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SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1871. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. - EXTRAORDI NARY and COMBINED ENTERTAINMENT. PRO FESSOR PEPPER on THE WAR. Special Edition. Musical and Pictorial Illustrations.—Mr. GEORGE GROSSMITH, Jun., In the Fairy Tale, THE YELLOW DWARF, every Evening ; GRECIAN STATUARY, by MADAME BOUSFIELD ; and a thousand and one other Entertainments all for ONE SHILLING, 12 to 5 and 7 to 10. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street. —nn view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marsha l B az aine, Marsha l Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &c., &c. — Admission, Is. ; Children under Ten till Years 10 of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. p.m. :::---------- MADAME TUSSAUD'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. ; Children under Ten Years of age, ad. 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A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. the aid of one JOHN GOSNELL and CO. ha ve at length, with of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more con centrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 5s , 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, London, B.C. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI—That Rascal Jack. Deadman's Point. Our Female American Cousin. PRINCESS'S—The Happy Man. King o' Scot.. He's a Lunatic. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Family Jars. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. OPERA CO3IIQUE —The Welsh Girl. Found Drowned. The Comical Countess. ST. JAMES'S—TO Oblige Benson. Naval Engagements. Vesta. An Unhappy Pair. OLYMPIC —Poppleton's Predicament. lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY— Dora's Device. Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamond. GAIETY —A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S —A Day After the Wedding. 'Twist Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE —Turn Him Out. Randall's Thumb. Q.E.D . HOLBORN—Jeza,bel. Ticket-of -Leave Mn. S TRAND —Who Spools First ? Up the World. Cceur-de-Lion. PRINCE OF WALES'S —Ours. Locked In. ASTLEY'S —Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittlemouse. SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack. NATIONAL STANDARD —Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLER'S WELLs—Jeannie Deans. AMPHITHEAR E AND CIRCUS (11.olborn)—Lulu. Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministoels. Every evening. ALHAMBRA— Grand Concerts. POLYTECHNIC —Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and evening. MADAME T USSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p. in. Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Nell and (I3ur, _ THE French electors have plainly expressed their desire for peace by placing the Red advocates of war in a hopeless minority. It is clear, however, that in some of the districts the great question of the hour has not been the only one that influenced the choice of the constituencies. Besides determin ing whether they are disposed to fight any longer or not, they have obviously given an eye to the future in their selection of deputies. In the Department of the Nord, for example, all the can didates pronounced for peace ; no voice throughout the district was uplifted in favour of war. Yet the representatives elected are all Monarchists of the Orleanist type. It is natural to conclude, it is well known indeed, that the bitterest hostility to the Republic prevails throughout the Nord depart ment. In other districts where the electoral "ticket " was universally peace, the Moderate Republicans were preferred. In Paris, where the cry of " guerre a outrance" has become very faint since the capitulation, the Reds have won a decisive victory. The inference is that Paris is Red, or rather that the Ultras there are so well organised ' and united as to be able easily to beat the scattered bands of the various hostile sections. It is clear, then, that though the peace party had the advantage a l mo st all over the country, the elec tions have not been uninfluenced by other considerations. Two negative deductions are very obvious. The extreme Republicans have gained a comparatively small number of seats, partly, no doubt, because the majority of Frenchmen are not extreme Republicans, partly because many of those who do hold ultra views do not ap prove of continuing the war. It is clear, also, that the Imperialist cause has nothing to hope for from this Assembly. Even the Legitimists have gained more seats than the sup porters of the Empire. Indeed, there was no surer way of attaining a low place on the poll than to pronounce beforehand for the virtually deposed dynasty. The few who ventured upon this display of loyalty paid the price of their rashness in failure. The few known Imperialists who will sit in the House smuggled themselves in on Conservative lists. It is more difficult to determine what the electors have done, than what they have left undone. The most experienced student of French politics may con fess without shame that he knows nothing of the crowd of farmers, notaries, and country mayors, who form the majority of the deputies. The elections were car ried on by lists, not by individual candidatures. For instance, in a department electing ten or eleven members there would be . a Red list, and a Moderate Conservative list, perhaps all three ; and it appears that the electors have to a great extent voted for thes6 lists en bloc, with little regard to the individual opinions of those who composed them. Some of the lists shew the strangest amalgamation. The Red lion occasionally lies down with the Monarchist lamb, Mode rate Republicans and Orleanists are very often, almost found on the same list. Between these parties always, the balance unquestionably lies; but which of the two has the advantage it is impossible to say. The moderate Republicans are strong, many fore most men, such as M. 