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MOSES and SON supply ev er y descri p tion of 4 • Clothing, ready-made or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classcs ; also Hosiery anr Drapery, Hats and Cal,s, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any Article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices. with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Fstablishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturduy evening at sunset, when business resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. EW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Her Majesty's Servants will perform a New and Original Farce, entitled RULE BRITANNIA ; after which will be performed the Drury Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual, entitled THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY • or, HAR LEQUIN 'AND OLD MOTHER SHIPTON, with Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly. Doors open at half-past Six, com mence at Seven, and terminate at Eleven o'clock every Evening. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre :—First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily.— THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ANDREW ,HALLIDAY'S Great Drama, AMY ROBSART will be revived on MONDAY, February 27. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE - ROYAL , DRURY-LANE. MISS VICTORIA VOKES will resume her successful impersonation of AD,IY ROBSART on MON DAY, February 27.—80 x-office open from 10 till 5 daily. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET.— The 79th Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. —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, liesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The Avenue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of FAMILY JARS. Mr. SOTHERN will re-appear on the Ist of May. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro prietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, tame 7, THAT RASCAL JACK : Mr. John Rouse. At 7.30 (13th ), DEADMAN'S POINT ; or, THE LIGHTHOUSE QN THE CARN E RUTH : Miss Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mr 3. Leigh Murray, Miss M. Cooper, and Mrs. Billington ; J. Rouse, C. H. Stephen son, and (13th appearanc e here) Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Voltaire son, A. C. Lilly, and A. Raynor. At 9.30, OUR FEMALE AMERI CAN COUSIN. Miss Julia Daly, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Mr. Ashley, Mr, C. H. Stephenson, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THE HAPPY MAN. Mr. Shiel Barry. At 7.30, KING 0' SCOTS. Founded on Sir Walter Scott's Novel of "The Fortunes'of Nigel," written and adapted by Andrew Halliday. King James and Old Trapbois the Miser, Mr. Phelps. Messrs.W. Rignold, Herbert Crellin, Barrett, J.John stone, Marshall, J. Murray, H. Russell, Wallace, Clifford, West land, J. Clayton, &c. ; Mesdames R. Leclercq, A. Merton, R. Power, F. Addison, &c. New and magnificent scenery, by F. Lloyd and assistants. To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton. Box-office open from Ten till Five. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees—Messrs. IL J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (150th Night) : Mr. David James. After which, TWO ROSES :(223rd night), by James Albery. Conclude with (81st night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported. by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, ex.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, WHO SPEAKS FIRST? Mr. Joyce ; Misses Hughes, Lee. After which, UP IN THE WORLD ; Messrs. Terry, Poulton, Crou ch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Sheridan, Anstiss, Goodall. To co nclude with CCEUR-DELION, Messrs. Terry, Poulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, S.W. Lessee and Manager, M. LITTON. THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock. The 22nd Night of W. s Gilbert's original comedy entitled RANDA LL'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 conelude with an or iginal comedietta, by F. A. Marshall, entitled Q. E. D. B . D . by Messrs. W Belford, E. Ric hton, Misses M. nan, Kate Bishop, and Kate Manor. Box office open from to 5. No fees for booking, programmes, or cloak rooms. Trains by Metropolitan Railway to the very doors of the TheatTe.—Acting Manager, Mr. John Huy. ROYALTY TREATRE.-TO-NIGHT, February 18.—The 34th time of an original Comedietta, by It. Reece, in 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. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. - EXTRAORDI NARY and COMBINED ENTERTAINMENT. PRO FESSOR PEPPER on THE WAR. Special Edition. Musical and Pictorial Illustrations. —Mr. GEORGE GROSSMITH, Jun., in the Fairy Tale, THE YF.T.T,OW DWARF, every Evening ; GRECIAN STATUARY, by MADAME BOUSFIELD ; and a thousand and one other Entertainments all for ONE SHILLING, daily, 12 to 5 and 7 to 10. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker -ILL street.—On view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and gmpress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &c.— Admission, ls. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d, extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. M ADAAIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker 11l 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, Is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra.- -- . Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1871. in to districts, and every district General will have under him the command bf all the forces within his range. Thus all three services , will be exercised together, and have opportunities of comparing their efficiency. One of the prime causes of Prussian success is the raising of each corps in one province, where its supplies, its train, its artillery, and all its requirements are kept. When war breaks out, each corps has everything it needs immediately at hand. The French army was ruined through the system of supplying the whole' mass from great central depots which proved utterly unequal to their task. The Govern ment Bill adopts the Prussian plan. The system of officering is to be wholly altered. No longer will it be allowable for posts in the army to be sold to the highest bidder. The purchase system is abolished. Commissions wi ll be given to anybody who can establish his claim to one in a competitive examination, and promotion will be by merit. Much more will be required of the Volunteers. Com petence will be looked for in the officers, regular attendance at drill from the men, and the whole force will be trained in camps of instruction, where it will be under the Mutiny Act. These are the leading features of the measure. To not one is any exception to be taken as not being gOod in itself. The only doubt that will suggest itself to the mind of any military reformer will refer to the extent of these provisions. Do they go far enough ? We have given one hint of appre hension, and though the future alone can settle , the question, yet there is a feature of Mr. CARDWELL'S speech that justifies a little reservation. The estimates are increased this year by nearly three millions, one of which at least, says the WAR MINISTER, will not be needed in future. No portion of this increase ought to be needed in future. The sum paid last year, for example, is sufficient to supply an army on the scale of that proposed in the Bill without any increase ; and if this result be not achieved, the country will be as before, though to a far less extent, in the position of not receiving value for its money. As a whole the mea sure deserves praise. It ought to give us half a mamillion o e l ffi i g c h i t e n t t s o s o e l e d l i ir e r e s, u swell from ffi a c l e l r e d d. Such an g er at s s t ue o h ur is f s l y ee st t em in . home, defend i a n s w go el o l r as po t s o ses a s d io e n q s ua a t h el r y oad a . ssi m ar in m is y tr a ot d i m on ini i s s tr e a a t l io eu n la g t i e v a es u to s a m r a a i l: e bl o e t . Our The h p e r w ese s n a t almost the same materials a fine army. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.C. 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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, B.C. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI—That Rascal Jack. Deadman's Point. Our Female American Cousin. PRINCESS'S—The Happy Man. King o' Scots. He's a Lunatic. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Family Jars. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. OPERA COMIQUE—The Welsh Girl. The Comical Countess. ST. JAMES'S—TO Oblige Benson. Naval Engagements , Vesta. An Unhappy Pair. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY—Dora's Device. Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamond. GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S —A Day After the Wedding. 'Twilit Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. llandaWs Thumb. Q.E.D. HoLEoEN—Jezabel. Ticket-of-Leave Mn. STRAND —Wh o Speaks First ? Up in the World. Cceur-de-Lion. PRINCE or WALES'S—Ours. Locked In. ASTLEY'S—Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittlemouse. SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack. • NATIONAL STANDARD —Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLER'S WELLS—Jeannie Deans. AMPHITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Lulu. Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministreb. Every evening. ALHAAIBRA— Grand Concerts. POLYTECHNIC —Professor Pepper's War Lecture. noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. 61110 p. in. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. Found Drowned After• jvi j j iv, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1871. THE Army Organization Bill, which the Govern ment offer to the country, is a satisfactory one. It is not a model of legislative skill, like the Irish Land and the Irish Church Bills ; but, like them, it introduces great reforms, and its provisions are all such as ought to be fully realised in practice. There were two species of reform which lay within the power of the Ministry. They might improve the present system so that the heterogeneous and ill-trained troops, who now form our defensive strength, should be brought into working order, or they might, besides this administrative reform, aug-• meat the numerical strength of the army. Mr. CARDWELL'S Bill is a compromise between these two courses. The numbers of our defensive forces are to be increased in some degree ; but the chief aim of the measure is to make the army we now possess really available for the work it is intended to do. At present we have a Regular force of about 130,000 men, a Militia of