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MOSES and SON : LONDON. COR ER of ISHNOItIES and ALDGATE. 1% KW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COU NTR Y MUNN:P. BRA DFOIID. ITORKSHIRE. ITALIAII OPERA BUFFA COMPANY (LIMITED) —LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING (SATURDAY), February 4, will be produced (for the tenth time in ar t y country), the New Opera of ALI B &BA (written expressly for this Company). Boxes on the grand tier, £3 3s. • stall tier. £2 12s. d.; u 6pper circle, £1 7s . 6d.; orchestra stalls, 10s 6d.; grand tier dress seats, 7s. ; upper circle seats, 45.: pit tickets, 2s. 6d. ; amphi theatre, ls. T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LINE. 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 produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual, entitled THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, HAR LEQUIN AND OLD MOTHER SIIIPTON, written by E. L. Blanchard, with Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly. Doors open at half-past Six, commence 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. AMY ROBSART.—In answer to ced this numer Drama ous will plications, it is respectfully announ be revived on Monday, Feb. 27. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daiIy.—THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. MISS VICTORIA VOKES will resume her successful impersonation of AMY ROBSART on MON DAY, February LANEn from 10 till 5 daily.— THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY 1 ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, S.W. Lessee and Manager, M. LITTON. THIS EVENING, at eight o'clock. Tenth 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 31. 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 b' Metropolitan Railway to the very doors of the Theatre. —Acting Manager, Mr. John Huy. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- The 67th 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, ltiesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and F an ny Gwynn°. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act IT. 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 BRIDEGROOM. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5, A'PIH THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro prietor, Mr. Benj amin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.- - THIS EVENING, at 7, THAT RASCAL JACK : Mr. John Rouse. At 7.30 (first time), DEADMAN'S POINT: or, THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE CARN RUTH : Miss Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss M. Cooper, and Mrs. Billington ; J. Rouse, C. H. Stephen.- son, and (first appearance here) Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Voltaire son, A. 0. Lilly, and A. Raynor. At 9.30, the MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mr. Brittain Wright, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Miss Dubois, Miss Bella Moore, Miss Bellew, &c. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.---THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (139th Night) : Mr. David James. Afterlwhich, TWO ROSES (211th ), James Albert'. Conclude with (69th night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, &c.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, dze. ROYALTY T EIEATRE.—TO -NIGHT, February 4.—The 22nd time of an original Comedietta, by R. 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. 1) OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, 11) Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton. 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. Regnold, H. Crellin, Barrett, J. John stone, Marshall, J. Murray, H. Russell, Wallace, Clifford, West land, J. Clayton, tte. ; Mesdames R. Leclercq, A. Merton, R. power, F. Addison, &c. New and magnificent scenery, by F. Lloyd and assistants. To conclude with THE HAPPY MAN. Mr. Shicl Barry.—Box-office open from Ten till Five. 110YAL S TRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and .Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. ulßufton, and F. H Turner ughes. MGR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Paton, Fenton, and ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, dpc. Anti ON ANA THE SUN, LON DUN, SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 4, 1 t3'r advocating peace. It is quite possible that M. GAMBETTA may be urging a policy opposed to that favoured by the majority. As a Minister he' has no right to do this. Let him resign and become a private individual, and he can then preach the doctrine of his individual fancy. At the same time it is obvious that the course adopted by the fiery Repub lican greatly diminishes the chances of peace. There can scarcely be time for the Paris Ministers to undo his work, if they be disposed ; and thus the whole weight of official influence—a very heavy weight in , —France is already thrown into the scale against peace. Should it happen that the preposterous terms announced by the Berlin correspondent of the Times be correct, or anything lik e an approach to accuracy, the question is settled. M. GAM BETTA may drill his levies, and rest in peace. No nation above the grade of the Bengalees would accept such conditions. But there is not the slightest reason for crediting the statement that has (so alarmed the world. ONE of M. Gar 's preliminaries