The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-12 00:00:00

MONETARY Pt E POP TR - Notwithstanding that business in the Stock Exchange has been limited to-day, a healthy feeling has been every where apparent The belief that decisive news cannot ' fail to be shortly received from the seat of war imparted a firm tone, which the abundance and cheapness of money, and the probability of a reduction in the rate next week assisted in strengthening. The steadiness has been prin cipally apparent in foreign bonds. Railways shew scarcely any movement. Consols, however, arc unsettled, owing to realisations, and at the time receded 1 per cent., being quoted at 912 to 92 for delivery, and 91.1 to 921 for the October account, but subsequently recovered to their former prices, viz., 92 to 92* for in( ney, and 92 to 921 for October. Reduced and New Three per Cents, poi to 904 xd. Bank Stock 234 to 236. Exchequer Bills, is. to 6s. prem. India Five per Cents, 109& to 110 e, and India Bonds, 1554 to 20s. prem. Colonial Government Secu rities have been dealt in to a fair extent, and the quotations have ruled firm. The Es lish railway stock market has been characterised by a fair amount of steadiness. The movements have been altogether unimportant, being confined to an ad vance of in south Eastern Deferred, and a fall of 1 in Metropolitan. Aftnt official hours Metropolitan was quoted et 631 to 64 I Caledonian, 74i to 742 ; Brighton, 39 to 39-1 ; South Eastern, 712 to 72i ; Great Northern, 1201 to 1211; ditto A, 1311 to 1321; Great Eastern, 352 to 36-i ; Midland, 115 to 1251; North Western, 1261 to 127 ; Great Western, 69 to 691; and North Eastern, 1381 to 139. Indian Railway Stocks have been quiet. Canadian shares have been fiat. Grand Trunk Ist Pref. Bonds have fallen 1. As regards Foreign Shares, Lombards have been firm, and better, at 15i to 151. Business in foreign bonds has not been extensive, never theless the quotations have improved in some instances. Chilian 1866 and 1867, have risen 1, Italian Maremmana railway 1, Spanish Deferred Turkish (1869) i 4, and Italian 1861, per cent., American Government securities have been steady, and the Five-Twenty bonds have risen per cent. After official hours Brazilian (1865) were quoted at 89, 90 ; Peruvian (1865), 86, 87 ; Egyptian (1868), 74k, 75 ; ditto 9 per Cents., 95k, 96i ; Italian (1861), 49k, 491 ; Spanish (1867), 262, 27 ; ditto (1869), 25g, 261; Turkish (1865) 63, 64 ; ditto Five per Cents., 43a, 431, ditto (1869), 54i, 55 ; Mexican 141, 14/, Bank shares have been quiet. The Bank of Roumania have fallen but the Union of London have risen Telegraph shares have been steady on the whole. Anglo-Mediterranean have fallen but British, Indian, Submarine, and Falmouths have risen i t . Hooper's Tele graph Works are better. Miscellaneous securities have been quiet, and prices have been without change. The money market has been very quiet. The demand for accommodation has ruled inactive, and the rate for negotiating three months' paper has fallen to 2 4 per cent. The Tanjore bas brought £1,250,000, of which £400,000 is in silver, from Bombay. There have been no bullion operations at the Bank to day. The annul report of the Monarch. Building Society states that after payment of the usual interest on shares, the balance in favour of the society from the year's work ing is £7,563, which, with the amount brought from last year, £10,227, makes a total of £17,790. The directors recommend that 10 per cant. of this should be written off as a contingent fund, and that a bonus of 5 per cent. be paid upon the shares entitled to participate, which will absorb about £4,350, and leave £11,662 to be carried. With regard to the Caledonian and North British Rail ways, Ilerapatla consolers "it is simply a matter of time for these companies to come together, shake hands, and save expenses ; in our opinion the sooner it is done the better for both parties. We are so sanguine as to think that in that case the Caledonian may be again at 120 and the North British at 60. It is combination, not competition, which iaatil raise the value of both under takings." LONDON STOOL( EXOIIANGE.-SATLTBDAY• LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. The prices under the lines indicate the business done. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Three per Cent Consols 911 92 Viet 5p c Jan & July 1804 10111021 92, 4,1/ 102, 4 Do for Account 921, 2 895 x d 41 Three per Cent Reduced 991 902 Egyptian , 1862. 7 p c.. 94 1, i x d 791 x d New 3 per Cent , 9Ol 901 Do Rail Deben 7 9 • • 97 99 d 902, t, f x ltalian, 1865, 5p c Exchequer Bills. March 1 6pm Peruvian, 1865. 5p a B5l 865 Pm Portuguese, 1869, 3p c 2B 29 Do, June ~ l6 pm Russian, 18112, 5 p 0.. .. 86 88 PM Do Nicolas 4p o Bank Stock , .... n . 6 7 1. 8 India 5 per Cui — Agi . Ind a Bonds — -- 265, 5 Pm Do, 1869. 3 p a . Oan 6pc Jan&iirll,yll77-84 105 roz 26, 55 Do March & Sept. 103 105 Turkish, 1854, 6p c B3 85 Do 5p c Jon & July .. 117 99 845 97f Do, 1865 Spa Do Inscribed StOcir .. O 6 99 44, i, 1 Domof arn 5p c 1503 07 99 Do, 1860, 6p o Ceylon 6 p o May and 621 November 1878 lO7 109 U.S. 5-20 Bonds, 6p c 1.:2 891 90 Mauritius 6 p c Jan and 89i• 1, 5 July 1873 lO2 104 Do do 1885 882 891 New S W ales 5 p clB7l-76 100 102 89 New Zealand 6p a 1891 lO6 109 Do 10-40 Bnds, 5p a 1904 835 845 Do 5p c Do 5p c Consolidated 97 93 Erie Sha,loo dots, all paid 973, I. i• 8 Illinois Central Shares .. 108 109 Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 108 110 1081, 8 Do Juue & Dec 1891 107 110 Atlantic and GW R Con Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 113 Mortgage Bonds 23 24 J)oApril & OctlBB3-85.. 113 114 1131. 1 79 81 I:6S 27 • 25i 20 43 438 RAILWAYS. Bristol and Prater B3 85 Grand Trunk of Canada Caledonian ~ , 74 75 2nd Fret Stock 74 ; `, Do 3rd Pref Stock Great Eastern 368, 6 4th Prat Stock Great Northern 1202 x all 1052 Do A 13111328 Great W estern of Canada 142 142 1321 x all Do 6 p c Bond s, 1873 .. 99 101 Great Western 69 691 Do 58 do, 1877-8 96 98 " 691, f Do 5p c Pref, issued 80 par 2pm Lancashire & Yorkshire 129 130 Madras guar 5 p.c Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 3 9 40 N. Rai l w a y of Canada, Lou; Chat, and Dover .. 128 138 6p a Ist Pref Bonds Lon and North-Western 12611262 Code and Rohilkund g 1261, / k d 5 p o Lon and South-Weste 85 86 103, 2 Man, She!, and Linco ln 43 44 Scinde, Puijaub, and Metropolitan ..... .... 63 64 Delhi guar Dp c Midland - .... 125 1254 Bahia and San Francisco 1251,5 x d g 7 Pc North British North-Eastern Consols l3B 139 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 23 24 1331 2, 8 x d 23 Sonth-Eastern 721 x d Dutch-Rhenish 22 24 Attar:tic and St T,aivrnce 78 82 Eastern of France — Bombay, Baroda, and Great Luxembourg Central India, g D p c.. 104 106 121 12 105, 4 Lemberg Czernowitz gua Buff & Lake Huron Pref 38 44 7p c Do 58 p c Bonds, 1872-3 - 4 77 80 Northern of France Cape guar 6p c East Bengal guar 5p C lO4 116 Recife and San Francisco East Indian, g 5 p c Grand Trunk Canada .100 Equip Mort Bud 1 South Austn &Lom-Ven 151 152 charge 6 P c Do 2nd do Scrip .... 1 dis, fpm Southern of France .. . Po Ist Prof Bonds 62, 18 .... 15i 16i . _ BANKING COMPANIES. Pd Pd 1 Agra Bank (L) A .., Allol 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24 25 Alliance (L) 10 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 211 221 15 London Joint-Stock 33 34 50 British N American 50 52 33 20 Ch of India, Austrlia 151 161 20 Lon and Westnmster 59 60 25 Char Mere of India 25 27 60, 591 261, 6 10 Metropolitan 7l 81 10 City 25 Colonial 4 Consolidated (L) ... 20 Eng, Scot. an.l.AusC 161 171 25 Union of Australia.. 39 40 20 Imperial 4L) 10 Imperial Ottoman Ilf, 1 37 TELEGRAPH COIIP4NIES. Pd Pd 100 Anglo-American L) 8 1 7 90 10 Great Northern .... 