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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-19

RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA.

The report of Russia having joined Prussia in the con-
flict is discredited by the principal London firms, but at
the moment when it was circulated the agitation on the
Stock Eichange was beyond control. It is believed that,
so far from Russia having prematurely abandoned a
neutral position, she has made most earnest and honour-
able efforts to arrest the determination of France, and
would still, in conjunction with England, gladly seize any
opportunity to prevent by mediation the danger of a
European conflagration.

The French authorities have seized on board a sailing
bark 700 muskets intended for the Carlists. It is expected
that other attempts will be made by the Carlists to con-
vey arms into Spain.
An order has been received in Birmingham for 80,000
rifles, and their destination is presumed to be France, as
they are to be conveyed to the coast in waggons of the
South-Eastern Railway Company.

An order has been received at the postal telegraph
offices that no messages are to be received in cipher for
transmission to France.

One of the Queen's Royal yachts will proceed at once
to a Continental port, to convey to this country the Crown
Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal of England), on a visit
to her Majesty the Queen at Osborne.
Information has been received from the Foreign Office
chat a notice has been issued by the North German
Government stating that on the northern coast of Ger-
many orders have been given to take up the sea marks,
to withdraw the light ships, and to extinguish the fixed
tights.

The French fleet is on the way to the Prussian ports,
-Ind declaration of blockade may be expected to-day. In
inch case ships of the hostile Power are required to leave
mmediately, but neutrals are allowed six days to clear.
An official notification has been posted at Lloyd's an-
touncing the removal by the Prussian Government of its
ighta and land marks in the Baltic.

THE THRONE OF SPAIN.

The Imparcial of Madrid announces that the question
of convoking the Cortes is again being discussed with a
view to invest the Regent with the attributes of Royalty.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
ROCHESTER ELECTION.
POLLING NINE O'CLOCK.
Goldsmid (L) ... 221
Fox (C) 87
Liberal return.

POLLING ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Conservative Return.
Goldsmid (L) ... .. ... ... 562
Fox (C) ... ... 283
Another return.

Goldsmid
Fox

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Goldsmid
Fox

Two O'CLOCK.

Goldsmid .... ...

Fox

Goldsmid
Fox

THREE O'CLOCK.

CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Goldsmid (L) ... ... ...
Fox (C) ... ... ... ...

513
479 .

BRECON ELECTION.
HALF-PAST TWELVE.
Gwynne Holford ... 343
Price ... ... 291
There are about 60 to poll. All polled at the Castle.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Gwynne Holford 370
Price ... ... 318
About thirty-two more electors are yet unpolled.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE CHASSEPOT AND THE NEEDLE GUN.

The result of the struggle which is about to take
place between two of the most powerful countriesin
the world, it has been justly observed, will not de-
pend as heretofore on numbers or valour alone, but
upon the superiority of terribly effective military
weapons. The brevity of the 1860 campaign of the
Prussian army was chiefly due to the rapidity of
firing afforded to the troops by the Ziindnadelgewehr,
or needle gun, as well as the excellency of the aim
they were enabled to take with the weapon. This
gun appears to have originally been de-
signed by an English maker, a Mr. Moser
of Kennington, in 1831. He gave it the
name of a muzzle-loading rifle of a superior class, but
appreciation of its qualities was not exhibited to any
marked degree in this country, and the patentee
accordingly sought foreign patronage for his novelty.
It was in 1848 that Moser's gun, then improved and
made into a breech-loader by a gunmaker of Som-
mala, named Dreysa, was introduced into the line
regiments of Prussia. The principle, briefly stated, is
the driving of a pointed piston or "needle," by the
action of a spiral spring (such as is used in the manu-
facture of children's toy guns) into a small case of ful-
minate, contained in, and situated between, the powder
and the bullet of a single cartridge. In the action of
opening the breech, the spiral spring is set by the
trigger ; and thus the trigger, when pulled, • releases
into operation this spiral spring, which, in its turn,
forces the needle into the cartridge and fires the
piece. Upon this oldest form of the Prussian needle
gun various improvements have, in late years, taken
place, and the weapon is now so perfect that a large
number of shots e.an be discharged with ease in
one minute. The ChassepOt, the rifle of the
French soldiers, has been a much more difficult gun
to make than the needle gun, and its cost is consi-
derably in excess of that for the latter. It is, however,
said to give a better aim, and in consequence of a
differently shaped bullet is expected to prove more
fatal in its effects. A. larger charge of powder can,
moreover, be admitted into the barrel, and its inter-
nal arrangements preclude the possibility of any
portion of the cartridge case being left behind in the
gun after firing, a fault which has been experienced
to a serious degree in the rival fire-arm.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE .GULF STREAM.

