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CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR promotes a vigorous and healthy growth of the bones and teeth, and prevents premature decay. CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR. PROFESSOR ATTFIELD, Analyst to the Royal Pharma ceutical Society of Great Britain, reports as - follows:--" Its rich ness in gluten, or flesh-forming material and phoshates, or bone and teeth -forming substances, shows it to.be a very valuable and• nutritious food, especially for children. It is incomparably superior to arrowroot, corn-flour, and otherforms of starch, which contribute but little to the growth or renewal ofboneor muscle. E. MOSES and SON, E CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER o: HART-STRENT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B IUDFORD, YORKSHIRE. T;l 4 MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S OLOTIIING. Frock Ores I Coats. yit Also at other prices. Also at other prices. Oxford Camb, Coats. I Coats. 18s. Also at I Also at other prices other prices MOSES and SON beg to remind the public --1 • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho Ise in England. T j ] MOSES and . SON'S PRICE LIST of I'• GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Suits. Tourist Suits. 42s i 48s, Also at Also at other prices. other prices, Summer Trousers. 10s. 6d, Dress Trousers, 123. 6d. I 16s. 6d. I 18s, 15s. 6d. I 21s, 17s. 6d. 1 245, 265, Also at I Also at other prices. other prices ORDERS by post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enablas them to guarantee a faultless fit. Ti MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li Tof BO YS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. 13s. 6d, 16s. 6d, Also at other prices. 1 RUPTURES-13Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT 'WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS kPcrfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred 'Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close 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, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A. Double Truss, 318.6 d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, ls. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and an cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, . MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLENT-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ) THE PUBLIC z , UPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s __ Per ream, s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Oases. Desks post free. Established 1841 MITE BEST and MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD for I,nfants, Children, and Invalids. CHAPMAN & CO'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR contains all the, constituents of the grain in perfect purity, and is perfectly easy of digestion CAHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR contains a larger percentage of phosphates (bone earth) than any other food, and is therefore invaluable to Children while Teething. Eton . Brighton jHarrow Suits. Suits. ; Suits. 15s. -18 s, 19s. 235. ! 235. Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices, EMOSES 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 Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods 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. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. • CORNER o; MINORIES and ALDOATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30. CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. Alter which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque, DON CARD )S ; or, The Infante in Arms Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens. and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fs.wsitt, T Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30. N.B.—Mr. DAVID JAMES having terminated hie engagement at the Strand Theatre, will have the honour of appearing on Monday next in a new and original Farce, entitled CHISELLING, at the Vaudeville Theatre, Strand. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. 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., 75. 6d., and 15s. each, nclud ng brush. lied Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, f 3, Lrplber Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from Oec , ty, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. id. Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. 'THORLEY'S HORSE and CATTLE SPICE, In Penny Packets only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Of all Grocers, Druggists, and Corn Dealers in the Country. I 225. I 28.8, 325. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1870. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. PRINCE OF WALES'S—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. QrxEN's—At Seven, Nly Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. VArDxviLLn—Cupboard Love. Two Rosos. Don Carlos. OilarsTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Eyery Night, at 8; Wed- , nesdays and Saturdays , at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, ls.; on Mondays. 6d. Ohildren under twelve, 6d. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till •, • 3.0 p m and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admilision, is.; extra HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ............22 after 11 1 Afternoon ........58 after 11 _ 2, cli) 4 gig Suit MORNING EDITION. in inserting his latch-key into his street door. But a publican would call him " fresh," and advise him to take a hair of the dog that bit him. No man is " drunk " in the opinion of a drinkseller until he is also "incapable" until he has to be conveyed to his house in other ways than by his own legs. But that last stage is not to be foreseen. - It is reached sooner or later, according to temperament or habit. More over, it is not until that stage is reached that the drink-seller thinks it time to get rid of his customer. When he can drink no more he is turned out into the streets, and left to the mercy of chance ; chance in the shape of a lumbering waggon, or a recklessly driven cab, which makes a speedy end of the poor sot. Then comes the coroner's inquest, and perchance there is a "reprimand." But those laugh who win. The drunkard's money is in the publican's pocket, and what does the publican care though the drunkard's body be a mangled corpse, and though the drunkard's soul be in hell ? There is no regulating a traffic of this kind ; least of all can it be regulated by the traffickers. The people of England are becoming fully aware of this, and it is for this reason that they are demanding power to abolish it. • THE result of the prosecution of Sir HENRY EDWARDS will be more satisfactory to that gentleman and his personal friends than to the public. For many years he represented a borough where corrupt practices were so constant, and at last so flagrant, that Parliament has this session deprived it of its Parlia mentary privileges. The elections cost Sir HENRY a considerable sum of money, besides which he paid away annually to certain agents other sums for those persons (who were keen political partizans) to dispose of at their pleasure. How they performed this duty we do not exactly know; but inasmuch as they were told by Mr. SPOFFORTH, the accredited chief agent of the Conservative party in London, to destroy all their papers directly a commission was appointed to inquire into the conduct of the last election, it is not uncharitable to surmise that their transactions would not bear examination. Prima facie, the case was as bad as bad could be. Every circumstance con nected with the election proved that there had been bribery on a large scale. The charities • and the manufactures of the town were alike made use of for political corruption. It was but natural to suppose that the person who benefited by these prac tices, and who found a considerable portion of the money for them, was an accomplice in them. Nevertheless , the proceedings which took place on Friday utterly broke down, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL having to throw up the case, and the Judge directing the jury to enter a verdict of Not Guilty. We cannot charge Sir JOHN COLERIDGE with the responsibility of this lame and impotent conclusion. The conduct of his case was taken out of his hands by the Judge. Questions, which to the lay mind seem perfectly relevant and perfectly fair, were over ruled by his lordship. Evidence which it was sought to give in proof. of agency, was rejected, for reasons that certainly do not commend themselves to the journalist though they may to the judge. Far be it from us to allege that • Sir WILLIAM BRETT; was influenced by political considerations. The fact that ho is a strong Conservative, held office in the last Administration, and represented a corrupt Cornish borough, cannot be shown to have disposed him favourably 'to the defendant, though perhaps it may have influenced his ideas with regard to electoral practices, and induced him to take a more lenient view of questionable proceedings than some of his brethren who have not reached the bench through the House of Commons. It would have been advisable, perhaps, if a gentleman not personally acquainted with electioneering practices had presided in this Beverley - case. Anyhow, we cannot but regret that it has been found impossible to bring home the guilt of these shameful practices to the persons responsible for them, whoever they may be. No - doubt Mr. SPOFFORTH'S instructions have stood the guilty persons in good stead. Even the litere scripta does not avail against the flames; and the bonfire that the ex-agent of the Carlton ordered was an auto da fe which has frustraled thOse modern inquisitors—the law officers of the Crown, in their attempt to obtain a human victim. However, even the Beverley case will not be without effect, When a corrupt borough is disfranchised, other corrupt boroughs will take care to sin less flagrantly, and boroughs that have not yet yielded to the tempter may be induced to resist him. Even Sir HENRY EDWARDS, who owes the baronetcy which Mr. DISRAELI gave him to his merits in fighting the battle of the party at so much cost, in the now disfranchised borough, must feel that the dignity has been dearly purchased. He has lost his seat, and the prosecution, though unsuccessful, will have cost him probably nearly as much as he has spent in "charity" and other Wise. Is Mr. AYRTON at last bent upon redeeming his character, if possible, as CHIEF COMMISSIONER. It hardly does seem possible under the circumstances. And yet, at the fag end of the session, there comes forth the doubly astounding