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Perry, a member of th e C a di z d etac h ment o f t the" eat Eclipse Expedition, ' sends from Cadiz, under date December 23rd, interesting particulars of the sights of the Eclipse obtained by most of the observers where he was stationed, viz., in the vineyard of San 'An tonio, situate nine miles north of the observatory of Sari Fernando. Mr. Perry writes :—The situation - of ; San Antonio is found to be lat. 36 deg. '37 min. "13 - sec. N., lon. 24 min. "45 sec. W. of Greenwich. Time signals were received from ! the San Fernando Observatory, an d a ll our ' chronometers - carefully rated by Captain Toynbee.- At nine a.m. (on the morning of the 22nd) we were ready to observe the commencement of the eclipse should a break occur in the cloudy mass before us. 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Viewed'through a telescope of very moderate dimett- , sions the spectacle was grand, but the Cir. -S clouds destroyed almost all the grandeur of the effect for the naked eye. ; The red prominences were numerous, but none apparently ' very remarkable ; but Mr. W. 11. Browne, of Wadham College, Oxford, considers their colour to have been of a bright yellowish red tint. The same observer notices that the corona was perfectly free from striation, outline ;distinct, and approximately quadrilateral, but extending furthest in the direction pf first contact. The brightest part of the corona appeared to the unasssisted eye to be scarcely more than one-tenth of t the sun's diameter, fading rapidly when one- ' fifth; - but being still clearly visible at seven- - eighths. Some observed two curved rays, but., the general appearance was that of a diffuse light interrupted in four places distinctly, and in a fifth - faintly, by dark intervals. The corona was white, and rendered faint by the clouds. The darkness was never sufficient to prevent sketching with comfort without time aid of a lamp. Venus alone was visible. Totality ended by the formation 'of Baily's beads, and the corona was visible to the naked eye fifteen or sixteen seconds after. `totality. The corona was seen for 2 min. 50 sec., totality lasting less than 2 min. 10 sec. The clouds obscuring the sun appear to have almost destroyed all chance of detecting any except atmospheric polarisation. Mr. Ladd remarked that the polarisation was stronger on the corona than ()ix either the moon's surface or the cloudy sky. No report • has as yet been received of the polarisation observations . at Sanlucar. The intensity of the light from the corona . 'as seen through the couds could not, I think,'- have-been more than one-eighth of that of the bright' moon, if so much, and consequently I was unable to 'detect the faintest trace of light through the three com pound prisms I was using. The chances of observing' satisfactorily, considering the state of the sky, were greatly .diminished by the largeness of the direct image given by the Cassegrain I was compelled to use.. The view of the eclipse Obtained near Arcos is described as , very . magnificent ; a- sketch was made there by Mr. Warryngton Smyth. At the American station near Xeres there was a break in the clouds, which lasted somewhat more than half of totality. But Lord Lindsay's party was the most favoured in this country, having seen the sun through a rent in the clouds for five minutes, and this time embracing the whole of totality. Mr. 0. Airy and Mr. Hammond, of Trinity College, Dublin; observed at San Antonio, and we were kindly', -c,,agtiavA R. R. RiciNELL, Proprietor. MILAN, FLORENCE, NAPLES, POMPEII, AND VENICE. • BY WILLIAM EVILL. STANFORD, Charing Cross. Price 4s. 6d INSURANCE OFFICE. Wanted a gentleman of influence as Inspector. Salary £2OO. Applicants will state present and past occupation. 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Children eligible from any part of the Kingiom. Under the immediate patronage of Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS of WALES, and the CROWN PRINCESS of PRUSSIA. A MEETING of Governors was held on THuasDAY, November 17 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon - street, for the ELECTION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to b retained until sixteen years of age. ' ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Miolesex, in the Chair. At the close of the Ballot the following were declked to be SUCCESSFUL:— ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SIXTEEN . I.EARS OF AGE. 1. Scarlett, Alice Maud.... 635 2. Bloom, Louisa ........611 ' ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE. '3. Richards, Henry William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabetl .... 452 4. Leigh, Charles Edward.. 576 8. Mather, Selina Agnes.. 439 5. Eyles, Alfred Henry .. .. 490 9. Bennett, Louisa Mary.. 431 6. Childs, Alice Rebecca .. 458 10. Curtis, Elizabeth Slaud 429 A vote of thanks to the Chairman and to the Scrutineers terminated the proceedings. 73, Cheapside. URGENT APPEAL.—The Committee very earnegly appeal for Contributions in aid of the BUILDING FUND esiecially, as well as for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no funded property, but depends wholly upon voluntar3 support. No salaries are paid but to the household. The Orihange is open to visitors. JOSEPH SOUL, Hon. Secretary, SCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER, Prepared from the Malvern Water, so renowned for its purity. and Aialiern. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of the past eleven months the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 918 lives from various ship wrecks and 24 . vesSels from destruction. It has also expended !R,23,287 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in :addition to granting £2,023 for rewards. 'The Institution has now 223. Lifeboat Stations under its management. i Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be tlunkfully 'reegiv.ed by the London and Country bankers, and by the Secre tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 5, Red Lion-square, W.C., London.—During the last 10 years this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a vast number of Libor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The plan adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the, streets of Loudon and gather theln together at the midnight hour, when short and faithful addresses have been given. During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly every week in some of the most frequented districts of the metropolis. The promoters have abundant evidence that these efforts have been-most successful in effecting a great monad change in many fallen ones. 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They will be forwarded direct from the following places, and are supplied at is. each : Belfast, Linen—Wednesday. Birmingham, Iron Trade— Dundee, Linen—Tuesday. Leeds—Tuesday and Saturday. Manchester, Trade - 7 - Tuesday Thursday. Bradford, Worsted Trade— Thursday. Clevelaud,lron Trade--Tuesday. MAR and Frida . y. South Wales; Iron - and. Coal— Friday. ICETS. >plied at a cost of 4d. for each direct, and the most careful re their prompt dispatch. London, Corn Averages—Once The following markets are sui report. They are forwarded arrangements are irade to ensu Aberdeen, Cattle—Saturday. Birmingham, Corn—Thursday. Bristol, Cattle—Thursday. „ Corn—Tuesday and Thursday. Clyde, Crushed Sugar—Daily. Cork, Butter—Daily. Corn—Saturday. Doncaster, Cattle—Saturday. Corn —Saturday. Dublin, Cattle—Thursday. „ Corn—Tuesday and Friday. Edinburgh, Cattle —Wednes day. Corn —Wednes day. Gloucester, Corn—Saturday. Glasi.,ow, Cattle—Thursday. Corn—Wednesday. 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Salford, Cattla—Tuesday. Southall, Cattle—Wednesday. Wakefield, Cattle—Wednesday. /P Corn—Friday. SPORTING.—DetaiIs of terms for sporting news will be supplied in January next. A discount of 10 per cent. is allowed on arrangements for not less than twelve months. CONDITIONS, In all cases instructions to forward Telegrams are received subject to their acceptance and transmission by the Post Office. The Telegrams to he used only in one newspaper or news room, and are not to be copied. No order for less than Three Months can be accepted, and prepayment is essential. Orders received on Monday MORNING can commence on the following Thursday.; orders received on Thursday MORNING can commence on the following Monday. Two weeks' notice must be"given•before the expiration of the current quarter if the service is not to be continued. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Proprietor. 112, Strand, London, W. 0., December 1, 1870. SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE, S. Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This 'lnseituTion affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin, especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. Bankers, London and South Western Ifoi.loway. Branch). • . .HUGH R. GOUGH Hou Professor Von Sybel, the well-known German writer, has published an interesting article on the new German Empire, in the current number of the Fortnightly Review. 'He answers the complaints of those who are suspicious of the increase of German power by asking what would !have been the consequences of the victory of France. The war was the work of the absolutist and clerical !prties, and the victory of Napoleon would have !been the victory of their principles, while the triumph of Gambetta would be that of the continental democrats and revolutionists. It is something to have avoided these dangers. Prussian annexation was absolutely requisite for the re-union of the divided Ger man nation, and the roughness of the means employed is excused by the obstinacy of the obstacles. The German Liberals, who in 1862 vehemently opposed Bismarck's army organisation (scheme, four years: later welcomed 'his victories with enthusiasm. Bismarck was once in favour of an Austrian policy, and the Liberals thought that a small army was sufficient if Prussia were to do homage to Austria. At the close of the Danish war they found out their mistake, and perceived their aims were identical. The Professor maintains that Alsace and Lor raine, or, as he calls them, Elsass and Lothringen, are only wanted for the protection of Germany. The German principle of nationality seeks for no charter of extension, but rather for fixed limits. He denies with indignation the existence mrf secret designs on Luxemburg, and declares that Ger any's real offence lies in her having become a great Power, and passing out of the range of convenient !material for diplomatists into a mighty factor which must l ibe taken into account. The admissions made by Professor 'Von Sybel in his remarks on the new empire are not en couraging to Liberals. There will be no responsible Ministers, no power of impeaching Ministers, and no right in the Parliament of passing an annnal Mutiny Bill, or of voting the yearly supplies. There will be no means of expelling an unpopulai• Govern- Iment froth office—in short, no Parliamentary Government; :but Von Sybel does not think the freedom or prosperity *otthrTmtttrrrnevtl—be--trerir'yttelr--impi,rilhl...