The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-14 00:00:00

EMOSES and SON. S CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. IVEW OXF€RD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STREIT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. V MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of .124• GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dress Oxfor d Camb. Coats. Coats. I Coats . Coats. 255. t 253. 17s. 183. 30s. 30s. 21s. 225. sa. 355. 265. 28s. 423. 425. 30s. 325. 50s. 50s. 365. 365. 635. 60s. 425. 425. Also at Also at Also at Also at Alier prices, other prices. other prices ther prices mos' , 1 • that thi 4ua lity, and th( is lonsiderably ho Ise in Engla] ES and SON beg to remind the public le cheapness of an article depends entirely on its ey venture to affirm that every article sold by them cheaper than what can be obtained at any other JUJ IL I . MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of ENTLE Summer Suits. 10s. 6d, Also at other prices. Also at other prices. 12s. 6d. . 15s. 6d. 1 1 . 1 ft 6d, 204" Also at other prices. 16s. 6d Also at other prioes ORDERS by pipit are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self measure introduced by E. MOSES-and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li Tof , z_.4o BOYS' CLOTHING: Knickerbocker Suits. Eton Suits. Brighton i Harrow ,wits. Suits. 9s. 64 13s. 6d 16s. &1, Also nt or rise+. I Also at Also at , Also at 1,11 prioes. other prices. other prices. ri MOSES and SON supply every description of I'4 . elnthing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all (glasses; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All ds marked in Plata Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments arc closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when buss : peas is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. • NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. )ORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and RUSTON-WAD. COUNTLY BIIANCH. BRADFORD. YORKSHIRE. CLNOESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Loewe and Manager, MP. B. WEBSTER. Evening, at Seven, WANTHD a THOUSAND MILLINERS, Mr. J. Rouse, &o.; at a quarter to Bight, The RAPPAREE, rggHerman esin, W. Rignold, Z. Clayton A. Rayner, E. ir, lr Shia' Barry; Mesdames- Ketharine Rod and M. Cooper; to ometude with THB HAPPY , Mr. Shiel Barry, &o TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from flecly. and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. lid Red Bull Wharf, CS, Upper Thames street, London. 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To conclude with the successful Iltirlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. Irving, G. Honey, Lin Rayne, W. H. Stephens, and T. 7 Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy rawsitt, T. Levis, sod A. Newton. IROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROI)G11. is Evening, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING ; The school for Coquettes. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly- Burly-Esqne, " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Pennon, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &o. ; and, THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL THE LYCEUM THEATRE (Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. EDMUND FALCONER), will open on SATURDAY, 17th September, with a New and Original Irish Drama, by the author of "Peep o' Day," entitled " INNIS FALLEN ;or the Men in the Gap." Box-offloe now open. luting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. MA DAME TUSS AUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the /Impress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of Prussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children Ignderlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms ed. extra. Open *am 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. WONDERFUL TALKING MACHINE, in vented and constructed by Professor FABER, of Vienna. The greatest mechanical curiosity in the world. =MUTING HOURLY from eleven a.m., till ten p.m. Ad. mission, ls.; reserved seats, 25.; children, 6d. Palais Royal, Argyle-street, Oxford-street, W. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 1112, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ) SHE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 208 Per ream. s. d. 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The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe ain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with Bo much ease and close is that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the , two inches below the hips, being sent to the mann aottrer Mr, JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. & Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 8113.6 d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, 113.8 d. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. ltd. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Le gs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive , and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 7e. