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) ( c. . Qui - mi tz t! ) I , 6 ,4 4.11, . , - 0 j Ilk kt* ._ I , T Ns-•" -- I it PiTric3 •-• N LONDON MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1870. PRICF STAMPED, N 24,447. CRYSTAL PALACE. SHILLING DAY. 4 thrtisslio x 10.0 till 0. 0 j Terrace Fountains .. 2.15 ur!hestral Band.. 1.0 and 4,0 j Festival Organ 2.30 ,ell4,llnission One Shilling, or by Guinea Season Tickets. Pre issue dating twelve Months from Ist October, at all entrances,' g Photograph of the Krupp 1,000 Pounder Gun, War Sketches, iZ e li a t War Map, New Map of Paris Fortifications, War Court, es from Sedan and the Crimea, Egyptian Antiquities, &c. MISS KING'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., di)UEEN OF H.ERSELF, 1 ,4 By Alice King,Author of " F,vcline," etc. Hurst and Bleckett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LL 'WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. Observe the Red Seal, • Pink Label, and Cork Branded "liins han's" LL Whisky. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Gold Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, Is. Bd., at the Retail House in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at S, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DREADFUL MASSACRE BY CHINESE COOLIES IN PERti TIP.; WEENLY PRESS TEUMS OP PEACE. TA TTF, RSA LUS-SATCHVAY EVENING Intelligence has been received of a very serious insur rection of the . Chinese coolie labourers, and the murder of between thirty and forty white planters on the haciendas of Pativilea and Galpon, about 150 miles to the north of Lima. It appears that on the night of September 4th the Chinese labourers on the planta tion of Pautivilea, having become aware of the arrival of an agent front Lima with a large amount of money in his possession, rose en masse, and after.having murdered, with the most shocking brutality, all the whites on the plantation, proceeded immediately to the other adjoining haciendas, induced the Chinese on these estates to join them, perpetrated more acts of brutality and violence, and finally, having increased their numbers to between 1,500 and 2,000, attempted to sack the village of Barrauca. Here, however, they met with a reception they had not anticipated, for intelligence of their movements and designs had preceded them, and the inhabitants of the place, stationing themselves behind a hastily constructed breast work, received the attack of the Chinese desperadoes with such well-directed volleys of musketry as to throw the in surgents into complete disorder and a demoralised retreat. Troops arrived from Lima on the 6th to aid in dispelling the insurrection, but in the meantime the Chinese had dispersed in small bands to the neighbouring mountains. Between 30 and 40 of the whites were brutally mur dered, and from 250 to 300 of the Chinese were killed during the disturbance. Great loss will arise from the de struction of crops and property; and,once in the mountains, the planters will find it difficult, if not next to impossible, to recover their labourers. Meanwhile, the extensive and valuable estates, suffered to remain uncared for, will speedily deteriorate in value and effectiveness. The occur rence has created general consternation throughout the country, and propositions had been introduced into Con gress, having for their object the prohibiting of any further importation of Chinese coolies into Peru. •The Saturday licriew says that the que4ion on what terms peace can be made is rapidly Le3oming the one great subject of pressing importance. So far as human foresight can go, the reduction of Metz and Paris is only a matter of time, and not of a very long time. There is one thing, however, that is certain. No peace is possible unless it involves the cession of suns portion of French territory. The Germans insist on this, and will insist on it, and the first question is whether the French can make up their minds to acquiesce in it. At present they all say that they would never dream of such a • thing ; to which the Germans 'reply that they must be made to feel they have no choice. Strasburg is for many reasons an instance exceptionally favourable to Germany, but the argument from the pre sumed hostility of the population seems really an argu ment as to the quantity of territory to be ceded. With Strasburg, and a 'small portion of territory along the border, given to Germany, there might be no hostility at all. With too nine!' exacted there might be a population incorporated in Germany which would be permanently French. Metz, again, is not necessary to protect Ger many so much as to weaken France; and although Count Bismarck may begin by asking for Metz, it by no means follows that he could not be induced to recognise the dis tinction. The key to peace is for France to become aware that Strasburg and some f urther indefinite quantity of terri tory must be given up, and then, with the assistance of friendly Powers like England, to get Germany to discuss fairly how much that further quantity is to be. LA SITUrITION paraitra partir du Lundi, 24 Octobre, Tousles Jours, a una heure, dans son format DOUBLE A IIUIT PAGES, avec DCpeches Telegraphiques, Sp6ciales, et Correspondances particulnres. Prix un Penny, o u par poste, neuf shellings et neuf pence par trimestre, payable d'advance, au peublicheur, William Urquhart, 11, Crane Court, Fleet-street, E.C. 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Three 3rrand Ballets, " LES FLEURS DU JAR DIN ;" New Magnificent Water Ballet, " LES NATIONS, or GRAND CASCADES," with Real Water, at 10.15 ; New Comic Ballet, by Mr. Fred. Evans and Troupe. " THE RIVALS," and a host of Novelties and Varieties. The Best Band in London, under M. RiviZre. Prices -I s., 25., and Gallery, CA. ; Dress Circle, s s. ; Private Boxes, 215., 31s. 6d., and 425.—80 x Office open from Eleven till Four. