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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-01

FLYING SQUADRONS.

The custom inaugurated last year of sending a
flying squadron on a lengthened cruise, is about to
be undertaken again this year. In spite of Sir John
Hay's objections and predictions, and his reference to
the 58 desertions which took place when the ships
were in Australian waters last year, the latter are to
be once more prepared with " all abundant supply of
men and stores," for a voyage beginning in October
or November at latest. There are few people amongst
those acquainted with the general results of the last
cruise, who will deny that the sea-faring and hardy
life open to the men, the experience to be gained in
managing corvettes in a rough sea, the benefit of
thorough routine communication, and the under-
standing that springs up between officers and men,
are all advantages of the best order, and are too
valuable to be lost. Life on a cruise is in fact equi-
valent to camp life for soldiers. There is, how-
ver, much need, especially while the war continues,
for all English armour-clad vessels to be near home.
This cannot be stated too plainly, and it seems strange
indeed that Mr. Childers, on Friday evening, did
not see the force of Sir John Hay's eloquent argu-
ment on the subject. He replied vaguely that the
squadron would sail in about three months' time, and
that he would meantime consider where they were
to be sent. H.2d.S. Donegal, with one or two other
vessels, went last year on a cruise, extending over
only two weeks' time, and the effect on the several
hundred men employed was even more gratifying
than that produced when a longer and more tedious
voyage was undertaken, inasmuch as there were no
desertions, and no disasters to the vessels themselves.
it is difficult to see why brief voyages like that of
last year could not become the general thing,
especially at a time when the bugles of war are
sounding too plainly round England.
London, England, 1870-08-01

NAPOLEON TO HIS .\PIII7.

NAPOLEON has not a bad pen, but it has tripped
strangely in the at dress to the army which was
issued at Metz on Thursday. he Emimuoit honestly
admits the high military•character of the opponent
with whom the French f. woe is about to cross swords,
honestly allows that the :cone of operations is "lull of
iortressesandolstacles
; but when he goes On to say
that "nothing is too difficult for the soldiers of
Africa, the Crimea, China, Italy, and Mekico,"
some of the relerences are, to say the least;
unfortunate. In the Crimea, no doubt, the French
did well, thanks in some measure to -British arms.
Doubtless, too, the French soldiers prevailed over the
Arabs of Algeria, and the Chinese with their dummy
guns. But " Italy," "Mexico"! We had always sup-
posed that NAPOLEON sheathed his sword on the very
morrow of Solferina, rather than attempt to over-
come the " fortresses and obstacles " which barred the
way from " the Alps to the Adriatic," and which
were known to all the world under. the name of the
Quadrilateral. We had thought, too, that INTAroixoN
had withdrawn his brave troops from Mexico, choos-
ing to let his Latin Empire tumble to pieces, aid
his poor puppet of an Emperor perish at the hands of
the military executioner rather than run the risk
of a quarrel with the United States. It is NAPo-
I. EON'S OWII Wilt if, instead .4. Iris trOON

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an l murdered MAXIMILIAN at Quere-
taro. Noris the reference to the " glorious traces of our
lathers" altogether happy. Close to the frontier lie
the fortresses and the rich coal fields which belonged
to France sixty years ago, which do not belong to
her now. Landau and Saarlouis may be re-entered
by the French army immediately ; but this is only the
beginning of the war, and there may be another
Waterloo in store which will restrict France with'n
even narrower limits than the present. French
soldiers may believe the penultimate sentence
of this proclamation; but though the eyes of
the world are undoubtedly upon tie French army,
Englishmen will find it hard to see how "the fate of
liberty and civilization depends upon our - (tit*
French) success." So far as appears at present this
war was undertaken in order to divert the march of
the French people towards liberty and civilization,
which was too rapid to please the embodiment of
personal government.
London, England, 1870-08-01

THE FENIAN RAIDERS.

In the United States' Court at Windsor, Vermont, on
Saturday, sentence was pronounced upon the Fenians.
General O'Neil was sentenced to two years' imprisonment
and to pay a fine of $lO ; Colonel John T. Brown to nine
months' imprisonment and a fine of $5 ; Captain J. J.
Monahan to six months' imprisonment and a fine of £l.
All had pleaded guilty.
London, England, 1870-08-01

THE LAW COURTS.

