The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-01 00:00:00

MORNING.

M. DE LESSEPS.

On Saturday afternoon the Freedom of the dity of
London was presented to M. le Viserate De Lessep; at a
special Court of Common Council, held in the grea. hall,
Guildhall. The Lord Mayor presided, and there was a
full attendance of aldermen and members of the Common
Council, besides a large number of the general public, in-
cluding Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., Professor Owen;
and others. M. de Lesseps was introduced
.by Mr.' Deputy White and Mr. Wheatley,
the mover.and seconder of the motion to confer upon him
the freedoin Of the City. • ' - •
Mr. Scott, the Chainberlain of London, in making the
presentation on behalf of the Corporation, said that the
name of M. de Lesseps wound be inscribed!beSide those of
men like Cobden and Peabody; who, like M. de Lesseps,
had gained bloodless victories. (Cheers.) One great poet
had said—
" Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than war."
and it was a prevalent conviction of the ptesent age that
such achievements as the construction of the Suez Canal
conferred a- higher glory, and conduced to greater
triumphs than those of the most successful warrior. (Re-
newed applause.)
M. de Lesseps, in reply, made a speech in the French
language, in the course of which he' acknowledged the
compliment that had been paid to him, and remarked that
in order to add to the stability of the council, he recog-
nised the importance of England directing her traffic
through the new water way. (Cheers.)
On the motion of Mr. Deputy Robert Taylor, it was
resolved that the address of the chamberlain...v.4A the
reply thereto should be entered in the journals of fife
Court.
The proceedings then terminated.

LAW AND POLICE.

SERIOUS FRAUD.-At the Nottingham Assizes a frame-
work knitter. named Matthew Buxton has been sentenced
to fifteen months' imprisonment with hard labour for de-
frauding the Midland Railway Company under somewhat
singular circumstances. Buxton had been injured in an
accident which occurred on tin; company's line at Mans-
field Junction, and had succeeded by " shamming" serious
illness in obtaining from the . company conlpensation to
the amount of £l5O and £213 costS. His sudden recovery
•tiftei obtitinihg this; compensation .raised suspicions as to
the truth.of his representations,-and he was brought to
trial-on. a charge of frzind, with the•resiilt stated.

AUG UST 1, 18

DEATH OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF-CON STABLE
OF GLAMORGANSHIRE.
The death is announced of Mr. James Thomas, deputy
chief-constable for the county. He died on Friday evening
suddenly at Pontypridd.

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT LEICESTER.

About eleven o'clock on Friday night one of the most
terrible fires that has broken out in this town for some
years past occurred in a four-storied building, in Brown-
street. Owing to the combustible material Contained on
the premises (elastic web, hosiery, &c.),. the fire spread
with great rapidity, and illuminated the sky for several
Miles around. The premises at one end were completely
gutted. Durinc, the progress of the conflagration part of
the walls fell' in with a tremendous crash, thus
placing the lives of the firemen in great danger. The
damage is estimated at considerably over ten thousand
pounds. The fire was still raging at one o'clock on Satur-
day morning.

THE SINKING OF THE MAIL STEAMER
NORMANDY.

Sir R. J. Phillimore gave judgment on Saturday in the
case of the Normandy v. the Mary. It will be remembered
that the mail steamer Normandy, while on her passage
from Southampton to the Channel Islands, on the 17th of
March last, was sunk by collision with the screw-steamer
Mary, when the captain, engineers, and a portion of the
crew of the Normandy were lost. An injunction had b'
granted to restrain all 'MEOns for loss ag
either owners until after the case had b,
decided by the Admiralty Court, in which cro,
suits were instituted. The court now hel
that the Normandy was solely to blame for the collision,
by reason of running at a high rate of speed during foggy
weather ; while the Mary had not contributed in any way
to the disaster, but was navigated in a most careful
manner. The absence of the white light from the mast-
head was held to be immaterial, under the circumstances;
and at any rate the court was of opinion that it had been
trimmed and replaced without any unnecessary delay.

ALLEGED COLLUSION TO OBTAIN A
DIVORCE.

At the Court of Divorce on Saturday, the case of
Amott v. Amott and Amott was set down for hearing be-
fore a special jury. In this case the petitioner was the
celebrated draper in St. Paul's-churchyard, and a few
months ago he obtained a decree against his
wife on the ground of her alleged adultery
with her husband's own brother, who was in
partnership with him. Before the time came round
for the rule to be made absolute the Queen's Proctor made
inquiries, and it was now sought to prove that there was
collusion between the parties, and the petition ought
therefore to be dismissed. It was stated on Saturday by
Dr. Tristram, on behalf of the petitioner, that his client
would consent to the petition being dismissed. The
Attorney-General, who appeared for the Queen's Proctor,
said he presumed the Court would have no objection to
this course being adopted. The Judge Ordinary said
there would be no objection to this, and the petition was
accordingly dismissed.

ALLEGED ILLEGAL SEIZURE OF AN IRON

STEAMER.

But the time is come for deeds, not words, and
the French soldiers will not be very bcvere critics
of the Imperial style. With the Prussians in
_sight
they will forget even that most unlucky reference to
Mexico. No one doubts the courage of French
Idiers. No one doubts that they understand-when
are well led. Probably the presence of Marshal
DAC:MAHON inspires them with more confidence than
the appeal to the memories of Mexico. The time is
come when generalship will count for more than
rank, when skilfulness in manoeuvre and valour in
combat will avail more than any name, even than
that of BONAPARTE itself. In truth this has been
shewn already. Prince NAPOLEON was •to
have had a command in the North, but
(a French journal is our authority) • " the
entire body of officers, held a meeting and protested
against his Highness's appointment; and General
fnocitu, second in command, carried this remon-
strance to the EMPEROR, who instantly suppressed
his cousin's commission and granted the chief autho-
rity to his subordinate." Shnultaneously we learn
that Admiral BOUET WILLAUMEZ, who com-
mands the French fleet in the Baltic, in-
sisted that the Prince should have no
control over the military perations at sea.
Evidently French soldiers, while quite willing to pay
respect to the EMPEROR, are not at all willing to
commanded by Prince "PLON PLON" who eleven
years ago always arrived in the Italian battlefields
just in time to be too late. His cousins will leant
from this incident that much depends upon their
personal prowess. lithe invalid of 02 and the boy
of 14, who arrived at Metz on Thursday, should
quail before the zundnadelv ovehr it may go hard
with the .BoNArAßTES.—Eastern Morning .Nows.