The Sun. — London, England, 1871-02-20 00:00:00

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CORN ER of MI NORI ES and ALDGAT E. NEW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCII, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. 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 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.— THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ANDREW HALLIDAY'S Great Drama, AMY ROBSART will be revived on MONDAY, February 27. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE-ROYAL , DRURY-LANE. MISS VICTORIA VOKES will resume her successful impersonation of AMY ROBSART on MON DAY, February 27.—80 x-office open from 'lO till 5 daily.— THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- The 80th Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS EVENING (MONDAY), and during the week (except Wednes day, as being Ash Wednesday there will be no performance), at Seven, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original, music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright ; Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TILE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The Avenue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of FAMILY JARS. Mr. SOTHERN will re-appear on the Ist of May. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5. ADELPHI THEATRE 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 (14th time), DEADMAN'S P O INT; or, THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE CARN E RUTH: : Miss urtado, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss M. Cooper, and Mrs. Billington ; J. Rouse, C. H. Stephen son, and (14th appearance here) Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Voliaire, A. C. Lilly, and A. Raynor. At 9.30, OUR FEMALE AMERIr- CAN COUSIN. Miss Julia 'Daly, Mrs. Leigh Murray, M. Ashley, Mr, C. H. Stephenson, &c. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, it Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. t-,hatterton.—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. King James and Old Trapbois the Miser, Mr. Phelps. Messrs. W. Rignold, Herbert Crellin, Barrett, J.John stone, Marshall, J. Murray, H. Russell, Wallace, Clifford, West land, J. Clayton, &c. ; Mesdames R. Leclercq, A. Merton, R. Power, 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 Ten till Five. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. - Lessees—Messrs. 11. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.--THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (151st Night) : Mr. David James. After which, TWO ROSES (224th night), by J a mes Albert' Conclude with (82nd night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, ac.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. • ROYAL. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, WHO SPEAKS FIRST? Mr. Joyce ; Misses Hughes, Lee. After which, U M e sdam es A da WORLD ; Messrs. Terry, Paulton , C rouch, Turner ; Swanborough, Sheridan, Anstiss, Goodall. T o conclude with C(EUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and. Turn & er ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bolton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, c. ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, S .W. Lessee and Manager, M. LITTON. THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock. The 23rd Night of W. s. Gilbert's original comedy entitled RANDALLS ' THUMB. R Su ighp - ported by Messrs. Herman n Vezin, W. Belford, Edward ton, H. Mellpn, R. Astley, and Frank Maleanotthews ; Mesdames Pre- M. Brennan, Kate Bislicp, Stephens, and Er Bufton. ceded by, at 7.30, TURN HIM OUT ; and to conclude with an or i g i na l comedietta, by F. A. Marshall, entitle e s Q. M E. D. Bren- Sup p o rted by Messrs. W Belford , E. Ri c hton, Misse. nan, Kate Bishop, and Kate Manor. Box cloak office open rooms. 11 31 to 5. No fee s for booking, programmes, or doors k ro the T ra ins by Metropolitan Railwa y to the very of Theatre.—Acting Manager, Mr. John Huy. 100 oYALTY T EIEATRE.—TO-NIGHT , 11, February 20.—The 35th time of an original Comedietta,' by R. Reece, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 7 . 30, DIAMO ND CUT DIAMONI;; at 8.15, DORA'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 ; by MADAME BOUSFIELD ; and a GRECIA N STATUARY, thousand and one other Entertainments all for ONE SHILLING, Oily, 12 to 5 and 7 to 10. Al-ADAME TUSSAUD'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., &c.— Admission, is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra goons, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAINIB TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street. —On view, Portrait Models of the King and c r own Prince of Prussia , P rince Leo p old of Hohenzollern. Also Bismarck and Count von Moltke. — Admission , ls . ; Cou nt von B Children under Ten . Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra.— Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. E MOSES and SON'S OVERCOATS, 19s. to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. EMOSES and SON beg to remind the public . that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourably witk those of auy other house n England. V . MOSES and SON'S E OXFORD COATS, 1.7 s to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s. to 50s. KERTCII JACKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 608. EMOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system . of self-measure enables them to exe cute orders by po,t with the guarantee of a faultless flt. