The Sun. — London, England, 1870-11-22 00:00:00

E and Ny INTER OVERCOATS, 198, to RAI BOYS OVERCOATS, 7s. (3d. to 465. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public E • that the cheapness et an article depends entirely on its quality. and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourabrY with those of any other no Ise in hugland. - 11 4 1 AIuSES and SON'S OXFO.RD COxlTa, 17s. to 502. CAMBRIDGE COATS,, IU. to 503. li . lirtTOll JACKETS, Me. to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. tkl. to COs. BUSINESS SUITS, 288. to COs. EMOSRS and. SON'S easy and accurate system . of solf-tnea3nre enables them to exeunt:" orders by post with the glutranteo of a faultless tit. F M O SES and SON'S FROCK CO LIM", 245. to G. - DRESS COflS, 25.. to GOs. ORNING TROUSERS, 11s. Gd. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6cl. to 265. MOURNINGr SUITS, 288. to £5. EMOSES and SON invit,) special attention • to their large stook of GEN ILEilFfj DRESSING ROBES, at 183. to 20 Guineas ; the assortmenUis unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. E. MOSES and SON'S BOYS' CLOTHING KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 9s. 6d. .to 408. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BR;GIITON SUITS, 18s. to 48a. DRESS SUITS, 21s. to Ms. ri MOSES-and SON supply every description of 4 • clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and ail classes also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shone, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following aro the only addressee of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINOEIES and ALDOATE. NEW OXFORD-S'EILEET, CORNER OF lIART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BltAziciL BRADFORD. YORKSHIRE. ►I - lIEATRJ ROYAL DR Y -a- Leasee anti Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTaaTox.--This Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr. O. J. Phipps, KS. A., is now Open for the A ifTLIM N ORA MATIU S itIA SON, THIS EVENING, Nov. 22. Doors open at half-past Slx, commence at Seven o'clock, and tormulate at half-past Eleven. Prices to the public+ parts of the Theatre from Sixpence to Seven Shillinv. Private Boxes from One bo Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. AMY ROBSART.—Mies VICTORIA YOKES. In consequence of this lady's great snecess in the above character on Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, Mr. chatterton begi to announce that Miss Yokes will REPEAT the IMPERSONA TION on WEDNESDAY MORNING, Nov. M. Theatre Royal, Drury.lana. MISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, In the Drama of that name, I - NIS EVENING, Nov. 22.—TIIEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of Iv'l VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Nov.22.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. I) LEO BUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated VOICES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. !2.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir alter Scott's celebrated novel "Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock TJIIS EVENING, Nov. 22—THEATRE ROYAL DRITRY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama : Characters by Miss NEILSOIT, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Vokes, v, J. Mortin, an! Rosins Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Nov. 22—THEATEBROYAL DEURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, rittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN - ING, Nov. 22.—TREATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. MY ROBSART; New Drama. The Overture and Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor eack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING. Nov. 22. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. A DOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by 3fartin Bother, at Eleven o'olook THIS EVRNING,Nov. 22. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANK A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIo Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Manfigelll, Mr. B. VbEnsTflit and Mr. F. B. CliarrEarox.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THE GREEN BUSHES, on ONE HUNDRED TEARS AGO. Miami, Madame Celeste ; supported by Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John B.ouse, Mr. C. U. Stephenson, Mr. O. Sonnet, and Charles Wilmot. And TWICE KILLED. Mr. Crabb (his first appearance here), Mrs. A Mellon, Miss E. Barnett, and Miss. M. Cooper. T. JAMES'S TH EA T R B.—Loosee send p?Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.—This Evening at 7.45 greet iy, FERNANDE Messrs. Farrell, Leeson, Ltn Rayne Murray, and L. Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vow, Mies Larkin, Miss Fannie 'rough, Miss Turner and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.80. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Everard, At 7.45, FERNANDE. At 10.30, CHRISTMAS EVE, by C. S. Cheltranati, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox. Dan Leeson, ou t{ Lionel Brougli.—Box-ollice 11 to 6. No fees. O yAl, sTr.A.ND THEATRE. ,ole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANDOROUGH This Evening F , at 7, ON AND OF, LIVING AT FAKE' Messrs. Crouch, Turner; Mesdames Ada Swanborough . E. linfton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque' "THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, I'aulton, Fenton' and Turner ; Mesdames Aniy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley , Lee, Goodall, &c. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND._ Lessees— Messrs. H. 3. Montague, D.'James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7, TWO ROSES (144th night), by James Albery. After which, at 9.30, ELIZABETH ; or, The Don, the Duck, the Drake, and the Invisible Armada. A grand, new, original, mid profoundly historical Burlesque, by F. C. Bur nand, Esq. Conclude with CHISELLING. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, H. Irving, George Honey, W. H. Stephens, and Thomas Thorne, dc. ; Mesdames Nelly Power, A. Newton, Hetty Tracy, R. Evelyn, T. Levis, and Amy Fawsitt, &c. Doors open 6.30 ; commence at 7. MA DAME TUS S AU D'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of Frussfa, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children under 10 years of aqe, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. rilllE LArIEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as :;oon. swery Even t 4, by S WuMN, newsagent, and spac ial agen t for t tio North-westoru District, 21, Delancey-street, Cotillion town, NNY, TI - lEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAItKET.—NIQIIT of a NEW AND ORIGINAL FAIRY COMEDY. — THIS L ENING, at Seven, LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN after which, at Eight o'clock, a now and original FalrY__ComodY, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buskstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everitt, Clark, Rogers, Braid, Meadanies Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynno. After which the new , Comedletta, UNCLE'S WILL—Mr. Kendal and Mica Robertson. Conclud ing with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Box .3:tee open daily from 10 till 5. RE SUis, LONDON, TUE whom, by the way, was a foreigner. Nay, the very fire brigade who had turned out in force at the first glimmer of the conflagration, devoted their energies exclusively to the preservation of the tenements immediately surrounding the burning pile, allowing that most freely to go its way to destruction. It is not, moreover, that this was in any way an isolated instance of fanaticism of that kind towards the unfortunate Chinese Christians. For weeks and weeks, almost uninterruptedly during this last month or two, we have been receivingifrom China detailed accounts of murder and arson by wholesale, of cruelties and atrocities of the most revolting nature perpetrated by the lowest and most degraded classes in that vast population ! Crimes that have made the Christian races of Europe, in merely reading of them, shudder with abhorrence and indignation. The criminals who have been guilty of these inhuman hostilities, we have known for certain for the most part to have been allowed to pass on scathless. One or two were subjected to punish ment. But instances like these were most exceptional. As a rule these robbers and murderers, whose victims were Christian foreigners or native converts to Christianity, were allowed to slip from the grasp of justice. Ha I not the great mass of the Europeans in the north-west of our own continent beon absorbed in the deadly contest all the while raging in this terrible war between France and Germany, an Anglo-French fleet would, beyond all manner of doubt, long before this, have been on its way to the Chinese seaboard— there once more to demand reparation for a heinous offence, not only against the rights of nations but against the laws of humanity at the hands of the most self-sufficient and, in many respects, also the most barbarous and besotted Government upon the face of the earth. There has been a consciousness among us all the while that, later on, when we could turn our attention once more in earnest in the direction of the Chinese, there would inevitably be an account to settle between us and them, an account that, sooner or later, would have to be settled by them, yea, to the uttermost farthing. Meanwhile before a single step in that direction could be taken, comes to us this startling, but most satisfactory, Foreign Office telegram of yesterday. Reading it, our curiosity in regard to the real meaning of it is piqued, insomuch that we shall await with eager expectation the next batch of detailed Chinese in telligence. TOPICS OF THE DAY. LAST WEEK OF 'hit ENGAGEMENT. OPERA_ COMK),VE, 299, STRAND.—Lessees, nefist., It. Leslie, C. Steele, and W. Norton.—Unqualified admiration of this new and beautiful Theatre by all patrons. Mdlle. DEJAZET and the French Company. MONDAY, Nov. 21st, 1870, and every evening. commence with TIGRE DU BENGALE. Concluding with the celebrated Drama, by Victorien Sardou, entitled MONSIEUR GARAT, in which Mdlle. DEJAZET will sustain the title role, created by her in supported by the Company, greatly augmented and strengthened. Prices, ls. to 7s. 6d. Free list suspended, except press. Commence at 8. In active preparation, and will shortly be produced, an Operatic Burlesque, adapted expressly for this Theatre by the eminent author, W, S. Gilbert, Esq. OPERA COMIQUE,—Grand Entrance, 290, titrand. Aleasua. H. Mama, a STEELE, and W, No&Tezi. Masco's. This, the moat beautiful Theatre lin London, in 110 , 4 T 901010 - Itagtiod as TUN fashionable house of the day .Ile. DEJAZET Frenul Plays Every Evening, supported by her Great French Company. Entire Change of Performance. Free List *us pended, except Press. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Sole Lessee, BENJAMIN WEBSTER. Managers, B. WEBSTER IDa F. B. CHATTERTON.—LAST FIVE NIGIiTS.—TIIIS T]NING, at 7.0, HANDY ANDY, supported by Messrs. Shiel Barry, 11. Crellin, Voltaire, Murray, Marshall, 11. Westland, Lilly, Miss Seymour, Mrs. Addle, and Miss Jane Lovell. At 8.15, PEEP 0' DAY, by Edmund Falconer ; supported by Messrs. W. Rignold, 11. Cronin, A. Raynor, E. F. Edgar, S. Barry, J. Murray, Voltaire, Marshall, Morris, U. Westland, Lilly, and Miss R. Leclercq, Mrs. lt. Power, Miss Lennox Grey, and Mrs. Athlio.—Box-ofilee open from 10.0 till 5.0 MOTICE. Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER will _II appear lu his great impersonation of NAPOLEON TIIE FIRST in the Military Vaudeville of THE PRETTY GIRLS STILBERG, on SATURDAY NEXT, Nov. 26.—PRINTESS'S THEATRE, pRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Lessee, B. WEB STER. Managers, B. WEBSTER and F. B. CHATTERTON. THIS EVENING at Seven, HANDY ANDY; Messrs. Barry, Crellin, Murray, Mesdames Seymour, Lovell. And PEEP 0' DAY ; Messrs. Rignold, Rayner, Edgar, Crellin, Barry, Marshall, Voltaire, Mesdames P. Leclercq, L. Grey, R.. Power. GLOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND.--Manageress, Miss ALLEYNR.—BOARD AND RESIDENCE at 7. Last Six Nights of MARCO SPADA, at 7.40. Grand Ballot Divertissement at 8.50, entitled THE THREE ROSES, or the CHOSEN ONE, as danced for 250 consecutive Nights by Madame Colonna and Troupe. TIIE TAMING OF THE SHREW at 9.30. Great success of Miss Alleyne as " Katherine." " Petruchio," Mr. Fairclough. Concluding with the celebrated characteristic DANCE, by Madame Colonna and Troupe. Tho dresses designed and made under the direction of Miss Alleyne. The new Comedy entitled ECARTE will be pro duced on Saturday, November 26. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, IN, inAKT-STREET (CORNER OF CHANOBILY-LANE), LONDON (E.O). ME PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the COUKTItY ON ORDERS OVER 208 Per ream. a. d. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full aesarlp tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Bozos, Travelling Writing Cases, Deaka. poet free. Established 1841 IOiIN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY e TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the tooth appm!. whiteness,proteote the enamel from eeeay, and imparts a ploalt fragrance to the breath. Pries is. dd. Red Ball Wharf, 94, Upper Thames street, Londe?). NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AQUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. .1 NO. GOSNE LL 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 oonoontrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3a. each; also 5e., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, inolad fag brush. 7.- Rea Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon 'ton, E.G. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANN—A Domeetio llerculea. Amy Robeart. Phobus's Y ILI IlliF/I - Lodgings for Single Gentlemen, The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. My Husband's Ghost. ADELIIII Tllll3lllll—Twice Killed. GroeulBllo4. VADDEvu.ui—Chisvlling. Two Bose& Elizabeth. or the Invisible Armada, fkaAND —On and Off. Living EA Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. PRINOESS'S TIIRATRIL —llandy Andy and Peep o' Daby. BT. JA) &°e—To Oblige Benson. l'ernande. Only a Halfpenny. Guess—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. The Seoret. Ouramo—Nell and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia. °PELLA CoMlqul -Tigre do Bengale. Monsieur Garat. GAIRTY—: Happy Tillage. Batley. The Waterman. - - - Trombaloalzac. SADLEBB WELLs.—Lady d Lyme. Farce. STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chaptear of Aocidenta. AMPIIITIIIIMItH AND CIRCUS (Holborn) — Scenes in the Arena. £44'. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. PoLvTanirrio—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. NEW SURREY—FIag on the Battle Field. Link by Link. QuEmea—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's Dream. ROYAurv—Wealth, and Stranger, Stranger than Eves. 110LnoEx—Faroe. The Odds. PALAIS RovAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine,. Siege of Paris. ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert. MADAME TUSBALJD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. READINGS, &c. O in Queen's Concert Rooms (largo hall), Hanover-square, W., on Tuesday, Nov. 22. -1 ;3 - tr , 4.:4 1 4,A) ?n„ LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1870, InE telegram received at the Foreign Office yesterday from China, under date the 3rd of Novem ber, is certainly bewildering. On the face of it, of course, it is satisfactory; but, from first to last, we repeat, it is bewildering. It speakS as if everything in regard to the new Chinese difficulty had been cleared up to Mr.WADE's entire satisfaction. Military forces,he says, would be nowhere required—meaning there was no longer need for wreaking vengeance upon the assassins, who must already, in that case, have been subjected to condign punishment. If this bo so, we have indeed cause for congratulation. So little was such a result calculated upon as a" probability that in the limes of yesterday, the very day on which Mr. WADE'S telegram reached Downing-street, there was an account of fresh atrocities, happily this time not a massacre but a most wanton and wholly unprovoked destruction of property at Fatshan, near Canton, in the burning down of a Christian temple on the even ing of the 2.lst of September. Just as the pagan Romans used to say of the early Christians—" improprieties" were being committed within the building That was the evil watchword muttered round the doomed temple of Fatshan by these insensate Chinese barbarians. Whereupon the edifice was broken into, sacked, and committed to the flames, the local police authorities and the soldiery raising not a finger in defence of the owners of the property, not one of MR. KNATCHMILL-lIIIGESSEN ON TIIE CRISIS. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, the under Secretary of the Home Department, whilst addressing his con stituents at Deal, made a very important declaration concerning the attitude of Russia. An Understand ing, he believes, if it really exist between Russia and Prussia, means nothing more or less than the utter annihilation and destruction of constitutionalism throughout Europe. The Under-Secretary declares himself free to say that if German unity be another term for Russian aggran disement and Prussian despotism, then the view which he has taken from first to last will be confirmed, namely, that German unity was not the primary object of the prosecution of this war, and that it would be a great misfortune for England and for Europe at large if France were so humiliated, and her power so crippled, as to afford no counterpoise to the pretensions of Russia and Prussia. He cannot tell what may be the intentions of the Ministry, but so far as he is concerned ho declares that he could not remain a member of any Government if that Government were not prepared to uphold the