The Sun. — London, England, 1870-09-17 00:00:00

1 MOSES and SON. CORNER of_ MINORIES and ALDGA.TE. NJ EW OXFORD - STREET, CORNER of I lIART-STRKIT. CORNER of. TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. BRADFORD ; YORKSHIRE. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of kJ. c+ENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. 51a. 38L 363. 425. 42a. Also at Also at other prices. other prices Erock j Dress wits. I Coats. (Jew* d Coals . Camp. Coats. Also at Allor prit'xs. Also at kther prices ' 4 " M3SES and SON beg to remind the public that the cheapness cf an article depends entirely on its .luality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is "_`. onsiderably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho Ise in England. I. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of 1 ' • GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: THE EUROPEAN WAR summer s . Tourist Summer Dress A SECOND EDITION of THE SUN Suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. is Published E;Tery Morning at EIGJT I' 245. 245. 10s. 6d. 15s. O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER 28s. 235. 12s. ad. 165. ed. NEWS than any other paper. This edition 308. 365. 14s. 18s. will always contain the LATEST NEWS 40s. 425. 15s. Gd. 21s. of the WAR, and of all other events. 455. 48s. 17s. 6d. 245. 553. 525. 20s. 265. ~ //:;,,... P. ~ ,f--, \ , „ s J i :47,,.-e',..-,Zt f i r st i Also at Also at Also at Also at ‘.: other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices g ,N v e, _ --1 ' ..2 ' - ''''''' .;„:::„ - iiiii, ORDERS by post are attended to with care and punctuality: and the easy and accurate system of self- (ARDERS punctual measure intro(J guarantee a fat by post are attended to with care and ity, and the easy and accurate system of self uced by E. MOSES and SON enabl,v3 them to dtless fit. - IEI MOSES and SON'S PRICE LI Tof 114. BOYS' CLOTHING: Knickerbocker Snits. Os. 6d. 13g. 641 16s. 64. 26s Aleo at e I rieisf Eton Suits. Brighton 1 Harrow Suits. Suits. 15a. 1 18s. 235. I • 235. 21a. I 26a. I 265. I 325, 36a. 1 365, 48a. I 48s. Also at Also at Also at th prices. other prices. ' other prices. FMOSES and SON supply every description of • clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all (Classes ; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoe's, and complete outfits for all climates. All* ds marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre E. 3108 ES and SON'S Estabhshments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when bust noes is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of R. MOSES and SON LONDON. OORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. OORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD, COUNTRY BRANUM BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and I Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1870, This Evening, at Seven, WANTED a THOUSAND MILLINERS, Mr. J. Rouse, &c.; at a quarter to Eight, The RAPPAREE, Messrs. Herman Vezin, W. Rignold, J. Clayton, A. Rayner, E. F. Edgar, Shiel Barry; Mesdames Katharine Rodgers and M. Cooper ; to conclude with THE HAPPY MAN, Mr. Shiel Barry, &c. THE fate of Paris may be deserved but is certain effect was actually declared by the Impe rial Government, the French—not the French soldiers, but the French people, not the peasantry, but the Parisians—thronged together in infuriated multitudes, clamouring for the advance of the troops upon Berli:. There is no incident in regard to the whole of this deplorable war more notorious than that that, for two or three weeks b ifore the fighting commenced, days and nights were rendered hideous to the few who were in any way peaceably disposed, at Paris by the yelling and shrieking of the words A Berlin! A Berlin ! to the roll of drums, and the blast of trumpets, and the choral verses of the "Maneillaise." Remembering that, who can wonder for a moment that the armies of the North German Confederation, having in open battle defeated again and again the soldiers of France, having routed them at Worth, and driven them to the necessity of that stupendous capitulation at Sedan, should now ATA.UDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.— V Lessees—Messrs. H.J. Montague; D. James, and T. Thorne. TIIIS EVENING, at 7.30, CHISELLING. Mr. David James. After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conolude with the successful Burlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. Irving, G. Honey, Lin Rayne, W. H. Stephens, and T.' Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. select as their own place of rendezvous the vicinity of the very capital the population of which were the loudest in hounding oh the EMPEROR'S troops to the capture of Berlin. It is simply, of course, in the fitness of things that the Prussians should seize what events have thus placed within their reach—this most tempting opportunity. Nevertheless admitting the logical form of all that ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Bole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING ; The School for Coquette& Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly- Barly-Esque, " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan., E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &o. ; and, THE CHOPS OF THE cIRIANNEL. MA DAME TUSS AUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon lIL, the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of Prussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, is.; Children underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. WONDERFUL TALKING MACHINE, in vented and constructed by Professor FABER, of Vienna. The greatest mechanical curiosity in the world. iiXHIBITING HOURLY from eleven a.m., till ten p.m. Ad mission, is.; reserved seats, 25.; children, 6d. Palais Royal, Argyle street, Oxford-street, W. PALAIS ROYAL, Argyll-street Oxford Circus, W.