announcement that not only are the, new Law Courts going to be commenced in earnest, but that the fact of their being so com menced, is attributable to the indefatigable exertions of the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Wonders will never cease. After this we shall hear that Mr. AYRTON can be civil—even to a deputation. We shall be told that he can actually sometimes move about without - viciously treading upon the corns of the people among whom he is walking. It will take a considerable interval, however, to convince the House of Commons, for instance, of his sincerity. Members will long continue to be incredulous. So for that matter, also, will it be with the outer public. Even the right hon. gentleman's own constituents down at the Tower Hamlets will find it difficult to believe that, under his mollified aspect, this carping, captious, cynical critic of other persons doings can be, without some intollerable arriere ponce under lying or skulking behind his courtesies and conces sions : feeling sure (as they certainly will) down to the end of the chapter, that even then, when appa rently at his very best, he will but— " assent with civil leer And without sneering teach the rest to sneer." As it is, it appears about the oddest time that could very well have been selected by this incomprehensi ble /Edile at which to decide at length upon ener getically setting to work to carry out this long delayed project of a palace of justice. Previously, at the time when the attention of the whole country is distracted by the imminent probability of our finding ourselves one of these fine mornings, dragged into participation in the great war now desolating the centre of the European Con tinent—then, but not until then—Mr. AYRTON abruptly drops his character as an obstruc tive, and resolves upon having the waste ground in the centre of London cleared as rapidly as possible for the erection at last of the new Law Courts on what is called the Cary-street site, that is, the site lying immediately between the Temple and Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. We are thinking, the majority of us, about the urgent .need there is for the wise application to defensive purposes of the supple-, mentary grant to that end of I:2,00%000 sterling, bf the necessity for the rapid supply at once to the arinyand the militia and the volunteers of: the best tel all the smaller arms of precision, better than the add- z u nd geivehr; better • even than the :el:lasi:4dt the Henry-Martini rifle, when Mr. AYRTON all of a sudden waked up from his long torpor in regard to the New Law Courts, and insists upon it that what we have to think of now are—bricks and mortar, wood and iron, stone and cement, with which to fill up that great eyesore-gap in the middle of London, midway between the two lanes of Drury and Chancery. The tact is, the CHIEF COMMISSIONER must always, it would seem, go by the rule of contraries. We are disposed for once, however, to take him jusl exactly as he is. Upon the laying out of the scheme of the Law Courts he has at last adventured. Fair and softly—let us all see well to it that he does now in earnest proceed along the road upon which he has so long tarried. To his indefatigable exertions, we are told that we are im mediately indebted for the fact that the Law CoUrts are now about to be commenced. Through his inde fatigable exertions let us look for their rapid and sat isfactory completion. The accomplishment by Mr. AYRTON of a work of that kind may yet go far towards compensating for some at least of his many sins of omission and commission as CHIEF COMMIS MISSIONER. TOPICS OF THE DAY. onward resulted in their fi"iding themselves, after I two days beating about to the westward, just ten miles from where they started. A frigate of average sailing qualities, it was said at the time, would have proceeded 150 miles to the westward in the time; in fact, H.M.S. Liverpool, which had started after the ironclads in case of accident, easily kept her station. with the squadron under little more canvas than her topsails. At one period of this brief cruise the signal was given to drop targets overboard, and to fire at them in succession. The practice was re ported to have " been pretty fair, considering that the gunners could not see the targets." Four days after leaving Portland the Admiral of the Fleet was informed that the Hector was shipping large quan tities of water. He therefore deemed it prudent to bring the vessels round to Torbay, where they an chored. Since 1866 her Majesty's fleet has been strengthened by the addition of the Vanguard, the Captain, and the Monarch, all of a superior class so far 'as sailing qualities and turret principles are con cerned. It is to be hoped, however, that improve ment has not been omitted in the case of those iron clads whose supremacy on the sea was so dissatis fying four years ago. • OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. The organs of the two services are naturally on the qui vine with respect to our national defences, and are by no means inclined to be indulgent to Ministerial shortcomings. The United Service Gazette says the military measures of the Government may be summed up in a line. In summer they boastfully reduce military expenditure by- one million; in autnnin they ask fbr two millions to repair the mischief they have done. The 20,000 men for whom Mr. Cardwell asks are not impossible to be had, if the hook of the recruiting sergeant be properly baited, butthe Gazette thinks they will be quite insufficient, and looks for the calling out of the Militia and the pulling together of the volunteers. It advises a Volunteer Congress in London, at which the commandants should arrange plans for bringing their respective corps up to their full complements. With • 80,000 regular troops,. 