for the elec tion campaign are characteristic of French politics. He forbids the Orleanist Princes to present them selves as candidates, and likewise all persons who have accepted office, whether high or low, under the Empire. It is the custom of French parties to inau gurate an appeal to the free and independent voter by excluding a good many persons whom they very much dislike. If the Paris Ministers get the upper hand of their unruly colleague they will, it is to be hoped, reverse this decision so far as the Orleanist Princes are concerned. The Republic will not be well inaugurated by a proscrip tion of this kind. As to the Imperialists, nobody, except themselves, will much care whether they are proscribed or not. They deserve the punishment, and it is not surprising that the Republicans should inflict it. For nearly twenty years the officers of the Empire have used their powers to crush and degrade the men who did not like Imperialism. To be a Republican or an Orleanist was to be deprived of all possibility of advancement, not merely in politics, but in the army, science, art, and almost in literature. Throughout that period an organised sy stem was kept up by which the man of opposition was made well-nigh an outcast from society by reason of his opposition. Most of the enjoyments which make life worth having were denied to him who would not bow before C/ESAR. The innings of the other side has come now. TOPICS OF THE DAY. MUNITIONS OF WAIT. According to a correspondent who writes to ' the Times from Berlin, an extraordinary con vention was concluded some time ago between America and Prussia. The provision of Interna tion Law touching the export of war munitions, &c., does not forbid neutral merchants to trade in them, but stipulates that they are liable to capture by the cruisers of any belligerent :Am may be injured. The treaty in question confirmed the freedom of neutrals in the export of munitions, and then proceeded to an agreement suspending the right of belligerents to capture these neutral cargoes. In other words, if Prussia was at war with France, America might supply the latter State with arms ad lib. ; if America were at war with any country, Prussia would have the same freedom. The stipulation runs thus : "To prevent all the difficulties and misunder standings that usually arise respecting the mer chandise heretofore called contraband, such as arms, ammunition, and military stores of every kind, no such articles carried in the vessels, or by , the subjects or citizens of one of the parties, to the enemies of the other shall be deemed contraband, so as to induce confiscation or condemnation and a ' loss of property to individuals." One of the parties to this treaty has bitterly complained of us for merely abiding by the ordinary provision of inter national law and not interfering with the little traffic in contraband now carried on by British merchants. Was the like of this ever known before ? The Prussians condemn Englishmen for conducting a traffic in accordance with law, and subject to risks laid down by law, and yet they agree with' another nation to facilitate this very traffic by the removal of all risks. Comment is superfluous. THE NEW KAISER. The Germans remain in great doubt as to the proper name to be given to their Emperor. There are various ways of tacking the words "Emperor" and "Germany " or " German " together, but none of them seems to give perfect satisfaction. " German Emperor " has been tried in some official quarters, but it is very awkward, and does not harmonise with similar titles. " Emperor of Germany," which appears to be the correct thing at first sight, does not describle the actual state of affairs, for it would plainly imply that the King of Bavaria and his companions in misfortune were complete nonen tities. " Emperor of the Germans" is like Emperor of the French, and has a revolutionary look whit will not do at all. On the whole " Emperor In Germany " seems best, and the Augsburg Gazette says that "an analysis of the question " will appear shortly, recommending the final and formal adoption of this title. It is satisfactory to find the supply of intellect in Germany so large that some of it can be spared at the present time for occupations of this kind. --- MADAME TUSSA.UD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal liazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c. — Admission, Is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. mA.DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION?--Baker street.—On view, Portrait Models of the ing 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 20 p.m. pKRTRIDGE 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 OVER 20s. Per ream. s. d. 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ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—AIi Baba. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI—That Rascal Jack. Deadman's Point. The Mistletoe Bough. PRINCESS'S—He's a Lunatic. King o' Scots. The Happy Man. HAYMARKET — The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the VAUDEVILLE Invisible Armada. OPERA COMIQUE—Found Drowned. Th e Lottery Ticket. The Carnival Ball. ST. JAMEs's—To Oblige Benson. War. Jenny L ind at Last. An Unhappy Pair. OLYMPlC—POppleton's Predicament. league) 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. