The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-24 00:00:00

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING. Mr. David James. After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful Burlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames' Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. MA DAME TUSS WYS EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. Oil view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of Frussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children .rider 10 years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 641. extra. Open um 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. 10 MOSE and SON'S E v ..," INTER OVERCOATS, 10s, to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. 1 MOSES and SON beg to remind the public • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its Juaelity, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is ~ onsiderably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other h. , tse in England. - V MOSES and SON'S _ll4. OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 10s. to 50s. KERTCH JACKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 10s. 6d. to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s. FJ• MOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system A. of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with perfect satisfaction to their customers. O SES and SON'S FROCK COATS, 245. to 03s. ! ~~ DRESS COATS, 255. to 60s MOURNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. J IVIORNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. EMOSES and SON invit) special attention • to their large stock , of GEN ILEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. E. MOSES and SON'S BOYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, Os. 6d. to 40s. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BR i GIITON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. D RESS SUITS, 255. to 63s T 1 MOSES I and SON supply every description of 4 . clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Estabhshments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. Tho following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD, COUNTRY BRANCH, BRADFORD. YORKSHIRE. 'HEATRE ROYAL Dill- 1-LA 1. Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. tr.: a rt..N.--This Theatre having been re-decorated under the it• tion of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUT UM N DEAAbIATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Oct. 24. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. MISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, THIS EVENING, Oct. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA NE. AiR. T. C. KING will appear in the character of _ VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitle , ' AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Oct. 24.—THEAT RE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. 1D HOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated I YOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 24—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMYROBSART; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Vokes, Kemp, J. Efoitin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 24—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN ING, Oct. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor mack.. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING. Oct. 24. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ADOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 24. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. MORNING PERFORMANCE.-AMY ROB SART.—In answer to numerous applications from parties residing in the suburbs, it is respectfully announced that a Special Morning Performance of this Grand Historical Drama will be given on WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9. Children and Schools admitted at reduced prices to the following parts of the theatre —First circle, dress circle, and stalls. Doors open at half-past One, commence at Two. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro -11 Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GREEN BUSHES, OR ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Miami, Madame Celeste ; supported by Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. C. Sennet, and Mr. Charles Wilmot. And THE MILLINERS' HOLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Eliza Johnstone. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—This EVENING, at 7, A KISS in the DARK. At 7.40, THE RIVALS. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale, Kendal, Everill, Howe, and Rogers. Mesdames Chippendale, Robertson, C. Hill, and E. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal, Mr. Rogers, and Miss Robertson. Concluding with NO SONG NO SUPPER. Messrs. Osborne and Weathersby ; Mesdames F. Wright, F. Gwynne, and Fosbroke. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. - Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Baton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque, " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. QT. JAMES'S THEA T R E.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.— This Evening at Eight, will be presented (for the eighth time in England) Victorien Sardou's great play, FERNANDE, revised by Sutherland Edwards, Esq. Act I. Rescued, Act 11. Loved. Act 111. Won. Act IV . Triumphant. Cha racters by Messrs. Farren, Leeson , Lin Rayne, Murray, and Lionel Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie Brough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON by Tom Taylor, Esq. Me ssrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and 11. Everard, At 8, FERNANDE. At 10.30, ONLY D, by John Oxenford Esq. Messrs. Young and Grainger ; Misses Adair and Turner.—During the vacation the family circle has been recon structed and decorated.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees. et LOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET, 31 - STRAND.