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MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening et 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. VAUDEVILLE THE'ATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hey. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful Burlesque, DON CARL( )S ; 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 will be open at 7. Overture at 7.30. N.B.—Mr. David James will shortly appear in a new farce, entitled " Chiselling." 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REFUGE, S SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin, especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. Bankers, ndon and South Western (Holloway Branch). HUGH R. GOUGH, Hou. Sec. Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. i Suits. Suits. I 18s. I 18s, 235. I 235. 265. 265. 325. I 325. 365, 4Ss. 4Ss. Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. EN'S CLOTHING. Dress Oxford C,) tts. Coats. 30s. 21s, 355. 265, 425. 30s. 50s. 365. Also at Al3O at other prices, other prices THL SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EN EMNG, AUGUST 18. 1870. MA DAME TUSS AUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of Prussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children under 10 years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. PRINCE OF WALES'S—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. QUEEN'S—At Seven, Hy Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily ( except Sun days). Admission, is. on Mondays, 6d. Children under • . twelie, 6d. , MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls.; extra 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.' Morning ............13 after 0 I Afternoon ........31 after 6 ttg E EVENING EDITION. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1870. THE rapidity with which the tables have been turned, already, during this terrible campaign, is not its least remarkable characteristic. How completely the tables have been turned is apparent upon the very surface. When the fighting commenced the war maps. almost all of them, included within their range in the far north-east corner—Berlin. Whereas, in the south-west corner of these maps, as a rule, there was no indication of—Paris. It seemed to be accepted as a matter of course, as what is termed a foregone conclusion, that the drift of the war would be Rhineward, would be across the Rhine, and on in the direction of the Spree and Potsdam. A fort night was enough to scatter any such allusion. Three weeks have sufficed to render the majority of the war maps obsolete. The drift of the campaign sets strongly, steadily—every now and then with a rush —towards the Seine not towards the Spree, towards St. Cloud not towards Potsdam. Berlin occupies itself with rejoicings after each victory is announced in exultant telegrams by King WILLIAM to Queen AUGUSTA. Paris bestirs itself on the contrary to ensure that, in case of emergency, everything shall be in readiness for defence on its fortifications. It allows even the imperial fete day to pass by without the display of one additional tricolour or the firing of a single rocket in its celebration. As yet, it is all of a piece, this astounding campaign of 1870. Disaster everywhere to the arms of France. Success everywhere to the Prussian, or rather to the German nationalities martialled in battle array under the banners of the Prussian KING in his capacity as leader of the North German Con federation. Hitherto there has been no break in the cloud for France. From first to last the calamities befalling her have been consistent in their uniformity. The less that is said of her first vaunted achievement— the one in which the little Prince IMPERIAL received his baptism of fire—well, perhaps, the better. So also in regard to her supposed repulse of the enemy on Sunday last, a repulse that, when the result of the contest comes to be looked into more narrowly appears to have been quite the other way. Between those two dates, namely, between the 2nd inst. and the 14th instant, the Prussian forces have gained at the least three great victories—the victory at Weis senburg on the 4th inst., and two days after wards, on the 6th, two other great victories, one to the right hand one to the left, the victory at Forbach and the victory of Woerth or Reichshoffen ! The conquering Germans as the result of all this occupying one fourth of the territories of France, overrunning it with three armies amounting in their aggregate, as we skewed yesterday, to scarcely less than 600,000 men. The future, in point of fact, could hardly look more frowningly either for the French people or their Sovereign. TOPICS OF THE DAY. 1869. The total estimated value of boats, nets, and lines employed in the trade was £981,882, being an increase over the preceding year of 882 boats and 1,614 fishermen and boys, and of £14,862 in the estimated value of boats, nets, and lines. On the eastern coast, the fishing is carried on by Scotch and French boats, but the latter confine their attention to the deep sea, thus preventing those disputes which were at one time both serious and frequent. Occa sionally the temptation to follow a shoal of herrings inshore is too strong to be resisted, and the destruc tion of fishing gear by the French vessels is very great. a monarchy could not be realised when Europe was tranquil, - it is far less possible now in the midst of a general conflagration. PRUSSIA AND ITALY. A correspondent in Home says that although Prussia has signified