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THE NEW POEM BY MR. GIBBS, NOTICE! HAROLD ERLE : A BIOGRAPHY. By W. A. Gums, author of " The Story of a Life." Will be published on Monday, January 2, and can be then had of all Booksellers and Librarians in tho United Kingdom. Loadon : E. Moxon, Son, and Co., 41, Dover-street. Now Published, A WINTER JOURNEY TO ROME AND BACK, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING OF THE (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, AND GLANCES AT MILAN, FLORENCE, NAPLES, POMPEII, AND VENICE. BY WILLIAM EVILL. STANFORD, Charing Cross. Price 4s. Cad "Mr. W. Evill has written a lively and agreeable account of 'A Winter Journey to. kome.' His descriptions of scenery in the Alps and of the Italian cities are exceedingly graphic, shewing much sympathy with nature, and a refined intelligence, Though the style of the book is somewhat sketchy, it is thoroughly readable, especially in the passages referring to the Council, which have in some degree the value of contemporary history."— Daily Telegraph. "Those who have followed the well-known route, and visited the spots described by ➢lr. Evill, are scarcely likely to add much to their fund of information by reading his lively sketches ; yet we are far from saying that the publication is superfluous. To gain knowledge is not the only object which induces a man or woman to take ap a new volume ; and if Mr. Evill does not add distinctly to our stock, he has the art—a rare one—of placing familiar scenes in a fresh and agreeable light. . . . . The book has the merit of being thoroughly readable."—Pall Mall Gazette. 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His description of it is very graphic."—Western Morning News. - • • - -•-• " Italy has been described to the reading world again and again, and, therefore, the charm of Mr. Evill's book is not the charm of novelty, but it has a charm. There is a fresh, Inge nuous manner, that appeals to the reader. The author records his impressions and describes minutely the beauty of the Italian scenery without a thought of the travellers who have gone before. Some passages, descriptive, are really excellent. The exterior and interior of Milan cathedral are put before us in glowing terms, and the long ceremonies of the opening of the (Ecumenical Council are forcibly described. His description of Venice is excellent. Mr. Evill's word-painting is far above the average of such descriptions. We are sure that readers, after a perusal of this book, will have a vivid impression of the scenery described, and be grateful to Mr. Evill for his pleasant recollec tions."—Lloyd's Weekly News. 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In these Institutions between 500 and 600 Boys and Girls are educated,- fed, clothed, and trained to earn their own living. Besides the above work, upwards of 500 Ragged School children are supplied with dinner once a week. AN URGENT APPEAL is therefore made for HELP to pur , chase FOOD and CLOTHING for these poor Children. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, City, and by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Range, 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn, W.C. 1)li. SCO'ITS BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.— A INEVIM-PAILINU REMEDY. —Prepared without any mercurial ingredient,will be found invaluable to all whosuffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness , dizziness of the eyes, &c. 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The Society's °ilk:es are re. moved from the City to the same building. KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chief Office-17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Annual Income, £300,000. Capital, subscribed by more than 1,800 Shareholders, nearly £BOO,OOO. DIRECTORS. CFIAIRMAN —General Sir FIEDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S. The Rev. A. Alston, D.D. R. M. Carter, Esq., M.P. B. Hamilton Anson, Esq. Edmund Heeley, E sq. A. R. Bristow, Esq. 1 Reginald Read, Esq., M.D. This Society are now ISSUING COMPLETE LIFE .POLICIES. The peculiar features of these Policies are as follow :- 1. The Payments Cease after Ten or Twenty Years. 2. The Policy is not forfeited by the non-payment of renewal premium during the ten or twenty years. 3. The Assurer is entitled for each yearly payment he has made to a paid-up Policy for one-tenth or one-twentieth of the sum Assured. HENRY B. PAItMINTEIt, A LEXANDRA ORPHANAGE for' INFANTS, Hornsey-rise, near Highgate, N. Children eligible from any part of the Kingdom. Under the immediate patronage of Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS of WALES, and the CROWN PRINCESS of PRUSSIA. A MEETING of Governors was held on THURSDAY, November 17, 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon - street , for the ELECTION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to be retained until sixteen years of age. ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in the Chair. At the close of the Ballot the following were declared to be SUCCESSFUL : ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SIXTEEN I EARS OF AGE. 1. Scarlett, Alice Maud.... 635 12. Bloom, Louisa ........ 611 ELECTED 10 CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE. 3. Richards, Henry William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabeth .... 452 4. Leigh, Charles Edward.. 576 8. Mather, Selina Agnes.. 430 5. Eyles, Alfred Henry .... 490 9. Bennett, Louisa Mary.. 431 6. Childs, Alice Rebecca .. 458 10. Curtis, Elizabeth Maud 429 A vote of thanks to the Chairman and to the Scrutineers terminated the proceedings. JOSEPH SOUL, Hon. Secretary. 73, Cheapside. URGENT APPEAL.—The Committee very earnestly appeal for Contributions in aid of the BUILDING FUND especially, as well as for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no funded property, but depends wholly upon voluntary support. No salaries are paid but to the household. The Orphenge is open to visitors. THE RAILWAY COLLISION AT BIRMINGHAM.- It is estimated that there were between twenty and thirty passengers injured in the 'collision at Birmingham on Christmas Eve. The country train started from the station at about half-past six o'clock, and when through the tunnel was brought to a standstill on account of the overload of passengers. A guard was sent back into the tunnel with a red light to obtain the assistance of another engine. He had scarcely entered the tunnel when he met the second train coming along at the rate of about thirty-five miles an hour. He signalled the driver to stop, and the motion of the engine was at once reversed and the breaks applied. The second train was almost stopped when the engine struck the van of the first train. The blow was light in compa rison with what it would have been but for the timely warning of the guard. Although the collision was slight some of the carriages were lifted from the rails. One pas senger said the carriage in which he was seated appeared almost doubled up," and another said the top of the compartment appeared to be coming in. Many of the lights were put out, and the carriages were in darkness until the train reached Rugby. At Coventry several of the injured passengers left the train with their heads in bandages. SANITARY WORKS IN IN DIA .—A valuable Blue Book has just been published detailing the various measures adopted' fur sanitary improvements in India from June 1869 to June 1870. The Army Sanitary Com mission, in a special minute on the several reports from the Punjab, Bengal, and the North West, says that there is nothing special in the sanitary problems of India, either in town or country, excepting that sanitary mea sures are far more imperative than in colder climates. All experience shows that any local efforts are insufficient which do not take into account the general malaria pro ducing conditions of the climate and country. The improvement and regulation of the water supply and drainage of the marshes are particularly recom mended,' and frequent inspection of the villages is advised. The main removable causes of ill health in the villages are bad water and filth, and it would be well toremove and reconstruct some villages altogether. New wells and tanks are wanted as well as improved roads, and nothing would give a greater im pulse to such improvements than the erection of model villages and sanitary instrncLion in public schools. The sanitary works in Indian cities are of essentially the same character as those required in England. An important paper by Mimi Nightingale on the general que stion of sanitary progress in India is included in the Book. Miss Nightingale fully agrees with the Sa nitar y Commission that there is nothing especially formidable in the requ ments of India except their urgency, and she makes a vigorous and stirring appeal to the authorities to push the work resolutely forward. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE.—A murderous ass ault with an axe on a wife, which, it is feared, will ter minate fatally, was committed shortly before noon on Tuesday at Leicester. It appears that the accused, whose name is John Noon, 63 years of age, had for some years been accustomed to beat his wife, Margaret Noon, for which offence he has frequently beentaken before the magis trates and fined, the last occasion being in May, 1868. Since that time he has lived apart from his wife in l3ritannia - street, the latter living, with all her children, in Hextals-yard, Garden-street, some distance from'him. The parties do not seem to have met each other until Tuesday morning, when Noon went to the house of his wife, and finding her athome, began to quarrel with her. Only a slight altercation had ensued when Noon struck her violently on the head with an axe (which he seems to have picked up on entering the .house), the sharp edge of which inflicted a frightful gash about three inches in length, from which blood flowed copiously. Mrs. Noon's sister and son, who happened to be in the