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President—the Right lion. the Earl of STRAFFORD, This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since P.R.S.ts foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet th e h eavy current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary. 9 WEEKLY WITHOUT RlSK.—Agents and .Canvassers wanted in London and in every town. Great inducements to all haying spare time, I. W. BACON and Co., 127, Stolid, London. . MORNING EDITION. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1870. TWENTY-ONE years ago Mr. COBDEN spoke of crumpling up Russia like a piece of paper. The phrase was uttered, evidently on the spur of the moment, at a public meeting at the London Tavern in 1849, a meeting expressive of sympathy to the then struggling Hungarians. It seemed extravagant at the moment of its utterance. It nevertheless caught the public fancy, and has since become his torical. Five years afterwards, the Russian autocracy had to do battle single-handed in the Crimea against the united forces of France and England aided to a slight extent also by those of J'urkey and Sardinia. The western allies, even while marshalling their disciplined troops, together with the petty contingents of the Moslem and the Italians, found " foemen worthy of their steel " in the Musco vites Mr. COBDEN had so superciliously despised. The crumpling by of Russia proved no more practicable to the allies, than it had done two and forty years previously, when the vastest army of modern times was led across the Niemen by NAPOLEON the GREAT. Twenty-one years after Mr. COBDEN had talked thus extravagantly about crumpling up Russia, the phrase thus absurdly applied to the dominions of the Czar, or, in other words, to the Government of St. Petersburg, proves fright fully applicable to France! Within a month, within less than a month, the Imperial Constitution is nearly crumpled up like a piece of paper. Within a month the vaunted force* of the greatest military nation on the European Con tinent—as she has proved herself to be during the chief put of the century last past—have been shat tered to pieces, routed, driven back, trampled down, have been out-manoeuvred, out-generalled, out numbered in a series of desperate struggles by the armies of the North German Con federation. France, so long regarded as all but invincible—France to conquer whom at the close of those wars of the First NAPOLEON which it required the utmost energy of the last of a long series of coali- tions among the rest of the Great Powers of Europe to terminate has now been met in the open field by one of the Great Powers alone that is, by Germany has crossed swords with her foe, and has had her sword, in an incredibly short space of time, shattered almost down to the hilt, nearly dashed altogether out of her grasp ! The Grand Army of the Great Nation having advanced with all the "pride, pomp, and circumstance" of war to the northern frontier of the imperial dominions, threatening thence to advance beyond the Saar to the banks of the Rhine, and thence onwards still to Berlin, until the troopers of BOURBAKI should water their horses in the Spree, while NAPOLEON 111. was dictating terms to the Prussian Government Potsdam—that Grand Army that was to do such wonders, has been driven back by a series of crushing disasters towards its own capital, instead of advancing towards the capital of its enemies. It has with dwindled numbers, been compelled to cross in rapid succession, not only the Saar, but the Meurthe, and the Moselle, and the Meuse, and the Aisne, and the Maine, until the Aube and the Seine are now being fast approached, and the fortifications of Paris itself are being " made for " almost " at the double," as the last remaining defence left to the sons of France —to the enfants de la Patric ! The crumpling up of Russia would have been far less astonishing than this. Beholding the fate that is befalling France, beholding the ap palling disasters that have struck down so large a pro portion of her heroic soldiers, we caimot but regard the fate of our ally as, in one sense, and a very serious sense, a calamity to Europe. With it the so-called Balance of Power has for the time being gone altogether. THE escape or retreat of Marshal BAZAINE to Mont medy will relieve the French Government from part of, but by no means all, the anxiety it must have felt on his behalf. Montmedy is due north of Verdun, some fifty miles from Metz, situated close to the Belgian frontier, and away from the scene of action. It is by no means the place a general would, of his own will, select for the sphere of his operations. The fact of BAZAINE'S going there shews that he must have desperately cut his way at all hazards through the ranks of his enemies. It shews, also, that