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MOSES and SO LONDON. CORN ER of MINORI ES and ALDG AT E. EW OXFORD-ST 8 BET. COUNER of HART-STREET. CORN ER of TOTT EN H AM-COURT-ROA 0 and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. ITALIAN OPERA TD)—LYCEUM THEATRE. UFFA COMPANY THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), will be produced Rossini's Opera, L'ITALIANA IN ALGEERI. Isabella, Aid He. Vera ; Mdlle. Brusa ; Zulma, Mdlle. Monari ; Lindoro, Signor Fabbri ; Mustapha, Signor Rocca ; Hali, Signor Fallar ; and Taddeo, Signor Borella. Boxes on the grand tier, £3 3s. ; stall tier, £2 12s. 6d.; uqrer circle, .£1 Is. 6d.; orchestra stalls, 1 , s 6d.; grand tier dress seats, 7s. ; upper circle seats, 45.: pit assets, 2s. 6d. ; amphi theatre, is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LA.NE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, inclusive. THIS EVENING (Thursday), will be produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEy ! and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton ! with New an d Characteristic Scenery by William Beverley, whose personal services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produc tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Messrs. Fred. Yokes, H. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, 11. Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russell ; Misses Victoria Yokes, Jessie Yokes, Rosins Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ros!i, Timbrell, Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include hose populdaW. 11. r Pan tomimists, forming a D ouble Company, F. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Morris, Pantaloons ; W. Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina and Jessie Yokes, Columbines; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, liar lequina. B. Slowman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French Pierrots. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La Petry, the Baby Yelocipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr W. C. Levey. The Dances and Actiolnventhe Ballet, and the general business of the Children's Scenes,d and Arranged by Mr. John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, &c., arranged by Mr. John Cormack and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Box-office open . from Ten till Five Daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guineas. 3s. Pit, 2 s. Stalls, 78. Dress Circle, s s. Fir st Circle, 48. Balcony, Lower Gallery, ls. Upper Gallery, 6d. rpHE DRAGON OF WANTLEY , or, Harlequin _i_ and Old Mother Shipten, will be performed THIS EVENING, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. places can be secured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at Two o'clock. Therefore, to prevent disap pointment, an early application for seats is respectfully re quested. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy,—THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre :—First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. - TtIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ALAIY ROBSA.RT.—In answer to numerous ap plications, it •is respectfully announced this Drama will be revived on Monday, Feb. 27. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daiIy.—TUEATRE-ROYAL DRURY LANE. THEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKETI Fifty - s i x th Night of a NE W FAIRY COMEDY.—TiIIS EVEN ING (Thursday), at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE PO OR SOLDIER, wi th selections from the original music P a trick, Miss Fanny Wright; Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. A ft e r which, at a qu arter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy,' in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Character s by Mr. Buckstne Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers Mesdames Roger,btson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, an d Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of WILL. Truth. Ac M t 111. The A v enue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S r. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5, --------- PRINCESS'S THEATR E.—Sole Lessee, B. Ben Chat - jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B terton.—TlllS EVENING, at 7, THE THE WORLD : Sir rertinax Macsycophaut, Mr. Phelps.meter which, the en tirely new, grand, spectacular extravaganza, entitled LITTLE GIL BLAS, and How he Played the Spanish D(j)euce.—Box office open from Ten till Five. ---____ ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro iirietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.--THIS EVENING, at 7, a new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr.' C. H. Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Furtado. At 8.15 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. B. Webster and Miss Furtado. To conclude with the MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss Bellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore : Mr. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. - - Lessees—Messrs. IT. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.--MIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (131st Night) : Mr. David James. After which, TWO ROSES (203rd night), by James Albert'. Conclude with (61st night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. IL J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, AU.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. ----- ROYA_L STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Rlanageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, ON AND OFF. LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. WWII, and F. Hughes. CCEIIR-sd DLION, Messrs. Terry, F a ulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Meames Amy Sheridan, E. Briton, santley, Lee, Goodall, &e. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1871. Tiiere can, however, be no doubt as to the determi nation of the people in Alsace and Lorraine. 'i hey have suffered most from the war, but they will not consent to a cession of territory. Herr Wickede, of the Cologne Gazette, says the feeling is that of desperation. The inhabitants have lost so much that no further suffering can affect them. They say plainly, " We have hardly anything more to lose. You are now taking away the last remnants, burning down our houses, devasting our gardens, and de stroying our furniture. Our soil, with its fertility, our fine climate, and our industrious habits you cannot destroy or take away with on, but will be forced to leave us." The writer quotes some to shew that only by the purchase system can be obtained efficient officers. THE Loss OF THE CAPTAIN. A discussion has recently taken place at the Royal United Service Institution on Rear-Admiral Fish b , carne's paper regarding " The causes of the insuffi cient stability of her Majesty's ship Captain, and of other iron - clads," in the presence of many naval and military officers. As may be readily sup posed, there was great diversity of opinion respecting the causes which led to the loss of the ill-fated ship. It was maintained by Captain Selwyn, R.N., that it was the tendency of modern ships rather to " wrong " than to " right " themselves when placed in a critical position, whilst another speaker contended " that no ship constructed on true mathematical calculations as to the weight of sail she was capable of carrying could possibly c9me by such a catastrophe as the Captain had done." Captain Dawson intimated that it was possible to place too much faith in scientific calcula tions and transcendental mathematics, and this view seems to have - been held by Admiral Sir George Sartorius also, who, in summing up the discussion, remarked that the architect and the sailor had not quite gone hand in hand in the construction of the Captain, and suggested that in future science and experience should go together in such an im portant matter as the construction of ships. " Now experience was asked to bow its head to science, but if science did not profit by experience, it would prove a very bad thing for both." THE OFFICE OF GREAT CHA➢iBERLAIN. examples : I am staying, for instance, at Nancy, in a fashionable quarter, in the house of one of the first confectioners. Everything in the family argues former prosperity, yet for weeks there has not been a franc left in the house e , rent and the elegantly - dressed lady often begs me the h th of my lodgings daily in advance, so that she may buy dry bread for her children. Nothing but the really incredible frugality of the French enables many families to exist. In the house where I lodge not nee t of m eat has been seen for weeks ; vegetables and g ar day by day the only nourishment. Even the richest have no more money. P 0 YALTY T REATRE.-TO-NIGIIT, January 26.—Fourteenth time of an original Comedietta, by R. Reece, in Two Acts entitled DORA'S DEVIC E . At 7.30, DIAMOND CDT DIAMOND ' ; at 8.15, Dope's DEVICE ; concluding with WHITTINGTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. 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 ; and Mr. SUCHET CHAMPION in the Morning.—GRECIAN STATUARY, by MADAME BOUSFIELD ; and a thousand and one other Entertainments all for ONE SHILLING, daily, 12 to 5 and 7 to 10. MADAME TUSSA.UD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &0., &c. — Admission, is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-' street.—On view, Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. 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Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 58 , 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel - passage , 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—L'ltallana in Algeri. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Drag Wantley. C OVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sl on of eeping Beauty. ADELPHI—Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe Bough. EIAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. OPERA CoMIQUE Blue Devils. Found Drowned The Lottery Ticket. STRAND—On and Off. Lion. ALSACE AND LORRAINE. • The Allge»zeine Zeitung, of Augsburg, has striven to ascertain the reason why Alsace and Lorraine, which were originally German provinces, and are now inhabited by a German speaking race, should display such inalienable attachment to France. Undoubtedly the French Government have striven hard to un-Ger manize these two provinces. The Roman Catholic's were favoured at the expense of the Protestants. Litigants who spoke in standard German were ordered to use the Alsatian dialect. In girls board ing school a fine was imposed on every German word which was inadvertently uttered. German books were excluded as far as possible from infant schools and free libraries, and fortunate was the mistress who shewed that her pupils occasionally prd,ttled in French. Village schoolmasters found where their interest lay, and made a parade of their French-speaking scholars. More potent still in bringing about the desired change were the com mercial and social advantages derivable from a knowledge of French. Another powerful influence was the political liberty enjoyed in France since 1830 compared with the repression of Liberalism in Germany. It was this, in the opinion of the Allgenzeine