The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-27 00:00:00

LA 1 E *-1 T NEW S.

PARIS, SEPT. 27.

The Noniteur of to-day says :
" The French military officers who were present
at the manoeuvres of the Prussian army have re-
turned to Paris, penetrated with gratitude for the
kind reception . which was given them by the King
and the Royal family, and delighted with the frank
spirit of cordiality which they met with among
the Prussian officers. The officers report most
favourably of the fine bearing, discipline, and in-
struction of the Prussian army, qualities which
are so justly attributed to it."

FRANCE.

PARIS, SErr. 26.

By Imperial decree of the 25th the ad interinz
administration of the department of Marine and
Colonies by M. Thouvenel has ceased, and Count de
Chasseloup-Laubat has resumed his functions.
BOURSE, Sept. 26.—The market has been rather
dull, with scarcely any variation in quotations.
Threes are now at 69f 30c. The announcement that
the Bank of France had raised the discount rate to
5f per cent. had a depressing effect towards the
close.

The following are the last quotations :
ft per per Cents ... 96 45 Credit Fonder 1232 50
Do. end month.... 96 55 Belgian 4i lOl 25
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 15: Roman
Bank Shares 2925 i Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 775 -- I Spanish Threes —
Do. Account 777 50 j Home Debt

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLS'—YESTERD/ ►To
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
15 to 1 agst Asteroid (offered)
100 to 6 agst La Vapour (taken)
20 to 1 agat Ivanhoff (taken)
20 to 1 agst Umpire (taken)
20 to 1 agst Makeless filly (offered)
33 to 1 agst Russley (taken)
33 to 1 agst Defender (taken)
40 to 1 agst Calpe (taken)
40 to 1 agst Snapdragon (taken)
40 to 1 agat Light (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
100 to 7 agst Asteroid (offered)
20 to 1 agst Henham Lass (taken)
23 to 1 agst Diephantus (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-Y t 3TERDAY.

The events to come off on the Manchek rte r Race-course
on Friday and Saturday next were hardly alb aded to. The
little that was done on the Cesarewitch and G ambridgeshire
Stakes exhibit no change beyond the adv mix of Ivanhoff
to 20 to 1 (taken) for the former; and 1100 to 6 (taken)
agst Henham Lass for the latter. Closing pr ices :
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
100 to Bon the field (offered)
20 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken)
20 to 1 agst Makeless filly (taken a tu! offered)
25 to 1 agst La Vapeur (taken)
25 to 1 agst Babette filly (taken)
25 to 1 agst Claire (taken and offenefl)
.33 to 1 agst Calpe (taken)
50 to 1 agst Henham Lass (offered)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
100 to 6 agst Donner and Blitz (offe.red)
100 to 6 agst Henham Lass (taken)
25 to 1 agst Confectioner (taken)

LEICESTER RACES.—Tuun en AY.
The Scurry Handicap of 60 soya, added to a. sweepstakes o
10 soya each. Half a mile.

Lord Coventry's Mousetrap, 3 yrs, Est 81b..... (French) 1
Mr. Saxon's Penalty, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b
Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st 10Ib (L. Snowden) 3
Mr. Mellon's Bubbles, 2 yrs, sst 101 b . (Reeves) 0
Mr, Gulliver's Necromancer, 3 yrs, Est 81b. , . (Wheatley) 0
Betting-5 to 2 each agst Mousetrap and Miss Julia, 4to
1 agst Penalty, and 9to 2 agst Nocroman. ~er. Won by a
length and a half. There were throe quart ens of a length
between the second and third horses.

The All-aged Selling Stakes of 30 soya, ad,ded to a sweep-
stakes of 5 sous each, for all ages. Si, furlongs.
Mr. Mellish's Sweetbread
Mr. Bryan's Peahen ..... (Hobson) 2
Mr. Nelson's Viscountess
Mr. Bent's Entomologist
Mr. Mellon's Seahorse

Betting—Even on Sweetbread, and 2 to 1 agst Peahen.
Won by a head. The same distance separated Peahen and
Viscountess.