he was not at all satisfied with his position at Metz, as some of the Paris j )urnals solemnly assured us he was. After this retreat we shall doubtless hear no more of the fine theories about BAZAINE remain ing at Metz in order to engage STEIN METZ and Prince FREDERICK CHARLES, whilst MACMAHON dealt with the CROWN PRINCE. Severely crippled by his losses in three great battles, cut off from reinforcements, shut up in or near a , fortress, inadequately provided with the necessaries required by such an army, the French Marshal knew that his only hope lay in immediate escape. We are assured that he has succeeded. What will he do now that he is fairly landed at Montmedy He is far away from Chalons, and if he would join MAcMAHoN, he must make a somewhat lengthy march across country, in face of a numerous and s wift enemy. Prince FREDERICK CHARLES, leaving a force to watch Metz, will of course push forward, an d pass through Verdun, either for the purpose of intervening between MACMAHON and BA7.AINE, or of uniting his host with that of the CROWN PRINCE, and making a combined attack upon the two French Marshals. Should it prove possible to catch BAZAINE on the Belgian frontier, no doubt this course will be adopted. The dispersion of the late Rhine army would leave France almost without resources. And the position of the French mar shal is dangerous, for it is by no means certain that he will be able to reach his colleague at Chalons before Prince FREDERICK CHARLES comes up. If his retreat has been of a disastrous hind, the risk of being driven over the Belgian fron tier must be very serious. If, however, he succeeds in joining MAcMAHoN the war will then assume a simple character—the united French against the united German host, the latter having much the advantage in numbers and morale. WHY HAVE THE FRENCH BEEN DEFEATED ? A SHORT question is in every one's mouth. " Why have the French been defeated?" The answer is ' not to be given in a few words. There are, in fact, many answers, for it is not only one cause which has reduced that great military Power to its present hopeless and terrible condition. The first cause was a political one. NAPOLEON would not believe the warning which is said to have been given him by FRANCIS JOSEPH of Austria, that, it he persisted in making war after the withdrawal of PRINCE LEOPOLD of HOHENZOLLERN as a candi date for the Spanish Throne, he would find all Germany united against him. NAPOLEON thought that the only army he would have to deal with was the Prussian, and that the only vulnerable part or France was that narrow line of frontier which lies between Sierck and Sarrguemines. He thought that at least Bavaria and Baden would be neutral. He discovered his error quickly enough. Within a few hours of his declaring war against Prussia he found the attitude of the South German States, including even jealous and anti-Prussian Wurtemburg, so menacing that it was necessary to send an ultimatum to the courts of Munich, Carlsruhe, and Stuttgard. The ultimatum was accepted, and it was a Wurtemburg contingent which took part in the great French disasters of Woerth. Since then the same troops have shelved themselves bravest of the brave in the conflicts that have strewn Alsace with slain. The second cause of the French collapse is the delay which took place in the movement of the French army. It is now proved beyond all question that when war was declared Germany was not nearly ready. The EMPEROR had chosen his own time. His trusted counsellor, M. ROULIER, had declared that all was ready. The statement was confirmed by the Minister of War, Marshal LEBCEUF. Yet day after day the French force paused on the frontier, divided into separate corps, well arranged if an attack was intended, fatally arranged if an attack was to be sustained. Day atter day the EMPEROR lingered at Paris; and even when he joined the army no movement was effected, until, the Parisians growing impatient, the theatrical battle of barrebriick was fought, and fifteen days after war had been declared, the whole French army performed the wonderful feat of driv ing out a few hundred Prussians from an open town. It was the first French victory. It was destined to be the last. It is now stated that if the French had pushed on towards Mayence, the German army was in no condition to prevent them ; and thus even if the French had had to fall back again afterwards, the inestimable advantage would • have been eecured of carrying on the war in the Quemy's -country, Gad inflicting upon the Prussian population all the loss and the misery which have had to be borne by the inhabi tants of Alsace and Lorraine. We have already in dicated the third cause, the separation of the French corps d'arma. This arrangement would have enabled the French to enter Germany at several