The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-24 00:00:00

MADA.ME T BAKER STRE USSAUS D' EXHIBITION, ET. Napoleon 111. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor : Xing' f ° Fneproie Rugeni!, and Prince Imperial Frussia, and Count von Bkplarek. Admission under 10 years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. , extra. (Z e e * , from 115. x: till 10 P.m. Et MOSES and L',OIVS WINTER OVERCOATS, 198, to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. ad. to 455. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public E. that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its lun:itv. end they venture to sly that th-nr prices will compare favourably with those of any other 11U we in England. WI MUSES and SON'S 1.1.dg OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 503. CAM.I3RIDGE cavrs, 19s. to 503, JACKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTIIERLAND JICKETS, 193. 01. to 50s. BUSINESS SUI'IS, 28s. to 60s. FMOSES atui SON'S elsy aniwl:t arate system . of solf-memare enables them to execute orders by post vita the guarantee of a faultless tit. "1: 1 NI 0 ".ES and SON'S F ROCK CO .IS, 245. to G3s. DRESS COATS, 25a. to 60s. - 11 ORNING TROUSERS, lls. Gd. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. Ocl. to 2Gs. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. EMOSES end SON invit) special attention . to their large stock of GlO rLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance at. finish. ' E MOSES and SON'S -11-'-4. B OYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUI TS, 9s, 61 to 408. E TON SUITS, 15s. to 403. BR. MITON smrs, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 2r)s. to 63 VAUDEVILLE. THEATRE, STRAND._ Lessees— Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7; TWO ROSPA (144th night), by James Albert'. After which, at 0.30, ELIZAMMI ; or, The Don, the Deck, the Drake, and the Invisible Armada. A grand, new, original, and profoundly historical Burlesque, by F. C. Bur nand, Esq. Conclude with CHISELLING. Supported by Messy,. 11. T. Montague, David James. H. Irving, George llonfiv, W. H. Stephens, and Thomas Thorne, &c. ; Mesdames Kelly Power, A. Newbon Ifetty Tracy, It. Evelyn, T. Levis, and Amy Tawsibb, doe. lioors open 8.30 ; commence at 7. KING'S -CROSS THEATRE. - 10-NIGHT Operatic Burlesque, FAUST. New Ballet d'Action, FIGARO. Open at 7.30. aIVMOSES-aud SON supply every description of . clothing, ready-made, or made to measure , for all ages , occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits far 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 bud -43138 is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CORNER of MINORIF.S and ALDOATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and•RUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANOII. BRADFORD. YORKSHIRE. I HIATRE ROYAL Mt 1, • %%I. A N -A- Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CIIATTRNTON.—This Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr. C. 3. Phipps, FAA., is now Open for the ACT N DRAMATIC SEA SON, THIS EVENING, Nov. 24. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from Sizpenee to Seven Shillings. Private Doses Irons One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. AMY ROBSART.—Miss VICTORIA VOICES. 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, Chatterton begs to announce that Miss Vokes will REPEAT the IMPERSONA TION on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, on the occasion of the BENEFIT FOR THE SUFFELIERS OF H.M,S. " THE CAPTAIN." Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. MISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, TRIS EVENING, Nov. 24.—THE4TRE ROYAL DRURY-LA KE. • 14 R. T. C. KING will appoar in the character at IVI VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitle . ' AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Nov.24.—TUEATRE ROYAL DRITRY-LANE. DIIOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated VOICES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 24.--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, Nov. 24—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Yokes, Xecnp, J. Mortin, and Rosins Yokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 24—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Itrittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawden, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Vokee, THIS RVEN LNG, Aov. 24.—TREAT RB ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY IIOBSAItT; New Drama. The Overture and incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet anti Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor. Hack. The whole produeed under the direction of Mr. Edward 111 EAT Airling ILE ROY at a QuarterAL, DRURY -LANE. to Eiht THIS EVENING, Nov. 24. - 4DOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Eleven o'olook THIS EVENING,No'v. 24. RA.TB.B ROYAL DRURY-LANE. A DELPHI THBATRE ROYAL—SoIe Pro prtetor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER : Managers, Mr. B. 4,IIBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Madame Celesta, Mrs. A. Mellen, Miss Furtado, Miss M. Cooper, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. Bennet, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Wilmot Mr. C. H. Stephenson and Mr. R. Romer. To conclude with TWICE KILLED. Mr. Crab') (his first appearance here), Mrs. A Mellon, Miss E. Barnett, and Miss. M. Cooper. T. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Lossee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.—This Evening at 7.45 great play, FIRNAWDR, Messrs. Farrel', Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mies Larkin, Miss Fanni• n r ough, Atiss Turner, and Mrs. John W oo d . —D oors o p en a t 8.90. At 7, TO OBLIGF, BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Neg. M essrs. Harry Co:, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and IL Ererard, At 7,45, FERNANDH. At 10.30, CHRISTMAS EVE, by C. S. Cheltnman , Es q . Me ssrs. Harry Cox. Dan Leeson, an d Lionel Droagh.