The Skeffington Nursery Handicap:of 100 LiOTS, added to a
sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for two-rr-olds. Thre
quarters of a mile.
Captain Christie's My Partner, Bst (1. Snowden) 1
Mr. Saxon's Miss Livingston, 6st 71b ,.(Midgley) 2
Mr. Snewing's Caractacus, 7st 91b
Harlington, Rossmore, and Melody also ran.
Betting-2 to lon My Partner, and 100 to 15 each agst
Rossmore and Melody. Won by six lengths. Caractacus
was a bad third.

The Welter Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 50 added
One mile and a quarter.
Mr. T'Anson nd The Don, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr. Thompson) 1
Mr. Gulliver's Miss Eleanor, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr. Bevil]) 2
Mr. Saxon's Little Dick, 4 yrs, lOst 81b . ,(L. Snowden) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Miss Eleanor, and 3to 1 each agst
The Don and Little Dick. Won by a neck. Little Dick
was a bad third.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles.
Mr. Parr's Avalanche, 4 yrs, 9st 71b .(Clements) 1
Mr. I'Anscn's Dorking, 3 yrs, Bst 41b........ (Johnson) 2
Mr. Mellish's Gaylad, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Edwards) 3
Betting-8 to lon Avalanche, who.won by four lengths.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sovs added to a sweepstakes of
5 sovs. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Gulliver's Necromancer
Mr. Mellish's Foretop
Betting-6 to 4on Foretop, who was beaten by four
lengths.

WALSALL RACES.-THURSDAY.

The Scurry Handicap of 25 sous; winners extra. Half a

mile.

Mr. Rigby's Lord of the Tees, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Chapman) 1
Mr. B. Land's Bayard, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Salt) 2
Mr. Sparrow's Greenwich Fair, 6 yrs, Bst 121b(W.White) 3
The following also run :—Cheesecake, Eheu, Duplicity,
Breechloader, Parovet.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Duplicity, 3to 1 agst Bayard, sto
1 agst Paroquet.

The favourite jumped round the instant the flag dropped,
and did not get off, Bayard and Lord of the Tees lying in
front throughout, the former winning by a h ead ; a length
between second and third ; Paroquet and Breechloader
were next.

The Bradfield Handicap of 50 soya., added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, 2 ft. ; winners extra. One

mile.
Mr. Wrights 1 winkle, .5 yrs, oat. .... (H. Taylor) 1
Mr. IVadlow's Diadem, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b .. (Whiteley) 2
Mr. Wood's Caliban, 3 yrs, sst. 71b.. (E. Taylor) 3
Mr. B. Land's Yorkshire Grey, aged, 7st. 71b. .. (Salt) 4
Betting-2 to lon Twinkle; 3to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey.
Twinkle made all the running, and won in a canter by a
length and a half ; half a length dividing the second and
third and the third and fourth.

The It nkeepers' Plato of 20 sous. ; optional selling weights

Three-quarters of a mile.

Mr. Price's Holdersyke, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (L3O) (Matthews) 1
Mr. Adkins's Doritta, 2 yrs, sst 71b (L3O) ....Whiteley) 2.
Mr. Wood's Fairy Knowe, yrs, sst 7th (£SO) (E. Taylor) 3
Jetty Bon and Incense also ran.

Betting-6 to 4on Holdersyke.
Holdersyke got off with the lead which he carried cn to
the end, winning cleverly by a length; the same between
second and third. The winner was not sold.

The Member's Plate Handicap of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 25

added. One mile and a quarter.

Mr. Carr's Eheu, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b. (Whiteley) 1
Mr. Wool's Caliban, 3 yrs, sst 71b (E. Taylor) 2
Mr. B. Land's Bayard, 3 yrs, sst 121 b .. (Beesley) 3
Mr. Lincoln's Duplicity, 3 yrs, sst 91b .... (H. Taylor) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Duplicity, who did not go off with the
others, Eheu making the play throughout, and winning
easily by a length. Bayard was a bad third.

