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

THE SUB, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1865.

France. From that Power she will one day reap
the reward of heriniquitous doings, and it will be
the Nemesis of the injuries of Denmark, and the
wrongs of the people of Prussia, whose constitu-
tional rights are being trampled under foot, and
whose privileges are sequestrated to suit the fancies
of the authorities. It is a mistake to think that
tyranny and injustice are condoned because their
effects are not immediately visible. They are not
dead but sleeping, in many instances, and it is
against all the dictates of wisdom, and contrary to
all the rules of experience, to believe that in this
notable case of Schleswig-Holstein no harm will
eventually ensue to those ruthless oppressors who
have acted throughout in so harsh a manner.
Nothing can possibly be said to explain away or to
excuse the schemes of the German Powers ; from
the outset of the affair they have deliberately
plotted and planned to ruin Denmark, and to check
the course of constitutional freedom in Germany.
The unfortunate Duchies have been made the
holocaust of their ambitious designs, and
as the proceedings have been betrayed and
deceived in the most bare-faced fashion; it is now
too late to interfere, either to protect the much-
talked integrity and independence of Demark, or
to stop the wholesale plan of confiscation pursued
by the combined powers of Germany ; nor is it
now out of place or time to comment upon the
infamous character of the affair, and those who
censure in unmeasured terms, and indignantly re-
pudiate the present course pursued by Prussia, only
anticipate the verdict of posterity, for the bad opi-
nion now entertained of such a policy will be truly
borne out by the events which history will record.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, AUG. 24.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Aug. 24.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank

Aug. 17.
fr. c.
182,500,000

and its branches..__ _
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 879,828,825
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 8,176,980 35 7,873,722 48
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 158,163,408 90 170,862,745 15
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 1,834,422 75 2,037,233 73
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14

4,000,000
877,849,725

six months
Surplus of receipts not

1,427,623 17 1,427,623 17

distributed
Sundries

10,492 907 82 10,938,371 76

Total

CREDITOR.

Aug. 24. Aug. 17.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 292,392,830 91 293,592,627 12
Do. branch banks 299,353,418 312,323,070
Advances on deposit of
bullion 53,366,073 25 54,102,673 25
Do. branch banks 11,839,500 12,341,700
Do. on French Public

Securities 14,760,400 14,589,200
Do. by branch banks 10,588,800 10,625,700
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks 21,509,680 21,635,780
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

serre 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisties

(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed

property branches 8,426,191 8,413,566
.dxpeumes of manage-
ment 905,807 53 677,938 75
Sundries

Total 1,467,302,029 52 1,468,501,226 11
Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) ROULAND.

A Gentleman Horsewhipped in the Dublin

Exhibition,

On Tuesday evening the Canadian commissioner, Capt.
Cuff, had occasion to see ono of the officials of the building,
Mr. Iselin, on some matter of business connected with the
exhibition, when in the course of the conversation which
ensued Mr. Iselin told Capt. Cuff, in reply to an observa-
tion he had made, that it was a lie. Capt. Cuff adopted the
course that most gentlemen would have taken under the
circumstances, and horsewhipped Mr. Iselin on the spot.
The latter called two policemen and gave Capt. Cuff in
charge, who at once accompanied them en mute to the
nearest station. Before they had reached it, however, Mr.
Iselin thought it better to withdraw the charge. Captain
Cuff was accordingly released, and so the matter ended.
We should gladly allow the subject hero to drop, were it
not that by proceedings such as these the character and
popularity of the exhibition are injured, and the dis-
courtesy of an official is attributable to all. We regret,
too, to have to add—and the fact cannot be unknown to the
committee—that complaints have frequently been made of
a want of courtesy on the part of Mr. Iselin. Of the offi-
cials generally we can speak in no terms but those of praise ;
they have had an arduous duty to perform, and they have
done it well, and above all have avoided giving unnecessary
offence. The public, on whom the success of such an ex-
hibition as this entirely depends, have a right to expect the
utmost courtesy and attention, and so in an even greater
degree have those who, like Capt. Cuff, come to Ireland as
the representatives of important states, whose sympathy
and support have contributed so much to the success of the
exhibition. We believe that in appointing Mr. Iselin to
the post which he fills, the committee (anxious as they no
doubt were to do what was best) made a mistake, but
having made it, they can at least insist that offensive ex-
pressions
such as those we are informed were made use of
yesterday shall not be repeated, and that visitors to our
exhibition shall not have to say that they experienced a
want of that proverbial courtesy and bonhomie which have
ever been the characteristics of this side of the Chan-
nel.—lrish Times.

