The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-27 00:00:00

THIS EVENING'S NEWS. THE WAR. THE SECRET TREATY. THE PRUSSIAN VERSION. —FRESH COM PLICATIONS. The Correspondance de Berlin of yesterday gives the text of the treaty offered by France to Prussia, in which the former declares that she will not oppose the unification of Ger man y if Prussia would faci litate the acquisition by France of Luxembourg, and assist her in the conquest of Belgium. The Correspondance says the draft of the Treaty in question is in the hand writing of M. Benedetti, and is in the archives of the before Minister for Foreign A ffairs at Berlin. Already the war of 1866 France had offeredher alliance t oo q u ack ssia with a promise to dec lare war against and t ed that o Austria with an army of 300,000 men, provid Prussia would consent to make certain territorial cessions to France on the left bank of the Rhine." EXTRAORDINARY LETTER OF M. OLLIVIER. We (Times) have received communication of the following letter, addressed by M. Emile 011ivier to a friend in England : Paris, July 26, 1870. "My dear Friend, —How could you believe there was any truth in the Treaty the Times hos published? I as sure you that the Cabinet of the 2nd of January never negotiated or concluded anything of the kind with Prussia. " I will even tell you that it has negotiated nothing at all with her. The only n egotiations that have existed between us have been indirect, confidential, and had Lord- d Clarendon for their intermediary. Since Mr. Gla stone slightly raised the veil in one of his speeches, we may allow ourselves to say that thc object of those nego ciations, so honourable to Lord Clarendon, was to assure the peace of Europe by a reciprocal disarmament. You will admit that this does not much resemble the conduct of Ministers who seek a pretext for war. " You know the valu e I set upon the confidence an d friendship of the great English nation. The union of the two great countries has always seemed to me the most essential condition of the world's progress. And for that reason I earnestly beg you to contradict all those false reports spread by persons who have an interest in divid ing us. " We have no secret policy hidden behind our avo after wed policy. Our policy is single, public, loyal, without thoughts (arrieres pensee,s); we do not belong to the school of those who think force is superior to right ; we believe, on the contra r y , that good right will always prevail in the end : and it is because the right is on our side in the war now beginning that, with the help of God, we reckon upon victory. " Affectionate salutations from your servant, (Signed) " EMILE OLLIVIER." THE EMPEROR AND THEE e h WAR. been The Emperor's horses and camp serave despatched to Metz. The French papers continue to protest against the arbitrary and sweeping nature of the official prohibition against the publication of war news, and represent that it will be impossible to enforce it. The Journal de Debats of last evening censures the exceeding brevity of the official news of the cavalry skirmish at Niederbronn, and condemns its omission to mention whether or not the F renc h cavalry sustained any loss. THE FRENCH ARMY. It is understood that the number of volunteers for the war already amounts t o 100,000. Th e campaign is ex pected to open on the part of France with 300,000 men in the field for immediate operations. SEIZURE OF ARM S ATILAN GENOA AND MILAN, July 25. The authorities at Genoa have seized a clandestine ma gazine of arms, ammunition, and bombs ; two magazines of arms and ammunition have also been seized here, and several arrests made. NEUTRALITY OF DENMARK. The Official Journal of Copenhagen of the 26th an nounces that, as Denmark will be neutral in the present war, Danish subjects are forbidden to take service with either belligerent, or to render aid as pilots to French or German war transports out of Danish waters. THE XITITUDE OF TURKEY. The Porte has prohibited all demonstrations of troops on the frontier. M. de Bouree, the French Ambassador, left Constantinople yesterday for Paris via Vienna. NEUTRALITY OF ITALY. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on the 25th Signor Nicotera questioned the Government relative to its foreign policy. Signor Visconti Venosta, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, replied that Italy, like other Powers which cannot remain systematically indifferent in great European questions, will observe strict neutrality, will preserve her liberty of action, and be watchful that her interests are never compromised. RUSSIAN MILITARY PREPARATIONS. The number of troops in the kingdom of Poland is to be increased to 200,000, among whom will be the Imperial Regiments of the Guard, which have already been ordered to Warsaw. There is little doubt that the object of this measure is not only to prevent an insur rection in Russian Poland, but also, in the event of a rising of the Poles in Posen after a Prussian defeat, to assist the Prussian Government in restoring order in that province, and , i f necessary, to occupy it with Russian troops during the remaining period of the war." According to a Florence lettin the Independance Beige Garibaldi is reported to have o ffered the Prussians a legion of Italian volunteers. Niederbronn, where a skirmish took place yesterday between a French and Prussian reconnaissance, is a little town about midway between Vitoe and Haguenau. The French force consist ed of the 12th Regiment of Horse Ch aaseu rs, and was comman ded by General de Berins. THE MASSACRE AT TIENTSIN. Official advices bave been received from Kiachta, dated the 22d of July , statin g that a French gunboat had ar rived at Tientsin, where the English Consul was provi sionally entrusted with the protection of French interests. The French flag was immediately saluted. FATAL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. At three a.m., and 20 miles S.W. of the Start, a large American ship, called the Liverpool, from New York, bound to London, was in collision with an English barque from London, bound to China. down, Three minutes after she was struck, the barque went drowning the captain, two boys, and two ordinary seamen, The barque's name is unknown. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) MEN- OF-WAR OFF WICK. Our correspondent atWick telegraphs :—" Several large war steamers, supposed to be French, are passing this bay, going forward at an offing of about ten miles. One French man-of-war is lying at anchor in Sinclair Bay. THE SEVERE STORM.—A MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING. A. severe thunderstorm occurred at Wood House, Eaves, Leicestershire , las t evening. The rain fell in tor rents, and the lightning was both vivid and frequent Two men, George Wright, aged 24 years, and Thomas Simpson, were in a field belonging to Mr. William Foulds, cutting oats, when the storm commenced, and for the sake of shelter they loft their work, and took refuge under an old oak tree. They had not been there long when Wright was struck by the lightning, and fell dead at his com panion's feet. Simpson went to inform his master of the occurrence, and on returning they examined the body and found that the head of the unfortunate deceased was nearly split in two. The hair was also singed very much, and the body was blackened. 