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PHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated YOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 3.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and charadteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENLNG, Oct. 3.—THEATRE ROYALDRUILY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama: Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Yokes, Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 3.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY JANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Vokes, THIS EVEN ING, Oct. 3.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. 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IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HELP TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR. UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE. AGRAND AMATEUR DRAMATIC ENTER TAINMENT will be given by the Members of the PER SEVERANCE DRAMATIC CLUB, at the Cavendish Rooms, On MONDAY, October 10th. Admission ;—Unreserved seats, 2s. 6d. ; Reserved, ss. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's Dream. GAIETY—Ballet. Beggar's Opear. Bluebeard. SADLER'S WELLS—Mistress of the Mill. King Lear. VAnDEviLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRAND—On and Off. School for Coquettes. Idle 'Prentice. Chops of the Channel. PRINCESSES'—Wanted, 1,000 Milliners. The Rapparee. The Happy Man. ROYALTY—OUr Nelly and F. M. Julius Cncesar, the Irregular Rum 'Un. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicaments. Handsome Is that Handsome Does. Undine. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. PALAIS ROYAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro fessor Faber's Talking Machine, &c. ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties. CREMORNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a. m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. Poi:manna—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT P 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. ~.0 a S Vii' LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1870. " REVOLUTIONS are the seed-plots of genius," is the epigrammatic dictum of one of the most philo sophic of our English historians. The phrase is as exact as it is felicitous. It is applicable not only here but elsewhere. Its justification is visible, not only in the instance of the Commonwealth, and later on in 1689, when the sceptre passed from the Second JAMES to the Third WILLIAM, but is equally apparent in the instance of those more astounding political transformations which have far more recently occurred among our Gallic neigh bours. The animating influence of epochs of profound national excitement like these, becomes manifest, and not the least conspicuously, in the calm atmosphere and sequestered fields of art and literature. It was curiously illustrative of this, that in the midst of the passionate outbreak of the Parisians in the July of 1830, the young poet-dramatist-romancist, VrcTon. HUGO, then in the flower of his age, and with his genius at its very highest, shutting himself up in his garret, with the contents of one bottle, swiftly wrote off currente calamo his radiant historical fiction " Notre Dame de Park" Revolutions, it is true—history has demonstrated it again and again as an irrefragible truth—are the seed-plots of genius. But how is it when, simultaneously with a revolu tionary outbreak like that of yesterday in France, a suc cession of overwhelming calamities the world sees crushing down into the dust the once domi nant heroism and irrepressible patriotism of forty million Frenchmen ? Under the repres sive influence of eighteen years of absolutism, both art and literature had languished. In art either MEISSONIER, with his minute pencil, guided as it seemed through the lens of a microscope produced marvels of finnikin ingenuity, or the slap dash activity of DORE covered acres of canvas with the meretricious phantasies born of his painter's ima gination. In literature a deistical cynic was simul taneously flaunting himself into notoriety by an audacious attempt at once to popularise and to depre ciate the record of the evangelists. These are the artistic and literary reputations that have been the products of the regime that has just passed away. And now, in this most bitter epoch of tribulation for France, when her fairest provinces are overrun by invaders and her chief city is beleagured and imminently threatened with bombardment, her chief poet is ranting in the prosiest fustian, addressed now to the Germans, now to his own countrymen, her principal artist is raving in pigments on the one hand about the "Rhin Allemand," and on the other about the " Marseillaise." WITH the exception of the battle of the 10th, the fighting around Paris has not yet assumed a very serious character. On that day a large miscellaneous force, led out by General DucitoT, was surprised and beaten by the Bavarians and Prussians, the Zouaves in particular earning fame by the "regrettable pre cipitancy " of their flight. This action gave the Germans some advantage in the way of position ; it testified that the heterogenous and half trained masses who garrison Paris had not attained sufficient firmness and skill to meet their adversaries in the open field ; and it led General TROcHU to issue those stringent orders respecting cowardice and insubordination which bore melancholy testimony to the condition of at least part of his