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

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HER MAJESTY•

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

Caledon.
Major-General the Hood was in attend"
ante 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
Du
Plat.

REPRESENTATION OF CAMBRIDGE.—There are
now two candidates in the field for Cambridge—C°l'
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 yds-
terday. Both, of course, include the usual conventionali"
ties and localisms. With regard to general matters gr.
Gorst says : "I am opposed to lowering the franchise, not
from fear of the working class, but because neither that or
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 promotiug
religious liberty. In foreign affairs we should not meddi°
in quarrels which do not concern ourselves ; we 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 11
state of efficiency." Colonel Torrens remarks in reference
to the Reform Bill—" I fully believe that when the severe
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 Russel'
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 a.t,
stake alike demand." He proposes to support the bill, 11
elected. The nomination has been fixed for Monday, and
the polling, if challenged, for Tuesday next.
REPRESENTATION OF HELSTON.—Major Grylls,
who contested this borough at the last general election,
will become a candidate in the room of Mr. A. W. Y°lll4s'
who has been unseated.
REPRESENTATION OF NORTH DEVON.—It iS ON/
certain that a unanimous requisition to Sir Stafford North'
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 hear that
the Liberal-Conservative party are organising a new club,
to be called the Clarendon, with the avowed object ef,,
strengthening and advocating their cause. It is state'
that a highly influential committee is in course of form;
tion, and that premises in every way eligible are secure,
Independently of the political aspect assumed, it is Pi
bable that in these days of club life a large number °
members will gladly avail themselves of the advantages
offered.
Sir George Bowyer will ask the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, on Monday, whether *any demand has heell
made within the last four mouths by the French Goveriirt
meat on the British Government, relative to the reparne:'
by the latter Government to the former of an alleged sn'
plus of the moneys provided by France and
English Government in pursuance of the Convention °.!
Paris, 1815-1818, to indemnify British subjects for Wit'
losses by confiscation during the revolutionary governmell
or whether any communications on the above subject hl!.
passed between the Governments of the two countrioP
and, if so, whether there is any objection to lay such coin"
upon the table of the house.
A THAMES STEAMER WRECKED,—Yesterday
ing the Dryad steamvessel, plying with passenge'
between Woolwich, Greenwich, and London, left Sun„
°,
about 5 o'clock, having few persons on board hat
yond yond the crew. After taking in several more passenger 5,:0
the Temple and Blackfriars piers, she proceeded down 'otti
paid to th,
river, and when near Allhallows-pier, London-bridge, fr.,11
some cause which is as yet unexplained, she struck wnir
great force on the foreshore. The result was that hell
rudder was carried away, and the vessel sustained sne,
injuries that she commenced filling with water rapidly..
might be expected, the utmost consternation preyallet.e
among the passengers, and not without reason, as t'
vessel was evidently going down rapidly. The caPtsicia
and crew, however, behaved with perfect coolness, 03;:e
fortunately, the most efficient assistance being at hand, t'a
whole of the passengers were rescued by small craft Al.',
other vessels. Shortly afterwards the steamer comp of
sank, nothing being now visible with the exception 01
her funnel. The captain and crew remained on the veered
until after all others were out, and were partially ifutnel::,
in the water. The mate, whose exertions were most prnted
worthy, had to swim for his life, but was fortunately Pleb'

