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MDSE - 4 an.l • v INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS, 76. 6d. to 456. - 1 4 1 MOSES and SON beg to remind the public „i • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its 'nudity. and they Venture to s3y that their prices witl compare favourably with those of any other 11.. ise i n England. MuSES and SON'S _44 OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 506. CAMBRIDGE COATS las. to Ws. KEICTCII JACKETS., L 5.. to 42e. SUTLIERLA.ND JACKETti, 104. GI. to OW. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s. FAMOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system . of self-measare enables them to estectite orders by post with ou t guan-AA.) of a faultless tit 1 . 1 '3 , 0 SES and SON'S F ROCK CO iTS, 245. to 038. D RESS COATS, 25e. to 00s. MORNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. D RESS TROUSERS, 12s. Gcl. to 265. AIOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. MOSES and SON invito special attention Ti/• to their large stock of GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING 11011F.S at iSs. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. MOSES and SON'S I_J• BOYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, Os. (3d. to 40s. E TON SUITS, 158. to 40s. Blt. GIITON SUITS, 18a. to 48i. D RESS SUITS, 258. to 635. 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 Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates, All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATII. ITEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. OORNBR. of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANOfI. ea A DFORD. YORKSHIRE. 9 - 111 E ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SCHOOLS 1 of INSTRUCTION,I6.I and 186, City-road, London, RC. — Established 1868.—Evening Classes. The usual WINTER BTENING CLASSES have now COMMENCED, whereby gen tlemen who are engaged during the day will have the advantage of being instructed in every practical part of telegraphy. T. EVANS LUICIDT, Soeretary. HEATRE ROYAL I 11; Y-L A v Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. aIIATTSIRYON. —This Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr. G. I. Phipps, F. 8.1., is now Open for the AUTUM Ni DRA MATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Nov. 10. Doors open at half-past Sir, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past Maven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from 4txpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. YISISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, EVENING, Nov. 10.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LAKE. Ail R. T. 0. KING will appear in the character o, 1Y ♦ARNEY, in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Nov.IO.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE PHO BUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated YOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS RYENING, Nov.IO.—THRATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSA RT ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir A MY Scott's celebrated novel "Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING. Nov. 10—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Yokes, omp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Yokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 10—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. • A MY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN ING, Nov. 10.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor mack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING. Nov. 10. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ADOMESTIC lIERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING,Nov. 16. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. ADELPIII THEATRE ROYAL—SoIo Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WEBSTER 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. 11. Stephenson, Mr. C. Sennet, and Mr. Charles Wilmot. And THE MILLINERS' HOLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Eliza Johnstone. T. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOIIN WOOD.— This Evening at Eight will be presented (for the twenty-third time In England) Victorien Sardou's great play, FERNANDE, revised by Sutherland Edwards, Esq. A c t I. Rescued, Act 11. Loved. Act 111. Won. Act IV. Triumphant. Cha racter by Messrs. Farlen, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray and Lionel Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Veziu, Miss Larkin, Mjss Fannie (+rough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 0.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; !times Marian Inch and 11. liverard, At 8, FERNANDE. At 10.30, ONLY D, by John Oxenford Esq. Messrs. Young and Grainger ; Misses Adair and Turner.—During the vacation the family circle has been recon structed and decurated.—Box-oftice 11 to 0. No lees. Ahis OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBORODGFI. 'Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and P. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque, " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. AT.AUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees— Messrs. 11. 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, 11. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, C. Oarthorne, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Any irawsitt, T. Lavis, Phillips, and A. Newton. GLOBE THEATRE, Newcastle-street, Strand.— Lessee and Manageress, Miss Alleyne. TAMING OF THE SHREW ; great success of Miss Alleyne as " Katharine ; " Mr. Fairclosgh as "Petruchio." MARCO SPADA. Una nimous approval of Madame Colonna and Troupe in the BRIGAND DANCE, at 8.45. An Original CornedY, together with a New Ballet, will shortly be produced. GLOBE THEATRE.