The Sun. — London, England, 1870-12-28 00:00:00

EMOSES and SON beg to remind the public • that the chearnels of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourably with those of any other ,0 tae in Engiatui, OPERA COMIQUE-FOUND DROWNED_ 31r. G. F. ROWE will make his re-appearance in Landon This Evening in a new and striking Drama, founded on Charles Dickens's celebrated novel " Our Mutual Friend." OPERA. COMIQUE.-FOUND DROWNED-- S. EMERY as BOFFlN.—Messrs. John Nelson, w. m'ln tyre, Charles Warner (by permission of W. H. Liston, E N ) Edwin Stanley, Granville, and Bell ; .Mesdames Ernstone, Emily Pitt, Holston, Slanders, Tilly Earl, and Miss Rose Lisle. Co m _ mence with BLUE DEVILS. Conclude with NOTHING TO NURSE. Open at 6.30 ; commence at 7. MUSE'- an,i W INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. MUSES and SON'S _l2i OXFORD CO :k TS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 10s. to 50.3. KERTCH JAOKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. GI to 50s. B USINESS SUITS, 28a. to GOs. MOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system J. of self-measure enables theta to execute orders by post with the guarantee of a faultless at. MODES and SON'S F ROCK COOTS, 245. to 635. DRESS COSTS, 265. to 60s. m ORNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. EMOSES and SON invit special attention • to their large stook of GEN TLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. lhl MOSES and SONS E • BOYS' CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUI S, 98. 6d. to 40s. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BR. GHTON SUITS, 18s. to 488. DRESS SUITS, 255. to (s3s. V I MOSES-and SON supply every description of clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes ; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock. Rho Idilowing ars the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CORNER of 4INORIES and ALDGATF, **FEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. VARNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD, COUNTRY BRANCH. BADFOSD. YORNRiii R.F. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.- Sole Lessee, and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, inclustve.—THlS EVENING, (Wednesday), will be produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY t and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton ! with New and Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly, whose personal services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produo dons of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Messrs. Fred. Yokes, H. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H. Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russsll ; Misses Victoria Yokes, Jessie Yokes, Rosina Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell , Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include tt ale popular Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans, and W. H. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Mor is, Pantaloons ; W. Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, Har lequina. B. Slowinan, Imitator of Birds, &o. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French Pierrots. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La Patrie, the Baby Velocipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr. W. C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr. John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, &c., arranged by Mr. John Cormack and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guineas. Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, 6s. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, 3s. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, ls. Upper Gallery, 6d. THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin Old Mother Shipton,will be produced To-night (Wednesday) December 28, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be eecured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY therefore, to prevent disappointment, an early application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. (\/CORNING PERFORMANCES of the Grand LL Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre ;—First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box office open from 10 till 5 daily.- - THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. /THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-Thirty _lL second Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. rills EVENING (Wednesday) at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright, Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy , in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The Avenue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Box arta) open daily from 10 till 5. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, a new Drama, in One Act. SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. IL Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, 'and Miss Furtado. After which, THE MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mrs. A. Mellon. Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss t' ellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore, Mi. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse. and Mr. Odell ; And THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY, Mr. John Rouse and Miss Emma Barnett. IR OYAL STRAND THEATRE. . Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. T is Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. CiEUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. " VA UDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- v Lessees— Messrs. H. J . Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7 CHISELLING, Mr. David J ames; a ft er which TWO ROSES (177th night), by James Albery. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague David James. and T. Thorne, &c. ; Mesdames AmyFawsiu, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &C. T. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD. LAST WEEKS O FERNANDE. This Evening at 7.45 great play, FERNANDE, Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and L. Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie nrough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30. At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON. At 7.45, FERNANDE. To con clude with the Great Burlesque, BOMBASTES FURIOSO.—Bog office 11 to 6. No fees. OPERA COMIQUE, 2.99, Strand.