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, t7"4 , 4 44 , E. MOSES and SON, 1-2. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EIISTON-ROAD. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. V MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST o f JU • G ENTLE. MEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Couts. Also at I Also at Also at other prices, other prices. other prices • 11 MOSES and SON beg to remind t 12,1• that the cheapness of an article depends en quality, and they venture to affirm that every article is lonstderably cheaper than what can be obtained 1 ho tse in England. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of G ENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED : Summer Tourist Summer Dress Suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 245. 245. 10s. 6d. 15s. 28s. 28s. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. 365. 368, 14s. 18s. 40s. 425. 15s. 6d. 21s. 455. 489. 17s. 6d. 245. 555. 525. 20s. 265. Also at Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices ORDERS punctual measure intro guarantee a fai by post are attended to with care and ity, and the easy and accurate system of self luced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to fltless fit. 1 MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li I_J• 1' of BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. Eton Brighton harrow Suits. I Suits. I Suits. 9s. 6d, 13s. 6d, 16s. 6d. Also at Also at I Also at i Also at other prices. l other prices. other prices, other prices. EMOSES and SON supply every description of . clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. AT.AUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague. D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30 CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled IWO itO.ES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful l'urlesque, DON CARDiS ; or, The Infante in Arms Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power. Amy Fawsitt, T Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE LI, 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, 3s each; also 55., 7s. Bd., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Reed Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. 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 decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath.' Price lb. &I lied Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. riIHORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE, 1 In Penny Packets only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in the Country. RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred 'Medical men to be the most effective invention In the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 318. 6d. Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 4'25., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 42a. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly NATIONAL INSTITUTION for DISEASES of the SKIN, Gray's-inn-road and Mitre-street. Physi cian, Dr. BARR MEADOWS, 49, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Ave rage number of Patients under treatment, 1,000 weekly. Free letters are available for necessitous applicants. THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Sec. H OSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT, Golden-square, W. President—the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S. This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since its foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy current expenses. EDMUND W YLD, Secretary. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on heir useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnou g ht)._ Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE MOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green wich, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, will be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re moved from the City to the same building. KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WING. Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164. The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street. HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Scc. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. r HE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock. Mr. GILMAN'S, "The Wheatsheaf," High-street Camden-town. HE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" a t T Mr BF. AUMONT'S. " The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand ralllE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by ALEXA DER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, ,No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street T HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at w.:::3IITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1870. As Foreign Secretary, Earl GRANVILLE has, in an astonishingly short time, justified to the full his selection as successor to the Earl of CLARENDON. It is no exaggeration to say that never has a newly inducted Minister been subjected (upon the very morrow of his assuming the responsibilities devolving upon the head of one of the principal departments of the administration) to an ordeal more abrupt or more momentous. Scarcely had the noble earl crossed the threshold of the Foreign-office when a telegram startles not only all England, but all Europe into the recognition of a diplomatic imbroglio almost certain to lead to the most serious, that is, in plainer words, to the most warlike complications. Astounding as this revelation was, from the first instant until now the newly-in stalled FOREIGN SECRETARY in Downing-street has evidenced a complete mastery of all those qualities most desirable in the statesman to whose judgment, dis cretion, firmness, and tact are entrusted, the direction of the foreign