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Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUT UM N DEA Al ATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Nov. 12. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at halt-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. XHIS ISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, EVENING, Nov. 12.—THEATRE ROYAL DRITRY-LA NE. 1 1/1 R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of I I VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Nov.I2.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. pHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated YOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov.I2.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 12—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. A MY ROBSART; new drama: Characters by g i Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Vokes, emp, I. Mortin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 12—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN ING, Nov. 12.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor mack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING, Nov. 12. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. A DOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by 113 Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING,Nov. 12. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROBSART.—Miss VICTORIA YOKES. In consequence of this lady's great success in the above character on Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, Mr. Chatterton begs to announce that Miss Yokes will REPEAT the IMPERSONA TION on WEDNESDAY MORNING, Nov. 23. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GREEN BUSHES, OR ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Miami, Madame Celeste ; supported by Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. C. Sennet, and Mr. Charles Wilmot. And THE MILLINERS' HOLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Eliza Johnstone. . - "1 T. JAMES'S THEA.TR E.—Lessee and EZManageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.— This Evening at ~ h t will be presented (for the twenty-fifth time in England) Victorien Sardou's great play, FERNANDE, revised by Sutherland Edwards, Esq. Act I. Reseued, Act 11. Loved. Act 111. Won. Act IV. Triumphant. Cha racter by Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and Lionel Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezm, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie rsrough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Everard, At 8, FERNANDE. At 10.30, ONLY Dby John Oxenford Esq. Messrs. Young and Grainger ; Misses Adair and Turner. —During the vacation the family circle has been recon structed and decorated.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBORODGH. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. M essrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque "THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry , Paulton, Fento n , and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. VTAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND._ V Lessees— Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING. Mr. David James. After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful Burlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Laois, Phillips, and A. Newton. el LOBE THEATRE, Newcastle-street, Strand.— kir Lessee and Manageress, Miss A lleyne. TAMING OF THE SHREW ; great success of Miss Alleyne as " Katharine:" Mr. Fairclough as "Petruchio." MARCO SPADA. Una nimous approval of Madame Colonna and Troupe in the BRIGAND DANCE, at 8.45. An Original Comedy, together with a New Ballet, will shortly be produced. GLOBE THEATRE. —This Evening, at 7, THE SECRET ; at 7.45, MARCO SPADA ; Messrs. Walter Lacy and Fairclough. Madame Colonna and Troupe in a grand BRIGAND DANCE . TAMING OF THE SHREW Miss Alleyne and Mr. Fairclough. To conclude with BOARD AND RESIDENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, II AY M ARKET. -MR . BUCKSTONE respectfully informs his friends and the public that this Theatre is now Open for the Season. Sneridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS being nightly received with enthu siasm, will be repeated until Friday, November 18th. On Satur day, the 19th, Mr. Gilbert's Fairy Comedy will rogitively be pro duced. UNCLE'S WILL, a great success, also every evening, This evening at 7, AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. Mr. Buckstone, jun., and Miss Fanny Wright. After which, THE RIVALS,' Anthony Absolute," Mr. Chippendale; "Captain Absolute," Kendal ; " Sir Lucius O'Trigger," Mr. Averil ; "Bob Acres," Mr Buckstone " Faulklasid," Mr_ Howe ; " David," Mr. Rogers " Lydia Languish," Miss Robertson ; "Julia," Miss Caroline ; "Lucy," Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which UNCLE'S WILL. Miss Robertson and Mr. Kendall. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. OPERA COMIQUE.—Grand Entrance, 299, Strand. Messrs. LESLIE, STEELE, R)ld NORTON, Lessees. Triumphant Success of Mdlle. DEJAZET and her great French Company. Crowded houses and delighted audiences in this New and Beautiful Theatre. OPER A COMIQU Mdlle. DAJAZBT as a TRAVXLLER, TO-NIGHT ! Mdlle. DAJAZET as a PROFESSOR, To-NIGHT ! ! Mdlle. DIJAZET as a SPORTSMAN, TO-NIGHT ! ! ! Mdlle. DAJAZET as a TIMID BOY, To-NIGHT ! ! ! Mdlle. DIJAZET as THE MARQUIS OF LAUZUN, TO-NIGHT. 'Q PERA COMIQUE.—MDLLE. DEJAZET and her Great French Company in three new pieces to-night, A. AD NIGHT SOON PASSES, THE MARQUIS OF LAUZUN, A CUP OF TEA. Notice.