—Lessees IL Leslie, C. Steele, W. NG :ton.—This most beautiful Theatre in London reopened for the English Dramatic Season This Evening, at popular prices, from 6d. to 7s. 6d. rim SUN, LOrt.;DON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, pRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Ben jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat tcrton.—THlS EVENING will be performed A CHRISTMAS CAROL ; or Past, Present and Future, dramatised with the especial sanction of the late Charles Dickens, by Mr. Edward Stirling. After which will be produced an entirely new grand spectacular extravaganza, entitled LITTLE GIL BLAS ; and How he Played the Spanish D(j)euce. Written by H. B. Farnie. The music selected and arranged by Frank Musgrave ; the ballet, groupings, &c., by J. Milano ; the new and magnificent scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants ; the costumes designed after drawings by Gustave Dore. To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton.—Box Office open from Ten till Five. GLOBE THEATRE.—Manageress, Miss klleyne. Great Attraction for Christmas.—New Burlesque by F. C. Burnand. New Company. Grand Ballet, in which the re nowned Madame Colonna and Troupe will appear. This and EVERY EVENING until further notice, at 7, BOARD AND RESIDENCE. At 7.30, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. Walter Lacy, W. H. Vernon (his first appearance under the present management), and Miss Ada Cavendish. To be followed by a Grand New Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled THE WHITE CAT; or Prince Lardi-Dardi and the Radiant Rosetta.' Gorgeous scenery by Messrs. Fenton, Johnson, and assistants. ) Superb costumes and appointments. Mr. E. Danvers, Mes dames Emily Fowler, Nelly Nisbett, Rose Roberts, and Miss Montgomery (their first appearance at this theatre), in addi tion to the regular Company. To conclude with a popular farce. ItOYALTY THEATRE, DEAN-STREET, SOHO. Crowded Houses. Brilliant Succass of R. Reece's Genuine Burlesque " Whittington, Junior, and his Sensation Cat," pro duced with New and Gorgeous Scenery, Superb Costumes, Choice Music, Characteristic Dances, and Splendid Appoint ments. Every Evening, at 7.30, WEALTH. At 9.20, the New Grand Burlesque WHITTINGTON, JUNIOR, AND HIS SENSATION CAT. Concluding with THE RENDEZVOUS. Box Office open from Eleven till Five. No Fees for Booking. ASTLEY'S.—Lessee and Manager, Mr. JOHN BALUM.—EVERY EVENING, Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TITTLEMOUSE, and the Bleven Dancing Princesses ; or, Deedle Deedle Dumplin and the Silver Frog. Messrs. Atkins, Beckett, Russell, Smithe, and Simpson ; Misses Osborne, Armstrong, Hobson, and Madlle. Maury.—Private Boxes, 315. 6d. to 525. 6d. Stalls, ss. Dress Circle 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Upper Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Box Office open from 11 to 4. No charge for booking. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 2. Children half-price to Stalls, Dress Circle, and Boxes. CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION of WAXWORK ki now OPEN at 869, Oxford-street, W. (nearly opposite the Princess's Theatre). Historical Tableaux. Moveable Figures, a splendid German Christmas Tree.—Admission, is., Children half-price. JAPANESE ROYAL TYCOON TROUPE Daily at Three and Eight. PALAIS ROYAL, Argyle-street, Oxford Circus, W. GORILLA CHIEF, HASSAN.—Astounding V./4 performances on the " corde elastique," ac?ompanied by Mulabrix, the Oriental Wizard. Daily, at Three and Eight. Fashionable Levees Daily, from Twelve till Two. Admission, 35., 25., and I.s. Children half-price.—PALAIS ROYAL, Argyle street, Oxford Circus, W. BLUE and HAIRLESS HORSE, recently exhi bited at Osborne House by command of Her Majesty, Exhibiting HOURLY, from 12 noon till 10 p.m. Admission ls., Children 6d.—PALAIS ROYAL, Argyll-street, Oxford-circus, W. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. To please both young and old, the novel and bona fide character of the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ENTERTAINM&NTS will be main tained this year with greatly increased exertions. PROFESSOR, PEPPER on THE WAR and the Destructive Implements used thereat ! with elaborate and truthful Illustrations, at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. MR. GEORGE GROSSMITII, Jun., has been engaged to give one of the prettiest Fairy Tales, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF, every Evening : and Mr. SUCHET CHAMPION will gixe another version of the Story in the Mornings, with Vocal !Illustrations, at the ROYAL POLY TECHNIC. ENGAGEMENT of the Celebrated and Original Warlock, Weird, Wizard, or Necromancer, Mr. J. BEAU MONT, for his Marvellous Entertainment, entitled THE WORLD OF MAGIC, and for his Curious Slack Rope Auto maton.—Entertainment by Mr. E. D. DAV IES, Premier Ven triloquist, entitled THE FUNNIEST l OF FUNNY FOLKS ! at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. The Entertainment as exhibited before their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Princess Louise, Princess Helena, and Prince Leopold. Arrange ments have been made with MADAME BOUSFIELD for the production of her New and Original Classical Illustrations of GRECIAN STATUARY. In White Marble. At the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. E-ENGAGEMENT of the accomplished it PRAEGER FAMILY.—New Ghost Entertainment.— Lectures on the Machine-made Watch, and Christmas and Christmas Customs, by J. L. KING, Esq., at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. Admission to the whole One Shilling, fr f a t& flalg p otect communications. Two or three men left to guard a post are sure to be attacked. CHRISTMAS AT PARIS. If the bitter cold felt in England during the lest few days is at all equalled in intensity by the weather around Paris, it is difficult to imagine how the German soldiers can be induced to keep the field in peace. As yet no diminution of ardour is re prted. The happy season of the Nativity so pecu liarly hallowed in the German mind has been char acterised by no cessation of hostilities. Fight after .fight goes on without reference to the day, and, for all we yet know, a battle some where or other near Paris may have taken place on Christmas morn itself. There are mournful asso ciations, which might be thought to have an effect in turning the inclinations of the troops almost to desperation in an anxiety to get rid of the war. Thoughts