The Sun. — London, England, 1870-10-26 00:00:00

ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. —THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GREEN BUSHES, on ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Miami, Madame Celeste ; supported by Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. C. Sonnet, and Mr. Charles Wilmot. And THE MILLINERS' HOLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Eliza Johnstone. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—This EVENING, at 7, A KISS in the DARK. At 7.80, THE LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Kendal, and Rogers. Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, Fanny Gwynne, and Fosbroke. After which UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal, Mr. Rogers, and Miss Robertson. Concluding with NO SONG NO SUPPER. Miss Fanny Wright, Miss Fanny Gwynne ; Messrs. Weathersby, Osborne, and Clark. R 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. M ess rs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque, " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Baulky, Lee, Goodall, ex. ST. JA M E S's T HEAT R E.--Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.—This Evening at Eight, will be presented (for the tenth time in England) Victorien Sardou's great 'play, FERNANDE, revised by Sutherland Ed wards, Esq. Act I. Rescued Act 11. Loved. Act 111. Won. Act Triumphant. Cha racters by Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and Lionel Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie Brough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin Misses Marian Inch and 11. Everard, At 8, FEB,NANDE. At 10.30, ONLY D, by John Oxenforcl Esq. Messrs. Young and Grainger ; Misses Adair and Tarner.—During the vacation the family circle has been recon structed and decorated.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. - Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montagne, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING. Mr. David James. After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful Burlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Any Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. ir AD AME T USS AU D'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait 11Iodel Princes Emperor Noln 111 , the Empress Eugenie, and lmperial ; King William of Prussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.• Children under 10 years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from a.m, till 10 p.m. FRENCH GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT LOAN. £10,000,000 in Redeemable Six per Cent. Bonds, of £2O, £100,3 £5OO, and £l,OOO each. Payable, Interest and Principal, in London in Pounds Sterling ; or in France, at the Exchange of 25 Francs, at the option of the Holders. PRICE OF ISSUE £B5 per £lOO. Messrs. J. S. MORGAN and Co. are duly authorised by the French Government for the National Defence, to offer the above Loan for Public Subscription. The Loan will be issued in England and Franco. It will be represented by Bonds to Bearer, in amounts of £2O, £lOO, £5OO, and £l,OOO (and the equivalent in France at 25 francs per £ sterling). The Bonds will carry interest at the rate of 6 per cent per an num, from Ist October, 1870, payable half-yearly (on Ist April and Ist October) at the option of the holders, in London (at the counting-house of Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co.), in sterling, or in France (at the Treasury in Paris, and at the Tr6soriers Payeur-Gdn6raux in the Departments), at the exchange of 25, francs. The Government reserve the right to redeem the Bonds by paying off the Loan at par at any time during its currency on giving six months' previous notice, suoh notice to expire on one of the days fixed for the payment of the half-yearly interest coupon. If the Government do not exercise the above right of redemp tion, and until they do so, the Loan will be redeemed by lot in 34 years from April, 1873, by means of an accumulating Sink ing Mind, The drawings for redemption (oommencing January, 1873), will take place annually, in London, at the counting-house of Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., in the presence of a representative•of the French Government. Notice of the numbers of the Bonds drawn for reimbursement will be advertised in English and French journals immediately after the annual drawings, and the drawn bonds will be paid off at par on the Ist April following. The Subscription Price is 485 per £lOO, payable by instalments, as follows 5 per cent on Application, 15 „ „ Allotment, 20 „ „ Ist December, 1870, 20 „ „ 2nd January. 1871, 25 „ „ Ist February, 1871. Payments in anticipation of unpaid instalments may be made on allotment, or on either of the above dates, under discount at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. In default of payment of the respective instalments at their due dates, all previous payments will be liable to forfeiture. Applications must be made in the annexed Form, but no ap plication will be entertained unless accompanied by a de posit of £5 per cent. on the nominal amount of the Bonds ap plied for. Where no allotments are made the amount deposited will be returned. In cases of allotment the deposit will be applied in whole or part, as the case may be, to thepayment of the amount due on allotment. Scrip Certificates to bearer will be exchanged against Allot ment Letters as soon as possible. Bonds (in the annexed form) signed by a Delegate duly em powered by the French Government for the National Defence will be provided with all possible dispatch. The General Bond (to which is annexed the original powers, conferring on the Government Delegate special authority to make the Loan), will be deposited by Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. in the Bank of England. 