppositions derived therefrom. Frarrce has not concluded a commercial treaty with the Govern ment of the Netherlands only, but with Belgium, Eng land, and the Zollverein. All these treaties contain a reci procal obligation not to prohibit the exportation of coal, or to raise even an export duty thereon. The assertion that Holland has now an abundant supply of coal is entirely without foundation, and that Holland could sud ply the French men-of-war with coal is likewise incorrect. The proclamation relating thereto , especially prescribes that men of war entering our harbours shall only obtain the quantity of coal required by them to reach the nearest port of their own country, which is for France, Dunkirk, and that quantity is much too small for other journeys either to the Baltic or even to the mouth of the Elbe." A FRENCH FORWARD 1110V17„1-ENT. --- • - - A correspondent of the Pall Af all Gaz Tuesday, from M e t z h ave ene, writes on just witnessed the depar ture of Marshpl ;Suable for a reconnaissance. An unusual runm„..”,s about in the hotel at four o'clock in the morning shewed that there was something going on, and as I had noticed already on the previous evening some packing of luggage in the marshal's court- yard I naturally hurried into the street, and saw the whole staff in movement. It appears that the 3rd corps d'arrade, commanded by Marshal Bazaine, has for its chef d'dtat major, General Maneque. The engineers. of that corps are under the orders of- General Vialla. The artillery is under the command of General Roche- Bonet. Generals Pothier, Arnaudeau (aide-de-camp to the Emperor), Monbranche, Nayral, Sangl6 Terriere, and Comte de Clerembault command various fractions of the infantry and cavalry. General Priand is the Intendant- Gen6ral of the corps-. General Ladmirault, although con nected with the staff of the Marshal, commands his force with all the rights of an independent chief of a corps - d'arme. The movement of these forces, =Minting altogether to some 80,000 men at the least, began on Sunday, when the greater part of the forces of General Ladmirault left Thionville, while yester day morning the marshal himself left Metz with a detach ment of four regiments of infantry, two regiments of dra goons, four battalions of chasseurs, one regiment of lancers, a couple of field batteries, and four mitraillettses. The marshal seems to have taken the direction of Saarbruck and Saarelouis, while General Ladmirault marches towards Sarrebourg. In place of the troops which left Metz the Imperial Guard is to arrive to-day, and the Emperor himself is expected in a couple of days." THE PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE ENGLIS Ei PRESS. Special information has reached the Daily News from Berlin that the Prussian Government does not intend to follow the policy of exclusion towards correspondents of the English press which has been adopted by the French Emperor. Germany has of course as much to lose as France from indiscreet disclosures of military movements, but she evidently does not fear that such disclosures will be made by the accredited representatives of English journalism. BELGIUM AND THE SECRET TREATY. BRUSSELS, WEDNESDAY. The publication in the Times of the draught of a secret treaty between France and Prussia, has naturally caused the liveliest excitement amongst a people so deeply interested as the Belgians. Great grief and indigna tion have overspread this city. It is not pleasant for a nation to be bargained for and haggled about like so many head of cattle ; and if the English can only contemplate a scheme for establishing French prefects in England, they will realise the feelings of the Belgian public at the proposal to hand this country over to France in return for a suitable con cession to Germany. Not only are we much agitated ourselves, but we attribute the utmost indignation and great corresponding energy to England. All sorts of wild rumours have been flying about here during the last two days. Many people are fondly persuaded that the treaty will prove a " settler" for British patience ; and it was even reported to-day that a British squadron had arrived off the coast. Happily the Belgian press, as is usual, preserves an attitude of great discretion. The Indepen dance Beige refused to believe in the treaty at first, and is even now very sceptical —or professes to be so. Of course there is no ques tion now raised of the document being a pure inven tion. Its authenticity is admitted on all hands. But the Independance expresses a belief or a hope that these proposals come from Prussia, and its Paris correspondent endorses this view. Not so another correspondent who writes to the same paper from Berlin. This writer says that the draught is a French documAnt. The original, in the handwriting of M. Benedetti, is in the archives of the Prussian Foreign Office. The writer has seen a copy of it, the authenticity of which has been guaranteed to him. For a long time, he says, the French Government have attempted to conclude a treaty of this kind with the Berlin Cabinet. The initiative was taken by France, by means either of Prince Napoleon or M. Bene detti ; nor did one rejection serve to daunt this ardent suitor. The question was popped "several times," and France did not take a hostile attitude against Prussia "until a little while ago it was compelled to acknowledge once more that it could not induce the Cabinet of Berlin to betray its allies or its neighbours." The correspondent adds : " The document in question has been shewn to several representatives of friendly Powers at Berlin ; its authenticity cannot be doubtful." On the whole, the general tone of the Belgian paper leads to the conviction that it believes the treaty to have pro ceeded from France, though with admirable prudence it gives no direct intimation of such belief. But surely the matter cannot long remain in doubt. If the terrible paper be really in the hands of the Prussian Ministers,• the question of its origin ought to be settled one way or another. The English public will see that the extensive prepara tions we have been making hen; are not without reason. Whatever may be the truth about the treaty, sufficient is known already to justify the apprehensions which have led to the arming of Belgium. But our precautions have been taken too openly. There has been a hurry and a fright about the business which are consistent neither with dignity nor safety. One day a lot of treasure was moved into Antwerp in open carts ; another day, we are given to understand, it was taken back again. The forces, too, might have been got in hand with a little less confusion and injury to the business of the country. But much harm was inevitable. There was no resource but to call out the Militia, and the ten classes who are compelled to leave their homes and labours cause a serious void in the industrial ranks. Complaints of loss and confusion are to be heard on all sides. Hard indeed is the fate of a nation which, without being actually at war, lives in constant fear of treachery and violence on the part of its stronger neighbours. Belgium deserves, and will• no doubt gain, the liveliest sympathy of English- men. Whilst on war matters it may be as well to mention a paragraph published by .the Paris correspondent of the Independance. He says the superiority of the Chassepot over the needle gun is now acknowledged by the Prus sians. Experiments with both arms were recently made at Potsdam, and the Prussian war committee' decided with unanimity that the French arm had the longer range. Orders to alter the needle-gun were at once given ; but the French Emperor was informed of the decision. His Majesty knew very well that the lapse of several months would place Prussia in a much more favourable position. Hence, &c. AFFAIRS IN PARIS. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Ere these few lines are in print it is probable that the Emperor will have left for the Army of the Rhine. It is agreed on all hands by the newspapers, that his Majesty is to go off to-morrow (Thursday), and we may expect that serious business will commence straightway. It was be lieved that the departure would be in secret : the Emperor was to leave Paris like a thief in the night (no disrespect in tended) ; the camp about Metz would be suddenly raised ; there would be a sharp and sure march forward ; and the gates of Berlin would appear in sight before the Prussians had time to collect their scattered thoughts. Arcola and Rivoli would be repeated on, the banks of the Rhine. No such thing is to be attempted. His Majesty will go by a special train at ten o'clock in the morning. He was asked to make a public departure from the capital, and his courtierspromised him a splendid ovation from the Pa risian public. But the Emperor was unwilling to sacrifice time. A decree appears nominating the Empress Regent during her husband's absence at the frontier. The powers committed to her are not extensive. This strong-minded woman is said to be full of warlike energy, and thoroughly convinced of the necessity of carrying on the strife "to the utterance." She is reported to have said that a peace signed after a defeat would be the end • of the Napoleonic dynasty, or, according to a journal which rejoices in the exact words, " If we are beaten we have nothing to do but give place to the Orleans family." It is just possible that there may be another alternative besides the Orlcians The most important news of the day is the announce ment that the troops will be recalled from Rome at an early period. This seems certain. We are informed that the French Government has notified its intention to the Pope, with the assurance that Italy will take care to pro tect the Pontifical frontier ! It will be interesting to know whether the Pope believes in this assurance. The Ultramontanes here do not. They are all convinced that Italy for the third time will take advantage of a European war to finally accomplish her destiny. If the Government do not move, the Garibaldians will. The opportunity for Italy is one that may never return ; be assured that sbe will not fail to profit by it Indeed we have good reason to believe that the matter has been quietly arranged between France and Italy. A statement just. made by the 'ltalian Foreign Minister is of a very friendly character, and seems to point to an under standing. There is positively no news from the seat of war. The Journal Officiel has not yet told us how many men took part in the great skirmish at Niederbronn, and no other remarkable battle of the kind has yet come off. The Liberte "speaks of " an engagement in which thirty Germans fell, and eighty were taken prisoners, whilst no Frenchman was scratched ; and we derive a little occupa tion from wondering why the Liberte did not record the figures of dead and captured enemies at 3,000 and 8 ) 000 respectively. The secret treaty is still the subject of great attention, and the Government papers continue to deal with it in the most suspicions manner. As mentioned yesterday, there is now no ques tion about the existence of the treaty ; its origin is the only point to be determined; and accordingly the' Govern ment papers, one and all, set themselves to declare that Bismarck both drew up the document and then published it as the work of France. Apart from the improbability of such a theory, no evidence whatever is adduced in support of it. The Patrie repeats this assertion, and so does the Constitutionnel, but without adding any proof except what may be deduced from the bad grammar of the draught. There can be no doubt, whatever the fact may be worth, that the document is very badly written. " Admettre les acquisi tions," " assumer les charges pdcuniaires," " laquelle union," " ladite Majeste," are expressions which a good writer would not be likely to employ. The Journal des Debats is not positive about the Prussian origin of the treaty but it expresses the opinion that the bargain, whoever proposed it, is most flagitious. France, it says, would commit a grave wrong in attempting the conquest of a kingdom at the risk'of kindling a European war. The Temps thinks it very likely that Benedetti wrote the drughL Just after Sadowa France asked Prussia for territorial compensation. Bismarck would not yield a foot of ground. But, says the Temps, he, might have said to M. Benedetti, " Look about you elsewhere—Belgium, Luxemburg, Ste.' Benedetti might then reply that such a development of the " agglomeration " theory might have awkward conse quences—a war, for instance, and, therefore, the affiance of Prussia might be needed. " Very good," Bismarck might say, " put your ideas into shape upon paper " ; and when poor Benedetti had fallen into the trap, the compromising piece of writing was safely deposited in the pocket of the acute Prussian. This explanationhas its difficulties; but at any rate it is less improbable than that of the semi-official journals. FROM THE FRENCH FRONTIER, LUXEMBURG, TUESDAY. Though not a blow has yet been struck in the contest, this much disputed bit of territory already re-echoes with the shout of war. Both Powers have expressed their in tion to respect the neutrality of Luxemburg ; the people here are taking the most vigorous and extensive measures to make the belligerents keep their word. Two hundred and fifty phlegmatic Luxemburg Chasseurs ere under arms ; one hundred and fifty sleepy gendarmes are ready. This is the defensive force of the neutral ground on the German frontier. It is to be hoped that these gallant men will make up in quality for their decidedly short quantity. But if the phlegmatic Chasseurs and the sleepy- gendarmes are to be measured by an ordinary standard of martial ability, the foreign ,?lement already on Luxembourg