relations of her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. The Correspondence published within these last few days redounds, throughout, from the first page to the last, to the honour of Lord GRANVILLE. If war could by any possibility have been averted, he would have averted it. And in his devoted and most assiduous endeavours to allay the irritation mutually excited between France and Prussia, Lord GRANVILLE, it must in justice be added, has always been aided and abetted by the temper, the skill, and the vigilance of her MAJESTY'S Ambassadors at the Courts of the European Sovereigns—more especially at Paris by Lord LYONS, at Berlin by Lord AUGUSTUS LOFTUS, and at Madrid by Mr. LAYARD ; as well as in a lesser degree by Sir AuGusits PAGET at Florence, by Admi ral HARRIS at the Hague, by Lord BLOOMFIELD at Vienna, and by Sir ANDREW BUCHANAN at St. Petersburg. Having,now, most carefully scrutinized the whole of this published Correspondence, we can dis cover no flaw in the just, and firm, and true, and honest, we will add, in the thoroughly resolute and yet delicately considerate policy which has been pursued throughout. It is a policy, in fact that has been pursued throughout consistently. Not an opportunity has been lost, or for an hour even overlooked. Opening the Corrrespondence in the very midst of the negotiations, it is significant, as it seems to us, of the FOREIGN SECRETARY'S unwinking vigilance all through, that upon a single day, for example, Saturday, the 16th instant, Lord GRANVILLE writes five despatches, the first of them (No. 65) to Lord AUGUSTUS LOFTUS, the four last (66, 67, 68, 69) to Lord LYONS. Again on the 20th instant, on that same day, Earl GRANVILLE writes from the Foreign Office in sequence at rapid intervals four several despatches (110-113) to our Ambassador at Paris. And so equably was the intermediate line pursued that, as the noble lord observed on Thursday evening in the House of Lords, M. LAVALETTE charges him with being " cold, very cold," towards the Government of the Emperor NAPOLEON, while the Count Von BISMARCK expresses regret at the advice thrust by the noble lord during the late abortive negotiations (with a view to a pacification) upon the Chancellor's royal master, King WILLIAM. Evidences, these, coming simultaneously from Paris and Berlin, indicative in the most striking manner of the strict neutrality pursued by England, thanks to the temperate and conciliatory but reso lute and consistent policy of Lord GRANVILLE. According to account, on Monday next, Mr. DISRAELI, as leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition, will call the attention of the House of Commons to the position of this country with reference to the war on the European continent. Already the FOREIGN SECRETARY has announced that the immediate sequel of his policy, as between the belligerents, will be to maintain a dignified and a calm reserve. That policy and that sequel to the development of it, Mr. DISRAELI, we may presume before he opens his lips, will be the last to contra vene. Reproach or taunt from either side will in- • fluence not one jot the councils of England in regard to this calamitous war. One thing, however, can influence them—by doing more than simply jeopardis ing her interests,by touching her honour—and that is the violation of the neutrality of Belgium by either of the belligerents ! TRUE economy is a principle with which every body must agree. The proper retrenchment of expenditure is so difficult and thankless a task, so seldom can a Government be found to attempt it, that all public support ought to be given to the rulers who honestly spend the national funds to the best advantage. But Mr. LOWE'S interpretation of economical doctrines is not satisfactory. There is a true economy which may be defined as the prevention of waste ; and there is a very false economy which con sists in merely deferring needful expenditure, and which, by neglecting a favourable time for outlay, ends in incurring considerable ultimate loss. During , the last two years Mr. LOWE has had an exception ally good opportunity for commencing the erection of the Law Courts. For many months the ground has been lying waste, and from this source alone considerable loss has arisen. Money has been cheap and labour plentiful. The circumstances were, indeed, so propitious that any more favourable com bination could not well be hoped for. Mr. LOWE, however, persisted in staving off the evil day when his purse-strings must be loosed. The conditions of the work are now entirely changed. Labour is much less abundant than before, money has greatly risen in price through the war, and so have all other commodities. The erection of the Courts must now involve a largely increased expense, not to speak of the loss and inconvenience arising from tLc delay of au important public Oess Oxford C3l,t;. Coats. 30s. 21s, 355. 265, 425. 30s. 503. 365, 18s. I 18s. 19s. i 235. 1 235. 21s. 265. 265. 1 325. 308. • 365. I 365. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, J LILY 30, 1870. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—La Traviata. 8.30. ADELPHI—At Seven, The Robust Invalid. Free Labour. PRINCE OP WALES'S—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. QUEEN'S—At Seven, Bly Wife's Dentist. 'Twist A xe and Crown. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCII 13,( K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every }evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn ings at 3. Admission ls, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 ; Wed nes.lays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. Zo LOGICAL GAnnims, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, Is. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, Bd. 31Aaamz TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 0' 0 pm. and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra . , THE EUROPEAN WAR THE SUN, which is Published Every Morning at Eight o'clock, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper, will always give the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning__ ...... _36 after 2 I Afternoon.; ........56 after 2 • I I . : r" 11. ' f Ult • - (o.* EVENING EDITION. work. Similarly, a prompt outlay in the matter of telegraphic arrangements would be amply repaid. The facilities for the transmission of mes sages are now so scanty that the slightest additional pressure is beyond the capacity of the wires. They suffice for an ordinary traffic, but when there is any exceptional work a block is the result. At the present time, owing to the war, continental telegrams which are not allowed to pass through France, are sent north wards. Hence for the last few weeks the northern wires have been overworked, and it has become almost a matter of impossibility to get a message safely landed at any destination above the Humber. This is a periodical difficulty which is entirely owing to the false kind of economy. No great outlay is needed to so reinforce the wires on all the chief routes, that double the ordinary business might be disposed of on occasion. The cost of material would represent well nigh the whole expenditure, for in time of pressure an extra staff of operatives might be withdrawn from posts where little is doing. The prest nt hand-to-mouth system of keeping up only such a number of wires as will meet the average work is opposed to all business principles. There is yet time to take a vote for the amount required, and if false economy do not stand in the way, Government will not fail to ask for such a supply. To postpone this greatly needed relief for a year would, doubtless, be consistent with the policy which postponed the building of the Law Courts, but it is wrong and ends only in loss. TOPICS OF THE DAY. justly preferring to do an unnaturally cheap business than none at all. Here is an opportunity, of which speculators avail themselves. They borrow and in vest the money in stocks and shares, which pay a higher rate (as they may easily do) than the speculators have to return for their borrowed capital. A war, or any other cause leading to a rise in the bank-rate, brings these investors into immediate difficulties. The balance between the interest of their purchases and the interest of their borrowings is no longer on their side. They are compelled to sell out, and thus is thrown on the market a quantity of stock which adds to the general confusion. This is au old inconvenience, and one which is likely to continue so long as the currency remains as it is. So long as foreigners can control the value of the money standard by withdrawing it for their own convenience, so long as the same metal can be unduly depreciated by large accumulations, the trouble and loss we periodically experience, will still recur. years of age. The ratio of increase in adults committed during the last three years 'has .been double that of young persons. Since 18.54 more than 20,000 young offenders have been admitted into the reformatory schools, and 12,000 have been admitted into the In dustrial schools, which are in fact reformatories of a milder sort. The returns relating to those who were discharged from those schools after a year's pro bation, chew that seven in ten can be made trust worthy members of society. Mr. Turner suggests that there is now need of a secondary class of industrial schools which destitute children might attend as day scholars. Such schools might furnish a fair field for the trial of the principle of compulsory attendance, and act as preventitive institutions to intercept a number of those who would else have been sent to reformatories. Should the Committee of Council recognise such an intermediate class of schools, an economical and moral advantage would be gained. MR. MOTLEY'S RECALL. The withdrawal of Mr. Motley as American Minister in England the Times believes has certainly not been made from any considerations with respect to the Alabama claims, it being understood from the very first nomination of Mr. Motley that if the negotiations in the matter were ever renewed, they were to be held at Washington under the eyes of the Senate, who would have to approve of the treaty. The sudden recall, though it may have been produced directly in consequence of some caprice of President Grant's which will chiefly serve to alienate the Republican party, 'or through some quarrel between the President and one of Mr. Motley's private friends on a mere party vote, it certainly indirectly arose from the circum stances, that fickleness is one of the great reproaches of Republican institutions, and that General Grant claims an infallibility on the point of diplomatic patronage. He exercises his authority in the matter pretty freely, wisely declining to give any reasons for his policy. Whatever be the reason of the sudden change of Ministers in England, the Times thinks it just to state that certainly no Ame rican, and probably no other foreign Minister, ever obtained in so short a time such universal apprecia tion as has welcomed Mr. Motley and his family in this country. His friends will have one consolation in the matter of his withdrawal, namely, that in his retirement he will be able to resume and pursue those historical studies which have already made his name famous throughout the civilised world. THE INDIAN BUDGET. The Indian Budget was, as usual, brought forward in a very thin House, although the varying accounts of the deficit might, one would have thought, have excited more interest. Sir R. Temple estimated the revenue for 1869-70 at £49,340,840, and the expendi ture at £49,288,196. It was subsequently believed that instead of a small surplus there would be a deficit of from one million to a million and a-half. This was a tolerably wide margin, but Indian finances seem