The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1868.

91111,1 LATIN. EDITION of "THE SUN" at
SMITY'S " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden

tolva.

LIFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of
the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con-
ributed to the saving of 1,086 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 36 vessels from destruction. The Institution
also expended £31,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to tho
public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued
heavy demands on their 187 Lifeboat Establishments.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

imikovy
•%74jP 4r*
I.lpr
21111

the imprisonment of Messrs. WARREN and COS-
TELLO, is now before the public. It will not in any
way detract from the high reputation which Lord
;STANLEY has already gained for calm and
enlightened statesmanship, and for firm and
yet conciliatory diplomacy. . The language
of the. American and the English Ministers appear
in ei ngular contrast. The American employs a
lofty tone, and indulges in vague threats. The
Englishman is neither to be hurried nor frightened,
though anxious to get the question settled. The
reason for this difference it is not difficult to dis-
cover. Mr. SEWARD knows the value of something
in reserve. A long-standing subject for a quarrel
with. England is a very useful possession for an
American Minister. More than once the Alabama
claims have stood the present Cabinet in good
stead. Americans always love excitement, and a
national question is safe and popular. When
matters look threatening at home, when adverse
politicians grow troublesome, when friends ask incon-
venient questions,and there is nothing before Congress
to attract public attention, to divert the unoccupied,
to give a safety valve to general restlessness and an
object of general interest, it is easy, directly or in-
directly, to bring up the well-known question, to
put a fresh gloss upon it, to let the discontented
spend their energies in abusing England. The
excitable exercise their eloquence in declaiming on
the necessity of maintaining the national honour,
and the public generally amuse themselves by dis-
cussing the pros and cons of war or peace. The
English Minister, on the other hand, is well aware
that his countrymen are averse to war unless abso-
lutely necessary, and have little taste for diplomatic
wrangles. There is always enough to occupy them
going on at home ; and the pressure of accumulated
business in Parliament precludes the necessity of
Ministers keeping " a piece in reserve " for
the diversion of an unexpected attack. The Eng-
lish Minister, no doubt, would be very glad to have
the whole of the differences between the two Go-
vernments amicably adjusted. The American
Minister, who knows very well that matters will
not readily come to a climax between two nations
mutually interested in preserving peace, is very
willing to keep the question open, and air his dig-
nity and his patriotism as occasion suits.
Lord STANLEY, writing on June 16, informs Mr.
TuottsrroN that he had been asked by Mr. MORAN,
the United States Chargti d'Affaires, whether her
MAJESTY'S Government were prepared at once to
enter into a treaty on the subject of naturalisation.
Lord STANLEY, reiterating the substance of his
statement in the Commons some weeks pre-
viously, replied that his Government were
prepared to entertain the principle of a naturaliia-
tion treaty, and to abandon the doctrine of inde-
feasible allegiance. Lord STANLEY, however, ex-
plained to Mr. MonAN that it was impossible to
proceed hastily in a matter of the kind since points
of legal difficulty were involved, and a Royal
commission was then engaged in investigating the
matter. It would be quite impossible, as Lord
STANLEY reminded his correspondent, on the 16th
of June, to pass a bill through the House of Com-
mons that session, and legislation on a subject
certain to produce so much discussion must ine-
vitably be deferred until the meeting of the new
Parliament. To this letter Mr. SEWARD returns
an expostulation respecting the imprisonment of
Messrs. \VAnnEN and COSTELLO, enclosing a copy
of a resolution passed by the House of
Representatives respecting it ; and he further
intimates that a bill has passed the Lower
House, and is being discussed by the Senate, which
requires the President of the United States to make
reprisals in cases of judicial denial in Great Britain
to naturalized Americans of the rights which would
be accorded to native Americans. Remembering
what the Congress of the United States at present
is, Lord STANLEY was no doubt able to receive this
alarming intimation with considerable coolness.
Certainly, in his reply, he shows no traces of having
been frightened from his propriety by the warning
of these terrible "reprisals." Two questions, ho
says, are dealt with in this despatch. The first,
that of the naturalization, he has already disposed
of ; the second, referring to the conviction
and sentence of Messrs. WARREN aud Cos-
TELLO for " words spoken and acts committed
in the United States" rests on a total misconception
of the facts of the case. The offenders were not
tried or convicted for anything said or done in the
United States, but for the overt act of cruising
along the Irish coast with the intention of landing
men and arms in Ireland to raise an insurrection
against the QUEEN. Evidence of their words and
acts in the United States had been adduced during
the trial as part of the testimony connecting them
with a Fenian conspiracy in the county of Dublin
where the Commission Court was sitting, and
which conspiracy had for its object the subversion
of her MAJESTY'S authority and the establishment
of a Republic in Ireland. If we can imagine
with what sentiments Americans would regard
the adventurous Englishmen who attempted to
establish a monarchy in any part of their States, we
shall believe that Mr. SEWARD must accept this ex-
planation as conclusive. The wildest theories of
the rights of naturalised citizens can hardly accord
them privileges which no native subject would
dream of claiming from a foreign Government. In
America American laws are supreme, and native
and naturalised Americans must obey them, and
need recognise no other ; but in England and in
Ireland English supremacy is unquestionable, and
all who visit their shores must respect the QUEEN'S
authority or take the consequences. Lord STAN-
LEY would certainly have no right to remon-
strate with Mr. SEWARD upon the capture or
execution of au Englishmen detected in fomenting
a conspiracy against the PRESIDENT. Without
doubt both Minister and Parliament would be glad
to be rid of so troublesome a customer, and very
willing to leave him to American-. justice. Why
cannot Mr. SEWARD and his House of Represen-
tatives show the same amount of common sense ?
Let them be thankful to be quit of such unruly
spirits, and ratherrejoice over their departure from
the States, which certainly do not want them, than
mourn over their wrongs as injured fellow-
countrymen.