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. _ JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 22Q, Piccadilly LONDON,WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1870. THERE is an cld story to the effect that the pious . men of Birmingham being moved by a laudable zeal for bringing the savage inhabitants of a distant island under the beneficent influence of Christianity sent them a band of missionaries, and that the Bir mingham manufacturers thinking that the vessel which took the missionaries offered an opportunity of doing business with the aforesaid savages not to be lost, filled the hold of the vessel with Birming ham-made gods. We do not know it the tale be history or scandal, but we are forcibly reminded of it by the action of Great Britain at the present moment. With praiseworthy thoughtfulness .and generosity Englishmen througho u t th e ki ng d om ••, are forwarding help in money and medical stores for the relief of the sick and the wounded in this bloody war. The aid is senttoboth nations alike. Considerably more than a hundred thousand pounds in money and vast stores of lint and bandages and medicines have been collected and forwarded to the huge Aceldama, where lie the victims of this monstrous quarrel. The papers tell us that the QUEEN'S cun sent to become the patron of the fund has given a great impetus to the subscriptions, and that ever since that consent was given the money has been pouring in incessantly. Almost in the next paragraph we read that M. ("HASSEPOT, the inventor of the French rifle which bears his name, is at Birmingham, under the name of Mr. JACOB, examining rifles and putting his stamp on the cases. Several gun-making establishments have orders from the French Government. All the guns have to pass ' Mr. JACOB'S inspection, and but for the scarcity of the BOXER cartridge, a large *Tiber would be shipped off. There are several Parcels of guns ready, but awaiting cartridges. Up to the present time 1,000 Chassepots have been sent off to France, and about 6,000 Suiders." So Mr. POLLAXY was right after all, and it is a fact that we English are, with our usual inconsistency, sending out rifles to inflict wounds and lint to stanch them. It may well be asked if it would not be better for all parties if we stopped our money and our rifles' instead of sending both. It is questionable if English ladies, who are now scraping lint and making bandages and sandbags would not, noble though their efforts are, be doing still greater service to the cause of humanity by promoting public meetings for the purpose of calling upon our Government to prohibit the expor tation of arms. We know that there are difficulties in the way; but difficulties are made to .be overcome. It England were a combatant or in any danger of becoming so, the Privy Council would at once issue an order forbidding the export of arms. Such pro hibition was issued nine years ago, when the Trent affair seemed likely to embroil us in a war with the United States. If the British Government thought fit to take that step merely as a precautionary mea sure, and in view of the possibility of war, why should it not take the same step now that ,war is actually waging ? The answer, unfor tunately, is only too plain. It may be given in one word—Selfishness. We were in danger then; now it is only a neighbour which suffers, and the sufferings of Germans and French are not to be put in the scale against the profits of Birmingham gunsmiths. This apathy is not only selfish, it is inconsistent. We forbid our shipbuilders to build or equip vessels of war for either of the belligerents; a very proper precaution, only as this does not happen to be a naval war in any way, a perfectly useless pre caution. On the other hand, we suffer rifles, without which the war could not be continued, to be sent away wholesale for the destruction *of thousands who will be placed beyond the reach of our lint and bandages, beyond the reach of all human help. It would be interfering with tree trade to stop this business, say the pedants, but we should do so to protect ourselves ; we have done so as far as regards an industry even more important than gun-making. It would be impossible to watch every gunsmith's shop, say the advocates of laissez faire. And yet it is not so long since nearly every manufactory in the kingdom was watched by the Government, for purposes of taxation. If in order to swell our revenue we placed excisemen in brick yards, glass works, soap manufactories, and paper mills. We can surely place customs officers in our gun factories, in order to make our neutrality real, and not the sham that it now is. It is time for English men to call upon the Government to perform a duty that has been far too long neglected. EIGHTY years have elapsed since the first French Revolution. For, virtually, in 1790 the political 'volcano at Paris had found full vent. Its earlitst outbreak began of course in 1789—say on the sth of May, when the States General assembled at Versailles, or on the 17th of June, when they assumed to them selves the title of the National Assembly, or on the 14th of July, when the people rose in the grandeur of despair— It was a July evening, and the summer moon shone fair, When first the people rose in the grandeur of despair " and, seizing any weapons they could lay their hands upon, stormed and destroyed the Bastille. By the September of 1790, however, exactly eighty years ago, the triumph of the revolutionary movement had been not only assured, but for the most part accom plished. The declaration of the Rights of Man had been adopted by the revolutionary legislature. The title of the Sovereign had been changed from that of King of France to that of King of the French. hereditary nobility had been abolished. Ecclesias tical property had been confiscated. Lett res de Cachet were swept out of existence. The palace of Verseilles had been stormed by the populace, and the Royal puppets dragged back prisoners to the capital. Louis XVI. had not only accepted the revolution as un fait accompli--he had solemnly sworn fidelity to the Constitution. On the 4th of September, 1790, had come the final dismissal and flight of NECKER. Eighty years afterwards to a day came, on the 4th of September, 1870, the outbreak of the Fourth French Revolution. The historian of the First has, immediately after this last-mentioned date, been despatched to London, en route afterwards for Vienna and St. Petersburg, as the accredited mouthpiece of the Fourth French Revolution. In the Second Revolution, that namely cf 1830, he was one of the conspicuous, if not one of the principal