The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-05 00:00:00

TAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- v vLessees— Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7 CHISELLING, Mr. David James; after which TWO ROSES (158th night), by James Albert'. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James. and T. Thorn e, ; Mesdames Nelly P ower, A . Newton, and Amy Fawsitt, &c. rHE LATE E.A)ITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S C-Anden Stores, " 78, Park-street, Camden- town, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1870. THE difficulty there is in compiling history has throughout this terrible war had abundant illustra tion. It is the old allegory of the shield with one side of it silver and the other golden. The selfsame Ir MOSES and L-.O.N'S 114 • Nv INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £5. 13 OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. Gd. to 455. Ll MOSES and SON beg to remind the public LI, • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its r , pia/. and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourably with those of any other no Ise in England. 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FMOSES and SON supply every description of • clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes: also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoez, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON, CORNER of MINOItIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. i'HEATRE ROYAL DR .. I,A N . Ham.--Sole -a- Lessee and' Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTnuToN.---This Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AIITUM N DRAMATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Dec. 5. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at halt-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, Dec. S.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. t 4 R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of IV _l_ VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Dec. S.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. pHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated VOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. 6.—THEATRE 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 characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight 'o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. S—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse 'Yokes, Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Yokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. S.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawden, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN ING, Dec. S.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. A MY ROBSAItT; Now Drama. The Overture and Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor nack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Airling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING, Dec. 5. — •THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ADOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by A Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Dec. 5. —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, Vollairo, Marshall, Morris, H. Westland ; Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. R. Power, Miss Lennox Grey, and Mrs. Addie. At 8.45, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILE ERG. Mr. B. Webster, Messrs. H. Crellin, Worboys, Murray, and J. Clayton ; Mes dames It: 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.—SoIo Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. *EIMER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—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. H. Stephenson, Mr. C. Bennet, &c. To eonclude with THE 14r13".7,INER'S HOLLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Emma Barnett. 'i T. JAMES'S THEATRE. — Lessee and 0 Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.—This Evening at 7.45 great play, FERNANDE, Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie tsrough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON , by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Everard, At 7.45, FERNANDE. At 10.30, CHRISTMAS EVE, by C. S. Cheltnman, Esq. Messrs. H arr y Cox. Dan Leeson, and Lionel Brough.—Box-oftlee 11 to 6. No fees. 0 YAL STAND TIIE ATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROU GIL This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanboroug h, E. Button, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly - Esque , "THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Faulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. THEATRE R YAL,HAY hi ARK ir teen th Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. THIS EVENING (Monday), to commence at Seven, with the 11 OLF AND THE LAMB. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Gorton, Madame E. Fitzwilllam • after which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. . Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Rogers, Braid, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. After which 'UNCLE'S WILL— Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with BLUE DEVILS. Box ofilco open daily from 10 till 5. OPERA COMIQUE.—Grand Entrance, 299, Strand. Messrs. H. /ASLIB, C. STEELE, and W. NORTON, Lessees. This, the most beautiful Theatre in London, is now cknow ledged as THE fashionable house of the day. Mdlle . DEJAZET in French Plays Every Evening, supported by her Great French Company. Entire Change of Performance. Free List Sus pended, except Press. OPERA comiQuE, 299, STRAND. Leaseet—li. L 1 LIE, C. STEELE, and W. NORTO N. TO-NIGHT, at Eight.