honour of England under such circumstances. Ile is certain that the Cabinet is fully sensible of the gravity of the situation, and is prepared to take such a course as will preserve this country her foremost place amongst nations. BARON BRUNNOW'S KINDNESS. The Post hears that Baron l3runnow had Prince Gortschakoff's famous circular in his pocket on the 9th of November, but amiably withheld it, "for fear of disturbing the harmony of the Lord Mayor's feast. The next day, however, after allowii.g a reasonable time for the digestion of the civic turtle and of the Ministerial speeches, he delivered his startling communication." We ought to be grateful for this 'kind desire not to mar the success of the great British institution. But some good effects might have resulted from delivering the circular before the banquet. Its contents might have prevented some aldermen from over-eating themselves. And it would assuredly have saved the Government from looking very foolish when, after the peaceful exor diums of the table, it found all Europe aghast at the prospect of war. THE BRITISH FORCES. The Daily Telegraph thinks it expedient to reckon up the forces which the Government has at its dis posal, and finds the result pretty satisfactory. "Much has lately been said about our utter want of prepara tion, but it may take many of our readers by surprise when they hear that we could send off 35,000 troops of all arms, ready in every respect for the field, at a week's notice ; and that in about a couple of months this first division could be fol lowed by another numerically equal in amount." The number of infantry in the country at this mo ment is 59,000; the cavalry, 11,500; the artillery, 14,000, with 180 guns; 3,300 engineers; and 2,500 of the Army Service Corps. For home defence, there would, after the two corps had been sent off, be a balance of line troops, the militia, and the volun teers—it being taken for granted that no danger of invasion exists. The Telegraph (the article appears to be inspired) considers that England was never able to do so much as this before. No NEWS. Balloon communication with Paris has again ceased for a few days. The weather may be unfavourable, the Germans may be more successful in bagging this game, or the French Government may not desire any intelligence to get outside. In the latest papers received a growing desire for peace is evinced by the more moderate writers. The Soir hOlds that longer resistance is impossible, and proposes that M. Favre, who has irrevocably pronounced against ceding Alsace and Lorraine, be superseded by M. About. The Daats is very earnest. "Let us then act as reasonable people, let us make a painful, but temporary sacrifice, and when by peace we regain our freedom of action let us with energy and patriotism set to work to redeem our lost dignity. Let us by our moral energy, our patriotism, and our determination become again what we formerly were, and this we shall do, especially if the transitory disgrace which the Imperial Govern ment has brought upon us serves as a salutary lesson." 'fit the same time there is plenty of • warlike writing in the Paris journals. Of military movements we hear nothing. For the last three weeks or so, the great garrison has remained quite inactive. It is supposed that General Trochn is preparing his great coup. A POSSIBLE, SCHEME. The silence which has descended on the Paris garrison at present envelops all the French armies. Their leaders have effectually taken a lesson from their opponents in this respect. M. Gambetta keeps all news of military movements out of the papers, and the English correspondents flounder about in evident uncertainty both as to the numbers and positions of the Republican forces. What is the Loire Army doing, is a question which nobody has yet answered. It has nut been lighting since the 10th, for the combat at Motu, described by King DAY, NOVEMBER 22, 187 U. William as a French repulse " all along the line," turns out to have been a very partial affair. The tele grams from Tours say that the Loire army is awaiting the Germans in an entrenched camp at Orleans ; but it is likely that D'Aurelles is doing something quite different from what the Tours telegrams represent him to be doing. Moreover, to wait at Orleans would be suicide. It is sug gested in several quarters,amongst others, by the acute diarist of the Standard, that the French General, leaving a small force opposed to the Duke of Mecklenburg to mask the movement, is hurrying up to the north with the intention of assailing the Germans before Paris on the western or north-western front. If this plan succeeded, the army of the Loire, Bourbaki's army of the North (at least 60,000 strong), and Trochu's force, would all fall upon the weakest point of the besiegers' lines, whilst Prince Frederic Charles and the Duke of Mecklenburg were wild goose chasing about Orleans. If such a plan were carried through, the German position would become very un comfortable. But in order to succeed it is necessary first, that the French should have attempted it, of which there is no positive news, and that the Ger mans should be kept in ignorance of the design until Bourbaki and D'Aurelles had well nigh marched to the required point. ANOTHER STRATEGIC MOVEMENT. Whilst the Army of the Loire is credited with pro found strategic combinations, it is a positive fact that a skilful change of front is being executed by a consider able portion of the British army of journalists. The position of the uncompromising German sympathisers in the English press has become very awkward since the probability has arisen that Prussia will aid Russia in an enterprise which is undeniably disagreeable to the majority of Englishmen, whether they fight for it or not. A complete wheel round is therefore taking place on all sides. The military prospects of the FroLch are not despaired of now. They are even represented as of greater promise than the facts justify. The French armies are treated with great respect, and the rapidity and