—At the request of many French and American families and in accordance with the custom in French and American Theatres, ladies will be allowed to retain their bonnets in the First Circle. Commence at 8. PEEP 0' DAY.—Grand Irish Romantie Drama, written by Edmund Falconer, 'EMS EVENING (Saturday), Nov. 12.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. PEEP 0' DAY.—The PATTERN FAlR.—lrish Jig and Faction Fight, illustrated by 200 Men, Women, and Children.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. DEEP 0' DAY.—The OLD QUARRY, or FOIL DHUTV.—Startling Sensation Scene, THLS EVENING (Saturday), Nov. 12.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 1 1 HE GREAT ClTY.—Grand R,ealistic Drama, I in Two Acts, written by Andrew Halliday, THIS EVEN ING (Saturday), Nov, 12."--PRINGESS'S THEATRE. MA DAME T USSAU D'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial • King William of Frussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, ls.• Children underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY eJ TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from eeesy, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. dd. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. L . l MOSE'''. and SOP'S 11 • Nv INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public E. ' that the chearness of an article depends entirely on its nuality. and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourably with those of any other u, iu England. TflE SUN, LONDON, SATITWAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1870. bers of the EMPRESS'S household at Hastings, and proposed that the wife of NAPOLEON should, not withstanding the Paris revolution, still %yiaintain her claim to the Regency and make peace. He at first met with little encouragement. But a remarkable ljunct in the shape of a photographic view of Hastings was introduced into the negotiations, and seems to have had wonderful influence. M. Ri:oNiEn proposed that the PRINCE IMPERIAL sli it'd write a few lines upon the photographic w, with which the mystic "N" would start for lhelmshohe. The writing would furnish a ticLitious motive for the journey, and would be useful iu procurinr an audience. The EMPRESS'S determi nation not to stir in the matter relaxed a little alter the photographic proposal. The PRINCE IMPERIAL WloW on the photograph :—" My dear papa, 1 send you these views of Hastings, hoping they will please you. Louis NAPOLEON." Two stereoscopic views were also signed. With this treasure M. REGNIER departed, receiving a caution from the EMPRESS not to attempt the execution of a project which she had helped. to forward. M. REGNIER proceeded to Ferrieres, and saw Count BISMARCK at the time of the fruit less interview with FAVRE. The CHANCELLOR of course did not compromise himself. He understood the photographic device at a glance, and pointed out the obstacles in the way : the actual possession of power by the Republicans, the inaction of the EMPRESS, the difficulty of finding any authority who would admit the only condition on which peace could be made. Count BISMARCK added these words :—" Atter the taking of Sedan a treaty ought to have been signed ; and a few words that I dropped then in an interview at which were present Messieurs de Castelnau and Pietri, might nave, if they had been willing, given rise to more serious poloparlers, but they appeared unwilling 'to understand them." However the Prussian states man was quite willing that M. REGNIER should do what he could to find a power to treat wit'. M. REGNIER accordingly started to bring about a scheme of this kind : to induce the commanders of Metz and Strasburg to surrender those places except in the Em- PEnoit's name; to proclaim the convocation of the Senate and Legislative Body for a certain day in a certain town; and to declare that the Loft—those wretched Republicans—had, by their violent seizure of the Government, compelled the conclusion ofa more unfavourable peace than might otherwise have been obtained. On this pleasing and truthful mission M. REGNIER started, with Count BISMARCK'S blessing and a safe conduct. Ile entered Metz in disguise. He proposed that General BOURBAKI should assume his dress, go through the Prussian lines by means of the safe con- ' duct, proceed to Hastings, and acquaint the EMPRESS with all that had passed. "If everything were to succeed as I have anticipated," says M. REGNIER, General BOURBAKI was to declare his identity, and proceed to a seaport town, where the Chambers were to assemble, and where an army and fleet were to be in readiness to defend the re-esta blishment of Imperialism. By the success of every thing according to his anticipations, M. REGNIER meant the signing of a treaty, and the employment of BAZAINE'S army to restore Imperialism, which, with such assistance, would undoubtedly look hopeful again. Marshal BAZAINE was delighted to guarantee his share in the transaction. Everything was arranged, and General BOURBAKI left Metz. Unfortunately for M. REGNIER'S scheme and his own future great ness, nothing went well with the pleasant plot from that time. General BOURBAKI explained nothing to the EMPRESS, tried to return to Metz, and soon after joined the Republicans. M. REGNIER returned to Count BISMARCK with Marshal BAZAINE'S signature on the photograph ; but was informed by the Chancellor that something more than a mere signature was needful to establish the powers of the perambulating negotiator. A telegram was sent to BAZAINE asking whether