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Monday MORNING can commence on the co wi ng Thursday ; orders received on Thursday MORNING can IZlnence on the following Monday. ✓ weeks' notice must be given before the expiration of the ig ' Ti t quarter if the service is not to be continued. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Proprietor. 112. Strand, London, W.C., December 1, 1870. "As a poet their author must live. He has the sweetness of Wordsworth, the vigour of Southey, and the elegant versatility of Coleridge. It is, however, as a poet of the affections that Mr. Kent chiefly excels. The longer and more ambitious poems exhibit extraordinary genius."—The New Monthly Magazine. " As many of these compositions are already old acquaintances, we need only glance at the picturesque and appreciative de lineations of poets in their haunts, called 'Dreamland ;' at the rich and finished transcript from nature, entitled Fructidor ;' at the chivalrous tone of the writer's mind and its sympathy with modern ideas, as evidenced in such poems as Lamartine in February ;' at his simple and genuine pathos, of which `Amelia' is a type ; and at his sympathy with the animated pleasures of rural life, in evidence of which we may cite The Morris Dancers.' • Aletheia ' is the longest, and, on the whole, the noblest poem in the collection. It will be recurred to not only for its beauty of description, but for its pure and elevated philosophy. The reader will note not only the atmosphere in which the chief figure moves, but also the full and appropriate details which enrich the picture. The high and varied merits of the book ought to insure its popularity."—Athenwum. "Mr. Charles Kent, the Editor of The Sun,' ranks very high as a poet."—Publishers' Circular. "The versatility of style, and the fresh and vigorous writing in these poems, lend a charm which we seldom find in the poetry of the day."—Examiner. "Poems marked by grace, feeling, and strong love of nature, and a cultivated and genial spirit."—Daily News. " The poems which appear for the first time in this volume are not unworthy of the author's earlier productions."—Daily Telegraph. " Mr. Kent may not aspire to be classed among the Dii 3fajores ' of the poetic court, but assuredly he will take a very respectable position among the lesser divinities."—Standard. "There is much that is very beautiful in the poems before us—a collection of the thoughts, the emotions, the feelings of a whole lifetime."—Tablet. The "Rock " expresses its "cordial admiration for the genius and the taste of Mr. Kent as a poet of very considerable powers and culture," adding, " The real vigour of Mr. Kent's poetical spirit manifests itself chiefly in dealing with the feelings. He is equally at home in pathos and in terror, and in strains that go right to the heart and stir the emotions to the lowest depths." " Mr. Charles Kent has long been known to wield a facile pen in writing poems of the class just indicated, and it is but fair to add that he takes high rank among the minor poets."— Echo. The "Westminster Review." while regretting it " cannot join in the chorus of praise, nor share in the enthusiasm which has been raised over Mr. Kent's poems," adds that it " cannot, how ever, part with the book without expressing a word of praise for its generous t,ne and sympathies." "He is a true poet, and his works will live."—Newe of the World. "We ha* the pleasant 'task of welcoming, as a real addition to the ranks of our true poets, Mr. Kent. He is something more than a mere versifier ; he is a real poet, and has proved it. 'Milton at Cripplegate '—an exquisite picture of the blind old poet discoursing sweet sounds upon the organ in solitary but resigned sadness—is a poem that ought to live. Such of our readers as care for the roll of Milton's own blank verse, for thoroughly poetic fancies, for delicate imagery, and fora high and pure tone of moral feeling, we must leave to ponder over this short poem for themselves."—London Figaro. "That very graceful poem which appeared in the `Times' as a welcome to Longfellow, and which, from the initials, was attributed to the author of Hypatia, was written by Mr. Charles Kent, the Editor of The Sun,' and was worthy of a priest of Phcebus Apollo."--Yunch. " We find in the volume a luxuriant imagery, the fruit of a life-long study of nature. As for flowers !—Mr. Kent is as well up in them as Shakspere himself. Lastly, it recommends itself to us by its historical sympathies and views, and by the charm ing pictures of domestic life, with its affections and blessings, which it frequently affords us." —The Month. CHARLTON TuOKER, 21, Northumberland-street, Strand. In royal Evo., hfinclsorat::l; toy din cloth, full gilt, gilt edges -__,..:rice 2... pobt free 21a. T IT u AL HISTORY of BRITHII By Edward Newman. Giving a fall descripti,n of the perfect iLsoct, front nature ; also a description of the Caterpillar, Citrysalis. Pond Plant, Tinie of Appearance. and Localities where fetind. Each tooth is drawn front nature by George, Wilha, and enr_ ; raved iii hitt best style by John Ku - diner. 'l'lle figures arc life-size. of every species ; and if varictitta require it, three, Barr, five, end even sic f4o-es are given The work t omplete in thirty-one 10.