--Manageress, Miss ALLEY NE. Great Success of TAMING OF THE SHREW-- , Katherine, Miss Alleyne ; Petruchio, Mr. Fairclough. GLOBE THEATRE.—MARCO SPADA, and TAMING OF THE SHREW, every Evening. GI_LOBE THEATRE.—MARCO SPADA at 7, TAMING OF THE SHREW at 9, with BOARD AND R SIDENCE. kLOBE THEATRE.—Acknowledged to be th e Prettiest Theatre in London. Ballets arranged by Mr. Milano, encored every night. Beautiful Scenery and Dresses. PEEP 0' DAY.—Grand Irish Romantic Drama, written by Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING (Monday), Oct. 24.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. DEEP 0' DAY.—The PATTERN FAlR.—lrish Jig and Faction Fight, illustrated by 200 Men, Women, and Children.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. PEEP 0' DAY.—The OLD QUARRY, or FOIL DHUIV.--Startling Sensation Scene, THIS EVENING (Monday), Oct. 24. —PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THE GREAT ClTY.—Grand R ea li s ti c D rama , In Two Acts, written by Andrew Halliday, THIS EVEN ING (Monday), Oct. 24.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. SIEGE OF PARlS.—Colossal Maps, M o d e l s . Living Photographs of the French and Prussian Generals, by Herr Schulze. DAILY, from twelve noon till ten p.m. Ad mission ls. Children 6d.—PALAIS ROYAL, Argyll-street, xford-circus, W. PALAIS ROYAL.-GRAND FASHIONABLE BILLIARD EXHIBITION by the CHAMPIONS, W. COOK, and J. BENNETT, on MONDAY and TUESDAY, October 24 and 25, commencing at eight. They will also give a Special Day Exhibition for ladies and families, on Tuesday afternoon, October 25, commencing at three.:Tickets for either exhibition, ls. ; stalls, 2s. 6d. ; reserved seats. ss. ; may be ob tained of Messrs. Cook and Bennett, the principal hotels and billiard rooms, and at the PALAIS ROYAL, Argyll-street, Oxford-circus, W. SOUPS FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED are conveyed at a saving of 30 per cent. by using WHITEHEAD'S SOLIDIFIED SOUP SQUARES. Pea. I Carrot. I Green Pea. Julienne. Chesnut. Harricot. • WHITEHEAD'S SOLIDIFIED SOUP SQUARES, Sold in one dozen boxes, at Bs. 6d. and Ils. a dozen, by all Grocers, Italian Warehousemen, and Chemists, and Wholesale of Copland and Co. Travers and Sons, Preston and Sons, Crosse and Blackwell, and E. Lazenby and Son. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past nine months the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 542 lives from various ship wrecks and 29 vessels from destruction. It has also expended £17,428 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £1,540 for rewards. The Institution has now 223 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by the London and County bankers, and by the Secre tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John Street, Adelphi, London. 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Bd., and 155. each, nclud ng brush. Iced Bull Wharf, Augel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE-A Domestic Hercules. - Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKET—A Kiss in the Dark. The Rivals. My Uncle's Will. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliners' Holiday. Green Bushes. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Peep o' Day and Great City. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Only a Halfpenny. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. GLoßE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. NEW SURREY—A Striking Similarity. Link by Link, Nobody's Chill. ST. JAMES'S HALL—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties. CamoßNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &o. PALMS ROYAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro fessor Faber's Talking Machine- Siege of Paris. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. A d' r 4k tf t , 0 0040 , 444.5kV(11 LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1870. THE Times tells the British Cabinet something must be clone, but is very careful not to give any inkling as to what that something shall be. It would appear that our contemporary does not even care, and that there is only one course which it disapproves, inaction. Ministers are taunted because they have been in the Highlands instead of sitting enpermanence round a green baize table in Downing-street. They ought, the Times seems to think, to have been in a perpe tual state of telegrams. We have no doubt that so far as Mr. GLADSTONE and Lord GRANVILLE are concerned, this arduous condition has been fulfilled to a degree that would satisfy the exigeant journal. Why their colleagues should have been exposed to the same hardship does not appear. Naturally one would suppose that there was no use in calling the Cabinet together until the two chiefs had determined that the time was come for action. The fact that a Cabinet Council has just been held, and that another is to assemble this week, would seem to imply that the PREMIER and the FOREIGN MINISTER thought that at all events Ministers should confer. Even this, however, will not satisfy the Times. Unless they resolve to "do something " they will stand condemned in the eyes of the leading journal. To all this Ministers may, if they care to do so, make a good reply. They may say that in staying their hands they are doing only what every other Power in Europe is doing. M. THIERS has been going the round of the Continental Courts, but everywhere he meets with the same polite refusal to interfere. Even M. DE KERATRY has failed to persuade Pami to allow the export of arms from Spain. The truth is, the Powers see that it is useless to inter pose. The victors demand certain terms; the van quished say that 1 U ey will sooner destroy France 'BE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1870. than yield those terms. Does the Times mean to say that England is to send her little army into France in order to support the Republic in its resistance.? Is it possible to do this ? Would it be right if it were possible? As that profoundly statesmanlike writer, Hr. WILLIAM RATHBONE GREG, wrote in Friday's Pall Mall Gazette, why are we to go to war to save France from the loss of territory