'A sheep belonging to Mr. Foulds was killed in a field adjoining that where the above fatality occurred. BANKRUPTS. Notice of Adjudication and First Meeting of Creditors, In L To Surrender undr theondon. Bankruptcy .Act, 1869. Beckley, George, Oxford-street, saddler, August 10, at 2. Chaborne, Alphonse, Camden-street, Camden Town, August 8, at 12.30. Laws, James,Woodstock-road, Stroud-green-lane, Middle sex, builder, August 8, at 1.30. Newton, Augustus, Canterbury-road, Kilburn, licensed victualler, August 8, at 2. 1 lOYAL MILITARY ACADEMY; 'WOOLWICH. The following are the successful candidates for admis sion to the Royal Military Academy :—Francis Curtis Fowns, John William Hastings Potts, Maurice Charles Barton, Edwin Capel Currie Sandys William Charles Godsal Thorny ' s Digby, John Neville, Conyngharn Ellis, Danid Leland Litton, john Denis Kirwan, Ronald Charles Maxwell, John Burn Murdoch, Henry John Lyster, Ernest de Vismes du Boulay, James Birch Sharpe, Fitzgerald Muirson Banister, Josceline Heneage Wo(lehouse, Auguus Frederick Liddell, Algernon Campbell Foley, Albert Henry Callwell. THIS M UHE MONEY MARKET AND - , 1 1 AL INTELLIGENCE: CITY, Two o'CLocK. The tone of the markets is rather better. Government securities are better. Railway stocks are held with more firmness. Foreign bonds are steadier, but the business doing is not extensive. Consols are now 891- to 8H f o r money, and 89f to 89 for accounts; Three per Cen t. Reduced, 891 to 89i; New Three per Cents., 89/ to 89k ; Exchequer Bills,t2s. prem.; India Five per Cents., 1091 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1011 to 1011. In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds of ate 87 to 871; Egyptian Seve n p er Cents. of 1864, 801 81 86 ; dit of 1868, 661 to 67 ; Spanish of 18C7, 23 to 23a ; ditto of 1869, 23 to 231 ; ditto Quicksilver, 681 ; Peru vian, 82 to 83/ ; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 37 371 ; ditto of 1869, 47 to 471 ; and Five per Cent. Italian of 1865, 771. The Railway Market —Metropolitan are 64 to 641 ; Great Eastern is 31 ; London and Brighton, 351 ; Caledonian, 73}; South-Eastern 651 to 67 ; Manchester, itheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3i to 39f ; Great Northern, 1141 ; ditto (A), 119; North Eastern, 122 to idlan 131 London and North-Western, 121 to 12 1 1 ; Md, 121 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 126 to 1261 ; Great Western, 60. Canada Five per Cents. are quoted 100 to 101 New South Wales Five per Cents., 96 to 97 ex div. ; New Zealand Fiv e p er Cents., 93 to 931 ; Queensland Six per Cents., 103 to 1031 ex div. ; Victoria Five per Cents., 98 to 981 ex div. ; and ditto Six per Cents., 108/. 10-American, 80 to 80 k ; British Telegraph Share s—An g Indian, 6to 6/ ; China, 41 to 4 dis.; Falmouth, 81 to 81 ; French Cable, 141 to 15 ; and Construction and Main tenance, 221. In American Securities, Five -Twenty Bonds are quoted at 801 to 811; Ten-Forties, 78 to 80 ; Erie Shares, 14 to 15; Illinois, 97 to 99 ; Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 19 to 20 ; and ditto De bentures, 25 to 30. In Bank shares Al liance are quoted 122 Anglo- A u strian, 4 to 6 prem.; Chartered Mercantile, 26 to 28 ; Consolidated, 41 ; Imperial Ottoman, 101 to 101 ;London and County, 49; London and Westminster, 591; London Joint Stock, 33 ; and Union of London 361. In Miscellaneous Shares Berlin Water Works are quoted 12 ; Viceroy of Egypt per cent. Mortgage Loan. 69 : National Discount Company, 10(: and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 39. Mr. Ball, the official liquidator of the South-Eastern of Portugal Railway Company, has announced for the 2d and 3d of August the authorised distribution of Portuguese Government Bonds, 1869, by order of the Court of Chan cery, to the respective holders of the securities of the com pany. The total is £1,850,000, of which 2512,500 will be to the holders of the railway bonds of the first issue, £487,500 to the secon d, £270,000 to special creditors, and £580,000 to general creditors. The report of the liquidators of the Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi Bank Corporation (Limited), to be presented on the 3d of August, notifies a further return of ls. per share, which, added to previous returns, will make 26 13s 6d per £lO share, and £ ll3s 6d per £5 share, being equal to a total return of £264,799 to the shareholders, and with 6d per share of the original estimate. A further small dis tribution is expected. The Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta Telegraph Com pany have notified that during the war between France and Prussia telegrams may be sent to Italy, Germany, Turkey, and other countries on the Continent, via Fal mouth and Gibraltar, thus affording an alternate route much needed from the uncertainty of communication by the land lines. At a meeting of creditors at Manchester of Mr. Morel de Perceval the liabilities were stated at £7,000, and the assets equal to about 10s. in the pound. The estate is to be wound up in bankruptcy. San Francisco advices of the 13th inst. mention that two Chinamen had been arrested there for counterfeiting notes of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. A sum equal to about £7,500 of these notes, almost exactly was se ized. like the genuine ones , The Liverpool Journal of Commerce says : " The con dition of financial affairs in Liverpool does not improve. Further failures have been announced, and it is fully ex pected that others will follow. Among those already mentioned are Messrs. Blackburn, Schofield, and Co., cotton brokers, whose liabilities, it is stated, will exceed £50,000. The Council of Administration of the Kharkow Krem entchoug Railway announces that the first drawing of obligations has taken p lace in the presence of a delegate of the Minister of Public Works. The payment of the obligations in sterling will be made on and aft er the 20th A ug ust (Ist September) , 1870, in London, at Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co's. Although business to a large extent has been transacted for the Continent in bar silver at 611 d. there are signs that the market is becoming decidedly weaker. The amounts now offering for immediate delivery -are not very large, but much si lver in various forms is soon expected, and it does not app ear likely that the high prices of the last few days can be maintained. There is also less de mand for gold of all descriptions, and the difficulties in the way of forwarding specie into the interior of Germany are excessively great. The Manchester markets have opened with a continued suspension of general business, and at nominal prices. At Liverpool several failures have been announced in the cotton trade and on the Stock Exchange. THE