'limns, having given in their adhesion to that party. The number of deputies who are, and always have been, Monarchists, is large, but until the still greater body of representatives who have probably no special preferences declare themselves, it would be useless to attempt the division of the Assembly into parties. There can, however, be no difficulty in predicting that the establishment of a Moderate Republic would be more beneficial to France at the present time than the installation of any other regime. The reason is not far to seek : any attempt to set up a throne immediately would, with out fail, produce a civil war. The Repu:lie, as M. THIERS has said, divides Frenchmen least. If it be afterwards found expedient to establish the Conite DE Pants as King of France, all well and good. The difference between a Moderate Republic and a Constitutional Monarchy of the British type is not so serious as to be worth quarrelling about. The essence of the two forms -1 liberty with order-,-is the great desideratum. of a THE correspondence conducted by the Foreign Office with respect to the war between France and Germany proves that the Government have neglected no just opportunity of emp lo y in g their g ood offices in the interests of peace. The principles which should guide neutral States during such a terrible period are clearly enough laid down in some of Earl GRANVILLE'S own letters. A Government which desires to keep aloof from a conflict of this kind should measure its words strictl y by the line of policy it intends to take. It should promise just as much as, and no more than, it is prepared to perform. If sympathy with one of the belligerents goes so far as to produce a desire to lend it active assistance, the requisite degree of dictation and bullying ies of may s oon be attained. But one of the plainest dut a neutral State which is anxious to do all th t a is pos sible to bring about p eace, and yet keep itself out of the war, is not to interfere beyond certain limits. None but the small section of politicians who wish England to defend France can, after reading this correspon lence, argue that Earl GRAN VILLE did not press his interference suf ficiently. His first overtures were made shortly after the battle of Woerth. He offered France mediation at a time when the Imperial Government did not think it could with dignity either ask or accept it. The same willingness has been sbewn by the English Ministry ever since. The correspondence proves that the French Govern ment of Defence most persistently urged the neutral Powers to interfere on behalf of France, and that from this country it never met with a rebuff. The con tending parties were more than once brought into communication, but, unfortunately, their views were more irreconcilable in October and No vember than in July. The Germans wanted territory. The French would not yield an inch of their territory, nor a stone of their fortresses. What could be done, unless England were prepared to fight for one side or the other—that expedient being in no way calculated to promote the restoration of peace ? The Prussians throughout have displayed very little disposition to invite or tolerate the interference of auy neutral Power. Earl GRANVILLE on one occasion expressed the opinion that " the rigid adherence by M. FAVRE to the conditions of yielding not an inch of territory nor one stone of a fortress is a great obstacle to peace." More recently he has represented, in language as strong as his position would admit, the duty of Germany to show moderation as the victor, and thus end the curse of this great war. Beyond this he could not go, without risk of spreading the war all over Europe, instead of confining it to its original boundaries. TOPICS OF THE DAY. ELECTORAL DISABILITIES. Count Bismarck will not offer any objection of a practical kind to the decree of the French Govern ment, excluding from the National Assembly all members of the families who have reigned over France. He does think such disabilities contrary to the spirit of the Versailles Convention, but they do not interfere with his main object — the conclusion of peace. The question of this exclu sion presents some difficulties. As we have previously pointed out, the Orleanists were banished from France by a law of the Second Republic. The veto has never been repealed, though an attempt to do so was made during the Ministry of the " light hearted" Emile 011ivier. It, therefore, the Government of Defence permitted the election of the princes it would in effect repeal this law of its own motion. No doubt the Assembly would readily condone such an irregularity. No doubt the Assembly itself will repeal the law, and admit the Orleanists, who have now an excellent chance of either leading the Re public or restoring the Monarchy. But not the less would the Government, by acting on their own responsibility, have exceeded their powers. It should be remembered to their credit that the Republican Ministry have conducted these elections with a fairness to which France has been long a stranger. There has been no interference of any kind. No list of candi dates was submitted to the electors with a hint that such list was preferred by the powers that be. The exclusion of the Princes does no practical injury to their cause ; whilst Gambetta's decree excluded from the Assembly