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. Thumb. Q.E.D. HOLBORN—Jezabel. Ticket-of-Leave Man. STRAND —Living at Ease. Coeur-de-Lion. PRINCE OF.WALES'S—Ours. Locked In. ASTLEY'S—Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittlemouse, SURREY-Farce. My Son Jack. NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLER'S WELLS—Sinbad the Sailor. AMPHITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn) —Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrela. Every evening. ALHAMBRA—Grand Concerts. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and evening. , MADAME TuSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. tilllo p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. Nell and (Bur Randall's On and Off. fljl - - E LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1871 THE chances of peace are not increased by the difference which has undoubtedly sprung up between M. GAMBETTA and M. FAVRE. The dictator who has so long wielded the provincial resources of France complains bitterly of the Foreign Minister's con luct in concluding an armistice without reference to the Delegation at Bordeaux—indeed it would appear that M. GAMBETTA is opposed to an armis tice of any kind. His complaint is just to some ex tent. To arrange the terms of a truce without con sulting the provincial leaders was an irregular and an imprudent proceeding. M. FAVRE could not be well informed touching the military situation outside Paris, and he could not judiciously apply to BISMARCK for enlightenment. By making condi tions in the dark he ran the risk of inflicting injury on the interests of his country. At the same time the damage actually clone is slight. It is true that BismAucK refused to include the Eastern district in the armistice, and thus the armies of WERDER and MANTEUFFEL have continued their operations against BOURBAKI'S force, and have entirely de stroyed it. But it does not appear that such a catas trophe could be averted by any means. BOURBAKI'S army was surrounded and lost before the negotiations between FAVRE and BISMARCK terminated. The disaster was the effect, not of the armistice, but of that deplorable hesitation which kept BOURBAKI lingering about the scene of his defeat when the way to a place of safety lay open before him. M. GAM BETTA ought to have been consulted about the ar mistice (not about the capitulation) ; yet he could not have improved matters, unless he could shew good reason why no armistice whatever should be agreed to. So far as we can see, no such argument was at his command. The armistice is decidedly beneficial to France, whether peace be made or not. Divided counsels in the only Government to which France can at present look is to be deeply regretted. No doubt the real motive of M. GAM. BETTA'S quarrel with his colleague is his desire to carry on the war, whilst he perceives in the Minis try at Paris a hankering after peace. His fiery pro clamation is certainly little in keeping with the spirit of M. JULES FAVRE'S recent policy. He respects the decision of the Paris Ministers in concluding the armistice, but he resolves to employ it in preparing for further resistance. He will devote the great ad ministrative machinery 'at his command to carry ing o n a crusade against a peace involving a cession of territory. The business of the National Assembly, if his influence avails aught, will be to proclaim the determination of France to fight to utter exhaustion. This course is decidedly wrong. We say this without sharing in the foolish condem nation of M. GAAIBETTA so common in England at present. There was a time when it was r.ot thought a crime in England to advocate uncompro mising resistance rather than sign a disgraceful peace; and that feeling will return in all its original force whenever the infamous pleas of " W.R.G." and the Times are urged for our own adoption. But in the present case M. GAMBETTA is acting evidently without the co operation of his colleagues ; and for any thing that is know'. to the contrary, the Paris Ministry may have decided upon PROFESSOR BLACKIE ON WAR. Professor Blackie has just delivered at Edinburgh a lecture on war which created some excitement by the novel mode in which he treated his subject. He said war made man a very expert animal, and developed his intellectual qualities. It also brought out generosity and chivalry. There was likewise the alleviation of the sick and wounded to consider. Alter declaring that he thought the soldier was a noble man, Professor Blackie referred to Bismarck and the present war. Our soldiers were the riff-raff of the streets, but this was not the sample of the old Roman and the modern Prussian soldier. Bismarck was like Cromwell, a stern man for a stern purpose. He had succeeded in his work of uniting Germany, and why should we grudge Germany the chance of becoming a great Power in Europe? The Professor reserved the strangest of his arguments for the close of his discourse. He said it was one result of war to teach nations to respect each other. It was formerly the custom of Frenchmen, and lie was sorry to say of Englishmen too, to despise the Germans ; but now they had taught us something of the utmost consequence. It is not surprising that these remarks were received with more laughter than applause by the audience. TIIE DOCKYARD EIkIIGRANTS TO CANADA. The official papers containing information with respect to the voyages of the