A parliamentary paper containing the details of
the votes and estimates for building the new law
courts signally exemplifies the strange laxity with
which the great work is carried on by the Govern-
ment. The total amount, according to a revised
estimate, required for the purchase of land
was £889,000, of which £887,000 had been spent
up to March 1870. Only £2,000 is needed
to complete this portion of the outlay, and this has
been voted for the year 1870-71. But when we come
to the sum required to build the courts we find that
of the whole amount esti mated-2750,000,0n1y £2,000
has been spent, and only £16,000 has been voted for
the coming year. At the rate of £16,000 a year, the
courts will be finished in about forty-seven years.
Will Mr. Lowe be kind enough to explain why a
larger vote is not taken and the work advanced? It
must be finished, and might as well be done sooner
as later.

INDIAN AND BRITISH COLONELS.

The Select Committee, whose duty it has
been to inquire into the complaints of certain
colonels of the British army in consequence of their
being superseded by colonels of the Indian army,
has succeeded in detecting in a few cases positively
genuine grievances. The claims c f British colonels
who commanded independent columns and brigades
during the hottest period of the Indian mutiny have
been quietly passed over in the disposal of more
distinguished titles, while Indian officers, who served
in the campaign under their orders, have obtained
promotion above them. The many consequences of
these proceedings may be guessed when it is stated
as one instance that of two officers who attained the
rank of colonel in 1866, the one being an Indian
officer and the other a British officer, the Indian
colonel will be made a major-general in 1870,
while the British colonel will not be made a major-
general until about 1880. The injustice and dis-
creditable want of foresight exhibited with
respect to the elevation of senior officers of English
line regiments who served in India during the years
of her greatest difficulties, have been so apparent to
the committee that they make certain recommenda-
tions towards removing the most exasperating evils.
The chief reform they desire is that promotion to
the rank of major-general should cease at once, and
that an amalgamated list of colonels should be im-
mediately formed from the British, the staff corps,
and Indian local lists, from which promotions to the
rank of major-general should be made by seniority,
according to the dates of colonels' commissions.
London, England, 1870-08-01

WEST AFRICA.

The West African Mail steamer Athenian has arrived
at Liverpool with 36 passengers, 210 oz. of gold dust,
and £292 in speeie. The health of the different rivers
was good, and trade steady, with the exception
of Benin and Bonny.' The King of Combo has
entered a formal protest against the transfer of the
Gambia to the French, urging that the land does
not belong to the English Government, but to
himself, and that it was , only rented to the
English Government by his ancestors. The natives of
Bathurst are also against the cession. There had
been a battle at Doffoe, on the eastern districts between
the Ashantees and the Accra tribes, in which the
latter were victorious. There was great slaughter on
both sides, no quarter being asked or given. By this
victory the river Volta has now become open for European
traffic.

Considerable surprise is expressed in Munich at M.
Hory, the Chancellor of the French Legation, remaining
in Munich, and at the British Legation taking him under
their protection on the pretext of his having entered their
service.

The race for the Queen's Cup, which was won by
America in 1851, will be sailed on the Bth of August.
The distance is from Staten Island to the Lightship and
back. The Cambria and the Dauntless are among the
competitors.
The prisoners Elmstone and Whitewell, the brokers,
Harnott, the captain, and Marks, the carpenter of the
Aurora, were brought np on Saturday at Bombay for sen-
tence. The judge having decided that the court has full
juris diction in the matter, sentenced Elmstone and
Whitewell to penal servitude for life, Harnot to 15 years.
and Maeks to 10 years' penal servitude.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE WAR.

The steamer Lincoln, which arrived at Grimsby on
Saturday night from Hamburg, reports that that city
resembles a vast barrack, so full is it of soldiers, luggage,
and commissariat belongings. The soldiers are constructing
a pontoon bridge over the Elbe to Hanover, near Goose
Island. Fifteen ships, laded with stone, are moored
across the Channel with orders from the Prussian Govern-
ment to scuttle them should the French fleet threaten to
enter the Elbe.
London, England, 1870-08-01

UNSEEN DANGERS.