Zeitung, which gave Germanism in Alsace its most deadly blow. There can be little doubt of the fact. It is a pity that the Rrussians do not apply this lesson in their treatment of the Poles, T: There has been some discussion about the office Lord Great Chamberlain. It will be remembered that it was hereditary in the time of Lord Wil loughby d'Eresby, who died a short time since, and it was rumoured that after his death Lord Gwydyr, his cousin, who succeeded to his second title, was to be 'appointed to the office. The deceased peer held the post of Chamberlain under his first title, which has fallen into abeyance at his demise: His two daughters, Lady Aveland and Lady Carrington, have claimed the right to appoint a de puty, and their claim is before the Committee of Privileges. It is most probable that in waiting till the claim is settled a deputy will be awo:nted t 3 discharge the duties of the office ad interim. This deputy will most likely be Lard Aveland. DR. LIVINGSTONE. Sir Roderick Murchison writes to say that he has just received a letter from Dr. Kirk, at Zanzibar, which had set at rest all fears for his illustrious friend Livingstone. Dr. Kirk had received a communica tion from the great Arab Sheik Said, of Uny-amy embe, which said that a caravan from Zanzibar was going on to Ujiji and to the Doctor. The news from Livingstone was that he hail not returned from Manimes, but was expected shortly, mil probably would reach Ujiji at the same time as the people with supplies came there. To this information Dr. Kirk adds that, on his return from his western journey, Dr. Livingstone would find, on his arrival at Ujiji, supplies for his present wants, and as the road was tree, there was reason to hope that the new gang of men with fresh goods who had set out would arrive at their destination in a short space of time. Sir Roderick Murchison points out that this is the first intimation we have received of Dr. Livingstone having made an extensive journey to the west of Lake Tanganyika, which would account for the absence of information respecting his movements. He considers it probable that Dr. Livingstone's letters were lost with some of the caravans which perished during the cholera epidemic, or were destroyed by the Arabs to whose care he entrusted thorn. THE LATE MR. HAYWARD. ii The Mofussilite, an Indian paper, gives some teresting particulars respecting the death of Mr. Hayward, the English scientific traveller, who was killed during an exploration in Yasseen, Lower Cen tral Asia. Mr. Hayward was a member of the Geographical Society, of London, to which he transmitted much valuable informa tion. He had travelled a great deal in Cashmere, whose Maharajah was very kind to him, taking a great interest in his proceedings, but cau tioning him that he could not protect him across the frontier, as Yasseen Wa' ruled over by his hereditary enemy. Contrary to advice, Mr. Hayward went into Yasseen in 1869, but was then well treated by Meer Wulli, the Governor, who had a long . story of griev ances which he wished to have laid before the British authorities. This Mr. Hayward promised to do, and returned safely. Afterwards he formed the design of visiting the source of the River Oxus and Bain Dera,in Budukshan, and asked the assistance of the British Lieutenant-Governor, who was then visiting Cash mere, and of the Maharajah. Both refused their official consent to what they deemed so rash an adventure, but, asMr. Hayward was bent upon going, they gave him what supplies and protection they could. When Mr. Hayward met Meer Wulli he seemed at first disposed to be friendly, but on finding that the British Government had not granted his demands he soon discovered a pretext for taking offence. It is believed his cupidity was,also excited by the sight of the traveller's boxes. The untortunate exp!orer, finding himself surrounded and threatened, offered a ransom of 50,000 reals to be paid by a neighbouring ruler. This offer, however, alarmed Meer AV ulli, who thought that if he put him to death no part of his conduct would come to light, and he ordered his execution, taking possession of his goods and books. These have since been recoverel The Maharajah of Cashmere proposenl to send an army up to Yasseen, and exact retribution; but the Lieutenant-Governor thought it better to make a strict investigation into the whole affair, which is now being done. AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. A Spanish paper receives a wonderful story from a correspondent at St. Petersburg. It is well known, says the writer in the Russian capital, that the sympathies of the Czar are wholly with Germany, and those of the Czarewitch with France. On New Year's Day a grand court banquet took placo at the Palace. At the close a telegram was brought to the Czar announcing the fall of 1 ort Arron. Alexander did not attempt to conceal his satistaction, but rising, proposed a toast to the King of Prussia. The Czarewitch, before the rest had filled their glasses broke his on the table and withdrew. The next day his father placed him under arrest. His consort, the Danish Princess Dagmar, who shares his sym pathies for France, was ordered to share also his seclusion. The incident produced a great impression in the palace and in the city. THE SPREAD OF DISEASE. The prevalence of smallpox and scarlet fever has recently directed public attention very strongly to the reprehensible carelessness and indifference with which contagion is spread. A. gentleman writes from Liverpool giving an account of the reckless manner in which scarlet fever was disseminated in a case within his own' know ledge. Some children were recovering from a mild