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ETON SUITS, 16s. to 403. BRi GHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 255. to 635. FMOSES -and SON supply every de scri p tion 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 ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON :--- - ---- LIFEBOAT SERVICES.--During the Stones of the past eleven months the National Lifeboit Institution has contributed to the saving of 918 lives from various ship wrecks and 24 vessels from destruction. It has also expended £23,287 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,023 for rewards. The Institution has now 223 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by the London and Country bankers, and by the Secre tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street. Adelphi, London. Ll MOSES and SON'S PJ. Av INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 459. 11 4 : 1 MOSES and SON bet,. to remind the public that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality. and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourably with those of any other ni Ise in England. 11 MUSES and SON'S OXFORD COATS, 17s. to Ms. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19e. to 503. KERTOLI JAOKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTHERLAND JAOKETS, 10s. 6d. to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s. E "S's ' and SON'S easy and accnrate system • of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with the guarantee of a faultlesS fit.. V MOSES and SON'S Lt.i. FROCK CO kTS, 249. to Ms. DRESS COATS, 255. to COs. IVI ORNING TROUSERS, Us. 6d. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, Ns. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. EMOSES and SON invite special attention • to their large stock of GEN TLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the ass ortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. T 1 MOSES and SON'S E BOYS' CLOTHING: KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 9s. 6d. to 40s. LONDON, CIRNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. 'sr t:',W OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. RADFORD. YORKSHIRE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Sole Lessee, and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, inclusive.—On MONDAY, December 26, will be produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY ! and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton ! with New and Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly, whose personal services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produc tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Messrs. Fred. Vokes, H. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H. Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russell ; Misses Victoria Vokes, Jessie Vokes, Rosins Vokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbre% Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those popular Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans, and W. H. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Morris, Pantaloons ; W. Fawdon Vokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosins. and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, Ear lequina. B. Slowman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French Pierrots. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La Petrie, the Baby Velooipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr. W. C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr. John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, itc., arranged by Mr. John Cormack and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guineas. Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, ss. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, Si. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, is. Upper Gallery, 6d. . THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin Old Mother Shipton, will be produced on MONDAY, December 26, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY • therefore+, to prevent disappointment, an early application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. /IORNING PERFORMANCES of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre ;—First Circle, Dross Circle, and Stalls. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.— THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY -LA NE.—ln reply to numerous inquiries, the Lessee begs to state most decisively that no proposition whatever can be entertained with regard to the introduction of ADVERTISING SCENES in the forthcoming Pantomime. Those who desire to avail themselves of the Drury-Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual for the purposes of publicity are respectfully informed that Advertisements can only be allowed to appear in the Book of the Pantomime, pub lished and sold in the Theatre, and for the employment of the limited number of pages which will be set apart for this pur pose, immediate application must be made by letter to Mr. Quiver, Treasurer. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WEBErrEn and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—BOXING NIGHT, Monday, December 26, a new Drama, in One Act, entitled SMOKE. Mrs. Billington, Miss Furtado, Mr. Ashley, Mr. H. Stephenson, and Mr. Billington. After which, a new Balladic Burlesque, written by Mr. H. B. Farnie—THE MISTLETOE BOUGH ; or, LORD LOVEL, LADY NANCY, or THE MILK WHITE STEED. New Scenery, Costumes, Music, 6r.z. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss Bella Moore, Miss Bellew, Mr. Brittain Wright, Mr. Odell, and KT. John Rouse. And THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. IROYAL STRAND THEATRE , Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROU GIL is Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Es que, " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.