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

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1 8 70.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

TERRIBLE FIRE IN CONSTANTI-
NOPLE.
THE BRITISH EMBASSY AND OTHER
HOUSES BURNT.

The British Embassy and a large number of other
houses has been destroyed by fire at Constantinople.
'We are glad, however, to learn that no lives
have been lost, and that although Sir Henry
Elliot's family have lost all their property,
not one of the members of it suffered
personal injury of any kind. The calamity occurred
on Sunday night. The following is the purport of
the telegram received at the Foreign Office on the
subject. It was dated Constantinople June 6th,
7.40, and ran thus:—

" The British Embassy was burnt down last night.
The fire destroyed an enormous number of houses in
the vicinity. The embassy house is gutted. The
archives and plate are, however, saved. Nobody
belonging to the embassy is injured, although all
personal property has been lost."

LANDING OF FILIBUSTERS IN

CUBA.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)
(BY ATLANTIC CABLE.)
NEW YORK, June 6.
A telegram from Cuba brings an official announce-
ment that a band of Filibusters has been landed in
Cuba from the steamer George B. Upton.
They were dispersed by the Spanish troops.
Twelve, including Captain Harrison, were killed,
and all arms, ammunition, and stores brought by the
party were taken.
The Commander, Cisnero, escaped with the
steamer.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, June 5.

Yesterday a demonstration was made by five thousand
adherents of Marshal Espartero. They went in procession
with flags and banners. There has been a separation be-
tween the Unionist and the Alphonsistas, and the former
will take the title of Septembristas.

NEW THAMES YACHT CLUB.
CHANNEL MATCH TO HARWICH.

On Saturday the Second Channel match of this club
took place from the Lower Hope to Harwich, and was
distinguishable by the paucity of wind, the magnificent
sailing of the Egeria and Fiona, and manifest falling off
in the qualities of the Cambria, which two years ago was
reckoned the finest yacht afloat, but which appears to
have sadly deteriorated this season, from what cause—
whether padding in, the bows, shifting' of ballast, or
lengthening of spars—we are at a loss to imagine. The
Gloriana made an inglorious exhibition, and the commo-
dore's (Mr. J. D. Lee) yacht, the Nettle, was completely
out of the hunt after the Mouse Light-ship. The race
occupied 17 hours.
The morning was beautifully fine, and all the vessels
entered were at their stations just below the Ovens Buoy
and Walhouse Point, as under :
Yacht Rig. Tons. Owner.
1. Queen Cutter
2. Fiona
3. Gloriana Schooner 133 A. 0. Wilkinson
4. Cambria
5. Egeria
6. Anita
7. Nettle

It was a subscription match—first prize, £6o—to the rig
first arriving, although she _might not have her time of the
second of her class ; second prize, £4O. Course, Lower
Hope to Harwich, leaving the Mouse and Middle Light
of the Swin Channel on the starboard hand, the buoy of
the West Rocks, buoy of the Rough, and Corklight
vessel on the starboard hand into Harwich, leaving the
winning boat out starboard hand, but should wind and
tide not enable the vessels to reach the harbour a steamer
outside left in the starboard hand should be considered the
goal. Vessels to be in ordinary cruising trim, carrying
boats, anchors, cables, &c. A pilot, but no extra hands
allowed ; to start from and weigh their own anchors, and
all lower canvass set.

