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D RESS TROUSERS, 128.6 d. to 20s. i OURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. _LVJL j MOSES and SON invite special attention to their large stock of GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at ISs. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. MOSES and SON'S e BOYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUB S, 9s. 6d. to 40s. ETON SUITS, los. to 40s. BRIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 255. to 635. MOSES and SON supply every description of E 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 article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free." E. 31 OSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The 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. t i'IIEATRE ROYAL DR,L Y-L -A- Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. GFltteE rk.N.---This Theatre having been re-decorated under the tion of Mr. C. Jr. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUTUM N DEA AIATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Oct. 15. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at halt-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. 15.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA NE. VI R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of Iv". VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitle AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Oct. 15.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. pHO BUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated VOICES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 15.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSA RT ; 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,IDct. 16—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Yokes, Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 15—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, Vokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN LNG, Oct. 15.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and J 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. 15. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. A MY. ROBSART.—The costumes from designs an eminent Artist, the gorgeous Revels at Kenil w-:.rth including the Procession of the Ancient Britons Sax ons, Romans, Normans, &c, and ending with the floating boat on on the Lake, illustrated by 300 auxiliaries, THIS EVENING, Oct. 15.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. A DOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by l'iltartin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 15. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. This Evening, at Seven, WANTED a DJ 9 U SAND MILLINERS, Mr. J. Rouse, &c.; at a quarter to Eight' The RAPPAREE, Messrs. Herman Vezin, W. Rignold, J. Clayton, A. Rayner, E. F. Edgar, Shiel Barry; Mesdames Katharine Rodgers and M. Cooper; to conclude with THE HAPPY MAN, Mr. Shiel harry, &c. OY AL 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. Bufton, 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. GLOBE THEATRE, Newcastl e - s t ree t, Strand.—. Miss ALLEYNE Lease and Manageress.—THlS EVENING}, BOARD AND RESIDENCE, at a quarter to Eight : TAMING THE SHREW, Messrs. Fairclough, Shepherd, Cathcart, Arnow. and Alleyne ; MARCO SPADA, Messrs. Walter Lacy, Robertson, Kilpack, Shepherd, and Fairclough, Mesdames Ada Cavendish, Weston, &c. AUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- V 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. Supporte4l 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. ST. JAMES'S THEA.TRE.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD—will RE-OPEN to night, when will be presented (for the first 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 omagE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and 11. Everard, At 8, FERN ANDE. At 10.30, ONLY A• D, by John Oxenford Esq. Messrs. Young and Grainger ; Misses Adair and Turner. —Daring the vacation the family circle has been recon structed and decorated.—Box-office 11 to O. No fees. ATA DAME TUSS STREET.D'S EXHIBITION, 1/1_ BAKER On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon - 111. the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William , of Frussia, and Count von Bismarck . Admission, ls.; Children ender 10 years of age, 6d. Nap oleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open om 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1870. MOLTKE'S only rival as a great leader of armed men, as a consummate strategist, and as in some sense another "Organiser of Victory," General ROBERT EDMUND LEE, the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865, having breathed his last the day before yesterday, has left the German Captain, now, altogether without any competitor as facile princeps among living soldiers. The fame of LEE is henceforth among the glories of American History. His reputation as a military chieftain is without a blurr, is altogether stainless and unsullied. It will be the pride and boast from this time forward, no less of the North than of the South; and the main triumph of the conquering leader of the Federal army, now the eighteenth President of the United States, is that, as HANNIBAL succumbed to Scipio, into the hands of ULYSSES GRANT the glorious sword of ROBERT LEE was delivered up on the 9th of April, 1865, in front of the Court-House at Appomatox. Failure with him in the end was no diminution of his glory as a commander, any more than it was with HANNIBAL or the Great NAPOLEON. He yielded to