22, Old Broad-street, London, MC., 25th October, 1870. FRENCH GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT. LOAN. £10,000,000 Sterl ng, or Francs 250,000,000. Agents—J. S. MORGAN & CO., LONDON. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Clement Laurier, Director General Delegate of the Ministry of the Interior of the Government of the National Defence of France, duly authorised by powers specially conferred on him by the French Government, sends Greeting. Whereas the Government has conferred on the undersigned Clement Laurier, as their Special Delegate, power to contract the said Loan, and to issue Bonds representing the same on the terms and conditions hereinafter contained. Be it therefore known that I, the said Clement Laurier, having due regard to the powers and authorities vested in me, hereby declare that the French Government has for the urgent purposes of the _French nation, and in their name and on their behalf, contracted and raised a Loan of £10,000,000 sterling, or 250,000,000 of francs, to be represented in Special Bends of £2O sterling or 500 francs ; £lOO sterling, or 2,500 francs ; £5OO sterling or 12,500 franca ; and £l,OOO sterling or 25,000 francs ; and I do hereby bind and oblige the French nation and the Government thereof to the due and punctual payment of the interest and sinking fund for redemption of the said Bonds, and on behalf and in the name of the Government of France, I do declare that the Bearer hereof is entitled to the sum of sterling or francs, part of the said Loan, and that this is a Special Bond for that amount bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum from the Ist day of October, 1870, the conditions of the said Loan being as follows First. That the French Government will, during the currency of the said Loan, duly and punctually remit to London by equal semi-annual payments to Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., imp as to be in their hands at least fifteen days previous to the periods respectively fixed for the payment of Interest on the Bonds, the sum of £600,000, or 15,000,000 of franc's, without any deduction whatever, and exempt from all taxes, duties, or imposts, now or hereaftermade, levied, or charged by or on behalf of the nation Pi France, or the Government thereof. Second. That, in -addition to the said semi-annual payments before mentioned, the French Government will from and including the year 1873, and thenceforward to the period at which the whole of the Bonds shall have been redeemed and paid off, duly and punctually remit by annual instalments io London, to Messrs. 1. S. Morgan and Co., so as to be in their hands at least fifteen days previous to the Ist day of April in each year, the sum of £95,000, or 2,875,000 francs, without any deduction whatever and exempt from all taxes, duties, or imposts now or hereafter made, levied, or charged by or on behalf of the nation of Francs, or the Government thereof. Third. That interest on the Loan, or on so much thereof as shall from time to time remain unredeemed, shall be paid (against delivery of the interest coupon annexed hereto) at the rate of Six per cent per annum, on the Ist day of April and the Ist day of October in every year, such payments to be made at the option of the bearer in London, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., or in France, at the Treasury, in Paris, and in the Departments at the Bureau of the "Trdsoriers Payeurs Gensraux," the first half-yearly payment of interest to be made on the Ist - - . . . day of April, 1871 Fourth. That the said sum of £95,000, or 2,375,000 francs, toge ther with such portion of the said sum of £600,000, or 15,000,000 francs, as from time to time shall not be required to meet the payment of interest as before mentioned, shall be employed annually on the Ist day of April in redeeming the Loan at par. Fifth. That the Bonds to be redeemed shall he determined by Lot, at the Counting-house, in London, of Messrs. J. S. Morgan, and Co., in the presence of a representative of the French Government, of a representative of the said Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., and of a Notary Public, in the month of January in each year, the first drawing by lot to take place in the month of January, 1873. Sixth. That the distinctive number of the Bonds drawn shall immediately after such drawing be advertised in two of the principal papers published in London, and in the official Government journal in France, and the principal of the Bonds drawn with the interest (if any) due thereon, shall be paid (against delivery of such Bonds with all unmatured interest coupons) without charge or deduction in London, at the counting-house of the said Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. in pounds sterling or at the option of the bearer, in France! at the Treasury in Paris, and in the Departments at the Bureau of the " Trfisoriers Payeurs G6n6raux," in francs at the exchange of 25 francs per sterling. Seventh. That all Bonds drawn by lot shall be payable on the first day of April which shall follow such drawing and shall cease to bear interest after that date. Eighth. That the Bonds paid off with all the remaining Interest Coupons attached thereto shall, after such payment, be annulled and cancelled in the presence of a representative of the French Government, of Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., and of a Notary Public. Ninth. That the interest of the Loan shall be paid and the re demption of the principal shall take place as well in time of war as of peace, and whether the holders be subjects of a friendly or a hostile