Tamar and Crocodile to Canada, with dockyard emigrants, have been issued. The commander of the former vessel speaks favourably of the conduct of the passengers; at least 99 per cent. of whom behaved themselves on board during the passssge out in an exemplary manner. The Immi gration Commissioner adds to the commander's report the words, " The Dominion Government granted all the emigrants on arrival a free transport to the different parts of the country, at a cost of over £4OO, while the inland representatives of the Emig-ration Commissioners state that all the labourers have found employment. The officers on board the Tamar were somewhat troubled on the passage out by scarletina breaking out among the children. No one, however, died, and at the end of the voyage the emigrants held a meeting, and unanimously passed votes of thanks to the authorities on board the Tamar, expressing especial gratitude to the "surgeon and his staff for the unremitting care and attention bestowed on those who had unfortunately required medical aid." IRELAND AND THE WESTERN REPUBLIC. At the amnesty meeting in Dublin, on Wednes day night, the following resolution was moved by an influential citizeu : That the Irish people tender their thanks to the Govern ment of the American Republic for their thoughtful genercsity in requesting the English Government to pro vide the exiled political prisoners with first class cabin Passages at the expense of the Government of the United States. It would appear from the words of this resolution, which, be it stated, was carried with applause, that General Butler's party had been seeking to insult England in respect to the Fenians, prior to the late avowal of sympathy, in fact from the moment of the release or the prisoners. The imprudence of the Irish Amnesty Association in proposing such a reso lution at a meeting held purposely to ask her Ma jesty for another " act of clemency," was equalled in a second instance on Wednesday ; for, atter the foregoing motion had been passed, the meeting sup gelded that the identical resolution, accompanied by a memorial, should be " transmitted to the Home Secretary for presentation to the Queen." LIFEBOATS IN IRELAND. The National Lifeboat Institution can boast of an Irish auxiliary, and its supporters are determined to lose no means of bringing it under public notice. A bazaar, the largest ever held in Dublin, has been open for the last two days, wind ing up with a grand public concert, and a ball, under the especial patronage of the Lord-Lieutenant, Cardinal Cullen, the Archbishop of Dublin, and the other notabilities of the city. The Lord Lieutenant and Countess Spencer were present at the ball, and it is to be hoped the society will be considerably enriched by the whole proceedings. It is an asso ciation which riohly deserves public support, main taining, as it does, a fleet of 226 lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom, which have during the past year been the means of saving 513 lives and 21 vessels. Ttie number of persons rescued dr.ring the same period by shore boats and other means was 271, and all these cases are noticed or rewarded by the Society, whose great object is the preservation of life from shipwreck, not the exaltation of its own particular method. The records of the ex citing adventures of the lifeboat crews, however, prove convincingly bow admirably the boats are adapted to their dangerous service, and how bold and skilful are the hardy seamen whom they carry. An idea of the outlay required for preserving the extensive establishments in good working order and for carrying on the general work of the Society may be gathered from the fact that the sum expended last year was £25,956. For this amount, however, there are 784 rescued lives. and 21 saved vessels to show. THE POLICE AND THE "ALLIANCE NEWS." The active advocate of the Temperance party, the Alliance News, has been doing good public service, and the Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has been glad to avail himself of its assistance. Copies of an article and correspondence which ap peared in its pages a short time since have been sent round to the various police divisions, with an order directing the attention of the superintendents to some of the provisions of the Habitual Criminals Act. The extracts illustrate the manner in which crime has been reduced in Bedford shire by the enforcement of these pro visions, under which proceedings may be taken against the keeper of any lodging-house, beer-house, public-house, or other place where exciseable liquors are sold, or of any place of public entertainment or resort, who knowingly permits or suffers thieves or reputed thieves to assemble or meet together therein. A license may be forfeited on a first conviction of any offence under the 10th section of the Act. Considering how , often the keepers of such houses are inNOcated in the crimes committed by the men who frequent them, and how seldom they can be directly punished for the ofience, it is highly desirable that these provisions of the Act should be enforced with the utmost strictness. Colonel Henderson at least appears to recognise the intimate connection between habitual intemperance and habitual crime. ENGLISH INVENTORS. The scant reward which English inventors reap for their labours is a somewhat hacknied theme; but, unfortunately, there are never wanti►►g