The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-20 00:00:00

MADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view Portrait 31odelii of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admissfon Is.: children under ten years of age, 6d, gxtrg rooms, 6d. extra.— Open ir9m 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. IP MOSES and SON'S Li • INT INTER OVERCOATS, 10s, to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public E • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality. and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourably with those of any other no ise in .migland. _ l2J "L'i MUSES and SON'S • OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, I t 98. to 50s. KERTOH JA.OKETS, 15s. 1,3 425. SUTHERLAND JkOKETS, 19s. 6d. to 60s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to GOs. EMOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system . of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with the guarantee of a faultless fit. 1 MOSES and SON'S F ROCK CO .TS, 245. to 08s. - DRESS COATS, 25a. to 60s. ivi ORNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 283. to £5. -EMOSES and SON invite special attention • to their large stock of GEN TLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at ids. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. E MOSES and SON'S BOYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, Os. 6d, to 40e. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BRiGHTON SUITS, ISs, to 488. D RESS SUITS, 255. to G3s. OPERA COMIQUE.—FOUND DROWNED, or OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. Supported by Messrs. S. Emery, John Nelson, W. M'lntyre, Charles Warner (by permis sion of W. H. Liston, Esq.), Edwin Stanley, and Granville Pettifer ; Mesdames Ernstone, Patti Josephs, Holston, Manders, Tilly Earl, and Miss Rose Lisle. . EGYPTIAN HALL, PIOOADILLY Commencing MONDAY, November 28, Every day at 2.80 and 8 p.m. POOLE and YOUNG, the Proprietors and Exhibitors 01 the Overland Mail, by Telbin and Grieve, Albert Smith's Egyptian Hall Panoramas, beg to announce a new subjett— THE PRESENT WAR (Between the French anA Prussians. Each Picture on 500 square feet of canvas, and painted by England's greatest scenic artists. THE NATIONAL MUSIC. THE FINEST QUARTETTE IN EUROPE. POOLE AND YOUNG, THE EGYPTIAN HALL ONLY. /ME WAR.—POOLE AND YOYNG'S PANORAMA, EGYPTIAN LULL Prices to Poole and Young's Panorama of the War, he., 25., is. MADAME '1 USSAMYS EXHIBITION, Baker street.--On view Portrait Dlodels of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, 85c. &c.— Admission, is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. - MOSES-and SON supply every description of 'J.fi clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, andiall classes; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marksd 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 c!ON'q Estabhshments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturdap-evening at sunset, when busi ess la : resumed until Pleven! o'clock. T.aofollowing are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. 0 )RNER of XINORIES and' ALDGATE. JIM OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. 0 JRNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD, COIINTRg BRANCH. RADFORD. YORKSHIRE. THE DRAGON OF, WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin Old Mother Shipton, will be produced on MOIS DAY, December 2f, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 26. Places can be secured from the first until the last date. HORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY therefore, to prevent disappointment, an early application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. IVIORNING PERFORMANCES of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre ;—First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.— THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY -LA NE.—ln reply to numerous inquiries, the Lessee begs to state most decisively that no proposition whatever can be entertained with regard to the introduction of ADVERTISING SCENES in the forthcoming Pantomime. Those who desire to avail themselves of the Drury-Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual for the purposes of publicity are respectfully informed that Advertisements can only be allowed to appear in the Book of the Pantomime, pub lished and sold in the Theatre, and for the employment of the limited number of pages which will be set apart for this pur pose, immediate application must be made by letter to Mr. Guiver, Treasurer. THEATRE ROYAL, ELAYMARKET.—Twenty seventh Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. IRIS EVENING (Tuesday) and during the week, including Satur day (Christmas Eve) at Seven, the NI OLF AND THE LAMB. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Gordon, Madame E. FitzwilThm ; after which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALA,: E OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckatone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Rogers, Braid, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. A.ter which UNCLE'S WILL— Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. ConPluding with FAMILY JARS. Box office open daily from 10 till 5. R 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames 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. A.UDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees-- Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7 CHISELLING, Mr. David James; after which TWO ROSES (171st night), by James Albery. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, David James. and T. Thorne, dr,c. ; Mesdames AmyFawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, drc. - 4 T. JA. ME S'S THEA T R E.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD. LAST WEEK 0 FERNANDE. This Evening at 7.45 great play, FERNANDE, Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie 6rough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Everard. At 7.45, FERNANDE. At 10.30, CHRISTMAS EVII, by C. S. Cheltnman, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Dan Leeson, and Lionel Brough. On Boxing Night the Great Burlesque, BOM tTASTES YURIOSO.