It was understood that the vessels should cant to the
northward, but as there was a calm and they lay close
together, they cast as they pleased, and at a little after
seven the signal was given,the wind which then was coming
principlly from N.W. by W.; all but the Anita were very
smart, and piled upballoon canvass, Cambria setting main
topmast stay sail and Anita square sail. The latter soon
had the square sail in, and substituted, like the others,
jib topsail. The sails hung lazily from the mast of the
larger vessels; while the Queen, from her light draft and
easily-filled canvass, got off with a powerful lead, fol-
lowed by the Fiona, and off Mucking Light the Queen
led, Fiona second, Cambria third, Egeria fourth. Be-
tween this point and Thames Haven, as they drifted down
on the ebb, the Egeria forereached the Cambria
to leeward, and with the leaders held the reach
to starboard, Cambria going about on starboard
tack, heading for the Chapman. Wind died out
again at eight o'clock, and off the Light the Queen
was about on the same tack, the Fiona on weather bow
of the Gloriana, which had slipped through the lee of the
sternmost, and occupied the third position. Cambria was
off Leigh Middle at 10'52, Anita, five minutes later, and
for five consecutive boards, neither the Gloriana, Egeria,
nor Cambria made any headway, so that the kedge of the
latter was ready to lay her under Southend pier,
and the hot sun, which was now quite oppressive,
eating up all the wind, left a bad prospect before the
fleet ; the ebb had run out, and the young flood presented
fresh difficulties, which, to the credit of the crews be it
said, were overcome, for as a few stray puffs came from
N.W. they stood for the Nore, and at length cleared the
pier at Southend and the Worcester moored abreast.
Now the sun had gone in, and there was a prospect of
wind. Slight rain falling, and a gentle three or four knot
breeze springing up, they passed the Nore, the
Gloriana having a man out on the jib to keep
the sheet down; the -wind died out also, and then shifted
suddenly to east with a little south, and Fiona weathered the
little Queen, who now became second, the Egeria getting
on the weather of the Gloriania, and breasting the Nore
ahead of her : they passed the mouth of the Medway thus :
Fiona, Queen, Egeria, Gloriana, and Cambria, the Anita
next, and Nettle, who had been keeping company with
the new schooner Gwendoline (Major Ewing) hopelessly
out of the race about Leigh Middle buoy. After several
long tacks to starboard to cheat the tide and start to
port the Cambria weathered the Gloriana, and stood
after the Egeria to Whitstable, heaving the lead under
the lower part of the Nore Sand ; Fiona was about
before the others, and made for the Mouse on the'
starboard tack, which she left as directed at 4.23
Egeria 4.30, Cambria 4h. 41m. 305., Glorianl and
Queen together at 4.50, under the lee of the Cambria.
The Egeria was now about three-quarters of a mile
astern of the Fiona, and the Cambria a mile astern of the
Egeria. The race after this was left virtually to the
three leaders, and although the wind was reaching the
Fiona could not get further away than a couple of miles
from the Egeria. The Queen was soon left last, and we
understand worked the Wattle and Spitway into the
harbour. All were now close hauled for the Shears, and
the Fiona was three miles ahead under the lee bow of the
Cambria, and the Egeria equi-distant. Time—Fiona
4.15, Egeria 4.38, Cambria at 5 o'clock ; and the Mid
Swin thus—Fiona 5.10, Egeria 511. 23m. 305., Cambria
sh. 32m. 305., Gloriana at 6. The Egeria had thus
gained on the Fiona in the Reach from the Shears, and
the Cambria on the Egeria ; but as the wind died out
again up Channel the two leaders again got away, and
the Fiona was hull down in the haze at a quarter to nine
o'clock. From this point to the Rough the strong tide
was very difficult to contend against ; but, after a suc-
cession of puffs and cats'-paws, the Fiona and Egeria
arrived under the Rough Buoy close together, and com-
menced to run to the Corks. Here they did get a breeze,
but at ten o'clock the race was shortened by the steamer,
which brought up, and the finish was timed thus :
_

H. M. s.
Fiona lO 0 0
Egeria
The Cambria, unable to find the Rough, bore up and let
go her anchor, fetching it three times before five on Sun-
day morning, when she again dropped it, and at six
o'clock a sail breeze took her into the harbour. The
Queen arrived shortly after, as also the Anita, and the
Gloriana, got in at dead of night. The Fiona thus won
the £6O prize, having won a race the similar course last
Saturday, and the Egeria the second.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CITY BETTING-THIS DAY.

2.30 P.m.

GRAND PRIZE.
100 to 30 agst Sornette (offered—take 7 to 2)
7to 2 agst Bigarreau (offered-4 to 1 taken)
4to 1 agst Coutts (offered—take 5 to 1)
100 to 15 agst Prince of Wales (offered—after 6 to

taken)
7 to 1 agst Recorder (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Monseigneur (offered)

NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
6to 1 agst Mysotis (offered)
12 to 1 agst Newsman (taken)

ST. ALBANS MEETING.
Sr. ALBANS, Sunday Night.

ARRIVED - Acorn, Adjutant, Aeronaut, Aintree, Atalanta,
Ajax, Aldershot, Billy Pedder, Gantharides, Coprolite, Ring,
Defender, Diadem, Disturbance, Figleaf, First Fiddle, War
Queen, Goldhanger, Honesty, King Theodore, Indigestion,
Lady Middleton, Lord of the Manor, My Uncle, Limerick,
Rho, Roquefort, Sapling, Townsend, UDR, and Wamba.
Expected—Flying Scud, Aversion, Robert Laundrie, and
several others.

WEST DRAYTON MEETING—Tins DAY.
The following trainers will have horses at this meeting:
Stevens, Martin, Nightiugall, Brown, Lowo, Rickards, Ford,
Goddard, Sherwood, Deacon, Barry, H. Goater, Hobnail, H.
May, Kendal, Shrimpton.
Aftermath, Nightjar, and all Mr. H. Wright's horses have
been struck out of all West Drayton engagemeutc.
Inspector Tanner will be at the outer gate each day, to
keep the welshers out.

Fears are entertained as to the safety of two Clyde
ships, the Ladyburn and the Hermione, and their crews.
The Ladyburn sailed from Greenock upwards of five
months ago with a cargo of iron, and has not since been
heard of. The Hermione left Matanzas, sugar laden, for
Gerenock on the 18th of February, being thus upwards of
100 days at sea.

The Duchesse de Masser has just died, at the
advanced age of 90 years. She was the wife of Nicolas
Regnier, one of Napoleon's judges, who was raised to the
peerage for his complicity in the death of the Due
d'Enghien, &c. When the emigr& came back to Paris
the nicknamed his Grace the Due de Massacre.

An agricultural labourer, of Owermoigne, in
Dorset, named George Garland was on Wednesday found
under some bushes with his throat cut ; a rake near him
had been the instrument used. On Friday he was in a
hopeless condition at the County Hospital. He suffered
from religious mania—frequently stating that he was
" under the control of the devil.",