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The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SO • : LT/DON. CORNER of MINOR' F S and ALDGATE. .1% EW OXFORD-ST dEET. COIL ER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRINCH, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA COMPANY (LIMITED)—LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING (SATURDAY), will be produced the Opera, CRESPINO ELA COMARE. Eighth appearance of Colombo, Boxes on the grand tier, £3 3s. ; stall tier, £2 12s. 6d.; upper circle, £1 7s. Gd.; orchestra stalls, 1 , s 6d.; grand tier dress seats, 7s. ; upper circle seats, 45.: pit tickets, 2s. 6d. ; amphi theatre, is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, inclusive. THIS EVENING (Saturday), 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 and 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, li. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H. Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russell ; Misses Victoria yokes, Jessie Yokes, Rosina Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Thnbrell, Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those popular Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans and W. H. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Morris, Pantaloons ; W. Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, B ar 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 Patrie, the Baby Velocipedist. , The Masks and C o stumes from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr W. C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general business of the Children's Scenes, Invented 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-oopen.from Ten till Five Daily. Private B oxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guin, as. eas. Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, ss. First C ircle, 4s. Balcony, 3s. Pit Lower Gallery, is. Upper Gallery, ed. • THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY 5 or, Harlequin and Old Mother Shipton, 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. - THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. AMY ROBSA.RT.—In answer to numerous ap plications, it is respectfully announced this Drama will be revi Monda THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY LANE. Feb. 27. Box-oftice open from 10 till 5 daily.— ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, S.W., built from the designs of Walter Emden, Esq. , Ar shitect.—THlS EVEN ING, at ei g ht. Fourth Night of W. S. Gilbert's original comedy entitled RANDALL'S THUMB. Sup ported by Messrs. Hermann Vezin, W. Belford, Edward Righ ton, H. Mellon, R. Astley, and Frank Matthews ; Mesdames M. Brennan, Kate Bishcp, Stephens, and Eleanor Bufton. Pre ceded by, at 7.30, TURN HIM OUT ; and to conclude with an original comedietta, by F. A. Marshall, entitled Q. E. D. Supported by Messrs. W Belford, E. Righton, Misses M. Bren nan, Kate Bishop, and Kate Manor. Box office open from 11 to 5. No fees for booking, programmes, or cloak rooms. Trains by Metropolitan Railway to the very doors of the Theatre. —Acting Manager, Mr. John Huy. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Fifty-eighth Night of a NEW FAIRY COD/lEDY.—THIS EVENING (Saturday), at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, 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 THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Ilill, 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 THE SPECTRE BRI DEGROOM. Box Oltice open daily from 10 till 5. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Ben jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat terton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THE MAN OF THE WORLD : Sir Pertinax Macsycophant, Mr. Phelps. After 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 Teu till Five. yAuDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees—Messrs. 11. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.- -THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (133rd Night) : Mr. David James. Alter which, TWO ROSES (205th night), by James Albery. Conclude with (63rd night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, &c.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, Sic. ROYAL S TItAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, ON AND OFF. LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and F. Hughes. CUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Poulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Aufton, Santley, Lee, G 994411, tte. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1871. to stoop to unscrupulous measures. That the " requi sition" to Mr. Glad Stone to resign his seat was the work of a very insignificant clique is now clear enough. It would be well for the Greenwich mal contents, whether few or numerous, to reserve their discontent until it is seen what j ustification the policy of the Government offers. At present that policy is in some particulars partially, in others en tirely, unknown. So far as the course taken in foreign matters is revealed, it appears that the Cabinet has adopted a medium policy, keeping clear of difficulties, intervening where the opportunity seemed favourable, and yet in no way hampering its freedom of future action. Touching the reor ganisation of the army we know only that a scheme of some kind is in preparation ; but until the details are disclosed, no opinion can' be pronounced with confidence as to the competence of the Ministry to meet this necessity. It is true that little confidence is felt in Mr. Cardwell, and equally