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1871. twenty years of mismanagement and demoralisation, Sedan, and the present prostration of France, are directly traceable to the preference of the Repub lican. Assembly of a President elected . by universal suffrage to a President dependent upon the Assembly itself. It is obvious that an executive of the . one kind insures harmony between the Legislature and the Government, as in England. When the people directly elect both the Assembly and the bead of the Government, it is just as likely as not that the two will be in hopeless antagonism. They often are op posed in the United States. The " Resolutions Grovy" embody the essential principles of sound Govern ment. A Republic founded on such principles would afford the best chance of relieving France from her constitutional troubles. Such a compromise between the di frerent parties presents the least diffi culty. It would put the extreme theorists out of court, and prevent what may be a very . serious danger—that of civil war. Recent experience ought to convince all French parties that it is the essence of institutions, and not their names, which is of impor tance. Under the late regime the most democratic machinery became the tool of despotism. The election of M. GREVY to the chair of the Assembly may not unreasonably be considered a sign that his " Resolutions" are more in favour now than in 1848. - - M. Truans has been appointed the head of the executive. This step is of the first importance, but it was a foregone conclusion as soon as it was seen that the veteran politician had been elected for one-fourth of the departments, in many at tho head of the poll. The choice is promising in many respects; but the fact that M. THIERS has no possible rival, that he is by common consent fixed upon as the one man who can save France, clearly shews how barren of- able politicians the Second Em pire has left the country. He is 74 . years of age, and though of great ability has never dis played the nerve required to lead a nation in a crisis like this. At present he is of course in favour of peace ; but his hostility to Germany is notorious and consistent. • He has always held that France t to have prevented German unity; and last July he condemned the declaration of war, not because it was wrong in itself, but because it was inopportune. At the. same time there are incontestable advantages on the side of this appointment. It settles whatever little doubt remained touching the prospects of the Empire. The late Government detested M. THIERS more cordially than any man in France. No candidature, not even ROCHEFORT'S, was so fiercely opposed by the Imperialist functionaries. In 1863 the Due DE PERSIGNY, Minister of the Interior, himself fought a fierce battle with TRIERS in. the second circum scription of Paris—the Imperialist being beaten. The prominence of M. THIERS now is a sufficient answer to the miserable procla mation just issued from Wilhelmshiihe. More important still, the new head of the French nation has for many years past formed the connecting link between the Orleanists and the moderate Republi cans, and is just the man to effect the coalition which is so necessary : indeed, it appears that he has ef 'ected it. ougl correspondent at one of the continental capitals hears a piece of news from a personage who ought to know, he naturally feels desirous of giving his employers the advantage. Everything must depend on judg ment in such contingencies. But the transmission, as in the case of one notorious 'offender, of conditions which are obviously absurd, conditions which the con quered could not accept, nor the conquerors impose, can have no good purpose whatever. It is only playing the game of Count Bismarck. He would naturally be desirous of confronting the French with enormous demands, so that his actual proposals, though heavy in themselves, might seem reasonable. A real peace scheme, one item of which is an indemnity of four hundred millions, is sheer nonsense. An imaginary proposal of the kind may serve a useful purpose, but the usefulness is all on one side. It is not unnatural therefore, that the expressions of disgust in some of the most moderate French journals should be couched in rather warm terms. ARTRIDGE AN D OOPR. MANU C FACTU E RING STATIONERS, 12, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, EX THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s Per ream. s. d. 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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' Scots. 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 COMIQUE—The Welsh Girl. Found Drowned. The Comical Countess. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Naval Engagements. Vesta. An Unhappy Pair. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY—Dora's Device. Whiitington Junior and his Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamond. GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S—A Day After the - Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. Thumb. Q.E.D. HOLBORN—Jezabel. Ticket-of-Leave Man. STRAND —Who Speaks First ? Up in the World. Coeur-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. AMPHITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Lulu. Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrels. Every . evening. ALHAMBRA—Grand Concerts. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Randall's THE debate on the policy of the Governme respecting the war clearly established their justifica tion. Two facts were specially noticeable through out the evening. No important member of the Opposition undertook to shew that Earl GRANVILLE'S management could have been improved. Secondly, though it was easy enough to deliver lively criticisms on the despatches just issued, yet when it came to the question of what kind of despatches ought to have been written, the collapse of the assailants was most melancholy. The absence from this debate of anything like suggestion of a different policy is most remarkable. Such a result was to be expected. The English people have never before been subjected to the trial of witnessing the ruin of a neighbouring State, since tho time when friendly relations between the two were permanently established. A war commenced for an unworthy purposed, and continued - for a purpose scarcely less unworthy, is a sore task upon the patience of a nation which was formerly 'accustomed to actively interfere in such struggles. No wonder that as the work of destruction goes on, the question whether something cannot be done should be more and more petulantly asked. The public refuses to bring itself face to face with the bard fact that interference is impossible. Yet the evidence is over whelming that by no means could we haveexerted any decisive influence on the contest, save by the course, almost unanimously condemned, of plunging into war ourselves. The English Government remonstrated with the Emperor NAPOLEON for declaring war ; their representations were useless. The Frenchruler had convinced himself for the moment, or those who had influence over him had convinced themselves, that a successful war was absolutely indispensable to the maintenance of his despotic power * ; and the conclusion was not wholly unfounded, though it was most ruinous one. It was not likely that the English Government could set aside such a conviction after it had been publicly pro claimed to all Europe. Effective interference was equally unhopeful later on, when it rested with Ger many to decide. The English Government was left unsupported. It did recommend King WILLIAM'S Government to chew moderation, but anything like urgent recommendation would only be calculated to make the terms harder. The truth is, and it had better be acknowledged, that friendly offices, though highly valuable on many occasions, have but limited worth in struggles of this magnitude, when the passions of mankind are once aroused. We could no more decisively affect the course of this war than we shall be able to change the course of that which will be waged some time hence to win back Alsace and Aorraine. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE TERMS OF PEACE. Saturday's Echo du Nord states, or rather repeats positively a previously doubtful statement, that the German terms of peace will be the cession of Algae() and Lorraine and the payment of £120,000,000 as a war indemnity. The Lille paper relies confidently on this news, which it gets from a serious source. Tho terms have a not unlikely appearance, the only doubt being about Metz. If the Germans are willing to return this fortress, they will diplay moderation which will be much to their own material advantage, and greatly .finprove their moral position in Europe. Metz is 'a splendid fortress, but the Cologne Gazette has itself shown why its possession would be a danger to Germany, and therefore it is superfluous for outsiders to press the point. The Echo du Nord, though protesting against the transfer of twelve hundred Frenchmen against their will, states plainly that these terms . must be taken. Their acceptance is a melancholy necessity. Much the same feeling is predominant in the French press. Tho nation would give almost any sum of money to save even a fraction of its countrymen. Thus the Echo du Nord makes light of the hundred and twenty millions, though the burden will be enormous. The loss of territory is the great blow. Amid their many errors, this is a feeling which upholds the credit of the French. NEWSPAPER DISCRETION. In many of the French journ als a pp ear' com p laints touching the publication by some English papers of extravagant anti impossible terms of peace. The grievance is not without reality. If a newspaper load live of vessels, and other points of the kind. Of course the objection is urged against the measure, that it interferes• with the freedom of trade, and that seamen are quite capable of judging for them selves whether a vessel is safe or not. The answer to this is that there are always hosts of men eager for employment, and if one man refuses, the ship owner knows a dozen will take his place. Men get reckless with constant exposure to danger. A WORKMAN'S VIEW OF CANADA. Mr, Thomas Connolly, stonemason, whose intelli gent comments on the position and wages of the working man in America, have excited much interest, has now given Ili the results of his researches in Canada. He gives a preliminary sketch of the country, its public works, which, thanks to _Robert Stephenson and Thomas Brassey, would do honour to the rich States of the old world, the principal towns, and the chief productions of the soil. The Victoria Tubular Bridge is nearly two miles long, taking the trains seven — minutes to pass through it. There are three million cubic feet of masonry in the abutments and piers, 8,250 tons of iron, and 3,500,000 rivets in the tubes. Its costwas 21,250,000. Mr. Con- nolly was especially interested in the memorial raison by the workmen who constructed the bridge to the 0,000 emigrants who died