11 111 90 6 Great N. China, and 10 Anglo-Meditrn (L) l3 131 Japan Extension.. 4 3 dis 134 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14 100 Atlantic — 10 Marseilles, Algiers, 100 Do 8p c — and Malta (L) .... 51 5 , 2 10 British A.ustraln (L).. 41 32dis 10 Mediterrn Ex (L) .. 5 51 10 British Ind Exten (L). 5 64 25 Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 4 3 dis 6/ 8 Reuter's .10 British Indian gub. 8, 4 marine, (L) 7, 5-16 100 Submarine 225 235 2 cuhis,„submarine (L) 5 41d1s ). D. s cr i p 221 dis 10 W Inflia & Fan ama(L) 51 6 10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta (Li., •• • • 94 10 gi MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Pd .... P .. d 2 Lou & Prov Marine (L)par i m holders' Certificate .t 25 100 Madras Irri g &C anal, Anglo-Austrian End 10 BerlinWaterworks(L) 14 15 gsp c by Ind Gov. 100 103 - 145, j, I Mauritius Land (L) 1 dis. Par 30 Bolckow-Vaughan (L) 30 40prn Natnl Bizet Comp (L) 11 11 1 100 Boston City (U.S.) 5 ll5 p c Sterling Loan.. 90 92 21 N Zealand Loan and 4 Brit & Fgn Marine (L) 112/pm Mere Agency iL) i 1 pro 27 Canada Company. .. 72 76 5 N Zealand Loan and Trust (L) 10 Ceylon Company (L) 6 5 dis am . (L 35 City Offices (L) .... 26 25 dis 6 1 N Britsh and or, ).. 26 28 20 Colonial (L) 5 Com Union Assurnce 21 21prn 5 Ocean H a rinelnsur .. 13 14pm 10 Crdt Form of Eng IL) 25 2y 135 23-16, 5 50 P and 0 Stearn 100 Crystal Palace 100 Do I'ref 100 Do 6p c Peri, I)eb , 108 113 50 Bbyinney Iron 275 Ebbw Vale Steel (L).. 10 8 dis 15 Do New 9l 10 1 Ylgyp 9 p cV'roy Loan, 60 Royal Mail Keain tezar by Egyp taw_ 95 97 20 Tel Con and Main (L) cf t :*1 13 Fore-g4Waret.ouse (L) 5 Gpin '2l!, 5 nm andk:'„oloninl Gov 2 Thames and Mersey Trust 6 p/a jitoods. 92 56 Marine Izmir (L 74 Gen Credt4lji4e), (I,j ?.., I d i s St To b acco 6p c Loan, 71, 110 guar by Italian Gov. 80 85 4Xn Still Navigation 20 30 5 Trust and Loan Co of 7 Hoove r' ! ; Tel Works.. 3 11410; Upper Canada 20 Hudson ,6 Bay B/ IA 17 Marine, Lvpool . (L 45 pm 81 V) Eq4)ll Steamship (L) 21 21 45 Indrbbr,Get rfm and 6 4 ' niteci Die (lorprn (L) 11 4 did Tel Works (L) „• 4O 41 5 UniyAtarinetnkinr i p 4 spin 20 InternlFinan SociL) 15 1 ills 91, 5 It Irrig Can Cavan%) s 3., 100 Viceroy of Egypt 7p c 74 76 100 106 p e Bonds, re- .. 62 Mortgage [man.... d ee mat:o 1870 ... 4 , 8 7 51, 1, 45 20 London Fin ASSOC (L) 19 18dis 12 Warrant Finance ... 4 Lou .2 Gen 15-16, 3 = 216,3,ib ... i, 3 . 25 35 48 50 9 7 dis MARKETS. LIVERPOOL GIRTON MARKET, UTURI)AY. Opening report.—lmport, as per bill of entry, 121 bales. There is an smpression here that mediation by the neutral-Powers promises eventual peace. There is less disposition to force sales of cotton. Prices are steadier, though the sales will probably not exceed 8,000 bales. READING CORN MARKET, SATURDAY. —There was a much larger attendance at this market this morning. The supply of wheat was short, and trade ruled very dull, at barely the rates of last week. Considering the wet weather of last week the condition was fair. Barley, for which the demand just now is on the increase, maintained last week's rates, but oats were a little cheaper. Beans and peas remain unaltered. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—There is a smaller supply of English wheat on offer at this market to-day than of late, and it sold at a reduction of is. per qr. Foreign depressed, and 2d. lower. Oats, beaus, barley, and maize are very dull. LEITH CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day wheat was ls. to 2s, per qr. lower.—Flour was ls. per sack cheaper. Barley was dull. Oats were ls. per qr. lower. Peas and beans had a slow sale. The arrivals for the week amount to 7,753 qrs. of wheat, 1,615 gra. of barley, 57 qrs. of oats, 16 qrs. of beans, 47 qrs, of peas, 5,600 qzs. of Indian corn, and 1,350 sacks of flour. KIRKCALDY CORN MARKET. SATIIRIVX.—At tills market to-day there were moderate supplies of all kinds of grain, and the demand was fair. Wheat was about 4s. under last week's quotation, bringing from 445. to 60s. Oats brought from 18s. to 275., being also 3s. in decline. Barley fetched an advance of 4s. per qr. over last week, namely, from 31s. to 375. per pr. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, SATURDAY.—The supply has been moderate. The trade has been quiet. Prices as fol lows :—Beef from Ss. 4d. to ss. Od.; mutton, Bs. Bd. to ss. 2d. ; veal, 4s. 0c). to 6s. Od. ; and pork. Ss. Bd. to 4s. Bcl. per 81b. by the carcase. METROPOLITAN HIDE AND SKIN HARKEN, SATURDAY. —Market hides: 561bs. to 641b5., aid to aid. ; 641bs. to 721b5., nd. to 31d. ; 721ba. to 801bs., nd. to 4d. ; 801bs. to 881bs., 4d. to 4id. ; 881bs. to 901b5., 41d. to 41d ; 961bs. to 1041b5., 40. to 41d. Horse hides, 10s. Od. to 12s. Od. : calf skins—light, 2.3. to 45., full, 7s. 6d. ; lambs, 2s. 3d. to 3s. 3d. : shearlings, 2s, 2d. to 3s. 2d. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET. SATURDAY. —This market closes With an excellent demand. Prices are slow. Little change for the week. WRECKS ON THE CORNISH COAST.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— The grandeur of a gale of wind is nowhere on the British Isles to be seen in greater magnificence than on the'rock bound coast of Cornwall, and I feel sure that no heavier seas roll on that coast than between Hartland Point and the little town of Bude. Here I have often watched the long, impetuous swell of the great Atlantic waves, as they fling themselves on this rugged coast, breaking into seething foam, and waking up a wild roar of a tempest full of majesty and strength. . . When to the tumult of the elements is added to the struggle of some distressed ship, with her anxious crew, in the very jaws of death, striving for life, the excitement of the people, far and near, becomes indeed truly agonising, and piercing is the prayer " God save the Sailor," and ris less invoking is the ery "God speed the Lifeboat." At Bude, like happily now at many other places, is a noble lifeboat This boat at Bude was presented in me mory of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Moore Garden by her surviving and affectiontte children ; and a suitable stone tablet recording this philanthropic gift to the National Lifeboat Institution is placed above the door of -the Lifeboat House. • During the short period that I have been sojourning at Bude I have succeeded in collecting some records of several of the shipwrecks that hsve occurred of late years on this bar, and of the noble deeds performed in saving, or in attempting to save, the lives of their crews. In the midst of the terrible and bloody war now raging on the plains of France, and remembering that the storms of winter will soon be upon us, I have thought that per haps you would insert in the Sun a brief narrative of some of the fearful shipwrecks that have taken place in Buds Bay, with the view of exciting increased interest in the Lifeboat work. One of these wrecks was witnessed by Dr. Acland, of Oxford, and he states that while standing on the break water, with the waves dashing heavily on the rocks, he saw the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution, suc cessfully exercising her powers against the upright walls of water. The crowd that had watched her were dispers ing, when a small schoondr and a sloop in the offing chewed signs of approach. The danger signal was hoisted. The wind off shore made entrance in such a sea impossible. "By Heaven 1" said the harbour master, " the sloop is coming in, in an hour Captain Brown will be drowned." Inside the breakers lay the " Hobbler's " boat, unable to approach. In creeps the sloop till her sails shake in the wind. She drives now slowly to the northwards, and we just see her rise on the surf, then heel over, then fall on her broadside under the opposite cliff. Roller after roller tumbles