The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-28 00:00:00

ATAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- v Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, 1). 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 1w Messrs. • 11. .1. Montague, 11. Irving, (1. Honey, W. If. Sl:ephens, C. Garthorne, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. VI A D A. ME BAKER STREDE TUSSAU ' EXHIBITION, IT.S On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon ITT. the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial; Kim; of Irinsia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children under 10 years of ago, 6d. Napoleon Rooms ad. extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. MOSES and. SON'S ,1 *1 - 17 INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, t o £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS, 7e. 6d. to ilts. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public e that the cheapness cf an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is consuderably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho - Ise in England. MOSES and SON'S OXFORD COTS', 17s. to 50,3. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s, to 60s. K ERTCH. JACKETS, los. to 425, SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. GI to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to OW. MOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system _112.4 • of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with the guarantee of a faultless ht. 1 NIOSES and SON'S 11A. VIZOCK COATS, 245. to 68s. .t... DRESS COATS, 25a. to 60s. MORNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £3. EMOSES and SON invitj special attention t to their large stock of GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. .12J.Ti MOSES and SON'S B OYS' CLOTHING; KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 98. ed. to 40s. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. B R GIITON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. D RESS SUITS, 255. to 635. 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. Button, 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, dm ST. JA. MES's THEA T R E.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.— This Evening at Eight, will be presented (for the twelfth time In England) Victorian Sardou's great play, FERNANDE, revised by Sutherland Edwards, Esq. Act L 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. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. 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. 4 MOSES-and SON supply every description of ' . 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 50.. - N'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. HEATRE ROYAL DR U t,l'-I.A>>l —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ()if Rft.N..—This Theatre having been re-decorated under the it. . tion of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUTUMN DRAMATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Oct. 28. Doors open atahalf-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. 28.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AIR. T. C. KING will appear in the character of VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitlel AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Oct. 28.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. j H 0 BUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated YOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 28.—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. 28—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. 28—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; New Drama, characters by , Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares , J. B. Howard, Erittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Voices, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. yokes, THIS EVEN ING, Oct. 28.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. A MY 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. 28. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. A DOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oot. 28. —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. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIo Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, MT. 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. Bennet, and Mr. Charles Wilmot. And TILE MILLINERS' HOLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Eliza Johnstone. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—This EVENING, at 7, A KISS in the DARK. At 7.30, THE LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Kendal, and Rogers. Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, Fanny Gwynue, and Fosbroke. After which UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal, Mr. Rogers, and Miss Robertson. Concluding with NO SONG NO SUPPER. Miss Fanny Wright, Miss Fanny Gwynn° ; Messrs. Weathersby, Osborne, and Clark. 