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List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre E. MOSES and SON'S Estabhshments 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 RUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD. YORKSHIRE. -A- HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—This Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., IS NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN DRAMATIC SEASON. Doors open at half-past Six, eommence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from Ilixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. MISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROI3SART, in the Drama of that name, THIS EVRNING.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LAKE. - 14 R. T. O. KING will appear in the character of VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. MR. MORTON TAVARES will appear in the character of TRESSILIAN in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSAET THIS EVENING.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.. ADOINIESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING.- -THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROBSA RT ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING.—THEATRE ROYALDRURY-LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Vokes, Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosins Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING.—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. Staniorth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN ING.—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.—THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. A MY ROBSART.—The costumes from designs of an eminent Artist, the gorgeous Revels at Kenil worth, including the Procession of the Ancient Britons Saxons, Romans, Normans, &c, and ending with the floating Pageants on the Lake, illustrated by 300 auxiliaries, THIS EVENING.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANK PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLENT-STREET (CORNER OF CHANOMIN.tANB), LONDON (R.O ) PHE PUBLIO SUPPLIED A'r WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the 00ITSITRY ON ORDERS OVER 20a Per roam. e. d Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 6 6 Extra Superfine DonbleThick ()ream Laid Note .... 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent:" adapted for rapid writing ... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers is., 4s. 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PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. This Evening, at Seven, WANTED a THOUSAND MJLLINERS, Mr. J. Rouse, &c.; at a quarter to Eight, The RAPPAREE, Messrs. Herman Vezin, W. Rignold, J. Clayton, A. Rayner, E. F. Edgar, Shiel Barry; Mesdames Katharine Rodgers and M. Cooper; to conclude with THE HAPPY MAN, Mr. Shiel Barry, &C. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, 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. T. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, A. Garthorne, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING ; The School for Coquettes. Messrs. Crouch,. Turner ; MesdarneS Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly- Burly-Esque, "THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. ; and, THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. MADAME TUSSA IJIYS 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, Is.; Children anderlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. tilllo p.m. WONDERFUL TALKING MACHINE, in vented and constructed by Professor FABER, of Vienna. The greatest mechanical curiosity in the world. I.XHIBITING HOURLY from eleven a.m., till ten p.m. Ad- I is.; reserved seats, 25.; children, 6d. Palais Royal, trgyle-street, Oxford-street, W. Y'S LIORSE h,id CATTLE SPICE, only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and !i t)rugglsts. and Corn P.ealers in the e ountry. 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AGRAND AMATEUR DRAMATIC ENTER TAINMENT will be given by the Members of the PER SEVERANCE DRAmAnc CLUB, at the Cavendish Rooms, on MONDAY, October 10th. Admission :—Unreserved seats, 2s. 6d. ; Reserved, ss. Tickets to be had at all Libraries. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. QUEEN'S—Midsummer Night's Dream. Farce. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRAND—On and Off. School for Coquettes. Idle 'Prentice. Chops of the Channel. PRINCESSES'—Wanted, 1,000 Milliners. The Rapparee. The Happy Man. PALMS ROYAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro fessor Faber's 'Talking Machine, &c. ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties. CREMORNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. is. ; extra rooms, 6d. PoLYTEcume—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. 15s. 18s. 18s, 19s. 235, 21s. 265. 265, 265. 325. 1 325, 30s. 365. I 365, 16s. 6d, Also at other prices !'&-.. :, a' • , 4 1-, t , - 7-Ltitt 4 .