all persons who had held any kind of office under the Empire—a disqualification which would have operated against many Orleanists. by various theorists. At a meeting of the Social Science Association, under the presidency of Mr. John Stuart Mill, Mr. Thomas Hare read a paper on the suggestions afforded by the application of the cumulative vote, in which he treated of the conversion of the cumulative into the single vote, the prevention of uncertainty and of the waste of electoral power, the abolition prescribed qualifications for members, and similar questions. A discussion fol lowe,d, at the conclusion of which the chairman observed that it was satisfactory to find from the tone of all the speeches that it was not necessary io defend Mr. Hare's system. The evil of the present mode of working the system of cumulative voting was that many votes were thrown away, being taken for candidates after they were no longer necessary. Mr. Hare's principle was that, when any candidate had received enough votes to return him he should receive no more, and the electors should give their remaining votes to some other candidate. Mr. Mill regretted that some feasible way had not been suggested of transferring votes. No system but Mr. Hare's was effective, and his plan of the quota should be com bined with the largest possible constituencies. They had better try it on a small scale in the School Board or municipal bodies, throwing all London, for instance, into one constituency. COUNTING. The beauty of universal suffrage in affording an immense amount of arithmetical exercise to " the authorities " was never so clearly exemplified as at the present elections in France. In Paris there are about half a million electors, and each of these had the privilege of voting for forty-three candidates, so that about 20,000,00 0 votes altogether could be cast. Forthcoming editions of Colenso or Barnard Smith will do well to insert the problem touching the length of time it would take one man, at so many a minute, to count these 20,000,0 00 of votes. The usual reckoning is that a man can count a million sovereigns in about a week by employing superhuman power, and expiring just as he finishes the last coin. But votes cannot be counted so quickly as sovereigns. Thus, though eight thousand scrutineers were employed, and the voting took place last Wednesday, the business of counting was not finished up to Monday night, though most of the successful candidates were known. It has been a great Red victory. M. GAMBON AND HIS COW. If we could obtain the political antecedents of all the candidates for a seat in the National Assembly of France, we should, no doubt, come upon some strangely diversified histories. One of the candidates for the Seine-et-Oise, whose election was considered certain at the last accounts, is M. Gambon, an ultra Red politician, who is looked upon by his friends in the light of a hero and a martyr. He is a landed proprietor, but in spite of that fact, or it may be i n consequence of it, he has a rooted objection to the principle of taxation. About two years ago he was called upon to pay five francs for property tax, and refused to do so on the ground that all taxes ought to be abolisheddecree them was tyranny, and to pay them weakness. The local au th or ities were unconvinced, and p ut the principles of the village Hampden to the test by seizing and selling one of his cows. The Socialists of the district, delighted with so practical a supporter of their theories, subscribed to buy him another cow, and exalted M. Gambon's heroics him as a shining example. , have not been allowed to sink into oblivion by the satirists, who have given him the soubriquet of "Gambon de la, Vache." The Parisians caught the matter, up and turned it into a proverb, C'est de la Vache Gambon," being the phrase to designate a ridiculous affair. M. Gambon of the Cow, however, is likely to take his place without delay among the representatives of the nation. THE CUMULATIVE VOTE. The School Board elections have afforded the opportunity of testing the electoral reforms proposed E. M OSES and SON'S .1:1 • OVERCOATS, 19s. to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public _11.2.4• that the cheapness of an article aepouds entirely on its quality, and they venture to say that their prices will compare toyoumbly wall those of any other house in England. Lt MOSES and SON'S -12 A. OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s. to 50s. KERTCII JACKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s. - 10 MOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system _EA • of self-measure enables them to e xecute orders by post; with the guarantee of a faultless fit. EMOSES and SON'S rOCK COATS, 245. to 635. DRESS COATS, 255. to 60s. AIORNING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. DuEss TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. E . MOSES and SON'S B"s" LC OTB.ING : KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 9s. 68. to 405. -___ ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BRIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 255. to 638. COUNTIL , Y BRANOIL. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. V MOSES and SON supply every d escr iption of 'A • Clothing, ready-made or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes ; also Hosiery amDrap ery, s 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. E. MOSES and SON'S Fstablishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturduy evening at sunset, when business s resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. I , ENNT OXFORD-STREET. COR tiER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT -ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Her Majesty's Servants will perform a New and Original Farce, entitled RULE BRITANNIA ; after which will be performed the Drury Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual, entitled THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, HAR LEQUIN AND OLD MOTHER SHIPTON, with Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly. Doors open at half-past Six, com mence at Seven, and terminate at Eleven o'clock every Evening. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. MORNING PERFORINIANCE of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, ev ery 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 Ten till Five daily.— TREATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ANDREW HALLWAY'S Great Drama, AMY ItOBSART will be revived on MONDAY, February 27. 13°x -office open from Ten till Five daiIy,—THEATRE - ROY AL, DItURY-LANE. MISS VICTORIA VOKES will resume her successful impersonation of AMY ROBSART on MON DAY, February 27.—80 ce x-ofti open from 10 till 5 d ail y .— TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. TEL EA.T R E ROYAL, IIAYNIARB.ET. The 76th Night of a NEW FAIRY COME aI DY.—THIS EVENING (Wednesday) , at Seven, O'Keefe's Music Piece,lTHE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. P a trick, Miss Fanny Wright ; Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. Aft e r which, at a qu arter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Ifesdames Roger , tson, 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 FAMILY JARS. Mr. SOTHERN will re-appear on the Ist of May. Box Once open daily from 10 till ADELPHI THE4N.TRE ROYAL. Sole Pro prietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THAT RASCAL JACK : Mr. John Rouse. At 7.30 (10th time), DEARMAN'S POINT ; or, THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE CARN RUTH : Miss Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss M. Cooper, and Mrs. Billingtonßouse, C. H. Stephen son, and (10th appearance here) Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Voltaire, A. C. Lilly, and A. Raynor. At 9.30, OUR. FEMALE AMERI CAN COUSIN. Miss Julia Daly, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Mr. Ashley, Mr, C. 11. Stephenson, &c. ------ ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEArsTR B. WeE.bsterSole Lessee, Benjamin Webster. Manage, and F. B. Chattertnn.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THE HAPPY MAN. Mr. Shiel Barry. At 7.30, KING 0' SCOTS. Founded on Sir Walter Scott's Novel of "The Fortunes of Nigel," written and adapted by Andrew Halliday. ames and Old Trapbois the Miser, Mr. Phelps. Messrs.W. Bignold, Herbert Crellin, Barrett, J.John stone, Marshall, J. Murray, 11. Russell, Wallace, Clifford, West land, J. Clayton, &c. ; Mesdames It. Leclercq, A. Merton, R. Lower, F. Addison, &c. New and magnificent scenery, by F. Lloyd and assistants. To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton. Box-office open from TO m till Five. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees —Messrs. 11. J. Montague,LL ING (147th D. James, . Night) and T. Thorn e.—THlS EVEN ING, at 7, CHISE • Mr. David Jam es. Afteriwhich, TWO ROSES (220th night), by James A lbert'. Conclude with (78th night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. Fa`. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, .kc.; Mesdames Amy sitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c . ROYAL STRAND, THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7, WHO SPEAKS FIRST? Mr. Joyce ; Misses Hughes, Lee. After which, UP IN THE WORLD ; Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Sheridan, Anstiss, Goodall. To conclude with CU mim es Messrs. Terry, Fannon, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Balton, Bentley, Lee, Goodall, ctc. ___.-------- _ ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, s.w. Lessee and Manager, M. LITTON. THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock. The 19th Night of W. S. Gilbert's original comedy entitled RANDALL'S THUMB. Sup ported by -Messrs. Hermann Vezin, W. Belford, Edward Righ ton, H. Mellon, R. Astley, and Frank Matthews ; Mesdames M. Brennan, Kate BishcP, Stephens, and Eleanor Bufton. Pre ceded by, at 7.30, TURN HIM OUT ; and to conclude D. with an orig i na l eomedietta, by F. A. Marshall, entitled Q. . Supported by Messrs. W Belford, E. Righton, Misses M. Bren nan, Kate Bishop, and Kate Manor. Box office open from 11 to 5. No fees for booking, programmes, or cloak rooms. Trains by Metropolitan Railway to the very doors of the Theatre. —Acting Manages', Mr. John Huy. -------___:_---- ROYALTY T REATRE.—TO -NIGHT, February 15.—The 31st time of an original Comedietta, by R. Reece, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 7.30, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND ; at 8.15, DORA'S DEVICE ; concluding with WHITTINGTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. ___..