to have been throughout in a state of delightful uncertainty. Measures have been taken, says the Duke of Argyll, to restrict the expenditure and increase the taxes, when lo! there is another shifting of the scene and the deficit of a million has become a pro spective surplus of £140,000. Sir Richard Temple appears to have been actuated by the 'same spirit as the man who when his friend commiserated him for his troubles declared he was well off, and when congratulated for his good fortune ran over a cata logue of grievances. Keeping to the facts of which we are certain, it appears that the expendi ture on public works the year before last was £0,500,000, and on extraordinary public works £1,370,000. There is a decrease of £297,182 in the cost of civil government, and of £573,530 in the military charges. The European war has affected the mone tary secwrities, but the general aspect of affairs is not unfavourable. The railway receipts of the year were about two millions and a half, but though this shews a considerable decrease, it is not thought unsatisfac tory. The Budget for 1870-71 anticipates a deficit of £119,363, and it is not uncharitable to hope that our Anglo-Indian financiers have a little clearer idea of what they are about tban they had last year. THE CRUISE OF THE CAPTAIN. The turret ship Captain, built on the design of Captain Cowper Coles, has just completed a three weeks experimental cruise, in which her powers have been fairly tested both under steam and sail, as well as in gunnery practice. She left Plymouth Sound for Vigo on the Gth, and arrived at her destination on the 14th, being successively under sail alone, under steam alone, and under steam and sail com bined. This is the second cruise which the Captain has made across the Bay of Biscay within three months, and the principal results obtained are as follows :—Under steam alone the ship was driven at' the speed of from 41 to 81 knots per hour, the consumption of coal, at the first rate, being 360 pounds per mile, and at the latter, 600 pounds. When under steam and sail combined, the weather screw was driven by its pair of engines at 39 revolutions, and the lee-screw disconnected. Under these conditions the speed of the Captain was 10.8 knots, burning 12 cwt. of coals per hour, the disconnected screw being driven. by the speed of the ship, t'irough the water at 32 revolutions per minute Under sail the ship was tried in squally weather and her speed rose to nearly ten knots, her greatest heel being 6 degrees. A trial was made with the ship under three topsails and head sails only, the engines being supposed to be disabled. She was then worked round Vie target, a continual fire being kept upon it, as upcn an enemy, from the four 25-ton guns in her turrets, supported by a steady rain of bullets from the small-arm-men of the ship. Notwithstandii'g her heavy load of armour and armament, she tacked handily under sail on a circle round her supposed antagonist, while deliver ing heavy broadsides. The work is carried on with out any confusion, every one being at his post in five minutes after the bugle sounds. In that space of time the Captain is ready for action with sails furled, and steaming against a strong head sea at full boiler power. DIFFICULTIES WITH GOLD The rise in the Bank rate of discount and the gene ral disturbance in the money market affords another example of the inadequacy of our gold currency to meet the business requirements of the time. The defect of the metallic money system is that it is liable to be influenced by causes quite irrespective of business demand and supply. A war, for example' creates a sudden and artificial demand for bullion; it pays to export it; and straightway the price rises. The Bank of England is always compelled to buy gold at a fixed r_tite, and not at the figure which would represent its natural value under the laws which govern the prices of other commodities. "In time of prosperity a plethora of gold accumulates, and the Bank is led to discount at au abnormally low rate of interest, very THE CENSUS OF 1871. Mr. Caird writes to the Times on the subject of the census, and says that ten years ago the House ot Commons accepted his amendment, which directed a return to be made of the house accommodation of the people irr Scotland. The result was au interesting disclosure of the progress made in the quality and, condition of the homes of the people. The Statis tical Society have spoken in favour ot the same inquiry being extended to England. No difficulty was found in Scotland in obtaining the return. In 1861 some resistance was made to the proposition on the ground that it was unde sirable to make any addition to the heads of inquiry, but one column more was all that was required. Mr. Caird is so fully convinced of the value of this infor mation, to all who are interested in the improved dwellings of the people, that he is unwilling for the House of Commons to let another census pass with out this addition. RAILWAY TIME TABLES. A reform is much needed in the issue of that use ful convenience, Bradshaw's Railway Guide. At present this collection of tables appears only on the first of the month, and thus the traveller is often con fronted by alterations in the running of trains be fore he has time to adjuFt his arrangements. Instead of premonitary notice being given, the changes take place and the notice appears at the same time. This inconvenient :system might easily be improved. As a rule, the railway companies de termine any alterations of their time-tables a fort night before they come into operation; and there would at least be no difficulty in giving the public a week's notice. At present persons who travel much are left a good deal in the dark as to what they may or may not prepare to do on the first three or four days of the month. THE OCEAN YACHT RACE. The victory of the Cambria in what may be called her