points simultaneously. But when it becanw no longer a question of the French entering Germany, but of the Germans entering France, the disposition was fatal. It allowed the Germans to mass any num ber of troops against either of the French armies, and beat them in detail. This they would probably have succeeded in doing if their force had been only equal to the French; but the fortnight's delay bad enabled them to bring up forces far superior in numbers. Even if all these circumstances had not been against the French, there were others which could scarcely have proved otherwise than fatal to them. In the first place they had no proper commander. NAPOLEON, an invalid, scarcely able to mount a horse, requiring the constant attendance of surgeons, and travelling with such an enormous quantity of baggage that when he fled from Metz to Verdun it took 30 waggons to carry all his impedi menta, was not the man to direct such a war as this. As for LEI3CEUF, he rightly deserves the degrading epithet of cochon, which the soldiers at Chalons hurled against his master. He had promised to place 400,000 soldiers upon the Rhine in 48 hours; and at the end of the first fortnight he had not placed more than 250,000 —infantry, cavalry, and artillery all told. Regiments supposed to be at the seat of war were not even in France. From first to last there was no attempt to obtain tidings of the enemy's movements. The Germans knew accu- rately everything that was going on in the French camp ; the French did not know what was going on even in their own. The maps which they carried were imperfect, and in one case a general was met Marching in the very opposite direction to that which he intended. The delay in crossing the Rhine was repeated with disastrous effect in crossing the Moselle. Marshal BAZAINE, after the disasters of Woerth and Forbach, should have fallen back immediately upon Chalons. Instead of doing this he allowed two German armies under Prince FREDERICK CHARLES and General STEINMETZ to harass his dispirited troops by repeated engagements, in which they lost 15,000 killed, and 35,000 wounded and prisoners, and in which they were at last completely surrounded, hemmed in, driven back upon Metz, and thus lost to the defence of France. At the same time the French allowed the CROWN PRINCE, maarching on th© flank of BAZAINE'S army, to approach Chalons, where there was only a force totally incompetent to deal with him in point of numbers and dangerously disaffected. One more cause of failure remains to be noted. It is perhaps the most startling of all, and it will ex. plain some of the others. We refer to the utter failure of the intendance system. Marshal LEIKE UF assured the EmpEnou that the magazines were never so full. As a matter of fact some were only half full, some were empty, and some existed only on paper. Nevertheless the money for supplying them had been drawn and had gone into the pookets of sundry officials. One magazine, which had been debited with a million of francs for biscuits, was found not to have a single barrel. Corruption, as deadly as that which prevailed in Austria before the overthrow of Sadowa, had been eating into the vitals of France. The people were bearing the burden of a huge standing army, which, when it came to be sent into the field, was found to be destitute alike of supplies and leaders. Never did troops fight more heroically. But what can an army of heroes do without food, without ammunition, and without generals ? Too late the French are beginning to' learn the fons et °rig° of all this misfortune. They have sub mitted to be governed instead of governing them- selves. The ablest men of France warned their country- men against personal government, but the voices of FAVRE, THIERS, SIMON, PICARD, and GAMBETTA, were powerless against the votes of more than seven million of Frenchmen. By the Plebiscite the Emperor skewed himself to be an Emperor of peasants; and even now the unhappy villagers of Alsace and Lorraine are ask ing themselves whether it was for this—whether it was in order to be driven from their homes, or to be mown down in the battle-field, that they voted " Oui" on the Bth of May. M. ABOUT, an eye-wit ness of the utter collapse of Imperialism has described it in words of biting sarcasm. The Paris correspondent of the Independanee Beige has drawn the moral in words profoundly mournful. " 100 many faults have been committed during the year just gone by for us to be able to retrieve them in a few days. We are undergoing the punishment of our past thoughtlessness. Deprived of our rights, we hare forgotten our duty. And now, what an awakening ! " Western Morning News. Decal Oxford C)tti. Coats. 30s. 21s, 355. 265. 425. 30s, 50s. 365, 10s. 6d. 12s. 6d. 15s. 6d. 17s. 6d. Also at other prices. Also at other prices. 