attack when their parents, to amuse them, gave a children's party. Two boys were present, who afterwards went back to school, which a few days later they had to leave ill. They returned to their family, other members caught it, and two died. The school meanwhile goes on as usual, though one, of the boys is very poorly. He nevertheless goes to a party near, and next day is taken ill with the fever. He is sent home, where the rest of a large family catch the disease. The boy who slfipt with him at school is taken ill, and as some boys are going into the town to pass an examination, he is sent in with them in a cab, and reaches home seriously ill. The holidays arriving, the pupils disperse all but one, who is too ill to move, Living at Ease. Coeur-de War. Bombastes ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Furioso. OLYMPlC—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. 'Twixt Axe an , Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. Thumb. Q.E.D. HOLBORN—Ticket -of-Leave Man. Jezabel. PRINCE OF WALES'S—Queen Stork. Ours. In. PRINCESS'S—Man of the World. Little Gil Blas. HC's a Lunatic. 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—Sinbad the Sailor. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrels. Every evening. ALHAMBRA—Miscellaneous Entertainment. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After- Nell and (Bur• Bandall'w Locked noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker:Street)—From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. 7".. ‘ LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1870. PARIS IN EXTRFMIS. The statement that negotiations hal been opened for the surrender of Paris could take nobody by surprise. The precise day on which terms might be arranged mattered little. The main fact was patent — that unless the armies could break out the food supplies would be exhausted, and surrender at discretion must be a matter of necessity. The end of January has always been fixed by reasonable calculations as the period when the resistance must break down. The Germans expected to spend their Christmas within the walls ; sanguine French sympathisers believed in a defence until the end ,of March ; mode rate estimates struck the mean between these extremes. The end has come now. The food supplies would probably last until the middle of February, but some few days reserve must be kept in order to feed the inhabitants during the period of re victualling. Therefore, if the resistance were pro - longed to the uttermost, it would seem that • it could not go beyond the early days of February without producing a famine. COUNT BISMARCK'S SCHEME. We have more than once expressed the belief that Count Bismarck has been once more making a tool of the deposed Imperial family, in order to frighten the Republican Government to make peace. The tone of his- last disgracefully insulting note to M. Jules Favre—a document of almost unparalleled brutality—did not weaken this suspicion. The Times, in a leader positively an nounces that such is the case. Count Bismarck "is at this moment" (i.e. yesterday morning) seeking to obtain from M. Jules Favre, not only the surrender of Paris, but also the conclusion of peace. "M. Favre will, of course, refuse, protesting that he and his col leagues in Paris, having failed in de.ending the city, have no more authority to bind France than the Commandant at Belfort or at Longwy ; but Count Bismarck will thereupon produce another weapon from his armoury. He will tell M. Favre that he yesterday obtained from the exiled Em press, with the full consent of the captive of Wilhelm, shoe, a complete acceptance of his terms, awl that M. Favre and his associates have no choice but to yield and save the chance of maintaining a Republican organization, or refuse and admit an Imperialist re storation." Of course, however, such a sc h eme can come to nothing if the Government of Defence per sist in its determination. But when Paris surrenders and its garrison become prisoners of war, Count Bis marck will still have the agreement of the Empress in his pocket, and may attenip% an Imperialist resto ration if the Republican Government yet hold out. WAR A OITTRANCE. Whether the feeling of the French nation is ix favour of peace or war is a question much in dispute, :F PRINCE DE JOINVILLE AND AL GAMBETTA The Prince of Joinville writes to the Times to correct some misstatements respecting his arrest at Maus. The facts of the case were as follows :—The Prince has been in France since October, having gone there to offer his services afresh to the Repub " lican Government, and to explain to them in what manner he thought he could best assist in the de fence of the country. He was told in reply that he could only "produce embarrassment, and accordingly he resolved that v hat he could do for France must be done anonymously. Ile went to General D'Aurelles to ask permission to serve under an assumed name in the ranks of the Army of the Loire, but the General did not feel justified in per mitting this, so that it was only as a spectator the the Prince partic'pated in the disaster at Orleans. Subsequently ho made the same proposal to General Chanzy, who agreed to it, but thought it right to ask M. Gambetta's consent. In reply to the intimation of Prince de Joinville's presence with the army, M. Gambetta ordered his arrest on January 13th by a Commissary of Police, who conducted him to the Prefecture at Mans, where he was detained for five days, and was afterwards embarked at St. Malo for England. Whatever might have been his feelings in being violently removed from a French army on the eve of a battle, the Prince asserts that it is an error to