of the 6,000 poor fellows lying wounded in cottages between Orleans and Blois, rewind them of the fate they are open to, perhaps only waiting for, and they must know that all suffering is rendered terrible by cold. Christmas trees, moreover, have been reared in many a tent, and they have doubtless chiefly tended to direct the men's thoughts to their homes, far away, where wives and children are celebrating their Christmas round other Christmas trees, while their husbands and fathers are housed like cattle before the slaughter on the soil of an enemy. CARRIER PIGEONS. Mr. Allridge, a gentleman who •has had much experience in the management of pigeons, says that the term " carrier " should not be employed to describe the birds now engaged in the convey ance of messages. They should be called " courier " pigeons. The difficulties of the French have induced them to call into requisition the wonderful powers of these birds, but it would be well to see if their services cannot be adapted to the pursuits of business at home. Mr. Alldridge says that his home is ten miles from his office in London, and he has for some years employed pigeons to carry any message home. They rarely occupy more time in their flight than ten minutes,. and the cost is nothing, while - a message sent by telegraph would cost a shilling, and occupy one to two hours. He has never known an instance of a bir.l returning minus its mission. He feels certain that if persons will make the experi ment they will find it most convenient to employ pigeons for business and domestic purposes as is done in Belgium and Holland, and he says this on good authority, having kept pigeons more than forty years. Mn. LOWE. It is said that there aro few men who can resist being gracious at Christmas time. However hard-hearted they may be at all other seasons. Mr. Charles Dickens is partly answerable for the prevalence of the be lief perhaps, inasmuch as he made h,s coldblooded Tackletons and Scrooges appear beneficent and genial as the Christmas-eve approached. An un kind critic declares that Mr. Lowe has relaxed among others this year, and has altogethershewn symptoms of not always being a dry and heartless economist. Mr. Lowe a few days since said he would give £2OO a-year towards the endowment of Sir Roderick Murchison's chair of geology at Edinburgh University, and now we are told that he is prepared to settle the claims of those who were injured by the change of reducing the sugar duties ordered last spring, so far as it can be shewn that they have sustained injury. At the beginning of the year it may be remembered the Chancellor of the Exchequer heard with complacency the outcry of all those merchants who had large stocks on hand when the Budget was made public. He refused then the relief Christmastide has now made him acknow ledge to be just. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. Every day at 2.80 and 8 p.m. POOLE and YOUNG, the Proprietors and Exhibitors of the Overland Mail, by Telbin and Grieve, Albert Smith's Egyptian Hall Panoramas, beg to announce a new subjest— THE PRESENT WAR k r ßetween the French and Prussians. Each Picture on 600 square feet of canvas, and painted by England's greatest scenic artists. THE NATIONAL MUSIC. THE FINEST QUARTETTE IN EUROPE. PO.: LE AND YOUNG, THE EGYPTIAN HALL ONLY. THE WAR.—POOLE AND YOUNG'S PANORAMA, EGYPTIAN HALL. Prices to Poole and Young's Panorama of the Win ? , 98., 25., Is, Vl' AD AME IUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.---On view Portrait Models of the es-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., 86c. &c.— Admission, ls. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission ls. ; ohildren under ten years of age, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ). fLIE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s Per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper..... ... 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note ; much approved .. 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ;especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note .... 7 0 Straw Paper, "Patent;" adapted for rapid writing 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers 35., is. 5e., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream..-...... 105. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note five quires for is. ed., or 5 6 _ _ New Vellum Wove "Club House":rote, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, Ys 6d, 53 6d, & 6s 6d .. Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s .... per 1,000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &a., Bs. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per:100: Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLIMTR ATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage ticales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases. Desks. post free. Established 1841 r E OHN GOSNLL and CO.'S CHERRY ty TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a I)earl whiteness, protects the enamel from cleeny, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price la dd. Bed Bull Waarf, va, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair Eli to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNE I.L and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, as each ; also 5e., 7s. ad., and 15s. each, includ ing brush. Red Roll Wharf, Angel-passage, Upper Thames-street, Lon ion. E.C. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPIH—Smoke. Mistletoe Bough. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada: STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. Coeur-de- Lion. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Bombastes Furioso. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY - Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. GAIETY—A Christ►nas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S—Farce. Midsummer Night's Dream. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Delicate Ground. The White Cat. Rely on my Discretion. OPERA COMIQUE—Found Drowned. Nothing to Nurse. HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. A Breach of Promise. Jezab el. PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locked In. PRINCEr3S'S—A Christmas Carol. Little Gil Blas. He's a Lunatic. NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. ASTLEY'S—Farce. Little Tom Tittlemouse. SADLER'S WELLS—Farce. Sinbad the Sailor. SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack. POLYTECHNIC--Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After- noon and Evening. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. LONDON . , WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28.1870. WHEN is England to interfere between the belli gerents ? The understanding has been all along that the time has rot yet arrived for interference. Under what circumstances will it be considered that the appointed juncture has arrived ? It will be depen dent, we are left to presume, upon the amount of blood and iron expended by the confronting artniee. Eiti'er England must yield her right to be regarded any longer as a just Power, having a voice in the council of Europe, so she must break at last from her heartless apathy in regard to the continuance of this appalling conflict. The friend and ally of both nations, she has surely a duty to each no less than to herself, to her conscience, and to her own glorious antecedents. England has been allied with Prussia against France, it is true, on the bloody field of Waterloo. But that was more than halt a century ago. Whereas it is little more than a dozen years since the soldiers of France and England were fighting side by side, as " l3rothers in arms and rivals in renown," on the glorious battle grounds in the Crimea, as well as in China and Japan. In defensive and offensive alliance no two nations could have been more intimately associated than France and England during the eighteen years of the reign of the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. Under his auspices the whole commercial policy of France was associated with our own. Free Trade principles, were at the instance of NAPOLEON, substituted for the old-world principles of Protection. A mercantile treaty was negotiated at the Palace of the Tuileries—between whom, as the representative of the two countries ? between an English plenipotentiary and the French sovereign himself ! Between Mr. COBDEN and the Emperor NAPOLEON. So completely iu harmony were the two nations, that at last, by a stroke of his pen, the Emperor abolished the whole system of passport as thenceforth unnecessary. When the Indian Mutiny broke out, NAPOLEON proffered assis tance to the British Government. At' intervals, during his twenty-one years' tenure of power as chief of the State, and head of the French Govern ment, under different titles, now as President, now as Emperor, when assailed by Englishmen with peculiar virulence, as, for example, upon the morrow of the coup d'etat, and afterwards, when indecent cheering in our English courts of justice welcomed the acquittal of a sworn accomplice of the assassin OE SlNl—the now captive at Wilhelmshohe remained throughout at those times perfectly impassive and unirritated. The nations were friends and allies uninterruptedly. The Courts were in the completest amity. The Governments were thoroughly cordial in their intercommunications. Nevertheless, after all this, after a series of years so passed, a sanguinary war breaks forth between Francs and Germany—the fortunes of the war in the most asto nishing manner go against France and for Germany —the ExpEnon, our ally, is taken :prisoner, the French, our allies, are ruthlessly assailed by the in vading Germans after the Imperial forces have been dispersed and carried away captive to the number of 300,000 into Germany—yet England, when half a year of the war has gone by, moves not one finger to stay the cruel work of slaughter and devastation. The EMPEROR, our friend and ally, having played his cards out to the last, and played them badly, we may leave uncared for, if we plea€e, in his retirement at Wilhelnishohe. But France—Franca now bleed ing from innumerable wounds, France overrun by hordes of German soldiery, France with her radiant capital beleaguered, with her fairest provinces ravaged by battle after battle, with her proudest cities and fortifications, her "virgin fortress" of Metz and her royal city of Orleans taken possession of by the legions of the Prussian WILLIAM —France our neighbour, our fast friend during all these years, aryl our true ally, in war and in peace, has Englan 1 no wish even to interpose in her behalf ? The time for interposition, it is said, has not yet arrived. When will it have arrived? Remembering Count BISMARCK'S brutal phrase, we are fain almost to ask him, after how much more blood and iron have been ruthlessly squandered ? TOPICS OF THE DAY. A. GERMAN ON THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Professor Bluntschli, of the University of Heidel berg, has just published an interesting article on the Alabama claims, in an international quarterly review. He considers the complAint against England touch ing the recognition of the Confederate States as a belligerent, was not founded, because the North treated the South as belligerents and not as rebels, and because the blockade of the Southern ports was an act affecting foreign States. In the case of a civil war those who revolt are belligerents when they have an organised army, when they ob serve the laws of war in carrying on hos tilities, and when they fight in good faith for their public rights. All these requisites were found in the case of the Confaderate States. The English proclamation of neutrality he derends on the ground that all States which do not take part in a war must be neutral whether they proclaim it or not. The Professor then examines seriatim the special grie vances of the Americans in connection with the Alabama, and says that by allowing the depar ture of the vessel which they might have prevented, and her subsequent equipment, the English Govern ment violated the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, and gave the American Government a claim for compensation. He draws a distinction, however, between the direct and indirect consequences of such an act, the actual destruction of ships, and the injury to commerce pro duced by insecurity. For the direct consequences he holds that England should be responsible, but not for the indirect. The individuals who lost ships or cargoes cannot claim anything from the English Go vernment, but the United States can do so as a nation. Satisfaction may take one of four forms:-1, A ces sion of territory; 2, the payment of money; 3, an apology ; 4, a declaration of principles to prevent the recurrence of such a question for the future. He considers the second and fourth combined would constitute a satisfaction for