-o , ltir iiunil;uia, at ill each. 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M. .. 0 0 C. Arundel, Esq. .... 2 2 0 Mme. Catillon ...... 2 0 0 C. P. Carter, Esq. .... 2 0 0 Total of First List £238 8 0 Further contributions in money, food, or clothing, are earnestly solicited, and can be forwarded to any of the following members of the Committee of the " French Subscription " : Messrs. C. Devaux and Co. ; A. Casella ; A. Gagniere ; E. Lazard ; Paul Pierrard ; A. Chauffourier ; T. Dromel ; Leroy et Fils ; Dr. Gufneau de Mussy ; L. T. Fiver ; Eugene Rimmel ; Dr. A. Vintras ; or to the Hon. Secretary, Paul Pierrard, 60, Moorgate street, E.C. These contributions will be transmitted to M. de Melun s Committee at Lille, which possesses an organised staff of agents throughout Germany and Belgium to attend to the proper and immediate dispensation of relief to the prisoners. Aso 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 s. d. C. Downes .......... 2 0 0 Anonymous 2 0 0 Rev. W. 11. Hooper .. 1 1 0 Rev. J. Fairfax ...... 1 4 0 Renard, E5q....... 1 1 0 Mrs. Mason .......... 1 0 0 Miss Gregory Miss Hawkins 1 0 0 Sums under NJ Lu de Mussy SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY. President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON. Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD. Treasurer -- H. B. Praed, Esq. Hon. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqs. Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, such office to be the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district. DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society : ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W. ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover-square. -Office, 28, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, W. WESTMINSTER.—Office, 38, James's-street, S.W. PADDINGTON.—Office, 3, Icmster-street, W. MILE-END OLD-TOWN.—Office, Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road, Mile-end-road, E. BATTERSEA.—Office, 3, Verona-street, York-road, S.W. LAMBETH.—Ofoe, 49, Upper Kennington-lane, S.E. CLAPHAM.—Office, 11, Polygon, S.W. CHELSEA.--Office, 67, Flood-street, S.W. KENSINGTON.—Office, 39, Holland-street, W. HAMPSTEAD.—Office, corner of Church-lane, High-street, N.W. DEPTFORD.—Office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad way, S.E. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON.-office, 188, Walworth-road, S.E. ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Office, 7, High=street, St. Giles'. ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17, N. oburn-buildings, W.C. CONTRIBUTIONS toward= the extension of this organisation throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the Society, or to Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C. The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa tion only, not for relief. C. B. P. BOSA_NQUET, Secretary. C, J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary. Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand. W.C. EAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).— Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE .IOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green wich, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, will be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re moved from the City to the same building. KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. N I SHING. S CIIWEPPE'S MINERAL WATERS. SCIIWEPPE'S SODA WATER, So celebrated now for upwards of a century. SCIFWEPPE'S LEMONADE, A most grateful and refreshing beverage, so useful in cases of Fever. S CIIWEPPE'S POT SS WATER, . Strongly recommended by the Faculty in cases of Gout, &c. SCLIWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER, Prepared from the Malvern Water, so renowned for its purity. DI&NEFORD'S FLUID AUG N The medical profession for Thirty Years have approved of this pure solution of ➢lagnesia as the best remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and indigestion ; and as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially adapted for Ladies, Children, and Infants. DINNEFORD and 'CO., Chemists, 172, New Bond-street, London, and of all other Chemists throughout the world. fILDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA is un k_f equalled in its effect in producing Luxuriant Whiskers and hioustachios. It is an infallible remedy for Baldness, and con tains the essential requisites for Cleansing, Beautifying, and Restoring the Hair. 22, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. BINKO'S PATENT IMPERIAL BRILLIANT FLUID. For Cleansing Window, Looking, Plate, and all Dther kinds of Glass. In Bottles, 6d. and is. each. B. HALL,. WHOLESALE WINE and E • SPIRIT MERCHANT, of Printing House-square, Printer street, and , Queen Victoria-street, is prepared to supply the trade with IRISH and SCOTCH WHISKIES, new or matured, in sherry casks. BRANDIES, WINES, on the best terms, in bond or duty paid. THE ANGLO-BAVARIAN BREWERY COM PANY'S, Southampton, new Season's Brewings of PALE and other ALES, now in magnificent