in heavily ; now she rises, and then dashes down into the foam. We, who have watched with pride the lifeboat, felt'a sore aching as we saw the little sixty-ton sloop doomed. The two sturdy fellows, who for an honest but painful livelihood unceasingly navigate these rude seas in their rickety craft, seem to deserve another fate. The lifeboat cannot approach the reef. " A rocket might save them." It is a mile round the bay to the opposite, cliff. A cart is soon at the station house ; therockets and their apparatus are put in ; the crowd follow as a fire engine is followed. We reach the cliff. It is now dark. From the surf, in the recoil of the wave beneath the cliff, here some 70 feet high, Brown cheerily answers, "A y, ay," and is then submerged uncles the next breaker. Will she hold an hour as she crunches against the rocks ? We lie down or strain over the rickety edge. " Keep back," say the knowing ones, " lest the cliff give way." Away Wes the rocket, li g hting up the cauldron below. The captain and his mate are clinging to the masthead. " Have you the line ? " is shouted cheerily ; but yet more faint " Ay, ay " reaches our straining ears. The block is fixed. The' hawser is hauled out, a few more anxious moments, and Brown is lifted over the cliff. We feed—for we cannot see—the dripping, battered, cheery little fellow, who, after shaking like an old Newfoundland div, rushes to the cliff edge to help in hauling up his mate, Joe, of Clovelly. The excited crowd gives half-choking hurrahs and retires inland. Scarce one hour from the ill-fated entry to the sloop has completed all. In the morning, at daylight, most of us return to see, washing away by the incoming tide, the shivered timbers of the luckless sloop. Brown, the industrious and ruined sea man, is there, too, and takes a last look at all his hard earned saving; his life only spared, he must begin all again. Again, on a dark and stormy November day, the smack Mary Elizabeth, of Padstow, was observed to be fast drift ing towards the rocky shore, west of Bude ; she was die masted and unmanageable. A high surf was setting into the entrance of Bude at the time, but the lifeboat was quickly launched, and rowed out through the high and dangerous breakers. After an hour's hard pull, the life boat reached the vessel, and took off her crew of three men, landing them through a very high surf in Wide mouth bay. The unfortunate smack shortly after was dashed ashore on the rocks, and was almost immediately in fragments. The lifeboat behaved admirably on the occasion, and from that time to this her crew declare that there is not a finer boat in the world. On another occasion a large ship withoub masts, which afterwards proved to be the Conflict, an old sloop of war, of 2,000 tons, bound from Plymouth to Bristol, in ballast, to be broken up, was observed in tow of a steam tug of Bude. The wind was blowing a heavy gale from the N.W. at the same time, and the tug having hoisted a signal for assistance, the Bude lifeboat was launched through a very heavy surf, and proceeded to their aid. On arriving alongside, the gale having some what moderated, it was decided that the owner, who was on board, should alone proceed to the shore in the lifeboat, in order to proceed to Bideford, and telegraph for the assistance of another steamer. This was done, the owner landing safely at Budehaven and the ship having been brought to an anchor, the tug was enabled to leave her at high water, and run into the harbour for a further supply of coal, and on the following morning she again took the Conflict in tow, and proceeded with her to Bristol. During a fearful gale of wind, at another period, a largo ship, dismasted, was observed at the north of Shark's Nose, supposed to be about ten miles distant. A heavy ground sea, consequent on the late gales, was breaking along the coast, and it was anxi ously considered whether the lifeboat of the institution stationed at Bude should make an attempt to reach the dismasted vessel. Some, practically acquainted with the terrible force of the sea on this coast, expressed their doubts of any boat living through the successive lines of breakers However, it was ultimately determined to make the attempt, and a crew cheerfully volunteered, accompanied by Capt J. It Ward, R.N., the Inspector of Lifeboats to the Society, who took command of the boat for the occasion. Hopefully the crew pulled along the harbour to the reef of rocks in a line with the point of the breakwater, and then a bold and gallant struggle commenced ; wave after wave was surmounted, each of more force than the p:ze lions ene, every wave driving the boat somewhat shorewards : but the crew, with firm determination, strove boldly . . to adranee. The breakers seemed at this time to roll in with increased force, and the many faces on the shore shewed anxiety for the issue. Gallantly, but slowly, the good boat went on, until she was caught by a huge wave just as it was toppling over. The boat and her crew were browed by the breaking wave. For a moment command was lost on her. Another wave advanced, broke into the boat over her quarters, smashed four oars on the port side, and knocked two of the crew overboard ; one was immediately rescued, but the other got entangled among some ropes, and was saved with difficulty. As the heaviest seas had not been encountered, and two of the crew had received severe blows, it seemed hopeless to make a further attempt ; and it was with a great sense of relief that those on shore saw the boat returning. Everyone felt that the crew had lane all that could be expected of them, and that a further attempt to pass the frightful line of breakero, with rocks everywhere to leeward, except across the narrow entrance to theharbour, could not be justified. The vessel proved to be the ship Margaret Quayle, of Liverpool, and she successfully rode out the gale. I am afraid of occupying your space with further de tails equally interesting and thrillng; but I must add the gratifying fact that the services of the Lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution on other parts of our d a ngerous coast are not less successful and numerous. It has pow a noble life-saving fleet of 226 boats under its char_ e, and they contribute every year to the saving of hundreds of lives which, in the absence of these boats of mercy would in all human probably inevitably perish. Moreover, too much credit cannot be given to the noble watchers of the tempest, the crews of our life boats, whose path of duty is a path full of danger and anxiety, and who, to save others, will sometimes even 'are a? die themselves. —I have the honour to b e , sir, Your faithful servant, • RICHAtID LEWIS. . . Lifebdat Station, Bude, Cornwall, 9th Sept., 1870.,. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1870, CHELSEA lOSPIT AL. General Sir J. L. Pennefather, .G.C. B. , will, the Avnsy asd Wary Gazette hears, have the Governorship of Chelsea Hospital, vacant by the death of Field-Marshal Sir Alexander Woodford. The Lieutenant-Governorship, and not the majority of Chelsea Hospital, will be reduced. We Waited Service Gazette) understand that the at tempt is being made to satisfy the claims of rival appli cants for the Governorship of Chelsea Hospital by some thinilike the following- arrangement :—Field-Marshal Sir William Gomm to have the Governorship, and the useless and condemned office of Lieutenant-Governor to be pre served for General Sir John Pennefather, G.C.B. 