The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-29 00:00:00

PAINFUL .R.0.31A -NCR

A Inelancho:y Incident has just occurred which has
thrown into deep gloom several highly resp-eetable,
families in the metropolis. It appears that a
lady—y,,ung and accomplished—was engaged to 1:
married to a young gentleman moving in a good positioi
in society. But the eLpreted bridal has had a disastrous
termination. The young lady in question was the daughtei
of a gentleman occupying a prominent post in connection
with cne of our largest railway companies. A fey:
weeks ago the day for the nuptial ceremony was fixed,
and great preparations were made for a suitable ceebr.-1,-
tion of th.! event. The wedding trousecou was obtained, and
"all went merry as a marriage bell," until, unfortunately,
almost the very time that the bell in question should have
been rung. Immediately before the day on which the youth
should have led his fair affianced to the altar he myste-
riously disappeared, and up to the, present time nothing
has been heard of him. All is conjecture as to the
motives for his disappearance, and it is not known
whether he is eead or alive. The expectant
bride felt his loss deeply, and began rapidly to
droop in health and spirits—in fact, within a few dayi
grief had made such ravages upon her constitution that
it was evident her life was at stake. Eminent physician;
were called in, who insisted at once upon her removal
to the south of France. Thither she was accordingly
borne, but her malady was beyond the scope of
medicine, and she expired in the arms of her mother,
literally dying of a broken heart. Her body has been
brought to England, and interred. Great sympathy is
felt for the parents of the deceased, whose father is well
and popularly known by a large circle.—Echo.

SUMWER'S SPEECH ON THE

AL.113.1,11-.1 Th'EA TY.

Tho speech of Mr. Sumner in the American Senate
against the Alabama Treaty appears to have attracted some
attention. The American papers print it at some length
Mr. Sumner begins by complaining of the unprecedented
haste with which the diplomatists conducted their
operations, and objects to the model on which
the treaty was founded --the clArns convention of
1853. This convention, which only concerned indivi-
du.ds, should not, ho says, have been taken as the model of
a treaty of such moment, and is colecti•-n proves that the
Powers of the treaty were quite ft.sonall.l., to the momentous
issues at stake. Mt. Sumner complains that the treaty,
while doing so little for the Americans, makes such ample
provision for all claims on tke British side that
even those of Confederate bondholders are included,
and their loan went up from 0 to 10 as soon
as the treaty was si.arall Gaming to the familiar questions
of the British right to recognise the Confederates as-belli-
gerents, end the outfit and escape of the cruisers, Mr. Sum-
ner cites the testimony of ftlr. Cobden as to the extent of
the injury inflicted on American com:r.erce. Mr. Cobden
showed how completely American shipping had been trans
fcrred toEnglish capitalists I otween the Tltrs 1838 and 1863
the tennage in the airs' year amounting to 13,CJ0 tons, in the
latter to 252,001. Mr. Sumner, quoting from American
official reports, then goes on to show that during the four
years war the American tonnage fell more than a million
tons, amounting to about 40 per cont. of the foreign com-
merce. In the same time a great increase took place in the
British foreign trade. Mr. Sumner charges En&land with
the needless prolongation of the war, and loss of life and
money consequent upon it. Ho then proceeds to sum
up the legal points of the case, and maintains that
by the common law, and the Roman law, all losses, whether
individual or national, are the first subject of claim. Eng-
land is three times liable by the concession of ocean belli-
gerency, by the organization of hostile expeditions, and
thirdly by welcome hospitality and supplies extended
to the pirate ships in British ports. Ho has, for his
own part, hitherto avoided saying anything on "this
most irritating question," but the submission of the
treaty to the Senate kit lire no choice. The long delay
in the settlement of the question hes aroused the people to a
sent° of the great interests involved in it. The story of the
Sibyl is repented, and England is the Roman King. Mr
Sumner declares that he does not lelieve that war need arise
between England and America; but England has done the
United States an injury difficult to measure, and has hitherto
refused to acknowledge it. Such an acknowledgment would,
be the beginning of a just seLlement, and the best assuranco
of that harmony all must desire.

A proposal made at the Cork Town Council on
Tuesday, to invite Prince Arthur to the city during the race
week, was opposed by a small section, including the Mayor,
but after a stormy debate was carried by a majority of
25 to 5.

A despatch, dated Havaunab, April 15, says:—
" The captured American brig Mary Lowell has been
declared a legal prize by the Spanish Courts. The Acting
Consul-General has sent the U.S. steamer Penobscot to Key
West with despatches informing the Government of the
facts. The steamer Fajorops sailed f9r, XuoTitas; with a
detachroeut of artillery