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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-05

TURRET SHIPS.

Alluding to the trial of the Captain turret ship, and the
official repert thereon, the Standard says, it is one of the
marvels of modern architecture that a particular kind of
ship is now constructed, which can not only carry guns of
25 tons weight, but can fire them with effect while the sea
is tossing up its billows under the influence of a "strong
gale." In fact the sea has not yet been found in which the
turret ship cannot use her guns. There are a number of subsi-
diaryquestions started in these reports, some of which deserve
serious attention in their place. But for the moment we
are content to deal with the main features of the sub-
ject. The " Remarks " by the controller of the navy
offer nothing which can be said to controvert the leading
points of the admiral's report. Indeed the controller
admits so much that we only wonder he does not
go all the way with the turret-ship. A careful perusal
of these documents can lead to no other conclusion
than this—that the turret ship has fulfilled its promise,
and that all the ingenuity lavished on the broadside ship
has failed to maintain supremacy—or even safety—for the
latter. It is some satisfaction to us as journalists to find
that the position which we took up several years ago at
the commencement of this controversy is thus verified by
the logic of facts. Having advocated the turret ship at
all times, and under all discouragements, we rejoice to
find at the last such abundant proof that we were not
mistaken.

The Great Eastern Railway Company has issue
a notice stating that they only issue through tickets and
register luggage of passengers passing over their Conti-
nental route to Continental towns, upon the distinct un-
derstanding that no responsibility attaches to them for
delays, &c , arising from the war. The directors add,
however, that they do not anticipate any interruption of
the continental lines with which their system is in con-
nection aud which pass through what is at present
Seiiitheoo4l4o.
London, England, 1870-08-05

THE PRUSSIAN FLEET.

A Prussian telegram from Kiel says the statement
made by some French papers that two Prussian gun-
boats had been captured by the French is a pure inven-
tion. So far as is known up to the present no gun-
boat or other vessel of war has come into contact with
the enemy's ships.
London, England, 1870-08-05

RUSSIA AND THE PRINCIPALITIES

The Journal de St. Petersburgh of Aug. 3 publishes an
article on the renewed mendacious reports of an in-
tended invasion of Roumania by Russia, and says :
" The Cabinet of St. Petersburgh desires a peaceful
and prosperous development of the Principalities
under the.rule of Prince Charles. Even if, contrary to
expectation, this prospect should not be realised, Russia
will never undertake a course of isolated intervention
which is forbidden to any power by the existing treaties.
Hitherto no concentration of troops has taken place either
in the South or in any other part of Russia, nor has the
military budget been in any way altered."
London, England, 1870-08-05

ARMAMENTS OF ITALY.

The Senate to-day, August 4, almost unanimously
adopted an order of the day, approving the proposed ar-
maments, accepting the declarations of the Government,
and expressing confidence in the Ministers that they will
energetically preserve public order and prevent all that
might affect the liberty of aotion reserved to the Govern-
meat.
London, England, 1870-08-05

MR. LABOUCIIERE ON BELGIUM.

The independence of Belgium, which has found plenty
of allies and supporters in the English press and Parlia-

ment, has a very strenuous opponent in Mr. Henry
Labouchere. He professes, indeed, to sympathise with
the Belgians, andto regret that their national independence
should be threatened, but he is ready with a long list of
reasons why England should not exert herself on behalf
of her imperilled ally. What are the obligations, he asks,
which we are really under with regard to Belgium ? When
the Protocol of London was framed, we joined with
the other great Powers in guaranteeing its neutrality and
independence. Not later than 1867, Lord Derby entered
into a similar guarantee with regard to Luxemburg,
when he explained that no Power was liable to
be called on to act singly or separately. Mr.
Labouchere having heard this statement pass
unchallenged in Parliament, asks why we should undertake
responsibibilities with regard to Belgium, which neither

Russia nor Austria assumes ? We did not interfere
to prevent the incorporation of Cracow into
Austria, of Poland into Russia, of Savoy into France.
We have stood by indifferent, while the treaties of 1815

have been torn into shreds, while a Bonaparte reigns in
France, the German States have become a great military
empire, and other changes have taken place. Again,
can we defend Belgium thrust as it is between
two great military empires ? Mr. Labouchere doubts it,
and protests against English blood and treasure being
spent on its behalf. He hopes Mr. Gladstone will remem-

ber that We is the Minister of Englam], not of Belgium,
and that our wars against the First Napoleon, which
lasted 25 years, originated in that country.
London, England, 1870-08-05