—Dr. CORRY's Great National Entertainment, IRE LAND, on a Grand Moving Canvas, with Splendid Dioramic Effects, and a troupe of Ten Artistes, TO-NIGHT, and every night this week, at eight. On Wednesday and Saturday at three and eight. Admission, is. ; reserved seats, 3s. and 2s. Omni buses running to all parts within 100 yards of the Hall. has been mid, the result is snrely at the same time to the last degree deplorable. If only the neutrals could with any show of decency interfere ! If only, being themselves no parties to the quarrel, they could ward off from the Parisians the thunder bolts they themselves have called down upon their own heads. It was a sense of this that imparted a semblance of reason to the otherwise Quixotic adventure undertaken by NI, TRIERS in the name, and in the cause, and in the NATIONAL INSTITUTION for DISEASES of the SKIN, Gray's-inn-road and Mitre-street. Physi cian, Dr. BARR MEADOWS, 49, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Ave rage number of Patients under treatment, 1,000 weekly, Free Letter are available for necessitous applicants. THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Sec. interests of humnanity. Here are 2,000,000 of people surrounded and trapped in, like a doomed scorpion, by a circle of fire. Within the fortifica- PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 102, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (LC) ME PUBLIC bUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 205 Per ream. s. d. 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An ILLUSTIUTED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases. Desks post free. Established 184 s tions of Paris they are completely isolated. They are provisioned, say, at the outside for three months. They have animal food that will last them but little more than a month. They have flour for the making of loaves that will last them for a couple of months. They are all armed—that is, the men and youths are all armed—the evil-disposed, no less than the well-disposed. General Tnocuu will require " a throat of brass and Adamantine lungs" to render his voice audible and potential among a rabble so vast and lawless, more particularly when the time shall have come, as it inevitably will, when hunger and despera- tion shall have maddened the dregs of that formid able crowd beyond endurance. Diplomacy has never had a more crucial test applied to its wonder working capacities. Whosoever among the great European dip lomatists might now discover a way for invaded France and beleaguered Paris out of the appalling labyrinth in which each is involved, would surely win for himself an everlasting fame among the world's truest and noblest benefactors. It is now some months since we noticed the ex tremely high-handed proceedings on the part o: one of our dukes towards the electors or his estates. We are sorry to say that the intervening period has presented no sign of repentance. Six months of the same policy have ended in an act so flagrantly unjust—albeit within the strict letter of the law—that it is mere matter of public duty to recount the circumstances. At the general election of 1868 many of the tenants on the great estates, including that of the DUKE, took the unpardonable liberty of v o ti ng f or th e man who represented their own principles. They actually elected the Liberal, Sir SYDNEY. WATERLOW. Unfortunately, the Knight was disqualified, and by the time the battle was fought over again, Sir SYDNEY'S disqualification being removed, the local magnates had taken effective measures to prevent their tenantry repeating the "mistake" of the preceding contest. Comparatively few stood by the Liberal, anti those who did have had reason to remember what reporters, speaking of the ordinary species of suicide, call " the rash act." One was a surgeon named MACAULAY, the medical attendant at the Duke of DUCCLEUCICS and medical officer to the parish. The DUKE deprived him of the first appointment, and the parochial authorities, on the motion of one of the rOHN GOSNELL- and CO.'S CHERRY fl TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth . powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from eeeny, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. &I Red Bull Wharf, 93; Upper Thames street, London. deplorable. Precisely the same fate was threatened to . Berlin by the Parisians themselves. That, in point of fact, is the justification of the investment of the French capital by the Prussian forces. It is simply a turning of the tables— that ri.l is all. And the initiative—thi3 at least ought never to be forgotten was taken by the French against the Prussians. The ball was opened at Saarbriick, that is on the right bank or German side of the river forming the line of demarcation between the Rhenish Provinces and the French dominions. Those Rhenish Provinces were invaded before the German armies advanced. Previously, before the campaign opened, before the war in . . Duxes servrints s dismissed him from the second. Mr. MACAULAY resided in one of the Duties houses; he was evicted, a request for an explanation meeting with no answer. These doings were, no doubt, ' perfectly ducal and characteristic of a high-souled nobleman. Hence some of the poorer people round about, not being dukes, were unable to realise the beauty of such deeds. The be nighted colliers petitioned almost in a body to have their late medical attendant reinstated ; they peti tioned twice ; and the equally barbarous parishioners did something of the same kind. But neither party met with any success ; they did not even obtain an answer. During the six months the question has remained open the DUKE has not deigned to intimate that he upholds his decision. Another doctor, who will doubtless not vote for the wrong man, was brought into the field, and Mr. MACAULAY has retired from a hopeless struggle, receiving before he went a substantial testimonial from such of his patients as had not learned to venerate the superiority of high-born ways. Whatever may be the glory of depriving a man of his bread because he does not choose to hold his vote for the convenience of a peer must, in common fairness, be all given to the DUKE himself. It would be unjust to deprive him of any portion. The_ plea - put forth that his underlings are " possibly chiefly responsible for the discourtesy of the proceedings" is