Every one knows the influential force exercised by
she Gulf Stream on the most distant parts of the
earth. The atmosphere of the tropics is affected by
it, and the shivering inhabitants of Iceland shiver no
more when the mighty stream puts forth its utmost
power. For a long time the Gulf Stream has been
falling into a state of anecdotage, and even
Lothair had his joke at the expense of
this perpetual cause of something. M. Agassiz,
the distinguished savant, has contributed a paper to
the Revue des Cours Scientifiques, in which he says
that the stream possesses a fauna of its own which
still requires classification. Along the coast of
Florida he divides it into three zones, the last of these
beginning at a depth of about 60 fathoms, and de-
scending to 200 or 250. According to M.
Agassiz, the bed of this zone is rocky,
calcareous, and almost exclusively composed of
organised bodies. While the fauna of this submarine
table-land are innu erable, and many of them
unknown, the flora is very scanty, and cuts but a
poor figure when compared to the numerous algae

and sponges which crowd the coast of Florida. The
distinguished naturalist, Edward Forbes, believed
that the deeper we descend into the Aea the more
does animal life diminish. But if M. Agassiz's
theory be correct, this belief must be modified, and
the Gulf Stream will have a new lease of popu-
larity.
London, England, 1870-07-19

SPECIAL EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK.

THIS EVENING'S NEWS.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTINGDON RACES.—THIS DAY.
OW ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
KIMBOLTON CUP.
Queen of the Valley
La Giroflee
Sister to Ravioli

Five ran.
PEEL HANDICAP.

Nightingall
Dolphin

1
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Eight ran.
HUNTINGDONSHIRE STAKES.

Toby —
The Boy
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London, England, 1870-07-19

Doori open at Seven. dommence at 7.30.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE SCHOOL FOR SCA/A DAL. Mr.
Terry, Mr. D. James, Joyce ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E.
Buf ton, Hughes, and E. Fowler.
And THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
London, England, 1870-07-19

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

Lord OTHO FITZGEEALD brought up the reply to an
address to her Majesty, praying her to appoint a commis-
sion to inquire into the law relating to friendly societies.
I ter Majesty stated that she had given directions for a
commission to issue for the purpose in question.

SECRET TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND

DENMARK.

Mr. A. SEYMOUR, the member for Salisbury, gave
n )tice t at on Thursday next he should ask the First Lord
of the Treasury whether the Government had any infor-
mation other than that furnished by the newspapers as to
the existence of a secret treaty between France and Den-
m irk, and whether at any time during the last six months
a formal proposal for mutual disarmament had been mad.:
by France to Prussia, and refused by the latter Power, r
st,..tted by French and English journals.
London, England, 1870-07-19

LIVERPOOL AND THE WAR,

The breaking out of war between Prussia and France
will not interfere materially with the emigration trade of
Liverpool so far as German emigrants are concerned, as
the bulk of the emigration has latterly been through Ham-
burg and other German ports. Should Denmark, Sweden,
and Norway, however, become involved' the emigration
through Liverpool will be seriously interfered with, large
numbers of emigrants having recently come forward from
those countries. Contracts for the passage of French
emigrants from Havre to Liverpool have been made
Several of the principal German merchants of Liverpool
have issued a circular calling upon their fellow countrymen
to attend a meeting to be held to-morrow for the discus-
sion of the great cause of Fatherland, and the duties
thereby imposed on all Germans. Affairs in the share and
produce markets were yesterday in a state of great confu-
sion and excitement in consequence of the rumour that
Russia had decided to unite with Prussia. Numerous
failures are expected in the cotton trade, which is at
present in a most critical state.

THE NEW VICE-WARDEN OF THE STANNA-

HIES COVRT.

The Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, has con-
ferred the Vice-Wardenship of the Stannaries Court on
Mr. Herbert Fisher, Keeper of the Privy Seal in his
Royal Highness's household. Mr. Fisher was formerly
connected with the Western Circuit, and also private
tutor to the Prince, but he withdrew from this circuit
several years ago.
London, England, 1870-07-19

SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE,
S • Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution
affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin,
especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home
for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED.
Bankers, ndon and South Western (Holloway Branch).
HUGH R. GOUGH, Hon. Sec.
London, England, 1870-07-19

ENGLISH PRESS.

The correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs that
General Lebceuf refuses to allow any newspaper corre-
spondent to follow the French army. Another telegram
states that M. 011ivier is much hurt by the attitude
which the English press has taken up in the dispute be-
tween France and Prussia, and that he declares the war
has been caused by the insult which the latter Power has
offered to the former.
London, England, 1870-07-19

RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT

WHrrus m C-M AIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of
1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred .Medical
Men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment
of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its
effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-
Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep.
A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the
body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu-
facturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 2es. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A
Double Truss, 31s.ed., -Ps., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Um-
bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post
office, Piccadilly. _

NEW PATENT
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &C. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like
an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each
POatage, 6d. -
JOHN Warm Manviacturer, 225, Piccadilly

CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES
of tht CHEST, Victoria Park.
Special APPEAL for the NEW WING.
Amount still required, £4;000.
Number of beds now occupied, 120.
Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164.
The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street.
HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec.
Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE NEW AMERICAN MINISTER.