— Lessees— Messrs. H. J . Montagne, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7 CHISELLINeI, Mr. David James ; after which TWO ROSES (172nd night), by James Albery. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James. and T. Thorne, &o. ; Mesdames AmyFawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly rower, &e. ' T. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD. LAST WEEK O FERNANDE. This Evening at 7.45 great play, FERNANDE, Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Brough Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie Krough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Torn Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Car, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and 11. Everard. At 7.45, FERNANDE. At 10.80, CHRISTMAS EVE by C. S. Cheltnman, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Dan Leeson, and Lionel Brough. On Boxing Night the Great Burlesque, BOM BASTES FURIOSO.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees. OPERA COMIQUE, 299, Strand.—Lessees H. Leslie, C. Steele, W. No:ton.—This most beautiful Theatre in London will re-open for the English Dramatis Season on Monday, December 26, at popular prices, from 6d. to 7s. 6d. OPERA. COMIQUE.---Mr. G. F. ROWE will make his re-appearance in London in a new and striking Drama, founded on Charles Dickens's celebrated novel "Our Mutual Friend." OPERA. COMIQUE.—FOUND DROWNED, or OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. Supported by Messrs. S. Emery, John Nelson, W. M'lntyre, Charles Warner (by Permis sion of W. H. Liston, Esq.), Edwin Stanley, and Granville Pettifer ; Mesdames Ernstone, Patti Josephs, Holston, Manders, Tilly Earl, and Miss Rose Lisle. pTI., t?' t VY.i) . Alt 44414 tg - -- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1870 ME. BRIGHT having resigned now, the inquiry is naturally provoked as to why, in the name of heaven, he has waited until now before sending in his resig nation. The coincidence of its occurring precisely at this momont is suggestive also of the gravest possible solicitude. It is simultaneously with the angry re vival of the United States' claim for compensation in regard to the Alabama, and with the sudden demand of Count BISMARCK for the absorption of Luxem burg into Germany, that the peace-at-any-price Minister of the Crown insists at last upon withdrawing his name from the catalogue of Mr. GLADSTONE'S Cabinet. Parliament is to be reas sembled on the 7th of February for the oommence meat of the Session of 1871, and it is generally understood already that immediately the Lords and Commons have been brought together in Westmin ster, Her MAJESTY'S Government will lay before them with the least possible delay a series of proposi tions designed with a view tothe augmentation and the better equipment of our defensive forces both by sea andland. It is upon the eve of this transformation in the whole Policy of the Government with which his name has been so conspicuously awl intimately associated ever since the date of its formation two years ago, that the right hon. gentleman, the member for Birmingham, very suavely, no doubt, but very firmly, insists upon his resignation being as sented to by his Ministerial colleagues. The coincidence of time is indubitably significant. It is IHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1870. THEATRE ROYAL,TIAYMARKET.—Twenty eighth Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. IRIS EVENING (Wednesday) and during the week,fincluding Satur day (Christmas Eve) at Seven, the 11 OLF AND THE LAMB. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Geordon, Madame E. Fitzwilllam ; after which,- at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Rogers, Braid, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. After which UNCLE'S WILL-- Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with FAMILY JARS. Box office open daily from 10 till 5. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY Commencing MONDAY, November 28 Every day at 2.30 and 8 p.m. POOLE and YOUNG, the Proprietors and Exhibitors of tho Overland Mall, by TelMu and Grieve, Albert Smith's Egyptian Hall Panoramas, beg to announce a new subject— THE PRESENT WAR iiktwoon the French and PlllBBth,Lll3. Each Picture on bOO square feet of canvas, and painted by England's greatest scenic artists. THE NATIONAL MUSIC. THE FINEST QUARTETTE IN EUROPE. POOLE AND YOUNG, THE EGYPTIAN HALL ONLY. NILE WAIL—POOLE AND YOHNG'S PANORAMA, moTPTIAIt TALL. Prices to Poole and Young's Panorama of the War, Os., 25., 14 MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street—On view Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &c. &c.— Admission, is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-' street.—On view Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission ls. ; children under ten years of age, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. Professor Pepper "ON THE WAR, AND THE DESTRUCTIVE IMPLE MENTS USED. THEREAT," daily at quarter to 3 and quarter to 8, with Elaborate Pictorial Illustrations, which have been sup plied by the War Correspondents of the Polytechnic, &c. Mr. Suchet Champion will sing the German, French, and English Patriotic Songs.—The Explanation of the Ghost as usual.—THE PRAEGER FAMILY give their CONCERTS daily at quarter past 4 and quarter past g.—GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR CHRIST MAS ENTERTAINMENTS. significant Lot Kin regard to Mr. BRIGHT -himwalf,. and in regard to his colleagues. Their_ views have hitherto run parallel to each other. From this point they diverge.. The ex-President of the Board 'of Trade resigns his place, but preserves his consis tency. The economising administrators with whom he has heretofore been 'connected for the first time resolve upon abandoning their long since overdone system of economies. The altered circumstances of our foreign relations gene rally constitute for them, in this, their complete jus tification. Tempora mutantur—the words. are AB true as they are trite—et nos mugamur sn allis. With Russia evidencing her inclination to tear up the Treaty of 1856, and Prussia bent upon doing the like with the Treaty of 1867; with the integrity of Turkey once more jeopardised, and tie autonomy of Luxemburg openly threatened— with the old balance of power in the New World utterly gone, now that the French Empire is rolled in the dust in the midst of indescribable disasters, while simultaneously there is emerging again to view the revived glory of the imperial unification of Germany precisely at this momentous juncture, while the Free States of America are reiterating more resolutely than ever theiriresolve that the Alabama claims shall at last be brought, route qua coute, to a definitive settlement, now, but not until now, Mr. BRIGHT forces upon the reluctant acceptance of his colleagues his already too long meditated and over, deliberate resignation. The surrounding circumstances are, to say the least of them, ominously suggestive. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The American reports of the instructions given to General Schenck, the successor of Mr. Motley, are not at all favourable to Mr. Sumner. The theory of damages for "moral support" to the Con federates, " unfriendly neutrality " &c., is entirely abandoned. General Schenck, it would seem, comes to ask the payment of the claims by American shipowners for vessels lost, and the reimbursement of the expenses incurrred by the United States in consequence of the depre dations by the Confederate cruiser. The one impor tant point is this : there is apparently to be no arbi tration. England is to recognise the justice of the demand, and pay it. It remains to be seen whether the British Government is prepared to do so much. impress upon the Goyernment and Parliament the justice_of abolishing the ancient statutes by which Crown property is emempted from paying its propor tion of local rates. M±. C. Mills, M.P., who presided, said that the Government had promised to bring in a bill to rate Government property, but they did not fulfil that pledge. In that neighbourhood there were large Government establishments which did not con tribute to the support., fthe poor except in a very small degree. If the dockyard and arsenal were fairly charged, the Government would pay two-fifths of the whole local rates, whereas they now only paid one twelfth. A letter was read from Sir David Salo mons, M.P. for Greenwich, in which he declared that the Government privilege in respect to rating was obnoxious, and the claim for immunity odious and absurd. After vigorous speeches a resolution in favour of rating Government property was passed. It is in contemplation to hold a conference on the subject in London. questioned the driver of the So,uthpciii train as to whether he had not seen the danger signal raised, to which the . reply was that he: 'ilea, but only when within three • yards of the signal post. The weather was foggy and it was but 260 yards beyond the post where the passenger train met ' the overthrown goods engine. The driver in his examination declared on oath that he had heard no fog detonators as he approached I;olton, and no one made any statement, apparently, to prove that they had been used. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, it FLENT-STRBRY (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (B. 0). LUE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON'ORDERS OVER 20. Per ream. s.d. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Oabinets,Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases. Desks. post free. Established 1841 JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from oiewity, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price le. dd. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. NO. GOSNE LL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Is. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angol-paavage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Len ten, E.O. ANY GENTLEMAN requiring the comforts of a HOME in a respectable and cheerful family, where there are no other lodgers, to board or not with the family, as required, may hear of the same by applying to A. L., Mr. Hawkins, Post Office, Liverpool-road, Barnsbury, N. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. HAYMARKET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Family Jars. VAuDnvILLE--Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. ST. JAmEs's—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Christ mas Eve. OLYmmo—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. GAlrrr—Zampa. The Waterman. QuEEN's,—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Richelieu. Day after the Wedding. HoLsonN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jezabel. PRINCE OF WALES'S. - Queen Stork. Ours. Locked In. PoLrrEcraNio—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After. noon and Evening. EGYPTIAN HALL— Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITHEATIIN AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JANEs's HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PAT..4us RoYAL--Professor Faber's Talking Machine. ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TIISSAUD'S (Baker-street)—From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. THE LOIRE ARMY. The statement in an official telegram from Ver sailles that the Army of the Loire had been reduced to one halt is as trustworthy as those French tele grams which used to talk of army corps being driven into quarries, and similarly wonderful feats. The fact is that the greater part of the German forces on the Loire have been opposed to one half of this army, and yet ten whole days have been required to drive the French over a distance of twenty-five miles, six out of the ten days being spent in obstinate fighting. Nothing, whatever, has been done against the other half under Bourbaki. In all probability the two armies of the Loire number more men than D'Aurelles ever commanded. It ' would be rash to affirm anything in favour of toe quality of Bourbaki's host. But to report that the army is broken up, destroyed, or reduced one-half, Is something more than disingenuotts. BAZAINE'S DEPBNCII. Marshal Bazaine, in the defence which he has just put forward, gives a summary report of the operations of the Army of the Rhine, complains of the attacks made upon him, and announces that he hopes to obtain an ample reparation. He traces the history of the campaign since the 13th of August when he took the command. After the fight on the 18th he summoned a council of war, which decided that the army should remain at Metz, because its presence there kept 200,000 of the enemy's troops in their front, and gave France time to organise armies of resistance. This decision was an act of necessity, but it was also an act of patriotism ; but shortly after the army of Sedan capitulated, and with it the hope of relief from without disappeared. From this time the business of the army of the Rhine was to keep the enemy constantly on the alert by repeated attacks, so as to compel him to keep a large effective force before • Metz in order to delay the investment of Paris, and give time for the organisation of the national defence. The Marshal says that between the 14th of August and the begin ning of October, the army fought three grand battles, attempted two great sorties, and made repeated attacks on the enemy's positions, sustaining a loss, in killed, wounded, and missing, of 25 general officers, 2,099 officers of all grades, and 40,339 sub-officers and privates. The Marshal then goes on to describe the gradual exhaustion of provi sions. A final council of war was held on the 2Gth October, when General Jarres was authorised to sign a military convention by which the army of France, overcome by famine, yielded themselves prisoners of war. Bazaine, in conclusion, defends himself from the attacks of M. Gambetta and his colleagues, and charges them in their turn with falsifying the intern genie they received from him in order to delude the people. LEGIONS DE MARCHE. A. new body of French troops have been raised at Lyons. They are called Legions de Marche, and we are informed that two corps have already had experience of the war by a fight with the Prussians at Chateauneuf, in Burgundy. There were several hours' hard fighting, and the French batteries are said to have done most mischief, although the enemy had a more numerous artillery The engagement was brought to a close by a com pany of Franc-tireurs surprising the enemy's flank during a shower of snow. The Prussians believing they were about to be attacked in another quarter by considerable forces, turned, and effected a retreat in a most picturesque manner. The Legions are composed of single men under forty years of age, and they are all collected from the department of the Rhone. THE CANTEEN SYSTEM IN THE ARMY. Lord Strathnairn, among the many reforms his lordship originated in India affecting the social con dition of her Majesty's troops, introduced the can teen system into all barracks where large numbers of soldiers and their families were congregated. The system has, within the past three years, been adopted in the British Isles, chiefly through the instrumen tality of Colonel Collingwood (21st Fusiliers), and under the favourable eye of Lord Strathnairn himself. The advantages it ensures to the soldier, and the readiness with which good food and safe drinks of all kinds are supplied at , cheap rates, in their own quarters to our regiments, are sail to be insuring success, and must afford gratification to those distinguished officers. The Royal Artillery canteen authorities at Woolwich have been enabled to distribute surplus profits from the receipts of last year,'of 2s. 6d. each to every married soldier and ls. 6d. to each single soldier in the Woolwich garrison. Last Christmas, we may add, the bonuses were only ls. and 6d, res pectively. Besides granting these " dividends " the canteen president has been enabled to devote £6OO a year to the soldiers' recreation-rooms, to provide the whole of the prizes for the garrison sports, to give votes of money to each of the several cricket clubs connected with the regiment, and to contribute something to the funds of the Female Hospital and other charities. From these statements it will be seen how important an introduction the co-operative system of supplying stores to the army has become, even in the short space of three years. RATING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. A public meeting has been held at Plumstead to A. BARD CASH. The Italian Adriatic Oriental Company was formed some time ago for the purpose of utilizing the ad vantages of the Brindisi route to the East. It is, as might not perhaps be inferred from its name, essentially an English company. like most under takings having for their object the practical adoption of new ideas, it met with scant favour at first. Most people recognised the superiority of the Brindisi route, but it has been a hard matter to induce the general public, and a still harder matter to induce the official world, to avail themselyes of this supe riority. For several years the company carried on business at a loss. They improved the harbour so as to render it properly available for commerce, and convincingly sheaved us by the tran sit of letters and news a short time ago the great saving of time effected by the , passage vid Brindisi; but now that the Marseilles way is barred, and it is aH solutely necessary to adopt the Brindisi route altogether, this company is deprived of the privileges which it can properly claim. The Government throws over the Italian Company and grants a very large subsidy to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, enabling the latter to compete on unequal terms with the former, to the great injury of the trade which the Italian Company has spent so much