The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-21 00:00:00

A DOMESTIC lIERCULES, New Farce, by 1 -- X_Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING,Nov. 21. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER Mr. B. A7 * EBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTParms.—THIS EVENING, set, THE GREEN BUSHES, oa ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Miami, Madame Celeste supported by Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. 11. Stephenson. Mr. C. Sennel, and Mr. Charles Wilmot. And TWICE KILLED. Mr. Crabb (his first appearance here), Mrs. A Mellon, Miss E. Barnett. and Miss. M. Cooper. F 4 . MOSES and J'A'S INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to 2.5. I IIOY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. Cd. to 455. 3 - 1. 4 1 7 , ,1(.)5ES and SON beg to remind the public E • iiiA the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its tlx<v venture to s :y that th,nr prkes will compare favourably with those of any other a, :e In MuSES and SON'S OXFORD COATS, 17a. to 504, CAMBRIDGE CO_VIS, 10s. to 50a. KERTCH JACKETS, 15s. to 425. 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Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. IVIISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, THIS EVENING, Nov. 21.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANIC. 7 %4 R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of 'VARNEY, in tho new Drama, entitle•i AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Nov.2I.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. 1)HO BUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated VOICES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 21.—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, Nov. 21—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama : Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Benny Addison, Jeese Yokes, Kemp, J. Mortln, and Itosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 21—THRATRBILOYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSA.RT; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, lirittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS BYRN ING, Nov. 21.—THEATRE ROYAL DRITRY-LAME. AMY ROBSART; 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 flack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Airling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING, Nov. 21.- 111EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ZT. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Leasee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.—This livening at 7.45 great play, FERNANDR, Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Veen, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie nrough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 5.0. 3 It 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Toni Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Thwart At 7.45, FERNAND& At 10.20, CHRISTMAS EVE, by C. S. Cheltnman, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox. Dan Leeson, and Lionel Brough.—Box-office 11 to 6. No lees. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and hlanageress, Mrs. SWANBORMIGIL This Evening, at 7, ON AND OIFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, IL Button, and F. Ilugh . eg. The New Iltudy-Enrly-Esque, " TIIE IDLE 'PRENTICE. ' Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, 11. Bufton, Santley, Ike, Goodall, &c. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND._ Lessees— Messrs. H. 3. 3lontague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7, TWO ROSES (144th night), by James Albery. After which, at 9.30, ELIZABETII ; or, The Don, the Duck, the Drake, and the Invisible Armada. A grand, new, original, and profoundly historical Burlesque, by F. C. Bur nand, Esq. Conclude with CHISELLING. Supported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, David James. 11. Irving, George Honey, W. H. Stephens, and Thomas Thorne, &e. ; Mesdames Nelly Power, A. Newton, Iletty Tracy, It. Evelyn, T. Lavis, and Amy Fawsitt, &c. Doors open 6.30 ; commence at 7. MA DA. ME 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, Is.; Children under 10 years of age, Od. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. THE LATEST EDITION of THE SUN supplied as Soon as published, every Evening, by E WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District, 21, Delancey-street, Camden town, N W EMOSES-and SON supply every descriptio n of clothing, ready-made, or made to m easure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes ; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoed, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when buss ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock. Tho following are the only addresses of R. MOSES and SON :--- LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF lIART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAII-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD, Coulintir BEANcH. BRADFORD. YORKSHIRE. f I IIEATItIi ROYAL 1) It L; ; Y-1, Afi 14:4.—501e Lessee and Manager, Mr. Y. B. CHATTURTON.--This Theatre having 4cen re-decorated under the direction of Mr. C. J. Phipps, I.S.A. is now Open for the AIfTUM N ORA ATIC SBA SON, THIS EVENING. Nov. 21. Doors open at half-past Six, oommenoe at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Bowe from One to Your Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1876. r HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-NIGHT of a NEW AND ORIGINAL FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS \TRYING, at Seven. LODGINGS FOR SINOLIi GENTLEMEN ; after which, at Eight o'clock, a new and original Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Charactex;s by Mr. Buckatone, Messrs. Kendal, Everfil, Clark, Rogers, Braid, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. After which the new Comedietta, UNCLE'S WILL—Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Conclud ing with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Box °ice open daily from 10 till 5. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee, BENJAMIN WEBSTER. Managers, B. WEBSTER and F. B. eIIATTERTON.—LAST FIVE NIGHTS.—THIS EVENING, at 7.0, HANDY ANDY, supported by Messrs. Shia Barry, H. Crellin, Voltaire, Murray, Marshall, 11. Westland, Lilly, Miss Seymour, Mrs. Addie, and MiasJane Lovell. At 8.15, PEEP 0' DAY, by Edmund Falconer ; supported by Messrs. W. Rig,nold, 11. Crain'', A. Rayner, E. F. Edgar, S. Barry, Worboys, J. Murray, Voltaire, Marshall, Morris, H. Westland, Lilly, and J. Clayton ; Miss It. Leclereq, Mrs. It. Power, Miss Lennox Grey, Miss Le Thiere, and Mrs. Addie.—Box-oitice open from 10.0 till 5.0 NOTICE. - Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER will appear in his great impersonation of IN APOLEON THE FIRST in the Military Vaudeville of THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG, on SATURDAY NEXT, Nov. 26.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. PRINCESS'S• THEATRE.—Lessee, B. WEB STER. Managers, B. WEBSTER and F. B. CIIATTERTON. THIS EVENING at Seven, HANDY ANDY Messrs. Barry, Crellin, Murray, Mesdames Seymour, Lovell. And PEEP 0' DAY Messrs. Rignold, Rayner, Edgar, Crellin, Barry, Marshall, Voltaire, Mesdames P. Leclercq, L. Groy, R. Power. GLOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND.—Manageress, Miss ALLEYNE.—BOARD AND RESIDENCE at 7. Last Six Nights of MARCO SPADA, at 7.40. Grand Ballet Divertissement at 8.50, entitled THE THREE ROSES, or tho CHOSEN ONE, as danced for 250 consecutive Nights by Madame Colonna and Troupe. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW at 9.30. Great success of Miss Alleyne as "Katherine." " Petruchio," Mr. Fairclough. Concluding with the celebrated characteristic DANCE, by Madame Colonna and Troupe. The dresses designed and made under the direction of Miss Alleyne. The new Comedy entitled ECARTE will be pro duced on Saturday, November 26. rOIIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY j TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gi?es the teeth a poarl whiteness, protects the enamel from Oeecty, and imparts a ploaeant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. dd. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. treaties are " not made to be eternal." This is, ii possible, a still more extraordinary manner of consi dering the question than the way in which Mr. FitOUDE regards it, because it seems to imply that' any signitary to a treaty may violate its provisions with impunity according as interest or infatuation may incline him to do so. Allowing, for the sake of argument, that some revision in this treaty were rendered necessary by the pressure of circumstances, Russia has chosen neither a suitable time nor manner in which to prefer her request for a change to be effected, She has laid her self open to grave suspicions, and appeared' before Europe in the light of a scheming calculator, inten t on making the misfortunes of her allies the opportunity for her grasping ambition. It is sur prising that anyone should advocate so time-serving and short-sighted a policy for the Ministers of this great country to pursue as that of shrinking from the difficulties and dangers of a given position, it that position is one which public honour and political faith alike call upon them to take. It would be most mistaken con duct on their part to let Russia think that with any ally to back her up, any material advantages she may lay claim to, or any power she may possess, she can succeed in persuading our Government to yield to might against right, or let the name of England become a byword among nations. Thera is yet time to consult and consider as to what may be the best thing to do under the circumstances ; but one thing is certain, and needs no hesitation on the part of our statesmen to make it known, it will never do for us to draw back from our pledges at the instance of a haughty and arrogant Power, or to forsake those weaker allies who rely on our justice and judgment to make good the work we have undertaken and fulfil the promises we have made. Mr. MILL blames England for the continuance of the struggle between France and Germany, because he holds that we should have declared war against the first Power which invaded the territory of the other. Had we done so, we should have laid ourselves open to the charge of undue interference with the rights of other nations. Should we enter upon a war, we should neither desire increase of territory, as the Germans do, nor be animated by the spirit of boastfulness Iv hick was the prelude of French defeat, but we should at the cost of much that we value go forward to protect what we would have the world to understand, we value still more than men, money, commerce, or worldly goods, the maintenance of our national honour, and the respect that should be shown to those engage ments which are intimately connected with the interests and welfare of the nations of Europe. TOPICS OF THE DAY. ONE WAY OF FIGHTING. The prospects of peace may not perhaps be diminished by estimating the cost of a war. It is in the first place necessary to assume that Russia would have the co-operation, as soon as prac ticable, of Germany, in her defence against an assault by Austria, Turkey, and Eng land. All the information tends to confirm this presumption ; and the Prussians have not yet made known anything to the contrary. Moreover it is prima facie improbable that Russia would have embarked in such an enterprise without support. Suppose, then, that England declared war against Russia. The winter would prevent operations in the Baltic ; there is nothing to attack in the Black Sea ; an invasion of Russia in the midst of her severe season would be out of the question. It is not pro bable that Austria, even if successful, could get as far as Warsaw before the terrible weather of the Moscovite plains would put a stop