The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-22 00:00:00

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The in its sudden 'ers of CrOWTh PRUSSIA. ;tters which it 1 the King of the 22nd of the King to at such a of the God is mediation. preparations, ;he inevitable dion is that >usy through ) can inspire moral - in- Ids that he The King of declares that on reading ie seeks to eace heard. led by so )d to witness or his people. our and inde rays be ready are assured. )pe can offer Ind securities the peace of unexpectedly re them from the bonds of LE QUES OF CON- L, it appears, Ln the matter ,ic merchant nco-Prussian seconded the t the transfer made a very )ortunity ap to-day or to hold a Cabi ig an extra trong proba- L this Conti 3sity which ion by Con , belligerent Toe doctrine, i take is to ingencies by xty days for LtraordinarY difficulty in the present March next, be at once of the mem o will be its can be no ingress, the looking to cork Herald, EAN extreme rench soil o be easily , nt of the of Nieder e the des tacMahon Prussians 4 general ier in the 33 of the :ing Wil auter and ;erian co ing under Times of wood, the e wife of Brixton ; Shelton th (Lilly) )aniel, of Chapel, ate John Norfolk, lames B. :e Barlee te, Kent, (CE, of him at A of the LONDON, MONDAY, N°., 24,402. CRYSTAL PALACE.--TAIS DAY. -- _k_.) POPULAR AMUSEMENTS by the R.A.O. of BUFFALOES °pen for Admission.. 10 till 7.30 I Beckwith and Family's Orchestral band .......... 12.0 I Aquatic Feats in Lake 6.15 Terrace Fountains........ 2.0 Balloon Ascent ........ 6.30 Maclagan's and other En tertainments, Farce, ctc. 2.30 Admission, ls. ; or by Guinea Season Tickets. Children half-price. In the War Court, French Tente Abri and English Bell Tent, Model Moncrieff Gun in Earthwork, Pictorial /slap of Rhine, Armour Plates, Chassepot, Needle, and other guns, &c. Ad mission free. The Great War Map, showing country around Metz, Stras , bourg, Nancy, Chalons, and Paris. Guinea Season Tickets at all entrances. CREMORNE . —Lessee and Manager, Mr. John Baum. SHILLING POPULAR FETE. THIS DAY (MONDAY). ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. AMUSE MENTS FREE. Ten Hours' Amusements. GRAND BALLET at 10, LA FEE AUX ROSES. Mdlle. Clavelle, assisted by 200 Corps de Ballet. Splendid Fireworks. Daring Trapeze Perfor mances. Operetta, and numerous other popular amusements. Open daily at 3. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. AMUSEMENTS FREE. Open on Sundays by refreshment card, 6d. ALHAMBRA. MR. FREDK. STR ANGE, Managing Director.—OPEN TO-NIGHT, at Eight o'clock. Everything New. Three '• • Grand Ballets, "LES IrLEURS PU J'A R DIN ;" "BROWN, JONES, and ROBIN SON," New Comic Ballet, by 11. Boleno and Troupe ; and New Magnificent Water Ballet "LES NATIONS, or GRAND CASCADES," with Real Water ; and a host of Novelties and Varieties. The Best Band in London, under M. RivMre. Prices—ls., 25., and Gallery, 6d. ; Dress Circle, 55.; Private Boxes, 215., 31s. 6d., and 425.—80 x Office open from Eleven till Four. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the i•r, sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to the eminent enphonionist, Signor L. Moses.; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.C. Admission, ls.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. BIdNELL, Proprietor. N.B.—The .GRAND EXTRA NIGHT and Last of the Season Will take place on MONDAY, Ist August. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street. IS ow added Portrait Models of JOHN ZONES, alias JOHN OWEN, and WAL 2AR MILLAR, to the CHAMBER OF HORRORS. Admission, ls. ; Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. WHITBREAD AND CO.'S BOTTLED COOPER STOUT, AND ALES. Sole Agent, ROBERT BAKER. Prices and full particulars can be obtained at the Stores, 26, Worship-street, E.C. LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. FOUR GOLD MEDALS. Supplied to the British, French, Prussian, Russian, Italian, Dutch, and other Governments. Dr. Lankester writes regarding Extract of Meat :—" But there is a difference in flavour, and h :re, as in all other kinds o food, it is the flavour that makes the quality." It is essentially on account of the fine Meaty flavour, as distinguished from the burnt taste of other Extracts, that LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT defeated all Australian and other sorts at Paris, Havre, and Amsterdam, and is so universally preferred in all Fi_tropean markets. One pint of fine-E9.—ciured Leef-tea at 2d. 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The earliest and fullesvimetrwio. , Circu lates among all classes and parties, and the best medium for Advertisers. . __ Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli cation to the Publisher, Edward Hawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth. Now published, "FJORD, ISLE, AND TOR." _ A BOOR FOR TOURISTS IN NORWAY, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS„ CORNWALL, AND THE SCILLY ISLANDS. BY EDWARD SPENDER PRICE 3s. "It is a straightforwardly and sometimes graCefully written Sketch of Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, from the holiday traveller's point of view, not, however, exclusively devoted to matters of scenery or itinerary, but designed to give the voyager an intelligent interest in the manners, customs, industries, and institutions of the districts he is exp) ring. Foi intending visitors to Norway especially, Mr. Spender s book will be welcome. It has, moreover, the decided advantage of com pression, clearness of style, and easy manageableness of bulk."— Daily Telegraph. "The volume perfectly fulfils its purpose. It is neat and cheap and contains in a small space a great quantity of very interesting matter, much of which will be novel, and all of which will be useful, not only to those who visit the places described, but to those who stay at home. Mr. Spender is an acute observer, a most industrious and judicious collector of facts, and an eloquent and graphic writer, and does ample justice to his subjects."