true that this gen tleman's ability as a War Minister has displayed itself chiefly in framing evasive answers to troublesome questions; but army reor ganisation is a subject for the whole Cabinet to deal with. Nothing can be more foolish than the outcry against the Government for its supposed crippling of the defences by shutting up a dockyard. Between efficiency of armament and the discharge of so many men for whom no useful work could be found, there is no connection whatever. Spending money does not necessarily secure a good article. The German terms of peace have never been an nounced officially, but, according to divers intimations from respectable authorities at Berlin, they are con stantly widening. hirst the line of the Vosges was to he taken ; then the Moselle was declared the border line; the fortress of Longwy and one or two other insignificant items are added; and finally we learn that the Meuse, and not the Moselle, is to be the frontier river. It will be interesting to know what are the arguments in favour of this further claim. Alsace and Lorraine were demanded partly on the ground that they were originally German ; the new districts never . were German. A defensive frontier was needed to protect peaceable Germany from ag,gresive France ; the line of the Vosges is much more defensible than the line of the Meuse. Possibly the extension of the terri torial claim may be adopted merely in order to reduce it afterwards, and thus secure the original demand. Doctors sometimes prescribe m ,re physic than will be taken in order that some may be taken. If, how ever, the enlarged " rectification" is to be upheld, we can only wait to hear the arguments in its behalf. Whether Paris surrrenders this week, next week, or struggles on for another fortnight, matters com paratively little : the great fact that the end is at hand is attested by unequivocal evidence. Except for those persons who can afford to pay two or three guineas for a rabbit or a chicken, or for the prudent and well-to-do house keepers who have laid in a stock of such articles as will keep, there is nothing left to eat but horse, bread, and rice. The ration of horseflesh is not one ounce per day per individual, and even these very short commons are obtained only by desperate expe dients. The cavalry of the National Guard has been required to give up its horses, and even a regiment of Lancers has been dismounted. "As to the bread, one need only look at it to see how scarce good flour has become. The mixture is more rye than wheat, and full of bran." The ration ing of bread at a very low rate is an even still more unambiguous symptom. Jules Favre demonstration: Very little appears to ) have been done towards the accomplishment of the object for which the meeting was called: Some rather spicy speeches were delivered, and abun dance of empty declamation was hurled at the War Office for not allowing volunteers to be present in Uniform at political demonstrations. Sympathy was expressed with Sapper Hodges, who has been dis missed the Ist London Engineers, for, in plain English, " disobedience to orders ;" and a resolution was passed to the effect "That the meeting hears with satisfaction that the conduct of the volunteers in resisting an arbitrary attempt on the part of the Government to attack their rights of citizenship, which form an essential and well known condition of their service, meets with the approval and sympathy of their fellow countrymen." It is a very great question whether the public at large will approve of any attempt made by our citizen soldiers to put at defiance the military authorities of the country, and we commend to the volunteers adherence to that time-worn maxim, which has been hitherto so promptly observed in the British service, " obedience is the first duty of a soldier." FATHER HYACINTHE ON THE PRESENT CRISIS. Father Hyacinthe has addressed an appeal to the Bishops of Catholic Christendom, and especially to those who see the situation as he does, to put an end to the " latent schism" which causes such formidable divisions. He desires them to say whether the decrees of the recent Roman Council are or are not binding on the faithful; and argues that those bishops who op posed the Dogma of Infallibility in the Council and sanction it in their dioceses are not submitting reason to authority, but sacrificing conscience itself. He considers that every Catholic who regards the dignity of his faith has a right to interrogate the Bishops on the acceptance or rejection of the Syllabus and recent Encyclical Letters, and that the Bishops are bound to answer without reticence, or sub terfuge, for such reticence and subterfuge, have been the ruin of the Church. Father Hyacinthe says that be has kept silence during the disappearance of two despotisms, which pressed so terribly on the world—the Empire of the Napoleons and the Temporal Power of the Popes, but he thinks the most important question for France at the present moment is that of religion, for Ultramontanism and Infidelity are enemies as dangerous as those who invade the soil. He points out what he considers the chief errors in the Catholic Church : the withdrawing of the study of the Bible, the abuse of hierarchical power, the enforced celibacy of the clergy, the policy of a temporal power, and the undue veneration of the Virgin and Saints. Should these evils be remedied, Father Hyacinthe declares his readiness to resume the ministry which has been his ambition, but which his conscience forced him to abandon. If, on the other hand, his appeal be met with silence or condemnation, he will retain his affection for