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E 3 r r • i • •,-1 1,, - ( Q lifH . ,r e . • " r r'N V P 1 5 1 4.4 QUI ' 01;,.5' '""`Jak 41171 , V4,”.1 4 j "44 ) C 4: jr4 "' ''. 4f T • / ( : j44(1 '';f4llliittif ' 44 w 7. / LON DON, MONDAY, N° 24,397. CRYSTAL PALACE.-THIS (SHILLING) DAY. Open for admission 10 till 7. 0 Band and Japanese 3.30 I Orchestral Band .... 1. 0 Organ and Promenade from 5.30 Terrace Fountains .. 2.15 Admission, ls. ; or by Guinea Season Tickets. Children half-price. In the War Court, French Tente Abri and English Bell Tent, Model Moncrieff Gun in Earthwork, Pictorial Map of Rhine, Armour Plates, Chassepot, Needle, and other guns, &c. Ad mission free. CRE M 0 RNE.—Lessee and Manager, Mr. John Baum.—Ten Hours' Amusements. GRAND BALLET, at 10, LA FEE AUX ROSES. Mdlle. Clavelle, assisted by 200 Corps de Ballet. Splendid Fireworks. Daring Trapeze Perfor mances. Operetta, and numerous other popular amusements. Open daily at 3. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. AMUSEMENTS FREE. Open on Sundays by refreshment card, 6d. Table d'Hote at Lalf-past six, 2s. 6d. A LHAMBRA. - MR. FREDK. STR kN GE, A Managing Director.—OPEN TO-NIGHT, at Eight o'clock. Everything New. Three Grand Ballets, "LES FLEURS DU JAR DIN ;" " BROWN, JONES, and ROBIN SON," New Comic Ballet, by H. Boleno and Troupe ; and New Magnificent Water Ballet "LES NATIONS, or GRAND CASCADES,' with Real Water ; and a host of Novelties and Varieties. The Best Band in London, under M. Riviere. Prices—ls., 25., and , Gallery, 6d. ; Dress Circle, 55.; Private Boxes, 215., 31s. 6d., and 425.—80 x Office open from Eleven till Four. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes. have had the gratifying effect of making the ir. sent ono the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.C. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. 11. BIONELL, Proprietor. N.B.—The GRAND EXTRA NIGHT and Last of the Season will take place on MONDAY, Ist August. ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, .171 Baker-street. ow added Portrait Models of JOHN JONES, alias JOHN OWEN, and WALTER MILLAR, to the CHAMBER OF HORRORS. Admission, is. ; Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ASK YOUR GROCER OR CHEMIST FOR GEYELIN'S TAPIOCA BEEF BOUILLON. A MOST DELICIOUS and NUTRITIOUS SOUP for TWOPENCE a PINT. OR for ENRICHING BROTH from any MEAT. In a dry granular form. Sold in Canisters, containing five portions, ls. to 100 ditto at 16s. Each portion will make a pint of Soup. No Captain, Traveller, or Housekeeper should be with out it. Sole manufacturers, GEYELIN & Co., Produce Merchants, Manufacturers of Granulated Tapioca, International Mustard and Rizina, Belgrave House, Argyle-square, King's Cross, London, W.C. MISS CRAIK'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 Vols., ESTHER HILL'S SECRET. By GEORGIANA M. CRAIK. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WYLD'S NEW WAR MAPS. 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HAIR COLOR WASH.—By damping the head with this beautifully perfumed wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by an occa sional using. 10s. 6d.; sent for stamps.—Alex. Ross, 248, High Holborn, London, and all chemists. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" I supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District. 24, Delancey-street, Camden town, N W DINNEF OR D'S FLUID MAGNESIA.- The medical profession for Thirty Years have approved of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Children, and infants. DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, 172, New Bond-street, London; and of all other chemists throughout the world. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at town W. SMITH'S Camden St ores ," 78, Park-street, Camden , Now published, "FJORD, ISLE, AND TOR." A BOOK FOR TOURISTS IN NORWAY, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, CORNWALL, AND THE SCILLY ISLANDS. BY EDWARD SPENDER PRICE 3s. "It is a straightforwardly and sometimes gracefully written Sketch of Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, from the holiday traveller's point of view, not, however, exclusively devoted to matters of scenery or itinerary, but designed to give the voyager an intelligent interest in the manners, customs, industries, and institutions of the districts he is exp/ ring. Fos intending visitors to Norway especially, Mr. Spender s book will be welcome. It has, moreover, the decided advantage of com pression, clearness of style, and easy manageableness of bulk."— Daily Telegraph. "The volume perfectly fulfils its purpose. It is neat and cheap and contains in a small space a great quantity of very interesting matter, much of which will be novel, and all of which will be useful, not only to those who visit the places described, but to those who stay at home. Mr. Spender is an acute observer, a most industrious and judicious collector of facts, and an eloquent and graphic writer, and does ample justice to his subjects."— Yorkshire Post. • " It deserves a welcome, this book we have so long uncon sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the intending excursionists a veritable benefaction. . . Altogether the book is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the happy time of our holiday excursion, and to give a place to on our book-shelves afterwards as a most pleasant remembrancer." —Sun " 'Fjord, Isle, 'and Tor' is a very delightful little book. 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Addressed, as it more especially is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica tion to the general public. . . .. As to its literary merits we need say nothing, the name of the author being sufficient guarantee on this point."