The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

LEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1857.

lodged a considerable sum—possibly borrowed—
which he cannot afford to lose. He has tampered
with the Demon and must go on ! From that
time forth he will have no rest. Whatever may
be the result of his application, he is chained hand
and foot. If he gets the full amount for which
he has asked, he has a larger number of shares
than he can dispose of on favourable terms, and,
even supposing that the settling day will be
appointed within reasonable time, and that the
purchaser fulfils his contract like a gentleman, he
will lose more on the balance than he gains on
the shares that he has sold at a premium, and
will be personally responsible for the payment of
future instalments.

But even that would perhaps be the most
auspicious phase of the transaction. The parties
may have decided on a deeper game. It may
suit their purpose to draw the victim farther on.
A small portion only may be granted, and in such
casehe will be compelled to buy in the market at 2 or
3 premium what he his engaged to deliver at I
or 1. Here there will be a loss at the very com-
mencement, and few have the strength of mind to
submit thereto, and shake off the first entangle•
ment. Convulsive efforts will be made to get
back the original stake, but every plunge will
merely sink him deeper in the mire, until every
hope has vanished, and his ruin is accc.mplished.
"Cest /c Premier pas qui coute." It is the
first step that must be avoided. The " Russian
Railway Swindle" should be expressly tabooed.
It is " the unholy thing" that should not be
touched under any circumstances—the " pitch"
that must defile those who touch it, that will still
cling to their fingers, no matter what efforts they
make at purification. We implore our country-
men, then, to be cautious. They have artful men
to deal with, men with ample capital, who will
care but little for temporary sacrifices if they can
induce parties to engage in the unequal game.
The very thimbleriggers will let their victims win
the first stake, although certain of eventually
stripping them of their last shilling. Lot the
public, then, beware of the Muscovite sharpers.
They are fully warned, and if they now suffer
themselves to be defrauded they can cxpect
neither sympathy nor condolence from the com-
munity at large. Their greediness will meat its
just rewari. An avenging Nemesis will punish
their unpatriotic cupidity.

The Neuchatel Conference still continues, but
the prospect of a satisfactory arrangement is more
remote than ever. Prussia still continues her un-
tenable demands—endeavours to wring a good
round sum from the hard hands of the Confedera-
tion, and to compel it to sacrifice its independence
and honour to the so-called dignity of the peddling
Monarch. They have too late discovered the
folly of placing their faith in Princes. As well
might a simple house-bolder appoint a com-
mittee of old clothes' men tc value the stock which
a confederate was anxious to obtain, as the Republic
refer their cause to the arbitration of high and
mighty despots who possess no feelings in com-
mon with themselves. They had the game in
their own hands. They had within their power
those who attempted to erect the standard of in-
surrection in their dominions, and to disturb the
pear Ifni community. Those who committed si-
milar offences in Prussia would experience the
tender mercies of the axe, the gibbet, or the
fusillade, or a protracted imprisonment, under
circumstances scarcely conceivable in England.
But when it was only the sanctity of a Re-
public that was invaded then even a trial
could not be tolerated. Prussia, the faineant
whom no sense of honour or decency could stimu-
late to action during the Russian War, must
avenge her injured dignity against the inoffensive
peopl:—who brought to trial those who assailed
the constituted authorities, and endeavoured to
subvert the de facto Government.

