The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1866.

sympathy no less valuable. Such an example may
well be followed by other ladies to whom PROVI-
DENCE has preserved their little ones untouched by
the terrible visitor.

The news brought by the American mails is now
anticipated by the marvellous cable, although we
can learn from the ship news further details than
the magic messenger can spare time to give us.
We are glad to find by the telegrams from Valentia
this morning that the Gulf St. Lawrence cable has
been repaired, and is working well, the stiff breeze
which delayed operations on Saturday having mode-
rated. The value of the cable has been quickly
appreciated on both sides of the Atlantic, and it is
likely to 6e kept actively employed both in the
transmission of political news and commercial mes-
sages.

The greater part of the news brought by the
Africa from Halifax and Boston has been antici-
pated, as we have said, by the telegraph. The
Fenians seem just now to be the principal objects
of interest, the wise men of the Senate having
exerted themselves on their behalf. The Mayor
of Washington having very wisely prevented the
Fenians from holding public meetings in the Go-
vernment fair building, the Senate disapproved of
the prohibition, and has passed a -resolution grant-
ing the use of the building for Fenian assemblies.
Whether they have the power to do this is uncertain,
but if Congress is to override every other authority,
and interfere with the precautions or directions
thought necessary for, the preservation of public
order, it would be well for a little more care to be
exercised in the selection of members. One of the
last acts of the House of Representatives before
they separated was to provide for the payment of
certain expenses or allowances, which would arrange
for each member receiving about $4,000 in addition
to his previous receipts. In this the various dis-
cordant parties were singularly unanimous. STE-
PHENS, of Irish celebrity, is as bent upon mischief
as ever, though whether he puts any faith in his
own professions and assertions is a matter of doubt.
He affects more of the grand seigneur style than
his rivals, and endeavours to invest Fenianism with
a character and importance which do not in the
least belong to it. He has now issued a circular
reiterating his former statement that fighting will
commence on Irish soil this year, and cautioning
the Fenians against alliances with American poli-
tical parties. This is evidently directed against the
Radicals, whose transparent attempt to gain the
suffrages of the Hibernians has met with little sue-

STEPHENS is, at any rate, a mischievous
agitator, who will deserve little pity should he reap
the reward which his recklessness and folly de-
serve. The Government have evidently done
wisely in continuing the suspension of the Habeas
Corpus Act in Ireland, for at the least opportunity
there would be plenty of idlers who would like to
live at the expense of their dupes, and create dis-
turbance and discontent. Our transatlantic friends
have done good service in putting a stop to the
Canadian expedition. It would be a good thing
for all parties if they could continue to curtail
the activity of Head-Centre STEPHENS.

CCSS.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.

It is stated in an authentic quarter that Prussia
has now manifested a more conciliatory spirit than
when the proposals made to her, on the part of
France, were first mootet. This impression is
strengthened by the return to Paris of M. Benedetti,
Minister of France at Berlin.

The Gazette Universelle of Leipzig publishes a cir-
cular addressed by the Prussian Government to her
allies of Northern Germany. Prussia Rroposes to
uxrauge tneir relations with that kingdom until the
complete reorganisation of the German Confedera-
tion shall be effected. Among the conditions are
that the allied States shall be placed under the spe-
cial command of the King of Prussia. They are to
order, at the same time, the elections in Prussia to
the Federal Parliament. They are also to send
Plenipotentiaries to Berlin to establish, in concert
with Prussia, upon the bases of the proposition
made to the Diet, on the 10th of June last, the pro-
ject of a Federal Constitution to be submitted to
the Federal Parliament. Upon these terms Prus-
sia will guarantee to these States their inde-
pendence and the integrity of their territory.
All the States have accepted the conditions except
Saxe-Meinengen and the elder Reuss branch.

The Bishop of Strasbourg has taken a step from
which it appears that the Roman Catholic clergy are
no longer to be precluded from scientific studies.
This prelate has decided that ecclesiastical study at
the Grand Seminary of Strasbourg shall in future
be completed by a course of physiology, the direc-
tion of which is confided to Dr. llergott, a professor
of the faculty of medicine.