in definite strength, and a large Volunteer army, cer tainly not under 150,000 strong. The total of these three branches is considerable. But only a fraction of the number are fit for war. The Militia is ill-trained, commanded by officers of small professional skill, and unprovided with the military train so indispensable to the move ments of troops in the field. The Volunteers are in much the same case. The exertions of the distin guished personage who has just announced himself to be an earnest military reformer, appear to have been directed hitherto to keeping from the Volunteers everything required for the success of their efforts. Their officers, too, are mostly unskilled ; they have no opportunities of practising manoeuvres on a large scale with regular troops. This is th• state of affairs. These men are numerous enough to make a large army. They at present form three small armies, one tolerably good, and the others very bad. The Government Bill welds the three into one. One of the most important means to this end is the removal of the Horse Guards to the War Office. The dual system of a responsible War Minister and a practically irresponsible Commander-in-Chlef, has long been condemned as utterly inconsistent with either economy or efficiency ; the only ques tion is, will the establishment of the two per sonages under one roof effect this end ? Hitherto Mr. CARD WELL has shewn no great disposition or ability to prefer the wishes of the nation to those of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE; and it is not at all clear that living together will change the relations between the two. The completeness of this reform, the head and front of all possible army improvement in England, is less clear, there fore, than that of other changes which the bill proposes to make. If the FIELD MARSHAL COM MANDING-IN-CHIEF Will carry out the views of the country expressed through the WAR MINISTER, instead of carrying out his own, all will be well. If he does not, the removal of the Horse Guards will be a mere delusion. The changes of next importance are excellent. The three branches of the army are all to be directly under the lead of the COMMANDER -IN-CHIEF. At present the Militia are officered by the Lords Lieutenant of counties, whilst the Volunteers officer themselves the result being . that neither branch is in reality officered at all. The total of the three forces will be raised, chiefly by an increase of the Militia, to half a million men. As this nnmbar can be kept up by N oluntary enlistments, compulsory service is properly rejected. Another reform of the first importance is the localisation of the various corps. The country will be divided TOPICS OF THE DAY. FRENCH OPINION. France would probably be regarded as one of the most Conservative countries in Europe if the mass of the population had the courage of opinions. The Reds are united, well orga nised, and determined, but they are not nu merous; the great bulk of the people, even in large towns, hold strictly moderate views, but they dare rot, at all events do not, express them. Here is an example. The other day, in one - of the Paris clubs, a speaker, dwelling upon the political cowar dice which made his countrymen go like-sheep in a direction they secretly detested, urged upon them the necessity of greater courage in expressing their sentiments in their choice of a form of Govern ment. " Are you a Monarchist or a Repub lican ? " shouted a man in the audience. This was rather too sudden an application of his own preaching to suit the speaker. Atter a moment's embarrassment, he said, amid roars of laughter : " On this point I must be permited to follow the example of my audience, and remain silent." This timidity has more serious results than a lack of due self-asser tion. It enables the Ultras to obtain a power totally disproportionate to their numerical strength. France follows where Paris leads. The provinces elect a Chamber of most moderate opinions. But if the capital sets up a Revolutionary Government, the country invariably accepts it without a murmer. GARIBALDI. The departure of the Italian leader to Caprera has been so hurried as to lead to the conclusion that France had become too hot to hold him. He had certainly no chance of keeping his ground in such an Assembly as that just elected. There is reason to believe, moreover, that he bad fallen out of favour with the party who at first courted his assistance, his last movements were dreadfully mismanaged. His men fought well, but big generalship was wretched. Whilst Manteuffel's army was pushing against Bourbaki, a mere detachment of Germans managed to engage Garibaldi's whole force, which was large. The time lost in beating this mere hand ful was employed by Manteuffel in driving the wretched French army into Switzerland. The only chance of preventing this catrstrophe was by throw ing the whole strength of Garibaldi's force on Man teuffel's flank, regardless of the detachment which was playing with it. This chance Garibaldi threw away. have issued stringent orders to the Guardians of the several union districts, as to the necessity of vaccina tion, re-vaccination, and, where a case of smallpox actually takes place, isolation. They direct, more over, that spring vans of a comfortable class, for the removal of patients to hospital, and a supply. of stimulants and medicines required for persons suf fering from smallpox, shall be furnished and kept ready for emergency in all the dispensing districts. In furtherance of the wishes of the Commissioners, we learn also that the authorities of the various hospitals have made arrangements to set apart isolated wards in their institutions for smallpox THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT BORDEAUX. Great difficulty has been experiencei in arranging the Theatre at Bordeaux to_ accommodate the Assembly, consisting of 759 Deputies, the Diplo matic Body, the newspaper press, and the spectators, of whom there is always a large number in Conti ental Chambers. The pit awl orchestra have be' A. ••,.