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees. OPERA. COMIQUE, 299, Strand.—Lessees H. Leslie, C. Steele, W. No:ton.—This most beautiful Theatre in London will re-open for the English Dramatic Season on Monday, December 26, at popular prices, from 6d. to 7s. 6d. OPERA. COMIQUE.-Mr. G. F. ROWE will make his re-appearance in London in a new and striking Drama, founded on Charles Dickens's celebrated novel "Our Mutual Friend." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1870. Question.' It revives that interminable question as to the claims advanced in regard to the Alabama. Then come references to Canadian fisheries, American commerce, transfer of bureaus, specie payments, revenue reforms, army reductions, railroad subsidies, patents, pensions, census, Indian affairs, and civil service promotions. Elsewhere we give a careful synopsis of the salient points in the Message, the flexible adaptability of which is like the of the elephant's trunk, now essaying to pick up a pin in the way of economy, now endeavouring to rend an oak in the shape of some great international grievance or cause of contention. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Secretary to the Board of Trade. Sir. Denis Le Marchant's office will be now filled by Sir T. Erskine May, a gentleman who is said to be not inferior to his late chief in efficiency and ability. Mr. Palgrave, the youngest officer of the Lower House will be elevated into Sir T. Erskine May's position. Apropos of the House of Commons, we believe it is correct to say that the Speaker, whose health, it was feared, some months since, would pre vent him again sitting in his official chair, has become so well that he is willing to undergo the fatigues of another session. RAILWAY COLLISIONS. Collisions on our railway lines have been, unfortu nately, very frequent during the last week or two. Saturday, the 17th, was peculiarly unlucky in the number and severity of these disasters. The colli sion at Little Hey, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line, resulted . in the death of one man and the serious injury of several persons. Another collision occurred on the same line at Ashton, where some trucks could not be removed in time to clear the express to Leeds. Happily the passengers escaped with a severe shaking. At Wigan the explosion of a fog signal caused the driver to check his engine just as he was leaving the station, but he was not in time to avoid running against a coal train. ,Luckily the only serious damage done was to the butler of the engine. An inquest was opened on Saturday, at Ardsley, on the bodies of the victims to the Barnsley collision. • George Gregory, coal miner, who was one of those injured, died on Saturday, and two or three of the other sufferers are not expected to recover. It was stated at the inquest that there was no telegraphic communication from Ardsley to any other station, and the nearest signal station is about eight hundred yards distant. Had the Barnsley train been punctual, it would have been two miles nearer Sheffield when the accident happened. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. professor Pepper " ON THE WAR, AND TILE DESTRUCTIVE IMPLE MENTS USED THEREAT," 'daily at quarter to 3 and 'quarter to 8, with Elaborate Pictorial Illustrations, which have been sup plied by the War Correspondents of the Polytechnic, &c. Mr. Sachet Champion will sing the German, French, and English Patriotic flOngs.—The Explanation of the Ghost as usual.—THE PRAEGER FAMILY give their CONCERTS daily at quarter past 4 and quarter pest a—GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR CHRIST MAS ENTERTAINMENTS. PHE WOOD-STREET WAREHOUSE COM PANY (Limited), Late Hugh Jones and Company.—incor porated under the Companies' Acts, 1862 and 1867.—Capital £300,000, in 60,000 shares of £6 each, of which £1 per share is to be paid on application, and £2 on allotment. No further call will be made without three months' notiee of such intention. Two-thirds of the capital has been already applied for. DIIIECTORS. Hugh Jones, Esq., Wood-street. C. M. Yglesias, Esq. (Messrs. J. It. Yglesias and Co.). George Buck, Esq. (Messrs. Hardy and Buck). William Whitworth Limbert, Esq., Milton-on-Thames. James John Frost, Esq. , WarringtonLodge, Streatham-common. Arthur Wellesley Healy, Esq., The Hollies, Clapham. - The National Bank of Scotland, London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Crosley and Burn, 24, Birchin-lane. AUDITORS, Messrs. Good and Daniels, Public Accountants, 7, Poultry, BROKERS. Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street. OFFICES. 100, Wood-street, Cheapside. SECRETARY ( PRO TEM.). Mr. H. J. estrup. PROSPECTUS. This company has been incorporated for the purpose of pur chasing the extensive and well-known business of Mr. Hugh Jones, Warehouseman, as carried on by him since the year 1860, in Wood-street, Cheapside, under the firm of " Hugh Jones and Company." The character of the undertaking, and its prospects as an in vestment, may be estimated by the circumstance that the greater portion of the fortune of which Mr. Hugh Jones is possessed has been realised by him out of the profits of this business, which is now in full activity, and capable of still further de velopment. The terms of purchase for the whole of the freehold and lease hold premises, being Nos. 100 to 110, in Wood-street, the stock in-trade, business, and good-will, details of which terms are fully set out in in the contract for purchase filed with the memoran dum and articles of association, involve an aggregate payment of £171,080, subject to any difference in the value of the stock on the day of taking possession. _ . Mr. Hugh Jones subscribes for 20,000 shares (being the maxi mum amount allowed by the rules of the Stock Exchange), in volving a present payment