BISHOP OF ELY L ON THE EDUCATION The Bishop of Ely spoke on Tue sda y at a luncheon, after the opening of a church at Conington Cross. His Lordship expressed an opinion that the Education Bill which has passed the Commons, though imperfect, is as favourable as could have been expected. He believed it would pass the Lords with little material alteration. They ought to have had a year of grac n e, a b but that being denied , he strongly urged upoll, oth clergy and laity , the necessity of bestirring themselves during the next six months to supply the deficiencies in existing schools, sous to prevent their being given over to the " secular arm." He might be deemed to belong to the Dark Ages, but his feeling was that a great amount of ignorance would be far better than a great amo unt of learning without religion. (Applause). Step in s w e re being taken his own diocese to obtain educa tional statistics, to which he attached the greatest impor tance. GERMAN DEMONSTRATION IN VERPOOL. The dispatch of a number of German recruits for Fatherland was made the occasion of an outdoor demon stration of German enthusiasm in Liverpool on Tuesday morning. Several batchgs of volunteers and those liable to military conscription have previously taken their de parture in a quiet and unostentatious ha manner, butd the nautical the gathering of a much larger number than usual element,ln presen ce among them of a stron g led to the display of patriotic feeling. The outbreak of the war has detained a number of German ships in Li ver p ool, and as the period of their detention here is of course at present indefinite, the great bulk of their crews have been thrown out of employment. There is not very much doing in English shipping, so that under these circumstances it was the most natural thing in the world that, instead of seeking to be shipped on board English or other vessels, the German seamen should patriotically volunteer to go hom • and assist in fighting their country's battles. Accordingly a number of them offered themselves to Mr. Otto Burchardt, the consul at this port for the North German Bund, and there being n number of other Germans about to be sent home at the call of their Government, a party numbering seventy-two in all was made up for despatch on Tuesday. The greater portion of them, of course including nearly all the sailors, made a night of it" at a German guesthaus oxturem, in Mersey street, on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning, having appropr'ately engaged t he services of a German ng b aloft and ° , and provided thems elves with a pole beari the flag of the North German Confederation, the whole body marched in p rocession to the railway station. Arriving there, a scene of hand -shaking and much singin the about the Rhine and t he Fatherland took place before volunteers departed by the Lancashire and Yorkshi ly re train for Hull, whence t he y will find their way, probab by various routes, to Germany. Thirteen persons (natives) have been drowned by the upsetting of a boat on the river Godavery. Peter Joseph, who robbed his Royalllighness the Duke of Edinburgh of notes and property to the value of 2,500 rupees has bean sentenced by the session judge of Mirzapore to seven years' imprisonment. A young gentleman named Gregory, aged 19, was drowned on Saturday near Hayle, Cornwall, while bathing. He was an indifferent swimmer, and soon after he got out of his depth he sank, and his body was not recovered until life was extinct. A party of Shan monks, a hundred and eighty in number,are at present travelling o n pilgrimage in British Burmah. Upwards of eight hundred left nuket Shan country three or four months ag o, but a great ber fell sick, and others lost heart upon the road. The marriage of W. G. F. Phillimore, E s sq., barrister-at-law, and Mis s A g nes Lushington, wa solemnised on Tuesday in Westminster Abbey, the Rev. Dr. Lei„lhton officiating. Nine bride smaids attended the bride. Lord Harris gave the bride away, and the Dean of Westminster pronounced the Benediction. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador received the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Brunnow, the Prussian Ambassador and Countess Therese BernstoAmerff, the Austrian Ambassado r and Countess Apponyi, the r can , Portuguese, and Italian Ministers, &c., at di nn er on Tuesday evening, at the Embass y in Bryanston-square. RECOVERY OF TREASULE FROM SUNKEN SHIPS — HONG-KONG, July 7. —Ninety thousand dollars' worth of cargo has been recovered from the wreck of the Dunmail. Shanghai, June 2. One hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars have been recovered by divers from the Hamilla The Grand Duke Vladimir, son of the Emperor o f Russia,. accompanied b y a numerous suite, arrived on Saturday in Brussels, and was immediately visited by the King and Count de Flandre. A grand dinner was given the same evening, in his honour , a t the palace, at which were present the Russian Minister and other dignitaries. On Sunday he accompanied the King and the Count of Flanders to the opening rifle competition of the Civil Guards. REVOLVER.—On Tuesday, at the police court, Liverpool, George Starkey, chief officer of the steam ship Norseman, belonging to the Pacific Steam Naviga tion Company, was charged with shooting on e of the crew , named Richard Forsey. Whilst the ship was on the voyage to Valparaiso the men had some trifling dispute, when the mate deliberately took out a revolver, fired at Forsey, and lodged a bullet in his back. The prisoner was committed for trial, charged with shooting with intent to Tuesday Dow nsla ir e morning a a m m a iT i s m sh , Ge bail eo r g b ia en marriage a refbeing of Balfour used. t s h et 0 Marquisok pia e o o n f at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The wedding attracted a very large congregation. The bride was attended by six bridesmaids, and was given away by her father, John Balfour, Esq. Captain Charles F. Hawker acted as "best man "to the bridegroom. The ceremony was per formed by the Hon. A. J. Campbell, rector of Knipton, assisted by the Rev. G. 0. Gordon, rector of East Hamp stead. The breakfast was given at Mr. John Balfour's residence in Belgrave-square. In the afternoon the happy pair left London for East Hampstead Park, the seat of the Marquis, where they will spend the honeymoon. THE TREATMENT OF WOUNDS. Professor Burggraeve has sent a letter to the Jounral de Gand, stating that in the hospital of that city wounds are treated with the greatest success by simply covering them with thin sheets of lead which are kept in their places by sticking plaster. The lead is cool and pleasant to the wound, unlike a bandage, which must produce heat and irritation. It becomes coated in a short time inside with sulphate of lead, which acts as a prevention of putrefac tion and keeps away vermin. Moreover, cold water can be applied to wounds so dressed without disturbiq the dressing, and this plan is said to be a means of avoiding the need of hasty operations. A PAINFUL STORY.