— Yorkshire Post. "It deserves a welcome, this book we have so long uncon sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the intending excursionists a veritable benefaction. . . Altogether the book is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the happy time of our holiday excursion, and to give a place to on our book-shelves afterwards as a most pleasant remembrancer." —Sun " ' Fjord, isle, and Tor' is a very delightful little book. 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Addressed, as it more especially is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica tion to the general public. . . . As to its literary merits we need say nothing, the name of the author being sufficient guhrantee on this point."—Western Mail. " The articles shew unusual power of observation, are full of genial gossip, and supply just what the excursionist wants- - reliable information."—Western Daily Press. CHARLTON TIICIKER 21, Northumberland-street, Charing Cross YOUNG ENGLAND. Complete in three hand somely bound Volumes, ss. each ; or in one handsome Volume, full gilt, bevelled boards, price 10s. 6d. Containing 1,000 pages, and 645 wood engravings. The work in its complete form presents a most attractive repertory of instruction and amusement for young persons. Post-free, ls. extra. London—W. TWREDTE 337. strand. COUGH, AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND ORATIONS OF J. B. 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Bth, the Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus • tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals, recommending Its universal perusal, are reprinted wi:h this edition. SAUCE. —LEA mid PERRINS. THE "WORCESTERSHIRE," pronounced by Connoisseurs " THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Improves the appetite and aids digestion. UNRIVALLED FOR PIQUANCY AND FLAVOUR. ASK FOR "LEA AND PERRINS'" SAUCE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, And see the names of LEA and PERRINS on all bottles and labels. --- Agents—Crosse and Blackwell, London, and sold by all Dealer in Sauce through( ut the World. THE BEST and MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD for Infants, Children, and Invalids. CHAPMAN & CO'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR ki contains all the constituents of the grain in perfect purity, and is perfectly easy of digestion OHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR contains a larger percentage of phosphates (bone earth) than any other food, and is therefore invaluable to Children while Teething. CHAPAIAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR promotes a vigorous and healthy growth of the bones Pad teeth, and prevents premature decay. CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR. PROFESSOR ATTFIELD, Analyst to the Royal Pharma ceutical Society of Great Britain, reports as follows :---" Its rich ness in gluten, or flesh-forming material and phoshates, or bone and teeth-forming substances, shows it to be a very valuable and nutritious food, especially for children. It is incomparably superior to arrowroot, corn-flour, and other forms of starch, which contribute but little to the growth o renewal of bone or muscle. EVENING EDITION. OZOKERIT (PATENTED). TiINMIA.N'S WHISKY.-DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina han's " LL Whisky. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Gold Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Housei pi London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. THE CONTINENTAL WINE COMPANY. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Superior Wines from the best Vintages, at the following Low Prices, viz, : CLARET SHERRY PORT CHAMPAGNE . . . . " 245. to 725. MOSELLE N.B.—Carriage Free within a radius of five miles. - Other Wines pro ratio. , 25, TA v - isT - uur,x-sT - ICEET - , AND 14, SOUTHAMPTON-STREET, STRAND, W.C. T HE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL. (SNOW-HILL STATION), BIRMINGHAM. " One of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels in the three kingdoms."--The Field, July 31, 1869. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. On SATURDAY, August 27, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 10.10 a.m, Victoria Station 9.45 a.m., Battersea 9.55, Chelsea, 10, West Brompton 10.3, Kensington 10.5, Uxbridge-road 10.10, Reading 11.40 a.m., for Witney, Chipping Norton, Burton-on-the-Water, Moreton, Honeybourne, Evesham, Pershore, Worcester, and Malvern, returning on Monday, August 29th, or Tursdy,Septem!aer For fares and full particulars see handbills. J. GRIER SON, General Manager. Paddington, August, 1870. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING—SATURDAY. EBOR HANDICAP.' 11 to 2 agst Myosotis (taken) 100 to 15 agst Torreador (taken to £120) 8 to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Cherie (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Mysotis (offered) 9to 1 agst Blandford (offered—take 10 to 1) 100 to 8 agst Toison d'Or (offered) 100 to 7 agst Ploughboy (offered) 15 to 1 agst Miss Sheppard (offered) 100 to 6 agst La Perichole (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Sagittarius (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Paganini (taken) 100 to 3 agst Kennington (offered) PLACE BETTING. 6to 4 agst Torreador (taken and offered) 6 to 4 agst Myosotis (taken and offered) sto 2 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered) 3to 1 agst Ploughboy (offered) YORKSHIRE OAKS. 3 to .1 agst Lady of Lyons (taken and wanted) T,EGER. 2to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered) 6to 1 agst Palmerston (wanted) 12 to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Normanby (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Sunlight (taken and wanted) 100 to 7 agst Captivator (offered) 20 to 1 agst Alexander (taken and offered) 750 to 7i agst Astolfo (taken) 1000 to 5 agst The Boy (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER--SATURDAY. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Myosotig (taken) 6to 1 agst Blandford (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst Torreador (taken and wanted) 10 to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Cherie (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mysotis (taken) 100 to 8 agst Ploughboy (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Toison d'Or (taken) 100 to 7 agst La Perichole (taken) 100 to 6 agst Miss Sheppard (taken) G RE A T WESTERN RAILWAY. EXCURSION TO SOUTH WALES AND IRELAND. On Saturday, August 27th, an Excursion Train will leave Pad dington at 8.45 a.m., and Reading at 10.25 a.m., for Cirencester, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Lydney, Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Bridgend, Port Talbot, Neath, Landore, Swansea, Llanelly, Fenyside, Carmarthen Junction, Rt. Clears, Whitland, Narberth Road, Haverfordwest, Johnston, Milford, New Milford, Tenby via Whitland, Waterford, Kilkenny, Maryborough, Clon mel, Tipperary, Cahir, and Limerick. Passengers to stations on South Wales line return on Saturday, September 3rd. Passengers to Ireland can return by the 8.35 a.m. train from New Milford, any day up to Saturday, September 10th, in clusive. For fares, &c., see hand-bills. EXCURSION TO BATH AND BRISTOL, On Saturday, August 27, a cice;pliurZi Train will leave Paddington at 3.25 and Reading at 4.35 p.m. for Chippenham (fares there and back-Ist class, 155., eovered carriages, 7s. 6d.); Bath (17s. and Bs. 6d.) ; Bristol (20s. and 10s.); returning on Wednesday, August 31. EXCURSION TO READING, OXFORD, &C. On Sunday, August 28th, an Excursion Train will leave Pad dington at 8.40 a.m. for Taplow (Fares there and back, Ist class, 55.; covered carriages, 2s. 6d) ; Twyford, Henley, and Reading (6s. and 35.) ; Pangborne and Goring (7s. and 3s. 6d.); Moulsford and Didcot, (Bs. and 45.) ; Abingdon and Oxford (10s. and 55.); returning thesame day. For further particulars see handbills. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, August, 1870. SHE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. 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The number of men, boys, and girls taken on in the Royal Laboratory Department of Woolwich Arsenal, within the last few weeks, amounts to nearly a thousand; but many of the lathes still lie idle, the iron work pre served in what the workmen call " Gladstone's paint•" It is, however, stated that an extensive order for shot, shell, powder cases, &c., has been issued from the War Office, which will soon set all the machinery in motion once more. By the death of Dr. Wilson, R.N., the post of an honorary physician to the Queen, and a good-service pen sion, has fallen to the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty. There is no lack of candidates. The Admiralty intend utilizing some of the best of the large wooden ships by cutting them dos.vn, and armour plating them. An order has been given to at once con vert into an iron-clad ship the Robust, which has for twelve years been on the stocks at Devonport, two-thirds built. She wa s or i g i na ll y i n t en d e d for a 90- gun screw two decker, b u t was s t oppe d b u ildi n g when that class of ship was fo un d t o b e o b so l e t e. Sh e w illye. quire extensive alteration, b u t w ill ma k e a ve ry tine vessel. about The United Service Gazette says :—Colonel Gordon, late depot battalion, has been appointed to the vacant post of Commandant of the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley. — We learn from Hazareebah that an officer of the 107th Regimant has shewn such evident signs of mental derange ment that it has been decided to send him home to Eng• land at once.—The First Lord of the Admiralty returned to his official residence in Whitehall on Wednesday last. With the exception of Mr. Baxter, M.P., the whole of the Board are at their respective posts.— Captain Moors9 l n, 30th Foot, has been appointed aide-de-camp to Major- General Newton, commanding at Dublin. The Broad Arrow says :—lthas been arranged that no reductions of brigade staff appointments at Aldershot will take place this year.—Our army is at last to be supplied with field guns. It having been decided that the muzzle-loading rifled field gun is suitable for Indian warfare, the authorities seem to have no doubt that it will be found equally serviceable against disciplined troops and arms of precision. Acting on this persuasion, they have ordered fifty muzzle-loading rifled field-guns to be manufactured, and when these are ready, it is believed that our troops will be able to stand in line of battle against Prussia and Russia or any other two Powers combined. THE ENGLISH WAR MINISTER. The Spectator considers that the substitution of a War Minister who has been accustomed to the successful organisation of armies for Mr. Cardwell would immea surably strengthen the present Government. The public owes the War Minister a debt for bringing the army finally under the control of Parliament, but it is quite clear that neither the public nor the army put full confidence in his power to check the accuracy of official details. Whatever his abilities he his a real genius for circumlocution, word-fencing and red tape, but it would be infinitely better in these times to have a man at the head of the War Office in whose past achievements both the public and the army would see guarantees for the highest efficiency. Mr. Cardwell, it is said, is to be the next speaker. If so, his replacement by a man like Lord Lawrence, 'who proved so efficient in organising the armies of India, or like Lord Napier, who has shewn himeslf to be a brilliant administrator, would add marvellous strength to the Cabinet. With the Militia unofficered, the Volunteers unarmed, with two-thirds of the . Sniders in store confessed to be in Canada, with an uncomfortable