actors. He was then in the midst of tie publication, volume by volume, of his great work, the History of the French Revolution. Begun in 1823, when the first volume of it appeared, the work was finished in ten volumes by the year 1832. Having been Under Secretary of State in LAFITTE'S Administration, and having been elected Deputy for Aix, M. ADOLPHE TRIERS, in the very year last men tioned, the one in which his first historic masterpiece was concluded, became . Minister of the Interior. He subsequently exchanged that office for the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works-- in 1830 and again 1840 being President of the Coun cil and Minister for Foreign Affairs. Twice there fore he has been Prime Minister of France—upon the latter occasion all but plunging Europe into war by nearly bringing France and England into collision upon the Syrian question. Since then, now some thirty years ago, he has never taken part in any administration. During the first two of those three intervening decades, he magnificently occupied his leisure by penning his magnum opus, his great history of the reign of NAPOLEON, under the title of the "Consulate and the Empire." The twentieth volume, completing this gigantic contribution to the treasures of literature, was published in 1802, exactly thirty years after the publication of the tenth volume completing his history of the• French Revolution. Upon the occasion of the Third Revolu tion, M. TRIERS was, politically speaking, nowhere. While LAMATITINE was for three dazzling months the most conspicuous figure amongst the members of the then Provisional Government, TRIERS was there at Paris unnoticed, as a simple National Guard, carrying his musket on his shoulder. Upon the occa sion of the Fourth Revolution he was unanimously voted into the chair at the last sitting of the . Corps L6gislatif, subsequently declined to have his name enrolled as one of the uew Provisional Government installed at the Hotel de Ville, and has now, only at the eleventh hour, and because of the imminent danger of Paris being for mally besieged by the victorious army of the Prussians, consented in this his 74th year to enter upon an extraordinary diplomatic mission to London, to Vienna, to St. Petersburg, as the Envoy of the Government of Defence—he the celebrant of Napoleonism, the an nalist of the Revolution, the creator of the Paris Fortifications. TOPICS OF THE DAY. OMEN'S - CLOTHING CONTINUED Tourist I Summer Trousers. Dress Trousers. 15s. 1 18s. i 18s. _ 19? 235. I 235. 265. Ti SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTFAIBER 14, 1870. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNE I,L and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, :Is each; also 55., 7s. Cid., and 15s. each, nclud ng brush. Bed !lull Wharf, Angel-passage, bB, Upper Thames-street, Lon , ion, E.C. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. GAS—Ladame aux Camelias. Dolly. Bluebeard. VAurmintrx—Chiselling. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRA.ND—A Day After the Wedding, School for Coquettes. Idle 'Prentice. Chops of the Channel. AtinAmßnt.;—Grand Ballet and Varieties. • OREmonNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. MADAME TIISSAUD'S (Baker-street) —Prom 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. and 7 till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. ST, JAMEs'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PRINCRE3BRIe—Wanted. 1,000 Milliners. The Rapparee. . _ The Happy Man. - QUEEN'S-My Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe an Crown. RoTALTY—Our Nelly and F. M. Jvinis Quasar, the Irregular Bum 'Un. OLTurto—Poppleton's Predioamentc Handsome Is that Handsome Does. Undine. NATIONAL STANDARD—LittIe Emily. Venus versus Mars. PoLrrEamno--Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. ALSACE ADID LORRAINE. An odd proposition has been made with respect to the territories of Alsace and Lorraine claimed by the Germans as part of the indemnity for the war. It is contended that as France and Prussia have for so long a period been anxious to spring at each other's throats, a step. by which they might be kept at arms length from one another, might be taken, by secur ing the guaranteed neutrality of the two towns. Under these arrangements, Alsace and Lorraine would, it is hell, be free to govern themselves as a neutralised State, under European surveillance, in much the same way as Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxemburg have been under it during the present war. The fortresses would, of course, have to be dis mantled, and the whole combined country be made to present a land of peace, across which the troops of the bellicose nations should not be allowed to pass. The latter, it is even conject - ured, might be satisfied with the regulation, inasmuch as it 'would probably lead to an important reduction of their respective arma ments. THE TREATMENT OF FRENCH PRISONERS. The stories with respect to the illtreatment of French prisoners of war, by their captors after the battle of Sedan, have been, in great measure, refuted by a " Belgian Traveller," who had an opportunity of seeing how matters were conducted by the Germans immediately after their great triumph. He declares that he is not partial to the Prussians, nevertheless, be could see that they were forbearing and magnani mous towards the enemy in a way that was admirable. It was quite true to say that at one time French officers were without Ibod,fbr thirty-six hours, but so also were the Prussians. By some accident the commissariat corps were not near the combative forces, and the remnant of the latter who were not engaged in !guarding their prisoners thought it wisest that they should remain to giv e what help they could to the thousands of wounded, who were seen by the writer lying—French and German side by side—in the ambulances. In one village he was quite glad to see a Prussian com manding officer gallop up and direct a batch of French prisoners to help themselves to everything, and to tell him if all they needed was not given to them promptly. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES IN IRELAND. In the year 1869 no fewer than twenty new societies, professing to afford benefit during sickness and at death to their members, or families of their members, were registered in Ireland. Four societies were legally dissolved, and the total number estab lished at the end of December was over 150. In his report, the Register refers to an attempt made by a Belfast Association to secure for its members benefits at death by the means of the Post Office Assurance. The society were, he states, with . regret unable to make satisfactory terms and the plan was abandoned. The advantages to be gained, if life policies with Government security, were allowed to be conceded to the supporters of the different societies, would, in the registrar's opinion, be most important; and he is not without hope that some. means may yet be found to obtain them. It is one of the defects of the system, he contends, that such privileges are withhold from these admir able institutions—one which will, no doubt, be properly discussed when the entire question of friendly societies comes before the Royal Com mission recently appointed to inquire into their regulations and working. Some of the Irish benefit clubs have the most singular of names. In the Registrar's list we find the following among others : —The." Belfast Flax Roughers," and the "Belfast Linen Lappers, the " Count Sarsfield Foresters," the "Flowery Land Mortality Club,' the "Lily of Israel Club," "St. Mary of Egypt's Burial Society," "Pius the Ninth's Burial Society," the "Protestant Partnership's Friendly Society;" and the " O'Connel lite Brotherhood." Several of the railway compa nies, it may be mentioned, have co-operative stores., for their officials, and the Royal Irish Constabulary have established annuity societies for their widows and orphans, 'I'IIE RITUAL COMMISSION REPORT. Religious questions are professedly likely to pro voke dissension, and how difficult it is to obtain agreement on secondary points may be gathered from the " fourth and final report" of the Ritual Commission. It is signed by all the commissioners, ' with three exceptions, but the signatures by no means imply wholesale assent. Twenty-one pages .of objections very soon enlighten the perplexed reader on this point, and a careful examination shews him that every member of.. the commission findi some one thing to dissent from. Sixteen of them find two subjects for dissatisfaction in the report. Two of them, Lords Portman and Ebury, dissent from five points, while Sir Robert Phillimore and Lord Carnarvon decline to sign at all, on account of doubts, and Sir John Coleridge neither signs nor ex plains himself. This is not encouraging. The com missioners who were :appointed to secure general uniformity in practice have certainly failed to obtain . it in theory. Worst of all, seventeen of the com missioners are unable to concur in the course taken by the others with respect to the im portant question of the Athanasian Creed. Some important changes are proposed. The clergy are allowed to divide the three services, which comprise the Morning Service. One sponsor is to be sufficient at baptism, and parents:are to be allowed to be spon sors for their own children. The Rubric prescribing the use of the Athanasian Creed is left, but an expla natory note is added which does not much improve matters. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of St. David's, Dean Stanley, the Professors of Divinity at Oxford and Cambridge, and some eminent parish clergymen would have liked stronger mea sures. Another vexed question, the use of the Burial Service over unbaptised or excommuni cated persons, is attempted- to be compromised. The old Rubric is retained, but the minister is to read "at his discretion" an abbreviated service pro vided for him, subject to the responsibility of sub, mating his conduct to the ordinary. After all, then. the commissioners have not accomplished much, being forced, in the little they have done, to fall back upon ministerial and public discretion. We scarcely needed this experience to convince us how difficult it is to legislate on questions of faith and doctrine. KING WILLIAM'S PROCLAMATION. The North German Correspondence alludes to the circular of M. Jules Favre, and says that either he had not read the proclamation of the eleventh of August, or else his memory must be defective. King William made no mention of the dynasty, but said, " I carry on war with French soldiers, and not with French citizens." It may be, adds the German paper, that Jules Favre confounded the proclamation of the King with that of the Crown Prince at Van couleurs on the twentieth of August, in which his Royal Highness said they were making war on. the Emperor of the French, anti not on the French. The meaning of this proclamation was that the Parisian press at that time was anathematising the conduct of the German troops towards the French people. The proclama tion of the Crown Prince, like that of the King, had consequently neither a general nor a political signi fication ; it was simply a military and local measure. It was said that the Prussians were forcibly enlisting the peasairtry of Alsace and Lorraine and sending those who rebelled as prisoners to Germany. It was to refute those charges that the Crown Prince entered into explanations, and not with the view of elucidating public questions. Can it be supposed, asks the Cor respondent, that the Crown-Prince would confide to the illiterate boors of Vaucouleurs a political pro gramme of which Germany knew nothing ? SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH ON RLIPLED SMALL ARMS, Sir