whiei she made war with the intention of inflicting upon Ger many ? We may wish that BISMARCK would be content with something less than " Elsass" and " Lothringen ;" we may even think that he would act more prudently if he did not force the inhabitants of those provinces under a yoke which they detest. But that is his affair, not ours, and if he insists upon making what we believe will prove a blunder, we are no more called upon to prevent it than we were to prevent that most stupendous and disastrous blunder, the Duke of GItAMONT'S declaration of war on July 15. TOPICS OF THE DAY. was at St. Cloud that he celebrated his marriage. with. Marie Louise. Later on, the waning of his fortune was marked in one of its rooms by the sig nature of the capitulation of 1815. His nephew and successor, the present Napoleon, was christened at St. Cloud by Pope Pius VII., and it has been already mentioned that it was in that palace he signed the fatal declaration of war against Prussia—a fact almost sufficient to excuse the French for shelling it. THE DUCAL HOUSE OF CAMPBELL. The Scottish house of Campbell, which is repre sented by the Duke of Argyll, is in some respects the first of Scottish titles. Its members have com prised many illustrious individuals. Within the last ten years a Campbell has held the Lord Chancellor ship of England. The Barony of Clyde, of Indian celebrity, was bestowed on one who belonged to the Campbells by his mother's side. The name of Campbell appears frequently in the lists of the Orders of the Thistle and the Bath, and during the last century it figures prominently in the lists of British generals and admirals. More than eight centuries ago the first Campbell ou record acquired the Lordship of Loch Awe by marriage with the heiress of a Gaelic chief. A representative of the Campbells married the sister of Robert Bruce and was established in the chieftaincy of Argyll. From thence to the present time the fortunes of the Campbells have continued to improve, while other great houses of Scotland have experienced many vicissitudes. The tenth Earl of Argyll was one of the commissioners who offered the Crown of Scot land to the Prince of Orange, and was raised to the dukedom. The second Duko of Argyll was created an English peer in acknowledgment of his services in furthering the union with England. He took an active part in suppressing the Stuart rising in 1715. His brother, the third Duke, had the patronage of Scotland so much at his disposal, that he was known in certain circles as the King of Scot land. The present Duke, whose son is about to connect his family with Royalty, is the eighth of the line, and bears a long list of Scottish and English titles and honours. OUR MILITIA FORCE. The United Service Gazette boldly challenges the proposition that the militia force by its very nature is a feudal one, implying that it should be officered by county magnates and their connections. The Gazette points out that the argument is altogether impertinent, inasmuch as feudality has been for cen turies dead and buried in England, and all its usages should be buried with it. At present the militia is not officered in the feudal fashion. On the con trary, its commissioned ranks are filled with " the most incongruous and incohesive materials." There are landed gentlemen, gentlemen in public offices, and merchants wearing the militia uniform. A national force should represent all classes; but, un fortunately, the officers are not impartially selected. They are "jobbed ire," to use a phrase from the Gazette, by the county, by Lords-Lieutenant, and when once in, are dealt with without the slightest regard for merit, seniority, or the fair rules of pro motion. THE Loss OF THE CAPTAIN. The First Lord of the Admiralty is apparently determined to institute a complete inquiry into the circumstances connected with the Captain. The in vestigation he is pursuing will extend from the time when it was proposed to build her down to her loss. Personal considerations will not influence Mr. Childers in the course he has adopted, and it is certain that facts will come to the knowledge of the public which were not revealed at the court-martial. Several vital questions are involved in the inquiry, and in the course of a few days we shall probably be informed who declared the Captain to be seaworthy, and who warranted her safe, as it is the bounden duty of the Controller to do before an experimental war ship is sent to sea. Three other points of importance to be ascertained are—whether Mr. Reed or Sir Spencer Robinson doubted the stability of the Captain, why the trial to find out the position of her centre of gravity was not carried out with more promptitude, and why, when that position was discovered, it was not instantly communicated to Captain Coles and Captain Burgoyne. IRISH PECULIARITIES. An Englishman who has spent many years in the careful study of Irish national peculiarities, sends the conclusions at which he has arrived to the Spectator. England, he considers, underrates the value of Ireland as a mere possession. The island is belted with harbours and natural docks, and if occupied by a maritime race would be a great naval Power. Coming to the land, he thinks the great landlords are beneficial, as they keep up the standard of culti vation, and their magnificence delights a people who are incurably aristocratic. The small landlords are, according to this estimate, the worst element in the population, and though the Land Bill has improved matters, it has not removed the hatred between the peasants and this class, which, if not forcibly repressed, would result in a jacquerie. The priests are beneficial in keeping up the tone of morals, but they keep back education, which is much desired by the people. The administration of the com.try is bad, being a botch-potcli, in which power is divided. The Irish police is good, but wants strengthening. The agrarian struggle is due, not to the sDcialist principle, which has no force in a country cherishing the traditions of the " ould families," but to a peculiar belief respecting the ownership of the soil. The