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MOSES and SON invit special attention IE. to their large stock of QEN TLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 189. to 20 Guineas ; tho assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. E• MOSES and SON'S BOYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUI iS, Os. 6d. to 408. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BRL GIITON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS. SUITS, 255. to 635. F 1 MOSES at4d SON supply every d escri p tion of . c lothing. ready-made, or mad e to measure, for all ages, a occasions, and all classes ; a lso Hosiery and Drapery . Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoed, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. • Any tick 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 ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock. Thd following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON t LONDON. CORNER of 311NOitIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET; CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT -ROAD and RUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY MANOR. 1311.ADFORD. YORKSautis. r HE ACME ROYAL 1) R L 1A •; i;.--Sole Lessee and Manager, Mx. F, B. CLIATIMUTOIL—This Theatre having been redecorated under the direction of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUTUMN DRAMATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Dee. T. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past Eleven. Prices to the publie parts of the Theatre from Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five 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, Mv. Chatterton begs to announce that Miss Yokes will REPEAT the IMPERSONA TION on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, on the occasio f the BENEFIT FOR. THE SUFFERERS OF H.M.S. n " THE APTAIN." Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. • MISS NEILSON will appear in th© character of AMY ItOBSART, in the Drama of that name, THINEVENING, Dec. 7.—THEATRE SROYAL DRIJRY-lAKE AA R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitlei AMY ROBSART, TlllB EVENING, Dec. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRI7 RY-LANE. tvwn, PHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated VOKES FAAII LY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. 7.—TREATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY 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 THIS EVENING, Dec. 7—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Vokes, Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Yokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSA-RT; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor , and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN ING, Dec. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. A MY 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 oack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Decdward Airling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING. . 7. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. it DOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by X - 131artin Becher, at Eleven Vele& THIS EVENING, Dec. 7. --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. Crellin, A. Reyner, E. F. Edgar, S. Barry, Vollaire, Marshall, Morris, H. Westland ; Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. It. Power, Miss Lennox Grey, and Mrs. Addie. At 8.45, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Mr. B. Webster, Messrs. H. Crellin, Worboys, Murray, and J. Clayton ; Mes dames R. Leclercq and L. Grey. Concluding with HE'S A. LUNATIC. Messrs. J. Clayton, Vollaire, Miss L. Grey. Box office open from ten till five. A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER Managers, Mr. B. 'WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CIIATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GREEN BUSHES, OR ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Miami, Madame Celeste, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. 11. Stephenson, Mr. C. Sennet, &c. To conclude with THE Arff LINER'S HOLLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Emma Burnett, (..._"1 T. JAMES'S THEAT R E.—LPsaee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD. LAST WEEK OF FERNANDE. This Evening at 7.45 great play, FERNANDE, Messrs. Fat Ten, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Yezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie Airough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 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, ty C. S. Cheltnman, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox. Dan Leeson, stud Lionel Brough.—Box-office 11 to 0. No fees. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. it Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. 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. Bufton, Sentley, Lee, Goodall, .tc. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees— Messrs. 11. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING', at 7 CHISELLING, Mr. David James; alter which TWO ROSES (160th night), by James Albery. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messm. H. J. Montague, David James. and T. Thorne, Six. ; Mesdames N elly Power, A. Newton, and Amy Fawsitt, &e. -THE LATE E,i)ITION of "THE SUN" at PMITIPS C...roden Stores," 18, Park-street, Ovan4eu- ese' ME SUN, LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1870 rrHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. - Fif- I. teenth Night of a NEW FAIRY , COMEDY.