100,000 volunteers, and some 70,000 militia in all, we shall be in tolerably good condition. As for the Davy, the Gazette believes that the speech of Mr. Childers was true as well as moderate. Our force might have been more effective had we built turret-ships instead of broadsides, and we must not forget that Rwesia, at least, possesses a bond fide turret navy. Let us con. vert our wooden line of battle ships into turret vessels, and above all things let Sir Spencer Robin son have nothing to do with the matter. There will, however, be no safety for the navy until despotic power has ceased at the Admiralty. The Army and Navy Gazette, on the other hand, thinks our naval deficiencies the most serious of the two. A great maritime war with its possible combinations would require ten ironclads in the Channel, ten sail in the North Sea, eight or ten in the Mediterranean, and at least eight for other stations, ten more to supplement our home port defences, and a reserve of one third the active force. Have we the ships, the men, or the means of providing them, or stores for the ships we possess ? These questions the my and Navy Gazette would like to see promptly answered, for England blockaded would be England ruined. IS ENGLAND PREPARED ? The asseverations of Mr. Cardwell that the English army would be in a fit state to meet an enemy have brought critics innumerable into the field. In spite of the Ministerial statement, the prevailing opinion seems to be that b .th in numbers and efficiency the British army is not in such a satisfactory state as one would like to see it. But granting for the moment that 30,000 or 40,000 troops could be landed on the Conti nent, the question occurs what is the country to do in the meantime ? This is a question put by a corres pondent in the Times, who asserts that our own coast fortifications are a mere delusion. Portsmouth is considered the most important point in the southern military district, and neither Portsmouth nor its Outer anchorage of Spithead has fortifications capable of defence. The great forts on Portsdown and the lines at Hilsea have no guns, nor are the platforms ready for mounting them. The stone foundations of the Spithead forts are there certainly, but the forts them selves exist only in name; in fact, the foundations would serve admirably to buoy the enemy's fleet. Turning to the Isle of Wight, matters are in a similar position. In the event of an Attack upon Portsmouth, a landing might be effected in Sandown Bay, and to meet this 'contingency a granite fronted fort was erected in the centre of the shore line of the bay. Four years ago the fosse was filled with pre pared blocks of Penrhyn granite, intended for the embrasures of an upper tier, but the War Office authorities altered their minds and decided to have but one tier, and this was to be strengthened by iron shields in the embrasures. Unfortunately, like " the nice-laid schemes of mice and men" the intentions of the War Office have never been carried into effect, and persons who are curious to see how we manage these things in England have only to pay a visit to Sand own Bay. THE CONDITIONS OF PRUSSIAN SUCCESS. The - successes which attended the Prussian sol diers all through the Austrio-Prussian campaign, it may be interesting to remember at this crisis, were scarcely more due to the superiority of the needle gun than to the light manner in which the men were equipped. Their antagonists made the fatal error of taking with them everywhere heavy knapsacks, tins, bread bags, and all forts of minor military im pediments in addition to the customary articles, a cumbrous helmet and a long flapping coat. The Prussians, it is recorded, fought their battles in forage caps and tunics, and the celerity with which they were able to gain positions and to swing their rifles in all directions favoured them to an amazing extent. there was no doubt, however, but that Austrian bravery quailed before the effects of the then new weapon, and we have it on the authority of Dr. Russell that in each conflict the morale of the Im perial troops suffered enormously from their impres sion of the gun. The following extract is from one of his letters written at the time of Sadowa : "It is certain that the fire of this gun was terrible in its swiftness. In' the assault against Klum all the lead ing officers and men fell as they pushed up the hill. I have been told that acalvalry regiment breaking into a charge at a distance of 600 yards had been so pelted with the hail of these bullets that more than one third of every squadron in front, horses and men, were down before they could deliver a sabre cut; that the second line, tumbling about over the men and horses of the first squadron, were similarly smitten with annihilating fire ; and that when the regiment drew on the flanks in disorder, the plain over which they had advanced was piled with corpses." THE BRITISH IRON-CLAD