attribute to him any diatribes against M. Gambetta, whom he has never seen. His letter is a simple recital of iacts, giving no expression of feeling whatever. MILITARY ORGANISATION. Mr. G. 0. Trevelyan, M.P., enters into further de tails respecting his plan of army reform. In a letter to a contemporary he hints that there is rather too much danger at the present moment of attaching more importance to drill than to organisation. What is requisite for the defence'of this country is to main tain a force which shall be able to garrison our arsenals, to hold Ireland, and to crush an invading army of 80,000 men. In order to obtain enough soldiers of the right quality, the Line and the Militia must be amalgamated, and the regiments should be attached to special localities. The whole 1 island would therefore have to be divided into mili tary districts. In the case of recruits for the home service, their period of enlistment should be from six to twelve months continuous service, Each regiment should consist of three battalions and each battalion of f o ur companies of 180 or 200 men each, officered by five officers; the regiment to be commanded by a working colonel, and each battalion by a lieutenant colo'nel. The first battalion of each corps would be% liable to foreign service, and would consist of men enlisted for seven years. The ranks of the home battalions would be filled by young men enlisted in the 'neighbourhood in which the regiment is permanently s tationed, who after their first years drill should be liable to a fortnight's annual service at the time of the yearly manoeuvres, which should h ence f or th become a national institution. A t the I rate of 23 officers to a foreign battalion, and 13 to a home battalion, our present number of officers would suffice to command 10 regiments, or 330 battalions, containing about 240,000 men. Deducting the number of men required for our Indian and colonial service, there would remain more than enough to sup ply a home army of 200,000. Each regiment should be brigaded, and each brigade in its turn be attached to a division. Encouragement should be given to the formation of Volunteer Corps, but they should be organised on the same footing as the regular bat talions. By adopting some such scheme as this Mr. Trevelyan thinks that when we have learned what efficiency is, we shall cease to be for ever spending in wrong directions under the influence of periodic panic and chronic jobbery. PROMOTION BY PURCHASE. Such an outcry has recently been raised against the purchase system which at present exists in the British Army that it is rather surprising that any one should be found having the temerity to rush into print in its defence. Colonel Hart. however, attempts this task. The gallant col:,nel goes as far back as May, 184 P, for statistics to illustrate the pernicious effects of the non purchase system. In that year the ten regiments of Bengal Cavalry were officered by 182 officers. The average service of the lieutenant-colonels was 38 years, the majors 31, the captains 25, the lieutenants - - ,3, and the cornets 8. "Here, writes the colonel, " we have promotion reduced to zero, and the infusion of young blood admitted 9n the homcepathic prin ciple." The purchase system is thus, according to Colonel Hart's argument, the only one which brings a constant and ample flow of young blood into the army, and supplies it with lieutenant-colonels in the " prime of manly vigour," and " youthful majors and captains." Generally, the public have entertained an idea that the officer whose means are too limited to purchase his " step " suffers some hardships from his juniors, who, having a better-filled purse, are promoted over, him ; but Colonel Hart argues : "The non-purchase officer is benefited by the pur chase system ; whenever he gains a step, either by the promotion, by purchase or the selling out of any officer, senior to him of his own grade." It may be advisable to have a constant flow of fresh blood infused into the army, but Colonel Hart fails and thus the slight case mentioned at the outset has produced a wide range of disease, if not death, through sheer recklessness and stupidity. Another correspondent near London mentions a case in which a young woman, too ill to stand alone, was conveyed in a metropolitan omnibus from the Fever Hospital to the Elephant and Castle. 'With such facts before us we need not marvel at the present mortality Tram infectious diseases. ENGLISH PROSE FICTION. Mr. Anthony Trollope has been lecturing at the C irn Exchange, Stourbridge, on "English Prose Fiction as ft Rational Amusement." The lecturer, alluding to the great and increasing demand for works of fiction, observed that the first question which the editor of a new.periodical had to consider, was whether it should start with a novel, and it was generally decided in the affirmative. Bishops, and ministers of religion frequently declaimed against novel reading on the ground that it tended to injure the minds of the young, but what was there in the -writings of either Scott or Thackery that could have an injurious effect upon the rising generation? Sir Walter Scott had inaugurated a new era in English prose fiction. Almost every writer wrote to suit the taste of the age. The writings of Richardson and Fielding were still read in private life, but they were not suited to the tastes of the people of the present d►ay. The same might be said of Maria Edgworth, Miss Austen, Hannah More, and Mrs. Gaskell's works.. Of Thackery all he had to say was that his novels were written with great taste and finish in style, and were of a very high class character. As to Dickens, why no novels were so extensively read, especially " Pick wick." Some caustic allusion was made to the sensational portion of prose fiction which Mr. Trollope condemned in strong language; but he b( Idly stated that without this introduction of " spice " no work now published would obtain a reputation. Lord Ly ttelton, who followed Mr. Trollope, quoted in support of novel-reading the name of Sir James Mackintosh, who wrote : "I may confess that fictitious narrative, in all its forms, is one of the grand instruments for the moral education of man kind." As the "moral education of mankind," is a question which is now engaging a great deal of attention, we commend to the members of the new School Boards this question for their consideration. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JANUARY 25. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, and attended by Miss Macgregor, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice walked in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold also went out. THE TICHBORNE CASE. In this action (Tichborne v. Lushington and others), which is brought to try the right to the Tichborne estates, an application was made on Wednesday to the Lord Chief Justice Bovill on the part of the defendants to post pone the trial, which has been appointed for the first day of the next sitting. The ground of the application was that there were seven material and necessary witnesses for the defendants at present in France, six of them in Paris, and one, it was believed, in some French army. After a long discussion the trial was ordered to be postponed until the 9th of May next, each party to pay his own costs of this and also of the former application, which was by the plaintiff for a postponement. It was said that the trial was expected to occupy several weeks. The Solicitor-General appearedto support the application, and Mr. S er j eant Ballantine was I for the plaintiff. THE ALBERT RECONSTRUCTION SCHEME. • It will be remembered that Lord Justice James, when Vice-Chancellor, investigated the proceedings in connec tion with the liquidation of the Albert Assurance Com pany, and that since his elevation he has consented to. hear the petition for the reconstruction of the whole con cern. When the matter was last before the court, his lordship directed that meetings of the policy-holders belonging to the four principal companies should be held for the purpose of discovering whether they approved or dis approved of the scheme, these meetings to be attended by the official liquidators, who should report the result. Mr. Waller now applied to the Lords Justices in the Court of Appeal to fix Monday next for finally disposing of the whole question, stating that as the meetings which were ordered bad been held, it was of importance that no avoidable delay should occur. Mr. Philp, Q.C., as repre senting Mr. Robert Bristowe and five other policy-holders, said the time suggested was far too early, as the official liquidator had not yet filed his report, and the policy holders had not received notice of the preseni application. Mr. J. Napier Higgins appeared for the Reconstructio n Committee, and said that the official liquidator could not possibly be ready by Monday next. Lord Justice James, under those circumstances, declined to proceed with the petition during Hilary Term, but directed that when the official liquidator had prepared his report the application I should be renewed. CREDIT FONCIER ET MOBILIER OF ENGLAND. Vice-Chancellor Malins had before him on Wednesday the case of the Credit Foncier et Mobilier of England v. Childs and others, in which a bill had been filed by the official liquidators of that Company, seeking to recover from Mr. Jas. Childs and four other defendants sums of money, amounting altogether to about £250,000, which it was contended by the bill had been improperly expended by the defendants and others, in contravention of the prin ciples of the Company of which they were directors, by giving a fictitious value to the shares, or, as it is called, "rigging the market," and in various other irre gular and improper practices. Mr. Childs pleaded not to the whole, but to a part of the bill. His pleas were that four or five of his co-directors, who had taken part with him in the proceedings complained of, and who were jointly and severally liable with him, had been re leased (by a compromise), and that he himself had made payments in respect of other demands.—The Vice-Chan cellor, without hearing Mr. Cotton and Mr. Jackson, who appeared for the official liquidators, said if the argu ment of Mr. Childs' counsel, that the release of other directors was also a release to him, was well founded, Mr. Childs would have the benefit of that contention at the hearing of the cause, when the whole merits of the case would be discussed. The Court was of opinion that it would best consult the wishes of all parties by ordering that the pleas should stand for an answer, with liberty to the plaintiffs to except. THE CRISIS IN FR ONCE. London has been agitated by conflicting reports of the most momentous character. Yesterday it was said that M. Jules Favre had arrived at Versailles with proposals for a capitulation. The Times appeared with a remarkable leader, evidently supplied by Count Bernstorff, to the effect that the Empress had granted the German terms, with the consent of the captive at WilhelmshOhe, and that a restoration was im minent. In the afternoon came the intelligence that M. Jules Favre had arrived at Dover to take part in the Conference, and that he would be in London between two and three in the afternoon. A great crowd assembled at the Charing Cross Railway Station to meet