111 E SUS, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 187(,. accusation of appearing alternately as peasants, as brigands, and as soldiers. He declares them to be in his own opinion, and from his own observation, " a curse instead of a protection to the country." So regarding them, he solemnly warns the rifle volun teers amongst ourselves from over degenerating into the like position, insisting upon it . that, to avoid the Ask of anything of the kind, our volontc:ers must, in the event of our country ever being invaded, act as regular troops in division and cot pa (Tarmac Entering. Versailles he there lunches with the CnowN PRINCE, being placed in a seat next his ROYAL HIGHNESS, with whom, all through the meal, he holds an animated conversation. Seated on the other side - of the PRINCE is Count BISMARCK, with whom Colonel LOYD LINDSAY, OR the following day, has a lengthened interview. The latter places in the hands of Prince PLEBS for the Prussians the sum of £20,000 —and later on, when he gets into Paris, another sum of £20,000 in the hai.ds of General TnocHu for the French. Then comes his, the COLONEL'S, account of .the appearance of things inside the capital, now for weeks past so completely invested. The narrative, altogether, is material of inestimable value for the future historian. It will go somewhat, at least, towards the indication of the moral aspect of our neutrality. TOPICS OF THE DAY. WANTED, A DIPLOMATIST. Mr. Morton, the American Senator, who was chosen as Minister to this country, has declined the post for the ostensible reason that if he left the Senate, Indiana would now send a Democrat in his place. This devotion to the Republican cause is highly creditable. As, however, the Democrats are at present "nowhere" in the Senate, the loss of oue vote could hardly be felt as au overwhelming cala mity by the Republicans, especially if they thereby secured a good Minister for England. There is, there fore, ground for the general surmise that Mr. Morton's refusal is at least partly owing to his unwillingness to accept a very thankless office. The fate of Mr. Reverdy Johnson and Mr. Motley is a warning to respectable politicians undertaking the enforcement of the Alabama claims. The American Ministry in England has now been vacant some time, and it is becoming evident that a suitable person to undertake the job is very difficult to find. have been made at the time when Count Beust offered the suggestion than can pos sibly be hoped for now that the Western ,Powers are anxious with respect to the future. Austria has this advantage, that she is fully prepared with a decided plan of action when the Treaty of 1846 comes before the Powers for revision. Austria's interests in the Eastern Question are identical with those of Turkey and Eegland, and it will be for them re seek a solution which, without entailing any sacrifice on their part, may so propitiate Russia as to prevent an appeal to the sword. Austria's German policy must be closely connected with her Eastern policy, and it will be of the utmost importance to her that Germany should not side with Russia in the event of a war—a contingency which it is hoped to avert. OPERA COMIQUE.—Grand Entrance, 299, Strand. _ Lessees : Messrs. LESLIE, STEELE, and NORTON. This new and beautiful Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY, October 29th, for the production of FRENCH PLAYS, with the incomparable Mdlle. DEJAZET Z and her entire company of Comedians from the Theatre Dejazet. Seats may be secured at the Theatre and all the Libraries. _ _ _ Paris : Mr. George L. Pendar, Acting Manager. OPERA COMIQUE.—SATURDAY, October 29, OPENING NIGHT.—The performance will com mence with the Comedietta entitled "UN SOIIt OU'LL NEIQEIAT ;" followed by the Comedy of Victorien Sardou, entitled " LE PRESS ST. GERVAIS," in which Mdlle. Dejazet will appear as Le Prince de Conti; as originally played by her in Paris. Concluding with the Vaudeville "LE S FORFAITS DE PIPERMANS." IP-LOBE- THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND.—Manageress, Miss ALLEYNE. Great Success o TAMING OF THE SHREW—Katherine, Miss Alleyne ; Petruchio, Mr. Fairelough. iILOBB ~ THEATRE.—MARCO SPADA, and TAMINGVI OF THE SHREW, every Evening. PEEP 0' DAY.—Grand Iriah Romantic Drama, written by Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING (Friday), Oct. 28.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. DEEP O' DAY.—The PATTERN FAlR.—lrish Jig and Faction Fight, illustrated by 200 Men, Women, and Children.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. DEEP 0' DAY.—The OLD QUARRY, or FOIL DHUIV.--Startling Sensation Scene, THIS EVENING (Friday), Oct. 28.—PRINOESS'S THEATRE. THE GREAT ClTY.—Grand Realistic Drama, in Two Acta, written by Andrew Halliday, THIS EVEN ING (Friday), Oct. 28.—PRINCES.313 THEATRE. SIEGE OF PARlS.—Colossal Maps, Models. 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 2S, commencing at eight. They will also give a Special Day Eybibitiou for ladies and families, on Tuesday afternoon, October 25, commencing at three. Tickets for either exhibition, is. ; stalls, 2s. 6d. ; reserved seats. Cs. ; 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. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past nine months the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 642 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. 13ARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER, OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ). LEE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRIDES,; AND JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s Per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper........... 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An ILLUSTRATED OATALOGI7E, containing full descrip tion, with prioes of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks. post free. Established 1841 TOHN 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 decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price la. dd. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. NOTHING INTOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair .Lll to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lowor price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also bs., 75. 6d., and 15s, each, nclud ng brush. Iced Ball Wharf, Angel-passage, 98, Upper Thames-street, Lon 3on, E.O. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DitunY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKET—A Kiss in the Dark. The Love Chase. My Uncle's Will. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliners' Holiday. Green Bushes. VAUDEVILLE —Chiselling. 