The Minister of War has received despatches
from Mexico, dated July 9, which left! Vera Cruz
on the 14th. The military operations which have
taken place since the last despatches are without in-
terest. An encounter took place on the 20th June
at Topogrande, five leagues faom Monterey, be-
tween a detachment of the second battalion of
Africa, under the orders of Commandant de la
Ilayrie and the disaffected, who left upon the field
40 dead and 70 horses. News had been received
from Acapulco to the 28th of May. On that day
the Commander of the Lucifer had attacked a por-
tion of the enemy in concert with the Mexican gar-
rison. The chief of the insurgents was killed. This
troop was beaten and dispersed. The vomito had
made some victims among the Mexicans at Flaco-
taplan, but happily the sanitary condition of the
French troops continued to be satisfactory.
The Bank of France was never so encumbered
with riches as at the present time. There are now
in its cellars to the value of 700 millions of francs
in gold, specie, silver, or jewels. This abundance
has resulted from the war in Germany. The
amount sent by German bankers and others num-
bers 200 millions. The King of Saxony sent 10
millions of florins. The cellars of the bank are so
crammed that the bank is compelled to refuse to re-
ceive any valuables which occupy much space. It
has happened lately that a single banking home has
sent several millions to the bank in one day.
The long-talked of marriage between M. Michel
Ney, Duke of Elchingen, and Miss Paule Heine,
the rich German banker's daughter, has taken place.
Among those present were General Prince de Mos-
cowa, Duke de Persigny, M. Achille Fould, Minister
of Finance, and M. Vintoy, President of the Council
of State. The marriage was solemnised by the
Abbe Bernard. It took place at the church of Roc-
quemount, department of Seine et Oise.
Two consecrations have taken place in the de-
partment—that of M. Grimardias, the new Bishop
of Cahors, and of M. Lequette, the new Bishop of
Arras.

The glory of the splendid Pompeian palace in the
Champs Elysees is eclipsed. The bailiffs are in
possession of its splendid archaeological treasures.
They will be sold to pay debts.

This has been the most miserable and cheerless
day since last winter. It has rained from " morn
and has been cold enough for
Ctilllaid:3tetuwtyl eve,"
Christmas.

As great a villain as any of modern days has been
condemned to death by the Court of Assize for the
Seine Inferieure at Rouen. The condemnation is
for the murder of a widow lady named Hattenfeld.
The assassin, a man named Picard, is only 25, but
soon after he was 14 he had suffered imprisonment
for various robberies, for brutal conduct to a girl of
twelve years of age, and for other crimes. He con-
fessed that, being determined to get money, he
visited several houses iu a lonely locality, with the
intention of selecting the best opportunity for
murder and robbery. He had been to several be-
fore he nacliA that of the deceased, but had not a

