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'1 Ei 4 MOSES and ON 'S • w INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to £6. BOY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. lEMOSES and SON'S • OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 10s. to 50s. KERTCII JACKETS, 15s. to 425. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to GOs. M 0 ES and SON'S 1-=4 F ROCK COATS, 245. to G3s. DRESS COATS, 256. to Ws. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. MOSES and SON'S BOYS' CLOTHING : ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BRIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 255. to 635. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. - L - 1 MOSES and SON ben- to remind the public • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality,. and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other hoase in England. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. Gd. to 50s. FMOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system • of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with perfect satisfaction to their customers. MOURNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. "El MOSES and SON invite special attention j • to their large stock of GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. KNICKERBOCKER SUL S, 9s. 6d. to 40s. yjMOSES 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 article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free.o E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON ;•—• LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. QORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD, ► f HEATRE ROYAL DRL . ; A soj Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. URA Theatre having been re-decorated under the tit tam of Mr. C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., is now Open for the AUTIJAIN DRAMATIC SEASON, THIS EVENING, Oct. 7. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. MISS NEILSON will appear in the character of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name, THIS EVENING, Oct. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA NE. R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of I VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitlerl AMY ROBSART, THIS EVENING, Oct. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. PEIOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated YOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSA RT ; a new Historical Romantic Drama, written by Andrew Halliday • founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 7.—THEATRE ROYALDRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART ; new drama : Characters by Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse yokes, Kemp, J. Xortin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard, Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon, Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN ING, Oct. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey, executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor mack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING, Oct. 7. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. A MY ROBSART.—The costumes from designs an eminent Artist, the gorgeous Revels at Kenil w-:rth including the Procession of the Ancient Britons Sax ana, Roman s, Normans, &c, and ending with the floating a on the Lake, illustrated by 300 auxiliaries, THIS V N (1, Oct. 7.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. A DOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by Martin Becher, at Eleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 7. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. This Evening, at Seven, WANTED a THOUSAND MILLINERS, Mr. J. Rouse, ac.; at a quarter to Eight, The RAPPAREE, Messrs. Herman Vezin, W. Rignold, J. Clayton, A. Rayner, E. F. Edgar, Shiel Barry; Mesdames Katharine Rodgers and M. Cooper; to conclude with THE HAPPY MAN, Mr. Shiel Barry, &c. R 0 YAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING ; The School for Coquettes. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly- Burly-Esque, " THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Pallltoll, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. ; and, THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. SURREY THEATRE.—E. T. SMITH informs the Public that THIS THEATRE will Open to-morrow Saturday, with Three New Pieces, a Powerful Company, New Scenery, and Startling Effects. PALAIS ROYAL, Argyle-street, Oxford Ci rcus , W. Dr. CORRY's Great Nation al Entertainment, IRELAND. its Scener), Music, and Antiquities. Magnificent Scenery and Splendid Dioramic Effects, with Songs, Duets, Choruses, Characteristic Dances, and Mirth-Provoking Irish Sketches. Every Evening at 8. Wednesdays and Saturdays at and 8. Admission, Is. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. ; Numbered Stalls. 3s. WONDERFUL TALKING MACHINE, in vented and constructed by Professor FABER, of Vienna. The greatest mechanical curiosity in the world. N.XHIBITING HOURLY from eleven a.m., till ten p.m. Ad : 1(1 ; is.; reserved seats, 25.; children, 6d. Palais Royal, Argyle-street, Oxford-street, W. SIEGE OF PARlS.—Oolossal Maps, Models. Living Photographs of the French and Prussian Generals, by Herr Schulze. DAILY, from twelve noon till ten p.m. Ad mission is. Children 6d.—PALAIS ROYAL, Argyll-street, Oxford-circus, W. MA DAME TIJSS A_UD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER STREET. On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of ETUSSia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.• Children ander 10 years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. THORLEY'S HORSE hild CATTLE SPICE, In PennyPacketa only, of all Corn Chandlers in London, and Gf all Grocers, Druggists. and Corn Dealers in the Country. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ). 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It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, as. each; also 55., 7s. 6d,, and 15s. each, nclud ng brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 92, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart. Phobus's Fix. QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. _Midsummer Night's Dream. GAIETY—Ballet. Beggar's Opear. Bluebeard. SADLER'S WELLS—Mistress of the Mill. King Lear. VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Don Carlos. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle 'Prentice. PRINCESSES'—Wanted, 1,000 Milliners. The Rapparee. The Happy Man. ROYALTY—Our Nelly and F. M. Julius Cncesar, the Irregular Rum 'Un. Omraino—Poppleton's Predicaments. Handsome Is that Handsome Does. Undine. HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. PALMS ROYAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro fessor Faber's Talking Machine, &c. ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties. CREMORNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and Evening. Af 7:14 1, It tij - 4,A lint -,611%,"417;410,09,,q.. lir'N l 414 ,t LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1870. SIR WALTER SCOTT has said— " Oh War thou hast thy fierce delight, Thy gleams of joy intensely bright." and though it cannot be said that the present con flict raging between France and Germany has, afforded many cheering glimpses, the scene at Tours the other day was a bright exception to the general rule of stern and sad ex periences. On the occasion of General URRICH'S visit to that city the greatest enthusiasm was dis played, and men of all ranks and classes seemed to vie with each other as to who should render the most heartfelt homage to one who had deserved so well of his country. For once the crowd seemed to recognise the importance of a truth which is not generally recognised that it is more praiseworthy to deserve success than to acquire it, amid the ceaseless recriminations which have • prevailed it must have been refreshing to welcome one whose conduct had called forth the unquestioned admiration of friends and foes, and who was responsible neither for the defalcations of the one side or the hard dealings of the other. The Mayor of Tours gave expression to the popular sentiment when he welcomed the defender of Strasburg to the town which contains the representatives of the French Government. Not contented with a partial demonstration, however, the people clamoured about the palace of the Arch bishop, where the General was staying, until he had to make a second appearance. On this occasion General UHRICH spoke at greater length, but his remarks were characterised by their calmness and dignity. He indulged in no vehement expressions, and neither reproached his own side, which had in a manner deserted him from the outset, and left him single-handed to carry on a contest with a most formidable opponent, nor spoke bitterly of enemies who had gone to the very limits of the allowances of warlike rights if they had not somewhat strained them on certain points. He refused to take all the credit of the ovation to himself and declared that in him they were doing honour to unfortunate Alsace, " that heroic soil which was so French in its character, and which wished to remain so, and which they should not contrive to render otherwise." M. OREMIEUX, the Garde des Sceaux, Look advantage of the closing sentence of the speech to make an effective point. The general having said :hat the recollection of that day would follow him to ,he tomb, M. OREMIEUX exclaimed, " There is no ;omb for a hero like UnnlcH; he cannot die. His name will live on associated with that of Strasburg." There was truth in this which every day's experience will tend more fully to confirm. We are as yet ignorant of the events which the siege of Paris may disclose, but be the story of her struggle short or long, glorious or gloomy, the fame of Strasburg, and of her heroic defenders will remain intact and inviolate; they belong from henceforth to history, and the chances and changes of time cannot affect them. France may be congratulatad amid present defeat, and prospective disaster, at having one garland of most intrinsic worth and high renown to decorate the annals of this war, and one memory so bright and glorious as the siege of Strasburg. It will go far to redeem the horrors of Sedan, and show of what Frenchmen are capable, if properly led and worthily inspired. Tours has done well to pay honour to General UHRICH, and through him to that garrison which fell itself at last, but survived long enough to impart an heroic character to its town and its country which will survive the horrors of the war. TOPICS OF THE DAY. EDUCATIONAL MEASURES. The annual meeting of the National Education League, which has just been held in the metropolis, proves that our educational reformers have not slackened their efforts. From the 26th of July, 1869, when the first meeting was held, until the pre sent time, there have been 1,016 members enrolled, 31 public meetings held, and 16 district committees formed. The committee of the League recommend that the present organisation should be main tained with the view of carrying out their principles more effectually. Unfortunately like many other reformers, the Leaguers seemed inclined to rank their own particular tenets above the general question, and are more anxious to-resist any increase of public grants to sectarian schools than to secure an immediate and ample extension of the means of popular education. The five objects set before the members of the League at this annual meeting were all directed to the assertion of the favourite principle of the Leaguers—the adoption of "a national, unsecta rian, compulsory, and free system of education." Those who have the cause of education really at heart, however, should remember that we are as yet far from having disposed of the practical dgficulties of the question, and unless• all parties unite in the good cause all alike will be baffled by the appalling ignorance of the masses. Professor Huxley has intimated that he 'declines the candida ture for a seat in the Education Board of Maryle bone. His time and strength are already fully taxed to get through his work, and it any canvassing or electioneering work has to be done it would be impossible for him to . take part in it. 'ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAI, OCrOBER 7, 1.870. parks nearest to their respective parishes, or to the director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the case of persons residing in the neighbourhood, an early in timation will be given of the number of plants that can be allotted to each applicant, and of the time and manner of their distribution. C 47 77- - -- - •? , - • :31:: . / v /c? IP° Qtritllkr • HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCT. 4. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove to Morven. The Marquis of [Lorne and the Marquis .f Hertford had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. TEIE ENGLISH CABINET AND THE ORLEANISTS. The London correspondent of the Birmimyham, Gazette credits the English Government with a desire to see the Orleanists reigning in France. When the recent action— or non-action—of our Cabinet is weighed up, this preva lent idea of placing a son of Louis Philippe on the Throne of France must not be too hastily set aside. A return of Imperial power is . now considered oat of the question—no solitary voice has been raised in France for the fallen Emperor ; a republic can only be the government of a short period; there is nothing left but monarchy. Our Ministers have there fore elected to wait and watch events. The Prussian hosts will be suffered to thunder at the gates of Paris, nay, to overrun the " gay city," ere England interferes. She knows full well that the greater the humbling, the less chance for the Napoleonists, and that the fall of Paris when in the hands of the Republicans must lead to a powerful distrust of that party. The hour will then be ripe for intervention. Territory to the conquerors and a settled form of government vall be demanded. EMIGRATION. The Emigration Committee had hard work during the past year. With the exception of 1854,the number of departures was the largest that ever left the United Kingdom in a single year. One of the most notice able facts in the statistics is the large increase in the number of Scotch and English emigrants. It ap pears that 258,027 persons emigrated from the United Kingdom in 1869. The Irish emigration in 1869, though absolutely larger than in 1868, bore a less proportion to the whole British emigration than in the latter year, for in 1868 it formed 47 per cent, of the British emigration, but in 1869 only 39-3- per cent. Foreign emigrants also increased considerably. The Commissioners report that so long as the 'Continent is healthy there can be no objection to this emigration, which is beneficial to shipowners, but when epidemics prevail in the countries from which the emigrants proceed, they© is risk of the introduc tion of sickness through this means. The advantages which emigrants obtain by passages in steamboats are very great, though the cost is from 30 to 50 per cent. higher than in sailing ships. The mortality in steamships appears to be very small. The emigrant tax in New York is sufficient to defray all the ex penses of a large depot, and to leave a surplus out of which a hospital has been built. Government emi gration appears to be regarded with jealousy by both the Dominion of Canada and by the United States. The Report of the Commissioners states that the actual demand for emigrants in the Australian colonies is small. Last year a request was made from Western Canada for 25,000 emigrants, and less than 14,000 arrived. In a recapitulation of statistics it is re marked that during the past ten years the mortality among emigrants sent out by the Commissioners has been but 82 per cent., and that of 1,008 ships dis patched, five have been lost, but in one instance only with loss of life. THE CAPTAIN COI7HT-MARTIAL. It has been ascertained that H.M.S. Captain lies at a depth of 900 feet from the surface of the sea. Some of the most scientific engineers of the country have moreover expressed their belief that the vessel could be raised and brought back to England. If she could, perhaps the best way of deciding finally as to the qualities of the ship would be to have the vessel itself elevated from its watery bed - and tested by skilful authorities. If such a plan were resorted to, we might have the extra satisfaction of giving a burial in their native land to the gallant crew who lost their lives in the ship. It is admitted that thc act of raising a huge iron vessel would be costly, but the expenditure in such a case as this might to well compensated for hereafter, by our knowing beyond doubt the true causes of the calamity. THE CONVICT WATERS. Three medical gentlemen have met and protested against the sentence upon the convict Waters, the baby farmer, being carried into execution, and one of them, Dr. Edmund; has forwarded their protest, in writing, for publication in the Daily News. Having In view the impossibility of ascertaining public opinion before Tuesday next, the day fixed for the execution of the miserable woman, in any other manner, Dr. Edmunds urges all of the faculty who endorse the opinions set forth in the protest to for ward their names to him, accompanied by an autho risation 'to annex their signatures to it, for presenta tion to the Home Secretary. In the first place the protest Ants consider that the evidence fell short of proving murderous intent or action on the part of the convict. In the second place the death of Mi ss Cowen's child was precisely the result which very commonly accrues to newly-born infants, deprived of their mothers' milk and fed by hand, even with the best intentions, inasmuch as diarrhoea, emaciation, exhaustion, coma, and death are ,con stant occurrences, under such circumstances. Lastly, the protest declares that in the presence of diarrhea and colic, laudanum in proper doses is a medicine constantly prescribed by medical practitioners to check the diarrhea and to relieve the pain, and that if laudanum really were administered to the child, it could not have been the cause of the death, which occurred thirteen days afterwards, while the laudanum might have been administered with an innocent intention. THE PLEASURES OF IDLENESS. When Thomson wrote his "Castle of Indolence," the pleasures of a life at ease in the parish work house did not probably enter his imagination. To judge, however, from the information just afforded us by the skilful detective appointed to report on the habits of our casual paupers, the dolce far niente of their existence must possess especial fascinations. The laziness of their lives had not impaired their