JosephWhitworth protests through the columns of the Times, against the arming of our troops and volunteers with short range rifles, whether of the Snider, Enfield, or,jany other patterns. Other nations are rapidly abandoning them, and arming their troops with long range rifles. Sir Joseph Whitworth holds that we should immediately follow their example. The first element of success in long range shooting is, he says, lei.gth of bullet, which alone can ensure great range, accuracy, and penetration. As regards bore, he prefers the French Chassepot to the Prus sian needle-gun, and thinks the former, when pro perly used, the most deadly weapon at long range. At a given elevation at moderate range, the Chas sepot will range 500 yards, and our own Enfield only 295 yards. Sir J. Whitworth, like most inventors, claims superiority for his own small-bore at all ranges when its conditions are properly observed, but whatever weapon the Government decide upon, he demands that they should without further delay begin to arm our troops with breechloading small bores. The disadvantage of troops armed with large bore guns in presence of others armed with the small bore is terrible, and he quotes, in support of his appeal, the accounts of the war correspondents, who state that many German soldiers only saw in the hospitals what the French look like, having been wounded at distances at which they could ,not dis tinguish the enemy. The range of the Chassepot being 1,800 paces, and of the needle-guu only 600 or 700, the Germans in all their charges had to traverse some 1,200 paces before using their arms effectually. The superiority of their artillery has more than compensated for this ; but, nevertheless, the facts quoted are not without their lesson. THE NEUTRAL POWERS AND THE WAIL A. Vienna correspondent of the Times says that any interference of the Neutral Powers with respect to peace negotiations would at this moment be most unpropitious. The members of the French Provi visional Government could tot afford to make such terms as 'Prussia would be likely to propose, and it would be useless for the neutrals to try to persuade them to the contrary. Mediation would be equally unfortunate with Germany just now. That nation is so elated by its great success that it would not hear with patience any proposals of mediation by foreign Powers until it has completed its purpose, andit might even happen that the ill-timed interferencelof the Neu tral Powers would result in the imposition of harder terms than those which Prussia would voluntarily propose. King William and Count Bismarck might possibly relinquish the ea of annexing Alsace and Lorraine if left to their own judgment, but the Germans would never tolerate anything like foreign dictation. It follows then that the quieter the neutrals keep the better service they will render the French nation. A correspondent at St. Petersburg says that the Russian press has not been so friendly disposed towards France of late, though the French cause is popular in general society. The Govern ment organs make no more mention of Russia's j o i n i n g in the war, and confine their remarks to the moral influence which they may exercise. The cause of this change of tone is supposed to be that the Russian army is totally unprepared for a war with such a formidable Power as Germany has now proved herself to be. There are not more than 40,000 or 50,000 breech-loaders available for the '. troops ; the artillery is far from being complete, and the intendance is in a state of total disorganisation. The present policy of the Russian diplomatists would seem to be to stop the present struggle before France is quite exhausted, so that her assistance might be available at any future crisis in Russia. France w,,uld be likely to agree to anything if Russia would interfere to prevent her dismemberment. DUNV I LLE awl Co.; Belfast, are the largeSt holders whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended iy the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup. lied in easkS and cases for home use or exportation. Quotation. ,n application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Die illeries, Belfast or at thei London QtEces. 4, Beaufort Buildings W.O. THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. Copy of a letter, dated 9th Sept., from Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, on board her Majesty's ship Lord Warden, off Cape Finisterre : " Sut,—With reference to my letter, No. 494 of yesterday, I beg you will inform the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty that I detached the Bristol to Corunna, and the Monarch into Cor cubion Bay, with the object of making inquiries whether any survivors from the late Captain had by any possibility reached the land ; and it is a source of great satisfaction to me tc be able to report that the Monarch joined me this morning with the gratifying intelligence that an officer and 17 men had landed at Cape Finisterre and were at Corcubion. I immediately sent the Monarch back, together with the Volage, and this afternoon the latter vessel joined me with the gunner, Mr. James May, and the 17 men, who state that the Captain, shortly after midnight of the 6th, made a heavy roll to star board, and before she could right herself was struck by a sea, the hurricane deck, also acting as a sail turned her over, bottom up. In a few minutes she sank stern foremost. "As their lordships will be desirous to learn the full particulars and cause of this lamentable catas trophe, I have sent the Volage with the survivors at once to England. " The Monarch is still in Corcubion Bay, making inquiries, and the Bellerophon has proceeded to Munroe Bay for the same purpose. " The Bristol is at Corunna. On my return to England, it is probable that I shall leave the Monarch at Corcubion Bay, and the Bellerophon in Muros Bay, to inter any bodies which may