State. And if a foreigner be holder of any Bonds the same shall pass to his representatives in the order of succession established by the law of the country of which he was a subject, and the said Bonds shall be and are hereby expressly declaied to be exempt from seizure or sequestration for any claims or demands of the French Government, or by any parties in the French dominion. Tenth. A right is reserved to the Government of France at any time during the currency of the Loan of repaying the same at par, provided that in the event of the Government avail ing itself of such right it shall give notice thereof by inser tion in two of the principal newspapers published in London and in the Official Journal in France six months previous to the Ist April or Ist October, and the redemption of the Loan by payment of the amount thereof at par (against delivery of the Bonds representing the same with the then un matured Interest Coupons) shall be made together with the payment of the current half-yearly Interest coupon. And these Presents further witness that I the said Clement Laurier, by virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me as aforesaid, do hereby bind the French Nation and the Govern ment thereof to perform faithfully and punctually all and every the foregoing engagements and conditions, and to that effect I hereby declare all the revenues and resources of the State and Nation of France pledged, oharged, and hypothecated. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the French Government for the National Defence the day of , 1870. We hereby certify that the above is the signature of Clement Laurier. Agents for the Loan. The Bonds of this Loan are divided thus : Bonds of £2O or 500 francs, Nos. Ito —£ or francs Bonds of £lOO or 2,500 „ „ to —£ „ Bonds of £5OO or 12,500 „ „ to —£ „ Bonds of £l,OOO or 25,000 „ „ to —£ , _____ f__4_ Total .. £ or francs FRENCH GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT. LOAN. FORM OF APPLICATION. To Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. Gentlemen, I hereby request that you will allot me £ nominal amount - of the above Loan, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any smaller amount that may be allotted to me, and to pay the balance due in respect of such Allotment, according to the conditions of your Prospectus of the 25th Oc tober, 1870. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Signature .. ... Address in full ... FRENCH GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT. LOAN. RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT No. (To be retained by Applicant). RECEIVED October, 1870, of the sum being a deposit of £5 per cent. on application for of the above loan. For J. 8. Morgan and Co., F RENCH GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT. LOAN. The undersigned Agents for the above LOAN, beg to notify that the LIST of APPLICATIONS will CLOSE THIS DAY for Town, and TO-MORROW (Thursday) for the Country. J. S. MORGAN tic CO. 22, Old Broad-street, London, 26th October, IS7O OPERA COMIQUE. ,7. Grand lEntrance, 299, Lessees : Messrs. LESLIE, STEELE: iirid NORTON. This new and beautiful Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY, October 29th, for the production of. FRENCII PLAYS, with the incomparable Mdlle. DEJAZET, and her entire company of Comedians from the Theatre Dejazet. Seats may be secured at the Theatre and all the Libraries. Paris : Mr. George L. Pendar, Acting Manager. OPERA COMIQUE.—Entr6e Principale, 299, k-/ . _ Strand. _ _ Direeteurs : Messrs. LESDIE, STEELE, et NORTON. Co nouveau et magnifique th6atio OUVRIRA SAMEDI, 29 Octobro, pour production de PIECES FRANCAISES, avec l'incomparable artiste, Mille. DEJAZET, et sa Compagnie EntiOre de Com6diens du Th6atre D6jazet, Paris. GLOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND.—Manageress, Miss ALLEYNE. Great Success of TAMING OF THE SHREW—Katherine, Miss. Alleyne; Petruchio, Mr. Fairclough. GLOBE THEATRE.—MARCO SPADA, and TAMING OF THE SHREW, every Evening. eiLOBE THEATRE.—MARCO SPADA at 7, kit TAMING OF THE SHREW at 2, with BOARD AND RESIDENCE. fl LOBE THEATRE.—Aahnowledged to be the T Prettiest Theatre in London. Ballets arranged by Mr. Milano, encored every night. Beautiful Scenery and Dresses. PEEP 0' DAY.—Grand Irish Romantic Drama,* written by Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING (Wednesday), Oct. 26.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. -wAtll "DEEP 0' DAY.—The PATTERN FAlR.—lrish Jig and Faction Fight, illustrated by 200 Men, Women, and Children.—PßlNOFSS'S THEATRE. PEEP 0' DAY.—The OLD QUARRY, or FOIL DHUlV.—Startling Sensation Scene, THIS EVENING (Wednesday), Oct. 20.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THE GREAT ClTY.—Grand Realistic Drama, in Two Acts, written by Andrew Halliday, THIS EVEN ING (Wednesday), Oct. 26.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. SIEGE OF PARlS.—Colossal Maps, Models. Living Photographs of the French and Prussian Generals, by Herr Schulze. DAILY, from twelve noon till ten p.m. Ad mission ls. Children 6d.--PALAIS .ROYAL, Argyll-street, xford-circus, W. T IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of kJ the past nine months the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 542 lives from various ship wrecks and 29 vessels from destruction. It has also expended £17,428 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £1,640 for rewards. The Institution has now 223 Lifeboat Stations under its management. _ _ _ Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by the London and County bankers, and by the Secre tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John Street, Adelphi, London. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ), £HE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES,t AND .114 Ll MOSES and SON'S . WINTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public o that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is 'considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho:ise in England. 10 MOSES and SON'S OXFORD COATS, 17s, to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s, to. 50s. KERTCH JA.OKETS, 158. to 4a s. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 60s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s. FMOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system • of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with the guarantee of a faultless fit. 1" MOSES and SON'S 44. FROCK COATS, 245. to 03s. D RESS COATS, 258. to 60s. MORNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. Ljo4l MOSES and SON invitra special attention a to their large stock of GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. E MOSES and SON'S B OYS' UOTBEW: KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, Os. 6d, to 40s. - WON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. lIRIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 255. to (335. Ti MOSES-and SON supply every description of 'j • clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in. Plain Figures. Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COIINTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. r riI.EATRE ROYAL DRI; ItY-LA N E.—Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ua,tp RA.N.--This Theatre having been re-decorated under the .`" 'don of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A. is now Open for the AUTUMN DRAMATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Oct. 26. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half - past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. -mlss NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, THIS EVENING, Oct. 26.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Ai R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitlei AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Oct. 26.—THEATRE ROYAL DRUM Y-LANE. PHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated YOKES. FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 26.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday • founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel "Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 26—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Yokes, Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Yokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 26—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. A MY ROBSART ; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Voices, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN ING, Oct. 26. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and lA_ Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor mack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling at a Quarter to Eight THISAEVENING, Oct. 26. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ADOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. W. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. MORNING PERFORMANCE.—AMY ROB SART.—In answer to numerous applications from parties residing in the suburbs, it is respectfully announced that a Special Morning Performance of this Grand Historical Drama will be given on WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9. Children and Schools admitted at reduced prices to the following parts of the theatre —First circle, dress circle, and stalls. Doors open at half-past One, commence at Two. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. IHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1870. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1870. LONGFELLOW, in his noble poem of "The Saga of King Olaf" puts in the mouth of the war-god Trion, among other cries of exultation, these— The light thou beholdest Stream through the heavens, In flashes of crimson, Is but my red beard Blown by the night-wind, Affrighting the nations I MAUPERTUIS, writing in the earlier half of the eighteenth century, and describing the Northern Lights he himself had often witnessed, during his Norwegian travels, spoke of them thus— " Sometimes," he says, " they line a part of the sky with scarlet. On the 18th of December I saw a phenomenon of this kind that in the midst of the wonders to which I was every day accustomed ex cited my admiration. To the south a great part of the sky appeared tinged with so lively a red that the whole constellation of Orion looked as if it had been steeped in blood. The moon shone brightly, but did not in the least efface it. In this country where there are lights of so many:different colours, I never saw more than two that were red, and such are taken for presages of some gnat misfortune. After all," adds the great French philosopher, with a generous readiness to palliate the extravagances to which popular supersti tions often run, " when people gaze at these phe nomena with an unphilosophic eye, it is not sur prising if they discover in them armies engaged, fiery chariots, and a thousand other pro digies." Supposing, for example, there had streamed across the night-sky, more or less all over England, seven or eight weeks ago, instead of late on the 24th of October, the magnificent spectacle witnessed here by multitudes on Monday evening—the red beard of the old Scandinavian war-god blown across the heavens, in flashes of crimson and carmine and scarlet, would have seemed more to harmonize with the horrible slaughter then deluging the earth with blood at Sedan and, before Sedan, upon the other earlier fields of carnage. News of the nego tiations