The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

THE SUN - LONDON, THURSDAY - EVENING AUGUST 6, 186 8 / 1 S . _ --...--........ . e. HE SCOTTISH AUSTRALIAN IN VEST- which he should be called upon to decide. 'limes a shame which her people would have felt deeply CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIk COUnER CLOTHS F" LICENCED 1 1 11 VICTUALLERS. MENT COMPANY (LIMITED , . are changed, indeed, since then, and we are now on when the first passion of the hour was over, and ...........-....-............... The DIV I DE N Don the Ordinary Stock ot the Company, JEFFERSON DAVIS stands among us in health and (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) purpose, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. free of income lax, the eve of a great struggle, partly occasioned by fIHE only article really suitable , fi f ir that will be PAYABLE, at the Company's Banker:, the Union the changes of the new Reform Bill, and partly also vigour, notwithstanding the terrible experience PARIS, WEDNESDAY, August te - 5 - ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready C o l t. use. m Address Bank of London, ON and AFTER THIS DATE. 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, ap . • The Opposition had never counted upon a success in thy C. GRAINGER, Secretary. by the new dispute which the right hon. gentleman through which he has passed. He will find Gard district, but they did hope that the affair of inter 1, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street, GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED London, August sth, 1868. has brought into the affairs of political life. It is by his reception at Liverpool that the rupting the private meeting at Nimeswould have increased y the votes given to their candidate. Nothing of the kind VICTUA.LLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. Lot to be expected that the Ministry should figure respect and friendship of a great countr y , W M H WILLIAM and C 0.,. No. 105, has, however occurred; the triumph of the Government Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, I J ONDON AND N W ORTH-ESTERN RAILWAY. very favourably in this discourse, and therefo r e does not depend upon success. In the North itself * has been as complete as possible. It appears that a sort The Pavement, Clapham-commo n.. ACCOMMODATION for THIRD-CLASS TRAFFIC. there is no need to be surprised at t he tone ado p ted he has been received with kindness and courtesy by of terror was produced at Nimes by the interference The public is informed that considerable ALTERA- bv the right hon gentleman. lie has it all his men who honour his private character, while they l o e f dge tho soldiery, and especially by the know 'FABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length,. TIONS have been made in the TIMES of the TRAINS 1 . ~ ' I. expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins by which THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS are conveyed own way on an occasion like that referred to, and differ from his public policy. In England he will that preparations had been made by the Government for the grand manifestation which has been for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of on this Lino of Ra Iway, viz.: -- every description. Patterns gratis and post free. From London (Euston Station) to A.M. P.M. cau accordingly vent his indignation and express meet with the sympathy and respect which is due talked of. The result was, that a great number did not Abergavenny - to a man whose greatness does not depend on the vote at all, though if they had they could not have affected CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar Carmarthan Town - Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for Carmarthen Junction - prehension of a reply which may spoil all his best accidents of fortune or position, but on those in- the result. ..Jadies' use, and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH Hereford 1 6.15 12.0 9. 0 - points and mar the effect produced by his oratory. herent qualities which are above all adventitious The circular which usually precedes the Emperor's Fête and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet- clay has been sent to the prefects throughout the Empire. f 9. 5 - Notwithstanding the length of his speech, Mr. aids. Men like JEFFERSON DAVIS and General street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapam-common. Liverpool 1 11. 0 - The Minister of the Interior urges that, on this occasion, GLADSTONE said that he had not time to enter upon LEE may say to the fickle goddess in the noble the celebration of August 15 should be marked with Llanelly 9. 0 - WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED Ludlow - 12.0 all that this Parliament had done, though its dura- words of the Laureate- unusual solemnity. It is generally believed that the Em -11 VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, Manchester Fleet-street, City; Southern Branch-No. 5, The Pave- Neath (via Birmingham) ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, Newport, Mon. (via Birmingham) 6 . 15 referred against the Ministers was that t 12.0 pred aghey had With that wild wheel we go not up nor down, The great rifle meeting at Vienna is drawing to a close, Tith Price List. Ditto (via Salop) . 9. 0 - For man is man, and master of his fate." and the manifestations of German patriotism are becoming Swansea (via Birmingham) Ditto (via Knighton) ---9. 0 - TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. f 9. 5 expenditure of the country. This was manifestly has taken little notice of the passionate appeals of the Warrington - LATEST INTELLIGENCE South German orators. Very little interest is now felt in ESTABLISHED 1842. unfair, because it is well known that the VILLIAM HOLDICH and CO Time-bills and full information can be obtained on ap late Government did not leave the de- • Austria with regard to external affairs. The nation with (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) one accord seems to have agreed that unity is the surest . VT LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No." plication at the Stations. W. CAWKW ELL, General Manager. _ fences of the country in a proper state, and means of strength, and that political alliances add nothing 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. -4.- Euston Station, August, 1863. 6, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). . The Austro-Prussian alliance is still talked of. If the complained of the pressure of taxation, because he THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Fcap. Bvo., cloth, price 55., , i nAguagt.6. 7.15, North-East Correspondence is to be believed, overtures Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. e l EAN N E DAR C , and other Poems. has never shown any willingness to remit thosereally were made by Baron Beust. This journal says that THIS EVENING, CYMBELINE. Imogen, Miss Frances BY ROBERT STEGGALL. taxes which press ,heavily upon the communit Queen Victoria arrived here this P m A o ß e l n g some time ago the Austrian statesman addressed a letter Bouverie; Messrs. H. Marston, Ryder. Nanton, Johnstone, Dal "Mr Ste all's rose reminds us, but not by a servile or ton, W. Roberts, Nelson, Weaver, Holland; Mrs. E. F. bo.ville, even a . pron g o g unced imitation, of Mr. Tennyson, and in a if he wished to accomplish any of his particular .Y and alighted at the English Embassy. to Herr von Friesen, the present Saxon Premier. This Mina Berend, &e. H T E hurs p da U y K :lorn O in F g. still greater degree of Mr. Alexander Smith."