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. Fernando. Only a Halfpenny. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. NEW SURREY- 7 A Striking Similarity. Link by Link, _ Nobody's Chill. QuEEN's—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's Dream. Royer, Wealth and Stranger Stranger than Ever. Onvmrio—Little Emily and (Burlesque) Paid and Virginia. GAIETY—The Happy Village. Zampa. Trombalealzar. SADLERS WELLS.—Farce. Othello. STANDARD —Little Emily. Chapter of Accidents. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening, PoLYTEcHNlG , —.Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. ALHAMBRA — Grand Ballet and Varieties. CREmoliNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. PALAIS RovAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine. Siege of Paris. MADAME TIISSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. How WILL THE WAR END ? M. de la Guerronniere, until lately French Ambas sador at Constantinople, has written a letter to another diplomatist on the tendencies of the war. The Governments of Europe were, he says, perfectly justified in standing aloof at first from a conflict which they condemned ; but at the present moment he thinks they do not rightly appreciate its extreme consequences. If it does not end by the expulsion of the Prussians from France, or by their having suffi cient moderation to withdraw after an honourable peace, it will end in the destruction of Europe. After Sadowa the intervention of France saved Europe, by arresting Prussia on the road to Vienna. Sadowa limited and transformed the action of Austria in Europe. It has made her a kind of counterpoise to Russia and Prussia, but she can only fill this office by having the moral support of France and England. The interests of these three Powers are in many re spects identical, and if one be weakened, the two others will necessarily suffer, as the balance of power in Europe will be changed. France, covered by the neutrality of Belgium, Luxemburg, and Switzerland, but open on the Eastern frontier, has the minimum of her necessary guarantees. If she loses Strasburg and Metz, he is not merely reduced, but humiliated. She will crumble away like an edifice that loses its corner stone. Beside her will stand an Empire which is the gaolor of her servitude,and in the midst of perpetual agitations France will cease to exist. Austria, isolated, will be crushed by the weight of the Germanic Empire, and will sink into the king dom of Hungary. England will lose her political influence, especially in the East, to the ruin of her maritime dominion, her commerce, and her Indian and colonial umpire. When the whole change is completed Europe will be absorbed in two great military dictatorships. Such, in M. de la GuerroniOre's opinion, is the Europe to be expected from the final overthrow of France and the triumph of Bismarck. PEACE P REPARATIONS. In view of the treaty of peace which Count Bismarck will sign some time, a German of Pforzheim has manufactured an extraordinary pen, wherewith the statesman is to append his name to the triumphant documont. This pen is an imitation of an ordinary stout goosequill. The quill itself is polished, in order that it may be more conveniently handled, but the feather closely resembles a real quill, every fibre being represented, while the back of the feather is thickly studied with brilliants, and below them a count's coronet and Bismarck's monogram are engraved. Besides the engraver and maker two goldsmiths were engaged on it for five weeks. Here is a truly great and good work. With such a pen Count Bismarck, of course, will not have the heart to sign away the happiness of many hundred thousand innocent people in Alsace and Lorraine, who love France, hate Germany, and protest against being transferred from the former to the latter, like so many cattle. The elabora tion of an astounding sheet of parchment and a bottle of unprecedented ink will also tend in the same direction, and if the German of Pforzheim can manu facture for the belligerent leaders a disposition to allow morality and justice to be regarded in political arrangements, his performance will be still more useful. Such a trifle might be thrown in with the pen, though of course it would not be worth five weeks' work. AMERICAN NEUTRALITY. The export of arms and ammunition from the United States to France will no doubt cause much anger among the members of the Prussian Government. Indeed, after Count Bernstorff's very fierce letters to Earl Granville on account of the sending away of arms from England, and that, too, in a less defiant manner, Germany can hardly pass over the proceed ings without some decided expressiouof disapproval. As yet it would seem that the strong sympathies between the United States and Prussia, fostere d chiefly by the large German element predominating in American cities, have probably tended to make the Prussian Government reluctant to meddle in the matter, and so no remonstrance has been sent to Mr. Bancroft. The Americans very naively argue, moreover, that in allowing arms to leave their shores for France they are not doing so in any unfair spirit to Prussia. They contend that arms and other articles contraband of war may be sold to anybody who wants them, because they are harmless until after they have reached the territory of one of the belligerents, and they repudiate a . shade even of personal blame by saying that it is the busi-. ness of an enemy alone to prevent their getting to such territory if he can. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The Pesther-Lloyd has an article which is said to express the views of the Austro - Hungarian Government on the Eastern question. It de clares that in some shape or other the present war will have the effect of re-opening that ancient problem. Russia cot:templates a revision of the Treaty of 1850, as she is indiguatit at her exclusion from the Black Sea. Count Beast will not be taken by surprise, • for he has already attempted to'adjust the difficulty and proposed that the great Powers should spontaneously revise the Treaty. This pro posal was not agreed to, but present events show that the Austro-Hungarian. Government'. were wise in making it, A better arrangement could WORLDLY CONFORMITY. A vigorous address respecting the pursuits of the world after pleasure, and the evils of such pur suits, was spoken before the Church Association at Liverpool on Wednesday. The essayist was the rector of St. Ann's Church, Manchester, and as the Bishop of Manchester recently indulged in some observations as to the advantages of theatres and other enlightening places open for the amusement of the people, the speaker at Liverpool might be considered as chiefly intending his re marks for the edification of his own bishop. Beginning with a discussion upon the influence of theatres the Manchester rector gave it as his opinion that when people became in earnest about their spiritual condition they would learn, as Mrs. Hannah More had done, that theatres did not afford a proper atmosphere for them. Attendance at such places, however instructive in other ways, was incompatible with the real seeking of Christ. A great deal might be said about theatres in the abstract as not being a violation of the law. He thought it was fallacious and dangerous in matters of this kind to speak about things in the abstract. They must think of them in the concrete, and take notice of their belongings ; and what was their inevitable ten dency. The same remarks referred to the ballroom. Touching upon the shameful love of racing shown among the people, the rev. gentleman thanked God he was not a betting man. "He had in his younger days been at races, and he should have reason to think of race-courses throughout eternity." MUTINY AND MURDER. A dismal tragedy occurred on board a German brig on her voyage from Buenos Ayres. The seamen, it appears, complained of the bad quality of the food supplied to them, and from murmurs of discontent there grew a quarrel which ended in a tragic mutiny. The cook assumed the lead of the muti neers, and conducted an attack upon the officers. He fastened upon the first mate, and disem bowelled him with a knife. The villain next turned his attention to the Captain, whom he stabbed behind the shoulder. He was, however, timely secured and placed iu irons. In the meantime the cabin boy fiercely attacked the second mate, who, notwithstanding a determined defence, succumbed to severe wounds inflicted by a knife. The cook died in irons, and the cabin boy, who had not been secured, jumped overboard, rather, it is supposed, than be given up to j ustice. The old crew were dis charged at Pernambuco, and fresh men shipped. It is curious how many instances occur in which muti nies are heralded by complaints on the part of the seamen respecting their food. CURIOSITIES OF AERIAL NAVIGATION. A greatly revived interest in ballooning, owing, doubtless, to the Paris exploits, is now apparent, and as might have been expected, our friends across the Atlantic have led the way in " the fenceless fields of air." Professor Lowe proposed to cross the Atlantic in a gigantic balloon about 300 feet from the crown to the car. In this were to be carried provisions for three months, guns, ammunition, furs and blankets, scientific implements for those who wished to improve their opportunities, and a cooking apparatus for the benefit of such passengers as found the cool breezes of the upper air give them an appetite. A dozen passengers were to have gone in this monster balloon, but whether they were not forthcoming, or the aeronaut's courage failed at the last moment, is not known. It is certain that the great balloon, after being partly inflated and swaying about for a few= days, never left New York. Another American, Mr. La Mountain, accomplished a journey of more than a thousand miles inland, being the longest journey ever taken at a single passage. Other ballooning eccentricities have been tried in the States, inclu ling the employment of a captive balloon for celebrating marriages in, to the advan tage, we may presume, of runaway heroines, who could not easily be overtaken. Balloons have now been turned to better and more practical account, in bringing us news from besieged cities. REFUSING TO ASSIST THE POLICE A. case of considerable interest to the public at large has been tried at Portsmouth. A. tradesman was indicted for unlawfully refusing to assist a police- Man when called upon to do so. Two soldiers were fighting and two policemen interfered. A struggle ensued. The policemen were overpowered in the affray, and one of the soldiers who had been arrested, escaped in the confusion occcasioned by the scuffle. Porter, a policeman, had asked a tradesman who was stand ing at his shop door to assist in securing the trooper, but he merely shrugged his shoulders and remained passive. Porter then charged him in the Queen's name to give assistance, with no better result. The plea set up by the tradesman's counsel was that consi derable risk would have attended the interference of a bystander, and that the shop till, which contained £l6, would have been dangerously exposed had the tradesmen left his shop. Those considerations con stituted a lawful excuse, and so thought the jury, for, amid applause, they returned a verdict of not guilty. lIINDOO WOMEN AS MEDICAL STUDENTS. A. letter from Dr. Corbyn, of Bareilly, bears testi mony to the advancement of the Hindoos in sation and education. The doctor states that ho is educating a number of native girls in the medical profession, and three have already passed as