" good chance." When he reached that of Madame
Hattenfeld he found nobody but herself and her
grandson. He asked her for money, and on her
refusal, in the presence of her child, he stabbed her
to the heart with a knife which he always carried
about with him. While he was searching the house
the child escaped and gave information to the
police before the assassin had left. He attempted
to stab the policemen. The escape of the child was
providential, as the wretch said he intended to kill
her also to prevent her from giving information of
the murder of her grandmother.
Garibaldi has written a letter to the editor of the
Gazette de Milan, in which he denies that he had
expressed his satisfaction to the President of the
Italian Cabinet at the conclusion of au armistice,
which he says is " little honourable for Italy."
A mighty pretty mystification is in progress be-
tween some of the Paris papers. M. Paulin
Limayrac, the editor of the Constitutionnel, said he
would give 100,000 f. " to the poor" if any one
proved that the Constitutionnel had ever been dis-
avowed by the Government. Various proofs of dis-
avowals have been given. The Frenchman, it is
said, is born malin, and some of the papers have
announced that M. Limayrac had sent the 100,000 f.
in performance of his promise. M. Henri de
Riancey, editor of the Union, is prominent in his
satire, and gives his opinion that M. Limayrac
would feel more pleasure in receiving the 100,000 f.
than in paying them, although he says he knows
nothing of his circumstances. To-day the Siecle
publishes a letter from M. Limayrac denying that
he has sent the money, and " maintains his own opi-
nion still" that he was right in his assertion.
The Moniteur alludes to the various unfounded
surmises occasioned by the return of the Emperor
to St. Cloud from Vichy, and states that his medi-
cal attendants interrupted the treatment he was
undergoing at the latter town. My information
proves correct, and one of the reasons for the return
is the Emperor's desire to be in Paris during his
fete. There- is no political motive whatever in this
unexpected return. The Moniteur adds that his
Majesty is much better since his return to St. Cloud.
Two Cabinet Councils have been held since the
Emperor's return.
The Empress of Mexico (the daughter of the late
King of the Belgians, and sister-in-law of the pre-
sent Emperor of Austria) has arrived in Paris.
Her Majesty landed at St. Nazaire in the Impera-
trice Eugenie, which left Vera Cruz on the 13th of
July.

It is officially stated that the suspension of arms
between Austria and Italy was prolonged 24 hours,
in consequence of an understanding between General
de la Marmora and the Archduke Albert, who is at
Verona. At the expiration of that time the treaty
was signed upon the basis of the frontier of the
Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom. The desire for
peace, says the Itioniteur, is universal in Italy.

There will be two distinct divisions at the Grand
Exhibition—the Park and the Palace. In the
Palace will be the products of all countries, and by
the plan which will be published visitors can easily
visit anything which may interest them. The
Palace will be traversed by 17 avenues converging
upon the central garden. The extent of the two
divisions may be judged of from the calculation that
a person walking at the rate of about three miles
an hour, for 10 hours a day, would employ a week
in traversing both divisions. There will be from
25 to 30 circular alleys under the 10 or 12 naves.
It is now settled that the agricultural exhibition will
be included. There was a report to the contrary.
Should any of your readers desire to be in commu-
nication with the Imperial Commission for regulat-
ing the affairs of the Exhibition, they should write
to that body at the Palais de l'lndustrie (No. 4),
Champs Elysees.
The correspondent of the Siecle at Berlin gives
some particulars of great interest relative to the
communications between France and Prussia, and
is much more explanatory than the Moniteur. He
has derived his information from no less a personage
than M. Bismarck. Tho Ambassador of France has
had two interviews with M. Bismarck, during
which some arrangement relative to a change on
the frontiers of the Rhine was discussed. Such a
change was plainly stated to be necessary in conse-
qap.FnoLtbe g rentgLandise_ment of Prussia._ On

"Do I take news of peace or war to Paris ?" M.
Bismarck replied, " Friendship, the most durable
friendship, with France. I have the firm hope that
France and Prussia will form the twin (dualisme) of
intelligence and progress. I expect to go shortly
to Biarritz, which is my fountain of Jouvence."
In another interview with the correspondent, M.
Bismarck, speaking of Italy, said—" Italy deserved
a better fate. I cannot conceive why, after the
battle of Custozza, the Italians recrossed the Mincio,
or why that battle is spoken of as a defeat. All
the accounts I have received of that battle, not from
the Italians, but from Prussian agents, prove that
the Italian army did not lose that battle, because
they did not lose their position, and they did not
experience losses equivalent to a defeat. M. de la
advance
Mamora might have announced a victory, and if,
dof
the army had
marched
s the
next recrossing y
in°ca'nd pursued their
instead
d a
in the
military operations, the face of things could have
been entirely changed." The correspondent de-
scribes M. Bismarck "as most affable and mild in
his manners, a good husband, and a good father."
The fresh difficulty between Austria and Italy is
this. Austria wishes to limit herself purely and
simply to the cession of Venetia. Italy claims the
whole of the Italian territory, comprising the Italian
Tyrol and Istria. I have before briefly explained
this, and the explanation is now officially confirmed.