mental Acuities, for in their answers to the too inquisitive inspector they soared into sublime heights of philosophy, and displayed a due appreciation of the vanity of earthly pursuits. One of them thought it useless to try for work. "He might as well take it easy, it would be all the same by and by." Another, resigned to his fate, had never done much else but tramp, and did not suppose he ever should, "but it was only for life." This philosopher had done a job of gardening nine years ago at Guildford. Date and place might well be marked in his calendar, for he has done nothing since. Another, convinced of the fruitlessness of human effort, admitted that he never tried much for work, which he was sure he should not get, but though he did not feast every day, " there was always something to be got if you kept your eyes open." Three youths objected to work on logical grounds. It did " not suit their complexions, and they never knew anyone grow fat on it." The spirit of the village . Hampdens is not wanting among these heroes. One of them would not emigrate. "He did not see why the bone aril sinew of the country should leave their homes; there was room enough for all, but the aristocracy wanted the country to themselves." The " bone and sinew " of the country is so afraid of wearing itself out that only two casuals in West minster Ward, one snowy winter, would accept 2s. 6d. a day for cleaning the streets, preferring the shelter of their ward. The question is whether gentry with such elevated notions should be allowed the alternative, if the ratepayers are to support them. DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. Mr. Ayrton has signified hid intention of doing something which, so far as the metropolis, at any rate, is concerned, will meet with geheral appro val and satisfaction. During the autumn the First Commissioner will cause to be distributed among the working classes and the poor inhabitants of London the surplus bedding-out plants in Battersea, Hyde, the Regent's, and Victoria Parks, and in the Royal Gardens, Kew. It is announced that on the applica tion of the clergy, school committees, and other bodies interested in the matter,to the superintendents of the THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN. In the Court of Common Council yesterday, Mr. Robinson moved that the sum of £250 be given in aid of the widows and orphans of those lost in the Captain. An amendment was proposed urging that the sum should be limited to £lOO, but the original motion was carried. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CHAIRMAN SHIP OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A statement of some importance was made on this sub ject at a Court of Common Council, held at the Guildhall yesterday, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. Mr. William Lawley, chairman of the Local Govern ment and Taxation Committee, took occasion to refer to the alleged interference of the Government in the matter of the Chairmanship of the Metropolitan Board of Works. He said he had seen reference made to a semi-private correspondence that had taken place, and he wished Mr. Lowman Taylor, one of their representa tives at the Board, to give them some enlighten ment as to the rumours that were in circulation, and to state whether it was true that the Government had recom mended Mr. Ayrton as the chairman of the Metropolitan Board. He hoped no such misfortune would befal the ratepayers as that Mr. Ayrton should be placed at the head of that Board. Mr. Deputy Lowman Taylor, in reply, stated that the late lamented chairman of the Board died on the Bth of August. On the following day, a letter was received from Mr. Liddell, the under secretary of the Home Department, " suggesting for the considera tion of the Board that the appointment of a new chairman should be made subject to any change affecting the position of the future chairman which legislation on the Local Government of the Metropolis might render necessary.'! That was a very proper communication, but two days afterwards a com munication was received from Mr. Rutzen, Mr. Bruce's private secretary, which went a little further. That letter was addressed Mr. Pollard, the clerk of the board, and marked "private." It stated that legislation on the government of the metropolis could not long be postponed, and might involve the abolition of the office of chairman of the board. Subsequently Mr. Rutzen ad dressed another private communication to Mr. Pollard, in which a reference was made to Mr. Ayrton in these words :—" Mr. Ayrton appears to be mentioned as a candidate likely to be acceptable." That was all that was said about Mr. Ayrton. It had been construed as a suggestion that Mr. Ayrton was the right man for the place, but all he (Mr. Taylor) could say was that Mr. Ayrton was the man least likely to get it. Mr. Rutzen had since withdrawn his letters, and he could not go further into them, but he thought he- had sufficiently answered the question. The matter then dropped. LORD ELCHO'S OPINION OF THE ARMY, Lord Elcho has addressed to some of the papers another letter respecting the organisation of the British army, regarded in the light of the events now taking place on the Continent. He alleges that our military organisation is not such as to give us needful security or to enable us to fill the part on the world's stage which we profess to play. No one who takes up a newspaper can fail to see that public opinion is now keenly alive to our weakness and want of anything like real military organisation, and that it is deeply impressed with the necessity of some strong measures being taken to rescue us from a position alike dangerous and discreditable. But, on the other hand, this public appreciation of our military deficiencies has given rise to a danger of our being led by an exaggerated belief in these deficiencies, and by a natural admiration of the successful organisation of the German armies, to overlook what is good at home, and hastily and needlessly to adopt w h a t i s l ess we ll suited than our own military system, if rightly applied, t' the position of our country and the circumstances of its people. It cannot be possible, he thinks, for this European crisis to pass over without a determined, sus tained, and successful