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859). 4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, And 38. QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, payable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis counted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. LA SITUATION will appear on and after Mon day, October 24, daily, at One o'clock, ENLARGED to double its present size, with Special Telegraphic Despatches and Private Correspondence. Advertisements translated into French without charge. Prince One Penny, or free by post, 9s. 9d. quarterly, in advance ; if by Post-office Order, to the Publisher, William Urquhart, 11, Crane-court, Fleet-street, E.C. nner still g, in Now Published, A WINTER JOURNEY TO ROME AND BACK, T HE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL. (SNOW-HILL STATION), BIRMINGHAM. " One of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels in the three kingdoms."—The Field, July 31, 1869. THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL. (SNOW-HILL STATION), BIRMINGH AM. - " One of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels in thcthree kingdoms?'--The Field, July 31, 1869. ition the tress WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING OF THE (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, THE ALHAMBRA.—RE- APPEARANCE of the celebrated HANLON BROTHERS and LITTLE 808 in their marvellous Mid-Air performances,including their last Great Act, the most thrilling and sensational feat ever witnessed.—TO-NIGIIT. AND GLANCES AT MILAN, FLORENCE, NAPLES, POMPEII, AND VENICE. BY WILLIAM EVILL. STAMFORD, Charing Cross. Price 4s. 6d a be Tort :0 of r t ~ I 1 E ALHAMBRA. HAMBRA. MONDAY next. A NEW GRAND BALLET will be produced, entitled " THE QUEEN OF THE STARS," in a more magnificent style than any yet presented. The splendid scenery by Messrs. T. Grieve and Son. New music by M. Rivikre. The gorgeous costumes and elegant dresses by Miss Yates and assistants. The whole Ballet invented and arranged by M. Holtzer. CITY BETTING-SATURDAY. NO MORE GUARANTEES. that last r IHE QUEEN, the KING, and the varruous LADY.—The three richest mines in England for silver, copper, and tin, and the most promising in the world. £2O will, if purchased at once, secure five fully paid up shares in each dis tinct limited company. The mines have now over £1.:;,000 avail ablecash,and the Queen in the first threemonths' workings paid a dividend at the rate of 40 per cent. per annum on the capital subscribed. £2O invested at once, I, the undersigned, openly •declare, from the present appearances and gradual daily im provements of the mines, is absolutely certain to make £5O within a very short space of time, and the correctness of my as sertion will be quickly verified.—Address, Mr. Thos. J. Barnard, Tamar House, near Tavistock. This is a thoroughly genuine bona-fide advertisement, and Mr. Barnard, whose success in mining is almost unparalleled, will be happy to answer any questions and furnish every particular respecting the above properties. At the Virtuous Lady can now be seen one of the richest copper lodes ever dis covered in England, and at the Queen a rock of Silver ore has been raised to surface, weighing 841b5., 20 per cent. of which is pure silver. All I ask of intending investors is, come and see the mines for yourseiVes, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. sto 1 agst Adonis (taken and offered) .15 to 2 agst Podesta (offered-8 to 1 taken) Sto 1 agst Not Out (offered) 1000 to 80 agst Frivolity (offered—take 14 to 1) 100 to 7 agst Albany (offered—take 100 to 6) 100 to 7 agst Barford (taken and offered) 1000 to 40 apt Vintner. (offered) 1000 to 30 agst :itanley (offered—take 40 to 1) 1000 to 30 agst Forget-me-Not (taken and . offered) 1000 to 30 agst Vandenhoff (offered) 40 to 1 agst Queen of Hearts (offered) 40 to 1 agst Tabernacle (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Green Riband (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Charnwood (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Westley (taken and offered —lOOO to 15 laid ten times) 1000 to 15 agst Syrian (offered) 1000 to 10 agPt Lady Masham (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Don Carlos (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Badsworth (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Referee (taken and offered) 1000 to 5 agst Ploughboy (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Cymbal (taken and offered-1000 to 10 taken previously) 1000 to 4 agst Rossignol (taken and offered) 1000 to 2 agst Honestish (taken) 500 to 1 agSt Benbow (offered) The Economist disapproves strongly of the proposal 0 form Alsace and Lorraine into a neutral State guaranteed by England. Only the other day Mr. Gladstone had to protest against a " rigid and impracticable" construction of our contract towards Belgium ; within a week after it mers npe- &zette Led a used aded ALHA.I BRA.—RE-APPEARANCE of Mdlle. PITTERI, the favourite and accom plished Danseuse, as "STELLA," in the NEW GRAND BALLET, on MONDAY next. , the 'resh ) the s are ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. 4f th e extraordinary success which has attended the production the e l Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects . oi p ate ectric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici- If„.. in it, combined with th in the Operatic and Dance li a 7ee Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, 1 114 b ad the gratifying effect of making the ix, sent one the 4lebr extensively patronized season since its first opening. The cher 4 t ,t'ed Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient I gnor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn Ip" l lens of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are 411 ed to tue eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs. 1 110 ra ves, L. Silberborg, and other able artistes. Manager , Mr. -14 Pitts. Professor nalliman, M.C. Admission, ls.; liesezved Seats, 2s. IL IL BIEINELL, Proprietor. )eing ie. ,s to ;raja - are THOS. J. BARNARD. Scree 100 for To Officers in the Army and Navy. • rELEGRAPHY.