Condition, may be tasted at the London Stores, 35 and 36, St. Thomas-street, S.E. India Pale Ale, Ms. per barrel. j Strong Ale, 665. per barrel. Mild „ 48s. PP Extra Stout, 48s. „ Q SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE, L) • Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution 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 (Holloway Branch). HUGH R. GOUGH, Hon. Sec, PANISH FLY is the Acting IngredienL ALEX. ROSS'S CANTIIARIDES OIL, which speedily pro ,,cecs Whiskers and Thickens Hair. Price, ss. 6d., Ss. 541., and ,os. 6d. `ient by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Alex. Ross, 4S, High Holborn, and all chemists. Tale of a Hair, Gd. WONDERFUL DISCO VERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. _ROSS'S CHUtOPO. This pre paration gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 45., sent by post for 60 stamps. 248, High Rolborn, and all chemists. Face Powder, ls. 11 AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn.— ILA ALEX. Itoss'S Depilatory removes superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms without effect to the skin. Price, 3ss. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 64,. Sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. Rad of all chemists. Skin Tonic ss. 6d. DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII Diseases of the Shin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness, &C. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d. ;or post for 40 and 100 stamps. Alex. Ross, 248, High Ilolborn, London, and all chemists. 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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 THURSDAY, November 17, 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, for the ELECTION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to be retained until sixteen years of age. ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in the Chair. At the close of the Ballot the following were declared to be SUCCESSFUL : ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SIXTEEN i EARS OF AGE. 1. Scarlett, Alice Maud.... 635 12. Bloom, Louisa ........ 611 ELECTED 'l'o CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE. 3. Richards, Uglily William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabeth .... 452 4. Leigh, Charles Edward.. 576 8. Mather, Selina Agnes.. 439 5. Pyles, Alfred Henry .... 490 9. Bennett, Louisa Mary.. 431 6. Childs, Alice Rebecca .. 458 10. Curtis, Elizabeth Maud 429 A vote of thanks to the Chairman and to the Scrutineers terminated the proceedings, JOSEPH SOUL, Hon. Secretary. 73, Cheapside. URGENT APPEAL—The Committee very earnestly appeal for Contributions in aid of the BUILDING FUND especially, as well as for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no funded property, but depends wholly upon voluntary support. No salaries are paid but to the household. The Orphange is open to visitors. TEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on their useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. special APPEAL for the NEW WING Amount still required, 44,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. \lumber of beds available with proposed addition, 164. "he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street HENRY SEWELL, lion. Sec. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. JAMES COULSON & Co., MANUFACTURERS TO THE QUEEN. 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Muslins, or any other Fabrics, being dipped in a solution of this powder, will not take fire, thereby pre venting danger to life. In Canisters, 6d. and is. each. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS (ARNANIENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, aue.. Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort meat of VASES, Figures , Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid I sties, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Mari - le. Dronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lycli's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the inte resting stints of 31INER A LOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 9 . 5 10, •!0, to, to 50 gu i neas eac h . Pit4CTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERA- L° ..1 . 1 is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. LAW AND POLICE. AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—The case of Hayle v. Pratt was before the Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff in this case was stated to be a gentleman of in dependent means, who was very fond of antiquarian pur suits. On the occasion of the opening of the Suez Canal he became a guest of the Pacha of Egypt, and during several months' residence in that country he Picked up a number of pieces ancient armour which were very valuable, especially to him, as they filled up various gaps in his collection. He en trusted the armour to the defendant to clean, but as he could not get it back again, he commenced the present action to recover it. An order was made that the defendant should answer certain interrogatories, the object of which was to discover where the property was, but afterwards judgment was signed by default for 21,000 damages, and the writ was issued to the sheriff, directing him to return the amount to the plaintiff.