THE MILITIA,

Lord NORTHBROOK brought iu a bill, which was read a
first time, enabling her Majesty in times of great national
emergency to call out by proclamation and embody the
Militia. The bill further set out that in case her Majesty
should exercise this power whilst Parliament was not
sitting, the Parliament was to be called together within
ten days after the issue of the proclamation. The bill
was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.
The Larceny Advertisement Bill was read a second time.
Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past six.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four
o'clock.
London, England, 1870-08-05

Y EVENING, AUG UST 5, 1 670.

I‘i PERIAL PARL IA M ENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-THIIRSDAY.

The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.

THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR.

The Marquis of SALISBURY said he believed that the
noble earl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, had
promised that their Lordships should have an opportunity
of expressing their opinion on the recent negotiations ;
he should, therefore, like to know when such odportunity
would be offered.

Earl GRANVILLE, in reply, was understood to say that
he would lay the whole of the papers on the table, which
would fully inform their Lordships of all that had taken
place.

The remainder of the sitting was occupied in formally
passing the orders on the paper.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Clerical Disabilities, Juries, Dublin City Voters Dis-
franchisement, Shipping Dues Act Amendment, Piers
and Harbours, Order Confirmation, Telegraph Acts Ex-
tension, Sewage Utilization, Vestries, Isle of Man,fExtra-
dition, and Sanitary Act Amendment.

cett had to content himself with an expression of satisfac
tion at the course pursued.
THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BILL.

The House considered the Lords' amendments to the
Education Bill. On the motion of the Vice-President of the
Council, the House disagreed with the amendment taking
away the power of the School Board to set up a free
school under certain circumstances where it was thought
necessary. When the Ballot clause came under con-
sideration Mr. V. Harcourt could not restrain
his desire to have a parting kick at the bill. He taunted
the Government on the placidity of their behaviour
under the circumstances, seeing that the principle of the
Ballot, for which they had so hotly contested until five
o'clock in the!morning, had been abandoned. He said they,
presumably meaning the Radicals, had had their triumph
in the abandonment of the Inclosure Bill, and the Con-
servatives had had theirs in the relinquishment of the
Ballot.

There was considerable cheering after the amendments
had been considered.

The other orders of the day were quickly disposed of
and the House adjourned at a quarter past eleve:
o'clock.

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THE AMERICAN GENERALS.

There is no truth in the report that Generals Lee,
Johnston, and Sheridan had offered their service to France
or Prussia.

ENGLAND AND BELGIUM.

It is confidently asserted that the English Government
have virtually laid down a casus belli to France and Prus-
sia. The modes operandi has already been concerted be-
tween the Belgian and English Governments. In
the event of the neutrality and independence of Belgium
being violated by either of the belligerents, King Leopold
11. will formally demandthe performance of Great Britain
of her treaty obligations. It will then be the duty of the
British Cabinet to call upon all the Powers who signed
the Treaty of 1839, other than the actual offender, to assist
her in performing their mutual engagements. But Great
Britain will not wait either for the collective or individual
action of her allies. If the preliminary negotiations now
going on shall indicate any confirmed backwardness or
indecision on the part of these Powers, as soon as the
casus UM just laid down by the English Cabinet has
occurred, a British expedition will sail for the Scheldt, and
British artillerymen and infantry will assist the Belgians
to garrison and hold Antwerp.
London, England, 1870-08-05

THE SULTAN AND THE 'FRENCH.

Viscount de la Gueronniere, the newly-appointed French
Ambassador to Turkey, presented his credentials on
Thursday to the Sultan. In reply to the speech of M.
de la Gueronniere, the Sultan expressed a marked sym-
pathy with the Emperor and the French nation, and the
greatest regard for the new Ambassador. Before the
ceremony M. de la Gueronniere received the principal
French residents, and made a speech, which was warmly
applauded.
London, England, 1870-08-05

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INCLOSURE BILL.

