The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-09 00:00:00

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MOSES and SON'S .12J• BOYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUI IS, 9s. 6d. to 40s. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BILGIITON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 258. to 03s I HEATRE ROYAL 1) It L Y-1, E.—Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTRIVTO !C.—This heatre having been re-decorated ruder the dlrection at Mr. T 4. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUTUMN URA MATIO MASON, THIS EVENING, Deo. 9. 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 Your Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till live daily. AMY ROBSART.—Miss VICTORIA. YOKES. In consequence of this lady's great success in the above character on the occasion of Wednesday evening, Nov. 9th, and on Wednesday morning, Nov. 23rd, Mr. Chatterton begs bo announce that MisilTokes will REPEAT the IMPERSONA TION on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, on the occasion o f the BENEFIT FOR THE SUFFERERS OF H.M.S. " THE APTAIN." Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. 11/r NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, SiEVENING, Dec. 9.—TIIEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA KE. 14 R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of LVI VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Dee. 9.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. HOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated I VOICES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Deo. 9.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. /VMY ROBSA RT ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday; founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and ^haracteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock TIIIS EVENING, Deo, 9—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 otlook THIS EVENING, Dec. 9.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, .J. Neville, Fawden, Vokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor , and Fred. Vokes, THIS EVEN ING, Dec. 9.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama. The Overture and Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor nack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Arling at a Quarter to Bight THIS EVBNING, Deo. 9. CHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ADOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock TEIB EVENING, Dec. 9. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at Seven, PEEP 0' DAY, by Edmund Falconer. Terminating with the celebrated quarry scene. Messrs. W. Rignold, H. Cronin, A. Reyner, E. F. Edgar, S. Barry, Vollaire, Marshall, Morris, H. Westland ; Miss It. Leclercq, Mrs. R. Power, Miss Lennox Grey, and Mrs. Addle. At 8.45, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Mr. B. Webster, Messrs. H. Crellin, Worboys, Murray, and J. Clayton ; Mes dames It. Leelercq and L Grey. Concluding with HE'S A LUNATIC. Messrs. J. Clayton, Vollaire, Miss L. Grey. - Box office open from ten till five. • AEBDELPIII THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WE'BSTER Managers Mr. B. STER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, St 7, THE GREEN BUSHES, OR ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. miancd, Madame Celeste, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. 11. fiteyhenson, Mr. C. Rennet, &o. To conclude with THE MELINER'S HOLLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Emma isarziett, / 4 „ - 1 T. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Lessee and j Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD. LAST WEEK OF FERNANDE. This Evening at 7.45 great play, FERNANDE, Messrs. Farren , Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Brough ; Mrs. Her mann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie tirough. Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 0.30 Al 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. M essrs : Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Everard, At 7.45., FERNANDE. At 10.30, CHRISTMAS EVE, 1w by C. S. Cheltnman, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox. Dan Leeson, and Elonei Brough.—Box-oflice 11 to EL No fees. OYAL STTLAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUG. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OTF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque, " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- y Lessees— Messrs. H. J. nontagne, D. James, and T. Thorne. TAM EVENING, at 7 Mr, David James; after which TWO R 05113 (162 th night), by 'lames Albert. Oonainde with ELIZABETH. Krepparted by Messrs. H. Aku i t ague , David James. and .Thor, Sas. ; Mesdames Nelly paper. A. Newton, and Amy Favaitt, dre. THE LATEST EDITION of ci THE SUN sunpliod as soon as published, every Evening, by S WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District, 24, Delancey-street, Camden town, N.W ME SUN, LONDON, Mil)" DECEMBER 9, 1870 a personal fritilid whose identity is concealed. It is less a vindication than the promise of a vindication. The ex-Ambassador from Imperial France to the Government of Berlin announces later on that he will give to the world a mass of documentary evi dence, which he tells us beyond all doubt will, when published, be regarded by everyone as conclusive. This documentary evidence, he adds, will consist entirely and conclusively of his own official correspon dence during the last six years—the despatches, that is, which, during that interval, he