We are asked, says the Daily News, to correct the
statement that Mr. Theodore Frelinghuysen, who has
been nominated to succeed Mr. Motley as United States
Minister at the Court of St. James, was originally a mem-
ber of the Democratic party, but adhered to that section
of it which heartily joined in the prosecution of the Union
war. Mr. Frelinghuysen has been fromthe commenement
of his political career a consistent member of the party
which under the name, first of Whig, and afterwards of
Republican, opposed the Democratic policy of Southern
ascendancy and the extension of slavery. These princi-
ples are -hereditary with Mr. Frelinghuysen, his father
having been in 1844 the Whig candidate for the Vice-
Presidency of the Union when the illustrious Henry Clay
stood, on the same nomination, for the. Presidency. The
election turned on the annexation of Texas in the interest
of the slaveowners, which Mr. Clay opposed. It is in-
teresting to recollect that this election first introduced
Abraham Lincoln to public life. The speeches which he
made when he stumped Illinois for Clay and Frelinghuy-
sen converted a local into a wider reputation, and sent
him from the State Legislature to the House of Represen-
tatives at Washington. Mr. Frelinghuysen, whose name
recalls the time when New York was Nieu Amsterdam,
is as faithful to his heziditary
principles in religion as in
politics, being a leading member of the Dutch Reformed
Church. What is more to the purpose diplomatically,
he is a man of culture, an accomplished gentleman, and
an instructed politician.

The Royal Victoria Yatch Club Regatta is fixed
for the week commencing Monday, August Bth.
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 the 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 tag
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LOTHAIR IN AMERICA.

Mr. Disraeli has little reason to be dissatisfied with
the success attained by his latest novel. In this
country, as we know, it has already run through
several editions, and we now learn from the New
York papers that its circulation has been unprece-
dentedly rapid in the United States. Within six
weeks •of their publication of Lothair, Messrs.
Appleton, of New York, sold fifty-two thousand
copies. The sale in England in the same
period was six thousand, but, of course,
the difference in the • numbers does not
represent an equal difference in the number of
readers on account of the general use of the circu-
lating libraries in England, by which the same copy
passes through many hands. The New York Herald,
which busies itself in making the comparison, says
that " on either side of the Atlantic, the reading
public laid down nearly the ,same sums for the
gratification of its intellectual tastes." In the
United States the different editions were sold at one
and 2 dollars per copy, while in England the price
was equal to 72 dollars. The Herald, however,
thinks it likely that the distinguished statesman,
whose history involves so much of "the American
idea," had more readers across the Atlantic than in
his own country. " Uncle Tom's Cabin," within
the same period after publication, had not sold so
largely as "Lothair."

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THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR.

Intelligence of the declaration of war has reached
America and India and already produced serious
Consequences. Business has been greatly disturbed
by the announcement of hostilities. At Calcutta a
meeting of German merchants has been held for the
Purpose of raising subscriptions in aid of the wounded.
It is reported from the United States that Congress
has received a message from President Grant in
which he urges the importance of attending to mari-
time affairs. He considers it requisite that legisla-
tion should take place with a view of increasing the
commercial marine, and advises the purchase of
foreign vessels. A. Sheffield paper notes that in the
event of a blockade, Sheffield goods for Germany will
for the most part probably be forwarded through Bel-
gium, but the freightage will be heavier. Some of
the departments of Sheffield trade will gain by the
preparations for war.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE WAR VOTES IN FRANCE.

In the Legislative Body the bills presented yesterday
were unanimously agreed to. Other bills, including
the Budget of the City of Paris, will be discussed
to-day.
The Constitutionnel confirms the announcement that
Count Wimpfen has left for Berlin, with the French de-
clarations of war against Prussia.
Mr. Washburn, the United States Minister,' has
accepted the protection of Prussian subjects in France,
after having previously requested the assent of the French
Government.

Le Peuple Francais has has an article entitled "Le
Times' et la Prusse," in which the Imperial organ
says the Times forgets that England made
war on Louis XIV. to prevent a French
prince from occupying the Throne of Spain, and that in
1848 England was on the eve of a rupture with the Go-
vernment of Louis Philippe, because of the " Spanish
marriages." " Can it be said," asks Le Peuple Francais,"
" that a Prussian Prince on the throne of Spain is not as
great a danger for France as a French Prince in the same
position would be to England ?"
London, England, 1870-07-19

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY.

A DANGEROUS PRAOTICE.—WiIIiam Harrison Hislop,
a traveller, residing in Bentinck-street, St. James's, was
brought up at the Marlborough-street Police Court on a
warrant by Costigan, one of the warrant officers, charged
with using threatening language towards his daughter,
Eveline Hislop. The complainant, a little girl, said her
father, the prisoner, came home on the Bth June, having
been absent a week, with his face and hands blackened,
said he would " do for her," and very much alarmed her
and the other children, they not knowing it was their father
at the time. The prisoner's wife gave evidence as to
threats being used towards the complainant, and said the
prisoner was in the habit of illusing her and all the family.
The magistrates after remarking that the act of the
prisoner might have had a dangerous effect on the
children for life, ordered him to find two securities in LlO
each for six months.