—Grand Combination of Attraction.—MDLLE. DAJAZET and her FRENCH COM PANY. in conjunction with the ENGLISH OPERA TIC BURLESQUE COMPANY. Commence with LE TIGRE DE BENGALE. Followed by LES PISTOLETS DE MON PERE, in which Mdlle. D6jazet 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, ttc., supported by a carefully selected Company, an increased orchestra, and a full and power ful Chorus. GLOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND.—Managerets, j!diss ALLEYNE.—BOARD AND RESIDENCE at Ts grand Ballet, THE THREE ROSES, or the CHOSEN ON as danced by Madame Colonna and Troupe for 250 consecutive Nights. The new Comedy, entitled ECARTE, at 8 ; Katie Seaton and Miss Alleyne. To Conclude with the last two Acts of MARCO SPADA, in which Madame Colonna and Troupe, will appear in their favourite characteristic DANCE. A New and Original Burlesque, by V. C. Burnand, Esq., entitled THE WHITE CAT, in active preparation for Christmas. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. Professor Pepper " 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, &c. 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. 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, Geheral Trochu, &c. &c.— Admission, is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d, extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view Portrait Models of the King and Crown:Prince of Prussia; Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission ls.; children under ten years of age, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. extra.— Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. Commencing MONDAY, November 28. Every day at 2.30 and 8 p.m. POOLE and YOUNG, the Proprietors and Exhibitors of the Overland Mail, by Telbin and Grieve, Albert Smith's Egyptian Hall Panoramas, beg to announce a new subject— THE PRESENT WAR Between the French and Prussians. Each Picture on 500 square feet of canvas, and painted by England's greatest scenic artists. THE NATIONAL MUSIC. THE FINEST QUARTETTE IN EUROPE. POOLE AND YOUNG, THE EGYPTIAN HALL ONLY. THE ' WAR.—POOLE AND YOUNG'S PANORAMA, EGYPTIAN HALL. Prices to Poole and Young's Panorama of the War, Ss., 25., Is. R EFUGEES' BENEVOLENT FUND. BAKER STREET BAZAAR. Publishers of Books or Music, Artists in Pencil, Crayon, Water- Colours, Oil, Paean, or Marble, Importers or Producers of Fancy Articles of all descriptions, Manufacturers and Dealers of every class, who can spare anything suitable, are SOLICITED to CONTRIBUTE. Whatever is sent will be gratefully acknow ledged. The absolute productions of Refugees, whether French, German, or English, will necessarily demand our first attention, and doubtless prove to be the greatest attraction to the various stalls. Every article, whether deposited by the Refugees or contributed by friends, will have the name of the producer or donor attached, and have the prices marked in plain figures. FRANCIS BENNOCH, Hon. Sec. REFUGEES' BENEVOLENT FUND.- BAKER-STREET BAZAAR. _ The Proprietors have kindly volunteered to set aside a portion of their popular Establishment for the RECEPTION and SALE of ARTICLES contributed by Refugees, or by their Friends on their behalf. The room will be OPENED early in December, of which notice will be given ; meanwhile all persons able and willing to contribute are invited to communicate with the Ladies' Committee, 15, Bruton-street, W. ; or with the Central Com mittee, 30, King-street, E.C. Articles in bulk, if packed in boxes, &c., may :at once be sent to the Bazaar, addressed "Refugees Benevolent Fund." Refugees will receive the net proceeds of the sale of their own contributions. Subscriptions received by FRANCIS BENNOCH, Hon. Sec. TWIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from 'eery, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. ed. Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames.street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AMY ROBSART.—Miss VICTORIA VOKES. In consequence of this lady's great success in the above character on the occasion of Wednesday evening, Nov. 9th, and on Wednesday morning, Nov. 23rd, Mr. Chatterton begs to announce that Miss Vokes will REPEAT' the IMPERSONA TION on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, on the occasion of the BENEFIT FOR THE SUFFERERS OF H.M.S. " THE APTAIN." Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its Pristine huo, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 35 each; also 55., is. M., and 15s. each, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angol-passage, C 3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE-A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday. Green Bushes. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Peep o'Day. The Pretty Girls of Stilberg. He's a Lunatic. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Ecarte. Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement. OPERA COMIC= -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. Onuunc—Nell and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY - Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. GAIETY - Happy Village. Fra Diavolo. Trombal ealzar. STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chapter of Accidents. HorzonN—Farce. Jazabel. . QUEEN'S Aunt Charlotte's Othello. PRINCE OF \VALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locked In. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After. noon and Evening. AMPHITHEATRE AND Cincus (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. EGYPTIAN HALL— Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PALMS ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine. Panorama of the Seat of War. The Wizard of the East. ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 641. -t• gjj JOWL 1 14 i SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DEC E:Viligß 1870. fact, viewed from opposite sides, has been described quite differently. Each witness has no doubt spoken, or written rather, in perfect good faith. But accordingly as the news has come vid Tours or vid Versailles, it has, in passing through each medium been warped or distorted—it may be unintentionally, it:may even be unconsciously. No more startling evidence of this has been afforded from first to last than the completely contradictory announcements made in regard to the last grand sortie from Paris, here by the telegrams of King WILLIAM to Queen AUGUSTA, here by M. GANBETTA'S pen and lips, through his speech and through his proclama tion. The . event is the same—with a difference. General TnocHu and General DUCROT, at the head of from 80,000 to 100,000—some say 120,000-- men, burst forth from the beleaguered capital and hurl themselves upon the serried ranks of the Prus sians and Wurtemburgers. According to the German authorities, the Parisians are repulsed and driven back along the whole line. According to the French account they are, all along the line, successful, Between the two records there is a flagrant inconsistency. The statements are, strictly speaking, irreconcileable. Yet, when they come to be looked into, they arel for all that, perfectly comprehensible. Both parties had reason to exult over an undoubted advantage gained at the close of the four hours' fighting on the 30th November. The Germans naturally rejoiced over the fact that the sortie had utterly failed to break a way through the army of investment. The French, on the other hand, wore exultant —and no wonder—at having so far tri umphed that they had taken !up a position on the Marne, that they had not only taken, but had held to the last as their own, the foughten field between Champigny-sur-Marne and Brie-sur- Marne. The symmetrical circle, bristling with the spiked helmets of the invading soldiery from all parts of the German Fatherland, is symmetrical now no longer., There is an unsightly protube rance at one portion of it, shewing how nearly it had been broken through by DUCROT and his almost desperate followers. The leader of the sortie is in one sense a suitable leader enough of a forlorn hope. He fights, himself, in sheer despair— perfectly prepared to sacrifice his life rather than succumb before his antagonists. He is one of the officers of the Imperial army who is openly declared by the military authorities of Prussia to have broken his word of honour. Released at Metz on his parole—that is, after he had solemnly pledged himself not to take arms against the Germans during the continuance of the present war —he is there leading the Parisians forth in their first furious attempt at their own deliver ance. Conscious that his life, if captured, is not worthy of an hour's purchase, General DUCROT closes his address to his troops, immediately before emerging at their head from within the shelter of the fortifications, with a decla mation that he will never re-enter Paris otherwise than as either " dead or victorious." A more illustrious personage than General;Duc ROT, more now than three months ago, made, in those very same words, the same solemn declaration. Failure came of the heroic phrase, when it fell . from the lips of NAPOLEON 111. It remains to be seen whether a soldier whose per sonal heroism is, according to the Prussians, already flawed, can yet anticipate the EMPEROR, by enter ing Paris, once more, either "dead or vic torious." Before the history of this amazing campaign can be written with anything like accu racy, time must be allowed for the subsidence of the heaving sea of passions raised by so stupendous a series of collapses and capitulations, of political and military bouleversements. TOPICS OF THE DAY. occurred in reference to the late Newport election, where Mr. Clifford began his communications with the National Association for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act, by sayirig—" It would be premature on my part to give a pledge one way or the other," and ended by addressing to the con stituents the following note :—" Gentlemen,—ln deference to the - very strong feeling expressed by the inhabitants of Newport, I will vote for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act." THE AMERICAN MINISTER. That unfortunate American Mission to London still gives trouble. General Schenck, who, after many disappointments, was understood to have relieved the President of his perplexity, has decided against the office. He prefers to remain in Congress for the rest of his term and to try his fortune at the next election, to crossing the seas and running his head into all the storms brewing on the Alabama claims, the Canadian Fisheries, the Eastern Question, and the European war. The last gentleman applied to declined the proffered honour on political grounds, as it was believed his seat in the Senate, if vacated, would fall to a Democrat ; but on one plea or another there has been a whole series of refusals. The President is understood to be a good deal annoyed at this string of failures, and the consequent satirical comments, and announces that he shall not disclose the name of anyone else he has in view until the nominee accepts. He has now no Minister either in fact or in prospect, and Mr. Moran the secretary of Legation in London, is to be tem porary charge d'affaires. LORD ELCHO ON MILIT4RY ORGANISATION. Lord Elcho has written again on the subject of military organisation. He suggests that the system of long enlistment should be tried