'THE LOSS OF H.M.S. CAPTAIN. The officers and crew of the Captain when she sailed num bered 500. -One warrant officer and seventeen .seamen arri at Corcubion on the night of the 7th inst., and the following hands were discharged into the Prince Consort some time before - the loss of the Captain 4—W. Wingatt, W. Burd, T. Ho , arty, James Moore, Alexander Smith, Thomas Wise, 'Henry Wil liams, able seamen ; and James Page,Corporal of Marines. W. Taylov. midshipman, was discharg,ml to the Royal Oak. The Captain was built by Messrs. Laird, of Birken head, under the direction of Captain Cowper Coles. She was a double-screwed ship of 4,272 tons, and 900 horse power, and carried iron armour of varying strength, being in the most exposed portions as much as eight inches thick, and elsewhere ranging fore and aft, and below the water line, between seven, four, and even three inches. In her two turrets she carried six guns of the heaviest calibre. Vice-Admiral Symons said of her, " She is a most formidable ship, and could, I believe, by her superior armament, de.troy all the broadside ships of the squadron in detail." The hull was only ten feet out of the water when ready for action. The captain had made two successful voyages to Vigo, after her prelimi nary trip from Liverpool to the Channel, before the pre sent fatal cruise. _ _ Captain Burgoyne, who commanded the Captain, the ill-fated vessel, was born in Dublin in 1833, and entered the navy in 1847. He wag made a commander in the navy in 1856. At the taking of Kinburn he was in com-' mand of the Wrangler gunboat ; and in 1857 he received the Victoria Cross for personal bravery. He also re ceived from the Turkish Government the Order of the Medjidie, and from the French Government the Cross of the Legion of Honour. Mr. .T. M. Carmichael, one of the secretaries to Mr. Childers, the First Lord of the Admiralty, left town by mail train on Thursday night for Brussels, to inform Mr. Childers of the loss of the Captain • the right hon. gentleman havlng a son, Mr. Leonard Childers, a midship man, on board. The illness of the First Lord had compelled him to depute to his son the task of taking a cruise in the Captain, and personally witnessing her quali ties or defects as a fighting ship. Captain Cowper Coles was a son of the Rev. John Coles, of Ditcham Park, Hants. He was born in 1819, and entered the navy in 1831. He saw ',much service, and shared in the attack on Sebastopol in October 1854, on board the Agamemhon, and was highly praised in the despatches of Admiral Lyons. • Soon after his return home he brought forward his designs for shot-proof rafts, guns, mortars, and turret-ships. After long perseverance, he persuaded the Admiralty to build a ship from his designs, and the commission was entrusted to Messrs. Laird, the ill-fated Captain being the result. Captain Coles had accompanied the ship in ber previous cruises, and was exceedingly proud of her. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Tanjore arrived at Southampton at 6.3.5 on Friday evening. She reports that from midnight on the 6th inst. to four a.m. on the 7th, when off Vigo, she experienced a very severe gale from S.W. which suddenly shifted to, N.W. At daylight the British fleet, of ten ironclads, was observed, having despatches for the Admiral, Sir A. Milne, C.B. She stopped at seven a.m., and communicated with H.M.S. Agincourt, by a lifeboat from that ship, the sea running very high at the time, and delivered all mails, &c. The officer of the boat reported the loss of several sails on board the Agincourt during the storm, and one of the other vessels with loss of top-gallant yards. The other ships were not near enough to ascertain if any other damage had been received. At 7.30 a.m. she proceeded on her course. It will be observed that Sir A. Milnes's telegram announcing the loss of the Captain, is dated 2 a.m. on the 7th. The news of the loss of the Captain has • caused intense excitement in Portsmouth, where the vessel was commis missioned. Mrs. Burgoyne, the wife of Captain Btirgoyne, resides at Southsea, and most of the crew are connected with that port. Reporting on the behaviour of the Captain between the 10th and 23rd May last, Captain Burgoyne says :—The three first days after leaving Spithead (on the 10th May), we experienced strong south-westerly winds, with a heavy confused sea ; the ship at the time steaming with four boilers, at the rate of from four to eight knots, and she proved herself buoyant, and remarkably easy in every way. The main deck was constantly washed during this time by the sea, but the water passed readily off again, without apparently affecting the ship in any way. The crew were exercised several times at general quarter*, the gnus being trained on various points, and the lower half ports worked; no inconvenience was experienced in the turrets from the sea entering the ports ; but occasionally a wash came in over the half ports, when the guns were in, but not sufficient to inconvenience the crew, or find its way into the turret-rooms. I found from experience that by training the guns aft, id; er delivering• the fire; the chances of shippinc , water are very little. Admiral Symonds; in a detailed' report of the cruise of the Captain, remarked as follows ;—There was a moderate swell (wind 5 to 6) at my visit on the 23rd of May. Though washing freely over the main deck, but in a far less degree than I anticipated, her forecastle was often deluged; the Minotaur's main deck was wet throughout, by the sea entering the weather ports, and a great spray wet the poop. On this occasion I consider the Captain chewed hertelf buoyant and successful in every way. Vigo Bay, where the Captain is reported to have been lost, is on the north-west coast of Spain, a short distance above the extreme north-west point of the coast of Portugal. The bay is of great extent, being 20 miles in length by five miles across at its mouth. One report received states that the ship was wrecked, not in Vigo Bay, but that she was driven north as far as Cape Finis terre, and there lost. Cape Finisterre is about 50 miles north of Vigo Bay. Commenting on the calamity the Slo:pplag Gazette says —We can safely say that we have never believed in these ironclads as sea-going vessels. Their great weight and rigidity of construction render buoyancy impossible, and they are brought down so low in the water that they are not calculated to rise out of a superincumbent sea.. A movement is on foot in lladdington to erect a monument to John Knox. Dr. James Salmon, Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, and in charge of Haslar Hospital, has been appointed to the vacant office of Physician to the Q ueen . The Lords of the Admiralty have awarded to Mr. J. R. Rogers, the inventor of a life-saving apparatus, the sum of £2OO towards defraying the expenses to which he has been put in carrying out experiments shewiug the merits of his invention. By the giving way of a portion of the floor o' the weaving mill of Messrs. Johnson, Portugal-street, Oldham-road, Manchester, on Friday morning, a young woman was killed and three other persons were severely injured. The accident is supposed to have been caused by the subsidence of one of the pillars, which rested upon the covering of a drain. - - It is announced that in consequence of the uneasi ness and apprehension which appear to exist among the British communities in China, consequent on the massacre at Tientsin, it is proposed to hold a meeting of merchants, bankers, and others interested in that country at the London Tavern on Wednesday next, the 14th inst., at two o'clock. THE EMPEROR AT WiLnELmsHoliE. — A war correspondent writes :—lt was exactly 9.35 p. when the Imperial train . arrived at the Wil helmshohe station. Assembled there were the staff officers of the troops garrisoned here, who had been left behind for the organisation of the troops of reserve. Fore most of them ranks General von Plonski, formerly general commanding the 11th Army Corps, but now, in conse quence of his ill-health, succeeded by General von Bose, wounded at Woerth. There was also the Chief President of the Province, Herr von Miller, all wearing their official uniform, and doing all the honours to the Imperial pri soner whom they had to receive. It was a solemn moment indeed when the drums struck up the " Zapfenstreich," when all hearts resounded to that tune, which indicates the day's work done. When the train stopped the Emperor alighted, and passed in the front of the officers lining the station, while he un. covered his bead and went to General Plonski's carriage, which conveyed him to Wilhelmshohe, ten minutes drive off. The Emperor looked earnest, but not broken down, and as far as I may judge—l was standint , five paces from his carriage—his countenance was quite different from that given by Kladdcradatsch. There were no signs of an extravagant embonpoint, nor of that illness which he is said to be suffering from. lam glad to confirm the opinion which I expressed beforehand about my fellow countrymen ; when the imperial carriage drove off there was rrn sound to be heard—dead silence reigned about. THE STA' OF PARIS.