Mr. FAWCETT, the hon. member for Brighton, was
robbed of a rare opportunity of indulging himself in the
pleasure of delivering a set speech of long duration. The
other evening he, with amusing coolness, informed the
House that he intended to speak for three quarters of an
hour on the subject, and it was in a great mea-
sure owing to his urgent representations of the
impropriety of proceeding with an important
bill at half-past two in the morning that the consideration
of the measure was postponed. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen
now announced that, seeing the session was so near it:,
close, the Government had decided to dispharge the order.
This announcement was cheered by some, and Mr. Faw-
London, England, 1870-08-05

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE,

A letter was read yesterday morning from the venerable
Thomas Jackson, declaring himself one in mind and heart
with the body with whom he had stood connected sixty-
six years, hearty thank 4 to Dr. Jobson, and the Rev.
Samuel Romilly Hill, were adopted by the Conference,
and it was resolved to print the charges of the Conference.
The report of the Committee declaring that it was desirable
that a religious census should be taken, and that arrange-
ments should be made to shew what accommodation is pro-
vided in each place of worship, and the attendance upon
a given Sunday, was also accepted. The consideration of
the Burials Bill and the Glebe Houses (Ire-
land) Bill are to be deferred. Additional Ministers
are to be appointed to Brixton Hill and Norwood,
liondon, to Cranmer, Liverpool, Whitchurch, Bindley,
Keighley, and North Allerton. Several minor alterations
in the circuit were made, but none of them were of public
importance. The reports were handed in of the Com-
mittee of Discipline, and the names of the missionaries
were called over. There were 1,155. The conference
settled the minor arrangements at 12.30 for the Stationing
Committee to complete for the second draft of the
stations

I R STAFFORD NORTHCOTE ON THE WAR.
On Thursday the first sod of a new line of railway from
Bideford to the new watering place, Westward Ho, North
Devon, was cut by the daughter of Sir Stafford North-
cote ; also the first deck plank of a new promenade pier
was nailed. AV the luncheon which followed Sir Stafford
Northeote, in proposing the toast of the health of the
chairman, made reference to the continental war, and said,
on behalf of the party with whom he was identified, that
her Majesty's Government should have their sympathy
and support in strengthening her forces so as to enforce a
strong and impartial neutrality. He hoped that Englaod
would not be involved in the war, but It was necessary
14. should be prepared.
London, England, 1870-08-05

BIRTHS.

On the Ist Aug., at The Ryes, Sudbury, Suffolk, the Lady
Florence Barnardiston, of a son.
On the 2d Aug., at 96, Eaton-square, the Marchioness
Camden, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
On the 2d Aug., at St. Katherine's Church, Gloucester,
Rev. Philip William Sparling, 8.A., curate of S. Jude's,
Gray's-inn-road, Assistant Master of King's College
School, and eldest son of Philip Smith Sparling, Esq.,
of Colchester, to Fanny, eldest daughter of Williams
Nicks, Esq., of Colchester.
On the 3rd Aug., at the parish church of St. Giles's-in-the
Folds, the Rev. J. F. Spurgin, of Elstree, Herts, to
Kate, younger daughter of Robert Low, Esq., of 211
Bedford-square. _
London, England, 1870-08-05

THE BELGIAN MINISTRY.

The resignation of M. Hack has been accepted. M.
Jacob has been appointed Minister of Finances, and
Baron d'Anethan has undertaken the duties of Minister
of Public Works ad interim. The King will open the
Chambers in person. The Etoile Beige announces that the
Speeoh from the Throne will make known how Belgium
understands her part as a neutral State, what steps have
been taken to make her neutrality respected, what are the
assurances received from foreign Powers on the subject,
and on what conditions these Powers have engaged to re-
spect Belgian neutrality.
London, England, 1870-08-05

QPANISH :FLY is the Acting Ingredient, in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily pro-
'uces Whiskers and Thickens Hair. Price, 3s. 6d., ss. 5d., and
'os. 6d. 'sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Alex. Ross,
248, High Holborn, and all chemists.
Tale of a Hair, 6d.
London, England, 1870-08-05

RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY.

