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MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH BRADFORD, YOB.KSTILRE. HEATRE ROYAL DR 1, 1;Y-1,A N Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTRRTON.—This Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the ACTIN N DItA MATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Oct. 31. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. MISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, THIS EVENING, Oct. 31.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA NE. 14 R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of ..01. VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitle! AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Oct. 31.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LINE. PHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated YOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 31.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. A MY ROBSART ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir Valter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 31—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LINE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama : Charaeters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Vokes, Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Yokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 31—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSA.RT; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. RING, 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. 31.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROSBART; 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 znack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING, Oct. 81. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ADOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by slartin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 31. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. MORNING PERFORMANCE.-AMY ROB SART.—In answer to numerous applications from parties residing in the suburbs, it is respectfully announced that a Special Morning Performance of this Grand Historical Drama will be given on WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9. Children and Schools admitted at reduced prices to the following parts of the theatre —First circle, dress circle, and stalls. Doors open at half-past One, commence at Two. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. ADELPILT THEATRE ROYAL—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr: B. WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, THE GREEN BUSHES, OR ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Miami, Madame Celeste supported by Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. C. Sonnet, and Mr. Charles Wilmot. And THE MILLINERS' HOLIDAY. Mr. Sohn Rouse and Miss Eliza Johnstone. ST. JAMES'S T HEATR E.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.— This Evening at Eight, will be presented (for the fourteenth time in England) Victorien Sardou's great play, FERNANDE, revised by Sutherland Edwards, Esq. Act I. Rescued, Act 11. Loved. Act 111. Won. Act IV. Triumphant. Cha racters by Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and Lionel Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie Brough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H. Everard, At 8, 'FERNANDE. At 10.30, ONLY D, by John Oxenford Esq. Messrs. Young and Grainger ; Misses Adair and Turner. —During the vacation the family circle has been recon structed and decorated.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esgue, "THE IDLE TRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, eze. V.A.UDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING. Mr. David James. After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful Burlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. GLOBE THEATRE.—Manageress, Miss Alleyne. This evening at 7, THE SECRET ; at 7.4.5, MARCO SPADA. • Messrs. Walter Lacy and Fairclough. Madame Colonna and Troupe in a grand BRIGAND DANCE. TAMING OF THE SHREW —Miss Alleyne and Mr. Fairclough. To con clude with BOARD AND RESIDENCE. CiLOBE THEATRE.--Op en every Evening at kJ! 6.30, — THE SECRET MARCO SPADA ; a New and Characteristic BRIGAND DANCE, in whioh Made. Colonna and Troupe will appear every Evening. GLOBE THEATRE.-TAAHNG OF THE SHREW. Great success of Miss Alleyne, as Katherine . Mr. Fairclough, as retrucluo.—Box Office open from 11 till 5. IHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 187 C. possession of their inheritance, duly confirmed to them by Act of Parliament. Their leaders will share their triumph. Some indeed have fallen in the ordinary course of nature, dying in a good old age. But the greater part of them are alive to this day. The vacancies' which death has made have been abundantly supplied. The pioneers have seen them selves joined by men of great social standing, of great intellectual eminence, by men high in the Church and in the State, men whose names forbid any longer that ridicule which used to be once forthcoming in the place of argument. When men like the Archbishops of YORK and WESTMINSTER, the Bishop of EXETER, and Sir CHARLES TREVEL YAN are found associating themselves actively. With the Alliance, contempt becomes contemptible. None know it better than those who, in the abundance of their scorn, used to "spit upon" the Permissive Bill. Where are they now ? What meant that scene at Westminster on July 13th, so graphically described by an official of the House of Commons to Sir WILFRID LAWSON ? How was it that when the division bell rang to summon members to vote on the second reading of tie Per missive Bill, crowds of them who formerly voted