in the army and navy reserves, the army militia reserve should be increased, and a certain number of militia regiments should be ready at all times for service with the regular army. He adds that pension and ballot are the keystones of his proposals, and though it may be urged that one is costly and the other unpopular, all experience has shewn that army recruits can only be obtained by sufficient inducements, and the greatest authorities have approved of the militia ballot. Lord Elcho thinks that the volunteer service should cease to exist if the Government and Parliament oppose compulsory service for home defence. The volunteer forco took up arms to make the country strong, but if the existence of the volun teer force is made an excuse for not adopting the ballot, the sooner the volunteers lay down their arms the better. Without the militia ballot, our wholo military system will continue to be what it now is—an extravagant and wasteful sham that gives no influence abroad, and fails to save from panics at home. SQUEEZING PARLIAMENTARY CANIIDATES. Attention is drawn by a contemporary to the fact that candidates for seats in Parliament are now ha bitually subjected to a process of squeezing on the part of organised agitators. This process, it is con tended, cannot fail to produce a degrading effect on the House of Commons generally. Bribery at elections has been rendered illegal, but a worse evil has sprung up in its stead, the practice of candidates selling themselves to constituents. Whatever demoralisation a voter underwent by disposing of his vote for money is insignificant compared with the demoralisation of a candidate who consents not merely to hide, but publicly to renounce, his own convictions. This is now, the Saturday Review complains, becoming too much of a system amongst us. A knot of energetic persons take up a question in which they are inte rested, the Contagious Diseases Act for example, a - ad persecute candidates into giving them a pledge of support by threatening the alternative of with drawing their votes from them. The Parliamentary agent will be sure to tell his patron that these people have it in their power to cause incalculable trouble, and the end of the affair is that the candidate who probably begins by trying to palter with the behests of the agitators, gives a half and half promise to do what is wanted on certain conditions, or else he is driven into an absolute engagement to do so without any conditions at all. A notable instance of the evil, the Saturday Review considers, WELSH POLITICAL EVICTIONS. The movement which was originated some time ago to raise a fund for the relief of the tenants who were evicted by Welsh Conservative landlords at the last general election, i 3 now nearly complete. About £3,830 has been raised in Wales, Liverpool, Manchester, an I London, awl 203. in the pound have been paid in all cases where satisfactory proof has been given that an eviction for political feeling has been made. In Cardiganshire 63 claim ants have been compensated by a grant of £2,090; in Carmarthenshire, 21 claiman's have received £690; in Carnatvonsbire, £4BO has been distributed amongst 25 applicants ; one claimant in Denbigh shire has received £l5 ; and taro in Merionethshire, £l5O. There were personal subscriptions to the amount of £1,936; the rest was collected in the Nonconformist chapels of the Principality. THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION. The Duke of Cambridge ha., referred in a general order to the able manner in which the force des patched to the Red River Settlement accomplished its object. The troops had to traverse 600 miles through a country destitue of supplies, and which necessitated the heavy labour of carrying boats, guns, ammunition,: stores, and provisions over no fewer than forty-seven "portages." 'Very rarely have soldiers been called upon to endure such continuous labour and fatigue, and never have officers and men behaved better. The success of the expedition proves the perfect discipline and good spirit of the troops, and the commander-in chief does not forget to record his apprecia tion of the services rendered by the militia of the dominion of Canada, who were asso ciated with the regulars in the expedition. Lieutenant-General the Hon. J. Lindsay organised the force, and he and Colonel Wolseley are specially 'mentioned in the general order. DRUNKENNESS IN THE ARMY. The Secretary of State for War has arrived at a decision which cannot fail to give general satisfac tion. The fund which has been formed from the fines inflicted upon soldiers for the crime of drunken ness will in future be appropriated to the purpose of granting gratuities to well-conducted soldiers on being discharged from the army. Every soldier below the rank of corperal who shall be discharged at the end or during the first period of service will receive a gratuity at the rate of 10s. for each good conduct badge he may possess. Soldiers discharged at the end or during the second period of service will receive £1 for each badge. The limit will be £6, and that in the case where a soldier may have five good conduct badges and has not been re ported for drunkenness during the ten years preceding his discharge. GENERAL BUTLER. That uneasy man, General Butler, has one culpable peculiarity which the American press, as a rule, are wise enough not to deprive him of. He is unreasonable. It is gratifying to know that even in the case of Eng land he is considered unreasonable. One of the last American journals we have seen which demands compensation for the Alabama losses, and yet con demns the man most anxious to see that compensa tion handed over to the United States, is the Boston