The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-16 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIAN FLEET.

When the Prussian fleet left Plymouth on Wednesday
last it was given out by the officers on board, and at the
local consulate, that the destination of the fleet was Ma-
deira. It has transpired that on the arrival of the fleet at
Plymouth it was met by a Secretary of the Prussian Em-
bassy, who delivered to Prince Adalbert despatches, im
mediately on receipt of which the fleet proceeded to Kiel,
taking with it English Channel pilots.

THE ENGLISH NAVY.--In view of the immediate pro-
spects of war, Mr. E. d. Reed, it is stated, has offered
his services to the country. The Government have, we
are informed accepted, and to-day will most probably see
the Chief Constructor of the Navy reinstated in that
office.

ALARMING ACCIDENT TO THE HOLBORN

VIADUC I'.

A serious accident occnrred at a late hour ast night
in connection with the Holborn- Viaduct. About
half-past 12 o'clock taro young teen, passing
along the Fairingdon-road under the Viaduct, were-
ealled to by the watchman who hat - box on the.
west sides and who said be thought a eeiver had
burst at the rear of the new building at that corner.
Taking his lantern they went tinder the Viaduct
and distinctly heard the noise of rushing water, ap-
parently in the vaults. The aid of the police was
at once sought, and . the watchman • was advised
to go to the Guildhall police-station, which he die.
A sergeant and an inspector of police arrived on the spot
almost immediately, as did a turncock, vaho was sent for.
The latter gave it as his belief that the main water pipe in
the subway had burst, but itt was impossible for him to
do anything to stop the (tow el water without
communicating with the authorities at the New River
Head, Sadler's Wells, to which place he at once set off.
Soon afterwards the foot pavement between two of the
pillars under the Viaduct gave way with a loud rumbling
noise, water 'saving previously forced its way up
into the road. The aperture thus made was appa
rently abaut ten or twelve feet deep, and from this
for about a quarter of an hour time water rushed
with great violence down the road into the drains
as in the case of plugs being drawn for a fire. At
the expiration of this time half-a-dozen men in
the employ of the New River Company arrived.
Their first effort apparently was to stop the water
from flowing into the fractured pipe above by cutting off
the supply at the main junction—this being, so far as
eould -be seen in the confusion, accomplished by
turning the stream into the sewer through an
aperture extemporised for the purpose. Barricades were as
soon as possible erected to keep back the crowd who had
begun to assemble. After some considerable time had
elapsed the rush of water was stopped. Great alarm pre-
vailed, and all sorts of rumours were widely spread that
the Viaduct itself was giving way.

CRYSTAL PALACE:-..0110 shilling day, Fri-
day, July 15th, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets,
1,526 ; do. on payment, 3,054 ; total visitors, 4,580.
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN IRELAND.—A man
named M`Mahon, deputy-master of an Orange lodge, has
been fired at near Enniskillen. It is said that he has since
died. Four persons have been arrested.

COMING SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE.—It is highly
probable that the last act of a very melancholy
domestic drama will be played out before Lord
Penzance next term. The parties are high in posi-
tion in society, and numerous names well known about
town are mixed up in the mattor.

Four men employed by the Lcndon and North-
Western Railway Company, one of them as a guard, were
on Thursday sentenced at the Kirkdale sessions to nine
months imprisonment, for stealing goods from a van at the
Kenyon Junction.

The Portuguese Consul-General at Bangkok, a
hale man and an excellent swimmer, while bathing in the
River Menam, suddenly sank from having come into col-
lision with an electric eel, and was drowned. The
Siamese say such deaths are not uncommon.—Nature.

Mr. Richard Greaves, of The Cliff; Warwickshire,
whose personalty has been sworn under £lOO,OOO, has left
£lOO to the Rev. C. Voysey, expressing a hope " that
the day of persecution for religious opinions will speedily
close."
MR. W. H. SMITH, M.P.—At the usual weekly
meeting of the London and Westminster Working Men's
Constitutional Association, held on Thursday, a resolu-
tion was passed, in which thanks were:conveyed to Mr. W.
H. Smith, M.P., for his earnest and successful endeavour
to preserve to the public for recreative purposes the full
benefit of the Thames Embankment as reclaimed at the
expense of the ratepayers.
MYSTERIOUS CASE IN NORFOLK.—SIR R. HARVEY
SHOT.—Siriii Hid Harvey,
near-Norwich
Baronet, is lying dan-
gerously from the effects
aRt
residence
of a gunshot wound received yesterday. The condition of the
hon. baronet is considered critical. The wound or wounds
appear to have been occasioned by two shots from a re-
volver. When the hon. baronet was in his shrubbery at
Crown Point, some workmen heard two explossons, and on
going to the assiltance of Sir Robert found him very
badly wounded, and carried him into his residence. The
sad occurrence has created a profound sensation.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—In addition to the usual
Saturday concert to-day there will be a grand display of
fireworks. In the concert, which will commence at
half-past three, Mdlle. Nilsson, Madame Sinico,
Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Signor Gardoni, Signor
Castelli, and M. Faure will sing. The fire-
works, commencing at nine o'clock, will include
the great cataract of fire, the Egyptian salute of 200
coloured lights, extending the whole length of the terrace,
the grand illumination of the park and fountains, the
large coloured shells, magnesium balloons, &c. Extra
trains will run as required from the termini.