In reference to this very unpleasant affair, the annexed
fetter has been published :

" Dublin International Exhibition, August 23.
" Sir,—l have seen with great surprise a paragraph in
the Irish Times this morning, which contains a most dis-
torted and garbled account of a transaction which occurred
in the Exhibition Building on the previous day. I shall at
present content myself with saying that the conduct of
Captain Cuff and my demeanour in the transaction re-
ferred to will be the subject of judicial investigation within
the next two days, and I prefer the matter should be ex-
plained in this satisfactory mode rather than made the sub-
ject of newspaper controversy. I write this not for the
satisfaction of friends or acquaintances, who, I am satisfied,
know I am incapable of the part attributed to me in the
Irish Times, but in deference to the public who frequent the
Exhibition.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient
servant,

"J. F. Ism; General Superintendent."

PETROLEUM.—The product of oil in Pennsylvania
is set down at 3,500,000 barrels of crude oil for the year
1865, and worth, taking an average of prices, $24,000,000
at the mouth of the wells. When carried to the refining
establishments and purified, this product of petroliem is
worth upwards of $60,000,000 dollars, or half as much as
the wheat crop, or one-fourth as much as the cotton or
corn crop, taking an average of five years before the war
as the basis of the estimate.—Buffulo Advertiser.
Mn. BRIGHT.—The Illinois State Journal publishes
the following curious letter from Mr. Bright to Mr.
George F. Train :—" Rochdale, September 2, 1861.—Dear
have to thank you for our note and the enclosure.
The paper (the New York Herald) from which the extract is
worst
taken does immense harm to the North—it is Southern as
possible impressions of your country. I fear you
much as it dare be, and gives to Europe always the
tiesthis toifm e
thethe
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wdiiffitbcuilt:
are too sanguine as to the success ol the North. Up to
o
ho
throughTh r There seemsthis
terrible
t nc
what is passing in the States—for freedom throughout the
world, and for ages to come, may suffer, if your great Con-
stitution is doomed to a collapse. But the enslavement of
4,000,000 of human beings is a crime which cannot easily
be expiated or got rid of. The devil has been cherished
for a century, and now turns and rends you. But what-
ever comes, I am with the North, and my sympathies are
for freedom. lam glad your street railways are extending,
though you have a disappointment in the Bayswater-road.
—Yours truly, JQL' J3IIIWIT..

LATEST INTELLIG-EME.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.
FLORENCE, AUG. 25.
The Minister of the Interior, in order to preveu
the renewal of disturbances, has ordered that reli•

gious processions shall not in future take place in
the public streets without the previous authorisa-
tion of the political authorities, the latter being
empowered to prevent them if necessary.

Terrible Scene at San Francisco.