that she will not tolerate an Italian occupation of Rome, her power does not extend to the Garibaldians, who are becoming every day more unwilling to trust her. It has been rumoured that Francis 11. of Naples and the Grand Duke of Tuscany were present with the Crown Prince at the battle of Woerth. This is not authen ticated, but our correspondent states positively that offer,s of restoration, in case of victory, have been made by King William to most of the deposed Italian princes, and it is also said that the Grand Duke of Tuscany, who is the head of the House of Lorraine, will be installed in that Duchy if it is conquered by Prussia. The duke and his new State will then enter the North German Confederation. The Italians are growing suspicious of the sincerity of Prussia's good faith. The concentration of troops in the Southern Tyrol is also creating some alarm. A camp is to be formed in Upper Italy in consequence, and the Quadrilateral is to be re-armed. So far Rome is perfectly tranquil, though the last French troops have left Civita Vecchia, and General Bixio has visited the city for the purpose, it is said, of arranging an insurrection. Three hundred strangers have been sent out of Rome, as it was believed they were intended to form a nucleus of revolution, The Garibaldians are practising their / ifles under the eyes of the Government, but will scarcely be ready for a general and concerted move before the end of the month. . „ zi .. T i nurt ~ _,..,=0E,,__- --- Q,lrfigar . ---. lAN DEAN STANLEY AND THE ATHA NASIAN CREED. IN the current number of the Contenzporaq Review Dean STANLEY has delivered such a series of good, hard, knock-down blows, against the Athanasian Creed, that it is impossible to believe that the Tecita tion of the document will much longer be enforced upon the English Church. He shows that the Creed has not a leg to stand upon, either historically or theologically ; that its name is a lie, that its terminology has so changed in meaning since the creed was framed as to convey an utterly erroneous idea •to the great majority of persons who recite it, that the charitable glosses put upon the damnatory clauses are essentially and absolutely opposed to its whole purpose and tenor ; that it had fallen into desuetude until the Rubricians of thirty years ago revived its use; that many of our most distinguished prelates have refused to use it; that e have allowed ministers of the American Church, which repudiates the Creed, to minister in our own churches, and that the party which is most resolute in insisting; upon its retention is the party which has received with the greatest cordiality and empresse nzent, members of those Eastern Churches, which are by this Creed consigned irrevocably to everlasting damnation. The . history of this Creed, shows how small is the value of tradition. Apparently without deliberate forgery, the Creed was attributed to Athanasius although, according to Mr. FFOULKEs, who has just been received back into the English communion with great rejoicing, it was the composition of CHARLEMAGNE. That is, the wprk of the 9th or else of the Bth century was assigned to a divine who died in 373. The very year of its com position was fixed ; the very hole in the Abbey of St. MAXTMIN, near the Schwazthor of Treves, was pointed out as the spot where ATHANASIUS had written the Creed in the concealment of his western exile. It was not till 1642 that any doubt was thrown on its author ship. The German scholar, Voss, was the first to do so. Our JEREMY TAYLOR adopted these doubts. Our Bishop BURNETT pointed out that whether geuuine or not, the introduction of the Ath anasian Creed into the public services of the Church was in direct contravention of the decrees of the Councils of Ephesus and C halcedon which forbade under severe penalties the imposition or publication of any other creed than the Nicene. The theology of the Creed is not a point which it would be seemly to dis cuss here, but we must be permitted to point out that since the time of CHARLEMAGNE, much more since the time of ATHANASIUS, the meaning of some of the most important words in the Creed has entirely changed. We allude especially to " substance and " person." So complete is this change that Canon LIDDON, the ablest defender of the Creed has been compelled to admit that the term " Person " cannot be applied " without considerable intellectual caution." How far, a mis cellaneous congregation, how far the great majority of the clergy even, are capable of this " intellectual caution," requiring, as it does, an intimate acquaint ance with the great metaphysical and philosophical disputes of the middle ages, we leave our readers to judge. As a matter of fact ninety-nine hundredths of those who repeat the Creed do so either without attaching any meaning to its metaphysical theology, or else fall into the very heresies which this creed condemns. Many attempts have been made to explain away the damnatory clauses. The most common explana tion is that they apply only to the cardinal truths of Christianity. How any one can venture to assert that in the face of the repeated sentence of condem nation we find it impossible to understand. The fearful words occur in the beginning, in the middle and in the end. Moreover it is expressedly said that the Creed must be kept " whole" ; and so he, who is guilty of disbelieving any one clause will, ac cording to the Creed, " without doubt perish everlast ingly." Much more logical was the clergyman who made his Sunday-school childen recite the terrible sentence