doctors. They are of all castes—Christians, Mahomedans, and Hiudoos. The former are the most intelligent. The school where these young women are trained is divided into three classes. The pupils of the . first class can read and write English and Urdee with accuracy. They are taught medicine, surgery, midwifery, and more especially the diseases peculiar to women and chil dren. The second class learn anatomy, materia medics, and physiology, in English and Urdee. The pupils of the preparatory class are taught English and Urdee. These young women entirely attend to the women and children in the female ward attached to the dispensary, and the doctor says it i s wonderful how they can manipulate. They have plenty of nerve and lots of cases to operate upon. Tantenny, convicted at the Old Bailey on Wednesday of the manslaughter of his wife under pecu liar circumstances, has been sentenced to one month's imprisonment. THE EDUCATION QUESTlON.—Serjeant Simon and Mr. Whalley, M.P., addressed a public meeting on Wednesday night at the Mechanics' Institute, Dews bury, on education. Mr. Whalley spoke upon the effect that denominationalism had had on the education of the people, warned them to oppose it and advised them to make education truly nationaL Serjeant Simon traced the origin of Mechanics' Institutes, which had been com parative failures. A new era was opening for them under the Education Act, and they must be made what the universities were for the rich. He referred to the war, and showed how the educated Prussians had beaten the half-educated Frenchmen, which was a warning to England not to leave working men to grope in the dark, or be mere skilful machines. CACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall nto powder, and this powder is caettoine. Cacloine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cactioine 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. Cacitoine, by reason of the ingenious method•by which the oil is removed, pre serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only by James Epps and Co., Ifomceopathic Chemists, 112, Great Ms- Sell-street ; 170, Piccadilly ; and 48, Threadneedle-street ; at their Works for Dietetic Preparations, EnatOn-road.—ADTT. gijg -4-b) LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1870, A DOCUMENT at this moment more profoundly interesting than that recently addressed to the Society for the Aid of the Sick and Wounded by Colonel LOYD-LINDSAY, their chairman, can hardly be imagined. Although, in the interests of huma nity, the way was smoothed before him, both going and coming, his journey to Paris and back again has about it all the interest of an exploit. Under the protective symbol of the Asso ciation, this chivalrous Red-cross Knight of the nineteenth century passed scatheless among both beleaguers and the beleaguered. He was there, alike at Paris and at Versailles, as the messenger of mercy, and he was treated accordingly by both armies of the belligerents. Traversing some of those paxts of la belle France which have been already ravaged by the war, he entered one while the blackened ruins of Mdzieres, another the partially burnt and still doomed village of Fontenay St. Pere. He saw at Mantes the broken fragments merely of what was once the finely-arched bridge then over the river Seine. At Vernon he beheld the site merely of the two bridges, now completely annihilated. Seeing much of the Francs-tireurs, and hearing much about them, realizing indeed to the full the undoubted fact that it is the organisation of this very force of the Francs-tireurs that infuriates the German soldiery more than anything else against France, Colonel LOYD-LINDSAY startles us into attention when he, a dispassionate eye-witness and ear witness,prefers against the Franca-tireurs the damning METROPOLITAN GOSSIP.-THURSDAY, If the Constitutionnel is to be believed two royal ladies are using their utmost efforts to, bring about peace. Queen Victoria, says a letter received in France from a member of tne British aristocracy, has urged Queen Augusta to endeavour to disarm her husband's ambition. That ambition is generally understood to consist in a reso lute determination to renew the exploit of his youth, to enter Paris as a conqueror as he did 55 years ago. It is alleged that the Queen of Prussia has sought to restrain the King, and it is possible that she and our own Queen may have had some influence in bringing about the latest attempt at an armistice. In this they would be supported by the lady who is daughter to the one and daughter-in-law to the other, and who would sympa thise with her husband, the Crown Prince, in his antagonism to the extreme measures of Bismarck, both abroad and at home. If peace is to be restored it will need all the efforts of those who are thus highly placed. Even they must fail unless some great change rapidly takes place in the disposition of the French people. I have before me the Siecle, published as recently as the present week, yet containing an article in which the idea of an armistice is denounced, and the foreign diplomatists who are seeking to bring it about are accused of " hypocrisy," and conspiring against France. There is the old "high falutin," style about " Prussia fouling the sacred soil of France," about the " French nation awakening and rushing to arms," and about " Paris in its sublime elan transforming itself into a large camp, and containing within its entrails (sic.) five hundred th ousand armed men." The article concludes—" We have suffered sufficiently to be able to suffer a few months more. Back with those negotiators who would serve the purpose of Prussia in their wish for peace 2 It is only a war er, l'outrance which can give us a brilliant revenge, a glorious peace, and an immortal republic." These re marks, be it remembered, appear, not