merely an unfair attempt to rob his Grace of his due fame. The dismissal of a medical man from home and employment would hardly in the first instance have been ventured by a subordinate; and, if it had, six months agitation, petitioning, and letter writing, afforded abundant means of enlightening the DUKE. Indeed, his Grace allowed no mistake as to the author of these fine deeds, for he declined either to receive a deputation or to answer a letter -- for which discourtesy there certainly exists the excuse that silence is the best possible mode. of upholding an indefensible action. Comment on the story would be superfluous. It would be useless to reason with the DUKE, and the plain British public will require no exposition of the unjustifiable character of these transactions. Suffice it to say that such unconstitutional concentration of political power in the - hands of one man, is precisely the evil which it is in the capacity of the ballot to remedy ; and such an example of the injury resulting from the want of better electoral machinery, cannot but confirm the leaders of the governing party in their decision that the change must come soon. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE BATTLE OF THE GUNS. The respective merits of the Prussian and French field-guns, representing the breech-loading and muzzle-loading systems of artillery, are discussed in the Times by Colonel Henry Max Well, of the Royal Artillery, and superintendent of the Cossipore Gun Factory. This officer, who has had some share in bringing about the change of system in England _ _ from the breech-loading to the muzzle-loading arrangements in field-guns, concludes that the muzzle-loading system, as adopted by the French, has, according to all scientific reports, proved the most worthy .of the claim to superiority. reople are not, the Colonel says, to decide that because the Prussians, armed with breech loading cannon, have vanquished their adversaries armed with muzzle-loading guns, in two campaigns, that the former cannon are capable of accomplishing more havoc than the latter. If some men would see how false such a conclusion would be, the Colonel advises them to apply the argument to the respective merits of the needle-gun and Chassepot, merits which the German officers everywhere concede lie with the French arm. Colonel Maxwell fearlessly asserts that the 9-pounder muzzle-loading gun re cently adopted . by the English Govern ment is the most powerful gun in Europe. This weapon and its ammunition can, he holds, in no wise go wrong if sent into the field, to meet any field ' gun in existence of its size, with a proper force of artillerymen. Of course, the latter will be understood to know how to fire deliberately, and to apply reason based on experience, in placing the guns in position. In respect of the latter indispensable rules of conduct British artillerymen hitherto have not been found deficient, but after the recent famous performances by the Prussian gunners, it is shewn that in the future it will 'be more necessary than ever for them to be skilled and practicable at all costs when before an enemy.. RUPTURES -BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOC - MAIN LEVER TRUSS tPcrfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed b y u p wards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HE 11111 A. The use of a steel sp rin g , so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the `)ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe. Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so-much ease and cicse ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, f.nwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu actitrer Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 313.6 d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, Is. Bd. An Um bilical Truss. 425. and 12s. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCK INGS, KNEE-CAP:;, ke.. for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the L go, Sprains, &c. 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The interest in the great turret-ship controversy seems to be enhanced rather than diminished by the loss of the Captain. So far from Captain Coles's favourite design being abandoned in consequence of his melancholy fate s public attention appears to be directed to its improvement and enlargement. Nava officers and others interested in the matter sen numerous suggestions as to the origin of the disaster. " A Naval Officer" writes to the Standard that he believes all our ironclad ships are too heavily masted, and from this defect are unsafe at sea in excep. tionally heavy weather. No ironclad vessel should, he thinks, be permitted to carry her square sails when they cause her to heel over more than ten degrees. Another correspondent thinks the low freeboard had little to do with the Captain's loss, which he attri butes to two causes, first, . a defective mode of hull, and next a bad system of misting. With a hull like hers it was madness to put masts into her like those of a sailing line-of-battle ship or a Yankee tea clipper. The masts were iron, and the lower masts being tripods could not give way. This settled her fate. Captain Bedford Pim, in the Telegraph, can only attribute the loss of the Captain to want of seamanship in her management, and the same fate would, he is certain, have overtaken any ship in the squadron handled in a similar man- unions, relieved more •northern • tier, for when once an i ron - c l a d i s on h er b eam 300 ' the central, 750 ; and the southern, which embraces the ends nothing can save her. "A Sailor" asks in the metropolitan parts of Surrey and Kent, 300 more. The Daily News whether the Captain had her steam three contiguous unions of St. Pancras, Islington, and power ready for the moment of danger, and says it Hackney, are still among the greatest offenders on the appears that at the time of her loss in face of the weekly table. St. Pancras relieved in the first week of the falling of her barometer, the captain h a d a ll h er current month 1,050 more paupersthati . n the firs a t en w k e e ek " top hamper" aloft. The bowsprit