endeavour on our part, once for all satisfactorily to organise our war power. Yet he warns the country against too much zeal. In these days of organised Continental hosts, he says, without a resort to conscription in some form or other, no efficient reliable military organisation is possible, and the sooner Parlia ment and the constituencies accept this fact the better it will be for the nation. The truth is, the ballot for the militia is the key-stone of our military system. It would• enable us to ensure its ranks being continuously full, whether we fix the total of that force at 100,000, 200,000, or 300,000 men • it would facilitate the increase at any time of the Armyi Militia, Reserve, by ensuring under an circumstances a supply of men to take the place of those who volunteered for it ; and it would further ensure a supply of efficient military officers. Ballot for the militia he maintains to be the panacea for all army deficiencies, and he says :—" All things else 'are vain and futile ; and, in attempting to obtain efficiency by such measures as have recently been announced, the Secretary of State is endeavouring to make bricks without straw; for even if he were to succeed in inducing all the officers of the force to comply with the conditions attached to the additional ss. extra grant for qualified officers and non commissioned officers, there would still remain the question of the men." In his argument the noble lord assumes that volunteers would be exempted from the operation of the ballot, and that uo substitutes would be allowed To what extent the ballot should be applied would simply be a matter for consideration. He believes that a mild form of ballot would be sufficient for our purpose. "If not," he adds, "it would be easy to give the screw another turn ; but if what is suggested were found suf ficient, what a contrast would it present to the severity of the Prussian system of universal service, or to that of the French conscription !" Supposing the total strength of the Militia to be fixed at 200,000 men, and that of those 150,000 should be recruited, as at present, by volun tary enlistment, the remainder forming the Reserve and being raised by ballot ; if only 10,000 men were thus annually raised, we should at the end of five years—the present period of a militiaman's service—have the reserve of 50,000 men complete, and annually keep it up to that strength. How lightly this would bear upon the people may be reckoned from the fact that about 200,000 males annually attain the age of twenty in Great Britain. Professor Leoni Levi will next Monday commence a course of eight lectures on subjects connected with the war at King's College. Mr. Robertson's new piece, "Birth," was per formed at Bristol, with Mr. Sothern as the chief character, on Wednesday evening. The theatre was filled, and the actors were called before the curtain at the close of each scene. Nevertheless, the comedy is not considered by the local press to be superior to most of Mr. Robertson's plays. Mr. Sothern, as Jack Randall, in the new piece, imper sonates a young playwright, whose position enables him to bring two hostile families—one aristocratic, the other moneyed—together in happy marriages. The Record states that at the monthly board of the Society tor Promoting Christian Knowledge, the Rev. J. C. Miller, P.D., in the chair, the sopiety voted £6,000 to the Church of England in Jamaica, which has been. disestablished. A. grant of £l,OOO was placed at the dis posal of the standing committee for the remuneration of writers who shall produce suitable anti-infidel literature. The board agreed also to offer to the authorities of Keble College, Oxford, handsomely-bound Bibles and Prayer= books for the use of the undergraduate and other mem bers in the college chapel. The visitors at the Workman's International Ex hibition in London are now much larger in number daily than when it was first opened, the foreigners who are everywhere to be seen in the metropolis since the opening of the siege of Paris being the most conspicuous atten dants.. The executive committee have now made perfect all their arrangements for the convenience of visitors, such as issuing a revised catalogue, and having each court in the building so distinctly placarded that no difficulty is experienced in getting to any particular object worthy of notice. Many distinguished personages have already patronised the exhibition of our workmen's industry. METROPOLITAN G SSIP.-TA. :SDAY. It is generally supposed that there is a division of, opinion in the Cabinet on the question of mediation, and that the Prussian party being considerably the stronger, has prevailed. Mr. Lowe and Mr. Bruce unquestionably belong to that party, and it is to be presumed that Mr. Gladstone and Lord Granville are on the same side. This however, is by no means certain. Lord Granville used to be thought decidedly Galilean. If it appears improbable that an important point of foreign policy should be decided contrary to the wish of the Foreign Secretary. I can answer that such an event is not unprecedented. In Mr. Dallas's recently-published letters there is one to Mr. Marcy, in which the American Minister describes an interview between Lord Palmerston and another diploma tist, in which the diplomatist expressed his surprise at Lord Palmerston's remarks respecting the Danubian Principalities, and said that they were quite opposed to Lord Clarendon's ideas. Thereupon Lord Palmerston replied, " Lord Clarendon has his notions ; but we have ours." In this case Lord Cla rendon's did not prevail, though he was then chief at the Foreign Office. At the same time it is likely enough that Lord Granville's alleged Gallicanism had no other foundation than his intimate acquaintance with the French language and French litera ture. On the other hand it was he who was appointed Foreign Secretary by Lord John Russell, in 1851, when he turned Lord Palmerston out of office for prema ture recognition of the coup d'etat. As regards the pre sent Cabinet, it is thought that our Ministers wish to favour the restoration of the Orleans dynasty, and that they look forward to the bombardment of Paris and the conse quent downfall of the Republican Government as the necessary, though principal preliminaries to the establish