-9% 111-1 4 t wiy ,‘ „ , tis ire \ LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1870. THERE is something appalling in the contrast of what is being done, now, at Paris and in London. As all the world knows, the former capital has, for several years past, been most elaborately, compre hensively, and minutely beautified. Under the regime of the Second Empire it has been transformed. Its unsightly quarters have been swept away. New and magnificent boulevards have radiatingly opened out their perspective like the sticks of a fan. The Louvre has been completed. A gorgeous Opera House, vast enough for a Pantheon or a Walhalla, and smothered with sculpturesque adorn- ments of the most lavish, and many of diem of the most meretricious character has been erected. The entire city has been so decorated, improved in a sanitary point of view, an !, as a whole, perfected in the symmetry of its proportions, that it has obtained for itself the title of the Capital of Civilisation. All this has been accomplished under the rule of the Emperor NAPOLEON 111., as the managerial puffs say, though here the words are applicable with literal truth, " regardless of expense," at the beck of the finger of that Prince of iEdiles, Baron HAUSSMANN. Precisely when this marvellous and costly work of transformation is completed, the whole superb achievement is, as summarily as possible, set apart for destruction. Strategically the barracks commanding the new and old boulevards were planned to perfec- tion. But then the barracks, so placed for the main tenance in case of emergency of the dynasty of yester day, are empty. The guns that could have swept those boulevards have long since either been captured by the Prussians, or have been dragged to the surrounding fortifications of the metropolis in a despairing effort to keep back the invading legions of Germany from taking possession of the fair and ill-fated Lutetia. HAussmANN, months ago dismissed from power, is no one knows where at this moment. The EMPEROR with his scabbard empty, and his sceptre gone, is a prisoner at Wilhelmshohe. The terrible Von BOON, the inexor able Von MOLTKE, the inflexible Von BISMARCK, the resolute but chivalrous old KING, the " pins Aneas " of this Teutonic invasion of Gaul, the daring and dashing CROWN PRINCE, the " Fritz " of half-a-dozen great battles from Woerth to Sedan, these notable leaders of the vast army that has until now literally carried everything before it, are deliberately sitting down now before Paris,or rather all round Paris, with a view to its capture, sword in hand, even though it be but as a smouldering and shattered heap of ruins. Meanwhile England, in common with the other great neutrals, watches quietly what will be the upshot of it all. London, at this supreme juncture in the history of the:world, being busily engaged in planting flower-bcds, and laying out grass plots, and elaborating drinking fountains, and lamp posts, and street statuary, along the waste lands re- claimed from the mud and ooze of the river, side by side with the granite esplanale of the Thames Em- banjcment, I.: German papers have just been discussing a melancholy question, but one involving an Important Lesson. Which journal published in France was it that gave to the Grermans the earlie6t information L SUN, LONDON, U RDA y, OCTOBER 1,187 G. of MAc.MAiroN's movement for the relief of BAZAIRS ? Unhappily there seems not the " least doubt that this most momentous intelligence was furnished, not by the Uhlans or other legitimate source, but ' either by the Independence Beige, a journal which deeply sympathises with the French in their disaster, or by the Siecle, a Paris Republican paper. Worse still, the evidence is in favour of the conclusion that it was the latter publication which committed this unintentional but tremendous fault. The Nord Deutsche Allgenzeine Zeitung, of Berlin, accuses the Independence. It- says the German leaders were entirely in the dark as to the destination of MAC MAIIoN's army after it broke up before Chalons, until the Belgian journal publishes from Mazieres information respecting the movements of French troops, which left no doubt as to the Marshal's intentions. This news was telegraphed to Berlin, and from Berlin to the German head quarters. The advance of the Third Army upon Paris was at once arrested, the CROWN PRINCE turned his columns northwards, and thus commenced the flank march which led to the catastrophe of Sedan. The Neue IreiePresse of Vienna gives, however, a different and more plausible account. The first movement of MAcMAHort from Chalons undoubtedly did baffle the German leaders. The French Marshal retreated first to Rheims, a city which lies, in a north-westerly direction, nearer to Paris than Chalons. The natural inference from such a semi-backward march was that MACMAIION had decided to fall back-upon Paris and operate upon the flank of the army which migh t besiege the capital. M. EDMOND TExiErt, of the Siecle, was kind enough to dispel the illusion. This gentleman was the only correspondent who managed to send important news from Rheims, and very fatal to his country did his " enterprise" prove. On the 24th of August he wrote that on the preceding evening Rheims had been evacuated. "An advance is taking place !" An advance could be only in one direction. To retreat further on Paris was not to advanceat all; the Germans knew that the French were not coming southwards; they must, therefore, have turned to the north. Whether MA cMAHoN meant to steal, upon Metz, or to attack the newly formed Fourth Army which, under the command of the Crown Prince of SAXONY, was advancing towards him, the duty of the Crown Prince of PRUSSIA was the same—to turn round and fall upon the MARSHAL. It would be invidious to decide positively