The Sun. — London, England, 1871-02-25 00:00:00

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E MOSES and SON supply every description of Clothinr, ready-made or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all Glasses ; also Hosiery anr Drapery, Hats and Caps, 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 Establishments 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 MIN ORI ES and ALDGAT E. EW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of H A RT-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and ,Manager, B. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Her Majesty's Servants will perform a New and Original. Farce, BRAVING THE STORM. 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 (Last) of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, prices to the following parts of the Theatre :—First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from Ten till THIS DAY, Feb. 25, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Five A NDREW HALLIDAY'S Great Drama, AMY ROBSART will be revived on MONDAY, February 27. —THEATRE-ROYAL,DRURY-LANE. MISS VICTORIA VOKES will resume her successful impersonation of AMY ROBSART on MON DAY, February 27.—80x-oftice open from 10 till 5 daily. — THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE T.- The 84th Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY . THLS EVENING (Saturday), at Seven o'clock, O'Keefe's 'Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. Alter which, at a qto Eight o'clock a new Fai Coedy, in Three Acts, entitled uarter THE PALACE OF , ry TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Manor'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. SOda iI THERN will re-appear on the Ist of May. Box Office open y from 10 till 5. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro prietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. W e bster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THAT RASCAL JACK : Mr. John Rouse, T At 7.30 (18th thne), DEAM Leigh Murray, AN'S POINT ; or, THE LIGHTHOUSE ON HE CARN RUT D H : Mi ss Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Miss M. Cooper, and Mrs. Billington ; J. Rouse, C. H. Stephen. non, and (18th appearance here) Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Vollaire, .A. C. Lilly, and A. Raynor. At 9.30, OUR FEMALE - AMERI CAN COUSIN. Miss Julia Daly, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Mr. Anhley, Mr, C. 11, Stephenson, &c. IsOYA.L PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — So Ie Lessee, Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THE HAPPY MAN. Mr. Shiel Barry. At 7.30, KING O' SCOTS. Founded on Sir Walter Scott's Novel of "The Fortunes of Nigel," written and adapted by Andrew Halliday. King Jam& and Old Trapbois the Miser, Mr. Phelps. Messrs.W. Rignold, Herbert Crellin, Barrett, ;John stone, Marshall, J. Murray, 11. 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. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (155th Night) : Mr. David James. After which, TWO ROSES (228th night), by James Albery. Conclude with (86th night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, d m; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. ROYAL S TRAN,D 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, Paulton, Crouch, Tl,lll;Ler ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Sheridan, Anstiss, Goodall. To conclude with CAEUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Fannon, Fenton, and Turner - Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, GoodaD, ROYAL COURT THEA.TRE, Sioaro-squar e S ,W. Lessee and Manager, M. 'LITTON, THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock. The 27th Night of w. s . Gilbert's origi4sl comedy entitled RANDALL'S THUMB. Sup ported by Messrs. Hermann Vezin, W. Belford, Edward Righ ton, H. Mellon, Q. parry, and Frank Matthews ; Mesdames M. Brennan, Kate Bishop, Stephens, and Eleanor Button. Pre ceded by, at 7.30, TURN HIM OUT ; and to conclude with an original comeclietta, by Marshall, entitled Q. E. D. Supported by Messrs. W Belford, E. ktighton, • Misses M. Bren nan, Kate Bishop, grid Kate Manor. Bay office open from 11 to 5. No fees for booking, programnies, or cloak rooms. Trains by Metropolitan Railway to the verY doors pf the Theatre. —Acting Manager, Mr, John Huy. ID, 0 YALTY T REATRE.--TO-N I GHT , it February 25.—The Nth 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. 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 YELLOW DWARF, every Evening; GRECIAN STATUARY, by MADAME BOUS.FIELD ; and 'VENTRILOQUISM, by Mr. DAVIES ; all for ONE SHILLING, twice .dally, 12 to 5 and 7 to 10.—Professor Pepper will shortly ,commenec his Astronomical Lectures. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On yiew, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and 7anpress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal liazaine, Marshal Caurobert, General Trochu, &c., 86c. — Admission, Is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra, Open from I,n a.m. till 10 p.m. A.DAME TUS3XUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker sitreet.