—Western Mail. " The articles shew unusual power of observation, are full of genial gossip, and supply just what the excursionist wants- - reliable information."—Western Daily Press. CHARLTON TUCKER 21, Northumberland-street, Charing Cross TVEEDIE'S TEMPERd FACT AND II ANCE YEAR BOOK OF ISTORY FOR 1870. CANT] General_ Review of the Tempe-, Ecclesiastical Sayings and ----- ........ .- .. . , ranee Movement. Doings. Chronicle of the Temperance Temperance and Longevity. Movement. Hindrances to the Gospel. Teetotalism an Agent in Civi- Temperance Literature. lisation. Temperance Societies, London Researches Respecting Alcohol. I and Provincial. 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Strand. - - - • URNEST GRAHAM: A Doctor's Story. Contain ing the Experiences of a Medical Student in the Wards, Dis secting and Operating Theatres, shewing the Pleasures and Peculiar Temptations of Student Life, and intended to warn as well as divest the youth of the Profession. Written by a Physician. Crown Bvo., in handsome cloth, price ss. Post free for stamps. Lnndnn —W. TWEEDTE. 337. Straw/ lust published, price is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in Blue • tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: EL . Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending Its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. DR. 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MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT.GARDFN, LONEON, And 38, QITEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of- Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, epayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis ounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER. Secretary. T HE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL. (SNOW-HILL STATION), 'BIRMINGH AM. " One of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels in the three kingdoms. —The Field, July 31, ISO 9. JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS, Pianoforte 0 Manufacturers, were awarded the GOLD MEDAL, Paris, 1870 ; the SILVER MEDAL, Amsterdam, 1869 ; La Medaille d'Honneur, Paris, 1867 ; and the Prize Medal, London, 1862, for " Improvements and General Excellence of Pianos." 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On Thursday and Friday, August 18th and 19th, an Excursion Train will leave PADDINGTON at 7.45 a:m., Slough 8.15 a.m., for Oxford, returning from Oxford each day at 7.25 p.m. Fast Trains run from Paddington to Oxford at 6.0 am., 8, 9.15, 10.0, 11.0, 12.30 p.m., 2.0, 2.20, 2.45, 3.30, 4.50, 5.10, 6.20, 7.0, and 8.10 p.m; from Oxford to Paddington at 7.15 a.m., 9.5, 9.20, 11.35, 11.55, 2.2 p.m., 2.35, 4.0, 5.8, 6.25, and 9.3 p,m. On Friday, August 19, a Fast Special Train (Ist and 2d Class) will leave Oxford for London at 8.50 p.m. calling at Reading and Slough only. For fares and full particulars see hand bills. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, August, 1870. GRE AT WESTERN RAILWAY.--On SUNDAY, August 21st, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 8.40 a.m., for Twyford, Henley, Reading (fare there and back, First Class 6s. covered carriages 35.) ; Thedle, Aldermaston (7s. and ss. 6d.); Wolverhampton, Thatcham,Newbury, Kintbury, and Hungerford (9s.'and 4s. 6d.), returning the same day. For further particulars see handbills. J. GRIER SON, General Manager. Paddington, August, 1870. T HE BRYNAAIBOR LEAD MINE COMPANY (LIMITED.) CAPITAL, £20,000, IN SHARES OF £1 EACH. This Company is formed to work a mine in Cardiganshire, near the celebrated Naut-y-Mwyn Lead Mine (which has paid over £750,000 profit). It is already opened out, and rich in lead ore, as well as provided with ample water power, pumping machines, crushing mills. and other plant, and is in a condition to make regular and profitable sales of ore immediately. OFFICES-174, GRESHAM HOUSE, OLD BROAD-STREET, B.C. NOTICE.—The SHARE LIST of this Company will be CLOSED on FRIDAY next, the 19th inst. By order. H. W. 3IATHIAS, Secretary. August 12, 1870. Prospectuses and forms of application can be had at the offices of the Company. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND LIFE. LOMBARD STREET, LONDON, AND NORTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL. SECURITY TO LIFE ASSURERS From a quinquennial valuation of the entire Life liabilities made as at 31st December, 1869, by independent Actuaries at 3 per cent. nett premiums, the Life Assets shewed a SURPLUS OVER LIABILITIES OF £249,950, enabling the Directors to declare a REVERSIONARY BONUS AMOUNTING TO £7 10s. PER CENT. on each sum assured forthe five years. and to still hold in reserve all profits accrued on Annuities and Endowments. EXTRACT FROM LAST ANNUAL REPORT. After payment of Dividend and Bonuses, the FUNDS of the Company stand as follows : Capital paid up ............. •. • • ....... £289,095 0 0 Reserve Fund and Profit and Loss Ac count Life Assurance Funds ........ ..... JOHN H. McLAREN, Manager. JOHN B JOHNSTONE, Secretary in London 286,925 10 0 1,173,401 9 1 EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chief Office-17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, Annual Income, £300,000. Capital, subscribed by more than 1,600 Shareholders, nearly £BOO,OOO. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—GeneraI Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K. 11., F.R.S. The Rev. A. Alston, D.D. R. M. Carter, Esq., M . P . E. Hamilton Anson, Esq. I Edmund Ileeley, Esq, A. R. Bristow, Esq. I Reginald Read, Esq. This Society are now ISSUING COMPLETE LIFE POLICIES. The peculiar features of these Policies are as follow :- 1. The Payments Cease after Ten or Twenty Years. 