The first demand is that FREDERICK WILLIAM
should still retain the empty title of Prince of
Neuchatel ! Why, this was the sole cause of the
existing difficulty. It was because he assumed
that designation that the complications arose,
and fresh dangers must arise from the continued
assumption, especially if it be recognised by the
Confederation. It will be the drawn sword sus-
pended over their heads, which may fall at any
moment that it may suit the purposes of the
quasi Prince to produce a conflict. It may be
said that the Kings of England assumed that
of France also until the time of GEORGE
111., and that King BOMBS, still retains that of
Jerusalem. But the Governments of France and
Jerusalem did not officially sanction the ridiculous
claims, nor did they liberate rebels, who strove
to render the nominal titles practical advantages.
Switzerland may afford a smile of contempt
at the claim ; but the moment they sanction it in
any way they expose themselves to the repetition
of attempts of a similar character to the abortive
one of Count PONTALES, the ex-aide-du-camp of
King CLICQUOT, the soi-disant Prince of
Neuchatel. If any concession is to be made
on this point it should be by Prussia. If
FREDERICK WILLIAM be willing to surrender the
substance, as he declares himself to be, he should
:Aso yield the shadow—and not strive to create a
Swiss " SenEmiL," who must always pain-
fully feel the loss of the necessary
appendage—valueless to CLICQUOT, but of inesti-
mable consequence to the ether parties concerned.
A pecuniary indemnity is also claimed An
indemnity for what ? Not for private property
held by the KING in hisindividual capacity, but for
state possessions attached to and inseparable from the
Government. Private property would, of course,
be respected. We know but little of Swiss sen-
timents if they would retain it under any possible
circumstances. But to concede the demand would
be to confess themselves wrong-doers ab
to acknowledge that they did not possess the
authority that they have so long exercised. The
indemnity, too, must be relinquished. It cannot
be maintained with credit, nu yielded withou
dishonour.

the opposition of France and England; and where
if even left to fight it out with. Switzerland, she
might have but little to boast of as to the final
results of the conflict. CHARLES the Bold re-
ceived a painful lesson, that should not be
thrown away on FREDERICK WILLIAM the
Timid."

HEALTH OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOU-

CESTE.R.

The following bulletin was issued this morning :
" Gloucester House, April 22, 8 a.m.
"Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
had some sleep in the early part of the night, but
has since been much embarrassed in her breathing.
(Signed) "FRANCIS HAWKINS, M. D.
" ROBERT EERGI7SON, M.D."