FRIGHTFUL CRUELTY TO A CHILD.—A. costermonger
and his wife, named Shacklemere, were brought up at the
Westminster Police-court, charged with shocking cruelty
to a child. The complainant, her own daughter, 14 years
old, was frightfully disfigured in the mouth. A number
of neighbours and witnesses were called, from whose tes-
timony it appeased that the prisoner lived at 24, Paradise-
walk, Chelsea, and for some time past the cries of the girl
have frequently alarmed the neighbours, who appear
deeply to have sympathised with her ill treatment. On
Thursday last her screams attracted attention, and
the father. was then seen to hit her as he would
have struck a man, and to kick her. On
Tuesday the neighbourhood was again put into a state of
great alarm by the child's shrieks, and the woman was
seen beating her in some way while lying upon her back,
and her father was then striking her with the buckle end
of a leathern belt. She was afterwards seen in the yard
bleeding and in a frightful state. Her father then beat
her and made a kick at her. Defendants denied the vio-
lence imputed to them—the mother saying she had never
touched her, and they declared that she was a very bad
girl. Mr. Arnold—Your conduct as parents is likely to
make her a fiend. You are remanded for a week.
London, England, 1870-07-19

ITALY CALLING OUT HER TROOPS.

In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
Signor Sella, the Minister of Finance, announced that the
political situation would cause some changes in the finan-
cial condition of the State, as estimated in the
Budget. He announced that the Government had de-
cided to call out two classes of conscripts, but merely as
a precautionary measure, for the maintenance of public
order.
London, England, 1870-07-19

ADMIRALTY, JULY 16,

The Honourable Frederick Canning Lascelles has been
this day promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in her
Majesty's Fleet, for special service.

SERIOUS FIRE IN THE STRAND.

A serious fire broke out at a few minutes to six o'clock
this morning, in George-court, Strand, just in the rear of
Messrs. Coutts' Bank. It was first discovered on the
premises of Mr. Wilkins, a carpenter, from which it
spread rapidly to the adjoining houses. The engines were
sent for, and the hose from the bank was brought to bear
upon the flames. Every exertion was made, both by the
firemen and the inhabitants, but the fire was not extin-
guished for an hour and a half, and the premises of Mr.
Wilkins were completely destroyed.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE SOUTH GERMAN ARMY.

The New Prussian Cross Gazette announces that the
King has appointed the Crown Prince of Prussia to the
command-in-chief of the South German Army. The
Cross Gazette adds that this appointment is a proof, not
only of how highly important the King considers the post,
but also of the most satisfactory fact—never doubted by
Prussia—that the offensive and defensive affiance would
be faithfully adhered to by all the South German
States.
London, England, 1870-07-19

HER MAJESTY.

• OSBORNE, JULY 18.
The Queen walked in the grounds this morning, accom-
panied by Princess Louise.
Princess Beatrice also went out.
Viscount Halifax has left Osborne.

The Prince Wales, attended by Major Grey, pre-
sided yesterday evening at the annual dinner of the
officers of the Rifle Brigade, at Willis's Rooms.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY.
Lady Penryhn's dance at Mortimer House, Halkin-stye et ,

Belgrave-square.
Lady Mary Nisbet Hamilton's dance, at 33, Cliesham-
pl.ace.
Brighton Regatta.
London, England, 1870-07-19

ENTHUSIASM IN BAVARIA.

An immense crowd went on Sunday afternoon to the
King's Palace, at Munich, notwithstanding the rain, and
expressed their gratitude for his most recent patriotic
resolution, and his fidelity to his confederate duties, and
gave numberless cheers to his Majesty. The multitude
uncovering their heads, sang popular hymns, and Arndt's
song, " Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland."
NEUTRALITY OF SWEDEN.

It is stated that Sweden and Norway will observe
neutrality in the coming struggle. All the journals are in
favour of the maintenance of this attitude.
NEUTRALITY OF THE NETHERLANDS.

In yesterday's sitting of the First Chamber the Govern-
ment made a communication confirming the news that
France and Prussia had given written assurances that
they would recognise and respect the neutrality of the
Netherlands. The Government also contradicted the
rumour that one of the belligerent Powers had offered
assistance to preserve Holland's neutrality. All the levies
of the Civic Guard from 1876 to 1869 of the first class
have been called out.
London, England, 1870-07-19

her by France. Denmark aspires to have back
at least a portion of her possessions
taken from her in 1864. Already there are
rumours of a North European Confederation,
between France, Holland, and Denmark. The East
of Europe may keep out of the strife for a time.
The Austrian EMPEROR and his Minister are strongly
anti-Prussian, but they have to deal with a polyglot
4npire, which includes five million Germans, who
hate the French, and would never be brought to
fight under the French tricolour against men of
their own race. Russia will bait and watch
for a while. There will be plenty of
time for her to interfere when the con-
flict becomes European. Of the smaller powers
we have taken no count. But remembering that a
lIOHENZOLLERN can scarcely hold his own in
Roumania, that a Danish Prince sits upon a tottering
throne at Athens, that the SULTAN must go it the
Protecting Powers, too much engrossed by their own
affairs, are unable to uphold him, that Spain and Por-
tugal are still in a state of revolution, it will be seen
that it is impossible for the most far-seeing and most
powerful statesman to say to the waves of war, thus far
shalt thou go, and no farther.

