The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-31 00:00:00

cure in all this. An enemy of half a million of
men, however well commanded, cannot pretend to
dictate to a world. The pretensions of Napoleon
111., not his own, probably, but those which others
put forward for him, were too great for his power,
too vast for his resources. A determination to
maintain them by force in the face of recent events
would have been fatal to his Government ;
would not improbably have resulted in the over-
throw of _ his dynasty, The upshot of two great
dramas, played out in two hemispheres, has dis-
turbed his calculations, and made it necessary for
him to draw in a little. The North American Be-
public, after a desperate struggle of four years, 11. as
triumphed over the Smith, so that now agam,lts
frontier extends to the border river of Mexico. the
North German Power, fighting for supremacy in
Central Europe, has not only driven Austria Iron
the field, and barred her out of Germany, but has
consolidated herself by the annexation or subjuga;
tion of all the German countries north of the lice of
the Maine. In America and in Europe France has
suddenly been confronted by a Power equal to her.:
self ; it is not to be wondered at that she finds it
impossible to stand her ground against both of tbe.n3.
In consenting to retire from Mexico at the bidding
of the United States Government, and in submittin.,o.
to the affront which she has experienced atthe hands
of Prussia in the abrupt refusal of a trifling real'''.
cation of frontier in the direction of the river Saari
IFrance may be thought by some to have listened to,
the promptings of discretion rather than those °,
I,
valour. But only a madman will rush into the field
when the odds are ten to one against him. If atanli,
time the United States had made up their mind'?
back up by force the Republican faction in Mexico]
the Emperor of the French would at once have ha
us
presented to him the disagreeable alternative 0-
allowing the small expeditionary force to be
over-
whelmed and captured, or sending across the Atlan-
tic, in all the transport ships of Europe the while
army of France to cope with that of AmeTiciai
When the success of the United States was decid
when the intentions of the United States with re-
gard to Mexico were expressed in the plainest lso_
guage that could be, and in diplomatic documents'
the Emperor of the French, if he would avoid sn
ignominious expulsion from the Western continents
had nothing to do but to withdraw from it with the
best grace possible under such distressing eire°lll:
stances. The establishment of a Mexican empire No"
all very feasible while the American states to the
north of it were divided, it became an impossible e. 11:
terprise when they were united in opposition to
Napoleon 111. is just in the position of a player vgiv..
has made a false move at chess. He has the oper•
tunity of withdrawing it ; he must take it baex
he will lose the game. In America his tactics ac
di;
simple, though not altogether satisfactory to t.f,
pride of France. In Europe he has had a more
ficult part to play. When a power equal to Francr
reared herself up beside him on the Rhine, afte,
seven days of battle, his Foreign Minister was Inas
strutted to represent to Prussia that France Nv,
placed in a somewhat awkward position by this cite
cumstance, but that such a trifling matter as vis
restoration of Saar-Louis, taken from her in 18'i!
might do something towards restoring his ecill3,lllo
niity. This request was refused, and France L'
submitted to the rebuff in rather an ill-hunl°?tr
;
For the moment she can hardly contend with a s;h
which has an army as large as her own, armed slice,
needle guns which can shoot five times for her on
France is getting ready her breech-loaders. It
reported that the settlement of this little affir of
to be postponed until after the Paris Exhibition
),
next year. At the close of 1867 the French
will be fully equipped with the " Chassepot" bree-,
loader, said to be as far superior to the " 03-of
nadelgewehr," as that is to the old Brown Bess, re
the British army. We trust, however, that bel°o
this time the irritability of the French will Wetly
far cooled down that we shall escape the ree,ie,
rence of the carnage of 1866 on a still larger sc"tbe
The French will be then, as they are now' eir
strongest nation in Europe, well able to hold
cir
own against all comers, and will admit, when t4ve
present passion of jealousy is past, that the)" ',lit
, nothing to gain in the extension of their pre,sir,
frontiers, no motive to induce them to wish for '`
riers against German ambition.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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BIRMINGHAM—TmsDAY. ash
At this day's market there was a short supply of -11111,,',. es
wheat, and the turn in price was in favour of the snper.
old, and the buyer on new. Carley slow, but not Cut ,00
Old oats fully as dear; new tending downwards.
and peas firmly held for previous rates.

BRIST OL—THURSDAY. iv Of
On our market to-day thoro was a limited sup
'but
English wheat, and the quality much complained
prices rather lower. In foreign nothing doing. (Jrin
barley is per qr. dearer. Oats at last week's prices.
dian corn 6d to is per qr. higher.

BURY ST. EDMUND'S—Wrn-Nrstixr. rd.
White wheat, 58s to 60s ; old red, 49s to 51s ; ne~c
44s to 48s ; grinding barley, 35s to 38s ; Page's proliflc
.

. _
ley, 39s to'4Os per qr.. v ,
averages :—Wheat, 625 quarters, at 47s Hid ; bar
qrs., at —s Od ; oats, qrs, at —s Od.