after every clause. This theological ferocity is in marked contrast to the spirit of the other and genuine and only authoritative creeds. These recite the great truths of Christianity, but nowhere judge those who disbelieve them. Another peculiar fea ture of the pseudo-Athanasian Creed, which diffe rentiates it from the Apostles' and the Nicene, is its metaphysical subtlety, rendering it whfiLly unfit for ordinary use either by clergy. - of "laity. The whole of the statements set r forth may be tru but they have nothing in coitamon with Chris tiaility, and have no bearing upon l i bractical life. It would be as rational to consign u.n.man to eternal damnation for not accepting the binomial theorem as for rejecting the great majority of these clauses. They are exercises of the intellect, and very difficult exercises. That a man should not be able to com pass them is no more a sin than the inability to understand the pons asinorum of EUCLID. It is impossible that the burden can be borne much longer. The Creed which TILLOTSON wished we were "well rid of," which SEeKER wished deprived of its damnatory clauses, which ARNOLD said that he disbelieved so far as these clauses were concerned, which Bishop LONSDALE openly condemned, and during the recitation of which he was always silent,. which Bishop BLOMFIELD did not use all th e time that he was in the lower orders of the Church—must appear even more harsh to the lay mind. The libera tion of the Church rests with the laity. If they will only do in a body what GEORGE 111. didwhen the Creed was once read before him, close their prayer-books, and remain silent, better still, if they will sit down en masse, the clergy will soon cease to read it, and it will become a mere antiquarian document, as the State services had become before their abolition, and as the Creed itself was before the Trac tarian movement. If the clergy complain, it will be for the laity to do as Bishop STANLEY of Norwich . once did. Having appointed to an office a clergyman who had openly expressed his dis approval of the damnatory clauses of the Creed, a large number of his brethren protested against the appointment, but when the Bishop made it a condi tion of accepting the protest that each one of the dignitaries should define the sense in which he received the clauses, nothing further was heard of the protest. Nothing further would be heard of any protests now if we were to demand of those who threaten to secede from the Church if the Creed is eliminated from the Prayer-book, how they understand the fearful sentence of condemnatio n , whether for instance they intend it to apply to the millions of that Eastern Church whose archbishop they have just been treating with such effusion of hospitality. Common sense and common charity would prove too much for the orthodoxy which is supposed to be inextricably bound up with the retention of the document that bears a lie upon its front.— Western Morning News. JUSTICES' JUSTICE. Some of the gentlemen who occasionally make their appearance in the capacity of judges would escape much criticism if their decisions were more consonant with the principles of justice. A sentence passed upon a man named Stephen Holder, four days ago, at the Bromley Petty Sessions, is worthy of record, as exhibiting the worst features of magis terial inconsistency. The man was charged with playing pitch-and-toss in some out-of-the-way place, in a parish dignified with the appellation of Cock Manning. The only evidence against Holder was given by a police-constable, who said the prisoner was one of about a dozen others who were eng aged in the dangerously criminal offence of playing pitch and-toss. This, however, the man denied, asserting that he was merely a looker-on. The sergeant of police told the bench that the prisoner bore a good character; but the justices were in no mood to take that into consideration, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour, adding that if he came before them again they might give him three months. The report says there was sen sation in court when the sentence was pronounced. It is to be hoped that the sensation will extend to the Home Secretary, to whose attention the matter will no doubt be called. THE LIABILITIES OF HOTEL PROPRIETORS. It will be a relief to tourists to be re minded that the proprietor of the hotel at which they may stop will probably be held responsible for any money they may miss from their clothes or boxes while in his establishment, although it may be proved clearly that the owner of the house personally is innocent of complicity in the robbery of such money. A remarkable precedent with respect to the rule has just been supplied at the Bris tol assizes at which ;! the Grand Pump-room Hotel Company of Bath, have been obliged, to pay a sum of £364, ss. Bd. to a Mr. Verrall who stopped at the hotel during the Bath races, and who missed the property from his pockets on awaking on th e morning of May 24th. The plaintiff was able to prove his 'claim chiefly though the evidence of a friend who on the night of the robbery slept with him, and who swore that not only the money but a portion of Mr. Verrall's wearing apparel had been abstracted from the room during the night. Evi dence was brought to shew that the managers of the hotel had made efforts to apprehend the culpable party, and to recover the money. Nevertheless the court decided that they should meet Mr. Verrall's claim in full. A PLEA FOR THE WOUNDED IN WAR. Lord Sydney GodolphinOsborne,whose experiences in the hospitals at Scutari during