There is a prevailing opinion that the British army
is a receptacle into which all the refuse of the king-
dom is thrown, and that the only qualification neces-
sary for admission into a regiment is that the
candidate should be a certain height. No doubt
many bad and doubtful characters are to be found in
the ranks, but. except in time of wa:, considerabi e
care is taken in the selection of recruits: From the
returns relating to recruiting for the army
in 1868, just issued, it appears that in
that year 23,543 recruits were primarily
inspected, and the numbers rejected at primary and
secondary inspections were 8,487, or 376 per thousand.
'The proportion rejected was highest among W elsh-
men, next highest among Scotchmen, then among
Irishmen, lowest among the English. In every 1,000
inspected 726 were natives of England or Wales, 97
of Scotland, 169 of Ireland, the remaining 8 being
natives of the colonies or foreign countries. The most
frequent cause of rejection was disease of the eyes
or eyelid; next, varicose veins, malformation of the
chest or spine, disease of the heart, muscular tenuity
and debility, and the defects of the lower extremities.
These six groups of disabilities were the cause of
half of the rejections. In every 1,000 205 were
unable to read or write, 96 could only read, 699 were
able to read and write—this last number being
larger than in the previous year. The largest num,
ber ut recruits is supplied by the labouring and
agricultural classes, 572 in every 1,000 being
lauourers, husbandmen, and servants; 186 were me-
chanics employed in occupations favourable to
physical development—such as carpenters, smiths,
masons, &c. ; 140 were manufacturing artisans,
cloth-workers, weavers, lacemakers, &c. ; 71
were shopmen and clerks ; eight were
from professional occupations or were students;
23 were boys. The ratio rejected (except among
boys) is lowest in the professional class, being only
322 per 1,000. Glasgow and Liverpool were the
towns where the ratio of rejections were the
London, England, 1870-08-05

MARK-LANE.

The frequent showers which have fallen in most parts
of the comntry have retarded harvest operations, and have
prevented farmers threshing out their wheat. Here
to-day the supply of old wheat has been short, and no
new has been on sale. The demand has been inactive at
about late rates. The show of foreign wheat has been
moderate. Sales have progressed slowly, on former
terms. Flour has sold at Monday's quotations.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.

COWES, Thursday Evening.

The race for the Queen's Prize, that was left unfinished,
at the departure of the boat for Southampton, on Wed-
day, concluded shortly before eight o'clock. In beating
down the Channel the Vanguard passed the Hirondelle
and took the first place, and was the first to round the
western mark. This position she maintained throughout
the race, which was concluded as under :

Vanguard ...
Hirondelle
Egeria
Christabel.
Flying Cloud
Arrow ...

H. M. 13.
7 37 43
7 43 22
7 45 39
7 46 20
7 54 10
8 10 0

The Vanguard had to allow the Christabel 3 mm. 23
secs., which she was able to give and still had time to
spare, consequently Colonel Verschoyle wins the Queen's
Prize ; and on coming ashore he received the hearty con-
gratulations of his friends on his deserved success.
Yesterday's business was devoted to the race for the
Town Cup, a piece of plate of the value of £lOO, presented
by the inhabitants of the town of Cowes, open to all
yachts of not less than 30 tons belonging to any royal yacht
club. On the return from the westward for the second
time for the winning pest the following were the respec-
tive times of arrival :

H. H. s.
Guinevere ;.. 3 52
Egeria ... 35930 - -
Arrow ... ... 4 5 0
Vanguard ... ... 4 8 45
Christabel ... 4 15 0
Fione . ... 415 40
Flying Cloud ... ... 416 20
Gwendoline . ... 4 17 50
Thus the Vanguard won the prize by time, beating the
Flying Cloud by 16 seconds. The Vanguard, therefore
adds another to the numerous list of prizes she has won
this season.
London, England, 1870-08-05

DEATHS

On the 3d Aug., George Rufane Donkin, Lieut. R.N., 1I
the 30th year of his age.
On the 3d Aug., at No. 116, Belgrave-road; Luke Free'
man, Esq., in the 87th year of his age.

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FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL.

The House considered this bill as amended. An amend-
ment, proposed by Mr. Lowther, the member for-York,
to include arms and munitions of war within the pro-
hibitory clauses was opposed by the Attorney-General,
and rejected ultimately by 90 to 29 votes. —Mr. Monk
sought to punish any builder who sold, or 'contracted to
sell, any vessel, knowing it to be for the use of either
belligerent Power, by forfeiture of the vessel, but the pro-
position was, on a division, rejected by 67 to 36 votes.
The bill subsequently was reported, and the third reading
was fixed for Friday.
London, England, 1870-08-05