which of the two papers gave the Germans the light they needed. The balance of evidence, as we have said, is against the Siecle. It is at any rate certain that the Germans learned the state of affairs from no other source save one of those two papers, and this fact suffices for the impres sive lesson which such an indiscretion ought to teach. The rule that descriptions of events ac tually accomplished may be freely given, but that intimations respecting movements yet in progress should be rigorously repressed, is one from which no journalist can honourably depart. If he be a mem ber of a contending nation he serves the enemy, if be be a neutral be casts away his neutrality in de viating from this great principle. This melancholy case is not the sole, though it is the most striking, instance of evil wrought by heedless publication. There can be no doubt that beyond certain limits the intelligence given by the press may be made the engine of unqualified evil. To exceed those limits is one of the gravest offences a journalist can commit. To-monnow the Italians, in the dominions lately held by the POPE, will be called upon to answer " Yes" or "No " to the question, shall Italy be one and indivisible ? Within a few hours the Papal States will add themselves to Italy, and thus another edifice will be formally " crowned." It is satisfactory to be informed that the completion of so great a work will be accompanied by an amnesty, in which MAZZINI " will be necessarily included." The occasion is a fitting one for political mercy, and it is, moreover, highly de sirable that the issue between the regular Govern ment and the agitators should be fairly tried without the interposition of violence. The Italian Reds have not deserved well of their country, but it is certain that whatever power they may wield when at liberty is all the off spring of the vices of the existing regime. It is within the capacity of the King and his advisers to disarm their enemies without imprisoning them. There is no reason to doubt that adequate reform will secure the attachment cf the Italian people; but withoutreform no extent of repression will answer the purpose. Arbitrary government, corrupt government, wasteful government, are the causes of Italy's difficulties. Italy has attained unity, but she lacks every other condition of happiness. The maladministration of affairs lately rose to a climax, and there is, unfortunately, no great reason to think that much improvement has since been effected. To apply themselves earnestly to the redress of grievances is the great duty that remains to the Government. It is one for the neglect of which there can be no excuse, and the performance of which must secure its own reward, for the Italians will wisely consider, not so much the form of rule under which they live, as its results. If, therefore, the good disposition which leads the Italian Government to grant an amnesty lead them also to reflect on their own conduct, and turn over a new leaf, there may be a glorious future still in store for the reunited fragments of a great people. TOPICS OP THE DAY. THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DILL. A deputation of working men, members of the Land and Labour League, waited upon Mr. Forster, the Vice-President of the Council of Education, in reference to the difficulty which they repre sented would be experienced in putting some of the provisions of the Elementary Educa tion Bill into 'operation. The system of balloting as provided by the Metropolis Local ilanagement Act was held to be unsatisfac- tory, and it was proposed in thi memorial presented by Dr. Bowkett, the spokesman, that not only the rate book, but also the Parliamentary register, should be referred to during the election of the school ' board. Any clause in the Act which would enable an employer to accompany the voter to the ballot box was • considered .as unworthy to be incorporated in a great education scheme. The memorialists asked that official voting papers should be substituted for different coloured tickets and printed bills, and that the ballot box should be sur rounded by every protection. It was also requested that the returning and the deputy-returning officers should be gentlemen who at the time of the election held no official position in the borotigh, and that the details of the election should not be placed in the hands of the parochial officers ; f urther than the act directed, and that the nomination of candidates might be held a a time convenient to working men. ➢lr. Forster assured the deputation that it would be a great disappointment if a fair proportion of working men were not found on the .school boards. One of the speakers had remarked that it was impossible for a working man to devote his time to the duties of the - Board, but he thought the constituents might make it worth his while to forego his wages and to devote his attention to the office they might confer upon him. The use the coloured papers, said the Vice-President, was undoubtedly one of the means by which the object of the Act was defeated, but without consulting Earl • de Grey he could not tell them what regulations ; *ould be adopted. He could fee his way to altering the voting as carried on under the Metropolis Local Management Act, were it not for the necessity of giving the elector power to - rote for as man3t of the candidates as he pleased. They