ground seems amply sufficient'to polish off the entire detachment. The place swarms with foreigners— special correspondents, army officers, and spies. Most of the latter, it may be supposed, are French, for the Prussians require no information aboUt a place which they garrisoned so long. It is well known that the Prussian war authorities made a splendid collection of maps and plans of Luxemburg. They know every foot of the soil, which, by the way, is not so exten sive as to require much learning. But it is said that certain Prussian officers, who are per fectly well known, are openly engaged in noting down the changes made in the works since the London Con ference of 1867 decided that the Prussians were to with draw and the fortress to be dismantled. The latter proviso has been observed in a very indifferent style. Somewhere it was jocosely said that only thirty shillings a week were spent upon the knocking down of the works ; certain it is that these are so far entire, that a very little labour wou'd put them into excellent working order. The King of Holland does not appear to trouble himself much about his possession : he is doubtless well aware that he cannot defend it, if attacked, and, therefore, resigns him self to watch the course of events. The Dutch, in general, have little or nothing to do with Luxemburg. The people on their side are similarly indifferent. They apparently care not one straw who may become their masters so long as their conditions of comfort remain the same. It should be noted, however, that they bear no good will to the Prus sians. They are exceedingly apprehensive lest the tide of war should, as is very likely, bring their old masters into their territory, but, with this exception, the issue of the great conflict is to them a matter of small moment indeed. The few thinking people to be found in the whole Grand Duchy are convinced that the war will end in its appro priation by one party or the other. During the last two days more than a hundred Bavarian and Baden deserters have arrived at Strasbourg. M. lloederer, a Prussian officer, who had been arrested at Strasbourg as a spy, has been set at liberty, as his arrest had taken place anterior to the declaration of war. The Belgian camp at Beverloo was broken up yester day, and a movement of 36,000 men by the different rail way lines is taking place. The men are being despatched to the different posts assigned them on the frontier. The Independance Beige says that a correspondent of one of the Paris papers having published an account of having seen from the steeple of Strasburg two corps d'armee march in a certain direction, the commanders have coun termanded the orders they had given, and the paper has had to recall its correspondent. ASSEMBLING OF THE GERMAN ARMY.—There is not much delay here in working the raw material into the fully armed and equipped soldier; it is done with a rapi dity reminding one of a transformation scene. Stand at a barrack gate, and watch that long straggling line of re serve men—some artisans, some clerks, but the major part composed of agricultural labourers with the slouching, somewhat uncouth gait always associated with that sort of work, all dusty, travel-stained, and tired, their hair uncut, their beards untrimmed. Go round to the opposite side, and in a short time you will see the same body of men issue from another door clean shaved, smart, and dressed in uniform ; with heads erect, and firm military step and bearing, they march away to some other station, as dif ferent in appearance from the somewhat motley crew that entered the building as light is from darkness. Con sidering the rapidity with which trains have been leaving for some days past, there must be--already an_ enormous force assembled on and about the frontier. Of the actual position taken up by troops nothing whatever is known, nor can any information be expected until the armies be gin to fee each other. THE RIVAL BREECHLOADERS.—The Times Paris correspondent has a confident belief in the superiority of the chassepot :—I know it to be the opinion of experienced French officers, expressed in no boastful strain, and based on real knowledge of the material organisation of both armies, that the Prussians will most certainly get the worst of it. lam quite aware that that if they thought the contrary they would not admit it, but in support of their opinion they adduce reasons and arguments of considerable weight, and one of the principal of these is the superiority of the French armament. They believe that the Prussians have not yet had time to transform their old needle-guns into arms better suited to meet the Chassepot. The number of improved muskets as yet turned out is said to be only 60,000, and even these are inferior to the French weapon , which is alleged to be immeasurably superior to the zibid-nadel-geweltr that so 'punished the poor Danes and was too much for the Aus trians at Sadowa. At 400 paces, or less, the difference between the two weapons may prove to be not very great, but it is believed that between 400 and 800 paces the ad vantage of the Chassepot will be immense, and the needle gun will be altogether overmatched. Time only can shew how far these prognostications are well founded ; but I shall be surprised if they are not justified by the result. RAILWAY MANAGEMENT IN PRUSSIA.-A. Berlin correspondent of the Daily News says :—lt is telling no military secret to say that Prussia has opened the cam paign with locomotives. Her first success has been the success of her railway system ; and if she is now com paratively safe, with a fair chance in the struggle, it is because she has done such wonders in way of rapid transport. There has been a sort of Easter Monday• review at Brighton, magnified tenfold, to occupy the Prussian railways during the past week. Every day has diminished Napoleon's chance of striking a sudden blow. Every day has added to the army of the Rhine, and to the reserves all along the western frontier. I travelled hither with a crash and murmur (4 busy traffic at the principal junctions, and with a constant flashing, past of return trains which were hound to the east ward. It was the tenfold Brighton review being carried out in earnest. At one place there was a dis cussion as to, how many trucks were to come, baCk in time fbr certain regiments and batteries. At another spot the officers in charge were anxious to know how soon they could have an engine sent them to remove some LL N, LONDON, FRIDAY EV ENING, JUL - Y 29, 187 U. loaded waggons which cumbered the siding. Each dis trict was marked out with special reference to the bring ing on of its reserves. The railway map of the country was a map of divisional commands, of brigades and batta lions, which were to go westward in all haste. These soldiers were to go one way. Those others were to be taken more to the south—they would pass over