2. The Policy is not forfeited by the non-payment of renewal premium during the ten or twenty years. 3. The Assurer is entitled for each yearly payment he has made to a paid-up Policy for one-tenth or one-twentieth of the sum Assured HENRY B. PARMINTER, Manager, THE EVACUATION OF ROME. The evacuation of Rome at the present moment adds a serious complication to the existing perplexities. Our special correspondent describes the general feeling of the citizens as extremely uneasy, and a movement among the revolutionists as being confidently looked for. No efforts are being spared to prepare for an attack, and it was r - resolued at the Ministerial Council held at the Vatican that Rome should be defended at all hazards. There is much uncertainty on this point since an Italian garrison has been offered to the Pope and refused, and subsequently a similar offer of protection was made, it was said by Prussia. The latter Power is suspected of secretly assisting the Garibaldians. It is said that General Kautzler, in replying to the French Ambassador, fixed fifteen days for the time in which the Papal troops could garrison the towns left by the French. The movement of the troops was unquestionably very sudden, and it is reported that the French soldiers were busy arranging their stores in the arsenal when the Marquis de Banneville repaired to the Vatican to communicate his startling intelligence. The Pope when he heard it is said to have observed that a few days after the Austrian troops were suddenly recalled from the Romagna they were severely beaten at Solferino. When General Dumont took leave of the Pope, he was well received, but his Holiness made no allusion to the war or the evacuation, or to Napoleon himself. It has been decided that recruiting on behalf of the Papal forces shall be vigorously carried on in Ire land and America. T wo hundred Canadians are expected. The Pontifical Government has distributed among the garrisons of the principal cities the eight thousand men at its disposal. The Government continues its preparations for defence. Besides other cannon they have purchased from the French forty-eight pieces of ordnance, which, added to those already in their possession, will form a very powerful battery on the Aventine Mount. Two mitrailleuses, on the French model, are expected from Marseilles. Mr. W. Scott Coward has been gazetted one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. THE DECLINING POWER OF NAVIES.—One of the most important facts revealed by the present war, says the Economist, is the decline in the power of navies, especially as a means of effective attack. The immense size of the armies now employed is the principal reason of this, for war is carried on between armed nations who cannot be conveyed by sea. An army of 40,000 no longer is a considerable force, and General von Falkenstein, who is scarcely thought of in the present war, has one hundred and fifty thousand men under his orders. France is a strong maritime Power, and possesses the second war navy in Europe, but the value of the French fleet in the contest now waging is comparatively small, though the enemy ha s a l ong sea coas t. Th e f ac t is that even Great Britain could not convey more than 80,000 men to a given spot at one time, and this would no longer be a formidable army. This change seriously affects England. It is evident that we can only make a descent upon Belgium or France, our immediate neighbours, with any hope of success. An army such as Wellington led into the Peninsula would be speedily destroyed by the Crown Prince, but, on the other hand, the change immensely increases our safety from linvasion. We cannot be invaded by more than 80,000 men at once, and as our soldiers are the equals of any others, we should quickly be able to dispose of the invaders. Consequently amid the collapse of armed nations on either side, our position is in no degree endangered. EDITION. NEW YORK GOSSIP. NEW YORK, July 27. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Although the excitement which arose in this city on the reception of the news of the declaration of war in Europe has now to a great extent subsided, the topic still remains the prime subject of conversation wherever men meet and talk, and the condition of affairs abroad occupies our minds to the exclusion of all matters of lesser importance. It must not be denied, however, that a feeling of disgust has sprung up in this country, occasioned by the apparent want of daring on the part of the two armies. The wars of modern days have come to be so wry short, sharp, and decisive that we non-combatants on this side of the Atlantic had expected to haveheard of either of the arrival of the French at Berlin or of that of the Prussians at Paris almost before the present date. This expectation was encouraged also by the "red-hot" speeches, to use an American vulgarism, of the two potentates and their sup porters. The impression here was general that both Powers were thirsting for the fray, that the army first in the field would have a great advantage not to be despised, and that would be seized upon and utilised by one or the other of the combatants, that immense numbers of men would be assembled on each frontier, and that the war would be virtually decided by the first battle fought. Now either we receive no news by the cable or else the tactics of the opposing generals are very different from what our fancy painted; and, furthermore, being a commercial people, and apt to pay the utmost consideration to dollars and cents, we look amazed at the strange spectacle of two vast armies, ranged under the colours of the two greatest nations in the world, upon the frontiers of their respective countries, making no move, shewing no sign, and