evicted peasant thinks himself robbed, and no man was ever yet punished for prosecuting a theft of his spoons. Ireland, says this observer, needs compulsory education, and, provided real compulsion was forthcoming, denomi nationalism and secularism would be minor questions. The people would benefit greatly by military train ing, and organisation on the Swiss system would speedily " civilise" the country. Among the mental and moral peculiarities of the Irish, the writer specially notices their capacity for gratitude, their plaintiveness, and their tendency to exaggerated ideal ism, which produces their apparent mendacity. HISTORIC INCIDENTS AT ST. CLOUD. The burning of the famous Palace of St. Cloud is variously accounted for. Some persons say that the Germans attracted fire to the place by using it as an observatory; others, that the French thought the building might serve as a screen to the enemy's advance, and therefore destroyed it. the Palace was originally formed out of the house of a banker named Gondi, but .in its recent state it was more than two centuries old. Naturally, from its long association with the royalty of France, it was replete with historical associations. Many of these are of tragic interest. Henry 111. of France was assassinated there, in the midst of the war of the three Henrys, and Henrietta Maria, the widow of our Charles 1., died there in exile and dethronement. Many political incidents of great importance occurred within its walls. The First Napoleon there virtually put an end to the Republic by driving out the Council of the Five Hundred, on the memorable 18th Brumaire. When the daring First Consul had reached the zenith of his power, it THE IRISH AMBULANCE CORPS. Although' what has already transpired relative to the " Irish Ambulance Corps" leaves no doubt in the ptiblic mind as to its real character and object, a prosecution instituted at the Bow-street Police court by the Treasury against John Patrick M'Donald, described as a journalist, for a breach of, the Foreign Enlistment Act, will in the course of judicial procedure disclose many interesting facts. The evidence of a sailor who seems from the first to have doubted the word of the promoters of the corps, and to have formed a shrewd guess at its objective functions, gave evidence which warranted a remand. The man Cotter, who, accompanied by his brother, conducted the expedition to Havre, when taxed with duplicity, laughingly acknowledged the non-existence of an Irish Ambulance Corps, and coolly told them they were expected, as patriotic Irishmen, to fight for the French Republic. When the witness objected to take service in the French army, Cotter, with a laugh, told him that he did not know him. The large majority of the dupes returned . to England by, the assistance of the British Consul. TIIE COLOURING OF WATER. Following Professor Iluxley's interesting observa tions respecting the evolution of life, there has ap peared a paper from Professor Tyndall, in which the latter attempts to discover the origin and causes of almost equally important matters of scientific dis cussion. Mr. Tyndall's essay chiefly relates to the differences of colour in lakes and seas. With a view of studying thoroughly the qUestion he wishes to solve, Professor Tyndall had conveyed to him two bottles of water taken from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Nice, and two other bottles of water taken from the lake of Geneva. The liquid in each case was thoroughly examined in order to confirm, if possible, the popular supposition that the scattering of light by minute foreign particles in the air, particles which have teen found so entirely competent to produce and explain the colour of the sky, also caused hues in the water. Dr. Tyndall found the water in each case, he states, uniformly charged not only with particles small enough to scatter that magnificent blue light which has excited the admiration of all who have seen it under favour able circumstances, but also with far grosser particles. In the Lake of Geneva, Dr. Tyndall finds, we have not only the blue scattering by small particles, but also the blue arising from true molecular absorption. Indeed, were it not for this, he thinks, the light trans mitted by a column of the water would be yellow, orange, or red, like the light of sunrise or sunset. ot only then is the light mainly blue from the first moment of its reflection from the minute particles, but the less refrangible elements which always accom pany the blue are still further abstracted during the transmission of the scattered light. Through the action of both these causes, scattering and absorp tion, the intense colouring both of the Lake of Geneva and the Mediterranean Sea lie holds com pletely accounted for. BENEVOLENCE IN ENGLAND. Wretched as was the condition of the poor in England, and especially in the metropolis, last winter, it will probably be much worse during the ensuing months. A. very aristocratic assembly was held at the London Mansion House on Thursday, with a view to raise funds for the relief of the dis tress prevailing among the thousands of emigres from France who have reached our shores. A. letter fzom Lord Clarendon was read at the meeting, and in it his lordship stated that a very large number of poor English families resident for many years in Paris, being unable to remain there any longer, had been forwarded by the diplomatic representatives to this country, where they had arrived with out friends or resources, and in many cases in a state of extreme destitution. The troubles of last winter were only relieved to a very small extent, owing to the preponderance of distress amongst us, what may the sorrows and struggles of this Christmas be, if the poor refugees from other countries are to be located here with our own ? The meeting on Thursday was presided over by members of the class most able to afford assist ance where it is needed, and it too clearly manifested that we as a nation could 'not be indifferent to an emergency which touched our common humanity ; but many more such meetings will have to be held before January for the alleviation of suffering, and the regular stock of winter obligations must not be forgotten. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCT. 21. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove to the Linn of Quoich. Princess Louise went out driving. The Princess of Wales drove out on Saturday, attended Viscountess Walden. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine ser vice yesterday. The leave of Colonel Layard, 8.E., who has been in attendance on his Highness the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, having expired, that officer has returned to his military duties in India. His suc cessor with the Nawab has not yet been named, but as the presence of an officer of such rank is looked upon in India as a mark of respect and honour from the Government to a native prince, there is little doubt that in the instance of so eminent a personage as the Nawab of Bengal, and having regard to the present relations of his Highness with her Majesty's Government, the appointment of some distinguished officer to the vacant post will not be long delayed. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of the Right Hon. Sophia Elizabeth Wykeham, Baroness Wenman, was proved in London under £30,000 personalty. Her ladyship was in her 80th year, and acquired the peerage by creation (1834) ; was the only daughter and heiress of Mr. William Richard Wykeham, and granddaughter of the Hon. Sophia Wenman, sister and heir of Philip, sixth and last Viscount Wenman, in Ireland (extinct 1800).—Letters of administration of the personal estate and effects of the Hon. Gerald Orlando Manners Bridgman, third son of the Earl of Bradford, were sworn under a nominal sum.—The will of John Brocklehurst, of Macclesfield, banker, dated 1863, was, with three codicils, proved in Chester, on the 10th instant, under £BOO,OOO. —The will of Mr. Frederick Heusch, formerly of Bedford-square, but late of the Chestnuts, Wimbledon-common, Surrey, was proved in London, on the 10th insta n t, und er £200,000 p ersona lty. To each of his executors he leaves a legacy of .21,000. He bequeaths to the Wimbledon Alms houses £3OO, and to the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals £3OO to each of his servants 19 guineas. He bequeaths the picture by Dyckes man (with case) to the South Kensington Museum, on condition that it is fixed in a favourable place, and a tablet attached to the frame stating that the lady in the black dress represents the donor's mother, who died in 1864. After making some very liberal bequests, amount ing to upwards of £30,000, besides annuities, all free of duty, he bequeaths the residue of his property, real and personal, to Mr. William John Gill. —The will of Mr. William Peck, of Balham-hill, Surrey, and Bemerton Lodge, Norwood, was pros ed in London on the 16th inst., and the personalty sworn under £9o,ooo.—The will of Mr. John Best, merchant, of Liverpool and Chrisleton, was proved at Chester under £60,000 personalty.—The will of Mr. Thomas Were Fox, merchant, of Plymouth, was proved at Exeter under £30,000 personalty.—lllustrated London News. CACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall nto powder, and this powder is eacloine. Cacaoine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cacaoine makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most de sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacioine, by reason of the ingenious method by which the oil is removed, pre serves all the clue natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only by James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 112, Great Rus sell-street ; 170, Piccadilly ; and 48, Threadneedle-s treet ;at their Works for Dietetic Preparations, Euston-road.—AnvT. THE LOSS OF THE CAMBRIA. The supposition that all the boats launched from the Cambria must have been capzised is strengthened by the report of the screw steamer Caledonia, another steamer of the same line, which passed Innistrahul on Wednesday night during the height of the storm, and some of her passengers express an opinion that small boats could not have lived in such a sea. The following telegram through the Central Press has been received : GLASGOW, Saturday, Captain Chenoweth, of the steamer Rose, arrived at Greenock this morning from Portrush. He reports that a large quantity of the wreck of a large steamer had been washed ashore along the strand from Portrush to the Giant's Causeway, including part of a lifeboat which had evidently been dashed to pieces amongst the rocks. Up to dusk no bodies had come ashore. The wreck chiefly consisted of cabin furniture, such as fronts of beds and bedboards, boxes, lids of trunks and loose deck. Several cartloads of wreckage had been brought into Port rush up to the previous evening. The first thing that caused Captain Chenoweth to come to the conclusion that it was the wreck of a large steamer was seeing upon one of the bed boards the number " 327." A large quantity of apples and broken barrels also came ashore, the apples being of the best American description. Later in the day the news of the Cambria's loss reached Portrush, and the wreckage was then considered to be plainly identified. Captain Chenoweth is of opinion that parts of the wreck ashore consists of pieces of at least two of the boats. Captain M'Lachlane, of the steamer Shannon, arrived at Greenock, from Londonderry. He reports that he heard of nothing on his passage down Lough Foyle last night, excepting that several pieces of wreck, believed to belong to the Cambria's boats, had been seen floating past Lough Foyle. He passed through floating staves off the mouth of the Lough. The Cambria was an iron screw steamship, of 1,312 tons register, and 1,997 tons builders' measurement. She was built at Port Glasgow by Messrs. Robert Dunean and Co., under special survey, and classed at the highest rate at Lloyd's, havin g c , been constructed with heavier plating than is required by the rules. Her length was 324 ft. Gin. ; breadth of beam, 35ft. tin. ; depth of hold, 22ft. sin. ; and she was fitted up with six