The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-04 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, June 4•

The Presse of this morning states that the ell'
deavours of the Ticeroy of Egypt to bring about 14
mutual undertaking among the European rowers
guaranteeing the neutrality of the Suez Canal, have
met with support from the Governments of AustriAl
Prussia, and England. The proposal was, however,
opposed at Paris.

The same paper asserts that the question of the
neutrality of the Suez Canal was initiated by BDir
land.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, June 3.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

Bank Shares 2920
vy
Ital4an Fives 57
End of month
Mexican Loan 23 25
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
s. • Cash
Orleans ... 920
Northern ... lOBBl
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6171
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

If per Cent.
End of month._
3 per Cent
End of month_ 71 55
Credit Mobilier 52 50
End of month 255
Credit Foncier - 1620
End of month —•

RAILWAY

501
765
495

A NEW LIFE SAVING APPARATUS•

EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENTS. of
That part of the Thames immediately in frontCremorne Gardens was the scene of an exciti°l:o
spectacle yesterday evening. What is said to bo
a wonderful triumph of Americ in invention 113
exhibited in the presence of several thousand Per;
sons, who lined the river from Battersea-bridge
up to Cremorne Gardens, and plied little craft
of every conceivable shape while the experimev
which was the cause of the gathering, was heiv,,gt
made. The apparatus, which was first brotig"
under the notice of the English public last evenia'
is intended for the rescue of shipwrecked peis°
The inventor, we are told, is Captain J. B. Ston°_l.'
of New York, a gentleman of independent fortur;
who served throughout the great civil war, and to
object, it is said, is not to make money, but
perform a truly philanthropic work. Two Auer
cans—a gentleman and his wife—have been e0'.„,5;
missioned to explain the nature of the appar3tilr,
and the way in which they are obliged to 3o so is ee
tainly novel and interesting. Theyfirst slip theiraralo
through cork jackets, and then insert their perse
in a loose india-rubber overcoat, which covers the
whole of the body, except the hands and face, ar°lll3
which it is tightly secured. India-rubber weights
are then attached to the shoes, so as to enable bt',
and
wearers to maintain a perpendicular position s°
perfect equilibrium, and being thus equipped tbel
jump into the water. They carry with them
tin case, in shape somewhat like a buol•
This article is divided into two compartments'
and in the upper one they manage to Ocil
biscuits, a flask of brandy, a revolver, 13°43
lights, Roman candles, and some Liebig's sausages:
Smoking and newspaper reading are not luxurie"
which a shipwrecked individual would probablY erj•
joy in a " life on the ocean wave ;" but Amerila-s
originality provides for them, and adds cigars Out.
newiTarer to the tiny freight. The lower com Parr,
ment of the case contains about six quarts of orate a
which is drunk through an indiarubber tube, elese,.o
by a metal screw top. The provisions which
thus carried are supposed to last eight days, °/1„a
if a shipwrecked person should fail to be rescue
before the end of that time, he has the consolati°l,73' a
when dying, of knowing that his body cannot sin
that his will, papers, and jewellery are safe, 11d.
that his friends will know he quitted the vl°r
The invention has been patented by an Ameryoo
COMf any with a capital of X 300,000, and the Prive
fixed for each suit is £7. The public will not 119;
an opportunity of investing in the apparatus ler
soma months, inasmuch as a series of expert'
inents in most European countries are conte'l:
plated with the view of testing the success wld.
which the invention is likely to be attend°
The Prussian Government have, it is stated, els'
pressed their determination to adopt the app
e,
and it is said that in consequence of the encoursg
ment received in France, America, and elsewhere'
50,000 suits are now in process of manufacture.
Mr. and Mrs. Craddock—the two Americans to
whom we have referred—remained in the riirec;
nearly half an hour yesterday evening, and 811°We,a
very little exertion beyond what was requi%
in using Nrl
little iudia-rubber paddles which
part of the apparatus. The experiment was c°tici
ducted under considerable difficulty, Alr. °l3llO
Nlrs. Craddock being prevented from moving t
to
water by the clustering of the boats, whose occupOth
were (I.2af to earnest protestation. They bf to
opened tho buoy-shaped case, helped then3selve.'ted
some of the contents, fired a revolver, and
lights, and a red flag bearing the word Eure,r'eo
The time occupied in donning the dress is "4
minutes and a half. Captain Stonor hopes to. P..o_
i...,
vide all passenger ships with these extraordio'
dresses, being ready to lend them for £1 caoh for
au
every voyage, and to provide each ship with a
capable of explaining their utility,