must, however, remember that it would be an experimental elec tion and capable of amendment. He did not think the nomination and poly should be held late, and he informed the deputation that steps had been taken to ottain the assistance of vestry clerks as deputy returning officers— one vestry clerk far each division. THE THRONE OF SPAIN. The Spa.piards who, by dethroning their own sovereign have been the means of overturning another throne, are still greatly troubled about their own national future. The two years interognum has not brought them to a more settled condition, and although advocates are not wanting for Republic, Monarchy, Iberian unity, or other forms of govern ment, r.o one party seems strong enough to carry the day, whether in favour of Castelar and his Democratic associates, of Prince Alfonso, as heir of the abdicated Queen, of Don Carlos, of King Luis of Portugal, or any other. The last' news is that the report gains ground, probably in consequence of the recent suc cesses of Prussian arms, that a Prussian Prince is to be , gain put forward. The candidate for the vacant throne spoken of by Prim is no other than Prince Frederick Charles, at present crmreander of one of the chief divisions of the belligerent army. The throne of Isabella would not, it seems, be worthy the acceptance of a prince of the conquering house, and accordingly we find that to make his kingdom . c.anplete, Portugal is to be annexed to Spain and England is to cede Gibraltar. The Epoca inclines to the belief that the candidature of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern is not yet abandoned, but several other papers throughout Spain support the former theory. PRACTICAL BENEVOLENCE In contemplating the suffering which the war has produced on the Continent we are apt to forget that many of the French families which have sought refuge in England are in a distressed condition. A circular has just been issued, in which an appeal is made to national benevolence in favour of those refugees whose funds have become exhausted. It is not only surmised, but.actually known, that nume rous families from France who have sought an a.iylarn in England are suffering great privations, wanting even the commonest necessaries of life. Some who derived their incomes from rents of houses now levelled to the ground in front of the fortifications, or from interest of money invested in public companies or national fiends, suddenly fiiid their means of subsistence cut off, and from comfort and plenty are reduced to poverty and want. It is proposed that a special fund should be raised for the relief of these unfortunates, inquiries into their circumstances to be conducted in the least offensive and most delicate manner possible. The Lord Mayor has intimated his willingness to become the chairman of a central committee appointed for this purpose, and it is suggested that a register should be opened to receive the names of families or the per sons who may be willing to give a temporary home to such strangers as are without friends, and duly certi fied by the committee as persons of good repute. It may be worth considering, however, how far persons, of the male sex at least, who desert their country at the approach of danger are worthy of assistance. INDIA TELEGRAPH SERVICE. A correspondent of the Standard calls attention to the fact that the preliminary examination just concluded for appointments in the Indian telegraph service has resulted in the rejection of nearly three- Dutths of the nominees. He thinks the failure of so large a proportion, comprising many who had been rejected a year ago, points to defects in preparatory training and instruction. He suggests that nominees for Government appointments shall be selected from those who can present a certificate of com petent elementary knowledge. Under the present system the greatest possible amount of loss and disappointment is inflicted on parents. In conclusion he says it is much to be wished that there existed some duly con stituted engineering or civil service college, to Which the recipients of national aid might be sent for train- jug, or else that room might be made for them, and for students of scientific professions generally, and a t.taff of instructors provided at our existing uni versities, public schools, and proprietary colleges. PREPARING THE WAY. The Daily News defends the Social Science Asso ciation from the attacks which have been made upon it in some quarters. No doubt its meetings may a Word the opportunity of airing crotchets, but these can very well be accepted for the sake of the solid and valuable contributions which the Society makes to public knowledge. In a free Parliament there is always much useless discussion, but who would wish on that account to abolish legislative debate ? The annual discussions on great social sub jects help to prepare and enlighten pub lic opinion, and public opinion is the ruling power in England. Such questions as how to deal with pauperism, crime, and. disease are better de bated in a congress than in Parliament in their first stages. In an assembly of this kind the few who are best qualified to speak can bring forward their knowledge, their experience, their convictions, aid can assist in the subsequent discussions, sug gestions, and comparisons of plans. Many p ies _ . tions, such, for instance, as the treatment of criminals on a reformatory system, can