a Church which is greater than those who govern it, and exercise the unfettered and independent action which is the common privi .ege of all Christians. VACCINATION IN LIVERPOOL. The extraordinary virulence of the smallpox epi demic in Liverpool has been much noticed. The second city in the kingdom is never very famous for its salubrity, but the ratio of sickness and death from the dreaded disease now raging has far exceeded the rate of London, heavily as the metropolis has suffered. Some statistics as to the state of vaccination in the town suffice to explain this. Last week the lodging-house inspectors were directed to ascertain whether the children in the houses they visited had been vaccinated, and in three days they reported 133 cases iu which there was no evi dence of vaccination, and 12 in which it was doubtful. In the West Derby Union there are over 3,000 de faulters. The guardians have put on two inspectors for house to house visitation, and in two days they found 32 unvaccinated children. As every case of smallpox in a crowded locality is liable to spread far and wide, and the unvaccinated cases are always very severe, we nee I not be surprised that Liverpool has suffered so greatly. 110 YALTY T REATRE.-TO-NIGHT, January 28.—Sixteenth time of an original Comedietta, by R. Reece, m Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 7.30, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND ; at 8.15, DORA'S DEVICE ; concluding with WHITTINGTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro /AL prietor, 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 I)ebreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss Bellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore ; Mr. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr, Odell. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, 13aker 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., &c. — Admission, Is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, Bd. 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. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission, ls. Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.C. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS ream OVER 205, . s. d. 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Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 5s , 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, London, E.C. CITY OF LONDON BONDS. FOREIGN CATTLE MARKET For the Metropolis. (Act 32 and 33 Viet., cap. 70.) LOAN OF £160,000. The Markets Committee of the Corporation of London being authorised by the Court of Common Council—the Local Autho rity under the " Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869 "—to provide a U arket for the Metropolis, for the landing, reception, sale, and slaughter of Foreign Animals, the undersigned is directed by the Finance Committee of the Corporation, acting under an Order of the said Court, to dispose of City Bonds to the amount of £120,000, part of the above Loan, for the pur chase of Land and execution of Works in connection with the Market aforesaid. The Bonds will be issued at par, under the Common Seal of the Corporation, for sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, or £lOO respectively, for a period of Eight Years, and bearing Interest, payable half yearly, by means of Coupons, at the Bank of England, at the rate of £4 55. per cent. per annum. SECURITY.—The Bonds, Principal and Interest, will be paid out of the moneys to be received by the Corporation under the authority of the above-mentioned Act, and in the event of those funds proving insufficient, then out of the General Revenues of the Corporation. Parties desiring to tender for any of the said Bonds must make application at the Bank of England (Private Drawing Office), in the form annexed ; such applications to be accompanied by a payment or remittance to the said Bank of 10 per cent. upon the amount applied for. Applications will not be received later than 3 o'clock on Monday, the 6th February. Allotment will take place at this Office, by Robert Stapleton, Esq., the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and the under signed, on Wednesday, the Bth February, and id the event of an amount greater than the sum of £120,000 being offered, a rate able allotment (not less than £lOO in any case) will be made to each applicant. The balance (if any) of the amount allotted must be paid AT THIS OFFICE not later than Wednesday, the 22nd February. Upon payment of the balance, SCRIP RECEIPTS will be issued to parties producing their Letters of Allotment and Bank of England Deposit Receipts ; such Scrip Receipts will be ex changed for Bonds, SO soon as they shall have been sealed by the Court of Common Council. Interest will commence to run from the dates of payment in full, respectively. Printed Forms of Application will be furnished at this Office and at the Bank of England. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Chamberlain. Chamber of London , 1, 871 u. Gildhall, 2fith January tFORM OF APPLICATION). LOAN OF £160,000. FOREIGN CATT TROPOLIS LE T FOR THE ME.MARKE (Act 32 snd 33 Vict., cap. 70.) To the Chamberlain of the City of London. Sir,—l hereby tender the sum of Pounds, by way of Deposit of 10 per cent. upon the sum of Pounds, on account of the Loan of £120,000, part of £160,000, to be raised by the Corporation of London, for the purchase of Lands and the execution of Works connected with the Market for the landing reception, sale, and slaughter of Foreign Animals for the , Metropolis, and I request that City Bonds may be delivered to me, or to my order, in respect thereof, in accordance with the announcement in respect of the said Loan, which has been made public, viz. : Bonds for £l,OOO each Bonds for £SOO each Bonds for £lOO each • • • • Total.. Name in full .......... • • .. • • Address in full .......... • • . Quality or Description ..... Dated this ........day 0f.... THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—CreSpIUO a la Comare. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI—Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe Bough. HAYMARKET—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 Dr ownec The Lottery Ticket. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. TOPICS OF THE DAY. ARMY REFORM. Mr. Trevelyan still keeps pegging away on the subject of army reform. In a letter to a contempo rary he intimates that just, at present there is a danger lest we should surrender our personal liberty, by the adoption of some scheme for compulsory ser vice in the line or the militia. If the regiments were located in the neighbourhood in which they were raised, and the term of enlistment for the home service reduced to one year, plenty of fine young fellows would be attracted to the ranks. Should, however, this plan fail, recourse might. be had to Lord Derby's, scheme of making the locality responsible for a certain number of recruits under penalty of a payment in money. Ile there fore prefers the old English way of entering the military service to compulsory enlistment. Mr. Cecil Raikes, who also takes a great interest in this question, thinks that the difficulty may be met by reducing the period of enlistment to five years in the regulars, followed by five years in the militia. By this means the reserved force would every year be fed by some 20,000, or 25,000 men retiring from the line, so that in the course or five years half our reserve would be composed of seasoned soldiers. ENGLISH AND PRUSSIAN GUNS. Captain Majendie, Royal Artillery, has made a comparison between the Prussian cast-steel breech loading rifled guns and the English Woolwich muzzle-loading rifled guns. He declares that in the trials which took place in Prussia the Krupp gun was bigger than the English weapon. It fired heavier charges, and was frequently repaired during the experiments, besides enjoying other advantages not accorded to the Woolwich gun. He maintains, notwithstanding, that the English gun surpassed the Prussian one in penetrative effects, and that its en durance was of a better character. It was superior in rapidity, simplicity, and economy, while not in ferior in accuracy. The Woolwich gun experimented upon at Tegel was cracked in the inner steel tube at the twenty - third round, but more than a hundred heavy. charges were fired out of it afterwards, and the gun has since been pur chased by a Foreign Government. Prussia and Russia are the only nations which have adopted Krupp's system ; Austria, Spain, Italy, Norway, Den mark, and Holland, have Armstrong guns; Turkey, Egypt, and Greece are arming with English ord nance ; while France and Sweden, like Prusssia, make their own gulls. THE PRUSSIAN REQUISITIONS. The Chaplain-General to the Army, in a letter to the Times, agrees with Colonel Hamley in condemn ing "requisitions" as a system, and he thinks that they work out as much hum to the invader as the invaded. The Duke of Wellington disapproved of the system, although in his celebrated march from - Waterloo to Paris he found that it was necessary in part to adopt it. But the English nation is the only one that refrains from making war support itself in an enemy's country, and it is consequently hardly fair to condemn the Prussians as acting in this respect with exceptional harshness. They are in fact only doing that which every other European nation would do if at war with its neighbour. With respect to attacking populous places by bombardment he asks " kiow could such a place as Paris be got at except by bombardment ?" and rather pertinently suggests that all the blame rests on those who con verted a great capital into a fortress. The Rev. G. It. Cleig condemns resistance by the ordinary popu lation to an invading army, and says " levies en masse, Francs-tireurs, guerrillas, or by whatever name they may be called, who fight without any badge of soldiership to distinguish them, are a curse instead of an honour or protection to an invaded country," and he further urges that for the sake of humanity, they should be discountenanced instead of being encouraged. THE VOLUNTEERS AND JULES FAVRE Another meeting of volunteers has been held in London, ostensibly to make arrangements for the FIRES IN LONDON. A very interesting report has just been made to the Board of Works, by Captain Shaw, of the operations of the London Fire Brigade during the past year. It appears that there have been no less than 2,188 calls to fires, and of this number 133 were false alarms. Compared with the year 1869, there has been an increase of 374, or compared with the average for the last ten years, the increase was 555. The proportion of serious fires was about 14 per cent., showing that the success of the brigade in reducing losses is in proportion much greater now than when it was first placed uuder the control of the Metropolitan Board. It is curious that the majority of the fires appear to occur on Sundays and Thursdays, and that the greatest number appear to have occurred in the last two hours of Thursday nights, and the least in the ninth and tenth hours of Sun day morning. Among the remarkable causes of fires we have the following :—Cats playing with Lucifers, 2 ; fumigating insects, 11; horse singeing, 