extraordinary race with the Dauntless will be the occasion of much rejoicing in yachting circles. Mr. Ashbury has good reason to feel proud of his success, and Mr. Bennett is equally to be congratula ted on the performance of his yacht. That a course of three thousand miles should ha've been sailed by two vessels with a difference of only an hour and a quarter is proof that the sea qualities of both yachts are of a first-class order, and speaks volumes for the seamanship displayed by the crews of either craft. The news, brought through the medium of the Atlantic Cable, that intense excite ment prevailed at New York might have been anti cipated. The American, like his elder brother the Englishman, is prone to throw himself into ecstacies about anything that smells of salt water, and the pluck of Mr. Ashbury in accepting the challenge from a much larger "yacht than his own would he highly appreciated in America. It will be remembered that the ; yachts started from Queenstown, on Monday, July 4th, amidst the en thusiastic cheers of a large company who had met in craft of every dimension and build to wish them a happy voyage. After the first night the vessels parted company, and saw each other no more till the end of the race. This was inevi table, owing to the different courses taken by the yachts—the Cambria keeping well to the north, while the Dauntless went in a southerly direction. It is to be regretted, however, that a sad accident has marred the perfect enjoyment of the intelligence, the Dauntless having lost two of her crew in a gale. This will cause universal regret, and will somewhat damp the feeling which the victory will evoke among those who have impatiently waited the result of the contest. RUFFIANISM , LET LOOSE. The other day a man, described by the reporters as "of respectable appearance," was charged, at the Worship-street Police-court, in London, with inde cently assaulting a female passenger on the Eastern Counties Railway. The evidence was conclusive, for one of the Company's servants caught the ruffian in the act of endeavouring to throw the woman out of the carriage. From motives of deli cacy, no doubt, the woman did not appear to give evidence. Why this should have _ _ . . influenced the magistrate's decision is not at all clear; but wham it is stated that the scoundrel was allowed to leave the dock on paying a fine of twenty shil lings, one begins to wonder at the vagaries of London magistrate law. THE EXECUTION IN DUBLIN. It appears that the rope which was used for the strangulation of the culprit Carr, on Thursday morn ing, at Richmond Bridewell, Dublin, was one of such length that the Governor declared he would not be responsible for its effects. The unfortunate man was allowed to fall a depth of fourteen feet from the trap on which he was standing, and when the bolt was withdrawn, he descended with such rapidity that decapitation ensued. The surgeon .of the prison, it is stated, had decided as to the distance Carr was to be allowed to fall, and instead of taking a lesson from the English precedent of three feet, he apparently laid down a law of his own on the subject. This gentleman, being questioned at the inquiry held after Carr's death, attributed the horrible accident that had oc curred to two causes, the thinness of the hemp, and the tightness with which it had been fastened round the condemned man's neck. So mercilessly, indeed, was that last operation performed, that the culprit complained of it, and asked if they meant to "choke or strangle him before his time." Altogether the execution seems to have been performed in a bungling and disgraceful manner, the gloss miscalculation of the height re quired to kill a man being the worst feature of the act. Far less painful to the condemned would have been death by the guillotine, and far less harrowing to those who saw it and less shameful to the Rich mond officials would have been the spectacle of his extermination. There is no regular hangman in Ireland; indeed, new hands are almost always em ploye'l, but in this case this officer seems to have effected what he had to do in a more expeditious and humane manner than his superiors in the last scene on earth of a fellow man. The jury have returned a verdict that the decapitation of Carr was the result of accident ; but it is to be hoped that on the next occasion of hanging, experience will prevent a recurrence of the terrible performance that has now taken place. As it is twenty-five years exactly since the last man was hanged in Dublin May the gallows not be in use there again for a like period ! JUVENILE CRIMINALS. Mr. Sydney Turner, the visiting inspector of reformatory and industrial schools, in Great Britain, states in his report that there has been a greater in crease in adult offenders than in those under sixteen HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JULY 29. The Queen accompanied by Princess Beatrice, walked and drove yesterday afternoon, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley, and Sir Thomas and Hon. Lady Biddulph, had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. The Prince and Princess Christian visited Wor cester yesterday, arriving. from Malvern at noon. They visited the Cathedral and the Royal Porcelain Manufac tory, and returned to Malvern about four o'clock. His Royal Highness Lieutenant Prince Arthur will not rejoin the Woolwich garrison for three months. Before resuming his military duties the Prince will enjoy a few weeks' shooting in Scotland. Earl Granville will leave London this afternoon, and, having travelled by the South-Western Railway to Gosport, will cross over from the Royal Clarence Vic tualling Yard to Osborne, where he will have an audience of her Majesty the Queen. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. Banquet to her Majesty's Ministers at the Mansion House. The Queen has contributed £5OO in aid of the fund now being raised for the completion of the buildings of the University of Glasgow. It is understood that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will start from Copenhagen to-day, and may be expected to arrive in London on Mon day evening or Tuesday morning. The East Indian Railway Company invite applications for debentures to replace others falling due, transferable from hand to hand, without stamp, and bearing interest at the rate of 4,1 t per cent. per annum, guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India. The inhabitants of a small German town named Osierode have, as we are informed by the Independance Beige, offered a reward of 10,000 thalers "to whomsoever shall take the Emperor Napoleon, alive dead." The service which these patriotic burghers demand in return for their thalers is not without perils. _ _ Mr. Charles Woodward, who is at present cruising with Lord Bute in the Mediterranean, has received an order recalling him at once to Rome, as something im portant is expected to happen there, and the French troops are said to be on the eve of their departure.— Tablet. NEW GUILDHALL AND ASSIZE COURT AT PLY MOUTH.—With full civic pomp, in the prdsence of a very large concourse of spectators, many of whom were from neighbouring boroughs, on Thursday afternoon, was laid at Plymouth the foundation-stone of the new Guildhall and Assize Courts, and public buildings about to be erected. The cost of the same is estimated at £40,000. There was accommodation for many hundreds provided by raised platforms. Mr. Alfred Rooker, as chairman of the build inc committee, requested the mayor (Mr. Luscombe) to lay the stone, which he did amid the cheers of the assembly and the ringing of the bells of the adjacent church. The building is to be completed in two years. PROJECTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.—The London correspondent of the Manchester Courier writes :—"There is a rumour afloat that the Government mean to propose a considerable supplementary estimate for the purpose of 'mobilising' the militia, or, at least, bringing it up to its full strength. If that be so, I believe occasion will be taken by the Opposition formally to direct the attention of Parliament and the country to the extensive reductions in the strength of all arms of our military forces—considerably surpassing it is said, what the House of Commons approved of when the army estimates were moved. And if that opp or t un ity is not afforded, the Opposition will make one for itself. The Times is beginning to open its columns to letters and communications in that direction, which is an ominous sign for Mr. Cardwell. The Government is doing its best to push on the estimates, and when all the money has been got, you will find the session suddenly shut up with a remarkable alacrity. There is a talk of the prorogation being fixed for Tuesday, the 9th, but I hardly think that the business will be huddled up by that time. Were this treaty business satisfactorily explained away, it would be an unmixed advantage if the House of Commons could be got rid of. The friends of peace and neutrality are kept in a perpetual tremble lest some unlucky, indiscreet speech should commit us in some way or other. Foreign nations, unfortunately, don't understand the exact composition of our House of Commons. An M.P. is an M.P. in their eyes, and a Rylands, or anybody else of equal loquacity and ignorance, might do more harm in ten minutes than all the tact or knowledge of a Gladstone or a Disraeli could remedy in a week. D[ - NV I I,LE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup. plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Ballast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.C. TURKISH VIEW OF THE WAR. In consequence of the French declaration of war a Council of Ministers has been held at the Porte to consider the measures which should be adopted in the event of the war affecting the Ottoman E mpire. The object of Turkey is to preserve a strict neutrality, but it is important to set things in order, and improve the condition of the Ottoman army and navy. Great efforts will be made to put both services on a war footing, so as to keep up an armed neutrality, but notwithstanding every exertion Turkey is not likely to bring an army into the field which can be a match for any of the large forces of Europe. There is more hope for the navy as regards efficiency, and it bids fair to hold its own against all but those of the first naval rank. Although nothing certain is yet known as to details, it is evident that the Porte is determined to be ready for any emergencies that may arise. M. OLLIVIER ON GERMAN UNITY. It is doubtless quite superfluous to charge the French Premier with inconsistency, seeing that he has notoriously abandoned in practice as a Minister the precepts which he enforced as an independent politician. But as lie must now more or less bear ' the responsibility of the war with Prussia, it may be interesting to quote his opinions on Germany in 1867. In that year he wrote to the Liberte after a jo•uney through Germany in the full confidence that the Teutonic nation would become one, and that no contest with France was sought by the people across the Rhine :—" The North German Confedera tion will be organised without difficulty, as Prussia has only to raise a finger to change it into one grand annexation. I have nowhere found anything like hatred of France, or a wish to come into collision with her. The German nation really wishes to live at peace with us, and only fears that our policy may render this impossible. If it should come to a war, they are resolved on a terrible and obstinate struggle. All sensible men therefore regard the eventuality with horror, as it would draw a boundary of blood between two of the most civilised nations of the earth, and drive Germany against her will into the arms of