has from time to time addressed to his own Government. These ders patches, he reminds us, are at this present moment in the archives of the French Legation in the Prus sian capital, in the safe custody of her Britannic, Majesty's Ambassador. Duplicate copies are also, N h 3 says, preserved among the archives of the Foreign Office at Paris. Not a sentence, not a syllable, in either the one or the other, oonsequently, admits of being altered or tampered with in any way whatever. To that correspondence he appeals with confidence for his own triumphant vindication. When it is published, the world, he declares, will recognise beyond the possibility of any further doubt, that he is guiltless of all the charges directed against him by his traducers. It will•then be seen, for example, 7 that instead of neglected to keep his own government informed as to the real state of the military strength of Prussia, that on the contrary, he carefully advised the government of the EMPEROR of the development of the military system of Prussia, not only as a sovereignty in its own right, but as head of the North German Con- federation. His despatches, again, will demonstrate beyond the reach of contradiction that he warned the French Foreign Minister of the candidature of the Prince LEOPOLD of Hohenzollern, that he warned his Excellency of the actual views of the Cabinet of Berlin, that ho warned him of the pro-Prussian proclivities of the Southern States of Germany—nay, that in an especial manner he bade him beware of the patriotic ardour that would excite all Germany, North and South, in a war against France, and that Prussia would be the first to preci pitate it under existing circumstances. As if these were Lot sufficiently astounding statements, M. BENEDETTI furthermore declares, in regard to his forthcoming correspondence, that it will shew how he not only persistently directed the Minister's attention, again and again, to the terrible power inherent i❑ the Prussian system, the power enabling it to pass rapidly from a state of peace to a state of war—the KING'S order alone suf ficing for the mobilisation of the army ; whereas in France the consent of the Legislature was required beforehand. M. BENEDETTI subsequently refers to the course pursued by him in his diplomatic capacity upon three memorable occasions—in 1800, in 1800, in 1870, in regard to Italy, in regard to Austria, in regard to Spain, at Turin, at Vienna, and at Ems• Upon the first mentioned of those three historical occasions, he successfully arranged with CAVOIJR the Cession Treaty, by which Nice and Savoy were reunited to France, without the assent of France and Italy to the proposed reclamation by Switzer land of Chablais and Faucigny. Upon the second of these occasion he calls to remembrance, how, upon the morrow of Sadowa, he completely succeeded in inducing the plenipotentiaries of the belligerent Powers to sign the preliminaries of peace under the walls of Vienna, upon the basis of. the integrity of the Austrian Empire. Finally, in refe rence to the last mentioned of the three momentous missions entrusted to him, M. BENEDITTI insists that he completely succeeded in carrying out that one also —arranging satisfactorily, within an interval of four days, that the candidature of the Hohenzollern Prince •• I to the Spanish throne should be withdrawn, with the entire acquiescence of the Prussian Sovereign. Throughout the whole of that important cor respondence, he tells us quite distinctly, that he received instructions exclusively from the Foreign Minister, never once from the EMPEROR his Sovereign. According to those in structions of the Due do GRAMONT, the Ambassador shaped his conduct and his language. "I never had the honour," he solemnly avers, " of a private corres pondence with the EMPEROR, and contrary to posi tive assertions, his Majesty always abstained from addressing his demands directly to me. You may not," he says, " be inclined to believe it, but I solemnly assure you of the truth of what I say, and my proposed publication will clearly show it." Another illustration, this, of the flagrant and audacious manner in which, not M. BENEDETTI alone, but the Emperor NAPOLEON 111., has been traduced, wholly and solely through the medium of the most lying mis representations, As to the whole of the imagii.ary garden scene at Ems, M. BENEDETTI asserts quite positively " there was no one either insulted or insulting." The haziest of all his statements, it must be said in conclusion, is the one set forth by him in reference to what he calls the " pretended treaty"— a theme that everyone has long since come to regard as no less inscrutable in its way than a bad conun drum-to the bewildered wits of Lord DIINDREARY. TOPICS OF THE DAY• completing - them for service at sea . cost &:2,146073 in the twelve months. This does not include sums spent in maintaining ships in the Reserves. The wages paid to seamen and. marines in the fleet, apart from all questions of feeding and clothing them, amounted to £2,920,558. The coastguard service, Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, and the Naval Reserve were all maintained at an expenditure of £1,338,008. The most expen siveof her Majesty's dockyards, as a matter of course, is Portsmouth; and the others come in the following order, Chatham, Devonport, Woolwich, Sheerness, Deptford, Pembroke, Haulbowline. The total expen diture in these home naval yards was R 2,977,109. rIIIIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA RKET.—Seven- L teenth Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS EVENING (Friday), to commence at Seven, with the W OLF AND THE LAMB. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Gordon, Madame E. Fitzwilllam ; after which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Rogers, Braid, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C, Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. After which UNCLE'S WILL— Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with BLUE DEVILS. Box office open daily from 10 till 5. OPERA COMIQUE.—Grand Entrance, 299, Strand. Messrs. IL LESLIE, C. STEELE, and %V. NORTON, Lessees. This, the most beautiful Theatre in London, is now qcknow ledged as THE fashionable house of the day. Mdlle. DEJAZET in French Plays Every Evening, supported by her Great French Company. Entire Change of Performance. Free List Sus pended, except Press. OPERA COMIQUE, 299, STRAND. Lessees—H. LESLIE, C. STEELE, and W. NORTON. MO-NIGHT, at Eight.—MDLLE. DEJAZET and I hor FRENCH COMPANY. commence with LE TIGRE DE BENGALE. Followed by LES PISTOLETS DE MON PERE, in which Mdlle. D6jazet will sustain three characters. Concluding with LA JOIE FAIT PEITR. Mdlle Rid as Blanche. ri LOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE - STREET , STRAND.—Manageress, Miss ALLEYNE.—BOARD AND RESIDENCE at 7. Grand Ballet, THE THREE ROSER, or the CHOSEN ONE, asdanced by Madame Colonna and Troupe for 250 consecutive Nights. The TAMING OF THE SHREW. To Conclude with MARCO SPADA, in which Madame Colonna and Troupe will appear in their favourite characteristic DANCE. A New and Original Burlesque, by F. C. Burnand, Esq., entitled THE WHITE CAT, in active preparation for Christmas. SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of the serious indisposition of Miss Alleyne, the New Comedy of ECARTE will be with drawn until further notice. ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHLBITTON, Baker -o'l street.—On view Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &c. Admission, ls. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission ls. ; children under ten years of age, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. Commencing; MONDAY, November 98. Every day at 2.30 and 8 p.m. POOLE and YOUNG, the Proprietors and Exhibitors of the Overland Mail, by Telbin and Grieve, Albert Smith's Egyptian Hall Panoramas, beg to announce a new subject— THE PRESENT WAR Between the French and Prussians. Each Picture on 500 square feet of canvas, and painted by England's greatest scenic artists. THE NATIONAL MUSIC. THE FINEST QUARTETTE IN EUROPE. POOLE AND YOUNG, THE EGYPTIAN HALL ONLY. THE WAR.--POOLE AND YOUNG'S PANORAMA, EGYPTIAN HALL. Prices to Poole and Young's Panorama of the War, Is., 25., is. BAZAAR IN AID OF THE REFUGEES BENEVOLENT FUND. PATRONESSES: H.R.H. the Princess of Wales. lI.RH. the Princess Christian. H.R.H. Comtesse de Paris. H.R.H. Duchesse de Chartres. Princesse Marguerite D'Orleans. Mdme La Baronne de Beaulieu The Lady Herbert. Duchess of Bueeleuch. The Hon. Mrs. Pereira. Marchioness of Lothian. The Hon. Mrs. Warren Vernon. Dow. Marchioness of Lothian. Mdme. Gueneau de Mussy. The Countess Brownlow, Mrs. C, W, Price. The Lady Anna Loftus. Mrs. J. Hungerford Pollen. The Lady Georgians Fullerton. Mrs. Somerled Macdonald, An EXHIBITION and SALE of WORKS OF ART and Fancy and Useful Articles will be opened, under the above distin guished patronage, at the BAKER-STREET BAZAAR, on MONDAY, December 12, 1870. Contributions will be thankfully received by the Committee, addressed to the Superintendent of the " Refugees Fund Stall," at the Bazaar, Baker-street, W. Articles manufactured or consigned by Refugees will be sold for their individual account. i)ARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLENt-STREET (CORNZR OR OHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ). THE PUBLIO SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRIOES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s Por ream. s.d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper..... 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ANY GENTLEMAN requiring the comforts of a HOME in a respectable and cheerful family, where there are no other lodgers, to board or not with the family, as required, may hear of the same by applying to A. L., Mr. Hawkins, Post Office, Liverpool-road, Barnsbury, N. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsar Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace o : Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday.* Green Bushes VAUDEVILLE —Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. 'Prentice. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Peep o'Day. The Pretty Girls o Stilberg. He's a Lunatic. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement. OPERA CoMIQUE - Le Tigre de Bengale, Les Pistolets de Mon Pere, La Joie Fait Peur. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. mas Eve. OLvmrio—Nell and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. GAIETY Happy Village. Fra Diavolo. calzar. Living at Ease. The Id Christ Trombal STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chapter o Accidents. HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jezabel QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. A Midsummer Night's Dream. PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. In. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PALAIS ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking, Machine. The Wizard of the East.l ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. Locked c - iv tijg r - -I ' l* 06' -"P'* LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1870, M. BENEDETTI has spoken. Late in the day, it is true, under date November 1870, and even then, it must be said, sotto voce. His argument is long and elaborate. It is in the form of a letter addressed to FRANCE AND THE CONFERENCE. The Berlin correspondent of the Independance Beige says that there was no difficulty in the way of France taking part in the Conference according to the terms already referred to. It was naturally sup posed that the Provisional Government would not demand a furmal recognition on its own account, and in that case the deliberations might take place in France. It is understood that the Conference, in its confidential communications, will only have to deal with the abolition of the articles in the Treaty of Paris, from the eleventh to the fourteenth, relating to the neutralisation of the Black Sea. There is some likelihood of the " open sea" question, which Russia favoured in 1856, and which Lord Russell did net at first oppose, engaging attention in the ensuing councils, and it does not seem certain that there will be a now Treaty concluded. The Federal Chancellor has communi cated to the Federal Council an expose of the question of the Black Sea accompanied by docu ments. The Council is requested to form its opinion on the question with a view to the German interests affected by it. Prussia only appears in the Treaty as a collective guarantee, and she does not consider that the steps taken with regard to the neutralisa tion of the Black Sea constitute a casus belli for her, at any rate, in the first instance. A similar announce ment will be made to the Northern Parliament. GRANTS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. Mr. Rylmuls, the member for Warrington, has in formed his constituents that he intends to set his face against grants to members of the Royal family, so we may imagine the hon. gentleman will oppose the national dower to the Princess Louise on the occasion of her marriage with the Marquis of Lorne. Those who are acquainted with Mr. Rylands' politi cal opinions will not be in the slightest degree sur prised at his avowal, and the intimation is only noteworthy from the circumstance that ho is the first member of Parliament who has given notice of his intention in this respect. EXPENSES OF THE NAVY. The Accountant-General of the Navy has issued his report of the expenses of our navy in the finan cial year 1867 to 1868. Some interesting particulars are given in its pages. We learn, for ins'ance, that the building of Her Majesty's ships and NIILITARY ROAD ENGINES. The War Department late'ly or:lered an investiga tion to be made on the subject of steam traction on roads,. and an engine of eight-horse power was obtained, in order that drivers and stokers might be trained for an emergency. A. short time ago some interesting experiments were made near Lincoln with a new engine. It was intended for the conveyance of heavy war stores and the lighter stores of the commissariat. The Lincoln road-steamer is of 12-horse power, and it exercises were performed in the most satisfactory manner. The train, which contained forty-five pas sengers went up a steep hill at a quick rate, turned round in a small circle, and went down the hill without slackening its speed. This success is owing to the india-rubber tires and also to the use of a single steering wheel in front' by means of which the movements of the train were easily controlled. Another experiment, which was happily accomplished, was drawing a gross load of ten tons up a steep bill, over a road surface, which was wet, soft, and slippery. This engine possesses a degree of handiness which has not before boen attained in constructions of the kind. Its facility of manipula tion is increased by the engines being compound, so that a fly-waeel is dispensed with, and the steamer can be quickly reversed ; and the vertical arrange ment of its boiler allows it to go up and clown steep inclines without endangering the furnace by want of water, which would be the case if arranged horizontally. It is believed that when some further improvements in construction have been made, all the drudgery of conveyance on roads may be accomplished by steam power at half the cost of horses. For military pur poses these engines can be kept in store, and will only cost money when they are actually at work. TIIE SEA FISHERIES OF IRELAND. According to the last report of the late Commis sioners of Fisheries, the number of first class craft engaged in the sea fisheries of Ireland was stated to be 960, and of the second class 8,224. The 'number of men employed was 36,944, - and of boys 2,395. Pre vious to the famine in 1846, the number of vessels and boats amounted to 19,883, and men and boys 113,073. Within the last ten years the decrease in vessels and boats amounts to 2,697, and in men and boys to 10,776. This may be altogether attribute], say the inspectors of Irish fisheries in their report to Parliament, to the fami:le of 1847 and 1848, and to subsequent years of distress. They are disposed to think that the reality as re.zards the decay of fishing industry is even greater than the late annual returns exhibit. Every boat on the coast, no matter how little engage"( in fishing, is registered as a fishing boat, although many of them, owing to the poverty of the owners have almost ceased to be so employe], and are only used for collecting sea-weed ) &c. The inspectors have arrived at the conclusion that no great improvement can be looked for in the fisheries until loans are advanced to a portion of the fisher men for the repair and purchase of boats and gear. Concerning the trawling questioa the inspectors say that so far as they could ascertain, the interests in tended to be served were not benefited by trawling being proscribed, while much injury was done to the fishing enterprise. The great preponderance of scion tific opinion is against the supposition that the ova of the fish is damaged by trawling. If the ova is deposited in bays and estuaries it is in such situa tions as cannot be atroote 1 by the action of the trawl. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER'S .LESSONS. How many salutary words are. being uttered day after day by the now, but energetic, Bishop of Man chester ! He is becoming a regular household guide to the working men of Lancashire, and all social minded Englishmen will, doubtless, be struck with the fact that there are many of his suggestions which, if not positively full of wisdom, are, at least, instructive in some respects. What modest house keeper will not thank Dr. Fraser for his advice on Wed nesday contained in some of his remarks at a meeting held in Manchester for the purpose of aiding the extension of shorter hours of labour for working men and children? He thought families with small means made mistakes sometimes, and one of the chief errors was to buy food and other necessary articles at the end of the week. They wenn, he thought, con sult their own interests best if they purchased early in the week and secured good value for their money. There would in such a case be no fear of the leavings of the week's trade being shuffled upon them in the usual Saturday night's scramble for odds an l ends . THE BILOCKLEY WHINE ACCIDENT. The jury have found that the pointsman who placed the switches a few moments before the terrible collision on Monday committed an error of judg ment, and they commented on the fact that another person was in the signal box with him at the time. The latter fact is of considerable importance, inasmuch as it may yet b 3 shewn that the two men were talking and occupying each other's attention as the ill-fated South Shields train drew near. On the other hand, it may justly be argued that at "one of the busiest and most dangerous junctures between Sun derland and Newcastle," the care of all the points should not be left to one man, who at any moment might be seized with a cramp or pain, and be unable to guide the passing trains at all, The 'necessity of a certain class of men being chosen as pointsmen is, we think, also finally in oven. We are told that the man in charge of Brookley- Whim had been a platelayer until three weeks ago, and that he was "old," "nervous," and " ex citable." ACCIDENTS TO RAILWAY SERVANTS. A railway prter was killed the other day on the Midland Railway. He was a , sisting to shunt souse empty coal trucks, and after the train was in motion endeavoured to leap on to one of the waggons, but in so doing missed his footing, and fell between the trucks. The inspector of the coal depot who witnessed the accident, attributed it 'at the inquest entirely to the fact that deceased attempted to get into one of the trucks after the train was in motion. Dr. Lankester remarked that this was another instance .of the recklessness of rail way servants ; for, though there was a law against leaping on a train when in motion, not h guard or porter on any line thought pf getting into the truck until the train was in motion. As a general rule it was recklessness that caused the acci dents to railway servants, and as the railway compa nies did not interfere in the matter, we must look to other agencies. He hoped that the press and the public would do their utmost to discountenance this practice, which appeared to him to be an offering by the directors of " a premium to guards to endanger their lives by allowing them to transgress existing laws." LORD PALMERSTON AND SCIENCE. Mr. Arthur Helps, in the current number of the Contemporary Review, tells us of a hitherto unknown taste of Lord Palmerston's. There was, he says, no discovery in science during his time which he did not read about, and, as far as he could, master. When travelling by railway on a long journey he would for the firs fifty miles work at his official boxes. Then lie would have a little talk with his companions, and then he vv wild bring out from his capacious 'great " coat packets, some scientific • paper , the last thing pub lished by • the Astronomical Society, or the last discovery in optics, and he would bury himself in it until the end of the journey. The only works which ever took the place of science were works relating to . the grammar of Jereign languages. Shortly belore his death he wrote to Mr. Helps, desiring him to cause tome scientific inquiries to be made on a matter concerning the public welfare, relating to the ossible presence of small animalcuhe or fungoid spores. This had not been suggested to him by any scientific man, but was merely his own idea, his s tidies having led him to believe an investigation of the kind might lead to important practical results. THE LATE MR. FREDERICK YOUNGE. The theatrical world has suffered no • ordinary loss in the death of Mr. Frederick Younge. This excel lent actor was killed by the terrible accident on the North-Eastern line on Tuesday. On the previous evening he bad, as manager of a company of London actors expressly organised for the performance of Mr. T. W. Robertson's comedies, •opened a series of representations at Sunderland. Mr. Younge com menced his career as an actor twenty-four years ago, on the death of his father. He played comedy parts with great success. He made his first appearance at Sadler's Wells