practical illustrations of its veracity. Few could be more striking than the case of Mrs. Elizabeth Cort, widow of Richard Cort, the son of that Henry Cort, whose inventions were the foundation of British iron manufacture as it now is, and conse quently of a large share of the national wealth. Mr. Cort expended a considerable fortune in bring ing his inventions to perfection, but though the whole iron manufacture received an immense stimulus, and it would at the present moment be difficult to esti mate in £s. d. the value of those inventions, Mr. Cort and his family, as is too often the case, derived little or no pecuniary benefit from them. His son's widow is now absolutely destitute, and suffers from chronic illness. A subscription is being got up on her behalf which will no doubt be liberally responded to by the wealthy iron masters of the country, who owe so much of their wealth to her relation's exertions. Prior to Henry Cort's dis coveries the ironmaaters were compelled to use char coal instead of coal in their furnaces, and, besides this most important discovery, Mr. Cort invented a process of drawing pig iron, when thus made malleable, into bars, by means of gruoved rollers, at a great reduc tion of labour and cost, as well as with a vast im provement in the quality of the iron. THE BIRKS OF ABERFELDY. This is certainly not the age of romance, but it would appear that the appreciation of the beautiful is rapidly going out of date as well as the love of the sentimental. The Birks of Aberfeldy, famous in Scottish song, and dear to all who admire picturesque scenery, can claim no exemption from the common doom of useful timber on the score of their traditionary celebrity, or of their present charms of landscape. A steam saw mill is busy at work in the middle of the wood hewing down the trees which adorn the Falls, whose beauty is unsur passed in Scotland. During the last few years im mense quantities of timber havo been cut' down, in the Breadalbane forests. Some noble larches and other trees have been sent off by rail. A thousand fell on Drummond Hill, but the residents of the vicinity, while grieving over the wholesale destruc tion,hoped that at least the beautiful old birks would be spared. No such immunity has, however, been granted them, and the general regret is loud and deep, since trees, and especially such trees, are easier cut down than reared. THE RESCUE, We are of course all of us seeking to do what we can in the way of alleviating the unfortunate an 1 starved population of the French capital, but it appears that there are almost as many different collateral sufferkgs calling for peculiar treatment as there are hungry men and women in the lately besieged city. Doubtless many anxious friends in England have read with alarm in the papers a statement made by an eminent Loudon firm of hair restorers. It is as follows: " A severe shock to the nervous system has in numerous and well authenticated cases (within the walls of Paris) caused the hair to become snow white in a single night." Happily, this appalling intelligence is not given to the world without the suggestion of a remedy. Reading the paragraph in the papers to its end, we are told that in all cases of such nervous suffering, recourse should at once be had to Rowland's Macassar Oil and Kalydor ; and doubtless ere this the steamship Burgsund, which is being loaded in the London 4. '%,.• , rk,..,. Cairn - ' ili " - eaten HER MAJEST OSBORNE, FEBRUARY 3, The Queen walked and drove in the grounds this morn• Lug, accompanied by Princess Louise. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Lady Selsey was proved in the London Court under £3,000 personalty ; and that of the ITon. Charles Thomas Clifford under a nominal sum.—The will of Mr. John Hill Clifton, formerly District-Registrar of the Probate Court at Worcester, was proved under £70,000 personalty.—The will of Mr. Benjamin Bacon Williams, formerly of Buscot Park, Berks, and 58, Westbourne-terrace ; and late of Buscot Lodge, Warwick-road, Maida-hill, and of Crown-court, London, was proved, on the 12th ult., under £600,000 personalty. The testator has liberally provided for his wife, sons, and daughters, and left to each of his executors a legacy of £250, free. He has bequeathed £5OO to the treasurer of the fund for decayed members 'of the Stock Exchange. The will of Alfred Smith Evans, Esq., of Mariemont, Edgbaston, Warwick, was proved at Birmingham, under £250,000 personalty, by James Miller, Esq., of 20, Hyde Park-gate, South, the act ing executor. The will bears date February 5, 1870, and contains bequests to the following charitable local institutions at Birmingham, all free of duty, viz.:— To the General Hospital and Queen's Hospital, each £1,000; the Protestant Dissenting Charity School, Graham-street ; the Bluecoat Charity School, the General Dispensary, and the Children's Hospital, each £3OO ; and to the Lifeboat Institution, London, £5OO. In our recent no tice of the will of the late M r. Phili p Eyles Patton, of 6, Dean-street, Park-lane, we omitted to state that the proof under £50,000 was in respect of his English property only. Besides his property in England, he left personal estate to a large amount in India. He bequeathed to his widow an immediate legacy of £5,000, and an annuity for her life of £2,040 ; and the residue of his pro perty, subject to legacies to Daniel Kemp West and Robert Hart, his executors, is given to various members of his family.