—THIS EVENING (Tuesday), to commence at Seven, with the NI 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, Everitt, 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 oiltce open daily from 10 till 5. OPERA COMIQUE.—Grand Entrance, 299, Strand. Messrs. 11. LESLIE, C. STEELE, and W. NORTON, Lessees. This, the most beautiful Theatre to London, is now geknow ledged as THE fashionable house of the day. Sldlle. 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, Q. STEELE, and W. NORTON: rrO-NIGHT, at Eight—Grand Combination of I Attraction.-3IDLLE. DASAZET and her FRENCH COM PANY. in conjunction with the ENGLISH OPERA TIC BURLESQUE COMPANY. Commence with LE TIGRE DE RENGALE. Followed by LES PISTOLETS DE MON PERE, in which Mdlle. Dejazet will sustain three characters. Concluding with the Burlesque, by W. S. Gilbert, Esq., THE ELIXIR OF LOVE. Miss Geraldine Warden, Messrs. J. W. Turner, Charles Heywood, Henry Lewins, A. Fitzgerald, Edward Adams, & c., supported by a carefully selected Company, an increased orchestra, and a full and power ful Chorus. CA LOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE - STREET , STRAND.—Manageress, Miss ALLEYNE.—BOARD AND RESIDENCE at 7. Grand Ballet, THE THREE ROSES, or the CHOSEN ONE, asdanced by Madame Colonna and Troupe for 250 consecutive Nights. The TAMING OF THE SHREW. To Conolude 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. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker 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. &c.— Admission, Is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, ed. Extra Rooms, ed. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, Baiter 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 is. ; children under ten years of age, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d, extra. — Open from 10 a.M. till 10 p.m. E GYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY Commencing MONDAY, November 28 Every day at 2.30 and 8 p.m. POOLE and YOUNG, the Proprietors and Exhibitors of tile 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 Was. as., 25.., Is, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. Professor Pepper "ON THE WAR, AND THE DESTUCTIVE IMPLE MENTS USED THEREAT," daily at quarter to 3 and quarter to 8, with Elaborate Pictorial Illustrations, which have been sup plied by the War Correspondents of the Polytechnic, ctc. Mr. Suchet Champion will sing the German, French, and English Patriotic Songs.—The Explanation of the Ghost as usual.—THE PRAEGER ''AMILY give their CONCERTS daily at quarter past 4 and quarter past 9. pARTRIDGE AND COOPER, 11 MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CIIANCERY-LANE), LONDON (R.O ). PILE PUBLIC aUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVBR 20e Par ream. a. d Fine Cream Laid Note; tt cheap paper..... Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved . 4 0 Superfine Thick °Nam Laid Note ;especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine DoubloThick Cream Laid Note ... 7 0 Straw Paper, "Patent:" adapted fp: ropid writing L ar ge Commercial Note Papers.... 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L., Mr. Hawkins, Post Office, Liverpool-road, Barnsbury, N. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS, Dnuirr-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsar Phobus's Fix. HAvmAnxET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday. Green Bushes, VAUDEVILLE —Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the.lnvisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. 'Prentice. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. —Peep o'Day. The Pretty Girls of 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, and English Operatic Burlesque Elixir of Love. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Christ mas Eve. OLYMPIC—NeII and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYAIRY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. GAIETY Happy Village. calzar. STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chaptar of Accidents. HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jezabel. QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Living at Ease. The Idle Fra Dlavolo. Trombal Ours. Locked PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. In. POLYTECHNIC—ProfeSSOr Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. EGYPTIAN HlLL—Poole and Young'e Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITMEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PAWS RovAL—Professor Faber's Talking, Machine. Panorama oi the Seat of War. The Wizard of the East. ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TIISSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. THE EUROPEAN WAR The SUN is Published Every Morning at MP 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. OR, SIB, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1870, THE Spanish Crown is for Europe most certainly a very apple of discord. It was because of the mere announcement of its having been awarded to a Prince of the House of Hohenzollern that the legions of France and Germany were, five months ago, hurled against each other in that deadly contest which is still desolating the former and exhausting the latter. It was the seizure of that ill-omened bauble which eventually brought to destruction the stupendous empire built up during the first years of this century by the genius and the daring of the First NAPOLEON. There is a fatality always attendant upon the attempt of anyone who either directly