opened by England, with the assent, if not the actual concurrence of the other great neutral powers, had only just become known amongst us, when this portent in the sky became visible. Strangely enough, how ever, while the heavens were aflame with the northern lights—when the shy was blood-red from the zenith to the eastern and western horizon (appearances described a hundred and fifty years ago by the French philosopher MAIIPERTUIB as " taken for presages of some great misfortune") the news was hastening to us that these last auspi cious suggestions of an armistice had come to nothing, by reason of Prussia peremptorily requiring that France should consent, on principle, to a cession of territory ! Surely, to all Europe, a great and grievous misfortune indeed ! A misfortune almost terrible enough to be presaged by those crimson flashes across the heavens. THE announcement made by the Berlin correspon dent of the Times will take no one by surprise. Tele graphing on Monday evening, he says, " The latest suggestions concerning an armistice come to nothing, in consequence of Prussia demanding that France should consent, on principle, to a cession of terri tory." This "principle "it seemed too probable that France would not concede, and it was for this reason that the Times seemed to us to be in error when it vehemently called upon Government to do something. It may be that even now a favourable change will take place, but this does not at the time we are writing, seem probable. The fact is France is now, as Mr. GREG has said in his second letter to the Pall Mall Gazette, the victim of the "Nemesis of Falsehood." When, after the battles of the first week in August, the French Government ceased to tell the truth, and whether Imperial 'or Republican, published a succession of lying despatches, the authorities tried an experiment which is always danger ous, and 'which is not seldom fatal. Even when the newly-established Government of National Defence did for a few hours speak the truth, and announced to Paris the capitulation of MACMAHON and the imprisonment of NAPOLEON, the effect which a knowledge of the truth should have pro duced did not follow, The French nation did not see that it had been beaten. It saw only in the rout of September Ist the overthrow of a dynasty and the removal of that obstacle which alone prevented France from becoming ultimately victorious. Eight weeks have passed since then, weeks full of disasters : fortresses have surrended (Schlestadt is now added to the list), great cities have been entered. Metz itself we may hear at any moment has fallen. The war is no longer confined to Cham pagne, it has rolled westwards and north wards and southwards into Normandy, Picardy, and the valley of the Loire. The long list of disasters and defeats has not been redeemed by a single decisive victory. The condition of France is abso lutely desperate. There is no part of the country which can reckon upon immunity. The Germans are übiquitous, irresistible. There is absolutely no reason why they should not take the western naval ports of Brest and Cherbourg, attacking them from the land, and thus covering the whole country from Alsace to Bretagne. The Capital has been so strictly invested for six weeks that the inhabitants know nothing of what is going on outside, but flatter themselves with cheating hopes of groat ar mies that are marching to their aid. This invincible ignorance prevents all efforts at peace on the part of the Ministers who are outside the Capital. They dare not, without the consent of Paris, make such a peace as the Germans would accept, and Paris will not give her assent, because she does not know how hopeless is the condition of the whole country beyond her own walls, how powerless the departments are to help her, and, therefore, how desperate her own position is. So long as this ignorance continues, we see no chance of any good result attending an armistice. When the one party insists upon a condition which he is strong enough to enforce, and the other refuses to yield it though too weak to offer an effectual resistance, what common ground have they, and where is there room for the most earnest of mediators ? Even if BISMARCK had not insisted upon the recognition by France of the principle of a cession of territory, we do not see how the negotiations for an armistice could have been brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The object of the armistice was to let the elections to the convention come off. But BISMARCK would most assuredly never have suffered "Elsass " and " Lothringen " to take part in them. He claims them as German terri tory. He declares sarcastically that it is only in those provinces of France that there is any settled Government ; ha means to retain them when the war is over. How, then, could he have per mitted these ELsatians and Lothringers to perform an act which would have established their continuous union with France ? Another lesser difficulty presents itself. If there was to have been an armistice how would the belligerents have arranged with regard to supplying the besieged places ? If Paris had been allowed to take in a fresh supply of provisions this would have been equivalent to the receipt of a reinforcement, and would have been detrimental to the German interests. If that con cession had been denied, then, as the consumption of food would have been going on while the armistice lasted, the Germans would largely have benefited by it at the expense of the Parisians. The same difficulty would have arisen with regard to the other beleaguered places, especially Metz, where famine has been making fearful havoc. Perhaps the diffi culty would have proved more theoretical than practical. If the Germans had signified