Dresden ; and yet a third body of men must wait for further orders. It had been intended to send them by a route which was too crowded already. You would have been amused to hear the tone of disgust in which mere passeng . er trains were mentioned. They were stopped altogethea in many parts, but the few that did run were bores and anomalies. Everyone seemed to feel that it was the moment of the great national effort, and that there were to be no half measures. You might as well speak of having luncheon in the middle of a race, when all glasses were turned to the course or the river, as talk of passenger traffic when the Fatherland had to be saved. The Prussian, railway management is a Government affair. Hence 'a close, steady application of all the railway resources upon one system to the needs of the moment. A MILITARY CO3IPARISON:—Putting aside the rights of the quarrel, and on the supposition that it is possible to localize the war, we cannot but think that from a military point of view, France has the best of the situation. It is she who has chosen the time of war. She is able to be first in the field. She has the advantage of taking the offensive. With united forces she attacks a partly divided nation. Her armaments are superior. She has the command of the sea, and can send an expedition to the Elbe or the Baltic if she will. In martial ardour the soldiers of France have no superiors ; and the army has long-cherished animosities requiring to be satisfied, fiery jealousies to be cooled in blood. It may further be re marked that France has almost always been successful in war against Prussia, unless Prussia was supported by more than one ally. On the field of Leipsic Prussia was allied with Austria and Russia. Even England was repre sented in the allied army. On the whole, then, France occupies a better position than Prussia at this mo ment, but there is not enough superiority to com pensate for greater Generalship on either side. In this respect both sides have to be tried. It may be unpopular, but it is true, to saythat in 1866 the Prussians were often during the first three days of the war at the mercy of a spirited and well-taught General had there been such at the head of the Austrian army. In the end the Prussians did not succeed in concentrating at Gitschen, where the two Royal Princes were to have met. The battle of Koniggrdtz was begun too early ; and must have been a failure if Benedek's staff had possessed better chiefs than Henikstein and Krismanie. The battles were won on every occasion by the spontaneous action of the well-armed infantry. If there were great generals, there was no great generalship shewn, and we shall watch with much interest to see whether Teuton or Gaul produces the first military genius. There are men enough and to spare in both armies. We know of many respectable commanders on either side. A genius or a great general has yet to be found ; and when he appears we doubt if a greater curse will ever have been laid upon Europe. —Time& FRANCE AND DENMARK.-I am inclined to believe, says the Paris .correspondent of the Daily News, that a secret treaty of alliance exists between France and Den mark. But even if a treaty has not been signed, there is no doubt that there was an understanding between the two countries. If, therefore, the war is to be localised, every effort should be made by the Neutral Powers to prevent Denmark from either plunging or drifting into it. Probably the most pitiable object in this capital is the Prime Minister. M. 011ivier finds himself in the position of a species of secretary of the Emperor. The war has been undertaken against his wishes, his - old friends have deserted him, his new friends use him and despise him. This representative of Parlia mentary government, the titular Prime .Minister of France, is forgotten by all as though he were dead. No one asks nor cares what his opinions are, and in shaping events he has about as much power and influence as a permanent Under Secretary of the Home or Foreign Office has with us. M. LOUIS BLANC ON THE TREATY.—M Louis Blanc writes a long letter to the Temps on the subject of the secret treaty, by which he says all England has been profoundly moved. "Most people," he says, " are in clined to believe in it, and their indignation is inex irrepressible. It must be remarked, in fact, that the English quiver with rage at the very idea of the maritime power which the possession of Antwerp would give to so near a neighbour as France, though they affect not to comprehend the anxiety which France experiences when she sees Prussia aggrandising herself at her doors in so prodigious and so sudden a manner. There is not a single Englishman whose sentiments were not expressed by Mr. Disraeli when he exclaimed, ' I should regard the prospect of the extinction of the Belgian kingdom as a calamity for Europe and a blow at England.' " NIEDERBRONN AND BlTCHE.—Niederbronn is charmingly situated on the little river Falkenstein, at the opening of a valley between the high wooded hills which form the last spur of the Vosges in Alsace, and from it the line runs on in a north-westerly direction, be tween the forest of 'Waldeck on the right, and the forest of Philippiburg on the left, through grand, wooded scenery, reminding one of Thuringia, and past steep, scarped rocks, rugged and picturesque in form. Beside the railroad runs the main road as far as Bitche, where it strikes off northwards to Lweybrucken ; but this fort of Bitche closes the valley of the Falkenstein, and this main route by Haguenau to Strasburg. The fort of Bitche is singularly striking in its appearance. Situated on the top of an abrupt rock rising 150 feet above the town at its feet, it was considered in former days abso lutely impregnable by reason of its position and the strong masonry scarps of its defences. If I tell you something about its nature, I betray no secrets, for it is as well known to the Prussians as their own works, and published descriptions of it are to be bought in more than one place. There is an enciente of four bastions, with a demi-lune and a hornwork. The interior of the rock is excavated and casemated, and con tains barracks for a thousand troops. Were such an un likely event to occur as that the Prussians should advance in this direction, they would not attack this old fort for the first time. They made a similar attempt in 1793. By aid of treason, they had suc ceeded in gaining the advanced works under cover of the night, when an inhabitant discovered their approach, gave the alarm, and, like a true patriot, set his hluse on fire to shew their movements to the garrison. The troops ran to arms, and, aided by the citizens, re pulsed the Prussians, causing them to lose many men, and taking two or three hundred prisoners. But now Bitche is commanded by neighbouring hills, within range of heavy rifled guns, and its unprotected masonry escarps, impregnable as they may once have been, would crumble to dust before modern siege artillery.