by him to the company of a per share, or £60,000 ; and with a view to the provision of an ample working fund, aud at the same time to obviate the necessity of calls, Mr. Hugh Jones has agreed to lend the company a further sum of £70;000, 5 per cent. interest, for a period of three years. A portion of the unsubscribed capital has been reserved for the customers of the house, who number about five thousand, and the residue is offered to the public. The shareholders may reasonably anticipate a minimum divi dend upon the capital invested of 10 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of greater or lesser amount, according to the state of trade. Mr. Hugh Jones has consented to act as managing director of the company, and the services of the whole of the staff of tra vellers, managers, and clerks (many of whom have been in the establishment from the commencement of the business) may be retained. Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and of the Contract for Purchase, can be seen at the Offices of the Company, Brokers, and Solicitors. Applications for shares must be accompanied by a deposit of £1 per share on the number of shares required, Prospectuses and forms of application may be had at the Offices of the Company, and of the National Bank of Scotland, 37, Nicholas-lane, E.C.; Messrs. Crosley and Burn, 24, Birchin lane, E.C.; Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street, 8.C.; and Messrs. Good and Daniels, 7, Poultry, E.C. rOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY e.l TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from eecny, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. dd. Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames.street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AQUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ing brash. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.O. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Romeo and Juliet. Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils. VAUDEvlLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. ST. JAmEs's—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Christ mas Eve. OLYMPlA—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. • GAIETY—Happy Village. Fra Diavolo. Trombalcalzar. QuEEN's--Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Richelieu. Day after the Wedding. STANDARD —The Wife's Tragedy. Ballet. Vicar of Wakefield. HoLsonN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jezabel. PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locked In. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After - noon and Evening. EGYPTIAN HALL---Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. Mk : 4.1 r, el, It =7, 7 - LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1870. A PRESIDENT'S Message is unlike a Speech from the Throne, both in the manner of it and in its dimensions. Instead of running off in a dozen para graphs, consisting most of them of a single sentence, it extends to twice as many closely-printed pages octavo. Instead of being read glibly in ten minutes, it requires a good stiff hour and a-half's earnest consideration. It is comprehensive in its character and searching in its scrutiny. It treats, of course, de omnibus rebus, but, like the one proverbial phrase, requires also that there should be added to its syllabus et quibus duns aliis. Even a Soldier-President, like ULYSSES GRANT, accustomed to be as laconic AS the Roman Centurion in the Gospel, saying, " Do this," or "Go there;" uttering short, sharp, trenchant, incisive words of command, when he gets pen in hand, according to annual custom, for the composi tion of his Message, - finds the document grow under the goose-quill, in spite of all his professional efforts to ensure its compression or conden sation. General TROCRU, in the same way, instead of contenting himself with an epigramatic order of the day, or proclamation to the Parisians, writes, it is objected against him, despatches as long winded, and as highly elaborated, as though they emanated from a lawyer and publicist like GAMBETTA. Returning to the American President's Message, how ever, it must surely be acknowledged for onee-'-even by those accustomed like ourselves to the starveling utterances of a Speech from the Throne, concocted by the Ministers, and delivered in the House of Lords either by the SOVEREIGN or by the LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR—that if ever a President of the United States bad excuse for exceeding the ordinary limits iu a document of this kind, General GRANT has now at the close of this annus mirabilis. Remembering the portentous magnitude of the events he bad here summarily to take into consideration, and re membering also that 'a President's Message must in a great measute be exhaustive in ill; character, it must be said at once that the message signed U. S. GRANT, and dated on the lith of December, 1870, from the Executive Mansion, at Washington, lengthy as it is compared with a Speech from the Throne, is brevity itself; when compared with other messages composed .at epochs in no re spect whatever of similar importance. The compre hensiveness of this message is appreciable at a glance upon the mere enumeration of the varied themes to which it has reference. It comments i❑ rapid succession upon the Protection of Foreigners in France, upon the Recognition of the French Republic, upon the maintenance of the Non intervention Policy, upon•the Cuban war, upon the Spanish and American Claims Commission, upon the South American Peace Conference, upon the San DomingO Trotty, upon the Extradition Treaties, upon the Venezuelan atims, upon the Tien-Tsin Massacre upon the Ratifi;ation of the Treaties with Great Britain, and upon the N orthern Boundary THE CAMPAIGN ON THE LOIRE. General Chanzy has fought so obstinately in re treating from Orleans that Prince Frederick Charles has found it needful to send two out of his own three corps to assist the Duke of Mecklenburg, who is opposed to