—This Evening, at 7, THE SECRET ; at 7.45, MARCO SPADA ; Mews. Walter Lacy and Fairelough. Madame Colonna and Troupe in a rand BRIGAND DANCE. TAMING OF THE SHR.EW! mh ig Alleyne and Mr. Eairclough. To conclude with BOARD AND RESIDENCE. THEATRE ROY: AYMARKET.—MR. BUCKSTONE respectfully informs his friends and the public that this Theatre is now Open for the Season. Sheridan's Comedy of TIIE RIVALS being nightly received with enthu siasm, will be repeated until Friday, November 18th. On Satur day, the 19th, Mr. Gilliert's Fairy Comedy will positively be pro duced. UNCLE'S WILL, a great success, also every evening. This evening (Thursday) 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 Flitch UNCLE , WILL. Miss Robertson and Mr. Kendall, Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Box-office open daily froni 10 till 5. OPERA COMIQUE.—Grand Entrance, 299, Strand. !deem's. Liana. SsaxLU, apd NORTO%. Leseeee. Triumphant Sucoese of Mdllo. :LT,l2l:l‘ and her great French Company. Crowded houses and delighted audiences in this New and Beautiful Theatre. nPF e -R A COMIQII hl-610. DATAZET ae a TRAVPT-LEB, TO-NIGHT DIiTAZNI' as a PROFESSOR, To-NlGav ! ! Mdlle. DJA.ZIrr as a SPORTSMAN, To-NIGHT ! ! ! Mdlls. DgJAZRT as a TIMID BOT, To•NIOEIII I ! ! DATAZET as TUB MARQUIS OF LAUZUN, TO-NIGHT. A.I?PERA COMIQUE.—MDLLE. DATAZET and her Groat French Company in three new pieces to-night, A. 1) NIGHT SOON PASSES, THE MARQUIS OF LAUZUN, A CUP OF TEA. Notice.—At the request of many French and American famillee, and in accordance with the custom in French and Amerloan Theatres, ladies will be allowed to retain their bonnets in the First Circle. Commence at 8. DEEP 0' DAY.—Grand Irish Romantic Drama, 1 tten I.* iklmund 'Palomar TILI6 IliWilli° (Tharada,y), XoT. 10.—PWC28.2,8 DEE'P 0' DAY.—The PATTERN PAM—lrish I dig and Faotiou /tight. Nitwit/OA Ay SO) Mc*. Women, and Childran.-413.INCLMS'8 rinfaTlLS. PEEP DAY.—The OLD QUARRY, or FOIL goneation Scene, THIS HYMNING (Thursday). Nov, 10.-1 , 11,1)1(1:W5. THILLTRE. TIRE GREAT ClTY.—Grand Realistic Drama, in Two Acts, written by Andrew Holliday, 71118 IVY...T ING (Thursday), Nov. 10.--PRINCEBB'S TIIZATRZ. 1, DAME T USSAU ITS 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, la.; Children underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon 8..00ms 6d. extra, Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. TWIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY e) TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from eeefay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. ~'I) NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. ,1 GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair 11 to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of she 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, Es. each; &leo se., 7a. ad., and 15a. sato]; nolutl ng brush. lied Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, Pi. Upper ion, E.C. 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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 conscienoc. can devote to your service abundant leisure . • and if, in the course of events, I return to parliamentary lif e , 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 am, your obedient Servant, FRANCIS SHARP POWELL. 1, Cambridge-square, Hyde Park, 7th November, 1870. THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION t o b e s een every Evening, at Eight o'clock. Mr. GILKANII. "The Wheatshear," High-street Camden-town. r 1 I IIE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS bud SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W. HARRIS, News/ a per Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road London. THEATRES, AND. AMUSEMENTS. DEURY•LANE--A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKET—An Alarming Sacrifice. My Husband's Ghost. Uncle's Will. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliners' Holiday. Green Bushes. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. . The Idle 'Prentice. PRINCEBB'H THEATRE.—Peep o' Day and Great City. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Only a Halfpenny. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. The Secret. Omama—Little Emily and (Burlesque) Pant and Virginia. OPERA Commac -A Bad Night Soon Passes. The Marquis of Lauzun. A Cup of Tea. GAIETY—The Happy Village. Zampa. Trombaloalzar. SADLERS WELLS.—Virginius. Faroe. STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Operetta. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the_ Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.--Christy Minstrel& Every evening. PoLYTEciano--Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. CREmoßNß—Fireworks, Ballet , tke. NEW SURREY---A Striking Similarity. Link by Link, Nobody's Chill. QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's . Dream. ROYALTY—WeaIth, and Stranger, Stranger than Ever. IloutonN—Farce. The Odds. PALAIS ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine. Siege of Paris. ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 16 p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGI F O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events. • y II i * 1111. • 4 20 • kde LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1870. THE Judges have shewn themselves more merciful than the prosecutor in the suit of " SEFTON v. LENG.!' Yet it can scarcely be said that they have shewn mercy at the expense of justice. There never was a case in which there was more reason for leniency, and rarely one in which the plaintiff allowed so resolute a determination to carry matters to an extremity. The details of the case are well known. Mr. LENG is one of the pro prietors of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, a j uurnal of high standing in Yorkshire, and which has done good service in exposing the iniquities of the local trades unions, a service of no little peril, inasmuch as Mr. LENG had his life threatened by men who, he had good reason to know, had never shrunk from committing murder, even for a less powerful motive than the dread of exposure. Several months :,go, and shortly after the MORDAUNT trial, it I came rumoured that the Prince of WALES would F made co-respondent in a divorce suit. There was no rah in the rumour, but it was so prevalent that it .