A terrible scene was N77i;"...'leseed at San Francisco on the
7th of July. A desperado, named Mulligan, had been
drinking hard, and the result apparently was an attack
of delirium tremens. He was staying at the St. Francis
Hotel, and on the morning of the 7th he fired from his
room into a house opposite, but without injuring any one
The police attempted to enter his room, but it was locked
and barricaded, and the madman warned them not to
force their way in, threatening to shoot the first man who
should enter. A good deal of time was spent in parleying
with him, and at length upon an officer attempting to get
in from a balcony through the window, he was fired upon
and forced to beat a retreat. Mulligan now came upon
the balcony, and no one for a time would venture near
him. At length one M'lN.abb, who recently committed a
murder, but was pardoned, ascended the stairs. He was
fired at by Mulligan and killed. The remainder of the
story is thus told by a local paper :—" James Keating
went upon the roof with a well-known Catholic clergy-
man, and attempted to descend through the skylight, but
Mulligan ran into the third storey and fired at Keating,
barely missing him, and they were compelled to retreat
also. Special Officer Dennison at this time got to the
head of the stairs with a glass of brandy, which he asked
Mulligan to drink, but the latter covered him with his
pistol, and shouting, "Go down, there ! go down, quick !
for God's sake, go quick !" &c., compelled him to retreat,
leaving the glass standing on the floor at the head of the
stairs. Officers Ellis and M'Millan also attempted to ascend
the stairs soon after, but were driven back in the same
manner, and soon after they started diagonally across the
street toward the north-east corner of Dupont and Clay,
when Mulligan, running to a front window, opened it and
fired, as is supposed, at them. The ball took effect in the
bosom of John Hart, who stood in the crowd, killing him
on the spot. Meantime, Capt. Lees had been consulting
with District Attorney Porter as to Mulligan, representing
him truly as a wild beast, whose every minute's existence
endangered the lives of peaceful men. Mr. Porter advised
the use of every effort to capture him alive, and a delay in
resorting to extreme measures was made accordingly. This
delay cost Hart his life. Mulligan had now drank off the
contents of a tumbler of brandy which had been left on the
stairs by Dennison, and Capt. Lees resorted to the measure
of mixing a cocktail with a liquor which would have over-
powered and stupefied the drinker in a few minutes, and
got to the door at the foot of the stairs with it,urging Mul-
ligan to let him come up. Mulligan, howeverr was more
furious than ever, and a long parly ensued, Mulligan hold-
ing the pistol pointed down the stairway, and calling out
repeatedly, "Go !go quick ! leave there !" &c., assuring
Lees that ho did not wish to kill him, but would do so if he
did not get away. Other officers made attempts to get into
the building to capture him, but all failed, as Mulligan was
thoroughly on his guard, and would not be caught unawares.
At length while Lees and others were parleying with him
from the bottom of the stairs, Mulligan stepped quickly to
the Clay-street front, through a narrow passage way leading
between two rooms, to the balcony, and, opening the win-
dow, was stepping out with his pistol raised, with the evi-
dent intention of firing into the crowd again, when officer
Hopkins, who stood in the window of the building oppo-
site, seeing that no time was to
,be lost, raised his musket
and fired. The bullet struck Mulligan in the left temple,
and he was dead in an instant. The coroner's jury re
turned a verdict of justifiable homicide.

PURE DENTISTRY.—A treatise on the preservation
of the teeth has just been issued to the public by Mr.
Eskell, surgeon-dentist of Grosvenor-street ; it is en-

tied, "Pure Dentistry, and what it does for us.

The author, whose experience is undoubted, shows
most clearly how much the state of the mouth and
teeth affects the general health, and several original
cases ,are quoted to prove the correctness of the con-
clusions arrived at. It will bo seen at once that the trea-
tise is of interest to everybody who values health, even
those who are careless about the appearance of one of the
greatest ornaments of nature. To those, however, who
wisely preserve them by care and attention the little
volume is overflowing with information ; and we feel cer-
tain all who make themselves acquainted with the contents
of the book through our instrumentality will thank us for
having directed their attention to Mr. Eskell's work, as
assuredly none can read it without deriving the greatest
benefit.