—lllustrated London News, The will of Mark Lemon was proved under £BOO. The will of James Imray, chart publisher, of the Minories, was proved under £35,000. The will of Charles Frods ham, chronometer maker, of the Strand, was proved under £70,000. The will of Mr. B. B. Williams, a member of the Stock Exchange, was proved in the London Court under £600,000 personalty. Amongst other bequests is A legacy of £5OO to the treasurer of the fund for decayed members of the Stock Exchange. The will of Mr. James Bogle Smith, of Great St. Helen's, West India merchant, was proved under £50,000 in Eng land. He leaves his estates in Demerara, St. Vincent, and in other colonies to his son Percy. He leaves the residue of his estates, real and personal, including his shares in the National and Union Banks of Australia, to the trustees of his wife's marriage settlement. He has made a liberal provision for his wife and children, and leaves h;s wife the use of his plate for life, with the exception of the four silver dishes presented to him by the members of the Court of Assistants of the Goldsmiths' Company.—City Press. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE STAGE. The Athenaeum says :—Two or three weeks ago we men tioned that a manuscript diary of two visits to Paris, in 1814 and 1815, had been found among Lord Palmerston's papers, and that it would be given to the public through the Temple Bar magazine. We now learn that the diary is found to be too long to be published in that way, and that it will appear in a separate volume.--Azamat Batuk is writing a little book on the recent history of France, under the heading of "On the Ruins of the Second Empire." The learned Turk having made the campaign as the special correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, the book is to embrace the events which followed the fall of the Empire, as well as those which preceded it.—Professor Seeley is to write a volume on Sir Thomas More and his times for the " Sunday Library."—lt is a sign of the extraordinary interest felt by the public in the present Franco-Prussian war that the first edition of the collected " War Correspondence of the Daily News "—an edition consisting of 2,ooo—was sold off in ten days.—" The Coming Man," a philosophi cal novel, by the Rev. James Smith, who edited the Family Herald in former days, will shortly be published. —A correspondent complains that Mr. Percy Fitzgerald's novel " Two Fair Daughters," which we noticed lately, has already appeared in All the Year Round, under the title of "The Doctor's Mixture."—A curious pamphlet, from the pen of Senor Castels, has just appeared in Madrid, entitled " Amadeus I. from a Phrenological Point of View." —lt is to be recorded, not without emotion, that there are now not less than nine law schools in the Presidency of Bengal alone, with 670 students, thus threatening India with a plague of lawyers. The Government con tributes a. very small part of the expenses, but what is said to be contributed by the students will be ultimately got out of the unfortunate public. — Mr. Ben Herring, well known as an animal painter, son of the late J. F. Herring, died last week of diptheria, after five days' illness. —Many readers will be glad to learn that the Town Council of Liverpool intend to hold an Exhibition of Works of Art in Brown's Library, near St. George's Hall, and that this will be done soon after the closing of the forthcoming Royal Academy Ex hibition. The hanging of the pictures will be superintended by the President of the Liver pool Academy, with further artistic assistance; otherwise the gathering will be, we understand, indepen dent of the Liverpool Academy as a body. Public ad mission will be gratuitous. We believe no invitations will be sent to particular artists to induce them to contribute —all artists are invited to send to heirhe I works.—lt is ce of pro posed to celebrate the centenary tndependen the United States, in 1876, by means of an Exhibition of Manufactures and Works of Art at Philadelphia. A bill for this purpose has passed the House of Representatives at Washington, and is expected to be accepted by the Senate.--The Western Chronicle of Science is the title of a new periodical, published at Falmouth, edited by the Teacher of the Mining School, and devoted to such branches of science as are applied to mining and metallurgy.—A new safety lamp, for use in coal-mines, has recently been experimented upon. It is constructed for burning paraffin oil instead of common oil. It is the invention of Mr. W. Simpson, of Battersea, who claims for his lamp greatly increased safety and a light superior to that of any lamp at present em ployed, The use of so inflammable a material as paraffin should be adopted with the greatest caution in the various conditions of danger which ever surround the coal miner. —lt is said that the title of the comedy by Mr. Albert' destined to succeed, at the Vaudeville Theatre, " The Two Roses " of the same author, is " The Two Thorns." The shelling of Paris has been disastrous to NI. Desnoyers, librarian of the Museum, who lost his son by it. The celebrated Abbe Moigno, editor of Les Mondes, was slightly hurt by the breaking of a glass from 3 11 explosive shell. The private apartments of Mr. Milne' Edwards was visited by a shell, which has