The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-21 00:00:00

BRITISH EXPORTS.

The return of the declared value of the exportations of
British produce and manufactures during the first half of
1870 is of exceptional interest, since it comprises a period
of peace, which at the end of the year will have to be corn-.
pared with one of war. The figures are very satisfactory,
and indicate that throughout the world commerce was
thoroughly regaining the career of rapid progress that was
interrupted by the disasters of 1866. In 1867 and 1868,
instead of the regular annual increase, the totals of our
trade experienced a reduction ; but in the first half of 1869
a recovery of 8 per cent. was exhibited, which is followed
on the present occasion by a further increase of between 6
and 7 per cent

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.

John Prest, John Jackson, Henry Harrison, and Richard
Cookson, Warrington, implement agents; so far as
regards Henry Harrison and Richard Cookson.

BANKRUPTS.
Harbord, William, Gracechurch-street, City, merchant.
To surrender in London October 6, at 12.

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived in town
yesterday evening from Hawarden Castle. Mr. W. H.
Gladstone has arrived at Hawarden from Switzerland.

The Lord Chancellor will relieve the Right Hon.
G. J. Goschen in attendance on Her Majesty towards the
close of the ensuing week.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A. telegram states that
yesterday morning a terrible accident occurred at Belmont-
crescent, Hillhead, Glasgow, where one of a range of
houses, four storeys in height, gave way as the workmen
were descending the scaffold. Eleven men were buried in
the ruins. Five or six lives have been lost. Others are
not expected to recover.

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FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE. - The marriage of
Mr. Henry Stourton, of Holme Hall, son of the late
Hon. Philip Stourton, and Miss Lydia Washington Hib-
bert, daughter of Captain and Mrs. Washington Hibbert,
was solemnised on Monday according to the rites of the
Catholic Church, in the Church of the Assumption,
formerly known as the Bavarian Chapel, in Warwick-
street, Regent-street. The bride and bridegroom
and wedding party met at the church shortly after
eleven o'clock, the bridegroom being accompanied by
the Hon. Albert Petre, who acted as ” best man." On
the arrival of the bride she was received by the following
ladies, her bridesmaids, viz., Miss Evelyn Towneley, Miss
Winnifred Stourton, Miss Josephine Herbert, Miss
Evelyn_ Greenwood, 111 i ss Agnes Howard, the Hon. Win-
nifred Maxwell, the Misses Mildred and Gwendolin
de Trafford, Miss Gwendolin Petre, and Miss Ethel
Tempest. The bride wore a dress of white glace with
volants of white crepe, edged by rouleaux of white satin,
with white crepe tunic flounced with Brussels lace ; head-
dress, wreath of orange blossoms and veil of Brussels lace.
The several bridesmaids were similarly attired in white
tarlatane dresses, trimmed with honeycomb bouillons and
white satin ribbon bindings and double tunics to correspond,
edged flouncing and tablier forming front trimming ; head-
dress, tulle veils and wreaths of the lily of the valley; new
basque and sash to correspond. The Rev. Father Clare,
S.J., assisted by the Rev. 0. Shanahan, by permission of
the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Talbot, were the officiating clergy-
men. After the marriage ceremony the wedding party
adjourned to Captain and Mrs. Washington Hibbert's
residence, in Dover-street, to partake of breakfast. A
sumptuous dejezlner was provided for about 80 relatives
and friends in the spacious ball-room. About 20 minutes
past two o'clock the happy couple left town for Whitley
Abbey, Warwickshire, to spend the honeymoon. The
bridal presents were numerous, and some of a costly
description. The bride's trousseau was furnished by
Madame Verdie, of George-street. The dresses of the
bridesmaids were from the establishment of Russell and
Allen, of Old Bond-street.

NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN DENMARK AND FRANCE.
—ln a Copenhagen journal appears a tr ecinct account of
the diplomatic interchanges which took place between
France and Denmark at the outbreak of the war, with a
view to an alliance. At the time, it says, when France
declared war against Prussia the Danish General Raasloff
happened to be in Paris. He had no diplomatic character,
but the French Ministry not unnaturally regarded him as
a fit person to be the bearer of negotiations between the
two Governments, for General Raasloff was formerly
Minister of War, and originated the system of army
reorganisation carried out since 1866. Marshal
Lebceuf therefore confides to him the project of
a treaty of alliance between France and Denmark. This
instrument stipulated that the army of Denmark should
be added to the expedition to the Baltic Sea which was
then preparing, and that in return, the little state should,
at the conclusion of peace, have back the whole of the
Duchy of Schleswig. General Raasloff conveyed this
treaty scheme to Copenhagen, and soon after the Duke of
Cadorna followed him. He met with a diverse reception.
Some of the Ministers were favourable to the scheme :
some the reverse—the latter finally preventing it through
their representations that the military organisation of
France was not yet to be compared to that of Germany,
So far the story may be all very well ; but the re-
mainder has by no means so plausible an appearance. It
is added that King Christian resolved to keep quiet
because Count Bismarck assured him, as the reward of his
neutrality, that the old promise about restoring the
northern part of Schleswig should be kept, and that the
fortifications of Duppel and Alsen should be demolished.
It is hardly. likely that at any rate Count Bismarck would
have promised the latter stipulation. There is unques-
tionably, says the Plensburger Norddentsche Zeitung, a war
party in the Danish Cabinet, and it is impossible to tell
what might have happened, had not Weissenburg and
Woerth given such an unexpected turn to the war.