PERILS OF EDITORSHIP IN WEST CORK.—It is a
matter for deep regret that this once quiet and peaceable
neighbourhood should of late have gained an unenviable
notoriety for various crimes, some of which go far to prove
that there are in our midst miscreants of the very worst
description. Some person or persons have shown their ill-
feeling towards us by disabling a valuable mare while
grazing. On Saturday, the sth instant, her right eye was
knocked out, which at the time was attributed to accident ;
but on the night of the 13th some individual, not content
with what had been done, stabbed her in the right shoulder,
inflicting a wound nearly two inches deep. On this occa-
sion her two hind legs were also cut. Comment on such
an outrage would be useless, nor can we account for the
motive which led to the perpetration of the crime, unless
it bo to show displeasure of the policy adopted by this
journal when dealing with public questions; therefore, we
must add this outrage to the list already referred to, and,
at the same time, assure our friends and enemies that such
attempts at intimidation will not alter our policy in the
least.—Skibbereen Eagle.
THE FAILURE OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—The
De'bats of yesterday says :—" The companies inter-
ested in the Atlantic cable give evidence at this moment
of that energy and tenacity which form one of the bright
sides of the English character. Their board of directors
met the day before yesterday, and the determination they
have taken shows that the failure of the last attempt has
in no way discouraged them. In France such a check as
that of the Great Eastern would assuredly have aroused
the mocking instinct of the nation, and the affair would
perhaps have been drowned under a flood of jokes, epi-
grams, and Vaudeville couplets ; in England things happen
otherwise. The companies, through the medium of their
boards of direction, have decided that there is no reason to
abandon the enterprise, that a check proved nothing, and
that their interest and their honour were alike involved in
the establishment of complete telegraphic communication
between the two shores of the Atlantic. Ail the arrange-
ments consequently are going to be taken, in order that a
new cable may be manufactured without delay, and sub-
merged next summer. Moreover, critical observations
upon the manner in which the last operation was conducted
are not wanting ; fresh plans are proposed, and we need
not be astonished if we witness, after awhile, one of those
triumphs which are essentially due to the perseverance of
English genius."

THE FRENCH CATTLE TRADE.—The importation
of cattle into France for the first four months of
1865 shows a considerable falling off compared with those
of 1863 and 1864. The beasts and bulls for 1865 numbered
9,836 ; cows, 21,385 ; young bulls, 478 ; calves and heifers,
15,441 ; rams, ewes, and sheep, 136,709 ; pigs, 11,496 ;
sucking pigs, 27,587. On the other hand the exports of
cattle from France present an increase, the total outward
movement to April 30 having been—beasts and bulls, 7,732;
cows, 4,260 ; young bulls, 110 ; calves and heifers, 2,828 ;
rams, ewes, and sheep, 31,680 ; pigs, 31,955. The imports
and exports of horses into France have declined this year.
During the first fortnight of July the number of cattle
brought to market at Sceaux and Poissy were 9,314 beasts,
3,444 cows, 2,066 calves, and 74,487 sheep. Of these, sales
were effected as follow :—Beasts, 7,221 ; cows, 3,026 ;
calves, 2,027.; and sheep, 67,966. The average price
realised per kilogramme was—beasts, 1210 d. ; cows,
11.30 d. ; calves, 14.40 d. ; and sheep, 15.20 d.
THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE.—The value of the
British and Irish produce exported to the Austra-

Tian colonies shows a considerable advance this year
having amounted in the five months ending the 31st of
May, to £5,037,696, as compared with £4,205,688 in the
corresponding period of 1864, and £4,517,880 in the corre-
sponding period of 1863, Every Australian colony, except
Tasmania and New Zealand, has been a larger customer
this year, the exports to Western Australia having been
£34,598 to the3lst of May, against £29,051.44 the corre-
sponding date of 1864; to South Australia, £536,738,
against £330,748 to the corresponding date of 1864 ; to
Victoria, £2,188,878, against £1,993,990 to the correspond-
ing date of 1864 ; to New South Wales, £1,332,141, against
£948,593 to tho corresponding date of 1864 ; and to
Queensland, £259,722, against £161,986 to the correspond-
ing date of 1864.