ment of a stable Government under one of the sons of Louis Philippe. What is to become of the fashions now that Paris is shut up? Is Le Follet still published? If so, will the proprietors of their charity have pity upon the Regent street and Bond-street milliners, and send them a copy ? But it may be said, what need have we of Le .Follet ? Have we not within a dozen miles of Regent-street the inspirer of that famous magazine ; the arbitress of Fashion herself ? Though the Empress Eugdnie has lost one throne, She has not yet abdicated the other. So the milliners aforesaid have only to take the train at Charing Cross and make a pilgrimage to Chiselhurst, and they will learn all that they want to know. It will be a strange pilgrimage, for Chiselhurst is much frequented by Quakers who will not be best pleased at this invasion, of their domain by the ministresses of fashion and folly. Chiselhurst is not,, however, wholly given up to broad brims and poke bonnets. There is a wealthy Roman Catholic gentleman living there, and it is he who has offered hospitality to the fugitive sovereign, and he who has escorted her to mass on Sunday mornings. Camden place is a seat of historic interest. It was there that Camden, the historian, the annalist of the Elizabethan reign, died in 1623. A more charming place scarcely exists, even in Kent, " the garden of England." A good deal of correspondence has been published in the newspapers respecting atrocities upon the French. The charge originated with the correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, who calls himself " Azamat Batuk." Unhappily, it is confirmed in the Duily News of to-day. If the accusation had rested entirely upon the first autho rity I should not have credited it. Up to September 12 " Azamat Batuk " had not crossed the Belgian frontier, and I think it likely enough from what I have heard of him that he has not crossed it since. A gentleman re cently returned from the seat of war, and who, having donned the brassard, conveyed food and medical stores to the wounded, first at Gravelotte and then at Sedan, tells me that the conduct of the Prussians to the French prisoners was splendid. Doubtless they were badly I off for food immediately after Sedan; but so was everybody else. For some hours there was none to be got for love or money. So bad was the French organization, that though a dinner of four courses might be had for two francs at Bouillon, less than a dozen miles off, the people at Sedan were almost starving. And yet there were plenty of wealthy cloth manufac turers in the latter town who had only to give their orders to the landowners in the Belgian Ardennes and any number of cattle and sheep would have been forthcoming. But there was no energy among the French civilians, only plenty of selfishness. At Saarbruck there arrived one night a number of French prisoners. No provision had been made for them, for the simple reason that the provision was eaten up. My friend, for instance, had scoured the whole place in vain for eggs, and had to be content with raw ham and black bread. When the French arrived, and found no supper, they were very indignant. Thereupon the Prussian officers went through the town, and get together a kind a meal which they gave their visitors, though it was then one o'clock in the morning. I could tell you many other in stances of Prussian consideration and courtesy, which are all the more striking because the officers have a bad habit of treating their own men with great seeming harshness. The smallest misunderstanding of an order will make a Prussian officer shout and yell and shake his fist in the unhappy private's face. My informant found a grand gathering of newspaper correspondents at Luxemburg, whence many of them wrote off their letters, from " the seat of war." Luxemburg is intensely French, and the people would gladly he united to France. They are scarcely likely to get their wish. The Daily News, which has far surpassed its contempo raries in the fullness and promptitude of its war news, has attained this superiority by a very wise arrangement. It has combined with one of the principal New York papers, and the two journals having had a joint purse were able to expend money which one journal alone would have found a heavy tax. The most graphic account of the Battle of Grave lotte, one of the best pieces of writing which this war has produced, was written by Mr. Moncure Conway, the well known American writer, who has . for some years:been resid ing in London. He was compelled to return to England after witnessing the great engagement, and on driving to the Daily Hews office, so dirty and travel-worn that he was hardly recognisable by his own family, he was shut up and wrote off the account which everyone has since read with admiring interest. In connection with journalism and the war, I may mention that the writer of the letter in a recent number of the Pall Mall Gazette, recommending the establishment of a neutral State of Nice, Savoy, Lor raine, Alsace, and Luxemburg, was Mr. Sydney Dobell, the poet. One other item of journalism I may mention here. The writer of the letters in the Times, from Tien- tsin, is Mr. Gundry, formerly of Corsham, Wilts. I mentioned in a former letter the dangerous illness of Lady Herbert, of Lea. She was suffering from a severe attack of rheumatic fever, but she is now better, and has been made acquainted with her sad bereavement —the death of her son in the " Captain."—Mrs. Burgoyne has been almost stupefied by the loss of her husband, the gallant commander of that ship.