The dangers that lurk unseen in every cranny
might well drive the ordinary human being into a
perpetual panic, were it not for that happy tendency
of the mind to disregard all but possible events. An
erratic comet might sweep us all off with as much
ease as the housemaid brushes down the cobwebs
from the wall, but, in spite of warnings, we go to sleep
with the sublime indifference of philosophers, and our
dreams take a brighter form than a huge fiery tail lick-
ing the world into a shapeless mass of dry cinders. The
inhabitants of the Manchester-road, Bradford, have
been fortunate in escaping the fate prophesied as
likely to occur to us at some future time. It seems
a Mr. David Taylor, a chemist and druggist, of that
town, was engaged in emptying a cask of benzoline
into smaller vessels, when a cat knocked over the
candle. Alarmed and confused Mr. Taylor
dropped a half-gallon measure filled with the
inflammable fluid, and, of course, in the
next moment the place was on fire, and soon left
little in the house. A child in an upper room was
fortunately saved and so was a cask of gunpowder,
which had been stowed away in the attic—a locality
about as dangerous for such a material as could be
found. Whether with the benzoline at the bottom
or the gunpowder at the top, one can hardly imagine
a more pleasant dwelling place, except it be among
the poisonous drugs in the middle.

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, JULY 30.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by
Viscountess Clifden and the Hon. Florence Seymour.
Colonel Ponsonby was in attendance on horseback as
Equerry in Waiting.
Prince Arthur arrived from London in the afternoon,
attended by Lieutenant Pickard.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur,
and Princess Beatrice, attended by Viscountess Clifden,
honoured the Rev. Geprge and Mrs. Prothero with their
presence at the annual games of the Whippingham School
children at Whippingham Rectory.
Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, ac-
companied by Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, 'and Prin-
cess Beatrice.
The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley
have left Osborne.

The Hon. Eva Macdonald has arrived on a visit.
JULY 31.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove
out yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Princess
Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice attended
Divine Service at Osborne this morning,
The Rev. George Prothero officiated.
Earl and Countess Granville arrived at Osborne last
evening.
London, England, 1870-08-01

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RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

A somewhat singular railway accident occurred at
Syston Junction, about five miles north of Leicester, on
Saturday night. A goods and waggon train had arrived
from Derby to Leicester, and was waiting on the main up
line to shunt to fetch out more waggons, when a long
empty waggon train from Rugby to Potton, near Trent,
came up at a rapid rate on the main down line, not -having
to stop at Syston. The pointsman getting confused instead
of pulling the levers to shunt the Derby train into a siding,
pulled the adjoining one, opened the points, and allowed
the empty waggon train to cross on to the Peterborough
branch. The points were reversed, but not till it was too
late. This threw several waggons off the line, and the
forepart went clean through the middle of the Derby
train and proceeded some distance down the Peterboro'
branch, where two waggons and a break were standing,
the latter of which it smashed to atoms, and when the
engine came to a standstill about thirty waggons were
knocked off the line; several of them were broken to
splinters, and fourteen were less seriously damaged. The
engine-driver and stoker remained at their posts and were
only severely shaken. It was two o'clock in the morning
before the line was cleared and the permanent way re-
paired. No very serious delay, however, was caused
to the passenger traffic. The pointsman who caused
the accident has been dismissed. He had been with the
company several years, and was considered to be steady
and trustworthy.
London, England, 1870-08-01

BELLIGERENTS AND NEUTRALS.

The complaint of France that the English Govern-
ment is "cold, very cold," and the disposition of
Prussia to find fault with us in respect of the non-
declaration of coal as a contraband article, are the
natural corollaries of the present antagonism.
" Historicus," whose letters on international law
during the American war were of especial
importance, has undertaken the task of pointing
out how far the position
.of neutrality may
be held by England during the conflict. He is of
opinion that the principles upon which neutrals are
bound to act may be laid down in a few propositions.
In the first place, there being no question of blockade,
the trade of a neutral State with either belligerent is
free in time of war as in time of peace, with the ex-
ception of articles being contraband of war. Secondly
either belligerent has a right to seize and to confiscate
articles.of contraband in transitu on the high seas on
their road to the enemy, It is not the
duty of neutral States to interfere with
the trade of its subjects in contraband, with
one exception, viz., the arming, equipping, and
furnishing vessels to be employed as ships of war or
transports for the belligerents. Fourthly, it does not
belong to the neutral State to define what is or what
what is not contraband; that rests with the courts
of the captors. In the fifth place, the sole duty of the
neutral government in respect of, contraband of war
carried on by its subjects is to be passive, and not to
interfere between them and the right of capture
which is given in the law of nations. Applying these
principles in the matter of coals, " Historicus" is
not disposed to dispute that coals may properly be
treated by a belligerent as contraband of war, and
that a prize court would condemn a cargo of coal
destined for the enemy; but then it does not follow
that it is the duty of a neutral to restrain such a
trade on the part of its subjects. The inevitable
conclusion is that the remedy lies in the power of
belligerent capture.
London, England, 1870-08-01

