The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-21 00:00:00

PRESS PROSECUTIONS. IN FRANCE.

M. 011ivier's press prosecutions are now so numerous
and reckless that even Paul de Cassagnac confesses that
he is unable to account for them, and M. 011ivier is fast
losing all respect whatever on the part of the Liberals.
One of the sins for which the llfarseillaise is under
pursuit is a really good joke, viz., the publication
of M. Grandperret's report on the conspiracy
as a feuilleton, in. parts, each closing with "to
be continued." The severity of the Government, however,
does not seem to extend out of Paris, and there is much
curious testimony as to the freedom with which the
troops in the provinces were allowed to receive the ( .ec-
tioneering documents distributed by the Radicals
before the pldbiscite. It is hardly possible to
believe that the value of the army for Imperial
purposes has not been seriously diminished by the
part it has been allowed to take in the late vote. The
exact number of " nous " cast in the army and navy is
52,000; and it is large enough, considering to what
a soldier exposes himself who is mal vu by his superiors,
to excite a good deal of uneasiness at the Tuileries—par-
ticularly as it is supposed that the discontent of the pri-
vates must have more or less sympathy among the
officers.—Nation.

THE CITY QF BOSTON.
The City of Boston, which left New York on January
25th, and Halifax on January 27th, and has not been
heard of since, has at last been given up as lost by the
Inman Company, to which she belonged. Mr. William
Inman has recently written a letter to the secretary of the
Marine Department of the Board of Trade of London,
stating that he feels bound to report officially to the de-
partment the loss of the City of Boston. Mr. Inman
thinks that the City of Boston was crushed in the ice-
fields, which had suddenly broken up. The reasons given
for this theoey are as follows :—The Inman steamship
Etna on arriving at Halifax from Liverpool on January
25th reported clear weather and no ice visible on the
northern track. It is believed that Captain Halcross, of
the City of Boston, in consequence of this report
took the' northern track, and -by the unex-
pected -breaking up of the ice pack was crushed
by the ice-bergs. This view of the loss is
believed to be highly probable from the fact that no por-
tion of the wreck has been picked up. As to the asser-
tion that the City of Boston was overloaded, Mr. Inman
says that the total weight on board the City of Boston,
when leaving Halifax, was as follows :—machinery 390
tons, coal 787 tons, cargo 916 tons, making a total of 2,093
tons. He also says that the author
of a letter in the
Times charging that " the vessel had been lost from over-
loading," had inserted a full retraction. The author of
another letter making the same charge had refused to apo-
logize, and has been sued for libel. The complaint is
made against this letter of Mr. Inman's that while he
gives a full and explicit list of the cargo, with the marks
and numbers, names of consignees, and other items of in-
terest to those concerned in the freight and merchandize,
he carefully avoids mentioning the names and number of
the persons who were aboard the City of Boston.—Phila-
delphia Ledger.