or indirectly aims at its acquitoition. What conducedinore than anything else to the subOrsion of the power of • Lovis. PHILIPPE was hiS insidious and yet 'flagrant endpa your to secure the inheritance of that fatal diademto, s own race through the medium of the disgyacefil Arigue ever since hnown in history by the title oi the Spanish Marriages. Let all be .tranquil on the surface of ,European politics, and lot but, that golden circlet be dropped into the midst as an object of con tention—the cahn suddenly gives place to a tempest. It becomes for all the world like the magic circle traced in some evil incantation. In itself it may be as insignificant as a pebble cast into the water, but no sooner has it fallen than ring upon ring of confusion, arising and spreading outwards, renders at last the confusion worse con founded. It is as if Spain wore the stormy petrel of Christendom. No sooner does it become in any way conspicuous among the other nations of Europe by reason of its Crown being aspired to or 'boldly taken ' possession of by-some new pretender, or by some reso lute usurpation by JOSEPH NAPOLEON, ex-King of Naples, by the KING of the FRENCH for his son NIONTPENSIER, by LEOPOLD, of Hohenzollern-Zig maringen, by AMADEUS 1., Due d'A.osta—than foreign war or civil conflict immediately becomes inevitable. When a BONAPARTE was substituted for the old BOURBON dynasty, the great six years war, known as the Penin sular war, commenced. When ABERDEEN was outwitted by GUIZOT, and the wily'old Citizen King was hugging himself with exultation over the success • he fancied he had thereby achieved—then he himself with the whole of his dynasty were swept away, as if by a tornado, in the outburst of the revolution of Feb ruary. When the mere announcement came that the Spanish Crown was to be awarded to the scion of the House of the Prussian Sovereign, all con • siderations of diplomatic courtesy were flung to the winds, the gage of battle was impetuously thrown down by one, and was eagerly snatched up by the other. War was abruptly pro claimed, the armies of the two greatest military nations of continental Europe were as rapidly as pos- - . sible concentrated, confronting each other upon the frontier line between Alsace and the Rhenish Pro vinces, and the terrible campaign of 1870 began with a vengeance. And now, while this appalling Franco- German war is still raging, as if Spain had not yet fully accomplished her mission as the Marplot of Christendom by way of completing and perfecting all her previous efforts at the promotion of discord, she has hit upon the happiest possible plan of en suring civil war—implacable and interminable— , among her own population. Although during these last two years she has got on very well without any Sovereign at all, Spain has, under the direction of PRIM, been all this while endeavouring to induce some foreign Prince, no matter apparently whom, to put his foot upon the neck of the Spanish nation. Failing in every previous effort of this kind, Plum at last bethought him of the younger son of King VICTOR EMMANUEL. The Duo D'AOSTA . S candidature, submitted to,the Cortes, resulted in a balance so even between the affirmatives and the negatives that it might almost have been expressed as six an half-a-dozen. Satisfied, apparently, with any majority at all y the Italian Prince eagerly ac cepts the proffered sovereignty. Whereupon the. signal for civil conflict in the way of armed opposi tion is given by the spokesmen of Spanish Republicanism. How far that signal will be responded to remains to be seen. But) at any rate, it has been given, and given, tor ) with evident determination, " Uneasy lies the heal that wears a crown," says SHAKSPERE ; but uneasiest of all when the Crown is Spanish—the couch of the poor daydreamer who wears it being anything but a bed of roses! Thorns are there in abundance, but the roses are long since withered. TOPICS OF THE DAY. PRESIDENT GRANT'S MESSAGE. The message which President Grant transmitted to Congress on Monday is so important a document that it may not be amiss to direct sp3cial attention to its leading feature. This refers to the Alabama clains. The President recommends Congress to authorise the appointment of a commission to esti mate the claims of private individuals; these claims are to be paid by the American Govern ment; and the latter in its turn will present the bill to England. This is undoubtedly a declaration of policy, and a very serious one, The late negotiations on this question bad the object of securing the arbitration of some disinterested party; General Grant will have no arbitration. By pa, ing the pri vate claims, the President would at once take the liability of England for granted. Indeed, he expressly says that the convictions of Americans on this matter are "firm and unalterable." And not only is England to have no voice in the settlement of her liability, but the amount of damages are to be equally beyond her control ; the American Govern ment is apparently to pay what the Commission recommends, and application will be made on this side of the Atlantic for the sum total. It often happens that Congress does not take the advice which the President offers it. THE CANADIAN FISTIEBIES. It is difficult to determine whether the Alabama claims proposal of President Grant, or his decla ration touching the Canadian fisheries be the more remarkable. On November 23 General Butler—he of New Orleans celebrity—delivered a lecture at Boston on American relation with England. He affirmed that the - Canadian fisheries problem must be