1; intoxication, 3; reading in bed, 1; smoking in bed, 1; heat of the sun, 1; and thawing water pipes, 3. At the head of the list of trades princi pally affected by fires, stand victuallers, drapers, grocers, carpenters, and bakers, A hundred and fly-three lives have been saved through the opera ons of the brigade ; and 33 persocs appear to se been lost. A REMARKABLE LANV SUIT. A. very singular case has been entered in the Cour of Common Pleas, at Dublin, by Captain Poynter who seeks to recover £lO,OOO damages for an alleged assault committed by a country gentleman, named John Gray Vesey Porter, of Bellisle, Fer managh. The defendant has applied for a postpone ment of the trial, his object being that in the mean time a divorce case, in which Mr. Porter is the petitioner, and his wife the respondent, should be heard. It does not appear that Mr. Porter denies the assault, he having pleaded in miti gation that Captain Poynter has seduced his wife, she having admitted her guilt. But this allegation is flatly contradicted by the gallant captain, who states that he disliked Mrs. Porter's invitations, and that if she really made such a con fession to the defendant, she must be suffering udder a " delusion of the strangest character." Three times one of the defendant's servants waited on Captain Poynter with a message, asking him to meet Mrs. Porter at a Model School, near Enniskillen. Twice he refused, but on the third invitation he went " unwillingly." On his way he was seized by some of Mr. Porter's servants, and carried down Lough Erne in a boat ; the defendant after throwing - water • over him, cut his hair, and then had him tied up to a triangle and flogged with whips, giving him neither time nor opportunity to make any explanation. After this extraordinary conduct Captain Poynter brought his action instead of indicting him, so that the defendant might be able to give any explanation of his conduct which he pleased, and the plaintiff be at liberty to rebut any charge made against him. This extraordinary case, as may readily be supposed, attracts a good deal of notico among the Irish people. CAVENDISH ON WHIST. The authorship of this famous little treatise has been lately brought into dispute, and some correspon dence has ensued in consequence. The author writes from the Portland Club to explain, and his statements are fully confirmed by one of his coadjutors of the "little whist school." This "school," as it was called, consisted of five young men at Cambridge who, about the year 1854, began the systematic study and practice of the game. They soon discovered that there was no systematic treatise War. Jenny Lind at Last. 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. Alla(lin 11. QUEEN'S —A Day After the Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. Thumb. Q.E.D. HOLBORN—Ticket-of-Leave Man. Jezabel. PRINCESS'S—Man of the World. Little Gil Blas. He's a Lunatic. ASTLEY'S —Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittlemouse, SuußEY—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. PoLYTEcmuc—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-Street)—From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. Nell and (Bur. Randall's t 44, ) • . tin -41 g, ~ r LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1870. The letter from the Secretary of the Carlton Club, disclaiming all connection, either of the Club or the Conservative leaders, with tho proceedings at Greenwich, is highly satisfactory. It demonstrates that at any rate the representative op ponents of the present Government are not prepared in existence from which it could be learnt, and conse quently they were in the habit of referring difficult points to the leading players of the Portland Club. having thus become acquainted with the latest developments of the game, as Well as with its lead ing principles, " Cavendish " threw the result of their discussions into"an accessible and popular form, which has since become a recognised standard. "The treatise by Cavendish," says one of the " little school," " has done much to improve the game of the rising generation of players, and some of the best of the older players fully recognise its value." PRESIDENT GRANT AND SAN DOMINGO. The proposed annexation of San Domingo to the United States has excited a strong opposition, but President Grant seems fully resolved on it. The Philadelphia correspondent of the 'Times says that the pertinacity with which he pushes this unpopular project is amazing. He seems willing to break up his party, and probably seal his own fate, as the next Presi dential candidate, merely for the purpose of forcing San Domingo on a reluctant Con gress. By great exertion he and his frien is have succeeded in forcing through the resolu tion providing for sending a Commission to an Domingo to examine the territory, though it was expressly said that Congress should not be pledged to annexation by the Act. The amendment was opposed by the Administration in vain, and in the Senate some strong speeches were made against the project. The two commissioners appointed are known to be in favour of annexation, and the third has yet to be chosen. There is little doubt that he will also favour the scheme, for the President would not appoint a commiQsion that oppOsed his views. The explorers era not to be long over their task, as the report is to be in Washington before the close of the session, on March 4th. The Government will then use every endeavour to force an Annexation Act through both Houses—as difficult a task as any American politician ever attempted. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JANUARY 27. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied by the Dowager Duchess of Athole and Miss Macgregor ; and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. Colonel the Hon. Charles Lindsay arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. The Hon. Harriet Phipps has succeeded the Hon. Emily Cathcart as Maid of Honour in Waiting. THE COURT THEATRE. On Wednesday this theatre, situate in Sloane-spuare, was opened to the public, and certainly a more elegant place of amusement is not to be found in the Me tropolis. It has the advantage of being close to the station of the Metropolitan District Railway. so that it possesses facilities of access that will enable the thousands residing in the suburbs to enjoy amusements that have to a great extent hitherto been denied them. The opening performances consisted of the well-known farce "Turn Him Out," which was very creditably per formed. This was followed by a comedy by W. S. Gilbert, entitled " Randall's Thumb," which must be recorded as a decided success, and as such we will not outline the plot, but advise our readers that if they wish to enjoy a really genuine comedy, to go and see " Randall's Thumb." The concluding piece was a comedietta, by Mr. F. A Marshall, entitled " Q.E.D.," which was extremely well I received. Some well-known actors and actresses are members of the company—notably Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. Belford, Mr. E. Righton, Mrs. Stephens, Miss Maggie Brennan, Miss Eleanor Bufton, and Miss Kate Bishop. It is to be hoped that, from the enterprise displayed in the conduct of the new Theatre.both as regards the excellent programme and the company engaged, it will meet with the success which it deserves. The opening address, which was spoken by Mrs. Vezin, was as follows : Another play-house,—scarce two months have past, Since we beheld the op'ning of the last ; Then one had started up six months before, And now, oh, marvellous ! we whew one more. The muses of the drcma—so folks say — Will ne'er again enjoy a "palmy" day. Of genius, talent, wit, they are bereft ; Loss follows upon loss, till naught is left. Stay—let us pause—yes, something they have got, Which in the palmy ages they had not. Many fair acres, w hereon proudly stand Th e ir temples, scattered broadcast o'er the land. Houseless, at any rate, they cannot roam ; Where'er they turn they're sure to find a home. One district more to night they call their own, And bring fresh lustre to the name of Slone. Though limited for space, Thalia plans Some goodly work in honour of Sir Hans : Some goodly work? "But of what kind?" you ask. The question sets me no perplexing task. Look at your bills ; you'll find the muse and we Propose to give you Modern Comedy ; The passing manners of our day to shew, Reflected Veluti in Speculo. Manners and feelings—'tis not our desire To mock the horrors of a house on fire ; To make the accidents of road or rail Point with "sensation" a domestic tale. Expect not, or else you will expect in vain, The rolling steamboat, or the shrieking train ; We are not—what's the phrase? 'Tis rather mystic— I have it now—we are not "realistic." I'll add besides, that we are nothing loath, To bring out plays of truly British growth. To be original we have a chance, Now we can get no more supplies from France. Oncoming in you cast your glances round, And all quite satisfactory you found ; The house, you will admit, is very neat, Bright, smart, and handsome—in a word complete. But though 'tis new, with pleasure you will true Among our artists many a well-known face ; Hail some, who oft with mirth your hearts could cheer, Some who have drawn the not unwilling tear. Enough—l've bid you hope for something good, But yet I would not be misunderstood Our worth you'll test with your own ears and eyes : Proof of the pudding in the ea ting lies. We trust that with this proof content you'll be. And say, with Mr. Marshall, " Q. E. D." The organ at the Royal Albert Hall (as large as a Belgravian mansion) will be the most powerful in the world, having 9,000 pipes and 120 stops, inflated by two steam-engines. The Victoria (Philosophical) Institute holds the second meeting of the session on Monday, at 8 o'clock, at its rooms, 8, Adelphi - terrace, when the Rev. I. H, Tit comb, M.A., will read a paper on " Archwology, with some of its parallels and contrasts." The subject will be illustrated by diagrams. PRISONERS' PHOTOGRAPHS. —The Liverpool magis trates have decided to represent to the Home Secretary the advisability of a regulation being adopted to compel prisoners to submit to their photographs being taken, and to secure punishment for them in the event of their non compliance. THE SPRING CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.—The following circuits have been fixed, viz :—Home (the Lord Chief Justice of England and Mr. Justice Hannen) ; Hertford, February 28; Chelmsford, March 6 ; Maid stone, March 13 ; Lewes, March 20 ; Kingston, March 27. Oxford (Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Mr. Justice Montague Smith) : Reading, February 27 ; Oxford, March 2 ; Worcester, March 6 ; Stafford, March 10 ; Shrews bury, March 20 ; Hereford, March 23 ; Monmouth, March 27 ; Gloucester, March 31. Norfolk (the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Blackburn) : Oakham, February 28 ; Leicester, March 2 • Northampton, March 6 ; Aylesbury, March 9 • Bedford, March 13 ; Hunting don, March 16 ; Cambridge, March 18 ; Norwich, March 23 ; Ipswich, March 29. PHILANTHROPY AND THE SEWING MACHINE. — A Yorkshire journal relates that a meeting of ladies, resident in the