—Correspondent of the Standard. WAR MArs.--LThe outbreak of war has, as usual, been followed by an outbreak of activity on the part of *the map-makers. The crop of " war maps " is large, and of very varied quality. Cheap and good, however, are Bacon's issues of Central Europe, in different shapes and scales. That of " Paris to the Rhine and Rhenish Prussia" will be found most useful at present. The others take in too much ground and do not give enough detail. Letts's General Map of the Seat of War is also excellent. Accompanying it is a packet of dots for indi cating the movements of the armies. - - - - - - A. - discouraging state of affairs was disclosed at the half-yearly meeting of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, held at Manchester on Wednesday, but hopes were again expressed by the chair man—Sir E. W. Watkin—that even yet the tide might be turned in favour of the undertaking when the long hoped-for results may be-realised, though he characterised the present circumstances as affording cause for great anxiety. The dividend, as proposed in the report, was declared. and the comparatively small votes for the com pletion of works in hand were agreed to. SUMMER PASTIMES.—It is satisfactory to notice the changes by which, when summer sets in, " with its usual severity," the inhabitants of New York are enabled to weather the crisis in comfort. Among other reforms we are glad to learn that it will be " open season " in the Mercantile Libraries of New York and Brooklyn. They will no longer follow the old rule and "shut up" for a month, but continue open throughout the year. This will be a great relief to those who cannot go into the country, and it will also be a good thing for persons " out on holiday," who choose to stay in New York, since they may spend some cool hours in the libraries, and get books without any difficulty. It was a rather perverse old custom which closed the free world of literature against the thousands who had to endure the dog-days in etc, heated streets, and the people of other towns will no doubt follow the good example of New York, and limit the supply of good books by no times or seasons.—New York, Times. THE WHEAT MAGGOT IN YORKSHIRE.—A. very serious matter to the Yorkshire farmer, and, indeed, to the country at large, has been detected within the last f e w days in some parts of Yorkshire. Some of the wheat crops were noticed to be prematurely changing colour, and upon examination it was found that the husks had no kernel, or that where' the kernel yet remained, it was fed upon by numbers of very small yellow maggots, which completely destroy it. In a field near Mahon . the' pest has so overrun the crop that it is scarcely possible to find an uninjured ear of wheat The most forward crops are those most flyblown, and in most of the cases the centre rows of wheat in the ear are destroyed. Some of the merchants and farmers, since the discovery was made, have examined crops in various localities, and only in one case, so far—a spring-sown late crop, now in flower—have the caterpillars been absent. It is feared this pest is very widespread, and must seriously . affect the yield. Some farmers remember a similar visitation some years ago during a dry, hot sum mer, as at present. ARVEST PRO SPE CTS.—The Financial Chronicle after a careful survey of the growing crops of cereals, is assured that the promise of wheat east of the Rocky Mountains is fully up to the reality of last year, that the season has been all that could be desired, that in New York and Ohio especially the prospects were never better, and that the crop in the United States is nearly three weeks earlier than last year. Corn promises invariably well in all the districts of the. United States where it is the leading article of growth ; the drought, of which some complaint is -heard in wheat circles, is in districts where but little corn is grown ;- oats, which last year suffered with corn, this year promise to share its pros perity. In. Europe, England, and the grain fields along the Mediterranean promise fully up to the average of last year, while France and Germany shew signs of deficiency, though hardly enough to make the foreign demand ma terially different from the demand of last year. In the contingency of a war, witli the inevitable - 'waste and de struction which would follow, the demand would be greater, and the supply bids fair to be equal to the de mand.—Boston Advertiser. SAD OCCURRENCE TO LORD CHARLES HAMILTON AND PARTY. On Wednesday night an accident happened to a party with Lord Charles Hamilton (whose yacht is lying in Littlehanitbn Harbour during the Goodwood Races) by which a lady named Saunders, wife of a banker at Biar ritz, has lost her life. It seems that after the party bad returned from Coodwood on Wednesday eveninc , they hai some amusement on board the yacht, and at 12 o'clock his lordship, with Mrs. Saunders and two sailors, left the yacht in a boat for the purpose of going outside the har bour to let off fireworks. Lady Faulkner was strongly per i3uaded to accompany them, and was almost pushed into the boat, but she resisted fortunately' for herself. The boat went towards the mouth of the harbour with a sail set, and before she, got clear of the harbour works capsized. One of the sailors swam to a post near and supported him self until the falling tide enabled him to get ashore. Another clung to the boat, and Lord Charles, who is an excellent swimmer, supported the lady. Finding himself unable to continue, he swam with her to a post, and telling her to hold on, he returned to the boat. Afterwards, he again went to the lady's assistance, seeing her in a dis tressed state, but her struggles were so violent that he,rwa3 compelled toi leave her, and she soon afterwards lei go the post and sank with a piercing shriek. Lord Hamilton then swam again to the boat, and the two drifted out to sea. It was near two o'clock before the occurrence became known. A boat was at once manned and put to sea in search of his lordship and the sailor. They were disc overed near the Black Buoy, a long distance out. The sailor was on the bottom- holding to the keel with one hand, and grasping with the other the hand of Lord Hamilton. The latter was nearly ex hausted, and a, few moments more must haye sealed his fate. He was brought ashore, and soon fell into a sound sleep. . • . MR. DISRAELL—Mr. Disraeli has given notice that he will call the consideration of the House of Commons, on Monday next, to the position of this country with reference to the war on the Continent of Europe. ERRATUM.