b ro k en i n h a lf September ,o 3 f somore Tl 1 e out ; Is -door ing to6oo more relief scandal in ; and the last-named y convinces him that she was taken flat aback by a squall striking her from starboard, an d t h e s ni p place will be fresh in the memory of our reader s . A man and his wife had, by representing themselves as destitute, being rid of her lofty leverage of danger, lay help- during four years or so defrauded the guardians of weekly less under steam. Mr. Searle considers the origin of sums which were stated upon their trial for the offence to the disaster may be found in the hurricane decks. have amounted on the whole to £lOO. They might, and Almost all critics, it may be noticed, g i ve p ar t o f probably ith wo t u hei ld ; neighbours, wh o ' in have been cheating still,ret only they guar aliation exposed return of the Channel fleet from th e voyage on t the blame to the topsails not b e i ng se t. Th e relied heir systematic swindling. The ratepayer s o f H ac k ney, in the absence of protection from their own officers, are which it set forth so hopefully, has been a very indebted to their immunity from the continuance of the sad one. The greater part of the vessels have arrived felony to the vicarious interference of irresponsible in Portland, where they were visited by immense gossips. Carrying our view of the outdoor pauperism of the m l et . ropo t lis backnder t t o hi l s B: l 7 3i zz e h: a v h e i - e ve: nearly 10,000 more numbers of persons anxious to hear particulars of the disaster. Nothing was to be beard throughout shortcaim claimants ago. Could the outdoor relief be simul ree taneously fleet but mourning for the lost, and amusements taneously purged of fraudulent recipients of every kind, of every kind were dispensed with. The Admiral of men and women who notoriously leave the union pay asked the men if they would give a day's pay for the table to go to the beershop or the gin-palace, families of the lost, to which they gladly acceded. or otherwise cheat the guardians, we have little It is believed they will give three. hesitation in saying that the excess over 1867 would A FRENCH CAMP. soon disappear. But th e w h o l esa l e f rau d s pract i s e d by the outdoor paupers must be met. by a well organised A medical officer who has been to Paris, describes system of detection. Recent disclosures shew that it the appearance of the encampment on the Champ must be operative beyond the routine and too often pre de Mars. If the account he furni s h es th e news - functory visit of the relieving officer. I 'As previously papers with"be correct, the French soldie r y mus t be hinted, hands think the by resortinggi:lartolanSs shouldstrengthend-yard. They in a hopeless state of disorganisation, a n d w h o ll y have some precedent for se e ki ng a id th ere i n t h e incapable of taking the field except to die. I n a camp th e fi police supervision of the union casual wards. The scrutiny ccnsisting of between 8,000 and 10,000 men the most to be thoroughly effective, should be, so far as possible, complete disorder was everywhere observable. The , simultaneous throughout the metropolitan area. Surely majorityof the force was composed of lads, andall were this is a work quite within the competence and strength of , to th ep benefitlan and t n r rightly ly set in motion. would making feeble efforts to acquire the elementary Mr. i. Gos h c l hen ex knowledge of the military art. In point of fact the 1 's ec s u ta te ff d be l s r o o m ug ethrno . , but the deserving poor ratepayerswhen winnowed camp seems to have determined its form, and leader frem the rogues would reap the great good.—Pall Mall ship was conspicuous by its absence. Says the medical Gazette. officer, "altogether the impression conveyed by the appearance of the camp was that it looked like a cross between that of a series of Sepoy - regiments and one of itinerant gipsies." And these are the soldiers who are to fight the trained armies of Prussia! It is impossible to resist the conclusion, derived from concurrent and independent testimony, that France Las no real effective force to oppose the enemy. EVILS OF STANDING ARMIES. A public meetinghas been held at the Hall of Science, St. Luke's, London, for the purpose of protesting against standing armies and advocating the necessity of the standing populatidn of the country being trained to the use of arms..i: It was convened by the Land and Labour League, and Mr. Hennessey, the President of the League, occupied the chair. He explained the objects of the meeting, and then said that the recent events on the Continent proved that a standing army was not always effective for the defenoe of a country, and that the real protection of a nation consisted in the whole of its male population being trained to the use of arms. The League desired to procure the:gabolition of standing armies, and the present time seemed an opportune one for advocating their views, The working classes were the greatest sufferers from war, and it was for their interest that standing armies should be put down. A resolution was moved to the effect that the maintenance of our pre sent army was the worst kind of sham defence, and that its speedy abolition was desirable. The country depended for its defence upon its navy, not upon its standing army. The Government should look to the efficiency of our volunteer corps, which would be ample for defence if properly officered. The resolu tion was carried. The chairman read an address from the Council of the League to the peoples of Europe, urging them to insist upon the disbandment of the various armies, which was unanimously adopted. ENGLAND AND BELGIUM. Another instance has been afforded of the good feeling which exists between England and Belgium. The Lord Mayor of London has received a large painting in oil representing the Hotel de Vile at Brussels, one of the oldest and most beautiful seats of the Belgian liberties. The picture is the gift of the Kir.g of Belgium, and the work of a celebrated artist of that. country. It is 6 feet by 5 feet, is magnificently mounted, and bears an inscription in letters of gold. 