in an ultra-democratic journal like the Rappel or the Revell, but in one of the oldest and best known papers in France. Moreover, it is not in the Paris but in the Tours edit ion of the paper that the article appears. Had it been othe.r wise, the utter ignorance which it displays as to the real condition of France would be explicable and excusable. But the writer must have known very well the desperate condition of affairs. In fact, he refers to two recent calamities . —the capture of Orleans, and that of Chateaudun, and yet the very idea of making peace on any terms short of their withdrawal from France is stigmatised as monstrous. Altogether, taking the indications afforded by such French papers as the Siècle (which opposed the war at the outset), and Bis marck's semi-official journal, the Nord Deutsche Zeitung, I see no hope of peace for some time to come. The feelings which animate the two nations are utterly antagonistic. There is no one point which affords even the narrowest ground for common action. The " sixty thousand furs" ordered for the German "Army of Paris" are only too likely to be worn. While I write a telegram arrives confirming all my apprehensions. A distinguished member of Parliament who was at the battle of Sedan, and who has lately returned to England, gives a very graphic account of what he saw. He says a battle is not in the least like Horace Vernet's pictures. There is no fierce hand to hand grapple, no crossing of bayonets, nor any of those incidents of personal daring and individual valour which we are accustomed to associate with the collision of armies. You hear a whizz, and a man drops off his horse at your side. You do not see the enemy; you discover his existence only by these invisible messengers of death. My informant himself had a very narrow escape, a gun by which he was stand ing being hit. After his return to England some nights passed before he could sleep, for the noise of the bursting shells which still resounded in his ears, made him start up just as he was beginning to doze. A well-known Yorkshire manufacturer, who was a member of the last Parliament, and an unsuccessful candi date for one of the most important constituencies in the kingdom at the last election, bears testimony to the courtesy of Bismarck. The gentleman in question has large factories in France, and has a telegraph laid on between them and his English place of business, so that he may learn instantaneously anything that goes on in his French works. Some little time ago the Prussians entered the town where these works were situated, and it seemed inevitable that they must be shut up, and the workmen turned away to starve. Representations were made to the great minister, and he at once gave Mr. H full permission to continue his business, and it has been carried on ever since. There appears to be little doubt that the Duke of Aosta will be chosen by the Spanish people as their new sovereign. In this way Victor Emmaneul will have a son on the throne of Spain, as well as a son-in-law on the throne of Portugal. The aggrandisement of the House of Savoy during the last few years has been something marvellous. Twenty-two years have not passed since the overthrow of Charles Albert at Novara, when, to use Cavour's words, every day's existence was a victory for the little sub- Alpine kingdom. Better days dawned when, ten years later, Charles Albert's granddaughter was married to a Bonaparte, and in the same spring the Austrians were driven from the Ticino to the Mincio. Since then Victor Emmanuel has witnessed a series of victories, in no case won by his own sword. He is a most signal instance of those who have great ness thrust upon them. At this present moment he shrinks from entering the " capital of Italy," deterred, as is often the case with men of immoral lives, by super stitious fears. The rapid rise of this sovereign from Sing of a petty State, which depended. for its existence on the mercy of Austria, into the kingdom of entire and united Italy surpasses all other dynastic developments in our own time. The Sonderburg-Glucksburgs have done well for themselves by seating themselves on the throne of Denmark and allying themselves with the heirs to the crowns of England and Russia, but this good fortune has not been without a mixture of ad versity. The defeat of 1864 and the loss of two provinces was the price paid for the Danish inheritance. As for the House of Savoy, it is used to vicissitudes—as used to them as the House of Bonaparte. The experience of the sub-Alpine family is far more extensive in point of time than that of the Corsica. More than 800 years have passed since this, the oldest reigning House in Europe, had its foundation laid by Humbert the White Hand, who took an army across the Alps, in order to compel the rebellious Burgundians to acknowledge Ermengarda, the widow of the childless Rudolph 111. More than 300 years have passed since Charles 111. was deprived of his possessions by Francis I. of France, and died in exile attended only by his barber. The predecessor of the Bonaparte who helped Victor Emmanuel to Lombardy, deprived Victor Emmanuel's ancestor of all his possessions except that Island of Sardinia which he retained by the aid of English men of war. And now the wheel of fortune has taken another turn, the descendant of that Victor Emmanuel 1., whom Napoleon I. despoiled, may get himself crowned at Rome whenever he likes, while Napoleon 111. is a prisoner at Wilhelmshohe. One result of the war will be the diversion of Anglo- Indian commerce from a French to an Italian port. When the contract with the P. and 0. Company for the Indian mails was renewed about two years ago, the Company was bound to start its steamers from Marseilles. The war has rendered the fulfilment of this contract im possible, and the mails