superior numbers—to numbers that were simply overwhelming. Just as the modern C/ESAII yielded to the forces of all Europe arrayed in arms, not against his country but against himself individually. Perhaps the most signal attes tation of the peerless genius of General LEE amongst the American commanders, was the dying remark of the most heroic of his lieutenants, the famous STONEWALL JACKSON, that, whatever his own views might be, he was always ready to yield the obedience of a child to any direction of the " man of men " who was his com mander-in-chief. General LEE has passed away from this life ; his remains will soon be placed with due honour in that soldier's grave to which many a pilgrim step from the old world and the new, will for long be directed ; but "his memory liveth for evermore " in the affections and admiration of all ranks and classes of his free-born fellow-countrymen. THE changes wrought by the whirligig of time are always most remarkable when the revolving period is -one of war. But ft. , r a war a French Minister would never have attempted the feat of escaping from his beleagured capital to a new seat of government in a balloon. But for the same cause, a lawyer, who only two years ago was almost unknown in his own country, would not now be assuming almost dictatorial power, and be ec Frenchmen of th e prov i nces as a l most the last hopest etby or their country. Such is the position of •M. GAMBETTA. Few episodes in this most dramatic contest are more remarkable than the Republican's mission to Tours. Re is the " n ewes t , 7 man of mark in Europe. Two years ago he was so little known that his name did not appear in VAPEB.EATT'S comprehensive dictionary, and in the last edition he is honoured with less space than is THE SUN', LONDON, SAT U RDA Y, OCTOBER 15, 1870. modestly given to M. VAPEREAU himself. M. GAMBETTA was born in 1838, entered the Paris bar in 1859, and in 1863 he gable]. some little renown at the general elections. In 1868 the famous sub scriptions for erecting a monument in the Montmar tre Cemetery to BAUD'S, a victim of the coup d'etat, led to the prosecution of several journals which pub lished the subscription lists. GAMBETTA shone most brilliantly in defending some of these. His speeches shewod that France had found a new orator who might worthily rank with FAVRE, TRIERS, and other lights of the Opposition. The eloquence of the now celebrity, supported by thorough-going Republican principles, won him the regard of the French Democrats. At the general election of 1869 he was returned for two constituencies. The debates in the Corps L6gislatif afforded him little opportunity for distinguishing himself, but that little was made the most of. After Woerth ho was the leader of the vehement attacks upon the Impe rial Government, and took an equally prominent part in the establishment of the Republic. First he became Minister of the Interior, and remained in Paris. But the palpable weakness of the Ministers who were sent to Tours induced the Government of National Defence to despatch him on the hazardous balloon experiment. It has perfectly succeeded, and M. GAMBETTA is installed as Dictator, virtually, of provincial France. It is no secret that he holds this posi tion, and it is well that it should be so. With no Representative Assembly yet in existence, with most of the Ministers shut up in Paris, there can be no regular government of any kind at present in France. What is wanted is a mau capable of organising the resources of the nation, and, as the war is to go on, of trying to the uttermost the last chance which remains. If such a man can be found, there need be no hairsplitting as to his functions and prerogatives. The French thoroughly believe in GAMBETI A. They are full of hope at his coming. This also is well. The chance of saving the country is infinitesimal indeed—nil, in fact, to most impartial observers; but the disappearance of the last vestige of confidence will do nothing to improve the prospect. M. GAMBETTA bas yet to demonstrate that he possesses administrative ability in addition to great eloquence, but ho is un doubtedly a man of exceeding energy, and it is not likely that the ranks of the Republican Government contain any more promising member. ments made to him by Mrs. Waters after her con demnation. Dr. Edmunds was presumed to have read the statements before a meeting of the London Dialectical Society on the sth instant, and he now assures the public that what really transpired was this :—An important paper on the subject of baby farming was read, and several medical men and well-known writers on the question were present. Observations were made by one gentleman in the course of the discussion respecting Mrs. Waters, which the doctor could not allow to pass unchal lenged, and he made a statement in reply, which seems to have been taken down by a shorthand writer who was concealed from his view. He says it was made a condition of his taking action in the matter that a full disclosure of all the circumstances surrounding the case should be made by the woman, and the object aimed at by him was not to prevent an execution, which the welfare of society demanded, but to arrest the execution of a woman whom he then believed, and still believes, to have been un justly found guilty in reference to the case of the infant Cowen. Dr. Edmunds is of opinion that the jury found Margaret Waters guilty on the charge of murdering this baby because they believed she had murdered several others, and he adds that these cases were not before the jury, and should have been con sidered on