—On view, Portrait Mod()Is of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Fringe fieopold.of -49400A911ep1. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Mcltke.—AdMiksJon, Is.; Children under Ten Years o f age, &I, Yikctr,4 400 Ts, Od. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ' " • THE DISTRESSED FRENCH AGRAND 'MORNING MUSICAL FESTIVAL. will take place at the ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, on Saturday, March 4th, at 2 o'clock, in Aid of the Funds of the FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, and of the FRENCH HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY, under the immediate patronage of HIS Majesty the KING OF THE BELGIANS His Royal Highness the PRINCE OF WALES Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCES' OF ORLEANS His Grace the DUKE OF WELLINGTON • His Graoe the DUKE OF ST. ALBANS The Most Noble the MARQUIS OF LORNE And other distinguished personages. _ _ _ Madame VIARDOT, Madame LEMMENS-SHERRINGTON, Madame CALDERON, Midemoiselles GOTTSCHALK, Signor IJRIO, Signor BOTTESINI, Signor DELLS SEDIE, and other eminent artists have kindly volunteered their assistance. Monsieur GOUNOD will conduct some of his own compositions, and the general ar rangements will be under the direction of Sig. 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It will be delivered in London to sub scribers, and forwarded to the country by post and trains as may be required for local publications. 112, Strand, London, W.C., February 25, 1871. . g a€S,: LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 187 IT may be understood that France has by this time virtually agreed to a cession of territory assthe only means of freeing the soil of La Patrie from the footsteps of the invader. The peace which two suffering nations and a horrified world de mand is by common consent regarded as assured. It is a . good thing, upon any terms, to put an end to the war; we regret, however, that the gratification with which we view the sheath ing of the sword is far from unmixed. This peace presents matter for serious thought, which no rejoic ing can keep out of sight. It might have been hoped that the blood of the myriads who fertilise the ground around Woerth, Metz, Sedan, Orleans, Paris, and Amiens, would have purchasid a perma nent arrangement, but it would be more blindness to the probabilities of the future to delude ourselves with the hope that this peace is likely to be enduring., It contains no element of a lasting cha racter. A fair consideration of the facts forbids sanguine hope. Ihe transfer of territory has been demanded by Germany on the ground that she requires security against France. This plea can be valid only on the assumption that the cession will give Germany an indisputable superiority. But it dues no such thing. The French nation is at present a little larger than the German nation—North and South together. After the transfer it will be morel) a little smaller, the gain to Germany • being ' made up ' entirely of an unwilling population. The present war itself shews how little value is to be attached to such slight dif ferences of strength between very great States. A MOLTKE on either side would more than counter balance thrice the difference. Should it ever happen that the better general be with the French, should a foolish statesman replace BrsmAnoK, should involved Ge rmany become with even Holland, Denmark, or Switzerland—none of them unlikely contingencies _ o f what avail will be Alsace and Lorraine ? Where military or political superiority is gained, "strategical frontiers" profit nothing. _ The material advantage reaped by Germany is not, then, of a kind to render a future contest impossible. And yet the• humiliation to France is unparalleled in recent times. It seems to be generally overlooked that no such peace as this has ever been Made before in the present cen tury. In 1815 the great States enriched themselves THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1871. at the cost of the small ones, France losing the territory she had gained since 1792, but none of her old possessions. In 185 G there was no transfer of territory. In 1859 Austria only lost a province which was confessedly a source of weak ness to her; in 180 G the same thing happened, whilst in Germany the gains of Prussia Consisted entirely of small States, whose peoples speedily be came reconciled to union with their own race. Savoy and Nice were part of a bargain by which Italy gained far more than she lost. At no time within the present century has a State of the first class been Compelled to part with a considerable number of its subjects, who were attached to their country, and unwilling to be separated from it. There have been amalgamations, " agglomerations," separations, but no such