feeling in the artillery, and a ministry supposed to have an almost morbid bias towards peace, the country would be much better pleased if it had an efficient War Minister. We have to contradict the statement that Colonel Fraser is a candidate for the chairmanship of the Metro politan Board of Works. Sir William Fraser, late M.P. for Ludlow, is the candidate. It is understood that the President of the Poor law Board has nominated Sir J. P. Kay-Shuttleworth to be a manager of the West London School districts, and that that gentleman has accepted the appointment. We have reason to believe that whatever may have been Prince Achille Murat's recent movements, we were in error in stating that he had an interview with Lord Granville. — Pall Mall Gazette. London is just now favoured with the presence of the President of Liberia. He has come to England, it is stated, with the object. of_ extending the commercial rela tions between this country and that part of the West Coast of Africa with which he is connected.—City Press. The Orchestra states that Mr. Chorley will shortly publish a biography of Rossini. Three Paris theatres, the Vaudeville, Palais Royal, and Varikes, have been obliged to close their doors from the want of firemem, employed elsewhere in the place of the regular troops. The Musical Standa.'d says that Carlotta Patti has arrived with the other members of her troupe at Rio Janeiro, where the aristocracy are according to them a most cordial reception. The mise-en-scene of Wagner's " Valkyrie " at Munich cost a sum of 100,000 florins. Mr. Edwin Andrew, solicitor, of Liverpool, has been appointed Town Clerk of the borough of Salford, near Manchester, in succession to Mr. George Brett, who has resigned. Mr. Andrew was certificated as a solicitor in Trinity Term 1864, and has for some years been an assistant in the office of the Town Clerk of Liverpool. NOT SPOILING FOIL A FlGHT.—General Lee denies having tendered his services to Louis Napoleon during the French-Prussian war. He says he has sheathed his sword for ever. This is just what was to be expected of a sensible man like General Lee. No series of cam paigns in Europe could add to his military renown ; the cause of either France or Prussia has little to commend it to Americans, North or South, and, pecuniarily, the General would be called upon to make great sacrifices were be to accept a command in the French army.—New York Herald. THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Mr. William Fisher Miller, who was called to the bar by the Honour able Society of Lincoln's Inn on the 29th of Janu ary, 1850, and ,since 1843 acted as Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, and for several years past has discharged the duties of Chief Registrar, has re tired after twenty -seven years' public service on his full retiring allowance of £2,000 per annum. The vacancy has been filled up by the appointment of Mr. William Hazlitt, the Senior Registrar of the Court, who, it will be remembered, officiated for the late Mr. Commis sioner G-oulburn during his protracted illness. The income Commis of Mr. Hazlitt will, it is stated, remain as heretofore, £1,500 per annum. THE ALDERSHOT SUMMER SEASON.—With the departure of the 2nd Life Guards, 2nd battalion Grenadier Guards, and 46th Regiment from Aldershot on Tuesd day next, the su mmer season may be said to c l ose , and within the next few weeks those regimentsbe w hi c h have been longest at the camp wimoved to other stations, so as to allow of barrack accommodation being provided for the corps which are at present under canvas on Cove-common and Rushmoor-bottom. Amongst those which may look for 'an early removal are the 6th Dragoons, 2nd battalion and depot companies Ist battalion 13th Light Infantry, the 4th battalion and depot companies 3rd battalion Rifle Brigade (under orders for Gosport), the 2nd battalion Rifle Brigade, the 4th battalion and depot compani e s Ist, 2nd, and 3rd battalions 60th Rifles ; and later in the autumn the 67th Regiment and depot companies 38th Regiment ; leaving the 3rd Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, 12th Lancers, Ist battalion 4th King's, 2nd battalion 9th Regiment, 2nd battalion 17th Regiment, 33rd Regiment, 42nd Highlanders, 91st Highlanders, 94th Regiment, and 101st Fusiliers, and the depots of the sth Lancers, 16th Lancers, Ist battalion Ist Royals, 2nd battalion 10th Regiment, Ist battalion 17th Regiment, 45th Regi ment, 53rd Regiment, 74th Highlanders, 79th High landers, and 104th Fusiliers, to garrison the Camp for the winter or part of the winter. But to this force it is not improbable that at least one regiment will be added, the selection, doubtless, being made from the 2nd bat talion 22nd, at Sheffield, the 2nd battalion 4th King's, at Chester, and the 100th Regiment, at Manchester. After the departure of the 67th, the first regiment for relief will be the 42nd Highlanders, but we should hardly think it probable that it will be moved for a few months.---Army and Navy Gazette. BILLINGSGATE IN MARK-LANE.—At the Mansion House, before the Lord Mayor, Mr. Mould, tea broker, carrying on business in partnership with his father in Fenchurch street, was summoned for assaulting Mr. Slight, market man for a similar firm in Mincing-lane, in Mark-lane, on th e 11th i ns t an t, un d er the follow ing circumstances :—The defendant was desirous of purchasing fifty half-chests of tea, which, however, the complainant said he had sold to another person—a state ment which the former expressed his disbelief in, alleging he had been informed that only a portion of the tea had been purchased. The complainant reiterated his statement, adding that " somebody must be a liar." They then proceeded to a gentleman named Sace, who confirmed the complainant's story , whereupon the defendant became excited, and saying that the complainant had called him a liar just now, struck him a blow under the ear. Complainant repeated more emphatically than before that the defendant was a liar ; and the latter, thinking probably that the example was a salutary one to follow, did so by striking the com plainant much more severely than before—a proceeding which caused his immediate ejectment from Mr. Sace's establishment. The defendant now alleged in extenuation that he was excited by the complainant calling hints liar twice. The Lord Mayor: That is no justification for a big, fellow like you, striking a little fellow like that. Defendant : I merely boxed his ears as I would a little girl's. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor : By which you made yourself liable to several weeks' imprisonment. You took advantage of your great size over the complainant to bully him and box his ears : that is just the thing one would expect in Billings gate, but not among gentlemen in Mark Lane. You are fined 40s. and costs, and, in conjunction with the com plainant, bound over to keep the peace for the space for six months. AUGUST 22, 1870. TIM WAR ON TAE OCEAN. The war between France and Prussia will be concluded with all its attendant horrors, upon land ; but on the sea a new order of things is to be inaugurated. The Declara tion of Paris in 1856 contained four articles, which were subscribed to by England, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Turkey, and Sardinia, .as follows : First—Privateering is and remains abolished ; second —The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. Third — Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag. Fourth—Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effec tive—that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy. The United States Government refused to subscribe to the first article, and did not become a party to the compact. At the outset of the " little " trouble which now exists, Prussia made capital by declaring that she would abide by all the conditions of the declarations; now Napoleon comes forward and not only assures the world that he will maintain the compact inviolate, but also include the merchandise and ships of the United States and Spain, as though they had become parties to the Declaration. This is very well for the present ; but should England intervene with the "secret treaty" as a pretext, Napoleon may be in clined to change his policy and endeavour to give English commerce a blow between wind and water. Coal has become contraband of war under the new order of things; - and the genius of the French Emperor may suggest the propriety of including wheat, which would effectually paralyze the energies of Albion, for without bread what would her people do ? Every war develops new principles, and the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 will not be without important lessons and results.—San Francisco Chronicle. BELGIUM AND HER POSITION. The kingdom of Belgium is one of the smallest powers in Europe, but it is, nevertheless, a thrifty State, with large factories and an extensive maritime trade. The principal seaport of Belgium is Antwerp, and the indus try of the country excels in the manufacture of lace, cloth, carpets, and kindred articles. As the Government of the kingdom cannot make any pretensions to military greatness, it is of the utmost importance that it should be able to observe a strict neutrality in a conflict between two great military Powers like France and Prussia. The geogra phical situation makes the territory an exceedingly desir able acquisition for either of the belligerents, and if the war assumes large proportions, an invasion of the territory in question by either of the combatants must become almost a certainty. The Government of Great Britain has already acted in anticipation of the latter event, for it is said that 10,000 troops are kept in readiness to occupy the fortress of Antwerp. It is also asserted that an English fleet is going to cruise in Belgian waters, and the extensive warlike preparations which Great Britain is making at the present moment are a sufficient evidence of the fact that England considers herself bound to the obligations entered into by her when King Leopold ascended the throne in 1830. At that time England pledged her faith to maintain the neutrality of Belgium at all hazards, and France would have a perfect right to call that power " perfidious Albion," if she should fail to resist a foreign invasion on Belgian territory, whether the movement originated in France or in Germany. Eng land is averse to war. She is, by virtue of her isolated geographical position, better able to maintain neutrality than any other power in Europe. Her sympathies in this present crisis are with Prussia, but her interests compel her to keep herself on as impartial a footing as possible. England is bound by treaty to protect Belgium, but she is not bound to do anything else. Should France invade Belgian territory, France will be the enemy of England ; should Prussia do so, Prussia will be considered hostile to the interests of the protegé of Great Britain, and should be treated accordingly. But if England proves herself faithless to her word, she will be despised by the whole world, and it is her duty, therefore, to act according to her promises. The nations are watching closely what the great' maritime power is likely to do in this eventuality. Belgium has a claim on the protection of England, and her territory is almost certain to be absorbed.by the party which comes aut victorious in the present struggle, if no helping hand comes forward to represent her interests and fight for her rights.