their willingness to allow the besieged cities to replenish, some of them, at all events, would not have taken advantage of it, for the sufficient reason that there is no food left in the surrounding dis tricts. However that may be, the other objection would, we imagine, have p roved almost insurmount able. What, then, aro the neutral Powers to do ? There is nothing that they can do—nothing even which Professor MAX MuLLEn has recommended in the able letter bearing his initials published by the Times—which they have not been doing already ;—endeavouring to persuade the French that they are uselessly prolonging the war, and must grant the conditions demanded of them by their conquerors, and endeavouring to persuade the victors to be merci ful in this their triumphal hour. If further representa tions are likely to be of any service then, in heaven's name let them be made, and let no fear of a rebuff divert us from the blessed part of peacemakers. But we sadly fear that all such representations are in vain. This last refusal of the French to yield the one con dition which the Germans declare essential will only exasperate the Germans and make them resolved to prove to the French that they must yield what is asked of them. Every unsuccessful attempt at mediation will only embitter the conflict, and harden the victors, because they are once more disappointed of the hope of peace. In proportion to their disap pointment will be the firmness of their resolve that they will make such a peace as shall ensure them against all future attack. We cannot find it in our consciences to say that they are wrong. We can only hope and strive to falsify our own anticipation that the time for successful mediation is not yet. No one would rejoice more than ourselves if swifter electricity should outstep slower penmanship, and if our telegraphic intelligence should contradict the fears which we have expressed in our leading columns. 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Afternoon and Evening. ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties. CREmoßNE,—Fireworks, Ballet, &o. PALMS ROYAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro fessor Faber's Talking Machine- Siege of Pads. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. - ' atg MR. DISRAELPS GENERAL PREFACE. MR, DISRAELI, the novelist, has written his apo logia. It is so interesting that we should like to have the apologia of Mr. DISRAELI the politician. It is in the latter capacity, far more than in the former, that there is room for explanation, However, let us be grateful for what we have, and hope for more another day. We are grateful. We are pleased to find that Mr. DISR kELI is So well pleased. A man who has had five thousand favourable criticisms in the United States, to say nothing of a good many hundreds in the United Kingdom, must, one would have supposed, have been surfeited with this fare. But there was one critic, whose eulogy Mr. DISRAELI desired to have, to wit, Mr. DISRAELI. And so we find him contemplating with serene satisfaction the " eminent personage" who has amused and instructed British youth. There is a MORDECAI in the gate, however; more than one, we fear, for we are told that "there are critics who, abstractedly, do not approve of successful books, par ticularly if they have failed in the same style" (the reader of " Lothair " will recognise in these words the sarcastic description of the critics in that novel) ; "social acquaintances also of lettered taste, and especially contemporaries whose public life has not exactly realised the vain dreams of their fussy existence, would seize the accustomed opportunity of welcoming with affected discrimination about nothing, and elaborate contro versy about trifles, the production of a friend; and there is always, both in politics and literature, the race of the Dennises, the Oldmixons, and Curls, who flatter themselves that by systematically libelling some eminent personage of their times, they have a chance of descending to posterity; but, so far as lam concerned, they have always been disappointed." Let the galled jade of the Quarterly Review wince! Our withers are un wrung. We have always enjoyed Mr. DISRAELI'S novels, not excepting even that "Vivian Grey" of whom its author speaks so slightingly. When Mr. DISRAELI comes to describe the objects of his novels we are taken aghast. We had always read them for amusement, and now we find that they are recondite works full of theology, philosophy, and science, besides politics, and intended for our edification. True, there used to be disquisitions about the Semitic race; but then we used to skip these. Yet now we find that these were the real substantial portions of the book, and that the love-making and the political manoeuvring were all by the way. There is one long paragraph in this apologia which fairly takes our breath away. We find in it the following distin guished persons mentioned—GALlLEO, lIIIIPPAR CHUS, NEWTON, KEPLER, COPERNICUS, PYTHA GORAS, THALES, EPICURUS, also the pro cession of the equinoxes and the atomic theory. All these in one paragraph out of 26, and those 26 a preface to the novels that we used to treat so irrevently ! Henceforth we shall never dare to open the pages of " Coningsby," "Sybil," and " Henrietta Temple," for we feel that we dare no longer be amused, and we are too old to learn.