the Crimean War made him aware of the value of the lint and linen and other necessaries for wounded soldiers sent out from England and France, has written in the Times a forcible plea to a Christian and neutral nation for hospital supplies for those mutilated in the present contest. He can hardly believe the rumour that either of the countries now at war, though having sought out and manufactured every scientific weapon for the destruction of human lives, have actually gone to the field but meagrely prepared for tending the injured and dying. He, however, is not without the firmest conviction that it would have been next to impossible in a war of this magnitude to have the necessary staff of skilled surgeons and the necessary amount of appliances and materiel in the rear of either army. Every exertion will on this account be required from the benevolent, the charitable, and the humane of na tions not engaged in the strife. Neither of the armies, Lord Sydney points out, would reject sup plies and aid tendered on purely Christian grounds. They scarcely dare do so in the emergency. Under these circumstances, it behoves all in Great Britain who have time to join in the holy work of alleviating pain and resuscitating the dying, a work none would shrink from were they only par tially to know how even a glass of wine or a three cornered bandage are often appreciated in those places, where professional compassion in hurried moments alone is extended to the sick and maimed of our fellow creatures. RACE-HORSES IN FRANCE. A great deal of anxiety it seems is felt by race horse owners and trainers in France on account of the war, as hitherto animals of the class kept in their stables have been always thought spoils of war. King William's assertion that private property in the country of the enemy shall be respected by the German troops has served to mollify the apprehension; still owners are not perfectly assured that, in case of an emergency, their thoroughbreds would not be seized. In the war with Austria, the Prussians, it is reported, made special plunder of racing stock be longing even to the nobility, so it is not believed that they will have any particular reason to act differently in the case of French studs that may be located in an invaded territory. Another cause of alarm and vexation at Chantilly has arisen from the proposition of the French Chambers that all foreigners born in France might be pressed into the army. It so happens that most of the trainers, though residing in France, are English, and these have no desire that their sons should be obliged to fight against Prussia, or indeed to fight at all. So much commotion altogether has recent events caused in racing quarters that the owners of some establish ments are contemplating an immediate removal of their families and their horses to England. THE SPANISH AMNESTY. The intense interest excited by the events in France has for the time being diverted public atten tion from the position of Spain. Nevertheless it is worth notice. The publication of the long desired amnesty for political offences has been pro claimed to the general satisfaction. Senor Rivero, the Minister of the Interior, wrote the preamble, which is addressed to the Regent, and is of considerable length. It sets forth that the Ministers, while repressing political ex cesses in vindication of the law, have always considered the offenders more worthy of pity than of indignation. When a people who have long been oppressed suddenly break their chains, a reaction is natural. Unless a nation is prepared to receive liberal institutions, "the demagogue," says Rivero, "is the first fruit of revolution, and disorder is the first quicksand for political liberties." Now, however, that tranquillity is so far re-established, the revolutionary conquests accomplished,and the Con servative classes reassured, the Ministers believe that the hour desired by the Regent has come, the prison doors may be opened, the exiles may return, the rights of petition, of public meeting, and peace ful association may be restored. The decree of am nesty, which is brief but comprehensive, follows, and includes all persons compromised by political offences of any description committed since September, 1868. The decree has been well received, but the rumour that a Republic would be established in France has created the greatest excitement in Madrid. The Republican Directory, Castelar, Figueras, and Margall, have issued a proclamation, cautioning the members of their party to act with prudence and calmness, and encouraging them with the hope that the establishment of a Republic is now certain, for if MORMONISM IN DIFFICULTIES. Brigham Young, of Mormon celebrity, seems to be getting into difficulties. Not very long since we heard that a considerable body of his followers had seceded from him, and had sought their fortunes elsewhere. Now we learn that he has become involved in a series of lawsuits, brought again.:t him by fellow " saints " for misappropriation of funds committed to his care as trustee of the Mormon Church. Godbe, who brought the action just decided against Brigham Young, is one of the principal leaders of the late schism, and was "cut off " from the church for apostasy. Whether this quickened his worldly perceptions or not, he has suddenly discovered that the Head of the Mormons owes him a considerable sum, advanced, it appears, for the construction of a canal to Salt Lake city from Cottonwood. Brigham Young when sworn denied the debt, but the jury brought in a verdict in favour of