from ship fever in 1847 and 1848. He is very favourable to emigration. The man of moderate means in Canada is the equal of any one, and the working man, if he keeps from drink and lays in food and fuel in the summer, can rest and recreate himself in the winter. The cost of a working man's living is on the whole cheaper than in England, and there is less competition. The 20,000 emigrants who went out last year were quickly absorbed in the population. There are poor people there, as everywhere, but not the squalid hopeless poverty to be found in European towns. The class who would profit most by emigrating are the agricultural labourers, who would at once get double wages, with the prospect of owning land. ST. THOMAS'S FLOATING DOCK. An important engineering feat has lately been accomplishe 1 in the harbour of St. Thomas, West Indies, in the raising of the floating dock, which was sunk in 1867. The dock is three hundred feet long and a hundred wide. It is capable of docking the largest steamers in the merchant service. The contractors undertook to raise the dock for the sum of twenty thousand pounds, and asked for no pay ment unless successful. Mr. Blaxland, jun., was the engineer, who superintended the arrangements of the difficult business. He had large air pumps made from his own designs, and when these arrived from England the work was begun on the morning of the third of January last, and the pumps were continued in constant operation until the next morn ing, when the dock commenced to rise. The work of raising was completed by the next day, and the clock towed across the harbour to . Long Bay, where it was safely grounded. Only those who have been in the tropics can fully comprehend the difficulties of this arduous undertaking, which has resulted in the recovery of a most valuable property. MASTER MCGRATH. There was, our Belfast correspondent writes, excitement of an astonishing character in the North of Ireland on Friday night when it was known that Master McGrath, the famous black hound, owned by Lord Lurgan, had for the third time in his life con quered all the other hounds (on this occasion sixty three in number) started at Altcar by the subscribers to the Waterloo Cup. The value of the prize won, apart from all consideration of bets, is £1,600. We are told by Bell's Life that the dog vanquished his opponents by making a " succession of telling drives," a mode of conduct which some of us will be inclined to say is characteristic of Irishmen, as well as Irish dogs. The animal, in the last heat but one, was slipped with Black Knight, from whom he " dashed out with a clear lead of three lengths," and taking a ditch in gallant style siezed the hare in the trench, and left the work of killing it to his rival. In the deciding course Master McGrath always had his black head in front of the favourite, Pretender, for about one hundred yards, when he drew away from his opponent and effected the capture of puss "in his usual style," a fair distance before Mr. Punchard's dog. Oh Court Ohrturit HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, FEBRUARY 19. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. Viscountess Clifden was in attendance. Her Majesty, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. We have authority to state that the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Louise will be celebrated at Windsor Castle on the 21st of March next, and that although the ceremony will be performed in St. George's Chapel, it will be conducted in the same private manner as that of her Royal Highness the Princess Helena in the private Chapel of the Castle.—Times. THE DIVISION ON THE DOWRY QUESTION. The majority of 349 in favour of granting the Princess Louise her dowry of £30,000 was made up of 250 English, 43 Scotch, and 37 Irish members. After allowing for the vacancies caused by the disfranchisement of Sligo and Cashel, and for Norwich and the county of Galway, for which new writs have been issued, there were 304 absentees. Many hon. members who applauded the pungent speech of Sir Robert Peel against the vote, left the House when the bell was rung for the division. Sir Robert Peel himself did not vote. Neither did Mr. Muntz, but Mr. Dixon threw in his lot with the majority. Mr. White, the col league of Mr. Fawcett, the only member who represented the minority, was also among the absentees, although the hon. gentleman had given a pledge to his constituents to vote against the grant. The Marquis of Lorne was not present during the debate, nor did he take part in the division. Lady Napier of Magdala, accompanied by General Scott, has left town for. Southampton, en route for Cal cutta. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN IRELAND.