The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-02
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EXCERPTS FROM OUR FOREIGN FILE.

These items of interest are taken from the latest
European exchanges that have reached u.s.
Tea ship Race.
1t is understood that the ocean tea ship race has
been won by the Sir Lancelot Captain Robinson
which left Foo Chow Foo the 18th of July, and ar
rived in the East India Docks on Thursday morning
after passage of eghty-nine days, said to be the
shortest on record The Sir Lancelot is Clyde clip
per- She first in the tea in 1861, and lost it
last year only by few hours.
ACIericaI Protest.
The General Assembly of the Lutheran Church at
Pesth has voted an energetic protestatOn against
the Papal letter convoking the Council document
in which the Protesants are adured to return to the
bosom of the Roman Catholic Church. The state
ments made by the Pope with regard to Protestant-
ism were declared to be inaccurate and defamatory
and the Assembly expressed hope that ii would be
able, in conjunction with the Roman Catholic popu-
latOn OF hungary, to accelerate the progress Of
spiritual emancipation.
Sainte-Beuve,s Funeral.
The funeral of Sainte- Beuve took place October l6
IN strict accordance with his directions. plain
hearse left the house followed by large crowd,
conspicuous among whom were Emile de Girardn
Provost Paradol and Ratisbonne, Weiss and Herve
RenaD, John Lemoine, Isaac Pereire, old Raspaii
and all his sons Jules Sandeau, Madame George
Sand, and Madame Ratazz. Arrived at the church
yard the coffin was lowered into the grave, when
Sainte-Beuves cousin, N; Lacanssare, stood for
adeu" and then, turning to the public ''Gentlemen
who have accompanied him thus far be thanked in
his name. Gentlemen, the ceremony is over" And
so ended according to the Temps "thOse really
democratic Obseques-really democratic, not only
from their simplicity, but by the great number Of
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bond of sympathy, respect, and austere medta-
tiOn.' II had been announced that Prince NanO-
leon would come up from Prangns to act as chief
mourner at this free-thinking funeral. He was not
there
The Fatal Riot mt Aubin.
The JOurHGl 0Rciel publishes, October H., a narra-
tive OF the fatal riot at Aubin 1t is SOBER clear and
interesting and bears the face OF 1t unmstaEable
proofs Of sincerity and impartIaty 1t demonstrates
Trefutably that the conduct of the detachment which
was driven to the necessity OF firing, and OF the
officer who gave the order TO fire, was wholly free
from blame. T1e ofncer and his detachment-only
thirty men-wefecOoped up in corner, assailed by
mob of several hundred pitmen armed with stones,
picks and crowbars, and It was only after several
men had been Knocked down and wounded
that, to save the detachment being borne down by
weight of numbers and eXtermnated, he gave the
order TO fire. It is objected that If larger detach-
ment had been on the spot there would have been
need to resort to firearms This may be; but there
are no troops habitually in the mining district and
unless the authorities had had previous notice of the
riot they could not possibly have concentrated a
large force on the spot the nearest large garrison
town being Toulouse, about sixty miles of. 1t is to
be deploredthat several unonending persons were
shot down, but that was purely accidental; when a
detachment fires it is not to be expected that every
man will shoot straight before him.