to all further ope rations. Business must be suspended until the spring. By that tine France would be " finished," and the two great military Powers would be free to act against us, with probably the Alabama question in full swing to help them. It is difficult to imagine a more discouraging prospect. Such an enterprise might not end disastrously; but there is no.seeing at present how success is to be assured. Russia. Treaties are not made to be eternal; and before we go to war for the maintenance of one, we ought, he says, to at least consider whether the nation would enter into it afresh at the present day. MR. FROUDE ON THE CRISIS. Mr. Fronde reminds the public of the frightful character which a war with Russia would assume, and significantly points to the fact that the Alabama claims are unsettled. Privateers would doubtless he fitted out in American harbours, under the Russian flag, and the Government at Washington being unable to prevent it, war with kmerica would be the result. Mr. Froude does not defend Prince Gortschakoff's note. The manner of it, he confesses, is so stu diously offensive that it looks as if Russia had calcu lated the chances, and desired either publicly to humiliate us or to provoke a collision. Although this is his view, he holds at the same time that great nations have no right to appeal to the ordeal of battle for a fault of manner, and the ofllance as yet has proceeded no further. Is it too late, he asks to reconsider the entire atti tude which England has assumed towards Russia ? He was one of those who deplored the Crimean war as a mistake, if nothing worse. Russia and England, he observes, are the two great civilising Powers in the East. Both have an identical mission, namely to carry peace among races who are incapable of governing themselves. The overtures of the Emperor Nicholas to Sir Hamilton Seymour ought to have been met in a loss jealous spirit. Mr. Froude suggests whether even now it might not be possible to change front without any undue sacrifice of dignity. So far, the present war has been localised, and England has taken credit for having prevented its spreading. Surely then, he exclaims, we ought to hesitate before we give the signal, iu resentment at an affront to ourselves, for a struggle which will envelope the world and inflict an extent of misery on the entire human race, which the wildest imagination would probably under-estimate. LAST WEEK OF THE ENGAGEMENT OPERA COMIQUE, 290, ST RA N I).—Lessees, Messrs. 11. Leslie, C. Steele, and W. Norton.--Unqualifled admiration of this new and beautiful Theatre by all patrons. Mdlle. DEJAZET and the French Company. MONDAY, Nov. 21st, 1870, and every evening, commence with TIGRE DU DENGALE. Concluding with the celebrated Drama, by Victories Sardon, entitled MONSIEUR CARAT, in which Mdlle. DEJAZET will sustain the title role, created by her in Paris, supported by the Company, greatly augmented and strengthened. Prices, Is. to is. (Id. Free list suspended, except press. Commence at 8. In active preparation, mad will shortly be produced, an Operatic Burlesque, adapted expressly for this Theatre by the eminent author, W. 8. Gilbert, Esq. OPERA COMIQUE.—Grand Entranoo, DO, stzgAid. Messrs. 11. Digt,/Y., C. STEHLE, dud W. Nouala, Lessees. This, the most beautiful Thewtra iu London • is now q.cku o we lodged as THE fashionable house of the day tdlle. OLJAZET in French Plays Every Evening, supported by her Great French Company. Entire Change of Performance. Free List Sus pended, except Press. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. ,t GUA ANIARELLA restores the Human Hair to its oristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNE LI, and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. it is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, is. each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15a. each, includ ing brush. Ited Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.O. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE-A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKET Lodgings for Single Gentlemen. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. My Husband's Ghost. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliners' Holiday. Green Bushes. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle Prentice. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Great City and Peep o' Day. ST. JAMEWS---TO Oblige Benson. Fernando. Only a Halfpenny. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spade. The Secret. OLYMPIC—NeII and (Burlesque) Panl and Virginia, OPERA Coupwli -Le Peasant Les Premibres Armes de Richelieu, and Le Chapeau f)'un Horloger. GAIETY—The Happy Tillage. Zampa. Trombalcalzar. SADLERS \Vnw3.—Lady of Lyons. Farce. STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chapter o Accidents. AMPHIMIRITHE AND Oirtcus (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Ivory evening. PoLYTEmixio—Professor Pepper's Ghosts, Afternoon and Evening. CREMORNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &e. NEW . SURREY—FIag on the Battle Field. Link by Link. QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Othello. ROYALTY—WeaIth, and Stranger, Stranger than Ever. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. PAL.us ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machina. Siege of Paris. ALHAMBRA—Promenado Concert. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street)—From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. READINGS, &c., in Queen's Concert Rooms (large hall), HanoYer-square, W., on Tuesday, Nov. 22. ANOTHER WAY. There is another way (still presuming that Russia and Prussia are at one.) If the Allies opened hostilities by an attack upon the German armies in France, the winter, instead of being against them, would be in their favour. The same protection which secures Russia against an offensive movement would prevent her making, with any degree of rapidity, an offensive movement her self. Tho position of Von Moltke even now is so difficult that the appearance of an Anglo-Austrian army on the scene would necessitate an immediate retreat on the part of the Germans to avoid destruction. Such a simultaneous attack ought to command success. The spring campaign, then, would commence with the assistance of France, and with Germany considerably weakened. Assuredly the chances in this case would be better than in the former one. Indeed, the policy of relieving a great Power, which would be only too glad to give assistance as the price of relief, is so obvious as to need no enforcing. The cost of the war, therefore, is clear. The British Govern ment has to consider whether it is prepared to involve the entire Continent, almost the entire civi lised world, in an indefinite struggle, and it has like wise to calculate the probability of the complicated alliance necessary to British success being main tained. THE BLACK SEA. Whilst the tight of Russia to claim by legitimate means a revision of the Paris Treaty is generally admitted, it may be as well to recall the considera tions which induced the victorious Powers to insist upon the clauses respecting. the Black Sea. By forbidding the entry of armed vessels into the Sea the capture of Constantinople is rendered infinitely more difficult. If Russia could get at Turkey by sea, the Ottoman capital would be at the mercy of the stronger power. The Ottoman fleet is stronger now than it has ever been before, but even now it could not compete with a ghost of a chance against the Russian navy. If, Russia, however, be shut out from the Black Sea, and compelled to reach Constantinople by land, the case becomes dilThrent. The route is 600 miles from the Muscovite frontier, the country is difficult, and there is the Turkish army, perhaps supported by Austria, to be got over. Such are the considerations which had weight in 1856. Whether they should be deemed of such importance now is another question. MR. MILL ON TIIE Mr. J. S. Mill and Mr. Fronde have each addressed a letter to the Times on the subject of Prince Gorts ehakoff's Circular. Mr. Mill thinks, and he believes that he represents the opinion of a large section of his countrymen, that if England allows herself to be drawn into a war simply by the provo cation which has been roc Aired through the Russian declaration, it would be nothing less than monstrous. Had we, he maintains, at the outbreak of the present " hateful" war, proclaimed that whichever nation first invaded the territory of the other, should have Eng land also for its foe, we should in all human pro bability have prevented the war, and perhaps given commencement to a new era in the settlement of international differences. Not having done this, Mr. Mill thinks we have justly exposed ourselves to the recriminations of the suffering people of France and Germany. Those who cause England to plunge into a war, infinitely more dangerous to ourselves, will receive the execration of this people. The hon our of England, he declares, is not concerned either in the protection of Turkey, or in the humiliation of A. PETITION FOR PEACE. The aspects of the present time are certainly not favourable to the lovers of peace, and so Miss Josephine Butler has proved. Some time ago she set on foot a petition for peace and protest against war, to be signet by English women, and suc ceeded in obtaining eighteen thousand signatures. Her idea was to have a duplicate copy, and send the protest and petition to each of the combatants. A friend in Paris, who was personally acquainted with the members of the present Govern ment, assured her that either Jules Favre or Jules Simon would receive it favourably, but unluckily the siege has prevented the document from being forwarded to the French capital. The Prussian side of the question has been even less fortunate. Miss Butler was instructed by Count Bernstorlf as to the best means of forwarding the memorial to Berlin, and wrote to the Crown Princess of Prussia, asking her to accept for the Crown Prince the petition of 18,000 English women for peace. The Princess, through her secretary, expresses her admiration for the noble sentiments of the English women whose feelings are thus interpreted to her, but declares it impossible for her to receive any memorial expressive of a desire for the cessation of the war. THE RUSSIAN DIFFICULTY IN TIIB CITY. There is a talk among influential men in the City of London of inviting the Lord Mayor to call a meeting of citizens at the Mansion Rouse, to consider the Russian difficulty, and to demonstrate their wil lingness to support the Government in upholding the faith of Treaties. Public opinion in the City is re presented as very bellicose, and pronounced as to the course which England must pursue if Russia refuses to retract. The effect of Prince Gortachakoff's note was very speedily manifest in the City. In the arti cles imported from Russia, or likely to be turned to account in warfare, there has been an important rise. Saltpetre, Riga flax, and Russian tallow, have quickly reflected the political changes. One consequence of the crisis will, it is believed, be a great decline of Russian credit on the London Stock Exchange, where it has hitherto stood high in consequence of her reputation for good faith. THE DUKE OF AOSTA. An odd story is told respecting some of the earlier difficulties in the way of making the Duke of Aosta King of Spain. It will be remembered that the candidature of this prince was proposed once before —ere the unfortunate Hohenzollern selection was so much as thought of. King Victor Emmanuel was favourable to the project, but the Duke himself refused—terribly to the disgust of Prim, who thought all was settled. The Duke's refusal was the result of his wife's influence--The husband was devotedly attached to his spouse, and nobody could prevail upon the latter except her confessor. How, then, to influence the confessor was the pro blem. According to a correspondent of the Daily News, an