—We have troubles 'enough before us, Men though the Prussians should not oome after all. With a third of the police dismissed, whilst eight or ten, thousand people of the lower sort enter Paris unrestrained every day, with fifteen thousand stragglers and fugitives from the Rhine Army all hanging about the suburbs ; with ten thousand Tnrcos, just captured in the wildest depths of Kabylia, set clown in our streets ; with a prospect of eight thousand savages of this sort yet to come; with the flight of all respectable persons who can get away; and with all the restless faubourgs armed to the teeth—l think we can shew catalogue of awkward circumstances to compare with those of any city that has stood in deadly danger. Your readers will bear witness that lam no alarmist. The crash of Prussian shells upon the pavement of our streets I have long expected to hear. For that we were prepared; but these ominous sounds of trouble within the walls I had not counted on. No one under the status of a prophet could have antici pated that the offensive but 'useful sergents-de-ville would be suppre sed. It needed unusual prescience to foretell, when reading of defeats and capitulations a hundred miles away, thousands of the soldiers who fought there would struggle lack, with arms complete, but resolutely disorganisod, withing, the walls of Paris. And a man of common seise could not be expected to be lieve that in a moment of such desperate peril eighteen thousand savage Africans would be imported into the most magnificent city of the world, and flattered and caressed liiere until, they not unnaturally held themselves as a snperior race. These things I did' not -foresee, and they came upon me as a sinistil surprise.—Carrevondent Teicyroph. /A" 1 t 111 A, WAR. THE NEUTRAL POWERS AND PEACL• NEGOTIATIONS. PARIS, FRIDAY. • The Peesse says it ifT3 certain that an intervention of the European Powers in favour of peace is being carried on with our new Government. We are in a position to affirm that the Courts, of St. Petersburg and Vienna are very favourable to this project. The obstacle, if there is one, comes rather from England, whose Sovereign is, as is well known, very favourable to Prussia. A conference is to be held to arrange the terms of 'a communication which is to be made to the different Powers. Lord Lyons ex cused himself from being present on a trifling pretext. It is evident that he does not wish to make engagetnents for England before receiving exact instructions • from hiss Government. A fresh meeting is appointed with the same object, witch, it is hoped, will be more sutoessful• The Patric says that the whole diplomatic body actually assembled an -Friday, and intended if they can to a pre liminary understanding to start the same evening for the headqueiters of the King of Prussia. The same paper says that several journals have spelken of an armistice between the belligerents: The conclusion of a convention of this kind gill presents great difficulties, but it is no longer regarded as it was some days ago, as a matter d impossibility. The Independence Beige in referring to the rumour of the intended visit of the Ambassadors to the Prussian headquarters, says the gene ral opinion of the diplomatists is, that there is no hope for a speedy and durable peace if Germany exacts the cession of part of the French ironclad fleet, and of Alsace and of part of Lorraine. Another question is that of the demolition of the' French fortresses. The French Govern ment objects to this as much as to the cession of ter ritory, but it will not obtain the support of European diplomacy in that opposition. The Journal de St. Petersbourg has already expressed the senti ments of the Russian Government on the subject, and has remarked reasonably enough that Metz and Strasburg have not proved of much service to France, since they have not prevented Paris from being threatened with a siege. The Independence Beige has a long article on " A Durable Peace," in which it declares that the dis memberment of France would be an injustice and a great error. The Empire if it had con quered; -might not, it is true, have had any scruple about making the Rhine its boundary, but tidte is no longer a question of the Empire ; it is more than vanquished, it is dead, and we may be certain that France, twice its vicbtm, is km ever cured of that unconstitutional malady. Instead of preserving her own peace and the peace of the world, Germany would expose herself by the abuse of her victory to perpetual uneasiness, while she would place on the soil of Europe elements of war which would sooner or later infallibly break out. The Slide states on good authority that the representa tives of the neutral powers represented to Prussia the inhumanity which there would he in submitting the pop ulation of Paris to a bomboardment, King William re plied that he did not require to have recourse to such an extremity to effect the reduction of the capital. He coukl gain his end by a blockade, which in a given time would produce famine. The SiOele says that all the strategists who have discussed the probable siege of Paris have agreed that it would require nine hundred thousand men fully to invest the city, the circle of whose forts ex tends for twenty-seven leagues, and it calls upon the Government to pay especial' attention to the organisation of companies of scouts, who shall keep us well informed of the enemy's movements, as it is quite possible that even in case of a siege, Paris may maintain communications with the provinces. The French journalists have, .it is said, asked permission from the Government to dispense with the signature at the end of every article. The Avei#r National has already appeared without it. Many papers have said that M. Cernuschi will be sent to Florence as the representative of the French Republic, but they appear to forget that M. Cernuschi, as an Italian, cannot represent Frart either in Italy or else whera* A determined enemy of the house of Savoy desiring for Italy a Republican Convention such as they have in Switzerland. Cernuschi has never given his adhesion to the Government of Victor Emmanuel. A contradiction has also been given to the announcement that M. Cernnschi was to be made Governor of the Bank of France. The syndicate of the mechanical builders of Paris and the Society of Civil Engineers, have proposed to the Government that they should construct mitrailleuses. It seems that these terrible engines of war can be made very rapidly by means of private industry. The Government has given the neoeskeary authorisation to those establishments, and the na.odels and pieces will be sent to them immediately. The Liberte calls attention to the faot that the rain has continued to fall with unaccus% customed violence for the present