in establishing. This is, unquestionably, a hard case. It is always a recognised principle that those who sow should reap. Not only, how ever, are the Italian Company deprived of their just benefit, but it is handed over.to a society that has throughout shewn the greatest disfavour to the Brindisi route. It is to be hoped that the injured company may be able to establish a legal claim against the Government for redress. They have addressed a protest showing that the privileges granted to the P. and 0. are incon sistent with engagements already contracted with the Italian Company. That the moral right belongs to the latter there can be no question whatever. POOR-LAW ATAKINISTRATION. Two inquiries are being carried on by. the Poor- Law Board into the conduct of guardians and relieving officers. An inquiry at Kensington was insti tuted at the special request of influential rate payers, two of whom were themselves guar dians. There were three grounds of com plaint. One was that the quantities of provisions supplied were excessive, and that meat had been delivered of inferior quality and bad condition, also that the superior meat contracted for for the use of the °Moos and the sick was greatly in excess of the necessary quantity. In support of.thie charge It was stated that inferior parts of meat were sent and ac cepted in place of the whole carcases of sheep contracted for. It was also contended that the quantity of spirits for the three months ending August 27th was twenty gallons in excess of the demands of the medical officers. The second charge was that there had been culpable irregularities in the books ; and the third, that the superior officers were culpably lax in their attention to their duties. The evidence was extremely diffuse, and the examination of the books proportionately tedious, as they are kept on a very complex system. The several charges were denied, but the officers on many points could only explain the customs of the work house by saying that they found matters so when they entered on their duties. The other inquiry, which is held at Shoreditch, refers to alleged irre gularities operating to the hardship of the out-door poor. Both inquiries are expected to last some time. OUR CRIMINAL CLASSES. According to the report of Mr. Wetherell, the Chief-Constable, there hai been a comparative de crease in indictable offences in Leeds during last year. It is believed that the Habitual Criminals Act has been the cause of this improvement. The worst thieves have left Leeds in consequence of the firm manner in which the administration of justice has been carried on, and through the application of the law which relates to the harbouring of thieves those houses which were formerly notorious as centres of criminals can no longer afford them shelter. The re port cites these examples as some of the good results of recent legislation with respect to criminals ; but although much evil has been removed, there, unfortunately, remains a very large class to deal with, and this class is constantly augmented by discharged prisoners, who have been repeatedly convicted. As these require different treatment it has been suggested that penal servitude will be the only thing to meet their cases. In Leeds this year the proportion of apprehensions to crimes committed is 70• G per cent. against 59 per cent. last year. There is an increase in the number of offences summarily determined, and those charged with drunkenness contribute a great proportion of this increase. The report adds that it is difficult to say why this should be so, as general crime has diminished, but the Chief-Constable thinks the cause is attributable to the deleterious quality of the liquor drunk, which " creates in some a stupor so complete es to render them incapable of the least action." He has seen men after going a tow yards fall as if poisoned. RAGGED SCHOOLS. The Bishop of Manchester and Mr. Jacob Bright, and also, let us add, Miss Becker, were among the speakers at a soiree of the Manchester Queen-street Ragged Schools on Monday. The meeting was chiefly held to urge the establishment of the " Kinder Garton " system of teaching in the schools during the day. It was stated that these institutions were intended to give instruction to the most destitute of the children of Sal ford, who usually represented the appearance of belonging rather to the rude tribes of some distant region than to England, so popu lous and so poor were they in the district. Mr. Jacob Bright, in his observations, said he thought people had made wonderful sacrifices in order to prepare men and women for the next world, but we had taken very inadequate means to prepare them for this. Yet according to his view the place which they inhabited was as much , . God's world as any state of existence which they might have in future. The Bishop of Manchester regretted that there was such a need in large cities for ragged schools. It was a disgrace upon civilization when he remembered that in rural villages labourers earning half as much as city artisans clothed and taught their offspring. He was glad, however, that as the need was there there were willing hands to take the young children under shelter ; and he approved of the Queen-street Ragged Schools, especially as social and recreative evenings were promised to juvenile minds. SIGNALS ON RAILWAYS. The inquiry with respect to the fatal railway col lision at Bolton, on Saturday, has opened, and the evidence clearly chews the necessity that a better system of signalling during foggy weather is required upon all our railways. Immediately after the accident the pointsman, with some regard to his own character, ,Af„,;o• HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 20. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite, arrived at Osborne yesterday at half past two o'clock. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, walked in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold also went out. The Archbishop of York has been pleased to accept the office of vice-president of the Central Associa tion for stopping the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. DEATH OF THE HON. HUMBLE DUDLEY WARD. —The Morning Post announces the death of the Hon. Humble Dudley Ward, brother of the Earl of Dudley, which occurred on Thursday last at Deal. The deceased gentleman was the second and youngest son of William Humble, 10th Lord Ward, by his wife Amelia, daughter of Mr. William Gooch Pillans, of Bracondale, Norfolk. He was born 20th December, 1821, and married, in 1843, Eleanor Lucy, third daughter of Mr. Thomas Hawkes, M.P., by whom he leaves issue, a son, William Humble Dudley (14th Hussars), and two daughters, married to Captain Keith Fraser and Mr. George Stewart Forbes. CONTRIBUTOR WITH THE TOOTH-ACHE.—A constant contributor to our coluMns, who has had a very troublesome tooth removed whilst under the Influence of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, wishes to give his experience for the benefit of others. He writes :—Probably you have had, among other minor miseries of life, that distressing ailment the tooth-ache. Well, I had a decayed molar—that had caused me many a bitter pang by day and by night. At length I resolved to have it out ; but being rather nervous naturally, and, moreover, having been brought low by pain, I determined upon seeking the aid of a skilful dentist, and also upon taking "laughing gas," which I heard "deadened the pain." So I hied me to ahonse in Regent street, opposite what may be called the home of laughing gas and other commodities of that nature, the Polytechnic Institu tion, and soon found myself in a chair, which, under other cir cumstances, I should have considered a decidedly " easy" one. Dentist examined my mouth carefully, giving particular atten tion to the enemy that was then shooting away. "Ah ! that should come out." I assented, and wondered what was coming next, but had not to wonder long. "Now, what I want you to do is to breathe like this, rather forcibly," holding to his mouth a sort of respirator made of chamois leather, and attached to an indiarubber tube leading to a small gas bag. I inhaled the gas for about half-a-minute, when I was about to suggest that a side breath of fresh air would be agreeable, but before I had time to do so, I was in a very pleasant doze, and I recolleet nothing more, until in a minute or so I came to myself, shouting lustily —one of the inevitable effects of "laughing gas," as all who have seen it administered on platforms and at entertain ments, will recollect. Said I to the dentist, "Oh ! I cannot have the tooth out !" "Why," he replied, "it has been out these five minutes !" This was a little playful exaggeration. The tooth was really out, however, and why I at first thought it remained was that I put my tongue to the place, and found that what was apparently the last molar was still there ; but this had bean the last but one till then, and my enemy was vanquished. I liv.d not been at all conscious o f pain. The operator was Mr. B. L. i‘losely, and I here tender to him my best thanks.—" City Pr.ss," Oct. 28, 1870. MR. HENRY RICHARD, M.P., WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr. Richard addressed his constituents,: at Dowlais, Merthyr Tydvil, on Monday night, in the Hermon Chapel. There was a crowded audience. He addressed the meeting first in English, and subsequently in Welsh. He reviewed the measures of the past session of Parlia ment, With regard to the bill introduced by Mr. Beau' mont, he said it gave him pleasure to support it, because he felt it was contrary to reason and justice that twenty" six men, representing one religius section, already in possession of exclusive privileges enough, 'should b° permitted to sit in one of their Legislative Chambers , and there to have powerful voices in all measures affecting th e country. He had also supported Mr. Hibbert's measure, which relieved certain pressures on the clergy ; also gr. Taylor's motion for the total abolition of the game laws , which he looked upon as the curse of the country. The hon. gentleman then referred in detail to the support be had given to the measures affecting women, laying stress upon the laws affecting the property of women, andalso the measures repealing the Contagious Diseases Act. li e also condemned an increase of the military expenditur e ; remarking that the recent votes would absorb two year s economy. He eulogised Sir Wilfrid Lawson's action to wards suppressing the opium trade. He concluded by reference to the Education Act.—A vote of confidenc e was unanimously passed at the close of the meeting. A PROTEST FROM DON CARLOS. Don Carlos has issued a protest against the transfer of the crown of Spain to a foreign Prince. Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, recognised his grandfather, Don Carlos de Bourbon, as legitimate King of Spain. Victor Emmanuel, before taking the title of King of Italy, gave the same recognition to his uncle, the Count de Montemolin. Prince Amadeus, says Don Carlos, accepts the crown which of right belongs to himself, and he warns all the legitimate Powers of Europe of the danger which is created for them by this xsurpation. The hundred and ninety-one indi viduals who offered the crown to the Italian Prince do not represent the tenth part of the Spanish nation. If the question were merely one of personal right, Don Carlos would not be unwilling to make the sacrifice, but he considers it " an impious conspiracy and the intrusion of a foreign monarch." The Spanish revolution is only a corps of the grand army of cosmopolitan revolution, whose object is the corn plete subversion of the foundation, sprung from Christianity, upon which human society is founded and rests. EGYPT. What would Egypt do in case of an outbreak — now happily very improbable—in the East ? The question is one of much importance. There can be no doubt as to what the Khedive ought to do