able Piedmontese statesman was sent to tell the Pope that if the Duke ot Aosta did not get the throne, a Protestant prince would, that the wife of the Duke was a devoted servant of the Catholic Church, and that i lay in the power ot the wife to settle the matter. The Pope fell into the trap, and lost no time in sum moning the important confessor. The confessor easily persuaded the Duchess ; the Duchess as easily led her husband. Untortunately, just when the business seemed settled, the Menabrea Ministry fell, and the new one displayed such invin cible hostility to the project that it had to be abandoned for the time. Prince Leopold of Hohen zollern was tried and tailed. At length the occupa tion of Rome made the candidature of the Doke an affair of national policy, and the Italian Ministry were obliged to sanction it. THE IRISH AMBULANCE CORPS. Mach gratification no doubt will be expressed by the promoters of the Irish Ambulance Oorps when they learn that it has at last been of service in the field. Immediately after the late battle of Orleans 270 wounded Frenchmen, we learn, were placed under the immediate care of the Dublin Irish Ambulance. The corps had been thoroughly energetic in pushing on to a situation whore the duties of the medical staff would be most likely to be called into requisition. The maintenance of the doctors, attendants, and of the whole ambulance is well-provided for by weekly supplies of money and necessary articles sent from D üb lin vid Southampton. Doctors Maguire, Cremen, and Baxter are the chief surgeons of the ambulance, the greater portion of which is under the military super intendence of General Moeguart, of the Loire Army. WORKING MEN AND SCHOOL BOARDS. Dr. Holt Dunn and Mr. T. G. Brewer have, at the request of the working class population of Marylebone, come forward as candidates for the representation of that division at the London School Boards. These gentlemen consider that the School Boards are intended for the working classes exclu sively, and therefore their views and ideas ought principally to be consulted. It is essential, in the opinion of these two candidates, that work ing men should sit at the Board, or the Act will become a dead letter. The schools being supported by the rates of all, no religious teaching should be permitted that is not generally agreeable. Where, however, all the children of a district belong to one denomination, the religion of that denomina tion ought to he taught. The system of education should bo such as to combine the practical with the theoretical, and, in fine, the Board ought to be for the real benefit of the working men, and not for the benefit of lords, clergymen, and the upper classes. HOMES FOIL THE POOR. How to supply the poorer classes with comfortable, healthy, and cheap houses, is no longer a difficult HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Nov. 17. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Duchess of Itoxburghe, drove to the Glassalt Shiel. The Hon. Mrs. Ferguson of Pitfour left the Castle. Nov. 18. Her Majesty returned from the Glassalt The Mayor of Cork has invited all the mayors of Ireland to join him in waiting on the Lord-Lieutenant to seek the release of the political prisoners. The Keith Prize, value £3O, has been awarded by the Royal Scottish Society of Arts to Mr. James Macken zie, of the North British Railway, for his invention of an improved coupling for railway waggons. At Liverpool, out of 70 nominations for the School Board, only 15, the number required, now remain. The Board will consist of seven Churchmen, four Non conformists, and four Roman Catholics. The John Bull understands that as Mr. Voysoy's defence in the Chancery Court of York was pre pared by Mr. Fitzjames Stephen, so for that before the Privy Council he is indebted to Mr. Vernon Harcourt, and Mr. Charles Bowen of Rugby and Balliol. OACAOINE.—Cacoa nibs on the removal of the oil fall into powder, and this powder is cacaoine. Cadoine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cacdoine makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warn' drinks, and is the most de sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacloine, by reason of the ingenious method by which the oil is removed, pre serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared only by James Epps and Co., Ifomceopathic Chemists, 112, Great Rus sell-strect ; 170, Piccadilly • and 48, Threadneedle-street ; at their Works for Dietetic Preparations, Euston-road.—ADVT. tt LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1870. THE Eastern Question is now the chief topic of the day, and we may expect to meet on all sides with advice, exhortations, and suggestions as to the best mode of proceeding in this awkward affair. It is always rather an invidious task to afford counsel under such circumstances, and it cannot be said that either Mr. FROUDE or Mr. MILL have thrown any light on the subject, or made any useful comment, Mr. FROUDE remarks very justly that everyone has a right to say what he thinks is likely to arrest the frightful calamity of a war; but the question is whether ho goes the right way to work to do so. The strange thing is, that instead of explaining away :Prince GORTSCHAKOFVB Note, he admits the manner of it to be so " studiously offensive " that it looks as if Russia wished to provoke a contest or else pub licly to humiliate us. Yet, after all this, he declares that great nations must not not go to battle for a fault of manner. Tho chief argument he employs against the prosecution of a war is the probability of the United States siding with the Russians, and war with America being the imme diate consequence. Mr. FROUDE thinks that even now a change of front could be made without any undue sacrifice of dignity on our part, and that before we resent an affront to our ' selves we should consider the misery which such a war might inflict upon the human race. This is taking, however, a very false estimate of the case, because, according