— Western Morning News. TOPICS OF THE DAY. RUSSIA AND THE WAR. Russia is regarding the events on the Continent with a deeper interest than she is commonly sup posed to entertain, and although her politicians aro wise enough to refrain from any expression which would betray their real feelings, it is certain that they view the astounding succession of Prussian victories with alarm, and as ominous of the fate of the Baltic dependencies. The Moscow News, indeed, asks if Europe is fallen so low as to permit Prussia to plant colonies in every kingdom and to establish her pro-consuls where she will. The News reminds its readers that the Germans went to war to defend their territories and have "ended by making millions of white slaves." The journal vigorously denounces Bismarck's theories of foreign conquest and terri torial aggrandisement, " which," it adds, "will doubtless go onward to - their fulfilment as long as Prussia can furnish armed violence to support them." This is another example proving that the Russian people generally are not friendly to Prussia. But with the Government the case is quite different. The CZAR iS on the warmest terms with King WILLIAM; and it is now announced as positive that an alliance was concluded between the two Powers before the war, by which Russia undertook to help the Ger mans if Austria declared for France. THE AMERICANS ON RUSSIAN POLICY. The New York journals are turning their attention to the policy which Russia is pursuing. For some time past they have been aware that Russia was massing her troops on the west and south-west borders, and they are now not surprised to find that Prince Gortschakoff has made a demand upon the great Powers to revise the portion of the Treaty of Paris which shuts the war vessels of Russia from the Black Sea. The meaning of all this seems to be that the Russians see their opportunity and are deter mined not to lose it. Tho American critics believe that might is now on the side of Russia so far as her Southern policy is concerned, and that Great Britain is the only Power which can offer effectual resistance to the conversion of the Black Sea into aßussian lake, and the march of the Russian hordes upon the city of Constantine. The New York, Herald thinks that if Great Britain be wise, her statesmen will endeavour to bring the war to a close. It is only an emphatic voice which is wanting :to bring the belligerents to reason. Great Britain requires a War Minister, who can connect the facts of the future with the claims of the present, and make immediate risks for ultimate good. The English Government is pursuing a short-sighted policy in permitting the . war to con tinue. If peace combinations are not speedily formed, events will take place which may seriously affect the balance of power in Europe. THE BELGIAN PRESS ON THE WAIL. The Belgians are enjoying the enviable position of most neutrals ; they are being attacked by both sides. After being accused of favouring the French prisoners of their fearing the displeasure of the Germans, and, consequently, acting with harshness and injustice towards their enemies, they are now being attacked through the medium of their press. The French journals maintain that the two principal newspapers of the independent little State—L'lnde pendanee Beige and L'Etoile Beige are the devoted adherents of Bismarck. The Prussian Governmentso little shares that opinion that it is con fidently stated a direct official remonstrance has been made on their war articles. The fact of the matter is that the Belgian papers have been impartial and out spoken, probably mistaken in many of their surmises and conjectures, as the best of political prophets have been during this eventful war, but fairly representing the views and sympathies of a people who are not to be misled by their sympathy for the mis fortunes of France, or by their admiration for the successes of Germany, into sanctioning or support ing anything that is opposed to their own sound national constitutionalism. The St. Petersburg Journal has now given them a long moral lecture, starting from a profession of incredulity in the rumoured protest addressed to the Cabinet of Brussels by the Government at Berlin. The Belgian press, says the the Russian journal, is in a position of extreme delicacy, and the neutrality of the nation imposes on its journals the obligation of not taking part with either side if they would not draw upon their country useless hatred. The laws of Belgium punish calumnies and insults against foreign sovereigns, and allow foreigners to prosecute Belgian journals, but they contain nothing which restrains freedom of discussion. Prussia, then, could hardly ask the Belgian Government for what it could not grant. THE FENIANS. The Fenian spirit is still alive in the United States, and from an address just issued by the chief executive officer of the Brotherhood, Mr. Savage, it would appear that it does not cease to meditate treason against the peace and safety of these islands. General O'Neill, although under order of discharge, is at pre sent confined in Windsor Prison, Vermont, and in September his chief friends thought it would revive the somewhat drooping enthusiasm of the friends if they - visited the hero and martyr in an official and demonstrative manner. "An Autho rised• Committee of the Brotherhood represented in convention " accordingly saw the great O'Neill, and the result was that a " well-defined and perfect union" was found to exist between the general and the section of patriots who visited him. Mr. Savage's circular, which begins by informing the world that the ninth convention of the Union has arrived, states that the sympathy found to exist between the chiefs " and the ordinary members " fulfils the emphatically expressed desire of all Irish parties for several years." According to the further detailed opinions of Mr. Savage we are informed that the one true object of Irish patriotism is "the restoration of Irish autonomy;" and that "English domination is the root of Ireland's grievances." The one single aim of the Fenian Society is to raise their brethren in Ireland to the