he authorised M. REGNIER to treat for the surrender of Metz. A negative reply was returned. REGNIER was then given to understand that he had no mission at Ferrieres. He went to Chislehurst. There he argued in vain with the EMPRESS, who was influenced in her refusal to proceed further by the double fear of ceding territory and of appearing to be actuated by selfish dynastic considerations. And so the affair collapsed. It will be seen that the story is defective. No doubt M. REGNIER has toned down some points. But as it stands, it is scarcely calculated to advance the fame, of anybody connected with it. The EMPRESS is represented as disapproving of any dynastic movement, and yet M. REGNIER specifically states that she consented to the photograph arrange ment, on which the wfiole.scheme turned. M. REG NIER may have been actuated by unselfish motives, but there remains reason for the belief that he tried to re-establish a disgraced Government by a dis creditable pio6ss, with the view of becoming the Rouher of the regenerated Empire.. He clearly pos sesses some Rouherian ability. The report respect ing Marshal BAZAINE intensifies the suspicions that have been entertained of him. The hypothesis that he trifled away his time in political intrigue until it was . too late to save his army, gathers strength from this evidence. The supposition that he sold Metz has yet to be disproved. Decidedly, his action is the most dis graceful in the comedy, for, whilst entrusted with the task of defending France, he meddled with negotiations in which he ought to have had no share, and contemplated, though he did not then carry out, the surrender of a great French army in order to defeat one political party and ad vance the prospects of another. An intriguing general is always contemptible, and few intrigues could be more discreditable than this, which, at all events, resulted in the cessation of ope rations on his part just at the time when the chance of success was grestest. The honesty of BOURBAKI appears established. He seems to have been deceived. At all events, lie took care that the scheme should prove innocuous. TOPICS OF THE DAY. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair _CIL to its uristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOgNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. 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F.T.F,CTORS, At the request of Inhabitant Ratepayers of each of the four Parishes, 1 submit myself as a Candidate for a seat at the London School Board. _ I desire that every child in England be educated, and that the education be as complete as may be consistent with the age at which he must enter upon the business of life. I cannot deem any education complete which does not Include religious subjects. 1 desire that the Bible be not only read but taught : and am convinced that the Education Act may be loyally and honestly carried out without any violation of the rights of conscience. I can devote to your service abundant leisure ; and if, in the course of events, I return to parliamentary life, ftrust that your interests will not suffer from the opportunity thus afforded of defending the Education Act against unwise attack, while advo cating every reform which experience may hereafter recom mend. _ _ I am, your obedient Servant, FRANCIS SHARP POWRLL. 1, Cambridge-square, Hyde Park, 7th November, 1870. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. HAYNARKET—An Alarming Sacrifice. My Husband's Ghost. Uncle's Will. - ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliners' Holiday. Green Bushes. VAnDEviLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Peep o' Day and Great City. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Only a Halfpenny. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. The Secret. OLYMPIC—LittIe Emily and (Burlesque) Panl and Virginia. OPERA COMM -A Bad Night Soon Passes. The Marquis of Lauzun. A Cup of Tea. GAIETY—The Happy Village. Zampa. Ilrombalcalzar. SADLERS WELLS.—Lady of Lyons. Farce. STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chapter o Accidents. _ AMPHITHEATRE AND CLRCITS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PoLTrEcintic--Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. CRElAORNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. NEW SURREY—A Striking Similarity. Link by Link, Nobody's Chill. QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's Dream. ROYALTY—WeaIth, and Stranger, Stranger than Ever. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. PALAIS RovAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine. Siege of Paris. ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. tit g LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1870 THE "N." or " M.," foi both the typical names of the Church Catechism are accredited to him, has published a pamphlet recounting those mysterious doings at Hastings, Metz, and Ferrieres, which excited so much curiosity a little while ago. The narrative is not .altogether satisfactory as an explanation, but it serves to throw some light upon the abortive attempt to conclude an Imperialist peace in opposition to the Ministry, who are at present the actual rulers of France. The real name of " N." or "M." is Regnier. He is no great personage, but merely a French landowner residing in England. Conceiving apparently that he had a mission, though there is no knowing from what inspiration he gained this conviction, M. REONEER applied to same mem- THE NEW GERMAN CONFEDERATION. There is a great prospect of serious