in strict conformity with the conditions upon which he holds power. He is a vassal of the Sultan, and is bound in case of war to furnish a contingent of troops for the assistance of the Porte. He has by no means, however, shown a disposition of late to fulfil his duty to the letter, and it is very probable that he would make the Sultan's necessity his own opportunity, and declare his independence, with the assistance of Russia. And then ? A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, who writes from Cairo, says the educated Egyptians hope that in such an eventuality England would turn the Khedive out and take possession of the country. They do not desire any independent Khedive. They have no hope of France, and certainly no wish for the protection of Russia; but the probability of England taking Egypt is " viewed most favourably." Whether England would be likely to respond to these good wishes is quite a different question. THE A➢IERICAN PRESS ON THE MESSAGE. The American papers take a favourable view of the President's message. The New York Times thinks the policy it sets forth is at once positive and practical, and that the mildness of the Presi dent's reference to the Alabama claims renders more significant the firmness of his remarks in regard to the fisheries. The British authorities must, however, comprehend his meaning with respect to the . Alabama claims, and his intention to make Britain's natural responsibility an essential part of the contro versy. The Herald thinks there is much in the message that is good and encouraging as regards the management of the foreign and domestic affairs of the country. The President discusses the great question of the Canadian Fisheries with remarkable force and in a very suggestive tone. The Tribune believes that the Message will render the President still more popular with his countrymen. An ample revenue and a rapidly diminishing national debt are the general outlines of the past year's history, and may well be regarded with com placency by the President, and with gratitude and pride by the American people. The Philadelphia Ledger says the document was tot awaited with that intense interest which sometimes awaits it during less favourable conjunctures in public affairs. Lord Granville and his colleagues should regret to see the controversy of the Alabama claims take the form indicated by the President. ROBBERY, OF CHRISTAIAS PRESENTS. There is one item in the festivities of the present season with which we could all willingly dispense. It is high time that something was done to stop the robberies of Christmas presents by the servants of the carrying companies to whom they are entrusted. Long impunity has given ever-increasing proportions to this nuisance. The quantity of parcels sent at this season of the year is so enor mous that the abstraction is easy there is no check upon the practice and the theft is one about which people in general do not care to make much trouble. The remedy, such as there is, lies with the public themselves. If they would insist upon a re ceipt in all cases of sending a Christmas parcel, the chance of detection or redress would be greatly in creased. At present parcels are usually handed in without any acknowledgment, and inquiry is easily baffled. THE GODRICH DIVORCE CASE. - --- - In this case Mrs. Godrich obtained a new trial of the cause where Mr. Godrich was the petitioner, owing t o some of the witnesses against her having been convicted of perjury. In Chambers, yesterday, Mr. Straight, MY•/ applied, on behalf of Mrs. Godrich, to compel her bus' band to pay into court a, sum sufficient to enable the respondent to proceed to trial. The learned counsel stated that he and Dr. Deane, on the other side, 11 3 c 1 agreed as to the pleas that were to be tried—the Registrar was ordered to settle the amount that ou g ht to be paid into Court by Mr. Godrich. In the case of God• rich v. Fowler, Mrs. Godrich opposes her father's will; but the other side alleged that she could not plead being 9 married woman. Lord Penzance held that owing to the position of Mrs. Godrich in consequence of the divorce suits, she was in the position of a femme sole, and entitled to plead. Mrs. Godrich gave a reading on Monday night in the hall of the Ist Middlesex Volunteers, Chelsea, the object being to raise funds to prosecute the suit which has been carried on in the Divorce Court. ILLNESS OF LORD JUSTICE MELLISH. Although Lord Justice Mellish, in conjunction with Lord Justice James, occupied his seat during Monday in the Court of Appeal, his lordship shortly afterwards Was seized' with a violent attack of gout, which precluded his attendance yesterday. Under those circumstances , the business of the court was necessarily suspended, but the hope is entertained that his lordship will have so far recovered as to be able to resume work to-day (Wednee. day). THE TIENTSIN MASSACRES. The Shanghai Evening Courier reports the execution of sixteen men who were selected to suffer for the mas sacre of foreigners at Tien-tsin. They were decapitated on the 19th of October. ' The notion of the execution of the sixteen being a punishment has been carefully concealed, by large rewards being given to the families of the men-500 tier..: cach. After the execution the heads were sewn on to L 1; :, I, , dies again, which were placed in gorgeous coffin,: pi vi.;e I by the officials, and handed to the families for haria,l. There are yet four others to be executed. They are the supposed murderers of the Rus sians, and the Russian Consul-General will not permit their execution until he has examined them, and satisfied himself that they are really the guilty parties. The Chairman of the Municipal Council has written to the British Charge d'Affaires asking what was to be done for the protection of the persons and property of the foreign residents during the winter. Mr. Wade replied that, during the winter there will be four French gun boats, and two English gunboats, and probably two ad ditional vessels of war under the flags of other nations/ But besides this; the Pekin " Government has de cided to retain the GovernonGeneral, Li-hung-Chang, et Tientsin until the spring, and from his well-known energY and capacity I should not fear to remain at Tientsin did I reside there." The Courier correspondent asserts that the Mandarins, as a class, have been the chief origins tors of the widely spread hostile feeling against foreigners , and that the perpetrators of the outrage have uniformly and openly claimed official' sympathy and support. 