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

HOW GENERAL PRIM'S SECRET WAS DISCOVERED

The Weekly Register, a Catholic organ, learns from
a private source in Madrid that General Prim's
design of putting Prince Leopold on the Spanish
throne was brought to light before he expected or
intended. Arrangements were made by which
Prince Leopold was to go to Madrid incognito, and
remain there in readiness to make his appearance as
soon as the Cortes had passed the necessary
vote. The secret was well kept for a time
by the agents, but it was discovered,
according to this account, by Mr. Layard, the
English Ambassador at Madrid. A colleague of
Prim's, not gifted, it would seem, with the proper
amount of diplomatic reticence, gave some intimation
of the secret to Mr. Layard, who at once perceived
its importance. After eliciting all he could, Jae
immediately communicated with the Foreign Office,
and with the English representatives at Berlin and
Paris. It was through Lord Lyons that the French
Government was first made acquainted with the un-
welcome news.
London, England, 1870-07-19

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London, England, 1870-07-19

THE BELGIUM FORCE.

The reserve corps of Belgium, entrusted with the de-
fence of the Antwerp position, will consist of :40,000 men,
and the army for the field of 60,000. The King will con-
tinue to reside in Brussels, and does not intend to visit
the camp at Beverloo.
London, England, 1870-07-19

ALLEGED FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY.

Thomas O'Reilly, bankrupt, arrested at Cork on Sun-
day night, was charged at the police-court yesterday with
extensive frauds in connection with his bankruptcy.
Mr. Clay, solicitor, stated that the prosecution was or-
dered by the Dublin Bankruptcy Court, before which the
prisoner was examined on Friday, when he admitted ob-
taining large quantities of goods from English and Scotch
firms, and selling them by auction in Cork under cost
prices. The prisoner was remanded for eight days. He
is about twenty years of age.
London, England, 1870-07-19

BIRTHS.

On the 16th inst.. at 10, Eaton-place west the wife of
Captain Arthur Garratt, of the Grenadier Guards, of a
son.
On the 15th inst., at Pope's Villa, Twickenham, the wife,
of Charles Aird, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
On the 14th inst., at the parish ohurch, Eccles, Percy,
younger son of Thomas R, Keen, Esq., of Lee, Kent,
to Elizabeth Jane, daughter of the late William Red-
ford, Esq.
On the 14th inst.,_ at St. Thomas's, Kendal, George
Holme, Esq., of London, and Chapel House, Orton,
Westmorland, to Jane, daughter of the late John Wil-
son, Esq., of Town View, Kendal.

DEATHS
On the 15th inst., at Redworth House, near Darlington,
Thomas D. Drewett, Esq., of Jarrow Hali, county of
Durham, aged 63.
On the 16th inst., at Worthing, Gecirge Henry Edgar,
of Elmdean, Surbiton, aged 45.

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Savoy, in t County of Middlesex.
Tuesday, July 19, 1870.
London, England, 1870-07-19

COMMAND OF THE FRENCH FLEET.

Admiral Bouet Wuillamez takes the general command
of the French fleet. Under him are :—Admiral Dieu-
donne, in command of the ironclads at Cherbourg ; Ad-
miral La Ronciere le Noury, commanding the transports ;
and Admiral Jurien de la Gravlire, aide-de-camp of the
Emperor, who will follow his Majesty to head-quarters,
and command, if required, the flotilla of gunboats on the
Rhine.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE VOYAGE OF THE ALLEMANIA.

The sudden declaration of war has naturally pro-
duced great excitement among continental travellers.
The passengers by the Hamburg and American Com-
pany's steamer Allemania, just arrived from New
York, were not a little startled to learn the altered
aspect of the political horizon. There was a rumour
current at Plymouth that the Allemania had been
chased by two French frigates, but this was with-
out foundation, for the first intimation which the
Hamburg vessel received of the declaration of war
was being boarded off Plymouth by the Prussian consul
and the company's Plymouth agent in the steam
tender. Great was the commotion excited by the
news, especially when it appeared that the Prussian
passengers must return to Prussia, while the French
must land in England. Among the latter, seventy in
number, were the French Consul and his secretary
from Habana. The French mails were also landed
at Plymouth, and the Allemania proceeded direct to
Hamburg instead of taking Cherbourg en route as
usual.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE 4TH OF JULY IN NEW YORK.

The celebration of the 4th of July in America
was, as might be expected, carried out in a thorough
and patriotic manner. In New York and the other
large cities the whole population seem to have given
themselves to enthusiastic demonstrations, and
young America was as jubilant as only young
America can be. What with reviews, fireworks,
speech-making, and all the other items that go to
make up a national holiday, the most inveterate
Tammauist must have felt satisfied with the honour
done to the anniversary of the day which witnessed
the signing of the Declaration of American Inde-
pendence. Unfortunately, however, there were the
drawbacks that generally attend celebrations. In
New York especially, the accidents and rioting wore
such as to call for some rebuke from the papers.
Men were stabbed and shot, others were seriously
injured by the explosion of the fireworks, women
were 'crushed and trampled upon, children were
burnt and in some cases maltreated, and altogether
the proceedings of the evening were not of a charac-
ter to do much credit to the people engaged in
them.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE MINERS' AGITATION IN FIFESHIRE.