house at the time, ran to her assistance and suc ceeded in preventing a repetition of the attack, and the would-be murderer was secured-until the arrival of police constable William Robinson,who had him removed to the police station. In the meantime Mrs. Noon, who was rendered insensible and lay on the floor covered with blood, was taken to a neighbouring chemist's, and finally to the infirmary, where her injuries were attended to by the house surgeon, Mr. Flowers, and where she lies in a precarious state, but little hopes being entertained of her recovery. The prisoner was perfectly sober. There are many who will ask what is meant by taotltal training, and in what way does the instruction usually given to the officers and soldiers of most of the European armies fail to supply it. The first question may be last answered by saying that tactical training bears a relation to what is known as drill similar to that which proficiency in a language bears to its grammar. An accurate and com plete acquaintance with drill must he possessed by all who aspire to be soldiers ; but this knowledge, espe cially as regards officers, should only be the commencement of the study of their profession. A mere proficiency in handling men in peace time over smooth ground, where every circumstance is favourable, is a very slight step towards manoeuvring troops under the various difficulties of ground, of weather, to say nothing of danger, which beset the officer in war time. This axiom appears so in dubitable that some will say that it may be taken for granted ; but none the less are its principles neglected in many European armies. Even in Prussia., where the military authorities are believed to study war practically, if we are to judge from the opinion of the author of the "Tactical Retrospect of the Campaign of ISG6," tactical training was greatly neglected before that war ; while the complete absence of it in our own army. provoked the criticisms of foreign officers. There are, however, indications that this want will be supplied, and that those who are at, the head of our army are endeavouring to rouse the attention of officers to the necessity of more extended views of then. professional duties. The task is not easy ; the perfection of mere show is so attractive, the commendations it gains are so pleasing, that officers must be stimulated by a real belief in their profession to undertake the comparatively thankless duty of urging those under their command to the necessity of greater exertions and more laborious work. As an instance, what can be more splendid than the Horse Artillery manoeuvres over Woolwich-common? What more perfect than the equipment of thebatteries, what more dazzlingly clean than their appointments ? But are these same bat teries exercised in muddy roads, in narrow lanes under circumstances which test artillerymen in warfare? Are officers practised in rapidly bringing their guns into action when jammed together into narrow lanes? Are they taught to remedy the many breakages that occur on service, and to meet its several exi gencies in regard to men, horses, and material? Our cavalry at Aldershott are receiving valuable training in the work that will be required of them on service, and if the instructions contained in a manual on outpost duty recently circulated from the Horse Guards be carried out, much will have been done to teach all ranks the important duties attaching to cavalry in the field. A simple and ready mode of giving officers a good seat has been practised by one of the colonels of the house. hold cavalry—they are either to ride with the drag or attend a riding school. This is excellent so far as it goes, but thoroughly to meet the exigencies of war an officer must, in addition, have instilled into him that the very opposite of nearly all that Thackeray regards as the type of a heavy dragoon is now requisite for a really good leader of cavalry. Let only the cavalry officer reflect on the duties which will be required of him on service, and then let him honestly say whether he can be idle in peace time. He must be a bold horseman, a man quick to per ceive and to seize occasions of action, he must have a good eye for country, must understand the use of maps and of field sketching. He should be a fair linguist ;in short, he should be fitted to act as the eyes of the army, to screen its operations from the enemy, to cover its advance, to protect its retreat, to secure its communications or to seize on those of the enemy, while at the same time he must be thoroughly proficient in handling- his men when employed together in large bodies. The infantry also require to have instilled into them the belief that inure than mere drill is required, and that tactical training has a real meaning. Marches may be wearisome, but they are none the less useful; the few mistakes which occur in peace time act as warnings which may save life in war. Outpost duty, manoeuvres over broken country, practice in encamp ing, in field engineering, and in the va: ions duties of troops in war time form -the real school of instruction during peace. It is only by constant progress that retro gression cal be hindered. To rest upon former laurels, to suppose that the deficiences of an army will remedy them selves when war rouses the spirit of the nation, is to court disaster. The fate of the Imperial army of France should act as 'a warning to all nations, while the success of the Prussians should, on the other hand, stimulate them to train their forces during peace for the rude exigences of war.