The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-02 00:00:00

THE BATTLES IN BOHEMIA.

DESPATCH OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Jrns 30.
The following despatch has been received here
from his Royal Highness the Crown Prince :
Reinerz, June 27.
I have most respectfully to report to your Majesty as
follows upon the events of to-day :

On therafternoon of the 26th Cenral von Steinmetz had
pushed forward his vanguard under Major-General von
Lowenfeldt towards Nachod. After a short engagement
the latter got possession of the pass, which was abandoned
by the Austrians with a loss of 18 killed. The vanguard
threw out skirmishers in the direction of Skalitz.
At half-past 9 this morning, the vanguard was sharply
attacked by two brigades of the 6th Austrian Corps, well
provided with artillery, and followed by a third brigs& as
support. The Prince Holstein heavy cavalry division at
the same time appeared upon the field. By the effort' of
the vanguard, which withdrew slowly skirmishing, time
was gained for the main body of the corps to emerge from
the pass, and reach the heights immediately in front. At'
this moment I came up in good time from Brannau. As
the troops arrived, they were immediately thrown forward
to hold the nearest heights, the Kirchbach division to the
right, and the Lowenfeldt division to the left. The entire
artillery, 90 guns, was brought up into the line of battle,
to meet which the enemy was reinforced by the
last brigade of the 6th corps and its reserve artil-
lery. The advance of the enemy was soon checked, and
as soon as our corps—strengthened by an infantry regiment
and reserve—had taken up its position we were enabled
energetically to assume the offensive. The hostile Prince
Solna Cuirassier Brigade was defeated by a brilliant charge
of the lit Milani and Bth Dragoons, under General Von
Wnuck, after a most desperate hand-to-hand combat.
Each regiment captured a hostile standard. General von
Wnuck, Colonel von Treakaw, and Lieut.-Colonel von
Wichmann, the commanders of both regiments, received
honourable wounds.

The infantry, whose fire had been of admirable effect,
attacked at various points with the bayonet, and took pos-
session of the advanced woodland and surrounding ground.
In these operations the (leg of the Srd Deutachmeister
battalion fell into our bands.

Towards 3 p.m., all the enemy's troops were in retreat,
followed up by the fire of our artillery. One detachment
of the Lt Uhlans sumseded in capturing two gems ; three
others were abandoned in the hasty retreat. The cavalry,
enpported by some of the infantry engaged in temporary
pursuit, while the brigade of the 6th Corps that came up
towards evening, undertook the vanguard. I returned to
Nachod about 6 o'clock, after I LW men almost all the
troops that had been engaged upon the field, and had
thanked them in your Majesty's name.

The battle of to-day is In honour to General von
Steinmetz and the sth Army Corps. I cannot sufficiently
praise the extraordinary coolness of the young troupe.
All arms have vied most gloriously in the discharge of
their duty. The needle-gun effected considerable alaug ter,
and caused the failure of all the enemy's attacks, which
were undertaken with great intrepidity. The artillery dis-
played rare powers of endurance in face of the hostile fire, at
first greatly superior, and the cavalry showed itself more
than a match for the so much rauntedAustrian horse. Upon
the Austrian side 28 battalions were under fire, from all of
which prisoners have fallen into our hands. The sth Corps,
on the other hand, bad only 22 battalions to oppose to
this force, and of these the troops kept reserve only
came under the fire of grenades. Thebrilliant success of
the day has been purchased with comparatively slight loss.
From all I have seen I estimate it at from 500 to 600 men,
I among whom are a very considerable number of our brave
officers. In addition to those already mentioned among
the superior grades I have to report Major von Natzmer,
of the Bth Dragoons killed ; Major-General von 011ech,
and Colonel von Walther, commander of the 46th Regi-
ment, wounded. The enemy's loss is, on the other hand,
very large. Over 2,000 prisoners are in our hands. His
dead lay in many places in heaps, so that I estimate his
total loss at over 4,000 men.