efficiency of organisation displayed by the French loaders receive the highest praise. Gambetta is now termed " the right man in the right place " by the very same paper which formerly dubbed him a wind bag. Lot us hope that such a practical warning against attributing all the virtues and good qualities to one side, because it wins, will not be lost. In this instance the worship of the English press was the more offensive, as wo got, and still get, little save abuse in return for our praise. THE SURRENDER. OP METE. Field-Marshal Sir John Burgoyne considers that Marshal Bazaine has been most unfairly treated. The French armies, he points out, had no leading counsel, and each commander was left to act for himself. In consequence each was ex posed to the concentrated movements of a united enemy, The German armies contrived through this means to crush one French corps after another, until they came to that of Bazaine. Sir John Burgoyne says that if Marshal Bazaine was not able to break through the forces of the enemy at the beginning of the siege he had still less chance as time went on, because the positions of the Germans were improved by field works. While the besiegers strengthened themselves the forces of Bazaine rapidly deteriorated. He had at last no choice but to surrender, as his pro visions were exhausted, and he had no expectation of meeting with friendly support. His position was desperate when efforts were made to relieve him by the movement from Chalons. As one of those who served with Marshal Bazaino in the Crimea, Sir John feels constrained to defend a "gallant fellow soldier" from the attacks which have been made against him. COMPLAININGS IN ALSACE• If almost general dissatisfaction at the course of government and conduct assumed by the Prussians since the taking of Strasburg, be any crite rion as to the popular feeling on the subject of ceding Alsace to Germany, we cannot but believe that a separation from France would be highly objectionable to the Alsatians. The gallant French who were picked up on the field after the battle of Worth were brought to Alsace, and devoted mothers and sisters there tended them. These women have now, it is said, now tortures and troubles im posed upon them, for when their wounded relatives are beginning to recover and giving them joy thereby, they are led into captivity by the Prussians, even though they are only strong enough to bear being lifted. Loud is the wailing, we are told, at this treatment, but this is not the only grievance com plained of. Germany, the Alsatians say, gives alms for the poor of Strasbourg and the neighbouring territories, but on the same days almost that they send money into the towns they make a requisition for thousands of flannel shirts and other clothing for the troops, who are still left billeted on the inhabitants. The new Governors-General, moreover, it is alleged, aro giving banquets and other festivals in exultation at the German victories, in the towns full only of humiliated French people, and chiefly at their expense. GOOD NEWS FRO3I CHINA. The Foreign Office has favoured us with a tele gram from Pekin, dated November 3, to the effect that Mr. Wade does not anticipate any necessity for the employment of military force anywhere. This is satisfactory : the question is whether such a condition of security may be expected to con tinue. The late Tientsin outrage seems unfortunately to establish a fact which tho English Government has heel' naturally reluctant to recognise—that the Imperial authorities at Pekin have really no control over distant provinces, which are ruled absJlutely by the mandarins. What the Pekin Government says, therefore, is no guarantee respecting the entire empire. THE EDUCATION ACT. A letter has been received by the master of the Training College at Carmarthen from the Education Department, which has led to some uneasiness in English and Welsh towns. Amongst the arguments used by the adversaries of the voluntary system it has been said that when the ratepayers in a given parish have decided upon supporting their schools by a rate, they know the worst that can befall them in the way of pecuniary liability. Threepence in the pound it was declared would be the utmost sum which the ratepayers could be called upon to supply, the necessary balance being made up from the school pence, and, when that fails, from the national Treasury. This, it now seems, is an erroneous view. In the letter referred to the officials connected with the Education Department write that " Section 97 of the Education Bill does not limit the amount which the rating authority is liable to be called upon to pay in any given case, to a sum which would have been raised by a rate of threepence in the pound in the school district, but simply fixes the latter rate as the minimum to be paid by the rating authority before any additional grant can become payable." At this statement considerable alarm, as we have said, has been manifested, and local newspapers are explaining in indignant language what the purport of the mes sage means. They show that parishes must pay threepence in the pound before the Treasury comes to their aid. how much more money may be de manded of them subsequently, depends upon circum stances beyond their control. For her own part she would have the Bible read in schools and explained to the children, nor does she think this process necessarily involves sec tarian teaching. At the same time she would make it her duty to prevent teachers enforcing doctrinal teachings, upon subjects which admitted of a differ ence of opinion. Miss Garrett is in favour of compul sion, but opposed to free schools. The greatest care, she thinks, should be exercised in enforcing the provi sions of the Act; and she is decidedly opposed to the power of carrying out the compulsory clauses being invested in the police. Miss Garrett admits that she is a Trinitarian, but would not have such doctrine forced upon children. The "scruples of even Uni tarians should be respected." MISS GARRETT, M.D., ON SCHOOL BOARDS. Miss Garrett, who is a candidate for the represen tation of Marylebone on the London School Board, at a meeting which gave her a very enthusiastic reception, has expressed the view that the religious difficulty will not be so great as was anticipated at the earlier stages of the educational movement. '5%.