— Archdeacon Denison who seemed at death's door three months ago, has sufficiently recovered to don his armour again, an d has already struck a blow at Dean Stanley with reference to what is called the Westminster Abbey scandal. Science has sustained no slight loss by the death of Dr. Miller, Professor of Chemistry, at King's College. The Birmingham Education League mean to hold their first annual meeting at Birmingham in about a fortnight. The members of it are not in a particularly happy frame of mind. At a meeting of the London branch held last night it was admitted that they had met with little sup port in the metropolis, and, of course, the result of their campaign in Parliament was not such as they had wished or expected. Far more important than any controversy between the League and the Union is the impending election of the Education Boards. This takes place next month in London, and several good men have been men tioned as candidates. Unfortunately a good many of them have refused to serve on account of pressure of engage ments. A very fair excuse in the case of members of Parliament like Sir Charles Dilke, though not so, perhaps, in other cases. Still more unfortunately there is a prospect that the boards will become centres of party politics. The Reform League—Mr. Odger, Mr. Cremer, Mr. Lucraft, and the rest of the Adelphians—are putting themselves for ward prominently as candidates on the ground that this is a working man's question, and that those who claim to be par excellence representatives of the working men ought to have a prominent place in the management of this matter. Undoubtedly they are right to a certain extent ; it is a working-class question, but it is one thing to feel a complaint, another thing to cure it. There are plenty of patients in the world, but it does not follow that they are the best doctors. It is to be hoped that Mr. Forster's great measure will be saved from the degradation of class or party politics. There is no time to be lost if that fate is to be averted. Literary news is beginning to revive. Archbishop Man ning is publishing a pastoral to his clergy respecting the Vatican Council, which, it is to be hoped, for Mr. Mas- kell's sake, will be somewhat more explicit than his • Grace's secretary's letter to that gentleman. 'Mr. Charles Eastlake, whose book on furniture was very well received, has written a history of the Gothic revival, in which he attempts to show how far the taste for Medieval Archi tecture was retained in England during the past two centuries and has been revived in the present. Mrs. Cotton has written the life of her husband, the late Bishop of Calcutta, which ought to be an interesting biography; and Mr. Brunel has written the life of his father, the engineer of the Albert Bridge. Professor Max Muller is coming out with a third volume of his " Chips from a German Workshop." Mr. E. A. Free man, the historian of the Norman Conquest, and the very severe critic (in the Saturday Review) of Mr. Froude's history, has in the press the " Historical Geography of Europe." Mr. Brod ribb, whose interesting article on Pliny in a recent num ber of the Fortnightly Review, will be remembered, is, together with Mr. A. Church, bringing out a selection of Pliny's letters, the Latin text, with English notes.—Mrs. Oliphant's "Life of St. Francis of Assisi " will be the next volume of Macmillan's Sunday Library. Dean Goulburn is publishing some of his Cathedral sermons, arid Canon Liddon those which he delivered at St. James's, in Piccadilly, last Lent,and which, though an hour and a half long, were listened to by enormous con gregations. Professor Jowett's Plato, in four volumes, is to be out before Christmas. Mr. Ellis, who has become what Moxon used to be, the poets' publisher, will soon publish the fourth and concluding part of Mr. Morris's "Earthly Paradise," which must then surely rank as the longest poem in ' the world. Mr. Mac millan is publishing " The Service of the Poor," a volume about Deaconesses, Sisterhoods, Nurses, and kindred topics written by Caroline Emilia Stephen, a near relative, I believe, of the late Sir James Stephen. Coming to the magazines, I may mention that the author of the able and interesting article in the new number of the British Quarterly on " Education in America " is Mr. Joseph Payne, an occasional contributor to the Pall Mall Gazette, and who has obtained much valuable information direct from the United States. Mr. James Hannay is, I believe, the author of the article in the Cornhill on the " Western Pyrenees." The Rev. R. F. Young, of Swindon, is about to publish at the beginning of the new year a new spiritualist periodical, which will attempt to shew that Spiritualism is entirely reconcileable with Christianity. The magazine will be a monthly, price two-pence, and every communication will bear the name of its writer, so that every facility may be • offered for testing the truth of the statements published. A gentleman, named John Hampden, also of Swindon. has published a magazine, whrise object, as he avows, is " to gain unpopularity by speaking the truth." . It is called the " Armourer," and its purpose seems to be to prove that Newton's theoryof around revolving globe is the greatest fraud and delusion that ever disgraced and bewildered an intelligent people, and has done more to promote infi delity and scepticism than all the writings of Vcltaire and Tom Paine." That Mr. " John Hampden" has the courage of his opinions may be gathered from the fact that he will pay £5O and the necessary expenses of any two engineers or surveyors who will show by actual measurement that the world revolves. It may be urged that this is a very safe bet, inasmuch as no two engineers would be able to measure the world, and £5O would hardly be a sufficient fee to tempt them even if they could. A very amusing comic album of the war, consisting of a republication of German lithographs is reis sued with English text, by Mr. Falkner, of Manchester, Mr. Max Cullenan, the author of a paper on Trinity College, Dublin, in the Fortnightly Review for October, is a well-known classical scholar of the Irish University, who, before he finished his college course at Dublin, transferred his talents to Cambridge, and there obtained a Fellowship. He is a young man and has already edited several high class works, chiefly of Latin and Greek verse. Mr. Cullinan's younger brother, also a classical scholar, is now passing through Trinity College, Dublin. In con junction with Mr. Brady (scholar) T.C.D., this gentleman is editor of the Dublin University classical serial Kottabos. Speaking of this magazine, I may, perhaps, add, that its title serves to exemplify the peculiar channels from which the names of periodicals may sometime be fetched. Kottabos was originally a Sicilian game much in vogue at the drinking parties of young men at Athens. It was played in all manner of ways, but the simplest and most usual custom was for each member of the company to throw the wine left in