• as sent by one of the agencies which supplies •!e% l Triiphic information to the country press, as a riece of intelligence, save only that the name of Cie tidy said to be involved was not mentioned. Simultawously a London evening paper published the report, while the reporters who attend the Divorce Court supplied the most positive information as to the identity of the parties concerned. Suffice it to say that when the rumour sent on by the Press Association reached Sheffield, the sub-editor of the Telegraph, relying upon the information supplied by a reporter who had arrived from London that same night, mentioned the names of the persons said to be implicated. The story was utterly false from be ginning to end, but it came with so much apparently independent confirmatory detail that the sub-editor of the paper in question credited it and published it. At that time Mr. LENG was absent, being indisposed. The next day he saw the paragraph in his own paper, and, being alarmed, at Once rebuked his employd for having inserted it, and ordered the sale of the paper containing the para graph to be stopped. He was soon to find his alarm well-founded. Proceedings were at once instituted by Lord SEFTON, which wore certainly more than sufficient to vindicate the character of the COUNTESS. That, indeed, was vindicated by Mr. LENG himself, who in serted a retractation and an apology. Most persons on hearing how the error had arisen would have been satisfied with this full avowal and with drawal of it. Few persona would have thought of asking that the man who had not committed the offence should be punished. But Lord SEFTON first incised for a rule for criminal information, then applied to have the rule made absolute, t•ien had the case tried at Leeds, and then had the defendant, after three months of suspense, sentenced in the Queen's Bench. The ex penses of all these proceedings wore inevitably to come out of the defendant's pocket, and must have amounted to an enormous fine. But Lord SEFTON would seem to have wished that Mr. LENG should pay in person as well as in purse. An ordinary action for libel would have sufficed to ensure a pecuniary penalty ; but the criminal action could have had for its object no other end than Mr. LENG'S imprisonment. Fortunately, as we have said, the judges were more merciful than his lordship, and they have inflicted what they call (and Mr. LENG will hardly differ from them) the "extremely moderato" fine of £5O. This case has more than a personal interest. It is one in which not only the proprietor of the Sheffield Telegraph is concerned, but journalists throughout the kingdom. It is a fact that they are exposed to a danger which no other portion of the community incurs; they are answerable for the mis doings of their employ6s, not only civilly in the shape of pecuniary compensation for damages proved to have been sustained, as other employers are, but they are liable also to criminal proceedings, and a personal penalty. A newspaper pro prietor residing in London may any day be threatened with imprisonment for an article in a newspaper which may be published at Penzance or Wick, though he may not oven have seen the article. It is true, as was pointed out by the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, to whom the Press has been re peatedly indebted for his liberal ruling, that ajournalist cannot be held criminally answerable for a libel, that re sponsibility is removed from him if no malice is proved on his part ; and Sir ALEXANDER. COCKB URN intimated pretty plainly that if he had not been ill when Lord SEFTON moved to make the rule absolute, it would not have been so made. Nevertheless it appears that Mr. LBW}, though he could not be sent to prison for his sub-editor's fault, was liable to that punishment because a few papers had been sold some days after the publication of the libel, though contrary to Mr. LUNG'S orders those papers being kept solely for the purpoie of allowing► certain advertisers to verify their advertisements. It is high time that such an unjust con dition of the law should be set right, The journalist's office is one of peculiar difficulty and anxiety. None but he can tell of the extreme per plexity in which he is often placed by the difficulty which he has to substantiate information which it would be most perilous for him to publish if untrue, but ,which it would be most detrimental to his reputation to omit if true. Though we would seem to be magnifying our office, we venture to say that in no profession is more anxiety shown to do the duties which pertain to it honestly and honourably. ht the same time in no profession is a principal so much at the mercy of indiscreet employds. It is quite enough that he should be exposed to the danger of a ruinous fine by reason of his agent's blunder, it is too bad that he should also be liable to loss of liberty in defiance of the just principle of English law that no man can be considered a criminal who is not an accomplice in the crime. No such anomaly prevails in Scot land ; and yet in no part of the kingdom is the newspaper press conducted more rempectably, nowhere is' it more free from libellous writing. There is not the smallest reason why journalists south of the Tweed should be liable to proceedings so harsh as those - which Mr. LErio has had to endure, and which elicited the unmistakeable disapproval of the LORD OMR* JUISTICR` of England. • FUIMIER reveiations respecting the armistice negotiations shim' •still More plainly how vain was the hope of obtaining 'tiny - beneficial