• raised to a level with the stage; and rows of narrow benches placed close together have been substituted for the arm-chairs which formerly occupied the space. The members of the Assembly will sit on those benches, in the lower gallery, and in the first tier of boxes. The sittings will be held by gaslight : the reporters and the general public will, it is expecte], meet with scanty accommodation, but, under the circumstances, it was impossible to do more, as the resources of the theatre are but ill adapted to the purpose to which they are here applied. The deputies them selves will experience great inconvenience, for they will sit closely packed, and have no desks or drawers as in the Chamber at Paris, so that they must leave _their places if they wish to write letters. The Bor deaux theatre, judged by its intrinsic merits, does not fail in comparison with any in Europe, but unfortu nately for the purpose now required the space afforded by the interior does not fulfil the promise of the exterior, MR. VOYSEY'S PROSECUTION. Mr. Voysey has written to the Registrar of the Privy Council in reference to the intimatiOn that he might escape the penalties against him by a full retractation within a week. However anxious he may be to acknowledge the kindness which prompted the offer, be cannot pretend to feel grateful for it. Their lordships ap pear to him to have gone out of their way to accuse him of misrepresenting the opinions from which he differs. He was prepared for the rejection of his appeal, though he knows that nine-tenths of the clergy might with eqnal justice be condemned, and he believes that when the clergy hwe had time to exa mine it, they will find in this judgment old fetters renewed and new ones forged. He looks forward to an eventual struggle for liberty, and is grateful that he has been able for eighteen years to sow the seeds of love, truth, and liberty in the English Church. He rejoices, moreover, that before he is finally de prived of his office he should have another opportu nity of reaffirming his opinions, and rejecting the offer of repurchasing his position by proclaiming himself a hypocrite. IRISH PRECAUTION. If it be true, as Dr. Lyon Playfair says, that a wave of smallpox is spreading gradually over Eurppe, the Irish Poor-law Commissioners, at least, are pre paring to have all means ready to shut it out, whe❑ it comes to their part of the world. The Commissioners cases. THE CENSUS. A correspondent who signs himself " L. C.," and who, perhaps, by these initials means to impress upon us the fact that his intellect is in advance of the census commissioners by Long Chalks, proposes that statistics of vaccination should be gathered at the next census. In the census papers about to be issued there is a column in which every perion will have to jot down whether they are " blind" or " dumb," and 66 L.0: 6 is of opinion that very little extra labour on the part of all concerned would enable us to find out the important tact, namely, how many people have been vaccinated or re-vaccinated. If "L.C." had proposed the vacci nation column in lien of the dumb and blind column, the plan might have been feasible, but to propose that the commissioners sh ould burden themselves with discovering extra and manifold shortcomings of the human race, in addition to their real labour, that of finding the number of the people, is more than they bargained for, or can be expected to undertake. SCHOOL BOOKS. Professor Huxley in his last speech at the London School Board, made a raid upon the existing school books, which seems to have been misunderstood. The Professor had no intention of attaching the elemen tary works of such writers as Fownes, Carpenter, and Lyell. His hostility was directed against the books put into the hands of the younger class of students, and richly do the authors and employers of these productions deserve the flagellation he gave them. The compilations which profess to teach children the first principles of science or history are, as he says, "incompetent and abominable." It is useless to mention names, fiir they are all alike. Children of the pourer clas4es will never learn anything beyond the "three It's," until text books of a kind comparable to those used in foreign countries are supplied to them. CHARITY SCHOOLS IN 1704. In an interesting &print of an old report, recently -“a a • published by Messrs. Field and Tuer, we find many carious particulars relating to charity schools in 1704. there were at that time 54 schools in the me tropolis, all of them, except two, having been founded during the three preceding years, and accommodation was afforded to 2,143 pupils. The "religious difficulty" was solved by questioning the children, even those of the meanest