The Duchess of Ragusa, the widow of Marshal Mar-
mont, whose posthumous memoirs have occasioned so
much sensation, is just dead.
The Grand Duke Constantine arrived at Toulon on
Monday afternoon, and was received with the usual
honours by Admiral Trehouart and the naval authorities.
There were no speeches. His Imperial Highness dined
with the Maritime Prefect.
The East India and China Association have published
their usual comparative statement of the number of
ships, British and foreign, with their aggregate tonnage,
entered inward and cleared outward, with cargo, from
and to places within the limits of the East India Com-
pany's charter, from the Ist of January to the 31st of
March, 1856 and 1857.
The Independance Beige mentions a sad event which
has just happened at Brussels. A young English lady,
only 14 or 15 years of age, at one of the pensionnats de
demoiselles in that city, threw herself out of an upper
window in a fit of home-sickness, and one of her legs
was broken by the fall. No name is mentioned.
CITY 0/' LONDON UNlON.—Yesterday was held the
first meeting of the newly-elected board of guardians for
the City of London. Mr. Deputy Whiteside proposed
Alderman Thomas Quested Finnis (the present Lord
Mayor) as chairman of the union for tb.e ensuing year,
which was seconded by Mr. Verry, and carried amidst
loud cheers. Mr. Abbise was also elected vice-chairman
by a majority of 22.
The Prince of Prussia has left Coblentz for Mayence,
of which federal fortress he is Governor. After residing
there till the 21st inst. he will proceed thence to Frank-
fort, and, accompanied by the Princess, pay a visit to
their daughter at Carlsruhe. The whole of May the
Prince and Princess will probably spend here in Berlin,
at which time the spring exercises of the troops takes
place, and towards the beginning of June they will pro-
ceed to London on a visit to Queen Victoria, accom-
panied by Prince Friedrich Wilhelm.
SMYRNA, April 11.—The Royal Albert and the rest of
the squadron under command of Admiral Lord Lyons
sailed on Thursday, after a stay of one week. The day
before his departure a deputation composed of six of the
eldest English merchants waited on the admiral with a
complimentary address, and in the evening his lordship
gave a theatrical performance on board the Royal
Albert, concluding with a dance and a supper, to which
all the European society was invited.
EMIGRATION TO AESTRALIA.—.LINTERPOOL, Tuesday.
—The White Star ship Sir William Eyre, Captain Jopp,
belonging to Messrs. H. T. Wilson and Chambers, of
this port, sailed at an early hour this morning for Mel-
bourne, with a full cargo of valuable merchandise 'on
freight, and 440 passengers on board. She will be suc-
ceeded by the fine new ship Samuel Locke, Captain
Sweetser, also sailing under the White Star on
Monday next, the 27th inst. The Samuel Locke has
already nearly all her berths engaged, and will carry out
above 300 passengers. She has also the greater part of
her cargo room appropriated. Altogether, the emigra-
tion trade, especially to Australia, from this port is
FIRE NEAR ST. PAUL'S.—This morning, at a few
minutes past 12 o'clock, a dense mass of smoke was
perceived issuing from the lower part of the premises
belonging to Messrs. Goodyear and Co., straw bonnet
manufacturers, carrying on business at No. 35, St.
Paul's-churchyard. The building stood next to the pri-
vate residences of the principals of St. Paul's School,
whilst the narrow thoroughfare known as 011 Change
only separated it from the parish church of St. Faith
under St. Paul. There were five persons in the house
at the time ; only one of them managed to reach the
front door, the rest escaped by a trap-door in the roof.
The fire was got under by 2 o'clock. The destruction
of property was considerable.
THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WEST-
ERN RAILWAY OF CANADA.—Subjoined is the substance
of a telegraphic despateh received yesterday by the com-
pany e-t-A telegraphic despatch received from Hamilton,
Canada West, per Europa, intimates that after a pro-
tracted examination, the coroner's jury bad returned a
verdict, in the matter of the lamentable accident of
March 12, on the Great Western Railway of Canada.
The swing bridge at which it occurred is declared to
have been substantially constructed, and the locomotive
to have been properly examined before starting ; the
cause of the accident being the breaking of the axle of
one of the leading wheels of the engine, which caused
it to leave the rails and cut through the timbers of the
bridge, No blame is attributable to the company. The
jury recommend that a fixed bridge be erected in the
place of a swing bridge.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 4 per mille premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.25 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10jd per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly
1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per
11. sterling. Standard-gold at the English Mint price is
therefore about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg
than in London. The course of exchange at New York
on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1081 per ;lent.,
which, when compared with the Mint par between the
two countries, shows that the exchange is against Eng-