result. The intervention of the Neutral Powers was even more useless than it at first appeared to . be. According to German official statements, Cou n t BISMARCK, when the proposal for an armistice came to nothing, suggested that the French Government should appoint a tithe for the elections, and promised that the German armies, without any cessation of hostilities, would avoid all interference with the free choice'of the people. The Ministry in Paris declined this oiler. Their' refusal was perfectly consistent with the poiiCy to which they have definitely com mitted themselves. They have announced that they will yield no territory, and they can have no degre for an armistice which does not promise them means of escaping from the dreaded humilia tion. A very few minutes': conversation be t Ween Count BISMARCK and M. THIESS would, serve to convince the two statesmen that the views of the hostile Governments were as irreconcilable as ever. That fact being ascertained, the'French Ministry bad every reason for declining an armistice. `Whether they themselves yield territory, or an Assembly be found who is willing to incur that responsibility, the result must equally be the fall of the September Government. The declaration they made on assuming office they repeated when 'Paris expressed its confidence in them by an overwhelming majority. If the national representatives rejeot this uncompromising policy, it will be clear that France does not endorse the confidence vote of Paris. There is absolutely no hope in such a position; nor is there save patiently anything for neutral States to do, SUN, LONDON, THURSDA V , NOVEMBER 10, 1870, pursue the policy of waiting for " something to turn up." The war is fruitful of surprises; its events move rapidly ; and it may be that the world will not have to wait long. TOPICS OF THE DAY. MR. REED ON THE MONARCH AND VANGUARD. Mr. E. J. Reed is dissatisfied with the statement that the Monarch is to be detained in port on account of instability. The Monarch will, he believes, pro ceed to sea with the Channel Squadron; her sta bility is very satisfactory. When quite light, with coals and stores nearly all consumed, she still has sufficient stability for mere safety, but the admission of water ballast into a few of her lowest com partments, for which provision was made in her design, would contribute to her comfort and steadiness in a gale of wind. The Van guard, and the other three ships of the same class, may bespoken of in the same way, though Mr. Reed thinks it likely that some amount of per manent ballast (iron and not water) maybe necessary in their case. When he loft the Admiralty, they seemed likely to be some inches within their intended draught, so that it would be necessary to correct the centre of gravity by ballast. With proper management, ho considers that the question of safety ought not to arise in any of these high-sided ships. Referring to the loss of the Monarch's great rival, Mr. Reed says that the essential cause of the Captain's loss cannot possibly operate in the case of the Monarch or Vanguard class, and her loss should not be allowed to spread dread and distrust throughout the navy and the country respecting ships which in no way resemble her. Mr. Reed proposes to express his views on this question of stability very fully in a new preface to hie work on " Our Ironclad Ships." At the same time it must be remembered that the same confident opinion of the security of these ships was entertained by the late lamented Captain Coles even during the very last voyage of his favourite Captain. MIL. SUMNER ON TETE WAR. Mr. Sumner, who fills a prominent place among the American statesmen of the present day, has been delivering a lecture at Boston on what he called "The Duel between France and Prussia." Mr. Sumner sees no practical way of reconciling the sensibilities of France with the guarantees due to Prussia, short of a radical change in the war system itself. France must be disarmed, and other nations must follow her example. After the capitulation of Sedan there was a double mistake; first, on the part of Germany, which, as a magnani mous conqueror, should have proposed peace ; and, secondly, on the part of the Republic, which should have declined to wage a war of Imperialism. The three essential conditions of peace are, he considers, the complete guarantee of Germany against future aggression; the absence of any needless wound to the French people or to the principles of public law ; and the establishment of some rule by which the recurrence of such a duel shall be prevented. The question of indemnity he considers to be less important than that of guarantee. The dismemberment of France he holds to be a matter of doubtful issue, but the disarmament of that country affords a prac tical security for the future. The razing of the French fortifications and the abolition of the stand ing army, except the minimum of force required for the purposes of police, would • give Germany on the side of France absolute repose, while France, saved from intolerable humiliation, would herself be free to profit by the new civilisation. Mr. Sumner then roughly sketches the enormous expenses which the war will entail on France under the most favour able circumstances, and points out that the aboli tion of her gigantic standing errny would afford her Immediate relief, and enable her to recover lost ground with rapidity. A BENEVOLENT PARSER. Mr. Cowasjee Jehangheer, a Parsee merchant of Bombay, has forwarded a donation of a thousend pounds, to be equally divided among the French and German wounded in the present war. in en closing the bill for £l,OOO to Sir Bartle Frere s late Governor of Bombay, Cowasjee Jehangheer remarks that ever since the fear ful slaughter of the war began he could feel no peace, and that it is some relief to hit mind to know that he has done something to serve people in great distress. This Parsee