Godbe, for principal and interest and costs, amounting altogether to more than 8,000 dollars. Brigham Young is very much chagrined at the result, and his mortification is probably not lessened by the fact that this suit is the first of several to be commenced against him for misappro priation of funds as trustee of the Church. CROPS IN NEW ENGLAND. The New York papers say that the Eastern States are suffering terribly from drought. In many loca lities a few light showers have fallen, but there has been nothing like a soaking rain since May. The intense protracted heat of the last few weeks has parched the ground to a depth of two or three feet, rolling the leaves of corn, and rendering the pas turage of no account. A good crop of rye has been obtained, and Indian corn is forward, but the yield will not be considerable. Hay is at least 25 per cont. below the average yield, so that, if the winter is of average duration and severity, New England must be supplied with a large amount of Western corn in order to make up for her short supply of fodder. Oats are deficient as well as hay. In the Connecticut valley the heavy tobacco crop is flourish ing, but some portion of it which was plantedthe latest on ground that was not sufficiently matured will prove a failure unless rain should fall very soon. The drought has cut short the blackberries, while the whortleberries have been completely dried up, so much so, that not only is the fruit lost, but the bushes appear to be killed. The little wheat that has grown will return an average crop. The yield of potatoes will not exceed two-thirds of an average crop, but the quality promises to be excellent. The quantity of apples will exceed an average, but they will be for the most part small. Taking all things into con sideration, the farmers of New England will be justified in considering 1870 a hard year. The States of Rhode Island and Maine are also supposed to be suffering from drought. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, AUG. 17. The Queen and Princess Beatrice went out in the grounds this morning. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, attended by the Hon. Mary Lascelles and Lieut. Pickard, went to London this morning, and returned in the afternoon. Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen. Her Majesty the Queen held a Council to-day at a quarter before three o'clock, at which were present Earl Granville, Viscount Halifax, the Right Hon. E. Card well, Viscount Sydney, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the CounciL Mr. Edward Smirke arrived at the Castle, and was in troduced to her Majesty's presence by the Lord Chambe* lain, and received the honour of Knighthood. Earl Granville was present during the ceremony, in the ab sence of the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice, left the Castle yesterday evening, at twenty-five minutes before eight o'clock, for Balmoral. The suit in attend ance consisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mary Lascelles, Sir T. M. Biddulph, Colonel G. A. Maude, Lieutenant Pickard, and Mr. SahL Lord Suffield and Colonel H. Lynedoch Gardiner, the Lord and Groom in Waiting, and Colonel H. Ponsonby, were in attendance. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The number of visitors yesterday (Wednesday) was 8,403. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Besides the Opera (" Sonnarn hula ") to-day the Kent v. Notts. County Cricket Clubs will play a match on the Palace Cricket Ground. Play will begin in the morning lasting until evening, and will be resumed to-morrow and perhaps also on Saturday. FIRE IN LONG-ACRE.—This (Thursday) morning between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, a fire hap pened in the premises belonging to Messrs. Hardy and Wallis, corn and flour dealers, situate 130, Long-acre. In spite of the exertions of the firemen the conflagration could not be subdued until the stores were destroyed, the dwelling-house severely damaged, and some damage done to the adjoining houses. THE ROBBERY OF £2,300 AT LIVERPOOL.--At the Liverpool Police-court, yesterday, a young man, named Antonio Agacio, the son of a Spanish merchant residing in that town, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing the sum of £2,300, the property of the senior Agacio. The wife of the prisoner, and her father and mother—Kauffman and Catherine Spier— were also sent for trial for abetting the prisoner in com mitting the robbery, and receiving a portion of the stolen money. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Healing not Harmful.— No application has met with the same universal approbation for curing all external ail ments as that which this unguent has received. Sores, deep ulcers, foetid discharges, burns, blistered sun-faces, and many similar affections, are at once soothed and on the road to soundness by Holloway's Ointment. With this ointment and pills the wealthy may save themselves much suffering, and the poor may help themselves to health, since these medicaments are reasonable in price, and can be purchased in every hamlet. They have effected cures of stiff, swelled legs, and lacerated limbs, and opened out the prospect of a happy future after hope of recovery had been given up. DEATH OF MR. BRISCOE, M.P. We (Record) regret to announce the death of Mr. Briscoe, M.P. for West Surrey, which took place on Tuesday at his residence, 60, Eaton-place, in his 79th year. He was one of the oldest and most independent members of the House of Commons, having sat for Surrey in the unreformed Parliament of 1830. He married in 1819 the youngest daughter of the late Sir Joseph Mawbey, Bart., who survives him. Baron Gericke van Herwynen has been appointed Dutch Envoy in London, and he will be replaced in Brussels by M. Rochussen. FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF THE FRENCH WOUNDED —The French Ambassador has authorised Messrs. Piesse and Lubin, the well-known perfumers of 2, Bond-street, to open a subscription list for the benefit of the French wounded. Cheques are to be crossed London and County Bank SETTLEMENT OF THE THORNCLIFFE COLLIERY DISPUTE.