settled by concessions to the United States, or war must he made upon England. The United States, General Butler balieved, were longing for war. War with England would unite the North and South once more. War with England would be beneficial to the Republican party. Best of all, war with England would be cheap. This lecture was follow ed by a violation of the fishery laws, and the consequent capture of an A mericau schooner by au English cruiser. President Grant now comes in with a declaration that the present fishery practice must be modified, or the United States Government will be driven to reprisals. The transit of goods in bond across the States to Canada must be prohibited, _ _ _ or, v if necessary, Can al ian vessels forbidden the waters of the United States. The style of the whole document is well worth attention. It is not known .whether Generals Grant and I3ntler have formed a political alliance ; but they are known to be on most intimate terms, and it is even believed that the Man of New Orleans is kept out of the Cabinet by the representations of the President's colleagues. lie accession of General Butler to the position of leader of the Republican party in the llouse of Representatives is very probable. A BUSY SESSION. The forthcoming session of Parliament promises to be an active one. Thete are three bills of great importance which it is understood the Harm Secre tary will take it upon him to introduce, and over one of these at least, the. Licensing Bill, there will doubtless be considerable dis cussion, as the provisions made by Mr. Bruce are hardly likely to satisfy the members of the United Kingdom Alliance. Tho other two bills to be brought forward with full progress before Easter are the measures with reference to the regula tions of trades unions and mines. The subject of Scotch education, it is confidently believed, will occupy the attention of the House of Commons. Some politicians consider that the Irish Universities will afford much controversy in the session, espeCially as the Government are very likely to offer an endowment to the Roman Catholic Uni- . This question, • however, and ;indeed the Whole Irish :education difficulty, may.,have to be .. _ . postponed till ' 1872. • Mr. Trevelyan'sthreatened crusade against purchase in the army will, no doubt, give a military tone to many lengthened debates. If these several enterprises are looked upon in the light of fixtures even at this early date, there is no reason to think the session will be bereft of energy and liy ess. THE IRISH LAND ACT. - A. question of importance has been raised in the Irish Landed Estates Court, and the matter was thought of so much moment that the judge has re served judgment. Nearly 300 tenants residing on the Marquis of Waterford s estate in the County Londonderry, and holding properties from. year ,_to year sought to have it stated on the face of their rentals, that they were entitled to the benefit the Ulster custom under the recent Act. Judge Lynch declared his belief . . the conveyance of the court could not prejudice the tenant's statutable rights. Neverthe less, he should reserve his final decision. The very fact of his lordship having to do so at such an early period of the • experience of the new Land Act is perhaps excusable, but Irish tenants will scarcely be patient enough to endure that future judgments should be delayed in this manner before they can be administered. They have been led to believe that the action of the Irish Land Bill would be prompt and explicit, whenever ,ey appealel to its pro Visions. LUXEMBURG. It was recently announced that negotiations were opened for the Sale of Luxemburg to Germany ; and forthwith came an official statement discrediting this rumour. The report, however, was very well sup ported at that time, and it is now repeated. The. German press makes no secret of its belief that the transfer is under consideration, and the propriety of such an addition to the Fatherland is still discussed. The Cologne Gazette puts the matter very neatly. "No doubt the people (i.e., of Luxemburg) wish to re main as they are—that is, to remain connected with the Zollverein and enjoy the blessings of a great commonwealth, without bearing its duties and burdens, but they cannot expect this blissful con dition to be permanent. Lying between two power ful states, their peace and security will be best .at tained by reunion with the German Empire." The Gazette Winds up with. the amusing statement that questions of frontier ought not to be left open, as sooner or later they might " lead us into the un fortunate path of conquest." Are we to infer from this that the Germans are so prone to wander into the path of conquest that all strong temptation must be carefully kept out of sight? A LONG AERIAL VOYAGE. The Paris balloon which fell . in Norway carried ' its passengers through divers adventures. First the wind took them with such rapidity that they soon beheld the North Sea beneath them, and sent off a pigeon announcing that they were lost. This cheerful prophecy was never fulfilled. The balloon sailed on to Norway. When over Man IA twenty - three miles from Christiansand, the aeronguts let 'fall a sack of letters and newspapers. At length, after a voyage of many hours, a descent was effected upon a snow-covered mountain in a district perfectly unknown to the travellers; and after nineteen hours' miserable wandering they found their way to a small cabin. At Christiania they met with a most hospitable receptiOn. The balloon was found iu the mountain with six pigeons in it, none the worse for the journey. ME A➢IERICAN NAVY. The Secretary of the American Navy is preparing 'his report, which under present circumstances will be read with great interest. The general naval force, it seems, is much the same as last year, but particular attention is called in the report to the inadequacy of the American force at the European and Asiatic stations. The commercial interests of the States are insufficiently protected by 17 vessels, carrying . 