The Hatherton Nursery Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30

added. Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. J. Land's Dunoon, 7st 121 b
Mr. Wood's Fairy Knowe, 7st (E. Taylor) 2
Mr. Thorpe's Vanilla colt, 7st 61b (Whiteley) 3
The following also ran :—Leonont, Pot Pourri, Bey of
Tunis, Agneta, and Strawberry Leaf.

Betting—Even on Leonora, 5 to 1 each agst Strawberry
Leaf, Vanilla colt, and Pot Pourri.

Won by a length and a half ; two lengths between second
and third. The favourite bolted at the railway turn.

AQUATICS ABROAD.

A party of gentlemen, members of the London and King
*ton Rowing Clubs, have lately returntd from a rowing
expedition abroad, which, undertaken as it was in the first
" outrigged" four which has been upon foreign waters, will
be interesting to some of our readers.

Mr. Stratten, Mr. Koe, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Coventry,
Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Steward met at Strasbourg on the 6th
of September, and their boat, which was built by Messenger,
of Teddington, was conveyed by some of the crew on the
Rotterdam and Rhine steamers to Mannheim, and thence
by rail to Strasbourg. At Strasbourg she was safely
launched in the Marne Canal on the morning of the 7th, and
the first day's journey was made in her to Saverne, on the
Vosges mountains, over which the canal is carried by means
of locks, numbering 58 in the ascent. On the following
day, towards the summit of the range, the crew arrived at
the remarkable tunnel, two miles and a half in length,
which is pierced for the passage of the canal waters. Here,
fixing the tow-lino and lantern to the bows of their boat,
the crew towed her in darkness at a run which occupied
them 21 minutes, and late in the evening they arrived at
the small village of Heming, where they put up for the
night, and, the provisions in the place proving limited,
some jars of preserved meats which had been brought from
England to provide against such emergencies came into re-
quisition for the first time. Einville was reached on the
following day, Nancy about noon on the 10th, and Erouard
that night, where, in a small wooden building, the crew
made shift as well as they were able. On the 11th, passing
through the three locks connecting the Marne Canal with
the river Meurthe, they quitted the former, and two miles'
rowing brought them to the junc`ion of the Meurthe with
the Moselle, The waters of the Moselle proved lower than
had been expected ; no rain had fallen for some time, and at
first it seemed doubtful whether even -an outrigger would
not draw more water than the shallows would permit. For-
tunately, however, and by narrowly watching the course of
the stream from point to point, upon only two occasions did
the crew run aground, and then without injury, although
the rapids more than once carried them into dangerous
proximity to sunken rocks. Barring, however, these little
desagremens, the course of the Nautilus (for the boat had
been christened with all ceremony) was uncheckered by any
disaster, and the "log" of one of the crew proceeds to give
the following further notes of their cruise :—Upon the
evening of the day on which they had passed through Nancy
they rowed to Ars; passed through the garrison town of
Metz on the following day; reached Konigsmakor, where
two of the crew had to sleep upon the floor of their inn;
and a long day's rowing on the 13th of 45 miles brought
them to Troves. On the following day, devoting a short
hour before breakfast to the town of Troves, the crow of
the Nautilus arrived at Neumagen, and, starting for Trar-
bach on the morning of the 15th, experienced a day's rough
weather; it rained, indeed, so heavily at intervals that some
of the crew founl it mere comfortable to row in "buff"
than to be encumbered with wet flannel shirts. At Trar-
bach, as indeed at Neumagen, the crew found good accom-
modation, and at neither place did it prove necessary to
"toss up" for beds and preserved meat. Leaving Trarbach
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Cochem that evening, and on the 17th arrived at Coblentz,
at the junction of the Moselle with the Rhine, where, hav-
ing ploughed with her little keel some 420 miles of water
since she left Strasbourg, the crew reluctantly furled the
flag of the Nautilus. Time, however, did not, it appears,
permit some of the crew to prosecute the adventure upon.
the Rhine, and it only remains to notice one circumstance
which, although in itself trifling, has at the present moment
some little significance.