The arrival of the Scotia from New York, on
the 11th, brings us little striking intelligence, but
its news is not without interest. The Southern
States are still in a very disturbed condition, and
reports from Richmond state that some negroes in
that city had attacked a meeting held
there. A fight ensued with pistols, in which
two negroes were killed. In Louisiana
matters continue much the same, and the
State Legislature has passed a bill making it a
penal offence to organise any military force in the
State without orders from the GOVERNOR. The SE-
CRETARY of WAR, in answer to the appeal ma le to
him, has sent instructions to the Commander of
the Forces, to act according to his discretion, and
to telegraph for special orders should any
emergency arise, rendering the employ-
ment of force necessary. From Alabama
we have better news since the attempt of the Ra-
dicals to deprive the people of the State of their
voice in the Presidential election has been defeated
by the Governor. The Alabama Legislature, like

some others, passed a bill investing themselves with
the power of casting the electoral vote of the State,
thus transferring the rights of the people to the
Legislature, that is to say to the Radicals ! The
Governor of Alabama has, however, put his veto
upon the bill, and it is thought that the veto will
be effectual. We hope that the governors of other
States in a similar position will have sense and spirit
enough to follow his example, and to resist such en-
croachments on the constitutional rights and tra-
ditional privileges of the people.

LATEST INTELL EGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 22.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pera, with the heavy portion of the above mail,
p: sled the Needles at 5.20 a.m. to-day.

The engine and tender of the mail express had
fallen over on the down side of the railway,
burying Holmes, the stoker, beneath, but the first
guard's break fell over the up line, to the clearing
of which active efforts were applied early. Be-
fore five o'clock the up line was sufficiently clear to
allow the up Irish express to pass, and shortly
afterwards the down express, which had gone
back to Abergele station, was sent forward to
Holyhead, conveying all the London passengers,
except a gentleman named Murray, who preferred
delaying his journey. It is a remarkable fact that
the collision did not displace from the rails any
carriages of the down express except the guard's
break. All the other carriages remained on the
metals and were burnt as they stood. This cir-
cumstance was, no doubt, owing to the weight
and velocity of the passenger engine, and the
comparatively small resistance offered by the goods
trucks.
Those known to have suffered are :

'illiam Smith, chief guard, who has left a
widiw and seven children, with his wife on the eve
of her confinement. This was a most exemplary
servant of the company, and had conducted the
Irish express during the whole time it has been
running.

The fireman Holmes, also an old servant of the
company.

Lord and Lady Farnham, and four servants,
who ie names are given above.
The Rev. Sir Nicholas and Lady Chinnery.
Captain Townshend and Mrs. Townshend. This,
we are enabled to state, is not Captain Townshend
of Caldicote-hall, Nuneaton.
Miss Roe, of Dublin, and about ten other per-
sons.

Among the suffer,:rs it is feared will be found
two ladies, sisters of the Rev. F. Simcox Lea, of
Trinity Parsonage, Bow.
We understand that one of the passengers killed
was Mr. William Brophy, of Dublin.