Eha's---he Tornado, after
cleared out at the T
lyingTHiEn St
hUeS PREoCa Td
sE Df Pr
IR4I Aa
days,
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Cus-
tom-houseo
for South America. She took on board a quan-
tity of pig-iron, coals, machinery, and general stores, such
as are usually supplied to merchant ships bound for foreign
ports ; but she had no cargo. her former crew having
claimed their discharge were paid off, and a new crow,
numbering nearly 60 hands, engaged in their place. The
Tornado sails under the command of Captain Collier, but
Mr. Isaacs, the gentleman who was on board of her at the
Faroe Islands, and whose right leg was fractured there
through a fall, does not accompany her this time. The
Tornado being ready for sea, she got up steam yesterday
morning, and at 4 o'clock weighed her anchor and steamed
down the Firth. The frigate Dauntless, 31 guns, steamed
up the Firth on Thursday afternoon, and cast anchor near
the Tornado. It was thought by some that she would
keep the Tornado company so long as she remained in
British waters ; but she did not do so, for the Dauntless
remained at her anchorage in the Roads till the afternoon,
when she left ; but whether to watch the doing of the sup-
posed privateer or not, has been kept secret. The owner
of the Tornado, or those representing him, deny their in-
tention of takinghostile action against the ships or Govern-
ment of any nation, but they admit their intention of dis-
posing of the vessel to the highest bidder, whether Spa-
niards or Chilians, to be used by the purchasers either for
warlike purposes or for the peaceable pursuits of
i com-
merce. They (those representing the owner, who s said
to be a Mr. M‘Gregor, of Glasgow) state that the Govern-
ment of Spain made an offer for the vessel, but as it was
not accepted, on the ground of being too low, they sus-
pected the ship would be offered to the Chilians, and hence
the reason of that Government endeavouring to make it
appear that she was being fitted out as a privateer. Where
the Tornado may go to is of course not known, but it is
supposed that she will not go far on her voyage before
another attempt will be made to provide her with guns,
&c., so as to make her all the more attractive in the eyes
of belligerents. The new crew are engaged to serve ou
the outward passage and home to port in Great Britain,
unless the vessel be sold, in which case it is agreed that
they shall be discharged, and their
passage paid to Eng-
-1 an d.—Scotsman.

THE HIGHLAND MOORS.--Sportsmen are now
arriving daily in great numbers at Inverness, on their way
to shooting quarters, and where deer-stalking or salmon-
fishing call be enjoyed they aro already established. A be-
ginning has been made in several forests, and the deer are
found to bo in good condition, the heads in many cases
being nearly free of velvet. Mr. Horatio Bass writes in
high spirits from his new forest, near Evanton, iu Ross-
shire. He says —" I went out on Friday for the first time,
and was very much pleased. I saw iu different lots on it
122 stags, besides a good many hinds—many very fine,
clean, with such heads as I have not seen for many seasons
now. I did not, however, fire at the very largo deer, as
their heads were not hard, but contented myself with one
13-stone stag, which I found in very good condition.
Grouse are literally swarming, and very well grown. No
season,
fairer prospects for sportsmen." We continue to receive
in my recollection, has opened in Ross-shire with
very favourable reports of the moors from all parts of the
north. The late rains may have proved fatal to the very
young birds, but almost everywhere grouso aro so forward
as to be out of danger for drowning. Almost every moor
in the Highlands has been taken this seascin.—/nrerness
Courier.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE.

PARIS, August 13.

The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes an
article upon the rumours respecting the demand for
compensation addressed by France to the Prussian
Government.