15s. I Hs. 1 18s. 235. I 235, 21s. I 265. I 265, 265. i 325. 325, 365. I 365, 365. 48s. I 48s, TB b SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORA ING, AU G UST 24, 1870. TOPICS OF THE DAY. DIPLOMATIC INTRIGUES. A writer in the Times, signing himself " Anti . Machiavel," gives the public what appear to be trust worthy details concerning recent political intrigues between the Courts of Vienna and Florence in connection with the events now transpiring on the Continent. He describes the "scrape " into which Count lieust got himself on the last occasion when efforts were made at Vienna to induce the Austrian Government to support France. The Count had been finessing at Vienna and in Paris, although the French could not prove anything against him in writing. Italy, in considering the advantages rela tively of an alliance with France or Prussia, was tempted by the prospect of taking possession of Rome, and the occupation of Nice and Savoy, in case the Prussians were successful. "Indeed," the writer adds, "had it not been for the incredibly sudden and rapid collapse of one of the two Powers, a general European outbreak would have been inevitable." From the character of their political, military, and financial condition, " Anti-Machivel " thinks that neither Italy nor Austria could have played an important part in the struggle, and that the victor would have, in any case, been hard upon his adversaries. THE SCHELDT. The importance of the river Scheldt as the key of the North Sea has been repeatedly discussed, and fears have been expressed that any large Power holding possession of the Belgian outlet would• be able to menace England in case of war. Mr. Bernal Osborne,in a late debate in the House of Commons gave full expression to this view of the case, and cited the First Napoleon as having given utterance to a similar opinion. Mr. Gladstone, however, declined to accept the ipse dixit • of either Napoleon or Mr. Osborne regarding the superlative importance of this historic river. Captain Sherard Osborne, who has had opportunities of studying the question, believes that the importance of the posi tion has been overrated. In the days of the First Napoleon it iwas easy to appreciate the value of the Scheldt, as it gave him an additional point from which to threaten this country, and the possession of its in land waters premised security against a naval attack, while he was busy building, organising, and framing a fleet for the purpose of invasio.). But all this has bden changed by the improvement in steam-vessels, and the total revolution in the mode of warfare. Ironclads would not be able to pass to the upper waters of the river, and it might be closed by sink ing half a dozen iron ships filled with atones. As to the lower waters about Beviland and Walchern,: Captain Osborne believes that they are far more open to an attack than Dunkirk or Cuerbourg would be. PASSPORTS IN FRANCE. The suspicion with which all strangers are no w looked upon in France, and the consequent introduc tion of the passport system with all its original incon venience, will, in a great measure, keep holiday-makers at home. Those who will run the risk of exploring the beauties of Normandy and the ruggedness of Brittany, at the present juncture, would do well to be prepared for adventures, some of them, it need not be remarked, of a not very pleasant nature. Care should be taken that the passports are duly vised, and that members of excursion or tourist parties should be provided with separate documents. The account given by a correspondent of the Times, who, with a friend, was on a visit to Brittany, of the arrest of one of the party, is not very reassur ring to persons of weak nerves. Still, a mode rate amount of caution in taking out a pass port, and due prudence in not being too forward in giving expression to political opinions, will go a long way in preventing evil consequences. It would be much better, however, if those who have a fortnight or a month to spare would give their own country the benefit of their purses. The English lakes are worth seeing, not only for their scenery, but for their associations, con nected as they are with such names as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, and last, though not least, De Quincey, whose name seems to be fading from the memories of Englishmen, but whose writings are a perfect. mine of beauties. Corn wall and Devon, too, are large enough to accommo- date thousands of tourists ; and Wales, both North and South, presents features not to be excelled abroad. The scenery about Barmouth is said to excel even the much vaunted Rhine, and for those muscular Christians who must have mountains to climb, surely Cader Idris and Snowdon offer dangers enough if taken from the proper sides. The 'High lands, with