—A. married woman named Hollis has been charged at Lambeth with killing her in fant child, aged three months. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had been in the habit of getting intoxicated and going out for hours, leaving her baby uncared for. She came home one day after some hours' absence much the worse for drink. The child was in a miserable state, and its wretched moter was too much intoxicated to feed it with sop, as retried to do. The next day the child was so ill that a neighbour took it to the doctor, and when she reached his house it was dead. The surgeon refused a certificate, and a post mortem examination proved that the child had died from want of proper food and nourishment, having been born healthy. It only w ei g hed 31b. with its clothes on. The mother was committed for manslaughter. The .7 intes says th ere is, we understand, a prob - , a bility of the Active , unarmoured iron corvette, and the Gl as gow, unarmoured wooden frigate, being placed in, commission at Portsmouth at once, to strengthen our. naval force on the home station. The possible contin gency of the formation of a British squadron of observa tion for service off the coasts of Belgium and Holland or in die Baltic, renders it very possible that other ships than the two named may be commissioned as speedily as trice Admiralty can find seamen and stokers to man them. The commnd of a fleet of observation at a critical time like the present cou ld not be entrusted to abler hands than the officer wh o has been named as likely Cto receive than ceive it—Pear-Admiral F. P. Beauchamp Seymour, .B.; does it appear that the ton-ch of the Channel Fleet could well be deputed an abler offioer than Vice. Admiral Hastings R. Yelver t on , C.B. FRENCH ENTHUSIASM FOR THE \V klll3. — The Prase gives an account of an episode in the war move ments which occurred at the Eastern Railway Station on the departure of the 3d Regiment of Voitigeurs. Just as they reached the station a private carriage drove up, from which came an elderly gentleman, wearing a decoration, who immediately commenced taking from a huge sack parcels oarbacco, which be handed iu succession to the soldiers, d the cheers of the assembled crowd. At length, having exhausted his sack, and many of the men yet remaining unserved, he went up to the colonel and told him that he had exhausted ,the stocks of all the to bacco shops in the quarter to fill his bag, bat h4d not been a bl e , ,ugh for the whole regiment ; finally he begged oim to itteept 200 lonia in order to purchase to bacco for them, and handed him 4,000 francs ind, gold, which the colonel after some hesitation accepted, and thanked him on behalf of the men. c i re ii h o a r s s 0 b eGeunarrase v ed at at TROOPS cOhNThHain EAlACli'•Ek from garrison stating that the attent ion of the Field Marshal —ei ttliilear Com manding-in-Chiefc has been seriously attracted by recent c i rcums t an ces to the subject of removing t r oops by march route. The circular states that it is pot expedient that any rules should be so rigidly laid down that the exercise of a just discretion should not be left to the commanding officer. The exigencies of the military service, and the ever varying circumstances attending it, demand that such discretion should be placed in the responsible officer, but such officer must be prepared to justify his acts, and to shew that when departing from general instructions, he has either been compelled to do so by force of cir cumstances, or that he has done so for some obvious ad vantage to the service. While his royal highness fully concedes this discretion to officers in command, e n the other hand he will exact the responsibility which it POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(Tins DAY., CAUION TO CARMEN. —Isaac Matlocks, a carman, living in Upper Rathbone-place, was charged at the Marl borough-street Police Court, by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, as follows :—An officer saw the defendant in charge of a horse attached to a pianoforte van in Regent-street. The horse had down, both its kn ees were cut and blood running from them, and it was standing with one foot on the ground. The officer spoke to the defendant, who drove away and got out of sight, but an hour afterwards the officer saw the defendant with the horse at work again, it then having a pair of knee caps on to prevent the condition of its knees being seen. Mr. Henry, veterinary surgeon, spoke of the horse being lame and suffering great pain, its knees being badly cut. The defence was that the injuries were only recent. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was shameful to use a horse in such a state, and that the defendant was wholly reck less as to the condition of the horse was shown by his having used the horse after being spoken to by the con stable. The defendant, who was liable to three months' imprisonment, would have to pay 10s., or seven days. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY w a sOREIGNE. at Eugene Hirsch, a y oun g foreigner, charged the Westminster Police-court with attempting to co mmit suicide by shooting himself, at the house of Mrs. Bethell, No. 20, Stanley-street, Pimlico, as far back as the 24th of June last. From th that he wa s evidence of Joseph Case, a c onstable 142 B, it appeared called to the house at half-past eight in the morning, and in the upstairs room fou nd the prisoner lying on the bed naked ; he had a severe wound in the forehead. In his pockets were found caps, powder and shot, and a pistol on the mantelshelf, and there was a prostitute (a foreigner) In the room with him. Case took the prisoner to Westminster Hospital, where ,he has since re mained. The woman spoken of informed the constable that the prisoner met her in the Haymarket and went home with her, but she did not wish to be a witness in been the case , and left England for Paris, where it ascertained she has since died of small-pfound a ox. The prisoner said he was destitute, an d on him was packet of papers directed to the chief of the London policeca. Dr. Cham b er s proved that it was a gunshot wound, rrying away a great part of the scalp. He was remanded for a week. ONE Too MANY IN THE FAMILY.—A girl named Eliza Allerton was brought before Mr. Lushington at the Thames Police-court, charged with creating a disturbance and breaking two panes of glass in the dwelling house of Mr. Richard Allerton, a Custom House officer. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Allerton that the prisoner was her niece, he t and illegitimate child of the w itness's sister. Some persons said that Mr. Allerton was the girl's father, but she did not believe it. The prisoner was adopted by the witness at two years of age, and she had brought her up ever since among her own children, nine in number. Latterly the girl had behaved very badly, and was in the practice of leaving home, and absenting her self for several days. The girl stopped away a week and came home last night, made a disturbance outside the house, and broke two windows. The prisoner in defence said her aunt and uncle did not use her well, and made a servant and slave her h cousins. and she was treat ed contemptuously by her Mrs. Fanny Brown said the prisoner was well treated by her uncle and aunt, but a Mrs. Lloyd gave ht the filler evidence to th e opposite effect. M r. Lushington thoug tons, having adopted the girl at two years of a o o'e, ought to look after her welfare. On the other hand the girl must work for her living, and not expect to be kept like a lady. He remanded her for a week to look out for an asylum to which she might be sent. TUE SITS, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEINING,- JITIA 27, 1871, ORNING'S NEWS. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR- Business at Liverpool yesterday both on the cotton and Stock Exchange was exceedingly gloomy, and some additional failures were reported. Every other branch of business is in a state of stagnation. . - Yesterday afternoon the steamer Lerd Raglan left the Tyne for Rotterdam with seventy North German seamen on board on their way to take part in the war. As the oessel proceeded down the river, and steamed out of Shields harbour, she was saluted by the North German vessels in port. The men cheered heartily, and sang patriotic songs. SHOOTING ON BOARD SHIP. George Starkey, chief mate of the ship Horseman, was comm itted for trial by t he Liver p ool magistrates yester day for firing a revolver at one of the crew during the voyage flora Liverpool to Valparaiso on the 20th April last. P ROYAL ARCHROLOGICAL CONGRESS. The Royal Archaeological Institute commenced its annual week's congress in Leicester, yesteday afternoon, when the inaugural meeting took place in the Guildhall, under the presidency of Lord Talbot de Malahide. The attendance was very large and influential, inducting Sir Thomas Kennington, Archdeacon Trollope, Professor Nicholls, &c. An address of welcome was read by the town clerk, after which the Mayor, Mr. John Stevenson, expressed the gratification of the town at receiving the assembly.—Lord Talbot, on behalf of the Society, thanked the to wn and corporation for the reception they had given. He admitted that it difficult in such a thriving town to preserve its antiqui ties, but he thought that few persons who valued them would destroy them. He regretted that in the ,work of progress the memorials and glories of our forefathers should be destroyed. He congratulated the institute on the cordial reception given to it by corporate bodies. Changes were inevitable in all civic bodies. It was diffi cult to trace their origin, but some said there were traces of the Romans in our corporations. There could be no doubt that they were of Roman antiquity, but they could boast of greater and much nobler things than many continental countries. They had not lent themselves i n submission to any unprincipled blic despot that wished to stifle the expression of pu feel ing. On the contrary they had banded themselves with those who were in favour of moderate reforms and the improvement of the cou ntr y . No one was more promi nent in this than Simon de Montfort, first Earl of Leicester, who, at the h ead of the barons, and backed by the burgesses of Leicest er, be g an his career by laying the foundation of the British House of Commons. The institute was also welcom ed to the town by Archdeacon Fearon on behalf of the clergy, by Professor Harley on behalf of the Literary and Philosophical Society, and ac knowledged by Archdeacon Trollope and Sir Thomas Kennington. Visits to several objects of interest in Leicester then took place, and in the evening papers were -Id in the Masonic Hall. was GERMAN SAILORS LEAVING FOR THE WAR. A number of sailors from the German vessels in port at Liverpool, who are liable for sen ice in the Prussian fleet, left that port yesterday by railway for Hull and Rot terdam. Several German gentlemen who have been active in connection with the German Patriotic Fund, addressed the sailors at the Tithebarn-street Station, and eulogised their promptitude in obeying the call of their country. Considerable enthusiasm was displayed by the men. FATAL .FIRE AT LEITH. The oil works of Mr. M'lntosh, of Leith, were destroyed by fire yesterday, The fire was caused by the explo sion of an oil still. Three men were killed, and one was seriously injured. Four others escaped from the building in time. A farmer's flock was carried away by the tide in the Severn, on Monday evening. A flock of sheep, 150 in number, belonging to Mr. W. C. Wetmore, Awre, near Newnharn, strayed from the marshes to the Severn sands, when the tide came in and washed them away. A few were saved, but the greater part were drowned, and the loss will be great. The River Dun Company have given notice of motion for an injunction in Chancery to restrain the Corporation of the borough of Doncaster from discharging its sewage into the river Dun. The Council, in committee, met yesterday, and instructed the Town Clerk to obtain counsel's opinion, and oppose the application. The Corporation are engaged in concentrating the sewage, and bad previously agreed with the Dun Company to perfect the work as early as possible. THE FRENCH BALTIC FLEET. It was stated yesterday that the French fleet, under the command of Admiral Count Bouet Willaumez, had passed Dover and proceeded to the North. It appears that the Deal cutter, with its pilots, spice the fleet at Dungeness, and, as a matter of course, the pilots offered their services. At first the Admiral was inlisposed to take any, as he said he was well provided, but at length he engaged the services •of one of them, Mr. Crowhurst, who went on board the flagship Surveillante, and proceeded in her, piloting the fleet so far as off the Gallopers, some distance from Ostend, where he left them pro ceeding northwards. A French pilot was on board the flagship, who spoke English almost as well as Mr. Crowhurst, and appeared well acquainted with the coasts on each side. All the ships had Baltic pilots on board. The fleet had no troops on board, and passed off Dun kirk 1 \ Flout communicating, but after leaving Dover one of the gun vessels was sent to Calais with de spatches. Going up the Channel the fleet passed several German merchantmen, which hoisted the North German Confederation flag. Their capture could have been easily effected, but the French admiral took no other notice of them than to remark that he supposed the poor fellows had not been warned of the declaration of war. The French admiral said on the pilot leaving the flagship that he should like to send his compliments to Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres, the senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty, with whom he was ac quainted when he served as Flag-Captain to Admiral Hamelin in the Black Sea during the Crimean wanar.d Fi ve out of the seven ironclads are rams, are formidable ships. It was no secret that the destina tion of the gallant Admiral's fleet is the Baltic—first communicating with the cruisers that are already in the nor th. It is reporte d that before this day week no less than 30 French men-of-war will have passed Dover, on their way to the north, Dunkirk being the rendezvous of a squadron of men-of-war and troop-ships. GREAT FIRES IN DORSETSIIIRE.