land ; but, after making allowance for charges of trans-
port and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no
profit on the transmission of gold either way between
England and America.
THE BANK OF FRANCE.—The letters from Paris de-
scribe an uneasy feeling, The contrivance of the Go-
vernment to obtain a new loan by compelling the Bank
of France to double their capital seems to have occa-
sioned considerable dissatisfaction, and it is positively
stated that tht opinions of the Directors were unani-
mously agoinst the measure. It appears that the Bank
is to be allowed increased powers of issue, which will
probably lead to the circulation of notes of a denomina-
tion lower than those at present authorised. It is men-
tioned that M. Mires has been summoned before the
Trinunal of Commerce in connexion with complaints re-
garding his mode of putting forth the shares of the
Roman railways. He at first announced that the num-
ber would be 100,000, and, after large dealings had been
effected on this supposition, a strong action was pro-
duced on the market by a notification t hat the number
would be reduced in order that a certain proportion
might be reserved for the clergy.
ASALE OF THE PROPERTY OF LEOPOLD IIEDPATH AT THE
AUCTION MART.—yesterday, at the Auction Mart, the
freehold, leasehold, and reversionary property of the
notorious Leopold Redpath was offered to public action
by Mr. Marsh, in a most densely crowded room. The
freehold residence at Weybrid,ge, Surrey, fitted up and
decorated with the most consummate taste, at a great
expense, with pleasure and kitchen garden, stabling,
&e., and purchased by Redpath so recently as the spring
of last year, sold for 2,670/. The leasehold residence,
49, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, held for an unex-
pired term of 30 years, at a nominal ground rent of 61.
per annum, and let at a rental of 851. per annum, sold
for 8001. The reversion to a freehold house, Marsham-
street, Westminster, on the death of a lady and gentle-
man, aged respective!), 75 and 31, of the yearly value of
421. per annum, sold at 3501. A similar reversion to a
house, Richmond-buildings, Soho, let at a rental of 541,
per annum, sold at 5601.
COURT OF ALDERMEN—AA the Court held yesterday,
the following resolution, agreed to at a meeting of the
Court of Common Connell held on the 27th, was read—
" That this Court expresses its surprise and disapproval
at the step taken by the Commissioner of Police in
having, without permission, vacated his official residence,
and thus violated the condition of his appointment—
viz., `residence within the city ;' and retaining a strong
conviction of its necessity and importance, it hereby re-
quests the Court of Mayor and Aldermen to enforce the
maims, and require that officer immediately to occupy the
residence provided for him, and report forthwith to this
Court." The copy of•the resolution was ordered to be
sent to the Commissioner for his reply, and in the mean-
time the matter was referred to the General Purposes
Committee. The petition of the Metropolitan Saloon
Omnibus Company, for standing in the city, was also re.
ferred to the same committee. A strong feeling pre-
vailed in favour of the company.
NORTH BRITISH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY.--At a meeting
of the North British Australian Company, held yester-
day, Colonel Oliphant presiding, it was agreed to ap•
point a committee of investigation, and an adjournment
was consequently agreed to. The next meeting is to be
called previously to tae let of July, and it is thought
the intermediate time will be fully occupied in carrying
out the inquiry. The discussion was of a violent and
irregular character, but as the chairman, immediately
the proposal for a committee was made, met the wishes
of the shareholders, the details entered into were less
than might have been anticipated. The !position of the
accounts, the expenditure upon the Kawan mining pro-
per'y, and the general ill-success of management, were
the principal prints urged, to which it was considered
unnecessary to offer a reply, as the investigation will be
theimmediately
t ocfonitbrne e
Nn
orth BWrii
ttilse b rAe guaortdr
ioa
nthe
insaplaenoyf
in tho Bon Accord property, the Directors endeavoured
to elicit the opinion of the proprietors, and, the majority
declining to sanction the proceeding until the report of
the committee shall have been completed, the question
stands for the present postponed.
Tan LIGHTING OF PARTA.—"In 1807, just 51 years
ire lighted with 4,223 lamps;
famgoi„htehleesttorefejtsanoufaPryars w,
January, 1857,
1857, we find these superseded by
14,:330 gas burners. In 1807, each lamp, all expenses
included, cost 21c. per hoer, or 27.1 c. per night, taking
11 hours as the average length of time ; in 1857, the
cost, all expenses included, is 19e. per burner, with an
intensity of light seven times greater than that' of the
oil-lamp. The total number of gas
,burners in Paris,
streets and houses included, is upwards of two millions ;
the total length of all the gas pipes laid down is 195
leagues. Were all tl its gas harriers collected into one
globe, situated at as elevation of 2,500 metres above
Paris, it has been calei dieted that it would afford light to
the whole departeneet of the Seine, equal to that of a
cloudy day.