• -*kW, 44' “Ar 7.4. tif . t :4 ;4' '' .41 • tratin4 HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Nov. 19. The Queen went out in tho morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and in the afternoon drove out, at-. attended by the Duchess of Roxburgh°. The Marchioness of Ely left the Castle. The Rev. Dr. Taylor had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Eight Hon. Hugh Childers, M.P., is expected to leave his official residence at the Admiralty about the middle of the week for Uantley Park, Yorkshire, after which the right lion. gentleman goes to pay a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Halifax at Hickleton Hall. The schooner Sarah, of Montrose, got on the Annat Sand Bank on Saturday evening. Fortunately her crew were saved by the Mincing-lane lifeboat, which was presented to the National L►stitution last year by the merchants of Mincing-lane. The Wardenship of St. Peter's College, Radley, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Wood, has been conferred upon the Rev. Charles Martin, M,A., of New College, Oxford, one of the Assistant Masters in Harrow School. --- The marriage of the lion. Isolda Vereker, eldest daughter of Viscount Gort, with Lieutenant C. Crau furd, R.N., only child of Sir G. Crauturd, Bart., will take place on the 22nd of this month, at Firle-place, Sussex, the seat of the bride's maternal grandfather, Viscount Gage. Frederick Charles Plumtree, D.D., Master of University College, Oxford, died on Monday morning after a short illness. lle had held the office for thirty four years, having succeeded Dr. Rowney, the previous master, in 1S 6. Dr. Phuntree was 7S years of age, and was highly esteemed throughout the University. LITERATURE. SIR HENRY BULWER'S NEW WORK. The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston . By the Right Hon. Sir Henry layttCm Buiwer. Vols. I. and 11. (Bentley.) The expectations, long excited, in regard tp this bit,- graphy have not been disappointed. The author of " Historical Characters " has dealt not only worthily, but wisely and discreetly, with the materials entrusted to bin' by the relatives of Lord Palmerston. As Sir Henry Bulwer apprizes his reader at the very outset, his original intention was simply have sketched Lord Palmerston , as he had already sketched George Canning, and William Cobbett, and Maurice Talleyrand, in the luminous pages of the popular work just mentioned—as yet his literary masterpiece—" Historical Characters." That intention, however, was naturally abandoned as inadequate, inune' diately he began to realise upon a careful examination the value of the voluminous private correspondence entrusted to his keeping, to be dealt with or not according to the dictates of his own judgment. Diaries and letters were at his command in abundance. There was, besides, an auto biographic sketch in the handwriting of Lord Palmerston . The materials were altogether ample and varied. The biographer, bent upon using them to the best possible ad: vantage, found his general design, in spite of 5 11 efforts at compression, expanding in its dimen sions, insomuch that the two considerable volumes of the work hero published merely carry down the record of Lord Palmerston's career to the completion of his second term of office as Foreign Secretary. The author endeavours, as much as possible, to let Lord Palmerston be his own delineator. Indeed, the one ex ception we are constrained to take to the book as a whole is this, that it gives us too little of Sir Henry Bulwer himself. The observations of the biographer are purely intercalary. The thread of the narrative penned hi himself, we only catch sight of, so to speak, hero and there at scattered intervals, in between the letters and the fragments of diary and autobiography strung upon it, a l/0 according to Sir Henry's genial view of them, possibly, 00 many pearls of price. The correspondence, no doubt, is wonderfully interesting, and, for the most part, delightful byreason of the vlrve, the " go," the elan, we had almost said the chic of its exhilarating vivacity. Nevertheless, the connecting or intermediate portions of the work—the " Remarks " that are introduced every now and then by Sir Henry Bulwer himself, we would, speaking for our selves, gladly have met with far more frequently. As it is, the records of this eventful life are recounted for the most part by the hero himself rather than by the author or compiler of the biography. LordPahnerstodrela.tes what happens, freshly, at the moment of its happening , either with terse precision, through the medium of his diaries, or in a more familiar and confidential manner , through the medium of his unstudied correspondence.. The span of his life was, so to speak, a full-octave, ex ceeding, as it did, at the time of its close, ;the age of an octogenarian. Born on the 20th of October, 1784, the veteran statesman breathed his last on the 18th of Octo ber, 1865—dying while yet in possession of the Premier ship, his remains receiving at the hands of the nation noble sepulture in Westminster Abbey. Succeeding his father on the 17th of April, 1802, when still a stripling Of 18, he enjoyed his rank as an Irish Viscount, and held possession of his large and increasing property in England and Wales and Ireland for sixty-three years altogether. During two years and a half (from April, 1807, to October, 1809,) ho was a Lord of the Admiralty. During a consecir tive period of nearly twenty years altogether, he held the important position of Secretary at War , the first six of those years being the last six of the epoch of the wars of the Great Napoleon. Thrice he was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—from