season, though after such an exceptionally dry season it is not so surprising. The chief point of importance in the matter is that such. weather is most unfavourable to the march Qt an army in campaign, and especially to those who like the Prussians are in a hostile country. So many pieces of furniture have been sent to the railways during the last few days that at most of the stations the rooms are filled. The railway managers finding themselves overwhelmed with these articles, have been obliged to refuse them. The Government are still urged by the Paris journals to destroy the woods Between Fleury and . Meudon it is said that there is a position which commands the valley of the Seine ; this n.ust be destroyed, which it will be easy to do. The authorities are also advised to place petroleum in the forts, as it may be of great service to skilful officers in case of necessity. The Electeur Libre contradicts the report that the Go vernment intended to erect barricades in Paris, but adds that they mean to avail themselves of every means of defence which is known to the present day. The Prussians will meet with obstacles which they do not expect to find there. • But this is not a suitable time for the erection of barricades. The Departmental Press appear to take a favourable view of M. Jules Favre's Circular to the Diplo matists, and for the most part affirm that the French Re.. public could not speak a language which was mire worthy of it, more honest, and more firm. A Dresden journal states that the Germans will not take the route to Paris in earnest until all the works of organisation for the army shall have been completed, but this does not seem to be very reliable information, at any rate it has been said that the worki of the defence should not be slackened. , The Frankfort Gazette thinks that Strasburg can hold out for fifteen or eighteen days longer. The. Secretary of the Bank of France has written to say that there was no truth in the statement that the crown. diamonds have been placed in the bank. The bank would not have undertaken a charge which involved so much risk. The diamonds have been pUt in a safe place beyond the walls of Paris, through the instrumentality of the Go vernment. VICTOR HUGO'S APPEAL TO THE GERMANS. Germans He who speaks to you is a friend. Three years ago, at the time of the 'Exhibition, from my exile, I welcomed you to your town. - What town ? Paris. For Paris does not belong to 'us alone, it is for you as much as for us. Berlin, Vienna, Dresden, Munich, are your capitals ; Paris is your centre. It is at Partt that one feels the beating of the heart of Europe. Paris is the town of towns; Paris is thp town of men. Thera 'has been Athens, and there has been Rome, but there is now 1%1.6 Paris is, in • fact, the steno of a great ho'spitality. You return to A to-day, and haw? as brothers, like you (Id Clive years ago. No ! as enemies. Why . ? What has occasioned this. unfortunate misunderstanding? Two nations have made Europe. They are France and Ger many. Germany is for the West what India is for the East—a sort of grand ancestress. We revere her. But what has happened? To-day Germany wishes to destroy this Europe, to whose constructien. Germany has contri buted by her expansion, and France by her alliance. Is it possible that Germany will pull Europe to pieces by mutilating France. Reflect why this invasion has taken place, why this invasion of a friendly people. What have we 'done .to you ? This war was de termhied oa by the Empire that is dead, and we have nothing in common with its corpse. That is the past we are the future. That represents hatred. We ate sympathy, that is treason ; we are loyalty, that is Capita and Gomorrah. We are France. We represent the French Republic. We are the same people as you, We have had Vercingetorix as you have had Arminius. The same fraternal sentiment animates the German heart and the Frenck soul. if you assail Paris we shall defend it with all our might, but we shall still be your brothers, and your wounded*wilf be placed in the palace of the . Pi 4 what meaning is there in csontinning this , war s mitv that the ino more. You come to take Paris by fordo ; but wt have Always offered it to you in love. Paris, if attacked, will fight you in all the majesty of her glory and her mourning. Jules Favre has told you in eloquent terms that you may expect an indignant resistance. Should you take the fortress you will find the enceinte, if you take the enceinte you will find the barricade, if you take the barricade you will find what patriots can do in distress, and whole streets may perhaps be blown up. You will have to answer for these terrible consequences if you take Paris stone from stone and kill France in detail. Stop your course, Germans ; Paris is to be feared. All transforma tions are possible to her, and this town which was yester day a Sybaris, to morrow may become a Saragossa. We do not desire to intimidate you Germans. You have had Galca,gues against Rome, and Kerner against Napoleon. We are the people of the " IVlarseillaise." You are the people of the " Song of the Sword." You are a nation of thinkers, who can on emergency become a legion of heroes. Your soldiers are worthy of ours. Ours are impassably brave : yours are tranquilly intrepid. Listen, howevez. You have skilful generals, while we have incapable faders: • You have made an adroit war rather than a striking one. You have come ten against one, and takes us by surprise, and hitherto France has the glory and Prussia the victory of the war. You think to pot a finishing stroke to the work by rushing on Paris and destroying it. Will this be a worthy part for you to play ? Valiant men, great soldiers, illustrious army of noble . Germany, oh ! reflect. The nineteenth century will see the fearful spectacle of a nation becoming savage by policy, abolishing the city of nations ; Germany extinguishing Paris, Germany lifting its hatchet on Gaul. You, the descendants of Teutonic knights, you will wage this disloyal war, you will exterminate a race of men of which the world has need, you will renew the days of Attila and Alaric, you will renew with Omar the burning of the human library, you will bombard Notre Dame as the Turks bombarded the Parthenon, you will shew the world the spectacle of the Germans returned to Vandalism, and you will repre sent barbarity destroying civilisation. Do you know what this victory will be for you ? It will be dishonour. You cannot be seeking for opprobrium, but you will find it nevertheless and I, as a European, that is to say a lover of Paris, as a Parisian, that is to say a lover of the people, I warn you of the peril you are in my German brothers, I know if anything can make you draw back it will not be fear, it will be shame. When you return as the destroyers of Paris what will your women say to you. The death of Paris what calamity, the assassination of Paris, what a crime? The world will have the calamity, you will have the crime. Do not accept this serious responsibility, but pause. In conclusion I would say to you Paris driven to extremity may conquer, but at any rate efface the memory of these hasty lines, destruction, abolition, and death. No Paris cannot be destroyed, last Paris to the four winds in each of her ashes will be the seed of the future. The sepulchre will cry Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Burn our edifices they are only our bones, their smoke will assume a shape and rise to heaven, and this grand spectre of Paris, light and shade, will be seen for ever in the horizon ok the nations above us, above you, above us all, attesting our glory and your shame. If you persist, Germans,you have been warned attack the walls of Paris. As for me I shall remain unarmed. It suits me, to be with the people, who die. I pity you for