—Private Tuition in the higher 11 branches of Private Telegraphy at the Electric Telegraph Schools of Instruction, 166, City-road, E.C. For terms and opinions of the press apply to T. 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Ross, 248, High ' 4,1 0 n, and all chemists. S SA AT I t :f % HOSPITAL and REFUGE 5 f0 r ,,,.. a jreend-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution fo'etfallYEtifoZatoorut\'(, °Tin" seeking to aba t rdo ro n v t i h e 'f s e a ol iom L aaft l: ra, eh drou of such! TcontAnaortlele tidon and South Western ut v rs e e n iy o n :u a rir r i a tl n y ei N i) E . EDED. HUGH It. GOUGH, Hon. Sec. " Mr. W. Evill has written a lively and agreeable account of 'A Winter Journey to Rome.' His descriptions of scenery in the Alps and of the Italian cities are exceedingly graphic, shewing much sympathy with nature, and a relined intelligence, Though the style of the book is somewhat sketchy, it is thoroughly readable, especially in the passages referring to the Council, which have in some degree the value of contemporary history."— Daily Telegraph. " Those who have followed the well-known route, and visited the spots described by Mr. Evil, are scarcely likely to add much to their fund of information by reading his lively sketches ; yet we are far from saying that the publication is superfluous. To gain knowledge is not the only object which induces a man or woman to take ap a new volume ; and if Mr. Evill does not add distinctly to our stock, he has the art—a rare one—of placing familiar scenes in a fresh and agreeable light. . . . • The book has the merit of being thoroughly readable."—Pali Mall Gazette. "Having read the book through from cover to cover—of itself an eulogium from any reviewer—we could certainly not spare Mr. Evill's always animated, often graphic, and more than once or twice really eloquent descriptions, any moro than we could spare his account of the wonderful pageantry of the Papal func tions in Rome, and of the marvellous masterpieces in sculpture and painting scattered among the Palaces and Basilicas. . . . As a graphic delineator of the superb scenery and the renowned cities through which he made this winter journey, he has acquitted himself admirably well."—Sun. " The author has evidently a feeling for the beautiful and the picturesque, and describes what he saw in forcible and some times eloquent language Notwithstanding his well worn subject, Mr. Evil has produced an agreeable little volume, which may not unprofitably detain the reader."—Daily News. " There is no pretension whatever about the book of tray els, and though it relates very little of what is new, it tells of nothing that is uninteresting, vapid, or dull. To the truthfulness of its descriptions of places and works of art we can thoroughly testify, and assure our readers that such of them as are meditating an Italian tour could not possibly do better than furnish themselves with a copy:"—Bell's Weekly Messenger. " dlr. Evill's visit to Rome was opportunely timed to enable him to witness the great gathering of prelates in attendance at the opening of the (Ecumenical Council ; his journey was accomplished with great rapidity, but his hasty en route sketches are lively and amusing."—Record. " In this pleasant little book we have an abundance of inter esting matter, such as a professed bookmaker may extend into the compass of two goodly volumes ln the very first page we are satisfied with the book, and are engrossed with its contents We recommend the entire little volume as well to readers as to intending tourists in search of continental information."—News of the World. "The ground was all new to Mr. Evill, and, in spite of the season of the .year, he saw it under peculiarly favourable cir cumstances. He has an eye quick to see, and a pen that enables him to tell right pleasantly, and not a little vividly, what he has seen. • . . . Mr. Evill was fortunate enough, in company with his friend, Mr. Charles Kent, the poet, to see the pro cession in St. Peter's, on the opening day of the Vatican Council. His description of it is very graphic."—Western Morning News. "Italy has been described to the reading world again and again, and, therefore, the charm of Mr. Evill's book is not the charm of n..velty, and it has a charm. There is a fresh, inge nuous manner, that appeals to the reader. The author records his impressions and describes minutely the beauty of the Italian scenery without a thought of the travellers who have gone before. Some passages, descriptive, are really excellent. The exterior and interior of Milan cathedral are put before us in glowing terms, and the long ceremonies of the opening of the (Ecumenical Council are forcibly described. His description of Venice is excellent. Mr. Evill's word-painting is far above the average of such descriptions. We are sure that readers, after a perusal of this book,, will have a vivid impression of the scenery described, and be grateful to Mr. Evil for his pleasant recollec tions."—Lloyd's Weekly News. - • - "Accuracy of description will cause this little book to be read, and probably enjoyed, by those Englishmen and English women whom necessity keeps at home year after year . . . The profits are to be given to a charity, and we heartily wish it every success, and think that many untravelled Englishmen will find something to interest them in Mr. Evill's " Winter Journey to Rome."—The Examiner. Best Advertising Paper in the Western Counties. "VIE WESTERN MORNING NEWS. A First-Class Daily Paper, the oldest in the district. Inde pendent in opinions. The earliest and fullesr in news. Circu lates among all classes and partie and the best medium for Advertisers. Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli cation to the Publisher, Edward Hawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth. Just published, price is 6d., by post is. Bd., the Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Oases, in Mtn; • tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. 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. MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 5, 111 Red Lion-square, W.C., London.—During the last 10 years this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a vast number of poor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The plan adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the streets of London and gather them together at the midnight hour, when short and faithful addresses have been given. During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly every week in some of the most frequented districts of the metropolis. The promoters have abundant evidence that these efforts have been most successful in effecting a great moral change in many fallen ones. To enable them to continue their important work, FUNDS are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by Mr. John Stabb, Hon. Sec., 5, Red Lion-square, W.C., London ; and at the Union Bank of London (Carey-street Branch), W.C. SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD. Treasurer - H. B. Praed, Esq. Hon. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqs. Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office in every Poor Laiv District in the metropolis, such office to be the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district. DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society : ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W. ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover-square.—Office, 28, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, W. WESTMINSTER.-office, 33, James's-street, S.W. PADDINGTON.—Office, 3, Leinster-street, W. MILE-END OLD-TOWN.—Office, Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road, Mile-end-road, E. BATTERSEA.—Office, 8, Verona-street, York-road, S.W. LAMBETH.—Office, 49, Upper Kennington-lane, S.E. CLAPHAM.—Office, n, Polygon, S.W. CIIELSEA.—Office, 57, Flood-street, S.W. KENSINGTON.—Office, 39, Holland-street, W. HAMPSTEAD.—Office, corner of Church-lane, High-street, N. W. DEPTFORD.—Office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad way, S.E. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON.—Office, 188, Walworth-road, S.E. ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Office, 7, High-street, St. Giles'. ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17,', oburn-buildings, W.C. CONTRIBUTIONS towards. the extension of this organisation throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the Society, or to Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C. The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa tion only, not for relief. C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary. C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary. Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand, W.C. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. InfOhTANT REDUCTION OF FARES. ON and after the let NOVEMBER next'the follow ing Fares will be charged between— PORTLAND ROAD REGENT CIRCUS MOORGATE STREET BAKER STREET 1 ALDERSGATE STREET and EDGWARE ROAD PRAED STREET, PADDINGTON QUEEN'S ROAD, BAYSWATER BISHOP'S ROAD • FARRINGDON STREET KING'S CROSS and QUEEN'S ROAD, BAYSWATER SINGLE TICKETS. RETURN TICKETS. Ist Class I 2nd Class I 3rd Class. Ist Class I 2nd Class 3rd Class I 6d. I 4d. I 3d. 9d. 6d. bd. MYLES FENTON, General Manager. 32, Westbourne Terrace, 6th October, 1870. SCHWEPPES MINERAL WATERS. SOHWEPPE'S SODA WATER, So celebrated now for upwards of a century. SOTIWEPPE'S LEMONADE, A most grateful and refreshing beverage, so useful in cases of Fever. 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For prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey THE LATEST EDITION of r" THE SUN " supplied as soon as published. every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-westera District, 24, Delancey-street, Camden-town, N W WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on their useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. DIN NEF O R 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. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Sp6cial APPEAL for the NEW WING Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. N'umber of beds available with proposed addition, 164. ''he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. ankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Scc. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. • O,ZOKERIT (PATENTED). 0 ZOKERIT THE NEW AND BEAUTIF.TIL CANDLES Made of this mineral will be found to far surpass anv that have yet been introduced, possessing marvellous brilliancy of • light, and burning to the end without bending, though placid in the hottest and most crowded rooms. They resemble in appearance the very whitest bleached beeswax, also in odour, whence the name, from the Greek " Ozo," T. smell of, and "Keros," wax. They will be funnd a great boon and ornament to all ASSE3IBLY AND BALL ROOMS, The intense heat and injury caused by the use of gas to gilding d pictUres being avoided by their use. Their great hard. nese adapts thou for all climates. To be had in all sizes is. 3d. er lb Order cf your Chemist, Grocer, or Chandler, and insist on using others. The Patentees, • J. C. & J. TELL, UPPER MARSH, LAI\ ETH, LONDON, • Who supply the trade only ; will be happy to answer tiny inquir as to the nearest agency where these wonderful candles cap be obtained. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. The Newmarket Houghton Meeting will take place this week, commencing to-day with the Criterion, which Bell's Life thinks ought to be won easily by Baron Rothschild's colt. The field for the Cambridgeshire is likely to be an unusually large. one. The great race is fixed for Tuesday, and the same authority declares for the event with confi dence for Podesta and Adonis. The correspondent of Land and Water, Harkaway, and The Field select Adonis as the horse likely to prove thei winner. The Sp'irting Life thinks Adonis or Podesta are likely to pass the flag post first. The following horses will start for the last of the great races of the year :—Not Out, Adonis, Podesta, Barford, Vandenhoff, Albany, Rafale, Vintner, Green Riband, Queen of Hearts, Guy Dayrell, Frivolity, Suzanne, Forget me Not, Fichu, Cbarnwood, Van Amburg, Broadlea, Dubois, and Bonny Swell. CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCRATCHINGS.—Referee, Fusee, Dark Cloud, Plaudit, Brigantine, Perry Down, and L'Oise. LAW AND POLICE. THE DANGER OF A LlE.—Alfred Tharbey, who was de scribed as a buyer of grocers' empties, and who had been in prison a fortnight, was brought up on remand 'before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged with being in the unlawful possession of 461bs. of coffee and 501bs. of sugar, supposed to have been stolen or unlaw fully procured. On the morning of the 6th instant Joseph Newman, a police-constable of the H division, met the prisoner in the New-road, Whitechapel, carry ing a large bag, containing 461bs. of raw coffee, which he carried into a chandler's shop in Thomas-street, Stepney, mid offered it for sale at sd. per pound. New man took him into custody, and seized the coffee. The prisoner said he was met by a man who gave him a shilling to carry the coffee. The constable afterwards found 50 lbs. of sugar concealed in the prisoner's stable, which he also seized. Mr. Charles Young, for the prisoner, said the sugar could not be made the subject of a pro secution under the Act of Parliament, with which the magistrate coincided. The coffee was a job lot, and bought of a grocer for sd. per lb. The prisoner dealt in sugar bags, coffee barrels, tea chest tins, and other things called in the trade grocers' " empties," and it was a pity he perverted the truth by telling a lie, when questioned by Newman. Mr. Young then called Mr. Edward Kirk, a corn dealer, who said the prisoner always bore the reputation of an honest, straightforward man. Nathan Nicholas, 36 H, said the prisoner was an honest, sober, and industrious persevering man. David Grer, 28 H reserve, gave the prisoner a similar character. Mr. Paget believed the coffee was stolen. A grocer had stated it was worth 10d. per pound, and the prisoner asked but sd. for it. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful 'possession of the coffee, which he de clared to be forfeited. THE IRISH AMBULANCE AUTHORITIES.—At the. Bow street Police Court Patrick Macdonald, one of the mana gers of the French and Irish Ambulance Corps, was charged with violating the Gth section of the Foreign Enlistment Act. The prisoner, and two men named Cotter and O'Hagan, had an office in Bolt-court, Fleet-street. Edwin Henry Page, sailor, stated that he was engaged there, it being stated that his duties would be to carry the wounded off the field. He and seventy others embarked in the John Bull, but, on arriving at Havre, they were toll there was no ambulance corps, and they would have to fight. Witness refused, and returned home by'the aid of the British Consul. Sir Thomas Henry refused to accept bail, as it appeared to him that seventy persons had been defrauded. The pri soner was remanded. Warrants are out against O'Hagan and Cotter. GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT. —At the West Kent Quar ter Sessions Robert Charles buncombe Shafto was charged with maliciously damaging a first-class railway carriage on the South-Eastern Railway. On the 10th of January the prisoner and another person, who were both drunk, travelled in a first-class carriage from Charing. cross to Dover. At Tunbridge Junction the carriage was seen to be uninjured, but when the train arrived at its destina tion the carriage was found to have been completely wrecked —the elbow rest had been torn away and thrown out, and the cushions and foot-warmer, and the carriage very mate rially damaged. The prisoner was committed for trial at the Dover Sessions, but it was found that the magistrates there had no jurisdiction. • He then went on the Conti nent, and upon his return was apprehended at his father's house at Durham, about three weeks since. Mr. Barrow, on behalf of the prisoner, expressed his contrition, and offered to pay the whole of the damages and costs of the prosecution, and give one hundred guineas to the funds of the railway guards of the company. The court sen tenced the prisoner to one mouth's imprisonment as a 1 first-class misdemeanant. Mr. George Moir, LLD., the eminent lawyer and literary writer, died rather suddenly on Wednesday after noon at his residence in Edinburgh. The South London Press states that the detective police have received information of the existence of three •baby-farming establishments in Peckham, and very shortly the owners of those establishments will be arrested and brought before the magistrates. The mail and passenger service to Australia and New Zealand by the new route, via San Francisco, which was commenced in May last under a temporary postal contract with the Colonial Government, will, it is an nounced, be continued under a permanent arrangement ; and a superior class of beats, it is said, will replace those now plying between the coasts of California and Australia. CONSERVATIVE DEMO N STRAT lON. n Thursday evening a Conservative gathering was held at Bucking ham, the occasion being the invitation of M. Du Pr 4, M.P., to the Conservative electors of that division to a dinner at the Town-halL Upwards of 200 were present, among whom were Mr. J. G. Hubbard, Admiral Sir J. D. Hay, Colonel Pratt, Captain Fremantle, Mr. Egerton Hubbard, Rev. W. F. Norris, Rev. C. Coker, the Mayor of Buckingham, Mr. J. K. Fowler, and most of the Con servatives of the district. The speeches were almost entirely complimentary and non-political. THE ROYAL BETROTHAL.