the 22nd November, 1830 to the 15th November, 1834 ; from the 18th April, 1835, to the 31st August, 1841 ; from the 3rd July, 1846, to the 22nd December, 1351—that is during a period of fifteen years altogether. From the 28th December, 1852, to the 30th January, 1855, he was Home Secretary. Twice he was Prime Minister—u Pen the first occasion for exactly three years, namely, from the 20th February, 1855, to the 20th February, 1858 upon the last occasion for upwards of six years, namely , from the 30th June, 1859, to the 18th October, 1865, when he expired from the simple decay of nature, whilst still St the head of the Government. It is this busy life, of which we have here a fitting record, under the hand of one whose very first sentence runs thus :—" I have undertaken to write the biography of a great statesman under whom I long served, and for whom I had a sincere and respectful affection." Than Lord Palmerston no statesman ever more manifestly or more deliberately bided his time. While yet in his premiere jeunesse, while yet the curled darling of Almack's, ho ',vas tempted again and again, but vainly always, by many magnificent and dazzling offers of advancement. Twice, while yet with the bloom of youth upon him, he had placed at his command the Chancellorship of the Exche quer. He was offered an English peerage, with the Post master-GenerAlship. He was offered the SecretaryshiP for Ireland. He was offered the Governorship of Jamaica. He was twice offered the Governor-Generalship of India by Mr. Canning, and previously by Lord Liverpool. Ifs preferred retaining to the last his position in the House of Commons, rising from the Admiralty to the War Office, to the Foreign Office, to the Home Office, and at length to the Premiership by acclamation. From 1807 to 1809 , as colleague of the Duke of Wellington, he sat as M.P. for Newport, in the Isle of Wight, here spoken of mere than once (asAp. 22) as Newtown. In 1811 he was first returned as member for his own university, Cambridge , for which he was re-elected four times (1812,18, '2O, '26) , closing his connection with that constituency only upon the dissolution in 1831 of the last unreformed Parlia ment. Nothing could be more strikingly indicative of the need there was for the reforming of the then system of national representation than ono of the earliest entries in the first volume of this life of Lord Palmerston, a ;passage occurring at pp. 52 and 53, amid taken from his journal for 1806, in which the method then adopted by Ministers with regard to their borough seats is not only explained as a thing quite natural in itself: but is actually spoken of as " very politic and ingenious." Lord Palmerston's account of it is simply this : _ "They purchased seats from their friends at a 1 01, price, making up the deficiency , probably by appointment s and promotions. These seats they afterwards sold out at the average market price to men who promised them Bog port, and with the difference they carried on their contested elections. The sum raised in this manner wad stated by a person who was in the secret to be incor ceivably great, and accounts for an assertion afterward s made by Lord Granville in the Lords, that not one guinea of the public money had been spent in elections.' It m 3 Y, be imagined that if seats were bought for two thousand five hundred, or even two thousand pounds, and sold again for five thousand pounds, a comparatively small number of such transactions would furnish a considerable fund; and Government had so many seats passing through its hands that at last, in one or two instances, it sold them to people who only professed themselves, in general well air posed towards them, without exacting a pledge of uncoil" ditional support." Verily "politic mid ingenious " with a vengeance I Those times were, however, altogether different from our ovii• Not only the political habits of the age, but the manners and customs of the hour Were altogether different. ft is refreshing to read' all about them here in these cow temporary records, under the hand of Lord Palmerston , as he describes the incidents and the men around WI with uncompromising distinctness. Speaking o f the contest for the representation for Westminster, he says, for example, " without putting too fine a point upon it," that "Paull being the greatest blackguard of the two, quit e supplanted Sheridan in the opinion of the Covent Garde' ) electors :" and a page or two later on he refers to a lq*. Thistlethwaite as "a very stupid and respectable yowl man, possessing considerable property near Portsmouth. It was on the 3rd of February, 1808, that Lord Palmer' ston delivered his maiden speech in the course of the de' bate provoked by the expedition to Copenhagen. At that time, as Sir Henry Bulwer expresses it , " Any great affair was debated in a great manner 14 leading men." Commonplace talking was not then tole' rated. A first speech under such circumstances was a formidable undertaking. Lord Palmerston, then hilt newly entered upon the Parliamentary arena, achieved a success sufficiently pronounced to win for him several en" couraging congratulations. Whatever Sir Henry Bulwer may say as to the excellencies of Lord Palmerston as a Parliamentary speaker, the latter never evidenced tile possession of the gift of oratory, never indicated his title even to the lesser dignity of a skilled and accomplishe d rhetorician. In the whole of his long career he de' livered but ono speech of any real importance—that, hoe' ever, being in truth a great speech, meaning the ono 0 which lie vindicated the whole of his policy as Foreig h Secretary, enchaining the attention of the House for lioar s together, carrying his audienca with him as one man, ex torting from Sir Robert Peel the exclamation, " We ar e all proud of him ! " and eliciting the approval of both sides and of all parties by acclamation. As a rule, hoe ever, he was confused and hesitating in his delivery Often as we have listened to him while addressing th e House of Commons, we have never heard him roe in his manner above the dead level of mediocritY• The humming-and-hawings were as distressing as they wer ° monotonous—his hands nervously waving back, now th° one, now the other, as if to eke out by gesticulation the seeming insufficiency or unreadiness or his vo cabrdorP, I biographer has, evidently en. ) ,, g i i , a c„,,,eioas„ess et all that we are now referring to, where (i. 