remaining with the kings who kill. VICTOR HUGO. Paris, September 9th, 1870. JULES FAVRE'S REPLY TO THE AMERICAN MINISTER. M. Jules Fevre, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. has sent the following reply to Mr. Washburn's acknowledg ment of the French Republic : " Monsieur,—l consider it a happy augury that the French Republic should obtain its first diplomatic recog nition from the Government of the United States. No one could be better qualified than the representative of a people who have given the world the salutary example of absolute liberty to express in just and high-minded words the inestimable benefits of a Republican Government. You have based your wise and powerful institutions on independence and civic virtue, and in spite of the terrible trials you have passed through, you have always preserved unshaken your faith in that grand principle of freedom from which flow naturally dignity, manners and prosperity The nations who are mistresses of their destinies should aspire to tread in your steps. They can only be really free on condition of being devoted, courageous, moderate, and of taking for their emblems the love of peace and the respect of the rights of all. This programme is that of the government which has arisen in France out of the mournful crisis produced by the follies of despotism, but at the time in which it has been established it can have no other thought than that of saving the country from the enemy. Here again it meets the example of your courage, your perseverance. You have sustained a gigantic struggle and you have conquered. Strong in the justice of our cause, rejecting all dreams of conquest, seeking nothing but our independence and our freedom, we have strong hopes of success. In the accomplishment of our task we count on the support of all good men, and of all Governments interested in the triumph of peace. The adhesion of the Cabinet of Washington justifies this con fidence in their regard. The members of the Govern ment beg me to offer you their thanks, and to transmit them to your Government. For my own part, lam happy and proud that chance has permitted me to be the means of union between two peoples linked together by so many glorious memories, and now by so many noble hopes, and I thank yon for having expressed so much personal good feeling towards myself, which I warmly reciprocate towards you, and I hope to consolidate more and more the friendly relations which ought always to unite us. _ _ JULES FAVRB. GEN 14 RAL WIMPFFEN AND THE CAPITULATION. An officer who has been the constant companion of General Wimpffen throughout the campaign, writes from Belgium to the Patric giving a full and circumstantial ac count of what he calls " the awful misfortune of Sedan," from which it appears that the general was strongly opp•sed to the capitulation. At the time when the army arrived at Sedan, says this narrator, ft was entirely without artil lery munitions, and food. Soon the hills were cowered with the formidable Prussian artillery, which it was impossible to oppose. The general hesitated for a moment, being unwilling to attach his name to an act which he knew well he would afterwards be bitterly reproached with. But to avoid a capitulation it was necessary to pass an army of 300,000 men, well provided with everything, with an army of from 40,000 to 45,000 discouraged soldiers, without rations. or munitions of war. Formerly it was possible by a daring attack with the bayonet to cut through an enemy's ranks as a desperate resource, but in these days with the new weapon and their precision, rapidity, and long range, this can no longer be done. You would be annihilated before reaching the enemy. This consideration assisted the General to decide against the useless sacrifice of the lives of his soldiers. For an instant on the Ist of September General Wimpffen thought the victory was his own, not knowing that ho had before him more than 250,000 enemies. In the evening he wished to open a passage to take refuge with his troops on Belgian territory, or to march on Carignan. He would no doubt have succeeded in doing this while the enemy half dis organised by the fight, remained in position on the battle field, but the Emperor who always exercised the chief command prevented him and paralysed his last efforts by calling the Prussians to him under the flag of truce, and by a letter addressed to the king. General Wimpffen after an animated altercation on this subject with the Emperor and his surroundings, came back to his own quarters and sent in his resignation. The Emperor reused to accept it, and sent the following letter : "General, —You cannot give in your resignatidi when there is still a question of saving the army by an honour able capitulation. I do not accept your resignation. You have done your duty all through the day, do it still. It is a service which you will render to the country. The King of Prussia has accepted the armistice and I am waiting his proposals. Believe in my friend ship. (Signed) NAPOLEON. The general then persuaded that there were no : other means of saving the army that in withdrawing alone, as he could still have done, he would avoid captivity for himself, but would abandon the brave soldiers who had followed him readily to death, thinking, too, that by acting thus he would ill discharge the duties of commander-in chief which the chances of war had bestowed upon him, decided to remain at the head of the army, and share the fate of the ethers by affixing his name to the capitulation wideli, by ail unforeseen digaSter, closes a brilliant military career. Nominally commander-in chief without being so, thwarted in his ideas, in his orders by a sovereign whom one dared not as yet disobey, ill seconded by timorous and disheartened generals who rested on the Emperor, and were speedily aware of big negotiations with the enemy, the brave de Wimpffen sacrificed himself for the sake of the army, for it was the greatest possible sacrifice on his part. It is rumoured that in the event of Paris being besieged, the Prussians' first attack upon Paris will be on the gas works, all of which appear to be outside the walls. The corps of the Cent-Gardes is suppressed. The offi cers, sub-officers, and privates will be incorporated in such regiments as they may select. The privates are nearly all old sub-officers of cavalry and reghnents of elite. The committee for the propagation of the use of horse flesh as food for the public has written to the French Government to point out the aavantages that may be derived from such meat, especially by the establishment of economical kitchens, where any one would be free to get this article of food at a low price. The Emperor Napoleon still takes an interest in passing events. A Brussels paper states that he has ordered an agency in that town to supply him with the Times and two Paris papers, the Figaro and the Constitutionnel, to be ad dressed to M. Pi6tri, at Cassel. A large white flag, with a red cross in the centre, that of the Convention of Geneva, for the relief of the wounded, is now floating over the Pavilion de l'Horloge at the Tuileries, in token of the building being used as a ambulance. The Jaurnal de Path says immediately on arriving in Paris the Orleans Princes went to Jules Favre and asked for posts on the defences. M. Favre replied that he thought their presence in France at this juncture might be misinterpreted, and they therefore returned to London. The correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, at Strasbourg says :—An armistice of two days has been granted. General Uhrich has sent to have assurance of the truth of the Emperor's capture and MacMahon's capitulation, and it is probable he will surrender. The report of an armistice has been since contradicted. The former Prefet of La Meurthe