chief towns of the West Riding, was recently held for the purpose of considering a beneficial mode of assisting females in obtaining employment. Several humane suggestions were patiently discussed, amongst which was one for supplying a certain number of women with the best sawing machines, affording them not only remunerative employment, but one which could be con ducted at their own dwellings, and so, by obviating the necessity of their going out to work, materially promote and preserve domestic morals. Eventually it was decided almost unanimously by the Ladies' Committee, pre sided over by Lady Foley, that an order should be given forthwith f or a number of the " Little Wanzer" sewing machines, those being most eligible, as combining economy with, simplicity of manipulation, which are expected at their destination in a few days ; and thus, by placing an easy means of livelihood in the hands of industrious females, a mitigation of the local distress may soon be happily observable. The journal concludes by advising lathes in other districts to imitate this Christian example.—MiNand Herald. MANSION HOUSE FRENCH RELIEF FUND. The general committee of this fund met yesterday at the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor in the chair. His Lordship said that, on the Tuesday after the last meeting, he had an interview with Lord Granville on the subject of neutralizing any supplies which the committee might send out to meet the requirements of the population on the capi tulation of Paris. LOrd Granvilte, he said, entered very kindly into the objects of the committee, and said he would do all he could to support them. He afterwards saw Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador, who also entered most warmly into the matter, deeply de ploring the miseries which had occurred. He said he would at once telegraph to head-quarters at Versailles for instructions, and last night he (the Lord Mayor) received the following communication at the Mansion House : " Foreign Office, January 26, 1871. "My Lord,—l have the honour to acquaint your lord ship, in reference to our converation last Tuesday after noon, that as it would seem from what has appeared in the public papers during the last two days that negotiations are in progress at Versailles, though the precise object of them is not known, I have lost no time, in anticipation of their resulting in opening free communication with Paris, in directing Mr. O.do Russell by telegraph, to endeavour to ascertain from Count Bismarck by what line of road provisions will be passed into Paris from England, and to request his Excellency to cause such orders to be given to the German military authorities as will secure the convoys from interruption. " I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient humble servant, " GRANVILLE." The LORD MAYOR added that Count Bernstorff informed him certain bankers in Germany had stored supplies of food for those who could bring it on the capitulation. The sub-committee reported that they had commenced to obtain supplies, and various details were entered into and arranged. The subscription received at the Mansion House now amount to £3,938, and at the Daily Telegraph office to £4,264. LAW AND POLICE. IMPORTANT' QUESTION ON SHARE TRANSFERS.—The Master of the Rolls delivered judgment in a case which had au important bearing on the system of the transfer of shares in public companies. Mr. cliff, a merchant of Liverpool, held 200 shares in the National Provincial Marine Insurance Company, which he transferred for merely a nominal sum to a schoolmaster of the same town named Baron, who was, in the legal meaning of the term, a pauper, being utterly unable to pay any liability which might accrue on the shares. At the same time Mr. Cliff retained the certificates, so that if any dividend were declared on the shares he would be entitled to receive it. On the company being wound up, Mr. Cliff was placed on the list of contributories, on the ground that the transfer was not bond fide, and that though it took place more than twelve months prior to the commencement of the liquidation, Mr. Cliff was still liable for calls.. His lordship held that the transaction was manifestly a colourable one, and done merely for the purpose of evading liability, Mr. Cliff evidently intending to derive what pecuniary benefit be could, if any accrued, from the shares. Mr. Cliff must therefore be held to be still liable as a contributory of the company. THE LIABILITY OF LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH.—On Friday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, judgment was given on an important question of liability of Local Boards of Health, who are surveyorS of a highway, for damages arising from an accident on the highway under their control. It appeared that a gentleman named Foreman and his wife were going towards Canter bury .on the highway in a cart, when they were upset by a heap of stones which projected into the road. The jury found that the Local Board of Canterbury, were guilty of negligence, and gave the plain tiffs damages. The Local Board disputed their liability ; and they contended by counsel, that if any one was liable it was the surveyor personally, and not the board. The Court decided that the surveyor was the servant of the Local Board, and the matter complained of having been done by his direction, the Local Board were liable. ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST.—" DYMOND V. MUG GERIDGE AND MUGGERIDGE."