'the gift was accompanied by a communication from the Belgian Minister at this Court, which explains the reason why the Hotel de Ville had been selected as the subject of the painting. His Majesty thought the picture, as representing the free insti tutions of his kingdom, would prove acceptable to the Lord Mayor, who has always evinced a strong love for the little country and its constitution. This last act of his Majesty must be regarded as a further proof of his desire to cultivate a good understanding between his subjects and those of this country. A SHAM DETECTIVE. Not infrequently do we hear of persons attempt ing the role of the police detective. To successfully ac complish the part a great; deal of skill and tact are required, because he who essays the character courts no inconsiderable d anger . y The clumsiness of the actors in nine cases out of ten betrays them. The other day a man named Qon-- der! tried to extort money from the land lord of the Blue Anchor, 1N hitechapel, under circum stances of exceeding audacity. He discovered the landlord playing at cards, and threatened to report the house to the authorities. His object was to work upon the fears of the landlord in the expectation of receiving hush money. The landlord, however, appears to have been rather too much for Conder. When the latter said he was a detective, the landlord de manded to see his card of authority. Conder could not produce his warrantof authority, and his intended victim, now being thoroughly alive to the deception attempted to be practised upon him, gave the would be detective into custody. FARMING IN IRELAND A series of Farmers' Club Meetings are held in Ireland at this season annually. The increased number of local agricultural societies who have announced meetings this year, betokens an increased growth of intelligence and industry, which coming so soon after the passing of the Irish Land Bill cannot but be looked upon as gratifying. The Irish agri cultural shows within the past few weeks, it may be stated, moreover, have furnished satisfactory evidence that the landowners, small and great, are profiting by the opportunities for improvement afforded by district societies, and by the promising aspect of future legislation as regards their properties. At some of the exhibitions, notably of those promoted by the tenantry of Lord Lanesborough, Lord Portsmouth, and the Earl of Kingston, clear proof has been given of the interest bestowed by these popular landlords to the material interests of the tenants. At others it has been remarked that the owners of stock had brought but a poor show of cattle forward, being discouraged by the appearance of the foot and mouth disease in their localities. The deficiancy in the show of stock has, however, oc curred only in a few isolated cases, and upon the whole the year as respects all that Irish farmers hope it to be successful in, has been above the average in its fruits. LONDON PAUPERS. The metropolitan pauperism, which for some weeks has been falling to the revel it held in 1869, has at length passed below that mark. In the first week of September last year there were 128,344 iLdoor and outdoor paupers on the London relief lists ; now it appears from the table we published yesterday the corresponding number is 127,867, or 500 less than in 1869. This better fortune however, is limited to the east district, which, taken alone, stands accredited indeed with a diminution in its pauper ranks of 3,600 individuals. The other districts show, on the contrary, a more or less increase. The western unions THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. The Geography and Biology Sections divided the honours of yesterday, the great attraction in the farmer being Sir Samuel Baker's letter from the banks of the White Nile ; and in the latter the discussion, which it required little discernment to foresee would be keen, on Spontaneous Generation. Some members of the Associa tion there are who, with a devotion as commendable as it rare, will spend their mornings in those departments where the less interesting subjects of science are discussed, but is not the case with the majority ; these with unvary ing persistence flock to such sections as offer a prospect of something livelier than a dissertation on the distilla tion of sulphuric acid, or something newer than a report on the exploration of Kent's Cavern. Thus it comes to pass that popular, and especially con troversial, subjects have numerous devotees, composed of the dlite of the members and associates, while others, perhaps not less important but less attractive, are pro pounded to slender audiences, the proportions of which are sometimes so slender as to preclude the possibility of a sustained discussion. The room in which the spontaneous genera tion was discussed, and - which was announced to be presented in a paper, with new Oxperi meats by Mr. J. Samuelson, was crowded some time prior to the hour of meeting, indeed there must have been present during the sitting a large per tentage of the whole number of members and associates, to whom judging from their appearance, the paper of Dr. G. W. Child, on Proto plasm and the Germ Theories, which preceded that of Mr. Samuelson, was looked upon with only moderate interest, not because it was not a good paper, for good it undoubtedly was, but simply be cause it rather blocked the way to the discussion, for which the audience was eagerly longing, which discussion it was arranged should be upon the two papers conjointly.