—We learn that Mrs. Eaton, the re spondent in the cause of "Eaton v. Eaton and Camp bell " is not the daughter of Canon Eaton, of Chester, but his daughter-in-law. The rev. gentleman's only sur viving daughter is the wife of Robert Grant, Esq. • It is stated that a marriage is arranged between ViscOunt Massareene and Ferrard, of Antrim Castle and Oriel . Temple, Ireland, and Miss Whyte-Melville, daughter of Major and the Hon. Mrs: Whyte-Melville. • The Commandant Corbin, Military Attache to the French Embassy, has left London to join the staff of Mar shal"M`Mahon, under whom he had already served in the final assault on the Malakoff Tower. We are informed that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Walea start from Copenhagen on Saturday, and may be expected to arrive in London on Monday evening or Tuesday evening. The Birmingham Post announces that 111 r. Josiah Mason is about to make another munificent gift to Bir mingham. .He contemplates establishing a college and schools for scientific and technical instruction, open to all classes. Mr, Mason will buy a block of land for the pur pose, at a cost of £20,000. The Conference of the United Methodist Free Churches commenced its sittings at Leeds on Wednesday. The Rev. John Myers, of Leeds, and the Rev. John Adcock, of London, were nominated for the office of president, and the former gentleman was elected by a considerable majority. Hubback, the Mayor of Liverpool, had inter views on Wednesday with the French Consul• and the Consul of the North German Confederation, when he in formed them that all patriotic demonstrations in the streets and public places were illegal in that town, and would not for the future be permitted, the local authori ties being strictly neutral. DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE.—During the oppres sive heat of Tuesday a girl. 3 years of age, the daughter of Mr.-Crompton, of the greyhound Inn, Booths-town, near Bolton, was seized with sunstroke, and died imme diately afterwards. Several persons have fainted in the harvest field near Warrington from the extreme heat, but they have since recovered. The _Dorset County Chronicle reports the drowning of a young lady named Maud Alexander while bathing near Bridport. While she and her sister were in the water they suddenly - disappeared. An elder sister who was on the shore succeeded in rescuing one of them, but the other had been some minutes under water before she .was recovered. Life was then extinct. Everything which could be done was done, but without avail. The father of the young ladies, who resides in London, came to meet his family the same afternoon. _ A grand demonstration of Freemasons has been, held at Dartford, under the presidency of Viscount Holmesdale. M.P., the Provincial Grand Master of Kent. Great preparations had been made to give the Freemasons a good reception, and the company were received by the Most Worshipful Master and brethren of the Lodge of Emulation. The streets were decorated with flags and banners ; there was Divine service in the church, and a sermon by Brother the Rev. W. A. Hill, vicar of St. Peter's, Maidstone. SALE OF BLOCKADE RUNNERS.—During the last few clays a great demand has arisen for steamers of speea and light draft, and it is thought that they are intended for the same trade as that carried on during the American war by blockade runners. A large number of the old blockade runners have been sold. These vessels since the end of the American war, had been lying up at Birkenhead in the great float. ST. PETER'S COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, EATON SQ DARE.-At this school yesterday afternoon, Lord Lyttleton conducted the distribution of prizes, scholastic and athletic, the latter being gracefully handed to their recipients by lady Harrington, and the former by the president. The chairman, adverting to his efforts on the . Endowed Schools Commission, whose suggestions tended to render the old grammar schools more formidable rivals than before of the proprietary schools, was glad to pre side at a favourable specimen of the latter, and to show that he was animated by no dislike towards so useful a class of seminaries; on the contrary he regarded their success as an indirect incentive to exertion in foundation schools, and rejoiced at the proposed incorporation of St. Peter's School. The medical scholarship was awarded to F. Reynolds, and the Whitworth exhibition to 0. Fisher. _ _ Miss Burdett Coutts on Wednesday laid the founda tion-stone of a national school for the parish of St. Anne, Highgate-rise, having given the site on her land there for the building. Miss Coutts was received on the ground by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, acting, we be lieve, for the Bishop of London ; the rural dean, the Rev. W. Thorold, M.A., of St. Pancras; the Rev. C. B.' Dalton, vicar of Highgate; the Rev. G. S. Ram, M.A., •vicar of St. Anne's; the Rev. Dr. Dyne, the trustees of the school, &c. The ceremony took place at four o'clock. Miss Coutts had previously entertained at luncheon, at Holly Lodge, the Earl of Harrowby and Lady Mary Sandon, the Countess of Essex, and other distinguished guests. Covers were laid for about eighty persons. In the eveuiug there was a tea for the parents of the chil dren at present attending the temporary schools, who all later enjoyed and walked in And round about the grounds of Holly Lodge. It was a gala day in Highgate. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND.—The annual meet ing of this institution was held on WedneSday at the offices, 24, Cecil-street, Strand, the President, Lord Houghton, in the chair. The report stated that the in vested capital of £5,100 would shortly be increased by the purchase of £4OO additional stock ; that the grants made to members in the past year amounted altogether to £162 ; and that the roll book of the society coin prised 240 members, 172 of whom are resident in London, and the remainder in the country. The number of life members was sixty. _ The Chairman, in the course of his address, said he was sorry he could make no concealment of the fact that they did not receive that support from the press which might be expected. He mentioned several cases in which advances had been made to members whose subscrfptions had amounted only to four or five guineas. He concluded by an eloquent eulogy on the distinguished men who had filled the post of chairman at the annual dinners of the institution. After the transaction of some further business, for the most part formal, the proceedings terminated. EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD.—At the Nottingham As• sizes on Thursday, Matthew Burton, of Hucknall Tqrkard, was charged before the Lord Chief Baron with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in an action for compensation for injuries alleged to have been sus tained in an accident upon the Miland Railway. Upon the evidence given at the trial the jury awarded £750, and the company paid the amount, together, with £2BO taxed costs. They afterwards caused the plaintiff to be watched, and found that he has grossly exaggerated his symptoms. Thereupon a rule nisi was obtained for a new trial. In showing cause the plaintiff made an affidavit in which he denied the averments of the company's wit nesses, and stated that he had not been at - certain places on days immediately preceding and subsequent to the trial. The court, however, made the rule absolute, and Ordered the money to be refunded, and the company thereupon instituted a prosecution for perjury. The trial having lasted the greater part of the day, resulted in a verdict of guilty, and the Chief Baron said he was only restrained from passing a sentence of penal servitude by the consideration that the prisoner had sustained soma injuries in the accident, but, in the interests of justice, ha felt compelled to send him to prison for fifteen months. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—At the Kingston petty sessions on Thursday, a man named Jaws Smallpiece was charged with attempting to murder Harriet Hurley on the 14th inst., at Walton. The prosecutrix, who appeared in the witness-box with her throat strapped up and her arm bandaged, said that she was the wife of a cabdrivv living at Walton. The prisoner had lodged at her house for about two years. On the 14th inst. she was alone in the house with prisoner, when, without saying a word, he threw her down, knelt upon her, and cut her across the throat wite a carving knife. Her hands and arms were also cut as she was trying to protect her throat. Prosecu trix screamed out as loud as she could, and a woman named Smith came to her assistance. The prisoner then got up and went out. Prosecutrix, in answer to the chairman, said that she had had no quarrel with the pri soner. The above evidence having been corroborated by Sarah Smith, Thomas Beaty said that on the day in ques tion he heard cries of " Murder !" He ran out pf his cottage, which was close to that occupied by the prose eutrix, and, with the assistance of another man named Albery, detained Smallpiece. Witness asked prisoner what he had been doing, and he said he had cut a woman's head off. Police-constable C. Driver, who took prisoner into custody, said he was covered with blood, and that he admitted having cut a woman's throat. After some further evidence had been adduced the prisoner, who reserved his defence, was fully com m itted for trial. COOLIE LABOUR IN THE WEST INDIES. While the question of Asiatic labour is attracting much attention, especially among the working classes, in this country, it may be interesting to glance at it elsewhere. To do this it is not necessary to go a great distance from our own doors. In the Antilles the importation of Asiatic labourers has been carried on on a large scale for years. But it has been done so quietly and the labourers have conducted themselves so peaceably that the people of this country never had their atten tion attracted to the . subject. Since the year 1843 the number of Asiatic labourers which have been imported to the islands of the West Indies has swelled to very near a million. The figures given set it down at 963,576. These are scattered throughout seven of the islands, neither Cuba nor Porto Rico being in cluded in the number. If the coolie. labourers on the island of Cuba were taken into account it would swell the figure. Last year the number of coolies brought from Calcutta to the islands of Trinidad, Demerara, St. Vincent and Mauritius footed up to 12,912. The flow of emigrants, therefore, from the East to the islands of the West Indies is steady and continuous. Their frugal habits, untiring energy, temperate living,, and acquisitive propensities enable 4 them to lay aside something from the meagre wages they receive for their labour, to sustain them in declining years, or enable them to return to their native country. The fact that four hundred and thirty-eight coolies recently were able to return to Calcutta and carry with them a sum amounting in the aggregate to over sixty-five thousand dollars is matter for considera tion. In like manner three hundred and seventy two coolies were sent home from Trinidad, their term of service having expired. These labourers did not go home empty-handed. They took with them eighty eight thousand three hundred and fifteen dollars, their savings for years. No better inducement could be held out to the Chinese and Japanese to emigrate to this country than the return of so many of their countrymen to their native homes with their pockets well filled with the money they had honestly earned in a foreign land. From the facts and figures we have given, it will be seen that coolie labour in the islands of the West Indies while it is of great advantage to the planter s , a ff or d s th e poor Asiatic an opportunity to improve his condition and gather together a support for declining years.—New York Herald.' CANADA Al\ D THE UNITED STATES. The Pall Mall Gazette of a recent date published a nota ble article on the subject of the Canadian problem. The point which the Gazette makes may be briefly stated and easily understood. Canada is in a different position from any of the other colonies. Its populous portion of terri tory is very long and narrow, hanging on the skirt of the United States like the fringe of a garment. The Americans need, and want Canada, while the annexation party in Canada, if small, is active and resolute. British senti ment is unfavourable to a loss of this important confede ration-of colonies, but after it has been lost, such is the logic of the Gazette, the severance will be felt no more than was the loss of Calais by the English. A garrison to be worth anything must be very strong, and if the United States should really set about the conquest of Canada, on land force that England could send would be able to with stand us. • The real defence of Canada would be in her maritime force, in which England is certainly our superior at the present time. The boast of the Gazette on this point is justified by, the facts. Finally these views may be distasteful to the great British public, but they must be accepted as true nevertheless, and the security of Eng land in the possession of Canada must depend very largey upon American feelings of justice, - truth, and national honour. Such is, in brief, the reasoning of the London journal. hen carefully analysed and divested of its wrapping of British sentiment and conceit, there will be found very little in the article to which an Ameri. can can object, and few positions which he would care to controvert. We may as well admit that we do desire that Canada should become a part of this Republican common wealth, and that while we might be able to conquer and hold all the territory of Canada by military force, the naval operations against us must certainly cause a suspension of our commerce and the wholesale destruction of our few remaining ships, if