capacity, by some such good exposi tion as ' The Whole Duty of Man.' " The boys, we find, as soon as " they can read competently well, are to be taught to write a fair, legible hand, with the grounds of arithmetic, to fit them for services or apprentices," and from a note we gather that " the girls learn to read, &c., and generally to knit their stockings and gloves, to mark, sew, make, and mend their cloathes ; several learn to write, and some to spin their cloathes." Altogether the rules drawn up are so good, and so full of practical sound sense, that we are puzzled as to how to account for the scandalous inefficiency generally exhibited by institutions of this nature. To LITERARY LABOURERS. "A. Private Firm in London " have recently been advertising for " a secretary." This gentleman, among other qualifications, is required to be " young, energetic, a clever correspondent, and a brilliant article writer," and the tempting salary offered is 260 per annum. In these days of keen competition we fear that the labours of the unlucky postman, who, together with the valentines of the ssason, conveyed the numerous letters of application for this-vacant and desirable post, must, indeed, have been excessive. Here, then, is found at last a refuge where the un timely wise and the unfortunately witty .may devote all the hours of their days to the congenial compila tion of trade reports and invoices, and where if they do not receive, as Air. Sala says he does, " the salary of an ambassador and the treatment of a prince," they will at least have the proud consciousness of honourably earning their wages. Though Grub street is no more, and though the uphill road to Par nassus has been as completely bridged over as the Holborn valley, we recommend such of our readers as have literary attainments 'sufficiently conspicuous, or literary aspirations sufficiently strong, to turn at once to the advertising columns of the Times, pro vided always, of course, that they have not been fore stalled by the-brilliant writers of the Saturday Review or the Pall Mall. Re said that he had not more than 16,000 to 18,000 Uri tish infantry atWaterloo, and that he started with the worst army that ever was got together, but four or five regiments which had been in the Peninsula gave a tone to all the rest. The other troops behaved very ill, the Nassaus actually ran away and fired at him when he role up to rally them. The relative discipline of the troops was compared, greatly to the disadvantage of the Prussians. They lost half their troops on the march by straggling, and though their requisitions oppressed the people, they did not get what they wanted, while the English had no diffi culty in obtaining supplies. The Duke made all his l!vies through the French official agents, so that the people did not feel them so oppressive. Of the British forces the Duke spoke very warmly. Nothing, be said, could surpass, or, indeed, equal, the British troops in the field. The sense of honour among officers did not exist to the same degree in any other service, and he always felt sure when he put a detachment into a post that they would maintain it against any force till they dropped. THE AMERICAN COTTON CROP. The New Orleans Picayune, which is usually an authority, on the cotton crop, has an interesting article on the cultivation. The produdtion of cotton, it says, has reached a point at which it is likely to bring loss to the planter, unless India, Brazil, and Egypt turn to other pursuits. The advantages of soil and climate in the Southern States of North America are so favourable that they counterbalance the high price of labour. The rival cultivators in other countries are, however, content with small profits, • and the world, according to the Picayune, is likely to be overstocked with cotton when the American crop exceeds 2,500,000 bales. It is generally believed in the South that if prices do not improve, less will be planted, but at present there is a great demand for labour. Louisiana, which is an important cotton producing state, is turning its attention to sugar, and in some parts the planters are engaging labourers and making their preparations, waiting for indications of the probable rates of profit before they decide whether they shall put their land finder cotton, corn, or other staples. CHESHIRE CHEESE IN PARIS. A new taste has sprung up in Paris which, along with balloon travelling and photographic lett'rs, will henceforward mark the epoch of the great siege of 1870-71. The great commodity which has become the prevailing fashion is no other than—Cheshire cheese. The markets are full of it, the shop windows exhibit it in the place of honour. The restaurants insert it prominently in their cartes. Those who are fortunate enough to have recoived the precious comestible as a gift exhibit it in their windows or door ways if they bo tradespeople, although their ordinary wares are altogether distinct. Half-a-crown a pound is considered a reasonable amount to charge for frontage de Chester, and one of the unfailing in quiries between two friends meeting after a pro longed absence is now, 44 Have you tasted Chester ' cheese ?" The question of provi sions has necessarily occupied a paramount place in the thoughts of the Parisians, but the passion for Cheshire cheese supplies the humorous side to the picture. It is only to be hoped the consequences of such unwonted