merchant has for more than twenty years devoted a portion of his riches to works of charity and public usefulness. In 1861, when the North-West Provinces were distressed by famine, he sent at his own risk the sum of 49,000 for the benefit of the sufferers in awaiting the collection of money at Bombay. He has contributed largely to the erection of public buildings in Bombay. He gave £20,000 for the building of Elphinstone College on condition that the fUrther sum of £lO,OOO was con tributed by the Government. Mr. Cowasjee Jehangheer has taken the surname of " Ready money," on account of his habit of paying all he gives and all he owes in the promptest manner. The late Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, also a Parsee, who was greatly distinguished for his liberality, was a citizen of Bombay. THE STUDENT OF THEOLOGY. Professor Charteris opened the classes of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Edinburgh with an address on the position of the student of theology at the present time. The attacks,, he said, which are made on the position of those who hold the authority of the revelation of Divine truth seem to come in the main from three quarters—the scientific, metaphysical, and the critical. He maintains that theology has nothing to fear from scientific research. The ascertained facts of science we are bound to accept and believe as truth from God, and so long as science does not prove that there is no living God, it does not alter the foundation of our faitli. So far as he knows, there is no scietitific discovery which would'prevent any one singing the eighth or the nineteenth- Psalm, as the Hebrew would have sung it in the Temple of Solomon. In one part of his address the 'PrO fessor contends that there is no such thing ari spon taneous generation, and that all the germs of life come from - the parents whom God created. • But apart from - all this, no doctrine of averages, no theory of combination of existing elements, would ever enable us to . account for the life and character of Christ. Referring to the attacks from the metaphysical quarter, the Professor says adisbelief in the supernatu ral isthe cause of most of the unbelief in Christianity. To ' say that because miracles were unusual, and, therefore, that they ought not to be believed in, is, he holds, an 'insult to the understanding. Campbell has, he thinks, completely - answered the arguments against miraculous interpositions. In , his concluding remarks Professor Charteris expresses -an opinion that critics, whilst refusing-to accept the tenets of the Christian religion, have failed to explain Christianity and. Christendom. INFECTION • FROM THE LAUNDRY. Experiments concluded at the Birmingham Children's Hospital have resulted in the discovery that the laundry - is a great communicator of infectious disease.. Medical men have long been acquainted with the fact that the clothing of fever stricken persons is 4)III4iUM of infection, but until now it • was, uo known that the mixing of 4116 clothes with the general "wash " was .a..means of transmitting. contagious diseases. The experiments at .Birmingham demonstrate the fact that when the clothe :of patients in the fever wards are washed separately from those of the other patients, the latter do not incur scarlet fever. An extension of the experiments cmolusively*oved that those patients in the ward above the laundry were more frequently attacked than those in distant wards. SCOTCH SALMON. On a review of the past salmon fishing season in Scotland it appears that on the whole it has not been very productive. In one or two districts the capture of fish was above the average, but generally speaking the season on some rivers has been the worst known for many years. In the upper fisheries the long drought seriously affected the takes of salmon. In consequence of the law state of the water during the greater part of the year the fish were prevented from ascending the rivers and distributing themselves throughout the upper waters. The autumn floods, however, brought up an immense quantity of fish, and during the last few weeks of the season a fair number of salmon was taken. The season of 1870 in Scotland has been remarkable for one feature, namely, the many heavy fish brought to land. The chief cause of the increase of monster fish is doubtless the preservation of kelts. Salmon, ranging from 201 b. to 301 b., have been numerous, while the capture of fish weighing upwards of 501 b. was by no means an uncommon occurrence. THE AMERICAN HARVEST OF 1870. Interesting particulars relating to the crops of the United States are furnished in a report issued in Oc tober by the Commissioner of Agriculture at Wash ington. It would seem the severity of last winter was followed as in England by a long season of drought, especially in the Northern and Eastern States. The consequence was that there was a re duction in the wheat crop of this year of 14 per cent. on the supply of the previous year. The Indian corn crop, however, unlike the crops of 1868 and 1869, was a full one, and intelligent men, the commissioner of agriculture say, have estimated a total product of 1,250,000,000 bushels. This would bring in a better yield than any in the past ten years. In the south oats have promised well ; in the other States, however, the results were generally dissatisfying. The aggregate production of barley, we are informed, was somewhat less than in 1869, and potatoeS showed a considerable reduction in quantity. The decrease in the supply was perceptible in all the Atlantic States, Virginia included, and in the western States, north of the Ohio river. The cotton crop now being brought to market has been the cause of much exultation, the year's culture shewing an apparent average increase (combining the elements of increased acreage planted, and the condition of the crop on October Ist) of 11 per cent, over the results of the harvest in 1869. The crops for 1870-71 may, it is estimated, give to the growers about 3,500,000 bales. Entire satisfaction, however, is not felt in the returns, as worms and rust have been at work, and in the cotton states serious injury has been done to the growing plants, indeed the commissioners say it is much to be feared, if the remain !er of the season be unpropitious, that the cotton supply may be less than in 1869 rather than greater. 