—Mr. Samuelson,' in opening his paper, - hailed with great satisfaction the impetus which he be lieved had been given to the spontaneous generation con troversy by the address bf Professor Huxley on Wednesday. The expression of this opinion found a ready affirmative response amongst the audience. The paper then unfolded a detailed account of the observations made by its author just lately, the results of which, he said, fully confirmed the experiments he had already made public. A description of these, and of later experiments, though not difficult to understand when accompanied by draw ings of the kind exhibited by Mr. Samuelson, is incapable of reproduction in a summarised and popular form. It is sufficient to say that the conclusions arrived at by the paper were directly in favour of the atmospheric germ theory, and in contradiction to the theory of Hete rogenesis. At the close of Mr. Samuelson's paper some extempore observations on the subject of the decay and putrefaction of substances were made by Dr. Hyde Clark, and then a discussion on tha Spontaneous Generation controversy was brought on. Though, perhaps, hardly of so animated a character as was anticipated, it afforded the supporters of the rival theories an opportunity to adduce arguments in suppoit of their views, which were propounded with considerable vigour, but with nothing approaching to that dogmatism, the total absence of which in the address of Professor Huxley has been commented upon with unbounded satisfaction. On all hands it was admitted that the spontaneous generation controversy was one at present in a condition demanding much further and fuller investigation, and the importance of the question was forcibly urged. Amongst the speakers was Dr. Hooker, the president of the Association's Nottingham meeting. The section was presided over by Professor Rolleston, who has few rivals in popularity in that position. The other subjects in the Biology Depart ment, which it should be remembered, is divided into three separate sections, one devoted to zoology and botany, one to ethnology and anthropology, and one to anatomy and physiology, ranged over a wide and important but not particularly popular field. The chemical science section had an appreciative clientele, to whom the study of such matters as artificial Alizarine, and the time needed for the completion of chemical change was not so much Greek as it would inevitably be to a vast number of the members to say nothing of the lady associates, to whom however Professor Rolleston said there ought to be in these days of women's right no need of offering an apology, even making use of a quotation in the above named language. The large assemblage of the Geography Section warmly greeted Sir Roderick Murchison, when he rose and said that a letter was to be read of Sir Samuel Baker from the Banks of the White Nile, but first he wished to mention that two days ago he read another letter from our Consul General in Egypt, Colonel Staunton, stating that the Vic eroy had expressed his satisfaction at what Sir Samuel had done, and had granted him the honour of Pasha. Mr. Markham then read the letter of Sir Samuel Baker, dated 15th June, Towfilkeya, which has been partially published, detailing the difficulties he en countered in ascending the river, in consequence chiefly of floating islands composed of dense vegetation, and stating that the health of himself and Lady Baker and the whole party was excellent. One of his river boats was stove in by a hippopotamus, but it was not lost. He found the Shalluh country, which contains a million of people, very productive, and capable of growing any amount of cotton. He had stopped the plunder of some 1 1 villages by slave dealers and others, and had succeeded in liberating 300 slaves, chiefly women and children, and some of whom were packed together in a vessel as closely as sardines in a box. The President said the interesting narrative gave an earnest of what Pasha Baker would yet accomplish, and said it must be gratifying to all to find that he had, in accordance with the wish of theVicezoy, put an end to the pillage of villages and to the practices of snaking women and children slaves. Colonel Grant, the companion of the late Captain Speke in the discoveries of 1866-67, described the assistance which, in the former ex pedition, Sir Samuel Baker had given him and his friend when they went on the White Nile. The Pre sident remarked that Sir Samuel Baker was perhaps the first Pasha who had done so much good for humanity. Dr. Campbell gave his entire sympathy to Sir Samuel as a geographer, but, and in fact, whether the main view of the Viceroy in aiding the expe dition was the suppression of the slave trade. or not,.he rather thought his object was to conquer the countries of the Upper Nile, and it became a grave ques tion whether or not Central Africa should be placed under a great and dominant Mahomedan power. The Viceroy had, it seemed to him, no intention to abolish the insti tution of slavery, although he might be disposed to put down its greatest atrocities. It would be better that a Christian people, for instance, the Germans, for we had enough colonies already, should occupy that vast territory. Every one would wish Pasha Baker success in his explorations, but they ought to be careful in giving their sympathy to him as a conquering lieutenant of the - Viceroy of Egypt. The president said Sir Samuel had no such quixotic intention. In extirpating slavery from Africa where every establishment was obliged to have domestic slaves, ail he could do was to prevent the cruel pillage of villages and forcible abduction s. As to colonisation, only one ChrietiP., missionary had yet penetrated this country, and he '`vas soon obliged to retire ; and in this vast region the, ques tion was between Mah ome d an i sm an d Paganism., or no religion at all.—A unanimous vote of thanks was passed to Sir Samuel Baker for his letter. Though it could scarcely be expected that the subject of the utilization of sewage, which came within the range of questions appertaining to the Mechanical Science De partment, would prove of a character sufficienrly inviting to draw a large contingent of the members to St. George's Hall, where the section met, it was satisfactory to find that a matter so important obtained full considera tion at the hands of a very fair gathering --a gathering which was composed of practical men, amongst whom Mr. Hawksley, the well-known! water engineer shewed conspicuous. The sewage question, in point of fact, was discussed under all aspects, and, strange though it may appear it is nevertkeless true, that it produced some speeches of a very, enthusiastic kind, There appeared to be considerable divergence of opinion as to the way in which most advantageously to the