The following official account has been forwarded
to us :

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

" Sir,—l am instructed by the directors to send
you the following particulars, which at present are
all that are known to them, of the lamentable acci-
dent to the Irish mail, on its way from London to
Holyhead yesterday :
" Shortly after passing Abergelo, where the line
curves, the driver of the train perceived some trucks
running back towards him, and before any measures
could be taken to avoid a collision the trucks, which
were loaded with barrels of paraffine or petroleum,
from some as yet unascertained cause, became de-
tached from a preceding train, and met the mail;
the oil immediately exploded, and iu an instant the
front carriages were enveloped in flames--rescue
was utterly impossible. The number of passengers
who perished is not yet known, but from informa-
tion received up to this time it is feared it will
reach 21. Death, it is believed, was instantaneous,
as no attempts to escape were noticed, although the
carriage doors were, as usual, unlocked on one
side. The carriages destroyed are those attached
at Chester. The passengers from London were in
carriages in the rear of the train, which were im-
mediately detached and placed in ;safety. Part
of the mails was saved, and, with the remaining
passengers, sent forward after a few hours' delay."
" The engineman jumped off, but the guard and
fireman are among those who perished.
" Dr. I\l'Ewen, of Chester, with aid from medi-
cal men in the locality, was quickly in attendance,
and, with the company's officers, rendered every as-
sistance in their power.

" I need scarcely add how much the feelings of
the directors and the proprietors, a large number of
whom were present at the half-yearly meeting to-
day, were excited by this sad occurrence, and how
deeply they sympathise with the sufferers and their
friends.

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" STEPHEN REAY, Secretary.

" Secretary's-office, Euston-square, Aug. 21.
" P.S.—Since writing the foregoing, from infor-
mation received from the Queen Hotel, Chester, it
is supposed that the following were in the carriages
destroyed, but we have no intimation as to the
name of any of the other sufferers :

" Lord and Lady Farnham, au elderly lady, two
men, arid one woman, servants.
" Sir Nicholas Chinnery, two ladies, and maid.
" Captain fownshend and wife.
" Miss Roe."

LATEST PARTICULARS.

ABERGELE, Friday Night.

There is no shadow of doubt as to the awful
suddenness of this catastrophe. A number of the
company's platelayers were close to the spot where
the collision occurrel, and they all say the leading
coaches of the train were instantaneously enveloped
in flames.

The dead cannot be identified. _Nothing is left of
them but here and there charred bones, the largest
pieces scarcely bigger than a man's hand.
It is thought that the sufferers will be found to
number 26 souls.

The ballast is being sifted for money and jewel-
lery.

The accident has been ascertained to be attribu-
table to the negligence of the head guard of the
goods train (there were two breaks, one in the front
and one in the rear of the train, with a guard to
each). The head guard had neglected to screw
down the break of the rear van before he left
it, and this break, and two trucks attached,
were struck in shunting by three other loaded
trucks, and the whole six having thus received an
impetus, ran down the incline of 1 in 100 for a
mile, awl then half a mile along the level road
upon which the collision took place. Thompson,
the driver of the Irish mail, had a view of 200 yards
only—so that his train was at full speed.
Both the mail and the goods train were running
fairly to time. The goods train had to leave some
empties at Llandulas, and the guards were sorting
them ont of different parts of the train when the
three loaded trucks struck the uncoupled portion of
the train.

The oil was common paraffin, such as is usually
burnt in lamps. It was declared on the consign-
ment note to the company as liable to ignite at
135 degrees.
The only additional names of sufferers ascertained
up to this moment are Mr. Berwick, a Judge of
the Irish Bankruptcy Court (a little girl also was
travelling under his escort), and Mr. Owen, an
organist, of Dublin.

All the luggage of the Chester passengers has
been destroyed, and thus there does not exist even
this means of identifying the travellers.

THE LODGER FRANCHISE.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM; PARIS,

(FROM OUP. OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS. FRIDAY, August 21.

Several politicians here are of opinion that the removal
of M. Fard, Secretary-General of the Government in
Algeria, is a presage of the forthcoming removal of Mar-
shal Macmahon himself. Others, however, hold the
belief that the status quo will be maintained in Algeria
for some time. The Emperor wished before his
departure, for Biarritz to thoroughly investigate
the Algerian question ; but M. Rouher, who is
a great advocate of military government, urged that the
Privy Council and the Council of Ministers, who would
have the joint discussion of the subject, could not be
brought together at this season of the year without very
great difficulty, and, moreover, that the sudden reassem.
Ming of these bodies would cause public alarm. The
Emperor gave way to these instances for the time being.
Letters from the neighbourhood of the Rhine state that
in spite of arrests of French officers employed in official
inspection, there still remain many others in the Rhenish
provinces. People here, however, say that the same thing
is done in France by Prussian offic'ers, and that the pre-
cautions against the operation of these artists have been
redoubled.

