The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-06 00:00:00

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-THE LESSONS OF OUR WAR AS EXIIII-

PLES F,OR EUROPE..

They are not without readiness in the application of
" Yankee Notions " on the other side, as the war already
exhibits even in these its limping hours. Our Yankee
notion of ironclad battles is likely to be the grandest new
feature for Eurepe in this contest; for, though no Prussian
fleet will meet a fleet of France, we shall doubtless hear
of the French ironclads, es)ecially, perhaps, the great
Dunderberg, built in this city, steaming up to
the Prussian laud batteries and pounding them
to fine dust. How terribly this one arm
may make the Power that is without it feet its
inferiority I Already we have heard of the use to be made
of the gunboats on the hint of the instance at Pittsburg
Landing, .where but for these, Shiloh might have been
shorter. The French army has been learning for more
than five years in our system of field lines, and now we
hear of the Prussians obstructing the rivers with hulks—a
practice of course much older than our war, but one that
was better exemplified by us than ever before, excepting
only at Sebastopol. Another American idea that might
well be added to this is that of putting torpedoes
down with the hulks or elsewhere. They do not often
explode at the right time, but when they do it is bad for
the gunboat.—New YorkWerald.

His Fxcellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
and the Countess Spencer are expected to arrive at
Althorp Hall, Northamptonshire, about the 20th inst.,
from Ireland, with the intention of staying about a fort-
night to receive company.
The marriage of the Hon and Rev. F. G. Pelham
and the Hon. Alice Carr Glyn, postponed on account of a
recent bereavement, was celebrated at St. Michael's,
Chester-square on Thursday, by the Rev. the Master of
the Temple and the Hon. and Rev. E. C. Glyn, in the
presence of a few of the nearest relatives.
A PUGILISTIC PARSON.--On Thursday, the Rev.
E. Sanderson, of Chively, was convicted at the Newbury
Petty Sessions, of an assault on the parish school-master,
Mr. Glanville, by pushing his head against a wall on
premises to which Glanville had right of access. Mr.
Sanderson made a lengthened defence, pleading that the
assault was unintentional, but the justices ordered him to
pay £1 penalty and costs.
TIM WAR AND THE LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OP
COMMERCE.—The general purposes committee of the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce met yesterday to con-
sider the question of asking the chambers of the United
Kingdom to unite in calling upon the mercantile and
manufacturing community to abstain from and to dis-
charge to the utmost of their ability all the operations
tending to endanger the neutrality of England, by sup-
plying either belligerent with munitions of war, in ac-
cordance with the terms of the proclamation of her
Majesty the Queen. A resolution to that effect was
adopted unanimously. The general chamber will discuss
the matter on the Bth.

CONTRABAND OP Wart.—ln reply to the Birming-
ham Chamber of Commerce, as to what articles would be
considered contraband of war, Mr. Hammond, of the
Foreign Office, says :—" I am to state to you, for the in-
formation of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce,
that her Majesty's Government cannot define contraband
of war. Merchant vessels belonging to belligerents are
liable to capture ; and it is for neutral owners of cargoes
taken on board vessels so captured to prove their owner-
ship and the innocency of the cargo. Lord Granvi le
directs me to add that all the information her Majesty's
Government possesses of the intentions of the belligerents
in regard to these and similar matters has been, and will
continue to be, published in the newspapers for general
information.

The marriago of Mr. William Martin Eflinunds,
of Worsbrough Hall, Yorkshire, to Miss Emily Frances
Tichborne Hibbert, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Washington Hibbert, took place last Wednesday at the
Catholic Church of the Assumption. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Father James Clare, S.J. The
bride was met at the church by eight bridesmaids. After
.the cernmony the party proceeded to the family residence
in Dover-street, where a sumptuous breakfast was laid for
upwards of 100 in the grand ball-room. Shortly before
three o'clock the newly-married couple left for the resi-
dence of the bride's sister, Lady Gwendoline Petro,
Whitley Abbey, Warwickshire, to pass the honeymoon.
The presents to the bride and bridegroom were most nume-
rous and handsome.

Alo .Amtv.," I/ • rlv • V _A CinkflCl TII C, .NTINENT

The Canadians are jubilant. They profess to haVe
received information that the Imperial Government is
willing to guarantee a loan for the construction of a
railway from Montreal to British Columbia. John Bull
evidently is desirous of securing the trade of China and
Japan, which is now finding its way over our Pacific
railroads ; but the old gentleman is mistaken in his means
of attaining his object. A railway through the wilderness
of British America, with little or no local traffic, and
subject to detentions half the year by snow and storms,
cannot compete with lines already established and
operated profitably.. The Canada Pacific Railway is an
excellent subject for speculation, but its speedy comple-
tion is very doubtful, even with the advantage of a loan
guaranteed by the Imperial Government.—New York,
Herald.