FLEET. At a critical time, when 89 much is being said about the necessity for thoroughness of system and efficiency in our navy, an account of the man ner in which Britannia ruled the waves in the year of our Lord 1800 may not be without interest. On the 3rd of August in that year Admiral Yelverton, as Admiral in command, left Portland in. H.M.S. Caledonia, accompanied by the Hector, Pallas, and Achilles, for a cruise, in which the speed of the vessels and the acquirements of the Marines in target shooting were to be tested. The ironclacis carried all plain sail and used steam, but the weather was, it seems, unfavourable and bias pring, and the result of the efforts to get the fleet DRUNKENNESS IN THE ARMY. Military affairs are just now of paramount interest, and any cause which detracts from the efficiency of our forces becomes a matter of national concern. Soldiers have not generally a very good. character for sobriety, but probably few are aware to what an extent drunkenness really prevails in the army. The fines in the Royal Artillery for the four quarters ending March 1870, amounted to £927, in the cavalry to £317, in the Guards to £242, and the total in the Line to £8,491. The sum total of the various branches reaches the immense aggregate of £10,426 in the time specified, and for India, if the same proportion is calculated, to £5,700. For India we have no official returns, but unhappily the amount is likely, from what we know of military habits in the tropics, to be more rather than less. It remains to be con sideredh what shall be done with the large sum of money tus annually collected, and the military com mittee appointed to determine the question have arrived at a very wise conclusion. They would distribute the money on the principle of rewarding sobriety at the expense of drunkenness, and would not therefore apply it to recreation rooms or institutes which the habitually intemperate man may use as well as the sober, nor for the same rea son would they appropriate it in aid of soldiers' families, or to the decrease of hospital stoppages or barrack damages. It is especially undesirable to ap ply the fines in either of these last mentioned ways, as the intemperate man is far more likely to damage Government property than the sober one, and is als o much more frequently in hospital. They propose therefore to employ the money in a bonus to well conducted soldiers on ,discharge, which would afford an additional incentive to good conduct, and might be enjoyed by the reformed drunkard. At the same time it is to be hoped these startling statistics will induce the authorities to diminish the temptations to intemperance as much as possible. SOLDIERS IN CIVIL DEPARTMENTS. Sir Charles Trevelyan writes to the Times, on the subject of soldiers in the civil departments. He says that the East India Company had no difficulty in recruiting their European regiments because it was understood that well-conducted soldiers would sooner or later obtain a place in the Commissariat or Public Works Department. Under the altered condition of Indian affairs, this practice : has been extended and developed. So many can didates have come forward on different occasions that the commanding officers had to hold preliminary examinations for the studentships in the Civil Engineering College. In Prussia the non-commis sioned officers are encouraged and rewarded by civil appointments, and it is owing to this practice that their regiments attain to such excellence in military training. Sir Charles ;Trevelyan thinks that there cannot be a better training for the great mass of semi-mechanical appointments in the Customs, Excise, and Post Office than a few years of military service. The recruit learns to obey and to command; to perform iu a scrupulously exact manner a variety of detailed duties; and to know the value of character. The inducements to enter the service would be greatly increased if a young man could look forward to being appointed in a few years to a civil office. Our recruits, without losing their taste for civil life, would thus become trained soldiers, and our trained soldiers while in the prime of life would preside over estab= lishments for the national defence. They could per form their duty in the Reserve, and assist the Volun teers with their experience of military affairs. Under these conditions the worst features of our military system would be removed, and our soldiers would have the return to civil life as their ultimate object in view. • THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. The news from the Red River is highly satisfac tory. The rebellion is all over and‘ peace and concord will begin to reign. The inhabitants have unani mously accepted the terms of settlement proposed in the Manitobah Bill. Riel, the leader of the former opposition, is one of its most enthusiastic supporters: and it has been decided that the country should enter the Dominion on the terms specified in the Act. Of course there will now be no expedition; in fact be fore any expedition 'could reach the settlement, a harmonious arrangement will have been completely established. ROYAL BENEFICENCE. Prince Arthur has, in a very praiseworthy manner, sent a cheque for: twenty pounds to be placed to the credit of the Canadian Volunteer Prize Fund now being raised, to commemorate the bravery displayed by the Volunteers in