-Spectator. letter was intended to be shewn at Berlin. It spoke of the Preceded by, at 7, THE INTRIGUE. Commence at Seven. ~ Let the poem but once be commenced, and the reader purposes. Very little was said by Mr. GLADSTONE of DEPARTURE advantages and the possibility of an understanding of it is, as it were, entrapped within a magic circle-he the Reform Bill, for all his aims and energies werebetween the two Powers, and expressed an opinion that - needs must tarry till the wizard bath had his will. And T HEA T R E ROY AL, ADELPH.I. it is indeed a true wan d o f w i zar d r y, th e pen with which directed to the Irish question; and first of all, he The Duke of Edinburgh arrived here last night at the objections to an alliance which formerly existed might Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTF.R. DOVER OFIT, be easily removed. Last year the Austrian Government Directress, Mrs. AlfretElleTloti - . - • dashes and erratic questioned the accuracy of the statement of the in, and afterwards with vigorous er 11.40 by South Eastern train. His royal highness THIS EVENING, at 7, A ROUGH DIA HOND. Messrs. G. Premier at the Mansion House the other day; when were compelled to decline the overtures made by Count Bis of genius delineated with a wonderful vigour of chiaroscuro marek, through Count Tauffkirchen, because at that time Belmere, Ashley; Mrs.Bilington, and Miss Lennox Gray. that tender but heroic central figure of Jean of Arc."- travelled strictly incognito, attended only by the the re w as an o p en m i sun d ers t an di ng b e t ween P r ussia and A a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING- SCUD. Messrs. G. Sun he said that the state of Ireland just now af . Belmore, Biilington, Ashley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith; 'discCharlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, M iss London : Provost and Co. ( successors to Alfred W. forded great satisfaction. The manner in which Hon. Elliot Yorke, and was received and escorted France ; and Austria, having accepted the office of Maria Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. tennett), 5, Bishopsgate Without, E.C. to the Admiralty-pier by Colonel Hamilton, R.E., ' mediator, could not enter into special negotiations with To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J . G. Ta y lor, R. Romer, W. H. Eburne; Miss Melly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt. o w, Colonel Cox, Assistant Adjutant-General, Colonel any one Power. The state of affairs has since changed, Ir _IFE BOAT SERVICES.--During the Storms of a n d he even went so far as to call it " infatuati end friendship between the two German Powers would be .1.4 the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con lEATRE. to describe the state of the country as coming Eton, the Mayor of Dover (Mr. J. G. Churchward), the best guarantee for the peace of Europe. Herr von and embarked in a special steamer (the Sarnphire) Friesen, says the same paper, had several conferences on lt O S Y : ' l l ‘ e L ssee an B dll r a ß nag A ere N ss, D Mrs S T wa i nborough. ributed to the saving of 1,086 lives from various ship wrecks and 36 vessels from destruction. The Institution under that denomination. It is always easy to 'THIS EVENING/. at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs. also expended £31,845 in tho same period on its Lifeboat for Calais, en route for Paris. the subject with the Prussian statesmen, especially with Belford Harcourt; Miss Sheridan pervert anything, After' which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. and hence Mr. GLADSTONE de- Gen. Moltke and Count Bismarck. All expressed them- Messrs Thorne, James, and Robson ; Mesdames Sheridan, The Committee of the 'lnstitution earnestly appeal to the dares that it is foolish to talk of its being satisfac- A small crowd was collected, which cheered as selves in favour of the project, and the King was of similar Goodall, Hughes, Newton, and cydia. Thompson. public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued '1:o conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. heavy demands on their 187 Lifeboat Establishments. tory to have the Habeas Corpus Act suspended ; opinion. No definite conclusion was, however, arrived at. ----__ Contributions will be thankfully received by the London the steamer left. -- All this is on the authority of the Nora-East Corm- ROYAL A.MPHITHEA PRE AND CIRCUS, and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, whereas every one must know that Mr. DISRAELI Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. meant that it was fortunate the provisions of the OVERLAND MAILS. spondence, which, by the way, is not by any means an HOLBORN. MALTA, Aug. 5, authority to be disregarded. Did the French Govern- ON RA, in his original and sensational Flying Trapeze Act, very evening. The most brilliant success ever achieved by any Suspension Act were not obliged to be put in force. The Peninsular and O r i en t a l C o mpany's steamer relent really stir up the angry dispute at Florence relative Irtisto., to the war of HO ? And, if so, was the object to frus "Luxuriant an Beautiful Hair is the distinguishing It is really too bad for Mr. GLADSTONE, as a states Poonah leaves at 1 a.m. to-morrow for Southampton OKRA'S Terrific Flights on Two Bars. badge of Youth." trate this possible alliance between the German Powers? o Ra' , Incredible Somersaults and Pirouettes. ONitA, the most wonderful and perfect performanc e ever The following is EXACTLY what man, to declare that the laws and institutions of where she may be expected early on the 15th inst. If such was the case, French diplomacy appears to have fitnessed. MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S Ireland are such that he cannot be responsibleßangalore,fro m Southampton on July 25, The been successful, for the question has been entirely inter ruptec.l . by th . is melancholy affair. " The great attraction of the evening was the first appearance WORLD'S of Onra in his performance on the flying trapeze, after the man- arrived on the 2d inst., at 4 p.m., and left at noon on the 3d for Alexandria. ner of Leotard; but he far outeloe., the efforts of that celebrated HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING for maintaining them ; and when he talks of the artist. His flights on two bars, in the course of which he makes WILL DO. By its use GRAY OR FADED HAIR is quickly " loathsome process of suspending the Habeas Cor- A joie said to have passed between two diplomatists most incredible somersaults and pirouettes, took the house by is going the round here. One of the diplomatists is an storm, and the applause was of the most enthusiastic descrip- restored to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the firsty pus Act," we may well remind him that it was the Englishman, the other French. The former asked the tion."-Morning fs dvertiser, Julys 2. --. " A more genuine and flatteringreception we have never wit- applications i.. beautiful gloss and delightful fragrance is given Government of which he was a conspicuoas rnem- BREST, August 6. latter if he did not think that the excessive armaments of nessed, nor at the same time one more fully desersed."