it did not, as the Gazette expresses it, ; extirpate our flag and our commerce from every sea. It is wrong, howeVei, in hinting at the possibility that we may make an attack on Canada for the sake of conquest. Every consideration that can appeal to an American is against such a course. We are too great a nation to become unhappy about a piece of territory that would add four or five states to the Union. We have been able to get along without Canada thus far, and we are entitled to feel that the continued separation of Canada and the United States, disadvantageous to both, is yet far more the loss of Canada than our own. Besides this sentiment of self-respect, the more powerful mot ye, as it is sometimes supposed, of self-interest, operates in the same direction. The acquisition of the Canadas by war would be expensive in men and money if it should after all be successfully accomplished. The most British mem bers of the Canadian Government, the newspapers which cry never " loudest when annexation is mentioned, know perfectly well that the union is as certain to take place as is any future event. And it is not so distant either as some may imagine. It will come in a very few years by the peaceable will of the population most interested in the movement. It would be folly of the wildest sort to inflame so many passions against the revolution as would be excited by hostile ope rations, when the pressure 'of events will bring it quietly about, more quickly as well as more satisfactorily. The strongest reason of all is that war would not bring about any such union as we desire. For it is union and not an nexation or conquest that should be the object of our efforts. A dissatisfied community of new States could cause us more difficulty than all the controversy of reconstruction occasioned.. Strongly as we believe that the new Dominion ought to be and will be merged in this country, we should oppose any decided measures towards that result until the wish of the -people of Canada is expressed emphatically in favour of the change. Great Britain and Canada may rest assured that if annexation comes at all, it will be brought about by a general desire on the part of the people of Canada to join us, and with the full consent of the mother country that the piovinces shall transfer their allegiance. Only such annexation can we seek for or accept, because only on such terms would the union be tolerable. For it we are content to wait. The present feeling of Canada • is evidently un settled. That there is a growth of the in dependence party and of the annexation party also is a fact too patent for proof. The statesmen of the Dominion are coming to look upon one or the other result,—and they are practically the same—as inevitable. We have the assurance of a member of Parliament, who is a staunch supporter of the government of Sir John A. M'Donald, that this is a correct statement, and he does not look upon the change with serious apprehensiOn. When it has come to this ,point it is safe' to. predict that the leading politicians will come over to the winning side, and that speedily, that they must not be left out in the cold by the people when the movement is constunmated. The article in the Pall Mall Gazette to which we have referred is an indica tion that there exists a party in England which will offer no opposition to the peaceful separation of the Canadas when they ask to secede to their powerful neighbour. The discussion of what shall be done in case of a war is, therefore, more than premature, it is useless. The new union is to be a victory of peace. —Boston Adver tiser. • A MARRIAGE UNION OF SEVENTY YEAR S.— William and Elizabeth Cattriss, of the city of Ely ; hair() entered upon the seventieth year of their married life, their union having taken place by license at Trinity Church, Ely, on the 24th June, 1801. At that time their respective ages were twenty and eighteen. They are now consequently both on the verge of ninety. The case is quite unique, and probably without a parallel in the United Kingdom. The old people are in very straitened circumstances. THE Loss OF THE Osinis.—The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the sailing ship Osiris, on the 20th of June, has been concluded at Liverpool. The Osiris was on her voyage from Cardiff to Alicante, with a cargo of coals, and when about four miles off Cape Palos she grated on a sunken reef, and soon after filled and sank. The crew were all saved. The court was of opinion that the master was in default i hugging the shore so closely when there was plenty of 'Sea room, and supended his certificate for six calendar months. THE TELEGRAPH SERVICE AND THE WAR.— The return of the number of telegraphic messages for warded in the United Kingdom during the past four weeks bears, ample testimony to the increase of intercommunication caused by the war. In the week ending July 2nd the number of messages was less than those sent in the previous week by 9,176. In the week ending July 9th there was an increase of 6 ; 528. In the week ending July 16th an increase of 22,371, and in the week ending July 23rd, an increase of 19,775, Lord -- Chief Justice Whiteside was presented on Wednesday, by the High Sheriff, with a pair of white gloves, on opening the Commission at Carrickfergus, there being no prisoners to try. There was a similar presentation to Judge Keogh at the last assizes. Baron Fitzgerald opened the Commission for the County Antrim, and observed that there were only twenty offences of a heinous character committed since last assizes, and eleven in the town of Belfast. He thought that was not un satisfactory, considering the population of the county and of the town. BIRTHS. On the 26th inst., at Elms Side, Hampton, the wife of Henry E. Knight, Esq., of a son. On the 26th inst., at St. Omer, the wife of Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C. 8., of a daughter. -VA MU AGES. -- On the 26th inst. ' at St. • Marylebone parish church' John Hill Gough, Esq. of the Middle Temple, to Ann e Pen rose, eldest daughter of the late John Moxon, Esq., of 8, Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park. On the 26th inst,, at Scorboro', near Beverly, Arthur Carr Walford, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, to Caroline, third -daughter of James Hall, Esq., of Scorboro'. DEATHS On the 27th inst., Robert Wood Lucas, of 29, Argyll street, Regent-street, aged 54. On the 25th inst., at 62, Barbican, London, William Howard, aged 72. London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of he Savoy, in t County of Middlesex. Friday, July 29,1870. flitY fre LAST GI NADE. Palac Crick Pal M.E4-1 display of Adnii;ki dating to Children rtOf;.l xhibitio new hot( The p Cot already ci and patte of Moncri graphs of and Stat( " Ronig rRY;, NJ LA PRomEN Mine. Sin Foli Zot Choir. 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