troops. Since then combats have been frequent, and the reports as to their results most contradictory. But it is obvious from the accounts on both sides that these fights have not involved any important consequences. They may be regarded as beginning the series of intermittent combats which will rage on the vast theatre of operations until the Germans retreat or become masters of the city. On the 23d the French fought several engagements, which they report ended THE SUN, LONDON, TIT victoriously for them ; and it 'appears clear that the garrison contended on that day with honour, if not with material profit.. These combats, however, now . assume an aspect of far less importance than was at first attributed to them. On other occasions the Germans have had the best of it. Two sorties were made on Friday, and the Prus sian official account states that the French fled " in wild confusion." The Times correspondent, how ever, announces that no success was gained for either party, only " a certain number of Prussians were killed and wounded, and a greater number of French placed in the same category." On Saturday the French sustained a serious repulse, losing many prisoners; but we are told that this reverse was counterbalanced by the foiling of a German attack on Fort Charenton.. It may be ex pected that these fights will become more petty as they become more frequent. Combats there must always be ; but General TROCHU will most pro bably find it expedient to discontinue isolated sorties of a few thousand men, and reserve himself until his troops are so seasoned and disciplined that the experiment may be tried of accumulating an enormous preponderance of force on some part of the widely extended German line. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Camb. Coats. Also at other prices SCHOOL BOARDS AND WORKING MEN. The wish of the Vice-President of the Council of Education, that the working classes should have their own representatives on rchool boards is likely to be realised. The Labour Representation League is by no means idle, and in view of the approaching elec tions of school boards both in London and the pro vinces, the council has called the attention of the working classes to the paramount and pressing duty of exercising all their influence to secure a fair share of representation by those of their own order, inasmuch as their children will be chiefly affected in the matter of education by the action of such bodies. A series of meetings, to be conducted under the auspices of several gentlemen who take a deep interest in popular education, are contemplated, and it is intended to effect by orga nised effort the object of the League. Operations will be commenced as soon as the Council of Educa tion issues the regulations under which the elections are to take place. Amongst the candidates anxious to represent the labouring classes in the metropolitan districts, the names of Mr. John Osborne, Mr. George Howell, Mr. Applegarth, Mr. William Trant, Mr. George Odger, and Mr. B. Lucraft are conspicuous. The object is to secure the return of one-third of the Board from the working classes. WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, A. writer in the Times signing himself " Scrutator," attached to the 6th German Army Corps, brings a serious charge against several gentlemen who have gone to the theatre of war as agents for the charitable societies which are doing such admirable work among the sick and wounded. The ostensible mission of these gentlemen is to relieve the sufferings of the wounded of both armies; but according to the accusation made against them by " Scrutator," who assumes a very confident and unhesitating tone, their real object is far removed from any charitable or kindly feeling. They are, he says, purely and simply news paper correspondents in disguise, and so effectually have: they sustained their assumed character that even the astute Bismarck has been deceived, whilst the great strategist Von Moltke has had his flank "cleverly turned." The writer says he is prepared to give the names of members of Parlia ment and officers in the army and navy, who have adopted this expedient in order to obtain informa tion. If these gentlemen have performed any charitable work, they have either immediately departed for England, so as to supply the newspaper with which they may be connected with descriptions of battles, or have remained behind and acted as paid correspondents. This is a serious charge to make, especially against members of the British Parliament, and it is to be hoped, for the credit of the country, that the gentle men alluded to in the letter will be able to prove that they have practised no such mean deception. QUESTIONABLE BENEVOLENCE. It is hard to believe in the statement that many people, anxious to seem charitable, have sent to the ladies of the London Sick and Wounded Association, contributions of the dirtiest and foulest of linen rags. A personal inspection of large quantities of the linen articles sent, has convinc3d outsiders that the com plaint of the Christian ladies, whose labour has been so cheerfully and so nobly afforded for the benefit of the sick and wounded, is only too true. Not only have people forwarded old and tattered strips of towelling saturated with oil and grease, but also articles of clothing abounding with things which not only creep themselves, but make one's flesh creep to look at them. Nay, it is said that " some of the bales contained • even worse abominations than those indicated, and had to be turned