difficulties arising between Prussia and Bavaria respecting the entry of tho latter into the new Confederation. The situation is certainly very critical. By the treaty of 1866, concluded just after Sadowa, Bavaria and the other South German States bound themselves to place their armies at the disposal of the King of Prussia in case of war, and receive]. in return a pledge that North Germany would defend them in case they were attacked. This alliance has been faithfully carried out in the present war. But some more inti mate connection is required for the completion of German unity, so that the Fatherland may present an harmonious whole to the outer world. It is accordingly proposed that the South German States should enter the Confederation on terms similar to those accepted by the Governments which form the exist ing Bund. They would send deputies to a German Parliament, their armies would be under the com mand of the King of Prussia, and Bismarck would become the sole Minister of Foreign Affairs for Germany. Such a scheme of unity is popular amongst Germans; but s ,me of the Governments are reluctant to make the sacrifices it involves. Wur temberg consents very unwillingly to hand over to Prusia the control of her military and foreign affairs; and Bavaria positively refuses to do so. The Ministry now in power at Munich is of Conservative views, and feels no great affection for the national movement. Its opposition t'o.the surrender involved in accepting the Bismarck scheme of a Confederatiun is EO strong, that when Bavaria is offered the choice of entering ti►e confederation or remaining outside of it,, it is not improbable that the latter course will be taken. Such a split may be avoided, but the present appear a►,ce of things is threatening. THE COST OF WAR. Professor Leone Levi has been calculating the cost of the present war. When hostilities were declared, two votes were taken by the French for about £2,000,000, and three days atte: votes amounting to upwards of £20,000,000 were added. In August another sum of £40,000,000 was voted. This large amor tit was followed by a national loan of £35,000,000, an•( quite recently another loan of £10,000,000 was negotiated inLontion. In addition to this Paris raised £2,000,000, and many departments and cities of France borrowed considerable sums for local defence, to say nothing of what may have been taken from the Bank of France. If the expenditure incarred for armaments from 1868 to 1870, estimated at £40,000,000, be added, the direct expenditure, if the war should cease to-day, would far exceed £150,000,000. The Processor estimates the direct losses from destruction and waste at £150,000,000, making a total of £300,000,000. £he indirect losses consist of two distinct items—men and industry. The losses of the French in men, Pro tesqtr Levi puts down as 150,000 at least, and the capitalised value of that number of men would represent a sum of £90,000,000; bull, since every in dividual produces at least twice as much for the country as ho produces for himself, the total loss to France is not less than £270,000,000 from this source only. The injury in respect of national production and trade, he esti mates at £30,000,000. The result is that in three months France has lost nearly £600,000,000, irre spective of what she may yet have to pay to Prussia to indemnify her for her loss, amounting to about £300,000,000, making the total cost for both countries betweeen 900 and 1,000 millions sterling. THE EDUCATION ACT. A difficulty in the election of School Boards in agricultural districts is now pointed out, which seems never to have been dreamt of in the philosophy of the Legislature. In large towns it will be easy to secure a number of men well qualified to conduct the operations of a School Board, but in many of the agri cultural districts it is by no means an uncommon thing to find a farmer and large landowner unable to write his own name. A midland counties in cumbent says he is at a loss to conceive how in his parish five men can be scraped together competent to act as a school board. He suggests that in many of the rural parishes persons nominated for the school board should undergo an examination in order to test their fitness for the office. THE IRISH POLITICAL PRISONERS. Increased anxiety is felt in Ireland concerning the political prisoners. So far the Amnesty Association hai abstained from any demonstration, but there is no doubt that it is watching with deep interest the movement in favour of the release of the prisoners, and that it is prepared to arouse the country whenever it may be deemed de sirable. An appeal has been addressed by Mr. Maguire, the member for Cork, to the Prime Minister for the liberation of the political offenders. The hon. gentleman believes that were Mr. Gladstone to yield to his own impulses, the prison doors would be thrown open to them. He points out that, unlike the appeals of last year, there is nothing objection able in the representations now made to the Govern ment, and declares that men who a year ago were opposed to an act of clemency now think the pri soners have been sufficiently punished. Punish ment, be argues, when carried too far, becomes vengeance, or at least it wears that aspect in the popular view. It is said that Mr. Maguire, in his letter to Mr. Gladstone, faithfully represents the general-opinion of the country. OPEN COMPETITION. The system of open competition for Civil Service appointments devised by the Government does not give perfect satisfaction to the advocates of this kind of reform. It is