are now being sent through Ger many over the Brenner pass to Brindisi. This, as I have pointed out before, is so clearly the best route that when it has been properly tried and the great advantages derivable from it have been fully realised, Englishmen will scarcely permit the Post-office to go back to the slower route. Perhaps I am too sanguine on this point. The Post office authorities are not much accustomed to be dictated to. Just now, for instance, there are loud complaints against the withdrawal of the privilege enjoyed for some time past under the name of the pattern post. By this post it was permitted to send small parcels which were not really patterns. To Londoners this was a very great boon. Here the distances are so great that it is a serious matter sending parcels by a messenger from one part of London to another. The Post Office saved many a family one servant. Yet suddenly, and for no specified reason, this boon is withdrawn, and the parcel that used to be sent for 2d. now costs Is. 4d. Nor is this the only complaint. The introduction of the post-cards has so enormously increased the corres pondence of London that the labours of the postmen have been greatly augmented. But Lord Hartington will neither increase their number or their pay. He refuses to allow them to meet for the discussion of their grievances, and he then gives out that they are perfectly satisfied, somewhat on the same principle on which the Russian generals at the head of enormous armies used to declare that " order reigns at Warsaw." Meanwhile the public suffer by the late delivery of their letters, a serious matter to men of business who have to go to town early. The education elections are exciting more and more interest every day. They are inducing a class of persons to take part in local affairs who have hitherto refused to do so. Holding aloof from vestries and boards of guardians, they have happily not held aloof from th e education boards, and men of the calibre and station of Lord Lawrence (the late Viceroy of Indi▪ a) ' Lord Sandon, M.P., for Liverpool, .11r. Dudley Baxter, Dr. Rigg, Sir Francis Lycett, M'Cullagh Torrens, M.P., and Mr. W. 13. Smi▪ th, M.P., are offering themselves as candidates. The further .sappy result of a union of political and religious parties has also been obtained, and thusthe Boards which the League declared would set every parish in the kingdotabl the ears, have so far proved the most signal instrument of conciliation and concord that we have seen in our time. There is one other point in which the League will find itsell wrong—compulsory attendance. Coercion in London, at all events, and I presume in all the large town s, prove impossible, however desirable it may be. The little. ragged boys who sell Echoes in the streets, and whose condition is a disgrace to English thri ll ! _ l et tion, have no settled home, and even if they had they change it. every few weeks. How are they to be forced to school ? are the police, already odious by the way in which they interfere with, costermongers to drive these lads from the streets or carry them off to the pollee cell en route for school? The National Society is not doing at this educational crisis what might have been expected of it. Though t he , Archbishop of Canterbury has made a special appea l, en , ' himself and most of the bishops have given £lOO, and th on' an offering of £l,OOO has been made by " A Priest," th e total already subscribed is only about £13,000, or only fifth of the sum which the small and comparatively Pee! Roman Catholic Church has raised. Another failure is the Irish Church Convention. 14.°t only has the endowment fund fallen far short of what was anticipated, no very serious matter, perhaps, seeing h ev : generally endowments are misapplied ; but, wh a " is really serious, the divergence of opinion on religiou s points is so wide that a schism seems almost inevitable. One party wishes to modify the Liturgy, and would not unwillingly, the Archbishop of Armagh among the mit e ' ber, substitute Presbyterianism. for EpisCopacy. T h e other Party, of whom the Archbishop of Dublin is the most conspicuous member, resist any change in the services, the discipline or the doctrine of the Church. Things have come to such a pass that yesterday one of the menabere, the Convention called another "double-faced" and "d ' honest," and there was such a truly Irish row that the Primate at last threatened, in company with all the othe! Bishops, to leave the Convention. It would seem as if the party differences in the Irish Church were as great as in the English, and as if the antagonistic factions rL ed ~ been kept together only as the staves of a barrel are kel ' together—not by any internal homogeneousness, but by an external bond, the iron hoop in this instance being the union of Church and State. The Earl of Onslow, who has just died at the advan cea age of 93, was a schoolfellow of Lord Palmerston at ll° . row during the last years of the eighteenth century' The other boys at the same time were the late Earl of Aberdeen, afterwards the Premier, the two Pepr'e , of them afterwards Lord Chancellor cottenham and th .7, other Bishop of Worcester ; the late Earl Spencer, Is ' as Lord Althorpe, was Chancellor of the Exchequer' Augustus Campbell, for many years Rector of Liv er• pool, and the Earl of Lonsdale, the only surv ivor, and who is now 83 years old. Palmerston left a name behind him literally in the lettere "H. Temple," carved upon one of the panels a in the fourth-form room, and still to be seen close by the , names of " R Sheridan " and " Byron." At that brae there was =aster at Harrow named Bromley, whom, fr o i lli a a fancied likeness to one of the heathen deities the ."0". Pam" of sixty-five years later used to dub " old Pan." The magnificent displays of northern