blow has been inflicted upon a great people, within the memory The plain inference is that Germany is Laying up for herself future troubles without at the mine time gaining such superiority as would enable her to defy the, resentment of her neighbour. France is much the richer state of the two, and will speedily recover her present prostration. On what ground then are we to rejoice itt an arrange ment which we should deplore in the case of any other nation ? What was bad in Poland, what was bad in Italy, is not less bad now. The conquest of the of- man. Rhineircutier by NAPOLEON 111. would have been a greater evil than the conquest of Alsace and Lor raine by the Emperor WILLIAM, but the latter is nevertheless a dire calamity. Before we go into ecstasies over the conclusion of peace, it way be well to appreciate the real merits of the situation. THE country would, we feel sure, be delighted to have an assurance froth any one of its Parliamentary guides that it would never hear anything more in the army debates of those twenty thousand men. At a time when great principles are at stake, and when great changes are impending, all the Opposi tion ingenuity of attack and the Ministerial capacity of defence are expended upon this unfortunate contingent. The question which most occupies the attention of our leading statesmen is not the base on which the edi fice of reorganisation should be constructed, not the best mode of giving the country value for its money, but whether the reduction of the army by 20,000 men when the present Government took office was beneficial or injurious. The Opposition urge that the Gladstone Ministry disbanded this body in order to save two millions sterling, and that in doing so it lost the services of many useful veterans; the Government reply that they did not save two millions by the reduction, that no useful veterans, but only invalids and bad characters, were lost, and that the disbanding was but the carrying out of the great principle that armaments should be small in tie of peace, large in time of war. These twenty thousand men will soon become as famous as the ten thousand Greeks; but their fame will be of a much less creditable hind. More than mice already have the twenty thousand appeared in the House of Commons, 'after numerous extra - parliamentary parades; and the first great military night in the Lords has been largely devoted to a review of the same kind. The impartial observer can have little difficulty in determining what the truth is ; but the truth is not worth discovering. The country is perfectly indifferent on the matter. It might have felt interested some time ago, but it is not so now. It is fully alive to the fact that the army was thoroughly bad in any ease, and that it could only be a little more or less bad with or without the twenty thousand. If Ministers and ox-Ministers would also awaken to this truth, they would probably cease to bandy recriminations which can have no practical effect. • J. The national object is to determine what or ganisation shall , replace a system .which, with very trifling variations, has existed alike under Liberal and Obnservative Governments. It is un- fortunate that the Amigo of Lords should no . at its first discussion be able to • offer any assistance in this great work. The Peers brought forward abundant criticism, and some made very useful suggestions; but none attempted to define the fundamental alterations needful for the establishment of a new system. Lord CAItNAItVON, who spoke liberally, spewed himself least fear ful of innovation when he hinted at com pulsory service, the appointment of a military Minister, a sort of Von RooN, and urged that we opght to get much more for our fifteen millions a year than wp dq at present 7 yet he stopped qhpyt of the deduction which necessarily fo'llowS from this last argument. We shall never get value for our fifteen millions, not to speak of an efficient army for less than that enormous, sum, until the head and front of the whole organisation, the system of management, is thoroughly reformed. It is useless to modify details, if the administration remains what it is. But no member of the Upper House comes forward with the truth, and the representatives of the people have refused - to accept proposals (Mr. TREVELYAN'S) which would go far to attain the end in view. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE IMPERIALISTS AT THE .ELECTIf:INS. The Morning Post endeavours to explain the small return of Imperialists to the National Assembly by the Gambetta decree, which rendered ineligible all senatms, prefects, councillors of State, and former deputies of the old Imperialist majority. "The elections were fixed for the Bth of February, and it was only late in the afternoon of the Gth that AL Gambetta consented to • the repeal of his decree. In the disturbed state of the country this news could 'not be rapidly promulgated, and the elections for the most part took place under the impression that the decree was valid." This ex , - planation cannot be deemed sound. It is true that Gambetta issugd one decree, but the , Paris Govern ment issued another and a difforentone, and through out the North the latter was preferred, Gamhetta's mandate being quite disregarded. Such was the case also in all the departments occupied by the Germans. These districts are precisely those in yore most which the Imperial candida tes were of uniformlS , elected; and if there was any chance at all for the adherents o f the fallen dynasty, there cpuld surely be no obstacle to their success north of the Loire. The true reason why but half-a-dozen Imperialists were returned was that .Imperialism had received its death blow. FRENCH AND GERMAN ARTILLERt. It was the difference in skill, and not superiority in material, which gave the Germans the adva nta g e in their various artillery o perations du r i ng the war, especially, at the siege of Paris. The facts which are revealed every day prove that the French had good weapons, often better than those of their adversaries, but they neither knew how to manoeuvre them, nor to what purposes to employ them. During the born bardmenl of Paris, says the Times correspondent, there were on the German side no guns such as are counted powerful in England. On the Frpi l e4 side there were, though their numbers were net so great as has been supposed. Fort Valeirien had three of them — two being of 7lin. calibre, and one 92in.-8 tons and 14 tons weight breech-loading naval Ordnance, known in French phraseology as 19-centimetre and 24-centi metre guns. Fort Valorien had in all 100 bronze, and 15 iron pieces of ordnance, the smaller iron guns being of 61in. calibre, naval muzzle-loaders. The most powerful guns used by the Prussians were so-called 24-pounders, which correspond nearly with the English 64-pounders, though rather im.re powerful. Some of the French heavy gins would shatter a tree seven feet in cir cumference. In other respects the Germans shewed no superiority in siege and engineering . operations. " The German batteries are roughly built, and not very strongly. Some - of the traverses are weak, and it was with no surprise that I heard of the explo sion of two magazines. Hitherto Prussia has given her chief attention to the word of armies in the field. She has much to learn in all that relates to the ser vice of heavy guns." FRANCE CONVALESCENT. The lightheartedness of the French peasantry is already causing - the inhabitants of the districts pear the capital to look forward with hope, and to forget the nation's gloom. The breeze of war has passed by them, and has been succeeded by breezes of charity and peace ; and there has been also a span of fine weather, which cannot but put people in good heart. We learn that at Le Mans, theatrical entertainments and horse races have even been ventured upon, and though the respectable residents set their faces against any manifestation of gaiety, some are wise enough to see in the people's merriment good promise of suture content and resignation under a tedious building up of the country's prosperity once again. It is true that the presence of English and American sympathisers in the Faubourgs round Paris is doing much towards ansua,Ong the sorrow of many families. MR. MIALL OT DISF.STABLISHMENT. INIr. Miall has been addressing a meeting at Leicester on the disestablishment of the English Church. He maintained that so far from being an enemy of the Church lie was one of its wisest friends. He only desired the State should stand % aside, and lot •it shine -by its own light. He did not intend, he said, to bring in a bill for disestablishment this year, but he would test the feeling of the House by a resolution to be fol lowed by a bill at some future time. The disestablishment which he proposed would take place in the same way as in Ireland, though there would be some difference in the mode. According to his scheme all vested interests would die out and would not be commuted. Every parish would retain the fund set apart by the State in that parish for ecclesiastical purposes, and would decide to what good social purpose it should be applied. The tithes and glebe lands should be used - for the moral edvantage of the parish, not for the benefit of one denomination only. The prospects of the measure, said Mr. Miall in conclusion, were much brighter than heretofore, as he believed it would be favour ably received, not only by the Dissenters, but by the High Church party. A resolution was passed authorising the borough members, Mr. P. A. Taylor and Mr. Harris, to support the measure. MR. MILL ON PROTECTION. Mr. John Stuart Mill having recently been elected an honorary member of the New York Liberal Club, in acknowledging his gratitude for the honour, fulfils a request made to him by the club, and expresses his 1 . opinion on the desirability of a free-trade policy for America. Mr. Mill's letter occupies a column in the New York papers, but the drift