--------- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1871. t , J THE GAME LAWS IN SCOTLAND. A. bill to amend the Game Laws in Scotland hes been prepared and brought into Parliament by Mr. Loch, Sir Robert Anstruther, and Mr. Parker. Tenants and those employed by them will be permitted, by this measure, to kill hares and rabbits, subject to certain provisions. The tenants are not to be deprived of this right by any lessee of shootings, and any lease or agreement made in contravention of this section will be void. With regard to the compensation for damage done by undue numbers of hares and rabbits, the owners and occupiers of lands will be entitled to present a petition to the sheriff, who will appoint a competent pers,n to ascertain the amount of damage. The owner of the land against which complaint has been made will then be called upon to make due compensation for the inju ries inflicted. The judgments of the sheriff are to be considered final, After the passing of this Act all offences against the Game Laws are to be inquired into by the sheriff instead of the justices of the peace. The measure is only applicable to Scotland. FRAUDS BY SLIPS' STEWARDS. A case, exciting some interest in naval circles, has been tried by naval court martial at Portsmouth. W. H. Carline, steward of H.M.S. Pembroke, at Sheerness, was charged with fraud, but it was con tended on behalf of his friends that the fault really lay with the contractor and his agent. The prisoner's advocate maintained that the whole case turned on the evi dence of the contractor and his agent, supported by the books kept by the latter, and that they were interestedin upholding the prosecution in order to keep themselves right with the Admiralty. A number of certificates from paymasters under whom the prisoner had served were handed in, and Commander Carey, of the Pembroke, and other persons belonging to the ship, gave him a good character for sobriety and straightforwardness. However, the Judge-Advocate, after recapitulating the charges, said the court were of opinion that they had been proved, but, in consideration of Carline's previous good character and long service, they only adjudged him to six months' imprisonment and dismissal from the ser- vice UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF GUNPOWDER. A Frenchman has lately. been charged, at the Thames Police-court, with having a large quantity of gunpowder in a cartridge manufactory, in the Mile end-road. It was stated that there was gunpowder enough on his premises to destroy t he whole ne i g hbourhood. The gunpowder and cart ridges were seized by an inspector, who had hoard that an illegal manufacture of cartridges existed in Southwark. Before the warrant was ob tained, however, all the cartridges and gunpowder were removed to Mile-end-road, where the seizure was made of four barrels of gunpowder, weighing 112 pounds each, and a fifth barrel containing 60 pounds, and 20,000 cartridges. The prisoner was engaged with others in making up car tridges when the officer entered the premises. The greatest carelessness was displayed in the arrangements of the place : the cartridges were thrown about, one man was smoking a pipe, and a fire was lighted in an open stove in the room with the powder. The defendant declared that he was not the master of the business, and that the powder belonged to the man who employed him to make up cartridges. Mr. Lushiugton inforrad the defendant that he had more gunpowder on his premises than the law allowed. It was t o forfeited, with t h e exce p tion of fifty pounds reserved for the owner, on proper application being made. UNAPPRECIATED GENIUS. A. melancholy instance of the difficulties sometimes encountered in this stupid land of ours by poets, authors, and others, has been afforded in a case at the Guildhall Police Court. A. Mr. Lidstone, who, the police reports somewhat uncharitably say, " was understood to be a poet," applied for a summons against the proprietor of the Hornet. The poet placed in the hanis of the magistrate, as he made the request, a copy of the periodical, in which was, au article declaring that Mr. Lidstone, the com plainant, was what a jury of medical men would term a lunatic. This was riot all, for the writer went on to say that it was quite bad enough for him to get tradesinen to read his poetry without compelling them to pay for it, and it concluded by advising tradesmen and others, when Mr. Lidstone called on them, to kick him. One would have thought that so serious a grievance would certainly have met with considera tion from the magistrates, but, alas, poor Mr. Lidstone's visit to the Guildhall was probably as ill-omened a one as he had ever undertaken. The Bench made a joke of the affair, and the Chief Clerk oven went so far as to say that the man of genius before the court was too thin-skinned for a poet. His physiological ex perience for arguing that poets were thick-skinned she court were saved the pleasure of hearing. Poor Lidstone, the poet, ultimately had his summons dis missed, and the Hornet will no doubt be more exuberant than ever over a man of misfortune. VAGARIES OF THE WEATHER. The singular variations of the weather during the last twelve months have been noticeable even in the midst of the engrossing excitements of battles and sieges: A summer of extraordinary heat has been succeeded by a winter of unusual severity, and now Aquarius old thinks it time to play his part, and in - several parts of the world he is pouring down inces sant showers. In the United States indeed the rains and floods last season wrought serious damage. Now the same story reaches us from Central America and from British India. Our Anglo-Indian friends are puzzled at the prolonged and unusual rains, while the good people of Panama are comparing the clerk of the weather to the Prussians, for they are invested by his forces, and cut off from communication with the outer world. The Isthmus is flooded, all traffic on the Railroad suspended, and the country sub merged in some places to a depth of five or six feet. At Matachin, on the Isthmus, the water rose to the roofs of the houses, and the inhabitants were obliged to leave the village, and seek safety on the hills. A. train ' started from Panama to Aspinwall, but was obliged to return from the depth of water on the track. • The L telegraph wire is under water, and consequently out of working order, so that no means of communica tion exists across the isthmus. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH YACHTS. Our friends across the Atlantic do not, it would seem, intend to rest on the laurels they won last year from the Cambria. Mr. Ashbury proposes to visit New York, when summer comes round, in a new yacht, and he will then find several fresh rivals awaiting him, as well as his old antagonists. Of course the New Yorkers stoutly maintain the superiority of their own vessels over English yachts, and are confident that they will be able to retain the Queen's Cup. They are moreover irritated at Mr. Ashbury's exclusion of American boats from the competition for the cup he won from the Daunt less. The easy defeat of the Cambria by the Sappho in various matches in British waters, " was not calcu lated," says the New York Times, " to inspire yachts men here with great respect for the sailing qualities of the English craft, but when she beat the Dauntless, one of our best and swiftest yachts in the race across the ocean, -many began to think we had underrated her capabilities." In subsequent encounters, the American vessels proved victorious, but Mr. Ashbury is confident of the superiority of the Cambria at sea, and in a heavy breeze. This is one of the points American yachtsmen are eager to decide, and to test which they are building so many new vessels. 7 - 44:fr 110 '''' ' l l l "44 l !P ' 4 1 : 7 4P) _ 11161. ef f ttratbr HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, FEBRUARY 14. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and drove lathe grounds this morning. Prince Leopold also went out. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield. The Prince of Wales went to Slough yesterday) and hunted with her Majesty's staghounds. THE FRENCH RELIEF FUND. The weekly meeting of the Mansion House French Relief Committee wa s held on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read from which it appeared that there was then in hand £67,856. The Lord Ma y or said he was very gratified to be able to say that up Ito last night there was 80,000 subscribed in round numbers, and that they had received that morning £5,000 additional. Mr. Canden stated that the distress in Paris was not con fined to the middle and lower class. He had received a letter from the Countess Martin du Nore, who asked the aid of the committee to get food which her family had been unable to obtain. After making the necessary orders the committee adjourned. THE CONVOCATION OF CANTERBURY. On Tuesday both Houses of the Province of Canter bury assembled at Westminster for the transaction of business. In the Upper House there was a larger attend ance of bishops than has ever been k n own. n the absence of the Archbis ho p of. Canterbury, the Bishop of London presided. The Bishop of Winchester brought under the notice of the House the fact of a Unitarian having been invited to take part in the revision of the Scrip tures. He deprecated the appointment of that gentle man, and read letters from American bishops in which the admission of the Unitarian to the Communion in West minster Abbey was condemned. He moved as a resolution : "That in the judgment of this House it is not expedient that any person who denies the Godhead of our Lord Jesus Christ should be invited to assist in the revision of the Scriptures; and that , f urther, it is in the judgment of this House expedient that any such person now on either company should cease to act therewith." The Bishop of London seconded the motion. The Bishop of St. Davids considered that the matter of religious belief had little to do with the matter, the great object of Convocation having been to obtain the assistance of scholars altogether independent of religious belief. The Bishop of Llandaff explained that he had voted for the Unitarian under a misapprehension, and would now support the Bishop of Winchester's motion. A long discussion took place, and the motion was Teed to. • ILLEGAL STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER. Another large seizure of ammunition illegally stored within the borough limits was made in Birmingham on Monday afternoon, on the premises of Messrs. Philip Webley and Sons,guti and ammunition makers, Weaman street. In all, more than 500,000 cartridges were dis covered in a room with an open fireplace. The cart ridges, which were charged, and mostly adapted to re volvers, were intended, it is said, for the Irish constabu lary, and formed part of a Govern me nt order. Three cabs w ere required to convey the perilous materials to the police-office. LAW AND POLICE. THE GODRICH DIVORCE CASE.— The most important step in this well-known cause was taken some short time since. Mr. Godrich was ordered to fix the issue in the case, in which he was the petitioner, within a fortnight, the judge stating that if he did not do so the petition would be dismissed. That period has now elapsed, and Mr. Godrich's case has !not been . completed as directed. Mr. Straight, on behalf of Mrs. Godrich, applied that the petision against her might be dismissed. The learned counsel said that by the petitioner not going on with his case, Mrs. Godrich was placed in the position of not being able to give on oath a denial of the charges brought against her. Lord Penzance said all he could do was to dismiss the petition and with costs. THE REV. MR. KELLY AND THE DIVORCE COURT. — In Lord Penzance's Chambers a , summons was heard calling on the Rev. James Kelly, the respondent in the well known cause of Kelly v. Kelly, to shew cause why he should not pay certain costs. The rev. respondent said that in order to pay preceding costs be had had to sell everything except his books, and he offered