RUSSIA AND THE WAR.

The Journal de St. Petersbonrg contradicts the statement
of the Wanderer of Vienna that the export of raw produce
from Russia had been prohibited, and that the men on
furlough had been recalled to the ranks of the army. The
Journal de St. Petersbonrg adds that, if the export of gain
to Germany has ceased, it is on account of the blockade of
German ports.

WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM ROME.
Respecting the Roman question, M. 011ivier says the
evacuation will only take place on condition of the re-es-
tablishment of the September Convention.
The Debats urges that the evacuation should be uncon-
ditional, and says :—" In presence of the terms of the
Emperor's proclamation to the army France cannot be at
Rome the instrument of despotism and reaction. To
speak, however, of dangers which the French flag might
incur from the evacuation of Roman territory is puerile.
France is mistress of the French lake. The evacua-
tion of Rome is demanded by reasons of justice and
principle."

The Patrie of Saturday announces that the recall
London, England, 1870-08-01

BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

At the Nottingham Assizes on Thursday, the case of
Walker v. Summerby, as already briefly announced, was
heard. It was an action for breach of promise of mar-
riage. The promise and breach were not denied, but it
was, in fact, a question of damages. The plaintiff and
defendant first became acquainted while the plaintiff
was at a school where the defendant's sister
was also a pupil. In. 1866, when they were both about
21 years old, they became engaged to one another.
They wrote to each other regularly and visited. The de-
fendant gave the plaintiff an engaged ring. The plaintiff
went to be governess in the family of a Mrs. Parr. The
visits still continued. The defendant wished to be mar-
ried "on the sly," but the plaintiff refused. In the be-
ginning of 1868 he left off writing to her. The plaintiff
then wrote the following letter :
"January, 1868.
`; Dear George,—Having been engaged to ymi for nearly
two years, and never having given you any cause of
offence, I am quite at a loss to understand the meaning
of your conduct since I have been in Grantham: 1

noN; think I am fully justified hdemandingTan explana-
tion, and no honourable man would refuse to give it. I
should •like to see you before I leave, which will be in a
few days. lam now housekeeper. Aunti and her friends
are gone into the country to visit. If you will not come
here, will you meet me at Aunt Dyer's ? Write, and ap-
point the time and place. Oh, George, I need scarcely
tell you how wretched I feel. I little thought when I left
Nottingham I should spend such miserable holydays.
" I remain, yours affectionately,
" NELLIE."

To this letter defendant did not send any answer.
The defendant told the plaintiff that his parents ob-
jected to the match because she had no money ; but
he should soon be in partnership, and then he would
marry her. The plaintiff had suffered a good deal both
in mind and body since the engagement had been broken
off.

The defendant's father died worth £3,000 in personalty
and £ll,OOO in reality. His business returns were about
£7OO a year. The defendant's share of the property was
nearly £4,000.
The defendant was called and stated that he wished to
marry the plaintiff, but his parents were opposed to it,
and he hid tried to remove their objections.
£750.e
jury found a verdict for the-plaintiff. Damages,
London, England, 1870-08-01

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Amsterdam Exhibition, •1869. First Prize, being above the
Gold Medal. Supplied to the British, French, Prussian, Russian,
Italian, Dutch, and other Governments. Dr. Lankester writes
regarding Extract of Meat :—" But there is a difference in flavour,
and here, as in all other kinds of food, it is the flavour that
makes the quality." It is essentially on account of the line
meaty flavour, as distinguished from the burnt taste of other
Extracts, that LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT defeated all
Australian and other sorts at Paris, Havre, and Amsterdam, and
is so universally preferred in all European markets.
One pint of fine-ilv,nured Beef-tea at 20. Most convenient
and economic "stock."