to this theory, it would be almost impossible to draw a line where con ' cession must end and action take place. Should Russia, in open defiance of justice and reason, violate the stipulations of Treaties in which she took part, England cannot possibly be held re sponsible for any consequences that may ensue from a war thus forced upon her. If she stand firm to principle, and insist on the maintenance of existing promises, she will have fulfilled her duty to her own people and to the nations of Europe which look to her for counsel and support in this dark hour of distress and perplexity. Mr. MILL declares that the honour of England is not concerned in the protection of Turkey and the humiliation of Russia, and that problem. The Improved Industrial Dwellings Com-1 piny, of which Sir Sydney Waterlow is the repre- • sentative, some years eight years ago, convinced that they could construct substantial and commodious houses for the poor at a comparatively small rental, and yet receive a satisfactory return upon their out lay, initiated a movement which has resulted in the erection of more than 1,000 dwellings. The company have invested £200,000, and they re ceive a regular dividend of 5 per cent on the capital. A block of large buildings has just been opened by the Duke of Cambridge, containing 175 separate apartments, all well adapted for the domestic re quirements of the working classes. So popular are these buildings that all the apartments have already been let. The sanitary arrangements are excellent, and the apartments are so constructed that the tenants enjoy all the advantages of residential sepa ration with the additional conveniences of a large building. The only part of the block used in common is the drying and recreation ground. It iahighly probable that the system of building flats and blocks will become much more extensive after the success which has attended the enterprise of the Improved Industrial Dwellings' Company. SPREAD OF SCARLET FEVER. Dr. LankeAer has just held an inquest at Kensington which throws some light on the means by which scarlet fever is spread. A child three years old was suffering from illness, and on the mother taking it to the Union she was refused admission on the ground that it bad scarlet fever. Being advise I to take it to the Fever Hospital at Islington, she employed a cab for the purpose, but the child died on the road. It appeared from the evidence that the fever was one of a very malignant kind. In the course of the inquest a letter was read which had been addressed to the relieving officer asking what course the parish should adopt to check the spread of the disease, there being six or seven cases in the same street where the child had lived. In the case referred to there was great danger of disseminating the disease by means of the cab which had been employed to convoy the child to Islington. Besides this, much ignorance prevailed with respect to the symptoms and treat ment of the fever at the time of its first appearance. Dr. Lankester has shown on several occasions that serious consequences may follow from the supposition that scarlatina and. scarlet fever are different diseases. He states it cannot be too extensively known that they are one and the same disease, and that the mildest Cases may communicate the most destructive forms of the malady. A. CASE FOIL TILE VICTORIA CROSS. On the 11th of this month a remarkable and characteristic event was celebrated by the 54th West Norfolk Regiment at the Curragh Camp. The day was the anniversary of a terrible fire on board the Sarah Sands, as the vessel with this regiment and many women and children were outward bound for India. In the midst of the ocean a cry of fire was raised, the chronicle of the disaster informs us, but it was some little time before everyone on board knew the extent of the peril to which they were exposed, the danger being enhanced tenfold by the fact that there was a large quantity of ammunition in the hold of the ship. The account of the manner in which some of the bravo and hardy soldiers of the 54th acted, when sud denly the crowd of human souls huddled together at one end of the chip were told by the officers that there was no hope for the vessel, and that every man should decide the manner in which the few boats on board should be stored reflects most creditably upon the regiment. Carefully but rapidly these men lifted all the women and children into the ship's boats, and having pushed the latter away from the apparently doomed Sarah Sands, they began to volunteer for the task of entering the hold and flinging out the ammunition barrels into the waves. The deed was successfully accomplished ; but never was there greater appearance of a forlorn hope never wore the courage and disci pline of British soldiers more terribly brought to task. Dismasted and burnt to the waters edge, the Sarah Sands, with her living freight all well, ultimately reached the Mauritius. A. parallel act of heroism is recorded in connection with the sinking of the troopship Birkenhead. But in that instance, hardly had the women and children been safely lowered into the boats, when the vessel went down with all the men yet aboard into the deep. A claim is now being raised on behalf of the still living members of the 54th Regiment who throw out the powder from the Sarah Sands, and few will deny the legitimacy of these fellows receiving what is asked for them—the Victoria Cross. ROMAN PROSPECTS. Correspondence in Rome gives but a gloomy picture of the state of affairs in the city. The distress is very groat, and the Papal party are ex tremely disheartened. They anticipate the speedy departure of the Pope from Rome, and look upon the Republic as a certainty. Their great apprehen sion, however, one which is shared by all lovers of order, is that the reign of King Mob will supersede Pope, King, and Republic alike. Meanwhile great preparations are being made for the reception of Victor Emmanuel at the Quirinal.. The