—Box-othee 11 to O. No lees. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, a t 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EA SE. Messrs. Crouch, T urn ek; Mesdames Ada Swanborough E. Button, and F. Hughes. The `few Hm n iy --nv=y-Esque' N " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. TervY, Poulton, Fento n: and Turner Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Bentl e y , ; Lee, Goodall, &o. Pitt SUN, LONDON, THURSDAI, NOVEMBER 24, 1810. bread of life has hitherto been supposed to be frivolity and idle amusement, with their theatres closed, with their gossiping newspapers suppressed or transplanted, with leisure a thing of the past, and gaiety impossible for them, have deliberately settled down to the grim work of warlike defence, without one thought of surrender, and with, a resolve visible' on all hands, but not expressed ) of preferring death and bombard ment to capitulation. Two months having thus slipped by, however, are two months to the bad for Paris, and to the good for Germany.. Maintain the investment sullieiently long, and Paris, With all its heroistn, must perforce succumb before .the deadliest foe of all, starvation. Whatever provisions may have been stored up within the walls. of Paris must, in the - lapse of time, be C'onsumed. Within those walls thero are two millions of inhabitants, the rationing of whom clay by clay involves an alarm , ing consumption of the stores collected together in the capital before the siege commenced. The period at which those stores of provision must by necessity be consumed is a simple matter of calculation. Ensure to the beleaguring force that requisite interval, and the pine of the war is played out to its bitter end without firing a single shot. Count Titssraßcic kr.ows this perfectly well, and so does Count MOLTKE, and so does the pious King WturzLit, and so do those chivalrous Princes who are now, in reward for their recent campaigning, both German and Russian Field-Marshals. The Prussian victor has but to wait, has' but to bide his time patiently, and the terms of the future treaty closing. the present war will be dated from the Palace of the Tuileries, and not simply from the Palace of Versailles. All this is quite legibly upon the cards—lF provincial France does not come mean while to the rescue—lF the siege is not raised by a successful sortie from within by General Tnocnu, or by a successful surprise from Without by General D'AnnEats PALAWNF. TOPICS OF THE DAY. day we were taught, he argued, that standing armies were only provocOiVes of war, and it was plain to statisticians that the armed peace of Europe which during twenty years had cost four hundred millions a year had "maintained peace " by five bloody and desolating wars, entailing an enormous sacrifice of life, and probably 1,000 mil lions of money. Mr. Richard, who urged his views before a very favourable audience, advised them to seek fora system Aainternational arbitration, by which all difforendes - might be arranged withod an appeal to the sword. TAB SCARdItt OF MEAfi: As the approach of winter draws nearer the animal food question most press. itself on the public salon , tion. As, however, our cattle have been seriously affected all through the year by a tedious and hor rible diseate, and as, moreover, the supplies of German pork and sausages will no doubt through the war find their way into other channels than English ones, it will behove every meat-eater—anal who among Britons is not one f--,-to consider most 'care fully how he is to plice wholesome moat on his table, or how the poor especially are to be provided for, during the cold months. It is a wise movement under' all cit.; cumstances that the Australian meat problem is again reco►mnended for our soltitiOn by Dr. Letheby and others as one embracing means whereby dinners for all, of succulent and nourishing food, may be provided without much cost or trouble. We aro told that prejudice and ignorance only prevent this article of diet from being imported in much larger quantities than it is from Australia. rriHEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET.-NIGELT I. of a NEW AND ORIGINAL FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS IMMIX% i►t darer, AN ALARMING SACRIFICE ; after which, at Eight o'clock, a now and original Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Breda, Clark, Rogers, Braid, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. After which the new Comedlette, UNCLE'S WILL—Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Conclud ing with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Box once open daily from 10 till 5. LAST WEEK OF THE ENGAGEMENT. OPERA. bOMIQUE, 299, STRAND.—Lessees, Messrs. H. Leslie, C. Steele, and W t Norton.-=ITI admiration of this new and beatilifid Theatre by all patrons. Idlle. DEJAZET and the Prenth Company. MONDAY, Nov. 21st, 1870, and every evening, commence with TIGRE DU BENGALE. Concluding with the celebrated Drama, by VictoriOn Bardon, entitled MONSIEUR CARAT, in which DEJAZET will sustain the title rale, created by her in Paris, supported by the Company, greatly augmented and strengthened. Prices, is. to 7s. 6d. Tree list suspended, except press. Commence at 8. In active preparation, and will shortly be produced, an Operatic Burlesque, adapted expressly for this Theatre by the eminent anther, W. S. Gilbert, Esq. OPERA COM IQUE.—Grand Eittrince, 299, Strand. Messrs. H. LESLIE, 0. STEELE, and W. NORTOE. Lessocs. This, the most beautiful Theatre in London, is now acknow ledged as TIN fashionable house of the day. Mdlle. DEJAZET in French Plays Every Evening, Atipported by her Great French Company. Entire Cltalige of Performance. Free List Sus pended, except Frets. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee, BENJAMIN WEBSTER. Managers, B. WEBSTER and F. B. CIIATTERTON.--LAST FIVE NIGHTS.