—A despatch from Cork reports that an accident, which might have been attended with most serious conseq ~ s, befel the mail train from Dublin on Wednesday night, at half-past ten, between Maryborough and Mountrath. A sleeper gave way, and the - rail on it broke open a length of six feet. The shock threw the first-class carriage off the line and the two vans which followed. The moment the shock was felt the driver reversed the engine, the stoker put on the break, and the train was stopped at a distance of 300 yards. These 300 yards were exceedingly dangerous, as the carriages were dragged along, jolting fearfully, and at one part the wheels got upon the very edge of a steep em bankment. Had it turned down this it would have been almost impossible to save the train. The sleeper was re placed, and the train proceeded, but did not reach Cork till half-past five—three hours and a half late. The pas sengers in the first - class carriage wer e a g ood deal shaken, but not injured. THE CHANNEL FLEET AT NIGHT QUARTERS. — The inhabitants of Weymouth and Portland were thrown into a state of great excitement and alarm between ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday night by hearing a very heavy cannonade, which actually made houses shake to their very foundations. Great numbers of people who had retired to rest were aroused from their slumbers, and hastily dressing proceeded out of doors to ascertain what was the matter. There was scarcely a housq in which the frightened occupants were not outside, anxiously inquiring the meaning of the warlike sounds. People were running in all directions to the various points where a view of the Channel Fleet was to be obtained, and on arrival there the mystery was solved—the crews of the various iron clads were at night-quarters. The spectacle was a most brilliant one, flash after flash illuminating the darkness of the night with a brilliancy equal to lightning, whilst the reports were of a terrific nature. It is evident that very heavy pieces of ordnance were used. This is the first occasion ever since the Channel Fleet has been at Port land that a beat at night-quarters has taken place. tijg d ' ,? 7 414 ‘ILII2I, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1871. THE demeanour of the deputies who are assembled at Bordeaux—the intolerant attitude of the majority, And the appeals of the minority to the populace—is not reassuring ; but the election of M. GREVY as President of the National Assembly is a favour able indication which outweighs in importance all others. The choice was nearly unanimous, and in truth it deserved to be so, for M. GREVY justly commands the respect of all parties. He is a thorough but moderate Republican. His principles have nothing in common with the community of property _ _ .• schemes favoured by the Reds of Paris; his Repub licanism means solely the retention of the power of Government in the hands of the people. He bas what English Conservatives call " a stake in the country ;" he is a native of the Department of the Jura, and during the life of the happily buried Empire he was the only Republican who could gain a seat in a country district. The Democrats might win in the large towns, but so long as NAPOLEON had the votes of the peasantry, he was safe. Terrible, therefore, was the consternation at the Tuileries when M. GREVY, after years of retirement through the coup d'etat, carried the Jura department in 1868 by such a signal majority that the GoVernment did not oppose him at the next election. The choice of such a man as President of the Assembly is clearly a significant symptom, point ing to the adoption of that Constitutional Republic which is by far the best solution of the terrible problem before the French nation. The Republicans have no reason to doubt M. CI-BEVY'S fidelity to Democratic principles. He is one of the most consistent of Frenchmen. The Monarchists on their side may rest assured that he will never join the ranks of the gentlemen just sent from Paris. There is a special reason why this choice carries with it much significance. In 1848 M. GREVY was member of the Constituent Assembly, and moved the famous " Resolutions Gravy "—a series of three amendments to the Republican Con stitution. The proposition of these amendments may truly be said to mark an epoch in the history of Con stitutional Government. Their rejection on October 7th, 1848, by 643 against 158 was one of the greatest disasters that ever befell La Patrie. M. GREVY'S propositions were that the executive power should be confided to a President of the Council of Ministers who should choose his own colleagues, but who should himself be chosen by the Assembly in secret ballot. He wouli be elected for an unlimited time, but would be always removable at the pleasure of the Legislature. If this plan had been adopted, the French constitution would have approached that of England. The English Ministry is appointed by Parliament for an unlimited time, and it retires as soon as the majority of the popular House is against its policy. Precisely the same would have been the case in France. There would have been no Queen, nor House of Lords ; but in England the political power of those elements of the constitution is declining regularly, and less and less yearly becomes the difference between our own Monarchy and a Republic on the principles of the " Resolu tions Gravy." Instead of adopting these wise expedient the Assembly of 1848 resolved that the President of the Republic should be elected by the direct vote of universal suffrage. Lours NAPOLEON was chosen. He speedily quarrelled with the Assembly. When the difference became so great that one side or the other must give way, the PRESIDENT had recourse to the coup d'etat, locked up and transported the deputies, and then appealed to a plebiscite, a machinery which, carefully regulated, never failed to support him. Twenty years of despotism, SIR SPENCER ROBINSON AND THE ADMIRALTY. Sir Spencei Robinson, in his reply to the minute I issued by . Mr. Childers on November 30, relative to the loss of H.M.S. Captain, states that their lord ships' directions to him as Controller of the Navy, distinctly relieved him from all responsibility re specting the ship except as to material and work manship, and shdws that this view was acknowledged by the Admiralty both verbally and in writing. He also maintains