repelling the Fenian invasion. It is handsome of the Prince, thus perceiving, almost on his arrival in England, the means whereby he may shew the Canadians, in however trifling a way, that he does not forget their reception of him. A. greater act still of royal consideration and munificence has, however, been accomplished this week, and that, too, at the hands of a man whose temperament and softer feelings are just now sorely tried. We learn that the Emperor Napoleon has given special orders for all of his prisoners to be "provided with money in case of need, and to be treated with the utmost kindness." How the inmates of our workhouses will wish to be prisoners ! THE ROAD STEAMER, Among the many various improvements in our means of locomotion, Mr. Thomson's road steamer certainly occupies no inconsiderable place. The reports upon it, which - have just been issued among the parliamentary papers, are unanimous in its favour. There seems, indeed, to have been no room for hesitation in pronouncing judgment. One of the most confident of the witnesses in its behalf is Mr. White, a large c orn merc h an t i n Aberdeen, who employs one of these engines or road steamers in drawing wheat and flour daily between his granaries in the city and his flour mills three miles distant. Part of this road is so steep and crooked, that Mr. White employed fourteen horses for the work, and usually lost several in the course of the year. Z he gradients vary from 1 in 72 to a level road. By the aid of the road steamer Mr. White now makes three journeys daily, to and fro with a load each time of fifteen tons gross, carry ing thus ninety tons per diem, the repairs, &c., having. been slight, and the accidents trivial. The road steamer has been tried in Ceylon, in Australia, and in Paris, with equal success. In Paris the artillery officers were quick to perceive the immense advantage of the system as applied to military transports, and an inquiry set an foot by our arsenal has resulted in unqualified ap proval of, its working.„. The assistant controller and :the -superintendent of machinery, Ili' their report to the Controller in Chief, observe that the general statement that 150 pairs of horses are required to do the daily work of Aldershott, irrespective 'of those required by the artillery, is sufficient to warrant the trial of a road steamer there without delay. In every department its success is equally remarkable. A three-horse power engine drew a boiler weighing thirteen tons up an . incline of one in twelve, though the ground was slippery from frost. It has been tried on hard stiff clay soil, along sea sands, loose and dry, and soft and wet, and even through a running creek. The peculiarity is the thick india rubber tires on the wheels, which run with facility not only on common roads, but under the various conditions specified. The road steamer will . pro bably be very extensively applied before long. THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST. The near approach of the 12th of August is a sign to our law-makers that their labours are tending to a close for the present, In a few days there will be an exodus to the north, and, instead of hunting out defects in Government bills, members will be engaged in looking after the grouse. Fortunately the accounts are most favourable, and the ardent sportsmen will find no lack of employment. The last winter on the Scotch moors was not too cold for , the grouse, and the breeding in spring was most successful. Although in the lowlands rain has been a great desideratum, and farmers have been in a state of frenzy owing to the unusually dry fieasoo, in the Highlands the weather has not been particularly dry, and this, com bined with the fact that no disease has yet made its appearance among the birds, is a guarantee that the coveys will be above the average. It is believed that so generally favourable a season as the present has not been known for many years, and that throughout Scotland the moors have been thoroughly replen ished. Of course there is always a drawback when the birds are particularly strong on the wing, and heavy bags will depend on a steady hand and good breech-loaders. AN AMERICAN BULL. The Americans give themselves the reputation of being the smartest people on the face of the earth, and their fertility of invention is conceded to them without dispute. It is - observable, however, that at times a spirit of imitation invades their minds, and European designs—and manners too—are copied with a slavishness much to be reprehended. Taking the Pope as a pattern, the Episcopal Council of the Diocese of Wisconsin has been doing a little business in the "bull " line on its own account. The last decree issued by this infallible board is not likely to be 'successful, as it touches too closely a matter upon which - our cousins have independent notions. The Council, finding, perhaps, that their congrega tions were getting scanty in numbers have decided that members of the Church must find life-partners in their own communion. The paper which brings the news does not inform the world of the result of the "notion," but it is to be feared that the young people of Wisconsin will pay as much attention to the decision of the Council as other people have paid to "bulls" nearer home. A NEW DRAUGHT ANIMAL. Now that the French and Prussians are reported to be purchasing all the