145 guns. On the 140,000 miles of water over which American com merce ranges there are only 37 war vessels, mounting 350 guns, and having a tonnage of 40,000, while England has on the same seas 191 ships, with a tonnage of 328,000. The position of America is inferior to that of third and fourth class European Powers. The disalvantages of relying entirely on steamers for cruising vessels is generally acknowledged, since they take so much time in coaling. The report shews, too, the useless- ness of the monitor fleet against the enormous iron clads of European Powers, and recommends the immediate building of numerous iron-clad war ships. The secretary contends that in the present state of the American navy the national commerce is scarcely protected, and in the East the flag has no respect, excepting through diplomatic interference. Natima like China arid Japan have no idea of American power unless through ships of war, and even Europe, says the Secretary, is not beyond such an influence. The disturbed state of Europe should give the carrying trade of the world to Americans, but they need ships to protect their commerce, TREATMENT OF VAGRANTS. Dr. Stallard urges that vagrancy and des tution must be dealt with by law so long as food and shelter are • obtainable by the coin- mission of crime. Education, he reminds us, is not sufficient to prevent destitution under all circumstances. Destitution impairs the productive power of the labourer, and therefore he is c•impelled to rely upon extraneous aid for sub sistence. In such a case neither destitution nor vagrancy is a crime, for in the opinion of the dockr it is desirable that the surplus labour of a locality should go "on tramp " in search of work. He objects, however, to the law undertaking to relieve the community of the duty of doing a kindly act to a deserving wayfarer. THE MASTERSUIV OF THE CgAnTgßuousE. Much curiosity has been felt as to the selection of the new Master of the Charterhouse, which office has been left vacant by the death of the late Arch deacon Hale. All readers of the "Newcomes," as well as all old Carthusians, feel an especial interest in the venerable establishment. It appears that the preacher at the chapel has been generally selected as the successor to the mastership, on a vacancy occur ring. Dr. Fisher, the predecessor of Archdeacon Hale, was preacher in 18V, and succeeded to the office of Master. It is very ancient, and has many collateral advantages, besides being worth £BOO a year. It is in the gift.of the governors and trustees. The pre sent preacher, Dr. Currie, has officiated in the quaint old chapel for the last twelve years; . and if the tra ditionary custom be observed, he will now succeed to the mastership. about three-fourths of aji. average:; ,barley is 'about two -thirds of an average - crop ; 6ats:tir6 still more del!cient ; peas are four-fifths of an average crop ; and be: - .ns are less than half of an average crop. If to thi• enormous loss of ;rain produce, says the journal qu , ited, be added the failure of pasturage of hay and roots, some idea may be formed of the unrelieved pre:;sure upon the resources of the occupiers in that county. And Hereford does not in this respect stf:nd alone. SLAUGHTER OF CALVES. The cruelties to which calves aro subjected, before ili!3r are killed, have again been brought under public notice. Almost every butcher who buys a calf bleeds the animal at once to prevent it plunging awl kicking on the way to the slaughter-house, which would bruise the flesh, and lender it less valuable for sale. The animal is then bled at re gular intervals for several days, and filially at the last hour of its miserable existence. All this un necessary torture is inflicted for the sole reason that veal may be white and not brown when sold. A. suggestion has been mado with the object of checking this cruel practice. It is that Government ' should appoint official insplctors who can visit butchers' shops and examine the veal that is sold there. They will know that the white veal is the flesh of calves which have been bled to death by inches. As anyone can tell in a moment whether meat be white or brown, the duty might devolve upon ordinary police-constables. THEATRICAL FAR➢LING. A suit, which has been heard at the Court of Exchequer, between an American theatrical manager named Wall, and Mrs. Swanborough, lessee of the Strand Theatre, enlightens the outside public some what as to the nature of the custom known in the theatrical profession of " Farming." Mr. harry Wall, the plaintiff; had, it was stated, en tered into an agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Palmer to, the effect that • in return for a fixed salary Mrs. Palmer, an actress who played under the name of Miss Elise Holt, should give him her services, and that he should procure her engage ments, retaining whatever profit he might make upon the transaction. Under this arrangement she went to America, where, it was said, she achieved great success in burlesque. In June last the plaintiff induced "Miss Molt" to come to England, and, by written agreement consented that she should act for. a