in 1849 as the principal gravedigger in " Hamlet." Mr. Younge accepted a lucrative engage ment in the colonies, and remained in Australia, where he was very- popular, for several years. He returned to this country in 1865. He achieved his greatest success in Mr. Robertson's comedy of " Caste " as the lion. George D'Alroy. His acting as the aristocratic lover gained for him the highest praise. Playgoers have good cause to regard with regret an event which has deprived the stage of one of its best ornaments. Mn. MUNDELLA AND AMERICAN WORKMEN. Mr. Mundella, M.P., has been lecturing to the working men of New York ; but this sincere friend of the artisan met with no welcome from his audience. He ventured to argue that every man had a right to decide for himself whether he would belong to a trade organisation or not. This line, of course, would not do. The New York Work ing Men's Union forthwith assembled, and drew up a resolution affirming that all efforts short of actual violence should be used to make every working man join a trade union, in order that they might thus contribute to the support of an organiza tion all the advantages of which they enjoyed. Mr. Mundella's plan of arbitration and conciliation was condemned. The New York workmen do not appear to have stated what methods they would use which would yet stop short of actual violence. - But it is something: to know that this exception is to be made. THE AMERICAN DEVIL. The "American devil," or "buzzer," which makes night hideous, and deprives the hardworking people of Manchester of sleep, nature's sweet re storer, is doomed. The municipal representatives have been compelled to give attention to the noisy "fiend," and it is intended to ask Parliament for a summary power to deal with him. Other towns which are equally afflicted with the whistler, will doubtless emulate the example of cottonopolis. There Is, however, some goodness in things evil, and a capital suggestion has been made respect ing this tormentor. It is thought that if the whistler were used by pointemen in foggy weather, accidents on the railway would in many cases be avoided. The suggestion will—or at least should— commend itself to the attention of railway directors. The instrument could be worked by compressed air. In the event of the "American devil-" being adopted for railway purposes, his Satanic Majesty would cer tainly prove to be not so black as he is painted. THE PROTEST OF QUEEN ISABELLA• The ex-Queen of Spain has addressed a protest to the Spanish people from her retreat at Geneva. Events have followed each other with startling rapidity since the last document which her dethroned Majesty,issued to her refractory people, blitoit seems they have not yet taught her the hopelessness of her pretensions on behalf of her dynasty. She complains that the rights of her. son are ignored, and that a foreigner is called to occupy the throne of Saint Ferdinand and Charles V. An entire dynasty, the only one having in its favour secular and political legitimacy, is thus despliled of its rights. The ex-Queen holds that she would fail in her duties as a mother and as the heal of her family if she did not enter a solemn pro test against such a spoliation, of which the victim is an innocent boy who ought not to be held responsible for the errors unjustly attributed to his ancestors. At the same time she does not appeal to violence. Enough blood has been shed by the Spanish people to sustain her on her father's throne, and she does not wish it to be shed anew on behalf of her son. The document is, in fact, merely a form, from which its royal authoress can hardly herself expect any definite result. GREEK BRIGANDAGE. Homicide on a large scale has almost obliterated the recollection of the tragedy at Marathon, which a short time ago occupied so large a share of public attention, but it seems that the Greek brigands are still plying their nefarious trade as successfully as of old. A. gentleman named Philon was carried off in the day time from Livadia, the second town of conti nental Greece, with the most daring effrontery. He remained nine nights in the hands of the brigands, sleeping in the open air, and after a fruitless skirmish between the robbers and a party of gendarmes, only escaped with his life by paying a ransom of over £2,000. Extraordinary confidence was shown by the brigands in all their movements, from their first watching for their victim, their seizure and carry ing of him through numbers of workmen and along the public road, to their final negotiations. They offered a bet to their captive that they would carry off any banker or politician he might name from Vie streets of Athens, and during the encounter with the soldiers they did not scruple to remind him of the late of the Englishmen this year. It is no great wonder that M. Philon, on reaching Athena after his costly and dangerous adventure, should make an effort to attract attention to the inadequacy of the Government measures to suppress brigandage. An Athens journal itself admits that the brigands have friends and sup porters in all the towns of Continental Greece, and that juries and judges can never be satisfied by the evi dence brought against them. One of the band who murdered Mr. Herbert has been captured by the Turks, and is to be tried in Thessaly by the Ottoman Government with the hope of obtaining a fairer examination. BURNING OF A lIINDOO RAJAH. Florence has within the last week been the scene of a curious and unusual ceremony. The Rajah of Kolapore, a young Indian prince of about twenty years of age, who was travelling for his education in