horses Englishmen will allow 'them to have, it behoves cabmen and farmers to be on the alert in search of a new beast of burden. Cattle of the bovine species we have certainly, but the slow speed they proceed at in harness would be so much worse than even that which we are accus tomed to in the streets that it would render them unac ceptable to hackney coachmen, and the long time re quired for their education as drawers of ploughs and of waggons acts against them in point of favour with the agriculturist. In this difficulty an extraordinary animal has suddenly shown himself docile and willing to work, and the fact is a striking instance of the manner in which nature seems to meet every defi ciency almost the moment it takes place by a ne'w benefit. Acc o rdi ng t o the August a Chronicle, a planter in South Carolina has cultivated his entire farm this year, so far as ploughing is concerned, with an—alligator. This domesticated Silurian is reported as working splendidly in plough-harness, and as being far superior to mules or horses in power, if not in speed. It is said that his only difficulty is to repress the natural penchant for having a little niggar occa sionally for dinner. As baby-farming is so rife in England, cabmen perhaps might with facility enter into some agreement to gratify the alligator's taste in this respect. ~. ~-_%,, It - C :i --- , L . , ;.,:p ..i_.,, ,, i , . ~. , i.._. ,/-- trail '' '•)-- -*-4'- I - -, ..*,----041- --- - eli.gr, Jiallat LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1870. MOST persons will, we suspect, be surprised—we adinit that we ourselves are—to find that there is absolutely no treaty obligation upon this country to defend the neutrality of Belgium. We once took upon ourselves that obligation, as did the other great Powers which signed the Treaty of 1831—namely, France, Russia, Prussia, and Austria. But eight years later, the King of HOLLAND having agreed to recognise the separation of his old Belgian provinces and the independence of Belgium, a new Treaty was drawn up and signed in 1839 by all the great Powers before-mentioned, by Belgium, and by Holland. It set forth the independence of Belgium and Holland's recognition of it, acknowledged the right of the King of HOLLAND to enter the Germanic Confederation as Grand Duke of LUXEMBURG, and it declared that the Treaty of 1831 was " not obligatory upon the high contracting parties." It would seem, therefore, that the older Treaty was intended merely to guarantee the independence of Belgium against Holland, and not at all against the Great Powers. It is true that the 7th article of the 1839 treaty states that " Belgium bliall form an independent and perpetually neutral State ; " but there is no article in this treaty as there was in the older one, whereby the Great Powers guarantee, either collectively or individually, the ob servance of this provision. If, therefore, we decide to defend Belgium we shall do so, not because of the Treaty obligation, but because of a moral obligation, and possibly also because of considerations for our own safety. In connection with this matter it will be well to notice the very remarkable words addressed recently by the CZAR to the Belgian Minister at St. Petersburg. The Emperor ALEXANDER spoke of "the respect and consideration acquired throughout Russia and Europe by a young Sovereign who, following in his father's footsteps, had been able with so much wisdom, to uphold the positiim of his country, by basing the rights guaranteed to it by treaties on the strict observance of the duties imposed upon him." It would seem as if one of the great Powers, at all events, was prepared to join England in uphold ing the independence of Belgium against conspira tors in high places, whether at Paris or Berlin. WE must not let this war absorb all our attention. The session which closes this week has, thanks to the feebleness of the HOME SECRETARY, brought no relief to the sixty thousand victims who every year are slain by drink. If the delay should lead to a more vigorous measure next year than we should have had this year, it will not be altogether regret though the slaughter is a heavy price to pay. In the meanwhile all true friends of the we rking • classes must not cease from point ing out over and over again the 6vils of the drink traffic. It is a case of line upon line, precept upon precept ; a case of scope cadendo, which in time will make an impression even upon the mind of Mr. BRUCE. As an ounce of fact is said to be worth a ton of theory, we give the right hon. gentleman the following incident. A few months ago a seaman named EDWORTHY having just been paid off, went to Torquay with more than £lOO in his pocket. He daily frequented the Steam Packet Inn kept by ft man named CROCKER; and every night he was carried back to his house hopelessly drunk. On July 30th he was drinking at this same inn from twelve at noon to twelve at midnight. He was, as usual, carried home intoxicated, and put to bed. During the night he turned his face on the pillow, but seems to have been unable to turn back, and the next morning he was found suffocated. A coroner's inquest was held, and the verdict was that " the deceased was acci dentally suffocated while in a state of helpless intoxication." The coroner " severely repri manded" CROCKER " for supplying, the man with so much drink when he was already