wash ashore during the next week or ten days. "I have the honour to be, Sir, (Signed) "ALEXANDER MILNE." " The Secretary to the Admiralty." STATEMENT OF THE SURVIVORS. John Heard, able-bodied seaman, states that he was one of the lifeboat crew, and when Captain Burgoyne gave an order he went over to leeward, and, seeing the pinnace, swam for her, and was rescued by the second launch. Dryburgh, A.B. states that he ran along the ship's bottom (after she had capsized) as far as her bilge piece. The sea then closed over him, and when he came to the surface he caught hold of a spar. Seeing the launches he let go the spar, and swam for them, and was saved. James Freeman, ordinary seaman, states that he went down a good distance with the ship, and was struck on the head by something. On reaching the surface he swam for the launch, and was the fifth man in her. Lewis Warry, captain of the foretop, states that he was coming along the weather gangway, and seeing the boat' washed from their crutches, he jumped for one, but mis sing, sunk. When he came to the surface the boat was some distance from him, and in trying to reach her he again sank. He believed he was drawn down by the ship. On rising he succeeded in reaching a boat, and assisted in lashing the steer oar, although much exhausted. Henry Grange, ordinary seaman, states that he jumped on to the boats as they were leaving the ship. John Walker, A. 8., states that when the ship gave a lurch he got over the weather side. He does not recollect anything more until he found himself being carried by a sea towards the launch, which he succeeded in reaching. Robert Tomlinson, ordinary seaman, states that he got on the weather netting, and as the ship heeled over he ran up the mizen tripod until he was washed off. He then swam for the pinnace, and was rescued by the second launch. Charles Treganna, leading seaman, states that he worked his way over the weather gunwale, and finally on to the bottom of the ship. A sea washing him off he swam for the launch, and succeeded in reaching her, and was hauled in. He got on the steer oar, and kept at it until the boat got to land, twelve hours afterwards. George Bride, coxswain of the pinnace, states that he went over to windward, and got on to a plank, about six feet long, but two other men getting hold of it he let go and swam for the launch, and was hauled in. The statements of the remaining survivors do not throw any additional light on the sad catastrophe. Mr. Charles Walker, son of Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.B. (ani brother-in-law of Captain Burgoyne); Lieutenant Nardenfelt, a Swedish gentleman ; and two Greek mid shipmen, one named Sactoris, were among those drowned. The Captain was close hauled on the port tack at the time of her sinking, and amid the fury of the elements the shrieks of the stokers could be distinctly heard. Admiral Sir Alexander Milne and the officers of the flag ship sub scribed a considerable sum for the survivors, and Captain Sullivan and the officers and the crew of the Volage contributed £6O for the fund which will be raised for the families of those who have been lost. Sir Alexander Milne accompanied the gift from his ship with the following. memorandum : " Mem.—The Commander in Chief sends to the seven- teen men whose lives have been so mercifully preserved, the small sum now enclosed, that they may have a few shillings on arrival at home. It is with the deepest sorrow he has found the last few days of his command rendered days of sorrow for the sad and melancholy loss of 'their shipmates, whose misfortune he will always deeply regret." The following has been received from the Portsmouth correspondent of the Times : ',The Volage, screw cor vette, Captain Sullivan, arrived at Spithead shortly before noon on Monday from the Channel fleet, which she left on Friday morning, north of Cape Finisterre, with the gunner and 17 seamen saved from the wreck of the Cap tain on board. Soon after the Volage had anchored at Spithead, the Captain's men were disembarked from the ship and landed at Portsmouth, where they were taken possession of by a crowd of excited people, all anxious to nquire for husbands, sons, brothers, or other relatives and friends who had belonged to the ship. Admiral Milne's fur ther report upon the loss of the Captain, drawn up after the depositions of Mr. May, the gunner, and the 17 seamen who gained the Spanish coast, near Finisterre, in the Cap tain's second launch, had been taken on board the Lord Warden, flagship, and was forwarded to the Admiralty in char g e of Mr. May, by the first up-train after the Volage's arrival, a condensed report being in the meantime for warded through the telegraphic wire betweed the Port Ad miral's office here and Whitehall. Immediately following upon the arrival of the Volage at Spithead, a list of the sur vivors of the Captain was posted at the dockyard gates. All the men saved belonged to the starboard watch. The watch was called, the men say, a few minutes past mid night, and as the men were going on deck to muster, the ship gave a heavy lurch to starboard, but righted herself again immediately. • Robert Hirst, able seaman, 'was stationed on the forecastle, and mustered with the star board watch. There was a strong wind, and the ship was then under her three topsails, double reefs in each, and the foretopmast staysail. The yards were braced sharp up, and the ship did not seem to have much way upon her. As the watch were mustered, Captain Bur goyne gave the order, ' Let go the foretopsail halliards ;' followed by ' Let go fore and main topsail sheets.' By the time the men got to the topsail sheets the ship was heeling over to starboard, so much that the men were washed away off the deck, the ship lying down on her side as she was gradually turning over, andtrembling with every blow which the short jumping seas (the sea now was white