past injury, and a guaran tee of security for the future. RAILWAY TRAVELLING. Two shocking accidents have occurred on railways this week through the tires of the wheels of the carriages giving way. The last disaster alone has been attended with loss of life, but the first would have resulted most terribly had there been any pas sengers in the train, as the eighteen waggons and two guards' vans, of which it consisted, were hurled over an embankment, at Carlisle, twenty feet in height. It is strange that although on our long lines of railway the tires of the wheels are apparently tested at every sta tion, accidents to them should nevertheless so fre quently occur. it has often been remarked that the momentary teats applied at the stations are very in adequate. FULL OF EXCUSES. An odd customer—an aged man too—has been enlightening the magistrates at Poole as to the in dducements which lead some men to be drunk an disorderly at any season of festivity. The delinquent was placed in the dock, and, in reply to the charge, he began his story. He had, he said, the misfor tune to chop a sixpence into the river, and getting low-spirited about it he im bibed a pint. Being still out of sorts because his boots required mending, and not having the money to pay for the job, he ordered another pint. Then an in formant brought the bad news that he had lost a good job of work which had been promised him, and a third pint became absolutely indispensable to enable him to bear the misfortune; but he had scarcely polished it off ere he learned that the intelli gence was false, and that the job was still obtainable, whereupon he became so glad that he could do no less than have another drink. This led to a fourth pint being indulged in, and ultimately he lost balance, and fell into the hands of the police. A SCENE IN CONGRESS. The proceedings in the Washington House of Representatives have been enlivened by an epiande partly personal and partly political, which resulted 1:_-- , N - i--..•,.* ..,......r.v i •% , :z.VIiL . 1A... HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 27. The Queen went out walking yesterday afternoon, at tended by Lady Waterpark ; and her Majesty walked oat,this morning,laccorapanied by Princess Louise. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, 'and Princess Beatrice also went out. • TIIE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT BEAR WOOD. On Monday morning an inquest was held at Bearwood by Mr. Weedon, the Berkshire coroner, upon the re mains of Mr. John Walter, jun.; whose lamentable and untimely death on the ice we have already recorded. The Rev. Sir John William Hayes was chosen foreman of the jury. The first witness called was George Webb, a car penter employed on the estate. About twenty minutes to four on the previous Saturday he was near the lake in front of Bearwood, when he saw Master Thomas Walter, who was skating with a chair in which his cousin, Master Richard Walter, was seated, fall into the water with his cousin, the ice having given way. The deceased, Mr. John Walter, immediately went to the rescue, but the ice gave way under him, and he went in too. The deceased, while in the water, kept the two younger ones from sinking for about three minutes. Witness told Rackley, the fisherman, who was on the ice, about it, and he went to the rescue. He stooped on the edge of the ice and put the rope round the body of one, and the other younger one clung to him, and they were both pulled out. Mr. JoheWalter, however, sank.. He only saw these three And Rackley, and one other, either Captain Walter or Mr. Henry Walter, he was not sure which, on the ice at the time. He saw Mr. Walter, and told him of the occurrence, and he went to within ten feet of the edge of the ice, but Mr. John Walter jun., was then gone. He saw the party skating at half past 2 upon the ice, and they might have been there before. James Rackley said he was a fisherman in the employ of Mr. Walter. Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Saturday last, as he was going across the ice he met George Webb. who told him that three or four of the skating party had fallen through the ice. He went at once towards the spot, and Master Henry told him to lie flat on his belly, which he did, and grasped the first he could reach—he did not kniw whether it was Master Tom or Master Richard, Captain Walter's son ; and he pulled the two out, the second one clinging to the first he had grasped. When he first came up he saw three in the water, but the third had disappeared when he had pulled the two out. He had no rope, but he pulled them out with his hands, and if he had had help he could have saved the other. He was afraid that the two would have overpowered him, and if they had no one would have been saved. He was obliged to tell Mr. Henry Walter to hold his legs, as he could get no one to come near him. Mr. Arthur Walter went for some ropes, and lie came up with them just as he get the two out. The poor old man added that he would have lost his own life to save Mr. John Walter's. The water where the deceased fell in is between 20 and 30 feet deep. James Dance, a gentleman's servant out of employ, in dragging for the body in the evening, dis covered it near the opening where the young man fell in. The jury were satisfied with this evidence, the coroner considerately abstaining from calling any member of the bereaved family as a witness. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was instantly recorded. The foreman afterwards requested the incumbent of Bearwood (the Rev. Dalton Paul) to convey the jury's expression of deep sympathy with the bereaved family on the death of Mr. John Walter, in his attempt to save the lives of his brother and cousin. The. Rev. J. T. Brown added that the sad event was felt in every home and by every heart in the district. THE MILITARY SITUATION. The most important stragetic movement recorded of some days is the retreat of German troops through Nogent-le-Rotrou, which is now evacuated. The great body of the covering army has thus been drawn further to the west, and nearer to the capital, so as to make head against both Chauzy and the new army from Cherbourg, which lately began its march, whilst at the same time keeping an eye upon Bourbaki. By drawing nearer to Paris the forces of Prince Frederick Charles will be less scattered, and less liable to be taken at a disadvan tage. This backward movement shows that prepara tions are being made to meet the general