JIER MAJESTY'S THRATBE.

Mademoiselle Piccolomini has re-appeared, with all
the eclat which attended her debut last season. Last
night there was an immense house, attracted by the an-
nouncement of the " Figlia del Reggimento," and the
young prima donna was received with the most cordial
warmth. On her entrance peals of applause burst from
eyery part of the theatre, and for several minutes she
could only curtsey her acknowledgments, which she did
very gracefully, and with the appearance of much fee!.
ine. Her aria d'intrata, " Apparvi alla luce," which
she sang very nicely, was listened to with demonstra-
tions of pleasure, which became still stronger when the
same melody recurred in the form of a daett with the
old sergeant Sulpizio, performed by Belletti. The
famous " Ciascun lo dice," the " Song of the regi-
ment," which she sang with infinite spirit, was received,
as it was last year, with acclamations ; and the enthu-
siastic feelings of-the audience remained unabated to the
end of the performance. When the curtain fell, and
she presented herself before it, she was greeted with
thunders of applause, cries, and showers of bouquets—a
regular " ovation" in short, in all forms.

Such was her reception ; and certainly it was deserved,
taking her performance altogether.

The opera itself is but a trifle. There is only one
morceau in the whole opera which possesses real beauty
and expression—the melancholy little air, " Convien
partir," which Maria addresses, by way of farewell, to
the military friends and protectors of her childhood.
This air Madlle. Piccolomini sang very charmingly. She
sang it from the heart, and every tone of her voice
seemed full of tears. LThis was her best vocal effort ;
and next to it was the "singing lesson" at the beginning
of the second act, where Maria, weary of her task, bursts
out into the old "Rataplan " of her dear regiment, to
the amazement of the stately Marchioness. The
buoyant joyousness of this escapade was irresistible, and
threw the audience into transports. A new tenor,
Signor Bottardi, appeared in the part of Tonio.
The Queen's box was occupied by Colonel the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Mrs. Phipps, and Miss Phipps ; Lord
Rokeby, Mrs. Wellesley, Mr. Romaine, and party.
Amongst the company also honouring the theatre with
their presence on this occasion we observed his Grace
the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Cleveland, and
Lady Augusta P4ulet, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Clanricarde ; Frances Countess of Waldegrave and Mr.
V. Harcourt ; the Earl of Malmeshury, the Earl of
Lonsdale, the Earl of Cork and Orrery, the Earl of Wil-
ton, the Earl of Lucan, the Earl and Countess of Mount-
charles, the Countess Dowager of Harrington and party,
the Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, his
Excellency the Mexican Minister, the Countess Dowager
of Beauchamp, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's
Bench and party, the Earl of Westmoreland, Lord
Burghers!), the Vieconnt Po werscourt, the Countess
Caroline Bellew, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gore Lang-
ton, the Viscount Chelsea, the Viscount Clifden, the
Viscount Exmouth, the Hon. Augustus Lumley, Lord
Muncastor, the Countess Charlotte Schreberg, Sir F.
Pottinger, Bart., Sir Peter Cautley, Bart., Sir John
Lowther, Bart., M.P., the Hon. Ottway Toler, the
Hon. Dudley Ward, Lady Henrietta Vane, Sir George
Wombwell, Bart., Lady Emily Hesketh, Lady Anne
Beckett, Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart., General the Hon.
H. Cavendish, General Sir David Baird, Sir Henry
Webb, Bart., Major-General Sir George Bowles, Colonel
Brownlow Knox, Sir J. Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley,
the Hon. Mr. Craven, the Hon. C. Duncombe, Mr. H.
de Burgh, Captain Wyndham; M.P., Captain Bateson,
Mr. Curry, Lady Flower, Admiral Ryder Burton, Mrs.
Stuart Wortley, Hon. Mr. Fane, Mr. Barry, Captain
Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Moffat, Mrs. Guest, Mr.
and Mrs. Trelawny, Mr. Griffith, Colonel Dunson,
General Sir Alex. Woodford, Bart., and Lady Woodford,
Mrs. P. Lyon Barrington, Captain the Hon. Frederic
Fitzclarence and Mrs. Fitzclarence, Captain Woodgate,
Colonel Longden, Mr. M`Lean, Major Pole, Captain
Ferguson, Mr. Ogles Hunt, Captain Newdegate, Dr.
Edward Cutler, Captain Hanbury, Captain Marshall,
Captain Hamilton, Captain Hogg, Captain Wynne,
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. B. B. Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Gilbert Cohen, Mr. Kaye, Mr.
and Mrs. Watts, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Money Wi-
gram, M.P., Mr. B. Oliveira, Captain Torrens, Mr.
Madan, Colonel Lockyer Freestun, M.P., and Mrs.
Lockyer Freestan, Mr. and Lady Selina Vernon, Major
Stour, Mr. and Mrs. Barclay, Colonel and Mrs. Mon-
erieffe.

LATEST NEWS.

COPENHAGEN, TUESDAY.

M. Andrae has not succeeded in forming a Minis-
try. M. Hall, late Minister of Public Workship,
has been now charged with the task of composing
a new Government.