out of the house at the shortest notice and burnt, lest they should breed a plague." Now the donors of such abominations ought to be aware that if they so far offend Christian workers by send ing rags that can be of no use whatever, their con duct is rather more criminal than bene volent. There is no doubt that m uc h of the valuable time which could have been devoted towarls more satisfactory ends on behalf of the sick and dying has been wasted in opening and in getting rid of certain donations of dirty clothes and linen. Cleanliness is, moreover, it ought to be remembered, akin to the charity which prompts the gift. Most of all, perhaps, is it most necessary that contributors should have a fair esti mate of the feelings of the noble-minded ladies who have engaged themselves in the work of mercy. They are not supposed to be sorters of filthy rags or washerwomen, but cheerful toilers in a work which requires all helpers to be inclined to the same good. end, and impressed with the same ideas of how it is best to fulfil it. INTANGIBLE ALLIES. Most readers are familiar with the remark of the Russian general who reckoned on the assistance of his two good generals January and February. Similar allies are often counted on by contending armies. Cold, famine, and sickness prove too powerful antagonists for the courage of troops or for the military capacity of generals, and even the. strongest numerical superiority must yield to their deadly agencies. The Times, in commenting on the position of affairs at Metz, observes that two unseen agents are descending into the contest like the gods of Troy. Famine is helping the besiegers, while Pestilence helps the besieged. It is impossible to resist the conclusion that the immense force in and about Metz must be in imminent danger of eventual tarvation, but not less certainly is disease fighting against the Germans. Their leader, Prince Frederick Charles himself, is incapacitated from work by dysentery, which, like typhus, is prevalent in his force. Some of the villages in the neighbourhood are becoming what is called enzpestes, and the meat is growing unwholesome from disease. The hospital accommodation is ample, but it is a serious thing when diseases like these break out among large forces. They depress and dishearten the men, whose courage and confidence evaporate before such intangible foes. It is a battle between Pestilence without and Famine within, and it remains to be seen which will be the victor. STEAM CULTIVATION. Mr. William Smith gives an account of some experiments which have been made on a farm in Wiltshire with steam cultivation. Mr. Ruck, the owner of the farm in question, has steadily employed steam cultivation since 1859, and, with the assistance of two neighbouring farmers, does most of the work LsDA y, OCTOBER 4, 1870. of the district-,by contract. These gentlemen haw brought a quantity of poor and badly paying land into condition, and a neighbouring occupier who himself works horse-power, speaks in the highest terms of the effect of steamlpower upon heavy lands. The farm on which Mr. Ruck had been trying his latest experiments consisted of 150 acres of grass land and 150 of arable land, all poor clay. This farm formerly let at 14s. per acre, tithe included, but the tenant failed to make it pay. Mr. Ruck bought the land, and set to work to improve it by steam-power. This year's crop of wheat is estimated at thirty bushels per acre, but the rest of the cropping was not so good as the wheat. The same 150 acres are now being prepared for wheat next year by the cultivator, which goes over the land twice. The first time it had narrow shares on it grooving the land to a depth of four or five inches. The second time it had wide shares on clearing the whole to a depth of five inches. After this it will require a cross cultivating by horses. The cost, including the coal and water, will be about 21s. per acre. The 150 acres gave 18 days' employment to the engine. Mr. Ruck sells all his straw off, and will use o cwt. of superphosphate, and 40 lbs. of nitrate of soda per acre for his wheat. His experiment is meant to prove that wheat can be grown after wheat extensively on heavy clay with the aid of arti ficial manure. The grass land on this farm has greatly improved by the use of steam-power, both in quantity and quality. On two other farms ➢lr. Ruck has obtained the same result, effecting a vast saving in expenditure, and a great gain in increased produce. THE IMPERIAL CORRESPONDENCE. THE Republican Ministry, amid the grave cares which now occupy its attention, has found leisure to strengthen its own position by discrediting the Government which preceded it. The Imperialists, in their hasty flight from the Tuileries, left behind them many documents which, for the bene fit of the deposed sovereign's character, might well have remained concealed for ever. In France the Emperor Napoleon had beyond doubt many honest supporters, who believed in him as the best available ruler for the country. Those will now find that the object of their admira tion was either so unprincipled, or so careless—the latter word may be preferred—as to entrust the whole control of the administration to a set of the basest jobbers. In England NAPOLEON 111. had a very large number of admirers, who believed that he was the true friend of this country, and meant to establish an enduring friendship between the two nations as the end of a long period of enmity. These Englishmen are now confronted with a deliberate conspiracy to subjugate the little