attack of all the French armies, which now becomes immi nent. GENERAL CHANZY. Some of the war correspondents, excessively anxious to give M. Gambetta a bad name, have stated that he is dissatisfied with the efforts made by Gene ral Chanzy. In the letter by the Republican Minister to the Paris Government, ju,t published, M. Gambetta speaks of the "indomitable energy of General Chanzy, who seems to be the very commander we want." There can be no doubt that the capacity displayed by this new leader is far above anything previously sees. on the French side in the war, He possesses the confidence of both his soldiers and ..subordinate officers—one of the first requisites to success. His orders are remarkable for their clearness and precision, and he has never been known to lose his presence of mind. General Chanzy is but 47 yerrs of age —young for a com mander in-chief. THE PEOPLE'S WA n. The Prefect of the Cote d'Or has issued a circular urging the people of his department to further re sistance. The Government, he says, cannot furnish aid to every place, and therefore the people must do their best to defend themselves. "The country does not re quire you to assemble in masses and openly confront the enemy ; it expects three or four resolute men to go forth every morning from their communes and post themselves in spots indicated by nature itself, whence, without danger to themselves, they can fire on the Prussians. Above all, they must fire on hostile cavalry soldiers, whose horses they have to deliver up at the chief town of the district. I shall award them a premium, and give publicity to their heroic deeds in all the de partmental newspapers and in the Official Journal." This advice is largely acted upon, if not in this pre fect's department, at least in others. One reason why the German fidd armies have been so much. re duced, is the necessity of leaving so many behind to 370. in a manner very unwelcome to Admiral Porter. G oneral Logan, of Illinois, introduced a bill to abolish the offices of Admiral and Vice-Admiral in the Ainerican Navy—the former at once, and the latter whenever a vacancy should occur. The Admiral has fallen into discredit of late in consequence of his letter, and a very sharp debate ensued. One member contended that it was not lair to make a distinction between the army and the navy; that the rank of general had been created for General Grant, and that of admiral for Admiral Farragut; and that as General Sherman had been promoted to the one when vacant, Vice-Admiral Porter should be promoted to the other. General Butler made a vehement attack on Admiral Porter, though declaring he was very grateful to him for having ex hibited in their true light the intrigues against him. As a friend and associate of Farragut he protested that Congress should not tax the people to put honour upon a man who had dishonoured the President and the Navy. Butler, remem bering Fort Fisher, was not inclined to be merciful ; General Banks, mindful of the Louisiana campaign, was equally bitter. One of the members objected against "kicking a man when he was down," but others contended that naval reform was necessary, and that the rank of Admiral bad never been con ferred in the States before, and ought never to be conferred hereafter. The bill was finally passed through the House by a two-thirds vote,, without division. HOLLY AT COVENT GARDEN. One of the chief features of Covent-garden market during the past week has been its Christmas evergreens, which are as much sought after at this festive season as roses in June or chrysanthemums in November. Fore most on our list stands the holly, with the dark green prickly leaves and coral coloured berries with which every Englishman loves to ornament his Christmas home. As most of us know, there are lots of kinds of hollies, some of which have leaves variegated with cream colour, white, different shades of yellow, and slight tinges of red : and others have white, yellow, and even black fruit. All of them are beautiful, and, being evergreen and quite hardy, they rank among the best of decorative shrubs, either for hedge making, or for planting out singly on grass. But it is the common holly which is at this season coveted, and, after all, the commcnest things are often the nicest. Who would despise a prim rose, or a blue-bell, or even a wild geranium because they are, common? Why if we talk of common, the double white Narcissus may sometimes be found in our corn-fields, a pink flowered hawthorn by the side of a mountain streamlet, the loveliest of violets fringing a limestone quarry under the partial shade of some wild rose, and lilies of the valley carpeting the very woods in which we go to cut our holly. Nothing, in short, can beat the common holly for house decoration, and its appearance is as effective at night as it is in the daytime. Such, indeed, is the rage for this favourite evergreen in our great metropolis, that much depredation is often committed in suburban plan tations in order to satisfy its capacious demands.—Gar deners' Chronicle. Twenty-three Trappists have quitted their monastery at bombes, in the AM Department, and have joined the Garde Mobile. The wife of the Fenian Captain Mackay has received a letter from the governor of Chatham Convict Prison apprising her that her husband will be liberated next week, and advising her if she desires to see him she must go over to England. It is inferred from this letter that none of the Fenian prisoners will be permitted to visit their friends in Ireland previous to their expatria tion. THE BOAR'S HEAD AT OXFORD.