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B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. (kL to 455. - Li MOSES and SON beg to remind the public L. that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them Is , _tonsiderably - cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho ice in England. MUSES and SON'S 11.1 g OXFORD COATS, 17a to 503. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 198. to 508. ERTOH .T.A.OKETS, 15s. to 425. JACKETS, 10s. Od. to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 608. MOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system J. of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with'the guarantee of a faultless ht. 1, 4 1 4 "_:OSES and SON'S F ROCK 001 TS, 245. to 03s. DRESS COATS, 258. to 608 MORNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. D RESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. EMOSES and SON invit.3 special attention • to their large stock of GEN fLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. MOSES and SON'S 0 BOYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 9s. 6d. to 40s. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BRIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. D RESS SUITS, 255. to 688 I: 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. Ally 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. OORNRR of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH BRADFORD. YORKSHIRE. -a- lIEATRE ROYAL I)RL Y-LA i ,, .—Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTRRTos. —This Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUTUMN DRAMATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Nov. 8. 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. MISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, THIS EVENING, Nov. B.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA NE. /U 8.. T. 0. KING will appear in the character of jv 1 YARN EY, in the new Drama, entitle.' AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Nov. B.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE FHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated VOICES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. B.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir alter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. B—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, Nov. B—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, Fawdon, Vokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Vokes, THIS EVEN ING, Nov. B.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and j 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 THIS EVENING, Nov. 8. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ADOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 8. —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. 0. 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. DELPHI' THEATRE ROYAL—SoIe Pro prietor; Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. EBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GREEN BUSHES, OR 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. Sennet, and Mr. Charles Wilmot. And THE MILLINERS' HOLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Eliza Johnstone. T. JAMES'S TII EAT R E.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.— This Evening at Eight will' be presented (for the twenty-first time in England) Victorien Sardou's great play, FERNANDE, revised by Sutherland Edwards, Esq. Act I. Reseued, Act 11. Loved. Act 111. Won. Act IV. Triumphant. Cha racter by Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and Lionel Brouglil! Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie firough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.80. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Everard, At 8, FERNANDE. At 10.30, ONLY D, by John Ozenford Esq. Messrs. Young and Grainger ; Misses Adair and Turner. —During the vacation the family circle has been recon structed and decorated.—Boz-office 11 to 6. No fees. oYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. his Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hu g hes. The New Burl y -Burl y -E sque' "THE IDLE 'PREN TICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, F enton and Turner ; Mesdames Am y Sheridan, E. Burto n , Santley , Lee, Goodall, &c. VAIJDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees— Messrs. H. J. Montague, 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. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, and. T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, T. Phillips, and A. Newton. GLOBE THE A.TRE, Newcastle- street, Strand. — Lessee and Manageress, Miss Alleyne. TAMING OF THE SHREW ; great success of Miss Alleyne as "Katharine " Mr. Fairclough as "Petruchio." MARCO SPADA. Una nimous approval of Madame Colonna and Troupe in the BRIGAND DANCE, at 8.45. An Original Comedy, together with a New Ballet, will shortly be prodnced. r pIEATRE ROYAL, AY MA RKET. -M R. BUCKSTONE respectfully informs his friends and the public that this Theatre is now Open for the Season. Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS being nightly received with enthusi asm, will be repeated until Friday, November 18th. On Satur day, the 19th, Mr. Gilbert's Fairy Comedy will positively be pro duced. UNCLE'S WILL, a great. success, also every evening. This evening (Monday) and during the week, at 7, AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. Mr. Buckstone, jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, THE RIVALS. " Sir Anthony Absolute," Mr. Chippendale ; "Captain Absolute," Mr. Kendal; " Sir Lucius O'Trigger," Mr. Averil ; " Bob Acres," Mr. Buck stone ; "Faulkland," Mr. Howe ; " David," Mr. Rogers; "Lydia Languish," Miss Robertson ; " Julia," Miss CarOline Hill; "Lucy," Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which UNCLE'S WILL. Miss Robertson and Mr. Kendal. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. OPERA COMIQUE.