—This was a case of a very painful nature, which has recently decided in the Blooms bury County Court. The plaintiff, an old lady of nearly 80 years of age, was the daughter of a clergyman, who fell dead in his pulpit while preaching a charity sermon. A public subscription was raised for the maintenance of his widow and family, and a considerable sum of money was collected, and was placed in the hands of the defendants as trustees. The plaintiff, having had great difficulty in obtain ing her dividends from the defendants, put her case in the hands of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, and the result was the present pro ceedings. It now transpired that in September, 1866, the whole of the stock had been disposed of by the defendants. The plaintiff was non-suited on the ground that the evi dence on the matter of account was not sufficient to bring it within the common law jurisdiction of the court, but it was intimated that if proceedings were taken in Equity the defendants would have to give an account of their trust. An application was made to the Judge to proceed against defendants under criminal law. His Honour said that, having put a stress upon the elder defendant to sign the authority for the inspection of the transfer books at the Bank of England, it would appear, were he now to consent to the application, that he had forced the man to supply criminatory evidence against himself, which was against the spirit of the law. He was therefore bound to refuse his consent. A LADY MEDICAL STUDENT.—At the recent pre liminary examination in arts of the Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland, held on t he 20th instant, a lad y , Mrs. Leggatt, passed very creditably, her papers being of a high order of merit. This is the first instance in Ireland of a lady having enrolled herself as a medical student.—British Medical Journal. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—The three judges, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Justice Willes, and Mr. Justice Lush, have made a new order as to committals under the Debtors Act. It states that their lordships had con sidered the matter, and were of opinion that it was objee . tionable to issue the orders in any other form than that of absolute and immediate committal. THE REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH. gr. Colman's address to the electors of Norwich has bee n issued. Mr. Colman would support the present Govern" ment because he believes it anxious to legislate in the interests, not of a class only, but of the nation at large. He desires to see the country placed in a thorough state of defence against foreign aggression, and to this end be thinks sacrifices must be made. He is, however, o pposed to such an increase of our forces as might become menace to neighbouring nations, and be detrimental t 0 the interests of a peaceful industry. THE WOMAN QUESTION. —The female eulfragiO, are in Washington in force , the Judiciar y Committee Congress having granted the ladies a hearing the other day in advocacy of their claims to the right of voting . They say that when the Unit ed States ado p ted the C('lr s tit u ti o nal Amendment, granting suffrage without clis" tinction of " race, colour, or previous condition of servi tude," it thereby enfranchised the women, and that o t l ' election officers are in fault for not seeing it in t hat light' The Kansas Legislature, which has just been organised, has elected women to fill several clerkships. THE UNEMPLOYED IN LONDON.—Another 13 3 ° et ing has been held in London t o consider how the large masses at present out of work may be assisted to obtaiiiii employment. Working men. were invited to put we''' their' names on the regist r y , and a lar g e number ea ger to comply, but from seventy t o ei g ht y men were unable to do so, as they could not pay the requisite pol; A great demonstration at the opening of Parliament proposed, and the Government were censured for tliebit commercial policy by one speaker, while another th 0.11%, demonstrations would do very little towards provldi cf. starving families with food. It was said that in BeralTlt sey working men were idle by thousands, and a man 1111° It walk ten miles a day without getting any work to do. was observed that emigration would be the only renol o and the Government ought to assist the deserving P °° , te e em igrating to the colonies. A demonstration coon)." was appointed, and the proceedings closed quietly. FRENCH • MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS IN 1710 to The Journal de Gand contains the following parograY,4. " The French took from the departments of ancient gium, which were incorporated in the French ter i 80,000,000 f in military contributions. We give th e r _ lj o rt tioning of a part of this sum as we find it in the_ruesi'seis, of Cambon to the National Convention : 00,0 5,000,000 f ; Antwerp , 10,000,000 f ; Malines, 1,1) 00,00" f . • Lierre, 500, 000 f ; Ghent, 7,000,C00f ; Audenarde, Bruges, 4, 000 , 000 f ; Os tend, 2,000,000 f ; Ypres, Luiv,;(oor, Courtrai, 3,000,000 f ; Louvain, 2,000,000 f ; 5,000,000 f. ; Tournai, 4,000,000 f. ; 4,000,000 f. Mons, 1,640,875 f. ; Ath, 150,000 1 . e _k i ,, ti rie ° , all the specie in the country, except what had bne,a,i's vitb sbY_ in the ground or taken away by emigrants , fou a % _L th to Paris. It was imprisoned in the chest three keys,' said the financier Cambon metaphor,lctVVit a mark that it was thrown into the coffers I A rr N p pv i ah i ci l public. sad anTisdihs thee e l S A i t o fo t: ti a wt ri e ue s u p 2. t Ort n (Octobern n f e ll a w gelin,ws4,l3): tieu teat v av e sensation." 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. p i a - rg r ,AD , toil t cf.:s