Chanzy. Thus, only the Ninth Corps, credibly reported to be not more than 15,000 or 16,000 strong, is left on the Loire above Orleans, or between that river and the Cher, to observe the First Loire Army of the French under Bourbaki. Even with the aid of the decimated Bavarians, who have been sent back to Orleans, the Germans in this quarter cannot at present muster more than 22,000 or 23,000 men. Bourbaki must have at least 80,000 opposed to this latter army. Such an arrange ment of the forces suggests the idea that Chanzy may have been doing all this hard fighting in order to draw off the bulk of the Germans in his direction, thus leaving Bourbaki free to rush at the 22,000 Germans with at least four times their number. But what sort of troops has Bourbaki under his charge ? We know little of them, but what we do knew points to the conclusion that they are much more disorganised and demoralised than Chanzy's force, and therefore incapable of movements requiring great rapidity and vigour. • CONDITION OF THE GERMAN FORCES. Herr Wachenhusen, of the Cologne Gazette, draws out a regular plan for the future conduct of the Gar man armies. He says it is extremely unlikely that Prince Frederick Charles will push further south. His object is to cover Paris, and so long as that end is attained there is nothing to be had by dangerously breaking his communication by advancing into the country. Lyons may be besieged, but with that exception the position of the Loire and Cher will be held until Paris has fallen. It is seldom that trust can be placed in campaign projects published in the German papers. They are often a mere blind; but in this case there are reasons why the speculations should prove correct. The siege of Paris and the occupation of the enormous country in the hands of the Germans is quite as much as their armies can manage. The communications, sieges, &c., require so many men for their protection that the field armies are now as weak as they well can be. The season is bad, and the losses through fatigue, cold, and disease enormous. If Paris fell, the victors would, of course, take a wider range. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Presse of Vienna says that the Czar's Govern ment and the Porte have come to an understanding about the Black Sea question, Turkey being quite willing to repeal the clauses of the Paris Treaty affecting the Black Sea. The same intelligence, from other sources, has already appeared in these columns, and there can now be very little doubt of the fact. The Vienna Presse seems to argue that this independent action of Turkey shows a disposition on her part to take care of herself, and that the Powers will in future be relieved of all anxiety respecting the Otto man Empire or the Treaty of Paris. It may be so, and, in the opinion of many people, a cood thing too. If the Porte could always have settled matters of its own accord with Russia, an immense amount of trouble and difficulty would have been saved, nor does it appear that the world would have been any the worse. THE BONAPARTIST INTRIGUES. We have already noticed the protests against the scheme of a Bonapartist restoration which have been published, numerously signed by French cap tive officers, in the Independance Beige. They con tinue to appear day by day. The latest published contains a remarkable statement to the effect that not only is the Imperialist propaganda carried out by means of gratuitously distributing a journal, but by personal canvassing. A Frenchman, hand somely dressed, and profusely decorated, has been seen in Bonn of late passing freely about. Who he is the officers have not been able to determine ; but they ha's , e reason to think that he has a peculiar mission. Re is not a prisoner. Yet he goes where he lists, in a country where every Frenchman not a prisoner of war is regarded as a spy. He must there fore have a special permission. The officers who sign this memorial are not likely to be guilty of wild speculation, for they include one colonel, three lieutenant-colonels, five heads of battalions or squad rons, three captains, and three lieutenants. In the same number there is another protest signed by about 150 officers. AGGLOMERATION. Switzerland is getting decidedly uneasy at the very pronounced tendency of small states to "ag glomerate," as the Emperor Napoleon phrased it three or four years ago, to large ones. Unfortunately the feature of recent agglomerations is that the consent of the small states is not asked. It is not a " tendency" on their part, but a necessity. In view of this remarkable condition attaching to agglom meration, the Swiss Federal Council has openly declared, in an address to the Swiss Chambers, that the'se projects of annexation must in many respects prove injurious to Switzerland. There is a popular apprehension in the little State that the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine will lead, sooner or later, to designs upon the German portion of the Helvetic Republic. The Federal Council combats this impression, but nevertheless thinks it proper to record it. Altogether, the address, though exceeedingly cautious and guarded, is a plain rebuke to Germany for her outrageous violations of public law. The Radical party in Switzerland had formed the design of questioning the Government on its policy, which it thought leant rather too much to the German side. After this address the intention has been abandoned. LORD LAWRENCE. It is gratifying to see that no difference of opinion seems to exist as to the wisdom of electing Lord Lawrence to the chairmanship of the London School Board. One contemporary compares the ex- Governor of India to an Indian elephant, and says that as the Indian elephant can move a ton weight or pick up a pin with equal facility, so it believes that the powers which had ably ruled over a mighty empire may adapt themselves to the neces sities of a street Arab, and the education •of a cast away child. In the 7inzes we are reminded that one of Lord Lawrence's latest acts in India was to