60111°I o, t- eirt to kr HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Nov. 7 The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove out. Princess Louise's knee continues to improye, but the necessity of still maintaining absolute rest is strictly en joined. The Prince and Princess of Wales leave town this after noon for Sandringham. MR. JOHN BRIGHT. Our repeated fears that Mr. John Bright would never again fulfil the duties of his position at the head of the Board of Trade, from which office he has been absent for about a twelvemonth, are to some extent confirmed by a statement made on Tuesday night at a meeting in Man chester, when his brother, Mr. Jacob Bright, said it might be weeks, perhaps it might be months, before the public would again see the right hon. gentleman. H.M.S. MONARCH. We are enabled to state on authority that the Monarch turret-ship will proceed to sea with the Channel Squad ron, and that all doubts respecting her want of stability have been set at rest. Pall Mall Gazette. GREAT FOG IN LONDON. The metropolis was yesterday enveloped in one of the densest fogs that has been known for many years. Busi ness was transacted by gaslight, while in the streets the services of link boys with torches were necessary to secure anything like safety to traffic. As it was, numerous accidents occurred both on the Thames and in the streets. In all private houses lights were burned, and the appearance as persons outside passed these dwell ings was much the same as that presented at night time. Cabs and carriages in the streets used lamps profusely. As soon as the fog got thick the authorities closed the gates of the British Museum, and no person was admitted after 10.30, a.m. A large concourse of people soon assem bled. Amongst them were three or four "young ladies' schools" from Clapham, Kensington, and elsewhere. The scene was very unusual. Blue stockings, costermongers, artists, journalists, and scholars all biggledy-piggledy. The flirtation was fast and furious. FOG IN THE HUMBER. The foggy weather of Tuesday, says a despatch from Hull, led to several disasters on the Humber. The Nor wegian barque Ulsted, which left the Albert Dock in the morning, returned in the evening, having been run into off Grimsby. It appears she had anchored in the Grimsby Roads, and whilst there a steamer ran into her amid-lips on the starboard side. She was considerably shattered. and the force of the collision broke her from her moorings. Before she could be brought up she drifted foul of the smacks Ellen and Ann and Precursor, of Hull, causing one to lose her bowsprit, and smashing the quarter of the other. The Emily s.s., from London for Goole, during the forenoon ran into a light keel in the Hull Roads. The keel had to run into the harbour to prevent her sinking. The Deva, steamer, of Goole, is reported by the master of a tug to be ashore between that place and Hull. A brig, supposed to be in ballast and outward bound, was also noticed hinh up on the bank near Goxhill, immediately opposite Hull. There wore 1,343 deaths registered in London las, week, which waS 126 less than the estimated number. There were 23 deaths from small-pox, 27 from measles, 174 from scarlet fever, 10 from typhus, 20 from enteric (or typhoid) fever, 1 from relapsing fever, 14 from . simple continued fever, and 16 . from diarrhoea. From " simple cholera" or choleraic diarrhoea 2 deaths were registered. Five fatal accidents caused by horses or vehicles in the streets were returned. The mean temperature during the week was 44.1, or 2.1 below the average of fifty years. Ax IMPORTANT IRISH LAW CASE.—A question of some nicety, in which Cardinal Cullen and the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests were concerned, came before the Master of the Rolls in Ireland for judg ment. A Mrs. O'Connor, who died recently, demised certain lands in the county of Meath by will, in trust, to the Archbishop of Dublin and his successors, for the support and maintenance of Roman Catholic'churches. On the 15th of February, 1869, she made a codicil, by which she left her trinkets and a legacy of £lOO to another. At her death she was seized of 30 acres of other lands besides those mentioned in the will, but which were included in the lease of lives, renewable for ever, under which she held altogether 237 acres, at a rent of £220 Irish. The Commissioners of Charitable Dona ' tions and Bequests declined to accept any trust, or to act in the matter, and submitted the construction of the will to the Court. The heir-at-law contended that the 30 acres could not be held to be included in the will ; that the codicil and will should be read together ; and if so, that, the codicil having been executed within three itionths of her death, the trusts which were for Roman Catholic purposes were void, and he was entitled to the whole lands or undisposed of realty. The Master of the Rolls ruled that the trusts did not vest in the Commis sioners, but in the plaintiff, and that the thirty acres did not pass under the will, but came by descent to the heir at-law ; and, as it was necessary to raise the question, he gave all the parties their costs out of the estate. A BOON FOR LADIES.