with the Noes were seen trooping out of the House as fast as their legs could carry them ? They used to be very jubilant and shout with delight when" the Alliance "fanatics" were defeated by seven to one. They were prepared not only with their saliva but with their cheers, even when the majority was re duced to two against ono. But this year the cheers came from the other side, for the kyes were found to be within thirty-ono of the Noes. The reason of this change is the best of all reasons. I'he country has in large measure come over to the Permissive Bill, and in most consti tuencies the number of its supporters is so great that M.P.'s do not venture to vote against it Some of them, lagging behind their consti tuents, are not yet prepared to vote for it ; and thus it came to pass that at about five in the afternoon of last July 13th scores of members were seen beating a retreat, whereby they accomplished the double feat of saving their con sciences and saving their seats. - It may be said that we are too sanguine with regard to the early settlement of this question. Well, 'tis never wise to prophesy unless you are sure, and so we will not prophesy. We will marely point out the circumstances which seem to indicate the near approach to the devoutly-wished-for consummation. We have already mentioned one, and that the most important, the support of the constitu encies and the neutrality of former antagonists. But the operation of this change of sentiment does not end here. M.P.'s like Mr. KENNAWAY, who spoke against the bill but did not venture to vote against it, are finding their position intolerable, and they, especially if they are Liberals, will urge Mr. BRUCE to extricate them from their embarrassment by settling this vexed ques tion once and for all. Now, Mr. BRUCE is a man of excellent intentions, but of the feeblest possible per formance. In " consideration " of a question he whips all creation, as the Yankees say ; but, in practical legislation he is about the most signal failure that ever adorned even the Home Office, not excepting his predecessor, that man of tears, Mr. WALPOLE. Only think for a moment of what Mr. Bnucu did not do last session. He did not pass the Mines Regulation Bill, he did not pass the Merchant Shipping Bill, he did not pass the Table of Lessons Bill, though half an-hour would have sufficed to save thousands of bookbinders from semi -starvation, he did not pass, or even introduce, a Licensing Bill. His sole achievement was to raise the fares of the London cabmen provided they also raised tin flags. The fares remain raised, but in all the metropolis, from Stratford to Shepherd's Bush, from Hornsey to Brixton, there is not now a tin flag to bo seen. Therefore we expect nothing from Mr. BRUCE ; but we do expect a good deal from Mr. BRUCE'S inca pacity. His weakness will be the strength of the Alliance. He has no policy ; they have. He will seek to please the publicans and the Temperance party, and he will fall between those two stools. The Alliance, whom their bitterest opponents can never accuse of seeking to serve two masters, will, with their single purpose„ their harmonious action, and their powerful organisation, be able to carry everything before them. Let it not be supposed that this is a case of mere political exigency, much less of brute force. That which the Alliance proposes is in strict accordance with English feeling and English principles. They ask only that the people should decide a ques tion in which the people are most deeply interested. They ask that it shall no longer be left with irre sponsible persons, themselves often personally interested in the multiplication of drinkshops, to decide if crime and pauperism shall be increased by the granting of licences. They ask that they may be allowed to stay, with the local popular veto in each town, the plague which the imperial assembly sitting at Westminster has not been able to abate by four hundred Acts of Parliament. THE gales which have been visiting our shores during the present month, and those which are yet due to us after an unusually protracted season of calm weather, may well make us anxious respecting our Fleet. Unseaworthy merchant ships need never go to sea. If there are any seamen fools enough to venture out in some of the Yorkshire colliers, which have been aptly called living coffins, if there are passengers unwise enough to make voyages in vessels with a deck cargo, they have themselves to blame. But ships of war are experimental ships, because war itself has become experimental The gallant men who command or serve in our iron clads necessarily do so at the risk of their lives, not only in time of war, but also in time of peace. The " Captain" was an experiment, and we know what came of it. Yet there is still a large class of naval men who believe in the turret system. The Army and Navy Gazette will not give it up. Mr. CHILDERS is still enamoured of it, and, if report be true, is busy in drawing up a report which will show that no one is responsible for the foundering of the Captain, after the fashion of MoLIERE's doctor, who proved conclusively that his patient ought not to have died. Mr. CHILDERS may be right ; poor Captain COLES may have been right in declaring that his ship would go •round the world, and beat any other vessel afloat; but at present appearances are against him and the First Lord. We " want to know," as the Americans say ; we want to ascertain if this idea be well founded, for we do not wish to sink any more ships, to lose again 500 men and 500,000 pounds in an ordinary gale. Nor is this all. We want to know something about our other ships. Is the "Monarch" safer The Times, though we believe incorrectly, has implied that she is not. Is the " Audacious " and are her sister ships safe? Report says very much the reverse. Is the " Cerberus " safe ? Hero again rumour is so unfavourable that it has been found impossible to get her complement of men. It may be replied that the information we seek is now being obtained by the Admiralty. Every ship about which there is any reason to entertain appre hensions is being tested for stability. This is well, and may, so soon as the information is pub lished, help to relieve a good deal of the alarm now felt. But this information will not tell us what, as a nation, we wish to learn—the kind of ship which we THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—This EVENING, at 7, BLUE DEVILS. Messrs. Howe, Rogers, and Buckstone, Jun, ; Miss Fanny Wright. At 7.30„ THE RIVALS. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale,Kendal, Everill Howe, Rogers, and Clark ; Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, and E. Fitzwilliam. After which UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal, Mr. Rogers, Miss Robertson. Concluding with A KISS in the DARK. rIPERA COMIQUE. Grand Entrance, 299 kJ Strand. Messrs. LESLIE, STEELE, and NORTON, Lessees. Open Every Evening with French Plays. OOPERACOMIQUE. Mdlle. DEJAZET. Great French Company To-Night. OPERA COMIQUE!! OPERA COMIQUE! ! DgJAZET ! DAJAZET ! ! DJAZET ! ! French Plays ! French Plays ! ! French Plays ! ! OPERA COMIQUE.— DI TAZET as the PRINCE DE PONTI To - Night , and the Entire French Company from THEATRE DEJAZET, Paris,. . _ Doors Open it 7. Commence at 8. PEEP 0' DAY.—Grand Irish Romantic Drama, written by Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING (Monday), Oct, 31. —PRINCESS'S THEATRE. PEEP 0' DAY.—The PATTERN FAlR.—lrish Jig and Faction Fight, illustrated by 200 Men, Women, and Children.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. PEEP 0' DAY.—The OLD QUARRY, or FOIL DHUIV.--Startling Sensation Scene, THIS EVENING (Monday), Oct. 31.—PRINOESS'S THEATRE. THE GREAT ClTY.—Grand Realistic Drama, in Two Acts, written by Andrew Halliday, THIS EVEN ING (Monday), Oct. 31.—PRINCESS'S THEATRE. MA DAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of Frussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms Od. extra. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past nine months the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 642 lives from various ship wrecks and 29 vessels from destruction. It has also expended £17,428 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £1,540 for rewards. The Institution has now 223 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by the London and County bankers, and by the Secre tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John Street, Adelphi, London. REFUGEES' BENEVOLENT FUND. CENTRAL OFFICE- - 30, King-street, Cheapside, E.C. LADIES' COMMITTER-15, Bruton-street, W. PRESIDENT.—The Archbishop of CANTERBURY. CHAIRMAN.—The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR. PRESIDENT OF LADIES' COMMITTEE.—The Dowager Marchioness of LOTHIAN. TREASIIREIL—Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P. HON. AUDlTORS.—Chatteris, Nichols, and Chatteris. To Clergymen and Ministers of all denominations, Mayors, Councillors, and Corporations, Masters and Wardens of Corpo rate Guilds, Bankers, Merchants, Traders, and all able and willing to assist, we urgently APPEAL for HELP. The number of applicants for aid in a state of penury and physical exhaustion—strangers in our land, and frequently strangers to our language, excites in all the deepest feelings of commiseration. Having sought an asylum within our shores, let us, by a prompt and spontaneous effort, prove that they will not be allowed to add to the penalty of exile the pain of starvation. It is only by prompt and liberal support that we can cope with the many distressing cases craving relief. It is to be distinctly understood that all money collected under the authority of this fund shall be expended in this country. Subscriptions received to date -• Central Committee Ladies' Committee 790 1 5 The Committee will meet at the Central Office every week-day (Saturdays excepted) from One p.m. till Four p.m. (from Two p.m. till Three p.m. to receive applications for relief), meanwhile Contributions will be received by all Bankers, or by cheques to Hon Secretary, crossed "Roberts and Co." Post-office Orders to be made payable to Francis Bennoch. All subscriptions of £1 and over will be publicly advertised. FRANCIS BENNOCH, Hon. Sec. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases. Desks, post free. Established 1841 THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. HAYMARKEZ—A Kiss in the Dark. The Love Chase. My Uncle's Will. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliners' Holiday. Green Bushes. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Peep o' Day and Great City. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Only a Halfpenny. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew. Marco Spada. OLYMPIC—LittIe Emily and (Burlesque) Panl and Virginia. OPERA COMIQUE -Un Soir Ou'il Neiqeiat. Les Press St. Gervais. Les Forfaits de Pipermans. GAIETY—The Happy Village. Zampa. Trombalcalzar. SADLERS WELLS.—Richelieu. Farce. STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Farce. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. CuntourrE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. NEW SURREY—A Striking Similarity. Link by Link, Nobody's Chill. QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's Dream. ROYALTY—WeaIth and Stranger Stranger than Ever. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. PALAIS RovAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine. Siege of Paris. ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is.; extra rooms, 6d. 2 alp LONDON, MONDAY,: OCTOBER 31, 1870. LAST week the United Kingdom Alliance stood on the top of Mount Pisgah. Before its members spread the Land of Promise ; to which they have been jour neying so long, and which they are now on the eve of entering. But no sad thoughts dashed the happi ness which the prospect excited. The past has no reproaches for them, - the future no regret. They have not been wandering purposelessly through the wilderness for forty years; they are not condemned to rest satisfied with a mere glimpse of the country which they must not enter. For nineteen years they have kept steadily on towards their goal, never being diverted from it by ridicule or by temptation ; never being stopped in it by fraud or by force. Before the twentieth year of their pilgrimage is completed, before June 1, ,1871, they may hope to be in full ought to have. And yet it most vitally concerns us to know, Our naval supremacy, our national existence, may depend upon it. Unfortunately we are not likely to learn unless a wholly independent and competent body is appointed to make the investigation Mr. CHILDERS is a pronounced adherent of the turret system, is bent upon proving, in spite of the recent lamentable disaster, that it is the right system, and, therefore, he is not a trustworthy judge. We do not say that he is wrong, but we do say that he is not in a position which will secure him against error. If, as he thinks, the turret system is the one that we ought to adopt, he can have no valid objection against a searching inquiry, such as can be made only by a Ito, al Com mission. TOPICS OF THE DAY. GERMAN DESIRE FOR PEACE. Though Germany has had it all her own way in the military events of this campaign, she has her own reasons, and very good ones, for desiring peace. The Spectator learns from good evidence that the Ger mans are losing quite 1,000 men a day by disease, shells, and surprises, and are drawing on their re serves at a rate which profoundly disturbs Germany where every Landwehr soldier subtracted from civil life leaves a perceptible blank. "They cannot altogether denude Germany of troops without danger, and they are beginning to suffer under the difficulty, or rather under the expense, in men or money, of procuring supplies for a 'term to which they as yet see no limit. They know the force inside Paris is formidable, they know that one reverse would make all the difference to the French temper, and and although they despise the ' paper armies' of the Loire, of the North, and of Lyons, they have a lingering dread of a people's war such as they themselves waged in 1813." Germany, too, is getting impatient for an end of this strife. Above all, the leaders are impressed with a fear of anarchy and look forward with anxiety to the prospect of having to occupy Alsace and Lorraine as conquered States without any Government to treat with. The negotiations of Bismarck with Bazaine and the Empress in order to set up a marionette Government reveal this anxiety. Altogether oven the capitulation of Metz is not likely to turn the Germans' attention from the reverse of the medal— the frightful cost of the war and the utter uselessness of continuing it any further. A FRENCH EX-AMBASSADOR ON THE WAR. M. de la Guerronibre, until lately the French Ambassador at Constantinople, has written a second letter on the probable termination of the war to a diplomatic friend. In his first letter he traced the probable consequences of the complete overthrow of France on Austria, England, and Italy, and he now examines the situation and attitude of Russia. He does not believe that any secret treaty exists between Russia and Prussia, and as he is just come from the East his words have some weight. The real tie between the two Powers does not, he says, originate in diplomacy, but in war. Russia is not likely to make a military intervention in the East at present, or to call forth against herself an alliance between England and Austria while Prussia is engaged with France. She is in no hurry to re-open the Eastern question. She can afford to wait, but the day on which the King of Prussia crosses the Rhine and takes the sceptre of the Holy Empire on the tomb of Charlemagne, that day Russia will morally reach Constantinople. When the war broke out, Russia had two alternatives. She might either restrain Prussia or counterbalance her by extending her own influence. In allowing the future empire of Germany the possession of Kiel, which shuts her in the the gulf of Finland, Russia is pledged to regain the keys of the Black Sea, which the fall of Sebastopol took from her. Coming to the question of the possible conclusion of the war, M. de la Guerronniere blames the neutral powers for not making an energetic movement immediately after Sedan. The Turkish Cabinet was the only one that appreciated the op portunity, and Aali Pacha no sooner received M. Jules Favre's diplomatic circular, than he addressed a powerful appeal to all the neutral powers. Had England seconded his efforts, the other neutrals would have . followed suit. Even now it may not be too late, especially as any attempt at mediation meets an unexpected ally in the resolute resistance of Paris to the further progress of the invader. THE IMPERIAL ARMY. The question is raised as to how many men the French entered on the war with. It is said that France, when her disasters began, had, instead of 250,000 men ready to do battle with Germany, at least 400,000. The earlier battles of the campaign gave 10,000 prisoners and 15,000 hors de combat. At Gravelotte and Vionville 3,000 or 4,000 prisoners were taken, and at least 20,000 fell. The remnant of MacMahon's and De Failly's corps at Chalons amounted to 50,000 men, and were reinforced by 