merely entailing upon the tax payers of the two nationali ties an expense of many millions of dollars. The attitude of affairs certainly puzzles everyone here, and I think must disappoint you considerably also. Next in importance to the war and the condition of things likely to arise from it comes the yacht race, in which we are all more or less interested, and about which there is much discussion and great difference of opinion. And, before going further into this matter, I would state that as a result of careful inquiry among all sorts of people I have found that the right feeling prevails, and that the race is not looked upon by the majority as an interna tional affair at all. On the contrary, all to whom I have spoken upon the subject regard it as a very interesting trial of speed between two celebrated yachts belonging to two private gentlemen ; the result is expected to prove the superiority of the one vessel over the other, but in no sense to determine the comparative merits of the yacht building of the different nations. I do not know that Mr. Ashbury is considered a representative of his country by his countrymen, but I do know that Mr. Bennett is here looked upon as a very daring yonngman, of nautical tastes, in whose success we shall take pride. Further than this there is no feeling in the matter, and those who endeavour to show that the hearts of the two nations are beating quick with excitement until the result of the race be known are simply distortionists, who take upon themselves the grave responsibility of misrepresenting popular feeling. Up to the present writing neither of the contending vessels has been sig nalled, and we are 'as yet in darkness as to which will win, but both are expected to arrive during the day, and the excitement is very great in consequence; All the yacht clubs of New York, Brooklyn, and adjacent cities have united to receive the racing boats, and the entire fleet is anchored off or cruising near Sandy Hook, keeping a sharp look out, and ready to extend a hearty welcome. With them is the celebrated yacht America, whose exploits in 1851 are still our boast, and which will con tend for the different prizes to be sailed for in the harbour, though she is now the property of the United States' Government, and, of course, belongs to no club. With the fleet is also the diminUtive vessel the Red, White, and Blue, celebrated as one of the smallest, if not the very craft that - Ever crossed the" - Atlantic. The assemblage is an extraordinary one, and the number of celebrated vessels anchored within hail of one another is without precedent in this country ; many of our citizens have gone down to Sandy Hook to enjoy a sight which is at once unique and beautiful. As the result of the race will probably be known to morrow, if not to-day, I should like to delay my letter until Saturday, in order to give you the details both of the voyage and of the reception in this city, but there is so much uncertainty at present about the departure of the mails that I cannot follow my inclinations. The German lines have definitely ceased running, and until the Government makes the necessary arrangements with the English steamers we shall be sadly incommoded. As it is we grumble almost as loudly against the Post-office authorities as we do against the clerk of the weather, and with as good reason. The heat has been excessive in this city ever since my last, the cases of sunstroke have increased in number daily', and many persons who never leave the city in the summer time have gone away because they found it utterly impossible to remain. In New York we are often afflicted with tropical weather, but it is always short, seldom lasting beyond three or four days, and invariably succeeded by a refreshing rain -storm, and a short period of pleasant weather. But this summer all our superstitions have been cruelly destroyed, and things do not move by any means in their accustomed grooves. For three consecutive weeks we have been sweltering under a tropical sun, with the nights as hot as the days had been, and not one breath of air to ameliorate our sufferings. This departure from the hitherto well ob served rules of summer weather has caused the greatest in dignation among the populace, and were it the work of human hands would certainly excite a revolution in our midst. The city presents a strange and dreary aspect, streets usually crowded by carts and waggons, piled high with bales of merchandise, now scarce contain a single hand cart. Broadway is positively deserted, and even along the Jocks, where the work of lading and unlading seems never to cease, the same quiet reigns, caused by the ex cessive heat, which prevents all such work during the busy hours of the day. And withal, the coming season pro mises to be a very prosperous one, indeed it has begun already. For early as it is the buyers from the West have entered the city in swarms and are dispensing green backs with a lavish hand. The same activity is not evi dent in all branches of trade, but the impression is gene ral that business will be better this autumn than it has been for several years past. Superintendent Jourdan, of the Police Department, will remain in his office. As I wrote to you in my last letter, he sent in his resignation to the Board of Police Commissioners, but these latter refused to accept it, and he has decided so remain. Mr. Jourdan is admirably fitted for his post. During his tenure of office he has planned and carried out many excellent and much needed reforms. In view of the number of these we must overlook his negligence in the Elm Park riot, and trust that he will never again per mit a similar occurrence. General M'Clellan has accepted the position offered to him as