The article says :—" It is important not to allow
public opinion to be led astray on so serious a pro-
posal. Without doubt it is possible that France
has a right to compensation ; but to believe that a
programme has already been drawn up and already
rejected would be to misunderstand the ordinary
character of diplomatic negotiations, and not to
take into consideration the very friendly relations
between the two Powers. Moreover, it would be
forgetting that the true interest of France is not to
obtain any insignificant territorial aggrandisement,
but to aid Germany to constitute herself in a more
favourable manner for her own interests and those of
Europe."

AMERICA.
(By Atlantic Telegraph).

NEW YORK, Aug. 9, Evening.

Gold, 148 i ; Exchange on London, 1591 ; Illinois,
122 ; Erie, 68i ; 5-20 Bonds, 1091; middling Up-
land, 34.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10, Evening.

Gold, 148 i ; Exchange on London, 1591 ; Illinois,
122 ; Erie, ; 5-20 Bonds, 109- ; middling Up-
land, 34.

PARIS, August 11.—Two o'clock.—The market
opened under the impression of rumours of political
difficulties having arisen to interfere with the con-
clusion of peace, which have again had the effect
of restricting business within very narrow limits.
French Threes were done at 68f. 90c., or 2ic.
lower ; Italian Fives at 52f., or an improvement of
10c. ; Credit Mobilier 640 f., or a fall of 3f. 75c. ;
Credit Foncier at 1,300 f., or sf. lower. Comptoir
d'Escompte are unchanged at 867 f. 50c. The Rail-
way Market is rather firmer.
Three o'clock.—The market closed without any

variation of consequence :
41 per Cents 9B
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 6B 80
Do. end month 6B 90
Credit Mobilior 615
Do. end month 641 25
Credit Foncier 1295
Do. end month 1300 -
RAIL'

Bank Shares 3550
Italian Loan 52 20
Do. end month 5l 90
Mexican Loan 29 50
Do. Bonds 173 75
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
,AYS.

For Account.

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean B7l 25
Southern 530
Western —
Eastern S3G 25
Sardinian
Austrian

Lombard 3BO
North of Spain lO3 75
Saragossa —
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman — --

The State of the Money Market.

r—
(From the Economist.)

It is not likely that the deputation of the joint-
stock bankers to Mr. Disraeli will have much prac-
tical effect. They have proposed that the 10 per
cent. clause contained in Mr. Gladstone's letter of
licence shall be cancelled, and another written with-
out that clause. On former occasions we have given
reasons for believing that the insertion of the clause
has, upon the whole, been injurious. 'The proper
object of a restriction upon the breach of Peel's Act
is to be found in the object of that breach. Owing
to sudden and calamitous events domestic credit
was impaired, the " auxiliary currency" of checks
and similar expedients was less effective than usual,
and more banknotes were needed. What was ne-
cessary was to make sure that the extra issue of
banknotes should not derange the foreign exchanges.
And in previous panics the requirements of a high
rate of interest has been the best means of so pro-
viding. But on this occasion we think that (six
weeks or two months since) a lower rate of interest
would have better regulated the foreign exchanges.
We had then much foreign money in London, and
the higher interest we offered for its retention the
more its owners were anxious to take it away. The
operation of the 10 per cent. clause was, therefore,
at that time injurious. Though, according to the
better opinion, the whole discretion is still in the
Bank, yet the position is anomalous and dubious.
The semi-suspension of an Act is puzzling ; the
steady contemplation of permitted illegality is
peculiar. To what extent the policy of the Bank
was determined by the " 10 per cent." cannot
be known without examining the past thoughts
and past feelings of each director. But, doubt-
less, it was so determined to some extent, and,
as we hold, determined wrong. Now, how-
ever, the foreign discredit has been created the
foreign money is gone, and the Bank directors are
left to struggle with the results. A withdrawal of
the 10 per cent. clause might, in theory, be more
desirable, as vesting the sole responsibility more ex-
clusively in a single hand ; but hardly any director
would now think or vote very differently whether
the restriction be retained or removed.