bulkheads and part awning deck. Her engines, which were made at the Finniestown Steamship Works, Glasgow, were of 400-horse power. She left the Clyde for New York on Saturday, the 17th of September last, her crew numbering 74 all told. She was in command of Captain George Carnahan, who has long been in the service of Messrs. Handyside and Hender son, and enjoyed their confidence as an able and expe rienced officer. When in command of the screw steamship Columbia, of the same line, he navigated his vessel across the Atlantic in December, 1868, under circumstances of great difficulty. The propeller shaft broke during a gale, an accident of the same kind as that which occa sioned the terrible catastrophe to the Hibernia, and the screw commenced to hammer at the stern with great violence, it was attempted to withdraw the shaft and let the screw drop, but the water rushed in when the effort was made, and those engaged in the work, headed by the captain, were only too glad to get it replaced and secured. Thus the screw had to be made fast for the safety of the ship, and to superintend this operation Captain Carnahan had himself slung over the stern from the rail by a rope fastened round his waist, dipping down into the water with his vessel, but nevertheless giving his orders with marvellous clearness and precision. The work was done, and the ship reached port in safety under sail, though, of course, much behind time. The Cambria left New York on the homeward voyage on, Saturday, the Bth instant, with a general cargo, consisting of cheese, grain, and other produce. The number of passengers on board is to some extent a matter of uncer tainty, for while the owners have a partial list the exact record, it appears, will follow by a later vessel. Inistrahull, the island upon which the ship struck, is situated about ten miles due north from Malin Head, the extreme north-west corner of Ireland, and not more than about thirty-five miles from the city of Londonderry. It is known to be a dangerous spot, and, being in the direct course of ships rounding the north of Ireland, was pro vided, so far back as 1812, with a lighthouse having an excellent revolving light. Apparently the lights were not seen by the look-out on board the Cambria. The first warning was given when, with full way on, the ship struck heavily on the rocks. It is thought that the blind ing rain on Wednesday night must have obscured the light. The Cambria was considered one of the finest vessels of the Anchor fleet. CAPTAIN RELIEF FUND. It having been reported that Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Belcher, K.C.8., stated at a late meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent Society, "that it would be improper for that institution to grant any relief, looking at the lax manner in which the Captain Relief Fund was managed, in some cases two or three mothers and in others three or four wives appearing as claimants," Captain L. E. H. Somerset, R.N., has contradicted the statement in a letter to the Times, in which he says : Every application for relief has passed through me, and in one instance only have two women applied for relief as the widows of one man. Their certificates shewed that they had both been legally married. In this case the woman received some temporary relief who, on investiga tion, was found to have the preferable claim." . . Krather pleasing incident has come out concerning a subscription of £lOO by " X.Y.Z." to the Lord Mayor's Captain Relief Fund. It was received anonymously with the following note :—" In consequence of reading a letter signed ' Staff-Surgeon " in the Morning Post of the 17th, I enclose the sum of £lOO for the Captain Relief Fund.— X.Y.Z." It is rare, indeed, that epistolary effusions in the daily prints produce such ready effects. SURREY THEATRE. This theatre, having now passed into the hands of Mr. E. T. Smith, has undergone considerable alterations, both as regards the general appearance of the interior of the building and the character of the entertainment provided. The puce de resistance bears the title " Link by Link," and is undoubtedly a great success, being placed on the stage in the most complete manner. The great sensation scene is the attempt to murder, by throwing a lady from an express train when travelling at full speed, and this is certainly a triumph of stage mechanism, and was heartily applauded. Following "Link by Link" is a piece entitled " Nobody's Chill'd," being a burlesque on the famous Surrey drama of a somewhat similar name, and a better burlesque has seldom been witnessed. The cast is excellent throughont, and there is an absence of all vulgarity—a feature that is unhappily only too pre valent in plays of that kind now-a-days. The great Surrey favourite, Miss Georgina Pauncefort, is again located at this theatre, and her re-appearance was warmly acknow ledged. A word of praise must be awarded to Mr. A. Williams for his finished acting, both in the drama and burlesque. The programile provided at the Surrey Theatre is one that will well repay a visit, and the management have our best wishes for success. ' Preparations _are in progress at Windsor Castle for the reception of Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold. During the absence of her Majesty► and the Royal Family in Scotland, extensive alterations have been made at the Castle. It is understood the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race will take place as usual in the spring, the Oxenians for the first time in ten years being the challengers. Dr. Darley, archdeacon of Ardagh, has given notice, in the Irish Church Convention, that he will move for a committee to confer with a committee appointed by the Primitive Methodist body, in reference to a union of those churches. Marriages are arranged to take place between Mr. Cecil Broughton, R.N., and Miss Bouwens, eldest daughter of Lady Julia and the late Rev. Theodore Bouwens; between Commander Molyneux, R.N., and Miss Dacres, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Sidney Dacres, K.C.B. ; and between Captain Mayne, son of the late Sir Richard Mayne, and Miss Dent. THE ROYAL LONDON MILITIA.