their lochs and glens, the Isle of Skye with its lovely wildness, to say nothing of Ireland with its many beauties, are all fields worthy of the Eng lish traveller. FORCED MARCHES. From the earliest times the legs of soldiers have had as much to do as their arms in the winning of battles. The army of the Crown Prince is evidently a fast-marching one, but this is not extraordinary considering the systematic training which nearly all Germans go through. Very few towns of any pre tension are without their gymnasium, where the youth are instructed not only in bodily exercises, but in the ,use ,of arms as well. This systematic course of education is pursued by the Germans out of their own country, for in London, Liverpool, and other cities m the :United Kingdom, gymnasia tare erected by joint effort in order to secure the benefits of muscular development. The British army has lately taken to systematic bodily exercise, and the results will no doubt be commensurate with the zeal shewn by the members of the force. Some extra ordinary instances of rapid marching are recorded of English foot soldiers. In India, when Sir C. Whitlock's infantry brigade relieved the garrison of Kirwee, it• was done by a forced march of eighty miles in forty hours, the artillery and cavalry doing the distance in only a few hours less. During the Peninsular war the rapid marches of - the British army became famous, and even as late as the Abyssinian war the troops made extraordinary displays in walking. THE NEW YORK PRESS ON THE EUROPEAN WAR. The American papers just arrived contain re marks on the state of affairs in Europe. The Times declares that the mistake which was fatal to Napoleon was evidently delay. The Prussians ex pected to be attacked a fortnight before the actual fighting commenced, and were surprised at the French Generals losing their opport uni ties. Napoleon • to the last day of his lif e will have good cause to remember his procrastination. These are the hours when Napoleon's faith in his star must be well-nigh dead. As for talking of the defence of Paris, if the Prussians appear in force within twenty miles of Paris, the city is gone. The Herald says General Grant was never guilty of vacillation or delay ; he struck as soon as he was ready, and he got ready as soon as he could. Napoleon's great mistake in the present campaign has been - vacillation and delay. He waited to strengthen his army when he should have been striking with it across South Germany for Berlin with the speed of and energy of the first Napoleon sixty-four years ago. The result is that where Napoleon should have invaded Prussia, United Germany invades France. and instead of the Emperor and Louis appearing in Berlin, " our Fritz" and old King William are likely to finish the summer in Paris. The Tribune thinks Napoleon's prestige is lost, and that he can never again influence the French people; the levee en masse is as likely to be as serious for him as it is threaten ing to the Prussians. The Philadelphia Ledger at tributes the wonderful success of the German armies to their rapid concentration of a powerful force at the right point and at the right time. The German leaders are men of supreme sagacity and ability. The Boston Advertiser observes that those who have studied the Emperor's character say that he is a man bold in conception, but of exceeding timidity in action; that, while he is entitled to the full credit for planning many of his grandest enterprises, he has utterly broken down and lost all his nerve when it has been most required. Whether this be a correct estimate or not, the Advertiser believes that his present hesitation has been fatal. A NEW FRENCH BATTALION. The newly raised Ist Battalion of French Tireurs is declared to be above the average French regiment in morale and physique. The corps is composed mainly of men who have seen service, and many of them have medals and military decorations. A letter from Paris gives a very enthusiastic description of these troops, and of the reception they have met with. The idlers of Paris seem to have unlimited confidence in the ability of their beaux hommes, as they are delighted to term them, to make the Prussians fly. The French army has proved thoroughly defective in its scout system ; and it is to meet its shortcomings in this respect that the corps has been organised. The men are said to be peculiarly fitted for performing the duties of scouts, and it is anticipated that they will harass the enemy very much. BOARDING-OUT PAUPER CHILDREN. The subject of boarding-out pauper children has o late received much and earnest atte4ition from those desirous of seeing an improvement in the poor-law system, and it is eminently satisfactory to find that the Poor-law Board has declared in favour of the new project. The President, Mr. Goschen, in