to pay 230 per annum out of his present income. He could not obtain the joint securities of friends ; but would give his own. He had in preparation a petition to her Majesty asking that the conclusion arrived at in the Divorce Court should be set aside as the decision was unjust, and that it went against the doctrine of law that nothing should be done against a man behind his back. Under these circum stances he asked that at all events Lord Penzance would hold his judgment in suspense. Lord Penzance was clear what his duty was. If pressed he must make the order ; but the offer of Mr. Kelly was a very reason able one ; though of course he was not to consider it. The Queen is expected to pass several days in Lon don next week. A third Liberal, Mr. Hyacinth D'Arcy, has come forward for Galway. • Dr. Jeremie, Dean of Lincoln, and late Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, has given the sum of £l,OOO to the University for the purpose of founding two annual prizes for the encouragement of a critical study of the Septuagint. The offer has been accepted. GUNPOWDER FOR FRANCE.-400 barrels contain ing 40,00 01 b. of g un p owder have been shipped at the pow der buoy off Greenock, for France. They have been despatched to Bordeaux in one of the regular trading steamers, and are, it is said, the first despatched thence since the declaration of war.—Scotsraan. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. —On Monday evening the Corporation of Wolverhampton adopted, amid much en thusiasm, loyal addresses of cimgragulation to the Queen and to the Princess Louise upon the occasion of the forth coming royal marriage. On Saturday evening a meeting, composed of working-men, was held at Preston for the purpose of supporting the Government in granting the £30,000 dowry and £6,000 a year to the Princess Louise on her coming marriage. Mr. T. Kershaw occupied the chair. Mr. J. Richardson proposed the following resolu tion :—" That this meeting views with pleasure and highly approves the marriage of Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lorne, and trusts that the House of Commons will grant unanimously the £30,000 and £6,000 a year to them, As suggested by her Majesty's Ministers." The motion was passed without the slightest opposition. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. — This celebrated and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish Whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest Cognac Brandy. Note the words, " KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY "on Seal, Label, and Cork. New Wholesole Depot, 6A, Great Titehfieldstreet, Oxford-street, W. IMPERI AMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—TUESDAY. Their Lordships assembled at five o'clock. The Duke of SOMERSET gaye notice that he would, on Thursday, move for a committee of inquiry into the recent changes in the constitution of the Board of Admiralty, and the practical working of the department. In answer to Lord Truro, Lord NORTHBROOK said it was the intention of the Government to supply the artillery with breech-loading carbines ; but this point was not considered of such imme diate importance as some others. THE FISHERIES QUESTION. In answer to a question from Lord Cairns, Earl GRANVILLE said that the Commission appointed to inquire into the Fisheries Question would have power to discuss only the mode of settling the ques tion. It could not, of its own power, arrive at a final settlement. If both sides of the Commission agreed upon any course, it would be re ferred to their respective Governments, who might authorise the conclusion Of a treaty. There would be no question of a majority or minority. The members of the Commission must agree: . THE BLACK SEA. Lord CAIRNS called attention to the recent statement of Mr. Gladstone, touching the Black Sea provisions of the Paris Treaty. He reviewed briefly the course of the negotiations which led to the conclusion of the treaty, pointing out that the neutralisation of. the Black Sea was the one point upon which the English Government most strongly insisted, the point upon which the failure of the negotiations in 1855 at Vienna was determined. Yet Mr. Gladstone had declared it to be his own opinion that the Blatk Sea stipulations could not be upheld. He had further stated that both Lord Palmerston and Lord Clarendon had expressed the belief that the neutralisation could not be maintained, though both statesmen had laboured hard to bring about that condition; and further, that France and Austria had declared their indifference on the subject He (Lord Cairns) desired to know the authority for this allegation respecting British statesmen and foreign countries. He stigmatised Prince Gortschakoff's circular as being so undiplomatic in manner as to induce people generally to believe that some ulterior design lurked behind it—a de sign upon the freedom of Turkey. The public came to the conclusion that an interruption of friendly relations with Russia was probable. Supposing that such rupture had taken place, what would the public have thought if this breach had . taken place upon a point which, according to Mr. Gladstone, was never deemed by leading statesmen of England to be of any importance ? Was it not a more grave indiscretion for the Prime Minister to come for ward in the middle of the Conference now sitting, and declare that the point in dispute was never in dispute at all, that English statesmen . had said it was of no importance, and also France and Austria? He concluded by asking whether the neutralisa tion of the Black Sea was yet in question. Earl GRANVILLE complained of the time at which the subject had been raised, and of the