The trophies taken were the above-mentioned five guns,
one flag, and 2 standards. I shall not fail to forward to
your Majesty as soon am pouible further details and a spe-
cial list of leases, together with the names of those who
had the opportunity of especially distinguishing them-
selves.—PßEDEßlCl WILLIAM, Crown Prince, General of
Lnfantry, and Commander-in-Chief of the 2nd army.
- - - - -

The following official despatch refers briefly to
the events of the ensuing day :

Breslau, June 29.
I have to announce to your Majesty a second victory
upon the 28th, more hotly contested and more sanguinary
than upon the 27th. Great loss in officers and men,
though that of the enemy decidedly greater. Some trophies
have been again taken, but the number is still uncertain.
Numerous prisoners have been made. Skalits is in my
hands. An order of Benedelis shows that I was opposed
to-day by the Archduke Leopold with the 6th and Bth
corps. After two battles, my troops full of courage and
enthusiasm, breaking out into loud cheers.

King William delivered the following speech to
the people who brought him an address yesterday
evening :
I know your patiotimn comes from the heart, and
it is therefore grateful to mine. God has given our
valiant armies the victory, but this is only the
beginning ; a difficult tea remains still to be aooomplished.
As victory has always attended our banners, with God's
help the future will be oars also. With this hope Igo to
the army to-morrow. Up then with God for king and
fatherland !

His Majesty uttered the last sentence in a loud
voice, standing with bared head, and holding his
helmet in his uplifted right.

There is, we are informed (says the Sunday
&vette), Jo much difficulty in obtaining information at
Vienna concerning the movements of the Austrian army,
that Colonel Foley hat been relieved, and has been inc.
needed by Colonel Crealock. The port of Military Attaché
to the Court of Russia is therefore vacant at a critical mo-
ment. Colonel Foley may be expected home speedily. If
we axe correctly instructed, that distinguished officer did
not resign his poet. The French Military Attaché, Colonel
Merlan, has left Vienna, and has gone to live at some dis-
tance from the capital, as he could not get any trustworthy
intelligence from the authorities at the capital, and was
refused permission to to the head-quarter of the army.
THE PATRIOTIC FUND. —A meeting of the COM-
miseloaers of the Patriotic Fund was held at the Palace,
Westminster, on Saturday, the 30th June. Present:—
Earl Hardwick., chairman ; Earl Grey, Earl Dalhousie,
Earl Nelson, Lord Rolortit Lord St. L
Leonardo, Lord
Fermoy, Lord Lyveden, R' t Hon. H. Corp, M.P. ;
Sir John Palcington, . ; Sir John &norm, Mr.
Thomas Baring M.P. ; Mr. J. G. Hubbard, M.P. ; and
Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., Captain Fishbourne, RN.,
C. 8., and Brigadier-General Lefroy, R.A., the honorary
secretaries, attended.
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE A DVANCIN ENT
OP SCONCE.—At the forthcoming meeting of the associa-
tion in Nottingham, the opening eddies" will be delivered
in the new theatre, by Mr. W. R. Grove, the president
elect. Excursions of scientific interest will be taken to
the Midland Railway works at Derby, Esstwood Ridding',
Annealey (the birthplace of Lord Byron's
" Mary"), News Abbey, the Derwent and the Wye
Valleys, and Charnwood Forest. The Dukes of Devon-
shire and Rutland, Mr. W. F. Webb, Mr. Ambrose de
Bale, and other gentlemen have volunteered to entertain
the members of the soodation at the shove places.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(ntom owe owx comararonamr.)

PARIS. &MOAT EVENING.

Hitherto horseflesh, though there is credible evi-
dence of its having been eaten by a society of di- I
lettanti who professed to like it, has been a myth
for the Parisian public. Now it is to be visible and
palpable " in the flesh," and with a clear stage and
no favour the question whether it is to take
rank commercially as an ordinary edible will '
be fairly tried. The government, as you are aware
has solemnly authorised the sale of horseflesh
in France both by butchers and restaurateurs, sub-
ject to severe regulations, which it is hoped will ,
protect customers against eating horse when they ,
think they are eating bullock. I have not yet
heard of any tavern which offers horseflesh by way '
of attraction in its bill of fare, though I have no
doubt the experiment will be tried soon ; but a
horseflesh butcher's shop is advertised to be opened
on July 9, at No. 3, Boulevard d'ltalie (ancienne
barriers de Fontainebleau). The price will be
two-thirds less than that of beef. The Hippo-
PoPhagist Society—which propagates, both by
swesc.hing and examples tlisLoulinary doctrines of
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire--testifies its delight

at this news by announcing a horse-flesh banquet
at 10fr. a head each for Monday, July 9, at the
Lemardelay Assembly Rooms, Rue Richelieu, No.
100. Tickets may be had of M. Bourrel, Rue Fon-
taine au Roi, 7, and M. Lamquet, Rue de Lille,
34. Aris aux amateurs.