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE COMIC PAPERS. (F rom , Punch. ) CHRISTMAS TELEGRAM FROM JOHN BULL, ESQ., TO THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.—Grant U.S. Peace. THE CONVICT'S " CARTE DE VISITE.”—The Prison- Van. PEOPLE WE HAVE NOT MET.-A hairdresser who can cut your hair without venturing to make any cutting observations on it. A railway guard or porter with suffi cient self-control to shut a carriage door without violently banging it. EDUCATIONAL.—If Miss Garrett, is at any future time elected to the Chair of the Education Board, her official position will be recognised by the title " Chairwoman " (as " Charwoman " pronounced), in which capacity, she will employ, let us hope, the newest brooms. . . A " SELL."—(We've all got our little weaknesses. Brown's little weakness is this : whenever he and Mrs. Brown go to a dinner•party they do it in style, and he naturally likes his entertainer's flunkeys to think that the equipage he has hired for the occasion is his own.) — Brown (in a loud voice) • " o—a—come for us at eleven, John." The Coachman (in a louder) : " Hall right, sir ! What name shall I ask for ? " (From Fun. ) A "LICENSED" VICTUALLER.—OId Father Christmas. When a difficulty occurs with a submarine cable, what course should the directors pursue? Grapple it. UNUTTERED THOUGHTS : A PART SONG WITHOUT WORDS.— Performers : Gentleman—Lady—Dog.— He : I wish she'd put that wretched dog down and attend to me. She : I wish he'd take himself off and let me write to Charley. It : I wish they'd let me go and look after my meat.—All three yawn furtively. (From July.) REELY USEFUL.—The Cologne Gazette states that "gun cotton is now largely used in the forts around Paris, which accounts for the extraordinary quietneos that pre vails. The shot strikes without any detonation being heard." Cotton seems 'a strange thing to use in opposi tion to the needle-gun. The Prussians will now, of course, soon be sewn up. Mr. Jac3b Ackroyd, son of a cloth inunufacturer at Bramley, near Leeds, was cut in pieces on Monday night at the Calverly Station by a passing train, while crossing the line. Deceased was 25 years of age. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CUMULA TIVE VOTE.—Mr. Gladstone, in reply to a letter addressed to him by the chairman of the Birmingham Liberal A,-so elation on the working of the cumulative vote at the recent School Board elections, has directed his private secretary to state that the operation of the cumulative vote, when the facts are fully ascertained, will not fail to receive full consideration from her Majesty's Govern ment. AN IRISH CATHOLIC COLLEGE.—It is again confidently asserted that one of the Government mea sures in the ensuing session will he the incorporation of a college—not a university—for the Irish Catholics. A crisis is impending in the history of the education (Des . tion in Ireland, and it is probable that the Irish sup porters of the Government will demand that the prin ciple of the English Education Act be carried out in their country. - HER MAJESTY'S NEW 'YEAR'S GIFTS.—This year, for the first time since the death of his late Royal ness the Prince Consort, her Majesty's New Year's gifts to the poor of the parishes of St. John, New Windsor, Holy Trinity, and Clewer will be publicly distributed in the Riding School of the Royal Mews at Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Chris tian of Schleswig-Holstein, who are now at Frormore, will probably attend the presentation of the gifts, which cere mony will take place at about half-past nine o'clock on Saturday morning, New Year's Day falling on Sunday. During the life of the Prince Consort the Queen and the Prince, with the members of the Royal Family always attended the distribution of these gifts, and witnessed their presentation from the gallery. Since 1301, a period of nine years has elapsed, and during that time the gifts have been distributed at the Windsor Town-hall. The distribution of the Queen's New Year's gifts in the Riding School at Windsor Castle in the presence of members of the Royal Finally next Saturday will, therefore, be hailed with intense satis faction by those who take part in the proceedings, or have the welfare of the poor at heart. The gifts consi -t of meat and coals. The joints of beef vary from 31b. to ab. in weight. The coal, in quantities of from lcwt. to :iewt. is conveyed to'the homes of the recipients. 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