The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-19 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY•

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0 SBORNE, Wednesday.
The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday
morning, accompanied by Princess Louise, and
drove out in the afternoon, accompanied by
Princess Helena, and attended by the Countess of

C aledon.
Major-General the Hon. A. Hood was in attend-
ance upon horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold drove out,
attended by Lieutenant Stirling.
His Serene Highness Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein rode, attended by Colonel Pa
Plat.

REPRESENTATION OF CAMBRIDGE. There are
now two candidates in the field for Cambridge—COl.
Torrens,
late candidate on the Liberal side, who has again
offered himself in, of course, the same interest; and, as pre-
viously stated, Mr. John Eldon Gorst on the Conservative
side. The addresses of both candidates were issued yee"
terday. Both, of course, include the usual conventionali-
t'es and localisms. With regard to general matters Ain
Goi -st says —"I am opposed to lowering the franchise, not
from fear of the working class, but because neither that nor
any other class should have any undue preponderance in
the country. I shall resist all attempts to destroy or
weaken our National Church under the plea of promoting
religious liberty. In foreign affairs we should not m
in quarrels which do not concern ourselves ; weeddle
ought
at the same time to refrain from raising expectation
of material aid which we are not prepared to grant'
It is true economy to maintain our national defences in 3
state of efficiency." Colonel Torrens remarks in reference
to the Reform Bill—" I fully believe that when the several •
portions of this great measure are laid before the public
they will be recognised as constituting a safe and well-
balanced readjustment of the Commons' House of Parlia-
ment. I have full confidence in the good faith of the Pre",
sent Government, and in the pledges which Earl Bussel'
has so distinctly given, that the several portions of this
measure will be brought forward as speedily as is consistent
with that careful and deliberate consideration which the
scope of the subject and the all-important interests at
stake alike demand." He proposes to support the bill, if
elected. The nomination has been fixed for Monday, end
the polling, if challenged, for Tuesday next.
REPRESENTATION OF HELSTON.—Major Gryllst
who contested this borough at the last general election,
will become a candidate in the room of Mr. A. W. Young'
who has been unseated.
REPRESENTATION OF NORTH DEVON.--It 11°Vt
orth-
certain that a unanimous requisition to Sir Stafford N
cote will bo forwarded by the Conservatives of North
Devon, and it is expected that the right hon. gentleman
will accede to the call thus made upon him.
LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE CLUB.—We bear
the Liberal-Conservative party are organising a new cinpf'
to bo called the Clarendon, with the avowed object a•
strengthening and advocating their cause. It is sty
that a highly influential committee is in con" rse of forrns;
tion, and that premises in every way eligible are securea•
Independently of the political aspect assumed, it is Pr°;
bablo that in these days of club life a large nunaber
members will gladly avail themselves of the advantageS
offered.
Sir George Bowyer will ask the Chancellor 0f the
Exchequer, on Monday, whether any demand has been
made within the last four months by the French Govern-
ment on the British Government, relative to the repalnleurt
by the latter Government to the former of an alleged 51-
plus of the moneys provided by France and pqrid t°
English Government in pursuance of the Conventione
of
Paris, 1815-1818, to indemnify British subjects for thir
losses by confiscation during the revolutionary government'
or whether any communications on the above subject bac°
passed between the Governments of the two countries
manudn,
iicfastoio,
nwshueptohnerththe ereis any objection
table
ofh
A THAMES STEAMER WRECKED,—Yesterday even;
ing the Dryad steamvessel, plying with passengr,
between Woolwich, Greenwich, and London, left gunge"-
tehouse.
about 5 o'clock, having few persons on board be:
yond the crew. After taking in several more passenger' 3e
the Temple and Blaclsfriars piers, she proceeded down osn
river, and when near Allhallows-pier, London-bridge,
some cause which is as yet unexplained, she struck Iv":
great force on the foreshore. The result was that bell'
rudder was carried away, and the vessel sustained enAco
injuries that she commenced filling with water rapidlY•
might be expected, the utmost consternation prevab°
tho
among the passengers, and not without reason, stain
vessel was evidently going down rapidly. The cap,3
and crew, however, behaved with perfect coolness, de
fortunately, the most efficient assistance being at hand, tbl
whole of the passengers were rescued by small craft sa'
other vessels. Shortly afterwards the steamer completely
sank, nothing being now visible with the exception of
her funnel. The captain and crew remained on the vessel
until after all others were out, and were partially immersein the water. The mate, whose exertions were most praised"
worthy, had to swim for his life, but was fortunately pies.