—San Francisco Chronicle. ROME AND THE CATHOLIC POWERS OF EURCPE. The withdrawal of the French troops from Rome, and the simultaneous termination of the Concordat by Aus tria, are, in this stormy moment, but mere eddies on the, verge of the greater whirlpool of the war : yet they would in ordinary times, and in -calmer- thhes- hereafter they will, 4,, , stnne a high rank in the scale of importance, fol lowing as they do close upon the (Ecumenical Council. The latter has asserted more strongly than any previous Council or Pope the overruling authority of the Church ; and the doctrines of the syllabus, if carried out to the full consequences of their logic, would place in the hands of the See of Rome the control of many institutions now understood to belong to the secular power. To this France has answered by silence. Like Italy she has made no protest, but she has also declined to give any recognition to these new pretensions, which seem to be destined to remain void from mere non-usage. But Austria, the third great Catholic Power of Europe, so long the most faithful ally of the Church, puts in a decided demurrer by suppressing the Concordat. The leading features of that agreement, made in 1855, were the removal of the clergy from trial in the Secular Courts, even when they had committed offences against the civil or criminal code of the State ; the repudiation of the binding force of all marriages not celebrated by the clergy; the placing the schools exclusively under clerical management, and the denial of the usual rites of sepulture to heretics. Most of these terms, it is true, had been already abrogated by Austria under the wise leadership of Von Beust, but it was reserved for the present crisis, when the formal discontinuance of the Concordat would carry with it the greatest moral and political effect, and be likewise the most decided answer possible to the assumptions of the Schema de Fide, to give to it all the weight of a solemn international act. It is thus the first positively political reply to the work of the (Ecumenical Council. This revolt from Rome, however, is only the adoption of the attitude long held by France, which within a few years was assumed by Italy. The four Catholic Powers—for we can no longer include Bavaria as one of them—now hold relations towards the Catholic Church not dissimilar to those existing between England and its Established Church. They have taken higher ground as to the dignities belonging to the State, but they are still Catholic, supporting the Church largely from their treasuries, and encouraging it in all its efforts to propagate the faith, so long as it confines itself to matters of doctrine. To these conclusions of lesssened influence and authority the Pope submits, though he holds that he cannot give vitality to the faith among the people unless he can control the education of the young, and, practically, that some social disabilities should be employed to deter men from Protestantism. In proof of this he points to the growing infidelity of France and Italy, in which country Positivism is usurping the place of rituals and creeds. Simultaneously with the suppression of the Concordat, the withdrawal of the French troops, so long encamped at Civita Vecchia, leaves the Pope with Italy as his only protector against the machinations of the Mazzinists. That Italy will protect him is certain, for she will not abandon to a Republic that which she now hopes quietly to acquire for herself. She can guard the Papal frontiers from without as well as from within. There is even a rumour that in the tripartite treaty, which the events under notice prove to have been recently negotiated, France agrees to offer no opposition to a p!ebiscitum in the States of the Church, by which the people may decide whether they will merge themselves in an united Italy, or remain the subjects of Pio Nono. Such a rumour is very probable. It is one of those negotiations to which Louis Napoleon is so much addicted, wherein he sells to one Power the, property of a third, receiving in consideration for his services some concession important to himself—in this instance, it is supposed, the armed support of Italy in case his fortunes should become desperate in the struggle with Prussia. In any event, it is openly announced by the Emperor that the withdrawal of the troops from Rome was done after an amicable understanding with Italy had been reached. Italy, he says, may be trusted. To do what ? The situation in Europe is so constantly changing that speculations are extremely difficult. A fortnight since an alliance between England and Prussia seemed. probable. Since then they have been engaged in recri minations. Four years ago Italy and Prussia were com bined in a war with Austria. Now it seems likely that the two are in unity against Prussia, or at least in some sort of alliance with France. Only very lately it was understood that this was to be a " one-battle war," and the Emperor as he took the train on leaving Paris said, " A bientots,"—he would return directly. As soon as he reached the front, he informed the army that it was to be a war of sieges, " long and arduous." He found the whole system of tactics changed, and that instead of the chances of a solitary grand action of manoeuvres, he must climb painfully over earth works, and must hammer away as Grant did in the Wilderness. Thus one day contra dicts the other, but the evacuation of Rome and the sup pression of the Concordat are fixed facts,. an,cl bear with them lasting consequences.—New York Times. SNIPER RIPLES.—India Offloe.--Detpatehes have been sent out to the Indian Government informing Lord Mayo that arrangements have now been completed for supplying the all the troops in India, native as well as British, with Snider rifles; also for the equipment of twenty-six batteries of h orse an d f oot art illery in read - ness for service.—Allen's Indian Mail. THE MORGUE IN NEW Yomi.—The Morgue is an institution not yet familiar to the New York public. It is beneficent in its uses, but it is one of those horrible charities that we hope may never become familiar with us, notwithstanding their usefulness. It seems so foreign to all the finer senses to expose corpses to the public, row after row, in various stages of decomposition, that although' the true beneficence of the act cannot be doubted, we almost dread to hear or to think of the M orgue or dead-house where this is done. But it is done, and it has to be done, and under those circumstanc es , it is well for everyone to kno w som ething of the plan and arrangement of the place ; for the most fortunate of us know not at what, moment some near and dear one may be mourned as missing whose bodylies wait ing for identification and removal at the Morgue.