'O3) he allude 6 " that he: hand s , W] P almersto for,,, add 66 though h ull Pains retnembra the Chanc him, he 11A maide n sp within tlic ti mes, the: Uore t fl agaciou s we light certainly f amiliar e RlN'eu(L, "Lor Stoo Sir ENTERPRISE IN IRELAND. The numerous Parliamentary notices in the Irish newspapers are rightly regarded as a proof of reviv ing enterprise. Several valuable local improve ments are contemplated. The purification of the river Liffey is the object of one bill which it is in tended to promote in the next session of Parliament. A system of main drainage for Dublin is also proposed, and it is said that the construction of this great work will serve as a model for the sanitary boards in other towns. The Irish metropolis is to have a set of tramways also, and thus the outlying popu tion will have great facilities given them of reaching their places of employment. From the structural arrangement of the City, the tramway system is a necessity, and a great want will speedily be supplied. These and other improvement schemes, it is thought, ought to be considered by a board or committee in Dublin, instead of in London. So much of home government is favoured by a large number of Irish men, who are tuifa,vourable to the repeal of the union. A DINNER FOR A PENNY. The Rev. Henry Abud, vicar of Uttoxeter, makes a useful suggestion on the eve of a winter which, we are told, is to be exceptionally severe. Six 61b. tins of Australian meat, with six pecks of potatoes, 31b. of flour, 111 b. of pea flour, slb. of rice or barley, and a peck of vegetables, will make, he tells us, 175 pints of excellent soup at Id. a pint. The pennies will more than pay for the meat if there are no cook's wages. The people should give in kind, not money, and for children and workpeople an excellent dinner is provided on the principle of self support. The scheme suggests the reflection that oven with the present high rate of living, soups and stews can be obtained at reasonable cost by the aid of pre served meat, if only our working classes knew how to turn it to account, and could get rid of their un reasonable prejudice. SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCES. The Commissioners of Police seem at length to lave become conscious of the dangerous character of sensational acrobatic performances. The feats of the Hanlon Brothers at the Alhambra, and the perform ance of " Victoria, Queen of the Air," at the Oxford Music Hall, have been interdicted, and a warning given to the proprietors of those places of amuse ment that they will be held responsible for any accident which may attend a continuation of such entertainment. If prohibitory action be also taken in the provinces, we shall soon see a wonderful diminu tion in the tribe of trapeze performers, who have been called into existence by the prevalent taste for the sensational. Recently a great number of trapeze accidents has been recorded, and probably it is for this reason that the Commissioners of Police have determined to remove what is often stigmatised as one of the worst features in our popular amuse ments. NEWS FROM THE CAPE. Intelligence from the Cape is on the whole satis factory. The trade of the Colony has greatly improved, the imports showing an increase on the quarter of £160,000, and the goods entered for home consumption of nearly £lOO,OOO. In the June quar ter the increase was still larger, the exports exceeding those of the corresponding quarter of last year by £220 2 000. The harvest prospects, when the mail left, were said to be splendid, and to be finer than any the colony ha,dknown. The diamond region proves to be more extensive than was at first thought, and gems of great value have been found in fresh districts. The announce ment of the Colonial Government's intention to appoint British magistrates to the diamond fields has given great satisfaction. Gold, it is said, has been discovered on the west slopes of the Drakensburg, to the North of Lidenburg, and rich samples of auriferous quartz have been found th. re. Two land surveyors from Natal have been despatched to this new El Dorado. It may be well, however, to receive these gold and diamond reports with caution. The digging mania which prevails in South Africa is having the usual result—prizes for the few, blanks for the many. Even over the far extremity of Southern Africa the catastrophe of Sedan has produced an immense sensation, and the general excitement is relieving itself in the characteristic English form. Subscriptions are being raised for the sufferers on both sides. ENGLAND AND INDIA. The comments of Indians and Anglo-Indians on European affairs have often the benefit of originality. One of our Indian contemporaries has found a new occupation for the fortunate Marquis of Lorne, for whom everyone seems ready to find employment. " Who will undertake to say," asks the journalist across the seas, " how long it will be before tho Mar quis of Lorne, as Viceroy, brings the Princess Louise out to India ?" It is probable we shall soon be getting eimilar suggestions from Canada and tho Southern Seas. The comment of the King of Burinah on the European war would not be very agreeable to the Chancellor of the North German Confederation, if he could hear it. His Majesty was discussing the struggle between France and Prussia with the British political agent, and he asked why the Queen of England did not interfere to settle the disputes between these Tsaubwas, or tributaries, of the British Crown ? THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGJT r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.