—Wioai._Bhe : _ most wants will be a firm Government, for she will even after her great victories, occupy a dangerous place be tween revengeful France, ambitious Russia, and wavering Austria. There may be a more ideal condition, but it is Of vital importance to Germany that the sound threads of traditional policy should not be broken. Her sovereigns have learned from experience that their military system which has led to unexampled successes, s founded on the education, prosperity, and patriotism f the people. The old German Bund, from 1815 to 1848, was a-grievous hindrance to the political freedom l and constitutional progress of the States. Then kings, grand dukes, and dukes, had nothing ,to fear for their sovereignty from the Diet ; for they were protected by is fundamental law, and they could; moreover, always -eckon on the support of one of the great Powers if the ther attempted to oppress them. All the concern of these' petty princes was directed towards their Chambers ; 'the sum and substance of their policy was the limitation of the . rights and functions of their parliaments. . The two great Powers sympathised with their views because 1 ithey were highly averse to the introduction of parliaments into their own States. The circumstances of the newly founded Empire.are entirely different. The chief question with the smaller States is how they shall escape entire incorporation with Prussia, and the only power by which they can retard this is derived from the support of their sub ',j ects. On the other hand, the central authority of the empire, ike every other earthly power, will endeavour to enlarge the borders of its influence, at the cost of the indepen dence of the several States ; and will also feel the impor tance of conciliating popular opinion, as the surest means of attaining its ends. Professor Von Sybel, therefore, iexpects we may see both parties competing for the respect and confidence of the people—a sanguine belief which few English Liberals will share. Mr. 'Childers, we are glad to report, is somewhat better, though still suffering from the weakness occasioned by his recent attack, Some of the' Church papers, which profess to be 'welt informed, state that Dr. Pusey is founding a new community of Anglican nuns who are to be entirely clad in habits of pure and spotless white. It is now very confidently stated that the Irish- Education Bill will' be based upon the principle of deno minational teaching, and it is even said in well-informed qu arters that the bill itself-is now being drafted. The marriage of Sir Alexander Robert Smythe Muir Mackenzie, Bart., and Miss Moncreiffe, eldest unmarried daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa noncreiffe, and sister of the Countess of Dudley, is ar ranged to take place in a few weeks in Scotland. During the year which has just closed 503 lives were rescued by the lifeboats of the National Institution, and 21 vessels were saved from destruction. At the same time rewards were granted for saving 271 lives by fishing and other boats not connected with the organisation. A. ROYAL CHRISTENING. —On Thursday the two infant princesses, daughters of the Count and Countess of Flanders, were baptised by Monseigneur the Archbishop of Malines, assisted by the ecclesiastical digni taries of Brussels, in the chapel of the hotel of the Count 'of Flanders. The princesses were held at the font by her 'Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, and his Royal High ness Prince Charles Anthony of HohenzolleKn-Sigmarin gen, father of the Countess of Flanders, as godmother and godfather of lie two princesses, who were named respec tively Henriette Marie Charlotte Antoinette, and Josephine Marie Stephanie Victoire. DEATH OF A CELEBRATED BELGIAN ARTIST. — We have to record the death of an eminent artist of the Dutch school of painting, Pecrus Van Schendel, which occurred in Brussels on Thursday last, the 29th ult. As a painter of great skill in the rendering of the varied effects of artificial light, he was widely known and higlfly appreciated in all Art circles, English as well as conti nental. Many of his pictures have been e xhibited - in LondOn and in the provinces, and have attracted much attention.. M. Van Schendel was horn at TerheyBo den, a village near Breda, North Brabant, Apiil 21, 16, and s tudied at the Academy at Antwerp then under the , direction of Van Bree. TUE laisii CHURCH FUNDS.—We leMarn from a a s a v o i e n w correspondent e t l cj i a h t i e f M r s . e e J r e . t a F r . 