royal entry will be made as effective as possible. He will be accompanied by Prince Humbert, the Ministers, and the Florentine Corps Diplomatique, the Foreign representatives at Rome having received orders to take no part in the reception. The Ger man Powers have offered the Pope a refuge at Salz burg, Moran, or Innspruck, and the French Govern ment has placed a palace at Ajaccio at his orders in case he decides on leaving Rome, as it now seems likely he will. It has been decided that Cardinal Antonelli will represent the Pope should a European Congress be held after peace is concluded. The Holy See has been pressed to support the Bonapar tist restoration, but is not the least inclined to do so. The restoration of the older branch of the Bourbons, with sueee*sien to the Count of Paris, is the plan whioh will be most favourably received in Rome. wow - Cfril it s • - t 'TIE EDUCATION ACT, Among the meetings held on Friday night in connee' . tion with the Metropolitan School Board election was on e at Greenwich in support of the candidature of MissEmilY Davies. Mr. Mill, in a letter which was read, wrote = consider the election of ladies to seats on the Schooll3eard essential to the satisfactory working of the Eda cti. tion Act. Without it the education of girls gill certainly be neglected ; yet, if the education of either i 5 to be neglected, the neglect of that of boys would ha ve less serisus consequences in the future ; this is so Plai n that I think we are bound to make all other considers' tions, even differences in religious opinion, give way to this one ; especially as the short-sighted egotism of mes has caused them to thrust themselves forward i 9 such numbers as candidates in most places' as to make the candidature of ladies almost hopeless." Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., addressed t he meeting, and said it would be a perfect farce to elect 3 board to carry out the Elementary Education Act unless they could succeed in putting some women upon it. D i Philadelphia there were no lees than 1,500 persons e . 1 1 1: gaged in education, of whom Only fifty were of the raa sex. As an evidence that Miss Davies was liarly qualified for a seat on the Board, "2:: Hughes stated that she was principally ins mental in opening the Oxford and Cambridge lect examination to girls, and in the establishment of tue, ‘ college for girls at Hitchin. Dr. Elizabeth Garrett, short speech, added her testimony to Miss Emily DavV s ; peculiar qualifications for a seat at the board. Al l Davies spoke briefly, and said she should be in favour ee using the compulsory powers of the Act, but so as to ca ns h the smallest possible amount of interference 1 ,7 , 1 4 1 the habits of the people. As to religious education, Davies said she had had a great deal to do with practic" schoolmistresses, and they told her that they found it e Pos sible to give the religious education which was wa nt , without hurting the feelins of anybody. A resC,. lution in support of Miss ' Davies's candidature y' l f . carried unanimously. At St. James's meeting, stated to have been " almost entirely ° la ; posed of the upper and middle classes," was held, ila de t the presidency of Dr. Brewer, M.P., to hear a statemeo of the opinions of Mr. George Potter, one of the callal . dates for the Westminster district, and a resolution in 111 ,1 favour was unanimously adopted. Many of the return!li. officers have already issued notices appointing the place' at which the polling is to take place on the 29th. At Birmingham a large meeting of Nonconformists held in the Town-hall, in support' of the fifteen candidate - recommended by the Liberal Association for the 130. mingham School Board. On the motion of the Rev. I L W. Holland, seconded by Mr. R. W. Dale, resolution was passed declaring it to be contrary the spirit of Christianity and the principles of religia u freedom to provide for the propagadon of religieto truth by forced contributions levied on the whole 01 13 ; munity, and protesting against applying a rate mad° e'" the purpose of education to the maintenance of a sy st of sectarian religious teaching. There are in all thirty' one candidates for the fifteen seats.—At Nottingh°, sixty-three candidates have been nominated, and contest is expected to be a severe one. Among these nominated are several Church clergymen, Dissenting ministers, ministers, and working men. Active steps are being at Leicester towards the formation of a School'Boartu To-day (Monday) a conference is to be held of the rep' s ' sentatives of the principal trades in the town, for the Put pose of considering the best means of securing the regr e ; sentation of their order on the Board. On Tuesday morning a special meeting of the Town Council will '— held, to consider a memorial presented by the local com mittee of the Education League, praying for powers establish a School Board for that town. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE sTAGV. Another London halfpenny daily paper will probabli be published next week.—Court Journal. A new drama, entitled " Jezabel," by Mr. Dion Bouci" cault, will be the next novelty at the Holborn Theatre. Miss Neilson, who plays Amy Robsart at Drury-10e, it is said is paid .£5O a week. A new comedy, written by Lord Newry, is in preps: iv tion at the Globe Theatre. The Athenceum says :--The Introductory Lectures ( I °' livered by the Professors of Glasgow University, on n e : casion of the opening of the buildings of the new lin e versity last week, are to be published in a small volulne by Messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons.—Mr. Tom Arnold' 4 edition of some of Wycliffe's Homilies and Prose Worn in three volumes, is nearly completed.—lt is proposed, I I a small sum of money can be raised, to erect a memori window to Moore in Bromham Church, under the shaß li of whose walls his remains, with those of his wife, no rest.