Russia, thus forcing her to abandon the great task she must undertake in harmony with us, of restraining the Slavonian world, which is pressing through the gates of Europe." It was only on the 30th of June in this year that M. 011ivier expressed his confidence in peace and his conviction that treaties must be respected, especially those of 1856 and of Prague. The deduction from his utterances seems to be that M. 011ivier is now made an instru ment for carrying out the wily thing he dreaded. en ' - eiritem 11' Camb. Coats. Also at other prices ;he public tirely on its sold by them at any other OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning. THE RIVAL STATEMENTS. Another point in the history of the projected treaty is now, says the Times, confessed on both sides. Lord Granville has informed the Lords that the Mar quis de Lavalette had called on him, under in structions from Paris, to acknowledge that the draught at Berlin was in the handwriting of M. Benedetti, but that it had been written by him under the dictation of Count Bismarck. This con fession leads the Times to regret that the French Government has refrained from communicating a verbatim copy of its explanation of the Treaty, and it is even doubtful from Lord Granville's statement whether M. de Lavalette did, in fact, read the whole of the despatch he had received. The substance of the communication from the French Foreign Office consisted of a counter-accusation against M. Bismarck as the originator of the scheme for extinguishing Belgium and despoiling the other intermediate Powers between France and Prussia. M. de Lava lette was instructed formally to assure her Ma jezty's Government that in these proposals the initia tive was taken entirely by the Prussian Cabinet. This general charge is supported by precise statements that, in 1865 at Berlin, and in 1866 at Brunn, Count Bis marck told M. de Lefebvre de Behaine, then Charge d'Affaires at Berlin, that Prussia would willingly recognise the extension of the French borders by the absorption of French-speaking neighbours. The effect of these statements is weakened by the additional remark from the Due de Gramont that if France coveted Belgium she could easily have got it with the proferred assistance of Prussia. The real point in dispute is whether Prussia ever offered such assistance, and to argue that it must have been offered because France could have easily taken Belgium with it, but abstained, is a singular logical process' The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, however, shews how the honour of France can be cleared, Count Bismark charges that at a time of peace the French Ambassador proposed to him to settle all possible differences between them by absorbing Belgium, compelling a forced sale of Luxemburg, and defying in arms every Power opposing these violations of justice and of international obligation. In support of his charge he produces a Draught Treaty, embodying these proposals, in the handwriting of the French Ambassador at Berlin. The Duc de Gramont replies that all these things were suggested by M. Bismarck, and specifies particular occasions when they were made. In such a question of honour why should not the French Minister of Foreign Affairs produce the best evidence at his command to refute his adversary ? He must possess the contemporary despatches of M. Benedetti and M. de Behaine, and he might lay these before the diplo matic body at Paris as Count Bismarck prodhced M. Bene detti's manuscript at Berlin. We know of no solid reason that can be advanced against this suggestion. It affords the simplest means of vindicating the sincerity of the French Government, and the charge is sufficiently serious to warrant its adoption were it a greater departure than it would be from the uses of diplomage, and were it not in this instance justified and sanctioned by the proceeding of Count Bismark. The Telegraph remarks that if the rival statements are correct, Prussia and France have for the last few years been playing the parts of Eve and the Serpent—with the difference that the offer of the apple was rejected with a determination not displayed by our first parent. Unluckily on their own shewing, it is not yet possible to tell with exact precision which of the two Powers played the part of Satan, and which of Eve. " Since the ' patriotic pang' of M. Rouher, France has never ceased to lead us into temptation by propositions at the expense of Germany and Belgium." These propositions increased in liberality and in urgency after the Luxemburg affair had been settled; and, to com plete the story, Count Bismarck has " some reason to believe," that, but for the opportune disclosure of these negotiations, France " would have proposed to us, after the completion of her own and of our preparations for war, to enforce Count Benedetti'4 programme, at the head of the two armies, against unarmed Europe ; that is to say, to con clude peace at the expense of Belgium." We are told, in general terms, that these various proposals were made by official and unofficial French agents ; and, in order to appreciate the authority to be attached to them, we should know, not only the names of the negotiators and the dates of the negotiations, but the circumstances under which they were initiated and broken off. The Duke de Gramont's despatch to M. de la Valette, retorting the charge against Count Bismarcks is in this respect somewhat more satisfactory ; but still, in a matter of such moment, it is obvious that everything must be told, whether affecting persons, proposals, or circum stances. The Daily News, referring to the dispatches read by Earl Granville, says the question who first mooted an iniquitous scheme, is remote from the real issue. Both parties discussed it, and provisionally entertained it ; and the inquiry as to who broke silence as to ideas which were simultaneously in the mind of