that the whole responsibility of the success or failure of the Captain was left in the hands of Messrs. Laird, who, • of course, could not officially be considered as responsible at all, and that after Mr. Reed had stated his convictions that she could not possibly prove satisfactory, neither Mr. Childers nor Mr. Deere thought it neces sary to make any further inquiry, but took upon themselves the onus of ordering the ship to go to sea with a view of ascertaining her qualities by actual experiment. He also deals with the proxi mate causes which . probably contributed in a great degree to the loss' of the vessel. After an unwonted display of crankiness observed by Admiral Milne a few hours before the ship went down, " so unusual in all the Admiral's experience, so contrary to the former reports made of the ship's stability, we find her carrying more sail than any other ship in the fleet in a squally night, and with her yards braced sharper up than usual. Every ship in the squadron either shortens sail, or has been blown away. The Captain does neither. Have we not here a proximate cause of the Captain's loss ? How ever faulty her designs might have been, thera is abundant evidence reported in the minutes of the court martial to show that the ship and her 500 valuable lives need not have been lost." Sir Spencer concludes by explaining that he refused to sign the board minute censuring the proceedings of the court martial, because he had not been referred to about any court martial, and because he did not concur in the censure. ADMIRALTY MINUTES. Mr. Reed, in a letter to the Times, points out that a passage in Mr. Childers's Minute, quoted in inverted commas, as if it was in the literal terms of the com mittee's report, and showing that Mr. Reed and Mr. Scott Russell saw nothing in the construction of the Captain to lead them to believe that her stability would be different or inferior to any other armour plated ship of similar dimensions, does not only not appear in the committee's report, but is in distinct contradiction to the conclusion the committee had arrived at. Mr. Reed thus ends his letter :—" I should not have adverted to this point had it borne upon my own case only, but so many public officers are falling before the pen of the First Lord that it has become a question of public interest to inquire what description of weapon it is that he wields with such deadly effect." THE VACCINATION COMMISSION. The committee appointe I by the Government to inquire into the certainty and extent of Dr. Jenner's system of vaccination is to consist of fifteen members, one of whom is to be Sir Dominic Corrigan, Bart., junior M.P. for Dublin. We mention his name as the Irish papers are rather jealous that only one physician should be chosen from a country where the principles of early vaccination are most extensively and successfully adopted. The Saturday Review is of opinion that the inquiry is calculated rather to do vast mischief than good. The very fact of ap pointing a committee, it argues, implies doubt at a most critical period as to the efficacy of vaccination. The Review wishes it could feel certain that the pro posal for an inquiry was not meant chiefly to throw a sop to awkward constituents whose votes may de pend more or less on the vaccination question. THE REVENUE OF INDIA. The official statement of the revenue and expendi ture of.lndia in the year ending March 1870 has been printed, and it is with regret; though not with dis appointment, that we find the net expenditure exceeding the net receipts by a sum of £2,480,045., The gross receipts in the year were £50,001,081, but , the total charges against this income (the charge in ' England included) being £,8,765,729, the net receipts are reduced to £41,070,258. The most significant article by which the profit of the country is made is opium. The receipts in the trade were for 1869-70, £7,953,098, while the expenditure connected with it was only £1,820,683. REPORT OF THE CAVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS, The fifteenth report of the Civil Service Commis• sioners makes a bulky volume. The Order il Council of June last introduced some importai changes in the method of filling appointments in the Civil Service, but the most material of these changes did not come into operation until after the period to which this report refers. The total number of can- didates on.the lists from the first constitution of the Commission until June 30, 1870, was 71,971. Of these 4,607 were competitors for the Indian Civil Service, 188 were - candidates for admission to the army, 6,690 were candidates for situations in the Home Civil Service, for which' certificates have not been thought necessary, and the remaining. 