their merits. He describes his visit to the Lord Chief Baron at the Isle of Wight, and the polite refusal of his lordship to take the initiative in obtaining a reversal of the sentence of death. The doctor had also a long interview with Mr. Knatchbull-ilugessen, who was equally inexorable, and the conclusion which the doctor came to was that the Home Office was determined upon the execution of the culprit. The public will doubt less consider, under the circumstances, that was the only consistent resolve it could come to. AN AMERICAN ON ENGLAND. An American, who has been on a visit to England, has sent an amusing account of his adventures to the Brooklyn Eagle. lle criticises the English people, but while he finds much to call for censure he also finds much that excites hiS admiration. In the first place, he says the streets are not straight, and the hotels do not present a cheerful appearance; besides, they are open to the objection that their bills contain a perplexing multiplicity of small items, and so many servants have to be feed. Indeed, everywhere in London the attendants expect fees—" you never know When you are through giving." Among other shortcomings he mentions that the railway cars are too low for a man to stand upright in, and that the steamboats on the river have miser able cabins, and no awning on the deck. On the other hand, he declares that London contains a great deal to admire. Ile was much struck with its financial position; "Grand, firm, and solid London sits Imperial monarch of this age of gold." The manners of the nation appear to have produced a most favourable impression on his mind, and the " universal courtesy, refinement, and politeness of the people," quite charmed him. There was not a vacant seat in the six tiers of Drury Lane Theatre, and yet everything was still during the play. The same might be said of Spurgeon's Church, which contained 7,000 persons, and yet such universal quietness was preserved that it was not difficult to hear in the most remote part of the building. Even the shopman comes in for his share of enconiums, for the visitor expresses his astonishment he should inform him, without hesitation, that " there is cotton in the silk, and that the gold jewel is not solid." It is satisfactory to find that at the close of his sketches the American arrives at the conclusion that his visit to England has taught him to have more confidence in his fellow-men, for he must respect such a people. TOPICS OF THE DAY. COUNT BISMARCK AND MR. RUSSELL. The memorable interview between the King of Prussia and the Emperor Napoleon, at Sedan, has been variously reported and very widely commented on. Most readers are familiar with the version of the conversation given by Dr. Russell, the able and enterprising correspondent of the I imes, who has proved his skill and sagacity in many an arduous campaign. The Times, while claiming for him the merit of extraordinary accuracy, says he has been before the public for the last sixteen years, "writing under every possible difficulty in haste, in the confusion of the battle-field, on the march, amid the varieties of conflicting rumours, and even of wilful misrepresentation, and his honour and judg ment have never been impeached." However, though the conversation reported by the English correspondent reflected no discredit on either monarch, it served to excite the ire of the great Chancellor of the Confederation. Was it because the illustrious name of Bis marck was not mentioned ? He published an indignant protest, declaring the account of Dr. Russell to "be founded throughout upon mere invention." The Times charitably hopes that Bismarck is not quite aware what meaning such phraseology conveys to English ears. However, be has either consulted his dictionary since, or has remembered that he was not addressing the countrymen of Dr. Jacoby, for a paragraph has been inserted in the Norddeutsdie Zeitunq modify ing the charge of " mere invention" into "slight in accuracy." The official paragraph goes on to say that such a misfortune may befall the most circum spect and cautious chronicler of current events, and will not detract from Dr. Russell's well deserved reputation "of being one of the best informed and most conscientious correspondents of the whole European press." IMPORTANT DECISION AFFECTING BALLETS. A decision of a very important character has been given by the Middlesex bench of magistrates in an application for the renewal of the dancing and music license of the Alhambra Palace. A document drawn up on the report of an inspector and a ser geant of police, who had been directed to visit the Alhambra for the purpose of forming an opinion of the nature of the Can-can dance, was read to the magistrates. The two officers agreed that the performance was not only objec tionable but indecent, both on account of the short dresses of the women and their suggestive motions. Mr. Poland, who made the application on behalf of Mr. Strange, the manager of the Alham bra, pointed out the diversity of opinion on the sub ject of the indecency or otherwise of ballets, and re minded the magistrates that at a London theatre licensed by the Lord Chamberlain the " Can-Can" had been performed; but in attempting to convince the magistrates of the propriety of renewing the license by a reference to the Lyceum, he was singularly unhappy, inasmuch as the performance at that theatre was suppressed by the Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Poland promised that anything objectionable in the dance should be omitted in the performance, and he seemed to confi dently