—For some days fires having been raging in the fir plantations upon the Merly and Canford estates, the properties of Willett Edie, Esq., and Sir Ivor Guest, Bart. It is computed more than 1000 acres have been swept by the flames. Nearly the whole of the large fir woods, extending on either side of the main road from Wimborne to Poole, have been destroyed, involving most serious loss and destruction of pxoperty. The Florence correspondent of the indeperidance Beige fully believes that negotiations are in progress for the evacuation of Rome. If this step be not taken there is no doubt that the attempt of 1867 will be resumed under circumstances much more favourable to its success. On the recomendation of the Lords of the Ad miralty the Royal Humane Society has just awarded its silver medallion to Sub-Lieutenant A. A. Taylor, of H.M.S. Zealous, for his gallantry in jumping overboard to save the life of a boy during a heavy sea. Mr. Spurgeon, after laying the foundation-stone of a chapel at Peckham, invited Napoleon and the their King of Prussia to come over to Eng land to fight out own quarrel :—" lam sure the police would win k illi at ng to the m atter, and for my own part I would be quite w hold their coats I and I would cheer ea ch one on, and say, Hit him hard ; think he deserves it !" A Priest was drowned on Monday at Bundoran, Ireland whilst bathing ; the o ther bathers rushed out of the water, leaving him to his fate. An inquest was held on the body being recovered. As it was pro ceeding, some tourists came up, and the people took offence, it is said,. at the blue veil one of them wore. dleßutd for the parish priest he w ould have been roughly han, the people being for hours about the house where he took refuge. SMALLPDX IN PARIS AND 'NEW YORK.—The almost entire absence of small-pox in this City formed a most gratifying feature in the report of the Sanitary In spector just presented to the Health Board. As a very s ignificant set-off against the single case in New York, th e re comes by cable the announcement of 267 deaths from a form of smallpox in Pa merits of ris last week. While the French doctors have been disp uting . over the me mode Jenner's great discov e ry , and discussing the proper of obtaining the vaccine, the dreadful scourge which they have failed to make due preparations to meet has effected a lodgment in their midst. Perhaps people who oppose vaccination here will perceive the moral conveyed.—New Yor k Tim'es_.____—.--------------- t. PAULIA EN I'. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuEsDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE SECRET TREATY. Lord CAIRNS said be believed a statement had been made in the other - House on the subject of the document which had excited so much public attention, and which was mentioned in their lordships' House last night. i H e e wished to know whet her the noble earl opposite was n position to communicate to their lordships the information which had been made elsewhere. Earl GRANVILLE said he bad received a message from Lord Augustus Loftus, stating that it was the intention of Count Bismarck to publish, in the official papers of Berlin that morning, the text of the draft treaty which bad appeared in the Times, and also stating that ß the draft t rea ty was in the handwriting of M. etti. Within the last hour he had had an interview with M. Lavalette, the French Ambassador, and a conversation took place onthe subject of the treaty,of which conversation he had taken a note. M. Lavalette said that now war was declared between France and Prussia there only re mained two objects for France to attain in reference to this country, viz., to maintain friendly relations between the two Governments which of late years had existed be tween the two countrie s. The plan contained in the draft treaty was one he said originated by Count Bismarck, that it had been the subject of some conversation with M. Benedetti, but that it had never had any serious basis, and had been rejected by both. M. Lavalette added that France had respected the nationality of Belgium even when she had reason to complain of the conduct of that country. He stated further that during the last month the Emperor had pledged himself in a manner which was binding upon their honour to respect the neutrality of Belgium unless that neutrality was first violated by another belligerent, and the declaration had been communicated b y the Emperor to Lord Lyons, her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris. On the motion of Lord Houghton, the Clerical Distri bution Bill was read a second time. Lord NORTHBROOK moved the second reading of the Army Enlistment Bill, the object of which was to en large the area of enlistment, and to bring about an army of of reserve by making the enlistment for 12 years, i which were to be passed under the colours and six in the reserve. The Act was no t to apply either to cavalry or stances W;`' THE RIFLE COMPETITION• engineers. The Duke of Cambridge approved of the measure, as did also Earl Grey, Lord Dalhousie, and Earl Dela warr. The motion was agreed to. The Sugar Duties (Isle of Man), the Stamp Duty on Leases, the Exchequer Bonds (21,300,000), and the Paupers' Conveyance Bills were severally read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past eight. lIOUSE OF COMAIONS.-TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at ten minutes past two o'clock. CHARGE AGAINST THE ENCLOSURE COMMISSIONERS. Mr. FAWCETT remarked that a petition had been placed in his hands, very influentially signed, by the inhabitants of Fake . nham, in the county of Norfolk, making a serious charge against the Enclosure Commissioners. The peti tioners were prepared to verify their statements on oath, and he moved that the petition be read and printed.—The petition was accordingly read, and the order made for printing it. THE SECRET TREATY. Mr. SAMUELSON, the member for Banbury, drew attention to an article in the Times that day, in reference to the projected Treaty between France and Prussia, and inquired whether the First Lord of the Treasury was able to give the House any further information on the subject. Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply, said ; Mr. Speaker—Upoi the first portion of the question which t my hon. friend hates put to me, I can only say that not in my power, when I spoke yesterday, to give the House any information which in the view of the Government would have been of value to them, or of course that information would have been given. With regard to the latter part of the question of my hon. friend, I will now state that the Government have received this morning a telegram from Lord Augustus Loftus, dated yesterday. According to the purport of that telegram, there was to be published this day in the Berlin papers the text of a document corresponding with that which appeared in the Times of yesterday, namely, what purports to be, although without the name of the author or any date, or any means except indirect evidence, upon which each gentleman may have his own opinion, a treaty in five articles. The first recog nising or acknowledging on the part of the Emperor of the French, the North German Confederation, and the acqui sitions made by Prussia, the second involving the consent of Prussia to the acquisition of Luxembourg by France, the fourth setting forth the consent of the Em peror to a more intimate union between Prussia and the South German States ; fourth, the annexation of Belgium in terms so far as I am able to judge, corresponding with that in the Times; fifth, an offensive and defensive alliance. This being so, unless the telegram is erroneous, we have every reason to believe that the document is published in Berlin at the time I speak. It is evident that the anticipation formed by the Government yesterday has been fulfilled, namely d , that the matter would be ta ken up at head quarters, an therefore full, direct, and authoritative information will be given to us without doubt on the circumstances con nected with the origin of this paper. It is also stated by Lord Augustus Loftus to have been heard by him that the minute which is published is stated to be in the handwriting of M. Benedetti. Of course it must not be understood that I affirm the correctness of that statement It is the information conveyed to him, and conveyed to ous in this telegram. (Cheers). THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Mr. W. M. TORRENS asked the First Lord of the Trea sury if it was true, as publicly stated, that overtures re cently made by the Government of the United States for a resumption of the negotiations regarding the Alabama claims were declined by the late Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. GLADSTONE replied that he was not aware that it had been publicly stated that overtures recently made by the United States Government for the resumption of negotiations respecting the Alabama claims had been de clined by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; but he had no doubt, from the language of his hon. friend, that such was the case. There was, however, no substan tial truth in the statement. It might possibly have arisen from the circumstance that Lord Clarendon gave an opinion— in which, however,the United States Government through its organ Mr. Fisk entirely concurred —that there would be Lo advantage in continuing a controversial cor respondence. The position of the question, so far as the Government were concerned, still remained as it was. It was the same as they had already taken in the correspon dence which had already been laid before Parliament, namely, that having made their offer, an offer which was declined by the United States under circumstances of which the House was aware some eighteen months ago, it now rested with the United States to make any pro posal for the resumption of the negotiations. With re gard to the second part of the question there was no 'retention to lay any further papers before the House. THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH INTERVIEWED. Sir TOLLEMACHE SINCLAIR asked the Under -Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention had been directed to the statement made in the Daily Tele graph n ewspaper of Monday, that the Emperor of the French had held a conversation with two Englishmen, which he authorised them to publish, and in which he stated that Count Bismarck had asked him what compen sation France would expect if Germany was to annex Holland: and, whether he believes this statement to be authentic. The hon. member also asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it would be a breach of neutrality and an infringement of the Royal Procla mation if the Heligoland pilots should conduct French Chan men-of-war to German ports, or if the pilots of the Chan nel Islands were to conduct Germen men-of-war to French ports; and whether in the event of any such men-of-war endeavouring to retain the services of such pilots measures would be taken by Government to prevent them from being so employed. Mr. OTWAY : With regard to the first question of my hon. friend, I have to say I did see in the Daily Telegraph of yesterday the letter to which he refers. I read it in UNV I LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Su plied iu casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotatiei on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co. Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings • Strand, W.Q. with some other very startling statements which erred in the newspaper s of yesterday. (Hear, hear.) 't my hon. friend asks me what my opinion is as to the henticity of that statement as welL I am not awarethat pinion is more valuable than that of any other member' ,t the lion. gentleman is very desirous of hearing it he II accuse me of discourtesy under existing cireum net if I abstain from giving it to him. (Laughter.) ',ls regard to the question of my hon. friend as to whether it would be a breach of neutrality and an in fringement of the Royal Proclamation, if the Heligoland pilots should conduct French men-of war to German ports , I apprehend there can be no doubt at all that that woul I be a breach of neu trality, and in direct violation of her Majesty's pro clamation. (Hear, hear.) I assume from the question of my hon. friend that he is of opinion that the Heligoland pilots do not understand English. If it is so, no doubt it is desirable that a proclamation should be circulated in the German language. I will inquire whether it is con sidered necessary that any further steps should be to inform them, and if it is so considered necessary, my hon. friend may rely that every effort shall be made to circulate the Queen's proclamation, to snake it known to those whom it may concern. (Hear, hear.) Sir T. SINCLAIR remarked that his question was whether measures would be taken to prevent pilots from conduct ing vessels to German ports. Mr. OTWAY : It is rather a strong assumption on the part of my hon. friend. It is to be hoped that all her Majesty's subjects will obey the proclamation when it is nade known to them. --- Colonel WILSON PATTEN asked the Secretary of State for War, whether any report had been made to the Horse Guards or to the War Department of trials made at Aldersnot of the Martini as compared with other rifles; and, if so, whether the report was favourable to the Martini or to any other rifle. Mr. CARDWELL replied that he had heard that the general officer commanding at Aldershot instituted a trial between the Henri-Martini rifle and the rifle of a particular inventor. A report had been made, but as the trial was not authorised by his Royal Highness the Com mander-in-Chief, the report had not been forwarded to him (the right hon. gentleman). GLEBE LOANS (IRELAND) BILL. The order for the second reading of this bill gave rise to a great deal of discussion. On the one hand it was argued that the measure was essentially necessary to complete the legislation which disestablished the Irish Church, and on the other that it was inaugurating a system of con current endowment. —Mr. Candlish moved that the Bill be read that day three months.