100,000 men. Of these 125,000 were taken prisoners at Sedan. Reckoning those who crossed the Belgian frontier, 162,000 were killed or taken, besides those who surrendered at Metz. The grand total of the French losses has been 337,000. There yet remain numerous bodies of regulars, mostly in a very disorganised state, scatterdd over the country. It seems, therefore, that France had well nigh half a million of soldiers, more or less available, at the opening of the war, though, owing to defective administration, but half that number could be concentrated on the eastern frontier. THE COMMERCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR. Merchants are usually supposed to be the most peace loving class of a community, and they have certainly good reason for their pacific predilections. The present war has been especially disastrous in its commercial effects on account of the immense amount of businesss carried on between England and France, and the sudden and complete blockade of communications with the French capital. One branch of business which has been seriously affected by the interruption is the legal, for it is naturally impossible to carry on cases in which the presence of witnesses residing in Paris is required, or in which any reference has to be made to persons or documents in the besieged city. Even Chancellors and Bankruptcy commissioners can hardly hurl their anathemas against aeronauts and carrier pigeons, nor can they denounce those who fail to employ such methods of communication for contempt of Court. There is nothing for it but to to submit, and postpone or abandon the cases. In more than one case before the English Bankruptcy Court mercantile failure has been directly attributable to the interruption of communications with France, and it is certain that for every case of actual public failure there are many of serious private embarrassment and inconvenience from the same cause. The evil so strongly felt in England is of course intensified in France, while in Jersey, v, here many Frenchmen reside, and all re mittances are stopped, the suffering is said to assume serious proportions. THE FRENCII PEASANTRY. The philanthropic fervour of the English knows no abatement, and each succeeding development of the war situation, instead of cooling, intensifies its enthusiasm. When both invader and defender suffer nearly in an equal degree it is impossible for any one benevolently disposed, and free from national bias, to cherish a predeliction in favour of one or the other of the contending Powers on the Continent. The public will sympathise with the suggestion which is now made that the contemplated. art exhibition should not be wholly for the benefit of Germany, but that the proceeds should be shared by Germans and French alike. rile heavy requisi:,;ons of the Germans and the fearful devastations in the agricultural districts of France have rendered the condition of the peasantry most deplorable, and a fund for their benefit is being liberally subscribed to. THE VOLUNTEEIL FORCE. Sensitive volunteers who make it a point of honour to resent severe criticism on their branch of the Ser vices, will find it hard to be grateful for Mr. Alger non Egerton's remarks on their general behaviour and efficiency. Speaking at Bolton a few evenings since, he declared that he hadseen English volunteers burst from a drill yard, a rush to the nearest tavern when the order was given that they should break off exercise for a time, but not leave the yard, He did not think proper dis cipline was exercised on such occasions, as to secure respect for the Force. Nay, he knew for a fact that the colonel had no power but to order two or three men to be put for a short time under arrest for any misconduct. It was not so with the now famous Prussian Landwehr forces, Mr. Egerton said. A man serving in the latter was punished for eating apples in the street, and the colonels had power to try soldiers any nere by drum-head court-martial, and have them shot within half an hour for any serious misdemeanour. Mr. Fgerton did not say whether he would have the same regu lations applied to the volunteers. THE EXPLOSION ON THE lIERCULES. The causes of the explosion which a day or two since endangered one of the first of her Majesty's vessels of war, and which necessitated the sending of six men to liaslar Hospital, suffering from severe burns, are stated by an authoritative source to have been, wholly preventible. The accidental features of the disaster end when the cask of inflammable liquid had fallen upon the deck of the store-zoom. After this the men were directed to sweep away the composition, and it was while doing so that the liquid came in con tact with lamps, which were not safety-lamps, as for merly supplied' to war vessels for use in the spirit room, but ordinary ones. It is simply marvellous that we have not had to chronicle the loss of another of our ironclads and a host of seamen. The United Service Gazette insinuates that probably the supply of safety-lamps in our dockyards has been used up, and that economy prevented a replenishment. ELECTION PROCEEDINGS, A radical change in the procedure of elections is often spoken of as necessary ; but it is obvious that the roughs will be difficult to keep in check by any alteration that may be devised. The ballot may produce quiet voting, but how are we to secure or to expect quiet election meetings ? An instance of the difficulties which befal candidates in their campaigns has just happened at Colchester. The other evening Dr. Brewer, whilst addressing a meeting, was dis turbed by a party of roughs. The scene which ensued was in every sense disgraceful. Forms were broken and a free fight took place, the roughs being ultimately worsted in the encounter. Mr. Baxter