him, Messrs. Odger, Merriman, and others being present. M. Favre did not come, and now it is positively asserted that he has not yet landed in Eng land. It is obvious that if he were at Versailleson Tues day afternoon he could not in the existing state of com munication have reached England the following morn ing. Mr. Odo Russell took nearly a week to get from London to Versailles —though there is good reason for believing that the diplomatist was not instructed ,to make too much haste on the occasion. The state of affairs is, therefore, in doubt. The following remarks upon the reported surrender are from the Pall Mall Gazette :—" The Paris Govern ment, knowing as they probably do that all attempts to relieve the city have failed, may well have thought this a favourable opportunity of ascertaining how high a price the German commanders are willing to pay for an imme diate and unopposed entry. If this attempt ls to be made at all, it can only be made when there is still some power of resistance left in the population, and consequently some chance that if the terms demanded by the Germans are too ignominious the Parisians will prefer to hold out a few days or even weeks longer. The prima facie probability therefore was that M. Favre had only stopped at Versailles on his way to London, and had turned his stay there to account in this fashion. It would thus be strictly true to say, he is here with pro posals, though it would not have been strictly true to says he has come here to make proposols. If it had been ob jected that he was not likely to leave France after negoti. ations for surrender had actually begun, the answer would have been that he may think, not quite unreasonably, that he has more chance of securing the good offices of the neutral Powers when Paris has offered terms, and so opened up a way to peace, than when she was obstinately bent on resistance. If he comes to London he will be able to say to the Plenipotentiaries, Paris is no longer an obstacle to peace. She is willing to capitulate on fair terms ; your Governments look on without remonstrance while the war is prolonged merely to make the German victory a little more complete ? If M. Favre had remained at Versailles the error of this speculation would have been demonstrated, and we should no longer have doubted that he had -gone with the full intention of remaining there until terms of some kind had been arranged. 1 0 the report that M. Favre is now on his way to L o adoo points to the conclusion that the fate of Paris has not ye t been determined. The preliminary conversations wide' would be the inevitable accompaniment of M. Favrel passing through Versailles have no dou bt taken p lace, and the French Minister has probably sounded Cone." Bismarck's intention in the hope of di scoverin g a possl ; ble chance of getting better terms by c a p itulating nosy than by capitulating a week hence." THE C UMULATIVE VOTE.—A more notabl° instance of the power of the cumulative vote could WO be adduced than the Rochest er School Board electioil° : The Rev. C. Bosanquet, who had 1,244 voters in 11,,1a favour, received only 1 , 507 votes. Mr. Edwards, 1"::, appeared as an independent candid ate, p olled 2,803, tP" highest number polled, and yet he had only 451 votersi or less than half the number of the gentleman who W e the lowest on the poll.—Maidstone Journal. l A PERTINENT QUESTION.—A well - kn own barrioteii once won a suit, it which the opp osite p art y was so totiej enraged that he declared that whenev er he met his leg-j a dversary he would pitch into him. The y encounteree each other at an oyster counter. T he g entleman at Oleo addressed him : " Mr.--, is there a cause so bad, nr of individual so infamous, that y our services cannot be tained?"—" I cannot say , " replied the barrister, swain ing another oyster; and then , stoo p in g over, he as : 0 an undertone that everyb od y could hear, " What Wl' you been doing !" T HE MEMBERS FOR BIRMINGHAM.—The arraate: ment for the usual addresses of t he borough inerobel.°4l their constituents are now completed. • The meeti n g D ir. take place on Monday next in the Town Hal h tbe Dixon and Mr. Muntz will be present ; but, 91 3 alf",,re. expected, the state of 11r. Bright's health unhaPrilY ' r ot vents his attendance. A communication of much in i t i lies t will, however, be read from him ; and the public ~,,n'o with sincere pleasure that the right hon . ge ntle.; t I l e health is so far restored as to give strong hoPe? %rip e ' will before long be able to take his place again itt oov e ment. The communication from Mr. Brigbt , fof referred to, expresses his willingness to resign hos e i e pr e. Birmingham, if his constituents desire that b y v r_ g e' sentation shall be immediately made complete bY sence of all three of their members in Parliament ; t o 0, 0 we have already mentioned, Mr. Bright intimate s _ ilotr4 hopes in a short period to resume his place in th°,A there e C re om is m n o o n t s a . n el O ec f to c r our in s ß e iritmiisnngednler offowrhuastteov:r?cite3;o' who would not most heartily join in negativing , 511101 of Mr. Bright's retirement from the representation • borough. --Birmingham Post. LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. The sixth meeting of this Board was held yesterday at the Guildhall, Lord Lawrence (the President) in the chair. A report was read from the Officers' Committee, recom it ending the names of candidates for the following appoint ments:—Accountants: Mr. George Attenborough, jun, Mr. Ambrose Ford, Mr. Robert Tyndale Harris, Mr. Alfred Ogan, Mr. William Vaughan, Mr. George Wingfield. Minuting Clerk : Mr. E. H. Bramley, Mr. T. Turquand