—The ancient ceremony of serving up a boar's head in the hall of Queen's College, Oxford, at Christmas, was observed with the usual pomp on Monday, when the public were admitted in large numbers to witness the interesting event. The boar's head was borne on the shoulders of two of the college servants, preceded by the Provost and Fellows of the society, and followed by a procession of choristers and singing men, who sang the following ballad most effectively, the Rev. T. Rennison, Precentor of Queen's, taking the solo part : "The boar's head in hand bring I, " Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary, "And I pray you, my masters, be merry. " Quot estis in convivio, "Caput estis in convivio " Reddens laudes Domino. "The boar's head, as I understand, " Is the rarest dish in all the land ; " Which thus bedeck'd with a gay garland, "Let us servire cantico • " Caput apri defero " Reddens laudes Domino. " Our stewards hath provided this "In honour of the King of Bliss, " Which on this day to be served is " In Reginensi Atrio, "Caput apri defero, • " Reddens laudes Domino." After the ceremony the decorations of bays, rosemary, holly, and artificial flowers, &c., were distributed among the visitors, the monster head was placed upon the high table, and the members of the society proceeded to dine. The origin of serving up the boar's head at Queen's College is somewhat obscure, but we glean from Pointer's " Oxoniensis Academia" that "it is in memory of a noble exploit, as tradition goes, by a scholar (a tabarder) of this College in killing a wild boar in Shotover-wood." Having wandered into the wood, which is not far from Oxford, with a copy of "Aristotle" in his hand, and being attacked by a wild boar, who came at him with ex tended jaws, intending to make but a mouthful of him, he was enabled to conquer him by thrusting the ' Aris totle' down the loafs throat, crying Crcum Est !' The animal, of course, fell prostrate at his feet, was car ried in triumph to the College. and no doubt served up with an " old sonv," as Mr. Pointer says, in memory of this " noble exploit." THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN LINE. Some later particulars connected with the terrible acci dent at Bell Bar signal-station have reached us. After the accident the engine -driver, under instructions from Unwin, the signalman, ran on to Hatfield, and presently brought back some local assistance. Telegraphic news from Hatfield also promptly brought Mr. Oakley, the general manager, and a staff of assistants from London to the spot. Owing to the darkness of the evening, some time elapsed before the bodies of those persons killed could be extricated. The re mains of five men and one boy were at length got out of the ddbris, and the bodies of two women—the wife and sister of the signalman Unwin, who were walking by the side of the line at the time, bringing his afternoon meal to this man—were subsequently found quite dead, having, been struck by the overturned carriages. There were two others—a man and a boy—who were walking upon the line also injured and a third man, a passenger in one of the leading carriages, is very seriously hurt,and lying in one of the company's cottages at Bell-bar. Examination into the cause of the disa , ter soon discovered that it was owing t 6 the fracture of the leading near wheel of the front break, which, having flown into six pieces, let down its axle upon the permanent way, and after tearing up the line for a short distance, ultimately fell over and threw off the two succeeding carriages. The pas sengers in the train who were not killed, with the exception named above, suffered no serious injury. The wheel which broke was nearly new, having been running only ten months. It was from the manufactory of Messrs. Cammel an Co., of Sheffield. The bodies of the dead are not yet identified, and the inquest cannot be opened until to-day. AMERICA AND ENGLAND. There is a talk of war with England. The very sug gestion is a crime. God forbid that we should do such wickedness ! The two nations are friends ; they have no such disagreement as needs to be settled in blood ; let them forbear to quarrel ; one hemisphere at war is; enough at a time. What are the pretexts for this; hostility? They are twofold : first, the settlement of the. Alabama claims • second, the reanimation of the Re publican party. 'Now, to go to war to settle the Ala bama claims would be to spend on the war a thousand times more than the losses which we compute in those claims ; and even then there would be no certainty of our success, but an equal chance of our failure. What would you say of a merchant who, losing a dollar in the sea, should spend a thousand in trying to get it back again? This is exactly what would come of our going to war with Great Britain to settle the Alabama claims. Each nation would suffer a great loss, and neither get any gain. But, wicked as would be a war for such a purpose, yet still more wicked would be a war incited merely in the interest of a political party. Undoubtedly if President Grant could embroil the country in a foreign war, he would consolidate the great mass of the American people into an Administration party to see it fought through. We are a warlike race. There is a great deal of human nature in the American blood. " I never hear a drum beat," says Uncle Toby, but my heart beats with it." And so says young America. An infant among nations, he is nevertheless a giant among heroes. Nothing can daunt him. He is ready to shoulder a musket at any time. General Butler knows that our national military spirit is a popular nerve to play on, and he touches it to the quick. We all run to a fire. There is a fascination about it which is irresistible. General Butler wants to kindle a fire which shall bring all his fellow-countrymen, pell-mell in a flock, to the support of the Administration. Once get a war fairly on foot, and it subdues all opposing party opinions. The Mexican war was unpopular until the guns began to fire ; and then. everybody said, " Our country, right or wrong." The' Crimean war was unpopular ; but even John Bright , yielded to the necessity which made all Englishmen, whether statesmen or peasants, help forward a war which in their hearts they opposed. The French war against Prussia was against the wish of the Legislative Chamber until the army was in the field, on its way to defeat ; and then the whole heart of the nation beat with pas sionate zeal for the victory which Providence still withholds. An American war with England is a measure odious and dreadful to contem plate ; but once let hostilities begin, and let the party in power appepl to the country for support and the great body of the people, both Republican and Democratic, would unite in sustaining the Government with money and votes. But what shall we say of the moral quality of a proposition to involve a nation in war in order that a political party may win a victory ? The peace of nations is too sacred a thing to be set aflame for the sake of light ing the torch of a political campaign. We cannot consent thus to give up to party what was meant for mankind. Better let the Republican party be defeated for lack of an issue r rather than it should kindle the fire of war in order for Oise itself together. But we do not think the danger is imminent. It will be a war only of