The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-23 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

OZOKERIT (PATENTED).

Ir INAHAN'S LL WHISKY.- DUBL EN
x. • EXHIBITION, 1865.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded "Kina-
han's " LL Whisky.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Gold
Medal.
Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd. at the Retail Housei ii London ; by the
Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.

THE CONTINENTAL WINE COMPANY.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
Superior Wines from the best Vintages, at the following Low
Prices, viz,
CLARET . . . . from 14s. to 725.
SHERRY
PORT
CHAMPAGNE • • . .
MOSFLT,E . " 30s. to 725.
N.B.—Carriage Free within a radius of five
Other Wines pro ratio.
25, TAVISTOCK-STREET,
AND
14, SOUTHAMPTON-STREET,
STRAND, W.C.

THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL.
(SNOW-HILL STATION),
BIRMINGH AM.
" One of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels
in the three kingdoms.' --The Field, July 31, 1869.

THE ST. GO TH ARD RAILWAY.

One of the prObable results of the present war between
France and Prussia may be the delaying for an indefinite
period of the completion of the St. Gothard Railway,
about which there has been such a turmoil in the French
political world. The sum required to complete this rail-
way is $20,000,000, of which a portion only has as yet
been subscribed. $2,000,000 are to be contributed by the
North German Confederation, $4,000,000 by Switzer-
land, $600,000 by Baden, $400,000 by Wurtemberg,
1,400,000 dols. by Genoa, 500,000 dols. by Milan, and
200,000 dols. by the Upper Italian railways. The
utility of the St. Gothard line, however, seems doubtful,
unless for political mid military purposes. And here it
may be stated, as a curious circumstance, that the first
news of the probable war between France and Prussia
which reached Habana was in a Cable telegram to a
foreign merchant there as follows :—`e Prussia refuses to
give explanations about the Saint Gothard Rail-
road. War imminent." Nothing was said about
this in other despatches. It is certain, never-
theless, that the question of a new railroad to
connect North Germany with Italy through Switzer-
land by means of a tunnel beneath St. Gothard,
has been the occasion of serious apprehension on the part
of the French. The Alps have four principal passages—
that of Mont Cenis, where a tunnel has been nearly
finished, the Simplon, the St. Gothard and the Splugen.
The first lies between Savoy and Italy, the other three
between Switzerland and Italy. Austria, as is
well known, covets a railroad by the Splugen
pass as much as North Germany desires a
connection by way of St. Gothard. A treaty
between Italy, Switzerland, and North Germany for the
construction of a tunnel under the latter mountain was
signed on the 20th of June last, North Germany agreeing
to pay its subvention before the Ist of January next, the
time for completing the tunnel being fixed at 12 years.
The plan of Prussia was comprehensive, and involved the
building of a railroad that should connect its ports on the
North Sea, by way of Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Baden, and
Switzerland with the ports of Trieste and Brindisi"—
Philadelphia Ledger.