Another suggestion has been made, that the Bank
of England should accept the offer of the French
Government, and take a loan from the Bank of
France. But no step could be more fatal. The
evil from which we are suffering is a deficiency of
foreign credit, and such a loan would at once
diminish our foreign credit. It would be a frank
confession to Europe that we wanted French aid.
If anything could cause a new run upon England"
it would be a loan so unadvised.

We fear that 10 per cent. must now be endured

for some time longer. We retain our belief that
the Bank of England missed its opportunity;
we believe that by a timely reduction of its rate it
might have confirmed foreign confidence and allayed
foreign discredit. But the period for such a step is
over. As we have said, the foreign money is gone,
our funds for the discount of bills are diminished,
the means of Lombard-street are impaired, while its
demand is still ample, and while this fact remains
we cannot expect a reduction in the value of money.
There are two ways in which a high rate of inte-
rest tends to bring ease in Lombard-street. First,
it attracts foreign capital here. But on the present
occasion we cannot, after late events, have much
confidence in its magnetism. We doubt its draw-
ing much, and we fear it will deter some. Secondly,
a high rate operates in a more natural way, by
diminishing transactions, lowering imports, increas-
ing exports, and so righting the balance of trade
and bringing bullion hither. And this process is
now going forward. It is true that the figures of
the Board of Trade do not yet show such to be the
case, but a reference to previous similar periods will
show that there is another disturbing agency. At
a time of crisis we call in our debts from foreign
countries, and the first consequence is an increase of
imports. We explained this in 1858, just after and
in reference to the crisis of 1857, in terms which we
quote, because their principle is as true now as it
was then :

" When we arrive at a period of crisis, the coun-
try is more influenced by its past transactions than
those of the moment or those which follow. When
crisis occurs, it is generally preceded by what is
termed over-trading; auu tins usually, it not
always, takes the form of very extended exports, ac-
companied by a relative increase of imports of raw
materials and other produce. As a rule, however,
this country gives somewhat lengthened credit upon
its exports, while its imports are drawn for at the
moment of shipment from abroad, and are paid for
in cash shortly after their arrival. England gives
credit to the whole world, and takes little or none.

Then it mud be borne in mind that an adverse ex-
change is caused by a balance of payments falling
due at any one period, and not by the exports and
imports of the moment. We may be exporting as
largely, or more so, than we are importing ; but if,
in the one case, we are giving a long credit, and in
the other case we are paying ready money, the
balance of payments may be against us, while the
balance of transactions is in our favour. That such
was the case at the commencement of the late crisis,
and that such is usually the case at similar periods,
there can be no doubt. We had extended our credits
beyond our means. Our capital was absorbed to an
inconvenient extentby foreign shipments. What, un-
der those circumsances, was the natural remedy ?
Not that we should resort to means to increase our
exports, but that we should rather circumscribe our
transactions, reduce our foreign credits, and wait
the arrival of remittances as they fall duo for ship-
ments already made. At such times the commerce
of the country is placed in a condition of partial
liquidation. But it will be observed that that liqui-
dation can be, and practically is, effected as much
by commodities as by gold. The same motives which
induce to large shipments of Gold to England at
such times lead also to'ishipments of commodities,
both being equally applicable to the liquidation of
debts from foreign countries."
In time we must expect our imports to fall off
under the influence of diminished transactions. But
such is not the first effect of a crisis. The goods
sent in payment of old debts confuse the accounts,
and make us look as if we were transacting an aug-
mented business.
How long the 10 per cent. rate will continue it is
not easy to say. The exchanges are better as we
write, and there is more ease than for a day or two
past. Still we must not be too sanguine of an nu-
mediate or signal change.

THE GREENWICH UNION.—In this workhouse,
containing upwards of 900 inmates, there has not been a
death from any cause since the 2d inst., although the ave-
rage deaths are five weekly.
A GOOD SUGGESTION.—The tranquillity of India
is considered assured by the presence in the country of not
fewer than 80,000 British troops, required less to keep the
peoples in subjection than to restrain native auxiliaries
from possible mutiny. Suppose Lord Crauborne were to
arm our own men there with breech-loading rifles? The
new weapon is so efficient that then our Indian army might
safely be reduced by an eighth at least; and an eighth is
10,000 men.—Pall-mall Gazette.