—After running a course of 73 weeks the strife between the Thorncliffe colliers and their employers is at length terminated. A meeting of 400 miners was held yesterday, at which the terms offered by the owners of the pits, Messrs. Chambers, Newton, and Co., were accepted unanimously , and it is expeeted that 600 out of the 850 men who were thrown out of employment when the dispute began will immediately return to their work. rRE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The principal feature of the show yesterday, at the Royal Horticultural Society, was gladiola and hollyhocks, both of which appeared in great perfection. The latter, how ever, would have been more effective had they been arranged according to known laws of complimentary colours, a point which at present is not always sufficiently felt by exhibitors. There was also a very interesting collection of cut specimens of hardy shrubs, from Mr. Wm. Paull. Vim. Marshall, Esq., resided at a general meeting in the afternoon, when several new candidates were elected Felllows of the Society. DUNVILLE 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 brandy. Sup plied-in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast or at thei London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W.O. Also at other prices AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS IN IRELAND. Few more important documents are published than the annual report of the Irish Board of Works; and th e one just issued presents several features which must be looked upon with special interest at the present moment. In the course of the year ending March 31, 1870, loans amounting to £126,810 were made for the improvement of land and dwellings upon it, and the recuperative powers of the Land Improve ment Acts are exhibited by the fact that during the same period the repayments of loans made in pre vious years amounted to no less than £179,930. Those who are interested in the removal of that heavy cloud of discontent which has hitherto made the name of Ireland a bye-word, will be gratified to learn that the number of applications for loans for labourer's dwellings continues to increase, a sure sign that the prosperity of the lower classes is progressive. Since the commencement of operations under the Land Improvement Acts 239,756 acres have been thoroughly drained at an average cost of £5 18s. per acre, and since the passing of the Act of 13 and 14 Victoria, 457 loans, amounting in the aggregate to £187,220, have been sanctioned for the erection of farm buildings. The operations under 317 of these loans, amounting to £109,779, have been completed. The inspector of the Limerick district states that wages have increased during the last twelve months, but nevertheless, the tenant farmers, who at one time seemed incapable of appreciating the reproductive nature of land improvement works, are taking ad vantage of the loans. In the other parts of Ireland the system has also been highly advantageous, and agriculture is making rapid progress. THE SCOTCH FISHERIES. The welfare of thousands of families depends upon the success of the fisheries of Scotland, a branch of industry which, owing to the influence of the weather, is extremely uncertain. The report of the Commis sioners for 1869 shews, however, that in that year the men had no reason to complain. The total quantity of herrings then cured was 675,143 barrels, the quantity branded 244,522 barrels, and the quan tity exported 381,333 barrel 3 ; being an increase upon the preceding year of 36,882 barrels cured, of 35,060 barrels branded, and of 12,589 barrels exported. In the cod and ling fishery 135,585 cwt. was cured dried, and 10,319 barrels cured in pickle, and the quantity exported was 51,864 cwt.; being an increase over the preceding year of 21,852 cwt. in the quantity cured dried, and of 660 barrels cured in pickle, but a decrease of 538 cwt. in the quantity exported. The importance of this branch of industry may be judged when it is stated - that 14,406 boats, manned by 45,201 fishermen and boys, were employed in it in OUR COTEMPORARIES--This Morning THE EMPEROR. The Times points out that not the least difficulty of the present state of affairs in France is that the country can hardly be said to have a Government. Even in the most sceptical times public confidence must rally round some one who maybe hailed as the " Man of the Situation." Adverse circumstances, however, have removed the Emperor him self from the management of public affairs, both civil and military. Almost unconsciously on his own part, the Chief of the State has been quietly yet deliberat e ly set aside and ignored. Bazaine at Metz or Chalons and Palikao in Paris share the Empire between them. The Emperor seems anxious to assert himself by sending telegrams about Prussian repulses and inditing proclamations to the Metz garrison and people. But, in the meanwhile, he Emperor's own Government disavow him as a Commander, and he himself