The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-25 00:00:00

THAMES.

OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A CAB-DRlVER.—William
Nash, a cab-driver, was brought before Mr. Paget,
charged with being drunk and furious driving, with in-
sulting two passengers who had been in his vehicle, and
with assaulting two persons.
Last night Mr. William Ford, a tripe dresser, who is the
proprietor of four or five shops, hired the prisoner to con-
vey him and his wife to their residence, No. 244, High-
street, Shadwell. On the way Mr. Ford and his wife
stopped for a minute or two at Brown's oyster shop, in
Aldgate. On reaching Shadwell, Mr. Ford gave the pri-
soner a shilling, the distance being under two miles, and
2d. for a pint of beer. The prisoner was dissatisfied with the
amount, and said "Is that all ?" Mr. Ford said " Whatever
you charge I will pay you." The prisoner then used the
most fearful language, and applied a number of very foul
epithets to Mr. Ford. He also said that he hoped next
time the complainant rode in a cab that he would fall out
and break his - neck. Mr. Ford asked him what he
meant by such language, and seized the reins of the cab
horse. The prisoner cut at him furiously with his whip,
struck him twice on the face and once on the wrist, and
causing him to bleed profusely. The prisoner then drove
off at a reckless pace, and was pursued by some men in
Mr. Ford's employ. They could not overtake him, but a few
minutes afterwards he was found in the Rising Sun Tavern,
in Oxford-street, Stepney, and the horse and cab standing
in the street opposite. The prisoner, who was very
drunk, was taken into custody. He behaved in a very
outrageous manner, threw a constable, named Carter, No.
78 K, and fell upon him in the street. After a scene of
great violence and a desperate struggle, he was taken to
the station-house in Arbour-street, Stepney, adjoining the
Thames Police-court, where he made a serious disturbance
and kicked at the police-constable. It was also proved
that the prisoner drove his horse furiously along King
David-lane, Sutton-street, and Commercial-road, to Oxford-
street, and that he seemed quite regardless of people's lives.
Mr. Paget said the prisoner bad been guilty of a scan-
dalous assault on the gentleman who employed him, and
who was taking care of a wife in delicate health. The pri-
soner was a perfect ruffian, quite unfitted to be a cab driver,
or to have the charge of any horse or vehicle. The pri-
soner had been guilty of a violent assault on Mr. Ford, for
which ho sentenced him to two months' imprisonment
and hard labour, an additional seven days for driving
furiously, and seven days for the assault on Carter, 78 K ;
in all two months and 14 days' imprisonment and hard
labour. The prisoner's license ought to be returned to the
Comenissioners of Police and revoked.

The receipts on the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway for the month of July amounted to 595,522
dols., against 332,098 dols. in the corresponding
month of last year, showing the enormous increase
of 263,425 dols.
There is still a large attendance of home and

foreign buyers at the public sale of colonial wool,
and the prices of all descriptions indicate firmness.
The Bank of France return is in many respects
of a favourable character. The bullion has been
increased £512,000, and the bills discounted re-
duced £568,000. The notes in circulation, how-
ever, have been augmented £BO,OOO, but partly
counterbalancing this is a falling off of £B,OOO in

the advances on stock. The current accounts are
£500,000 smaller, and the Treasury balances show
an addition of £380,000.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days there has not been much
animation. A fair demand, however, has prevailed
for tea, chiefly for exportation. Sugars have sus-
tained former rates, while superior descriptions of
coffee have ruled a shade dearer. Rice has con-
tinued in good demand, at high rates, but in the
Tallow Market there has been rather less activity ;
prices, nevertheless, fop present and forward de-
livery are well supported.
CHOLERA AND THE WATER SUPPLY OF LARGE
TOWNS.—The whole question of the water supply
to towns deserves Parliamentary inquiry, and if a select
committee, composed of members who have no interest in
any water company were appointed, and the proper wit -
nesses—from all classes of inhabitants—were examined,

much good might be done. Ratepayers are charged exorbi-
tantly for water, and are frequently insulted by collectors,
who almost impose what rates they please. IL can hardly be

expected that the water obtained from the Thames, into
which the sewage of 33 towns flow, can be as good as
water obtained from springs and from the rainfall. Dr.
Gairdner, of Glasgow, has reported that nothing is
clearer than that cholera is directly associated with the
domestic use of impure, that is sewage-tainted, water. It
would be well to adopt a practice which' during the part
week has been carried out in some towns in Scotland, viz.,
to analyse the fluid supplied by water companies. We are
glad to see that the magistrates of Dunbar have recently
whitewashed all the wynds and alleys of that watering-
place, and that during the past week lime has been libe-
rally applied to the streets and gutters. Something also
ought to bo done to prevent the foul air arising through
manholes in street sewers, which in large towns, during
the summer season, is disgustingly offensive.--Building
News.