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With Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in Hilts •
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REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
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journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted wi,h
this edition.
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CIRUCHLEY'S MAP of CENTRAL EUROPE
shews on a large scale England, France, Prussia, Denmark,
Austria, Italy, Spain, &c. ; • also all the railways, roads,
fortresses, &c. Size 30 by 24 inches. ls. plain, ls. 6d. coloured;
Cloth 3s. 6d.—G. F. CEUCHLEY, Si, Fleet-street (E.C.).
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WYLD'S SPECIAL MAP of the THEATRE
of WAR in CENTRAL EUROPE. No. 1, on a large
scale, with the Railways, Fortified Posts, etc. In sheets, 55.; in
case, 7s. 6d.; on roller, varnished, 10s. 6d. James Wyld,
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Post-office, Charing-cross.
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'rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1870.

have not always fulfilled our obligations in the
past. To this we answer that it is high time we
should begin to fulfil them. We let Denmark
suffer, it is urged. So we did, and the more shame
upon us for doing so. But even Denmark was not
to us what Belgium is. It is not our own
offspring, the creation of our own statesmen.

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

time after, the mitrailleuse was brought forward. Its
success was paraded in such unmeasured terms, that
both military and scientific men were doubtful as to
the genuineness of the:trialsybut further knowledge has
not confirmed this view. Another machine is now
brought forward in the form of an American inven-
tion called the Gatling gun. The Gatling, like the
mitrailleuse, has as many locks as it has barrels, the
essential difference being that the locks and barrels
of the American invention revolve, whereas, in the
French weapon, ihe barrels are fixed, and the locks
have only an horizontal motion. It discharg6s with
great rapidity a number of projectiles smaller than
the shells of field guns, and all in the same line. The
machines are generally made in three sizes, and they
have been under trial in Prussia for some time. In
the course of a few days we may expect to hear
that they are in the field in opposition to the French
arm.

as he alleged, that she should hand him over some of
the deeds in her keeping. Later on in June 1867,
the plaintiff again visited the defendant at Jersey,
and the defendant's case was that upon this occasion
he accepted a sum of £25 in full satisfaction of his
claim upon her, and he gave an acknowledgment in
writing to that effect. The plaintiff on being ex-
amined stated that he received the following letter
from the widow at this time :
My own in the sight of God—l fainted when I received
your letter, and for some time it was doubtful whether I
Should recover. . . You call me " your dearest wife."
What do you mean by that ? Do you mean pounds, shil-
lings, and pence ? You speak of my having obtained my
liberty by false pretences, but you know it, was nothing of
the sort. If you think lam worth a postage stamp, write
to me, and let me know if you intend to come and see me,
and I will meet you on the arrival of the boat from
Southampton. JOANNA WATTS.
He admitted that the defendant had made him an
offer of marriage, and stated his readiness to lead
Mrs. Watts to the altar, even at that moment. He
had on one occasion gone to Doctors Commons for
a marriage licence, but he did not think the defen-
dant ever intended that the wedding should take place
as she contrived to be too late on the day they went
for the licence. She also failed to keep other appoint-
inents with him. The defendantoncominginto the box
deposed that although she called Mr, Gould " her own
in the sight of God." She did not intend to marry
him because she believed "he was more pounds
shillings and pence then anything else," a remark
which caused much laughter in Court. 'the jury re-
turned a verdict for the defendant.
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THE CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES.

The latest official report of the crops in the United
States, though not so good as was hoped for, is, on
the whole, encouraging. At the outset there is,
indeed, a startling deficiency in the wheat crop as
compared with last year, but it must be remembered
that the harvest was not yet all gathered in or re-
ported when the statistics were published. Also,
there is still on hand, in the States, a considerable
portion of last year's crop. The present estimate of
the aggregate wheat crop for 1870 is 210,000,000
bushels against 250,000,000 last year. The increase
in Indian corn is, however, greater than the decrease
in wheat. Indian corn is becoming more and more
the great staple of subsistence in America, and in the
North West, the granary States, the increase of acres
planted with it ranges from ten to twenty five per
cent. The oat crop is good, and tobacco boasts an
increased breadth of land of five per cent devoted to
it. The quick witted American merchants are re-
joicing in this fact. War or no war, they say, French
and Germans must have their tobacco, wanting more
of it than usual, indeed, to console them for the
hardships of a campaign. Fruit promises well and "the
prospect for a large apple yield is unusualy fine." Pota-
toes are said to be good both in quality and quantity,
but of them there is no official report. Cotton is recover-
ing with surprising vigour from its prolonged depres-
sion. There is an increase of a million acres in the
area planted, and the crop is estimated at 3,500,000
bales, even should the season not be extraordinarily
favourable as it was last year. New York paper in
congratulating the country on the report says :--"In
any event within human foresight we shall have a
valuable surplus of breadstuffs for exportation, and
from five hundred thousand to a million bales of
cotton more than from last year's planting, which,
with our tobacco crop, will give us a splendid margin
for turning the balance of European trade in our
favour, excepting those bonds." It is to be honed
the Protectionists will accept the moral.
London, England, 1870-08-05