both, may be interesting historically, but , is of no political import. The one point of interest to us is the fact that the representa tives of two great military nations were discussing the removal of their neighbours' landmarks, and a league of spoliation offensive and defensive. We are told. by French diplomatists and by the Official Jour nal of the Empire, that the thing never as sumed a serious shape. The statement is superfluous. But the fact which is admitted on both sides is of the very gravest character. When Ministers of State and Ambas sadors can approach each other with suggestions, and sound each other as to projects such as are admitted to have been in debate, when they can play and toy with schemes of spoliation, when they can imagine the conquest of an independent and neutral State, and set down in writing the conditions under which it might be possible, they have gone great lengths. Too often the gap between the thought and the deed needs only one thing to fill it up, and that is favouring opportunity. The pro jected Treaty, and the further disclosures which are hinted at from Berlin, seem to justify nearly equal suspicion of both the parties. If we think more seriously of the designs imputed to France than of those which are charged upon Prussia, it is rather on the ground of differences in geographical situation and national temperant than from more directly moral and political considerations. ENGLAND AND THE WAR. The Standard sums up its remarks on the latest dis closures about the Secret Treaty with the recommenda tion that the question be no longer discussed in Parlia ment. It will lead only to members taking sides with one party or the other. Both have been the authors of great European wars, waged for no other purpose, so far as Englishmen can judge, than the gratification of their own interested views. Both, on the other hand, have professed their friendliest feelings towards us—France, ever since the establishment of the Empire ; Prussia, since she inflicted upon us the shame of tearing in pieces our guarantee of the integrity of the Danish kingdom. We do not intend to take sides. We desire to maintain a strict and a real neutrality, and it would therefore be as well unfair and impolitic to enter in Parliament upon a discussion of the merits of the strug gle. There is but one ground upon which we could be called upon to abandon our neutrality, and that would be a violation of the neutrality of Belgium. Upon that point we have received assurances in which we may very safely trust. Both Powers promise to protect that neutrality both have th e s t rongest reasons for re specting it. Under these circumstances, whilst it is our duty to put our army and navy upon such a footing as will enable us to intervene, if intervene we must, with effect, it is our duty and our interest to maintain the pre sent absolute neutrality the Government skews itself die. posed to maintain. THE FIRST BATTLE. The Times sums up that the question of an early engage ment ?depends upon the Prussians, who may either confront the Emperor on the Saar or fall back before him to the Rhine. Were they to resolve upon the latter course, the French might either follow their retreating enemy by Kaiserlautern to Mannheim, whence lies their way to Frankfort, or cross the river at Strasburg, or at some point above or below it, into Baden, beyond which the territories of Wurtemhurg and Bavaria would lie before them. An advance of the French across the Rhine would, in all probability, defer a general action. The position of the bel ligerents would be altered, if not reversed. Unless the Prussians in their retreat abandoned or blew up their frontier fortresses, Saarlouis and Landau, the French would have to mask them, and they would also have to protect their rear from the garrison of Rastadt, which they would have on th e i r r i g h t if they crossed the Rhine at Mannheim, or anywhere below Lauterbourg, or which would lie in their path if they came up from Strasburg. With Rastadt and a large German force on their right, and Mayence and another large German force on their left the French might find an advance upon Frankfort somewhat perilous ; and were, indeed, such their plan of campaign, the alleged policy. of the Prus s i ans t o a ll ow their enemy to cross the Rhine before giving him battle would seem perfectly intelligible. THE EMPEROR'S PROCLAMATION. The Telegraph avers that the vanities of France are liberally fed in every sentence and phrase of this truly Napoleonic manifesto. His Majesty does not hesitate to predict the issue of the combat. He owns to his troops, indeed, that they are going to meet " one of the best armies in Europe ;" bt he recalls the fact, th a t " others qu it e as worthy 's have been unable to resist the valour ofFreneamen, an d h e says t h at "i t will be the same again at the present time." The Emperor does not seek to conceal th a t th e strggle may prove desperate; nay, he distinctly anticipates that it will be " long and severe;" but he adds that " nothing is too difficult for the soldiers of Africa, the Crimea, China, Italy, an d M ex i co. " The Emperor h a d to address his soldier. in warlike lan guage ; and, everything considered, these phrases which must otherwis e soun d t oo b oast f u l to English ears, are what a ruler in his peculiar position was constrained to use. But there is apparent between the lines of the Imperial manifesto a sense of un measured peril—a shadow of inscrutable gloom—which is shewn more by the manner than by the matter of the brief address. Whoever else laughs at the German nation the Emperor does not. A this e has 131 perso] Rome serup tion mime, The and p The Plied "A into quick] " G werp. "T Baron ? Vil kept i " 11 born i Germ Vinsh "A had gt Bernh to ret: aband " T before "A situat, "D on th( wounC and B "TI Point. 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