CAUTlON.—Require Baron Liebig's, the inventor's, signature on
every jar, and ask distinctly for LIEBIG COMPANY'S
EXTRACT.
London, England, 1870-08-01

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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
g►sts, in boxes, is. ltd, 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
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London, England, 1870-08-01

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CHAP MAN- & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.
PROFESSOR ATTFIELD, Analyst to the Royal Pharma-
ceutical Society of Great Britain, reports as follows :---" Its rich-
ness in gluten, or flesh-forming material and phoshates, or bone
and teeth-forming substances, shows it to be a very,valuable and
nutritious food, especially for children. It is incomparably
superior to arrowroot, corn-flour, and other forms of starch, which
contribute but little to the growth or renewal of bone or muscle.
London, England, 1870-08-01

DOINGS AT DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.

Real alarm is felt by sober-minded men in Devonport
and Plymouth at the procedure of the Admiralty at this
critical period. On Friday night the whole of the smiths
connected with Devonport working at both dockyards have
commenced working until half-past eight, in order to get
the ironclad ships Audacious, Invincible, Iron Duke, and
Vanguard, now in dock, ready for service. But the pro-
gress is very slow, as the, weekly reduction of smiths
which was continued up to within three weeks has so
greatly weakened the strength. Otherwise no prepara-
tion whatever is being made for grave " eventualities."
On the contrary, apathy seems to reign supreme at head-
quarters. Since April last two hundred and , forty
workmen have been compulsorily superannuated, reduc-
ing the strength of the establiAhments below that pro-
vided in the estimates ' • and now that it is fore-
seen by everyone that some of these men will
have to be re-entered, as overtime arrangements
will not overtake the work, no attempt is being made
to detain or secure those first-rate, middle-aged
workmen who have lately gone out, but who are rapidly
removing to long distances away. Some have lately gone
to France. Fine seasoned timber is still being stacked
and measured preparatory to another great sale of stores,
which has been ordered, unmindful of the fact that'prac-
tical men declare that in the event of war this very
timber would have to be repurchased. The paint-house
is almost empty. This week it was found that there was
not sufficient yellow paint to paint the masts of the Incon-
stant, and the commander had to send out and purchase
some himself. The stock of rope at Portsmouth is so far
exhausted that rope from Devonport is still being sent
there in haste by railway, at considerable cost compared
to water conveyance, to enable the fitting out of ships to
be proceeded with, although the Devonport ropery is now
fully a year's make behind the Admiralty demand. Three
hundred men have been superannuated from- the ropery
since the reductions commenced. These are facts, although
if taxed with them in Parliament they will probably be
glossed over as mere newspaper canards.—Western. Morn-
ing News.
London, England, 1870-08-01

ENGLAND AND PRUSSIA.

The New Prussian Cross Gazette of this evening con-
tains the following :—" Lord Loftus has left for Potsdam
apparently to keep out of the way of any painful discus-
sions with regard to the neutrality so strangely practised
by England." The offer made by several distinguished
English ladies to collect and send to Prussia lint, &c., for
the wounded has been thankfully accepted.
London, England, 1870-08-23

DEATHS

On the 19th August, at Great Grimsby, Mr. Fredk.
Symons, wine merchant, of Great Tower-street, and
late of Lower Thames-street, aged 45.
On the 19th August, at 86, Thistle-grove, West Brompton,
Middlesex, William Benton, Esq., formerly of the Field
Train Department, R.A., aged 88.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at
THE Sum Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
Tuesday, August 23, 1870.
London, England, 1870-08-23

THE WAR.

MARCHING OF THE CROWI4
PRINCE ON PARIS WITT]
150,000 MEN.

VERDUN SURROUNDED.

PREPARATIONS AT CHALONS

FURTHER DETAILS OF THURSDAY'S
BATTLE.