originate a great plan for the education of a populous province. This fact lends additional as surance to the supposition that Lord Lawrence wiil enter upon a similar work with vigour and determi nation. THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE. OF COMMONS. The clerkship of the House of Conimons has just been rendered vacant by the retirement of Sir Denis Le Marchant, who has now reached the age of seventy years, the greater part of which have been spent in the service of the government. Sir Denis began political life as private secretary to Lord Brougham. Subsequently he entered Parliament and became Secretary to the Treasury, then Under,- Secretary to the Hume Department, and Permituent THE " EDINBURGH GAZETTE." Scotland, we are glad to learn, is in future to have an official Gazette of its own published in Edinburgh twice a week. At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at Edinburgh on Friday, a letter was read from Mr. Miller, M.P., stating that the Government had resolved that this should be the case. As London and Dublin rejoice in official Gazettes, as every K. 0.8. and insolvent in each capital well knows, it is surprising that the chief city 'of Scotland should so long have been denied the advantages of such a paper. The insolvent Scots, in particular, must have bewailed the lack of a Gazette. °HYMENS AND DRUGGISTS. The appendix to the Privy Council Health Report has some interesting particulars on the examination of chymists and druggists. It is essential that per sons employed in the dispensing of dangerous drugs should have an accurate knowledge of the properties of the medicines they make up. Until a compara tively recent period, however, there was no kind of restriction on the trade, and it was not uncommon to find a chymist's business carried on along with a grocer's. The accidents arising from this general carelessness were so frequent, that at last the Phar maceutical Society, which had long carried on a sys tem of voluntary examination, succeeded in obtaining an Act rendering such an examination compulsory on all who deal in drugs. There are three kinds of examination,. the "major" examination, as it is called, admitting those who pass it to be registered as pharmaceutical chymists, and the " minor " as chymists anddruggists. The "modifiei " admits those to be chymists and druggists who were practising the trade before the Act was in force. We must hope in the latter case that the experience acquired by practice will lessen the dangers incurred by the public. As medical practitioners are more and more abandoning the habit of supplying their own medi cines, it is absolutely necessary that there should be some security for the proper supply, and that such a guarantee is now furnished is evident from the re ports of the inspectors.' THE MINERAL WEALTH OF GREAT BRITAIN. Probably few persons whose employments•do not bring them into immediate contact with the facts realise the full extent of the national underground treasury, though the mineral wealth of England is often talked of. The statistics just pub lished by Mr. Robert Hunt estimate the total value of the metals, coal, and other minerals, excepting build ing stone, lime, and slates, produced in the United Kingdom in 1869 at £45,954,691, coal, of course, far outstripping all the rest. The coal raised in 1869 exceeded that of the preceding year by four million tons, though the exp3rt was r9ther less than greater. The increased consumption is at tributed to a very satisfactory cause—. the revival of our home manufactures. The increase in iron ore is about 1,340,000 tons, the total produc tion being 11,508,525 tons, of the value of £3,732,560. The great increase is in Scotland and North Stafford shire ; in the former the iron ore of 1869 amounted to close upon 2,000,000 tons, and in North Staffordshire it was over 1,200,000. The tin ore produced in the United Kingdom is valued at £1,027,805 ; the copper ore at £519,912 ; the lead at £1,189,030 ; and the zinc at £49,366. The pig-iron is valued at £12,381,280, an 1 a rapid increase is perceptible in the number of iron works and furnaces in blast. The salt, 1,250,000 tons, is valued at £687,500. ARCIIBISHOP MANNING ON THE SICK POOR. A very seasonable sermon has been preached by Archbishop Manning on the duties which the more fc rtunate and wealthy members of a Christian com munity owe to the sick and the destitute. The Charity whose especial claims the Archbishop was advocating was the very excellent Free Hospital, London, which admits foreigners or any persons who apply, without ticket or preliminary investigation, the only requisites being sickness and ° poverty. The value of such an establishment to the friend less sufferer in London is very great, and the Archbishop informed his hearers that it was the means of providing every year for 1,000 in patients, and 50,000 out-p vtients. During the 42 years of its existence, it has relieved no less than" a million and a half sick persons. The most reverend orator did not, however, restrict his eloquence to one particular, object, taking the opportunity to enforce the claims of all destitute sufferers on the sympathies of those above them, and saying a special word in favour of humanity to dumb animals, a warning which in spite of our improved morals and manners is still greatly needed. THE CENTENARY OF BEETHOVEN. Saturday, December 17, is a very noticeable • day in the records of the world's great men. It is the birthday of Beethoven. ar.d the centenary of the great musician was duly celebrated on Saturday last. Beethoven was not one of Fortune's favourites, and the vastness and variety of his genius were but in sufficiently appreciated in his lifetime. It is only since his death that his works have taken their true position in the world of art. England was always his best friend, it was an English society which assisted him in his latter days, and England still does him honour. The centenary was celebrated in Several different quarters. A programme selected from Beethoven's greatest works was gone through at the Crystal Palace, and a special performance of the great composer's soli tary opera, "Fidelio," was given at Covent Garden. The Sacred Harmonic Society also hell a special performance - of the two sublime works, the "Mount of Olives," and the ." Mass in C." It is observed that Beethoven's more elaborate and classical pieces have attained a widespread popularity in England, as well as those works more calculated to attract tae general public. Among the remini scences of the great musician's early life, revived by this 'festival,. it is remarked that Beethoven in his HER 3IAJESTY. -.