An enthusiastic meeting of miners was held yesterday
afternoon at Thornton, near Kirkcaldy. The chairman
Mr. Anderson, Kirkcaldy, said a great change had come
over the miners of Fifeshire since their last meeting, in-
asmuch as the eight hours' system was now being carried
out at almost every coal-pit in the county. Mr. Mac-
donald, secretary to the Miners' Association, addressed
the meeting, and urged upon the miners to make a demand
for an advance of wages to the extent of 6d. per day. It
was agreed that the miners employed at Lumphimious
colliery should give 14 days' notice of their intention to
leave off working at the present terms.
London, England, 1870-07-19

NATIONAL INSTITUTION for DISEASES
of the SKIN, Gray's-inn-road and Mitre-street. Physi-
cian, Dr. BARR MEADOWS, 49, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Ave-
rage number of Patients under treatment, 1,000 weekly. Free
letters are available for necessitous applicants.
THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Sec.
London, England, 1870-07-19

WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND
PRUSSIA.

MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN FRANCE
Military movements are beini made from all points
towards the frontier. No engagement of any consequence
is expected for several days.
PLAN OF THE FRENCH OPERATIONS.

The Liberte says that the plan of the campaign is to
make a rapid advance on Hesse, in order to neutralise
the South German States, occupy and fortify Frankfort,
sweep the Prussian territory on the left and on the
Rhine, then enter Westphalia, and being supported by
Hanover and Denmark, drive the Prussians beyond the
Elbe, and subsequently, as after the battle of Friedland,
reconstruct the German Confederation to the exclusion of
Austria and Prussia.
THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.

At yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Body the
Government brought forward billsgranting supplementary
credits of 440,000,000 f. forthe Ministry of War,70,000,000f
for the Ministry of Marine, and 5,000,000 f. for the
Ministry of Finance, raising from 150,000,000 f. to
500,000,000 f. the maximum of the issue of Treasury
Bonds ; authorising the Deputies to take service in the
Garde National Mobile as officers, and prohibiting the
publication of intelligence relative to the military opera-
tions. These bills were declared urgent. It was an-
nounced that the Ministry would render a special
account of the war expenses. The Emperor came
to Paris yesterday. Prince Gortchakoff has arrived
in Paris. The rumoured amnesty of the pri-
soners now awaiting trial at Blois is unfounded.

There is no question of proroguing the Corps Legislatif
until the budget of the City of Paris is voted.
A notice issued by the Prefect of Police expresses the
desire that the patriotic manifestations in the streets
should cease, and that the capital should express the con-
fidence felt by the calmness of its demeanour. The Con-
stitutionnel says that the number of volunteers already
enlisted in Paris exceeds 10,000.
The Prefect of Bayonne has received rigorous orders !to
watch the frontier and to confine suspected Carlists when-
ever necessary. The relations between the French and
Spanish authorities are extremely cordial.
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS AND THE
London, England, 1870-07-19

COLOGNE IN A STATE OF SIEGE.

According to advices received from Rhenish-Prussia
Cologne is about to be placed in a state of siege, whilst
the garrison of Aix-la-Chapelle has been reduced.

THE NEUTRALITY OF LUXEMBOURG.

In consequence of the Government having announced
that both France and Prussia had given assurances that
they intend to respect the neutrality of the Duchy, the
Chamber unanimously voted that the neutrality gua-
ranteed by the Great Powers will in no way be violated.
London, England, 1870-07-19

WHITEHALL, JULY 16.

The Queen has bean pleased to appoint James Arthur
Crichton, Esq., advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shire or
Sheriffdom of Fife, in the room of Donald Mackenzie,
Esq., resigned.
JULY 18.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John
Pitt,.M.A., to the charge and office of Second Minister of
the church and parish of Dunfermline, in the Presbytery
of Dunfermline and shire of Fife, vacant by the transla-
tion of the Rev. James French from the second to the
first charge thereof.
London, England, 1870-07-19

A SHOCKING PICTURE.

A wail of woe is once more heard from Ireland.
Mrs. Luby, the wife of the convicted Fenian, has
returned to the " oppressed land " from a visit to her
husband, and the interview is described in a style
that will make the patriots send forth a chorus of
wild indignation at England's malignity and Ireland's
wrongs. For three long years was the fond wife
prevented from seeing her incarcerated lord. At
last her petition was granted, and, weary and
sad, she made her appearance at the doors of
the prison in which the hater of British misrule is
being slowly murdered. But let Mrs. Luby tell her
own story. " She was led into a huge cage grated
with heavy iron bars. Her husband was brought
from his cell to another huge cage, grated also with
heavy iron bars, apart from that in which she was
detained. A gaoler stood beside him—stern, watch-
ful, listening, and repellant." She heard the clank of
withdrawing bolts, and then was ushered in " the liv-
ing remnant of her husband ; he looked worn, and
pallid, shrunk and shrivelled with suffering and semi-
starvation, so that she was appalled at his appear-
ance, he seemed so aged and so utterly broken down."
Only at the last moment was she allowed to touch
the hand of the man who would have fought for his
oppressed country—who had hurled the thunderbolts
of a powerful eloquence at the minions who hold
Ireland in chains. Verily, as it was said, " this is a
tale of inhumanity which would have stirred Eng-
land to the core had it come from Naples."