Europe, died at Florence after a short illness, and his funeral rites were performed according to Hindoo tradition. The greatest interest was excited in the city, and all the principal visitors and inhabitants were present at the ceremony, though it took place at one in the morning. An Italian paper, which gives full details of the death and the funeral, says the Prince when he found lie was dying, in sisted on being laid on the carpet with his legs crossed, in which posture be died. The Prince's aide-de-camp, assisted by the members of the British Legation at Florence, at once took steps at the municipality to have the rites Perforrred according - to Hiudoo fashion. The corpse was dressed in splendid robes, with a large scarlet mantld embroidered with gold, an 1 with pearl necklace and bracelets. A. very large crowd was assembled at the spot. The funeral pile was four and a half feet in height and the same in breadth, being six feet long. Camphor and per fumes • were scattered Over it, and when the corpse had been laid there, betel was placed in the mouth, while a Brahmin wearing a white linen rah° offered up prayers while kneading dough. This dough, broken into pieces, was placed by the side of the body, and wood being piled over it, the whole was fired. The board on which the body had laid was thrown • into the river, and the attendants kept on throwing perfumes on the pyre. At nine o'clock water was poured on the smouldering ashes and when they were extinguished the remains were gathered together and placed in a porcelain vase. The bones will be hereafter cast into the Ganges ; as the Indians believe that those whose bones are thrown into that river will enjoy a million happy, years. • ,j t 9 t v 1 , 11111: ityr,r HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 8. The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday afternoon, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, went out this morning. Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out. The Marquis of Lorne arrived at the Castle yesterday. Prince and Princess Christian, the Duchess of Box burghe, and the Marquis of Lorne dined with the Queen and the Royal Family last evening. THE ORLEANS FAMILY AND THE QUEEN• The London correspondent of the Western Daily Press writes :—lmmediately following upon the visit of her Majesty the Empress of the French to the Sovereign at . Windsor Castle, there was on Wednesday another gather ing around the Queen which attracted a good deal of at tion, and is not a little spoken about. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Nemours, Princess Marguerite, and Princess Blanche of Orleans, and their Royal and Imperial Highnesses Count and Countess D'Eu visited her Majesty and remained to luncheon. As was the case with the Empress of the French, the Prince and Princess Christian came from Frogmore to meet the Royal party. SHREWSBURY ELECTION INQUIRY. The case for the petitioners closed yesterday morning. Evidence was called for the respondent. Captain Whit more strenuously denied the truth of the statement made by several witnesses, that he offered ten pounds to a workman to vote for Mr. Straight. He was in the Central Committee Room the whole of the , day checking off the names of voters. . _ Mr. Douglas Straight, M.P., was then examined. Ile declared positively that he had never given or offered bribes to any man ; indeed he strictly charged all the can didates not to jeopardise the election by offering anything in the shape of bribes. Mr. Thomas Groves, magistrate, one of Mr. Straight's agents, who was stated by several witnesses to have been guilty of bribery, pronounced all such evidence to be false. All that had been said by Pugh and Pryce Edwards con cerning him was untrue. He had offered neither a day's wages nor anything of the sort to any one. Mr. John Green, musician, also denied in toto the evi dence of the witnesses Ellis and James. The evidence of Mr. Green, musician, was taken last. Mr. Giffard, Q.C., addressed the court for the respondent, urging that the petition was frivolous, and that the evidence produced in no way cri minated the sitting member. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine followed. Mr. Baron Channell, in delivering judgment, was of opinion that agency had been shewn to exist only in the cases of Messrs. Groves, Townsend, and Whitmore. The allegations against these gentlemen had not been sus tained. The charges against Mr. Straight had conse quently not been made out ; the election was valid ; and Mr. Straight had been duly returned to Parliament. , Nor had it been shewn that extensive bribery prevailed at the last election. The petitioners must, therefore, paY all costs. A PAINFUL DIVORCE CASE. Yesterday afternoon, Lord Penzance and a special jury had before them a very painful divorce cause. Mr. Alfred Milne, the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for Salford Hundred, prayed for a dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with Robinson Fowler, until lately the stipendiary magistrate for the city of Mau chetter. Mrs. Milne was formerly a Miss Brooks, and is very highly connected, and there were six children the issue of the marriage which took place in 1854. Both the petitioner and co-respondent were members of the bar and went the northern circuit. They were on visiting terms, and one evening Mrs. Milne went out to spend the evening and sleep at a friends. She did not return, but the next day her hus band received a letter with the " Peterborough post-mark on it. He went to London to see the respon dent, and ascertain the meaning of her conduct. He then discovered the connection which existed between her and Mr. Fowler. Those persons went to Paris and other laces on the Continent, and were visited by the petitioner . Several pleas were put on the record by the respondent, but no attempt was made to substantiate them.