The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-25 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF BEAuFoRrs SALE.

From all sporting classes of society the greatest regret
is expressed at the sudden withdrawal of the Duke of
Beaufort from the Turf. It is, however, unfortunately
next door to a flit accompli, as the whole of his grace's
horses in training are announced to be sold without re-
serve on the 11th of March by Messrs. Tattersall. De-
pression of the iron trade—an important feature in his
graze's rent-roll—is stated to be the cause in Saturday's
Sporting Gazette, of which, it is well known, the duke has
been for somb time ono of the principal supporters ; but
we hear from a trustworthy source that it is more to be
attributed to certain complications connezted with the late
secession of a well-known marquis from the Turf.—Raciny
Times.

DEATII OF COLONEL DUNN.—On my arrival in
camp I found that a deep gloom hung over every one, and
I heard the sad news that Colonel Dlllll3, the commanding
officer of the 33d, had the day before accidentally shot
himself when out shooting. The native servant who alone
was with him reports that he himself was at the moment
stooping to pour out some water, that he heard
the report of a gun, and turning round saw
his master stagger back, and then sink into a sitting
position with the blood streaming from his breast. The
m:m instantly ran back to camp, a distance of five
miles, for assistance, and surgeons at once galloped off
with bandages, ikze., followed by dhoolie wallahs,
with a dhoolie to carry him back to camp. When the
surgeons arrived they found Colonel Dunn lying on his
back dead. His flask was open by his side, his cap pulled
over his face. He had bled to death in a few minutes after
the accident. It is supposed that the gun was at full cock,
and that the slight jar of putting the butt to the ground
must have let the hammer down. There are very few men
who could have been less spared than Col. Dunn; none
more deeply regretted. He was one of the most rising men
in the service, and had he lived would have probably gained
its highest honours and position. He was with the 11th
Hussars at the Balaclava charge, and when the men wore
asked to select the man who in the whole regiment was
most worthy of the Victoria Cross they unanimously named
Lieut. Dunn. Never was the Victoria Cross placed on the
breast of a more gallant soldier. When the 100th
Regiment was raised in Canada, ho enrolled a very
largo number of men, and was gazetted its major.
After attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel he ex-
changed into the 33d, of which, at the time of
this sad accident, he was full colonel, and was next
on the list for his brigadier-generalship. He was
only 35 years of age, the youngest colonel in the British
service, and would in all human probability have been a
brigadier-general before he was 36. Known as a dashing
officer, distinguished for his personal bravery, a colonel
at an age when other men aro captains, there was no
rank or position in the army which he might not have
confidently been predicted to attain, and his loss is a
loss to the whole British army. But not less than a
soldier, do all who knew poor Dunn regret him as a man.
He was the most popular of officers. Unassuming,
frank, kindhearted in the extreme, a delightful companion,
and a warm friend—none mot him who ware not irresis-
tibly attracted by him. He was a man essentially to be
loved. In his regiment hie irreparable, and as they
stood beside his lonely grave the foot of the rock of
Senafe, it is no disgrace to i i manhood to say that there
were few dry oyes amongst either officers or men. He
was buried, in accordance with a wish he had once ex-
pressed and Wolfe's line on the burial of
, in his uniform ;
Sir John Moore will apply almost word for word, to " this
grave where our hero is buried.—Standard.
PRUSSIA IN THE DUCHIES.—The Prussian Govern-
ment is at this moment directing its attention to the crea-
tion of strategical lines opposite to Denmark, which may
serve either to repress any invasion on the northern side,
or to prevent a lauding in case of a naval war. Some
hesitation is felt as to the selection of the works of Alsen-
Duppel-I3oal, or those of Kid, Rendsburg, and Friedrich-
stadt. In any case the old Dannewirk, which was used as
a first line of defence by the Danes in the Schleswig cam-
paign, would serve also as an advanced line for the works
to be executed by the Prussians on the side of the Danish
peninsula. In another quarter several arsenals are to be
armed and organised in the early spring at Posen, Stettin,
Neisso, and Wesel.