THE SEASON AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.—With
the exception of Saturday, which proved a fine day,
and was liberally taken advantage of, nothing whatever
has been done in the harvest fields since our last notice.
Drizzling thick rains, changing at times to very heavy
showers, have fallen almost continuously, and the effect
upon the standing grain has been detrimental in the ex-
treme. Where the crops were heavy they have been com-
pletely beaten into the earth, and the best fields in the
earliest part of the season will now turn out the least satis-
factory, the grain there being lodged before it was ripened,
and as it has never had a chance of getting up
again, it never comes to maturity. There it lies,
brown, waterlogged, rotting, a pitiable sight ; and
portions of many fields are quite green with a second
growth. Added to this loss, farmers have the painful
knowledge that they will have to pay more for the cutting
of this damaged crop than they would have to do for a
sound one, as the reaping-machines will be next to use-
less, and Irish labourers are increasing their demands with
the farmers' difficulties. Last year at this time we had to
report that "not for a long time have farmers experienced
such a magnificent track of harvest weather as that with
which they have this year been blessed." This year, un-
fortunately, we are obliged to say that seldom at this
time of the year have we had such a run of unpro-
pitious weather ; and the danger is that, besides the
injury already done to the cereal crops, it may, if it
continue, seriously affect the potatoes. Disease, as we
have before stated, has already shown itself in some of
the northern counties, but we are glad that it does not yet
appear to be general either in the north or south. But
such moist, forcing weather as we have had for the last
three weeks is highly promotive of disease. Turnips have
progressed rapidly, and promise on the whole, notwith-
standing their apparent failure in the early part of the
season, to be a fair crop. Where barley was cut earliest,
it is said to be an average crop and of good quality • but
that still standing in early districts has suffered consider-
ably in colour from the rain and mist. Oats are generally
short in the straw, and a lightish crop ; and wheat varies
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Foreign Courts.

BERNE, Aug. 22.
The Emperor and Empress of the French have
left the Castle of Arenemberg. They arrived at one
o'clock yesterday afternoon at Schaffhausen by
steamer, where they were received by a deputation
from the Government of the canton and the autho-
rities of the town. President Ammann thanked
the Emperor for the friendly feeling his Majesty
had displayed towards Switzerland ; in replying to
-which the Emperor referred to the protection for-
merly extended to him by the Confederation. The
Schaffhausen cadets formed line at the landing-
place of the pier. After the reception the imperial
pair drove through the town in an open carriage to
the railway station, whence they departed, at half-
past one, by special train to Lucerne.

The Emperor only stopped about a quarter of an
hour in Zurich. His Majesty is said to have spoken
in terms of high approval of the excellent accommo-
dation provided by the railway. The imperial pair
will pass the night at Lucerne. It will depend
upon the state of the weather whether his Majesty
will then traverse the Brunig Pass into the Bernese
Oberland, or return direct by way of Olten to
France.

Upon the 20th inst. the Emperor and Empress
embarked from Ermalingen on board the steamer
Arenemberg for a short excursion upon the Boden-
see. His Majesty is reported to have been much
affected upon finally quitting Arenemberg, and to
have left with the authorities a present of 30,000 fr.
for the use of the parish.

PARIS, Aug. 23.
The Minister of Public Instruction has addressed
the following letter to the Prefect of the Vosges
" Paris, Aug. 14.
" Monsieur,—The Emperor, in leaving the department of
the Vosges, has manifested, by a striking testimony, the
interest which he takes in the development of classes for
adults, the propagation of which must insure a rapid dimi-
nution in the number of the unlettered. Having learnt
that this department numbered, last winter, 233 evening
classes, attended by 6,180 pupils of the age of from 15 to
20 years and upwards, amongst whom were found fathers
of homilies, old men, and soldiers; and being informed
that amongst the teachers more than 100 had accepted the
extra employment without receiving remuneration, the
Emperor has deigned to take from his privy purse a sum
of 1,000 fr., which he has charged me to transmit to you,
and which you will add to the credit voted by the Coun-
cil-General to recompense the teachers of the adult schools
—Believe me, Monsieur le Prefet,
" V. Dunuv."
Rear-Admiral de la itonciere le Noury, com-
mander of the armour-plated squadron at Cher-
bourg, has arrived in Paris.

Advices received yesterday by telegraph from
Brest state that, on the previous day, the Marquis
de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister of Marine, gave a
grand dinner to the Lords of the Admiralty and
officers of the two squadrons. A brilliant soirée

followed the banquet. Yesterday morning the chief
officers of the two squadrons visited the arsensal.
The regatta had taken place in the most favourable
weather. Abd-el-Kader, who was present, received
an enthusiastic reception. The crowd in the town
was extraordinarily great.