vagueness of the terms in which notice had been given. He agreed with Mr. Gladstone in saying that we did not consider the Black Sea stipulations as the sole point of importance in the Paris Treaty. Considerable moment was attached to them, but the • circumstances were different now, Turkey having a strong fleet, whereas she had none in 1856. Lord' Clarendon undoubtedly attached great impor tance at the time to these stipulations, and the Prime Minister must in that respect have, been mistaken. As to Lord Palmerston's opinion, he knew that that statesman had officially notified to the Turkish Government his opinion that within ten years from the conclusion of the treaty Russia would make further attempts of aggression. Happily, that foresight was not realised. The Marquis of SALISBURY was glad that negotiations had commenced before the Prime Minister had declared that the object for which the Conference was stimmoned was perfectly worthless. He thought Mr. Gladstone's conduct was unparalleled. It would be fatal to the principles of Government if a Prime Minister could thus justifiably discredit the policy of his col leagues. The House adjourned at five minutes past six. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. A large number of private bills relating to railways, tramways, gas and water companies, were introduced and read a first time, ._ MONEY ORDER OFFICES. Mr. GREAVES gave notice that on the 14th March he should call attention to the desirability of inereasing the number of money order offices in rural districts, and the revision of the charges, so as to increase their usefulness to the poorer classes. POOR LAW ADMINISTRATION. Mr. W. H. SMITH gave notice of his intention to call attention to the Operation of the Poor laws in the metro polis, and should move for a royal commission to inquire and report upon the subject. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Sir H. SELWYN IBBETSON gave notice that on Thursday he should move for the report of the inspectors of the Board of Trade on railway accidents down to the end of the year 1870 to complete the return previously, made. THE INCOME TAX ASSESSORS. Mr. HERMON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was aware that, in opposition to the decision of the House on the 9th June last, his assessors issued forms for returns of income tax requiring employers to state the amounts of the salaries they paid to their clerks and assistants. --- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the asses sors were appointed by the district commissioners, and were not his officers. He could therefore not give so much information as he should have been able to have given had they been officers of the department to which he belonged. The Treasury issued two kinds of forms—one was for companies who had always been called upon to return the salaries of those in their employ, and that return required the amount of the salaries to be stated. The other form was issued to individual employers, and they were required to furnish the names of the persons they employed, and their capacity; but there was no column requiring them to state the amount of the salaries received. If this had been done, it had been in the shape of an addition to the forms they had issued, and not by direction of the department. (Hear hear.) LOCAL TAXATION AND THE RATING OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. Sir JAMES ELPHINSTONE, who had given notice that he would !inquire whether the measure to be introduced by the Government with reference to the adjustment of local taxation would contain provision for the e quitable assess ment of Government property, postponed his ques tion without naming a day. THE POLLUTION OF RIVERS. Mr. DUNSDALE asked the Home Secretary whether he intended to introduce any general measure during the present session for the prevention of the pullution of rivers by sewage. Mr. BRUCE said he wished to have had it in his power to bring in a bill ; but apart from the pressure of tiro and the want of an opportunity, the report upon the sub ject had not been completed. The greater part of the subject had, however, been investigated, and they had an approximate return, but the final report had not yet come in. OUR IRONCL ADS. Sir JOHN HAY asked the Secretary of the AdmiraltY whether the committee on designs of ships of war had made any recommendation on the subject of the ironclads Devastation, Thunderer, Fury, Hecate, Hydra, Gorg on, and Cyclops, or any of t hem, and whether the opinion e2c pressed as to the designs of these shi p s was favourable a otherwise. Mr. BAXTER said no re commendations of any kind ba d , as yet been received fromthe committee on th e designs 01 ships of war. COMPULSORY PILOTAGE. Mr. BENTINCK asked the President of the 33oard of Trade whether the Government intended to introduce ana to proceed with a measure this ses sion for the abolition of co mpulsory pilotag (Hear, he ar). e. . Mr. CHICHESTER FO RTESCUE said he h o ped to i ntro duce a bill on the su b j ect on an early day. THE LICENSING SYST EM IN SCOTLAND. Mr. ARMITSTEAD ask ed the Lord Advocate w hether t h e , t o p ro posed Licensing Bill would extend t S c otland, and if not whether he would introduce a Bill o ame nd the pre sent licensing system in Scotland. Th e LORD ADVOCATE s aid the Bill, as it ppre did not apply to Scot land, but after the opin wasion reofa the THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGHT O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEW S than any other paper. This Edition will always contain the L ATEs r NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events. Rol4 B . tioh t teBB lq r bill t c Liana a,~ hsi Tb