done much harm to the valuable furniture. Another shell penetrate d into the Gallery of Zoology, and caused much damag e to the glass work ; and again another into the Gallery of Mineralogy, in the very place where M. Daubree performs his experiments on artificial meteors ; but happily it had exhausted its force, and did but little harm. Many instances of k this description have occurred, where shells were *tit to their utmost r an g e, and did not explode under such circumstances. The reverse hs, however, been observed, for one she ll falling in the Sef s ; with great force, the watcis offered resistance like a soli" body, and an explosion took place : the effect was curio"s" A shell fell in the courtyard of the College de Francs when M. Levavasseur was lecturing on political econoraY , and the young professor was n ot disturbed by the c jectile, portions of which broke through the windows. 0 continued lecturing, saying, "Those who fear such things have only to leave the place."--Nature. The addition to the building for the Museum of C° 111 ; parative Zoology at Cambridge, United States, o,t • p e nse of upwards of 60, 000 dollars , is rapidly g oing c ", Professor Agassiz has returned to Cambridge with restornet! health, and with new plans for the enlar g ement of . 0,019 museum. Professor 0. C. Marsh, of Yale College , just returned with his party from t he Rock y Mountai" ; The cartoon in the current number of Vanity Fair t he for its subject Professor Huxley. It is one of cleverest production of the artist S. Carlo Pelligrini- re Messrs. Frederick Walker, Mar ks, and Woollier, are the newly elected associates of the Royal Acaden-00 st , figure painters and a sculptor being thus added t o t —Graphic. .-....=_- _ An application from a large number of bands e rn : f ployed in Chatham dockyard for an augmentation ' their pay has failed. ios The case of Mr. Hemans , th e civil engineer, 5 0 , the Waterford and Central Ireland Railway Conil,39': . ON' • was before the Irish Court of Queen's Bench on l hil t t The claim was for £5,600 for professional services. 311(111% the trial the jury gave him a verdict for 040, but _ O , moved the Court to increase the amount, and o n 1 1 1 111 ' day the judges fixed the damages at £1,680. Cog' BREAKFAST.— EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL ANilatioll lift, I}:eoißicfeiiii.eGii-i-jahgeevnegariareveoaurby chergeerco4illeesrlricerjazettfiireS marks :—" By a thorough knowledgee of the natural laws, ll l ,l a govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, au,ucocosh careful application of the line properties of well-secs Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables \vie' a owl,ctore, flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy :1`,',017 0 : bills." Each packet is labellpd—ES EPPS & .00.cliac;100, * pathic Chemists, London. A.lso, flakes of Epps $ (-' very thin evening beverage.—Advt. Docks with provisions for Paris, has reeeived into her hold a supply of the Kalydor from the humane English public. PHILOSOPHICAL THIEVES. Rogues have it all their own way, a correspondent informs us, in the county of Surrey. Turkeys have been " taken in lots " from the farmers since Christ mastide, and as the stock seems diminishing, the thieves are now beginnilg to transfer their affections largely to sheep. About a week since a worthy farmer awoke to find himself bereft of three tat sheep, and the following excuse for the robbery was pasted on his gate : You're rich : we are poor If your mutton's good, we'll come for more. As the plunderers lately have been able to laugh at the county police, and to continue their depredations without the least restraint, they honourably returned, we learn, and kept their word by carrying offseveral more sheep a night or two afterwards. Sacks of wheat are rather sought after at present; but the theft of sheep, punishable a few years since by hanging, seems to be easiest of accom plishment under the eyes of the Surrey policemen, to judge from the quantity of the ovine species re ported missing from the different farmsteads. BANK RESPONSIBILITY. A. case of some importance has lately been tried in the Supreme Court of Philadelphia respecting the responsibility of a bank. A business firm borrowed a large sum of money from the National Bank of Erie, and deposited bonds as security for the sum. These were placed in the vault of the Ocean Bank of Philadelphia, but were stolen a few days afterwards by burglars, who hired the basement under the bank, and bored a hole up through the floor. The business firm resisted the demand of the Erie Bank to recover the money they had lost, and maintained that they had a right to receive the excess of the value of the bonds above the amount . of the loan. The Pennsylvania Court declared that the holders of bonds were not responsible for their safe keeping if ordinary care was employed. But it appeared that the room of the bank was separated from thebasement by nothing stronger than an inch of plaster and an inch of board. The room was let to unknown tenants and no watchman was kept on Sunday in the bank. The court decided that as this negligence had been shown the merchants were not called upon to pay the loan they had received, and that the Erie Bank must make good the difference in value which existed between the bonds deposited and the sum borrowed—au amount of ten thousand