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The ITniteitt.r.sccutive Committee 'formed for the relief s.t,
of the exceptional distress in the East of London-have hel
a meeting at the Mansion House. In the chair-4as tI4
Lord Mayor. After some formal business had been trans-,
acted, Mr. Samuda, M.P., called attention to the fact that
thirty carpenters, employed temporarily by Messrs.
Pontifex and Wood, engineers, at ss. Gd. a day, or 345. a
week, had, without giving notice, struck work. The rate
at which they were paid amounted to 335. per week, and
ls. was added on the understanding that the men were to,
work until four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. These,
hours were what the regular hands in the employ of the
firm were working. No notice had been given of
cessation from work, and the men stated that they would
not resume unless paid &l. per hour, and were allowed
a half-holiday on the Saturday. He attributed this
action on the part of the men to the agency of a trade
union. In the case of the shipwrights in Messrs. Green's.
employ, the men agreed to accept Gs. Gd. a day during the
progress of the work on hand, but they insisted on retain)
ing their claim to the remaining Gd., making the full
price for which they had 'formerly worked. Thus the
workmen for whose benefit the fund had been established
were, he very much regretted, not spewing the least
lesire to meet the exceptional distress of the neighbour-
hood. Still further, negotiations which had been set ori
foot for the building of two vessels by Mr. Bullivant had
been broken off because the men refused to accept a
drawing account of less than 6s. per day, in lieu of
ss. Gd., which had been offered to them. In this ;Instance
also he believed the union had dictated the terms on which
the men should work. Finally, he contended that the
committee would not be doing their duty unless they with-
held all further distribution of relief until these matters
had been satisfactorily explained. Mr. Eavenhill stated
that there were a number of bricklayers in the stoneyard,
employed by the Poplar Board, who, when asked, posi-
tively refused to erect a boundary wall, although only
required to lay half the number of bricks per day which
the trade demanded.—After some discussion, it was agreed
that no further grants be made from the relief fund before
Wednesday, in order that the committee might be better
advised on the facts mentioned.—The secretary (Mr. Haly)i,
in the early part of the proceedings, had stated that the
public subscriptions received by the committee up to that
morning amounted to £3,610 odd, including L'3ol:liby an
anonymous donor, and that they had a balance in,-hand of
£1,673.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDIVON.