—Grand Entrance, 299, Strand. Messrs. LESLIE, STEELE, and NORTON, Lessees. Triumphant Success of Mdlle. DAJAZET and her great French Company. Crowded houses and delighted audiences in this New and Beautiful Theatre. OPER A COMIQUE. Mdlle. DAJAZET as a TRAVELLER, To-NIGHT ! 3fdlle. DAJAZET as a PROFESSOR, TO-NIGHT ! ! 3fdlle. DAJAZET as a SPORTSMAN, To-NIGHT ! ! ! 3fdlle. DAJAZET as a TIMID BOY, To-NIGHT ! ! ! DAJAZET as THE MARQUIS OF LAUZUN, To-NIGHT. OPERA COMIQUE.—MDLLE. DE.TAZET and her Great French Company in three new pieces to-night, A BAD NIGHT SOON PASSES, THE MARQUIS OF LAUZUN, A CUP OF TEA. Notice.—At the request of many French and American families, and in accordance with the custom in French and American Theatres, ladies will be allowed to retain their bonnets in the First Circle. Commence at 8. J)EEP 0' DAY.—Grand Irish Romantic Drama, written by Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING (Tuesday), Nov. B.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. DEEP 0° DAY.—The PATTERN FAlR.—lrish Jig and Faction Fight, illustrated by 200 Men. Women, and Children.—TßlNClF43l4 THEATILB. PEEP 0' DAY.— he OLD QUARRY, or FOIL Sensation Scene, THIS BVIININO (Tuesday), Nov. 8.-PRINCESS'S THEATRE. T HE GREAT ClTY.—Giand Realistic Drama, 1 in Two Acts, written by Andrew Halliday, THIS E VEN ING (Tuesday), Nov. B.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. MA DAME T USSAU D'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models'of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of Frussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, ls.; Children underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. a Red Bull Wharf, 93, Uppor Thames street, London. 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The number of applicants for aid in a state of penury and physical exhaustion—strangers in our land, and frequently strangers to our language, excites in all the deepest feelings of commiseration. Having sought an asylum within our shores, let us, by a prompt and spontaneous effort, prove that they will not be allowed to add to the penalty of exile the pain of starvation. It is only by prompt and liberal support that we can cope with the many distressing cases craving relief. It is to be distinctly understood that all money collected under the authority of this fund shall be expended in this country. Subscriptions received to date : Central Committee .............. £1,277 8 0 Ladies' Committee .............. 790 1 5 The Committee will meet at the Central Office every week-day (Saturdays excepted) from One p.m. till Four p.m. (from Two p.m. till Three p.m. to receive applications for relief), meanwhile Contributions will be received Thy all Bankers, or by cheques to Hon Secretary, crossed "Roberts and Co." Post-office Orders to be made payable to Francis Bennoch. All subscriptions of £1 and over will be publicly advertised. FRANCIS BENNOCH, Hon. Sec. METROPOLITAN SCHOOL BOARD, 3IARYLEBONE DIVISION, TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE DIVISION. ELECTORS, . .. At the request of Inhabitant Ratepayers of each of he four Parishes, 1 submit myself as a Candidate for a seat at he Metropolitan School Board. I desire that every child in England be educated, and that the education be as complete as may be consistent with the age at which he must enter upon the business of life.. I cannot deem any education complete which does not include religious subjects. 1 desire that the Bible be not only read but taught : and am convinced that the Education Act may be loyally and honestly carried out without any violation of the rights of conscience. I desire the preservation and [extension of ♦oluntary Schools, and am certain that by co-operation with them the Ratepayers may be spared many unnecessary burdens on the Rates. Schools conducted by private teachers when " suitable and efficient " will continue to render valuable services side by side with the rate-built and voluntary Schools, and will complete our future system. All three classes of .Bchools will benefit by friendly competition. _ The reform of Grammar Schools, and other endowed schools, advances. I trust that the influence of the new School Boards will be exerted in favour of free admissions to those Schools as the reward of merit to Scholars in Elementary Schools. A Sunday School Teacher in early days, I have never ceased to take an active interest in Education ; and have had opportuni ties of bearing part in many schemes for the foundation or im provement of Elementary Schools. As one of the Honorary Secretaries of the National Educction Union, I have been called upon to watch the course of recent discussions, and render such aid as was possible to the main tenance of religious education. Having served for some years on the Council of one of the Metropolitan Training Colleges, I have had occasion to acquire practical information with reference to the training of Teachers. `Valuable at all times as have been the services of Teachers, their influence upon the working of the new system will in great measure determine the success of the Act. The lamentable condition of the Public Health arises, in my judgment, from the entire neglect of all sanitary teaching in schools. Having devoted myself for a considerable period to the investigation of this subject as a member of the Royal Sani tary Commission, I feel the deepest interest, and trust that the introduction into the schools of elementary instruction on the physical laws of health may aid in creating a sound public opinion, spare many lives, and avert much suffering and poverty. The English nation should at least live in healthy homes. I can devote to your service abundant leisure ; and if, in the course of events, I return to parliamentary life, I trust that your interests will not suffer from the opportunity thus afforded of defending the Education Act against unwise attack, while advo cating every reform which experience may hereafter recom mend. I shall hope to have Opportunities of appearing before you, but the vast area of the Divisicn will render it a task of great difficulty to reach all districts. I am, your obedient Servant, FRANCIS SHARP POWELL. 