up by a small boat.
SUICIDE IN THE RIVER LEA.—On Tuesday P.;
Humphreys held au inquest relative to the death of
William Hugh Weller, whose body was found in the Bisera
Lea a few days ago. It appeared that the deceased I°'
formerly been well off, and in business as a butcher;; 13,v'
out
committing a crime, ho was transported, and on obtairil
a ticket-of-leave again offended, and suffered a second sor
tence. Whilst he was under the law his father died lea/-
ing him £l,OOO which of course became the property of °
Crown: After his liberation the Government allovredlll
to receive the dividends on the £l,OOO, on condition tb%
he would support his children. This arrangement w3ci
entered into in January last, after he and his children 11a
been inmates of St. Pancras 'Workhouse for two years. J'''e
took his discharge, but returned in a few weeks in suet' 5
condition as to show that he had dissipated tho mond'
On the 11th instant he received a letter from a solicitor
about money matters, and again discharged himself.
1911
the same day a mounted policeman, whilst patrolling the
Hackney marshes, heard cries for help proceeding from
river. He went to the bank, but could see no one in
Qer
the
water. A. hat was found on the bridge, and on the
being dragged the body of deceased was found A ver7ic:t
to the effect "That deceased had committed suicide 'vv.''
in'.
an unsound state of mind " was returned.
DURATION OF OUR COAL-FIELDS.—Looking, 'Ve
say, at the progress that has been made during tit!
last 30 years, at the increasing demand and pressol:"
iu
upon our. coal supplies, and at the general improvement
mechanical appliances that is incessantly taking Place; 'tes
may rely on increased national interest in all that re,-,
it
to our coal-fields, to new inventions for lessening the oitQer
and danger incident upon mining, and to a still fo1„
utilisation of the substances that belong to the carbo;
ferous system, and which are now only PactiallY, ern'
or altogether neglected. But while we look~bt of
'°'
fully forward to this utilisation, we cannot lose 810 51-
the fact that our coal-fields—we% mean the I3ritish
fields—have a limited area, and that at the Precsery
rate of consumption a time must come when. (34.
available. seam will be exhausted. How far distaov thiso
time may be our best practical authorities are by 0°13(13e3d
agreed, some restri ting it to 400 or 500, some to 80" an
again to 1,2 X years. It is true that by morn ec° cp.
mical methods of Consumption the present increasfog steel
mand will le somewhat restrained • that with iMPr°,lOl•••
methods of working much of the mineral now left 11.1"-er..
Found will be raised ; and that with more skilful eogilie.vg
ing deeper shafts may be sunk through the over/I:e°
secondary. rocks. But even with all these appliauce' are
man. of intelligence can shut his eyes to the fact that 0,
rapidly working out our best and most accessible coal-sAlgt
that. deeper winnings must entail greater expenSel an," -feel
in. less than a century hence the price of Britir
will be immensely increased. How long the sorPciliir
may be sufficient to sustain the supremacy of Britis-All
dustry it is impossible at present to determine, but 900:
;•Dle
two or three hundred years hence all the more' acce".ited,
portions of our coal-fields will be thoroughly 011,004,
and our successors will be driven either to foreign
to other sources of heat than coal, or other centres of "0
dustry. No doubt the vast fields of America and .Austlir
are scarcely broken in upon, and science is every Year 4
covering newer fields in other regions, and this will 0-11;
greatly to lessAn the pressure on those of Great Brit° tif
but still the results must ultimately be a change in Du,
commercial relations, and a shifting of the theatres of loa"
facturing industry.—Page's Geology for General Readell"
TRADE WITH DENDIARIC—The exports from Den ere
mark to the United Kingdom in the year 1865 W: a
of the value of £2,284,287. In 1863 the exports araQui.)-'tefg
to £1,625,294, and from Schleswig-Holstein and Latten;i
ly
£800,665, so that the exports to this country from Pent,--03rtt
alone in 1865 were not very far from equal to the a Toro
from Denmark and the Duchies together in the Year 1),°,,t tlO
the war. This IN as partly owing to the demand for [oio,
for England, Denmark having been free from cattle Pal'het
but there was a great increase in other exports ; ala°
Majesty's Secretary of Legation at Copenhagen has made
an approximate analysis of the export trade from th3l"-0
to Great Britain in 1865 by collatin Y the returns of tvi
three great exporting agents, through whose 11,...and5estf°
whole, or nearly the whole, of the trade passes. isai7ll).
mate is that the exports in that year included 5,892,' ib• of
of butter, 5,658,3471 b. of bacon and .hams, 2,829,43".;
flour, 1,777,1701 b. of hides and skins, 3,085,9601 b. O'-qttie
cake, 39,617 head of cattle, sheep, and pigs. I- c‘prcl.
come chiefly from Jutland, the great cattle breedlogn3;loo
vines of the kingdom. Before the war it was eLstiacd
-practice of the Jutland farmers to send their cattle tin
shipped at 'fogging or at Hamburg; but. Bloc° est,'"
for exportation to fatten in the Duchies, an!d. tbstple 'Naar
direct and regular steam communication has ve:taiii.
blished between the ports of Jutland and Great Or'