The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-16 00:00:00

TIES FOR THIRD PRIZE.

Mr. C. C. Tubbs, 3d prize, £lO 1 1 1 1
Captain Digby Boycott ••• •• 11 1 0
Mr. C. Ilambro :. 1 1 0
Captain Hervey Talbot ••• •
••• 1 1 0
OP
Viscount Stormont 1 0
Viscount Parker... ... 1 0
Mr. M'Arthur H. Payne ••• 0
Mr. P. Perci,Tal 0
Mr. J. Jee, V.C., 0.13. •.;•. „. 0
* Handicapped 221 yards, used lioz. of shot.
f Handicapped 27 yards, used loz. of shot.
The following paid forfeit :--The Hon. C. W. Winn,
M.P., Mr. P. P. Chappell, and Mr. J. Grant Hodgson.
Somo other sweepstakes followed and closed the season
with great eclat, though we understand the usual club
shooting will continue for about another month. Mr.
G. A. Battcock, the secretary of the Gun Club, is "organis-
ing" a meeting to come off at Brighton in October, and has
already received more than a dozen nanies, the list being
open at No. 4, Carlton-stroot, Regent-Wed, for further
entries.

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The Bavarian Army.

The main street under my windows is filled with
commissariat and ambulance waggons ; the troops
will, I fancy, be under arms all night, so there is a
prospect of a good deal of noise. It is very excit-
ing and interesting to see war in actual progress, be-
cause all this is so utterly different to the parade of
reviews, &c. There is a chance, however, of our
being fired upon in return, if the Bavarian troops
fire upon the Prussians. About 7 o'clock we went
out with Mrs. to see the preparations, and
were passing through the soldiers when the General
himself rode up to her, and in very good French
French recommended her not to stay out.
The poor Kurgarten is desecrated by horses being
picketed there, and by ammunition waggons drawn
across it. If the Prussians, however, do attack us,
there does not seem to stop them, as the river,
though deep, is not broad. The waggons under
my windows are moving, so I suppose something is
up. I shall, however, hear more in the morning.
July 10.—On awaking this morning I found that
the street was quite clear of the baggage waggons,
but on going out we found all the troops under
arms round the bridge and the Kurgarten, and all
the houses in the neighbourhood of the bridge filled
with soldiers.

I believe the Bavarian force consisted of about
25,000 men in the town, while the Prussians, I have
heard, are 40,000.

On reaching the bridge I heard that Prussian
outpost had already been shot.
On going to my bedroom I found everything
covered with plaster from a bullet which had
ploughed along the cornice. Since then I have been
about to see the results of the fighting. Very pain-
ful. Not so much the killed, as they lie peacefully
asleep ; but the sight of the wounded brought in on
stretchers is very distressing.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

LONDON, July 'G.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

PLYmounr, July 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Aurora
steamer, from London. ,

LIVERPOOL, July 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dagmar,
from Quebec.
KINGROAD, July 15.—Wind S.-W.—Arrived—Aurora,
from Quebec.

PORTSMOUTH, July 15. —Wind S. W —Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Gladiator, from the Eastward.
LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPX.
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, July 15.—Alberdina, from St. Petersburg
Washburn, from Narva ; Llewellyn, from Riga; Selacia
and Falcon—both from Cronstadt.
Arrived, July 16.—Adelaide and Recompense, from Guern-
sey ; Anton and Anna—both from St. Petersburg ; Kate;
Boyn, Betsy, and Grace Robinson—all from Dantsic ; Stag,
from Antwerp ; Hardwick, Filey, and Useful all from
Cronstadt ; Maria, Anne Isabella, and Conqueror—all from
Riga ; Eros, from Porsgrund ; Seaforth, from Stettin;
Good :Home, from Wolgast ; and Theodore, from Hernosand,
Sailed, July 15.—Beaumaris Castle and Onward, for
Calcutta ; Falcon, for Singapore ; James Russell, for Hong
Kong ; Copenhagen, for Madras ; Cella, steamer, for New
York.

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, July 15.—Freedom, of Dartmouth, and Manahan,
screw steamer—both from the north for the west ; Celia,
from London for Corfu; Batavia, barque, from Shields for
Batavia; Harrier, for Newfoundland; Mary Jane, for Ber-
muda; Rio Grande, for Jamaica; and Dublin, screw
steamer, for Bordeaux—all from London ; St. Peter, from
Nykoping for Havre ; Laura Antonella, from Shields for
Naples ; and Ranaki, from Caon for Gottenburg.
Passed, July 16.—Clyde, screw steamer, from the west
for London ; Cella, screw steamer, from London for New
York.