Engineer-in- Chief of the Department of Docks, and we can now look for a radical change in the present system of structures. The new steamship Italy of the National Line is now in this port, and has been visited by a large number of persons. John Real, the murderer of a police officer named Smedick, who has been tried several times, and now lies under sentence of death, has made a last appeal in the form of a printed document addressed to the public. It 'gives his version of the killing, and asserts, as he has always done, that self-preservation was the cause of the deed. The impression is that his sen tence will be commuted to imprisonment in the Peniten tiary. The Chevalier Charles T. de Loosey, for twenty years past Consul-General of Austria in this city, died of apoplexy on Thursday. The attack was probably brought on by the excessive heat. He was buried from St. Stephen's Church on Tuesday, and the remains taken to Greenwood for interment. The body of M. Prevost- Paradol, the unfortunate French Minister to Washington, was sent back to France upon the Lafayette, on Saturday last, the same vessel which brought him here alive and well, two weeks ago, taking back his corpse. His son and daughter were passengers by the steamer. That these two deaths were due in a great degree to the exces sive heat of the weather is unquestionable, and you will easily imagine that many persons die from the same cause, whose deaths we never hear of, but whose number would make a formidable list. Theatrical matters are as dull as ever, though great things are promised us for next season.' PRINCE HAL. The opening of the theatre Chatelet, Paris, now occupied by Mr. Strange and an English troupe, has just taken place ; the performance of the Marseillaise, orchestrated dy Berlioz, being a leading feature on the occasion. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. AUGUST 15, 1870. CITY BETTING-SATURDAY Considering the small muster at the club on Saturday, business proved active, and Lord Hawthorn, as also Myso tis, were in renewed demand for the Ebor Handicap. Sun light was rather freely supported for the St. Leger, which had a depressing effect on Macgregor, and it is questionable whether or not 9 to 1 would have been laid to money in the face of a faint wish to take these odds to a small amount. Although Kingcraft remains steady, 6 to 4 was betted to about £250, giving a start, by a large operator, and he would have laid 300 to 200 more, and even money was betted that 5 to 4 is not taken at the start. Normanby's friends were anxious to obtain 20 to 1, but this price could not be ob tained. The newly-introduced Fragrance was supported for a little at 50 to 1, and the rest will be gathered from the subjoined list of prices : GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 13 to 2 agst Mysotis ( offered-7 to 1 taken) 7to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered, Bto 1 taken) 10 to 1 agst Blandford (offered—take 100 to 8) 10 to 1 agst Myosotis (offered-100 to 8 wanted) 12 to 1 agst Torreador (taken) . 100 to 8 agst Cherie (offered-100 to 7 taken) 100 to 8 agst Jarnac (offered) 100 to • 7 agSt MosCO* (affeFed) • • •- •- 25 to 1 agst Briton (offered) sto 1 agst F. Dawson's lot (wanted) ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered, sto 2 wanted) 6to 1 agst Palmerston (offered take 9to 1) Bto 1 agst Macgregor (offered—take 9to 1) 1000 to 60 agst Sunlight (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Normanby (offered-20 to 1 wanted) • 1000 to 60 agst Tabernacle (offered) 500 to 25 agst Captivator (taken) 20 to 1 agst Alexander (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Astolfo (offered, take 40 to 1) 50 to 1 agst Fragrance (taken) 6to 4 agst Kingcraft with a start (taken to £250, and offered) CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 15 agst Sarsfield (taken) 500 to 5 agst Gertrude (taken) THE ARMY AND NAVY. The Army and Navy Gazette says it would be somewhat more difficult to account for than it is to record the ex traordinary success which has attended recruiting within the last few weeks. The persuasions of the sergeants have been responded to so willingly that there is not only no want of men, but really so much difficulty in attend ing to the wishes of the numbers that present themselves, as to render it imperatively necessary to observe the salu tary rule, first come, first served. In some districts a superior class of applicants has come forward, many so well clothed and well fed as to forbid the idea that the army has been adopted merely as a refuge from crime or destitution.—A number of naval surgeons who are waiting for employment have expressed their desire and anxiety to the authorities to be allowed in the meantime to proceed to the seat of war to render assistance to the wounded Frenchmen and Prussians.— We have twenty-six armour clad ships in commission and five more ready for the pennant, and, what is more, we have the c fficers and men to put on board them.—Mr. Childers is taking a brief holiday in Yorkshire but will be back at his work at the Admiralty early in the week. —His Royal Highness Prince Arthur's battalion, the Ist of the Rifle Brigade, will come home from Canada in H.M.S. Tamar, which has sailed from Ports mouth during the week for Quebec. The battalion will occupy the Old Marine Barracks at Woolwich. His Royal Highness is expected to join headquarters imme diately upon their arrival.