60,486 were candidates for civil appointments for which certificates are requisite; 1,234 nominations were cancelled after they had been . received; 3,566 nominees either absented themselves altogether, or withdrew without completing their examination. The total number disqualified has been 11,403. Of these 8,790 were rejected as deficient in knowledge and ability ; the rest failed in age, in character, or in physical capacity. It is worthy of note that only 289 failed in the tests of general intelligence and cultivation, while 8,501 came short in reading, spel ling, writing, arithmetic, and the practical work of the office. In pursuance of the report of the Military Education Commissioners, the candidates for the entrance examinations at Woolwich and Sandhurst and for admission into the army by direct commis sions, being merely tests of general knowledge, are now under the direction of the Civil Service. OFFICIAL SURVEY OF MERCHANT SHIPS. It seems improbable that the session will be allowed to pass without some action being taken for the better protection of the lives of seamen in merchant ships. The annual records of the " Wreck Register " give very sufficient proof that some such measure is needed, as there is indisputable evidence that a large proportion of the vessels employed in the carrying trade are very insufficiently manned and equipped, and are often themselves totally unfitted to face the gales on our 'weather-beaten coasts. The object of the bill introduced by Mr. Plimsoll for the compulsory survey and registration of ships by the Board of Trade, is to apply to all merchant ships, with the exception of ships regis tered at Lloyd's or the Liverpool, underwriters' registry of iron vessels, the provisions of the Acts for the survey of passenger steamers. Various regu lations are laid down for fixing the maximum THE TRADES UNION BILL. The Trades Union Bill has been issued. It consists of twenty-five clauses, and bears the names of Mr. Bruce, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Shaw-Lefevre. The other bill% printed on Saturday, have in view the amendment of the law relating to the election, office, and duties of coroners ; the repeal of the 22nd section of the Juries Act of 1870 ; the diminution of the expense and delay of passing local and personal Acts relating to Ireland through Parliament ; and the enabling farmers in Ireland to ger minate grain to be consumed by animals. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. The Railway News states that Sir Stafford Northcote, who holds the office of governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, will make his appointment on the American Commission an occasion for resigning an office, which at the last meeting he expreseed an unwillingness to continue to hold, and which he only retained pending important negotiations with the Government. These negotiations have been brought to a very satisfactory termination, and the resignation of Sir Stafford Northcote may there fore be anticipated at an early date. It is further re ported that Mr. Richard Potter, one of the directors of the Hudson's Bay Company, and president lof the Grand Trunk Railway, will probably be elected by the board to the office vacated by Sir Stafford Northcote. THE MANSION-HOUSE FRENCH RELIEF FUND. CONTRIBUTION FROM NEW YORK. On Saturday afternoon the Lord Mayor received a letter from Mr. B. Leoni, of Angel-court, Throgmorton street, enclosing a cheque for £416, being the proceeds of a collection in 'the Gold-room, New York, in aid of the French Relief Fund, of which he had been advised by a telegram received that day. The Mayor of Manchester has forwarded another £2OO, being the eighth instalment sent by him ; and other towns are following his example, the Mayor 4 - 3 f Bridgewater having remitted a first instalment of 270, and Dudley a sum of £5O. The Merchant Taylor's Com pany have contributed £lO5 to the fund, and among the large church collections are £lO4 from the Square-road Congregational Church, Halifax ; £lO2 17s. from All Soul's, St. Marylebone ; and £lOO from the Hebrew Con gregation, Birmingham. Up to Saturday the total amount received was between £97,000 and £98,000. THE COST OF THE VOLUNTEERS. In the Army Estimates, the items which relate to the volunteer branch of the service amount to £485,700, being an increase of £73,000 over last year. The principal particulars are :—Adjutants, £81,130 ; sergeant in structors, £57,710 ; capitation grant, £302,560 ; miscellaneous, £44,250. The greater part of the excess is made up of new items, as follows :—Special capitation grant for officers and sergeants, at 50s. each, £40,000 ; large camps for military instruction, £lO,OOO ; regimental camps for military instruction; .E 1,500 ; brigade drills under district staff officers, £8,500 , officers at schools of instruction, £7,200 ; medical attend ance for permanent staff, £2,600 ; and extra pay for police at Wimbledon Meeting, £2OO. Besides this, however, there is a great increase in the value of the stores to be issued. Last year this item was £95,426, this year it is £149,103 ; the charges in which the increase occurs are—small arms, £64,892; against £21,826 last year; and ammunition for small arms, £60,711, against £45,600. The travelling ex penses of adjutants and sergeant instructors are now included in a general vote for travelling expenses, and the volunteer estimates are thus lightened 26,350. There are 291 adjutants receiving full pay, and sixteen the retired allowance. NEW MINUTE ON EDUCATION. A Treasury Minute has been printed, establishing a new code of regulations on education. At the Council Chamber, - Whitehall, on the 7th of February, the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education having considered the various sec tions of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, which affect the Parliamentary grant for public education, administered by the Education Department, resolved to, substitute for the code of minutes and regulations under which the grant is now distributed the new code, and to adopt the following course in intro ducing this new code :—Grants to elementary schools which fall due up to the 31st of March, 1871, inclusive, will be made according to the terms of the code of 1370. Grants to elementary day schools which fall duo on and after the 30th of April, 1871, will be made