state whose independence has ever been held as the leading principle of British foreign policy. There can now be no question that the EMPEROR is directly responsible for the scheme of partition sketched out in the memorable projet, de traite published in the Times by Count BISMARCK. When the memorable document first appeared there were not wanting apologists who urged that the EMPEROR might have had no part in these intrigues : ROUIIER, or BENEDETTI, or somebody else might have done it all. But amongst the compromising papers, now being published by the Republi can Government, is a memorandum dictated by the EMPEROR to his secretary, setting forth the annexation project in full. France, says this memorandum, had not abandoned her idea of "asserting her right to the Rhine frontier." But it was possible that something might be taken instead of the strip of ground which Prussia was so deter mined to keep. What this substitute might be 'is pointed out in the very first sentence. "If France should place herself boldly upon the ground of nationality, it will be proper from this time to shew that there does not exist any Belgian na tionality and to settle that essential point with Prussia." In order to make this little arrangement quite sure, a document would be needful, a document " which would comprise the settlement of the future fate of Belgium in concert with Prussia." The EMPEROR seemed to be aware that such a remarkable project in black and white would not to be absolutely safe ; but it would possess the double advantage of com promising Prussia, and of guaranteeing to the same State the sincerity of the EMPEROR. In plain English it would put two rogues each in the power of the other. There is no date to this memorandum, but in this case such an omission is of little importance. If it were dictated before BISMARCK got the famous draught treaty from BENEDETTI, it proves that the EMPEROR originated the design of annexing Belgium ; if the memorandum be of more recent date than the draught, it proves that the EMPEROR endorsed that design. Such an example of perfidy is without parallel in our times. Even Count BISMARCK, who sticks at nothing, was never guilty of anything so bad, as he never could be guilty of anything so absurdly foolish. Such a revelation ought surely to extinguish the last embers of 02ESAR worship still flickering in this country. The devotion has been very common; its collapse ought to be utter. No doubt a scheme to annex Belgium will not be strongly disapproved of in France. But this memorandum is not the only strange paper in the archives; there are some which will serve for the special enlightenment of the French, just as the treaty project is most expressly for the benefit of us in England.— Western Morning News. eon r 4 :1 tlrtular HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCT. 1. The Queen drove to Loch Callater, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrioe, and attended by Lady Churchill. The Rev. Dr. Norman MacLeod arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. HOLBORN THEATRE. On Saturday evening, the proprietor and lessee, Mr. S. Parry commenced his winter season with the greatest pos sible eclat. The great attraction was a new sporting drama by the manager, entitled " Odds," and although the piece bears some resemblance to " Flying Scud," yet there is sufficient novelty about it to make it highly attractive. We, of course, hav'e a race horse which wins, despite all the scheming of blacklegs to the contrary, and then the great sensation effect is a robbery in an express train. The scene is altogether wonderfully well done ; there is the train apparently rushing onward at the rate of 50 miles an hour, with carriages lighted up and occupied, and the robbing is seen to be attempted in one of the first-class compart ments. The villain of the piece attempts to throw his victim from the carriage, but he meets the fate he intended for another by being attacked by a fellow pas senger in the adjoining carriage. The audience were delighted with the clever scenic illusions, and the act drop descended amidst a perfect hurricane of applause. There is also a very pretty representation of Canterbury Steeplechase ; and, taken as a whole, "Odds " must be pronounced a perfect and genuine success. Miss Foote sustained the leading part very ably, and Mr. Par selle, Mr. Holstone, Mr. Danvers, and Miss Kate Bishop, each supported their parts with great spirit and effect. The house was crowded in every part, and Mr. Sefton Parry had to appear personally, and bow his thanks for the favourable reception his piece had met with. The winter session of the medical schools of the metropolis was commenced on Saturday by the delivery of inaugural lectures at three of the hospitals—namely, St. Thomas's, Guy's, and St. Mary's, Paddington. NEW SURREY THEATRE.--This theatre, certainly one of the finest in point of size, commodiousness, and embellishment in the metropolis, opens on Saturday next, the Bth of October, under the management of Mr. E. T. Smith. Three new pieces —a farce, a sensational drama, and a burlesque—are announced for the opening night. A numerous and talented company of old favourites and new aspirants for popular favour form an attractive pro gramme, and from the well-known spirit and experience of Mr. Smith, we have no doubt a brilliant and prosper ous career lies before him. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND COM FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it ageneral favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in tin-lined packets labelled—JAMES EPPS & Co., Homoaopathi chemists, London.