The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-03 00:00:00

THE SUEZ CANAL.

The regulations for the transit of vessels on the Sues
Canal have just been issued by M. de Lesseps. During
the inauguration of the canal there will be
no charge made, • and these regulations will not
come into force until the 21st of November. Sbill6
of all nations are permitted to use the canal, the
sole condition being that they do not draw more
than 2.1 s feet, the canal being only 26i feet deep. Stealn.
boats may be propelled in the ordinary manner, but ea''
ing vessels over fifty tons must be towed by the company
service. The maximum speed of vessels in the canal ie
fixed provisionally at about six miles an hour. Naviga•
tion is allowed during the night on condition of fares being
kept up and a strict watch maintained. The commander°
of vessels are forbidden to anchor in the canal or to
throw earth or rubbish overboard, and if anything should
fail overboard which they are anxious to
recover
they aro forbidden to try to recover it therneelveT!'
but must give notice at the nearest station. ue
charge for transit from one sea to the other is ten frati
per ton, and ten francs per passenger, and the cost o
towage is fixed at two francs per ton. The pilot, Wil°
must be retained on board in case of stoppage, is to c11111;ge
twenty francs a day. A reduction on this charge P.d
however, to be made on those vessels which are towed'

THE KHEDIVE.
News from Constantinople states that Talaat Pasha' °ll
arriving at that capital with Viceroy's reply to the
Sultan, forwarded a copy of the letter to the represent°.
fives of the Great Powers, with a note, in which te
h
Khedive appealed to their amicable intervention. /13:
Constitutionnel, in reprinting this intelligence, states
the Khedive, in his reply, gives an explanation respectin,°„,
the question of the armaments. Without disputing t`i"
non-abrogation of the firmans which interdict the Vollci
tian Government from having any vessel of war, °lt
which limit its army to 18,000 men, he recalls the fade
that since Mehemet Ali :and all his predecessors e
actually had a superior military and naval force.
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tacit recognition of this fact by the Porte 303_,0
all the European Powers justifies him in the COP"
which he has adopted.

THE PRUSSIAN ARMY.
The numerous forces which compose the army of Pill°
are about to undergo their annual ordeal of field e%e.r.
vises, and the affair always excites great interest 11/
military circles. As an institution the Prussian 01113,,,,/:
nearly perfect of its kind. Every subject of Xing "„—:i
Liam is compelled to enter the military service, 110
no substitutes are allowed. He must be three Ye311,1,-,3
the army and four in the reserve, and then he enters
Landwehr for five years more. I-Ie is then free frolll
obligatory service unless there is a foreign invasic'T',llB
which case every one capable of bearing arms betweev vijo
ages of seventeen and forty-two must turn out. ge11:1„ t
have been condemned to imprisonment with hard laPjli,
are considered unworthy to enter the army. I:" te,ijis•
tories of the Confederation are divided into thirteep
°
'
tricts, each of which has an army corps. The 0111,;, °f
the North German Confederation has a war-streng'' 11
:)03",000, and a peace establishment of 300,000 mot;
Additions would be made to this force in time of witrtuer
virtue of conventions that have been drawn up with °woo
States. The German army, with the exceptioll of
Russian, is the largest in the world.

PRINCE CHARLES OF ROUMANIA. the
The Goloss of St. Petersburg has an article on c•
position likely to be assumed by the Danubian rril'ciroPf4o
ties in case of a conflict between the European ese;;
the subject of the Eastern question. The Russian rut.
nal believes that the provinces can never aspire to COlvry
independence, and the question for them to considiierios-
therefore, who would be their best protector. Tile v°4ll
holds that Russia is their natural ally, and it record 9 of
satisfaction the rumour thak. Prince Charles i 5
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to marry a Russian grand-duchess. The ,(I:fltlet
has lately received from the Emperor e-
le
the Order of Alexander Newski. The Patrie receitit:lib
intelligence with displeasure, and thinks that '
'lll do more wisely in remaining under the cast suze'.„ der
of Turkey than in allying herself with a rower -11038
whose influence her native Sovereign would be.-°
merely the governor of a Russian province.
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FUNERAL OF lIENRY LETS.
On Monday the town of Antwerp paid the last • .0
er
of respect to the memory of the greatest Flemish Oleo.
of the time. The funeral of Baron Henry LeYss/1:; t°
ducted with great solemnity, and nothing was WT'',.1,;311
do honour to his name. The walls were Coverr
placards calling upon the citizens to hold a groner';'7l'lPl'
ing, a request which was granted willingly. irii,goiut Lsos
which was struck by the Artistic Circle of Ant"etrij;
laid upon his coffin, and the Royal SocietY %%old
Encouragement of rine Arts decided that no
sit in his vacant chair for six months.

CIVILISATION IN CHINA. „doe/.
Government Itseems tto
havebe not,no afisnwalalsy settledrecentl th:tuottiil eceoliii: 51);
diated the treaty which Mr. Burlin recently
c°ncliwe t°
-united rhat
their behalf with the Government of the
Nobody knows how the false report origi"a'te6' eilig
.t
appears that so far from the treatY Lib t°
rejected, the Chinese appear rather disl)°sevocer
approve of it. The treaty was of the highest Wet- 0
and full of promise as to the of eivilisfrateci
China. Many persons in EuropPer°fegarreessd that the - °let
States, by means of this a.,,reement, illigitiPire'
aB preponderating influence in 'the Celestial ,-- rto
asubteapart from the merits of the treaty, it w 35 in,,ir°lloll
cnagptahbeilfii
trys first
orre cboeginnigt iroenp
represented
etnhtee Chinesedby.
til iGss(iov: li
of itsi

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Ni".IOIIvtTaIIItCOTEIB.
PAltllts-0(
—On the 29th ult. at "(Irby' J1311.' ••:,1 lIIRTHS. 00 'lift'
er S. Northcote, Esq, Of a son and holt' I,ot, ;4'
of L, tdol
Mil 1?1?1- A GES. 176'
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Barham,
r‘c7h:
.iNn thel Park,st in Lee,st Bent,tlto if (13, oaf
dauligoiast.
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dist
Revons
h\ tits, to Lucy Margaret, eldest au.° 0,
c°ldnestthseoul'etf Ni)nTsiltlialmt 3-1)a.),°b.,510110V°5'11143
ro:
a•d:ofuLVel:ecse.nt, rector of Jacobstolv• Geolleer
_ LER—BROAD—On the Ist inst., at Love% it lef,oo
street,
of North-street, Brighton, and Off ;Ir. 0"
Broad,
London, to Emily, second daughter°
BIRD—On the 31st ult '9aL;AlTlOllllSylgroon, /'°.rijVt° o,oo'
Severn, 'I homas 13ir.d', Esq., aged 84-. 05)4
eV %-,
Fox -On the 31st ult at Ilfracombe Thotnao
aged 66. " ' Ø°'
vet,
MURRAY—On tllO ISt inst., at 11, 11511noota-st'
cadily, Mrs. Maria Murray, aged 64.
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