The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-29 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND THE WAR.

The correspondent of the Eastern Budget at St. Peters'
burg says, writing on the 20th inst. :—" M. Thiers is e%.
petted to arrive here in a few days. From what I hear
in Government circles, there is no prospect of his mission
being successful, for Russia will neither mediate between
the belligerents nor recognise the French Republic. Her
policy is one of strict neutrality, and she will only recog"
nise such a Government in France as can give guarantees
for securing peace to the country, both abroad and at home•
Speaking of the Russian press, another correspondent in
the same city adds :—The feeling towards France is still
very favourable here. In the press her warmest advo-
cate is the Moscow Gazette, which, in a recent number or
deavoured to prove that it was not France who originated
the Crimean war, but England, who has always been the
cause of Russia's misfortunes, and whose interests are in
collision with those of Russia at all points. The other
papers are also mostly on the French side.

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A BOAT.
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The New York Herald publishes some particulars
respecting the perilous voyage across the Atlantic of that
little two-ton boat, the City of Ragusa, which sailed from Liverpool on the 2nd of June last, and arrived at Boston
on the Bth of September, after a passage of ninety-nee
days from Liverpool, and eighty from Queenstown. John
Charles Charles Buckley, who conceived and directed the voyage'
is a middle-aged and intelligent Irishman, belonging '7,
Dublin, and the companion who accompanied him is
middle-aged Austrian, by the name of Nicholas Priraoras
—both old followers of the sea. The boat in which the,'
sailed across the ocean is a very small one ; 11,3,er
length over all is only twenty feet, her bread
less than six, she draws only about two feet °'
water, she is a fraction less than two tons burtheni
and spreads between seventy and eighty yards
canvas. They cleared for New York, but Captain Buckley
changed his mind afterwards, and made for Boston;
taking the northern course, or substantially the
same one taken by the Cambria in her rit
with the Dauntless. There were strong westerki
winds almost from the beginning of the journ,,,,ee
to the end, and two or three heavy gales.
first thirty-five days of the voyage, the weather was ril'
formly rough, and not for a moment during this whole tie
did either Captain Buckley or his fellow tar enjoy tot
luxury of a stitch of dry clothing. The water lw
the
only poured in upon them over the deck, but
barque commenced leaking badly, and one man had to P
constantly working the little hand pumps, which they Weis4
fortunately provided with. For three weeks or more 011.1
had to subsist on raw meat.and hard bread. Their
day's run, however, was, under these trying circumstanees•
when they made 153 miles. Their slowest day's r 0,,.;
eleven miles ; but the average speed of the entire voYsbi
was about four knots per hour. On the 4th ef
July they encountered a heavy storm • but in spite
it they commemorated the day, and drank the health o'
General Grant and all his relatives. They spoke varil
vessels, going and coming, but only on two occasions t's,
they require any stores or assistance. The City of Rag`.'
was to remain at• Boston for a few days to undergo repwl
and then Capain Buckley was intending to sail her pallor,
to New York. He says he is glad the journey is p° of
and, although he never had any serious doubts ah°,;,
being successful, he does not care to undertake the exPe''
meat again.

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The wife of the Rev. W. Morley Punshon died 4311
Friday in Canada.
THE HEIRS OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.—The
of Sir Sir Francis Drake and after the property of that illd
129,
trious navigator in England. On August 24 they liehe,
meeting, ..to the number of 200, at the Brandreth
New York city. Charles Brainard, of Newburg,
York, was chairman, and Dr. Beckwick, of Philadelvo;'. ,
secretary. The estates they are after, they say, are, if is
ted in Devonshire and elsewhere, and their of
estimated by the 200 heirs at $125,000,000. At the deattut
Sir Francis, they say, these estates were entailed,
early in the 17th century the entail was cut off and thols
got mixed. Now they want to straighten them out, aniu
dating back to a descendant of Sir Francis, who lands der
America in 1642, they are going for his estates. In °r cis
to get possession, however, it is necessary to raise flit/the
to pay current expenses, and this was the object of,tee
Brandreth Hotel meeting, which appointed a comnalb
for that purpose. The present occupiers of the Inet
estates had better look out ; the American Drakes are 3
them.—Times' American Correspondent.
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