Advertiser. It says:— "We have an unquestionable right to say that Great Britain must satisfy the claim we maintain against her. But this is not what General Butler proposes. He is not satisfied with the payment of the debt ; he must have it paid in a particular way. England must sell us her pro vinces in America, and sell them at our valuation, or fight. Is it possible that we could justify ourselves before the world for such an arbitrary proceeding ?' Further on, the Advertiser stigmatises the L neral's scheme as not only impolitic, but legally impracti cable ; and it concludes by speaking thus far in our praise :—" A demand of the kind means war, and nothing else. England has not fate'? so low in the scale of nations that she would yield everything for peace." ENGLISH OPINION OF FRENCH AFFAIRS. The Spectator is one of the few journals which run counter to the general current of opinion respecting the present war. Those who have passed judgment on the contest have been too prone to suppose that because the Germans had hitherto defeated the French they would continue to do so, and that because the French fight badly when they are dis heartened they could not rouse themselves if their chances of success improved. Sufficient allowance has not been made for the distinctions of national character. The English, German, or American soldier will fight as well in defeat as in victory, but it is otherwise with the French, and hence the mis takei that are made in judging of their actions. The truth is that the French are an imaginative peo?le,and their weakness as well as their strength lies in senti ment. This sentiment has lately been roused by the hard treatment they have received, and the hope of victory has infused fresh life and vigour into their efforts. It is true that if defeated their courage may sink, but if not the war may long continue, for France will produce armies in succession who will meet the Germans with superior numbers, though they may prove inferior in training. The Spectator asks if our people, who are travellers par excellence, cannot understand that something other than " a strip of silver sea" separates thorn from France ? A race inn of sentiment and emotion will not in great crises act like a stubborn people, which is as free from the liability to despair as it is wanting in the power to recruit its vigour or mere hope. There aro races who need peculiar stimulants for their success in war, and those stimu lants France has now found. THE AMENITIES OF WAR. The mortality in Paris is already in startling ex cess of the average. The chief cause for alarm is the prevalence of smallpox, which has hung about the city for many months. Before the exciting topic of the war swallowed up all matters of lesser interest the number of deaths from smallpox created great uneasiness, and tourists were beginning to take fright long before King William's forces barred the entrance to the brilliant city. - The Parisians, if not belong ing to the sturdy races who can stand misfortune unflinching, have a certain faculty of making the best of things, which serves them in good stead in the midst of their present straits and privations. It is believed that the disease, however destructive within the city, is much worse in the Prussian rankz, and the charitable Parisians console them selves by this reflection. An orator the other even ing alluded to the fact at a public meeting, and the truly Christian sentiment was received with exulting •beers by men and women alike. A MEAT SUPPLY FOR PARIS. A sympathiser with the Parisians proposes that, as ballooning has become a science, and as "tons upon tons of Australian meat are encumbering the London docks because there is no market for it," an aerial locomotive should be despatched to Paris with a supply of viands on board. The two mil lion and odd mouths within the enceinte of the French capital will soon be glad of a change of meat upon their tables. If the bears, ostriches, and rats are all exhausted before the balloon arrives, the joy with which its downfall will be greeted will place the story, of that shown at the shower of manna in the wilderness absolutely in the shade. FRENCH PRISONERS IN BELGIUM. The Etoile Beige says that since their revolt in the camp at Beverloo the French prisoners have been seil away, some to fortresses in the country, and others to detached forts in Antwerp. There they are gathered together pell-mell, good or bad, with out distinction. Another rebellion has been spoken of as occurring in the forts, but if all the reports as to their condition are correct, it is not surprising that the prisoners should have shewn symptoms of dis afil:ction. The cells in which they are shut up are dark and wet, and they are only let out tor a short time each day, when they take the air in a small court-yard. The Belgian paper regrets that the German prisoners should have been allowed to leave l while the French pri soners were put in confinement. The Giovernment, it thinks, should have made no distinction between the conquerors and the conquered in dealing with the captives. Another account states that the French prisoners at Antwerp lead an intolerable life ; a d ,, zen or more of t lately escaped from a tort at Wyneghem ; some had got out by the chimneys, and others had swum by the ditches. Th sentinels fired upon them, but aided by the darkness they contrived to escape in safety. GUVRILLA WARIAIIL Bishop DUpanlcup lately published an exhortation to his countrymen to join in the Work of defence. His example has been followed by the clergy, who have preached a crusade ; nor have they preached in vain. A guerilla warfare has begun on a large scale round Orleans. A German