rely upon the sympathy of the bench when he said that 450 persons were employed at the estab lishment who would inevitably suffer great depri vation during the winter if the license were not renewed. The magistrates, however, could not believe that Mr. Strange retained such a numerous staff simply from benevolent motives, and were unfeeling enough to believe that they were maintained. simply for the personal enrichment of certain individuals. The magistrates had no ob jection to continue the music licence, but as such dancing did not contribute to the development of morality, but, on the contrary, induced mental cor ruption, they refused to renew the licence for dancing. This decision has occasioned great sur prise, and no doubt music-hall proprietors generally will begin to fear a diminution in their profits. i PALAIS ROYAL, Argyle-street, Oxford Circus, W. 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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. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY ei TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from Oecay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. dd. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Uppor Thames street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases. Desks, post free. Established 1841 THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's Dream. VeuDEvlLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. PRINCESSES'—Wanted, 1,000 Milliners. The Rapparee. The Happy Man. ROYALTY—WeaIth and F. M. Julius Cncesar, the Irregular Rum 'Un. OLYMPIC—LittIe Emily and (Burlesque) Paul and _ Virginia. ST._JAmEs's—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Only a Halfpenny. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. GAIETY—The Happy Village. Zampa. Trombalcalzar. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. SADLER'S WELLS—Farce. Macbeth. STANTARD —Little Emily. Chapter of Accidents. NEW SURREY—A Striking Similarity. Link by Link, Nobody's Chill. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. PALMS RovAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro fessor Faber's l'alldng Machine- Siege of Paris. ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties. CaragionNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. MADAME TIISSATJD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is. ; extra rooms, ad. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. POLYTECIIMC—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT F 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. -,„ . 4 4,* .0., (egg THE POLICY OF RUSSIA. The New York papers are almost unanimous in their belief that Russia intends to take advantage of the disturbed state of the Continent to prosecute her designs on Constantinople. The New York Times quotes the words of Cavour to a Russian diplomatist. " The equal rights you give your peasants to the soil are more dangerous to us Westerns than your armies." The Russia that England and France fought against 15 years ago is no longer in existence. Twenty-three millions of bondsmen have been set free and public opinion has grown a power in the State, for it is possible to criticise the Government without the critic being sent to Siberia. The time has come for Russia to substitute "a fresh and aggressive civilisation" for one that is effete and worn out. More may be expected from the civivilisation of the Sklav than of the Mongol, and Russia with her seat of Government on the Dardanelles would enter the fraternity of European Powers as she can never do while her head is hidden among the clouds and snow of the far north. France cannot interfere it she would, and Great Britain will not. The probability is, says the .New York Times, that the neutrality of Russia, which was worth three armies to the Germans, was purchased at the outset by Bis marck, by some such concessions as he dangled before Napoleon in the Austrian campaign, but Alexander 11., wiser than the French Emperor, does not wait till peace is restored to take'his slippery friend at his word. What will be the results ? Austria, with a great German Empire on one hand and Russia on the Danube, could not fail to sink into a second-rate piwer, leaving but two great continental states. The last quarter of the year, says the 7tmes, grows darker and more inscrutable. The Helald is also positive of the designs of Russia, and declares that neither France nor Prussia can hinder her, while Austria can easily be bought over. But England will not allow so powerful a rival in the Mediterranean Sea. The alternative, therefore, is between an interven tion which shall make an end of hostilities, and a war involving the whole of Europe. PROFESSOR INIAURICE ON TILE WAR. The Rev. T. 1). Maurice, M.A., Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge, delivered the inaugural address to the students of the Working Men's College, London. Alluding to the disastrous war on the Continent, he said it was unfair to attribute to the working class in France or, indeed, to any class, the response to the declaration of war against Prussia. lie believed that general as the response apparently was there were very many not only in that country, but in other countries who hated war and loved peace. The professor strongly deprecated the upholding of class distinc tions, and pointed out as ono of the merits of that institution that it was designed to remove such barriers to the promotion of a good and friendly feeling amongst all. They, at that college, the learned professor remarked, did not flatter the working men, because they respected and reverenced them. Although he and Mazzini had many points of difference, yet he admired his language when he told his friends not to care so much about their rights and interests, but to think of their duties. THE CASE OF MRS. WATERS. Dr. Edmunds defends himself from the charge that he was a party to the pul)lication of the state- HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, OCT. 12. The Queen went out in the morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. In the afternoon her Majesty drove out with Princess Beatrice, attended by the Marchioness of Ely. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, Prince's Louise, and Princess Vic toria, arrived in London yesterday morning from Scot land. On the conclusion of the Westminster School sports, the prizes were presented by Lady Augusta Stanley. TELEGRAPIIIC MESSAGES.—The number of mes sages forwarded from postal telegraphic stations during the week ending on Saturday was 197,689, an increase of nearly 1,500 on the previous week. MR. EDWARD NORTON BUXTON, M.P., of the firm of Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Co., has issued an address to the electors of the Tower Hamlets, solicit ing their votes in the forthcoming election for the Metro politan School Board. THE ANCIENT COUNTY COURT.—The Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, was established in the reign of Edward 111., and until recently was used every four weeks to remind debtors of judgments obtained against them, and that if they did not appear they would be out lawed. By the Act abolishing imprisonment for debt such proceedings are now futile, and at the last court there was nothing to do, being in the vacation time. Mr. Under- Sheriff Burchell attended the performance of the ancient ceremony. The officer of the court (Mr. Mountain) opened the court in the name of Alderman Owden and Mr. Robert Jones, the newly-elected sheriffs. The official represented the suitors. The officer called upon " all persons having anything to do with the county court " to give their attendance. No response was made and the court was closed to the 10th of November. The Under- Sheriff mnu•,t go through this ceremony until he is relieved by an Act of Parliament, as a court constituted by a statute cannot be abolished except by an Act of Parlia ment. THE CIIURCH CONGRESS. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, At the sitting of the Church Congress to-day, Earl Nel son introduced the subject of " Christian Unity." He said the unity of the undivided Church was not inconsistent with the freedom possessed by different churches with different customs and liturgies, so long as they were united by the general agreement of the whole church in a simple creed drawn up in general coun cils by representatives of these different churches. Tlle same system which affected the Greeks and which for political reasons suppressed the Huguenots in France, had been acted upon in penal laws against our own Nonconformists in the narrow-minded dogmatism of the present religious life, whileßome sought to bind freeintel• lect. With her it was impossible, but the Greek Church was different, it not being committed to condemnatory prac tices, neither did it peek to bind them on others, as the terms of union. Especially we should try to unite with Nonconformists by explaining our creeds to them, and by seeking out points of agreement rather than searching for differences. They should be content zealously to main tain one side of a truth, being thankful to those who contended earnestly for another side of it. The Rev. S. May followed, his paper being on " Re formed Churches of the Continent." It argued that we should be friendly with those who shared with us in the Reformation. We had been once intimate ; why not so now ? The paper sketched the doctrine and discipline 0£ these churches, and concluded by saying that while loyalty to our own Church restrained us from full communion with Continental reformed churches, as they are we should try to induce them to remedy the defects in their ministry. He thought it was especially desirable there should be an union with the Moravian Church, and believed this would ultimately be accomplished.—Archdeacon Churton read a paper on the Greek and Eastern Churches.—Mr. Pearson, Q.C., raised the question, " Were we larger minded than our forefathers !" He said time was when the churchyard of a parish received all who died within that parish ; but that was not the case now. Churchyards no longer sufficed ; and in our cemeteries a broad road separated those who refused to walk together while living, whilst rival chapels testified to the terrible height Christian men carried their rancour—beyond the tomb it would seem to even the very gates of heaven. If there was union among Christians what a different world this would be. —Canon Freemantle and Dr. Littledale spoke upon the subject, and Bishop Ryan contended that it was the duty of the Church to present a bold front before all other churches as well. With regard to infidelity and heathenism it was not the duty of the Church of England to ask any other Church to receive her into her fold, but to say—" come with us and we will do thee good." The whole of the afternoon was occupied with a dis cussion on the steps to be taken to secure the reunion of Nonconformists with the Established Church. The Rev. J. C. Ryle, in his paper on the subject, argued that the reunion meant concession, and large concession too, on the part of the Church herself. It was too much to ex pect English. Dissenters to come cap