—On a division being called, the amendment was rejected by 101. to 58 votes, and the Bill was read a second time. HARROW AND WINCHESTER SCHOOLS. On going into committee of supply on the Civil Servic6 estimates, Mr. Stevenson moved that, in the opinion of this House, it is inexpedient that the revised statutes for the constitution of the new goverhing bodies of Harrow and Winchester Schools sho uld re q uire that any person, in order to be qualified to be elected or nominated a member of the governing bodies, must be a member of the Church of England.—The Solicitor-General contended that it was a matter of law and not of expediency, and it was not for the House of Commons to set aside the law by a mere resolution.—After some discussion, in which Mr. Forster, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Winterbotham, and Mr. Fawcett took part, the House went to a division, when the motion was lost by 85 to 73 votes. THE SECRET TREATY. In reply to Mr. BAINES, Mr. GLADSTONE said—Theis day M. de Lavalette ca lled u p on the Secretary of Stat for Foreign Affairs. He stated now that war had been declared between France and Prussia there remained for him but two objects in the position he occupied at this Court. These were to maintain intimate relations be tween the two Governments, and to preserves he friendly feeling which had been the g rowth of late yrs between the two countries. (Cheers.) He stated that the plan contained in the alleged draft of a treaty which was published in the Times newspaper had been origi nated by M. Bismarck—(cheers) —and that it had been the subject of conversation with M. Benedetti, but that it had never any serious basis, and was rejected by both parties. M. Lavalette said that the Government of the Emperor absolutely respected the neutrality of Belgium even when there was reason to complain about it last year with regard to the railways. During this month the Emperor had made a declaration of neutrality with regard to Belgium, and it had been communicated by M. Gra mont to Lord Lyons, and it was absolutely binding on the h ono ur of the Emperor of the French, unless the neu trality was violated by the other belligerent. That was the nature of the communication. (Hear, hear.) The sitting was then suspended. THE EVENING SITTING. When the House reassembled at nine o'clock the at tendance was very small. The House immediately went into committee of supply on the Civil Service Estimates, and a number of votes was taken. Progress was reported at half-past eleven, and the House went into committee on the Census Bill. An amendment proposed by Dr. Ball in clause 4 to insert " religious profession " was reject..d on a division. Sir John Lubbock, the member for Maidstone, moved an amendment, the object of which was to secure an inquiry as to marriages with first cousins. - The proposition was pressed to a division, and the object of the hon. baronet was defeated by a majority of 92 to 45 votes. Other amendments were considered, and the bill passed through committee. Several other measures were ad vanced a stage, and the House adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock. FEARFUL COLLISIONEA. AND LOSS OF LIFE AT S The particulars of a very fearful collision near the Equator, which resulted in the foundering of the royal Berkshire, of Sunderland, and the loss of seven lives, have been received. The ill-fated vessel left Port Louis, Mauritius, about the 9th of April, with a cargo of sugar, for England. She crossed the line at midnight on May 27th, in long. 23.44 W., and on the 28th, at 1.40 a.m., weather thick with rain, wind at W., the ship going between four and five knots, and heading about N. b y E. half E., on port tack, the look-out man reported a light on the port bow, which proved to be a red light within a quarter of a mile. Captain Grant, the commander, came on deck at the moment. The helm had been put hard aport, and the captain repeated the order to put the helm hard up. In the course of a minute, and whilst the ship was still falling off, a greenlight came in view, and almost instantly the strange sail struck the barque right abeam on the port side, and she immediately began to sink. Six of the board w ho were forward, had j ust time to jump on the stranger, which proved to be the ship Bengal, of Boston, United States, Captain Burgess. She lowered her boats , a nd remained by the spot till after daylight. Two more of the crew were picked up on a spar the next morning by a boat from the Bengal. Those who perished were the master, Captain Grant, and his sister, two seamen, and three apprentices. Captain Burgess, of the Bengal, treated the survivors with every kindness, and landed them at - Rio on the 16th of June, The Royal Berkshire was built in the Wear in 1 862 , and w as owned by a Sunderland firm. The authorities at Genoa have seized a clandestine magazine of arms, ammunition, and bombs. Several arrests have been made. A. London correspondent says that should the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council reverse the judg ment of Sir R. Phillim or e, and condemn even Mr. B - hen nett's modified views, a secession f r om the Churo England is anticipated. THE ARCHDEACON OF LONDON.—The health of the venerable Archdeacon Hale has improved during the week, but .he was not sufficiently recovered to enable him to ke his duty as the Canon in en e . Gr His place on Sunday was su pp lied bynt the Rev. i Canon hde ea- gory. At the cl ose of the prese Arc con will be relieved by the Rev. Canon H. Parry Liddon, M.A.—Rock. The Bishop of Ripon, in reply to a memorial from the clergy of the rural deanery of Wakefield, has declined to sanction the holding of a diocesan conference or s e y h n a o a d in c t e l i i. v e e d a u y t e u a m r n b , y a s y e h a e r c a an large see i i i n o e p m ros e os e p a e s c t h i o s f s h a a r d - e vantage , under existing. circumstances of the Church , re from attempti n g to call into action a synod which would neither have power to p rescribe an y rule or to enforce any su bmission. Mr. Allday Kerrison, the la te Sir R. Harvey's principal partner, appears to h ave been completely igno rant of the state of the affairs of the Crown Bank at Nor wich nntil the day on w hich payment was suspended. ! or the profits of the bank, but never verified the balance sheefs which were periodically put before.him ; and it has now transpired that the amount divided was larger e than the profits. T he average profits of the bank wer about £20,000 a year. There are no less than three thou sand creditors of the bank, and it is expected that the dividend will amount to from 12s. CA. to 15s. in the pound. take: a at ide urt i ch re, he )th ich lay na iat .ral )nt End on ;he Ler me he nn ad m. rid ut Ist ch he a t