—CoIoneI Wilson has resigned his position as colonel of the Royal London Militia, in consequence of ill-health, and is also, it is stated, about to relinquish the office of alderman of Bridge Ward Without, which he has filled since 1853. He had from 1831 up to 1853 been alderman of the ward of Castle Baynard. Twenty-five quarter casks of gunpowder, seized at a Fenian store in Ireland, were brought to Woolwich in one of the Government coasting vessels. On being opened at the Royal Laboratory on Friday for examination, they were found to contain lucifer matches and old nails in considerable quantities, mixed with the powder, in every cask. After this discovery the casks were of course handled with particular delicacy. They were placed in a barge on the river, and the boat being scuttled was sunk at high tide. GRAND BALL AT OAMPBELTOWN.—On Thursday evening the Marquis of Lorne gave a grand supper and ball to the elite of the town and neighbourhood in the Town-hall, Main-street, Campbeltown. The assembly was a large one, over 150 being present. The fine h a ll wa s splendidly decorated for the occasion. The company assembled about nine o'clock, and were received by Lord Lorne, who gave each and all a hearty Highland shake of the hand. Dancing commenced shortly thereafter, the noble marquis opening the ball by leading off as his partner Lady Campbell of Auchinbreck, and dancing was kept up with great spirit till an early hour next morning. The marquis wore on this occasion the " garb of Old Gaul." VETERAN COMMANDERS.—Captain Judkins, the commodore of the Cunard fleet of mail steamers, sailed on Saturday from Liverpool on his last professional voyage in the Scotia, having announced his intention to retire from active service on his return home. Captain Jud kins, who is one of the best known and respected men in both England and the United States, has been thirty years in the Cunard service, and during the whole of that period he has not cost the company a sixpence for either damage or loss to vessels he has commanded. — Captain W. Vincent, R.N., has retired from the post of general manager of the Royal Mail Steampacket Com pany at Southampton, after filling that position for seventeen years, and for ten years previous being one of their steamship commanders--a total period of twenty seven years in the service. Captain J. H. Jellicoe is his successor lIE MISERIES OF INVASION. A French paper publishes the following letter from an inhabitant of a small town• in the department of Seine-et- Oise :—" I take advantage of an opportunity of inform ing you that we ere still alive, but you should see how fatigued, emaciated, worn out. We do not eat meat every day. No more butchers here, no more bakers; all the establishments are occupied by Prussians, whose prisoners we are. One cannot go into a neighbouring village without a pass from the general, which is often refused. No more cows, consequently no milk or butter ; the fields are all ravaged. In houses abandoned by their inhabitants the pillage is complete ; not an article of furniture is unbroken, the looking-glasses smashed, the' tables and chairs in pieces. All the best linen taken away ; the clocks, the mattresses, the most precious objects. I have about fifty horses at my house, men in proportion, and this has now lasted ten days. I have had my two yards separated. I give the largest, with stables, coach-houses, barns, &c., to the enemy. I swagger about like a gendarme to defend my principal house. On Sunday afternoon, for a begin ning, there arrived more than 6,000 men. They invaded the house and even the room of my poor sick wife. You will remember that some months ago, finding your braces too long, you cnt them and amused yourself by fastening up the ends on each side of the nursery chimney-piece. Well, you will not find them . there now ; they have dis appeared with the rest. They have taken all my boots and shoes, leaving me only the shoes I had on my feet. Nothing comes amiss to them ; they have carried off the jams and preserves, a hundred eggs that had been stored, the shirts that fitted them ; the sugar, coffee, sugar-plums, chocolate, varnish, &c. ; a complete devastation. They cut up the cows into joints, and distributed the wine in my courtyard. They took all the bread and all the provisions, established themselves in the kitchen, brought straw into the dining-room, and at last towards midnight they re tired to rest. Then only were we able to eat some remains of a fricasee of rabbit, without bread, or any thing to drink. About two o'clock an alarm was given, and they left for Paris where the cannon were growling. They went off so quickly that they did not take time to put out the candles, which they had cut in pieces and stuck all over the place. The damage done in our poor little town is incalculable. Each day we, see numerous droves of 'cows and sheep pass by, and carts loaded with forage and sacks of oats. My heart bleeds when I reflect that all this comes from my poor country of Beauce held to ransom. Notice has just been given that any person found in the wood will be shot; the poachers will get into trouble this time. It is true that the Prussians take as many as 200 inhabitants at a time for beaters, and shoot like comfortable townsmen. I have established an ambulance at my house, which secures me some degree of quiet ; I also get a little broth for my poor wife and some allowance of meat. But if this state of things continues we shall soon have famine among us. It is hoped that the Prussians will consent to sell us the bread and meat they have stolen from us. It sounds odd, but so it will be." THE PRUSSIANS AT MULHOUSE. A letter from Mulhouse gives some interesting details of the recent Prussian visit to that town. Among other demands the Prussians required 30,000 f. in money, 100 horses, 40 carriages, 2,000 loaves of bread, 15,000 Havana cigars, and 6,000 flannel waistcoats. The Prussian colonel vowed that if all were not delivered at the camp in an hour's time he would burn the town. M. Dallas, the former Mayor of