—Highly as sewing machines are prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they make a great noise while doing the work ; a noise so great that for a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady. To ba not only prevented from talking, but also from listening to the gossip of those around her—the very thought of such a thing is unendurable Well, an inventor has come to their rescue with a SILENT SEWING MACHINE; and as it comprises all the appliances send devices for varied work with which all the best sowing machines are provided, and several in addition, and exorcises them all so NOIRMLBSBLY that the ladies may gossip oven in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or heard of, no more, and that "LA SILENCIEITSE," the Silent Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACK, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s, 215 A, REGENT-STREET . , LONDON, W.), will quietly take their place, as the universal domestic helper.—(t investment Circular and Financial Record," September 7,167 Q, LORD MAYOR'S DAY. Mr. Alderman Dakin, the new Lord Mayor of London , has escaped from a dilemma. Two or three years ago the Chief Magistrate of the metropolis thought fit, whether wisely or unwisely we need not stop to inquire, to consi derably curtail the usual "splendour" of his inaugural procession, and the result was he had heaped upon him all the opprobrium which it was possible for the lovers of sightseeing to invent. Lord Mayor Allen, however, like Mr. Pickwick in the matter of his incarceration, came to his determination " on principle ; " and it may be added, he carried it out with praiseworthy consistency, turning a deaf ear to all remonstrance. The present chief magis trate of the City, like his immediate predecessor (Alder man Besley) has, however, revived the ancient customs of " Lord-Mayor Show Day " to their full extent, but in doing so has narrowly escaped the unfortunate position of proceeding to Westminster in state without being seen at all. It is pretty clear, however, if such an unhappy result had come to pass, the right hon. gentle man could not have been blamed, for though he may have almost supreme power in most matters connected with the management of the metropolis, he cannot be held responsible for November fogs, neither can it be said he has any control over their density or the time of their appearance. He, undoubtedly, did his best to gratify sightseers, and to carry out an ancient custom, which, at any rate, by a large section of the inhabitants of London, is looked forward to with considerable interest. Yesterday one of the thickest fogs which for years has been experienced, hung over London, and so dense was it at one time that objects were quite invisible a dozen yards from the eye, causing great danger to all classes of passengers. Towards noon, however, the fog lifted, but hung about in mid-air, and made the streets as dark as they are during night time. However, just about the period the civic pageant was announced to leave Guildhall, the fog almost entirely disappeared, and the immense numbers of persons who crowded the streets of the city were gratified to their hearts' content. Flags and bunting were dis• played at various points of the route of the procession, and the bells of St. Lawrence, Jewry, and other churches rang out merry peals. The procession left Guildhall Yard at a quarter past two, headed by the band of the Grenadier Guards. There was just enough of the military element in the procession to give it a lively and imposing character, and the various bands which accompanied it were advantageously placed. After the Companies of the City, the members of the Common Council, &c., came the Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs, with the Aldermen and the late Lord Mayor. These were followed by the Recorder, and other City officers, and then next in order of procession appeared the mounted Band of the Life Guards, after which came the Right Ho n . the Lord Mayor in the well-known state carriah, , e drawn by six fine horses. His lordship was accompanied by his chaplain, sword bearer, and common crier, and an escort of the 10th Hussars hrought up the rear of the procession which passed through Gresham-street, Princess-street, Kin°. William-street, Cannon-street, St. Paul's Church yard', and Ludgate-hill. Here the usual route was departed from, and the pageant passed by New Bridge street, Blackfriars, and the new Victoria Embankment to Westminster. The whole route was thronged with people and the Lord Mayor was frequently warmly cheered by the spectators. Arrived at Westminster, his Lordship was, according t o usua l cus t om , i n t ro d uce d to the Lord Chief Baron, and the other Barons of the Ex chequer, by the Recorder of the City (Mr. Russell Gurney, Q.C., M.P.), and the Com mon Sergeant (Mr. T. Chambers, Q.C., M.P.) His lordship was then sworn in, and afterwards was introduced to the judges in the other courts, and ac- cording to custom invited them to the banquet. This ceremony over, the procession was reformed, and having been joined by the Lady Mayoress returned to Guildhall by way of the Strand, Ludgate-hill. St. Paul's Church yard, Cheapside, and King-street. The procession on its return was followed by several of the Ministers, judges, and persons of distinction who had been invited to the banquet, which afterwards took place in the Guildhall. THE LONDON DEMOCRATS. A meeting of the Anglo-French Intervention Council has been held at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey, for the purpose of taking steps for "demonstrating " the feeling of the London working classes in the event of the Germane bombarding Paris. Mr. Weston. who presided, speaking of a paragraph which had appeared in a weekly paper, stating that a portion of the council were in favour of " interviewing " Count Bismarck against the continuance of the war, said that this paragraph really anticipated a proposal which was held to be a deep secret, but he believed the project had fallen to the ground. In dis cussing the proposed demonstration, one member said that the season was unfavourable for outdoor meetings, and the indoor meetings cost