1, Cambridge-square, Hyde Park, 7th November, 1870. atg soZWL MO3E an i SWS Es W INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £5. GLOBE THEATRE. —This Evening , at 7, THE SECRET ; 7.45, MARCO SPA DA ; Messrs. Walter Lacy and Fairclough. Madame Colonna and Troupe in a grand BRIGAND DANCE. TAMING OF TUE SHREW Miss AneYne an d Mr. Fairclough. To Conclude with BOARD A ND RESIDENCE. FHE SITN, LONDON, TITESLAL • NOVEMBER 8, 1870. rorts. The position was worth nothing in a military sense; but the Crown Prince thought that German honour would be compromised if it remained in the hands of the French. The Guards were ordered to retake it. The general in command re presented that the recapture would be costly, for the French had erected strong fortifications. The Crown Prince was not persuaded. The second division of the Guard . was sent to storm the place, after it had been subject to a very severe cannonade, but it seems the fire had little or no effect The Guards were received by a most terri ble fire from houses, behind walls, the railway, and barricades, but pressed on in the most splendid manner, carrying house after house, and fighting their way through every lane, over every barricade, till they cleared the town, and took 30 officers and 1,100 men prisoners. But the German loss was extremely heavy, and there is great mourning over it in the camp. The French, on their side, com plain that the force in charge of Lo Bourget was left unsupported, whereas had they been properly backed up, tie Guards would have been repulsed—of which there is doubt. METZ. The French displayed the same remarkable self confidence and neglect in respect of Metz as in all other matters connected with the campaign. The fortress was not victualled until the last moment, and then the work was imperfectly done. Nobody on the French side deemed it possible that the Germans should get into France, and therefore it was deemed superfluous to prepare Metz for a siege. The Fort it was expected to play was that of an outlet for a rush on Germany. Says the correspondent of the Cologne Gazette : The ramparts of Metz are so gigantic, the numerous fortifications so formidable, that an enemy taking up a position in front of its walls could barely make the necessary preparations fbr entrenching itself and sustaining the siege in less than four weeks, and a fortress, the 'gar rison of which cannot hold out even during this short space of time without having recourse to their own horses for food, is no longer a fortress. VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. Rear Admiral Paynter has submitted to the Secre tary of State for War a plan for raising and drilling a national force of Volunteer Artillery, to be exercised upon the system adopted in Tier Majesty's navy, ,for marine field guns. These guns, which are Armstrong 6or 0 pounders, weighing from 3 cwt to 6 cwt, are worked on a - light field carriage and limber, carrying about 20 rounds of ammunition, are drawn and worked with great facility, by the men themselves, no horses ever being used, can be carried, if necessary, across hedges and ditches, and thus be placed in positions which it would be im possible, from the natural obstacles of the ground, for artillery moved by horses to approach. Ilie Admiral Would have every town in the kingdom with a bat tery of artillery of this description, and every village even its gun, manned by thoroughly - trained volunteers. I n England alone there are 12,000 parishes. If one - tenth of these ap plied f or guns it would give. a force of 1,200 guns and 24,000 experienced artillerymen to the country, and the gallant author of this scheme believes that such is the patriotism of the people that in two or three years we should have no fewer than 3,000 guns and 60,000 volunteer artillerymen as an addition to our reserve forces, and twenty-four hours would be sufficient to concentrate a mass of field guns on any heights overlooking a possible landing place. These guns, skilfully handled, should render an invasion of our coasts hopeless from the first, and would, at the same time, secure to the country a useful and cheap artillery for home defence whenever the royal army might happen to be called abroad. 'THE Loss OF THE CAPTAIN. Captain Scott, R.N., stoutly champions the late Captain Coles. The "Captain," he contends, being one among many lost under similar circumstances ' is no proof that Captain Coles' system is a failure, nor does if follow that the implied difference in her from other ships should baffle the skill of any expe rienced seaman in handling her, as sailors are aware that vessels differ widely in the management needful to keep them afloat and from sustaining damage. Captain Scott says he has seen some vessels under whole top sails and courses, while others, in the same breeze, could only bear double-reefed topsails and reefed courses, yet both got safely along. Many a good ship, under the command of brave men like Captain Burgoyne, have been made to carry sail until too late, and this was the case with the Captain. There is not a vessel afloat, says Captain Scott, which he could not throw on her beam ends by a pressure of canvass, and when once water gots into the sails of a ship in such a position, she will never rise again unless the masts are cut away. If Captain Burgoyne had been governed by his weather-won experience in handling his ship she would have been afloat now. But his attention was chiefly directed to the heeling indicator, as if, when it reached a certain degree, the heeling could be stopped by some thumb-screw as easily as a watch. The construction of the Captain had nothing whatever to do, in the opinion of Captain Scott, with the disaster. TIIE POPE AND AN ARMISTICE. A correspondent at Florence informs us that the news of the capitulation of Metz produced much excitement among the friends of his Holiness in Rome. The intelligence was telegraphed to the Vatican by Monsignor Chigi, and a council of Cardinals was summoned to discuss what policy it would be wisest for