reply to a memorial from ladies advocating the extension of the boarding-out principle to England and Wales,' states that hitherto some legal doubts and difficnl ties have stood in the way of carrying out that branch of the system which contemplates the re moval of children from urban unions to country homes. These obstacles, however, no longer exist, and the President adds that a general order is in type which will enable Boards of Guardians under certain conditions to arrange with duly appointed committees for the boarding-out of orphan and deserted pauper chil dren. Inquiries instituted by Mr. Goschen in Scot- land have shewn that great good under certain cir cumstances may be derived from the adoption of the system, but care must be taken to prevent that abuse to which it is undoubtedly exposed. The letter states : "Mr. Goschen has been unwilling to sanction any plan until he was able to see his way to such a combination of responsible management with voluntary effort as appeared likely to afford the indis ponsible security." THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The advancing autumn brings us in regular sequence the annual gatherings of our great scientific and social reform societies. The British Association, which assembles at Liverpool on the 14th of September, holds this year its fortieth meet ing. As usual, the list of its presidents and secretaries includes the names of men who have done the world good service in the arduous fields of scientific inves tigation. Professor Huxley is the President elect ; Lord Derby and Mr. Gladstone are among the Vice-Presidents. Sir Roderick Murchison, as a matter of course, presides over the Geography Sec tion ; Professor Roscoe over Chemical Science ; Professor Rolleston over Biology; Sir Philip Grey Egerton is the head of the Geology Department ; Mr. Clerk Maxwell of Mathematical and Physical Science; Professor Jevons of Statistics; and Mr. Vignolles of Mechanical Science. The usual list of rules and regulations is published. The first gene ral meeting is to be held in the Philharmonic Hall on the evening of the 14th proximo when Professor Stokes will resign the chair, and Professor Huxley will deliver his inaugural address. There will be several soirees, and evening discourses during the week; and the concluding general meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 21st, at 2.30 p.m. Among the discourses to be delivered will be one by Professor Tyndall and another by Professor Rankine, the latter on stream lines and waves in connection with naval architecture. MONETARY SECURITIES. It will no doubt be a satisfaction to every one who believes in the necessity of assuring lives, to learn that according to the new law on the subject policy holders will be enabled to ascertain the actual condition of the companies with which they are negocia ting. It is somewhat surprising that a security of this kind against risk in the future was not insti tuted sooner in an age in which money is more than ever regarded as the test of merit. A small proof of the extreme tenacity with which people are inclined now-a-days to keep money in their own possossion is said to be furnished even by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's returns of the annual sums paid into the treasury by " sundry- persons for conscience sake," sums which have remarkably decreased in amount during the last four years. Some people are inclined to think that this is rather a fact in favour of the extension of honesty, but the public generally will not perhaps be inclined to support this theory. MR. ASHBITRY ON THE YACHT RACE. Mr. Ashbury, owner of the Cambria, has addressed a letter to the editor of the New York Herald respecting the race for the Queen's Cup. He thanks the Americans warmly for the cordiality and hospitality of their reception, and especially for the marked success attending the clearing of the course. With all his knowledge of the American love of "fair play," he had not thought it possible that the course could be kept so entirely free when so large a number of craft were afloat, bearing an excited and interested public naturally anxious to secure the best view. The Herald, in its report of what Mr. Ash bury calls "the finest and grandest yacht race which ever took place in America, England, or elsewhere," said the d a y's experience proved that the American is superior to the English model. Mr. Ashbury can not admit that the New York Yacht Club course is the best suited to test the capabilities of sea-going yachts, any more than he can believe a race across the Atlantic will settle which is the fastest and most weatherly vessel. Thanks to the courtesy of the committee, the Cambria had the choice of positions, but nevertheless she made a. bad start to leeward, and