The correspondent of the Daily hews, telegraphing
Ir om Pont-a-Mousson on Friday, says:—"l wi Dossed
the great battle of the 18th inst. The French
were completely :driven back to St. Quentin,
and they can be seen from the front of
the German position. The villages of Vion-
vine, Flavigny, Rezonville, and Gravelotte are
much burnt, and seem like so many slaughter-houses.
The fields round about are literally covered with
dead bodies. 3,000 Prussian cavalry, in charging
the heights beyond Gravelotte, suffered terrible losses.
There are still large numbers of the French dead on
the battle field of the 14th. This shows that that day
was as disastrous to them as the 16th proved to the
bOth division of the Prussians, now no more.
The King of Prussia came here last night, and it
is said that the Crown Prince visited him this morn-
ing, and then returned in the direction of Vihy.
There are many rumours of peace negotiations."
London, England, 1870-08-23

OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning

THE POSITION OF THE EMPIRE.

The Mies boldly solo wall' d it not have been more
patriotic, more cortftlive tb the true interests of
Fr co, if those wiAo ala at prase
.t at the head of
aff rs had faced the truth 9n Friday, or at least
on aturday, as they are botind to floe it now ? Is
I
it 'Wait ly to encourage delusion, and cause the
loss of the advantage three das' knowledge might
have given? Is it not better aid houester to recognise
misfortune and to grapple with it ? We are glad to see
there are Frenchmen found to protest against this policy
of concealment, and to cry out for truth. " The time foi
illusions is passed." Marshal Bazaine is shut up, and the
Germans, who hold every outlet of Metz, threaten Ver-
dun also, where large stores had been collected for the
relief of the retreating army. They are able to do this,
and yet detach the army of the Crown Prince to operate
either against Chalons or Paris. Phalsburgis taken. Stras-
burg is about to be bombarded. It is believed that starvation
will compel the surrender of Metz. Everything points to the
union of a great wave that will roll on to Paris, and those
who declare that the time for illusions is past add that
Parisians must prepare for a siege. But what if this is not
also an illusion? The enthusiasm of patriotism is strong
and almost invincible, but its power has still its limits.
At the risk, or rather with the certainty, of exciting afresh
the rejection of unpalatable counsels, we must ask those
who contemplate thedefence of Paris against a besieging
army to reckon the conditions and probable consequences
of the attempt, and to weigh anxiously any alternative
that may be presented to them before accepting this grave
responsibility.
London, England, 1870-08-23

BACON'S NEW WAR MAPS.

VIONVILLE, ETAIN, VERDUN, METZ, and every town and
village mentioned in the War News, clearly shown on BACON'S
WAR MAP, No. 14. The largest scale and most detailed pub-
lished, 22, by 30 inches, coloured, 25.; cloth, 4s.—G. W. Bacon
and Co., 127, Strand.
No. 13, BACON'S LARGE PRINT WAR MAP.—Paris to the
Rhine, best is. War Map. Coloured, is.; on cloth 45.
G. W. Bacon and Co., 127, Strand, London.
London, England, 1870-08-23

OPENING OF THE AUSTRIAN DIET.

The Emperor Francis Joseph did not make any
direct allusion to the war now waging between
France and Prussia in the address he delivered on
the opening of the Provincial Diets of Austria. He
declared it to be his duty, in the present serious
state of things, to call together the representatives
of the different parts of the Empire. At the present
grave juncture the Empire stands in great need of
the unanimous co-operation of all its people.
He declared his willingness to satisfy the demands
of the Diet of Gallicia, due regard being had to
the present political complications. He expressed a
hope that the Diets would bear in mind the real
question before them, which was how they might
best defend those interests which were common to
all, and on the united futherance of which the power
and authority of the Empire depended. The Em-
peror concluded his address by exhorting the diets to
proceed to she immediate election of their delegates
to the Reichsrath,in order that he might have aroun d
him all the representatives of the whole monarchy,
as their constitutional co-operation appeared to him
urgently necessary.
London, England, 1870-08-23

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London, England, 1870-08-23

CHANCES IN BATTLE.