the authorities of the Catholic Church to adopt. Finally it was resolved to- despatch an eminent member of the French confraternity in Italy to the Prussian camp, with instructions to plead for an armistice. It is stated that the Pope explained in his letter that his mediation would have to be considered apart from that of the neutral Powers, and with the con currence of the Council Monsignor Chigi was requested to propose to Count Bismarck as terms for an armistice " that the siege of Paris should be suspended; that the Prussians should retire from Lorraine and leave 100,000 men between Alsace, Metz, and Strasburg; and that as a guarantee the French should deposit in the hands of the Prussians three milliards of francs, pending a general election to take place immediately." It is not improbable, the writer says, that the Administration at the Vatican, should an armistice be brought about under such conditions, may endeavour to direct the influ ence of all the Roman Catholic clergy in favour of a Bonapartist restoration. TIIE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN ITALY. The Italian Ministers are in great perplexity as to whether they should summon Parliament imme diately or dissolve it and have new elections. The Government has promised to introduce a law respecting the guarantees to be offered to the Pope. Were the law presented to the actual Parliament the Ministry would incur a serious risk—in fact, they would, in all probability, be overthrown, and men who do not reflect the opinion of the majority of the country would come into power. It is said, with every appearance of likelihood, that the intended guarantees are to this effect : That all political authority of the Pope and of the Holy See in Italy be abolished. The Pope will be perfectly free in the exercise of his ecclesiastical rights, and will enjoy, as the supreme head of Catho licism, all the honours and prerogatives of a sove reign. A territorial immunity will be accorded to the Holy See. All Italian and foreign prelates, car dinals, bishops, and all ecclesiastical orders will enjoy a perfect immunity in the seat of the Supreme Head of the Church. The Papal legate and the Papal envoys will be treated as ambassadors belonging to foreign sovereigns. Italy will look upon the Pope as a foreign sovereign, and he will be honoured as such all over the country. The apanages for his Holiness and his Court will be provided by Italy. . She will likewise assume the debts contracted to the present day by the Papal States. Italy is disposed to guarantee the liberties of the Church and the independence of the Pope, sanctioning them by international treaty. The Pope will be at liberty to travel over the country, or to go out of it. His Holiness and the Church are to enjoy lull liberty for all that concerns the publica tion, in the residence of the Holy See, of all the personal dispositions, and those regarding the Coun cil, in order to avoid a conflict between Church and State. NON-DELIVERY OF TELEGRAMS. A case of public interest has been tried at Dublin. Mr. Kavanagh, a solicitor, sought to recover from the Postmaster-General a sum of money as recom pense for injuries sustained through non-delivery of a telegram. Last August the plaintiff was in Tramore, and he telegraphed to his clerk not to insert in the papers certain election advertisements. It was admitted that the message arrived at Dublin, and that the address was correctly given, but owing to the blundering of a boy who was en trusted with the message, it was delivered at the wrong office. This miscarriage occasioned conside rable annoyance and expense, and Mr. Kavanagh, inasmuch as his client refused to pay for the unne cessary advertisements, corresponded with the authorities, with the view of obtaining compensation. After great delay, he was favoured with an order for ls., the cost of the message ! For the defence it was urged that the Post Office officials, being servants of the Crown, could not be held responsible for damages. The Recorder was of opinion that extraordinary neg ligence had not been proved, and even if such had been proved, he had not the power to allow damages. The case will be prosecuted in another direction. THE PUNISHMENT OF ADULTERATION. Some time ago a circular was addressed by the Foreign Office to the British representatives abroad, requiring information as to the practices of other countries with regard to the adulteration of food. From the answers which have been returned it appears that the systems in. operation in the Conti nental States are framed much upon the French code. In the cases of persons adulterating alimentary substances for, sale, and persons selling them knowing them to be adulterated, fines ranging from fifty francs to five hundred francs may be imposed, accompanied by a term of imprisonment varying &Ali three months to two years. Where dealers without "legitimate excuse" shall be found to have in their business establishments any adulterated com modity, a fine of from 16 to 25 francs, and an impri sonment of from six to ten days, or either punish ment, is the penalty imposed upon the offenders ; and in the event of the adulteration being proved detri mental to health, the fine may be augmented to 50 francs, and the imprisonment extended to 15 days. These penalties may be doubled on a repetition of the offence within a period of five years of the first conviction. The particulars of the offence are adver tised at the expense of the offender. In Paris the Conseil de Salubritt, and similar bodies in the depart ments, composed of physicians, engineers, &c., are appointed to watch over the sanitary welfare of the community, and to conduct the scientific processes subsidiary to the police regulations. The iniorma tion from the United States is very valuable. It seems that the State legislation varies, some States possessing no legislation at all and others inflicting severe penalties. BREACHES OF PROMISE. How is it that season after season as the law courts open, the actions for breaches of promise of marriage, never seem to grow