1 4 ° adds :—" It is the most solemn opinion of many of the residents here that the future Lever looked so dark as does now." EXTRAORDINARY FORGERY OF RAILWAY TICKETS. A gross fraud upon nearly all the railway companies in England has just been brought to light at Derby. On Friday evening last a man arrived at Derby by a, train from the North, and presented a ticket from "31asbro' to Smethwick." The ticket col lector (named Till), who has been in the Midland Company'o service a number of years, on examining the ticket, found that it was a forgery, and when the train drew up at the passenger platform in the station, the .man was given into the custody of a Derbyshire police-officer. He gave the name of Matthew Goodwin, and said that he lodged near Dudley. On Saturday morning he was taken before Mr. W. T. Cox, a county magistrate, and by him remanded until Thurs day next. It was subsequently discovered that the prisoner has been apprehended in the borough, and not in the county, and he was transferred to the borough autho rities. On Saturday afternoon, Detective Inspector Fearn, of the Derby borough police, accompanied by one of the Midland Railway Company's detectives, proceeded to Dudley. and on making inquiries they found that the prisoner kept a toll-gate just outside that town. They went to the house, made a search, and in a drawer in his bedroom tbey found upwards of 1,000 railway tickets' rom one place to another on the Midland, London and North - Western, and Great Western Railway systems. The latter company appears to have been the most extensively patronised. Some of the journeys were of great length. The tickets were all second class, and in addition was also found a number of steamboat tickets, principally for " The Isle of Dogs ferry-boats." The officers also found in the room a complete fount of type for setting up the tickets, composing sticks, and every requisite for printing them, together with plain cardk to paste them on, coloured. papers, and colours and paint brushes to paint the tickets the proper colours. When the prisoner was searched at Derby on Friday night no less a sum than £199 108. was found upon him, and it appeared that he came to be present at the annual letting of the tolls on the different, turnpike tolls leading out of Derby, which was held on! Saturday last. It appears that prisoner has been in the habit of renting toll-gates in almost every part of Eng land. On the 6th of July, 1868, he was convicted of defrauding the Great Western Railway Company at. Dudley, and was fined £2 and costs. There are other facts connected with the case which it is not desirable at present to make public, as so doing might frustaate the endis of justice, but there is no doubt that the accused has been committing very extensive frauds upon all the D rina- Dal railway companies of this country. THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION. Mr. B. Ranyard writes to the Times as follows : There must be a mistake in the date reporting the grounding of the Psyche—December 15, 3 p.m. I have received a letter from my son, dated Naples, December 14. Being on the Organizing Committee, he had left the English party at Verona to hasten on and, if possible, catch the American observers before they should leave Naples, to learn their plans and make arrange' ments with them. In this he succeeded. We companions had not arrived when he wrote. 110 says :—" A telegram has come to say that the instruments have arrived safely at Malta and will be here to-morrow afternoon." I might suspect that the date was a mistake on his part rather than that of Mr. Lockyer if the post-mark on the envelope had not corresponded with that within the letter. Again, a telegram from Catania despatched at three o'clock on Thursday after noon would surely have reached London before SaturdaY evening. The accident could not have occurred before Friday, and may have happened on Saturday morning. HARROW RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The injury OS' tained by the Rev. J. Hillock has turned out more serious than was at first thought ;. but now, though apprehee' sions are entertained of internal injuries, the medical opinion on the case is more encouraging. MDLLE. PITTF.RI'S BENEFIT.—Much has been said and written about the removal cf the Alhambra Ballet to the National Standard Theatre, and its great success at, that house. On Monday night, Mdlle. Pitteri, the ch ie f danseuse of the troupe, took her benefit. Her East-end admirers might have been expected to gather in force, especially as this was announced as the last night of the much-denounced—and certainly, as regards its by - pl a h objectionable—ballet, " Estella." But the fine theatre was not half filled. The wet weather and the proximitY of Christmas were doubtless, to a considerable extent, the cause of this ; but, nevertheless, it is clear that the ballet is not nearly so popular in the East-end as it was in the West. The declamation, rather than singing, of the War songs pleased the audience immensely. France evidently had the sympathies of the gallery ; for while the " W a tch au Rhine ' was received with coldness, and some hisses from the " gods," the " Marseillaise " was rapturously encored, as was also, it need not to be said, " Rule Britannia." The performance closed with the drama , " Vicar of Wakefield." 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