Mulhouse, undertook to represent to the Prusaian commander the impossibility of satisfying his demands. He went alone to the Prussian camp, and told the colonel in command that his conduct towards Mulhouse was unworthy of a civilised people. Taking from his pocket the Cross of a Prussian Order, he threw it at the colonel's feet, declaring he would no longer wear the insignia of a barbarous nation. However, Mulhouse was obliged to submit to the demand. Twenty-seven thousand francs were paid the same evening, and the rest the next day, all being in gold. The fresh crime of the citizens, who have already suffered from several similar demands, was that three Uhlans were pursued, though not attacked by the • peoples THE COUP DE MAIN AT STENAY. The French have regained possession of the little town of Stenay, a short distance from Montm4dy, by a clever coup de main. Since the battle of Frieschviller the town has been held by the Prussians, who levied contributions on all the neighbouring villages. On the 11th of October two companies of infantry, consisting of 100 men each, left Montmddy, and surrounded the village of Stenay, capturing the whole of the Prussian garrison, and taking back with them to Montm6dy 183 prisoners, among whom were ten officers. A few Prussians escaped owing to the cowardice of some inhabitants who concealed them, fearing the enemy's troops would come up and fire the village. The mayor himself only gave up three Prussians hidden in his house, on the threat of the door being broken open. The Prussian Lieutenant-colonel who commanded at Stenay, had a splendid carriage taken at Sedan ; he was allowed to use it to reach Montmedy. Then came a truck of the Eastern railway also taken at Sedan. It was loaded with all kinds of stores, from dried vegetables and tobacco, to cognac and champagne ; nothing was wanting. All these goods had been plundered in different parts of the country. Among the stores was a waggon marked with the reel cross which the Prussians make use of to suit themselves according to French accounts. A French eye witness, who saw the Prussian soldiers interned, describes it as a pitiful sight. Many of them wept, and, pointing to children, showed on their fingers that they had four, five, or six. They were all middle-aged men, belonging to the Landwehr, only the officers belonged to the regular army. The soldiers' sacks, when opened, contained a variety of curious articles, women's caps and collars, and children's toys were among their plunddr. The officers have been exchanged, some of the non-commissioned officers having been brought from Sedan for that purpose. Montm6dy has now been thoroughly armed, and is in a condition to resist a prolonged siege. FOOD IN PARIS. In spite of all the decrees that have been promulgated great anxiety prevails in Paris on the subject of food, and especially with regard to the scarcity of meat. Some of the butchers closed their shops before the last decrees were issued, because they declared that they were losing in consequence of the stringent regulations that were made. At the present time the meat is apportioned out in accordance with the requirements of the several divisions of Paris. The mayor of each division settles the quantity of meat that is to be distributed. The greater part of the butchers have left off business, and what are styled municipal butchers are set up in various quarters. As these are not numerous it follows that they are besieged by large crowds who have to wait for hours to obtain the meat they require. To obviate this incon venience it has been suggested that the numbers should be given out in the morning, and the meat distributed in the evening, so that the crowding and loss of time might be avoided. The legion of the Gardes Mobiles of la Mayenne has arrived at Tours. It numbers 3,500 men, well equipped and armed with Chassepots. Two new companies of American volunteers have also arrived, bearing the flag of the United States. They are fine-looking men, with countenances expressive of great energy. The passing to and fro of troops of all sorts has never been more con siderable. The Carlsruhe Gazette says that the most difficult task which awaits the German troops in Alsace is the siege of Belfort. It is situated in a gap between the Vosges and the Jura. Belort is, in fact, a strongly entrenched camp, which can hold fifty thousand men. Two large detached forts were added to this place in 1847, and since that time the range of hills which sur round it has been crowned with forts. It will depend upon the energy of the garrison and the population of Belfort to make the place an obstacle in the operations which the Germans carry on in the South of France. The Prus sians intend as far as possible to prevent the formation of• armies of reserve at Lyons and on the Loire, and Lyons it is well known is of great importance to the French with the St. Etienne manufacture of arms, which fur nishes 120,000 Chassepots yearly. The Lyons Courier says that in the fortifications now erecting for the defence of the town are to be found work men who, not content with doing nothing themselves seek to prevent their comrades from working, and offer them money to ensure their idleness. The Courier asks where they get this money from?. The Mayor of Beaugency is to be shot, and it is con sidered that he has richly deserved his fate. Twenty Prussians came to Beaugency, and as they approached the Mayor disarmed the National Guard, and when the Prussians entered the town they were furnished with drink. The free-shooters came up shortly afterwards, and immediately arrested the Mayor. The Government is about to publish a decree which will intimate that all Frenchmen who offer anything to the enemy will be shot. SE ~A'_ Cann o, of 7th co( "A Take ] LI A . 1110 b, teBtOri Gre; 11egoti; 14 th e d ays 1 th e ii Pears e•Pura, g 4 °n fo r nainu. Persi s t t `'°trai THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events. ~ ' 1 ' . l ‘& t YIA) :, ' , 7 4 lt k “ 0 . .".. ,7 i ' , • Th e ar e ab out '' l4 cec Ittlee 441 Am te eogi ttiptit Ti B el S e \ ki Ni 444 to -- .1 le c l 11841