—There is one criticism upon the Royal Marriage Act, 12 Geo. 111., c. 11, which may be made, and which seems to us to shew that the Act must be amended at a future date. The ouly de scendants of George 11. exempt from the Act are " the issue of princesses who may . have married, or may here after marry, into foreign families." Therefore the chil dren of the Crown Princess of Prussia, of Princess Louis of Hesse, of Princess Christian of Schleswig- Holstein, and of the Princess Teck will be exempt from the act. But 'as the Marquis of Lorne cannot be held to be a member of a foreign family, it would seem that the issue of his marriage with the Princess Louise will be sub ject to the act, and that the Crown may, at a future day, enjoy the right to dictate its wishes as to any matrimonial alliance.songht to be formed by the house of Campbell.— La:w Journal. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The United Service. Gazette says—The First Lord of the Admiralty—whose health, we are happy to say, is much improved—Sir Sydney Dacres, K.O. 8., Captain Lord John Hay, RN. , C. B. , Mr. Lushington, Second Secretary, and Mr. Wolley, Chief Clerk, are at their official posts at the Admiralty. Lord Camperdowu, Sir Spencer Robinson, K. C. 13., and Mr. Baxter are not in town. Captain C. Murray Aynsley is the officer selected by the Admiralty to command H.M.S. _Monarch, vice Captain Comerell, C. 8., V.C., appointed as Commodore in command of the squadron on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa station.—The Royal Engineers have lost no less than five subaltern officers by drowning within the last four months.—Lieu tenant-General the Hon. James Lindsay, Inspector-Ge neral of the Reserve Forces, has returned from Canada, where he has been specially engaged for some months past, and resumed his duties at the War Office. The Army and Navy Gazette says ;—Mr. E. J. Reed, C. 8., late Chief Constructor or the Navy, caught a severe cold in returning from the court-martial at Portsmouth to Manchester, and has ever since been confined to his room with a severe attack of rheumatics, from which he is but very slowly recovering.—The iron-clad ship Hercules is to be taken into dock at Portsmouth forthwith with a view of having her centre of gravity positively ascertained. Staff Assistant-Surgeon W. Collins, M.D., has been selected to fill the vacancy amongst the medical officers of the Brigade of Guards caused by the death of Assistant-Surgeon H. Turner, Scot,' Fusiliers. Dr. Collins, it will be remembered took first place at the competitive examination of the Army Medical Depart ment in October, 1866. He has since served in Canada, and Was recently attached to the Ist Life Guards. The Broad Arrow says :—" With reference to the unfor tunate fracas in an infantry regiment on which we recently commented, we now learn that the Horse Guards have peremptorily called on the Major, who, by-the-bye, was the aggrieved party, to go on half-pay, notwithstand ing that he has at length expressed his readiness to stand a court-martial." NEWS FROM THE DIAMOND FIELDS. The diamond discoveries on the Orange Vaal River (according to news by the last mail) con'inued progress ing and large numbers of persons were flocking to the diamond fields. About 7,000 diggers were at work there, and there was a prospect of a town springing up on the river. Some more very large gems had been found. The Colonial Gcvernment had interfered in the dispute about the ownership of the diamond fields. The Freestate and Transvaal Republics were cautioned against encroaching on the terri tories of the native allies of the colony. British magis trates were to be appointed pending other arrangements. The native chiefs of Waterboer, to whom the whole country originally belonged, had denied having sold the part in dispute, and there was every probability of the whole of the diamond-fields becoming British. The chiefs were desirous of giving up their claim on the ground as they were quite unable to maintain a suitable govern ment. Some of the colonial towns were being depopu lated to an inconvenient extent by the exodus to the diamond fields. The Graaf Reinet Herald publishes some statements made by Mr. T. E. Colling, who has been at the diamond fields for two months. In about eight days Mr. Hond had paid nearly £30,000 for diamonds. The original kopje had so far proved to be the richest • and it was stated by the diggers that at least £ lOO , OOO worth had been taken from it. Mr. Hond, however, believes the value to be much more. Mr. Coiling believes that a majority of the diamonds found at the Pniel station are registered. He himself had seen 60 diamonds registered in one day. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Lowe have left town on a visit to the Right Hon. G. J. and Mrs. Goschen, at Seacox-heath, Hurst-green. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and family are expected to leave town on or about the Sth of the ensuing month for Sandringham. A. statement is current that an eminent London publisher has offered £lO,OOO for the exclusive right, for ten years, of publishing . the revised version of the Bible now in progress. It is stated that the Bishop of Winchester has consented to become patron of all those branches of the British and Foreign Bible Society in his diocese where Bishop Sumner occupied the same office. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Mary Emma Pitt to be one of her Majesty's Maids of Honour in Ordinary, in the room of Lady Florence Catherine Seymour, resigned.