Tullan, Mr. William Richard Freethy, Mr. Bertram Moore Morris, Mr. W. Risdon, Mr. J. B. Ward. Junior Clerk : Mr. H. M. Atchley, Mr. Francis G. Crutch, Mr. Edmund Davies, Mr. Charles Davis, Mr- W. Hetherington, Mr. Newton, H. Nixon. The report was receivedand the elections were appointed for the next meet ing. The chairman announced that he had appointed Mr. F. J. S. Edgcumbe, M.A., as his private secretary, and this was unanimously approved by the Board. The ap pointment of Mr. George Hector Crood, 8.A., to the office of Clerk of the Board was confirmed. AN APPEAL FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE RUN. SIR,—I presume to ask your influence in aid of one pf the best and most imporfant of the many charities that succour the sick and wounded at home ; and notwith standing the large amounts expended to help the suffering in foreign lands, I believe that your advocacy may obtain what is griev.usly needed. I appeal on behalf of the Great Northern Hospital, a hospital which, though comparatively small, is situated in a densely populated neighbourhood, where the poor ar subjected to many privations ; where accidents are con tinually occuring ; where sickness terribly prevails ; where, indeed, such a charity is wanted always, but more especially at this season of the year. Its directors are at this moment studying, fearing lest they should have to devise, not how they can augment its capabilities, but how they can diminish them. Their funds have grown less and less, the inevitable result of so many drains on the public purse ; its existence is in perils unless some plan can be devised by which its resource, may be recruited. The Hospital is situated in the Caledonian-road, Isling ton. In that locality there is a large amount of respect able poverty, as well as low poverty, to deal with ; the out-door department is very considerable ; but the in patient department is very limited. There is ample room for 50 beds ; only 30 are made up ; these are always full. Your readers will understand the immense benefit con. ferred on the neighbourhood, and how much greater that benefit would be if i the means were adequate to the neces. city ; the supply proportionate to the demand. The Hospital is practically superintended in all its de. pattments by five ladies (ladies by birth and iu position). These good women do their work of love and mercy, with very little aid from subordinates; each does her nursing with her own hands ; and, also, as there is no medical school, A great deal of what elsewhere falls to the dressers. One of these ladies is on duty all night. There is of course a medical staff, and that is of the best order. The small Hospital is conducted with a view to make it as homelike as possible ; a rigid economy is com bined with needful liberality; its limited extent, in some degree, introduces comforts rarely found in larger establishments ; duties at the sick bed are discharged with the care, zeal, and tenderness that might be looked for from private and personal friends; while the hospital may be accepted as a model of neatness, order, and all the aids by which suffering can be lessened, health re stored, or the path to death made smooth by affectionate and soothing sympathy, and rational, but true piety. It would be easy to describe the relief afforded every day by this admirable and most useful charity, to quote facts that would far surpass ought that might be devised by fancy ; to give such details of its past, and its dire needs in the present, as would justify the hopes of the benevolent directors, who devote themselves to the work of mercy—that they will be sustained in their desire not only to continue but to extend the influence of the bles sings this hospital confers upon "the many." I pray you, sir, for your powerful help to accomplish this high and holy purpos Y e. our faithful servant, ANNA M. HALL. 15, Ashley-place, W. The next number of the Illustrated Review will be published on the Ist of February by Messrs. Houston and Sons, and edited by Mr. S. R. Townshend Mayer. The subject of the portrait and memoir will be " John Ruskin, M.A.," and on the staff are E. Walford, R. H. Horne, Edmund Oilier, John Watson Dolby, Mrs. S. R Townshend Mayer, Mrs. F. F. Broderip, and the Revs. C. C. Southey, W. S. Lewis, and John Pickford. In future the Illustrated Review will be published on the Ist and 15th of the month, instead of fortnightly. THE WAR.- - It may be some consolation to those who in this country have suffered ridicule by daring to wear the .Noah's-ark Coat of blanket-like Irish Frieze, to know that the National Committee for the Sick and Wounded have sent from the City Warerooms of Messrs. Nicoll an immense quantity of these Comforers. This one article is, in fact, nearly equal to a complete suit of clothes, warmly covering the whole body from neck to heels, and must have been indeed a comfort to those who have been so fortunate as to get one. The same firm are engaged under contract to deliver 25,000 garments weekly, since the fall of Sedan, and neither of the belligerents can com plain, seeing that both have equally sought supplies from the self-same source. Messrs. Nicoll have recently taken large premises in St. Paul's Churchyard purposely for this branch of their great manufacturing business, which must for a long time be engaged in the production of Uniforms, even if the war were now to cease, seeing that our own, as well as foreign Govern ments, are prepa.ing for defence, if not for war. THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGHT 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. Cli . q,ti;l,Z -- -4 \ ii- ~ --a• Cfnitrt ,s- ~ --'' N' C '''' Y • Irkr