—THIS EVENING, at 7.0, HANDY ANDY, supported by Messrs. Shiel Barry, H. Crellin, Voltaire, Murray, Marshall, IL Westland, Lilly, Miss Seymour, Mrs. Addie, and Miss Jane Lovell. At 8.15, PEEP 0' DAY, by Edmund Fal..!onel' supported by Messrs. W. Rignold, H. Crellin, A. Raynor, E. F. Edgar, S. Barry, J. Murray, Voltaire, Marshall, Morris, H. Westland, Lilly, and Miss R. tedereq, Mrs. R. Power, Miss Lennox Grey, and Mrs. Addie.—Box-office open from 10.0 till 5.0 NOTICE. Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. will appear in his great impersonation of N APOLEON THE FIRST in the Military Vaudeville of TH. PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG, on SATURDAY NEXT, Nov. 26.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. DRIWESS'S THEATRE.—Lessee, B. WEB STER. Managers, B. WEBSTER and F. B. CHATTERTON. THIS EVENING at Seven, HANDY ANDY; Messrs. Barry, Crain, Murray, Mesdames Seymour, Lovell. And PEEP 0' DAY ; Messrs. Rignold, Rayner, Edgar, Crellin, Barry, Marshall, Voltaire, Mesdames P. Leelereq, L. Grey, R. Power. GLOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND.—Manageress, Miss ALLEYNM—BOARD AND RESIDENCE at 7. Grand Ballet Divertissement at 7.40, en titled THE THREE ROSES, or the CHOSEN ONE, as danced for 250 consecutive Nights by Maclaine Colohna and Troupe. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW at 8. Great success of Miss Alleyne as "Katherine." "Petruchio," Mr. Fairclough. Last Nights MARCO SPADA, at 9.30. Concluding with the celebrated characteristic DANCE, by Madame Colonna and Troupe. The dresses designed and made under the direction of Miss Alleyne. The new Comedy entitled ECARTE will ho pro duced on Saturday, December 3. 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 decay, and imparts a pleasdnt fragrance to the breath. Price lb. — lied Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA_ restores the Human Hair rx___to its pristine hno, no matter at what age. — J NO. OOSNELL and co. have at length, with the aid of ono 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, 3s. each; also 55., Ts. Cd., and 15s. each, includ ing brush. . _ Bed Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 92, Upper Thames-etreet, Lon ion, E.C. R EFUGEES' BENEVOLENT FUND, BAKER-STREET BAZAAR. The Proprietors have kindly volunteered to set apart 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, 16, Bruton-street, W., or with the Cen tral Committee, 30, King-street, B.C. Articles in bulk, if packed in boxes, &c., may at once be sent to the Bazaar, addressed, "Refugees' Benevolent Fund." FRANCIS BENNOCH. Hon. Soc, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE-A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKET —An Alarming Sacrifice. The Palace of Truth. 'Uncle's Will. M Husband's Ghost. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Twice Killed. Flowers of the Forest. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada: STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. PaINCESS'S THEATRE.—Handy Andy and Peep o' Day. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of tho. Shrew. Marco Spada. Ballet Divertissement. OPERA CoMIQUE -Tigre de Bengale. Monsieur Garat. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Only a Halfpenny. OLYMPIC—NeII and (Burlesque) Panl and Virginia. GAIETY Happy Village. Betley. Tho Waterman. .. Trombalealzar. SADLERS WELLS.—Virginius. Faroe. STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chaptor of Accidents. NEW SURREY—FIag on the Battle Field. Link by Link. Quzzw's—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's - Dream. ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. PoLyTEcntrio--Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. AMPHLTILIEATIIE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PALAIS RovAL—Professor Faber's walking Machine. Siege of Paris. ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street)—From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. PEACEFUL PROSPECTS. It was generally believed in London yesterday that the Russian Government had returned a conciliatory reply to Earl Granville's expostulation. That Prince Gortschakoff will at least endeavour to gain time is all the more probable as the fact of Prussia being. taken, unawares now appears thoroughly established. The tone of the German papers, though necessarily : - Criendly to Russia, is yet one of dissatisf etion.- It is noticeable that they especially urge the inopportuneness of the Russian circular. It is obvious, in short, that it would be contrary to all principles of prudence for the Germans to involve themselves in another com plication, whilst the war with France is still such a serious business. Count Bismarck undoubtedly pro mised to reward Russia's very benevolent neutrality by freedom in the Black Sea. This prumise was to be executed after the war. The Russian Govern ment, however, thought to make sure of their prize by insisting upon it at once. STRIINGTH OF THE GERMAN ARMY. The French have raised armies of surprising mag nitude during the last two months, but they fall into the error of supposing that the Germans have pro porticnally diminished. It is well ascertained that the losses of the invaders have been fully replaced. A. trustworthy correspondent at Tours says that quite 300,000 men aro engaged in the siege of Paris —though it is thought well to conceal the truth in this respect. Of the troops operating to the south of Paris, in the direction of the Loire, General Vou der Tann, reinforced, as he has been by Wittich, Mecklenburg, Prince Albrecht, and other forces, is estimated now to have 75,000 men. Two of Prince Frederick Charles's army corps, together between 50,000 and 55,000, were very recently at Etampes, and in that neighbourhood, making that army about 130,000. There is, or was a day or two since, another corps at Fontaine bleau, besides large bodies in other parts of France. Altogether there cannot be fewer than 600,000 Germans on French soil. Tim ORIGIN OF THE WAR. A