be best discussed by an assembly whose personal interest in the subject enables them to treat it without political bias or party dispute. In many important social questions of our time, such as the education question, the discussions of the Associa tion notably assisted to the formation of that strong public conviction that rendered legislation possible. The Daily News holds that, by preparing the way of great social reforms, the Association does valuable service, while the large attendance at its meetings spews that outside the arena of party politics there are a large number of intelligent and philanthropic persons who are anxious to forward the amelioration of the evils of the age. TE ROOTI. The offer of £5,000 for the capture of Te Kooti, the Maori rebel, will, it is thought, result in every nerve being strained to effect his seizure. The only impediment to the reorganisation of the colony is the fact of this man being still at large, and liable at any moment to institute rebellion. The last advices from New Zealand inform us that sixty of e Kooti's followers had made an attack on a small native settlement at Tolagar Bay, but they had been repulsed, and were pursued by Ropata i chief of the tribe which had been assailed. Ropata expressed his determination to capture Te-Kooti, and in all likelihood he may now do so. The New Zealand Government have adopted a resolution affirming that the best interests of the colony will be consulted by rhaaiiiing an integral part of the British empire. It has also been agreed that though the course adopted by the Home Government towards the colony was to be regretted, yet as an indication of a desire to preserve a friendly feeli n g t owar d s N ew Z ea l an d had been made by England, it was undesirable to ii make any further reference to past misunderstandings. Under all circumstances, then, the prospects of England's most distant colony appear to be brightening. The Dublin Evening Mail reports the disappear ance of Mr. Robert Corbet, the Dublin agent of the Royal ssurauce Company. Mr. Corbet, who was very infirm, left; Dublin in the mail steamer for Holyhead on the night of the 20th inst. He lay down ROOD after going on I oard, but rose about ten o'clock and went up on deck, the steward thinks, to smoke a cigar. H e was no t seen afterwards by anyone in the ship. The Mail thinks the probability is that Mr. Corbet went on the hurricane deck and fell overheard. T i l • t ~.,t HER _MAJESTY. BALMORAL, SEPT. 28. The Queen drove out, accompanied by Princess Louise and attended by the Hon. Mrs. H. Ponsonby. The Right Hon. G. J. Goschen has left Balmoral. THE POPE AND THE RING. A correspondent in Rome, writing on the 10th instant, gives the following account of the interview between the Pope and Count Ponza di San Martino, the representa tive of the King of Italy, prior to the occupation of Rome: -Signor Ponza di San Martino on entering the Pope's presence gave Victor Emmanuel's autograph letter, of which the contents were already known to the Holy Father. Pius IX., Without unsealing it, took it and threw it on the table beside him. "This," he said, "is the only assurer I have to give to one who asks me to surrender my most sacred rights and those of the Holy Roman Church." Signor Ponza di San Martino then took a very threatening tone, arid said, " Does your Holiness know th:a while you are speaking it is possible that four divisions may have crossed the Roman frontier ?" The Pope replied, What is a division more or less to the Vicar of Christ ? My cause and that of Rome are in the omnipotent hand of God, to whom I confide them. "Go back to your and tell him that I will, with the help of God, defend Rome to the last soldier and the last cartouche. I have no other answer to send him." The Pope rose as he said these words with an air of the gr..)atest dignity and resolution, and ordered his chamber lain to show Signor Ponza di San Martino out, and to in troduce General Kanzler the Minister of War. " I confide the city to you, General," he said, " and you will take immediate dispositions for a defence a routrance—they gave me five days for .my answer, but I only needed a few minutes to decide, and God will help us if we a) our duty."' The Council of War sat at the Pilotta im mediately, and in twenty minutes the Pope's decision was known all over Rome. The enthusiasm of the Romans is the most striking (and, lown, to me unexpected) feature of the situation. The Pope has never had such an ovation siiice I have known Rome (a matter of twenty years) as had in the afternoon on going to open the Aqua Pia at the Thermo of Diocletian. More than 18,000 persons, all Romans, went to do him honour, and the acclamations were something deafening, The Pope looked wonderfully well and radiant with courage and fire. He seems ten r_. , -ars younger in a moment of danger than at any other. THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) The court-martial resumed at nine o'clock yesterday, and sat until seven o'clock. The survivors were recalled, and questioned as to where the boatswain's axes were kept. Correspondence was then read relating to the con struction of the Captain, and a letter from Captain Coles Nyhich appeared in the Standard commenting on the Times' article, and Captain .Coles's letter criticising the construction of the Monarch, in which he stated that she did not represent his views of