—Mr. Gadsden stated that the sheriff had been unable to exe cute this writ, because he could not tell where the things were, and therefore the present application was for a rule calling upon the defendant to shew cause why an attachmet should not issue against him for contempt in not answering the interrogatories. The learned counsel admitted that such an application after judgment signed was a novel one, but he added that the £l,OOO was quite an unimportant con sideration to the plaintiff, whilst he regarded the posses sion of the armour as most important. The court took time to consider the matter. COLLISION AT SEA.—In the Admiralty Court, the cause instituted by the owners of the steamer J. B. Watt against the owners of the steamer Thuringia, for the value of the loss of the vessel, came before the judges. Damages were laid at £20,000. On the 14th of last October the J. B. Watt, on a voyage in ballast from Hamburg to West Hartlepool, was about 15 miles to the N.W. by W. W. of Heligoland. When the Thuringia was seen on the starboard bow, the usul precau tions were taken on board the J. B. Watt to prevent a collision, but the Thuringia ran stem on into the port side of the J. B. Watt, and did her so much damage that she began to fill, and was abandoned by her crew. The case for the Thuringia, which belongs to the Hamburg and American Steampacket Company, was that, wishing for intelligence of the French fleet, she made for the J. B. Watt for that purpose; and it was con tended that the collision was caused by the mismanage ment of those on board the J. B. Watt in letting her fall across the bows of the Thuringia. The court held that the Thuringia was solely to blame for the collision. GREAT FAILURE.—An application was made on Satur day at the Court of Bankruptcy for the appointment of a receiver and for an interim injunction in the case of Julius Liebert and Edwin Rogerson, merchants and commission agents, of East India-avenue, Leadenhall street, and of Saint Peter's-square, Manchester. The liabilities are enormous, not less than £300,000, of which £60,000 is due to unsecured creditors. The assets were thought to be considerable, but no estimate of the amount has yet been arrived at. It was stated that proceedings had been taken against the debtors by Mr. Lorr and by the Consolidated Bank, who are creditors for £3,383, which it was important torestrain. Mr. Kealy, accountant, of Cornhill, was appointed re ceiver, and an interim injunction was granted. THE "SOUTH LONDON ART UNION."—At Lambeth, the Government prosecution against John Cannon, a jeweller, 14, Kennington-road, and James Stevenson, landlord of the Oxford Arms, Westminster-bridge-road, was proceeded with. Cannon was charged with getting up an illegal lottery, under the title of " The South London Art Union," (according to Act of Parliament 21 and 22, Victoria, cap. 102,) and Stevenson was charged with allow ing the same to be drawn at his house contrary to law. Mr. Straight, for the defendants, proposed to call wit nesses to shew that the transaction was properly n: con ducted,it an would b e and he su trustedffi ci sufficient his th e defendants Worship entered would consider t o their recognizances to appear if called upon, and not to in deal with them as mentioned the Act, as "rogues and vagabonds." Several witnesses were examined as to the recent and former lotteries. They were properly carri e d out and prizes were obtained. The witnesses had taken books of tickets, and sold some of them. They attended the drawing of the lotteries, and saw no money distributed as prizes. The lottery was respectably carried out.—The magistrates said one of the reasons why the Legislature had interfered to put down all lotteries was that they were open to great frauds. With regard to this particular case it was not alleged that there had been any fraud practised. The question was whether it was illegal, and whether the parties were t o b e comm itt e d as rogues' and vagabonds. This was the first case of the kind that had occurred. The Treasury had no desire to proceed to the extreme penalties. It would be sufficient of the defen dants entered into their recognizances in £lOO each to appear to receive judgment if called upon. Ile added that if there was any repetition of the offence the extreme penalties of the law would be enforced. A WOMAN IN MEN'S ATTIRE.—At Westminster Jemima Flemming 25, described as a married woman, was charged with being abroad in male attire, supposed for an unlawful purpose. Herbert Stammers, a detective sergeant of the A division, said, at half-past eleven on Thursday night he was on duty in Page-street, West minster, and saw the prisoner in a man's dress with two women. The prisoner said her husband was a gas fitter, and had been laid up for sixteen months. He had been six months in Westminster Hospital, and was now in St. George's. She only put the clothes on " for a lark." A witness was called, who gave the prisoner a good cha racter as an industrious woman, and said that during his absence from home she had put his clothes on. He would not have allowed it had he known it. Mr. Arnold said it was an outrage against public decency, and ordered her to find bail for six months. LAND IN IRELAND.