-Stan:lard, to ' It will cause Hair to grow on Bald Spots. France tended to maintain in Europe an uneasiness and July 22 ber that began the practice, and then he had not The Transatlantic Company's steamer Europe, It will promote luxuriant growth. In addition . to M. Oars, the incomparable Scenes in the Arena ur FALLING Hair is immediately checked. certainty from which every nation suffered more or as usual, and first appearance of 11.111 e. at °Mere. discovered the necessity for the Irish Church being from New York, arrived here to-day, at 7 a.m. THIN Hair thickened. Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. Morning Per- BALDNESS prevented.ltss. The French diplomatist replied that these were forman,,e, Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two. Children disposed of in order ti pat down Fenianism. The She brings 144 passengers, and $627,221 in specie. merely measures of precaution. " Just so," was the reply, It makes the Hair rich, soft, and glossy under ten, half-price. It invigorates, thereby strengthens the Hair. best satire on the style of this speech is to say that BOURSE, August 5.-Three o'clock.-The market I closed as follows :- It keeps the Head cool and clean. " the rush of the firemen proves the existence of the fire." LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN It removes all scurf and dandriff, it reminds us of thus etches of Mr. BRIGHT. We 1 This is not much of a bon mot, even in French, but it is el, R. GLENIE, of the Sporting Library, It contains neither oil nor dye. End of month,,, -- the sort of thing appreciated here just now. It will not soil white cambric. were hardly prepared for the leader of the 41 per Cent. - k_A •4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs t,,Some doubt appears to prevail here as to whether the - - r nfurm his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in genre,' I. in large Bottles-price Six Shillings. that he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in 7YLOBALSAMUM (Mrs. S. A. Allen's).- Opposition so far forgetting himself as to be in 3 per Cent - - Queen will stay in Paris any length of time, or whether ddition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " THE SUN," End of month 7O 55 Mexican Loan ... 22 50 her Majesty will at once proceed to Switzerland. Z.A This is a clear, transparent preparation without in some sense the apologist of Fenianism, C re di t Mobilier tad can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in townsediment; 146 75 it far excels any Pomade or Hair Oil. After some days of peace, rumours of disturbances again br country.To those whose hair is End of month 258 75 Threes G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the nacurally dry t requiring frequent dressing, ite cheapness and for really there is no other conclusion to be drawn Ital'an Loan - -reach usfromthe Peninsula. Clandestine Credit F " *** Spanish TEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier great value will be proved. Its early use on Children's Hair will - Home Debt insure an abundant from the words he employs. Set the laws right, End of month... - - Deferred — recommenced, and libels on the Government are circulated Dan any other man in London or Country the evening of publi and bountiful supply from YOUTH TO OLD AGE. Ittion. ,No connection with any other persons. Daily's, Ruffs, RAILWAYS. Cash throughout Madrid. The Government lets changed the F . /right s, and M . Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Maga. In large Bottles-price Three Shillings. he says, then trust to Providence for the result. Orleans ... • 882 locality of several regiments, apprehending, I presume, sines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint, ~, Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers Mock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to, - EUROPEAN DEPOT AND SALES OFFICE, We may remark on this that Providence helps those Northern ....................................... 1153 that it was dangerous to keep them long in one place. Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 930 - 266, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, ENG. who help themselves; and it was not because of the Southern..... 565 Meanwhile, misery and beggary are the only certainties T HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " fault of the laws that disaffection arose in Ireland, Western supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. Eastern ALEXANDER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old k5!. , C547 , for many of the chief offenders lived outside the Sardinian .. .................. .......... Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. MP) 7 . .... ..... 547 THE 'WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. .., Z#C . .' Nitt ; ' Ult pale of the law, and set the mildest restrictions at Austrian tt i lg Lombard 402 55 METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. .11 O'S GRAIN G E R ? LICENSED # defiance. As for Mr. GLADSTONE'S argument, it North of Spain 641 VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST, SHEPHERD'S-BUST'. Saragossa The SPORTI NG EDI LION of "THE SUN " can be seen at - --- amounts to this, if, when all his present plans are Roman 42i JR UNGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by Eight Thursday, (V ed I F. I 1 1 D. W R. ;to 'clack. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1868. accomplished, there should still be discontent, make ____ Au g ust 6, B. T. • 0 W. Ito F. ;tt A I 1 12 1 9 another concession, say RepOal of the Union. He can FIRE ATME LONDON BRIDGE RAILWAY 8 a.m. __ . _ 1 1 4- - —I 29'3Ef. 67 161 S. 1 2 4 S.W. b.c i;0'01 1 i rim LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " STALION-11DS DAY. Naini hardly carry out Mr. BRIGHT'S Utopia of floating Aberdeen - 1 Her MAJESTY'S journey to Switzerland is regarded R.. supplied as soon as pu]olished, containing all the LATEST • -at- Leith - NEWS and SPORTING. INTELLIGENC It% by H W HARRIS, with much interest by her loyal subjects. At this the Emerald Isle to its kindred land of the West. This morning, shortly after three o'CloCk, a fire, Shields Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S.- Scarborough 2911 f •68 i 64Q. 5.E. 2 3 S.S.E. b.c, —, 2 It is much to be regretted that a politician of Mr. which for a short time illuminated the southside of J'7Bf . 68 65 B. 2 9 B.E. C. 2 Tad n e c i uth :1 2' . _ _ .. season of the year most of those who have wealth TnE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." and leisure are already taking wing for the Con- GLADSTONE'S eminence cannot keep to plain facts, the .River Thames, broke out in the London, ain e a s y , e ,,, n ; . -_-_ 7_ - L - .1 - -___ = •:: __- : J. LiLMES begs to inform hie friends and the public • Brighton, and South Coast Railway station at Ardronsan Th. and not distort things to make a great effect. ~ gentrally- that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of THE talent or the Highlands. Even toil-worn states- Greencastle 29•6'f. 61 ES i IN.W. 1 2 S.W. re. 038 ;-- SUN "as soon as published.-No. 10, Hampstea4-road, N.W. London Bridge., and at one time threatened the 1/013.1,ead men are for awhile deserting their pasts anl seek- peace of Ireland is really too serious a subject for Liverpool it, most disastrous consequences. It appears that vaientia 29'7lf. 60 jL6 'W.N.W. 2 1 3 ; W.s. W. f.r.el -1 2 rrlIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN" of"' ine , refreshment in at the time of the outbreak there were only 9, P? SS • 1, • 1 1' 60 158 N.W. 3 3' W.S.W. C. 1002 3 Roche' ear g t ie f. i 63, 61 W.S.W. 1 4 S.W. c.b ! - 1 -1- givin; all tILI SPORTING NEWS of the day, may be seen office and the excitement of party warfare. The a general election ; anl it is unfortunate that about three persons on duty at the station, and Penzance :,o.r.f' o'2B 4 Pq. 7 . , ?: f I' 7 1 2 s . ;ir'.v . 