FATAL COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON
RAILWAY.—On Saturday night, at about half-past
nine o'clock, a collision occurred between two trains on
the Mid-Sussex portion of the London and Brighton Hue,
at a place known as the Itchingfield Junction, about three
miles on the Shoreham side of Horsham. Ono man lost his
life, and several passengers were severely injured. The
7.40 train from London-bridge to Littlehampton and Ports-
mouth was 15 or 20 minntes behind at starting, and was
late at all the stations down the line. At Itching&ld
Junction it ran into the 7.15 train from Brighton and
Shoreham. The fireman of this train was killed, but the
drivers of both trains escaped comparatively unhurt. The
guard of the Brighton train also escaped, though his brake
was shivered to atoms. The up train happened to be an
unusually light ono, whilst the down train was more tintil
ordinarily heavy. Had the up train contained more
passengers, or had it run into the other near its centre,
tho casualties must have been alarming. As it was, the
majority of those who suffered were passengers by the
down train, several of whom have sustained fractures of
the legs or other limbs ; but no other fatal cases have
occurred. By dint of great exertions the lino was cleared
and the injured passengers attended to. Some who wore
able to walk made their way to Horsham. Others who
were more hurt were conveyed there by train ; and others
who were en route to the Channel Islands were taken by
train to Littlehampton and placed on board the Honfleur,
which was to have been despatched at 12 o'clock on Satur-
day night, but which, owing to the accident, delayed her
sailing until noon yesterday. The accident is attributed to
a disregard of signals.

_ , ,
‘surt tGA_U, ttrahr

HER MAJESTY.

-- •~ -~.

OSBORNE, Aug. 11:

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and the Princess
of Leiningen, embarked yesterday afternoon on
board the royal yacht Alberta, Captain his Serene
Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and steamed
down the Solent towards Hurst Castle.

In attendance were Lady WTaterpark, Lady
Augusta Stanley, and Major-General Seymour.
ler Majesty walked in the grounds this morning
with Princess Louise.

Sir Augustus and Lady Paget arrived yesterday,
and had the honour of dining with the Queen and
the Royal family.
Count Lavradio left Osborne this morning.
Lady Augusta Stanley has also left.

Sunday.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with
Princess Louise.
Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses the Duke of
Edinburgh, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice
attended Divine service this morning at Whipping-
ham Church.
The Rev. George Prothero officiated.
Sir Augustus and Lady Paget left Osborne yes-
terday.
The Hon. Flora Macdonald has arrived as Maid
of Honour.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
been staying on a visit to Lord and Lady Londesborougll
at Grimstou Park, Yorkshire.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
de Chartres have arrived at Brussels on a visit to the Kirg
and Queen of the Belgians.

The Duke and- Duchess of Sutherland have
arrived at Tarbert House, N. 8., from the south, where
they will remain a few days, and then go to Dunrobin for
the autumn.

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The- Duke and Duchess of Montrose have left
town for Buchanan House, N. 8., for the season.
The mortal remains of the Marquis Camden
have been removed from Bayham Abbey to Wilderness,
near Sovenoaks, preparatory to the funeral, which is ap-
pointed to take place to-day.
The Earl and Countess of Dartrey have left town
for Dartrey House, Coote Hill, county Monaghan.
The Earl of Powis has left town for Powis
Castle, near Welshpool.
Lord and Lady Penrhyn and lion. Misses
Douglas Pennant arrived at Penrhyn Castle, near Bangor,
on Friday last, for the season.
The Count and Countess Hippolyte Czernichew
Kroughlikoff have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Byde,
Isle of Wight.
Viscount Holmesdale and Mr. Boultbee have
left Pencarrow, Lady Molesworth's seat in Conwall, for
Scotland.