The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-20 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, JULY 19.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied
by Princess Louise, and her Majesty walked in the
grounds this morning with Princess Louise and Princess
Beatrice.

Their Royal Highnesses Princess Victoria and Princess
Maude of Wales arrived at Osborne yesterday.

The Duchess of Sutherland also arrived on o. visit to her
Majesty.

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Colonel
Elphinstone and Lieutenant Pickard, arrived at Osborne
to-day from Canada. His Royal Highness was met at
Trinity Pier, East Cowes, by the Queen and their Royal
Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, on his
landing from her Majesty's yacht Alberta from her Ma-
jesty's ship Crocodile, Captain G. H. Parker. Colonel
G. A. Maude was in attendance upon her Majesty on
horseback.

The Queen held a Council to-day, at which were
present the Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Kim-
berley, Viscount Sydney, and Lord Dufferin and Clan-
deboye.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY.
Lord Holland's third afternoon party at Holland House.
Mrs. Henry Bruce's assembly.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " BUN.")

SIR,— In your first Leader this morning you observe :
"The attitude assumed by England in the presence of
this disastrous and most deplorable outbreak of war
between France and Prussia is worthy of her dignity, being
that of a strict and watchful neutrality." Now, although
that statement is very true as regards the Government and
the people generally, it is not so as regards the leading
papers of the day. They are not observing that neutrality
they ought, under the circumstances, to observe, and which
It is their duty to observe if they not wish this nation to
be mixed up in she lamentable quarrel. You point out
the situation very correctly when you say —" Seeing
that as yet we have nothing whatever to do with
the dreadful contest now commencing, it is
most desirable that we should, one and all, emulate the
dignified course pursued, in this way, at this dire emer-
gency, by our most conspicuous politicians."
It is especially important that the press of this country
should assume this position.—l am, &c.,

J. S. LOWE.
8, Charter-house-buildings, Aldersgate-street,
London, July 19, 1870.

M. de Girardin has given ten thousand francs to
the Paris Association for Succouring the Wounded on the
Field of Battle. Subscriptions are pouring in.

Sir R. Phillimore is to pronounce judgment on
Saturday next in the case of " Sheppard v. Bennett," in
which the defendant, who is vicar of Frome, is accused of
heresy.

The Liverpool Mercury says that a movement on
foot in Liverpool for holding lay services in private
houses, halls, &c., in connection with the Established
Church has met with much encouragement.

It was reported on Sunday at Portsmouth that
one of the Royal yachts would proceed at once to a Con-
tinental port, to convey to this country the Crown Prin-
cess of Prussia (Princess Royal of England) on a visit to
her Majesty the Queen at Osborne.
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An Admiralty order has been received directing the
immediate entry of a number of extra hands at the Royal
William Victualling Yard, at Plymouth, which has of
late been worked at quarter power, with a view to the
doubling of the make of ship-biscuit and bread.
Information was on Monday received at the Board
of Trade from the Foreign Office that a notice has been
issued by the North German Government stating that on
the northern coast of Germany orders have been given to
take up the sea-marks, to withdraw the lightships, and to
extinguish the fixed lights.

The presentation of the freedom of the City to M.
de Lesseps is to take place on Saturday, the 30th inst.
The ceremony will be performed in the Guildhall, under
the presidency of the Lord Mayor,and the address convey-
ing the freedom will be enclosed in a handsome gold box
of the value of 100 guineas. ,

The report that the Government do not intend at
present to fill up the vacancy in the Court of Appeal in
Chancery, caused by the death of Lord Justice Giffard,
will form the subject of a question to be put to the
Attorney-General on Thursday, by Mr. George Gregory,
who will inquire as to the truth of the report.

At the Tipperary Assizes on Monday Patrick
Curran was convicted of the wilful murder of Patrick
Gorman, near Clonmel, and was sentenced to death. The
cause of the murder, which was committed in March
last, appeared to be jealousy. Curran waylaid the de-
ceased, and struck him with a stone, which killed him
instantaneously.
A short time ago a publican at Liverpool was
fined one hundred pounds for using his- house for the pur-
poses of betting. He appealed against the conviction,
and it was on Monday quashed by the Recorder, who held
that it was not sufficient merely to show that betting
took place in the house, but that the defendant took part
in it.
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Vice-Admiral Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton,
K.C.8., has hoisted his flag at °Portsmouth, on board the
St. Vincent, as commander-in-chief of he Channel
squadron, under the customary salutes from that ship as
well as the Duke of Wellington. Admiral Yelverton's
flag was afterwards shifted to his own flag-ship the
Minotaur, Captain J. G Goodenough.

Several roughs were on Monday brought up an
the Clerkenwell Police-court, on a charge of havint
violently assaulted the police while conveying to prisog
some of the Sunday gamblers who carry on their gam-
blers who carry on their operations in the north of
London. The magistrate refused to inflict a fine' and
sent each of the defendants to prison for a month with
hard labour.

The First Lord of the Admiralty will be asked on
Thursday, by Mr. Laird, whether, in order to test by
actual experiment at sea the many novelties in the con-
struction, and also in the mode of arranging and placing
the armament of the four new ironclad ships of the Van-
guard class, viz., Vanguard, Invincible, Audacious, and
Iron Duke, it is his intention to send any of these vessels
to sea on a trial cruise, or on the next cruise of the Chan-
nel Fleet.