money, and this the London Democrats did not seem willing to subscribe. A Volun teer, in the uniform of a Middlesex corps, also spoke ; and ultimately a resolution was passed thclaring that an out door demonstration should be held, and that means should also be taken for holding an indoor one. The " Advanced Liberal Association of Greenwich " has issued an address appealing to the " calm judgment, unbiassed sense, and brotherly sympathy of the great democracy of England on behalf of the suffering people of France." It appeals also to the Germans to put an end to the war, and, on referring to the declaration of the King of Prussia with respect to his not making war on the people of France, the address holds that it became the duty of Prussia to accept a fair and honourable peace ,when he fell who was most to blame c but as the war has since that time been carried on more pitilessly than ever against the French people, the English nation is called on by all its agencies to assure the French of our active sympathy. Our Government, the address says, is afraid to move without the support of a largemase of public opinion, and it therefore calls upon the people by " public meetings and large assemblies " to make its sentiments known. " The great democracy of the world," it adds, " know nothing of the divine right of kings, they believe in the Heaven-born rights of peoples and nations to govern themselves, and they regard military conquest, coercion, and brute force as infernal agencies employed to rob mankind of their greatest blessing. Peoples have no desire to struggle for mastery, for supreme dominion, for despotic conquest ; the interest and well-being of one is the interest and well being of all; universal freedom is essential to progress and civilization. The popular leaders across the Channel ex pect but little sympathy from our Government ; it is to the people they look." ILLNESS OF THE DUCIIESS DE MONTPENSIER.-• We are sorry to announce that the Duchess de Mont pensier is at present seriously ill.—.lforning Post. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS.—Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 notify that an act, entitled " The Protection of Inventions Act, 1870," 33 and 34 Viet., cap. 27, has been passed for the protection, amongst other things, of the exhibitors at the annual international exhibitions, and contains provi sions similar in character to those which were effectual for the protection of inventors at the Exhibition of 1862 in pursuance of " The Protection of Inventions and Designs Amendment Act, 1862." THE BISHOPRIC OF MAITRITIUS.—The Secretary State for the Colonies has nominated the Rev. Constan tine Huxtable, of King's College, London, to the Bishopric of MauritiuS, vacant by the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Hatchard. Mr. Huxtable became Worsley Scholar and the Royal Associate of King's College in 1849, and in the same year was ordained by Dr. Blomfield, then Bishop of London, and almost immediately afterwards went to Christianagram, in Tennevelly, Southern India, as a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. In - 1852 he was appointed Principal of the Missionary Institution at Sawyerpooram, Madras. Returning to England, he was nominated in 1859 to the rectory of BelEsconibe, near Crewkerne, which he held until 1867. Since that time he has been incumbent of St. Mary, Port Lewis, Mauritius, and Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He will probably be consecrated in conjunction with the Rev. Dr. Henry Cheetham, vicar of Quarndom, near Derby, who has been appointed to the Bishopric of Sierra Leone. REPORTED Loss OF THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE SHENANDOAH WITH ALL ON BOARD.—Considerable alarm, according to the latest advices from New York, was being felt in the United States concerning the fate of the frigate Shenandoah, Commander Clarke H. Wells, which sailed from Boston for Lisbon on the 3rd of September last, and has not since been seen or heard of, beyond the fact that a large American frigate was seen on the 12th of September in a dismasted condition, which bore every resemblance to the Shenandoah. Captain Grace, of the barque Argo, which had reached St. John's, N. 8., from Boston, reports that he encountered a terrific gale on Sunday, September 18th, the wind blowing from the E.N.E., with a heavy sea from the S.W„ and that on Thursday, the 22nd, when the vessel was in lat. 42.25 N.. long. 62 W., he passed two' boats, supposed to be a man-of-war's launch and cutter : the former was bottom up, with mast and sail visible ; the latter was •apright and full of water, and had seven rowlocks on each side. Both boats were painted dark on the out side, and white inside, and evidently belonged to the same vessel, as they were of the same build, and one was sighted within an hour of the other. Captain Grace at once put off a boat, and succeeded in getting the launch in tow, but the wind blowing very fresh at the time, and being to the leeward, it could not be got to the ship, and Captain Grace was compelled to leave it. From the fact that the launch's mast was stepped, and the sail set, it is evident that the boat had been manned after having been launched. There can be no doubt that there has been a terrible calamity at sea, and indications point to the total loss of a large man-of-war, with a probability that it was the corvette Shenandoah. When the latest advices left New York the Shenandoah had been out over fifty days, whilst sailing vessels, which left American ports after her, had already reached Lisbon and Cadiz. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.- -GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks:—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the tine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us: many heavy doctors' bills." 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