shrinks from resuming his functions as a political ruler; while in the Legislative Body popular representatives are clamorous for a disso ciation of the interest of the country from those of the dynasty, and call for a Committee of Public safety or a Provisional Government with a view to place the supreme power in the hands of men determined to forward foreign war by domestic revolution. THE PRUSSIAN COMMISSARIAT. The Telegraph observes that now begins a new trial of Moltke's strategies namely, to feed and move those swift forces, which probably number, all told, close upon five hundred thou san d soldiers. A 4 for the fortresses left behind—namely, Metz and Strasbourg—the vast preponderance of strength which the Germans possess makes it probable that those strongholds will have as much as they can do to take care of themselves. Thus, with 650,000 troops, at least, to dispose of, and the arriere-ban besides, Moltke has power to send the princes safely forward. The problem is, can they find victuals on their march, or must they be supplied from the rear ? At least eight hundred thousand pounds weight of food of all sorts must be provided daily for such armies as those which are chasing Bazaine and the Emperor. This is near upon four hundred tons of comestibles, without any allowance made for the forage of cattle. These figures suffice to show what it means to support a war ; and even the admirable system of Prussia would clearly be strained to despatch any such provision. But a strong and victorious army, which has a swift programme of ctimpaign to execute, and which carries with it supplies for seven or eight days, ekes out its supplies most easily in a country like that which lies around Bar-le-Due. The men who move the pursuing armies and those who lead them will, we may rest assured, keep a careful eye upon the commissariat ; while, as the chase lies through a country which is full of the ripening Champagne grapes, and all kinds of pleasant contraband of war, there can be small lack of "provend." Fritz and the "Red Prince" will hardly starve amid such towns as Commercy, St. Mihel, and Clermont ; and their cavalry will doubtless find forage in plenty, since hay-ricks and oat-stacks cannot be well carted up and down an invaded country in the face of the übiquitous Uhlans. MEDIATION. The Standard trusts there is not the slightest founda tion for the story that the English Government has tendered its good offices to the belligerents. Any action of that kind on our part would necessarily be regarded as unfriendly by the nation which is assumed to have need of, or at least to be likely to profit by, our mediation. Peace, if it should be made now, with the Prussian career of victory almost unbroken, with a Prussian army advancing into the heart of France, must be a peace in which France admits herself completely vanquished in a three weeks' campaign, and throws herself upon the mercy of her enemy and the goodwill of Europe. It may pos sibly happen that in the course of a week or so the military strength of France may be so completely ex hausted that her Government may be compelled to make this admission, and to ask the good offices of neutral and friendly Powers to moderate the harshness of the Prussian conditions. In such an event it would, no doubt, be the duty of the English Government to inter fere and use such infinence as it may legitimately employ with the King of Prussia and his Ministers to make the peace more bearable to the vanquished, and consequently give it a greater chance of end ur i ng . But France is not yet brought to that condition. It is not the busi ness of the British Ministers to declare that France is not equal to Germany, and must henceforth accept the position in Europe Germany may deign to assign her. It would not become them to take for granted that a people like the French are crushed after two defeats, and to deny them the courage, the self sacrifice, and the pat r i o ti sm w hi c h E ng hshmen and Germans would certainly show under such circumstances. Only when both belligerents display a desire to terminate the war, when the victory of one is finally assured, orwhen the combat appears so equal a one, that both must re eognise the vanity of further fighting, can neutral but friendly Powers intervene with any chance of a good result. GERMANY AND ALSACE. The Times continues to write in favour of pacific over tures, and discusses the terms. It is understood, it says, there is a strong feeling that the safety of Germany re quires, as a material guarantee of future peace, that Alsace should be brought within its borders. It need not be said that we have no direct interest in the ques tion whether the Rhine or the line of the Vosges should be the frontier dividing France and Ger many. We can only desire that the bounds should be so set as to give the best provision ut a - slam,, cs.btao ment, and if we deprecate the demand for Alsace it is because we think its acquisition would be fatal to the end for which it is sought. There is, without doubt, much to be said in favour of uniting Alsace to Germany. Its inhabitants are German in tongue and German in manners and customs. A mountain boundary, such as the Vosges offer, is again a far better line of division between nations than a river, as is shewn in this very in stance by the fact that Alsatians speak German though they have been incorporated in France for 200 years. But a union of 200 years would itself be a consider able obstacle to the proposed cession, and an insurmount able difficulty is found in the fact