Langley on the same evening, and in tho same town was igno miniously treated. He and his supporters were pelted with rotten apples, peas, and bags of flour. One of the bags (paper bags, of course) aimed with exquisite accuracy, struck Mr. Langley in the neck and covered him with flour. • The appearance he presented was unquestionably fine, but not calculated to promote the due gravity of political discussion. The roughs succeeded in giving Mr. Langley the quietus. THE IRISH CHURCH. The determination of the Irish Church Convention to refer the question of revising the Prayer-book to a select committee, resulted in a pitched battle between the High and the Low Church. The proceedings were characterised by an extra ordinary and spirited interchange of amenities• The remarks of one reverend speaker were interlarded with such phrases as " double-faced " and "dishonest" Sundry other expressions, equally painful and suggestive to Churchmen, were indulged in, and the proceedings, which should, to have any weight and influence, have been conducted in a temperate spirit, were on the Whole characterised by "a wrangling about nice distinctions of ritual and doctrine."' THE IRISH PEOPLE. Irishmen, and especially the intellectual members of the farming classes, have reason to feel grateful to the Saturday Review for an article laudatory of their country and its peculiar virtues, which has appeared in that periodical this week. No country so accessible to English, holiday makers is so systematically avoided by them, as the Green Isle, and yet, according to our contemporary, a ramble through Ireland, although it will tend to shock, some Anglo-Saxons when they see to what vile . uses feudalism and the laws of the Kingdom may be put, will, nevertheless, prove in structive and interesting in no immaterial degree. Familiarity with the Irish peasantry, according to the Saturday Review, will enable the honest traveller to appreciate their worth, and to comprehend some of the vexed questions of the country that otherwise seem so insoluble to Englishmen and Scotchmen. If visitors will cease to believe in the literature of the professional agi tators, they will find satisfactory assurance that in a "Red" era such as ours is, Ireland is singularly little infected by the ideas that generally thrive in thwarted populations. The high standard of virtue mah.tained by even the serfs in the country, and the devotion of small peasant farmers to " huts " which are called homes, and which are thought of as citadels, the hopeful spirit of even the most poverty stricken of the landlords, who, as a class, are worthy creatures, though generally labouring under delusions as to their present responsibilities, and the anxiety of all to try and appear in a fair light and as hospitable friends, to the stranger, are characteristics so certain to be met with everywhere in Ireland as to make it a most remarkable land,to travellers, who in most other terri tories round the globe would fail to find so many bright peculiarities pertaining to a single people. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCT. 28. Princess Louise was prevented from accompanying the Queen to the Glassalt Shiel owing to a sprained knee. As perfect rest is required for her Royal. Highness at present her Majesty's return to the South may be delayed for a few days longer than was anticipated. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine ser vice yesterday. A letter in the Allgenteine Zeitung notices the difficulties under which the government of Lorraine by the Germans is being carried on. A police commissioner, who has 30 villages under his control, has to make a circuit of 18 or 20 miles, and can go nowhere without an escort of l7hlans. The German officials in the occupied departments are quite cut off from political news; English newspapers have hardly been seen in the Upper Rhine for three months. The French correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says that three of the generals who are entrusted with superior commands belonged formerly to the so-called " Maison Militaire du Roi Louis Philippe et des Princes," and were bitterly opposed to the Revolution of February. They are Bourbaki and Polh6s, who were ordnance officers of the King, and Fiereck, who was formerly adjutant to the Duc de Montpensier. CACAOINE. — Ca , coa nibs on the removal of the oil fall nto powder, and this powder is cacioine. Cacioine contains neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cacioine makes one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most de sirable of all for use in the later hours of the day. Cacloine, by reason of the ingenious method by which the oil is removed, pre serves all the fine natural flavour of cacao nibs.—Prepared 'only by James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 112, Great Rus -8611-Street ; 170, Piccadilly ; and 48, Threadneedle-street ; at their Works for Dietetic Preparations, Euston-road.—ADvT. NAVAL ANT) MILITARY facto r a at Woolwich, now working nd are night and day g in out two the Royal bron gnil e ry , az. nine-pounder field guns daily, on Colonel Maxw ell's Indian pattern. • The armour-plated turret - ship Monarch, Captain Annesley, having completed her refit will go out of har bour on Monday, preparatory to her joining t1;;e render' vows of the Channel squadron at Portland. The troop-ship Himalaya, Captain Marsden, will ern; bark the 2nd Battalion 2nd Queen's for Plymouth, an leave on Tuesday; taking also about 300 men for North America. Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein will be formallY sworn in as Chief Steward of the borough of New Windsor on Monday, November 7. In the evening the • Mayor and Town Council will entertain his Royal High ness at a banquet. • The Lord Warden, armoured wood-built screw frigate' Captain T. Brandreth, bearing the flag of Vice-Aduur Sir R. H. Yelverton, K.C.8., is expected to go outnex of Portsmouth Harbour to Spithead about Wednesday t ' and will probably sail before the end of the week for the Mediterranean. Mr. E. J. Reed, C. 8., late Chief Constructor of t he Navy, was taken seriously ill on Saturday week at his residence near Manchester, and his medical advisers h ave prohibited him from attending to business until the state of his bealth.is much improved.—Mr. Childers will go t o Portsmouth this week on an official visit. The screw steam-sloop Dart, Commander the Hon. 5. Carnegie, arrived on Friday at Portsmouth, from Halifax (under canvas), whence she sailed on the 21st inst., and is expected to come into the harbour to be paid off. She ha s experienced very bad weather nearly the whole voyage -- gales so severe that preparations were made to cut awey the masts, fears being entertained for her safety. Sh e has, however, not sustained any considerable damage. The United Service Gazette says :—Captain G. 0. Will es • R.N., is in future to be styled " Chief of the Staff "fi t the Admiralty, and to receive the same pay and allowanc es as the Director of Naval Ordnance, viz., £1,264 per annure, —The following ships will be paid off on December 31, an recommissioned on January 1, 1871 : —H. M. S. Asia, guar' ship of steam reserve at Portsmouth, bearing the flag of Reef; Admiral Loring, C.B. • Cambridge, g unnery ship Devonport • Fox, store-slip ; Ganges, training-ship for boys at Falmouth ; Impregnable, training ship for boy s at Devonport ; and. St. Vincent, training-ship for boys e t Portsmouth. Staff Surgeon T. G. Fitzgerald left L o ndon on Thursday, on a special mission, to join the head" quarters of the Prussian Army before Metz. The Broad Arrow says there can no longer be any doubt about the rumour going the round of Naval circles, to the effect that Mr. Reed has applied to be reappointed to his old office at the Admiralty, having some foundation. Air - Reed has been seen at the Admiralty. We have heard that the ground upon which he bases his right to be re: taken into the confidence of the authorities are, 11 1 faithful service, and the success of the Monarch am" Hercules. The committee on Kilmainham Hospital hal concluded their inquiry •in Dublin, a n d M r . Vivian an the other members have returned to town. It is under stood that they will not recommend the abolition of the hospital, but that, on the contrary, their report will be in favour of an increase of the present number of inmates. The Presidency Paymastership at Madras is vacant by th e death of Colonel Greenlaw. The Army and Navy Gazette says it is generally believed that an officer with more experience than of possessed by any of the members of the Committee 0 Construction Department at the Admiralty will shortly be, appointed to the position of Chief Constructor of the Navy.—There is no truth in the report that his Royal, Highness the Duke o f Edi n b urg h i s t o res i gn th e comma nd °' H.M.S. Galatea, and to return home in H.M.S. Challenger . Staff-Commander Richards, late of H.M.S. Lightning; has been appointed Nauti ca l A ssessor t o th e B oar d ° Trade.—We believe an extensive scheme of Army organi' sation is at present under the consideration of the ( 0 ; vernment. We have reason to think that the spool"' direction iu which the proposed scheme will tend 15 towards the Militia, and and that we sb have a fully organised and really efficient Militia force.; The following shipbuilding firms have each been entruste d by the Admiralty with the construction of an ar mour' clad turret-vessel of about 2.000 tons, viz. ;—The Thames Shipbuilding Company, Messrs. R. Napier and Son, Messrs. Palmer and Co., of Jarrow, Messrs. L 41(1 ,; geon, and Messrs. Elder and Co.—A di s ti n guisite" service reward is vacant by the a pp o intment of Major-General Sir H. K. Storks, G.C.B' G.C.M.G.., to the colonelcy of the 70th Regiment. -- The report that the crews of the Vanguard, Audacious, and Invincible are dissatisfied with the degree of safety which they enjoy on board these ships is all moonshine,. The fact is that with the quantity o f wa t er b a ll as t whi° ll they can stow away when u n d er sa il, th e y are s o sal!: that the probability is their speed as cruisers will be very much diminished. They are only " crank " when unde r steam in fine weather.—The death of Lieutenant-Genera l H. Pester, major-general, retired full pay, Royal Artil lery, places an Artillery distinguished service reward 1 the gift of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief. THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR FORCES. When his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales lately visited Edinburgh as the patron of the Scottish Masons; and to lay the foundation stone of the new infirmarY , the military in garrison, as usual, turned out to do him honour. To old soldiers it must have been distress ing to see the paucity of the numbers of these smart and well-dressed • corps. The 13th Hussars, not withstanding that the greater part of the regiment iS stationed at Edinburgh, could muster, we are informed. but 75 horses, the 90th and 32nd between them 200 men ; 100 to line the streets, and 100 as a guard of honour. Voila tout / It would seem as if the country had become bankrupt that we exhibit now mere skeletons of regi ments, cadres without solid substance, unworthy of A first-class nation, and with the sound of great guns, and a bloody war going on almost within sight and hearing e: our -south coast. Surely such a s t a t e o f thi ngs is not creditable to us or safe, and all to let two millions appear to the