2 3 5.55. w. m.r.;6'30 3 . 1 .:, ,if b 5 at JEM YSI N; TO s'S house, " the Swan and Horse Shoe," _it tle Britain, City, E.C. most vigorous and unrelenting of their assailants through the tactics of the Opposition it has so fallen their attention was suddenly attracted to the Weymouth ; 29 , 7 Cf. 167. 65 S.W. 2 2 W. c•ia' 0 , 13, 2 Portsmouth I 2919 f. c7l 65 S.W. 3 3 S.NI . r.o. 0'42 2 THE LATEsr EDITION of "THE SUN "to are contented for a briJ space to turn their ener- vaults under the platform by seeing an immense London i 2:i'lSf. 67 1 65 S.S.W. 3 2 E. her i2'- Out. o' Gsz 29 85f. 66 i 64 S.S. W . 5 5 S.S.W.W. c. 0.! 3 29 - 84 f 63 163 S.S.W. 4 4 W.S.W. r. e. ? 3 -1. be seen Every Evening by 8.10 at Mr. ROBERT MEICOCI:3, Ales to the dee,truction of feathered victims in- Mr. GLADSTONE treats with contempt the declara- smoke pouring up and enveloping the volume of , Brest L'Orient . Britannia, Kensal New -town. interior of the station. The vaults and a shed build- Rochefort 291995. 68' 64 N.W. 5 s N.W. .b. -- 1 steal of the displacement of Ministers, and don of some that they wish to refoem the abuses of , 113 a over were used as oil stores and lamp rooms, Biarritz o r a .. . . -_- ._ ... __. 1 _ 2.: SPORTING. -JOHN ROBERTS supplies the are either over the Irish Church, and as good as says that e, glad to turn from poring and judging from the rapidity of the fire there Vr a u ri ," l ' s •••• _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ LA T N:S r EDITION of " THE SUN " as soon as pub- s . 11,hed.-1, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. blue-beaks and wrangling over clauses and they do not mean it, or cannot accomplish their ends. must have been a considerable quantity of oil or 7t y r o a n s „ bo . U . Tg. • -_-: -_-_ ...7: 1- L . - . 7_ T"E"SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, amendments to the customary pursuits and As for the commission which was appointed at the other combustible matter in the place, for in less - 4 W 013 - 1 Toulou .... 29'851. 66 66 N. 7 W. • • Heart s Con Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace Edgeware-road, pleasures of the autumnal holida hb• y. Even t e usiest instance of Lord RUSSELL, that is quite a nonentity; time than the company's fire-engine could be l te oc n a t l f it a liel l "; 3048 a. 51 50 E.S.E. 1 1 E.S.E. b. - / delivers the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN , " at the earliest pos .) sible . moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver of us snatches his few weeks respite, and prepares their plans are futile. But Mr. GLADSTONE blames wheeled over the platform the smoke changed EXPLANATION. 0 Imes in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country to huge sheets of flame, and, lapping over by Barometer corrected and reduced to :1-.2 dt g. a sea level. Thelettei at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by for the political, or literary, or commercial cam- them, and he is vpry sorry for them. He did not nine o'clock , the force of the wind, fired three first- r., rising; f., falling ; s., steady-indicate direction of motion of the I_.__ ___ ....1,... f bratlfur thacr nnill A a,, tan- il lel 1, e. rine , , __ rre _ _........:....- wiereure within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade Orders by post pu)3', , ,tually attended to. 'HE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. to wn, amendments to the customary pursuits and pleasures of the autumnal holiday. Even the busiest of us snatches his few weeks respite, and prepares for the political, or literary, or commercial cam paign of the winter by a brief anticipatory fur lough. It is no great wonder that Qaeen VICTORIA, wearied of the cares of State, which, even in her retirement, press more or less heavily upon her, should share in the general movement, and should seek that repose and simplicity of life which she is known so much to prefer to a more stately and pretentious existence. The change, we regret to learn, is recommended by her medical advisers on account of her health, but _we may reasonably hope that a short interval of rest and change will restore her to full vigour. In place of the usual trip to Balmoral her MAJESTY has this year proceeded to Switzerland, where the novelty and beauty of the scenes will restore her to full vigour. Her MAJESTY is travelling incognito as Cuuntess of KENT, and therefore her departure was not attended by any of the customary forms. The weather was as usual pro pitious, and at half-past six yesterday evening the Victoria and Albert was safely anchored off Cher bourg. Extensive preparations have been made by direction of the EMPEROR for the convenience of the Royal party, and the Imperial train has been placed at the disposal of the QUEEN. From Cherbourg to Paris is a distance of 230 miles, and Her MAJESTY will have to pass through some of the chief towns of Normandy,Bajeux, Caen, Nan tes,&e. Having art ived at Paris, she proceeded to theßritish Embassy, where she will remain to-day, and very likely by this time she will have exchanged courtesies and compliments with the EMPEROR AND EMPRESS. This evening the QUEEN will resume her journey and proceed to Bale, where, it is hoped, the Royal travellers will breakfast to-morrow, then proceeding through tho beautiful district of the Jura to their destination, Lucerne. The spot chosen for her MAJESTY'S resting place during her sojourn is close to the Lake, and is situated in the midst of beautiful and romantic scenery, which will of itself afford gratification to the visitors. So great are the improvements now effected in the means of communication between England and Switzerland that twenty-four hours will serve to transport a traveller from Charing cross to the lake itself, passing at so brief an in. terval from the midst of the wLitl and bustle of a London thoroughfare to the sublime tranquillity of the Alps themselves. Mr. GLADSTONE treats with contempt the declara tion of some that they wish to reform the abuses of the Irish Church, and as good as says that either they do not mean it, or cannot accomplish their ends. As for the commission which was appointed at the instance of Lord It USSELL, that is quite a nonentity ; their plans are futile. But Mr. GLADSTONE blames them, and he is very sorry for them. He did not know what better they could do. Why did he not say this earlier, before the Conservatives had taken Reform out of his hands. The brilliancy of Mr. GLADSTONE'S eloquence must make any speech of his entertaining to peruse, but we wish that this the opening of the election speeches, as it were, bad been characterised by a more dignified tone, and was more litre the utterances of a great states man who ranks the success of his cause beyond personal or party aggrandisement, rather than the haphazard remarks of one intent on gaining an immediate point; and he wound up with the ex citement of the conflict that he cannot resist da maging his opponents, be the consequences what they may. This is not the spirit in .which to heal the differences or to soften the asperities of the Irish, and the sooner this is recognised the better, for the welfare of the country is of more conse quence than the triumph of any party. Among the many travellers whom fortune or This morning, shortly after