EXHIBITION OF RAPHAEL AND MICHAEL ANGELO.

An interesting exhibition of the works of Michael
Angelo and Raphael is now on view under the aus-
pices of the Burlington Fine krts Club. The late
Prince Consort had formed the idea of a Raphael
Exhibition, and by permission of the Queen the col-
lection and catalogue which he prepared have been
placed in the reading-room of the club. Photographs
have been taken of a selection from the drawings of
Michael Angelo and Raphael which were
in the possession of the Prince, and these
are now seen with the other drawings.
Magnificent photographs have been taken of the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the picture of the
Last Judgment. The same process has been em-
ployed to copy the great frescoes of Raphael in the.
Stanze of the Vatican. The exhibition will be of
great value to all students of Raphael and Michael
Angelo, and it affords the public a remarkable oppor-
tunity for studying these choice works of art. It
will remain open till the end of the season.
London, England, 1870-07-19

THE FENIAN CONSPIRATORS.

The two men charged with treason-felony, in connexion
with the Fenian conspiracy, have been found guilty and
sentenced, the one to fifteen, the other to seven years'
penal servitude. The evidence (says the Times) allows no
reasonable doubt of their guilt ; and if any had existed,
it would have been removed by the prisoner Davitt's
appeal on behalf of his fellow convict. That appeal, as
the Lord Chief Justice said, was very much to his credit,
but it amounted to an admission of his own guilt.
The case is interesting as an illustration of the
paltry shifts and plots which are still attractive to a
certain class of Irishmen ; and we trust it may prove of
public advantage as a conspicuous warning against the
danger as well as the futility of such schemes. It was
impossible, in the absence of any counter evidence what-
ever, to avoid the conclusion that all the stealthy consign-
mcnts of arms were for Fenian purposes, and that Devitt
was acting as a Fenian agent. A plea was, with some
plausibility, advanced for Wilson. There was no evi-
dence of his having acted with Fenian conspirators in any
other matters, and it was suggested that his guilt simply
consisted in not inquiring too closely into the character of
his customers. This constituted the substance of Davitt's
appeal for his fellow-convict. With a generosity which
did him honour, he said the blame was all his own, and
that Wilson was not aware of his real character. The
Chief Justice promised that the point thus raised should
be referred for consideration to the advisers of the
Crown, but, considering Wilson's intimacy with his
fellow-workman Minningham, and his continued co-opera-
tion with Devitt in clandestine consignments of arms, it
becomes difficult to doubt that he was, or at least ought
to have been, sufficiently aware of the real character of
the business he was doing. An attempt to chew the pos-
sibility of mistaken identity in Davitt's case offered the
only real show of defence, and this completely
broke down. As the Chief Justice said,
it is most extraordinary that men with not a
few creditable qualities should still be found ready to join
a conspiracy which was always hopeless, and is now as
criminal as any ordinary form of robbery and murder.
We owe it, not only to ourselves, but to the well-disposed
inhabitants of Ireland and our much injured fellow-
subjects in Canada, to repress with the utmost sternness
every attempt to revive such a conspiracy, and we are
glad the Chief Justice has shewn, by a severe sen-
tence, that these mischievous practices will be rigorously
repressed.

. ruin.
London, England, 1870-05-14

Irish Primary Education.

Just when a loud outcry is being raised against
the long delay of the Royal Commission on Primary
Education in Ireland, the Standard announces the
first of the commissioners' recommendations,
thereby implying that the report itself will soon be
forthcoming :—" We understand that the commis-
sioners on primary education in Ireland have
just presented their report, in which it is
stated that they recommend the maintenance
of the national or mixed system, with the im-
portant and very curious exception, that in
parishes where the population is all Roman Catholic,
or where it is all Protestant, the denominational
system shall be introduced." Until we are in posses-
sion of more complete details, this brief intimation
can hardly be of service. The important point will
be to learn where the commissioners draw the line,
for so very few parishes are absolutely all Catholic
or all Protestant, that the denominational system
will fare badly if the distinction be enforced
rigorously. -The report, whatever it may contain, is
undoubtedly very late. ' The Commission was first
proposed in 1807, and it was understood that the
business should be over in fourteen months.
The Clergy in Longford.
It seems to have been all a mistake to suppose that
the Catholic clergy, warned by the decision of the
judge, on the recent petition, have abstained
from an active part in the contest which
is just over in Longfurd. They have been as
busy as ever, though the business has been done in
a quieter manner. No Fenian sympathisers were con-
demned-to hell from the pulpitor struck by enraged
priests. But the exertions of the Roman clergy
on behalf of the Liberal, Mr. Greville-
Nugent, were not the less earnest, their hos-
tility to the Nationalist, Mr. King Harman, was
every whit as unsparing. This unity as one man
against the Nationalist party, shews that the priests
are not disposed to part with their political influence.
If the Catholic bishop of the district asked his clergy
to refrain from interference in this election, they gave
little heed to his request. It seems, however, that he
knew better.
London, England, 1870-05-14