THE AMERICAN RAM, THE MIANTONOMOH.

The American monitor Miantonomoh will, after
short stay at Cherbourg, for which she sailed on Satur-
day, arrive in the Thames, though this was not contem.
plated when she left America. This deviation from the
route originally proposed for her is in consequence
of Mr. Fox, the secretary of the United States'
Navy, under whose control the Miantonomoh has
come to Europe, having been assured that many were
desirous of seeing her whose engagements in London
render it impossible for them to visit her at Spithead.
In their visit to the Miantonomoh at Spithead on Friday
last the Lords of the Admiralty were accompanied by Mr.
Fox, Captain Cowper Phipps Coles, R.N. ; Captain Bythe-
sea, R.N., V.C., Naval Attache to the British Embassy at
Washington ; Lord John Hay, M.P.; the Earl of Wilton,
commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron ; Mr. Weatley ;
Richards, dm. The Duke of Somerset, with the controller I
and other members of the Board of Admiralty, having
been conducted over the ship by Captain Beaumont, and !
minutely inspected her on deck and below, took up a !
position on the raised hurricane deck, in company with i
the Hon. Mr. Fox, to witness the firing of two shots from I
the enormous 15-inch smoothbore guns which form her
turret armament. The officers and crew of the ship took
up their respective positions at general quarters,all hatches
were securely battened down, the supply of air below was
provided for by setting the ventilating fans in motion, and
the ship in every respect prepared for action at sea. These
preparations having been made, a visit to the deck below
demonstrated clearly enough that, although in certain
portions of the 'tween deck the atmosphere felt slightly
oppressive after just leaving the open of the upper deck,
the air was really cool, as proved by the thermometer
ranges, and the ship might be fought through a long
summer day's action under the same conditions without
distress to any on board from heat below beyond what would
necessarily be found in any ordinary steamship of war.
The first gan fired was charged with a 35-pound powder
cartridge and a sabot live shell, at extreme elevation. The
effect was very grand as the vast globe of metal, propelled
from the mouth of the gira'with a deep hoarse roar, went
hurtling on its course until it fell at an estimated dia.
tanoe of about 3,500 yards from the ship. The second
gun was charged with 351 b. of powder, a solid iron shot
of 4501 b., and fired point blank. If the last shot was
grand, as exhibiting the ht of a 15-inch shell, this was
more interesting, as exhi at we have as yet
made no provision for in rifling our heavy naval artillery—
the perfection of ricochet firing. The immense ball spun
along its course over the surface of the water as truly as
the cricket's ball passes over the smooth green sward to-
wards the wicket. The noise of the explosion, the con-
cussion felt, and She smoke which entered the turrets on
the firing of the guns were neither more nor less than
would be naturally expected in firing 351 b. powder charges.

The new act granting the Princess Mary of Cam-
bridge an annuity of 2,0001. on her marriage loss received
the royal assent. It is in addition to the 3,0001. a year
already granted. The annuity commenced on the day of
the marriage, and is payable out of the consolidated fund,
" free of all duties." - .