—New York Herald. PRICE 1 d STAMPED 2d KOSSUTH IN HIS OLD AGE. Some months ago the Boston Lyceum Bureau commis sioned a celebrated . lecturer to travel through Europe until he found Itossuth, and as it was reported that he was poor, to offer him a series of lucrative engagements with lyceums in the United States. . The Boston Journal quotes from an interesting letter just received from the gentleman referred to, dated Geneva, July 18 : " I hasten to report the execution of the com mission which you entrusted to me. . . . In a retired quarter of the Royalty-forsaken city of Turin, piazza Cavour, over a humble wine tavern, I found the lonely Magyar—a mild, sedate, rather dignified-looking gentleman of apparently 60 years of age, whose demean our, though grave, exhibitt4l much affability and courtesy. When I had laid your proposition before him, and con veyed an assurance of the delight which his acceptance of it would afford the Republic, he expressed his deep re gret that it was beyond his power to entertain it, averring that he had retired entirely from public life, and was now a recluse from worldly affairs. -To this, as a rejoinder, in order to remove any impression that a visit, such as was proposed to America, would involve his interference in or contact with political matters, I described to him the character and organization of American lyceums, and the work done by the Boston Lyceum Bureau for them, chewing that the discourse you desired from him would require only his views upon some social or literary topic, apart from the - atmosphereor politics• al tog e added likewise, that while gratifying and instructing others, it would scarcely fail to be a subject of intense interest to him to have an opportunity of comparing the America of his day with that of the present, and of ob serving what 20 years could do in the Great Republic. He then warmed in conversation, and said :—" I dislike giving you a cold negative, but I am not the man I was ; I have had heavy domestic afflictions ; I want nerve, and as for addressing a number of people, I h ave a l mos t for gotten what public speaking was. I am in truth a change ling. Were Ito go anywhere, it would be to America.' But, he added, ' why want me ? Are you not a nation of orators ?' But,' I said, none, Signor Kossuth, such as you.' I thentouched upon the delicate ground of pecuniary considerations, and he immediately observed : I have very little money, but I have very few wants, and I am content.' Will nothing move you, Signor ?' I said. I repeat," he added, " were I to go anywhere it would be to the grandest country in the world, your America ; but I think, from the sample before me, you can do without Kossuth.' Oh ! spare my blushes but I am a faithful witness, and he had to pay a compliment in return for mine. The upshot, however, was his emphatic determina to speak in public no more unless duty to his own country demanded it. He requested me to say, how ever, that he felt highly flattered by the invitation and grateful for the consideration regarding his circum stances. THE MYSTERY YET UNSOLVED. The coroner's investigation has contributed little to the solution of the mystery which still enshrouds the Nathan murder. But it threw some additional light upon points that have been controverted, upset some stories that have been industriously circulated, and to a certain extent cleared the way for the more exhaustive inquiry which has yet to come. First, as to the two carpenters who were at work in the house on the day preceding the murder. Both seem completely absolved from suspicion. They fully explain their whereabouts, verify their statements clearly, and pass unscathed through a very searching investigation. Their testimony is in other respects interesting. The early state ments in regard to the ease with which, during the day time, ingress and egress might be effected, unobserved, are confirmed. There seems, indeed, to have been an inexplicable remissness in this respect on the part of those charged with the safe keeping of the house ; and, entrance once effected, the facilities for concealment were unusually great. Coal-bins downstairs, closets and a tank upstairs, were available without difficulty. These witnesses never saw in any part of the house the iron " dog " with which the murder is supposed to have been effected. The allegation that it had been used some time pre vious by ship carpenters who were employed to caulk the stable door, is disproved. Yet more prevalent rumours respecting Mr. Washington Nathan are corrected by the testimony of the patrolman, whom the sons, Frederick and Washington, jointly called after the dis covery of the murder. They were together upon the door steps at the time—both undressed. The socks of one were bloodstained, and his shirt-front was largely smeared with blood. But it was Frederick, not Washington, whose socks and shirt were thus stained. So far as the policeman saw, Washington was without spot or stain. We do not adduce the fact to transfer from one brother- to the other the horrible suspicion which sensation mongers have persistently cultivated, but to correct am almost universal misapprehension upon a point con cerning which there has been believed to be no room for doubt. A suggestive fact, now for the first time stated, is that the bloody foot-prints which formed so distinct a track down stairs and across the marble floor of the hall to the front door—all led one way. There were no foot steps tending upstairs, or elsewhere than toward the door. The stories about distinct finger-marks, or other traces of blood, here and there, are now pronounced