what a ship should be, were also read. In reply to this, the Admiralty said they could not alter the Monarch, but if Cap tain Coles prepared a design for a ship to meet his views they would solicit tenders. Mr. Robinson was here requested to have the evidence of the previous day printed, at the cost of the court, as they considered it very important. The Advocate then proceeded to read correspondence, from which it appeared that the original complement of men was 400, subsequently the number was altered to 500. Captain Goodenough, of the Minotaur, said if he had been in charge of the squadron he should have made a difference in the Captain, Monarch, and other vessels in respect of the sail carried. He had no doubt the Captain could carry double-reefed topsails and foresail, on the night in question. The weather was not sufficiently bad to justify the Captain in hauling out of line. Nathaniel Barnaby, President of the Council of Con struction, stated that he had been in the public service twenty-eight years. Messrs. Laird requested that the Captain might be inclined, so as to ascertain by experi ment what was her centre of gravity. This was done, and the centre of gravity was ascertained to be situated three feet below the water line. The distance between that and the metre centre was 2 10-16ths, the ship being assumed to be floating at a mean draught of 25ft. In reply to the President, witness said Captain Bur goyne did not know these facts, as he had left for the voyage before the calculations were complete. In the face of the report of those who tried the ship at sea he saw nothing to cause apprehension. Admiral Hope said it seemed the captain was unaware of the dangerous want of stability shewn in the diagram. Witness said no one supposed that the danger was likely to involve the loss of the ship. He had pointed out the danger of putting sail on such ships. Isaac Watts, the celebrated naval architect, discredited the last witness's calculations, and considered the ques tion one of strength versus stiffness of ship. The Captain was considered so steady that there was no fear of her lurching to forty degrees. It was not always possible to get a ship to float at' the precise draught designed. In some cases the divergence was very considerable; and in regard to the Captain doubtless Messrs. Laird were able to shew many things were added which they could not forsee when they designed her. He knew on the 30th of Mareh that the Captain would float before the intendea line, and when the designs were submitted he considered the area of sail was large. The sail arrangements of the Monarch and Hercules were increased by order of the chief constructor to enable them to compete with the Captain. The Captain was said to have had 26,300 square feet, Monarch 27,700, Bellerophon, a ship of the same tonnage as the Captain, 23,800. There was a difference in tripod and common mosts for the same sail area. He would rather say no more as to the loss of the Captain than that it was known great experiments were being made, and with a reasonable prospect of success, and like many other experiments an unforeseen accident caused a failure. Witness was questioned as to the responsibility of the various departments, and in reply to the President, said the department of Controller of the Navy always con sidered the construction of the Captain was forced upon the Admiralty by public opinion and the House. The Court then adjourned. THE GATLING GUN. It appears that the small Gatling battery has eclipsed the performances of the Montigny mitrailleur at Shoe bnryness, and so far distinguished itself that we under stand an order is to be at once given for some of these weapons. It will be within the recollection of our readers that the Gatling battery delivers a continuous fire, the cartridges being fed by gravitation down a hopper. In the Montigny the fire is intermittent, the gun :being loaded with thirty-seven cartridges at a time, which can either all be discharged in one volley or fired separately. In either case there is a necessary intermission before the next plateful of cartridges can be introduced. Thus far the con tinuous fire has proved the more successful. We trust that the Gatling battery about to be introduced will be of a calibre and suitable chamber to fire the same ammunition as is to be used in the Martini-Henry rifles. There can be no difficulty about it, and it is a point which the com• mittee will not, we hope, overlook. —Pall Mall Gazette. THE NEW POST CARDS. The Post Office has made one regulation with reference to the halfpenny Lards, which is likely to interfere with their use, Postmasters will have power to delay them when there is any pressure on the office. Every one who has had occasion to send and to receive MS. by book post is aware that the exercise of this power often causes great inconvenience : indeed, the book post is less used by men of letters than it was at first, because it is impossible to depend on punctual delivery. Now, the halfpenny cards will generally be wanted for hasty orders to tradesmen, or messages to servants, and, if they are likely to be de layed in the post, at the will of any dense local post master, those who are wise will use the penny stamp as of old. DWELLINGS OF THE POOR. It is to be hoped that the observations made by Mr. Rawlinson, C. 8., at the Social Science Congress at New castle on