The Moniteur of" yesterday contains a despatch
from Malta of tne 15th, stating that Major-
General Ashburnham, with the staff of the
expeditionary force for China, arrived on the 12th
at Malta, in the Colombo, from England. Most of
the staff were present at a grand ball given on the
13th at the New Exchange, and the next morning
a review of the troops was held at Floriana, in
compliment to the gallant general and his officers.
A telegraphic despatch from London states that
General Ashburnham was lying ill at Malta, but
the papers from the island of the evening of the
14th not only do not make any mention of such an
edent, but add that the general was to pursue his
voyage the next day.

A letter from Lisbon of the 13th says the Go-
vernment had granted an English company, repre-
sented by Sir S. Peto, the concession of a line of
railway from Lisbon to the Spanish frontier and
another to Oporto. The conditions are : 99 years'
lease ; to be worked by the company ; and a sub-
vention of 137,000 f. per kilometre. The company
takes up the Eastern Railway at the price of
11,000/. per kilometre.

A letter from Scutari, without date, in the New
Gazette of Prussia, rays :—" I have a piece of
news, which perhaps is not yet known to the pub-
lic, to communicate to you—that diplomatic rela-
tions between England and Austria have been
broken off, not, it is true, at London and Vienna,
but at this place. A few weeks ago the consul of
England, M. Bonati, being about to make a jour-
ney, confided the provisional management of the
consulate to his son, and informed the consular
body of it. But the Austrian consul refused to
enter into relations with the substitute. On his
return M. Bonati asked for an explanation, and re-
ceived this laconic reply :—' I acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your letter, and have no answer to give.'
Relations between the two consulates were accord-
ingly suspended. The Austrian consul is not on
better terms with the French consul, and he has
forbidden Austrian subjects to have communica-
tions with the two consulates."

The Times' Paris correspondent, under date,

Tuesday, 6 p.m., says :

" It is affirmed that the Conference which took
place yesterday at the Foreign-office on the Neu-
chatel question made some progress towards its
conclusion—l doubt whether I can add a satisfac-
tary one. The King of Prussia has, it is said,
lowered his terms that is, his demand for
a pecuniary indemnity, and it is possible that
the final sitting of the Conference may take
place before the Ist of May. I have just
heard that Dr. Kern has gone to Berne,
or is on the point of going, to submit the result
to the Federal Council. I fear I cannot say that
either Party will be content—Switzerland because
she has to pay something ; and the King that he
has not been able to screw out of Republican
Helvetia the very last centime of his first demand.
Formerly it was said "point d'argent point de
Suisse." Switzerland would like to say now
" point de Suisse, ni point d'argent." Those
who will be most delighted to get rid of the busi-
ness are the gentlemen of the Conference who have
had the patience to listen to the dreary quarrel-
ling of Dr. Kern and M. de Hatzfeldt so long."

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING

The Moniteur publishes the official return of
the customs revenue for the month of March,
amounting to 15,964,902 fr., being an increase of
1,582,678 fr. on the corresponding month of last
year. The return for the first quarter of 1857
amounts in 43,756,453 fr., showing art improvement
of 5,208,353 fr. on the corresponding period of 1856.
Among the items of revenue which show the greatest
increase during the first three months of the pre-
sent year are :
Coffee, 4,048,293 fr. ; potable liquors, 1,636,8131 r. ;
foreign sugar, 1,578,031 r. ; French colonial ditto,
329,728,7281 r. ; hemp and ear, 366,151 fr. ; oleaginous
seeds, 109,7531 r. ; nitrates of potash and soda, 62,727 fr.;
gold in bullion and in specie, 60,0031 r. ; cocoa, 80,6141 r.;
corn, 58,259 fr. ; mahogany, 38,378 fr. ; olive oil,
28,939 fr. ; pig lead, 52,584 fr. ; pepper, 40;0771r. ; raw
and spun silk, 10,402 fr.

t'words of the minister have borne fruit.' The
'Vienna Gazette has thought right to publish an
official aecount of that conflict, differing but little
from what is only kn ewn, from which it appears
that two Austrian soldiers of the Degenfeld regi-
' meat were Wounded and that one Prussian soldi(r
was killed, and eight wounded more or less
seriously. A mixed commission has been appointed
to institute an investigation into the painful affair.'_'