three o'clock, a fire, which for a short time illuminated the south side of ' the .River Thames, broke out in the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway station at London Bridge, and at one time threatened the most disastrous consequences. It appears that at the time of the outbreak there were only about three persons on duty at the station, and their attention was suddenly attracted to the vaults under the platform by seeing an immense volume of smoke pouring up and enveloping the interior of the station. The vaults and a shed build ing over were used as oil stores and lamp rooms, and judging from the rapidity of the fire there must have been a considerable quantity of oil or other combustible matter in the place, for in less time than the company's fire-engine could be wheeled over the platform the smoke changed to huge sheets of flame, and, lapping over by the force of the wind, fired three first class and one second-class carriage. The engine was at once got ready for work, but there were not "sufficient persons on the spot to man it, and nothing could be done until the arrival of the London Salvage Corps from Southwark Bridge-road and Watling-street. Mr. Superintendent Swanton, and Mr. Cooper, the foreman, at once ordered the men to get the company's engine to work, but the flames had then obtained too firm a hold to suc cumb to the power of one engine, and the necessary intelligence having been dispatched to the stations of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade several engines and a powerful body of fireme❑ arrived. A large land steam engine by Shand, Mason, and Co. was at once set to work from an abundant supply of water furnished by the Southwark Company, which was very fortunate, for an immense wooden tank on the station which supplied the company's engine took fire several times, and the hose had to be directed upon it to save it from destruction, and by that means the weight of water was obliged to be with drawn from the principal seat of the conflagration in the arches. By great perseverance, however, on the part of the firemen and the London Salvage Corps the fire was eventually arrested in its pro gress, and no further loss to property occurred. inclination is bringing over to our shores a very distinguished individual has arrived almost unno ticed. On Tuesday last JEFFERSON DAVIS, ex- President of the Confederate States of America, landed in Liverpool by the Allan steamer Austrian, and was warmly welcomed by the few who were aware of his coming. Some of the more prominent sympathisers with the Southern cause went on board to meet him, and were received with charac teristic courtesy. Afterwards he was conducted to the Adelphi Hotel, where he intends to remain for a day or two. As soon as his arrival be came known a considerable crowd assembled who cheered Mr. DAvis loudly, thus paying tribute to courage in adversity and fortitude under most startling vicissitudes. Two or three years back JEFFERSON DAVIS was at the head of a great Con federation, the nominal ruler of States whose terri tory would divide into a dozen European kingdoms. He was the commander-in -chief of a formidable army, whose generals represented the first military talent in the world, and whose successes might riva the most famous achievements of history. It was more than possible that he might see his efforts crowned with triumph, and close his days the honoured and respected chief of a great and populous Republic. A turn of fort tine's wheel, and the statesman at the head of his Calinet, the mili tary superior of men like LEE and JACKSON, was a prisoner iu the hands of relentless toes, whose hatred was the more bitter front the kindred race. The public feeling was against him, and tk Le passions of the furious war bad not died out. H is enemies did not scruple to circulate malicious falsehoods respecting him, and au attempt vas made ; to fasten upon the high-minded gentleman, those chief fault as a ruler was his leniency and m aguanimi.ty, the stigma of collusion with the assass ins of ABiti.tum LINCOLN. Had another man. than President JOHNSON been at the head of affe a irs the result might have beendifferent. As it is,Au Arica has keen spared Barometer co rrectcd and reduced to a deg. a sea level. Theletter r., rising ; f., falling ; s., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather : tky ; e.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail I.—lightning ; m, —misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.— rain; s.—snow t.—thunder. Bala-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Bea disturbance. REMARKS. The diminution in atmospherical pressure during the last twenty four hours has been about two-tenths of an inch in the north of our islands, but on our south and west coasts it ha; been leas. The least pressures are on our north coast, and the greatest in the west of France: there is a difference in readings between Nairn and Roche fort of four-tenths. Temperature is lower in the north and west, but elsewhere it is nearly.the same. The wind has been and still is mode rate :it is generally from the south-west. Rain has been general on our south and west coasts, as well as in France. Thunder is reported fl .nn our N.E. coast. The weather is generally overcast, with mist and fog prevailing in the south. The English squadron, under the command of Lord Clarence Paget, is making a sort of triumphal progress from port to port of the Adriatic. The reception it had recently at Venice wiil, it is thought, be equalled by the welcome that awaits the squa dron at Trieste. The arrival of the fleet at this port is expected by the 6th or the 7th instant, and it is said that Admiral Tegethoff has received orders to prepare for its reception. A contract has been signed by M. Rouher, on the part of Government, an* by M. Plon, the Emperor's editor, and M. Norbert Billar 1, the former editor of the Moniteur, for an official paper, to be entitled henceforth Journal Ofticiel de l'Empire Francais, which, instead of costing Government £16,000,000 per annum, will bring in a net profit of £8,000,000 a year. M. de Keratry has once more applied to the Minister of State for permission to publish several documents in his possession bearing on the late Mexican campaign, and most especially a series of private letters exchanged between the Emperor Napoleon and Maximilian. M. de Keratry awaits M. Rouher's answer before he initiates the public into these important papers. The Empress will be present at the distribution of prizes which takes place at the Lyce,e Bonaparte next Monday. The Prince Imperial belongs to this college, inasmuch as his education is directed by one of its professors. It is reported that he is likely to carry off the prize for mathematics. The Lyeee Bonaparte, formerly College Royal de Bourbon, has its principal entrance in the Rue du Havre, near the station of the Varsailles Railu ay. The buildings in which it is established were erected in 1781 for a convent of Capucius. The approaching marriage of Princesss Margaret of Orleans and Prince Theodore of Bavaria, brother of the Empress of Austria, is announced. The Rev. Arthur Baker, rector of Addington, Bucks, who elicited from Mr. Disraeli some time since an explanation of his views on Ritualism, is just dead. He died, the Church News tells us, as a devout Catholic, surrounded by his relations and fortified with the sacraments of the Church. There is little of interest from Russia except the accounts of great fires, which are remarkably