An OStend letter says :—"The King appears to
enjoy his sojourn at this place. His Majesty takes
frequent drives in a half-open carriage along the
beach at low water. The Duke and Duchess de
Brabant, with their children, are also frequently
seen on the beach. The duchess has made several
excursions into the country round Ostend in a car-
riage drawn by ponies, which she drives herself."
The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Queen
`Augusta of Prussia at Coblentz three days back.
The King of Saxony will proceed from Possenhofen
to Coburg in a few days to visit Queen Victoria.
His Majesty will then return to Possenhofen to
accompany the members of his family back to
Dresden.

A Vienna letter mentions that Count de Mens-
dorff, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, was on
his return from Saltzburg to proceed to Coburg,
where Queen Victoria had invited him to be present
at the inauguration, on the 26th inst., of the monu-
ment to the memory of the Prince Consort.

Prince John of Glucksburg, brother of King
Christian, has left Copenhagen to make a tour in
Germany.

VIENNA, Aug. 21.
The following account has been received here of
the meeting of the Emperor of Austria and the King
of Prussia, at Saltzburg, on Saturday last :—" The
Emperor, loudly cheered by the people, came as
early as six o'clock to the Erzberzag Karl,' where
it was intended that the King of Prussia should
alight. The royal party, however, which travelled
in five carriages, did not arrive from Gastein until
20 minutes after 7. Half an hour previously the
Emperor—who had up to that time been conversing
with his brother Archduke Ludwig Victor at one of
the windows—went to the adjoining window, occu-
pied by Herr von Bismarck and Major-General
Count Thun, and talked to the Prussian Premier
until the crack of whips, with the drums and signal-
horns from the main guard, announced the ap-
proach of the royal party. Upon which he imme-
diately hastened down stairs with the Archduke
in advance of the other gentlemen. The Emperor
was at the door when the carriages drove up, and
received the King in his arms. The two monarchs
kissed and embraced each other twice in the heartiest
manner, and went upstairs arm in arm. The Em-
peror, of course, did not remain long. The King
of Prussia wore the uniform of his infantry regi-
ment, with the insignia of the Francis Joseph order.
His Majesty had purposely protracted his stay at
Hallem, where he halted to change his dress in order
not to disturb the dinner given at Klessheim by the
Archduke Ludwig Victor. The Emperor had
hardly gone back to his residence before the King
came to return his visit. After tea both Sovereigns,
with their suites, visited the ball given by the citi-
zens in their honour, where they were received by
the Archduke Ludwig Victor, and remained up-
wards of an hour. On Sunday visits were again
exchanged, and the signature of the convention fol-
lowed at noon.. At 3 p.m. a dinner was given by
the Empress Dowager Caroline Augusta, and in
the evening the Emperor, the King of Prussia, the
King of Bavaria, and the Grand Dukes of Hesse
and Oldenburg, visited the theatre, when they took
tea in the saloon."

His Highness Prince Raspigliosi and family have
left Claridge's Hotel for St. Leonards-on-Sea.
The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle have left
their residence in Piccadilly for Clumber-park, Notts.
_ _ _

The Marquis of Waterford and the Earl of
Tyrone have left Curraghmore for a fortnight's shooting
over the Wicklow mountains. The rejoicings on the family
estates take place next month to celebrate the earl's coming
of age. The precise day is not yet named.
The Earl and Countess Russell, on leaving Lord
and Lady Stanley of Alderley's seat in Cheshire, go on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of Minto, at Mint° House,
near Hawick, N.B.

The Earl and Countess of Howth have left Cla-
ridge's Hotel, for Howth Castle, Ireland.
The Earl Cowper has gone to Paris to pass a few
weeks.

The Countess Cowper and Ladies Cowper have
arrived at Wrest Park, Beds, from Panshanger, Herts.
Lord Edward St. Maur has arrived in Paris from
Cherbourg.

The marriage of Lord Edward Pelham Clinton,
second son of the late Duke of Newcastle, and M.P. for
North Nottinghamshire, to Miss Hartopp, third daughter
of the late Sir William Edmund and Lady Cradock
Har-
topp, took place at St. George's, Hanover-square, last
Tuesday. In consequence of the painful bereavements
which both families sustained last October the guests in-
vited to be present at the marriage were almost exclusively
confined to the members of the Newcastle and Hartopp
families.

The marriage of the Count Munster, Hereditary
Marshal of the Kingdom of Hanover, with the
Lady Harriett Elizabeth St. Clair Erskine, only daughter
of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Rosslyn (Colonel 10th
Hussars), took place on the 22d inst. at Dysart House,
N.B. The marriage ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Robert • Cole, domestic chaplain of the Earl of
Rosslyn.
THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH FLEET.--The corpo-
ration of Weymouth have resolved to give a splendid
banquet to the officers of the French and English fleets, if
the latter drop anchor in Portland-roads on their way from
Portsmouth to Plymouth. •-