The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

The Germano-Danish War,

The followihg letter was received by the secretary
of the com►nittee of L!old's on Saturday

" Forein Office, June 18.
" Sir —7 am dire tad by Ear] Ruzzon to taoqualui, ou,
for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's, that Her
Majesty's Miniskr at Copenhagen has reported that the
Danish Government has not yet determined upon the length
of notice to be given to British shipping, in the event o
the re-establishment of a blockade of the G., ratan ports, but
tint some delay will certainly 1.,e am, Sir, yours
" E. E.A.mmOND."

TAMBURINI has been singing in Florence at a
concert of the " Societa Filarmouica Florentina.' He was
received with immense applause.

A DISGRACEFUL INUINITATION.—The escape of
the Government with a majority of seven, in
house of 459 members, on Friday evening, will not relegate
to oblivion the crimes of its policy or the proofs of its ad-
ministrative impotence on the Gold Coast. The infamous
levity with which the question was treated by Ministers
must still demand a censure from the country. If the Le-
gislature failed in its duty, and a desperate " whip" gathered
in the Whig lobby at least 50 Whig parasites who had not
heard the debate, and perhaps were not in a condition to
know how they were voting., public opinion will redress the
bitter wrong, the murderous injury inflicted upon British
soldiers by a Cabinet whose orators fled an excuse for mirth
in an act of wholesale homicide.—Standard.

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A WITTY SENTINEL.—A lieutenant of the 10th
United States Infantry recently met with a sad rebuff at
Fort Kearney. The lieutenant was promenading in full
uniform one day, and approached a volunteer on sentry,
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who challenged him with " Halt ! who comes there ?" The
lieutenant, with contempt in every lineament of his face,
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give the countersign. —New York Sun,
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and some few ricks have
been made. In other places it will be delayed until
the effects of the rains in the last few days shall have
been felt, The corn is looking well, almost universally--
wheat, barley, beans, and oats. The wheat is coming into
ear, and the critical time of blossoming is at hand, during
which fine calm weather is very desirable. At present the
weather is rather unsettled. Beans are promising, although
the winter beans were destroyed by the frost in many places,
and had to be replanted. The hops in Worcestershire and
Herefordshire are in a very forward and promising state,
and, uncertain as this crop is, at present the chances are in
favour of a good return. Potatoes and peas are early and
prolific. The fruit crops promise to be the most abundant
ever known. The smaller fruit—gooseberries, currants,
&c.—are remarkably prolific, plums are abundant, and
apples and pears—especially the former—hang thickly on
the trees, and promise a rare produce of perry and cider.
Altogether the season promises to be on the whole a more
abundant one than the bountiful season of 1863.
THE BRITISH PUBLICHoUsE.—See how, in these
at a
days, the publican is constantly leading the human
horse (and ass) to the gin and wateri,ipkaelnaednemanys ht compellingman. him totraps,
house
cdnrrninker,
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on all
while he blazons his
wall with golden legends which tell of
all that is fine, and pure, and double diamonds, and old
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sense,reg arclas na d all
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havingt- one ves on this gilded crusted and over-proof, in drink. He sits like a syren in
sle
appetite—thirst; and one organ—throat. Enter
ltihbisertygloitf actionl"ing temple
behind, Suppose you are weary, and seat
shirt-sleeves
yourself on an empty barrel fora little while without imme-
diately ordering refreshment. The publican looks at you
reproachfully, as much as to say "You are a pretty fellow
to come into my house and sit there without having anything
to drink." If you are slow to take the hint in looks, he
will soon remind you of your duty in words, ,t Now, sir,
what can I serve yeti. 'with?" Order an Abernethy
biscuit and a glass cf water, and see how he will look
at you? He keeps biscuits merely to oblige his cus-
tomers, to accommodate the women chiefly; and heart-
cakes to beguile the children while father remains to have
another glass. Biscuits, as a transaction per se, he regards
as an irregularity, only to be permitted o n rare and special
occasions, and only then under protest. As to water in its
native purity, without the admixture of something strong
—something that is worthy of exact measurement and con
be charged for—that is altogether out of the question.
Monstrous ! He can scarcely bring himself to administer
to the weary urchin who comes in to beg a drink of water
in the name of charity. He feels it beneath his dignity to
dispense such poor stuff. Throughout all the branches of
the trade there is a mad dog's horror of water as such. If
you go to a brewery and mention the word " water," you
are immediately fined for the cffence in gin ; if you go to a
distillery and mention the word "water," you are fined for
the offence in beer. Say " liquor," and you are safe. The
publican has no objection to aqua vitae, or eau de vie; but
call it the water of life, and he will be more shocked than
if you used bad language.—Deckens's "All the Fear
Sawa."