has protested against the statements which have been made to the effect that he gave up the town to the enemy and destroyed what powder was left in the magazine. He declares that the Prussians took possession of Nancy because it was left entirely without defence and without arms. He had requested the Government to send arms, but never re ceived them, and he believes that they were sent in wrong direction owing to the confusion which prevailed. Galignani's Messenger of Friday appears reduced to half its ordinary size, and prints the following notice.:—" Wes have to claim the indulgence of our subscribers for the diminished form in which the Messenger appears to-day; but the departure of the greater number of our composi tors, in consequence, of the expected siege of Paris, leaves us no alternative. The fact that the paper has /IQW for upwards of fifty years held its course uninterruptedly through all the difficulties atttendant on the various changes of Government in France is a suffi cient proof of our deep anxiety to respond worthily to the favour which has been always accorded us ; and it is the same feeling which now induces us to make every effort to continue, as long as we possibly can, the narrative of passing events at the present most important conjunction. We need scarcely say that the reduction in our size is only a temporary incident. . Among intending candidates for the Chair of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh, shortly to become vacant by the resignation of Professor Allman, are mentioned the names of Professor Wyville Thomson, Belfast, and Dr. Alleyne Nicolson, Edinburgh. The patronage of the Chair is in the Crown. THE CAMBRIA IN AMERICA.--A telegram from Newport, dated September 8, says :—The New York Yacht Club had a match to-day thirty miles to windward and back, with no time allowance. There was a fine top sail breeze. Nine vessels started, and the Cambria led over the windward course, making a fine race with the Sappho and Palmer. Just before commencing the run home the Sappho carried away her maintopmast. The Palmer caught the Cambria while before the wind, and came in four minutes ahead, winning the cup given by Mr. Bennett. The Cambria won the club prize, and will sail eight other matches. THE P REMIER AT NOTTINGHAM.— ri Thursday evening Mr. Gladstone arrived in Nottingham by the Great Northern Railway from London. The right hon. gentleman, in conjunction with Lord de TableY, was appointed trustee of the Nottingham-park Estate under the will of the late Duke of Newcastle, and his visit was for the purpose of in specting the property. On Friday morning gr- Gladstone visited the Nottingham Commercial Exchange and News Rooms, where he stayed about a quarter of an hour. He also paid a visit to the public offices of the borough, and on leaving them was recognized and loudly cheered. Mr. Gladstone met the lessees of the Park Estate at four o'clock in the afternoon. He was to leave Nottingham the same evening. THE Ex-EmPREss.--There appears to be soul° doubt as to the whereabouts of the ex-Empress Eug4nie• From Ryde comes a very circumstantial account of her arrival there, and her departure for Hastings on learning that the Prince Imperial was at the seaside. On the other hand, a telegram states that Major Berry passed through Dover on Friday, en route for Brussels, charged with messages from the Prince penal to the Empress. The Ryde News says :—" " e have it on good authority that the Empress of the French landed in Ryde from a yacht, at four o'clock on There" day morning. Her Majesty was bscorted to the York Yotel, where, we are informed, she remained until about noon, when she left the town, we believe for the purpose of visiting her son at Hastings." D knING FEAT.—One feat of the Prussian horse was told me, which is worth recording. A patrol came t e , a station on the road to Rheims, and saw a train just leaving. There was an engine steaming away, an d about to start after it. An officer and a couple 0, troopers dismounted, and, quick as thought, dashed at the platform, stopped the driver with pistols, trigger fingered, mounted on it, and made him drive full speed to, the train, which they overtook. followed by the mountea, men, stopped it, and captured a mail full of letters and papers with important information. That was quick and smart, anyhow.— Times Correspondent. A KING IN WANT OF A BED.—After the fig ht of the 16th around Metz, which lasted until evening, th e whole neighbourhood was so crowdod with wounded, tha there was barely a room left for the king. At last a roota was hurriedly prepared, with a bed, table, and chair for him. His baggage had been left at Pont h Moussou " Where are Moltke and Bismarck?" said the king, as hg came into the room. " They have not got any place yet, was the reply. " Ask them in here, and as you will Want that bed for the wounded, give us some straw and some blankets, and we shall do very well," said King Willia. lo :. Although it was a rainy night, the three great leaders 01 the Prussian army slept on straw side by side. Prinef Frederick Charles also is an example of simplicity. 44 ' little room and a kitchen were the only dining room for himself and staff. A plank was put upon chairs to mak e for six people. Candlesticks were made of 011 111 bottles, and the wine was mulled to kill its sourness. RUMOURS IN PARIS.—A rumour which I heel some time ago, but scarcely credited, has now acqui re such consistence that I ought to mention it. Accord' ing to this report, the delay in the Prussian advan ce , is caused by a vastly important division towar ds the coast. Havre, it is whispered, is the point o _t attack. With such warning, a decree that apPea l l to-nighebecomes quite intelligible. The arondissement 4:1 Harve is placed in a state of siege, and the Ministers 0! War and Interior are charged, each in his own depart ment, with the execution of the order. The Prussian s are credited with a scheme of holding the gr e a t northern port as a material guarantee for carrying ~.,0 11t the terms on which they are willing to grant peace. 'lf; disappointment of all Europe, if it finally apP O r that this new movement, and not negotiations 1 1 _11 peace,. be the reason of Prussia's tardiness, ut take in France a turn of savage despair. But Moltke knows—as probably he does—with wh a ,, enthusiasm Francs-Tireurs from the north are crowding into Paris, the measure might not se e '.; so incredible. But we will persist in believing—for the night at least—that M. de Bismarck has now got the 1 101 _ of affairs, that the reign of arms is past, and the tog, ' takes its proper place. Bad news flies fast, and we h ag anxieties enough within these threatened walls. —Cory pondent of Telegraph. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Harrow Weald Park, Mrs. Alexander Sim, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Halliford, the wife of R. S. Cumming' of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the Bth inst., at Stamford Church, Worcestershire' the Hon. Frederick Archibald Hanbury Tracy to lieleo* Caroline, daughter of Sir Thomas E. Winnington, 1 3 ex t. ' of Stamford Court. On the Bth inst., at St. James's, Dover, John Gould, ~.° C Bampfylde Lodge, near Exeter, Devonshire, to P aul '' i; only daughter of James Green, of 13, Cambridge - t erne ' c Dover DEATEM. On the 7th inst., at his residence, Elm Lodge, Eg 133311 hill, Surrey, Matthias Gilbertson, Esq., aged 93. ,„ On the Bth inst., at Morbattle, Tofts, Kelso, Ro xburP shire, Alexander Cunningham, Esq. of London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE , t No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by bit THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of Savoy, n the County of Middlesex. Monday, September 12, 1870. ... 1 1 ) ta th,