fiction. The door itself was closed a few seconds before the patrolman was called in. He had just passed the door, and saw that it was shut. One of the sons—the officer cannot say which-- seems to have had a different opinion, which however, he did not attempt to maintain against the policeman's posi tive statement. The same officer passed the house at and again at 4i, on the same morning, and on both occa sions, having tried the door, as required by the rules of the force, found it fast. Three hours, it will be observed, elapsed between the two periods at which the officer passed the house. The extent of his beat made more freguent passing-by impossible. The circumstance strikingly exemplifies the inadequacy of the present force to meet the obvious wants of the city. A locality that for three consecutive hours, at the most critical part of the night, is without the visits of a police man, affords inviting ground for the burglar or assassin. The Coroner has still before him the most essential features of his inquiry. These he must scrutinise and expose with great care, and, withal, fearless impartiality, or his work will be lied to be undone. It is to be regretted that an adjournment of the inquiry has been. rendered necessary, for certainly much very important evidence is even now available. The sooner all the facts of the case are made known the better. Up to this moment the official contributions to the stock of positive knowledge upon the shocking subject have been scanty and inconclusive.— New York Times. FRANCE ON HER DEFENCE. There are people who profess to see in warfare the one point on which the human race have made absolutely no progress. The hordes of primitive men who, on the strength of a more fatal kind of flint arrow-heads than their neighbours, made war on an adj acen t t r ib e, f urn i sh in the opinion of such critics, an exact counterpart to the modern nations, who no sooner possess an improved fire arm than they shew an unbridled haste to try its effect on the field of battle. Adzuftting the radically barbarous prin ciple that underlies all warfare, it is a very notic ea bl e fact that each successive outbreaki of hostilities finds the belligerents more desirous than ever of setting them selves right with the rest of the world in regard to the purity of the motives that impelled them to fight. Of the two nations now engaged in actual conflict, France has assuredly been the most severely arraigned at the bar of civilisation and humanity. Even in quarters where she might reasonably have expected sympathy on the score of previous alliances and mutual services, the flimsy pretext on which she entered into the quarrel has caused other grounds on which it may have become inevitable to be lost sight of, and thus she has been forced to occupy, in the estimation of other nations, the position of actual aggressor, and therefore of the Power directly responsible for the contest now in progress. The attempts already made by the French Government to vindicate the tech nical justice of its declaration of war against Prussia have been but partially successful. They have all virtually resolved themselves into the statement that the growing ascendency of Prussia was dangerous to the freedom of Germany, to the existence of Austria, to the safety of France, and, therefore, to the pea& of Europe. The Germans have already given the most emphotic re buff to foreign intervention in their affairs by hasten ing to enrol themselves without reserve or hesitation under the banner of the King of Prussia. Austria has probably already begun to pray to be saved from s uch exhibitions of friendly concern, and Europe generally has unequivocally expressed its conviction that Prance would have had a much stronger claim to the title of a peace maker had she accepted the mediation of neutral Powers which was so qrongly pressed upon her. Apparently chafing under what they consider a grievous misapprehen sion, the French Cabinet return once more to the task of self-defen.ee, and, to judge by the sample transmitted by telegraph, have emitted another elaborate vindication of the • position whose ultimate settlement now rests with the strongest battalions. All unprejudiced observers have already concluded that France has a much stronger case against Prussia on the general basis of a rivalry which Novnhliychthseh she w c h o o r d s e ctaon join tile issue u t e hau with on th a a n t y p s o p w e e ci r. al , p rh oi e nt di o p n . lomacy of Berlin has, in fad, been more than a match for that of Paris, and the somewhat declamatory sentences quoted from the Duke of Grammont's circular do not tend to raise our estimate either of the ability or the candour of the late foreign policy of France. It is, doubtless, perfectly true that proposals for mutual dis armament were made by France to Prussia, but most people will be inclined to think, as Count Bismarck seems to have done, that the sincerity of these proposals was open to question. " Preoccupied "as she may have been with the development of her political institutions," the fact is now patent to the world that France has been steadily preparing for a great struggle, and that when the moment arrived she was in a more advanced stage of pre paration than Prussia. It is obvious that her readiness to fight had a pretty intimate connection with her opinion as to the outrage which no nation could accept without incurring contempt." In fact, the present attempt at laboured defence, like those that have preceded it, only serves to shew that good as the general grounds of the quarrel may in many respects have been, its special occa sion was, on the part of France, ill-chosen.—New York Times. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. SIR RICH ARD. By HUGH NEVILLE, "The promise of future celebrity this novel presents is un questionable, whilst its own characteristics will obtain for it a general welcome."—Messenger. 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