At the meeting of the Geographical Society, on Monday
evening, two communications were read from Mr. MARK-.
HAM, one of the honorary secretaries of the society, who
had accompanied the scientific portion of the expedition
into Abyssinia, describing the geographical results to the
22nd of January. The general features of the country
have been previously described, and the chief value of
Mr. Markham's communications consisted in the details
of the character of the rocks, the elevations of
the different mountain passes, and the meteoro-
logical phenomena. An enlarged map of the coun-
try, from Annesley Bay to Magdala, served to illustrate
the various parts of the paper. The most important point
in reference to the success of the expedition was the
statement, founded on his personal experience, of the
mountain passes in many parts of South America and in
India, that the access to the elevated table-land of Abys-
sinia through the defiles from the plain is much more easy
than through any mountain passes he had traversed. The
height of the Abyssinian Alps, as he termed them, is
about 10,000 feet, and Senafd is situated 6,000 feet above
the level of the sea. The vegetation is very rich at that
altitude, and partakes of the character of the flora of
England and of Italy. The mountains consist of shistoze
rocks covered with sandstone, which rise in elevated
peaks, and they are frequently intersected by veins of
quartz. The whole country bears indication of having
been subjected to volcanic action, and one volcano was
mentioned as being in a state of activity. So far as Mr.
Markham's communications bore on the probable success
of the expedition, in regard to overcoming natural ob-
stacles, it was very favourable. The communications were
illustrated by numerous photographs.
Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE spoke of the great services
Mr. Markham had rendered to the Council for India,
and the inconvenience the office had experienced
from his absence, which he considered a sacrifice to
science. Alluding to the progress of the expedition,
Sir Stafford said that this had been an exceptional
season, the drought having been greater than usual, and
the locusts more numerous, so that the difficulties to be
contended against had been greater than expected, but
everything was now in a fair way for a successful advance
into the interior. He said that the prompt payment for all
the articles supplied by the natives had agreeably sur-
prised them, and it had stimulated the supply of provisions
to the camp throughout the country ; therefore, instead of
the temporary occupation of the troops .sea,sioning any
dearth, it had added to the quantity of provisions and
forage, which was accumulated there from great distances.
Even milk and butter were now brought in daily to the
camp. Though the unforeseen obstacles he had alluded to
had occasioned unexpected delay, he had no doubt whatever
that the object for which the expedition was undertaken
would be completed within as short a time as could have
been reasonably anticipated. One of the effects of inter-
course with the natives had been to impress them with a
high sense of the power of Great Britain ; and Sir Stafford
Northcote mentioned, as an instance of this, the great
astonishment which one of the chiefs had expressed when
shewn by Sir Robert Napier that they could convert the
sea into drinking water.
Sir SAMUEL BAKER described graphically the western
ridges of the chain of mountains from which flow the
sources of the Blue Nile. The ascent on that side from
the elevated plateau was, he said, almost perpendicular to
a height of 8,000 feet, and the watershed during the rainy
season must be almost impassable, as it was traversed by
mountain torrents which the expedition would have
to cross. Unless they took possession of Magdala before
the rains commenced, of which there was little chance, he
thought it would be impossible to approach it this year.
He looked forward, therefore, to great delay, and to the
expenditure of a larger sum of money than anticipated by
the Government before its object was accomplished. He
expressed doubt, indeed, whether the captives would be
ever released ; for King Theodore would retreat with them
into parts of the mountains where he could not be fol-
lowed, and hold them as hostages ; or, if he could not do
that, he would put them to death. He described the level
country on the western side of the mountains as the most
fertile region of the earth, the produce of which might be
transmitted by the Nile ; and he thought it would be
throwing away great advantages, both commercially and
philanthropically, if, after gaining possession of Abyssinia,
England did not retain it, to compensate for the 10 or 20
millions which the expedition would cost. One bal effect
of abandoning the country would be the loss of prestige in
India, for when the army returned, though they might
march through the towns with music playing and flags
flying, it would be the impression of the natives that they
had been driven out of Abyssinia.
Sir HENRY RAWLINSON pointed on the map to a route
tuat might be taken by the expedition on the eastern ridge
of the mountains without crossing the streams which Sir
S. Baker considered world prove insurmountable obstacles
after the commencement of the rainy season. Along that
ridge the army might advance easily to Magdala, and, so
far as the difficulties of the route were concerned, he
thought they had now been nearly surmounted. He did
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Sir STAFFORD NoRTRcoTE rose to state, lest it should be
supposed that silence gave consent, that so long as the
present Government remained in power neither the whole-
sale scheme of occupation proposed by Sir S. Baker, nor
the minor proposition of Sir Henry Rawlinson, would be
adopted ; but as soon as the object for which the expedition
had been undertaken was accomplished the troops would
be entirely withdrawn from the country.
After a few words from Mr. Crawfurd, the meetin
iourned.

The fire in Portman-market was remotely due to
Saturday night's gale. Just at closing time the wind blew
a shop blind against a jet of gas ; the blind caught fire,
was hastily rolled up and put away under a counter, and
the shop was closed. An hour after the house was in a
blaze, it is thought, from a few sparks still left in the blind
when it was put away. Only one of the twenty-three
tradespeople burned out was insured, and these represent
a total of something like a hundred persons who are now
on the brink of destitution. A meeting on their behalf is
to be held on Friday night.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT A great portion
of the woollen mills of Messrs. Jonathan Crawford and
Sons, East street, Leeds, was lately on fire from some
cause which as yet has not been ascertained. The corpo-
ration fire brigade, with Mr. Wetherell, chief constable, at
their head, were soon in attendance, and the flames were
confined to that portion of the building in which they had
broken out. One of the outer walls fell, and a portion
which then remained in a dangerous state was pulled down
purposely. The workmen little thought that they were
adding to a pile of ruins that had already fallen upon and
killed one of their fellow-workmen. About eleven o'clock
it became known that a man named James Stockdale
was missing, and after a search his lifeless and mutilated
body was found among the ruins. He had been absent
from work a fortnight through illness. The damage done
at the mill is estimated at wore than £l,OOO, hut Messrs,
Crawford are insured.

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