common, owing, of course, to the prolonged drought. A day or two back the town of Sestruesk was almost destroyed. Nearly 800 houses were burned down, and several lives were lost. The town of Vytegra, in Central Russia, had a narrow escape. A forest in which it is situated was set on fire, burned for four days, and was not got under until it bad reached within a hundred yards of the houses. The conflagration of the peat-mosses and forests in the neighbourhood of St. Petersburg continues with great intensity. On the Nicolas Railway the trains which start from the Russian capital " pass through clouds of fire and smoke for a distance of 120 miles. Right and left of the line the fire is sixty miles broad." The General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers has taken a wise course with regard to the threatening notices sent to several master engineers, and purporting to have emanated from a " General Secret Committee " of Trades 'Unions. He has written to each employer who has received the threat, stating that the whole affair is a hoax or worse. As the secretary of the most influential of trade societies, he is in a position to declare most positively that in con nection with trades unions there is no such body known as a " Secret Committee." The title of "General Secret Committee" has evidently been assumed by some weak minded individual or individuals who wish to gratify a mischievous disposition in attempting to pass off a paltry and senseless hoax. This is taking the most charitable view of such conduct ; the only other light in which it can be viewed is that of a wretched incendiary. A case of breach of promise affords a glorious holiday for a court of law, but, unfortunately, what is fun to everyone else is frequently death to the defendant. Baron Bramwell put the law of the case in a proper light at the Leeds Assizes, when he told the jury not to give such heavy damages that every man should be frightened into marrying a woman who would make him unhapi y for life, but rather to give the plaintiff a fair compensa tion. Juries in future will perhaps be a little more merciful to a man who finds that he has made a hasty promise, to fulfil which would be to mar his future life. There are cases in which a man has done a woman an irretrievable wrong, and deserves a fine which amounts to a punishment if he refuse to marry her ; but t - a majority of these cases are grossly unjust. The law courts are hardly any protection for a woman of feeling and refinement, while they offer every temptation to the adventuress. Where the other sex is plain tiff he .is laughed out of court. In one case a man very honestly and candidly wooed an elderly lady f( r her money, and invested a considerable amount in marriage preparations. The lady repented in time. Here was a clear case of loss, but the judge told the man he never knew a jury award a masculine plaintiff anything, and accordingly they gave him one shilling damages. Apc r milkman had to pay a servant girl £23, the only evideixe being to the effect that he had been seen kissing her behind the door when he came round with the milk. The jury should have known that be only complied with a hallow,- custom, common alike to himself, the policeman, the butcher, the baker, and even the postman when not in a hurry. Mr. GLADSTONE has certainly began his canvass early, and let no time elapse in makin g his inten tions known. As usual his speech to the consti and disting u i s h e d for some of his tuents was long, notable phrases, finding truth here and there, and scattering his' criticis:ns far and near as it suited his purpose so to do. Ile began by saying that it was the first time he addressed his audience, and then launched upon a description of his doings since he had had the honour of being member for South Lancashire. This circumstances recalls to one's mind in what divers steps the right honourable gentleman has trod since these days, and we may remember the famous saying in his letter to a constituent at Oxford, that he did not think the Irish Church was a public question on LATE EDITION of "THE S UN " at I. W. SMITE'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden E. MOSES and SON, MERCHANT TAILORS and OUTFITTERS. FOR ALL CLASSES. EXCELLENCE WITII CHEAPNESS. PRICES BASED ON READY -MONEY SYSTEM. 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According to all principles of general international law, an Englishman in Turkey or Egypt would have no more right to find fault with Turkish or Egyptian justice than a Turk or an Egyptian in England would have to quarrel with English justice. It is what the country affords ; you may take it or leave it. The Times remarks that the decisions of the English and French consular courts may be good, but not of all the twelve other consular courts. We have come to an end of exceptional jurisdiction throughout the world. Consular courts are as much out of date as ecclesiastical tribunals, and it is some time since the latter, in Italy or even in Spain, have been made to renounce the privilege they once possessed of smuggling away a priest guilty of the most heinous offences, and of withdrawing him from the authority of the ordinary magis trates. Whatever our correspondents may say will not shake the conviction prevalent among the British public, that the consular courts in the East have been and are hotbeds of flagrant abuses, that they have given rise to a chaos of laws and forms of procedure which renders the administration of justice, even among the subjects of the various European States, an extremely complicated and cumbrous transaction. The Post draws attention to a memorandum of Lord Elcho's upon the simplification of drill in the army. With the exception of a few trivial modifications and alterations, such as those pointed out by Lord Eleho, nothing has been done of late to make the drill-book of the British army represent the spirit and tendency of th 3 most advanced military opinions of the age ; and that book is still modelled upon the old complicated and involved style of evolutions which have obtained, for so very many years. And, as usual, it has been chiefly left to amateurs and the press to urge the adoption of improvements almost self-evident. The Post complains of circumlocution, excess of red tape, and clerkdom in the departments, and looks to a future Parliament to remedy this and other matters. The Herald thinks the report of the Irish Church Com mission will give that opportunity for reforming the Irish Church which the present Ministry have always been willing to embrace. Whether all the changes which the commission recommend are wise or prudent can only be decided by careful inquiry and discussion, but, at any rate, the measures which they suggest demand considera tion. The Liberal party, which appointed the commis sion, has done its best to render their labours valueless, but the public will be disposed to ask whether the Irish Church is not capable of being so improved as to do away with any pretence for destroy ing it. Sir J. B. Kerslake, in addressing the electors of Exeter, has admitted,! in common with all his colleagues, that there are defects in the Irish Church, and in the application of its revenues, " which require to he dealt with by legislation." This is the standpoint of the party ; but the classes which are eager to destroy the Episcopal Church altogether will not hear of reforms. They do not want to render the Irish Church more useful than it is now, but to annihilate it, in the hope