complained that the change, as it is proposed: to effect it, keeps the word of promise to the ear, and breaks it to the hope, that whilst the Government professes to give up patronage, a large amount of the most valuable kind is retained by the Treasury under the Bth clause of the order in Council. At all events it is desirable that an answer should be given to the following question put by one writer : Why have the situations of second-class assistants of Excise (averaging 300 vacancies annually), of out & or officers of Customs, and of clerk in the Customs Office (representing a staff of about 100 persons) recently figured in the Gazette as removed from Schedule A ? It may be remembered that some time agij a Liberal member of Parliament condemned the order in Council as not worth the paper it was written on, and was severely taken to task in conse quence by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It yet remains to be seen, however, whether the Civil ,Service appointments are thrown open or not. TELEGRAMS BY CARRIER PIGEONS. The service of carrier pigecns is now open to the French public. Each despatch being limited to twenty words, curiosity has been excited to know how many despatches a single pigeon can carry to hii destination. It appears from the inquiries which have been made that each carrier pigeon can carry seventy thousand words—that is to say, 3,500 despatches of twenty words each, which, at fifty Centimes a word, represent the sum of 35,000 francs. Tois extraordinary result is brought about by the adoption of a simple and ingenious process. The d'spatches and written in very small letters, one alter the other, without wasting space, on the same sheet of which a photographic copy is then taken on thin paper. It is this photography which is afterwards sent by the pigeon and carried by it to Paris. This is not all the pro ces. The scheme can be further developed by the aid of abbreviative signs in cipher, such as are often employed in telegraphic establishments, and espe cially in submarine telegraphy. It is expected that, in consepaence of the perfection to which the system has been brought, increased advantages may be obtained, and that thus a single pigeon may be able to carry despatches of the value of 310,000 francs. • llig ANNIHILATION OF WAItFAIIE, On a certain evening every November the ancient dining hall of Trinity College, Dublin, is filled by an audience of the most distinguished of Irish Govern ment officials and orators, the occasion being the opening of the annual session of the His torical Society. This society, which correspon is to the " Union" Societies of Oxford and Cambridge, boasts a majestic roll of historic names illustrating its annals, and two magnates now famous for their ora torical powers in England, Lord Cairns and the Bishop of Peterborough, may be mentioned as types of the class of men the society annually elects as itk auditors. This year the chief officer of the Historical Debating Union is a Mr. Gibson, a scholar of the college, and a gentleman who, though still very young, has achieved high academic distinction. Mr. Gibson, in his address, considered the influence of war in retarding the moral and material progress of nations, and discussed the possibility of preventing a re sort to that dread arbitrament by the development of pacific agencies and the adoption of a means of settling international disputes upon equitable principles. He thought such a happy consummation might assuredly be realised, if our systems of education embraced the study of political economy in a more important de gree than they do.• Why such studies should be thrust aside in the universities, when the very intercourse of nations, and the structure of society itself, depended upon them, he could not in the least understand. Mr. Gibson further contended as a means towards this humane end that feelings of international sympathy should be more sought after and extended. THE CATTLE PLAGUE ON THE CONTINENT. The progress of the cattle plague continues to excite the greatest anxiety on the Continent, although in some parts of Germany there is a sensible diminu tion. In Brandenburg, Prussia, and the affected districts on the left bank of the Rhine the disease is almost extinct. From France the news is not equally good. In the departments of the north-east the epidemic is still raging, and many villages have suffered severely, especially in the valleys of the Meuse and the Moselle. In 0 uilly, in the French Ardennes,only thirty beasts remain out of a stock of three hundred, and in a faubuurg of Mouzon, typhus has spared only twenty-one animals out of two hundred and eleven. The disease has shewn itself at Tremblois, near Mozieres. Great uneasiness is felt in Luxem bourg, which borders closely on the infected dis tricts, and in Belgium, where the Government are taking severe preventive measures. The import of articles packed in hay or straw is forbidden, and the commercial world complain loudly of the incon venience thus inflicted on them. As yet the authorities have shewn no inclination to relax their regulatiohs, and the agri cultural journals urge them to stand firm, as experience has proved that straw is one of the readiest conductors of cattle disease. The wine merchants and others who are in the habit of using large quantities of straw for packing, can have resort to those substitutes which were generally employed in the years 1865 and 1867, when straw was forbid den. Any temporary inconvenience to commerce is abundantly compensated by the exclusion of the insi dious and destructive disease. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 'the war, which extends its influence in every directim, reaches oyen to the returns of the Registrar-General on the public health. The weekly returi.s from Berlin have been discontinued for 114 days, those from Paris for 49, and there does not appear much probability at present of the re sumption of either. The valuable information to be derived from the comparison of the returns of the several great cities of Europe is therefore diminished in interest. •By a recent improvement in the returns we now get the registration of Bombay, from which it appears that the deaths in the week ending October 11 were 300, or at the rate of 19 per 1000, a very low rate for an Anglo-Indian city. This proves that life in India under proper sanitary condi tions is not so unhealthy as has been believed. In Vienna the death rate was 25 per 1,000, or the same as Edinburgh. In Glasgow, which used to be re;.rarded as an.unhealthy city, it was 24 ; in Dublin only 20. In London so vast is the population that though 1,343 deaths were registered in the week the rate of mortality was only 22 per 1,000. Sonie of these certainly come under the head of preventible deaths, and may serve as warnings to the residents of all large towns. No less than three deaths were returned by coroner's juries as due to unwholesome dwellings, one child of four months actually dying of suffocation from want of fresh air in a close room. Five fatal street accidents certainly indicate careless ness on the part of drivers or passengers. A boy five years old was killed by a velocipede and man falling o❑ him. The terrible prevalence of scarlet fever, which caused 174 deaths, shews how much care is needed in the prevention of infection, care which, it is to be feared, is very seldom taken in the poorer and more populous districts. .r.',,,, , ~. „.-,-„ c ,,,,r, f ta ~.s Gull - - A44 ,, ,, -,t Oman ~,,, ~,,---- HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Nov. 9. The Queen went out in the morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. Her Majesty drove out in the afternoon, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. The officers of the 93d Highlanders dined at the Castle, and had the honour of being received by her Majesty afterwards. ST. PAUL'S MAGAZINE. One of the more influential of our magazine's, St. Paul's, has at length secured for itself writings from the glowing pen of the brilliant author, George Mac donald. In every respect Mr. Macdonald's auto biographical story, " Wilfrid Cumbermede," gra tifies in its opening the sanguine expectations of the readers who have before had the privilege afforded them of studying this author's succinct and homely style. ".It has long been my opinion," says Wilfrid Cumber mode, the man, "that no one should attempt a history of himself until he has set foal upon the border land where the past and the future begin to blend in a consciousness somewhat inde pendent of both, and hence interpreting both." Perhaps some feeling of this kind has really had weight in limiting Mr. George Macdonald's literary works to those suited more to childish minds. Whether this be so or not none will regret that the border land has at length been reached when the charm might be revealed of Mr. Macdonald's or Cumbermede's history. The descriptive introduction to the narrative is quaintly dashed off, but its language and imagery are touchingly beautiful. The writer even in this work does not forget his old friend the wind, which causes as much wonder in him as the " wild, wild waves " always did in another great delineator, many of whose charm ing pictures of life Mr. Macdonald appears to have taken some lessons from. " The trees were blowing," he says, " in my face, they made the wind and threw it at me. I cannot look upon trees without a certain indescribable, unaccountable awe. A grove was to me for many years a fountain of winds, and in the stillest day, to look into a depth of garnered stems filled me with dismay ; for the whole awful assembly might, writhing together In earnest and effectual contor tion, at any moment begin their fearful task of churning the wind." " The Fisherman of Auge," a tale of French interest, continues to afford delight to the reader. French fishing village stories we shall soon be quite accustomed :to. The innocent love- making and pretty enchantments encircling domestic life in little towns on the continent have proved themselves of value in some half dozen magazines of late, in presenting a contrast to the more brusque and exciting incidents and language ne cessary to English narratives. Articles on " The Prim try Schools of Germany," and " Trial by Jury," are well chosen at a season when discussions upon the education question and the opening of the law courts are events en gaging attention. In " Ralph the Heir," one Ralph Newton enters upon the ownership of the Newton estate, while the other, crazed with the care of his father's death, and crossed in love with Mary Bonner, wonders whether the girl will allow the bark of his love to be an attendant sail along the happy stream of time over which her life is so quietly passing. A very satisfying number. A Liverpool detective, named Maguire, Las appre hended in Zurich a young man named Jones, who recently absconded from Liverpool with 21,000. Mr. White, M.P., at the Mayor of Brighton's banquet, on Wednesday, said that England had spent £2,000,000 more than Prussia last year in warlike pre parations. The Earl of Yarmouth, M.P., for the county Antrim, son of the Marquis of Hertford, has had a fall from his horse, and fractured a rib, when hunting with the Chichester hounds. He was much bruised, but no serious consequences are apprehended. He was taken to Park m mint, where he is on a visit to Lord Cairns. METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANIES.— At a meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works yesterday it was re ported that at the request of Mr. Shaw Lefevre a deputa tion of the members had waited on that gentlement at the office of the Board of Trade, when he stated that repre sentations had been made to him as to the desirability of introducing a bill into Parliament in the next session for promoting amalgamation amongst the existing gas com panies of the metropolis, and for obtaining uniformity of price. After a long discussion, in which the inconvenience of the present system was generally admitted, it was re solved that the solicitor of the Board be instructed to pre pare a bill accordingly. ENGLAND AND TERRTORIAL AGGRESSION. Mr. Hugh Birley, M.P., speaking at a Conservativ e workingman's meeting at Broughton, on Thursday night, said he ventured to say that they had there no War party. (Hear.) If' there was any exception whatever to that, it consisted in what he believed to be a Mal l body of men—well meaning, he dared say, but he thought misguided—in London who desired to induce our Government to interfere actively on behalf of France. He ventured to go further, and say, as regarded the lust of empire and any desire to take the territories of neighbouring states, there had been no war party ill Great Britain for a generation. Our statesmen, both in 1814 and 1815, when they had so great power in the councils of Europe, studiously abstained from seeking any aggrandisement for this country, an d he ventured to think that much of the prestige and credit which they still had in European councils was due to the moderation which was then dis played. But our Government, about the close of the session of Parliament, with the assent of the Legislature and this country generally, entered into treaties both with France and Germany by which they solemnly bound themselves to maintain the integrity and neutrality of Belgium. They did this, not only because they felt it WO their duty 'to uphold the treaties which they ha d formerly entered into for the protection of that king dom, but also because they believed that if Belgium should have fallen a prey to France or Germany it would have been a menace and danger for this country This treaty was advisedly entered into by the Cabinet, and the Cabinet contained among its members a gentle man well known in these parts—one, perhaps, of the greatest advocates of the peace policy that could possiblY be named. He meant the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Bright, who, although his health had pre vented him from taking any active part in the debates and in the proceedings of Parliament and of the Governmen t during last session, and during the holidays, must still, he supposed, be held responsible for what his colleagues had done with his sanction. TRAINING OF OFFICERS OF THE RESERVE FORCES. It is a good resolution to provide for a systematic train ing of the officers of the reserve forces, and to place the in' struction in the hands of well qualified officers of the regular army. If the militia and• volunteers are to be effective, and competent to co-operate with the regular forces, they must be commanded by officers educated more or less in the same school as those of the professional army; and , although the time given to their training must be short, yet it may be made substantial and effective. The Secre tary of State for War has recognised this need, and, peed ing, as we hope, a comprehensive scheme for the organi sation of the reserve forces, has instituted schools for the instruction of the officers of the militia and volunteers at Woolwich, Chatham, Aldershot, Glasgow , London, and Manchester—the two first being designed fur the instruction of the artillery and engineers, and the other garrisons for that of the infantry officers. These schools are under the direction of officers, assisted by non commissioned officers, who are expected in a month's time to give a competent knowledge of the ridiments of their profession to those under their instruction. Per mission will be given to prolong the course for a second month ; but during that time the officers are not entitled to draw the allowance of ss. per day given to those who after a month's training receive the necessary certificates. These certificates vary according to the nature of the service, whether artillery, engineer, or infantry, and according to the rank of tle officer—a certificate for e , field officer being necessarily more comprehensive than that for a captain.—Pall Mall Gazette. SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT• A collision serious in its nature, though fortunately un important in its result, occurred on the Midland Railwal near Derby, on Wednesday night. A passenger train left Derby for Manchester a few minutes after seven o'clock, and, consequent on the line being blocked by luggage trucks, was detained near Little Chester for some thus On the line being cleared, the Manchester train proceeded on its journey but had not gone far before the Ripley train, which leaves Derby at seven o'clock, ran into it, and smashed a couple of carriages• None of the passengers received fatal injuries, but several were hurt, and the guard of one of the trains is said to be in a critical condition. Under ordinary circumstances the Manchester train would have been a quarter of an hour before the Ripley train ; but on this occasion the dense fog made slow travelling necessary, and the delay caused by the blocking of the line is also to be considered. The general 'adoption of the block system is one safeguard against such accidents. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Most Hon. William Schomberg Robert, Lord Kerr, Marquis of Lothian, of Bickling Aylsham,‘ Newbottle, Midlothian ; and Mount Teviot Lodge, Roxburghshire, Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk and Midlothian, was proved in the London Court under £30,000 personalty. He succeeded to the title at the age of nine, and died July 6 last, aged thirty-eight. His Lordship married in 1857, but leaves no issue ; and is succeeded by his brother, Schomberg Henry.—The will of the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pol lock, Bart., P.C., of Hatton, Middlesex, Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, who died Sept. 25 last, at the age of eighty-seven, has been sworn to under £45,000 per sonalty.—The will of Richard Campion, Esq., of Den mark-hill, Camberwell, was proved in London on the 19th ult., and the personalty in England sworn under £BO,OOO. The trustees and executors appointed are Joseph Anderson, of Hibernia-chambers, South wark ; John Corderey, of Tooley-street ; John Wickson Taylor, of Peckham ; and the Hon. Robert Read, of Belleville, Canada West, M.LC. (the latter having a power reserved to him to prove hereafter). He leaves to each of his executors a legacy of £5OO. He bequeaths to his daughter Mary an immediate legacy of £2,000 and the life interest arising from his railway and other shares a nd from the interest and dividends on his funded property in England, America, or elsewhere ; the principal, after her decease, he leaves to her children ; failing issue, then to the children of his late brother William and his two sisters, Elizabeth and Margaret. Should there be any residue, it is to be divided into three equal parts, amongst the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the Wesleyan Missionary Society.. The wills of the undermentioned have been re cently proved viz.:—J. Brignell, Esq., under £160,00 0 personalty : R. Fitch, Esq , £75,000 ; R T. Abraham, Esq., £12,000; George Best, Esq., £20,000; and A. it Eckhard, Esq., £l2,ooo.—lllustrated London News. ARRIVAL OF THE SERAPIS. A telegram from Portsmouth says :—Her Majesty's Indian troopship Serapis, Captain Grant, has arrived from Alexandria and Malta with the Ist Royals, militarl invalids, and time-expired men. STRAND NEWS Rooms.--These rooms, situated at 352, Strand, are now open, and The Sun can be seen daily by gentlemen.—ADVT. Mr. R. Eykyn, M.P., has so far recovered from his recent accident as to permit removal from London to his seat, The Willows, Windsor. AURORA IN AMERICA.—Reports received frolu Cincinnati and from Cleveland describe a magnificent dis play of the Aurora Borealis at 5 a.m. on the 24th October, varying from north to east. it will be recollected that it was on the evening of the 24th that the remarkable Aurora was seen in England. THE WEATHER IN YORKSRIRE.—After three nights of hard frost, snow began to fall on Wednesday night, and on Thursday the whole of the moors and wolds and the flat grounds also were covered some inches deep, and at 2.30 snow was still falling. The lGwest tempera ture has been 26 deg. A. Brussels correspondent writes :—" Viscount Vilain XIV. has been re-elected President of the Chamber of Representatives. As the title of Vilain XIV. goes from father to son without ever becoming XV., I observe, to explain the apparent difficulty, that the addition of XIV. was conferred by Louis XIV. as a permanent dis tinction, in allusion to his own title. The Belgian b u dget for 1871 amounts to 178,124,000 francs." THE FIRST CHRISTY MINSTREL.—None of the sons of him who bore the name, are, I believe, alive at the present time. Not more suggestive of melancholy reflec tion to Hamlet is the tossing up out of the grave the skull of poor Yorick, than was it to • see in a lart court of the United States the last ghastly jest in which the originator of the Christy's figured. In a fit of mental aberration, Mr. E. P. Chris_ty threw himself out of the window of his house. 3de was not killed by the fall, but lived for many weeks, and while so living made a will. After his death, the amount of property he left being large, the will was contested. It was argued that the injury he had sustained by the fall from the window had been of a nature to render it impossible that he should afterwards be of sound mind. In his life time he had often handled dexterously the " bones " with which mock Ethiopians are apt to " discourse most elo quent music." After his death two of his own bones—the atlas and axis of the cervical vertabrm, were tossed across the table from lawyer to lawyer in the course of the dis cussion in open court, as to whether or not th e i n j u ries they evidenced were not sufficient to prove that the ner vous system of the poor minstrel must ha ve b e en se affected as to have rendered him. incapable of performing any legal act or deed.-7'he (kraal Showman. By E. F. Hingston. LA co Prc ward ( tell s i Yiebli drew Prin c Gr an , der T Th, Rene e kurel tw o d T 1) th e 1 1 0th, anno th e F rel l th e man, A a a „ i f,e„i ttr r i Dlae 1.0 i) to i li e , the THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGII r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.