—The extraordinary desire of the people for the possession of land is sometimes shewn in very extravagant prices paid for the goodwill of the tenant. On Wednesday a farm of 18 acres, situate between Castlewellan and Banbridge, in the county Down, which had been let at a rent of £l3, was put up to auction. The landlord issued a notice distinctly warn ing the bidders that he intended to raise the rent to a fair sum after having the farm revalued ; but, notwithstand ing this intimation, it was bought by a tenant of Lord Annesley's for £550, which is over 40 years pur chase. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COM- FoRTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the' operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may savens many heavy doctors' bills." Each packet is labelled—JAMES EPPS & Co., Homceo pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps's Cacadine, a very thin evening beverage.--Advt. The Saaurday _Review thinks the true cause of the pre sent discontent with Mr. Gladstone's Ministry is the sus picion that he is not properly aliVe to the necessities of National Defence. if he commanded full confidence in this respect, not one of the other grounds of dissatisfaction would possess any weight. Any importance that may attach to them now is simply a reflected importance. No objection would have been made to the closing of useless dockyards, had it not been for the doubt whether, with the present wants of the Navy, they were really useless. Lord Granville's despatches would have been the theme of unmixed praise if Englishmen had been sure that their conciliatory tone was not due to any want of strength to use more decided language. It may be that Mr. Glad stone is suffering from that reticence as to the coming Session which is becoming a Prime Minister. It may be that, when Mr. Cardwell brings to the light his scheMe of army reorganization, it will turn out that both Ministers have been misunderstood ; that Mr. Gladstone can carry into the preparation for certain expense and possible war the same zeal and fervour which he imparts to the conduct of civil business; that his grasp of principles and mastery of detail will be as conspicuous- in. the ..debate. : - the ArtnY Bill as they were in the debates on the Irish Church or the Irish Land Bill. It may be that Mr. Cardwell has determined to follow the advice of competent experts, and to leave his name indissolubly associated with the recon struction of our national forces. If they are prepared to justify this new conception of their characters, we have no doubt as to the result. All past shortcomings will be forgotten, and Mr. Gladstone will still be the head of a virtually united party. If, on the contrary, the Aimy Bill is an obvious makeshift, only designed to last until the Duke of Cambridge can be persuaded to resign, or until some newer subject has taken the place of National Defence in the public imagination, it is by no means cer tain that the disatisfaction of the Liberal party will not he such as seriously to affect the fortunes of the Ministry. That Mr. Gladstone ought to allow nothing but convic tions of the positive kind to interfere with his taking the lead of his party in the new and untried field which lies before them, cannot need demonstration. There could net be a worse augury for useful legislation than the pros pect of seeing reproduced in the House of . Commons the same temper that is now rising up in the country. Let England once be made secure, and she will go on giving her mind to the subjects which Mr. Gladstone most loves. Let her be left helpless under danger, and if she has not energy enough to remedy the evil by turning out the Ministry to which she attributes it, she will certainly have none to spare for anything else. THE TENACITY nF THE FRENCH RESISTANCE. There is no good news from France, says the Spectator. If we may believe the last reports, General Bonrbaki has, like all the other French generals, lost the moment when success was within his grasp at Belfort ; has allowed General Werder to be reinforced by General Zastrow, and now finds his task more than he can manage without re ceiving reinforcements in his turn. One might hastily infer that with every week the prospect of ultimate French success is disappearing, and the prospect of a treaty of peace, assigning Alsace and Lorraine for ever to Germany, becoming more and more certain. That is not our impression of the situation. Oa the contrary, we should say that acute judges look forward with much less confidence to the end of the war now than they did a fort night ago, when legends of the immediate surrender of Paris and close of the war were floating freely about in all circles, as if they had been self-generated. As far is we judge, the condition of the French national mind seems to be this :—There is no high daring, great despondency, a diffused melancholy ; but there is, at the same time, some thing like a positive incapacity for giving in. The nation looks at the thing repeatedly, tries