Wno's Youn DOCTOR ?—MORISON'S PILLS.

The petition presented by certain directors for
winding up the Trinidad Petroleum Company
(Limited) has been withdrawn, the directors having
agreed to place their resignations in the hands of
1 the shareholders at the general meeting to be held on
the 20th inst.

The report of the Natal Land and Colonization
Company shows an available total of £5,498, and
recommends a dividend of 21 per cent. (making 51-
per cent. for the year), which will leave £B6O to be
carried forward. The appeal to shareholders for
a loan has been met to an extent that will probably
obviate the necessity of a call.
COMMITTAL OF INSURANCE AGENTS FOR CON-
SPIRACY.—On Friday, at Rotherham, Charles llird,
Frederick Win. Spidgeons, and John Thompson were
brought up on remand charged with conspiring to defraud
sthe i d
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tCaogmepnatn:and the , of which
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prisoners sub-agents or collectors. The evidence went to
prove that the prisoners had submitted for the
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officer of the Union, whilst at the same time they were re-
ceiving money from them on behalf of the Sheffield and
Lincoln. The magistrates committed the prisoners for
trial.

SOMETHING LIKE A CHARMED LIFE.—The
Dantzig Gazette says that there is a soldier now in that town
who was engaged in the battle of Langensalza, where he
received eight shots, none of which did him any injury
Three of these passed through his coat-tails, one knocked
off his epaulette, another his cap, another made a hole in
his trousers, aucl %le 13.119c1i0C1 of a piece cf nail.

(From a Corre,spondenclent of the Times.)
KISSINGEN, BAVARIA, July 9.
We had a scene of excitement here last Thursday.
In the morning a body of cavalry came back iu re-
treat into the town, with artillery drivers and
horses, who had evidently had their traces cut.
They reported that in advancing to Fulda they had
been fired upon in a hollow road by the Prussians,
and that the Prussians were advancing, and were
already at Bruckenau, 17 miles off. This body
passed through in tolerable order, but about one
o'clock a regular flight through the town of the re-
mainder of the cavalry took place,—lancers,
dragoons, and artillery horses, the men with
their lances and swords gone, and galloping
for very life, the most disgraceful sight you
ever saw. Of course everybody expected the
Prussians in at once, and there was a regular
panic among the shopkeepers and hotel-keepers, as
well as among the German visitors, who bolted at
once—at least, those who could get carriages.
Ho "ever, as news came in during the course
of the afternoon that the Prussians were not any-
where near the alarm gradually subsided. The
story I now hear about the whole affair is that the
advanced guard of Bavarian cavalry were feeling
their way, expecting a surprise, when in a dark,
hollow piece of road, this being at night, a pistol
went off by accident ; this alarmed them so much
that they turned round and galloped back to the
main body, but, not seeing them in the dark, rode
right into them. The main body fired their pistols
in the dark, thinking, of course, the whole Prussian
army was upon them, and then retreated on th6.artil-
lery and baggage. These cut their traces, fled adding
to the panic. The whole body seems to have goneat
full speed not only through Bruckenau, but all the
way here, and they certainly passed through Kissin-
gen at a good pace, though the horses seemed fit
to drop. The whole affair was a panic. It has
created a great sensation here, for the place is now
full of troops, and I hear that the officers of the
body that fled have been " sent to Coventry." The
commanding officer was summoned to Munich, where
they say he would certainly have been shot, but he
anticipated that by shooting himself in the temple.
We are now, however, having something more real.
I and two other men went out for a walk about 5,
leaving the town quite quiet, except there are about
5,000 men billeted in the place and the neighbouring
villages. From the summit of the hill above the
town we were surprised to see that artillery were
taking up position among the cornfields in the slopes
to the east of the town and above it. When we
returned about 7 o'clock, we found the place in an
attitude of defence, as it appears the Prussians are
close by. I understand that they are being pursued
by an Austrian body, and the Bavarians here are
prepared to cut off their retreat. They are believed
to be coming along the other bank of the river
from Bruckenau and Fulda. Consequently all the
houses on that side have been deserted, and the
small foot bridges have been taken down ; the
stone bridge has been barricaded, and all the ap-
proaches are lined with troops, while two guns com-
mand the bridge. The place is, in fact, put into a
state of defence to the utmost extent possible, the
houses overlooking the river being filled with
troops.