Everywhere on French ground the Englishmen met with
the greatest courtesy and kindnesa from the French offi-
cials. The engineer-in-chief of the Marne Canal readily
granted permission for the passage of the boat upon the
canal ; the lock-keepers appeared to take a personal interest
in the success of the expedition, would take no remunera-
tion for their services, and no duties were charged by the
French authorities either upon the boat or its provisions.
The Prussians viewed the matter in a different light; duties
were charged upon the boat, upon the preserved meats, and
upon a few pouads of tea ; obstacles were unnecessarily
thrown in the way of the crew, and the impressions left
upon them have consequently been as unfavourable as could
have been wished.

HEAVY GALE AND ILOODS.-LOSS

OF LIFE.

(From the Edinburgh Witness.)
On Monday last we had a gale of great violence,
accompanied by blinding showers of rain. On the
Saturday previous the authorities at Leith and
other places, warned by the meteorological depart-
ment of the Admiralty, had hoisted the storm-
signal. The gale began early in the morning, and
continued with great force until an advanced hour
in the day. The rain was very heavy, and the
gale and flood together, which appear to have been
general over the country, have caused a good deal
of damage to property, and, in one instance at least,
we regret to say, loss of life. In the city no parti-
cular damage was done, beyond the blowing down
of slates and chimney-cans, the flooding of cellars,
&c. The Water of Leith rose to a great height,
and overflowed its banks in several places, carrying
away two small wooden bridges—the one near
Warriston Cemetery, and the other near Stock-
bridge. Several houses on the banks of the stream
were flooded. A cart and horse, while attempting
to ford the river at Stockbridge, were carried off
by the force of the current, and the horse was
drowned. Some parts of the railways were also
flooded.. At Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and
Glasgow line, the water was two or three feet deep,
but no serious damage was done. On a part of the
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee line, near Thorn-
ton, the water was so high that the passengers of
one or two trains had to be conveyed some miles
in carts.
The most serisus occurrence which, as far as we
have heard, happened in this neighbourhood, in
connexion with the flood, took place at Lasswade,
where a man and boy were drowned under the fol-
lowing circumstances. Between three and four
o'clock in the afternoon, a boy named Robert Miller,
12 years of age, was engaged in gathering pieces of
wood which were floating down the Esk. He un-
fortunately slipped his footing and fell in, and, as
the river was much swollen, was instantly carried
off. A man named William Tanner, a carpet weaver,
residing at Lasswade, who was standing by at the
time, sprung into the stream with a view of saving
the boy. Tanner failed in reaching him, and, we
are sorry to say, was also carried away by the force
of the current. There were some people on the bank
at the time, who were unable to render the drown-
ing persons any assistance, and they were seen float-
ing down for 300 yards, when they were lost sight
of. Nothing further was heard of them till about 10
o'clock at night, when the body of the boy was
found on the Musselburgh Sands, near the mouth
of the river. The man's body has not been found.
Tanner was 42 years of age, and leaves, we regret
to say, a wife and eight of a family.
As we have stated above, the Esk was much
flooded, and at Musselburgh several fields and
houses were flooded. In Perthshire, the Tay, the
Earn, and other streams, rose to a great height,
flooding many fields along their banks, doing con-
siderable injury to the crops. At Cupar-Fife, a
pretty large building, lately erected by the Messrs.
M'Nab, skinners, as a shed, was, with all its con-
tents, swept down the stream, and nothing now re-
mains to mark its former site but a portion of one
of the gables.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng.
lish wheat were only moderate ; the demand, however, both
for red and white qualities, ruled inactive at Monday's de-
cline in the quotations.

For foreign wheat—the supply of which was not to say
extensive—the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no quot.
able change took place in prices.
Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request at lato
rates.

All kinds of barley were a dull inquiry, and the cur-
rencies had a drooping tendency.
Malt moved off slowly ou former terms.
Good and fine oats were in steady demand at full prices,
but low parcels were a dull sale at barely late rates.
The trade for beans and peas ruled firm at full quotations.
In flour a moderate business was doing, and prices were
supported.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Whet. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Eng1i5h........ 2,350 ( 680) 1,140 3lO I 860
810 !
13,020 11,650 I 28,210 I sacks
11,030 brls.