pamphlet which has just been published by a Parisian journalist, relating to the causes of the preseut war, seems to be a work of authority. The writer has had access to the secret archives of the Foreign Office, and has gained informa tion from various French statesmen. Nothing can be more unfavourable to the Emperor than this narrative. The deposed sovereign is represented as the solo cause of the war. Ile was ridiculously deluded by Bismark in 1866, but lost his head atter Sadowa, be haved without either dignity, firmness, or fixed plan, engaged in shuffling intrigues, and finally declared war in a fit of rage. It will be remembered that M. Benedetti asked the King of Prussia for a guarantee that Prince Leopold would not accept the crown of Spain. The Emperor and the Empress were so roughly handled by the King, in a conversation which took place, that when Benedetti sent his report to Paris, Napoleon was carried away by a fit of ungovernable rage, and declared a war which France did not demand nor her interests require: " The single crime of France was in having aban doned her destinies with a too unreasoning confi dence into the hands of him who, having stripped her of her liberties, was destined to draw down upon her the most gigantic disasters by his conceit, his military incapacity, and his unworthy attitude at the battle of Sedan. Finally, these irrefutable state ments prove that if France must bear the weight of this terrible war, she should not, in all justice be asked to stand responsible for it before his tory." THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND ON THE CRIS IS. The Duke of Cleveland, in a letter to the Times, expresses the opinion that the action of Russia is quite natural. A. Treaty restrictive of her natural rights, such as that she was compelled to sign in her distress, will never be held by a great Power to bind her, when a conjunction of circumstances enables her to free herself from the obligation. lle asks us to recollect that Russia does not at tho moment menace the independence of Turkey, but on the contrary, professes to respect it. It would be better .for the peace of the world that treaties should be of perpetual obligation, but a question of this kind must be considered with reference to what has occurred and is occurring. lie thought at the time that the Crimean war was a blunder, and agreed with Mr. Bright on the occasion. The Duke urges that a war with Russia now would not be popular in England, and he deprecates the possibility of her Majesty's.. Government acting on such a belief. Our immediate interests are not concerned in the question, and the noble duke seems to think it suffi cient for England that she is grits strong enough to defend herself if her honour be assailed, or her material interests attacked. A CRY FOR PEACE. According to Mr. Richard, M.P., that is "a stupid and a lying " proverb which says, "If you wish for Peace'you must prepare for War." He declared at Manchester, on Tuesday, that if we wished for peace we must cultivate Peace only, and wo must raise a shout that will be re-echoed from the people of every nation on the Continent of Europe, and that shout must be " disarm." The government of nations, Mr. Richard thought, should be wrested out of, the hands of the military class. It was the curse of Europe that it was left to the will and power of this class. To please these authorities,thoroughly the whole country should be converted into a cawp an,d the one great' busbies., of lifo, should . be. to learn to. fight. Every FEVER IN GLASGOW. On the 14th inst. the Glasgow Fever Hospital con tained 324 patients. The Police Board have had under consideration the subject of providing hospital accommodation on lands purchased for the purpose, and to meet the present emergency it has been der termined to erect two pivilions capable of ac commodating 100 patients. Two . other struc tures of a similar character will be provided. During the fortnight ending the 12th of November the cases of fever nanibered 013, as compared with 480 in the preceding fortnight. At the correspond= ing period last year the number of fever cases was 224. This very considerable increase is attribu table to relapsing fever. Scarlet fever is very prevalent in the district, and the prompt and vigorous preparations being made by the autho rities betoken an apprehension that the town will not experience an early abatement in the amount of sickness. CLERGYMEN AS DOCTORS. The proposal that curates with small incomes should increase their emoluments and their sphere of usefulness by devoting a portion of their time to secular duties—to practise in medicine, for instance —though opposed by the Bishop of Exeter, finds arguments in its favour. There are farming clergy men all over the British Isles, and there ale musical c'ergyrnen. Indeed, we know of one case in an Iris h parish where regularly every Sunday the parson alter nately moves from his pulpit to his organ during the ser vice. Where then exists the ground for preventing our " poor curates " from embodying the duties of " healing the sick " and " healing sick souls," when the result will lead to mutual advantages to be enjoyed by the parishioners and the clergyman ? In India the two professional functions of teacher and physician are combined with the highest possible advantages to the Hindoos who live in outlying villages. In that country the Government, moreover, encourage the plan and gratui tously distributes medicine chests to the teachers who can spew that they are skilled at least in the dispensation of drugs. The objections to the plan are obvious enough. A man who dabbles in more than one business is not likely to be master of any. It is naturally urged that these medical clergyme❑ would either neglect their physical or their spiritual invalids. Still, the advantages of a knowledge of Medicine in those whose work lies among the poor, are such as to leave the question somewhat an open one. DRUGGISTS AND THEIR