Tuesday, respecting - the condition of the dwel ling houses of the poor in this country, will meet with the attention they deserve. They are especially,valuable, for although the apathy of our legislators on this important subject is universally condemned, few people are ready with a plan for combating the gigantic evil which saps the strength of the nation. Mr. Rawlinson, however, not only exhibits the barbarous condition of affairs at present existing, but points out that, as a matter of business, our neglect to apply a remedy is extravagance rather than economy, and also informs us what, in his opinion, are the steps which should be taken to effect the general improve ment so much required. He says truly, referring to the numerous reports on the sanitary condition and wretched abodes of the teeming population, that if the work of the State stops with reporting and recommending, its action may be termed " a delusion and a snare ;" and what makes this the more reprehensible is that the wealth of the State is not saved by allowing the muddle to con tinue ; for the money expended in relieving pauperism, in detecting and punishing crime, and in supporting the sick, if properly expended, would provide sufficient funds to furnish improved house accommodation. Taking floor areas and . cubic space into account, and the money expended within such spaces, it will be found that the dens of misery and vice are more costly to the community than any equal area and cubic space in a palace. There are tenements by hundreds of thousands which generate sickness, pauperism and crime, the cost of which is paid out of the rates ; and yet such property is not worth more than from three to five years' purchase ; but the round of degradation is allowed to go on. Mr. Rawlinson suggests that the Government should lend money at per cent. for sanitary improvements, and that if this course were adopted the beneficial results would soon appear in the Registrar-General's returns. To carry out over England even such improvements as have already been carried out in some places under the Local Government Act, would require some fifty millions stirling in addition to the eight millions already expended in extra-metropolitan districts. Large as these sums ap pear, the expenditure would be a relief and not a burden. House property would increase in value, and the tenants would be in better health, would earn higher wages, and would be able to pay the rents demanded. Where there is the healthiest community their bodily purity and morals will probably find the greatest development. Em pires, monarchies, an 1 republics, Mr. Rawlinson added, have this lesson to learn. It is, indeed, incomprehensible why, when we have expended so many millions unpro fitably in wars which have been not only destructive but unprofitable, we should hesitate to invest the compara tively small amount required for a campaign against dirt, misery, and death, wh e n there can be no doubt we should obtain an ample return for our money, To improv e the dwellings of the labouring-classes in this country is a work on which a statesman might build a reputation, and really earn the nation's gratitude. One of the most melancholy features of a public meeting in the park is the careworn, haggard look of the orators. It is evident that the atmosphere of the attics and close rooms f rom w hi c h they have emerged and to which they must return has much to do with that irritability and uneasiness which find vent in passionate words. It is not only that they lack good wages—many of them are skilful and highly-paid mechanics ; but they lack that which their wages cannot procure in this country—light, air, pure water, unadul terated food. In their ignorance of the true cause of their discontent they cry for remedies that have no reference to the ills from which they suffer, and overlook that which their rulers should be forced to administer, viz., an immediate amendment or consolidation of the sanitary laws.—Pall Pall Gazette. THE LATE SIR HUMPERX DAVY.—A statue of the late Sir Humphry Davy is about to be erected at Penzance. It will be of Sicilian marble. Messrs. Wills, of Euston-road, London, have been commissioned to execute the work. A general meeting of the Jockey Club will be held at Newmarket after the races on Wednesday in the Second October Meeting. Lord George Manners will propose that in future the Newmarket Craven and First Spring Meetings shall commence on 'Tuesday instead of Monday, and that the Second Spring Meeting, discon tinued since 1855, shall be re-established. Admiral Rous will move that Rule 58 of the Rules of Racing, which prohibits sales by auction, be repealed. PRUSSIAN OPERATIONS. The correspondent of the Standard, writing from Bonen on the 29th, says :—" lam starting for the south, and my communications with you are not likely to be so easy, but my chances to sind you accurate news will be in creased by my excursions in the field. I shall make for Orleans and as near Paris as possible, and I shall also pay a visit to the head-quarters of the army of the Loire, the existence of which seems to be a problem to be solved. Orleans has been evacuated by the French General in command, retreating before the superior forces of the enemy, and it is inferred that a Prussian army Is directly marching on Tours. The same movement was also feared in the direction of Rouen, but up to the present moment