The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-20 00:00:00

THE LOSSES AT VIONVILLE.

A Luxembourg despatch says :---,"The estimated
killed and wounded on both sides during the battle
of Vionville, on Tuesday, was 35,000."

RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO PARIS.
A telegram, dated Berlin, .Aug. 19, says :—Prince
Orloff, the Russian Ambassador at Vienna, has left
for Paris on a diplomatic mission. The German
armies in France number at present above 400,000,
among whom there are 30,000 cavalry. Lubeck is
occupied by 7,000 men to ward off a naval attack.
The French have succeeded in victualling Stras-
burg. The Czar congratulated the Silesian regi-
nent, of which he is colonel, on distinguishing
itself at Wissembourg. Russia has sent 13 surgeons
to the German camp:

THE LOSSES OF PRINCE FREDERICK
CHARLES.

The latest telegram from Paris says no further
hews has yet been received from the seat of war.
All French accounts concur in stating that the
Corps of Prince Frederick Charles has suffered tre-
olendous losses.

The Patrie states that Prince Frederick Charles
11110 was wounded in Tuesday's battle may have to
'undergo amputation.

The Epoca of the 18th contradicts the statement of
Madrid
journals, that a number of boxes had arrived at
4'lachid which it was alleged the Empress of the French
had forwarded to her mother, the Countess Montijo.

GREAT FIRE IN HATTON-GARDEN.
The most extensive fire that has taken place in the
neighbourhood of Hatton-garden for a long time past
11,4PPened this morning between the hours of four and five
clock in the large range of premises belonging to Mr. S.
Josephs, a furniture broker, situate in Hatton-yard, and
extending into and forming No. 23, Hatton-wall, Hatton-
garden. The flames when first discovered were raging in
on.e of the stores, a building three floors high, and
60 feet long, and before sufficient time had elapsed
for an engine to arrive another store of two
floors, 40 feet long, also became ignited. The
two buildings contained some thousand pounds worth
of furniture, which proved such a powerful auxiliary to the
flames that they rushed through the roof, and out of the
different windows with such fury as to threaten every
building near. With all possible expedition the engines
of the Metropolitan Brigade from Farringdon-street,
Watling-street, and the more distant stations attended,
but in spite of the most strenuous exertions of
the firemen some hours elapsed ere the conflagra-
tion could be conquered, and not until a serious amount of
Property was destroyed, which is thus officially returned
to the Board of Works :—" Hatton-yard and 23, Hatton-
Hatton-garden.—Mr. S. Josephs, furniture broker.
41,.. building of 60 feet by 22 feet, burned out and fallen
d"rn; and a building of two floors, 40 feet by 20 feet, and
contents very severely damaged by fire and part of roof
ct Both used as stores adjoining and communicating."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Tms DAY.
BETWEEN THE WIND AND THE NOBILITY. —A cab driver
4141xled Day, who is also proprietor of his own cab, was
summoned at the Westminster Police-court by the police
L°l' furiously driving his horse and cab close to the Houses
°! Parliament. The police evidence tended to shew that
,uae defendant was driving at the rate of ten miles
-an
4°llr across the junction of Bridge-street, Westminster,
.411(1 Parliament-street, and they were compelled to get in
'rant of the horse and stop it. Defendant said he was
going at a fair pace, about seven or eight miles an hour,
and alleged that Mr. Gladstone was crossing the road, and
he Police, to show their activity in presence of the
Premier made a case out of nothing. There was a road
jbal at that point, but it had not been used for some time.
• Reny Rogers, a gentleman, who was riding in the
said he took a man from St. James's-street to the
'l.lollfies of Parliament. The cabman went about seven
miles an hour, and he considered it his duty to prove that
Gladstone
man was not doing anything wrong, and had not Mr.
`'ladstone been crossing nothing would have been heard
of it. Mr. Selfe said Mr. Gladstone's life was evidently more
reePected than anybody else's by the police at the corner.
Mr Rogers said he was a staunch Conservative, and per-
, aPs that did not improve the case of Mr. Gladstone, as
41' as he was concerned. Mr. Selfe considered that the
man was guilty of driving to the common danger on the
PrePondering evidence of the police, and ordered him to
Pay the costs of the summons and not offend again. It
Was stated that Mr. Gladstone had himself exonerated
eade
man, and declined to hear of any such charge being
to.
I„,ll°BBERusis IN THE DOCK.—James Allway, a dock
uourer, aged 35 years, was brought before Mr. Lushing-
‘un, at the Thames Police-court, charged with being in the
litilawful possession of two tins of preserved lobsters. The
vtisoner was detected by Northage, a dock constable,
el?aing out of the dock with the tins in his possession.
said that he bought them ; afterwards he declared
the
e3' Were given to him by the captain of a ship, and
bl 3, that he picked them up in the dock. Northage
lieved that the tins of preserved lobsters had been
stolen from some ship in the dock where the prisoner had
b"n at work. Mr. Paget said it was necessary to make a
severe example of persons who pilfered things in the
dock and sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprison-
Meat and hard labour. William Baley, a dock constable,
-O,,aeL,awfuid forty years, was charged with being in the
possession of a bottle of mixed,
Pickles, a small bag of dried plumbs, two tubes, and a
filet in the London Dock. John Adams stopped the
Prisoner with the things in his possession, and he said he
Quid produce the man who had given them to him, which
: e nos, repeated. Inspector Hamilton, of the Dock Police,
~,1d the tubes had been used to extract some wine from
the casks in the docks, and were bent to prevent drinkers
agling the vapour of strong rum and brandies. The
ihtnlet had been
used to pierce casks. Mr Paget said
sho the cas
e was one of a very suspicious nature, and he
t
„ileuld remand the prisoner until Thursday next, one of
three days he should preside next week.