that the men of Alsace Itself would vehemently oppose it. Though they still speak German and maintain their German habits, they are more French than Frenchmen in their political iden tification with France. The fire of the Revolution fused Alsace indissolubly with France. A province cannot nowa days be transferred when its inhabitants protest against the transfer, and even if we couldsuppose the change form ally made, it would undo all the benefits of peace. The Dahl News remarks that if Prussian arms are successful to the end, it is not likely that she will with draw from the war without some compensation for the expenses of the struggle which has been forced upon her, and without some guarantee, not moral merely, but material also, against similar attack. The contest Is not likely to end until either the French army has cleared French territory of every German soldier, or that the army has been itself so weakened as to be for =stay years powerless for aggression. It is to this end apparently that German strategy is directed. Its intention and designs may seem to some persons to be foreshadowed in the proclamations of King William 1., which have extended th e Z o ll vere i n to t h at portion of French soil which the German troops occupy, and which have abolished the conscription therein. These are something more than merely military regulations, for the French conscription has of course ceased in prac tice wherever the German armies have penetrated ; and Customs regulations cease of themselves in similar con ditions. But the question is not, will th 6 Germans take; or, rather resume Alsace, but having taken it will they give it back. It was stolen by Louis XIV. nearly two centuries ago. Prescription may cover the theft but it does no cover the right of re-conquest. Its population are German in race, in language, and in ways of life. The Alsatians themselves are indeed vehemently, if superficially French—Gallis ipsis Galliores—but rather, it may be, by way of hiding from themselves the inner consciousness that they are not Frenchmen at ally than from any real or deep feeling. As yet discussion of the projected re turn of Alsace to Germany may be premature. Famili arity with the idea cannot, however, be gained too soon. Unless the fortunes of war change, and the conquerors exhibit a moderation unknown in history, and scarcely possible to human nature, it will have to be faced and dealt with in one way or another before many weeks are over. MURDER AT DOWLAIS. A shocking murder was committed at Gellyfaelog, close by Dowlais, on Sunday, the victim being a married woman named Ann Morgan, and the perpetrator of the crime her husband, John Morgan. It appears that Morgan's habits are of a dissipated character. Only a week ago he was fined for being drunk and disorderly, and on Saturday night he got into a row with a fellow-workman, with whom he had a desperate fight. On Sunday morning he quarrelled with his wife, and became so violent in his manner towards her that she ran out and alarmed her neighbours. Her husband followed her, and took her back into the house by force, threatening her that he would pay her out for exposing him to his neighbours. After they had got into the house he closed the door, and then there was a greatrow within, in the midst of which the neighbours could heal the unfortunate woman appealing to her husband to leave her alone. One of the neighbours went up to the house, and looking through the window, saw the woman standing behind the front door, and then her husband came up, and stooping down caught her by the feet and tripped her up with great violence. She fell heavily, with her head upon a stone step, and moaned as if in great pain and almost insensible. Her husband then dragged her by the arms to the bed, and put her on it, and one of the neighbours then went in. The poor woman moaned, and asked for some water, which was given her. She then remarked that her husband had given her enough that morning, and the neighbour went away. About three o'clock in the after noon it was reported that the woman was dead, and that proved to be the case. The husband then went from the house, and meeting an acquaintance told him he had killed his wife, and was going to drown himself at Pontsarn. On the way to Pontsarn he met another man to whom he re peated the statement. That person ran fora policeman, and Constable Rees, going in pursnit, overtook the wretched husband at Morlais Rock, within ten minutes' walk of Pontsarn deep pool. In reply to the charge he stated that if the officer had been ten minutes later he would have found his body in the pool. On Monday the prisoner was brought before the magis trates at the Merthyr Police-court, charged with the murder of his wife. He was remanded until Wednesday. BIRMINGHAM HORSE SHOW.—The judging was concluded on Wednesday at the Midland Counties Horse Show, Bingll3y Hall, Birmingham. The miscellaneous classes came under review, and several prizes were carried off by Lancashire and Yorkshire breeders. Among the prizes awarded were the following :—Cobs, not exceeding 14 hands-Ist, Captain Ballard; 2nd, Mr. R. Milward, Ladies' hacks, over 15 hands-Ist, Mr. T. Percival Wans ford ; 2nd, Mr. F. B. Jones, Cheltenham. Ladies' hacks, under 15 hands—let, Mrs. Badham, Bulmer, Sudbury ; 2nd, Mr. W. H. Harrison, Oxendon House. Pairs of horses in harness—let, Mr. G. Homes, Beverley, York shire. Best appointed tandem of horses or ponies-113t, Mr. G. Tharnie. Birminahmn. THE EUROPEAN WAR. 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