official account says : " Patrols are fired at from every building and every hedge. Officers carrying orders are shot down by labourers, seemingly working in the fields, but provided with rifles as well as spades. To avenge these assassinations, all non-soldiers car rying arms are immediately executed." Everybody knows, however, that the Germans themselves, and Englishmen, and all peoples of the slightest spirit, would adopt precisely the same course. Such resist ance, if 'universal, is a material addition to the re sources of the invaded state, and those who turn wars of defence into wars of conquest ought to expect it. THE NEW GERMAN CONSTITUTION. The constitution of the new German Bund is evidently not the kind 'of thing that the Prussian Ministers desire 3. Indeed, the Spectator suspects that the arrangement is the result of a severe fight in which Count Bismarck has been worsted. It is certain that many of the Prussian journals display vivid dissatisfaction. In the first place Bavaria retains the command of her army in the time of peace, and thus forms a standing exception to the unity of the whole, an exception which has given rise to distant hints of annexation on the part of northern newspapers. In the second place the King of Prussia must for an offen sive war obtain the consent of the Federal Council, in which he commands only 17 votes out of 58. These limitations arefavourable both to the in dependence of the little states, and to the hopes of the great Liberalparty, which would have attempted, but for the war, and which will attempt after the war, to modify the Constitution in the English direction. On the other hand, Count Bismarck's position is very strong. The North German Parlia ment is thoroughly his. He has a good many small States at his disposal to make up the required majority in the Council.. Nevertheless, in matters of great moment, it is obvious that the Central Prussian Government cannot have everything its own way. THE BEAR'S SKIN. An odd debate has taken place in the North Ger man Parliament. A petition was presented from Bremen, praying to have Saigon, in Cochin China, claimed as one of the conditions of peace. This gave rise to a short discussion. Some of the deputies argued that Germany had no need of a naval station in the East, and that Saigon, moreover, had a very deadly climate. One of them asked what such a project had to do with a war under taken for the protection of the national frontier. On the other side it was argued that • some protec tion for German commerce in that quarter was needed. At length, however, a 'cute member sug gested that bargaining about the bear's skin had better be postponed until the bear was taken. The majority appreciated this hint, and passed on to the order of the day. So remarkable is the notion of some Germans respecting their "Fatherland" that they even imagine it extends to Cochin China. KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD. The English practice of adding college after col lege to the two universities, without systematically arranging that each new building is, from the first, nothing but a part of the mother foundation, is not without its blemishes. The new college at Oxford, dedicated to the memory of the celebrated poet, and designed to afford to students with small means an education in those principles of sober piety which Keble loved to iden tify with the Church of England, is an instance of the fact. The college was only inaugurated some few weeks since. It obtained a Royal charter, and a decree of the University admitting its students to matriculation. Yet suddenly we learn that its members are not " under all circum stances" possessed of equal privileges with those of any other college at Oxford. An undergraduate of one of the old foundations left the latter and joined Keble college, but on presenting himself at the schools he was informed that the decree of the University "pending certain questions which might arise," conferred no rights on the new building "beyond that of bare matriculation. It certainly could' neither confer on such students a claim to examination, nor sanction the migration to the new society 01 students from exist ing colleges. It is said that the party in favour of the new college is strong enough at Oxford to obtain its perfect incorporation with the university ; still, the disposition to secure at once every privilege for the Keble students is a lagging one, and while it is so, the undergraduates who have placed their names on the books are practically debarred from the advantages of an unquestionable university education, to supply which Keble College was instituted. THE DISTURBANCES AT SURGEONS' HALL. The recent disgraceful riots at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, have been the subject of serious con sideration by the University authorities. They have determined upon a severe punishment for future mis conduct on the part of students. The four young men who were fined at the police court have received an intimation that a repetition of the offence will result in rustication. In future auy offence by a student, leading to a conviction in the police court, will be treated as a university offence, and punished accordingly. It is said that the system of the University of Oxford will be adopted, and a student offending for the first time will be placed ou proba tion for the rest of his college career, and on the second offence rusticated. A COOL JUROR. The inquest ill connection with the railway catas trophe at Harrow proceeds very slowly. The Court sits only four hours a day, and the proceedings are suspended for a short time to suit the convenience of the jury. One juror absented himself for half an hour, having gone home to dinner. Th;s same man had previously interrupted the inquiry by insisting upon a suggestion that a model of the Harrow section of the railway, furnished with model engines, trains, and signal boxes should be made, and that a representation of the accident should be produced for the edification of the jury ! A. repre sentation of the working of the juryman's intellect, generally, would certainly tend to the edification of the public. CAN I AFFORD IT ? —Pay your Stationer Gd. for a reply. Map of the World gratis in all Letts's Office Diaries. Letts's 6d. and Is. Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's Housekeepers' and Ladies' Diaries are much improved. Letts's Invisible Ink for Postal Cards, 6d. per bottle. k!":IZ,A,3 ritUL. O' - • t HER AT AJ_EST Y. T WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. a', The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, vieu t London this morning, and visited the Albert Hall of N l ' and Sciences at South Kensington. Princess Louise drove out with the Hon. Horatio WI ). ford. Dec. 4 ., The Queen, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold , and Pr'. cese Beatrice attended Divine service this morning in tije private chapel. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. It is stated that, although no precise date has been ° I ; nounced, the royal marriage will probably take Pl ae the 10th of February, the thirty - first anniversary of P . Majesty's marriage. The Dundee Advertiser states that the Princess LOU has signified her willingness to accept the wedding presella of the tenantry and household servants at Balmoral 513 Abergeldie. The present will be a necklace. IT.ERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE STAai i , We take the following from the Atheneum:—Ear l y next year Messrs. William Blackwood and Sons will „ lb/ lish "The Autobiography of the late Lord Brougllwt and Vaux ;" the work, it is said, will be one a go,. interest. A book, entitled, "On the Genesis of Speci es ' by Mr. St. George Mivart, F.R.S., will shortly aPP es !,' which deals with the subjects treated of by Mr. Darsvi'' and Mr. Wallace, but from a different point of vie''' . Messrs. Longman promise "A Telegraphic Dictionl'flr of the English Language, forming a Complete Code f. Cs t d Transmission of Telegraphic - and Posta l e Messages on every Subject," by Major Frank Boltee' This code is so arranged that all the words and •1 30e3f sentences in the English language can be express° by a single word or by a limited number letters or figures. John of Hoveden's " tica Chilindri," with a translation by Mr. Brack, is in the press for the Chaucer Society's Essa''' The first volume of Mr. Gairdner's new edition of ill: " Paston Letters," chronologically arranged, has gone,;', press. The entire stock of the. late Mr. Lilly, the known second-hand bookseller, will be disposed a i J the ensuing spring. The early publication is announce of a new and complete work on the "Life and Tinos Daniel Manin. It is now rumoured that the so-cal le . Gladstone's article in the Edinburgh Review was COO; buted by Mr. Gladstone's eldest son, though not with° touches from another hand. The Orchestra states that Madame Lemmens-Sherr ia ton, although unable to fulfil her engagement fO, Sacred Harmonic Society a week since, it fast recover l 7 from her severe illness, and will, it is anticipated, be ob to resume her professional engagements after Christi:iv.:, A new English national song by E. Reyloff is about be published. Its title is " Guard the Sea-Girt Shore! and it has already been sung by Signor Foli.—i t 1 , singular, remarks an American paper, that ..f.'" English players of as much celebrity as 11.1.1.; William Creswick and Miss Isabella Glyn (Dally, should be in New York, and should not find an o p en'n' at any theatre there.—Mr. George Honey is en P" r ; parlers with Madame Parepa for a tour to America June with her opera company, returning to London time for the autumn season of English opera here. Dickens' "Mystery of Edwin Drood " has been drams` tised at New York and Philadelphia. - The committee of the Royal Academy of Music in_t5....11 at the Christmas examination of 1871, to give a valuab le Cremana violin as a prize to the most meretorious s tudent of that instrument who has been a pupil in the institution during the three preceding terms. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGE NC E It is again rumoured that the Controller of the NOP successor will be found amongst the list of captains. The Army and Navy Gazette says, the Captain C 0132: mittee will be one of an independent character, and 0 ' nerves of naval officers who may have to attend b efore it will not be affected by the presence of any of the Lori of the Admiralty.—The Commander-in-Chief at Por t ft mouth has received a notificafion that a Japanese n 3 "" officer is to be borne on the books of the Duke of Well' if ton wilh the rank of sub-lieutenant. —Captain G. Swiney, 32nd Light Infantry, will be Sir Henry Bark l3" s aide-de-camp at the Cape of Good Hope. It is propce e to issue the new Glengarry forage cap and Norfolk jaek e to the three regiments of Foot Guards in April next. The United Service Gazette says :—The Admiralty 111 informed Mr. Griffin, C.E., that it is not at press er deemed advisable to entertain his proposal for raising h_ . : Majesty's late ship Captain.