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, May 13.
S,e,riQus disturbances have broken out in the island
bef 'iadeira. Three persons are reported to have
Tkilled, and many others wounded.
the
Government has sent troops to the island.
Qo„*"e Deputies belonging to the Minority of the
es left the sitting yesterday, owing to the ohf the President to allow them to speak freely
re-
upon e Outbreak in Madeira.
London, England, 1870-05-14

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, WIDOWS' WEEDS. Messrs.
Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Bufton and Anstiss.
Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs. James,
Terry, Fenton ; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall, Hughes,
Anstiss, and Metcalfe.
And A FISH OUT OF WATER.
London, England, 1870-05-14

SALISBURY RACES.

A Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. Three quarters of a mile.
Sir F Johnstone's Cornet, by Trumpeter . Clematis, 5 yrs,
8.,t 101 b .
Mr W , ay's Arquebusier, 3 yrs, 6st 41b .... (fleshy) 2
Mr T Brown's Conrad, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b .....
Ddrkh3 also ran.

The Wilton Park Stakes of 10 sits each. T.Y.O. Three-

quarters of a mile.

Mr H. Goater's Worthy, by Knowsley —Woodside, st Glb
(car Bst 71b) . ..... . ........ Go ater) 1
Lord Anglesey's Duke of Rothsay, Bst 1 Olb .....(Cannon) 2
Mr Price's Marplot (late Herodias), Bst 101b...(A.. Reeves) 3
Chatterton, Trident, Avalanche, Johannisberg, and Bide-
a-weo also ran.

The Salisbury Cup, value 200 sovs. The straight mile.
Mr J. Asday's Bosworth, by Athorstone —Aunt 111 .nah.
4 yrs, Bst 71b . (Fordhatp) fi 1
Sir F. Johnstone's Historian, aged Bst 61b. (Cannon) t 2
Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely Dorado, 3 yrs, bat 21b
(Rowell) 3
Review, Pentane, Our Mary Ann, and Alhambra also ran.
A dead heat.

The Queen's Plate of 100 gs. Three miles.

Mr T. Bell's Fuzee, by Marsyas—lresuvienne, 3 yrs, ist
81b (carried 7st 91b) (J. Mann) 1
Mr Frost's Castanette f (Bark r) 2
,
Mr. E. Brayley's Roxana, 3 yrs, 7st 81b
Our Mary Ann and Oxonian also ran. Won iu a canter.
The Longford Castle Stakes of 25 sovs each. Half a mile.
Mr J. Powney's Marcia, by Colaterdale--Marpesia, Bst Gib
(Cannon) w. o.
The Longleat Slakes, a handicap of 10 sovs each. One mile

and a half.

Loid Durham's Alhambra, by Newminster - Juog Frau,
3 yrs, 6st Mb • • (Cruteher) w. o.
The South-Weste n Railway elate of 25 soya for maiden
two year olds. Five furlongs.

Lord Vivian's Alma Mater, by Oxford —.Honey, 7st 121 h
(X 80)
Mr J Frost's Robert Bruce, Bst 31b (£80) (tenfold) 2
Mr Johu Day's Silures, Bst 31b(.£80) ......... . (Ilibberd) 3
_ _

Matcb —5O sovs each. Half a mile.

Mr Goddard's Spitfire, by Thunderbolt—dam by Snowden
Dunhill, 5 yrs, 7st 41b...
Mr U. Robinson's Veda, 5 yrs, Bst (Lynham) 2

CRICKET.i;

M.C.C. AND GROUND V. COUNTY OF HERTS.

This match, which was part played on Thursday,
and was at the time of drawing stumps in an inte-
resting phase, would have been concluded yesterday
at Lord's but for the steady downfall of rain, which
set in about half an hour previous to the time of re-
suming play, and continued until dinner time with-
out intermission. It was then determined, as there
seemed no prospect of the weather clearing, to aban-
don further play. The game, therefore, stands drawn.

LONDON GAZETTE—Las Evenings

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 10.

•
It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal
Highness at this levee shall be considered as equivalent to
presentations to her Majesty.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 10.

In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's Order
in Council of 27th February, 1870, Captain Isaac Newton
Thomas Saulez has been placed on the Retired List, from
the 6th inst.
London, England, 1870-05-14

The Howe Earldom.

Earl Howe, whose death is just announced, was
born in 1796. His father was the Hon. Penn A.
Curzon, his mother the Baroness Howe, eldest
daughter of the celebrated Admiral. He married
first, in 1820, the second daughter of the sixth Earl
and sister of the late Earl of Cardigan, which lady
died in 1836; and secondly, in 1845, Miss Gore,
second daughter of the late Admiral Sir John Gore,
K.C.B. By both marriages he had children. The
eldest son, Viscount Curzon, who succeeds to the
title, bas represented South Leicestershire in the
Conservative interest since 1857. The seat was con-
tested at the general election, but Mr. Paget fell
short of the second Conservative candidate, Mr. Pell,
by 250 votes.
London, England, 1870-05-14

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