all round with the squall) struck her, and the roar of the steam from the funnel roaring horribly above everything, and continuing to do so even when under water. Hirst, with two other men, rushed to the weather forecastle netting, and jumped overboard, and immediately afterwards they found them selves washed on to the bilge of the ship's bottom, but had no sooner got there than the ship went down. Hirst and his companions went down with the ship, but the next feeling of consciousness by the former, was com ing in contact with a floating spar, to which lie tied himself with his . black silk necker chief. He was soon afterwards, however, washed away from the spar, but got hold of the stern of the second launch, which was floating as it was stowed on board the ship—the Fecond being stowed inside the first launch, the galley inside the second launch, and a canvas cover laced over and lashed round all. Other men were there on the top of the canvas covering. The fell in with the steam lifeboat pin nace (built by J. S. White, East Cowes, Isle of Wight), bottom up, with Captain Burgoyne and a number of men on her bottom, but could not distinguish how many. Four men, of whom Mr. May, the gunner, proved to be one, jumped from off the bottom of the steam pinnace to the canvas covering of the galley and launches. The canvas was immediately cut away, the italley thrown out, the first launch floating away from underneath the second, and the oars got out in the second launch to pull up to the steam pinnace 'to take off Captain Burgoyne and the men remaining there. Hirst says it was soon found impossible to do this. As soon as they endeavoured to get the boat's head up to the sea to row her up to windward to 'where the capsized boat, with their captain and few shipmates with him, was floating, the boat was swamped level to her thwarts, and two of the men were washed out of her. The pump was set going, and caps used for bailing the water out, and a second attempt was made to row the boat up against th e sea. This proved as unsuccessful as the first. There we only nine oars in the boat, the remainder having )- ,•e washed away, and one being in use for steering, out- seen remained for pulling the boat. It would be • eight _ prolong the tale. Nothing could be done umi- useless t o , ditions, with a heavy boat such as the semi er such con her-" head was put for the shore before it pinnace and but Captain Burgoyne was away to w' f ile wind and sea, ,rm the bottom of a boat, in all that at- 'ndward, clinging to 1t is important to notice that tl• o of broken wa t ers . ,e general opinion of the men appeared to be that, with the ship having a slight heel over, the pressure of a strong wind upon the under part of the hurricane deck had a greater effect, or leverage, to put the matter more plainly, upon the hull of the ship than the pressure of the wind in her three topsails had. They also appeared to be nearly unanimous in their opinions that when the Captain got her starboard side well down in the water, with the, consequent weight of water on the star board side of the t urre t-d ec k, an d th e pressure o f th e wind blowing from the port hand on the under surface of the hurricane-deck and thus `pushing' the, ship right over, she had no chance of righting herself again. One man says that, in answer to Captain Burgoyne's inquiry a s to bow much the ship was heeling over, he heard the answers given ' 18," 23," 25 ' degrees. This movement was never checked for a moment, for immediately the heel of the ship had been given as 25 degrees she was keel uppermost, and about to make that tremendous down ward plunge, with the roar of the steam from her boilers still forcing upwards and out-screaming the noise of the storm. When Captain Burgoyne was last seen he was holding on to the bows of the pinnace. Captain Com merell, of the Monarch, it is said, still holds out hope that Captain Burgoyne may be picked up. Commander Richard Sheepshanks, who was highly spoken of in Admiral Milne's despatch, was mate of the Ganges, 84, in the Pacific, from August, 1857, until promoted to Lieutenant, May 19, 1859. He was appointed additional of the Cambridge, gunnery-ship, February 21, 1861, and in April following joined the Immortalite, and sailed for the West Indies, where he remained until the com mencement of 1863. On March, 11, 1863, he wat ap pointed to the Excellent, and was attached to that ship until January, 1867. He was senior lieutenant in the Royal Alfred, in the West Indies, from January, 1867, to August, 1869, and was promoted to commander De cember 10 following. He aas appointed to the Asia for service in the Captain, March 9, 1870. Lieutenant Charles Giffard was sub-lieutenant in the Brisk, 16, on the West Coast of Africa, from September, 1860, until promoted to lieutenant October 3, 1861. He was employed in the Forte, 39, flagship, on the south-east coast of America, from May, 1862, until paid off in September, 1864. He was appointed additional to the Exeellent on the 20th of the month last named, and was attached to that ship until February 9, 1866, when he joined the Doris, 24, and shortly afterwards sailed for the North American and West Indian station. He returned to England, and was paid off June 16, 1869, and on April 30, 1870, was appointed to the Captain. Navigating Sub-Lieutenant Arthur Gilbert Tregaskiss was appointed, on the date of his rank, December 17, 1867, to the Octavia, 35, screw frigate, and served in the Abyssinian Expedition, and was frequently engaged in piloting ships in the transport service up the intricate and unsurveyed portions of the Red Sea. He had served in the Captain since April 23, 1870. Private Charles Hankin, Royal Marines, of H.M.S. Captain, is reported to be in the Lisbon Hospital, with Midshipman Mayne. tUrrffil Cr sr, , tjj , t---•„ g • ~~~0 HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, SEPT. 11.. The