less in number, and that the men as usual, are the parties who appear to have failed to gain experience from the past, and to have still persisted in getting into perilous toils, and winding up an engagement with a broken vow? "If a man gets into a scrape of this sort," says Mr. Baron Martin, " he must look at it in the face," but the question why men incur the cost and trouble of looking so ugly a business in the face at so late period as they do, is a question that must, we fear, remain inexplicable, unless we excuse the bachelors by saying that men will ever be more prone to make fools of themselves in affairs of the heart than act as prudent and faithful Benedicts. On Saturday two cases of breach of promise were heard in the Court of Exchequer. In the one, the defendant, a young farmer, who was eventually directed to pay the fair plaintiff £250 damages, tried to exonerate' himself by saying that "he liked some one else better." Now this man was, we presume, right in throwing up a love that ho saw would result only in disappointment, but why, we ask, could he not have had sense to see such misery in the future before he put the all im portant question P Skilled as he no doubt was in watching his crops from the time he placed the seeds in the ground till they appeared above it and promised a good or a bad return, this young farmer, one would have thought, should have had more foresight in another matter of hope and impor tance coining under his cognisant©. In the second action a paymaster in the Royal Navy, "in conse quence of his mother's reluctance to his suit, and because he was deficient in means to keep a wife properly," broke off his engagement. The Judge thought, as any equably-minded person might, that the hero in this instance should never have propose I to the plaintiff, knowing " lie was deficient in means &c.," and so damages of £3OO, by consent of the dis appointed lady, were recorded against the gallant tar. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1870. THE efforts of the English Ministry to procure an armistice have ended in failure. Several days of hope deferred created the anticipation of a better issue=—for delay in disputes is gene rally favourable to agreement; but it now appears certain that the war will proceed. The cause of thig ) failure is not equally clear. The course of the negotiations and their sudden collapse are involved in a good deal of mystery. But some information, which is worthy of attention, leads to the inference that the leaders could not agree on the terms of the armistice itself : if the ultimate question of ceding territory was raised at all, it was preceded by preliminary difficulties. The French Government wished, of course, that Paris should be revictualled for the twenty-five days of the armistice ; and they desired that Alsace and Lorraine should, like the rest of France, contribute their depu ties to the Constituent Assembly. There seems to be no doubt that Count BISMARCK rejected the first de mand, and there is good reason for thinking that he also refused the second. Yet the French Ministry could hardly give way on these points. The refusal to allow Alsace and Lorraine to return deputies to the Assembly which was to decide the terms of peace was virtually to decide those terms by anticipation. The French must be sunk very low indeed, lower even than they are now, before they could consent to deny the two provinces representation. An Assembly without deputies from Alsace and Lorraine would not represent France. It is quite possible that there might be a division so narrow that the votes from the two provinces would turn the scale. Their protests might animate the rest to a resistance of which they -would not other wise be capable. This would not suit Count BISMARCK; we should regard it as deplorable; but ifthe Constituent Assembly is to decide the terms of peace, the Deputies must do as they think right, and not as Count BISMARCK or impartial neutrals would dictate. Count BISMARCK must bo held guilty of double dealing if; whilst he agrees that a Constituent Assembly should settle the fate of France, he re duces the deliberations to a farce by declaring before hand that two provinces are German territory, and must take no part in a French general election. The re-victualling of Paris is a prob!em of greater difficulty. It is clear that starvation is the most powerful Gernianweapon against the capital. Offi cial telegrams from Versailles announce " that every thing is ready" for the siege; but the capture of the city by force of arms would be a very costly business, and might not succeed after all. Indeed, the chances of failure are great. The Germans themselves do not seem impressed with the belief that they can carry a place so vast in face of an army larger than their own—au army whose defects i❑ the field would be counterbalanced by the assistance of stout walla. On the other hand, Paris must fall sometime through famine. An armistice of - twenty-five days without any revictualling would -mean that the Germans were to carry on their most effective operation for nearly a month, whilst the French could not fire a shot. The probability is that Paris will be reduced by a blockade, and if the blockade continued in all its rigour during the twenty-five days, the so-called armistice would really be a ces sation of hostilities on one side only. But were food for the whole period allowed to the besieged city, the advantage of the truce would then be on the French side. A. winter campaign must - at the best be attended with fearful losses and sufferings to the Germans. A. month's armistice, with full re victualling for Paris, would mean a month's prolong ation of fighting in the worst weather and an additional German loss of so many thousand men. These difficulties would have been best met by a compromise. If Paris were re-victualled for half the time, the advantages, or rather disadvantages, would have been pretty equal on each side. But this species of logical agreement did not receive attention. The issue is lamentable, not only because