in hand to sue for admission at the first intimation of the Church's readiness to receive them. The first practical step to be taken was to offer increased facilities for the admission of Nonconformist ministers into holy orders. The next step was to reform the Act of Uniformity. The third step was to devise systematic plans for utilising religious zeal. The Bishop of Peter borough, while admitting himself to be an earnest Church reformer, who deplored the existing differences between the Church and Nonconformists, said it was no use to talk about reunion until the Church had ascertained and recognised the idea of unity which Dissenters themselves entertained. A soirde•this evening brought the congress to a close. Nottingham will be the next place of meeting. THE ST. PANCRAS GUARDIANS AGAIN. After a short interval of peace the St. Pancras Guar dians have once more got at loggerheads. At the last meeting of the board a report was read from the Visiting Committee, who had been requested to inquire into alleged cases of unnecessary inquests being held.—Dr. Ellis, on being called on, said one of the cases was an accidental death ; in the second the jury returned a verdict that the person died from natural causes ; and the third was that of a child, who died the day after vaccination.—With regard to the second case, which was that of a young woman who had died in her confinement, some of the jury thought the inquest unnecessary, when the coroner read a letter from her two brothers desiring an inquiry, as they alleged their sister had been tampered with by the young man with whom she kept company to procure abortion prior to being admitted to the workhouse. As to the child Perry, it was admitted with the mother about ten days before it died, which was on the 15th August, and the mother being found insane was sent to the insane ward, where she still was. On the regular vaccination day (Wednesday) he (Dr. Ellis) vacci nated the child. It was weakly from being fed by hand, but it was healthy. On the following day it died sud denly, and at the time not being unmindful of the grave charges which had been made and were then hanging over . the head of his colleague, Dr. Hill, in reference to the vaccination of children, and thinking he might be the object of similar charges and thus subject vaccination again to be brought into unmerited disrepute, he wrote to Mr. Fildew, the clerk to the board, and stated there had better be an inquest. The inquest took place, and he gave it as his opinion that the child had died from con gestion of the lungs and brain, arising from want of breast milk. No suggestion whatever was made before the coroner that there had been any improper vaccination. The board having considered the whole subject, reported that they were of opinion that there was no reason to ques tion the correctness of the verdict of the jury in this case. Mr. Parson thought it a most barefaced thing for Dr. Ellis to charge in the book Is. 6d. for the vaccination of this child as a successful case, dying as it did the next day, whereas it required nine days to test if a vaccination was successful or not. He considered the report unsatisfactlry, and moved that it be referred back to the committee.— Mr. Furniss, in allusion to some quack handbills dis tributed among the board against vaccination, said these affairs were got up by the opponents of vaccination, but the course adopted had been ratified by the coroner and jury. (Oh, oh.) Had they no faith in that ?—Mr. Watkins : No ; not in a jury with Dr. Lankester for coroner. (Oh, oh.)—Mr. Furniss : Why a jury is called the " palladium of English liberty." (Laughter. ) Mr. Yolland charged the medical officer with vacci nating these children, not alone for the fee of eighteenpence, but for the larger fee attendant upon post-mortem examination. (Oh, oh.)—Mr. Chandler entered his protest against such dis graceful assertions. It was actually charging the medical men with the wilful murder of children to obtain the fees. Mr. Joseph Salter considered it the duty of the board to protect their medical officers against these slanders. After further discussion the amendment was put and negatived.—Mr. Parson moved and Mr. Watkins seconded a further amendment, to send a report of the case to the Poor-law Board and call for an inquiry. This was also rejected, and the original motion ultimately carried. LORD CHARLES HAMILTON IN THE CHANCERY COURT.— In the Chambers of Vice-Chancellor Bacon the case of Emanuel v. Padwick was brought before Mr. Bloxam, Chief Clerk. The plaintiff is a jeweller and goldsmith carrying on business in Burlington Gardens, and the object of the suit was to set aside a release executed by him to Mr. Henry Padwick, as the factor of Lord Charles Hamilton, on the ground that it was obtained by a fraudu lent representation of his lordship's insolvency. The transaction to which the release referred was the purchase of jewellery of the value of £lO,OOO. Messrs. Gregory and Roweliffe, acting as the defendant's solicitors, now applied for additional time to reply to the allegations con tained in the bill, alleging that the plaintiff had not made a full discovery of all books and documents relating to the suit, including a number of bills of exchange and accep tances. Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, who represented the plaintiff, argued that they had disclosed, so far as their position enabled them, all the documents which were not privileged. The Chief Clerk was of opinion that it bad not been proved that a discovery of all the documents affecting the suit had been made. The affidavits, therefore, were insufficient, and he wou ld gran t the defendant a fortnight's further time. THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND THEIR RAILWAYS.