—Gazette. Au Elinburgh correspondent states that there has been an increase of fever lately in that city. Scarlet fever lingers in the crowded parts of the city; but fever of the relapsing type has been more frequently met with. The decrease of barometrical pressure on Satur day has extended to all our coasts, and readings are now rather lirwer than they were, except at the south-east stations, where they have recovered. Temperature has risen except at Valencia from 11 degrees to 13 degrees in the North of Scotland. It is now very uniform between 50 degrees and 53 degrees. The wind has freshened somewhat in the west, but light to moderate breezes from between south and west are now prevalent throughout the British Isles. Rain has fallen except in the south and south-east, rather heavily at Pembroke and Greencastle. The sky is very cloudy. The sea is moderate in the south and west, and nearly calm elsewhere. Lrums lowered in Ireland. A FANCY COSTUME.—An Adelaide paper gives the following description of a dress worn by the mayoress of that city at a fancy ball given in the town-hall of Mel bourne :---` The costume was composed of all the golden hues of a southern clime in cashmeres, from an original design by Mr. Tolley, of Palmer and Tolley. The under skirt of white cashmere was enriched with a broad band of scarlet and gold. The tunic of sapphire blue cashmere, denticulated at the bottom trimmed at spaces with amber velvet and bordered with black, on which were embroidered in gold the names of the princi pal mines of South Australia—Barossa across the front, its chief gold field ; Moonta on the next compartment, and Almanda towards the back, , representing silver. Oii t c h o ep prl g rlit side was a broad plait of black velvet, enriched at the foot with a gold embroidery, above which was emblazoned the arms of the city of Adelaide. The corsage was composed of amber velvet, finished round the top with a band of the same material in black, on which were embroidered in gold at the back, ' Commerce,' and on the front, ' Ad vance, Australia,' fastened with a filagree copper brooch encircled with pearls, the ear-drops corresponding. On the left breast was the Southern Cross in blue velvet, embossed with silver stars, the waist being encircled in a black velvet belt, richly embroidered in gold, and fastened on the left side with the royal arms. On the neck was worn a costly neglig4e of gold, with pendants of malachite, alternating with Adelaide tokens. Around this charming toilette was a graceful drapery of scarlet cashmere, falling in rich folds under the left arm, and fastened on the right shoulder with golden olives, the drapery surrounded by wool of the colony, above which was a band of gold lace, and on the left shoulder a sheaf of Siberian wheat tied with red, white, and blue. The headdress was composed of a mag nificent wreath of grapes, oranges, and blossoms, pomegranates, myrtle, olive, and sprays of copper, and bees representing honey, all emblematic of the products of the country. The centre was surmounted by the city arms, and from the back depended a flowing veil of golden tulle. To complete this costume a golden staff was carried in the hand, with a sheaf of natural wheat to crown it, tied with the red, white, and blue ; below which was a collection of fruit and flowers corresponding with the - head-dress, finishing about half-way down with prize wheat of the province." was signed, Lord Derby - explitined the guarantee to Luxembourg, and made out that it meant very little if anything. But no man of business would commit for tune to difficult and dubious engagements like this, and no nation should commit its honour. There is an ugly dilemma as to them, Either they mean much, and then they are impel-twit contracts, which may bring us into trouble hereafter; or they mean nothing, and then no one will ask for them, and they won't be given. The fact of our being asked for a guarantee, and of a great European peace being made upon it, would prove that the guarantee so given was most important, and that it would impose on us serious duties, if not involv a us in grave duties hereafter. It io said that no evils have arisen now, but, on the contrary, great blessings—that we have not been involved in war by our guarantees of Belgium and Luxembourg, and that in consequence of it those countries, which must otherwise have shared this war, have all through it been as happy and calm as England. Why, it is said, should a guarantee given to Alsace and Lorraine be more hurtful? and why is it not equally beneficial? But you might as well argue that the safety•valve of an engine might be closed up, because the rest of the engine had no holes. The reason why Belgium and Luxemburg have not now been disturbed is that the combatant nations had Alsace and Lorraine to fight in. If you guarantee them too, a slip of "guaranteed" territory will run between France and Germany all the way from the sea to Switzerland, which is itself guaranteed, or " neutra lised." Between the two nations now fighting there will be a belt of charmed land for the future ; and they cannot fight without crossing it. But who can doubt that one or the other would cross it some time, and then one of OP r guarantees—no matter which—must be performed by thk guarantor? THE FRENCH PLAN OF DEFBNCE. The Spectator believes the Government of France, shortly after the Revolution, devised a distinct plan of operations. Swayed mainly by Trochu, who is a regular soldier, by Gambetta, who appreciates military facts, and, as we suspect, by Rochefort, who, it seems clear, in spite of his history, has that cool sense which sometimes belongs to the aristocratic Reds, and some military skill, they decided on a definite plan of operations from which they have not yet swerved. This plan was to provision and defend Paris, which General Trochu, with Todle ben's opinion before him, knew to be very strong, and drill its population into an army