the prospect of peace is indefinitely deferral, but also because these negotiations shew no great anxiety on the part of Count BISMARCK to secure an armistice, and because the Itepublican Ministry is more than ever committed to pr.)longation of the war. They must go on, or commit the destinies of the nation to other hands. It cannot be expected that the fall of Paris will induces thein to give way, for such a contingency must surely have presented itself to their calcula tions. Not only ROCHEFORT and GAMBETTA, but thoughtful men, such as Titocnu and FAVItE, have again publicly declared, one and all, that no inch of territory will be ceded. Such a manifesto, made just after Metz, ought to be decisive. The Repub lican Government will perish when an exhausted nation rejects its Tolley. When there is no longer any resource to oppose to the invaders, the raison d'etre 01 the September Ministry will disappear. What will cc me after it—anarchy or a despotism, or a succession of each--remains to be seen. The prospects of France were never worse, and it may be added that the prospects of the Germans are not reassuring. • They appear likely more than ever to find themselves in the embarrassment of holding a country in which no vestige of authority remains, and of being driven to set up a Government in order to make a peace. IT is a sufficiently suggestive coincidence that in the midst of this sanguinary and in many respects appalling war between two of the foremost nations of Europe, a Historical Polish Museum should be opened in one of the free cantons of Switzerland. It is simply a coincidence, of course, but it is a coinci dence we cannot but repeat that is, to our mind at least, startlingly significant. tmong all the down-trodden nationalities of which history has any record, the nationality of Poland—murdered and buried though it has been now close upon one whOle century ago, namely, as far back a on the sth of August, 1772, that being the date of the first partition, as 1793 was of the second, and 1795 of the third—is the one only nationality above whose grave mankind have almost unanimously agreed in inscribing the lac•)nic legend " ReEurgatul" The restoration of Poland, ever since Poland was extinguished, has been, off and on, more or less frequently the cherished day-dream of modern civilisation. NAPOLEON the GRP:AT and, nearly half a century later on, the reviver for eighteen years of his empire, under the title of NAPOLEON lll.,*played fast and loose with the hopes of the believers in the possibility of the restora tion to power of Poland as among the independent States of Europe. Nothing in the end, it is true, has come of it all in either in stance. The cause of Poland, however, for all that, has evidenced far more vitality than the cause of either of her proposing patrons, by the revival of her name, as still one of profound interest to the world at large, as strangely enough indicated on the morrow alike of Waterloo and of Sedan. instance this the rumours very recently afloat in the eastern and central portions of the European Continent, as not the least remarkable outcome of the Franco-German war, that the rehabi litation of Poland is again dreamt of as an event cal culated to restrain within more reasonable limits the dominant authority, on the one hand, of Prussia, on the other of the Russian Autocrat. Full of suggestive interest at such a juncture in the re-adjustment of the balance of power among the great European nations, is the opening of that Historical Museum of Poland to which we take oceasigh elsewhere in our impression of to-day to direct the attention of our readers and of our contemporaries. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE GERMAN BALAKLAVA. The Germans appear to have employed their in fantry at Le Bourget very much as the English employed their cavalry at Balaklava—i. e., threw away a number of valuable,lives for an entirely use less object. Le Bourget is one of the suburbs of Paris, and is situated on the north side. On the 29th the French sent out two battalions to the village, and dislodged a 1 russian post of one company, which fell back on its sup- HEI? MAJESTY-. BALMORAL, Nov. 5. The Queen drove out in the morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. The Duchess of Roxburgh° was in attendance. Prince Leopold also drove out. The Prince of Wales, with Count Gleichen, went out shooting at Windsor yesterday. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. Mr. R Eykyn, M.P., who met with an accident a few days since, is going on most favourably. Wo bear that a member of the Lockhart family is preparing a supplementary volume to the " Life of Sir Walter Scott." The prizes offered fir competition at the Smith field Club Cattle Show of the present year amounted in the aggregate to nearly £2,500. The exhibition is to be opened on Monday, December 5. - Tine NRW LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.—Alderman Dakin, the new Lord Mayor of London, was born in 1808. GHe received his education at the rammar School, Knutsford, and afterwards at the University College, London. He took a distinguished part in the formation of mechanics' institutes in the metropolis, and together with Dr. Birkbeck assisted in the foundation of the London Institution in Chancery-lane, where he afterwards delivered a course of lectures on chemistry and electricity. He became the head of a firm of wholesale druggists in Abchurch-lane, and subsequently in St. Catherine Cree-lane, Leadenhall-street. For 28 years he has been connected with the Corporation, begin-. niag his corporate career as the representative of the ward of Candlewick. On the death of Sir George Carroll in 1861 he became alderman. He took a leading part in the foundation of the Freemen's Orphan School, and he was chairman of the Reception Committee when her Majesty visited the city in the year of the great exhibition. In 1861 he served the office of sheriff with Mr. Alderman Besley, the retiring Lord Mayor, in the mayoralty of Mr. Alder man Hale. He fulfills many other important