— The suit of Hope v. the New Russian Railway Company, was brought before Mr. Bloxam, Chief Clerk in Vice- Chancellor Bacon's Chambers, it being instituted against Prince Paul Lieven, nephew of the Czar of Russia some members of the Russian Government, Sir Daniel Gooch, Sir William Wiseman, and other gentlemen prominent in the railway world, for the purpose of setting aside certain agreements, and enforcing the performance of others, relating to a release from the construction of railways in Russia. The sum involved was £370,000, and the action was based on the allegation that fraud had been com mitted. The solicitor appearing for the defendants said he believed they would be no difficulty whatever, in refuting the charge of fraud. Those of the defendants mentioned in the bill who were best in a position to rebut the accusa tion, and prepare an answer to the whole bill, were now engaged on railways near Sebastapol ; and he consequently applied for an extension of time to file the reply. The Chief Clerk acceded to the application by granting one month. THE LATE GENERAL LEE. The Atlantic cable, since the day of its first operation, has not had a more melancholy duty to perform than the transmission of the news that General Lee is dead. The United States have lost the greatest military commander the Republic has ever produced, and one who may not unfavourably be compared with the best strategists of the century. Few generals can lay claim to a career which combines such instances of brilliant aggressive triumphs with an obstinate dogged defence against great odds. Nor is strategic ability his only title to remembrance. His private virtues were con spicuous. He leaves an unsullied as well as a great name. The cause in which he was enlisted during the most famous period of his career naturally led to his withdrawal from public life when that cause was lost, fighting against the Union, retirement remained his only resource when the Union was accomplished. But death will bring him from obscu rity, and his position as one of the first names of the Re public is assured. General Lee was born iu Virginia. His family possess great estates in that part of the Union. His father, General Henry Lee, was the friend of Washington, and the family is connected by relationship with the first Presi dent of the Republic. Christened Robert Edmund, young Lee received a liberal education, and was admitted to West Point military school as a cadet. In, July, 1829, he commenced service as second lieutenant of engineers. After a voyage to Europe he con centrated his attention on the public service. In 1835 ho accompanied, in the capacity of astronomer, the expedi tion charged with defining the frontiers of Ohio and Michigan. In September 1836 he became first lieutenant, and captain in July 1838. Several years passed without events of much importance. During the war witl Mexico, Captain Lee had the direction of the engineers, and was specially attached to the army corps of General Wool. Distinction soon came. In 1846 Lee was brevetted Major for gallantry at Cerro Gordo ; on August 20, 1847, he took the grade of Lieutenant-Colond for bravery at Contreras and Churubusco ; and on Sep tember 13, of the same year, fine conduct at Chapultapee secured him the rank of Colonel. After the war with Mexico his military skill remained inactive, but rusteti not, during a lengthy term of peace. He was appointed a member of the Board of Engineers, and in 1852 became superintendent of the military academy at West Point. When the Crimean War broke out, Colonel Lee was sent to study the operations before Sebastopol, and, strange to say, had with him as colleague M'Clellan, whom he afterwards opposed at the head of the Confederate Army. Ho was appointed Lieutenant- Colonel of cavalry, and, on his return from the war in the East, took the command of the Ist Regiment of that arm. He was stationed with this regiment at San Antonio, in Texas, in 1861. The civil war broke out. Lee at once resigned his post in the Federal Army, and offered his services to the State of Virginia, which had just seceded from the Union, and was, of course, most immediately threatened with inva sion. Henceforth, the history of Lee is that of the civil war. To recapitulate the details of that great and most impressive conflict would be out of the question; but some more salient features of that portion of the war in which Lee took part may be noted. He received from Governor Letcher the command of the Confederate army organising in Virginia. In the first year of the war he accomplished nothing. He was sent in the summer by President Davis to conduct some military operations in the mountains of Virginia, but the roads were so defective and the organisation of his army so bad that nothing could be done. Afterwards, until June 1862, General Lee was occupied in organising and equipping the Confederate troops. On the 26th of that month he replaced Johnson, who had been wounded in the battle of the Seven Pines, in the command of the army entrusted with the defence of Richmond. On the next day, having rallied the forces of "Stonewall " Jackson, he defeated the Federals at Gaines' Mill. Teen. wits, t;1.