—Advt. THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH . EDUCATION AND TEACHERS' WORK. Dr. Magee, Bishop of Peterborough, presided last week at a large and influential meeting, held at the Assembly Rooms at Leicester, and presented the prizes to the school masters and mistresses, and scholars who had been success ful in the late (first) Leicestershire Diocesan School Inspection. His lordship prefaced the distribution by saying that the motto of all school work was mentioned in the report, and was " Diocesan Encouragement of Con scientious Work." To some there seemed a contradiction of expression in the term, and there were severe and, per haps, economical moralists who, with a desire, no doubt, to save their pockets, told them that conscientious work needed no encouragement, and that those who worked for conscientiousness should have no lower motive put before them. To this view he could not agree, as the work was a conscientious one—an exceedingly diffi cult one—and therefore should receive encouragement. They knew Who said that the least work done in His name and for His sake should have a reward. Of course the highest reward in this world was the approval of a man's own conscience. Their presence that day was a great en couragement to that experiment of diocesan school inspec tion, and in his own uame, and that of the inspectors, he heartily thanked them. The work of a school needed all encouragement, and so did the inspector, who encountered a good deal of hard labour, while his position was a diffi cult one. He needed encouragement as he went to the schools with the rewards in his hands, and told them that upon the result of their labours depended whether they got the prizes or not. Then the schoolmaster needed all encouragement. He could not imagine any occupation that was at times so very depressing and wearing as that of a schoolmaster, for there was after all so little to shew as the result of the work. There was toil and weariness in teaching the same thing, and dinning the same words into inattentive ears ; to stand in the same place seeing the little one that he took an interest in passing away from his hands. Though he watched person after person rise in life the weariness of his duty remained just the same, and, therefore, all the en couragement they could give the teacher was well be stowed. Speaking to those who were present to receive encouragement that day from the Church, they were in a position, he said, of unspeakable responsibility; it was nothing less than that they were laying their hands upon the springs of a nation's life—the whole future of this kingdom. Is was not its material prosperity, although that could never be long severed from national morality, but to the schoolmaster was largely intrusted the decision as to what the future should be. Their profession became day by day more honourable and more important and influential in the State. The time had long gone by when a man was chosen to be the schoolmaster because he was the oldest and most decent cripple in the place, and not perhaps the most sober man. (Laughter.) The time had gone by when the dame who had the rheumatics was tucked up in a corner of a room with • a few children to keep them out of the way of their parents, which was the most school train ing they received. (Cheers.) The master and mistress must be up to their work, and the necessity of their being so became more and more plain. One of the effects of the new Education Bill would be to make them more efficient, and shew them who we're fit for the work and who were not—it would shew them all their weak points, which he was sure all who had their heart in the work desired to be shewn. He could not exaggerate the importance of a teacher's work. They should be thankful for the inspec tion because it was a great help to them, and an encourage ment in their work, if they succeeded in winning the prizes, and if they did not win their learning would be a help to them on the next occasion. As to the children, they were there to be encouraged in their work. If they did not think that the schoolmaster was often tired of teaching and training them as he was sure they were often tired of being taught. (Laughter.) The work that they did was a most important one, and was the greatest possible benefit to them ; they should have a thoroughly good education, however troublesome or trying it might be for them to loin. They must not be tired, and they must spare no exertions in making themselves well educated citizens of this Christian kingdom. The work of the schoolmaster could not be done unless they helped. No schoolmaster could teach in spite of a child, and if the children chose not to learn they could set the schoolmaster or mistress absolutely at defiance. There was an old saying that " the rod makes the scholar," but he did not believe that they could make a scholar by violence. (Cheers.) In proportion as they made up their minds that they wished to learn so they would get on ; and in order to get on they wanted encouragement, and encouragement was to lead them to some higher and better work. Every step they gained tended to make them useful and happy members of families and good citizens. As to the successful workers, he was glad they had been successful. As to the unsuc cessful, every one could not get the prize, but all got a prize. If they had not the prize they had got a prize in the knowledge and learning they had acquired in the study—they had the prize of being earnest workers—the prize of industry, energy, and perseverance, which would outlast all other prizes, which would be of use in after life. For such he therefore congratulated them. As to those who had not worked hard, he would only say that he hoped they would increase their efforts, and that they would diminish the number year by year. His lordship then distributed the prizes, after which Sir Henry Halford, Mr. W. U. Heygate, M.P., the Vener able Archdeacon Fenn, and others congratulated the committee and inspectors on their success, and the meet ing terminated with a vote of thanks to the right rev. prelate for his address. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE The Government have determined to enrol a limited number of seafaring men in the second class of Naval Re serve. They must be between 18 and 20 years of age, not less than sft. sin. in height, and must at least have had three years' service at sea as ordinary seamen or ap prentices. Second-class Reserve men will be required to take 28 days' consecutive drill each year, during which period they will be rated and paid as ordinary seamen of the Royal Navy. They will receive a retainer of £2105., and a suit of uniform clothing annually. Second-class Reserve men are eligible for promotion to the First-class Reserve. The Homeward Mail understands that, in consequence of the state of affairs on the Continent, it is in contempla tion to send the ironclad monitor Abyssinia to Aden, there to be stationed. It is also rumoured that a new monitor will be built for the defence of Bombay. The half-yearly inspections of regiments, corps, and de partments have commenced at Aldershot. A NEW GUN. We pointed out a short time ago the necessity which exists for the supply to our field artillery of guns of greater power than any now in their possession, and we expressed an opinion that a muzzle-loading gun of about 12 cwt., throwing a 151 b. or 161 b. shell, with a charge of powder of about one-fifth the weight of the shot, is the sort of weapon which is wanted. We are glad to learn that steps are being taken for the introduction of a field gun of this sort, which will un questionably be the most powerful field gun in Europe, owing to the high velocity which its projectiles will attain and the capacity and power of those projectiles. It cannot be too strongly insisted upon that high velocity and flatness of trajectory are points of first importance in field guns, and these elemeuts are determined, ccetaris paribus, by the relation of the charge to the weight of the shot. In all the Continental artilleries the charge is far less than one-fifth the weight of the shot. The French charge is between one-seventh and one-eighth, the Austrian the same, the Russian between one-ninth and one tenth, and the Prussian field-guns fire charges of one-eighth in their 9-pounders and one eleventh in their 15-pounders. Perhaps those who argue that because the Prussian artillery won the battle of Sedan, therefore we ought to copy it in every detail, will presently tell us that our field guns ought to throw their shell with low veloci ties and high trajectories. The argument would be quite as sound as that by which it is at tempted to prove from the battle of Sedan that it is better to insert a projectile at the breech than at the muzzle. However, artillerists are not likely to blunder into these ridiculous errors, and our new field gun will, we doubt not, be vastly superior to any foreign weapon of the sort, notwithstanding that it will in all funda men t a l respects be diametrically opposite to the vaunted Prussian field guns. —Pall Mall Gazette. ACCIDENT TO THE BANGOR MAITA—Eaily on Saturday morning an accident occurred to the Bang - or mail a short distance from Huddersfield, on the London and North-Western Railway, by which the mail was delayed for about two or three hours. The mail i s ti me d t o arr i ve in Huddersfield a t 1.46, leaving Manchester at 12.24, and Liveipool about eleven. It had been p rece d e d b y a luogage train b oun d from Birmingham for Leeds, and which wa s proceeding through what is known as the Johney-wood cutting at Paddock,. about half or three quarters of a mile from Huddersfield, and which nearly takes the form of the letter S, when th e ma il came up in . the rear and ran into the train. The guard's van and several of the waggons were completely upturned and strewn across the line, blocking it. As both trains were moving at the time of the accident the shock which was experienced was not so great as it otherwise would have been. How the guard o f th e b aggage train escaped is rather a mystery. None of the passengers by the mail were seriously injured, but they received a severe shaking. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended by the medical profession in preference to French brandy. Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs I)UNVILLE Co., Royal Irish Dix tilleries, Belfast ; or at thei London Offices, 4,, Beaufort Buildings Strand, W. 0,, THE MAGAZINES FOR OCTOBER Blackwood opens very unusually with an elaborate review of a series of papers, origin . ally published a few years since, in its own pages, under the laconic title of "Piccadilly," being a fra,gment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant. A twelfth instalment appears of "Earl's Dene." Cornelius O'Dowd, the inexhaustable, gives us two more of his little interjectional prelections. A second Hamleyan blast on the horn of war conveys to the reader of that rapid "noting off " of events in them selves so very astounding, a vivid notion enough of the hurly-burly of the" European Hurricane." Besides a poli tical article on " Canada," apropos to the Fenian Raid, Maga has three very readable contributions of a mis cellaneous character yet unnamed—one on " Fiction as our Education," another on " Boating on the Thames," and the third on " Strangers in the House," giving (this last) a graphic sketch enough of the rise of Parliamentary reporting. The Gentleman's Magazine.