MANCHES TER—THURSDAY. unt
Our market this morning was moderately attenclfl, fit
the business passing was restricted. Old wheat riloc-
nearly last week's rates, whilst new was offered at a ries
to p °
er
tion of 2s per qr. Flour scarcely inquired for, and
sack lower. Oats ld to 2d per 451b5., and oatmeal 6 ,e3O
per load lower. A further decline of is per qr. on
and 6d per qr. on Indian corn must also be noted.

EDINBITRGII—WEDNEsDAY. - lol'
Wheat on the top, 2s 3d down average, Os 4 3 ;00'
Barley on the top, Os 6d down average, is " joiv
Oats on the top, Os 9d down2oss V., tip
Beans on the top, is Od down average,
Total supply and average,svalees.ge
la 05
s Wheat 929 qrs o no
so
Barley 5111 qrs ld ' ,e 0
Oats 596 qrs sold 316
Beans 132 qrs
Average prices.
Wheat, 47s 4d I Oats, 3
Barley, .......35s 6d 1 Beans 52s 10
illlOl a . 004)
Town-made flour sells as follows:—White, 4106',
superfine, 408 Od; superfine, 38s 6d; fine, 37s Od.

A—a DOl3
GL— WEDNESDAY.
To-day's market wa OW-
s fairly attended. Wheat 11115,,,,a11'
at Monday's quotations, but the business done
Flour was rather easier. Barley, oats, and beans '-
unaltered.

Foreign Mail Packet List•

MAILS DIIE.

sept.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa.....o•—•
Ditto, via Marseilles
6ePt*
S
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet
,/,
Ditto, by French packet s e
........ pt. -
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. • s. 2,
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.•Sernt. 13
Ditto, via Marseilles ......... Sex
Falkland Islands ..................................
Sept"
Gibraltar, via Southampton Spilt India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton 1:1
Ditto, via Marseilles
1.
India (Bombay), via Southampton.
Ditto, via Marseilles" .
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton . .. ; ..... 5:SSeeeePP
6ePP:t„.:::' 16
16';:'
Ditto, via Marseilles Sel/' 13
Mauritius, via Southampton ............... ••
12,
Ditto, via Marseille3 . SCP; S.
Newfoundland
.••••-'
Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... ............
United States and British North America, byllri-ept•
tish packet ... •

Ditto, by United States packet, via Southangr
ton.
Ditto, via Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, Londonderry •, tO.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife ..• • Sept
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and . Sept /.73,
Honduras) 5ept................

t Cuba and Mexico ......................''.' 0.g6.
.
Bermuda, via Halifax . ................ • .
Bahamas. via New York ..........................

Births. f 11)1°11r
ADAIR—On the 28th inst., at Southsea, the wi-se,,.° 0t,',,,f
Col. Henry Adair, Royal Marine Artillery, °,_,A -,,sire, Pa:
CARRINGTON —On the 27th inst. at Hampton uri the P.
biton, the wife of Robert C. inst.,
Es(l*, °-
erottl/'
miralty, Whitehall, of a daughter. ~.,.,,iO,
HOARE —On the 29th inst., at 8, Norwood-terrace' bt v
sea, the wife of J. G. W. Hoare, Esq., H. Y 3 ,1,
toria and Albert, of a son. bcl"
golly-
NEWTON—On the 28th inst., the wife of Lt.-Col."-
Newton, Royal Artillery, of a daughter.
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Marriages. 1, A. ied
0 1,
O'BRIEN —PERRY—Oa the 29th inst., Sir Patric„ ``l °,
Bart., M.P. for the King's County, Ida S0131"-:,11te'
of the late Lieut.-General James Perry, and c`3l4' On
the late Commander Pariby, R.N. , jolliii,oef
PRITCHARD —BENNIE —OR the 28th inst ,at St, )111'
Evangelist, Maindee, Thomas S. Pritchard, t)
od dA*lO
Temple, Esq., barrister-at-law, to- Emma, soc? 0,100 1
ter of the late James Rennie, Esq., of 3131

Newport, Mon.
of
I
Deaths. ,
fii.siii,
AGAR—On tho 28th inst , Sir Emanuel F. Aga--7 00
7, Stratford-place, age'd 86.
Major Cie 93a
• GonnoN—On the 26th inst ,at Harrowgate; „d 16-
Gordon, of Claremont-crescent, Edinburgh; 3
_;/ij•
(Sutherland) Highlanders. ~,,nnellef ill'
HINDMARCH—On the 27th inst , at Aix-13-1.,..-r -g,
00
nindrmarch, Q.C., aged 65. • a 0. j
JONES—On the 25th inst., at Norwood, Fre-ii:' Life'
Esq., aged 41. frog'
MAXWELL—On'tho 25th inst., at Torr Hall, Itell ii
John Hall Maxwell, Esq., of Dargavel, C.B.
°' pco
•
TURNER— On the 26th inst , Thomas J. Turo
Littlo °livers, Colchester, aged 80. ii
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