•••
HONOURS AND APPOINTMENTS. —Lord Cromorne
L about to be raised to an earldom, by the title of Earl
of Dartrey—the designation of the barony by virtue of
which he now site in the House of Lords. Viscount
Monck, Governor-General of Canada, is about to become a
British peer. Apart from his political association with
the expiring ministry, Lord Monck's administration of the
government of Canada amply justifies this distinction.
In addition to Mr. John Ennis, whose advancement to
the dignity of • baronet we announced last week, the
following gentlemen are likelo have the same honours
conferred upon them :—Mr. Dudley Coatis Majoribanks,
M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed; W. Pryae Loveden, a re-
lative of the late member for Cardigan of the sanie
name ; and Mr. Tempest and Mr. Ingilby. who represent
old county families, the former in Yorkshire, and the
latter in Lincolnshire. The service* of Sir Henry Storks in
connexion with the Jamaica inquiry, are about to be recog-
nised by his being made a member of the Privy Council.
Mr. Erskine May, whose useful services at the table of
the House of Commons all members of parliament will
appreciate, is to be given the second grade—Knight
Commander —of the Bath. The Companionship of
the Bath is about to be bestowed upon Mr. James
Booth, lately one of the secretaries of the Board of
Trade. It is understood that Sir James Matheson,
M.P., is likely to be the new Lord-Lieutenant of
Boas-shire, in succession to the late Colonel Baffle. Mr.
D. D. Keane, Q.C., has been appointed recorder of Bed-
ford, in succession to Mr. A. K. Stephenson, whom ap-
pointment to the assietant-solicitorship of the Treasury we
notified in our last impression. The Hon. Henry Wode-
house, now second secretary of legation at Madrid, is trans-
ferred to the same capacity to Vienna. Mr. J. 'Walsham,
second secretary at Mexico, is transferred to Madrid. Mr.
Scott, third secretary of legation at Berne, is promotedtobe
second secretary at Mexico. It is probable that Mr.
Francis Clare Ford, late secretary of legation at Buenos
Ayres, will be succeeded in that appointment by
W. Strachey, now second secretary at Vienna.
Major Wodehouee, now consul at Para, has been appoieted
consul-general and commissioner in the Sandwich Islands.
Mr. J. Drummond Hay, vice-consul at Rabat, has been
appointed consul at Pars. Mr. Wilthew is likely to be
appointed consul at St. Croix. Mr. Tamer has been ap-
pointed vice-consul at Rabat, in succession to Mr. Pram-
mond Hay. Mr. Rothery, formerly judge at the Mixed
Communion Court at Boa Vista, has been appointed
assistant-justice and judge of Common Pleas in the
Bahamas. Major Creagh has been appointed inspector-
general of police at St. Vincent. Sir J. P. Grant, the
new governor of Jamaica, will sail for his destination on
the 17th of this month.-Beaday Gazette.
NATIONAL REFORM UNION. —An adjourned meet-
ing of the executive committee was held on Friday night
at Newall's-buildings, Manchester. In the absenee of Mr.
G. Wilson, the chair was occupied by the Rev. A. Hall.
Mr. T. Bailey, M.P. was present, and delivered a very
able and lengthy address.
FIDDLERS AND STATESMEN.—The Athenaeum
says :—" One of the most extraordinary of the many mis-
takes that present themselves at the National Portrait
Exhibition is that which ascribed No. 906 as portraits of
the' Cabal Ministry.' It is, in fact, neither more nor lees
than • composition of portraits of musicians—doubtless
those attached to the royal court—in their customary uni-
form dress."
lirrEarranorrat. 13oknucs.—The contest for the
international championship in millers' boats will take
place this week, and will be viewed with considerable
interest. The rival competitors ere James Hamill, of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, champion of
America, and Henry Kelley, of Putney, the champion of
England. The superiority is to be tested by two match
both the Tyne, on following days—Wednesday and
Thursday next, for a stake of 25W. a side each day; the
course on the first being from the High-level-bridge to
Leamington-point, a distance of five miles straight out,
and on the second from the High-level-bridge to Paradise-
quay and turn beck to the starling point. The American
hero, who has achieved greatness in his own country, has
been training for above a month in the north, and is in fine
condition, as is his opponent. Hamill's pace is very fast,
and his style of rowing singularly rapid and somewhat
rotsr7, differing most materially from that of either
northerners or southerners of this country. Kelley bag
been backed at 6 to 4, but the odds have been reduced.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION.

(PION Otlli RPORAL

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ON BOARD Yifil Gran Ituireax, orr TUN MOMS
NUN TEI NOse, SUNDAY ILORWING.