drunk." " Severely reprimanded !" And is that all ? Was not CROCKER—he who supplied a man without possession of his faculties with that which might, and in all probability would, bring him into some serious disaster—exposed to any severer punishment than this ? Why was he not tried for manslaughter ? The railway signalman who has been kept for fifteen hours at his post, and when wearied out so that he can hardly keep his eyes open, forgets to turn the points, and brings about a fatal collision, is tried for manslaughter, and has to undergo imprisonment. And yet the signalman never meant to make a mistake, never contemplated the possibility of it, was doing all that his benumbed faculties would allow to prevent a mistake. But CROCKER, of malice afore thought, seeing EDWORTHY drunk, supplied him with more drink ; seeing him in a state already full of danger, deliberately increased the peril. Nay, more than that, he put his victim's money into his own pocket : that is, not only did him a grievous wrong; but made him pay for it. And yet CROCKER does not even get his licence re voked; simply gets a reprimand, which he can laugh at among his boon customer companions at his own bar. It is useless to appeal to this man's conscience. It is useless to tell him that he is morally respon sible for. EDWORTHY'S death, that the blood of his brother cries against him from the ground. Publi cans would do a very small business indeed if they were troubled with qualms of that sort. Our readers may perhaps draw from this case the inference that in the forthcom►'.ng Lice using Bill Mr. BRUCE should provide penalties against those pub licans who supply drink to persons already intoxi cated. We draw no such inference, for we are quite sure that any such provision would be unworkable. Who is to decide when a man is drunk ? Sober persons, who see a man walking 'homeward through the streets, zig-zag, say that that man is drunk even though he should, after much faubling, succeed. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, AUG. 6. The Queen went out in the grounds yesterday after noon, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. Prince Arthur and Princess Beatrice also went out. Prince Arthur, attended b 7 Lieutenant Pickard, honoured the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron with his presence at a ball at Cowes last eveving. To-day is the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. His Serene Highness the Prince of Teck dined with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday. Viscountess Jocelyn has arrived on a visit to her Ma , j esty. _ Prince and Princess Philip of Wurtemberg and the Prince of Leiningen visited the Queen, and remained to luncheon. The band of the 99th Regiment played a selection during luncheon, under the direction of Mr. Cole, band master. Lieutenant-Colonel Dunne, commanding the 99th Re giment, quartered at Parkhurst, arrived at Osborne in the afternoon, and had the honour of being presented to her Majesty. AUG. 7. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Beatrice, Viscountess Jocelyn, and Viscountess Clifden. Princess Louise and Prince Arthur rode, and Prince Leopold drove out. The Queen and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice attended Divine service at Osborne this morning. The Rev. R. Duckworth officiated. The Right Hon. W. E. Forster arrived at Osborne yes terday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family. The Princess of Wales drove out on Saturday, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge and Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis in waiting, at tended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. , The service was performed by the Rev. the Sub-Dean and the Rev. J. V. Povan. Anthem, " Oh, that I knew" (Professor Bennett). Mr. George Cooper presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Rev. the Sub-Dean from St. Luke, chap. ii. ver. 14, The Queen will hold a council at Osborne to-morrow. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The numberTresent on Satur day was :—By season tickets, 3,389 ; on payment, 1,988 ; total, 5,377. ALLEGED MURDER IN SUFFOLK.—M the Suffolk assizes on Friday and Saturday, before Mr. Baron Chan nell, Jacob Ling was indicted for the murder of Anna Maria Chenery, at Barsham, near Beccles. The deceased woman, who was pregnant at the time of her death, and who had had an illegitimate child by the prisoner (who had fallen in arrears as regards its support), was in the company of the prisoner on the night of the Gth of June, having proceeded with him up a lonely lane near Beccles. She was found dead early next morning from loss of blood, and with wounds in her private parts. On Saturday evidence was offered for the defence to show that the deceased died from the rupture of a varicose vein in the body, that in a person in her condition such a vein would be in a gorged state, and that its rupture might be occasioned by a very slight pressure. The jury acquitted ,the prisoner. . LA' BAT'j RET] The ceived "On by the ' Crown Failly, been br " In heads o Early attacke on the detacht advanc4 comma] were d French Genera wounde Late] receive( "Kir " Fritz. cannon: Prisonc main aa " A 1 fired ofi " Gel the bat taken b describe battle o enemy Spicher " defea V te ic ( army. 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