according to the terms of the new code. Grants to united schools, and to evening schools, which fall due up to the 29th of February, 1872, inclusive, will continue to be made at the rate prescribed by the Code of -1870, and according to the terms of Articles 135-149 of that. code. The deduction prescribed by the Article 32 (c) of the New Code will not be enforced during the year ending the 31st of March, 1872, if the number of candidates admitted at the inspector's visit in th e course of that year be sufficient to complete the staff of pupil-teichers required by that article. Grants d to r . - training schools for the current year will be made ac i s ing to the terms of the New Code. In Scotland gran ts In aid of the establishment and maintenance of elementary schools will, until further notice, continue to be made according to the regulations now in force. Subject to the above exceptions, all the articles of the Code of Minutes and Regulations hitherto in force are hereby cancelled, PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK. The third reading of the Princess Louiso's Annuity Bill is fixed among the orders of the day for Monday' Mr. William Ormsby Gore intends to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government intends to introduce any measure for the reform of the railway system in Ireland or not, and, if so, on what day. Mr Harvsy Lewis will raise a question as to the advisabilit l of having uniformity of colour and pattern in volunteers uniforms and equipments. Mr. Hinde Palmer will move for some statistics relative to the work' ing of the savings' banks, and the Marquis of H a rtingtou will propose that a select committee should be appo inted to inquire into the operation of the law relating to the area of rating in Ireland, and to consider whether such area roil be extended. On Tuesday Mr. Graves, member fo r Liverpool, will ask if the committee appointed in 1869 W investigate certain complaints of the officers of H.M. toms in London has completed the inquiry, and if the hives ! " gation has been extended to the complaints of the Live r pool officials. Mr. Hanbury Tracy will ask if it is O r posed to extend post-office patronage to time-served ul e A li of the navy as well as of the army. Mr. Muntz ' Ol 7, ask the reasons of Sir John Rose's sudden retot" to England, and whether he has been recalled, and V . Trevelyan will move his resolution on the subject of At% Reform. On the same day Mr. William Johnston intell; to move an address for copies of Mr. Gladst one ' s letter' the member for the Queen's County respecting the Vey and will make some observations thereon. On Thursat` j the Army Reorganisation Bill will come up for sec° l) l3o reading. On the same evening Mr. Raikes w ill ask to Chief Secretary for Ireland, whet her the Gove. o o ment intend to take any steps during the Ses' 4 o to protect the masters of National Schools Ireland against arbitrary removal by the patros,A mana gers of those establishments, and Mr. Maguire ask if the Government intend to improve t h e condition b, the teachers. Mr. Cave will put a question on 0° ° t ot ject of the candidates who passed their examination s io autumn, and will inquire what course will be take 'Sr , securing for them their commissions. On Fric ls3 ,, of O'Reilly will call a ttention to the forcible oCcuPt!'; ' ,eli the Papal States by the Italian troops, and Mr- I ?„ ls re atY will put a question respecting the provisions o f the '- of Paris (1856). • We learn from John Bull that Mr. Vance Sn' itP ' seriously ill. . _Jo of Professor Jowett's "Plato "is now in the De' the booksellers. 25 0 The Bank of Ireland has voted a sum of 'g..,,,,- tr es o the Dublin Mansion House Fund for the Relief a v-- . in France. I I tliei The Rev. Dr. Liddon is announced toprosetualoY, University sermon at St. Mary's, Oxford, 0 1 :., a ro, ay morning, and the Very Rev. the Dean of St • r a St. Mary's, in the afternoon. Or The Queen has sent to the committee of the evo ieoD wrecked 'Fishermen and Mariners' Royal 13?,a. on the Society £25 to mitigate the distress which prevl e iv , the north-east coast, in consequence of the loss of .i . recent gales. \ who , 3foo ll// i THE ABOLITION OF PI7II,CHASE.---"w Gover"; Advertiser understands that in the scheme of the,, e va lq. ment any officer accepting promotion•will lose ,'P on ; th_li of his commission, unless he retires on pro isa loe' e cj " being an extension to the lower ranks of CT% c ofi e er g officers of the principle which has hitherto I?_ise. Dic e 0 to colonell on their promotion to be c'euera' c optieg had better, therefore, take care,. lest in a nominal good they embrace a real evil. C; nr. AI'TT I • 0 11' BREAKAST.—EPPS'S characterq_e_oatio., rrendered . -Theita general a marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the n at. ....., o l coco t govern the operations of digestion and n utrit 0" 11-sllec.e jestl gfravecoaulgete.meciovif thsiesli.ofvlacparolvhiieli: carefulsapplication of the fine properties of we_ ith a dej_ c tos Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast' tables vv ~,3 40 o; flavoured beverage which may save us man Y.." & CO., li O C , bills," Each packet is labelled—JAMEs EPP_ _,,, cam pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of bP.W . very thin evening beverage.—Advt. 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 LATES F NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events. be pr ex Au Fr( 1101 Ili Eitat 14 1 eepi Nem Mo i hist ti e ], last t iler by chal dust ha s , to 1:1 4 ger ;Are %