—We have already con. - mented upon the first article in the Gentleman's, " The Sick Lion," which will command the sympathy of all who can respect fallen greatness. Speaking of the proverbial fickleness of the French, the writer very justly observes, " they are fond of flowers, and they are the first to cast them out of the. window, when the earliest faint brown hue appears upon the petals." Among a variety of in teresting papers, is a very excellent one advocating " Swimming for the Million," and under the heading of " Edinburgh Reviewers, No, III." a very delightful sketch of Lord Macaulay. In this article the brilliant essayist is only regarded in that light. "It was, as an Edinburgh reviewer, that the Commoner of Trinity Col lege won his spurs on the field of literature, and it is as the most brilliant of Edinburgh reviewers that he will be recollected. His history in itself but a fragment, is for the most part an elaboration of his essays, and except as specimens of style, his speeches have no value. The essays are of their kind superb, and they promise to live as long as the English language. They 'have influenced the style of English writers more perhaps than the writings of any other man of our time, except Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens." The Arena, another new magazine, makes its appear ance this month ; its peculiar characteristic being that its pages are open to all—an arena for all literary aspirants. This first number contains the opening chapters of three stories—" The Felthams," " Home," and " Grace Girdle stone." An article on the French army and the war, " A Rough Cruise on Matrimonial Seas," " The Rationale of the Table," and others. Among the poetical contribu tions are " Lyrical Lamentations of the Vast City," by James Orton, which are full of tenderness and sympathy for the suffering and sorrowful. The prelude begins— " Sisters and brothers, hear ye not a singing A deep, dread under song, Telling of anguished hearts, and hands mute wringing The whole night long." " November Twilight," and " The Penitent's Lament," are the two lyrics in this number, which is altogether a very fair opening number of the Arena. Temple Bar.—" The Landlord of the Sun " is continued in Temple Bar, and increases in interest " Letters from India," by the Hon. Emily Eden, are charming specimens of that most charming style of composition in which so few are proficients, good letter writing. " The Biter Bit' is a clever but fearful story of successful revenge, while " His own Detective," gives an amusing instance of the most barefaced act of audacity on record. " R4n6 the Conscript " is a touching little tale, after the fashion of " Auld Robin Gray," but with a happier ending. " Germany under War," " The Battle of Leguono," "The Poison of Asps," and some other papers fill the remaining pages of a very excellent number of Temple Bar. ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON THE PAPACY. Archbishop Manning preached to a large congregation on Sunday at his cathedral at Kensington. In the course of his discourse he likened the King of Italy to Pontius Pilate, but to a great extent exonerated his Majesty from the responsibility attaching to the dethronement of the Pope. Pilate was urged on by the mob, and could not resist the pressure thus put upon him. So with the King of Italy. He had no wish to depose the Pope, but tumult was made, and the King was obliged to yield to the cry of the multitude. THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. The following telegram has just been received from the Submarine Telegraph Companies to India (Limited) : Suez, Monday Morning.—Blowi n g h ar d d own th e Gulf all yesterday, and still blowing fresh. The steamship Scanderia sailed from Suez on Saturday, and would reach the locality of the damage yesterday morning at daybreak. Repairs cannot be effected until the wind moderates. (Signed) JAMES ANDERSON, Managing Director. THE TIEN-TSIN MASSACRE. The Chinese seem in no hurry to make reparation for ' the Tientsin outrage. The time has passed by for the fulfilment of the conditions which were required by the French Minister, and no explanation has b een g i ven o f the cause of the delay. It is also said that the. Chinese are engaged in war preparations. This indifference on their part is partly attributed to the unfortunate state of affairs in France at the present moment. The Chinese were supposed to agree to all the terms demanded by Count de Rochechouart, with the exception of those which called for the 'punishment of the leading rioters, and the execution of the city magistrate of Tientsin, and of Chun-kroo-Tien. the French Minister cannot be said to have exacted hard conditions when the nature of the outrage is taken into consideration, but the officials appeared unwilling to entertain the propositions at first, and only too glad to avoid compliance when circumstances favoured their refusal. The affair is a serious one, for if the Chinese authorities are allowed t 3 get the better of the representative of France through the peculiar position of that country, the other nations of Europe will infallibly suffer in the long run from the unchecked exercise of the barbarous triumph. Th 3 massacre at Tientsin was too. horrible in its character and too significant in its carrying out to be passed over with impunity, and the worst results may be expected to follow from the tyranny of the dominant class in China, The Chinese are said to be making warlike preparations, and to be buying and rapidly manufacturing arms. This would seem to indicate that they are doubtful as to the consequences of their own ill-advised proceedings. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. The Government of South Australia proposes to con struct a railway 200 miles northward from Port Augusta. An offer has been received from Engla n d to construct the line upon a good guarantee of interest at the rate of 5h- per cent. for £3,600 per mile, half the earnings of the line over the interest to be paid to the Government until the guarantee is liquidated. The line is to be completed within thirty months of the arrival in England of the mail after the contract is signed. Tongariro, the only active vol cano i n th e A us t ra l as i an group, which is situated in the province of Auckland, New Zealand, has recently shewn unusual signs of per turbation. At times immense volumes of dense black smoke were emitted from the crater, and loud reports, which were at times likened to the boom of heavy artillery, at others to the noise caused by the falling of an immense body of matter, were heard on the plains at short intervals. A broad stream of red hot lava was distinctly visible flowing down the side of the mountain in a wavy, irregular mass ; and in the night, the flames issuing fr om th e crater were described as forming a highly interesting and beautiful spectacle. Some of the Queensland gold-fields are turning out extremely well. Amongst the yields recently obtained at the Gympie was one of I,ooooz. from only 10 tons of quartz. The ex-Queen of Spain has arrived at Brussels, Dr, George Hanbury, house surgeon at one of the Liverpool dispensaries, died on Friday night from scarlet fever, which he had contracted in the fulfilment of his professional duties. The premises of Messrs. T. and J. T. Powell, leather factors, Lime-street, London, were destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. The loss, it is said, will amount to many thousand pounds. HOME GOVERNMENT FOR IRELAND. The " Federal " party are about to hold their second monthly meeting in the itotundo, Dublin. The number of mem bers of the society is increasing. A council has been elected, and it is understood that one of their measures will be the calling attention to illustrations of the evils of centralisation presented in occurrences of the day. The Overland China Mail, of August 18th, says the negotiations connected with the Tientsin tragedy remain in the same position, failing instructions from Europe. It is suspected that the official telegrams viol Kiachta have been intercepted and detained. The;feeling gains ground that, if the two mandarins directly impli cated be beheaded, war may not follow. THE HALFPENNY POSTAGE IN LIVERPOOL.—At the Liverpool Post Office the coming into operation of the halfpenny postage made the officials exceedingly busy. They were quite sold out of postal cards at an early hour in the afternoon, having sold no less than £5OO worth, or 240,000. There are eight collections during the day, and when the fourth collection was completed, about 2,500 of the cards h a d p asse d through the central office. One firm of stationers and printers sent in about 15,000 trade circulars with the halfpenny stamp attached. A well-known coaldealer had bought several thousands of the postal cards and printed his list of prices at the back, which he distributed by thousands through the Poyt-office on Saturday. Some person posted the card before 12 o'clock on Friday night, and they were sent back with.2d. a piece to pay on them. One news paper at least the Bristol Mirror —h a d cont i nued to send out sheets with the old impressed red stamp, and the recipients were mulcted in 2d. each. The Post-office officials, besides all the extra work thus en tailed, have to keep minute returns for the week of the operation of the new system, and they are nearly at their wits' end to get through all that is required of them. The public should aid the ready delivery of the increased mass, of correspondence by universally adopting letter boxes in their doorways. S LAT PD An acci from L; mile from A goods and three the drive caution • E tales an h took place over, but 1 ankle. 'I The follow loader the Morrison, Beaufort-: Euston-ro EARL It ap ] Granville England, loediatiot to procur favour o , ePlied th Germany Illtperor, restoratio kinister, coincided Cpl AIUCh has nQw de parture: 1111 113 t weil l e about t aeat for balloon rc FR lEAD-c The lo 3 °th ult. among wi Prisoners The Ge W ounded. Only 434 the Ist an Genera: 4 P; "Our t I r .!" rec heviii and OhoiE ° ecliPied kith gunE "After agent , - 0 ; positio ns . karkable, 111 short, 1 suffered estimated losses:, The 0/ B °PPres a i r. ° r(leriu g , exclusi Anothe °r th e N, eXisting ii 411 d flour The € Pen s i on 8( s 'he Dep a te gularly. Illatant a F rench qestructia Several /I tce of 1 S i .ome s (14 St. D e] 411 d Le B The en GEE eryna Pithi v i rho scow Ite reaoui Genera b e qerday 'ea4B). -, t l erable . I. g e her qI\TE