CHARGES. A medical correspondent exposes a gross system of surcharge as practised by druggists. He gives a case which may probably be a representative one. A young lady had been under his treatment for some time, and his prescriptions were made up by a certain druggist. He was surprised at length by his patient declaring that she could no longer take his medicine, complaining that every six ounces cost her 4s. The doctor thought there was a mistake, and determined to rectify it. On visiting the druggist ho was told that 4s. was the usual charge. Being dissatisfied, the doctor went to the nearest rival establishment an.t got the same quantity of physic for is. 6d., or at the rate of Os. for 30 ounces inotead of £1 4S. Patients whose pecuniary means are limited may well object to continue to have prescriptions made up, and it is to be hoped that as the system of exorbitant charges is now revealed to the public, the druggists will see the propriety of imposing some restraint upon their greed. TILE TRUCK SYSTEM. A gentleman sent by the Birnzinghanz Gazette to look into the Truck System in the Black Country girl es a forcible description of its evils. Something like a quickening of public . sentiment on this subject has occurred, and it is scarcely likely that Mr. Bruce, who has expressed his abhorrence of the " Tommy," "Tally," and " Truck " shops, will content himself with a mere expression of opinion. It is proved that the poor population are lettered by a system which is little better than serfdom. They are, however unwilling, compelled to patronise the " fogger," generally their employer, who forces them to drink almost to the exhaustion of their wages, and to have dealings with the " tommy " or "tally" shopkeeper, also generally their employer, who induces them to take credit upon the mortgage of their wages. Thus are the poor wretches made the victims of their employers' rapaciousness, being made drunkards under a compulsory system of drinking, and being robbed by having to pay an exorbitant price lor an inferior article of consumption. The scenes of drunkenness which occur on occasions when the people wait for the materials of their toil are almost incredible. Persons of both sexes and all ages are to be seen in taverns owned or leased by their em ployees, awl frequently they become so drunk that they are incapable of carrying away their burdens, but drop down on the roadside. REWARDED AT LAST. A man named Apps has been sentenced to five years' penal servitude by the magistrates at the Old Bailey for a fraud which, although not very profound, was evidently allowed to be practised with some im punity by the prisoner. Evidence was adduced to prove that Mr. .pps had at different periods applied to six building firms and obtained from them a total sum of one hundred pounds, having led them to believe that he had received injuries upon their premises. His habit was to write a letter informing the builders that on such a day he had fallen over a piece of timber, or down an unpro tected cellar, or had been hurt, as in one instance, by the fall of scaffolding. The communications from the man represented tonally that a fractured leg, or dislocated armm compelled the complainant to seek damages. He did not, however, try to make a profit out of his case," but a just compensation he should have. The jury received satisfactory testimony that the prisoner had in some of the claims at least victimised firms through false statements of injuries, and found him guilty of fraud. Few will regret that the imaginary mishaps of Mr. Apps have at length been the means of causing a real one to happen to him. DELEGATED Atil'ROAM. A caw which created some interest a' the time it HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Nov. 21. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, visited the Loch nagar school. The Queen went out in the afternoon, attended by Lady Florence Seymour. The birthday of her Royal Highness the Crown Prin cess of Prussia was well remembered at the Castle. A. dance took place in the servants' hall, at which her Ma jesty, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold were pre sent for a part of the time. was firA brought forward has just reappeared in the Court of Queen's Bench for the final judicial decision of a reserved point of law. Mr. Allen, a pa.ssefiger by the South Western Railway, went to the Twickenham station to get a ticket, and the station clerk, in giving him change, offered him a French coin instead of a penny, which he refused. An altercation ensued, and the traveller put his hand in the till to take out an English penny, whereupon the clerk gave him in custody on a charge of attempting to steal. This charge was manifestly preposterous, and when the plaintiff, who was locked up on it, was brougLt before the magistrate, it Ntas at once dis missed. He afterwards sued the corfipatty for false imprisonment, but it appeared that the clerk had made the charge in his own name, not in the name of the company, and the station-mastJr was not there at the time. The question was whether the clerk acted out of spite or id the interest of hii employers. The jury decided in the latter way, anal assessed the damages at £lOO, but the question of law as to the (widened was reserved. A further hearinx of the case in the Court of Queen's Bench has resulted in an oppoiite planner. The court said the plaintiff had been very much ill-used, but he had sued the wrong party. The company were not liable, having given no authority for Such proceedings on the part of the clerk. There might be an implied authority whore the byelaws gave power of arrest, and the company would then be liable, but in the present case the act complained of was in no . way for the interest of the company. The police had been guilty of extreme misconduct in taking the plaintiff into custody, and the superin tendent of police if sued would have had no defence. Mr. Allen consequently gets no compensation. AN AMERICAN STORY. It