period of one month at the Strand Theatre. The salary was agreed upon at £l5 a week. At the end of the month Miss bolt's services were continued, a verbal agreement between Mrs. Swanborough and Mr. Wall having been made; but after a few weeks, in which a change in the performances took place, the theatre was closed, an:l for the plaintiff it was now suggested that the closing of the house was a mere ruse in order to bring the alleged agreement to an end. Strong evidence, refuting this assertion, and shewing that notices of the theatre closing were posted in the •een-room a month before, was produced. Ulti mately, however, the jury awarded the plaintiff £4O damages as compensation for four . weeps' balance due to him through the engag,emcnt he declared he had entered into with Mrs. Swanhorough. FARMER'S PROFITS. There is a very common belief prevalent among the commercial classes and the working population that farmers make large profits. The fraternity, however, seem to bo protesting with one accord against this notion. A Midland Counties farmer says that the droughty years of late have swallowed up, as nearly as possible, £2 per acre per annum out of his pocket, instead of yielding him any proceeds whatever to live upon. An Essex farmer writes, "The years of 1865, 1866, and 1867, were nearly ruinous to many in this district ; I myself lost about £1,500 in the three years." The Chamber of Agriculture Journal says at the present season it would not be surprised to hear of many examples of abatements in rent, of gift of oil-cake, pollard, &c. from proprietors to their tenantry. In Hereford shire the wheat crop, as a whole, amounts to only A CRY FOR A REPUBLIC. It seems the republicans in Spain have not yet given up hope. One of the deputies, who especially distinguished himself in the Cortes by his violent opposition to the proposal for a King, has just started a newspaper to express his views, He is deputy for Jerez, his name is Senor Paul y Angulo, and his new Republican organ bears the ominous title of El Combate. As may be supposed, General Prim and his candidate are the pro minent objects of attack, and a direct appeal to the Spanish army calls upon them to defend the honour at the country, and to refuse to lend themselves as blind instruments to " the torpid ambition of an adventurer.' No one, it says, who esteems himself worth anything should lend his sword to such a treason as the imposition of a foreign monarchy, which the whole people, without distinc tion of political colours, reject. In another article, directed especially against the new King, El Conz bate exclaims: "Rejoice, Spaniards, that 191 slaves conceded you the right of being slaves." Another organ of the Republicans, an older paper, the Dtscusion, consoles its readers by announcing every day that the King won't come. The journals repre senting the Montpensier party, for their part, maintain that their candidate has still a chance—an opinion in which most probably they stand alone. CONSCRIPTION IN RUSSIA. The alteration of the conscription law in Russia has given the greatest satisfaction to the people. There has long been a demand for a change in the law, which exempted the nobility (a very numerous class in Russia) from the necessity of serving in the army; but like many other reforms, it was desired rather than anticipated, The sudden concession on the part of the Government has created general enthusiasm, even the privileged classes themselves showing great readiness to forego their exemption. A. company of volunteer riflemen has been formed at Moscow so as to be ready trained when called upon to serve, and other parts of the country are likely to follow the example. The prin cipal features of the new law are as follows :—Every Russian on attaining the age of 21 is liable to serve far three years either in the militia or the regular troops. 'Service in the troops is not compulsory, though the number wanted will be balloted for among those who have completed their term in the militia; but in war time the discharged militia men will be called out as reserves, and, if necessary, for active service. After the recruits have served their required term in the militia and line, suppoeng them -to be balloted for the six years' service, they are incorporated for three years in the first reserve, and then are placed in the second. So rapidly are the arrangements being pushed forward that it is expected the change can be introduced in the course of next year. . • t . tly4e - HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Doe. 6 Her Majesty the Queen held a private investiture of the Most Noble Order of the Garter this afternoon, at a quarter before 3 o'clock. The Marquis of Westminster, Viscount Sydney, and Sir Albert W. Woods, Garter King of Arms, arrived at the Castle shortly before 2 o'clock. The Marquis of Westminster was introduced to the Queen's presence by Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamber lain, attended by Sir Albert Woods, Garter, carrying the ensigns of the Order of the Garter. Her Majesty was pleased to confer upon his Lordship the honour of Knighthood, and afterwards to deliver to him the Garter, and to invest him with the Riband and Badge of that Most Noble Order. The Hon. John L. Motley, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States of Ame rica, and Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, also arrived at the Castle. Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen. Mr. Motley was introduced to her Majesty's presence by Earl Granville, and presented his letters cf recall. The Countess of Gainsborough, Lord Methuen, the Hon. A. F. Greville, and the Earl of Mount-Charles were in attendance. Prince and Princess Christian, the Duchess of Rox-' burgh e, M. Van de Wey er, and Viscount and V is c o un tess Sydney, dined with the Queen yesterday. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney arrived at Frogmore on Saturday, on a visit to Prince and Princess Christian, and left yesterday morning. TENNYSON'S NEW POEMS. " The Window, or, the Loves of thcWrens," the new . volume written by the Poet Laureate, at the request of Mr. Sullivan, the composer, will be issued to the Pub lic on the 15th inst. Meanwhile, proof sheets of the work have been printed, and we have been enabled to judge of the beauty and completeness of the latest songs of Mr• Tennyson. The poems are written in twelve lyrics. all soliloquies, with one exception, and the origin of Mr. Tennyson's title for the volume is found in the first of these. At a window the mistress of a lover, who is waiting upon the slope of a hill for her appearance, is discerned. The scene of the country round and the Falling of the shades of night are depicted in a few lines "The lights and shadows fly ! Yonder it brightens and darkens down on the plain A jewel, a jewel dear to a lover's eye ! Oh, is it the brook, or a pool, or her window-pane, When the winds are up in the morning ?" There are gardens of flowers round the girl's house, and the lover as he approaches makes some sweet addresses to the vine, the clematis, and the rose. These speeches occupy the second song, in which the poet makes a notice able use of the word " flower." " Cannot a flower, a flower be mine? Rose, rose, and clematis, Drop me a flower, a flower to kiss. Kiss, kiss—and out of her bower All of flowers, a flower, a flower Dropt , a flower." The third song, where the lover enters the house, is deci dedly mystical ; but there is a delicacy and beauty about the lines which make them charming. The lady has appeared ," flitted away," and left " a cloud ' the lover's heart and "a storm in the air." Winter conies , and the fourth lyric represents the hero complaining to the frost which " bites far into the heart of the earth," but not into his. He is strong and can wait in faith the return of his ladylove. The "Loves of the Wrens," the secona title of Mr. Tennyson's poem, can be traced from the prettiest stanza in the fifth book. Here the L a ureate pictures the lover consoling himself by watching the wrens as they flit through the hoary trees, and hide snugly in their nests : " Men's love and birds' love, And women's love and men's ! And you, my wren, with a crown of gold, You, my Queen of the wrens ! You, the Queen of the wrens ! We'll be birds of a feather. I'll be the King of the Queen of the Wrens, And we'll have a nest together." We hear again of his return to sad thoughts in the sixth song—the most naturally told poem in the volume. " The wind and the wet, the wind and the wet, Wet west wind, how you blow, you blow I And never a line from my lady yet. Is it ay or no ? is it ay or no ? Blow, then blow, and when I am gone, The wet west wind and the world may go on." The lover, who is thoroughly a lover all through, and v lll° is represented as feeding rather than starving his passion' unlike the manner of ordinary men, is despondent for along, time. At last a letter arrives, and probably the In es ' beautiful lines Tennyson has ever written are those in. which he illustrates the man's feelings as he bursts open the missive sent to him. " Two little hands that meet Clasped, on her seal, my sweet Must I take you and break you, Two little hands that meet ? I must take you and break you, And loving hands must part Take, take—break, break, Break ! you may break my heart. Faint heart never won— Break, break, and all's done." There is all that his heart can desire in the letter, and several fanciful stanzas - are occuple a by the faithful swain's apostrophes to the trees 9 0 the birds. He calls upon all nature to rejoice with him' and almost every bird in the firmament—sparrow a nd throstle, lark and linnet and dove—all must share 10 ' happiness and mirth. His return to his station, in front of his mistress's window, takes place in the last book, a n here the hitherto uncertain state of the hero's mind O w ' place to a noble determination that all his life shall 1 1 devoted to making her he loves gratified for the gren" honour she has paid him. Melancholy at his ow",' trials, and his bold resolution, are deliciously commingl e ' in each line, and the concluding questionings to his biner self as he hastens to clasp his mistress in his argi l reveal word painting, and rational touches of pathos a n " tender sentiment that positively enchant the reader. As the man nears the domicile, his fidelity and intense passice i only find vent in his noble determination. Before the fob a desires of his heart are gratified, before he hears the gir L of his love breathe from her own lips the affection he I ° s won, he asks himself one last question and answers it in the following charming stanzas : " Heart, are you great enough • For a love that never tires ? 