Eighteen inches between failure and success puts
In a slightly sensational form one of the difficulties
triumphantly surmounted yesterday. Lest year
the Great Eastern moved to the Nore, and took in
coals there a fortnight before she started for Ire-
land. On this occasion, as the coals and many of
the stores are to be shipped at Berehaven, she
started from the Medway, and anchored here as a
first resting place, before resuming her voyage by
to-day's tide. She is now lying about a mile and
a half to the north of the Mouse Light, or ten
miles from Sheerness, and to gain her present posi-
tion has passed through channels and cleared mud-
banks, where sticking fast, or running aground,
would have involved serious delay, and possible
failure, and for this reason : the great vessel is so
well laden, that she now draws 315 feet at
her fore-part, while in certain portions of
the Little Nore and the Sheerness Break,
over which we passed yesterday, there are
but 21, 22, and even 18- feet at low water.
High tide adds 15 feet to these soundings, vo tltwt.
from 18 inches to three or four feet has been over
certain bars and patches the extent of the margin
to be reckoned on. The Alexandra Channel,
through which we are to pass by to-day's high tide,
though long known to the fishermen, was only
buoyed a few years ago, and was first formally
used when the Princess Alexandra came over to
this country. The Bullock Channel, by which the
Great Eastern left last year, has not been buoyed
by the Trinity-house authorities, so that the newer
route is a necessity. Mr. Brockman, who is a
master in the royal navy, and commands H.M.S.
Wildfire, yesterday occupied the position filled by
Mr. Moore, the pilot of last year, and aided Cap-
tain Anderson in directing operations from the
bridge, while Mr. Halpin, the chief officer, and Mr.
Beckwith, the head (ship's) engineer, acted
an generals of division, and despatched to other
officers their aides to and from various parts of the
ship as the exigencies of the sitpation required.
Every man on board was busy and pro-occupied
from the time the anchor was weighed to the
I moment it was cast again. Just as the somewhat
numerous party of ladies and gentlemen who have
I accepted the directors' invitation to accompany the
expedition to Ireland, were joyously exchanging
cheersand congratulations withisteamer laden with
London excursionists, the motion of the great vessel
waschecked, and the word went round that we were
about to stop for the day. But we wore in reality over
one of the hazardously shallow parts of the little
channel, and were waiting for the tide to be at its
I full, to reduce the chances of grounding to a
minimum. At a quarter past 3 yesterday afternoon
Captain Anderson gave the word to cast anchor,
and by half past everything was taut and trim for
the night. The great vessel is now lying in 12
fathoms water, and is held by a 60 fathom cable
and a 10 ton Trotman's anchor. To go further
' with her present draught was impossible yesterday
for the Great Eastern, so she waits here
comfortably and confidently for the tide. When
leaving what yachtsmen know as the Great
Shoal, and the Oaze Deep behind, she will peas up
the Alexandra Channel and the Prince's Channel,
and so through the deep waters of the Downs.
' She will then proceed to Berehaven without delay,
I arriving there on Wednesday next. The improve-
' ment in the behaviour of the ship is very
' marked. The thorough cleansing of her bottom,
on which the ingenious apparatus invented by
Captain Anderson has been employed for months
past, while a professional diver has gone down
almost daily to report progress, may be credited
, with a portion of this improvement ; while her
I boiler-power has been materially strengthened since
last year. The cable-tanks, of course, still occupy
• the place of two boilers, but the remaining ones
have been carefully hauled over and repaired, and
the joint result is that, with several thousand tone
more weight in her than when she started last
year, her speed is fully a knot and a half higher.
Six months ago Mr. Glass, the managing director
of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance
Company, fixed upon " Saturday, the 30th June,
at noon," as a fit time for starting the ex_
pedition of this year, and a few weeks
since Mr. Cyrus Field crossed the Atlantic,
upon the understanding that " Sheerness
mid-day, 30th June," should be the hour at which
the Great Eastern would commence her voyage,
and up to which joining her would be practicable
and easy. This time has been kept literally to the
minute. There had been some fiddling and sing-
ing among the men heaving the anchor, their
labours being cheered, as last year, by a violin
player seated on the capstan, and giving the inspi-
riling strain of " Slap Bang," and a few congratu-
latory shots from the pretty steam yachts belong-
ing to Mr. Pender and Mr. Edwards, moored near.
But the actual start was so quietly made that some
gentlemen chatting on deck, watches in hand, only
discovered we were off by finding it to be twelve
o'clock, and looking at a landmark on the shore.
Engineers, electricians, sailors, savants, and
guests are unanimous in their jubilations, and hall
contemptuous references to the inferior speed of
1865 are by no means uncommon. The implication
seems to bethatthe cloggedpaceof theGreatEsatern
was then an ill omen we neglected, and that the
increase in the speed of to-day is a sure harbinger
of success. It is certain that the Great Eastern is
in much finer working order than before. The
sailors praise her as more " lively ;" the engineer%
tell us that she was only at little more than half
speed yesterday when doing her six knots, and that
from eight to nine knots will be an easy matter as
wegetthroardhatlheme crhiannemanal, of today
neveray ; while
more
t7neucable-layers
than a uniform speed of five knots for laying,
are satisfied and confident.
On Friday night what is called " putting in the
eyes " of the main cable tank was in progress. Entering
the hut-covering of this, you look down the interior
of the coil for some 30 feet, exactly as if standing
on the brink of a coal-pit. The sides of the pit are
the coils of the cable, while the grimy mechanists
at work at the bottom might pass very well for
colliers. Perfectly dark, save for the lamps they
carry, the huge black hole made by the hollow
d depth,
and even roundness, nothing but a
the wooden shorings together. These branch oat
Thancendetre"eevyoenesf "iliberoe uinglipailauti:inninlhingwiirondthbplaurtes keeping
and are bound round like the framework of a
huge Catherine wheel. When the cable is being
paid out they act telescopically, and by the
simple action of a wheel descend as the coil