is quite natural that the Americans, who make such an easy matter of divorce, should have more remarkable experience in that• line than we; and it must be confessed that the Peck case seems to excel even the choicest productions of happy England. The Peck case, briefly put, is this. A mother not liking her son's wife, offered him 30,000 dollars to get rid of her. The husband and wife agreed upon a little scheme whereby the divorce was to take place and the loving pair be reunited as 'soon as the 30,000 dollars had been secured. A. clerk in the employ of the husbarid undertook by false swearing to place himself in the honourable position of a co-respondent. By his assistance the divorce was secured, and then the 30,000 dollars were paid over. The husband, how ever, refused to fulfil his bargain with the wife and re-marry her. The disgusted wife revealed the whole story in court, and thus the plot came to the ground. This story, which is authentic, strongly enforces the truth that some virtue is necessary to all successful roguery. Whet/ the characters in a little drama of this kind an all corrupt, it generally happens that the scheme breaks down through the anxiety of some parties to outawindle the rest. THE AUTHORSHIP OF " THE LADY OF LYONS." There has been some dispute respecting the origin of Lord Lytton's celebrated play of the Lady of Lyons in the United States, where it has long been as popular as in our own country. There appear to be several claimants for the English dramatist's hon ours, who forget that the merit does not lie in the invention of the plot, but in the skill of its develop ment, and the beauty of the language. One writer contends that a Mrs. Helen Maria Williams published a version of the story, and another that the play is taken from a paper called the Minerva, which was published in New York about fifty years since. Mr. 'William Davidge, of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, has disposed of all these pretensions in a letter to the New York Herald. He remembers the production of the play at Covent Garden Theatre, London, and can recall a conversation between Bulwer (as Lord Lytton was then styled) and Macreaiy, about the origin of the story. It is from the French, and a version of it, under the mame of " Perorou, the Bellows-mender," was given at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, a few months after its production at Covent Garden, but it could not keep the stage, being far inferior to "The Lady of Lyons." As for Mrs. Helen Maria Williams, Mr. Davidge disposes of her claims by presuming that she - published a translation of the .Frencl , story, thereby placing herself in the position of Sheridan's author in the "Critic," who excused a plagiarism from Shakespere by observing that two great men thought of the same thing, .and Shakespere only thought of it first. It is rather late in the day, says Mr. Davidge, to attempt to deprive the author of the best acting play for the last hundred years of his fairly earned laurels. DIAMOND FIELDS OF THE CAPE. The diamond mine, the discovery of which has produced so much excitement at the Cape, lies in the province of the Orange River, which is an iso lated settlement, difficult of access. Should the dia mond search be prosecuted, however, the wild coun tries now inhabited by Bushmen and Hottentots will receive an influx of adventurers from all parts. The quality of the gems in this deposit is an important question, which remains to be settled. The quality of a diamond is so various that its true value cannot be readily ascertained. The rarity of fine specimens is so great that for some hundred years but little addition has been made to them. It remains to be seen whether the diamonds of South Africa will equal those of India, or com pete cnly with those of Brazil. The Brazilian diamond answers some purposes of trade, but is seldom of the first water, or of. any remarkable size. The ownership of this territory, which has gained such unexpected celebrity, is in dispute. A native chief contests the point of proprietorship with the presidents of two free settlements in the vicinily. It is expected, however, that all parties will be willing eventually to accept assistance from the Government of the colony, and that, for the sake of preserving order, they will be glad to • come under its j uris dirtion. -,- ,c.:::,-7 ,- Aitt, fs,.',:r;,r- - ,i i i ) Aikk-:. COU rt „__ ---- , 4 Crioi 1141 t .4.4...... THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. Some of our readers may be interestedin the fact that a trot very distant cousinship exists between the Princess Louise and Lord Lorne. Indeed, for a Scotch cousinship it is rather near than otherwise. Thel first Lord Campbell, of Lochow, married the Lady Marjory Stewart, daughter of Robert, Duke of Albany, granddaughter of Robert 11. and niece of Robert 111. She would have been styled a princess if she had lived in our day. A much nearer but hardly so honourable alliance was that of the Marquis's ancestor in the sixth generation with Lady Mary Stewart, daughter of the Earl of Moray and great-great-granddaughter of the Regent Moray, Queen Mary's step-brother. Lord Lorne is also descended from the Royal Family of England ; his mother's ancestor, Sir John Leveson Gower, having married Lady Catherine Manners, one of the descendants of Anne St. Leger, Lady de P,os, niece of King Edward IV. —Gpardian. The project is stated to have been revived for ...building another temple of the dnuna on a magnitihent scale. at or nar Hyde Park, to be called.the " Groivenor." LITERATURE. Poutledge's Every Boy's Annual for 1871. First and foremost' of the Christmas books for the New Year comes "Routledge's Every Boy's Annual," which this year appears in some respects superior to its predeces sors. 