#__. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 19. Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included their Royal Highnesses the Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, and Earl Granville. Lie Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, left the Castle this morn ing at half-past ten o'clock for Osborne. Prince Arthur left the Castle for Sandringham. Earl Granville has also left the Castle. eighth year could play astonishingly on the violin, one of the most difficult of instruments. • THE CONDUCT OF THE POLICE. It would seem that some members of the police force are so impressed with ideas of their own im portance that they take upon themselves, without any extra pecuniary demand whatever, the work of our judges and juries, in addition .to their more subordinate exercises. A. detective officer, named Cozens, stated during the trial of Mr. Howchin for murder at Liverpool that he saw the prisoner at the police-station on the night of the murder. The accused was then in custody on the capital charge, and the all enthusiastic minion of the law, forgetting the caution and humility of right belonging to his position, admitted having questioned Mr. Howchin as to the exact time he had last seen the murdered man. Mr. Justice Mellor, we are happy to say, adminis tered to this policeman the rebuke that he deserved. After informing him that it was not the duty of a detective officer to ask any question when a prisoner was under arrest upon a grave charge, the judge added, " I hope you will discontinue this practice. I highly disapprove of it." The wit ness : " I have no wish to give this evidence."—The Judge : "I do not say that you have ; but it is a dangerous thing to ask questions while a prisoner is by himself, and then to give what takes place in evidence.. I disapprove of it altogether. If the, law does not allow me to ask questions of a pri soner When in custody, why should you do it ?" THE A➢IERICAN WAR SECRETARY ON THE AR➢IY. kt a time when the relative military strength of the great Powers of the world is being so anxious!y canvassed, the report of Secretary Belknap on the American army will be read with interest. The latest returns shew the regular army to be composed of 2,488 officers and'34,870 enlisted men. They are stationed in 42 States and territories, at 203 organised military posts. The establishment of new posts as settlements in advance is constantly necessary, and the expense of providing these temporary shelters in inclement districts is great. The total estimate of military appro priations for the year ending June 1872, is 29,383,998 dole., a reduction below the expenditures of the previous year of 3,518,350 dole. By the Ist of July, 1871, the army will be brought down to the legal standard of 30,000 enlisted men. Plans have been made for the defence of the most important harbours of the States, and the estimates submitted by the engineers for carrying them out are presented to Congress. In concluding his report, Secretary Belknap recom mends the appointment of a competent person to arrange and prepare for publication the official documents relating to the civil war as formerly proposed by Congress. AMERICAN GUNS. The New York Times states that the Navy De partment has given an order to Port Pitt Foundry, Pennsylvania, for twelve 15-inch guns. The first two are to be subjected to an extra proof of 500 charges each, to test the endurance of each class, hollow and solid. It will be the first time in the history of ordnance manufacture that a gun of fifteen inch calibre has been cast solid, and therefore the experiment will be regarded with interest by scientific men. Should this new princi ple of construction be successful, the Govern ment will no doubt arm the principal forts with pieces of this calibre. A. short time ago two officers of the Spanish Navy contracted with the Fort Pitt Foundry for the construction o f sixteen 15-inch and four 20-inch guns for the famous Castle of Morro in the harbour of Havannah. The 15-inch, cannon used on the monitors during the war were the objects of the greatest curiosity, and hundreds of people went to Fort Hamilton to see the first 20-inch cannon mounted. Still greater excite ment will prevail when Major Rodman carries out his idea of a 30-inch monster, which he believes can be executed with nearly the same facility as the 20-inch gun. THE POPE'S FULMINATION. The Pope's Encyclical, which excommunicates the Italian Government, is addressed to the whole body of Catholic bishops throughout the world. It alludes to the different attacks which were made upon the States of the Church by the sub-Alpine Government, and declares that the Papal subjects were in a most prosperous condition when the King of Italy took advantage of the Franco-Prussian war to seize upon the Papal territory. The Pope states further on that events had already justified his refusal of the offer made by the king in his letter Before his answer could reach Victor Emmanuel towns belonging to the Pontifical State were occupied by his army. After the 20th of September when the Italian troops entered Rome, the most diaastrous state of things had prevailed. Besides the violence committed against Church property the Pope complains of the introduction of immoral books and newspapers, and especially of the Plebiscite of the 2nd of October. After as serting his intention never to agree to any transac tion which implies a relinquishment of the Church's territory, the Pope pronounces his excommunication against all who have been instrumental in accomplish ing the invasion of the provinces of the Holy See. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. The special correspondent in London of the Manchester Guardian says Parliament will meet upon the second of February. Another contemporary, however, assures us that the members of the two Houses will not enter upon the dispatch of business till February 7th. THE RELEASE OF THE FENIANS. It is not unlikely tbat the Government will only exact an absence of five years from the United Kingdom even in the cases of the worst of the Irish political offenders. That is, of course, if their conduct while abroad justifies the further leniency of the Crown. THE IRISH CHURCH. The Lord Primate and the Archbishop of Dublin have addressed a communication to the Suffragan Bishops, re minding them that on the first day of the new year "the Church of Ireland will enter on a new condition of things, and one which, though immediately affecting her outward accidents only, must react in a thousand ways for good or for evil on hermward spiritual life." They enclose a special form of prayer, which they recommend to be used on that day and on future occasions. THE OONTROLLLEI OF THE NAVY.—The Army an d N a vy GazeVe reports the impression at the clubs and among professional men generally to he that the Controller of the Navy will rAsign the appointment he now holds at the Admiralty in consequence of the publication of Mr. Childers's Minute. Mr. Rose, a young farmer of Kidlington, near Oxford, was killed whilst riding with the I leythrop hounds at Tar Wood, near Eynsham, on Saturday. It is sup posed his horse ran away in the wood and dashed him against a tree as death was almost instantaneous. GIFT OF' £lO,OOO TO PRESTON ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.—Mrs. James Holland, widow of the late Mr. James Holland, solicitor of Preston, has made a donation of 210,000 towards the fund for increasing the means of educating the Roman Catholic poor in Preston. A CEIsITEN 4RIAN.—A widow, named Stevenson, residing in St. Gregory's, Norwich, has attained her 101st year. She has a daughter 77 years of age. This daughter is a widow, having lost three husbands. She is, however, about to marry again. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held yesterday at the City Ter minus Hotel, Cannen-etreet, Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., bath e chair. There was a large attendance. Mr. Grove, secretary, read a long report, of which the following is an abstract :—The gross receipts for the year ending October 31st had been £138,511 15s. 6d-, including £80,772 by admission, £17,586 by season. tickets, £14,662 by exhibition department, and 20,948 1 1 repayment department. The gross expenditure had been £97,034145. 9d., and the net balance to raven ° account, including the amount brought forward, w 35 £43,031 9s. 7d. After deducting the interes on preference and debenture stocks, £30,841 13e. 11d„ a net sum of £12,183 16s. 7d. remains, out of which the directors recommend a dividen d of one per cent. on the ordinary stock, carrying forwar d a balance of £2,157. The total number of visitors during the year had been 2,005,767, being a decrease of abou t 30,00. The building and grounds had been placed in ° D i state of perfect repair. The new aquarium will be opened in April next, and the Triennial Handel Festival will 1)e held in June. After a long and desultory discussion, in which the finan cial position and sound management of the company we re strongly criticised, the report was adopted. THE DISTRESSED 'PEASANT FARMERS OF FRANCE. A public meeting was held yesterday at the SalieburY Hotel, for the purpose of taking steps to collect subscrif" tions in grain and other seeds for the distressed peasan t farmers of France. The following resolutions had been prepared for submission to the meeting :-1. That a coin' mittee be formed for the purpose of enabling the peasant farmers of France to sow their land and save their no' year's harvest. 2. That the appointment of hon. secretad: hon. treasurer, and bankers be left to the committee. 3. ,Tat secretaries of agricultural societies, farmers' club s and chambers of agriculture, and clerics of corn 0 cattle markets be requested to give publicity to thil appeal, and to form local committees for the purpose o f aiding the General Committee in London in the collection of contributions in the rural districts. 4. That the Gene ral Committee be authorised to purchase seeds w ith moneY, subscriptions after having ascertained what corn an other seeds are most likely to be useful. 5. That the General Committee be authorised either to obtain the loan of or to rent a suitable warehouse for storing contribu tions. The chair was taken by Lord Vernon. He sold he felt sure that this movement would tend to produce an amity between the agriculturists of England and Franc e : which would result in the greatest benefits to bet ' countries. THE ANTICIPATED DISTURBANCES AT DERRY. A correspondent telegraphs :—" The celebration of the shutting of the gates of the maiden city has passed off without any disturbances. The Apprentice Boys marched in procession on Sunday from Corporation Hall to the Cathedral, where a sermon was preached to them. Th e y then marched back to Corporation Hall and dispersed. Yesterday they met at one o'clock in the same ball t° proceed with the celebration. There was some firing of cannon, although the city :is proclaimed. Th e town was filled with constabulary, cavalry, and in fantry. The walls were manned by constabulary." (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM). When, at one o'clock yesterday morning, the peril Apprentice Boys were about to start in procession frog) the City Hall, which from an early hour had been sur rounded by soldiers and police, Colonel Hillier, five resi dent magistrates, and the mayor, made their appearanc e ' The latter having read the Processions Act, warned the Apprentice Boys that if they carried out their pre gramme it would be at their peril. The idea of a Pr e cession was then given up, but in the afternoon th i e Apprentice Boys who had remained in the Hall suspende d an effigy from the building and burnt it. A disturban ce at once ensued, the windows of the hall were smashed' and the soldiers and police had to clear the streets.. The Governor of the Apprentice Boys and eight other mer e , - bers of that body were arrested. Mr. John Rea, of Bei .