public offices. He is a director of the Metropolitan Railway Company, chairman of the Great Central Gas Company, president of - the Great Western Railway of Canada, and a magistrate for Middlesex. MR. CREASY WELLIIAM AND THE SICK AND WOUNDED. Creasy Wellham was again brought up before Si r Robert Carden, at the Guildhall, ch arge d w ith consPiri g to obtain money under the false pretence that it was aid of the sick and wounded in the Franco-Prussi° war. Mr. Lewis prosecuted, and Mr. Thomas Cole de' fended. George Walter, licensed victualler, Shoe-lane, and member of the Common Council, stated that one of the war boxes was left at his house in the early part 0f August ; moneys were put into it. On the 29th sep • . tember the prisoner's clerk called on himand took th e money out of the box. It amounted to £2 14s. 9d. F ri Boner took the money away and gave the receipt Pr e. duced. Henry Piddings, city police constable, said : On the last occasion Jones, the prisoner's clerk, followed himself a aid Whellham to ie cell in which the latter was looN e s up. While the prisoner was in the cell he asked Jon what he had done with those small bow', and whether he had burnt them. Jones r e plied, " Yes, I have burnt them all." Whellhete said they are' all right then. Mr. A. H. Cocks, Mayor of Brighton, said he treasuror to the sick and wounded fund in that town. 1 -" sum raised there was nearly £3,000. He received „ lithographic form, similar to that produced, about four a' five months ago, which, atter receiving some examinatit / ' he forwarded to Stubs' Trade Protection Soeie"i The circular offered to supply any number, vt these boxes at the cost price of 4s. 6d. each. Witness dia4 know that the cost price would have been 3s. each. circular offered to supply the boys with caps at 2s. °`;', each. He did not know that the cost price WO 0 each. By Mr. Thorne : In raising the £3,000 they had 0 letting cards, and were very careful to whom they Nve' addressed. (A laugh). The expenses were simply cow fined to printing and advertising. When they found th e Y had a good round sum they sent it to the National Social , but sent no debtor and creditor account. Mr. James Thomas Harrison said he resided a t Buckingham. His father was mayor of that town. Wit ness sometimes opened letters in his father's abseuel About two days' previous to the 20th Oct o b er he receive d a circular similar to the one now produced. H e bad uo knowledge of the cost of the boxes and caps. 11 , 11 „ e t circular was not acted upon in consequence of vi r m" appeared in the newspapers. A letter was read from the Mayor of Reading, similar information. Captain Burgess, Secretary to the National Society Aid of the Sick and Wounded in the War, sal, It was a fund to which subscriptions had been sent fn all parts of England. It amounted to over 2270,01 Early in August the prisoner came to the then offinea l i' e the society. He said he was in business in the city. asked witness to appoint him as an authorised agent vi carry out a scheme which he thought would be a grey benefit to the society. The scheme was to collect mond.. in boxes which he would put up in places of pubb o " resort. Witness told him the society had 11 0 such authorised agents, 'but that it was °P i e f e to everyone to assist them in any way he pleased. 0 did not then or at any time authorise the prisoner to ha''' o himself out as agent to the society. Witness never gaY, him authority to print " Collecting-box branch" to th a " society. Prisoner was not authorised to say on the circa' lar that subscriptions , should be acknowledged by th a general society. On the 23rd August wit n ess received letter from the prisoner. It was ac comPai ll , i , e 6 by a box, and stated that the latt er was s i m ilar to '— ones the defendant was p u tti ng u p i n p u bli c place', The letter invited Captain Burgess to call at or house and inspect the book. He had received from lin' soner by payment at the office the f o ll ow i ng sums :--Ser tember 3, £3l ss. ; September 9, £l5 12s. 61d.; September 13, £2O ; September 13, £l2 Os. 6id.; September 29 1 ,; £l9 ss. 7d. From the last date up to October 27, t— c , prisoner had paid nothing, nor had he account% for the money received during that time. f - r '„t above sums were independent of the aln° ll ,; paid by defendant into Coutts's Bank, namely , £lB. At a meeting at Willis's Rooms, a resolutiop was passed, allowing local committees to manage th e° own affairs and forward balances to the society. Witti e r here read a letter from the prisoner dated 31st Augu r ; stating that he was receiving from six to seven pouno%, day in coppers, and asking how he should dispose of tp amount, as the banks refused to receive coppers to B e f large an extent ; and the only other way was to get rid. ° them by paying one penny in the shilling for changi ng " ; them. In reply to another letter from witness, pris°ll" wrote him on the 7th September that the numb e r of bo% ae about was 144, and inviting any of the committee to b e present any evening, at the opening of the boxes. By Mr. Thorne.—The National Society were n ot the prosecutors in this case. Stubbs and Co., bad applies:l,ra him, but had not asked him to prosecute. They su'gges"'„, a prosecution but he told them that he was far too busy "; undertake it. He had been applied to by several persolL to send some authorised persons to examine the accoing and receive money, but had not done so. 