0 heart, are you great enough for love ? I have heard of thorns and briers. " Over the thorns and briers, Over the meadows and stiles, Over the world to the end of it, Flash for a million miles,," The Messrs. Strahan are the publishers of Mr. Tennyson exquisite work. THE FARMERS' CLUB AND THE ENGLISO FARM SYSTEM. The last discussion meeting of this club during t he y the Rresent year was held on Monday evening A, Salisbury Hotel, London. Mr. H. Trethewy presiding f; the unavoidable absence of the chairman of t" year, Mr. James Howard, M.P., from indispositiqi As is usual in the great Cattle Show week, was numerously attended. The subject fixed for di cussion was one of a strictly agricultural character ; viz., viz., "The size of farms," the introducer being At; J. Trask, of Highleaze, Yeovil, who treated t°- question in a very comprehensive manner and took ~ very decided view in opposition to small farms this country, which he considers injurious alike to afi r . l ,l culture as an industry, and to those who are engagea!",„ what is termed on the Continent " petite culture." -r-4/`" in Westmoreland and Cumberland, where many of el small farmers are proprietors, corresponding to the slin A cultivators of Belgium, he contended the small fal l, : system had failed. The children of such persons We t ' as was amply shewn by evidence, worse off than the children of labourers in receipt of t ll average amount of wages. In .the large fa 4; districts there had within the last few years been general and considerable rise in the rate of wages, w°s, o being . plentiful, and the wives too well off to engst , in agricultural labour. He did not deny that tllel was an exception to the rule—namely, the letting ° small plots of land sufficient to enable a labourer keep a cow or two—a system which had in many ci‘ g answered well, adding that those who held all e r plots, if thrifty, were in many cases in a far bett e t position than the occupiers of small farms. The gre% bulk of tenant farmers even in this country were the occupation of small farms, 60 acres being the averag e ' With industry . and zeal many of them farmed s ucceed fully ; but, owing to the great competition far land 51:1 1 other causes, the position of such persons was a diffic t 4 one, and it might in time become similar to that of t__„", r small holders in Ireland. There were thirty or foil applicants for every . small farm, and the effect of th.a,, was the extortion of immoderate rents. In Somersetslc there was cropping up a loathsome system of bribing of order to obtain farms. He (Mr. Trask) had hear(' e a recent case in which the rent of - five farms, after ha vii ; been raised not long ago 15 per cent, was again sudd en raised 7i per cent., solely, as was confessed, on account d, the necessities of the owner. Conduct like that wolo:, he believed, necessitate for England legislation similar vf*, that which had been applied to the case of Ireland. long and interesting discussion followed, in which the P 5; ponderance of opinion was clearly in favour of moderate 5 large farms as a rule, except in the case of dairy farms A li o • small holdings in the immediate vicinity of large towile,,; while at the same time it was admitted by all, that 1;j1 various reasons there should be some small farms in to districts, to afford openings and opportunities of rising ~c ) persons of small capital and of special industry A' energy. Counts 11. \Vilcjek and G. Wurmbrand have N ell engaged, according to Nature, at the instance of t il ; Viennese Anthropological Society, in an exaininatioo.°lo the Austrian lakes, and have found- remains of Pl e dwellings in the Attersee. One of them belongs to v" Stone period. or F C z i.city SCARCITY OF AT ,ATTLE.—tI he Christmas beef appears inevitable ; or should there be usual shows, a good price will be commanded. In Ce r d wall, for instance, the butchers are said to be re il t be puzzled to obtain a supply of fat cattle to mee t ii e requirements of their customers. The insufficiency of t supply of good fat animals is attributable to the gene to scarcity of keep. Most of the cattle have been brough t 0 market in a miserable condition, and more fitting WO month or two's feeding in the stall than for the butch e block. If the farmers have some fine animals in resel they will reap a rich harvest, for beef is selling at much as 70s. to 735. per cwt., when in anything rae average condition. THE MARRIED WOMAN'S PROPERTY BILL.A "' eV the monthly meeting of the Victoria Discussion Sec i- o i on Monday evening, Sir Erskine Perry, the chairrao,- the evening, said the law affecting the property of r" - to ried women was a question of the greatest importanc e to every householder in the kingdom, since it a pplied the children as well as to the heads of a family. Our l!p) regulating the property of married women were wrell e a• principle, and it was high time they should be chaqo This had been abundantly proved during the discoesi ec A which had taken place of late years upon the stV2heo The objectionable law had not, however, been abeic r ei in its entirety ; but as the opponents to reform had way, there was much encouragement to those who NiT, t e43 to have a thorough change. Still it must be sell:0'1,0 there were many difficulties in the way of those who rige deal with the question, and to the removal of those c ai,3' culties all ardent reformers must apply themselves. A iii cussion took place in which Miss Emily Faithful i' v e others joined ; and letters of apology for non-attend i ktp were read from Lord Shaftesbury, Sir C. Dilke l Shaw Lefevre, M.P., Mr. Hobhouse, M.P., Mr. 0„I n o co M.P., and MrCecil Rakes, M.P. Amongst the aual e i o, was Mrs. Bulland, of New York, editor of the Revolut who has come to this country to inquire into the preg r o , of various movements affecting the position of wOO 0 p The general feeling of the meeting was in favour of ,sgsed R u s s ell Gurney's Bill in preference to the measure 1. 3 '" last session. Lani that