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—
On Thursday, a meeting Of this Institution was held at
its house, John-street, Adelphi, Mr. Thomas Chapman,
F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. The report which was re-
ceived stated that rewards had been granted to the crews
of different shore boats for saving life from wrecks on our
coast. Since the last meeting payments amounting to
about £1,900 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat
establishments, and it was announced that the Ancient
Order of Foresters had just pi esented, through their
Secretary, Samuel Shawcross, the sum of £lOO as their
contribution for the past year in aid of the support of the
boats Forester and Foresters' Pride, which had been
generously presented by the order to the society, and
which are stationed respectively at Newquay, Cardigan-
shire, and at West Hartlepool. A legacy of £lO, be-
queathed by the late Mr. Wells, of Plymouth, had also
been remitted to the institution. Some reports having
been read from the inspector and the assistant-inspector
of lifeboats to the institution, the proceedings ter-
minated

DISASTER AT SEA—SEVEN LIVES LOST.—A cor-
respondent in Boston—, Massachusetts, writing on July
21st, says:-- "A letter received here to-day, states that
the ship Bengal, of Boston, Captain Burgess, from Cardiff,
for Singapore, put into Rio Janerio, June 12, in conse-
quence of having been run into by the British barque,
Royal- Berkshire, Captain Grant, from Mauritius for
Cork. Captain Burgess writes that 'on the night of
the 28th of May, when twenty miles north of the Equator,
in longitude 24 40, going eight knots under all sail, with
a good lookout and side lights burning, I heard the second
mate shout ' Hard up.' I jumped on deck and saw a
light two points off the weather bow, close to, and we
instantly came in contact, striking the bark for-
ward of the fore rigging and sinking her almost
immediately. During the collision six men got
on board the Bengal. We lowered a boat to
search for any other survivors, but did not find any until
after daylight, when we found two men floating on a spar.
One of them said, when taken on board, that the collision
was the fault of the bark, as there was no one at the
wheel, and that they were all employed in catching water
from a shower then falling." The saved were the first
and second mates, the carpenter, and four seamen. The
lost were Captain Grant, his sister, three boys, and two
men. The Bengal was badly damaged in the stem.
GERMAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE
WOUNDED AND DESTITUTE IN THE WAR OF 1870.--The
donations sent to the London central committee now
amount to about £22,300. Many of the large G erman firms
in the City have contributed most liberally, and the appeal
for help has met with a liberal response not only amongst
the magnates of the City, the German clerks and workmen
having also contributed in proportion to their means.
Grants in money and kind to the amount of £12,400, have
oeen made by the committee. Money is asked for most
urgently by the many associations for the wounded
existing in all parts of Germany, and especially
in the towns where large military hospitals
are being established. But there are cer-
tain articles which can be procured • better,
cheaper, and, above all, more expeditiously in England,
such as water cushions, ice bags, lint, gutta percha,
tissue, surgical instruments, hospital tents, &c.
£2,800 will be applied immediately to the purchase of thesa
articles, most of which are intended for Cologne, Dussel-
dorf, and other places on the Rhine ; £9,600 in cash were
forwarded to the following places, viz., £3,000 to Berlin,
£1,150 to Darmstadt (including £l5O for the St. Elizabeth
Institution, where most of the nurses in the London Ger-
man Hospital have been trained); £l,OOO each to May-
ence Frankfort, Carlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Munich; £l5O
each to Bonn, Coblenz, and Aix-la-Chapelle.
THE " TIMES" AND THE HOME SECRETARY.—The
Times makes a direct attack upon the Home Secretary,
who, put On Thursday evening, the final touch to his
achievements of • the session. What are those achieve-
ments ? He has contrived throughout six months
to say but little, and to do still less, and
be completed this progamme by doing a great
deal less than nothing. Mr; Bruce has no doubt
exerted his best energies in the public service but the re-
sult has been absolutely nit. Taking as aninstance the
Lectionary Bill which lie has ruthlessly disposed of when
a few stray minutes would have passed it into
law, the 2'imes can only suppose that Mr. Bruce's habit
of taking things into consideration and keeping them
there pursues him into Church, and lie has neveirealised
the boon which the bill would have conferred on ordinary
hearers. It is a bill which encounters no serious
opposition of any kind, whether political, social, or
ecclesiastical. It is true Mr. Collins and Mr. Holt had

given notice to oppose the second reading, but who are
they against the Government, the Peers, the Ritual Com-
mission, the two Convocations, and all men of
authority on all sides of the House? Coming to Mr.
Bruce's other offences positive and negative, lie has not
consolidated the cab law, he has not legislated on trade
unions, he has not dealt with the licensing system, he has
not protected Epping Forest. The Times does not know
whether to be more any ised or, provoked at such an exhi-
bition, but observes, 'very truly; that the arrears of
Office work are too urgent at present for 4 gellikis of this
kind to be in his element there.