diminishes, so sitSn keep it ocaltantly in its place.
All the time the nien were at work here; and, M-
cleod, d whole of yesterday and to-day,
the 131014 electrical testa have been con-
thumegY Viand, and " Answering beautifully !"
is the invariable verdict of the operators. A now
dynanometer, the invention of Mr. Fleming Jen-
kins, F.R.S.; it here. Among the advantages et
this instrument is, that the cable cannot be snapped
by it, for long before the strain rises to breaking-
point it 'lips the soil.
The increased "trimness" of the Great Eastern, •
concerning which every one is so congratulatory,
must not be held to apply, save in a purely naor
tical sense. She is tar dirtier than last year. The
spars and berms, cattle sheds, pens, hate, houses, ,
forges, and blacksmith's shops are still standinti
on her deck ; and free walking save on her bridgr •
and round her paddle-boxes is an impossibility.
She is so full of guests thit some gentlemen have .
he 4 to eleftn en.meleet not he *h. of *I, file_fey
but because the demand for bedding has exoemedi •
thy supply, vast as the letter rm. .irWr4effelliel I
to•ene hundred tons of ice, and betlrept fretplidl
six hundred pounds worth .af, &Atli& are on
board, and tire axe fair samples of -tWi vast mile:-
Calk wlbith vierldling ad Amer toe 4lesrotrups beset
to be carried en. The cattle, sheep, and fowls,
will be shipped at Berehaven, where the bulk of
the people now filling the grand saloon will take
their leave. Mr. and Mrs. Glass, Mr. Elliott, Mr.

and Mrs. Ralph Elliott and the Miss Elliotta, Mr.
Daniel Gooch, M.P. ; Mr. Varley, Professor .
Thomson, Mr. Cyrus Field, Colonel de Bathe,
Captain Hamilton,Mr. Etarclay,and Mr. Barber, are
among those on board ; but those directly inte-
rested in the expedition are accompanied by so
many friends that the two dinner tables yesterday .
looked like the table d'hote at a large American
hotel, while the appearance of the saloon later in
the evening, when both ladies and gentlemen vied
with each other in keeping the piano in full work,
was that of a pleasant London drawing room.
Apart from the critical care displayed in piloting
yesterday, the voyage down here had the usual
features. Yachts, prominent among which was the
pretty Ada, belonging to Mr. Barclay, danced
saucily round the huge monster steadily pursuing
its way ; the men of war we passed dipped their
ensigns, manned their yards, and cheered us lustily;
the Alexandra excursion boat brought its deck and
saloon full of patrons within a few yards of us,
while its brass Land, after oscillating wheezily be- '
tween " Rule Britannia " and " Yankee Doodle,"
subsided into a plaintive " I'm leaving thee in •
sorrow "as she aped on her way. All along the .I
shore, from house to house and field to field,'
wherever the Groat Eastern passed, there was some
mark of good will. At Garrison Point we were so
near in shore that the colours of the ladies' bonnets
could be easily seen. The crowd assembled seemed
paralysed at the prodigious size of the floating
monster they were gazing on, and forgot to cheer
until we had fairly passed, when as with one accord
running round the fort iu course of erection hand-
kerchiefs and parasols were fluttered, and the
" hurrahs " were prolonged until they were lost in
the expanse of water they had to cross.

DOVICR, SUNDAY NIGHT.

The Great Eastern passed here at half-past eight,
steaming about seven and a half knots. All well.
She landed her pilot here.

MURDER OP TWO CHILDREN AND SUICIDE
OF THE MURDERER, AT HALIFAX.

