The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-29 00:00:00

THE BELGIA N FETES.

The best scores made at all the ranges at Spa, have just
been published, from which it appears that at 175 metres,
where the highest possible score was 25 points, Rollin, of
Liege, made 22, Alliston, of Northampton, and
Dyce, of Rent, coming nest with 21 ; Corporal
Peake, of Manchester, scored 20. At the 550
metres range, Wyatt, of the London Rifle Brigade.
stands first with 20, no Belgian scoring more than 12.
Cortis, of Worthing, made the highest score (18), at 750
metres, being closely followed by Gustimi, of Paris, with 17.
Another member of the Worthing corps, named Stanford,
made the greatest number of points at 1,000 metres, having
scored 14. It is said to be determined to have the Belgians
feted in England in 1870.

LOSS OF BRITISH SHIPS NEAR AMERICA.

A letter from New York, dated September 13, mention%
several serious disasters to British ships, and the entire,
loss of three. One, which was ascertained to be the brig,
W. D. 8., bound from Boston to Portland, was passed,
bottom upwards, about eleven miles south of Cape.
Elizabeth. Nothing had been heard of the crew.
A large vessel, supposed to be the Mayflower, bound
from Newcastle to Portland, is also reported to have foun-i
tiered. A telegram from Ilavannah mentions the total
destruction by fire, on the Bth inst , off Cayo, Santa Maria,
of the bark Thistle, bound from Glasgow to Matanzas. The,
crew were raved by a Spanish vessel of war. The brig;
Kinloch, belonging to Maryport, and bound from Ardros,
san to Dublin, went ashore about two miles north of the'
former port on Friday evening. All the crew were saved,;
but little hopes are entertained of getting the vessel off.

Nearly fifty leading residents of the Turkish capi,
tal—mostly British—have joined the Constantinople Yachts
Club.

Chief Justice Whiteside and Mr. Justice Keogh
will try Barrett at the special commission in Galway, for,
firing at Captain Lambert at Athenry, in that county.

The revising barrister commenced his labours ail
Chelsea yesterday. The Conservatives expect a gain o;
800 votes.

On the 4th October the mansion and estate as
Teddington, recently belonging to Benjamin Higgs, of the
Central Gas Company, are to be sold under the bankruptcy
at the Auction Mart.

It is announced that her Majesty has, through the
Home Secretary, granted a full pardon to a youth flamer;
Archibald Brown, who was convicted of forgery and sen.,
tenced to five years' penal servitude at Kington Assizes tat
months since. A condition is attached to the pardon, that
the youth, who is not over seventeen years of age, shall go,
abroad for the remainder of the term of five years.
It is stated that there is likely to be some
culty about Lord Westbury, even if otherwise so disposed,
accepting the vacant Lord Justiceship, by reason of the fact
that he would be junior to Sir Markham Giffard, who a very.,
short time since practised before him. Sir J. C. Selwyni
yielded the post of honour to Sir W. Page Wood (nowt
Lord Chancellor), but it is by no means so certain that Sit!)
M. Giffard would follow his example in favour of Lord
Westbury.

Mrs. Burton, who died recently at Roundhay, neat
Leeds, has left some munificent bequests for charitable pur.
poses. The total amount of her benefactions exceed;
£30,000, of which £15,000 is to be devoted to the erection
of Wesleyan chapels and schools in Cumberland and Scot•
land. The Wesleyan Homo Missions, the Bible Society, ant
the Leeds Infirmary each receive £2,000, and half that suns
is left to each of the following institutions—Woodhouse
Grove School, Kingswood School, the Leeds Dispensary,
and the Leeds House of Recovery.

After existing over twelve weeks the dispute
between the proprietors of the Strafford Main Colliery
and their men has at length been amicably settled. A
conference between the parties was held on Saturday.
and, so far as regards the Silkstone Pit, has happily
been of a satisfactory character. Henceforth the system of
getting the coal will be different from that hitherto adopt( cl
at this colliery, and as the new system will be more economical
the change will be an advantage to the proprietors. The me
will resume work at their former wages on Friday next, and
if, after continuing in operation for six months, the men are
not satisfied with the system, the question will be submitted
to arbitration.

The Hon. Anson Burlingame and the Chinese
Mission left Paris on Wednesday for Norway and Sweden
and will return to the French capital by Denmark, Hol-
land, and Belgium, the intention being to negotiate treaties
with those Powers. Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Hon. Mr. Burlingamo
have come to an arrangement for a conciliatory policy
towards China, and have agreed that the agents of France
shall act in accordance with that determination. Mr.
George Wilkes, from whom a letter appears in the Spirit
of the Times on the boat race, which he witnessed, is likely
to be nominated American Minister to Peking. No ap-
pointment of Secretary of War has yet been made, but the
names most frequently mentioned in connection with it, are
General Grenville M. Dodge, chief engineer of the Pacifio
Railroad, and General Logan of Illinois.—The President
has appointed Colonel Jesse M. Bayles, Postmaster at
Louisville, Kentucky, in place of Dr. Speed, who has been
in office eight years. This appointment is in accordance
with a declaration of President Grant made some time ago,
that certain persons, who have held office eight years, must
give place to others who have suffered by the war, pro.
vidod they are equally competent for the position.

DuNvILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re-
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta-
tion Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co ,
Belfast; or 4, Beaufgrt-builtngs, Strand, Louden,
yeltilieraent.