—The jury found the respondent and co-respondent gulty of adultery, and against the latter £1,500 damages were given. Mr. Fowler is a married man and has three children. He has been married once previously, but was divorced. The case has created considerable excitement in the north, owing to the high position held by the parties. THE BROCKLEY WHINS RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Mr. Bernard Batigan, who was a passenger in the train that met with the disaster on Tuesday at Brockley Whins, writes to the Times as follows :—The day was tolerably clear, although damp, and there would be no difficulty in seeing a long way ahead. We went all right till we got to Brockley Whins station, which i 9 the junction for trains from Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland, and through which there appears to be a large and ceaseless traffic of coal waggons. We had got to this station, when suddenly our carriage, which was the seoond from the engine, appeared to rear on end like a horse, and passing upwards, seemed to crumple uP with a sound like that of crushing in thepalm of the hand some stiff paper, although with a noise, of course, much louder. 1 felt that a fearful collision had occurred, and expected that we should be destroyed. Happily for us it was not so ; we were able to open the door of our com partment and escape to the embankment, with little more than a serious shaking. But when we looked to the fore most first-class carriage (or what was a carriage) and the first compartment of our own carriage, we were 'horrified to see nothing but a mingled mass of wood splinters and dead and dying men and women. The sight was sickening. Help was at once given to the unfortunate sufferers, and the dead and wounded were extricated with as much care and speed as their difficult and horrible position would permit. One man appeared to have been crushed literally to a pulp, and every bone in his body was probably broken. Several ladies were shockingly injured, but, unless I am mistaken, their injuries are not fatal. The cause of the accident has not, of course, been yet clearly explained. From information hurriedly obtained amid the confusion, it appears that the points which had admitted the coal train on to the line from Newcastle bad not been properly adjusted for the express train, and con sequently we ran on the same line as the coal train, and into it. How any of us escaped is a marvel to me. The engine had mounted - the hinder part of the coal train and run over it a short way. The first carriage had been broken to chips, save one or two fragments, which apps' rently had been crushed out of the carriage as you would squeeze out the pulp of an orange, and upon one of these fragments was impaled a man, crushed to death. —We are glad to learn that Mr. C. Pond has already taken steps to procure a benefit performance for the wife and six children of Mr. Frederick Younge, the well-known actor in Mr. T. Robertson's plays, who was killed in the collision at Brockley Whins, on Tuesday morning. Mr. Chatterton has kindly placed Drury. Lane Theatre at the disposal or the committee which Mr. Pond is about to form ; and we can have no doubt of the cordial co-opera tion of the members of the profession, with whom, as with all who knew him, Mr. Younge was a great favourite. Mr. Craven will sustain the parts hitherto played by, the late Frederick Young?, the London Corneal Company, in their current provincial engagements. Tn SKATING SEASON will open with a novel and clever, skate, which without strap s or plates fits any boot, and is adjusted in a momen t. Nothing can surpass this Ameri can notion. Skaters should see the Forbs' Patent Acre,e Sk a tes, and th e y cannot but purchase. The agent is 4- G. Rollins, American merchant, Old Swan Wharf, London -bridge. Parties Fesiding in the country may order by giving the size of their boots.—ADvT, LATES ANOT VICTO An engag tween Beaug tinder Gener 811 In force, ci Pieces of arti The Frenc went at Tou " We had of artillery, the enemy Bavarian di 81 derable ion Charles and r ear. The e Chartre, and l oorning. f rom our am ° l ll' artillery enemy. Th know our 10 . Our army of Possible tha Iticipate ti 14 e enemy The King to Queen Ai that on the engagement 1 7th Divisic We are exp 11 - gun, a captured. The Grai Duchess cot having take tegiment ht. ORDE • General J dated from aorties. H back again vittced the late sortie; concentrate Would hav( atte m pt to 0 1113 sacrifi , aiding the seriously cl I rreparable ever, only Dare to res It is stat going on ii are expect( THE A telegr r eported of absolutely Ii,EPORT There s that Havr ` - -Daily 0 Count] for a staff defeat at A. comi by a aqua th e K in , in Colon; ] Captaii died here The Fc There set Genera the 2c)tu The mosl Will at reinforce will dep€ in liia tui You. If a wire dig l'hose w C OUlltry themseh eenternp haw ° of There before t 4 conga The quired eatrusti elud e d lat ter the eno illeon vc The tollowi l l obbies notified 110 ion 1867 . the NI The Ptibligl Prtlssi bueby t o b e 1 . h erself Ltixen • ri ic Kin g by the Germ, E rnp , th e p , W e kin g Th, 12th Th TH THE EUROPEAN WAR The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT P O'CLOCK, with SOME lIOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and of all other events.