dollars. CAUDLE CANONIZED. The rapid progress of the woman's rights question in America has already resulted in the establish ment of a Curtain Lecture Society. This institution, which is boldly opposed to the principles o► homoeopathy, has for its object the administration of wholesale correction to husbands who are in the habit of staying out until two or three in the morning. A. hall is ta be procured where ladies " who are so unfortunate as to have such husbands are to be put to bed and allowed to sleep in peace until such time as their husbands are in the habit of returning home, when they are to be awakened, fur nished with refreshments, and then accompanied home by half a dozan or more of the Petticoat Sisterhood." The united efforts of this detachment will be directed against the unfortunate man, until he either abandons his bad habits, runs away, or dies. He is pretty sure, if he can find no other relief, to do one of these three things, and not improbably the latter. But the ladies of Jeffersonville, where this society is started, must look to the future. It is but too likely that young gentlemen who have not brought themselves within the range of the "Caudle mitrailleuse" may feign to show a marked preference for places where no Curtain Lecture Society exists. The great founder, Jefferson, never intended that hie "Ville " should become a howling wilderness. UNIVERSITY TESTS. The Manchester Guardian says that Lord John Manners was recently asked by some rash Radical to what extent he might be depended upon to assist the movement for the repeal of University tests. The reply was explicit enough. " Both as a member of Parliament and as a father of a family," the noble lord will " oppose the measure for de priving the fellowships of colleges of their religious charac ter, and, should it unfortunately become law, never send another son to the University." MANSION HOUSE FRENCH RELIEF FUND. Another general meeting of the committee of this fund was held on Friday at the Mansion House, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. His lordship reported that the subscriptions received at the Mansion House up to the previous evening amounted to £18804165. sd. The sum received up to 'February 3 at the Daily Telegraph office was £5,700, making a gross total of £24,504 16s. sd. A letter was read from Colonel Stuart Wortley, stating that English supplies were first to enter Paris, and that the condition of the Parisians was worse than he expected. Last Sunday there was not a loaf of bread in the whole city, and people were dying rapidly of hunger. A letter was also read from the Bishop of London, suggesting that a request should be made to all the bishops to authorise collections in the churches throughout the kingdom, which was approved of. It was announced that seventy three members of the Stock Exchange had agreed to give £1 per diem for 14 days. Lady Spencer held her first drawing-room for the season on Thursday night at Dublin Castle. There was a brilliant assembly. CLERICAL MANIFESTATION AT BRUSSELS.—On the 2nd of February a demonstration in favour of the Pope took place in Brussels. The " national pilgrimage," which bad been announced by the clerical press crossed the town. EDUCATION IN IRELAND.—The Right Hon. Lord Greville, of Clonyn Castle, Delwin, with his wonted liberality, has generously given a lease for ever, free, of a beautiful site, together with a subscription of over 50 guineas, for a school at Balrath, on his lordship's estates, Mullingar. The school is now nearly finished, and is con sidered one of the nicest in Westmeath. This will add another to his lordship's many claims on the gratitude and esteem of his prosperous tenantry, and the friends of edu cation and progress.—Freeman's Journal. THE GENEVA CONVENTION : INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. —It was settled at the International Con ference of the Societies for Aid to Sick and Wounded in Time of War, held at Berlin in 1869, that a similar re union of delegates of the societies should be held at Vienna in 1871. It has just been officially notified that this intended meeting will not take place during the present year, it being considered desirable that the experience gained in the present war should be carefully collected and studied before the fresh conferences are held.—British Medical Journal. DR. BREWER AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—On Thursday evening Dr. Brewer, by invitation, addressed his constituents on the subject of the Franco-German war. After speaking of the horrors and immense sacrifi fices occasioned by the war the Doctor deprecated the war-cry being raised in this country, and at length traced the causes of the present war from a German point of view. Germany was entitled to make heavy demands, and France ought to cede Alsace to the Vosges. Ger many had a right to claim Lorraine, but if she did he did not know what she would do with it, so ultra-French were the inhabitants ; and Germany would never be happy till she gave it up again. Her best policy would be modera tion. Both belligerents should have consented to make peace after Sedan, THE EUROPEAN WAR The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGHT O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than auy other paper. This Edition will always contain the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.