his cup so as to strike against a bright metal basin. If all the dregs fell in the basin, and the sound was clear, the sign was looked upon as favourable, and the successful actor was commended. From these facts it may be seen that cynics, if they are inclined, can deduce questionable opinions of the alumini of Trinity College, Dublin, from the title of their serial. HOLBORN AMPHITHEATRE. After great improvements in the way of re-decoration, alteration of mechanical arrangement, and engagement of fresh artistes, the Holborn Amphitheatre has opened the season with great promise. The building .which encloses the arena is much more attractive than formerly; the company is one of a very high order, and the collection of horses, selected in great part from Herr Carry's stock, leaves nothing to be desired. Mr. Alfred Bradbury is again` conspicuous with his well known feats, which are received with as much favour as ever. His leap on the back of a horse running at full speed is really very fine. Mr. A. Bradbury also shines in a picturesque series of equestrian feats as "Le Matelot." Mr. James Lee's per formance is one of admirable daring. His somersaults on the back of a cantering horse deserve all the applause they receive. Nor are the ladies of the arena, though few in number, deficient in skill. Mdlle. Magni and Mdlle. Montero ride with skill and grace ; and Mdlle. Beatrice Chiarini, an Italian girl, merits special praise, on account of her youth and the skill of her performance. Her somer sault in the air, whilst leaping over a riband, is exceedingly good. Those who admire acrobats will find abundant enter tainment ; Monsieur Bravazzi is great upon the trapeze, and the Hicken family appear in an entertainment which is " classical " in its way, but belongs to an order of per formance for which we have little liking. The brothers Lavator Lee perform gymnastic contortions whilst play ing the violin ; their entertainment is not new in character, but is very clever of its kind—indeed no item in the pro gramme so much pleases the audience. The clowns are numerous, and at least not below the average standard of ability. M. Preece, the Frenoh comique, gave pleasure by his proficiency as a musician, playing the violin whilst climbing a ladder, which he maintains in a perpendicular position by the oscillation of his body. Lastly, there is a performing elephant, who is certainly not to be surpassed by any member of his species. The performance is, on the whole , extremely satisfactory. It is especially attrac tive to our foreign visitors, as it involves no difficulties of language. The Limerick Chronicle is gratified to know that steps have at last been taken for a general collection among the members of the Irish Church in the different parishes of that city for the Sustentation Fund. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.—Mr. Green wood, the principal of Owen's College, Manchester, in opening the session of the evening classes of that institu tion on Wednesday night, criticised Mr. Lowe's proposal to throw open Civil Service appointments to compaitive examination. He believed the results of the proposal, so far as elementary education is concerned, would be bene ficial, but expressed his fear that the uniformity of exami nation which must necessarily be established would force the higher education of the country into a uniformity most disastrous for the culture either of literature or science. MISS RYE'S EMIGRANTS.--ABSP, Rye has returned from Canada during the last few days, and has had an in terview with the Liverpool Industrial Schools Committee. She said that she had not the slightest difficulty in dispos ing of the last batch of children, and, although she had left ten at the depot in Canada, yet they were so very young as to be suitable only for adoption, not for service. The ap plicants for children to be adopted were comparatively few. Very young children were not so easily disposed of as girls of nine and ten years old and upwards. For the latter the demand was great and increasing. She had now fully two hundred applications for young girls, not all from Canada this 'time, for a great many of them were froia the United States. On her last voyage but one she took nine girls to the Mississippi district, and she had recently received a letter saying that they had given such great satisfaction that she would have fifty applicants for each child she could take to that district. From Vicksburg she had forty applications, Lexington twenty, and ten from Danville, Kentucky. If she had twenty times the power and strength of carrying on the work, she would be able to find homes for the children. The bulk of those with whom they are placed for service were respectable families engaged in farming land, and she thought that kind of life the most advantageous for such children to be put to. When the children had been there 12 months she intended to ask for photographs of some of them and bring them to England to those interested in the children, and she felt sure they would scarcely know them again, they looked so well and were dressed so differently. She would be glad to take as many more as the guardians could send from Liverpool, and also from other workhouses, though she did not desire to have any under nine years old, owing partly to the season of the year, and the greater difficulty of disposing of such young children. She wished that a similar agency could be organised for sending out young orphan boys, for there was just as wide a field and as great a demand for them as for irls, -, _ S 11! i - .1 4 2, Co 3 It i; for tt kept t and t hereni out 01 Ms . The durin g de n , oc Ti THE OF ThE TinlQ ~ s, N ile( 26, b e obl PIT TAI] The 4 -6 ury fade P rlcci the r Guard kilon,, 11l ( and ti tr oops haste, Th e thi s e, " 'll d ay eN c eu . B " T] by the Tie red 11 1 the A t i rus s i t he lie G uard have 8 the co o jail A ( Lille] 4 elay e litr eng , day 6. s hortly been ; In Ge ner t he de aa l a te triov f or th 2"iotes Oec The 11ti rnel \r ° l 'lll3 4°44 ThE i - vest h ose Plyi n th e o ' trace Geri, I) () th e t arre, , tii ald er chase C( i t from ,c I instil G eri , th e 1 ev er all Y c THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT r O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.