'The Rev. H. C. Adams Is as usual the chief story teller, and " The Winborough boys" in the present work will maintain his reputation among his juvenile readers. Those who remember the very attractive story of the " Boy Cavalier," and others from the pen of this favourite author, will - need no re commendation to turn to "The Winborough Boys." Plenty of adventure with smugglers and poachers enlivens the interest of this school-boy history. The characters of the juvenile heroes are well described, and the foolish pride of Charles Dalton may afford a useful lesson to readers who may chance to resemble him in choracter. A series of Sensational Dramas, founded on. some of the Nursery Legend, innumerable Puzzles, and Charades, alternate with matter of graver interest, such as description of " The Assault of the Malakoff," " The Siege of Tunis," "The Life of Henry 1V.," "Trades connected with Science and Art," &c. We must not omit to particularise chapters. devoted to' a full description, and particular instruction Cohesrning the' game of dominoes. These lessons are illustrated 'OM numerous pictorial examples, and will be found most interesting to amateurs in that comparatively neglected study. The volume abounds with illustrations, some of them brilliantly coloured, and is altogether as attractive in contents and appedFance as Every Boy could well desire. 410. I, fek at it I , It • v4,..•.*A ., 1., LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1870. Jr M. 'NIERS' mission to all the principal Courts of Europe was a failure, his fortifications round Paris are not. They have fOr two months been an impreg nable barrier round the gorgeous capital of France, setting at defiance the conquering hosts before the array of whose spiked helmets and before the muzzle of whose cannon the prowess and the chivalry of the Imperial armies of France wore rolled in the dust at Sedan, at Strasburg, and at Metz. Until now, since the time of their original construction, those fortifications of Paris have been re garded as the result of a whim, or a folly, or a craze, or however else the fantastic idea might be the most correctly designated. Time, however, has been M. THIERS' justification. During these eight or ten weeks last passed, the victorious armies of Germany have been baffled cou.pletely by those very fortifications. Winter, meanwhile, has been looming up. Far from the Rheinish frontier, the hosts of the North German Confederation, and of their southern allies, have been compelled to remain inactive withi❑ sight of their one covetted goal, the French capital. Heartened by desperation the enervated inhabitants of the most luxurious metropolis ill Christendom have, during that same momentous interval of upwards of two mouths, throughout the whole of September and October, and tar on into November, girded up their loins for the encounter with the victors in so many fierce and sanguinary battlefields. Revolt has been suppressed with a strong hand. Red Republicanism has been throttled and subdued. Enthusiastic allegiance_ . has been sworn to the Government of Defence. Dictatorial powers have beeu Willingly concede I to General 'l'nocuu in taati supreme emergency. And the Parisia.us whose THE TREATY OF 1856. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your correspondent "W. S." neatly puts the case of the pro-Russian party when he says that the Government is asked to declare war, not because Russia has done a wrong thing, but because she has not done it in a diplomatic manner. He thus reduces the whole question to one of red-tape. But, looking a little deeper, I think that we shall find that the manner which Russia has adopted covers a most important principle. Prince Gortschakoff's note," if allowed to pass without a protest, will establish a precedent most disastrous to future inter national relations. The question of the vitality of Turkey seems to me altogether beside the mark. It is not alone the Treaty of 1856 which is touched by the Russian Circular : the sacredness of all Treaties is threatened by it- The hopes which the sanguine among us have for the eventual inauguration of an age of universal peace are based upon the possibility of making the judgments of a cosmopolitan court respected and obeyed. " The parlia ment of man, the federation of the world," may belong entirely to the dreams of an optimist poet ; but all endeavours to prevent wars have for some time gone upon the principle of European congresses. Anything that tends unnecessarily to disturb the decisions of these con ferences is, in my judgment, a " putting back of the times and the seasons." It was before a congress of all the Powers that Russia entered into a solemn treaty. The obligation thus and then incurred she now chooses suddenly to throw off ; without consulting her neighbours she announces in unqualified language her intention to break her engagements. The question whether or not the burden upon her is greater than she can be expected to bear is not involved ;it is .one, I admit, for discussion. But seeing that the Powers laid the weight on her shoulders, Russia is not, if the principle of Congresses is in the least to be admitted, a competent judge of her own case. Such treaties as that of 1856, if they are of any worth, must and can only be abandoned by the common consent, ex pressed or implied, of the principal co-signatories. That consent Russia has not sought. From one of the chief States whose plenipotentiaries attended in Paris, she cannot obtain it. She has made her demands now, as it is well understood, because France can have nothing to say to them. It is clear that Prince Gortschakoff hoped, in the confusion caused by overpowering events, while one great opponent of his policy could not check him, to escape from the conse quences of his high-handed act. If England is to shew her regard for treaties as something more than waste paper, she must declare war rather than suffer such an outrage upon international morality as the Minister of the Czar has attempted.