credit of the nation in the Chan: cellor's next budget. Until we are actually 0t . war ourselves unwieldy battalions are not r equ i r ed ; bu t we might have at least 700 men per regiment of infantry , 500 sabres in cavalry corps, and 500 guns instead of 1 8 1 as at present. Plenty of horses could alw a y s be fowl; at short notice ; but let us have the men and the metal ready now. As long as the Emperor. Louis Napoleon was in power we seemed to be tolerably saf e from foreign invasion. We may wish him back again before long, for who can tell what may resub' to us after this fearful German and G a lli c struggle is ended ? Then, in Napier phraseology, we may hav e 6 ` to sharpen our cutlasses " if we want to make " the (10" our own." Our fleet is,, no doubt, excellent, but wh'n could it do if our native soil were invaded at three points by powerful armies, whilst our rivers and harbours are utterly defenceless and our great commercial marin e destroyed by steam squadrons ?—Army and Navy Gazette* A SERIOUS BUSINESS. The armour-clad turret-ship Cerberus, 'which w a s de signed and built for the defence of the harbour o f Mg' bourne, is still in English waters, and, if the re port 0 which have reached us can be depended upon, she is likely to continue for an indefinite period on the home station. It is stated that, in consequence of the late catastroph e which the country is bewailing, the Lords of On Admiralty were asked to give a certificate of the seaworthiness of this vessel. This them lordships, we are told, declined to supply. Hence that which appeared to be an unaccountable delay occurred. We have also learned that from the same cause the Magdala, built by the Thames ShipbuilM Company for the protection of Bombay has been detame!! in the Victoria Docks, although her builders undertook to deliver her at the spot for which she was destined, and for which she is quite ready to start. It is air expected that the Abyssinia, which in a few week s will be out of the hands of Messrs. Dudgeon and Co., will be prevented from leaving the riven—Army 0121 " Navy Gazette. . CHIEF CONSTABLE OF BEDFORDSHIRE.-1 111 ° office is vacant ; salary, £3OO a-year, with an allowanc e of &50 a-year for all expenses. - AN UNDERGRADUATE'S AMUSEMENT.—At the Cambridge Borough Police Court an Undergraduat e, named Frederick Hall Nicholls, of Trinity College, has been fined £25 and costs, or a month's hard l a bour, f° lamp-breaking and assaulting the police. " GAZETTE " APPOINTMENTS.—The Queen bofi f been pleased to appoint Henry David Erskine, Esq., ° Cardross, to be Groom of the Robes in Ordinary to 1 3 1 Majesty, in the room of the Marquis of Hertford resigned.—The Prince of Wale s h as a pp o i n t e d th e E ar l o _l Leicester to be keeper of the P r i v y S ea l o f his RAY' S Highness, in the place of Mr. H er b er t Fi s h er , resigned. THE CHESS CHAMPIONSIHP.—The Challenge CuP given by the British Chess Association for competition t amongst English players, app ears ex t reme l y diffi cu lt 0- acquisition. It must be won twice before it can becom e ` any one person's property, and hitherto no player 1 10 , been able to. accomplish thi s f ea t. When fa" played for it fell to Mr. De Vere • last year Mr. Black' burne gained it ; and now Mr. Wisker becomes the pt visional owner. The tournament of 1870 opened a bout three weeks ago, and resulted in the following scores :"." Mr. Wisker won five games and lost one, Mr. Bur ° made the same score, the Rev. J. Owen won four and lost two, Mr. Blackburne (winner last year) won three and lost three, Mr. Gossip won two and lost four, M' Green won one and lost five, and Mr. Ide lost all h' games. Mr. Burn and Mr. Wisker having scored equally' met on Wednesday to play off the tie. An obstinen battle of ten hours' duration resulted in a draw. A second game on Friday, though a less scientific specimen of play , ended more satisfactorily for one of the players, for IVit Wisker won the game and the cup, the second prize falling to Mr. Burn. Both winners are amateur players. A MAN " OF THE PEnrop."—He was essentiallY the most recent product of the age we live in. Manly enough in some things, he was fastidious in others, to the very verge of effeminacy ; an aristocrat by birth and by predilection, he made a parade of democratic opinionk? He affected a sort of Crichtonism in the variety of 1 0 gifts, and as linguist, musician, artist, poet, and Philo sopher, loved to display the scores of thing° he might be, instead of that mild, very ordinary young gentleman that he w as . had done a little of almost everything ; he had been the Guards, in diplomacy, in the House for a brief sew sion, had made an African tour, written a pleasant little book about the Nile, with the illustrations by his oval hand. Still he was greater in promise than performanc e ' There was an opera of his partly finished • a five comedy almost ready for the stage ; a half-execute d group, he had left in some studio in Rome , sheaved wha t he might have done in sculpture.—Lord Kilgobbin -, _ - ~-: _ hlinE August last : 4( Th Which 6 °nerS /)i e d a i event c The pity of (‘ px to Kin Your 1V I, Qi «I Your ularke, You wi To-, with d are as Then ~lBtT ; It i f 3 francs Ore, the to , beope In, havin t to be 1 Bokii, In triisp er Colldit collate Piet Lo on 1 The TILE went all of ThE state i ' Week ThE Sian c I : 1 888i 20,0 0 , field ( sever z Peare Bicet~ 170 11 h they il aiBGr t o Cr( Pa: tende Will i Or t o P• eOrap near At kars 323,( Ac 31 11 - ar, city Wa:s Week hear had duce to Pa / i d the of i tee det THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT I' O'CLOCK, with SOME lIOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and of all other events. E TIX) GU rt '4*A. Ik,VD WAR' tie Irtithr