—ln the American newspapers Dicken's " Life of Our Saviour" was announced as in the press. Expect' tion has, however, been cut short short by a communiery tion from England that " it was the author's most positivB, and absolute injunction that the manuscript sh oal n never be published ; and therefore it will 1 0° be seen by any one outside his home c i r cle." -- ; Mdlle. Sessi is announced to appear next week at COO P Garden Theatre, the attraction of the now French singe r ' Mdlle. Mon-Duval, not s having been found sufficient."' Mdlle. Tietjens, Madame Patsy, M. Nordblom and gent Stockhausen will sing the four chief characters in Mr. t; H. Cowen's forthcoming cantanta, "The Rose-Maide n. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews have terminated their engagement at Sydney, which throughout has been 0 1 cessful. For the benefit of Mrs. Mathews, portions " London Assurance," and "The School for Scan dal ' were given, with " The Golden Fleece," and "Who 1 011 7 A Cock Robin ?"—The private view of the Winter PL`; it ''' bition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours sv w take place on Saturday, the 26th inst. The Gallery of the Society will be opened to the public on the following Bien. day. AN EXPRESS TRAIN IN COLLISION. The Great Northern express train which left Lond°° on Thursday night at ten minutes past nine, 'wi le! between Ardsley and Wakefield, about two o'cloc k Friday morning, ran into a number of luggage It i t , li t ; which had become detached from a train in advance. 3va first van of the express train was smashed to pieces, 511 1. some persons in an adjoining carriage, who were traveof ling to Leeds and Bradford, were much shaken. Four. the luggage vans were smashed, and the express 04 1° was greatly damaged. THE MARQUIS or LoaNE.—An admirable 0 3 life-like portrait of the young husband that is to be o f 0° Princess Louise has just been produced in the form o f f really charming carte de visite, by Mr. John Watkins, t)., Parliament-street, Westminster. So far as photogr a P ll/ can do justice to the handsome young Marquis , it 111°0 certainly done so in this instance ; added to which, t li s o particular " carte " we are here referring to is, among 3 those that have yet been published of Lord Lorne, far ° away, the most of a resemblance. BIRICBeCK LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC TION.—The annual distribution of prizes and certificoto to the successful students will take place on Wednes day evening next, at eight o'clock, when the Right Hon. 1,0 E. Forster, M.P., will preside. The Right Hon. or Lord Mayor, several members of Parliament, and otll° friends of education will take part in the proceedings. sa MAIL STEADIERS TO AMERICA.—A. company proposed to be formed to purchase steamships to earl out a fortnightly service between New York 0 : Antwerp, calling at one port in the Channel, and Darl a mouth has been selected as the port of call. A valufw-s subsidy from the Belgian Government is secured ; b ut this early stage of the proceedings it would be impel:Pi to give details. An influential meeting will probably held in the neighbourhood in the course of a fe b' days, with the view of promoting a scheme of so Ml le ; importance, not only to Dartmouth, but the neighb°'' hood.—Dartmouth Chronicle. THE REV. JAMES DAVIS.—In a letter from PIO: dolphin the writer says :—" The Rev. James Davis, 00 ' of the secretaries of the English branch of the 1%v!...11' gelical Alliance, who has been for some time in Amori l whither he came as a delegate to the proposed meeting the Alliance in New York, sailed for Liverpool Octob' 29. The evening before his departure he 'I, given a farewell reception in New York, at vA uc n i a large number of the friends of the Alliance, both - Europe and of America, attended. The Hon. Willi%/r, E. Dodge expressed to Mr. Davis and his associates t,,, kindly and Christian sentiments of the Americans t"3 wards the English, and in the name of the Alliance will be him a prosperous voyage. On the previous Sunal c i October 23rd, farewell services with Mr. Davis were lieo in the presence of a large congregation at St. M il Church, Brooklyn." el' A ME RICAN NOTES.—A correspondent at Pulia phia writes :—The yacht Cambria sailed from New V pt for the West Indies on the 28th of October. American visit, while not a successful ono in win ni races, has procured for her owner a succession of ovatioo°; and has done a great deal to cultivate a good fe°llllo. between England and America and to late American yachting enterp rise. The scab Periere, from New York on the 29th of Oct°b(e:io for Havre. carried out for the French 85, o f stand of arms, 6,500,000 cartridges, and a quantitl_r4 other military stores, the cargo bein g v a l ued at $800,1)% The steamer Ontario, cha r t ered b y the Germans, iNorthW ing a similar cargo ; whil e ever y week one or two t G er man steamers sail with military stores for Borneo c ' t Hamburg. Two or thre e meetin g s wer e hel d in differe :f parts of the country last week to express sympathy the French Republic. SE( LAT RLPU There here, 5( took part Phry g i aT proceede speeches die for t crowd. should (1 , front bor The i] the trool Places wl tiers will An off anneune4 Chatillm Garibald Was eith( The P Liesse. Generi conainanc appointe at Never The al It is bi at presen NvithdraN the Gen The si excellent the cold been an continue: the marl: cesa of w ThouB tions foi B afely br conamenc returned has left his journ Yestei with the sons tONI his cows the Arm Part in I to turn t operate c St. Germ Valerien north fr to Chate West to by the I and 12th and the been gat from the An e near Te and the l uld wel French was kill Th e kornin l the din A rui .uro c h u Gonessi The Th ey h kttack e I tined c°lnpel New, instant Landel With 1( M Lt bind ( titty. c ou Cei ve kot "We rE dated Pest er , taut-c guard wa s 6 los s w The recent says tioned left at La( MO VIC GER AIR THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT r O'CLOCK, with SOME lIOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.