In the old days of fighting the chances of a man's
being hit by a bullet were comparatively slight.
During the catnpaigns of Wellington in Spain it was
estimated that it took eight hundred bullets to kill
one man. This was attributed, in a great measure,
to the carelessness or ignorance of the men. Some
curious calculations have been made as to the chances
of a man being struck by a bullet in battle. Large
men are more likely to be hit, not only on account
of the greater area of their bodies, but from their
being more conspicuous from their size and more
likely to be singled out as mark. Had Nelson been
a large man instead of a mere feather weight, it is
believed that he could not have escaped so often the
great dangers which befell him. In the course of
five years he took part in one hundred and twenty
actions at sea including the battles of Cape St. Vin-
cent and the Nile, in which he lost au arm and an
eye. lie greatly increased the chances against his
life at Trafalgar by pacing the quarter-deck in full
uniform with all his medals and orders fastened on
his breast. It has been popularly believed that
some distinguished heroes have borne charmed lives.
The First Napoleon led the way across
the bridge of Arcola unharmed, though the grape
rattled in a perfect hail storm round him
and the Austrian artillery swept down everybody
but himself in a circle where he was standing. Wel-
lington escaped similar perils at Waterloo, where all
h's staff were killed or wounded, and he had to do
their work while others were brought up from the
end of the line. When Marshal Soult visited Eng-
land, an English veteran declared that he must bear
a charmed life, for he had covered him with his rifle
upwards of thirty times, and yet never hit him. An
army has to encounter worse enemies than the bullet
in camp-fever, privation, over-fatigue, and too great
exposure to heat, cold, and damp.
London, England, 1870-08-23

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FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY AT BATH.

Yesterday afternoon a shocking domestic tragedy was
perpetrated at Bath. Mr. Prankerd, the proprietor of a
preparatory school at Spencer's Bellevue, quarrelled with
one of his daughters, named Minnie, because she had de-
termined to leave home for a situation on the continent ;
high words took place between them, another daughter
being present while the sister was packing ready for her
departure. Shortly afterwards four discharges of a pistol
were heard, and on a servant going upstairs into the
schoolroom she found the bodies of the two young ladies
lying on the floor, with pistol-shots through the head of
each ; the daughter with whom the quarrel commenced
was quite dead ; the other was so injured that she is not
expected to recover. The father retired to a garret, took
poison, and was found dead.
London, England, 1870-08-23

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Amount still required, £4,000.
Number of beds now occupied, 120.
Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164.
The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
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London, England, 1870-08-23

THE STRENGTH OF THE ARMIES.

According to [the Times' Berlin correspondent,
Marshal Bazaine's army after the last three battles
is estimated at 100,000 men. About as many old
troops are near Chalons, and about half as many at
Paris and elsewhere.

The Germans, after the recent arrival of the
Pomeranian and Silesian Corps and two Landwehr
Divisions, number above 500,000 men. The last
battles were fought by the German] to keep the
two French armies asunder, and to detain Bazaino
at Metz and prevent his supplying badres for the
new troops in course of formation at Paris and
Chalons. Six weeks, at least, are required for the
formation of new troops.
The Artillery and Engineer Generals Colomier
and Mertens, who bombarded Dybboel, are ordered
to besiege Strasburg.
London, England, 1870-08-23

BIRTHS.

On the 18th August, at Sutton House, ChiswickAthe wife
of Lieut.-Colonel Jeff Sharp, of a daughter.
On the 19th August, at Richmond, Surrey, the wife of
John Howard King, of a son.

MARRIAGES.
On the 18th August, at Buckland, Ripers, Dorset, Henry
Fuller, Esq., R.M.L,1., son of Major W. R. Fuller,
late 52d Light Infantry and Royal Sussex Light In-
fantry Militia, to Agnes Jane, daughter of the late
Lieut.-Col. Anderson, Fort Major, Edinburgh Castle.
On the 18th August, at St. John's, Brooklands, Cheshire,
George Henry, eldest son of the late George Plow-
wright, of Gaywood, Norfolk, to Ellen, younger
daughter of the late John Buttrum, The Park, Not-
tingham. _ _
London, England, 1870-08-23

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A SOUP SPRING.

An American paper announces the discovery of a
spring from which flows a rich soup. When
properly seasoned it is impossible to distinguish it
from chicken soup. Another remarkable property of
the spring is that three pounds of beef
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London, England, 1870-08-23

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