pocket, to the earth and to health the sewage of large towns could be dealt with, the experi ments made at what are known as sewage farms being advanced with force by the supporters of those institutions. The importance of utilizing the sewage hitherto utterly wasted was generally agreed to be an imperative duty, the value of which was being rapidly and increasingly recognized. An important report of the Rainfall Committe was pre sented to the mathematical and physical science section. After detailing the various operations carried on during the past year, the report considered the most suit a bl e height for the orifice of gauges to be above ground, and gave various reasons, pro and con., finally concluding that one foot as hitherto adopted be still recommended. It concluded by pointing out the great work being done by the voluntary and entirely gratituous services of nearly 2,000 observers, and suggested that it would be alike a graceful and an economical act on the part of the Government were they to offer to relieve the observers from the cost of reducing and publishing the observations, which are now, by their accuracy and completeness, accepted as a type by foreign countries and our own colonies, and which are found yearly more and more useful in relation to our manufacturing and commercial interests. A few hundreds annually would pro bably suffice to hold together a body of prac tised observers which has no equal in the world, and which once broken up could not be replaced, since, irrespective of the difficulty of training new observers, the continuity of the old observations would be destroyed. The questions of decimal money and a common international unit, the effect upon the value of the standard coin of a Mint charge, and the economy of large and small farms were amongst those which occu pied the attention of the economic science and statistics section. Thus far the work of the association has been about of an average kind, and the pers and discussions have certainly not gone beyond the average. Despite the counter attraction of the Mayor's soiree, there was a capital attendance to hear Professor Tyndall on " The Scientific Use of the Imagination." The sub ject was admirably treated, and earned the hearty ap plause of the audience. Professor Tyndall sought in his discourse to point out first of all the use that scientific men have already made of the power of imagination, com mencing with rudimentary experiences. This having been carefully and gracefully done, it was sought further to be sliewn what future uses were likely to be made of it. Briefly, the lecturer endeavoured to establish the pro-. position that imagination of the speculative faculty of which imagination forms so large a part, is intimatel3rcon nected with and employed in all scientific enquiries. Proofs of this were adduced, and the theory was closely reasoned out. It was not omitted to be noticed that the speculative faculty wandered sometimes into regions where the hope of certainty would seem to be en tirely shut out, and it was remarked that it was only those who knew how to use their liberty without abusing it, and who were able to surround imagi nation by the firm frontiers of reason were likely to work with profit here. This led the lecturer to comment an the speculations of Darwin, who, he said, had drawn largely on the scientific tolerance of his age, and to com bat the evolution hypothesis with vigour. The theory, however, he held was one that need cause no fear. " it be of God ye cannot overthrow it ; if it be of men it will come to nought." This faith in the ultimate triumph of truth should suffice to steady those who are inclined to dread the consequences of the evolution hypothesis. Lord Houghton proposed, and Sir John Lubbock seconded, a vote of thanks to Professor Tyndall. It was originally intended that there should be no excursions to-day. There will, however, be one, Mr. Blundell, of Ince Bl un d e ll H a ll , having offered to receive about a hundred members of the Association, chiefly strangers from a distance, to inspect a somewhat famous and choice collection of pictures, and rare articles of vertu, which he has the good fortune to possess. On Thursday there will be several excursions. , '7"'• tonal ginniar HER MAJESTI7. BALMORAL, SEPT. 14. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out, attended by Lady Churchill. The Right Honourable G. J. Goschen had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the Royal family. Lord Halifax has left Balmoral. THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF H.M.S CAPTAIN. We cannot allow the melancholy loss of the Captain to pass without paying a brief tribute of respect to the memories of the three members of our profession who died at the post of duty. The services of several of the executive officers have already been recorded by the daily press, and we need therefore make no apology, even if it were in any way required, for commemorating our unfortunate brethren. Staff surgeon Matthew Burton, M.D., the senior medical offi cer of the Captain, enterea the nary in August 1841, and served as assistant-surgeon on the Home, Coast of Africa, and East Indian stations. He was promoted to the rank of surgeon in Nov., 1851, and was employed on the Coast of Africa and Home stations, besides doing duty at Yarmouth, Haulbowline, and H as l ar h osp i ta l s, a t Lewes prison and marine infirmary, and in a convict ship. Dr. Burton became a st4ff-sur geon in April, 1864, and served at Haslar in the Channel squadron, and in the Flag-ship on the Pacific station. He was appointed to the Captain on the 23rd April last. Surgeon Robert Purves entered the navy in August, 1857, and was employed at Haslar Hospital, on the North A mer i ca and West India, South east coast of America. Home and Chinese stations. He was promoted to the rank of surgeon on the 3rd April, 1868, and served on the China station, and in the Captain, to which ship he was appointed when commissioned on the 23rd April. Acting Assistant surgeon, John Ryan (a Tipperary gentleman) entered the Royal Navy on the 16th February last, having obtained the first