same level of political liberty which is enjoyed in the United States; to put Irishmen, in fact, on an equality with themselves. More moderate Englishmen will be surprised to learn, moreover, from Mr. Savage that the Demo- cratic party in this country, whose favourite haunts are Hyde Park and Trafalgar-square, and occasion ally, Birmingham, are Fenians under another name, and that in his design of separating England from Ireland, Mr. Savage reckons on the support of these men in the labours to be accomplished at this side of the Irish Sea. THE CATTLE PLAGUE ON THE CONTINENT, The cattle plague is extending more and more in France, and is making great ravages. Its progress i 3 all the more rapid and destructive because it is im possible, from the war, to arrest its propagation by any sanitary or preventive measures. It is feared that it will extend throughout the whole of the North of France in the track of the German armies. The Belgians are very uneasy on the subject, and are calling loudly upon their authorities for an active precautionary policy. In Germany itself, where the plague had threatened to be very destructive, it is being mastered, thanks to the exertions made to • curtail its influence. On the road to every village in which the disease has declared itself a post is erected bearing the word "rinderpest" in large letters. Soldiers are stationed near, with orders to let neither man nor beast enter or leave the Tillage without passing through a disinfecting room. By these means the spread of the disease has been arrested, and it has been ascertained that men are more often the means of convoying it than animals. The importation of cattle from the steppes has been prohibited, and the supplies of the armies are drawn from animals slaughtered in their own dis tricts. No more live cattle are brought to the camps. In Transylvania there is no change. Out of 1,495 animals belonging to 68 farmers, 7 23 have been attacked since the outbreak of contagious typhus, of which 222 have died, five have been slaughtered, 480 have been fit for consumption, and 16 are under treatment. The rinderpest has not shewn itself in Hungary during the month of Sep tember, so the prospect in that quarter is more en' con raging. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. The foot and mouth disease has wrought fearful devastation amongst the Cumberland flocks. One anirhal in seven has been afflicted with the complaint• In Cumberland and the neighbouring county of West moreland the aggregate number of cattle attacked was 22,484, although fatal consequences ensued in only 108 cases. But the deaths do not by any means represent the actual loss. It is estimated that the average damage sustained Is £3 per head, or a totality of £D7,400. If we add 10s. per head damage upon 4,300 sheep and 1,34 0 pi gs , the pecuniary loss is swollen to £70,000, and this, be it noted, by a disease preventible and ported. Other parts of the country are by no means tree from the contagion, and in Somorsetshire and Wilts the foot and mouth disease is prevalent to all alarming extent. Unfortunately there is no prospect of mitigating the ravages of the pestilence. THE LATE ALPINE ACCIDENT. On the Gth of September a comparatively large party of travellers, including several Americans and one Scotch clergyman, perished on the top of Mont Blanc. A melancholy souvenir of this event 11 55 been found. After long search the body of 'Mr' Bean, an American, has been discovered, and on his person was a paper, which showed that he had had time before death to record some particulars of the catastrophe. The travellers were overtaken by 5 furious storm and snowdrift at the height of 15,00 0 feet. They managed to gain the shelter of a grotto or cavern in the snow, and there, after passing tw° days, they died of cold. At least, after that tiUl° Mr. Bean was so exhausted that he could write no more. No other body has been found. A WARNING. This week a woman, named Mary Hall, residing ill Camberwell, appeared at one of the metropolitan Polic e , courts to answer a charge of bringing an infan t to a man's house at Peckham and falsely representing it to be his. The case for all parties was an immoral one. The allege(' father, a surveyor of some repute, had bee° living for some years with a woman wilog e o name was stated in court as "Annie Augusta' On Saturday ho left home for Brighton,: and a significant telegram—" a fresh arrival, al', well "—followed him. He repaired to London, an u found that a child had been left at his house , and was announced to be his. A doctor wl‘ 9 called in, and this gentleman found that th e reputed mother of the child had never given birth to it, nor any other infant, at the time. The surveyor's mistress, "Annie Augusta," then sud denly disappeared from his house, and the 1 10 t phase of the drama takes place in the po lice-cour t } where Mary Hall confesses that the real mothe r ° the infant is a person who resides at the Anchor and Hope beerhouse, in tho Commercial-road. Subsequent proceedings on the part of the detectives showed that the woman Hall was connected wit h baby farming, and the extent of her labours may per: haps be guessed when it is mentioned that upw ards 01 200 articles of clothing usually worn by infants were found on her premises. Of course the surveYo rB immoral modo of life is rewarded by the cha r g e of the woman against him ; but is it not very shocking to learn that such conduct as Mary 113111, accused ot, can be shamelessly pursued in th e hear' of a civilised country, in addition to the other llerd ror6 of baby farming ? oft; ord he ) rt fi to Vil hit, i 14 THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGJI r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.