It is said that efforts have been made at Lyons to
engage M. Edgar Quinet in opposition to M. Jules Favre.
The object of this maw-cm-re is to divide the powerful
Democratic party in that city, but it is pretty certain that
M. Quinet will not stand.

I hear that Mr. Henri Rochefort has found a printer,
and that the thirteenth number of La Lanterne will he
issued by M. Garnet, who, nevertheless, refuses to reissue the
twelfth number, which was printed in Belgium and pro.
hibited in France.

The extreme dullness of the season has led the Indepen-
dance Beige to discuss at length the working of the new
law on public meetings. Some persons, who are not diffi-
cult to please, consider this and the new Press Law as the
accomplishment of the liberal promises of the 19th of
January, 1867, but the Belgian paper thinks that both
measures take away with the left hand what they give
with the right. The public has undoubtedly largely availed
itself of the law of meeting, hampered though it be with
such stringent stipulations. The formalities and penalties
would be deemed intolerable in England, but they are
eagerly accepted by a people particularly fond of talk, and
possessing, until now, very few opportunities of exercising
its partiality. First, then, politics and religion are
entirely excluded from public meetings. The meeting
must be announced to the authorities three days before-
hand, and the declaration or request must be signed by
seven responsible citizens. The authorities can forbid the
meeting if they apprehend " any danger," and the proceed.
ings can always be stopped by the Commissioner of Police,
who is present at every r4union. He sits by the committee,
whom he warns when any orator appears to wander from
the special and defined topic of the meeting, which is
declared beforehand, and to which every speaker must
rigorously confine himself. The great responsibility of
these meetings rests with the committee, which is com-
posed of three members. These are liable to fine of £l2O,
and to a penalty which may extend to six months' imprison-
ment, and this, too, on account of any rash expressions
from the speakers, or a disturbance, or the prolongation
of the sitting beyond the fixed time, &c. In spite
of these numerous conditions, citizens have been
found sufficiently disinterested and courageous to
serve on the committee, and the meetings held hitherto
have been attended with the most complete success ; the
danger of being stifled by the recent heat was utterly dis-
regarded, and the public has always crowded the room long
before the time for beginning. M. Horn is the leader in
these affairs, and almost all the public meetings have been
organised by him and his friends. All sorts of subjscts
are discussed, including co-operation, popular libraries,
illegitimacy, &c. The most popular topic is female labour,
which invariably brings out several orators of the ger tier
sex.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

METEOROLOCICAL REPORTS.

Extreme Sea
•
Saturday, (~'AI F. 1
August 22, B. T. 4,„,. W. Ito F. D. WR. to
8 a.m. 12 9
Nairn
Aberdeen
Leith
Shields
Scarborough 29-52 f. 56 54 S. 2 2 W. c.r. 2
Yarmouth 29'62f. 60 57 S.S.W. 3 4 N.W. 0. 3
Cuxhaven
Skudesnees 1—
Ardrossa.n
Greencastle 29 36f. 54 53 N.E. 3 3 W. c.r. 0'37 !
Holyhead !—
Liverpool
Valentia
Cape Cie ar 29•36f. 58 56 N.W. 8 9 m. 0'0'67! 6
Itoebe's Pt. 2914 f. 54 53 N.W. 10 10 S.W. r.0.'0•60' 6
Penzance
Plymouth 29'43f GO 59 W. 9 3 W. c. 10'85, 6
Weymouth 29'42f. 61 60 S.W. 9 3 W. o. !0-581 5
Portsmouth 29'45f. 59, 57 S.S.W. 9 4 W. c.r. 'o'33, S
hohdnn 29•56 f . 55 ;54 S. S. E. 6 7 -.S. E. c. or o'2o '—
fipc(l ris Nez 22111. 61 i 57 5.5. w. 8 8 S S.W. m.ot
Brest
L'Orient.... 29 71f. 61 61. 1V.04.W.' 9 5 W. o.r. 0'63 4
Rochefort .. 29 1,6 f. Cl 53 W. 5 4 W. c. 1 1
13iarritz
Corunna.... --
Brn Fts C Is -
Paris
Strasbourg —
Lyons —
Toulon
Heart's Con-
tent (6 a.m.
local time) —
EXPLANATION.
Barometer corrected end reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. Theletter

Barometer corrected and reduced to :2 deg. a sea level. Theletter
r., rising; L. falling; s.. steady—indicate direction of motion of the
mercury within last 14 hems. Thermometer caposed in shade.
Extreme Force 'with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm.
Weather : b.—blue sky ; e.—clouds. &tact cd ; f.—fog ; h.—hail;
I.—lightning ; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, sinll ; r.--rain; s.—snow;
t.—thunder. Bale-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours.
Sea disturbance.