place among the candidates at the competitive examination held during the early part of that month_ He served a short time at Haslar Hospital, whence he was removed to the Captain on the 23rd April last. It: will be some satisfaction to the friends of the deceased' officers of the Captain to know that their unfortunate deaths by drowning will, according to the rules of the service, place any widows and children whom they may leave, in a much better position as regards pensions than if death had occurred by ordinary disease. Thus the widow of a staff surgeon is entitled to 'a pension of £l4O per annum instead of the ordinary pension of £BO, and the widow of a surgeon to one of £lOO instead of £7O. —Lancet. It will be a long time before England forgets the loss ol the Captain, though probably when a serious nav, al engagement does come, the going down of the lamest ships, with the loss of all men on board, will be almost a matter of course. But as we have so often heard lately. a la guerre comme a la guerre, perhaps a more subdued thrill will then run through us. There seems little doubt that the Captain was top-heavy. The fearful rapidity with which, first a roll of 10 degs., then of 22 degs., then.of 25 degrees, and then a terrible catastrophe were recorded, leave no doubt on this point, and the'turrets, the six twenty-five-ton guns, heavy armour, and masts high above the centre of gravity, must bear the blame. For tunately, however, Captain Moncrieff's last achieve ment, which we described a few weeks ago, comes to our • assistance by abolishing the turrets, and puts the weight of the enormous guns precisely where it is wanted.-- Nature. THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE, A VICTORY FOR ENGLAND. The following telegram through Mr. Reuter' agency' Las reached England : ToROIITo, Sept. 15. Owing to the roughness of the weather it was feared that the international boat race could not take place to day. At 5 p.m., however, the weather cleared u p, a nd the judges called on the crews to get ready. The boats started at. 5.16 p.m., the Tyne crew leading for the first mile by two or three lengths. This distance they after wards increased, and won by six lengths. Time 41 min.. 10 sec. BANKRUPTS, In London, Betts, W. H., the Bath and Cheltenhr am Hotel, Lond,on street, Paddington, to surrender Q,et. 3, at 11.30. Jones, William, Thomas-street. , Old Kent-road, currier, Sept. 29, at 12.30. Lett, Arthur, New-s treet.,'BishopSgate, waterproof manu facturer, Oct. 3, at 1. Portugal, Lie Altne;, ia, 29, at 1, Finsbury-circus, merchant, S e pt. Simmons, ' ESl :aham, Tavistock-mews, Tavistock-suare, Oct, 3 3 a * , 12. q 'CRYSTAL PAL A C E . —(O ne Shilli ng D ay , Friday,. 'September 16, 1870.)—Admissions by season tickets, 1,258 ; ditto on payment, 1,589; total visitors, 2,847. We are requested to state that Mappin Brothers, the well-known firm of King William-street, London bridge, and Regent-street, have no .connection with Mappin and Co., of Cornhill, mentioned in our police report of the 14th inst. The Emperor Napoleon's plate, the arrival ire• this country of which we recently reported, is now warehoused in St. Katherine's Docks. It is all silver, and weighs 32,000 oz. On an application to the Commissioners of Customs the packages, seventeen in number, have been permitted to remain unexamined: The plate is valued at £B,ooo.—Civilian. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AT COLCITESTER.-- The Duke of •Cambridge reviewed the troops of Oolchester' garrison yesterday. His Highness arrived at Colchester' shortly after eleven, accompanied by Colonel Herbert - , Sir E. Hope Grant, and Colonel Tyrwhitt, and was met , at the station by General Murray, Captain Herriesf Captain Ogilvie, Brigade-Major Captain Cardew, Colonel Montagu, and Colonel Mowbray. The review took place •on Middlewick. The force consisted of the 14th Regi ment, the 27th Inniskillings, and the 2nd D ra goon Guards (Queen's Bays), commanded by Colonel Trevor Colonel Freer, and Colonel Seymour. The Duke ex pressed his satisfaction at the efficiency of the men, and to London in the afternoon. " SCENE" AT MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—An amusing incident of " absurd enthusiasm " recently occurred at Madame Tussaud and Sons' Exhibition, involving some little danger to their property. An elderly French matron, suddenly finding herself face to face with the effigy of Count Von Bismarck, commenced, to abuse it in terms anything but " ladylike," and a'G last, carried away by her feelings, she rushed towards Ps, and had it not been for the' vigorous remonstrances and a little gentle force used 11 the' employes of the estahllslninkut, wokia certainly have' spoilt the waxen features of the distinguished count. s °' completely overcome by- her feelings was this would-be' belligerent, that the notable remedies, sal volatile,. tte.P' had to be resorted to, and with soothing results. SHRIEVALTY APPOINTMENTS.—The ,tate for Mr. Sheriff-Elect Alderman Owden have just bell completed by Mr. H. J. Nicoll, of Regent-street and Cornhill. The coats are of superfine claret cloth ; the skirts, breasts, collars, and pocket flaps, embroidered and bordered with massive gold lace. Th e Alderman's crest is worked on each shoulder, and from the right is sus pended a fine aiguelette of massive gold cord and pendants. The waistcoats are the same material, and richly orns,- Ivnented with gold lace to correspond. The continuation s are of delicate white cassimere, and chastely finished off with gold garters and bullion tassels. The whole work is executed in a manner which fully sustains the reputation of the establishment at which it has been produced . Air. Fleet, Bishopgate-street Without, has been requested to furnish the necessary hats for the same Sheriff.- 00 Press. for his Th e decid e the tip Ak en , from Th e atd th soon a. Th e ir4 Pori r esult 2 attitu Th e e eived in goc able Th e p "en, 1 unable A; o wer e 'Nast 411eces, Th e i ll f ortr It Wit TR' TR] L~J " L . re ceiv mate] l'estor, tofou to ,„ tcr ., 40 1 . 0 . le que 1 / s Por of th t he 2 " !eats is thi Napc arti aft( and 14 1 re(