fit to take the field. Meanwhile, an outside Government, to be formed out of the Committee of Defence, was to organise armies in the North, in the Loire. valley, and in the South, with Lyons for centre. To make these armies of any use, however, it was necessary to equip them ? and this was and is the difficulty of the Republicans. To ask men to face modern artillery with rifles only is like asking them to face thunderbolts with brickbats; no private persons possess any, and the manufacture of guns, shells, and gun carriages in a hurry and without the regular appliances, is an enormous undertaking. A fighting army wants thousands of shells a day. It was, however, necessary to manufacture them, and to teach gunners ; and for all these purposes it was indispensable to gain time, and to abstain whenever possible from fighting. This plan, which seems to us stri kingly reasonable, has been carried out in Paris with „,e-reat M determination, General Trochu, as he writes to the ayor of Paris on the 15th inst., refusing to waste strength in sorties—which without artillery must be fruitless—and devoting himself to the multiplication of field-pieces. How he is doing this we cannot tell, but we entertain a shrewd suspicion that as Paris is a depot of bronze, and has a whole population of bronze-founders, besides several iron foundries like that of Cail and Co., at La Villette, the General is restlessly casting the " Indian " bronze nine-pounder, with a shell which bursts on impact, instead of a shell with a fuse, and that he begins to see land in his manufacture. He has two things against him—the possible exhaustion of his supplies of food, about which he knows everything and nobody else anything ; and the extreme difficulty of improvising gunners. However, there must be a great many old artillerymen in Paris; be has 15,000 sailors who can work the fort guns, he has all the omnibus horses, and his plan is, on the whole like all he does,—sensible, I definite, and business-like. le may be totally defeated ; but he may also fight a battle which would raise the siege and secure a moderately just peace. The external Govern ment has been pressed by the same or even greater diffi culties, the incessant retreats depressing the spirits of the men ; but it is . clear that Gambetta adheres to the plan, and that it has been accepted by the Generals. The conscription, which fell due this week, has produced in all unoccupied departments a full draft of strong lads, and time being granted, and some reasonable amount of luck—whatever luck may be—it is by no means impos sible that Baron von Moltke, who has formally warned Germany of the " excessive difficulty" of the problem of taking Paris, though he despises the irregular levies now being collected, may have very severe work to do, work which will incline him to moderation. The Premier and Earl Granville still remain in town. The Speaker will issue his writ for the Colchester election on Thursday next. The Dublin police have seized a Snider rifle, two revolvers, a bayonet, a battle-axe, two bullet moulds, and a quantity of Fenian literature in the house of a labourer, named Monson, residing in Wood-street. Monson and his son were arrested. Mr. Henry Jeffreys Bushby, barrister-at-law, of the Home Circuit, and Recorder of Colchester, has been appointed a police magistrate for the metropolitln dis trict, and will fill the vacant seat at the Worship-street Police Court. The Archdeacon of Taunton, writing on the 20th from East Brent, says :—" I am recovering from my late very heavy relapse, but am absolutely interdicted from doing anything or thinking about any manner of business for the six months to come." Three hundred mule spinners have struck work at Heywood because the masters refused to give an advance of five per cent., which was promised twelve months ago if trade revived, a reduction to that amount being then made. Five mills are thus stopped, and eleven are affected by the strike. A member of the Dublin [rish Ambulance Corps has sent home from Havre an account of the doings of that body. The man himself was presented with the badge of honour on the first day, and on the second was made sergeant-major, having charge of the. whole division. His pay is five francs a day. The Broad Arrow demands a plain answer to the following question :—ls it or is it not true that the stores at Portsmouth are insufficient for the fitting out for active service of even the smallest squadron, and that a ruinous delay would be the consequences of any imme diate necessity arising for such a supply?" Master W. F. Pollock, who has succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of the late Chief Baron Sir F. Pollock, attended on Friday, at the Judges' Chambers as Vacation Master of the Court of Exchequer, and disposed of a number of summonses. The learned gentlemen has adopted the title of " Sir F. Pollock." The death is announced of the Countess of Eg mont at the age of seventy-five. She was the daughter of Mr. John Hornby, of Hook House, Hampshire, and was married to the Earl of Egmont (who was formerly M.P. for West Surrey from 1837 to 1840) in 1819. THE MARRIAGE OF THE DIKE OF CAMRRIDGE.— A contemporary says-- Parallel with the marriage of Princess Louise with a subject, is the question of recog nising the marriage of the Duke of Cambridge. A correspondent has already suggested that, after the precedent about to be set in the case of the approaching royal marriage, there can be no reasonable objection to urge against the retrospective acknowledgment of this union. If legal hindrances exist, there is a fine opportunity for the country to 'shew its good taste and its goodwill towards an estimable lady, by as speedily as possible removing them. Thus the marriage of our Prin cess and the Marquis of Lorne will really appear the inauguration of a principle rather than a mere solitary exception to an established rule.