Queen, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service in the parish church, Crathie. Lady Churchill and Colonel Ponsonby were in atten dance. The Rev. Principal Tulloch, one of her Majesty's chap' sins, officiated. Principal Tulloch and the Rev. Dr. Taylor had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family. THE BESIEGED FORTRESSES. On the 11th the Prussians summoned the town of Soils' sons. The commandant replied that he would rather blow up the place, which spirited answer was —we are told—approved of by the inhabitants. Soissons is a regularly fortified town, and occupies an im portant strategic position as closing the main road from Paris to Laon, the passage of the Aisne, and as being situated at the junction of the Amiens and Rheims , and the Paris and Laon Railways. It is also im portant with a view to ultimate operations front the north on the Prussian communications. With regard to Laon, it would appear that it was the commandant of the citadel, and not the general in command, who blew up the magazine after capitulation. The King of Prussia attributes it distinctly to treachery, and it is much to the credit of the Prussians that the city was not immediately subjected to military executioxa Fifty Prussians and three hundred of the Garde Mobile' were killed, and many wounded ; among the latter Duke Frederick of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Toul, so says the Minister of the Interior, was assaulted by the Prus sians from five a.m. till nine p.m. All the assaults were repulsed, and all the besiegers' batteries dismounted. The loss of the Prussians was, according to the French, 10,000 men. We are inclined to doubt this statement, for, besides our distrust of round. numbers, we consider it unlikely that the besiegers would have persevered long enough to lose so many men. It is no doubt most important to the Prussians to gain possession of the place, and we have seen that for gr eat objects they are willing to make great sacrifices; but we suspect that the casualties did not amo unt to more than a tenth of the numbers stated, the rest being men in buckram. As to actual sssaults being continued during sixteen hours we are again inc redulous. We imagine that* the Prussians, probably not exceedlng 20,000 men, opened a vi g orous artillery fire for some hours, and towards the end of the afternoon endeavoured to can/ . the place by main force and failed, but that; they left on the ground half their whole armr is rather more than we are prepared to accept as a fact.. This much is, however, certain, that Toul holds out, andi is not likely to be soon taken. Verdun also, we are in formed by the Minister of the Interior, though twice sum moned, still refuses to capitulate. On the Bth MontmedY was again attacked, but without success. When will the Prussians learn, that at sieges, as in travelling, a short cut is often the longest road? A regular fortified town, defended by staunch soldiers, commanded V' y rasolute governor, cannot be taken like a fieldwork. The fact is, the Prussians at first thought that an i,avest ment or the news of French reverses in th , e field would induce the, governors of the fortry saes t° surrender without any great delay, and thus sav e effusion of blood. They have found that they were mis' taken, and now, wanting both to secure their coramunicat Ao ns and to strengthen the army marching on Paris, ; they t r y the hazardous and wasteful expedient of an att ,ack by force. The truth is that they have neither time to wait, nor, in spite of all that has beer , said, troops to spare. Vionville is imitating the os ther beleaguered garrisons and still holds out, harassing f.,he besiegers with frequent sorties. The statements abor i t Metz are contra dictory. We have understood hitherto that Marshal Bazaine was in great distress for provisions, but a dvices from Vionville state that he is - mall provided with both provisions and ammunition. We doubt there being any' thing known at Vionville concerning Bazaine. —Stan dard. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One shilling day, Tuesday, September 1 3,1870.—Admissions by season tickets, 1,286; ditto on payment, 3,200. Total visitors, 4,486. THE HORSE GUARDS.—There is, we believe, no' doubt that General Gambier will quit his po s t a t the' Horse Guards at the end of th e present month. He wall be succeeded by Colonel Middleton, R.A., whose place will be filled by Colonel Shaw, R.A. It is not yet knowv whether the new Deputy Adjutant-General will bear t/ j e title suggested byLord Northbrook' s comm i ttee of " C ' oief of the Artillery Staff," or whether the old &stir , a tioa will be retained. —Pall Mall Gazette, LARGE BEQUESTS,—An advertisement s' ppears in an Irish paper announcing the bequests of IV crick Hard man, of Dunleer, county Louth, to the RAY man Catholi c Church. He has left a reversion in 21,Ar JOO to a Roman Catholic orphanage ; £5OO for a meter window in t he Catholic Chapel of Logher ; £BO5 flw a Free Burse in Maynooth College; £5O for th,k,iitcr agation of the Faith Society; £l,OOO to the C4el -`' e °. :lBt. Hallow's; £5 O t 0 the Vincent de Paul Society ' for the Catholic Pe a, and Dumb ; £lOO fer the. p roman Catholic Cathedra l for the soul, and variou s o f Armagh; £l2 for. smaller donations klitty „ . ri ecl o i ti 'al s , CRYSTAL 'IAE A , fireworks a uew CR.—For to-morrow's display °I great l3ridge r' set-piece will be added to that of the a very large r ~f Kehl. It will be a represent a tion on and wii) .scale of the tower of Strasbourg Cathedra l, R ow . exceed in extent all former pyrotechnic devices. -ni's opera " The Barber of Seville " will b e plaYec l . the afternoon, and afterwards the milit ary b a nd N 0 ".,, play a selection of the French and German national song° Inow so popular in the contending armies. 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