fare may not be serious. It has been hinted that a national attach of indige,tion might pro lace alarming results on the great question of peace or war, THE IRON DUKE AND THE ENGLISH SOLDIER, In Lord Palmerston's memorials of his tours in .France in 1814, he gives some interesting quotations from his converiat;ons with the great Duke on military matters. Reviews were going on constantly in Paris, and the Duke took the oppor tunity to praise the system of attacking by line instead of by column. He was satisfied our line attack was the reason we had always beaten the French. A DARING JOURNEY. A very remarkable expedition has lately been ac complished by a Texan cattle-driver, named Thomas Dormitt, whose daring in attempting to cross the groat plains of the West in winter time was more foolhardy than praiseworthy.Alany records exist of very small parties accomplishing the transit across the central continent of North America, and many pain ful histories are also extant of such little groups perishing in the attempt. Never before, how ever, has a solitary traveller dreamt of facing the dangers of the way, the prairie fire in summer time, the pitiless snow in winter, the exposure and hunger, and the wolves and other wild beasts, who are only too ready to seize the unwary wanderer. An insurance com pany, says one of the American journals in commenting on the story, would hardly have guaranteed Thomas Dormitt's earthly existence for ninety per cent., knowing in advance the task he meant to undertake. He was at Fort Butort last October, and wished to go home to Texas, a distance of 1,225 miles, through an Indian country notoriously dangerous. Weatherwise people said there would be an open winter, and so Dormitt rolled up blankets and am munition, and with his rifle on his shoulder started for Texas. When he had gone two hundred miles he was overtaken by a fearful snow storm, which filled the air and obliterated all tracks. He gave himself up for lost, when he stumbled on a hole in an embankment. He crept into it, and remained safely sheltered till the storm past by. He then came out, and burned back, but, not liking to be cowardly, he stood up his stick, and resolved he would go whichever way it fell. It fell towards Tezas, and away he went Eastward. His fnad fell short, and having been without any for two days he grew weaker and weaker. Presently he came upon another hole and crawled in to rest, but found a dead Indian ! He drew back in horror, ,but on searching further he came upon a large piece of frozen buffalo meat, which saved his life. He encountered living Indians and living bears, but escaped them all, and after seventy five days' journey made his appearance, a walking skeleton, in Sioux City. 1 , ( r. O „ ermlar. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, FEBRUARY 17. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. Viscountess Clifden was in attendance. Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield. MR. JOHN BRIGHT. The Right Honourable John Bright (says a Birmingham correspondent) is so far recovered that he will be able on an early day to resume his Parliamentary duties. In accordance with this expectation, it has been unanimously resolved at a meeting of his supporters to decline his pro ffered resignation. —Lancet. IMPERI AMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. The Marquis of Bute took the oaths and his seat. In reply to the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord DUFFERIN declined to make any statement respect ing the alleged waste and corruption in the management of the Duchy of Lancaster until the question was raised in a specific form. The Earl of HARROWBY expressed an opinion that there was no waste or corruption. In reply to the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord DUFFERIN said that the Government would intro duce a Bill to assimilate the Law of Bankruptcy and Im prisonment for Debt in Ireland to that in England. The second reading of the Ecclesiastical Delapidation Bill was postponed until Tuesday next by the Archbishop of York. The House adjourned at half-past five. EARL KM BERLEY. A correspondent of the Scotsman writes :—There is a mild rumour in London, though it is perhaps only a revival of one which was afloat two months ago, that Lord Kimberly has been induced to take the place of First Lord of the Admiralty. If he really does—and I have heard nothing to vouch the statement—he will make a sacrifice both of official rank, by descending from a Secretaryship of State, and of emolument, as the salary of the First Lord is lower then that of the Secretary for the Colonies. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Gertrude Baroness Dinor ben (the second wife and relict of the first Lord Dinorben) late of Llysdulas, near Amlwch, in the Isle of Anglesey, and of Bute House, South Audley-street, was proved in the London Court, on the Bth first., by Henry Brasier Mitchell, Esq., her cousin, and the Hon. Gwyn Gertrude Hughes, her daughter, the joint acting execu tors. The personalty was sworn under £lOO,OOO. The will is dated in 1866, and there are two codocils, the first dated in 1868, and the last December 22, 1870 ; and her ladyship died at her town residence on the 3rd ult. There are but few legacies. Amongst them is the sum of £1,500 to her executor, Mr. Mitchell ; £3OO to a Mrs. Smith ; and an annuity of £5O to her butler, leaving the bulk of her property, real and personal, to her daughter and only child, the Hon. Gwyn Gertrude Hughes. The will of Richard Ecroyd Payne, Esq., of Leeds, and of Roundhay, Barwick in-Elmet, solicitor, was proved in the Registry at Wakefield, on the 7th ult., under £lOO,OOO personalty. The will of John Thomas Bennett, Esq., of Clarendon Villa. St. Albans, Herts` dated April 9, 1864, was proved in London, on the 2nd instant, under £30,000 personalty, and contains the following charitable bequests :—To the Fever Hospital, Consumption Hospital, Cancer Hospital, and the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary, Margate, each £1,000; and Royal Free Hospital, Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, School for Indigent Blind, and the Asylum for Idiots, each £2OO ; to the following hospitals—namely, Middle. sex, Charing-cross, King's College, St. George's, St. Mary's, London, St. Bartholomew's, North London, and Great Northern, and to the City of London Truss So ciety, each £loo.—The will of Mauritz Jacoby, lace mer chant, Nottingham, was proved under £l2o,ooo.—The late Harry Thomas Grove, Esq., died intestate ; his personal estate was administered to under £90,000. The directors of the Submarine Telegraph Company recommended a dividend at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum. Mr. Arthur N. Birch, of the Colonial Office, has been appointed Lieut-Governor of Penang, and its depen dencies during Sir. H. St. George Ord's leave of absence in England. Mr, Carruthers, who has gained considerable repu tation as an authority on fossil plants, has been appointed Keeper of the Botanical Collections in the British Museum, which post had become vacant. Dr. W. Wright is succeeded by Mr. Edward M. Thompson, as assistant keeper of the MSS. Mr. Eugene A. Roy has been ap pointed assistant keeper of the printed books, and Mr. Barclay V. Head of the coin depar:;ment. 1 THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA.—The Academy reports that in December the Russian steam corvette Witiaz left Europe in charge of the explorer Nicolaus von Miklucho-Maclay, for a seven or eight years', cruise among the islands of the Pacific, the first two of which are to be devoted entirely to the survey of the rich island of New Guinea or Papua (three times the extent of Great Britain), one of the m ost completely unknown parts of the earth, never traversed by any European, though its coasts were discovered nearly 350 years ago. Lord Halifax is now in charge at the Admiralty, though unofficially. He has what Indian civilians call an " acting appointment," and should Mr. Childers be unable to return to his post it is understood that the aged Whig peer will be " confirmed." It is probable that Sir Sydney Dacres will shortly leave Whitehall for Portsmouth. Lord John Hay, who has just left the Admiralty, will probably have the command of the Hercules or the Northumber land, though it is hinted he would prefer to go tororts mouth, ROUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair n few minutes before four o'clock, at which hour there was ,rather a numerous at tendance of members. Petitions praying for the regulation of the sale of in toxicating drinks, and the closing of public-houses on Sundays, were presented by Mr. Graves, Mr. Candlish, and Mr. Griffiths. TRAMWAYS IN IRELAND. Mr. SYNAM gave notice that on Tuesday he would ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether a bill would be introduced to amend the Irish Tramways Act, or whether the bill of last session would be extended to Ireland. ARMY ORGANISATION. Mr. LEATHEM gave notice that when this bill came on for consideration he should move that the number of men be reduced by 20,000. BABY FARMING. Mr. CHARLEY gave notice that he should introduce a bill for the better protection of infant life. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Mr. GRANT DUFF said it would facilitate the business of the House if he at once stated that the subject of Indian Finance had had the anxious consideration of the Go vernment, and it was their intention on the earliest possi ble day, after determining the most convenient mode of pro ceeding, to move the appointment of a committee upon the subject. This, he believed, would be received with satisfaction by many hon. members on both sides of the House, who took an interest in Indian aiLirs. (Hear, hear.) THE IRISH GRAND JURY LAWS. The O'CoNoR DoN asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land, whether he intended to introduce during the present Session, a bill for the amendment of the Grand Jury Laws of Ireland. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that a bill founded on a report presented a year or two ago, was ready to be produced at any time ; but as a bill dealing with local government and taxation in England would be introduced , he thought it would be more convenient to wait and sea what provisions of the measure could be made applicable to Ireland. (Hear hear.) GENERAL VALUATION SERVICE IN IRELAND. The O'CoNoR DON, who had given notice that he would ask the Secretary of the Treasury when the returns ordered on the 9th August, 1870, relative to the General Valuation Service in Ireland would be presented to the House, said he had received a private reply, to the effect that the papers in question would be laid on the table in few days. THE TRANSFER OF LAND. Mr. Pms asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of the Government during the session to introduce any bill to facilitate the transfer of land ; and whether such bill when introduced would extend 0 Ireland and Scotland ; or, whether there would be sera . rate legislation for each country. Mr. GLADSTONE said a bill upon the subject was rob' to be introduced, but until they could form an opinion 0 to its progress through the House he could not undertak e to introduce it. • THE AMERICAN COMMISSION. Mr. GRIEVE asked the Under Secretary for Forei6 Affairs whether the joint commission which was to sit 0 Washington would consider the claims of British subje who had property destroyed at Richmond in consequen ce of General Breckenridge, previous to evacuating the tovI II having fired the warehouses and destroyed large quantities of tobacco and other merchandise. Viscount ENFIELD said commissioners had been al); pointed for the purpose of discussing in a friendly sP"' the various points upon which differences had arisen be, tween the two countries. They were not empowered to settle any difficulties, but simply to state the best method of arriving at that result, whether by arbitration or other. wise. In all probability when the time arrived the claims of British subjects would be considered. THE PRUSSIAN MARCH TkiitaUGH PARIS. Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE asked the Under -Secretary f State for Foreign Affairs whether any efforts have be en made by the Government to dissuade the Prussian authorities from the triumphal march of the Prussi lli : a rmy through Paris, as it could only have for its objet. the humiliation of the French nation, and m ight be attended by most calamitous results. Viscount ENFIELD trusted the hon. member would 11(4 think him discourteous if he told him that, as no e 01:61- munication on the subject had been addressed to the 6c ; vernment, they had not thought proper to take any step s in the matter. (Hear, hear.) 7•19 REPORTED TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA A' PRUSSIA. Sir C. DILKE asked the Under-Secretary for r' ores Affairs whether it was true the Government had recei le o communications from our foreign legations relating t° re p o rted treaty or understanding between Russia i°lto Prussia, and, if so, whether it was their intentS o 4 o make such communications, or any of them , kn own t°" House. 0 Viscount ENFIELD said rumours had at different t'" reached the Government, but as they had never ase c ipi an official shape, they had not been looked upo n as (s' communications. (Hear, hear.) THE TRADES UNION BILL AND TI PRESS. Mr. STAVELEY HILL asked the Home Secretarlie the Trades Union Bill had been placed in the hands 4 6 ; ,4 editor of a public journal, as appeared from an anal 3 0 it•published on Thursday, before it had been placed i ° hands of members of the House. a fo e d Mr. BRUCE said the hon. member had assumed 0 - * sr that which was not a fact. As some , delay was net in the bill being in the hands of the members, and b e interest was taken in it, he caused an analys is to D 01° to all the papers, andnot to one only. (Hear, hear' ) bill would be ready to-morrow morning. (Hear.) GERMAN CONDUCT SINCE THE ARgitteign Mr. GOLDSMID asked the Under - Secretary for vrte Affairs whether the statement was correct that til: shns had, on non-payment of fines imposed by various districts since the armistice was conclud e 4 ol3 those districts. and if there was any precedent for" proceeding. had pt, Vi s count ENFIELD said no communication „ope°: made to the Government with regard to the st s " - nr o°' and he was therefore unable to say if it was c orree i o g As to the precedent, if correct, he bad not-110 r Di r ceived no information—thought it right to bunt torical precedents on that point. (A laugh.) . 4 0' e PRIVATE ALLOWANCES TO MIDSgIPI to th Lord GEORGE HAMILTON asked the Secretalto b.; Admiralty if an order had been, or was ap °l / 0 ,0 11 t o issued compelling parents or friends of 0 1 ° 5 , 11 : e arict make them an allowance of £ 5O instead of £ 4 " , before ; if so, on what ground,. and what would , where the additional sum could not be Paid . Mr. BAXTER said the change was adopted ° 50 1 P., 0 commendation of the highest naval authorities; of th e been found to work well As to the latter Nerbproisl question, a circular which had been issued made for such cases. (Hear, hear). ADMINISTERING OF INDIAN - COnriiittes o f Mr. FewcETT, in moving f or a select „istrati°:oll inquire into the financial and general adau the ao affairs in India, said the cour se adopted W s iOO , went had placed him in a pos ition of embarra t s; sos s tio gave notice of his motion on the first day . of 0 ,4 1 and communicated with the representthat:7o4,ll;o Government, from whom, however, u p to t o t n i3 as 040 1 . been unable to obtain the slightest infornaaniittg , 0 tbe c ov they intended to do. But without any war .c. o leo. v 0 9 Secretary had since moved a resolution for - w o , co o' mittee to inquire into Indian affair s. 1 ,er the t,l3° mittee i a t t t t e e e r ofly was perfect appointedindiff ere ou nc e h is to inhoiintionwhoer...tot THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGHT O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This Edition will always contain the LATES r NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.