up by a small boat.
SUICIDE IN THE RIVER LEA.—On Tuesday 111r•Humphreys held au inquest relative to the death oftve
William Hugh Weller, whcsse body was found in the
Lea a few days ago. It tqapeared that the deceased 11°t`:
formerly been well off, and in business as a butcher;.
committing a crime, he was transported, and on obtain;
a ticket-of-leave again offended, and suffered a second soy_
tence. Whilst he was under the law his father died les
ing him £l,OOO which of course became the property of the.
Crown. After his liberation the Government allowed him
to receive the dividends on the £l,OOO, on condition thes
he would support his children. This arrangement Wad
entered into in January last, after he and his children ba
been inmates of St. Pancras Workhouse for two years.
took his discharge, but returned in a few weeks in such e
condition as to show that ho had dissipated the issoneP
On the 11th instant he received a letter from a soliciton"
r
about money matters, and again discharged himself. °
the same day a mounted policeman, whilst patrolling the
Hackney marshes, heard cries for help proceeding from the
river. He went to the bank, but could see no one in the
water. A hat was found on the bridge, and on the rivetc'
,
being dragged the body of deceased was found. A vercli
to the effect "That deceased had committed suicide Whilet
in an unsound state of mind " was returned.
DURATION OF OUR COAL-FIELDS.—LOOking, 'We
say, at the progress that has been made during thee
last 30 years, at the increasing demand and pressur
upon our coal supplies, and at the general improvement /I'4,
mechanical appliances that is incessantly taking place, 11'7,
may rely on increased national interest in all that relate:l
to our coal-fields, to new inventions for lessening the toil
and danger incident upon mining, and to a still furtbe.,
utilisation of the substances that belong to the carbon;
ferous system, and which are now only partially e
ployed or altogether neglected. But while we look hope'
of
fully forward to this utilisation, we cannot lose eig" is
tho fact that our coal-fields—we mean the British ce:ut
fields—have a limited area, and that at the
dis reser/
rate of consumption a time must come wheu evthi°
available seam will be exhausted. How far tant
ns
time may be our best practical authorities are by
LicPmello
agreed, some restricting it to 400 or 500, some to
800c,;10...
others again to 1,200 years. It is true that by more ie.,
mical methods of consumption the present increasing
mand will le somewhat restrained ; that with imPreiors
methods of working much of the mineral now left un".ers
ground will be raised ; and that with more skilful engine'„,„
ing deeper shafts may be sunk through the overl9l7o
secondary rocks. But even with all these appliances
aro
man of intelligence can shut his eyes to the fact that
we
~s,
rapidly working out our best and most accessible coal-Se
that
h "
that deeper winnings must entail greater expense, and „-el
in less than a century hence the price of Britis
will be immensely increased. How long the supplY
may be sufficient to sustain the supremacy
dustry it is impossible at present to determine, but assuredly
two or three hundred years hence all the more accessible
two
portions of our coal-fields will be thoroughly ell-len:os,
and our successors will be driven either to foreign 4n,
ia
to other sources of heat than coal, or other centres
dustry. No doubt the vast fields of America and Aug,
cils..
are scarcely broken in upon, and science is every Se3-rteo
covering newer fields in other regions, and this Will 11;
greatly to lessen the pressure on those of Great Britelour
but still the results must ultimately be a change in 0,
of British m!ix_.,
commercial relations, and a shifting of the theatres of Mun
facturin,g industry.—Paga's Geology for General Renders'
Iv
TRADE WITH DENMARK.—The exports from De re
mark to the United Kingdom in the year 1865
e_sct
of the value of £2,281,287. In 1863 the exports anaouniitua
to £1,625,294, and from Schleswig-Holstein and Lai-I°lj tals
£800,665, so that the exports to this country from Den/33, its
alone in 1865 were not very far from equal to the e%Tic,sa
from Denmark and the Duchies together in the year Wattle,
the war. This Is as partly owing to the demand for c
for England, Denmark having been free from cattle Plegill-e's
but there was a great increase in other export ; aW),,n,do
Majesty's Secretary of Legation at Copenhagen "5 3sric.
an approximate analysis of the export trade from Delly.o or
to Great Britain in 1865 by collating the returns of
ci's
the
three great exporting agents, through whose 11,`11.s esti-
whole, or nearly the whole, of the trade passes. -1-'11),31711).
mate is that the exports in that year included 5,89:51b, of
of butter, 5,658,3471 b. of bacon and :hams, 2,829,4' oil-
flour, h cattle
1,777,1701 b. of hides and skins,
cake, 39,617 head of cattle, sheep, and pigs. ?TO"
ding
come chiefly from Jutland, the great cattlo bree
_orwao
vince of the kingdom. Before the war it was f',3 'iootineU:
practice of the Jutland farmers to send their cattl ct_ wor!
ad the) 4,00.
for exportation to fatten in the Duchies, a 0 the
shipped at TOIIII/Dg or at Hamburg ; but slue.
_op ett
direct and regular steam communication has 1),°.:410.11,„
Wished between the ports of Jutland and Great DI"
3,085,96 lb.