- fast, who resisted the police, was forcibly conveyed t° prison. Many other persons were taken into custody for rioting and carrying firearms. Subsequently the several persons arrested were let out on bail. Some cases of waylaying occurred. A son of the late mayor, and a prominent member of the Apprentice Boys' Society, was attacked by Roman Catholic s and badly beaten. MR. ARTHUR RUSSELL, 111. P., ON OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. Mr. Arthur Russell, M.P. for Tavistock, in an address recently delivered by him to his constituents, discussed the Eastern and Alabama difficulties. In reference to the former he observed that no excuse could be made for the manner in which the Russian Government had announced their intention ; no treaty, he said, can be set -aside without the consent of all parties to the settlement , no ' it was not very honourable to have watched the mo ment to make their declaration when one of the prineir- 11 , parties was in distress. The action of Russia weak en the force of all international obligations, and threw dis; credit on the public law of Europe. It would be a bsurd on the part of Great Britain now t, say to Russia, "Y ou n don't think treaties binding on your conscience; very we will make another treaty with you! You have jes t declared that your signature is worthless, therefore please be good enough to sign this !" Mr. Russell thought our best course was to get released in the proposed C° ll. ference from the obligations we had undertaken. Before rushing .into war we should consider whether 'war was the best way of attaining our end, and not imitate the disastrous mistake of the French, who had united Ger' many merely by trying to prevent Germany uniting. I f our object was to prolong the life of the Turkish Empire , war,in the East was certainly not ,the proper remedy' There are some facts, Mr. Russell said, that no amount of gunpowder and shot can alter : Russia is a rapidly impror" ing country, and Turkey is a decaying country, but Turkey may stand for a long time yet if people will leave her quiet. We are far more likely to attain our object by patience, by prudence, and diplomacy than by violent means. Mor e ' over, we should be careful not to humiliate needlessly t he national pride of a high-minded people, who are now one, of the most rapidly-improving nations upon earth, an Russia has shewn a conciliatory spirit in consenting of submit her grievances to a Conference. On the subj ect our foreign relations generelly, Mr. Russell's opinion strn s that we could not take a very cheerful view of the future . The Message of the President of the United States is no unpleasant document, and looks very like the production of a man determined to pick a quarrel. Russia has n Oll. 0 stinted to come to a Conference, but she has shewn inclination to recede from the position she has taken France and Germany are equally irritated againa us for what they consider our selfish neutrality, nu French and German newspapers express their disapp oh * ment that we are not at war with America and Russia yet. We are not favourites ; our security and our proi perity excite the envy of the world, and our selfishness 15 the constant subject of declamation abroad. This cou ntry has seen fit of late years to withdraw from the interests of the Continent, and to adopt a policy of strict neutrnei lity. But nations cannot adopt a neutral policy expect to have allies. Mr. Russell cautioned his audien ce against supposing that he blamed England for ad3pting that policy ; he merely pointed out the consequence. THE PROSECUTION OF THE "MONARC O DIRECTORS. In the Court of Queen's Bench at Guildhall, before t he Lord Chief Justice and a special jury , the case of the Queen v. Jocelyn and Others came on for trial. It NiraP 4 an indictment fol . conspiracy, and had been r e ' moved by certiorari from the Central Criminal The defendants are the Hon. A. G. F. Jocelyn, Ed `v Bulmer, J. W. Carnegie, W . T. Harward, Joseq Taylor, Frank Wright, and William Henry Hodges,. the fraud charged against them was that of establishu'w bubble company called the Monaroh Insurance Com Pal (Limited), which came into existence in May, 1869, an, collapsed on the 29th of March last. The circu mstanc' ; have already become familiar to the public in consequ eu , e ' of the prolonged preliminary examination. gessi" r * Haward, Taylor, and Hodges did not surrender. Th e othe defendants appeared, and pleaded not °linty. ~,„,,,,I %g Giffard, Q.C., Mr. F. H. Lewis, and Mr. b M. were counsel for the prosecution. Mr. Ribton apPV 6 ; for Mr. Jocelyn and Sir J. Karslake, Q.C., Mr. D. Sef mour, Q.C., and Mr. Philbrick for the other defendant''' The trial is likely to last a considerable time. fo "CATCH V. SHAEN."—There will be a motion a new trial in the case of " Catch v. Shaen," on the plea; that the verdict was against the weight of evidence, ailn that the damages were excessive. The trial lasted fiftthoeen days, and as six counsel were engaged, including Solicitor-General for the plaintiff, the costs must be verl i heavy. Under any circumstances, the litigation wohl"' not have ended on Thursday . , for if the verdict had been for the defendant, or if the damages awarded had been' nominal sum, the counsel for the plaintiff would have ten; dered a bill of exceptions to the ruling of the Lord 011ie' [A n v E nrisEn ENT. I—Hollowayli Pills—Henalalth distur u; a•;. 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