—A new helmet for o ffice, serving in India has been decided on. The material Wt be cork, instead of wicker-work. Those worn by office ° of the staff, cavalry, and artillery will have a spike at tke top, and a gilt chain; those for infantry officers will 111 ' 1° a plain button on the top, and a leather chip-straV t The Admiralty have recommended to the Treasury th a a special pension of 1500 per annum should be allowed to the widow of the late Captain Cowper Coles. — The R oy' Engineer Train is about to be strengthened by the adt il ; tion of another troop, and the whole will then be p lace' under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Somerset, ItS; Superintendent of Military Discipline at the School 1:" Military Engineering.—Her Majesty's ship Challeng er ' Commodore Rowley Lambert, C. 8., late in command e i her Majesty's ships in Australian waters, may be exp ected in England about the middle of January next. Challenger will be paid off.—Colonel Valentine Bak er and Lieutenant L. A. Smith-Dorrien, 10th Hussars, wi lo have been for the last fortnight with the Prussian force' which are besieging Paris, were on Monday last still 4 ' t Versailles waiting for permission to join the head-gu ar ' ters of Prince Frederick Charles. The Broad Arrow has heard much of late respecting t ke difficulty which has been experienced in brie th e regiments of the line up to their full establishment. Tra same difficulty would appear to exist with regard to 0 ' e militia. We " have been positively assured that ollt regiment, with a nominal strength of 70 0 , was 300 aber of its number last training, and remains so still, neither can Men be recruited for it, although every possible W I.. tion has been made." 211 E .GUNPO WDER SUPPLY. We are glad to hear that active measures are bei ° ,` 4 taken to increase our store of gunpowder, which has recently been allowed to run very low, and the mantlf 3e ' ture of the new " pebble " gunpowder for our great gu lls is now proceeding as fast as the resources of the Gover n ment factory will permit. Large supplies of this powdel. will also be obtained from the private trade. 11 nature and advantages of the "pebble" powder he''',,e beem more than once stated in these columns. In apPe e ' f ' ante the powder is like black pebbles, whence its nall ie , Its combustion is so much less sudden than that of el' existing powder that the maximum strain upon the gun: with equal charges, is greatly reduced ; and even Wfr, larger charges the strain is far less than it is at present' This circumstance permits of the charges of all our bealf guns being greatly increased, with a corresponcli d increase in the power of the weapons. 513..Ae maximum charges will now, we believe, be fi•T s ,, as follows :—" For the 7-inch guns, 301 b. ; l u " the 9-inch guns, 501 b. ; for the 10-inch gap * , 701 b. ; for the 25-ton gun, 11-inch, and 12-inch guns, 85 11 " and for the 35-ton guns (11 . 6 inch calibre) 1201 b. they being the greatest charges which the guns are capable ° consuming with advantage. As the strain !due to theS e charges is, as we have stated, far less than with the sinsil ef and less effective charges of rifle large-grain povia', hitherto in use, it is clear that the benefits resulting froo? the introduction of the pebble powder will be very cor ol. derable. Gazette. CRYSTAL PALACE.—HaIf-a-crowu Day.--Satar day, December 3, 1870.--Admissions by season ti cket 6,552 ; ditto on payment, 1,938 ; total visitors, 8,490. BURNING OF A SHIP.—The ship Alpha, of Sti ll ' Berland, was totally destroyed by fire at Hebburn-c A i l ; Tyne on Friday. She had just arrived from Hain t 'e with a cargo of salt. Before the fire engines of the TY,': e commissioners and from North Shields could reach t'a spot, the flames had taken a firm hold of the vessel, 0,, it was found impossible to save her. The cause of tt. fire is not known, but it is supposed to have originated 0 the cabin. The Custom House officer had a very na rr°` , escape from suffocation. The vessel is understood to b insured. CACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil f~ into powder, and this powder is cacaoine. Cacaoine cont 9 neither sugar nor any otheradmixture whatever. Cacioine Mit e . one of the lightest, thinnest of warns drinks, and is the most a sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacaoine , reason of the ingenious method by which the oil is removed,PN4 serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—prepared by James Eppa and Co., Homceopathic Chemists, 112, Great nit sell-street ; 170, Piccadilly ; and 48, Threadneedle-i treet ; at Em" - WOrlcs for Dietetic Preparations, Eustoii-ro4d.-4Dn. LATE REPI ROYAI No furth enemy to The loss, 2d inst. am The 104th have fifteei Tile numb( raen, The foil ceived : "No figl " To-da3 which wex Champign; Wurteinbe " After Paris Arm and Chain] the fire of " To-da] " Towar With :super tween the Conflict, wl repulsed b and the W "A Bav by the Gin tween Org liar forces Bavarian c "The G o'clock, w Itself vigor Baignaux. " The ei Corps, was by the 4th Bavarian ( " Mean` ported by and advai Artenay. "The e guns were " Our lc loßlvery 1 This me 12th Rua and the an attack Villages o Moaned in This wa After wg from Paris The Ge terrible fu the batter The Fr hundred Brie is array. There French ar The Sa Saxon RI their on The fig bEFE The 1) French n( 12 guns. The re follow s :- " At ei advanced 13azoches heavy fig low e d b y ported b beyond I "The 2nd Cavt enemy 1 French the 15t1 and 11 g " The eftnnot y The fc Governs " The continue fought, Preciabb General This inc; 17th Co: spirit of "In I by the pulsed — losses. "The grade m evident. The j that the battle Ni The y t o prudent -glagagre V errilpti illteraat Pursue W ell SU eucCeSBl I)I , E Yost gord any tofu c i two ca: d( Th e 411 (1 tc kiagt 4n d A TE THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGII r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST N EWS of the WAIT, and of all other events.