THE LATE SIR DUNCAN MACDOUGALL.—Thw
uncovering of a. monument, erected by the friends
and admirers of the late Colonel Sir Duncan Macdougall,
K.C.P., in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, takes place
to-day at twelve o'clock. The chief feature of the memo-
rial is a marble bust by Mr. George 0. Adams, the
sculptor.

EIGHT LIVES LOST IN SWANSEA BAY.—On
Wednesday evening a pleasure boat was swamped
on the Mixon Sands, near the Mumbles Head, Swansea.
The boat sailed from Neath in the morning, on a pleasure
cruise, with a party of eight persons on board. They
proceeded down as far as Swansea bay, and the boat, it
appears, was managed by experienced boatmen, and it has
not been clearly ascertained how it was swamped. Every
effort was made to save the party by the boats near, but
to no purpose, and eight lives were lost. One of the pilot
boats picked up five bodies, and at the time of the despatch
of our parcel there were three bodies still missing—viz.,
Mr. John Stanley, of Birmingham, aged 20 ; Mr. Robert
Smith, jun., London-road, Neath; and a boatman, whose
name did not transpire. The sad accident has caused a
profound feeling of sorrow in the district.

BULL FIGHT.--The spectacle of a bull fight has
just been exhibited in the vast Roman amphitheatre
of Nismes (Gard). More than 10,000 spectators, a large
proportion of whom were women, enjoyed•the.carnage for
upwards of four hours. Five horses were disembowelled
by the bulls, and six of these latter were tortured with ex-
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plosible darts, and then, when excited to a paroxysm of
fury, despatched with swords.
The accounts of the Cr6dit Foiicier of Mauritius,
showing the works of the company for the past half-
year, and exhibiting a profit over 3i per cent., have
just been issued. The directors have declared an

interim dividend of 5 per cent. per annum.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STEALING MARKED MoxEr. Jane Barry, 16, servant to
Mrs. Jane Spencer, of the Clarendon Arms, North-row,
Grosvenor-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with
stealing some marked money belonging to her mistress. .
The barmaid to Mrs. Spencer proved that the marked
money was placed in the pocket of a dress belonging to
Mrs. Spencer, and shortly after it was missed, no ono hav-
ing had access to the room but the prisoner, and the money
having been marked and placed there in consequence of
some money having been taken under similar circum-
stances a few days before.

Emily Spencer, about 6 years old, daughter of Mrs.
Spencer, proved finding a purse belonging to her in the
prisoner's dress pocket, the dress at the time hanging in
the men's room.

William Loosley, 46 0, said the prisoner admitted tak•
ing 25., which were marked, but not the rest.
The prisoner having pleaded guilty, Mr. Knox corn.
mittod her for a month, with hard labour.

WES THINS TER.
PARENTAL EXAMPLE.—WiIIiam Evans, aged 43, and
James Evans, 22, father and son, were charged with being
drunk, creating a disturbance, and causing a crowd of
persons to assemble.
William Knight, 333 B, said that last night he was on
duty in Warwick-street, Pimlico, when the two defendants,
who were drunk, rushed out of the Princess Royal
Tavern, accompanied by four or five others, and wanted
to fight. He endeavoured to get the defendants to go
away, but they refused, were both drunk, and caused a
crowd of persons to assemble.
The senior defendant said he had been spending the
evening with some parties, and a disagreement occurring
amongst them he went out with others into the street.
Mr. Arnold—The other defendant is your son?
Senior defendant—He is.
Mr. Arnold—What are you ?
Senior defendant—A military cap maker.
Mr. Arnold—Don't you think you are setting your son a
very bad example ?
Senior defendant—Well, I don't know exactly about
that.

Mr. Arnold—You don't mean to say he was setting you
the example ?
Senior defendant—No.
Mr. Arnold—You are fined 405., or committed for one
month ; and your son 55., or seven days.
Senior defendant (who appeared thunder-struck)-405. ;
40s. did you say ?
Dennis (the gaoler)--40s.
Senior defendant—What a shame.
They were then removed.