LAW AND POLICE.

THE LATE EARL OF CARDIGAN'S PICTURES.—The suit,
Cardigan v. Curzon Home, came before the Chief Clerk
in Rolls Chambers, when an application was made for
leave to effect an insurance on the late Earl of Cardigan's
pictures. It appeared that the pictures were devised
under the will of the deceased earl, and set down in the
probate as of the value of £2,300. It was now proposed
that an insurance should be effected to the amount
of £s,Boo.—The Chief Clerk asked how the difference
in the two sums arose.—The applicant said the
pictures were merely valued at the minor sum for pro-
bate purposes. The Chief Clerk said there could be no
harm in allowing the pictures to be insured, and made the
order accordingly, but advised the applicant to draw the
attention of the Crown to the apparent discrepancy.
The applicant said it Vvas doubtful whether the pictures
would realise the sum in which it was, proposed to in-
sure them. The prices of pictures were mere fancy prices.
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ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER. —At the Clerkenwell
Police Court George Hall was charged with attempting to
cut the throat of Mrs. Emma Penny. Mrs. Penny
stated that her husband had been tried for assaulting the
defendant, and acquitted by the jury. From that time
both she and her husband had been continually troubled
by the defendant for compensation, which they stead-
fastly refused to make. On Tuesday after-
noon, when she was proceeding down Clerkenwell-
green, the prisoner met her, and again asked for money.
Witness declined to have anything to say to him, and the
prisoner thereupon said if he could not have his revenge
otherwise he would strike down her husband with a sledge
hammer She told him that would do no good, and was
proceeding, when he threw his arm round her neck and
attempted to cut her throat with a knife. Witness
struggled and got away, and a man came up and took the
knife from the prisoner. The prisoner cross-examined
the witness with a view to chew that he had been inti-
mate withher while her husband was in custody. The
prosecutrix repelled these insinuations, which she said
were part of the prisoner's design to injure her with her
husband. The prisoner was remanded, the magistrate
stating that he should send the case for trial.
London, England, 1870-08-05

NEUTRALITY OF SWEDEN.

The Government has issued a proclamation declaring
that it will observe a policy of complete neutrality, the
maintenance of which harmonises with the interests of the
people of Sweden and Norway. The proclamation further
impresses upon the newspapers the importance of not
embarrassing the Government by spreading rumours cal-
culated to weaken the confidence of foreign countries in
the intentions of the Government.

ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA AND ITALY.
Reliable communications received at Vienna from Flo-
rence leave no room for doubt as to the fact that the nego-
tiations conducted by Count Vitzthum for establishing a
joint attitude on the part of the Austrian and Italian
Cabinets, based upon an expectant neutrality, are being
brought to a satisfactory issue. Count Vitzthum will
probably proceed from Florence to Paris. Count Arese
has arrived at Vienna, but nothing has transpired with
regard to the possible mission with which he may be en-
trusted.

In Wednesday's sitting of the Lower House at Pesti',
the President, in his closing speech, dwelt upon the fact
that the national Hungarian Honved Army and the com-
mon army of the Empire take their stand by the present
monarchy. The King and the nation, he said, recognised
strict neutrality, and the Honved army, no less than the
common army of the Empire, would secure this neu-
trality ; and, supported by it, they fearlessly looked for-
ward to the future. The speech was received with cheers
from all sides.

In last evening's sitting of the Italian Senate, in reply
to an interpellation from Signor Scialoja and to the criticism
of General Cialdini upon the conduct of the Minister,
Signor Visconti Venosta said he hoped that the Franco-
Prussian conflict would remain circumscribed, and declared
that the policy of Italy consisted in maintaining an at-
tentive neutrality. With regard to Rome he said that
France had spontaneously reverted to the observance of
the S€ptember Convention. Italy had adhered to this
decision, and as violence could not solve a question so
moral in its bearings as the question of Rome the Go-
vernment would not allow any one to take from it the
initiative in achieving its solution.