- a-+,iit.i.nce of Jackson. he vigorously pursued tne army of the Potomac until they came upon the army of Virginia on the line of the Rappa hannock, under tau orders ot eaeral Pope. Four days desperate fighting, frJni August 20th to August 23rd, ended in the defeat of Pope. The fighting was resumed on the 27th near Ma,ilaSSes, and on the 30th terminated in the utter route of the Federal forces. Lee followed them up, and entered Maryland. Here fortune very decidedly changed. As defender Lee had met with uninterrupted success ; as assailant he did not shine so conspicuously. After issuing a proclamation to the inhabitants of Maryland, which, in sooth, met • with little success, Lee was encountered by MacClellan, who had improvised an army at Washington, consisting partly of new recruits, partly of the debris of regiments scattered in the previous battles. The Federals attacked at Halters Town on September 14th. The batthi lasted two days, and ended in the retreat of the Con' federates. Jackson came to the help of Lee, and the two fought again at Sharpsburg on the 16th, and at Antietam on the 17th of September. Both battles were very bloody. Lee was wounded at.Antietana. The Federals preserved the advantage, and their antagonists had to abandon Maryland. Retired be hind,the Rappahannock, Lee was again victorious. He drove Burnside back at Fredericksburg, on the 18th of December, and fortified himself there very strongly. After a while the Federals resumed the attack, but Hooker, who commanded their forces, met with a melan choly defeat at Chancellorsville, on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of May. General Lee, encouraged by these victories, attempted another invasion of the Federal territory, and again it proved unfortunate. After several partial successes, the Confederate army was beaten in the great battle of Gettysburg, which lasted three days, commence ing on the Ist of July. This famous victory, gained by General Meade, delivered the Federal territory from all danger of invasion. Soon all General Lee's energies were needed for the defence of Richmond, against which the Federals directed their forces. Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate army in May, 1864, he commenced a long struggle of defence against Grant, a contest as re markable for the gallantry of the assailed es for the obstinacy of the assailants. May and June were full of terrible battles. That of the Wilder ness lasted five days, the sth and 6th, and the 10th, 11th, and 12th of May. Very dearly purchased, the advantage remained with Grant. Yet such indecisive engagements carried the Federal leader but very slowly towards Richmond, and the heavy losses he sustained greatly discouraged hia troops. Grant received a check on the 3rd of June; but he nevertheless succeeded In turning Richmond and com mencing the siege of Pittsburg, one of the keys of the Confederate capital. Eight terrible days of slaughter led to as little decisive result as the Wilderness battles. On the 18th of June alone Grant lost 8,000 men. The opera tions of the Federal commander, too, were greatly im peded by the numerous defeats of his lieutenants. Never theless, he pushed , on, and sought to make himself master, not only of the streams, but also of the railways of importance—the railway lines playing a great part in the strategy of this campaign, to which indeed they gave quite a new character. Whilst Grant was attacking Pitts burg, Lee passed the Rappahanock and the Potomac, and threatened Washington. But Grant remained where he was. Having made himself master of some of the fortifi cations of Pittsburg, he attempted an assault on the city on the 30th of Juno, but was repulsed with loss. In August Grant tried a coup de main upon Richmond, but was beaten, and retired to his positions, closely pressed by the indefatigable Leo. More useless efforts against Richmond were attempted by Grant and Butler united. At length, however, the end came. On the 25th of March, 1865, a dear victory was gained by the Fede rals before Pittsburg ; and three final days of desperate fighting, on the Ist, 2nd, and 3rd of April, led to a deci sive result. Pittsburg and Richmond were taken, the latter place being burned. The losses of the Confederates were enormous, and their defeat utter. Lee fled to the north-east. Pursued by Grant, he attempted one last hopeless combat at Burkesville, and on the 9th of April capitulated on honourable conditions at Oppoponax Court-house. So ended this most desperate campaign. There remains little more to say. By the nature of his position, Lee was constrained to remain in the background after the dissolution of the Southern Confederacy, and in consequence we hear little of him during the years that followed the termination of the war. After his surrender he retired to Weldon, and soon afterwards made his sub mission to the Federal Government. It is known that ho believed the war to be hopeless for some time before President Davis would hear of coming to terms. During the latter years of his life he acted as President of Wash ington College at Lexington, in the state of Virginia. The reputation he obtained as a general during those four years of war ranks exceedingly high. Whilst his forces were comparable to those of his opponents, he almost constantly proved victor • when he contended on dis advantageous terms his defence was a model of ingenuity. Of the commanders of the present generation only Von Moltke can be compared with him, but between the two it is impossible to judge, for the circumstances under which they have contended are widely dissimilar. In his re markable combination of able generalship and virtuous life, General Lee more nearly resembled Moreau than any other modern commander. 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