met with two or three mishaps. In any case Mr. Ashbury believes the Magic would have been the winner, but the Cambria should have been nearly the Ile proposes to issue invitations for races text in. twenty miles to windward and back, outside Sandy Hook lightship, or other open courses, and he hopes all the yachts which came in before the Cambria will accept the challenge. The races are to be run under the rules of any royal yacht club in Great Britain and Ireland, or of the New York Club. The resume of such various contests would, he thinks, better settle the question of the relative merits of American and Eng lish yachts than any races yet tried. In conclusion he proposes that the competitors in the late struggle should subscribe to present the owner of the Magic" with a memorial of his victory. Camb. Coats. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ...... ... after 12 I Afternoon ........17 after 12 t , 4 - 4 .'"‘ftork"r4 Also at other prices the public direly on its sold by them at any other :N UED : Dress Trousers, 16s. 6d. A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. There was a group of ladies in the Lord Mayor's Court on Monday, who, for a great part of the morning, were objects of general interest. It was rumoured that the party consisted of the fair plain tiff in a breach of promise suit and her friends, and it was understood that •many heartrending particu lars would be disclosed in the hearing of the case, fixed for that morning. Rumour was correct in this instance, for a Mr. Campbell Pendock Maguire, a clerk in the registered-letter branch of the General Post Office had been so foolish as to fail to fulfil his promise to marry a Miss Jane Peacock, described as a very prepossessing young lady. The defen dant, it was said, pleaded a denial of his promise, that a reasonable time had not elapsed to allow him to fulfil it if he had made it, and that the plaintiff had herself absolved him from all obligation. In spite, however, of his alleged strong 'refutations against the charge of broken vows, the lady, the daughter of a managing clerk to a solicitor, determined to have the case heard, and claimed £5OO damages. Interest in the suit had reached a high pitch on Monday, and many expectant spectators were waiting with eager feelings for the opening speeches, when a great disappointment suddenly fell to their share. Mr. Talford Salter, mount ing the box, said he was glad to an nounce that the jury would not be troubled with the details of a very harrowing case. The parties had just agreed to a settlement, the plaintiff con senting to take £56 13s. 6d. He thought it proper to add that the only reason the defendant now as signed for the non-fulfilment of his promise all along was the want of means. A RAILWAY TO THIBET. The Pioneer of July the 12th says that the letter which Mr. Stirling addressed to the Duke of Argyll on the construction of a railroad from Hurdwar to the plateau of Thibet has met with an unfavourable reception. Mr. Grant Duff in his reply states that he is authorised to acquaint Mr. Stirling that his Grace is fully sensible of the advantage which may be derived from increased facilities of communication with Central Asia. At the same time he i s not prepared to sanction the construction (as a State work) of a railway across the Himalaya to Thibet. The 'line which was projected by Mr. Stirling was to have run along the western branch of the Upper Ganges, and its con struction would have cost a million. The Pioneer sympathises with the disappointed projector, and exclaims, " What an evil is poverty ! Such a vast return thrown away—all for want of one million sterling ! We advise the projector to suggest the scheme to the Grand Llama." : tr• 11111441: Glitt tc, HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, AUG. 21. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge, dined with the Queen last night. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service at Crathie this morning. The Rev. Dr. Taylor officiated. Lady Churchill and Colonel Maude were in attendance. The Hon. Caroline Cavendish has arrived at Balmoral. th, hip his co' wh the Re of 1 reji nei da3 dip Bri fay 'll POS in 1 pro seri Bat 10,1 der Wa' low turi del] 8017 Is est Ne da3 gut ext Co] bei Baix THE WEST INDIA CABLE. Accounts from the cable steamship Suffolk, off the south coast of Cuba, on July 30th, state that Sir Charles Bright had laid the West India cable from Batabano to the Juan Ruiz Keys. Seventy - two miles of telegraphic commuuication have now been com pleted, with only one slight fault, which Sir Charles had returned to remedy. The great difficulties presented to the cable layers by the shoal water of the West India Islands has rendered the task a very arduous one. The Suffolk grounded several times, and it was only the patience and determination of Sir . Charles Bright which carried the expedition safely through. The Spanish pilots again and again declared the Suffolk could not follow the course laid out, but there has been no essential variation from the original design ; and now the worst part of the undertaking is accomplished, and the remaining part will, it is thought, be rapidly com pleted. Every one connected with the expedition is in high spirits.' The. Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., left town early yesterday afternoon, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Granville at Walmer Castle. A meeting was held at Belfast on Monday to take steps to obtain subscriptions for the relief of the wounded of both armies. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is in constant attendance at his office at headquarters, an d will not leave town till next month. A. new organ, to which the Queen and the Princess Louise liberally contributed, has been opened in Newport Church, Can on P ro th ero preaching on the occasion. Mr. William Johnston, has refused to be come a member of the Belfast Conservative Registration Society or to be elected an honorary member. The yacht Cambria continues to be an object of great admiration in New York harbour. It is understood that Mr. Ashbury will have a banquet tendered him before he returns to England. Mr. Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the Con federate States of America, has come to England. It is said he will make a tour through Europe. At a special meeting of the Windsor Town Coun cil, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, has been elected Chief and High Steward of Windsor, in the place of the late Prince Consort. The works at Sandringham are being rapidly pushed on, and it is confidently expected that the house will be ready for the occupation of the Prince of Wales by the Ist of November, on which day his Royal High ness intends to proceed to Norfolk. The Archbishop of Paris has been requested by the Papal Nuncio to have a contradiction given in all the churches of his diocese to a report of a letter from the Pope to congratulate the King of Prussia on his victories. The Curd of the Madeleine on Sunday made the announce ment from the pulpit. Some boys were on Sunday nlaying near a Volun teer target at Peterhead, when t'he target, weighing 15 cwt., fell forward upon four of them, and killed one, John. Slater, aged eleven, on the spot. The o th ers were dan gerously injured. The children were all sons of a Port nockie fisherman employed at Peterhead. The Hon. Norman Grosvenor, M.P. for Chester, on Monday laid the foundation stone of the New British Schools, to be built in that city ; and, referring to the Education Bill, he said that, if one or two points in it were altered, the remainder of the bill provided machinery which, in his opinion, was adapted to maintain a thorough system of education throughout the country. Sir William Jackson, Bart., the founder of the Albert Memorial Industrial Schools, Birkenhead, was on Monday presented with his portrait, as a token of the gratitude of the Birkenhead people for the great benefit which he had conferred on the community by the founda tion of such an institution. Sir William evinced deep emotion while returning thanks, and asked the trustees of the Memorial Schools to accept back the portrait. The Sheffield Independent reports that the branch of the Midland Banking Company in that town was visited a few days ago by a well-dressed gentlemanly looking man, who succeeded in obtaining some money by means of a forged banker's order. The amount was not considerable. Only a few days previously the same person visited a London bank, and contrived to get between £3OO and £4OO by a forged letter of credit. He stated at one place that he was an American traveller. Opposition is still offered to the procession of choristers at St. Chad's Church, Rochdale. On Sunday, as the procession was passing up the aisle, a lady, who has an antipathy to such displays, placed herself in the way. A churchwarden requested her to move, but she resolutely refused. In an attempt to remove her, she is said to have gone " black in the face." At length her father went to her assistance, and calling her his " much persecuted daughter," invited her to go into his arms. In an embrace which followed they fell down, and shortly afterwards they left the building. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at thei London 01:Elees, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.C, THE EUROPEAN WAR. THE SUN, which is Published Every Morning at Eight o'clock, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper, will always give the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and of all other events.