the re sistance on the borders of the western departments by the Franc-tireurs and Gardes Mobiles has checked the advance of the German eclaireurs. This very fact is a proof that no corps d'arm4e has been advancing up to now towards Normandy, and that those advances of troops have been only partial excursions, having for object the destruction of, the different lines of railways, the occupation of the road, and the levying of requisitions in the villages and small towns. The movement on Tours, although more strategic than the inva sion of Normandy, might be of the same nature ; it is what I shall soon see for myself. In the department of the Oise the resistance is now well organised and the new prefect, M. Jeannerod, the late correspondent of a French newspaper on the battle fields, has just issued a remarkable proclamation to the people, cautioning them to be calm and firm, to continue resistance, to obey their chiefs, and follow the example given them by the inhabitants of the villages of Crany, Chambly, Puiseaux, and Belle-Eglise, who have stopped the advance of the Prussian. Uhlans, and inflicted heavy losses on their ranks. One of the causes of the successes of the Prussian generals during the campaign amongst many others, has been the strict secrecy they have always kept of their intended movements of attacks, and the great care they have displayed in masking their forces and their operations. Nothing is yet known about their real operations on Paris, and General Von Molkte is perhaps feigning such and such an advance in order to conceal the deep plan he has certainly conceived and resolved to act on. It is said that the attack will commence on the line of the Seine, extending from Mount Valerien to the Fort de la Briche ; and that at the same time Versailles will be the centre of an attack combined to take place simultaneously, the enemy advancing in two armies, one of them concentrating in the Forest of St. Germain, crossing the Seine at Maisons and at Bezons, making for Cam beroie, by way of Cherbourg, to avoid Mont Valerein, and thence right on the fortifications, taking their posi tions at Courcelles, Villiers, and Levallois. In the meantime the other army, concentrated in the woods of Versailles, Chaville, Ville d'Avray, Vaucresson, and Meudon, would cross the Seine in the woods of Sevres, between Bellevue and Billancourt, at an equal distance from the fort of Issy and of Mont Valerien, and then make for the Bois de Boulogne. The serious defences on that side of Paris have not been neglected by General Trochu, and in view, perhaps, of that hypothesis of attack, the Seine is well defended with cannonieres. Strong works, armed with mitrailleuses, command all the roads, and the woods, so useful to the system of advancing of the Prussians in keeping them under cover; have been partially destroyed• Obstacles of all kinds have been thrown in their way." A public meeting of the citizens of Glasgow, to express an opinion on the present European conflict, was held in the City Hall on Thursday evening. Resolutions were passed unanimously, thanking the government for its efforts to avert the war and for its subsequent neu trality, congratulating the French people on their having achieved a bloodless revolution, expressing a hope that the Republic will be promptly recognised by England, and declaring in favour of the prohibition of traffic in weapons of war and ammunition during hostilities. The Manchester Courier says that Sir John Iles Man tell (stipendiary magistrate at Salford) is determined, as far as possible, to stop the pollution of the River Irwell. A labouring man brought before him on Thursday, and convicted of casting rubbish into the river, was fined £5 and costs, Sir John remarking that he should not be doing his duty in so serious a matter if he did not impose a heavy penalty. " THE SMALLEST CITY IN ENGLAND."—As We some time since announced in our columns, the intention of the Corporation of Rochester to purchase Rochester Castle and grounds for the use of the people of the little city, it may be well now to add that the negotiations have been completed with the Earl of Jersey, and that the castle is now in possession of the guardians of the town. The cost of laying out the gardens as a place of recreation some £2,000 will be met by public subscription. A new Corn Exchange is in course of erection, to cost £5,000, to be paid for by the corporation. The dedication of the castle grounds to the public and the laying of the corner stone of the o)ria Exchange are to be celebrated with much festivity on the 13th of October, when there will be a banquet in the old Corn Exchange. We may state also that it is contem plated to erect a statue to the memory of the late Charles Dickens within the Castle precincts. L lil\T, ACS Taurtu been b attack The bas air r eeemi t ile Pr 4 againa i THE Gray ce anee 9eruia u elbru Il avari Yet a failure, Th e arriaei Bit re for a c o ne or A Fi ue en k Prui Pl'oserN tXT Th c , adr,"PZI .1 • C Th e 6. t is t ived e tee Yel 4: 1 ,4 V 3 :e h o k i 7.8 de -44 at; 4. . Ad v j 4 I)l 4ced ( t ottrr !I v ° fat, sgse of An Me nde ktrive 'th e oak en 14 1 , e4t Oh the el l a ret, , a ~,,, iltt At th e et t a h,, OetZl3l, THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGII P O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and of all other events. TH rite A I lf the 04 4, t) r - 11- ;