On Saturday night, ahorrid tragedy took place
at Lee Bank, Halifax. A carpet weaver named 'Ephraim
Smith, about forty years of age, murdered two of his
children and then cut his own throat. The youngest
child, named Emma, five years of age, to have
been suffocated in bed. The next child, a ten years, and
called Elisabeth, had her throat cut. After which the
father must have cut his own throat. All were quite dead
when found. .

The family occupied a single room, being the top of a
three-storey building—a room some time since used as
Wesleyan Sunday-school—aooess to it being obtained front
Old Bank, in Lee Bank. The family consisted of the
father, • weaver at Masan. John Crossley and
Sons, limited, carpet manufacturers. His wife is
an inmate of the Wakefield Lunatic Asylum, where
she has been two years. There were three children,
—namely, Emma (five years of age), Elizabeth (ten
years), and William Henry (thirteen years). The
diseovery of the affair was as follows :—The boy, William
Henry, had been to Halifax fair, and did not return home
until 11 o'clock at night. He was surprised to find the
house door fastened, and knocked frequently for ad-
mission. As no response was given, he threw open a
window, which is very close to the door, put his arm
through, unlatched the door, and entered, and was horri.
fled to find hie sister Elizabeth behind the door, sad
apparently dead. There wee no light in the
house, and he ran out and gave an alarm. Two
men, named Solomon Broadbent and Oibeon Walton,
the latter an ex-policeman, entered with • candle, and the
full horror then burst upon them. Upon the door were
several pools of blood ; the looking-glass and the wall near
were sprinkled with Mood. The father was seated epos the
floor, with his back against the wall, under the front win-
dow, his head almost severed from his body. Around
him was a pool of blood, and upon the floor, at
the distance from him of about half a yard, vat an
open rasor besmeared with blood. Behind the door was
lying the girl Elizabeth on her right aide, also in a pool of
blood, her neck and throat having been cut on the right
aide. Bhe probably struggled hard, for the knuckle of the
third finger on the left hand has an incised wound. She
was naked, except • chemise upon her. The child Emma
was found dead upon the bed with her face downward.
She was dream& There was no blood about her, nor
marks of violence. The opinion of those who found her
was that she had been smothered by the bed-clothes.
One neighbour only appears to have heard any noise in
the house, and he did not imagine that murder was bung
committed. That was about ten o'clock. It is supposed
that the father suffocated the child first. It is known that
he kept the girl Elizabeth going errands in the evening.
and it is now conjectured that he disposed of the youngest
child at that time. Probably the father had planned the
murder of all the children, but fortunately the lad was out
rather later than usual. The father is known as a steady
man, and his general conduct hes been suh as to cause the
greatest surprise that he should havec been guilty of
murder.
An inquest on the bodies will be held at five o'clock this
(Monday) afternoon, at the Shears Inn, Lea-bridge.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

MONDAY, JOLT S, • LL

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Y. D. 0.
itefra 2912 W. 2 $ W. reo 10.1 1
Aberdota 29.10, 8.8. 42 I N.E. ro 10.
uu.n 29.17' W. II 7 W. r 0.10 2
Aroomas M. N.W. 7 4 B.W. r 10.
Gremoutle 29.26 W. 8 6Iw.N. w. 0.41 2
vammis. M. W. 6 7 W. ro 0.27
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lispeloY um V,. W.N.W. 6 6 W.B.W. oc 19.19 4
Brest ..
Limns 20. W.B.W. 4 8 W. to 10.31 4
Rochefort.. . r 9.7 W.B.W. 4 6 W. 0 10.011 2
Hymouth 06. W. 6 8 W. e .033 4
We 99.67 W. 6 1 W.B.W. c 19.33 4
Pcrlatuouth 29. B.W. 6 7 W.N.W. r' 1
0.47 4
Loudon lt W. 6 7 W.B.W. tro 1.16' -
Yarmouth ._ 2E401 W.N.W. 6 7 B.W. to 10.91 1
Eterbarough 111.20' W.B.W. 2 1 B.W. the 10.38 2
Meade 29.18467 N. W. 6 3 N. W. 1
Helder — I - -

PIMMUS.
On our western and southern coasts the windshave been rather
drool from the westward since SaWrdity nMAt, they have =mkt
rated Oda morning. Vary heavy theistornas have occurred
in=ramozse capedally on the eastern cassia
has fatten constderably in the north and west,
and a continuous diminution of barometric pressure has taken
Ostia:wary telegrams were sent to the western and southern
mos on eaturday. The weather appears likely to continue very
nasetgied.

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