3r l‘ for u l i r r e el a nd . to o' rg. tain when the Irish Church t'unds would commence to be available for the support of charitable insti tutions, has been informed by Mr. Fortescue that, so far ,from there being any surplus heretofore, - the Commissioners have had to borrow money for • the redemption of the claims of Nonconforming clergy, and, in the event of a general commutation of incomeliy Irish Church clergy,..ear, the Commissioners will have to raise a very' late apital sum upon security of Irish Church property, as the' first duty of 'the commis 'li) sionera- will be to provide for pun.,i tual payment of interest on such loans and gyadual•repak , entkef principal. Mr. ' Fortescue. Rees no immediate pt • ects, of ,surplus for ' distribution as decided by Parliament.:--Ftconan's Journal. . . Atkinson, of H.M.S. Lee. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 26th of December pub lishes the following accounts of the eclipse so far as the cloudy state of the atmosphere allowed any observations to be taken :—" Mr. Richard Abbatt, F.R.A.S., who stayed at Gibraltar, has kindly sent us the following infor mation as to the result of his observations and the views which he had, lasting about two seconds, of the total phase of the eclipse :—"rhe weather during the day was tery unfavourable. The bright part of the corona was narrow and next to the moon, but the corona was not of equal width all round. The moon, ' tomy eye, app6;red globular. In no part did the corona , or the prominences extend beyond •& or at most of the moon's radius beyond the limb. I thought the moon darker than the sky. I noticed four high red prominences —there were more, but when, for an instant, I took my eye off the telescope a de - pse black cloud had obscured everything till the narrowest streak of the sun appeared on the western side, and nothing but the ordinary phe- . nomenon of a partial eclipse was to be seen. The darkness during totality was not so great as I expected it would be. " To a correspondent, who was a casual ob server of the total eclipse on Thursday last at Windmill hill','• we are indebted for the following notes : the corona, and touching the circumference of this shadow, appeared five or six spots of brilliant carmine, varying in form and size at irregular distances apart. Two _ of these spots, or red flames' as they are called, on the ' eastern side of the disc, and at about 55 degrees and 80 degrees respectively from the vertex, seemed decidedly the largest and. most prominent ; they were tongue-shaped, and protruded about one-sixth the width of the corona. In their neighbourhood the corona was brightest and widest. - There, too, the rays of the corona appeared to be gathered' snore distinctly into groups than elsewhere, faint shadows , being visible between the groups. The corona consisted • cf brilliant rays of extremely faint prisMatic hues ; these rays at first sight appeared pretty evenly distributed all round, but closer examination seemed to detect the fact of their being bundles of rays in nearly regular groups. The width of the corona was about one-eighth the ap parent diameter of the moon's shadow. It was very nearly concentric with the disc of the shadow ; its boun dary was well defined but ' jagged ;' the perimeter, except opposite the two most prominent red flames above-men tioned, where the boundary slightly protruded, was cir cular." ^ T The American party at Xeres saw the totality for about a minute. LAW AND POLICE. SMUGGLING. —James Smith, a seaman, was charged at , the Thames police court with smuggling slbs. of foreign : manufactured tobacco, on board the ship North Star, and . he was convicted and fined 395., the single value and duty. ASSAULTING THE POLICE. —George Algar, a boot-closer, residing in Cleveland-street, was charged before Mr. Mansfield, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Police-constable M`Dermott, 74 E, and Grange, 78 E. The prisoner was behaving in a very disorderly manner in Charlotte-place, Great Portland-street, being very drunk at the time, and on M‘Dermott attempting to get him away he knocked him down and kicked him several times, and also kicked Grange, who went to his brother-constable's assistance. Prisoner was fined 25. • WORN OUT. —John Goodwin, a general dealer, of Not ting-dale, was brought up at the above court, charged by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the following cruelty to a pony :—Wm. Peets, officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, saw the prisoner driving a pony attached to a cart ladeu with greengrocery. The pony, which• was very old, lame, mere skin and bone, could scarcely get along, and, in fact, was completely worn out. The prisoner consented to destroy the pony, and no . fine was inflicted. In a letter to his sister-in-law, dated December 18, Victor Hugo says :—" All is going on well here. Paris continues to be heroical. We are eating the flesh of ' horses, and shall eat the flesh of rats. All Paris is on T foot, _night and day,. for the fight. Charles and Victor [the poet's two sons] are cannoneers, as also Meurice and Vaaquerie [two of their friends, litterateurs]. I shall at' ( the first firing repair to the ramparts. We can hold out yet at least three months. France is rising, and Prussia Twill be thrust back." • •