lights (whi ch bi the way, were in London particularly brilliant in the southern horizon) and the abundant suprly of acorns and berries are supposed to indicate a severe winter. I need Wa l l say that all these meteorological presages are almost base" less. There is just this foundation for them so far as the berries are concerned ; an abundance of berve° is due to a hot summer, and a fine, hot summer will, if the average temperature is to be prese rved, be followed by a cold winter. But this sequence, is by no means invariable. The summer of 1868, was the hotte st on record ; the autumn berries were proportionately abllll - ; but the winter of 1868-9 passed almost w ithout frost. The most singular thing about the recent display aurora is that it should have been simultaneous in :Su land and America. Here it interfered terribly with the tele" graphs, and the Scotch papers could get scarcely a si n g le n telegram from London all Monday night. The Atlantis telegraph does not seem to have been affected. lam glad to state that Mrs. Burgoyne, widow of the gallant commander of the Captain, is somewhat recover: ing from the' shock caused by the terrible disaster el September. At first she seemed hopelessly stunned by h er , misfortune. She is now better able to realise it ; but sh e still alas cherishes the hope that her husband has been savea lti the pinnace, and will yet reappear on these shores. 111 connection with this matter your readers who Peril eed l naval intelligence of the daily papers will have notice how completely the inquiry into the stability of our ir ell t clads has justified my assertion of some weeks ag o tha they urgently need examination. Mr. Ruskin has not been best pleased at the critiqu e upon him in Macmillan's Magazine for October , al e it is probable that the forthcoming number of the Pole magazine will have something more upon the subject' The critique was by Mr. Stopford Brooke, and was larly able and fair. But Mr. Ruskin labours and the idea that he was born to be a political economist, an he bitterly resents any doubts as to his fitness for the science in behalf of which he has abandoned his favourite studies in art. Connoisseurs have just now a great treat offered to them' The Marquis of Westminster and Lord Elcho have lent some of their finest pictures to the South Kens'Bg t°- Museum. The works of the first-mentioned noblen3°i were exhibited at the winter exhibition of the BOY Academy. But Lord Elcho's pictures will be new to the majority of the public. hree words about the Royal marriage. It will Ot take place until after Parliament has met, because Pa' ment will be wanted to vote a dowry for the bride. This the first word. The second is, that there is a very general fee' ing that, now the marriage between a member of the Royal Family and a subject who is not a member has be e° sanctioned, Miss Farebrother, who has for many years been the wife of the Duke of Cambridge, should be t' e ci : knowledged as such, and their numerous familylegitimise Finally, there is no truth in the rumour that Mr. Vern Harcourt Harcourt is about to be betrothed to the Pritiebi4eP- Beatrice. There are two obstacles in the way of affiance, the learned member for Oxford is just thirtJe years older than the Princess, a disadvantage Which he Queen might have overlooked for the sake of the hie° which would have been shed on the throne by he r 138 : t coming the mother-in-law of " Historicus," were it vsa for the other objection—Mr. Harcourt is already Prc wide with a wife. An explosion of gunpowder took place on Weu Apes " day morning at the works of Messrs. Sharpe, at E w ,t.ed. which one man was killed, and two others were irir — o d The accident took place in one of the corning-houses, was confined to that building. - ter THE DEVIL IN ENGLAND. The Manches papers describe a new instrument of torture which haS 5 a been set up at several works in that city, and is illtellAise' to arouse the workmen from their slumbers. ea ch " American devil " is set to work at half-past fiv.,e.: morning, and it wakes up everybody within two row.- uses s The Augsburg Gazette announces further Pre )0 (1 of the Russians in Central Asia. They annexed Sam, - te in 1868, and now they have swallowed up a small -ts-ii4is south of that place. It has been handed over to the of Bokhara, who is but a Russian vassal. THE POPE.—A communication from Rome state;: that there is not the slightest hope of the Pope yieldiug t'm his pretensions to be still considered the ruler of the st"),e occupied by the Italian troops. He will ackxl°lve•°- neither La Marmora, Victor Emanuel, nor t he of Itali; nation. He firmly relies on the restoration the Emperor Napoleon by the King of Prussia, and the ho restoration of his States through clerical influence cm Emperor. THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.—A LUI S correspondent of the Scotsman is enabled to state thans following gentlemen have consented to act as sioners to inquire into the Contagious Diseases Actf,', The Bishop of Manchester, Mr. Mundella, M.P. ; Dalrymple, M.P. ; Dr. John Chapman, Dr. Bridges'a be Mr. Applegarth. The names of these gentlemen vrl'i sufficiently familiar to the majority of readers; but it Ol t, °' be mentioned that Dr. Dalrymple is the mem ber for )331,d and has recently investigated the operation o f similar 1,.,, in Algeria ; that Dr. Chapman is the editor of Westminster Review, and the author of several ec well-kuovof articles on the object; and that Dr. Bridges is an inspll.,, the Poor-law, and a leading member of the Comtist Par,Vr, The above names, however, do not exhaust the list. W. M. Fowler, M.P., was invited to sit on the 0°11;0 sion, but declined. It is expected that the inquirY a very protracted one. LA. r. The follo w. 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