THE ENGAGEMENT AT SAARBRUCK.
. PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
We have to-day received the.nexciting .news that Sdaz-
London, England, 1870-08-05

HAIR COLOR WASH.—By damping the head
with this beautifully perfumed wash, in seven or ten days
the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occa-
sional using. 10s. 6d.; sent for stamps.—Alex. Ross, 248, High
Holborn, London, and all chemists.
London, England, 1870-08-05

HAIR CURLING FLUID, 248, HIGH HOLBORN.
London. ALEXANDER ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
Ladies' or Gentlemen's Hair immediately it is applied. Sold at
3s. 6d., Cs. 6d., and los. 6d. Sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
Had of all Chemists.
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London, England, 1870-08-05

EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE.

A great earthquake has been felt in the Gulf of Corinth.
The cities of limphissa and Gafixidi, as well as several
villages, have been destroyed. There are many killed
and wounded.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
NEW REPRESENTATIVE PEER FOR
SCOTLAND.

The Earl of Strathmore was yesterday, at a meeting of
peers in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, unanimously
elected a representative peer for Scotland, in the room
of the late Earl of Haddington.
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WYLD'S .MAP of the THEATRE of WAR
in North Eastern France, extending to Paris and Ant-
werp, Calais, Ostend, Belgium, Prussia, Bavaria, and the
frontiers of South Germany, with the course of the Rhine,
from Duseldorf to Strasbourg, the railroads, fortified places,
French and Prussian fortresses, strategic positions, &c. In
sheet 45.: in case, 6s. 6d- ; on rollers, varnished, Bs.—James
Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, 457, Strand, W.C., next door to
the Post Office, Charing Cross.
London, England, 1870-08-05

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
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Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London.
London, England, 1870-08-05

THE WAR MAP.

rrHE WAR.—MAP of the RHINE and adjacent
countries, from France to Berlin, shews on a large scale
fortified towns, camps, railroads, roads, and stragetic positions ;
also Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Baden,
Southern Germany, and parts of Italy and Austria. is. plain,
is. 6d. coloured ; free by post 'for thirteen or nineteen
stamps.—G. F. CRUCHLEY, 81, Fleet-street, (E.C). The best
map published.
London, England, 1870-08-05

PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII Diseases of the Skin
are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE
SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness, &c. 2s. 9d. and
7s. 6d. ;or post for 40 and 100 stamps. Alex. Ross, 248, High
Holborn, London, and all chemists.
Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d.

GREY HAIR, 248, High Holborn, London.—
ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour im-
mediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly natural in
effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent by post for 54,
84, and 144 stamps ; and all Chemists. Bloom of Rosses, 3s. 6d.
London, England, 1870-08-05

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THE VICTORY OP THE PRUSSIANS.

The Telegraph notes that regiments of the Fifth and
Eleventh Prussian Army Corps, and of the Second Bava-
rian Army Corps, were engaged against—as even the vic-
tors say—a single French division ; that of General
Donay, belonging to the First French Corps, under
Marshal MacMahon, which, originally quartered
around Strasburg, was lately moved north-
wards by Haguenau towards the frontier of
the Palatinate. The Germans, therefore, have
not been loth to admit that their adversaries
were outnumbered ; and the admission goes far to explain
the course and results of the fight. "The French were
repulsed and dispersed, leaving behind them their en-
campment"—a clear proof that they had been taken alto
gether by surprise by the skilfully-concealed masses and
vigorously-executed movements of the enemy. General
Loney himself was killed; at least five hundred unwounded
prisoners were taken; and one piece of artillery remained
the trophy of the conquerors. The Prussians do not con-
ceal the fact that they suffered severely ; but
such a victory as they have evidently gained—which
throws totally into the shade the paltry triumph
uf driving from Saarbruok a small and not
peculiarly reluctant detachment—well compensates the
price which the soldiers of Prince Frederick William have
had to pay. The moral of Thursday's triumph will be
unquestionably great ; while its influence on the strategical
future of the campaign must be important, if not deci-
s we. We have the experience of 1866 to shew
that the Prussian army does not act in isolated
corps, but is moved by one clear and all-
combining purpose. From other points on the
line of hostile contact, any hour may bring us news
that the tables have everywhere been turned on the French
with a vengeance. Meanwhile, the event of Thursday
illustrates the justice of the anticipations ventured below,
before the news was received that the war had begun in
earnest by the storm of Weissenburg.
London, England, 1870-08-05

DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.—
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mercurial ingredient,will be found invaluable to all who suffer from
bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness,
dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family
aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly ex
cellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole ner-
vous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most drug
gists, in boxes, ls. l,id, and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d.
Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine
are in a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Goveinment
stamp.
London, England, 1870-08-05

OUR NAVAL MOVEMENTS.

The Rip Van Winkle policy to which Congress would
seem to have wished to confine the Secretary of the Navy
meets with no favour in the navy itself. Fully awake to
the exigencies, immediate and prospective, of the war
between France and Prussia, the Navy Department has
issued orders which have already imparted unwonted
activity to all our naval stations. At the Brooklyn Navy
Yard every available ship is to be put in condition for
service with all possible haste. Two ships are now ready
for sea, and additional inducements are offered to recruits.
The Guard, under command of Lieutenant-Commander
Lull, and the Nipsic, under command of Lieutenant
Commander Wilson, are ordered to proceed at once to the
fishing banks to aid in guarding the interests of American
fisheries. It will be an agreeable change for the officers
of these two vessels after their recent prolonged exposure
to the scorching tropical sun while they were engaged in
the Darien expedition. .tit Boston a large additional
number of mechanics have been set to work on half-a-
dozen ships. At Portsmouth, also, fresh hands have been
employed, and the corvette California, 21 guns, and the
Narraganset, six guns, will soon be ready for sea.
At all our other navy yards a similar revival of activity
is witnessed, It has been determined to increase at once
our European squadron, and generally to put the navy as
speedily as possible in the best condition that inadequate
appropriations will allow. The American people cannot
fail to condemn the wretched economy and the unstates-
manlike legislation of Congress in weakening instead of
strengthening our navy, and the determination of the
Navy Department to do all that can be done, with the
limited means at its disposal, to protect American • com-
merce and maintain the glory of our national flag will be
universally applauded.—New York Herald.
London, England, 1870-08-05

JOHN ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.

The Board of Health held a meeting yesterday, and
received a deputation from the Anti-Coolie Association,
who presented a written statement on the con-
dition of the Chinese quarter of the city. They
ask the attention of the board to the shocking con-
dition of that quarter, and say that no language can
adequately describe the crowded, filthy, and abomi-
nable condition of Chinese life in this city. It
" disgusts " them and " sickens them to smell it."
Some houses have 500 lodgers, some 1,000, and in
the Globe Hotel. standing on ground 60x60, and three
stories high, there are 2,500 people (thriving hotel). In
some places they say Chinamen have burrowed dens even
beneath the streets; holes that would not " admit a coffin."
There are innumerable subterranean dens where gambling
is carried on, and where crimes that " cannot be named
are habitually committed." "To these caverns," says
the deputation, " Chinese women of ill fame are taken
taken for medical treatment, and if not cured they seldom
escape, for the killing of such is justifiable by their
terrible secret hands." The Chinese disregard all sani-
tary laws. The deputation gives some statistics to shew
how much air people need for health in dwellings,
boarding houses and hotels. They add that the
Chinese here carry out their laws independently
of ours ; they hold subterranean courts, have
judges and executioners, and inflict the death penalty
on any of their race who may reveal any of their secret
doings to Americans. They believe there are 2,500 prosti-
tutes in the quarter, and describe their places of abode.
They complain that nothing has been done towards en-
forcing the law for vaccinating Chinamen on their arrival
here, and charge that the wealthy Chinese corruptly in-
fluence public officers. In conclusion, they pray the
Board to interfere and prevent at once a threatened fatal
_epidemic and a violent popular outbreak. They pray that
the " vaccination law " may be strictly enforced, that the
Chinese be compelled to move out of the 6ity, and that a
staff of fearless health officers be employed to invoke any
remedy which the law affords to remove them. This
document was signed by Thomas Mooney, George Fisher, •
Hugh Duffy, and Henry T. Bray, and was tabled for
further consideration.—San Franono Bugctfn, July 6, 1