that the English Church will fall afterwards. The Daily News has a leader on the attitude of the clergy, and gives them advice. The theory of Church Establishments is not now in question, except so far as some of the clergy seem bent upon showing that the ten dency is not so much to consecrate authority by religion as to make religion the handmaid of faction, and to convert those who should be its teachers into eager political paAisans and electioneering agents. Let these clergymen reflect that in so far a:: they succeed in connecting the Church with a particular party and policy, they associate its future with the fate of that party and policy. The Church of England has survived the uprise and the growth of Nonconformity. It has even been purified and strengthened by the healthful rivalry of the Free Churches ; and its numerical losses have thus in one respect been its moral gain. But it will not survive an alliance, offensive and defensive, with Toryism, and a partnership with the professional politicians of the day. The evil spirit of privilege and ascendancy, hunted out of its retreat in rotten boroughs, must not be suffered to find a refuge in the sanctuary. Happily, there are clergymen in the Church of England, and many of them, who understand that the only politics which have any proper place in the pulpit are those which enforce the highest morality of nations, who feel that justice is the first duty of a Christian State, and that the best service that can be rendered to Protestantism in Ireland is to withdraw it from a position which is in conflict with the elementary principles of social and neighbourly duty. The Standard calls the Dissenters to account for filch conduct in the struggle upon the Irish Church, and con gratulates the Bishop of Carlisle that he prefers his Church to his party. As the influence of the State Church wanes, the power of the Papacy will be advanced. There is no question, as Dr. Waldegrave says, that the only power which can gain by disestabli iliment is the Church of Rome, because the Establishment is the one effectual barrier against Roman aggression, and its destruc tion can but weaken the other non-established forces arrayed with it for the same end. We cannot under stand how it is that certain of the dissenting communities have become so strangely insensible to this obvious truth. If the English Church were arrogant or intolerant towards them, such a falling away would be intelligible enough ; but considering the ample liberties they enjoy, and the concessions which, year by year, are granted .t their solicitation, this policy of " judicious neutrality," of which we hear so much, seems as ungrateful, selfish, and cowardly as it is ill-judged. They will have only them selves to thank for the consequences which will infallibly recoil upon their own communities if, either actively or passively, they join in the conspiracy set on foot by the grinding despotism of Rome to destroy the most tolerant Church on the face of the earth. The election struggle is at last beginning in good earnest, and the Star notices this with satisfaction. Addresses, signed by familiar names, are appealing to the memory of past and faithful services ; new men, full of vigorous pro mise, and, apparently at least, of genuine political prin ciple, are coming to the front. Men like Mr. Thomas Hughes and Mr. Stansfeld have only to point to the part they took in the past as an earnest of what may be looked for at their hands in the future. One reads with pleasure and hope such addresses, among the new men, as that of Mr. Ernest Noel, for instance, who promises to add fresh worth and distinction to a worthy and distinguished name. We have not often read anything more vigorous and straightfor ward in its Liberalism than the address of Sir Henry Bulwer Lytton, whom in one sense we may regard as a parliamentary veteran, in another as a parlia mentary novice, and who seems to offer to the Tamworth constituency all the fresh energy of the latter and all the skilled resolve of the former. But the great event in the English electoral campaign so far it , that the chief of the party has formally taken the field. Mr. Gladstone has actually addressed a portion of his Lancashire constituents, and announced himself as a can. didate for that division of the county in which he spoke yesterday. " The King himself is rode to view their battle." Mr. Gladstone is in the field—the struggle has fairly opened. The Telegraph never heard that the advocates of the triangular constituencies intended their plan as an indirect lesson in arithmetic, algebra, electoral discipline, and severe party drill. If to their mind these were "unshunned consequences" of the scheme, verily they have their reward. The humour of the thing is, that the original patentees of this three-cornered plan upheld it as especially favourable to the individual independence of the electors. But it will act exactly the other way. The result of the election in those triple constituencies will entirely depend on elaborate calcula tions, first-rate management, splendid discipline, and exact obedience to the word of command. A man who will think for himself will be treated with fierce contempt as the fellow who tends to spoil a splendid plan of cam paign. "Go it blind" will be the watchword fro:u each camp ; "Vote the exact ticket' will be the shibboleth of salvation. The Queen has forwarded a dr cation of £lOO to the Metropolitan Prinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. At the Wesleyan Conference now holding its sessions in Liverpool, an address to the Queen was read by the Rev. Dr. Jolson on Tuesday, and was adopted by a rising vote, all the members of the Conference standing. Immediately after its adoption, the first verse of the national anthem was sung at the request of the president. A FAT 4L CLIMB.—A party of young men, three in number, recently took a boat from Bridlington Quay to Flamborough Head, and one of them attempted to climb the high and precipitous rocks which skirt the sea. After ascending some distance he became unnerved and was anable either to ascend further or descend. He called for his companions to come to his assistance, but scarcely bad ho done so than he lost his hold and fell upon his head from a height of about MO feet. He received such injuries as caused his death in about fourteeu hours, am' was never conscious after his fall. - . . .... -6214.1. Apzo e: -,,,, gp -' ~ t " ,- , , ltt '_ .' 0.:.t ....;.", f0 t t --- -; —, i, ,--7'''.Z.;-- g oal. ta -,5-- -- _ -- ; 1: _ HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, August a• The Queen, accompanied by Princess Lo uise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice left Osborne this afternoon for Switzerland. Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses, with the suite in attendance, embarked on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Price of Leiningen, in Osborne Bay, so , a fter 12 o'clock, and shortly afterwards left for Cher' Bourg. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse took lease of her Majesty at Osborne Pier. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday' ,ended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge. SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CRATIWI. One of those very pretty siege attacks both bY, land and sea for which Chatham is celebrated at the cicse of the drill season was made on the " lines" yesterday in the p r esence of a great muster of spectators. The reason for these win °l siege reviews at Chatham, which are always bea n ' tiful and sometimes of the greatest interest, mg be told in a few words. Chatham is the finish ing school for the Royal Engineers, and there the las,,. practical touches are given to their mosi, technics! education. There is taught pract'cally what 1° almost always elsewhere taught theoretic:lllY. real siege on the formidable Chatham lines is undertaken—sometimes on the sea side, sale times on the land. Every year the place of a t ' tack is different, and therefore, also, is the pla n of defence. But both assailants and defenders, 35 far as the works go, do precisely what they would do in actual warfare, and the works of attack are ite well and solidly completed as were those before Sebastopol itself. When all these works, however, are done it is usual to utilise them by a great sieg ° attack on the lines, and by blowing up part of that new-made works with not too heavy charges , but enough to illustrate the action of mines. Yesterday the programme included all these fea t° of battle, but it was on the whole rather too Pre tentious for the handful of men at disposal. " thin red line" was thin everywhere, and at P laces so thin as to be quite imaginary. The whole force under arms, both besiegers and defenders, wa s 11°t more than 4,000 men, and the work to be doe " ,, would have required 40,000. The siege, therefore, was a very imaginary one, and from the same troop s having to be moved by long distances to the dif ferent points of attack there were terribly long i 5; tervals between the acts. The theory of the attack and defence was supposed to he as follows :—T u ci c whole of the south-west face of Chatham lines hd t. been regularly invested from St. Mary's Cit e % New Brompton. For all the first and greater P ar t of the second parallels, however, there was sufficient ground, so these were taken for grantea; but the third and fourth parallels were complete i n their minutest detail, except that, for the sal want of space, the fourth had to be thrown up ne are d to the besieged works than could ever have haPP en , e ,, in actual warfare. These works were beautif ully finished, in some parts the earth being as much 55 25 feet thick, the minimum now considered ne ees sary to resist heavy rifled guns from fortificationS' Every device known to modern siege operatioes ° o carried out, and one, a new one, but likely to c o3l . it into use extensively—a screen battery—was h ul 0 to perfection. The besiegers were supposed to 13 about to make an attack on four points siniu l r; neously, but, as the troops were not enoug h A ° t such manceuvr,..s, two attacks were made; the fir s of which was repulsed, and then, after a very pause, two others, which were successful. e f° , l :, the attack commenced Lord Napier of A/N; (I3 7Z with General Murray, who was in command , r° round the lines of the besiegers and inspected them from first to last. Soon after two o'ele ejc ' the mimic siege began with a slight attack on t b u ° extreme left of the position of St. Mary's floroW°r and from St. Mary's Creek. This, however, vQ ,50 a very slight affair, and only interesting from te ,, fact of the garrison springing some torp e cl ° ' s under water when they saw the boats eonlit These, of course, were sprung long before the he a to were in danger, but their effect was quite enoug h show what a terrible engine of river and naval W , 5- : fare may be made of these hidd en mac hines. - " e ; terday, though their charges w e re sma ll, their sh ec . a was very heavy, and they sent the sea flying up gigantic columns high into the air. They w °° I d have broken the back of any vessel of war that ha been close over them at the time of their explosiecis; This, however, was but a picturesque eP is : ° s t of the attack—the real business was done W al do Prince Henry's Bastion, to take which by ese` a h s e ic was next attempted. The besiegers sprung t ", - " be mine, and a great mine it was, too, earth like water, as its great mass of Marne 5 5 13 0 heaving uP " a smoke rushed out into the air. Under cover e ' io great fire and the confusion supposed to the created by the explosion of the mine , ri ' s , storming party divided into three divisle - s . and, headed by Sappers and the ladder Pa rt „. ie ,,,,: rushed across the open. In a few minutes tw - t ‘ o were across and had their ladders down i5 O the ditch, and the whole 32 carried across ag. l a l es and laid against the Bastion at the other s' and the men instantly began to swarm tIP tb r e to , under a covering fire from their own suPP ° , e o The garrison, however, were not to be taP io by surprise ; they swarmed to the defence kilo numbers, and one would have thought front kilo incessant roar that some 10,000 men had beep engaged, so continuous was the crack of 0 .1 0 Snider rifle. It seems almost incredible that a si lo weapon can be made to fire so fast. Coo l o l3 . v g firing with it yesterday seemed to be deliverl,llo long, irregular, but always sustained volleys. toed assailants got a footing in the Bastion, but triumph was to be only short lived. The beal eg th a were too strong for them, and after one u' bee o most animated mimic contests that have . ye a seen at Chatham, the assailants were fairly drl a d, out and forced down their ladders pell-mall, ° Ol .O in spite of the covering fire from their rn er l , to and shells, were chased across the open haetbd their trenches. Had it been real warfare, would have been almost annihilated—eer ts il l e v would have got such a lesson as would hav e i e ., for tually prevented any resumption of the ass ault o p. that day at least. The enemy, however, w ere 5 t he posed to be all powerful and determined to take Or e, place at any cost. After a short respite, theref°l.o: two other attacks were made on the enfeeble cl b g ere . t rison, but this time both were together, and at fore successful. The rear of the besiegers 'served St. Mary's Sallyport was only defended by 3 Cre e powerful stockade opening on St. Mary's of while the Redan battery on the east ce ntre o f supposed to have been destroyed by the 11r6 0 0 0 the fourth parallel, and to have had a l e ` i, g of a effected in it. The stockade was taken firs t ' sh ips' continuous fire from the gunboats and II if, launches, its defenders were driven ir e ; cosi and, under cover of this attack, a party o'cbargo 'leers advanced towardsit and affixed a hea v Y. a , Uy of powder, which was fired on their retirlrfeater means of a long fuse, and in an instant the b i ' iote rs part of the massive stockade was laid in i sP or the far and near. The explosion was the signal stair advance on the Sallyport, and also for the y ing of the Redan, both of which wer e nu.' a feet menced in earnest. The S dlyport to OP,. b minutes, for there were no guns i „ k be assailants, and only a handful of men. , it w a d e Redan, however, it was very different, an d _ as tou a fierce fight, but the fire of the assailants r op • bled their Jo heavy. Tacit- covering p trties enabled a I.°lle pers to get to work, and in a few min utes s the ' to was lo.t loose tbo strong " trestle" bridge was thrown across bad 0 and then it was all over. The defendersitin3os. beat a hasty retreat, and the two attack, uniting, drove the whole terrific uproar of musketry, f rom powt tv d _a t b p till there was nothing left to defers ding to very naturally brought the whole pr ocec close. ..-- 1rw..., of by lower lisp wi se day f this( Th for t 4:‘,3 In Yy :o, 9i tic Six 103 to I Quo( Per at 4(