—The statement made by Mr. Cardwell in the House of Commons, to the effect that we had three hundred thousand breech loading rifles in store would be most comforting if it could be depended upon. There is a rumour abroad that the clerk who furnished the return made a serious clerical error which was not detected by his chief. Hence there exists an uneasy feeling in the public mind. The following will, in all probability, be the programme of the Irish reliffs for the season 1870-71, viz.:—The 98th Regiment and depot 32nd Light Infantry attached, from Newcastle, in relief of the 89th Regiment, ordered to embark for India in November ; the 2nd battalion 6th Royals and depot Ist bat talion attached, from Pembroke Dock, in relief of the 63rd Regiment, , ordered' to embark for India in November; the 97th Regiment and depot 76th Regiment attached, from Dover, in relief-of the 65th Regiment, ordered to embark for India in January, 1871 ; the 34th Regiment and depot 96 th Regiment attached, from Shorncliffe, in relief of the 72nd High landers, ordered to embark for India in February, 1871 ; and the 2nd battalion sth Fusiliers and depot Ist battalion attached, from Glasgow, in relief of the 56th Regiment, ordered to embark for India in February, 1871. The United Service Gazette is informed that the following ships are ordered to be built :—Six gunboats and four ironclad turret-ships of the Cerberus type-2,000 tons, 250.1aorse power. Shipbuilding firms have been called upon to tender for the building of the above. LAW AND POLICE. THE SEFTON LIBEL CASE.-At the Leeds Assizes, the Lord Chief Baron made some observations on Friday with respect to the case of the Queen v. Leng. In this case the defendant had been found guilty on a criminal information charging him with having published a libel on the Earl and Countess of Sefton. The Lord Chief Baron said that since the rising of the court on the pre vious day he had consulted the statutes 11 George IV. and 1 William IV. c. 79, and he found that cases like the present were exempted from the operation of that statute, and that he had no power as a judge at Nisi Prius to pronounce judgment on the defendant, who would therefore be brought up for judgment by the Court of Queen's Bench in Michaelmas Term next. " THE DAY'S DOINGS.-At the Mansion House, Thomas Smith, a newsboy, was charged before the Lord Mayor with exposing for sale, in Cheapside, an indecent publication called The Day's Doings. In a pre liminary notice issued regarding the paper, it was stated : " The old order of things is changed, and a new style of journalism and illustrations has made its advent. The slow, monotonous, jog trot of the same set of ideas without the suggestion of a new notion or fresh fancy, has become wearisome, and is done with for ever. People want after their work is done, or during their labours, something different from the usual routine to amuse, interest, and stir them. Our intention is to do this, and leaving to others the task of continuing the old system, we shall carry out our ideas of novelty, fun, and frolic. The policeman stated that the prisoner was exhibiting a cut, entitled " Le Mamillare—the bath toilet of a Roman Lady," from the picture by Boulanger. The Lord Mayor said he had no doubt at all that there were two of the pictures of such a character that they ought not to be exposed and hawked about the public streets. In reply to a question Smith said he bought the papers for one penny, and sold them for threepence each. The Lord Mayor sentenced him to pay a fine of 55., with the alternative of three days imprisonment. Some other boys were fined in the-same amount for a similar offence. _ _ THE ALLEGED BABY MURDERS.—The indictment against the two women Waters and Ellis for baby farm ing at Brixton and other places now includes five charges of murder—namely, the murder of the child of Jeannette Tassie Cowen and of four other infants, names unknown. The case is expected to be commenced on Tuesday morn ing before Baron Martin at the Central Criminal Court, and, as there are many witnesses to be examined, it is presumed the trial will last several days. They are further charged with conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretences, and also with attempting to obtain money by false pretences. It was thought that the Attorney-General would be present to prosecute, but it is now arranged that the prosecution shall be conducted by Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Besley, and Mr. Poland, instructed by Messrs. Wontner and Sons. The prisoners will be defended by Mr. Ribton, instructed by Mr. Mayo. The prisoners now manifest great anxiety as to the result of the trial. A GERMAN WAR SONG. The Berlin Correspondent of the Times sends the text of the new Rhine song, which, set to an inspiriting tune, has fast become the " Marseillaise " of the present war. He appends the following translation by Mr. G. Soiling, late of the Woolwich Academy : DIE WACHT AM RHEIN.—(THE RHINE WATCH.) A roar like thunder strikes the ear, Like clang of arms or breakers near, On for the Rhine, the German Rhine ! Who shields thee, my beloved Rhine ? Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear, Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly here. A hundred thousand hearts beat high, The flash darts forth from ev'ry eye, For Teutons brave, inured by toil, Protect their country's holy soil. Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear. Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly here. The heart may break in agony, Yet Frenchman thou shalt never be. In water rich is Rhine ; thy flood, Germania, rich in heroes' blood. Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear, Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly here. When heavenwards ascends the eye, Our heroes' ghosts look down from high ; We swear to guard our dear bequest And shield it with the German breast. Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear, Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly here. As long as German blood still glows The German sword strikes mighty blows, And German marksmen take their stand, No foe shall tread our native land. Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear, Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly here. We take the pledge. The stream runs by; Our banners proud are wafting high. On for the Rhine, the German Rhine ! We all die for our native Rhine. Hence, Fatherland, be of good cheer, Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly here." PRICE 16 STAMPED 2d THE WEEKLY PRESS. THE HOME OFFICE. The Saturday Review observes that the Government has achieved two great successes this session ; and has also achieved nearly two dozen failures. Our immediate com ments are not on Lo r d Hatherley's 'failure with law re form—not with the miscarriage of the repeal of the Eccle siastical Titles Act—not with the break-down of the Uni versity Tests Bill—not with the absence of any attempt, less sterile than Mr. Goschen's essays, to deal with the administration of the Poor Laws—but we are now only dealing with the Home Office. We hardly know which department was respon sible for the attempted waste of the land reclaimed from the Thames by the new quays ; but the defeat of the Government on Mr. Smith's motion may be reasonably assigned to Mr. Gladstone's obstinacy combined with the absence of confidence under which, as regards all public works, a Ministry which includes Mr. Ayrton not un reasonably suffers. But the general temper of the Go vernment as regards domestic and internal reforms is sufficiently evident from the apology offered by Mr. Bruce for Mr. Bright's celebrated declaration in favour of dishonest tradesmen and false weights. The Home-office is a drowsy, sleeepy refuge for placid good intentions and vague hazy promises ; but its administration is a national misfortune. IN PARIS. `'" 4lC ilte Ve . creitor'sa,y§ that France will survive all this; but " 41 nothing • but victory in the field, victory immediate, complete, and dramatic, can now save the Empire. For eighteen years Napoleon has made a monopoly of states manship, has been the single politician in France at eine powerful and independent—has preferred servants to statesmen and parasites to advisers, and, now, in the supreme hour of his life, he has been as feebly served in his capital as on the frontier. Not one among his thou sand servants has shewn a sign of real devotion. The first thing done by his Council was to omit his name in all proclamations, the first idea of his Empress was to place her boy in safety, the first thought of his Ministry was to summon the rival power, the Legislative Body. The conduct of his chief agents in the crisis would suggest the idea of treachery, but that nothing so definite could have been so weak. We would not give the Empire three days of life after another defeat; and its successor for the time at all events, can only be the Republic, with General Trochu, under one title or another, as ad interim Dictator of France. Some observers predict, we see, that the empire will die hard, but for whom are the troops to fight ? For a Sovereign whose claim to rule is that he can lead, and who has led the armies of France to a series of defeats ? There is no personal loyalty in France. For a woman, supposed to be a slave of the priests, a Spaniard, and an ab% , olutist ? It is not with a German army upon the soil that France accepts a woman's rule. For a child of fourteen ? For the Army? The Army under the Re public will be where it was under the Empire, and with an abler Commander-in-Chief. We believe if another de feat arrives, the Corps L6g,islatif will be within twenty four hours surrounded by menacing masses against Who m neither troops nor National Guard will act, the Republic will be proclaimed, and a Directory constituted, of which General Trochu will be the soul • and then—then let Germany look to herself, for in Vrance to become a General it will no longer be necessary first to adore a Caesar. EUROPEAN INTERVENTION. The John Bull says that if the worst come to the worst even if Paris fell into the hands of the Reds, which Heaven forfend, it would mend nothing to march against Paris after another Prussian victory. It would be an act of barbarism and horror. It would renew the memories of Alaric and Genseric. It would excite the horror of the civilised world. And how plainly would it be the interest and the duty of all Europe to inter vene. Let Prussia rule in Germany. We have no right to interfere there. Germany may choose her own master. But let Europe, aye,. and let Germany beware. If they trample on the French soul, if they demand a particle of the soil of France, they must wage a war of destruction, the war of Attila and his Huns, and, sooner or later, be they sure, the hour of terrible retribution will strike, and perhaps sooner than they think. It would be most ungenerous to hold a nation responsible for an out burst of natural despair. Germans, if they wish to be worthy of the world's esteem, must give a loser leave to chide. THE NEW TREATY AS TO BELGIUM, The present Ministry observes the Economist have had to deal and have dealt well with several difficult problems. They have in two years disestablished the Irish Church, defined Irish land tenure anew, and passed (what had been thought impossible) a great measure far elementary edu cation in England. But in all these difficillties they have had - time - 16 - 66 - nBid - er; various materials for consideration were ready at their hand. A whole literature of suggestions existed as to all of them. But now the Ministry have had, almost in an instant, to deal with a new question which perhaps in detail no one of them had ever much considered, on