'a ceasing to collect it was the practice to O n up a general statement with the final remittanc,o shewing the deduction for expenses. In reply to prisoner ° letter as to the disposal of the coppers witness wrote hi ll/ to deduct his expenses and remit the balance. By Sir R. Carden : I certainly did express some o f• prise at the small sum received from Mr. Wellham, aft er his statement that he received £6 or £7 a day from till° boy's boxes, in addition to £lOO a w ee k f rom h o t e l s 011 " refreshment rooms. • The magistrates' clerk then asked what were the c harge° against the prisoner. Mr. Lewis said obtaining money from seven boys, - whl e . names would hereafter be found in the indictment, of each, on the 23rd of August, and other days ; obtaining from the Rev. Mr. Stevens ss. ; from M r . Walter" . £2 14s. 9d. ; and other sums from divers persons with tlikhe like intent. He was also charged with conspiring iv:, other persons to commit these offences by attempting obtain from Messrs. Cocks, Harrison, and others, dive' moneys under false pretences, and with intention t ° defraud. Mr. Cole then addressed the Court in defence, usi ng observations in reference to the magisterial conduct of the . case which elicited considerable disapprobation. lie de nounced the manner in which the attorney for tile prosecution had fished for a case, expressing hp ability to shew that instead of Mr. Wellborn ° being the gay and fascinating swindl er that . 11° had been described, he had, 'since commencing the collections, lived in the utmost economy, his house; household expenses not exceeding £2 a week. He shoul d further shew that Mr. Wellhams had been considerab l y out of pocket by the transactions. Finally, he contended that it was merely a lawyer's transaction between Ni r j Lewis and his clients Stubbs and C o . Th e learn., counsel's attacks drew forth the observation from Si Robert Carden that the abuse of counsel generollY, showed a weak cause, and he express e d an o pi n ion tha t Messrs Stubbs had taken up the case from the most belie; volent motives.—The prisoner therefore stood committe u for trial. A recent paragraph, copied from ;the Athenceut?if refers to no new work of Mr. Tennyson's, but to certal° little songs (utter trifles), written by him for music fa r years ago, at Mr. Sullivan's request, and the music fo r which is now completed. THE EARTHQUAKE IN OANADA.—A letter fret Canada describes the shock of earthquake which was felt there on the 20th ultimo. The writer says " The wave seemed to travel about 200 miles a minul They telegraphed from Mimouski, a co u pl e o f hundre miles below this, to ask how we felt, and while the opera tor was at his work the shock came. He telegraphed ol?. to Montreal, 200 miles further on, to ask if th e y had f i ll.: it, and got the answer 'No,' but th e answer was harau gone when the shock was upon them too. THE SEFTON LIBEL CASE.—It will be rernew bered that a criminal information was tried at the last Leeds Assizes, charging Mr. Leng, the editor and par t proprietor of the Sheffield Telegraph, with publishing 3 libel against Lord and Lady Sefton. Mr. Len g wa s found guilty, and as in such cases the sentence must be pro" flounced in the full Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Le'l , appeared before the Court to receive sentence. Th e learned counsel in the case were present during the whol e day ; but the pre-arranged business not having been go b through, it was announced that Mr. Leng sho u ld apPe° l. this (Tuesday) morning, when all the extenuating circus" stances in mitigation of sentence will be gone into. CHARLEDIONT HoUSE, DUBLIN.—The Govern' ment and Cardinal Cullen have, it is understood, been competitors for the purchase of Charlemont House, the residence of the Earl of Charlemont, in Rutland-square/ Dublin. This fine mansion has been in the market for some time, and rumour ascribed to the Cardinal the design of buying it as an archiepiscopal palace. Th e Government, however, have obtained possessi on o f it 11 private treaty, the offer of Mr. M'Clintock, of the Board of Works, having been accepted. It is understood that the intention is to establish the offices of the Reg'" trar General for Ireland in this magnificent habitation. TYRANNY IN PRUSSIA.- We have another illur tration of the liberty of the press as it is known in Ger" many. Dr. Hirsch, the editor of a journal called the Gewerkverein ventured t o dispute the justice or policy o f treating the Emperor Napoleon with so muc h distinction at Wilhelmshohe ; and, further, dared to enter a protest against the alleged design of restoring the Empire. TM°, was held by the bureaucrats of Be r li n t o b e a persolo' insult to the King, who had himself made all the arrange" ments for the accommodation of his august p r i soner ; an d Dr. Hirsch was put upon his trial. The defendant ° loyalty was not for a moment questioned by the prosecu tion, but in free Germany, it was held to be quite intole; rable that any subject should dare to discuss the acts 01 the Sovereign. The defendant was condemned, and sell' tenced to two months' imprisonment. In its darkest daVi the Second Empire was never stained by a me aner act 01 tyranny than this. —Manchester Guardian. ADVANCED MARINE PREMIUMS.—Fifty guineafil premium was asked by the underwriters on Saturday t ° effect insurances on the iron ship Silvia, which left Liver: pool on the 11th of October for Bombay with coals. 2. "' quantity of wreckage, amongst which were moulding°,l &c., apparently cabin fittings, also a lifebuoy an headboard, marked "Silvia," have been picked up at Guernsey. The wreckage found may belong t ° the poop. The loss of the ship is not so certain as the sudden rise in premium would imply. The Silvia is D: l3 iron ship of 1,401 tons, built by Boyden, of this port, in 1863, and the property of Messrs. Mac Diarmid an d Green shields, of Liverpool, who, we believe, recently purchase(' her from Messrs. Carlyle Brothers, of London. She WO commanded by Captain R. Tedbury. Advanced Pre miums are also asked on the American ship Cynosure , Captain Costello, which left Liverpool Ist of Septemb er last for New York, and had not arrived at New York uP to cable advices of Saturday. She is one of Messrs= Tapscott's line of packets, but has only cargo.— Liverr° °l Mercury. THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGJT r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and of all other events. x 3 / 4 .„ Court urfnlar ...„0„- ~1 L% 1 / Gov( Will PoSs( eXair of a th e t th e c Tl - deer( Lyo► worn allov will Tf GE Vers attac Mani Pren PRc Ti Gen( An th ou aaid initi a th at Marc In can c w hit: t ilt 1 c ause t o co eoolr.