—Your obedient servant, S. R. B. THE NEWPORT ELECTION. The poll at Newport began at eight o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Cavendish Clifford, the Liberal candidate, took the lead from the beginning of the election. The following lists of the votes recorded were issued through out the day : NINE O'CLOCK. Clifford (L).. Kennard (C) 104 66 TEN O'CLOCK. Clifford Kennard ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Clifford Kennard 270 219 TWELVE O'CLOCK. Clifford Kennard ONE O'CLOCK. 324 275 Clifford Kennard TWO O'CLOCK. Clifford Kennard THREE O'CLOCK. 405 333 Clifford . Kennard 345 CLOSE OF THE POLL. Clifford Kennard 437 351 Majority for Clifford ARREST OF SUPPOSED FENIANS. Vie have already reported the arrest at Manchester of two men who were supposed to be Fenians. When before the stipendiary magistrate the following proceedings took place. Police officers 115 B and 47 B said that in consequence of private information which the police had received they were sent to the Victoria Station about three o'clock on Monday afternoon. Whilst there they saw the two prisoners enter a carriage of a Leeds train at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's end of the station. Boucher had a parcel under his arm which was wrapped in a coloured pocket-handkerchief. The two officers at once entered the carriage and seized the parcel, which, on being opened was found to contain 300 cartridges. Boucher said he had bought the cartridges the same day in Manchester, but he could not tell the street in which the shop was situate, nor the name of the shopkeeper. He said he was going to his home near Bishop Auckland, and in tended when he got there to buy a revolver and take out a license. Walsh said he knew nothing at all about the matter. On being searched several documents were found on the prisoners, some of which were written in cipher. The two officers having given their evidence, Superinten dent Goadsby applied for a remand. Boucher asked if .E 2 which he had in his possession might be sent to his wife and family at Bishop Auckland. Mr. Headlam: What are you ? Boucher : An ironworker.—Mr. Head- • lam : Where do you work at ? Boucher : At the Wear dale Iron Company, near Bishop Auckland. Mr. Head lam ordered the money to be sent. Altogether £4 was found on Boucher. The prisoners were remanded for a week. THE NORWICH ELECTION PETITION.—TiIe Court of Common Pleas was engaged in hearing arguments on a rule to set aside an order made by Mr. Justice Byles, to strike two paragraphs out of the Norwich election peti tion, such paragraph 3 charging that Mr. Tillett was guilty of bribery at a previous election. The arguments had not been concluded when the court rose. Ile Guardian is requested to correct a statement, taken from the Brighton Gazette, to the effect that the personalty of the late Vicar of Brighton was under £lBO,OOO. " Our informant," it says " has the best of reasons for knowing that it has been sworn under £loo,ooo—a large sum, indeed, but which, owing to the considerable fortunes which came to Mr. Wagner, would hare been much larger had he not been Vicar of Brighton and forward in supporting its churches, schools, and other chari ties," • THE VoYsEY CASE.—A. writer on this subject says :—" But for the paramount attraction of continental politics, the Voysey case, heard last week before the • Committee of the Privy Council, would have absorbed a larger share of public attention in London. The pend ing decision of the adjudicators is looked forward to with no little interest in religious circles. By many it is thought that the issue, whichever way it may tend, either to the encouragement of free opinion among the clergy or to a more rigid doctrinal conservatism, can it fail to have an important influence on the future of religious inquiry in England. There are not a few in orders who would be glad to see the artificial barriers of article and creed which bar the speech and not the consciences of men, broken down, and the Church of England become in fundamental theory what Ahe is said to be in practice, broad and comprehensive. • Lawyers more than clericists think that the judgment will be of that vague and indefinite nature which practi- • • (Ally decides nothing, and of which we are not without many prelous examples," SPEC LATE Sr THE 1 The anawer afternoo A despatch that Prince G 4 couched in vours to expla 4 eClaration. tr anquillity in Y a common to act separate 44 understand 4 tRAIAN M A despatch %tiers at V( r and Duke 1 : 4 11 . the g rea t 44Ire. Jill remains BOMBA 4 , 111 e bornbai "le latest info 4114 any defin C APTURE ( telegram 1111 b ounces the to b i ; t he Germs r.eiburg to qtigori. tNCOU A.letter of t 0411 le t says t 4 lathe we( t• At noon, tht town s h oY Were s retreat with : Il eral hours ~a. S finally tllioners were A PR ti! t lnemorial o u te o to the F I tlat With a Peace, is i 'Port ant in( ma t .obj ec t is Went naval '144 is ITIUC 01 ItoYAL . Odo R today. T 1 itAatol7' k onferen 0 ,7 questi on ulast antinopi 141. • °do R I th Ki ng on 1 ° /lows fr 4 ttNr " :71itili : p eei errae t edw e v r ir d tado p ueutli, , h 4 e 83rd E t h ,„ . " -c laY No 1 ,• (1 . () thing fr( D er ilbove O. orkurelle de b , A 4 ecklenbu L - 431reu e de Z_Normandy. :Ve been eO TURE A. c o nipiete t ivreux ' it ie r°° P B , and el l o s ill Y at Evi " 41131 3 ki ve A t v erllo/1 N u ' and driv, Th e " i ans w: wY carried _t e lvoe ° be oilie e t+4 4cl ed• s lifts ha Archi A Darman Th Ne hu n d t e44 u sed vi el', and 21 e o lith il b tra rY th arariaj Lot French itt e leB ) and vir N Mlunic}anta „, I Th e a lifa Streak al'e now It 0 4 , - rep or t th nt h 4 tt, kii "g tl "ehe d by t t FJ ;(188 tt th t tiltin g pi T t i el ltklt via L l / 4 ii t tll ° 188 tittalion. F r at °4l T At ow Ititt er ° 4 tbeii; a utt ,- t en ix fore"4l' Y Nit T he March l 4 "is t it ) ive to I h jpe,te, mho en a ° autl or b ., Cl v . e f 1( • Ci e „ T h 'eral B \ A'ani ih 1468. 64(l? CG Mlb f urf , t ll ti k 44 4 ' 1 ° 1 48, T i !eetivi n pri THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT 1' 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.