which there is no writing and no literature as respects the special duty and interests of this country, and which in its nature lies espe cially out of the line of thought, of many of our statesmen, and of Mr. Gladstone as much as any. Yet the Govern ment have dealt with the sudden and formidable diffi -culty very quickly, and have dealt with it exceedingly well. The only plausible argument against the new treaty is that of Lord Cairns—that an ingenious belligerent by dexterous strategy may compel the other belligerent to pass into Belgian territory, and then may claim the help of England; though itself principally to blame. But the reply is that this difficulty, whatever be its magnitude, already exists in the Treaty of 1839, for that simply binds us to defend the neutrality of Belgium, and prima facie, therefore, we are as much bound by it as by the present Treaty to act against the first violator of neutral ground. And the answer to both is the same—that such cases may be left to the judgment of the country when they happen, and that we must in each case act against the belligerent which really first violates the spirit of the Treaty, which even we may consider that belli gerent to be. Such considerations have a little taint of an advocate's refining ; and perhaps Mr. Disraeli's silence is an indication that he thinks so too. At any rate the leader of the Opposition refrained from objecting, and at such a crisis the Ministry needs no better praise. ENGLAND'S PREPARATIONS. A Chatham correspondent writes that a number of the large naval 400-pounder and other guns have arrived at the ordnance establishment, Chatham, from the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich, during the last few days, for being supplied to the iron-clad ships which are nowfitting at Chatham. The batteries which have been several years building at Folly Point and Bishop's Marsh, at the entrance to Chatham harbour for the protection of Chatham dockyard and arsenal, are ready for the reception of their 600-pounder and other guns, which will be mounted in the batteries as soon as they have been received from Woolwich. The supply of all kinds of war material at Chatham is now very large, a quantity of the Snidei breech-load ing rifles having been recently received from the Govern ment manufactory for distribution among the troops of the line and the Royal Marines Light Infantry. A Wool wich correspondent states that the large - gun now in course of manufacture at the Royal Gun Factories, Woolwich, is expected to prove the most powerful piece of ordnance ever produced, and to settle definitely the long and hitherto even contest between guns and armour. It will weigh 35 tons, and will hurl a projectile of 5501 b. with a charge of 1001 b. o f powder, thereby imparting an initial velocity which will enable it to pierce an armour plate of iron fifteen inches in thickness, beyond which no ship meant to float can surely go. The barrel is of steel, strengthened at the breech by a strong iron jacket, and the calibre of the bore -is about 114 inches, but this point has not been definitely settled. Indeed, the gun is at present altogether experimental, but if it answers expectation it is easy to guess what a for midable foe it will be to ironclads.—Pall Mall Gazette. An unpublished four act opera of Verdi's is to be brought forward at Cairo, the libretto entitled " Aida" having been sketched by the Khedive himself. On Friday Sir William Heathcote, Bart., and Lord Justice Sir George Mellish were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their places at the Board accordingly. The Brighton Daily News states that the inhabi tants of Crawley have determined to perpetuate among them the memory of the late Mr. Mark Lemon, who was for many years a resident of that village, by erecting a drinking fountain to his memory. The Correspondence of Berlin enumrates the Ger man troops now in the field as follows :—Confederation of the North, infantry, 550,000; cavalry, 53,000; artil. 1ery,1,200 guns; infantry recruits, 187,000 ; cavalry,lB,ooo ; artillery, 234 ; landwehr infantry, 205,000 ; cavalry, 10,000 ; total for the Confederation of the North, 994,000 men, 1,680 pieces of artillery, and 193,000 horses. Adding to these the troops of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden, there is a force of 1,124,000. THE LOYALTY OF THE GERMANS IN SOUTHWALES. —At Cargo Spelter Works, near Swansea, in South Wales, where besween sixty and seventy Germans are employed, by the orders of the proprietor, a few days ago, the whole of the German hands were mustered, and they were told that if any or all of them chose V) go home and fight for Fatherland, they could do so, and that no obstacle would be thrown in th e wa y. They all declined, to a man, to leave England. LONDON GENERAL OMNIDI7S COMPANY.—At the general meeting of shareholders to be held in September next a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum free of income-tax will be declared. This is the largest dividend the company have ever declared. It compares against 6t for the corresponding pe riod Jost year. The present dividend is there fore an increased rate of 3 per cent. per annum, an increase which is quite a dividend in itself. The excellent rate of dividend now paid by our Omnibus Company is the result in a large measure, no doubt, of the cheap provender prices which have prevailed in the past six months, and it is also due in no small degree to management. It is well known that the company have in recent times changed their system of serving the public. High fares have been reduced to low fares by charging small fares for short distances,—Herapath's Journal, fin a • the dry- he hts ain de ay )m no In Ler by ne ey om