to consider it ; nibbles again and again at the German proposals ; finds them dis gusting, " impossible," and goes on in its feeble way, raising great armies, half-winning small battles, losing great ones, and raising new armies in the place of the old ones. It seems to us quite a mistake to suppose that the resist ance is deep-rooted only in proportion to its fire and intensity. \Vith a commander of real genius, the fire and intensity would at once gleam out in the French resist ance. In the meantime, it is faint and weary and almost childish at times in its helplessness. But it is deep rooted far more than in proportion to its vigour. If the levies in any part of the country choose, they could easily refuse to come. Gambetta has no regular armies at his disposal with which he could constrain districts unwilling to send recruits. The truth is, that all France feels the duty of resistance, none the less for the half-hearted way in which she fulfils it. The destiny is on her to fight, though she cannot feel the fire kindling. We very much doubt if the war will not drag on after Paris is fallen, and become infinitely more troublesome to the Germans then than it is now. T THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. The John Bull thinks that the marvellous military suc cess, and the perfect organisation of the German system of carrying on war, there can be no two opinions. But what will be the effect on the home politics of Germany ? The people cannot always be at war, though so long as Bismarck lives and rules they may not unfrequently be so employed. The commercial classes in Germany are already complaining at the continuance of the war. Soon they will find, whatever money they may wring frcm im poverished France, that glory is an expensive article ; and in any case no money can atone to widows and orphans for the loss of their dear ones. When men find themselves hopelessly ruined, and bereaved of their children, enthu siasm rapidly vanishes. When one realises what is im plied in the assertion that one in five of the male popula tion of Munich has been killed in the war, a faint concep tion can be formed of the cost at which German victory has been achieved. Though Germany is not yet to any serious extent Republican, there are the seeds of it widely spread; and what we fear is the reaction from Bismarck's high-handed rule. Such reflections may well temper the rejoicing of the Germans, and make them determine for the future to devote themselves to a policy of peace. The English Liberals, so anxious for German success when the war began, can hardly be pleased ,t the turn affairs have taken. Let them learn from the course of events the lesson that it is not well to desert an ancient ally, and to take part with another combatant because the views pol itcal and religious of that nation most resemble their own. One Conservative member—Mr Homby—has had the courage to avow this week that in August we should have declared for the French—just as now Liberals are saying we should do, because France is a Republic ! Yet the country then was furiously German. May not the same revulsion of feeling towards the Emperor-King and Count Bismarck, that has taken place in England as to Germany, happen among the Germans themselves ? In the interests of law and order, of conservatism and religion, we hope not ; but we confess that the future is frught with the greatest anxieties. MINISTERS AND CONSTITUENTS. The Economist considers both Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Forster have met the local attacks on them wisely, Mr. Gladstone with the faint scorn which was all his enemies s of t the in Greenwich deserved—they had put themselves out of nation—Mrc ot-trt yde.ma Forster,nding b local b obenefitsappeal a t to ti t 'e he ex fu e sti e c eof he constituency, which he served so well and so long. If they intended to dismiss him, he said they must give him notice; but the policy they condemned he must maintain. But we are not sure we do not wish that Ministers would adopt a somewhat haughtier etiquette, regard themselves only as servants of the nation, and only explain themselves to their constituents at elections, confident that their most popular addresses are those directed to the whole people in Parliament. And we are quite sure that Mr. Forster broached a most dangerous doctrine when he said that if Mr. Turner and his friends had denounced a measure he was about to bring in, instead of a measure he had brought in, he should have appealed to the con stituency. Government by men liable to annual elections is conceivable, though we should be sorry to risk it ; but- Government by men liable to resign when called on by a local constituency, with no opportunity for another one to reverse their verdict, would and must end in one of three things. Either Government would live from hand to mouth, that is, would exist without a policy, or the interests of the kingdom would be postponed to the neces sity of securing local support ; or the Executive must, as in America, be released from Parliamentary control,—in our judgment the worst method in which free institutions can be worked. 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