words, not blows. Certainly it would be a strange commentary on the insta bility of human affairs if a President who at the begin nincr of his term said, "Let us have peace," should at the end it say, " Let us have war." No. We should be happy to oblige our friend, General Butler, in anything: reasonable, but we cannot vote him a war. Besides, we know that a war with England has for many years been one of his weaknesses. He talked of it very freely when he was military justice of the peace here in New York City. Long ago he would have liked to sail an army over to Ireland, to burn his ships behind him, and to raise the American flag in the eyes of the people who hate the banner of England. General Butler will never die con tent till he has lived long enough to see a war with Great Britain. But we hope that, like the good prophets of old (and this is the only respect in which he has any hope to resemble them) ho will " die without the sight! "—New York Independent. The insurgent natives in New Zealand are now giving but comparatively little trouble. The Duke of Devonshire has been entertainiqg at Chatsworth, during the past week, the following party : —The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., the Marchioness of Bath and the Hon. Miss Vesey, the Earl and Countess A Dalkeith, the Earl and Countess Brownlow, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, the Earl of Clanwilliam, Lord Ronald Gower, Captain the Hon. E. Primrose, Mr. Cal craft, Mr. Lascelles, &c. THE WEATHER IN S C TLAND. —A. snowstorm which began on Wednesday still continues. The frost has been very keen, and for the hale and strong, who enjoy out-door exercise, the weather of the past few days has been bracing and agreeable. On Friday, in the out skirts of Glasgow, the thermometer stood at 30 degrees in the sun, the mean temperature being 21 degrees, and the minimum 12. On Saturday the maximum reading was 23 degrees, the mean 16, and the minimum only 11 degrees. Sunday was still colder, and there was a slight addition to the snowfall of the previous days. The various lochs and ponds in the neighbourhood of Glasgow are now frozen over, and on Saturday curlers and skaters enjoyed some excellent sport. THE IRISH CHURCH.—The' Diocesan Synod of Ardagh have determined to raise a fund for the separate endowment of Elphin and Ardagh as a bishopric, the duty of the three united dioceses being too heavy for one bishop. The Dean of Ardagh and the Archdeacon have each given £l,OOO, and Mr. Johnston, of Rathcline, £2OO. Other subscriptions are promised. It will re quire £6,000 to endow the bishopric. In the Synod of Clogher, Mr. Dane proposed a resolution declaring that it is the duty of the General Synod to take prompt measures to " stump out" every tendency to Ritualism. It provoked some animated discussion, and the Lord Primate, who presided, considered it dangerous. It was shelved for a short time by a count out, but on the house re-assembling Mr. Dane brought it forward again. Even tually a resolution generally condemning all Ritualistic practices was adopted. ACCIDENT ON THE ICE.—On Sunday, a few minutes before mid-day, a most melancholy accident occurred to a man named Thomas Young, while he was skating on the river Wear at Durham. On Sunday morn ing the bosom of the river presented a continuous sheet of ice, in some places about four inches thick, from the Baths-bridge down to the place where a small stream which flows through the flat country near Old Durham Colliery, enters the river on the east side near the end of Pelaw Wood. A few persons, principally lads, were on the ice during the forenoon, among them being Thomas Young, residing in Gilesgate, and employed at the foundry of Mr. J. Chisman, Elvet-bridge. Young had got on to the ice near the Baths bridge, and had skated along the racecourse side, round the bend below the Ash Tree. On coming near the mouth of the stream referred to he was seen by some lads on the north side to cross towards the southern shore, avoiding the mouth of the burn. When a short way across he was seen to flounder as if the ice was giving way with him, and while struggling he was seen to snatch at his hat, which had fallen on to the ice, and the next moment he fell over the edge of the sheet into the water a little above the mouth of the stream, and then sank to rise no more, being apparently sucked in beneath the main sheet of ice. The lads, on seeing the unfortunate man disappear, shouted for help. The necessary assistance having been procured, every effort was made for the recovery of the body, but up to last night not the slightest trace of it had been ob tained. The unfortunate man Young was about 30 years of age, and leaves a wife and two young children. —New. castle Chronicle. THE "SkTUItDAY REVIEW" AND THE "NEW YORK lIERALD.—The New York Herald says of its " interview " with the Emperor Napoleon—ln another place in this day's Herald will be found a not unreadable article from the London Saturday Review. As will be seen, the reviewer is in trouble about our astounding enterprise. A corres pondent of ours some days ago had the good fortune to obtain an interview with the fallen Emperor at Wilhelm shohe. On a subsequent day he interviewed Marshal Bazaine. The leading London papers are not unwilling to make use of the results of our enterprise. It is a novelty, the writer thinks, " for news from France or Ger many to reach us by way of New York." It is not the first time the Saturday Review has been astonished by our enterprise, nor is it the first time we have said that if the lleviewers only had patience they should behold greater wonders than even these. This other surprise has come. Others will follow. We are not at all without the hope that we shall yet be able to review an English Prime Minister in London, and transmit the interview from New York to London for the benefit of the British people. If the British newspapers do not perform their work more satis factorily it may be our duty to perform it for them. BREAKFAST'.—EPPS'I3 COCOA.- -GRATEFUL AND COM FODTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re ;narks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a crreful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which quay save us many heavy doctors' bills." Each packet is labelled—JAMES Epps & Co., Homoeo pathic Chemists. London. Also, makers of Epps's Caeaoine, a very thin evening beverage.—Advt. 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