of it is against pro tection in any shape for any country. Mr. Mill holds protection to be an employment of the powers of Government to tax the many, with the intention of promoting the pecuniary gains of the few. In the explanation of his views, Mr. Mill acknowledges that the general wages of labour in America are above the English level, but he denies that this is an effect of protection. The evils of protection cannot, he argues, be removed by any readjust ment of details. " The system, just in so far as it is protection, just so 'far as it f ultila its purposF, abstracts in a greater or less degree I roin the aggre gate wealth of mankind, and leaves a less amount of produce to be shared amongth© nations of the Earth, to-the necessary loss of all nations whose industry is forced out of its spontaneous course by preventing them either from importing or exporting any article which,they would import of export in a state of freedom." THE IRISH CABLE. The ladies' bathing place, on the shiugley beach at flown, County Dublin, was on Wednesday last invaded, much to the wonderment of the natives, by the party of electricians who have gone over to lay the new Irish cable. • The occasion was, however, understood generally to be one of good omen for the surrounding n eighbourhood, and so no sooner had the La Plata dropped anchor than a Jack Ensign was run up on the flagstaff of the Marine Tovoi) yid salute of twelve guns . was fired by an enthusiastic landlord residing close by. 'As • for the bathing boxes, they were declared to be things of a past age, and were piled in an ignominious heap in an obscure • corner, while their old position was made the site for a temporary hut for the testing apparatus : Although a brisk breegm was blowing outside the shelter or the land, the engineering opera tions were conducted with the best success, and with the assistance of an old barge, the ancient mariners on board of which looked upon her as a craft for over afterwards to be proud of, and a tug-steamer, the shore end of the cable was laid. A series of congratulations transmitted through the wires subsequently were made, and the cheering of the small crowd of How thins on the strand was Dept up more or less vehemently throughout the day. The new cable ia the forth p,t telegraphic communication b . etvycler4 Ireland and England. THE OXFORD BOAT. The stroke oarsman of the Oxford eight this year will probably be Mr. J. W. Lesley, of Pembroke College. Up to the present time Mr. Btrb,ury has held that position at the last rolloek of the gig, but Mr. Darbishireit visit to the Isis this week has re sulted in his being shifted to the number 7 seat, and to Mr. Lesley's' obtaining the post of honour. It will be recollected that the number 7 man of the Oxford boat pulled wretchedly at the close of last 37.3ar's contest, and this may have determined Mr. Darbishire in securing a strong arm for that important position this year. Mr. Darbishire was stroke of the Dark Blue eight on the Thames three limes—once against the Harvard four, and twice against the Light Blue eight. This gentleman is now practising medicine in London. Mr. Lesley's weight is 12st. 11b. The aggregate weight of the crew is 100 stone. ARTISTS' ORPHAN FUND. • The Committee of the Artists' General Benevo lent Institution have inaugurated a Movement to raise an Artists' Orphan Fun tin order to secure the support and education of the children of meritorious artists. It is proposed to educate the recipients of the bounty by placing them in various orphan asylums, or by paying a fixed sum to their families for, their ednoation and maintenance. This scheme will obviate the necessity of incurring' heavy expenses in building an orphanage with a staff of employtis and instructors. The Whole of the feud could then be applied to the service of those for whom it was in tended. The average number of orphan children who require assistance is about sixty. The first subscription list contains some handsome donations, together 'with a grant of from the . Royal 'A.caplemyond a gift of 400 from Sir William Fite. BAIRN , REPORIr. We have not yet reached the American system of the Swill Dairies, in which tho unhappy cows are sup plied by the refuse of the distilleries, and to which the terrible amount of infant mortality in the great cities of the United States is mainly attributed. There is, however, scope for dairy reform among iv, and the popular jokes at the expense of London milk are certainly not without • solid founda tion. Dr. Ballard, the medical officer of health for Islington, has lately brought to light a case in which a fatal outbreak of typhoid fever occur red among the customers of a milkman who watered his milks with impure water. The milk man in question will certainly not . repeat the offence, for having, it may be supposed, drunk some of his own milk, he died of the fever; but there are plenty of others of his trade who rely on the pump for increasing their stores, and London water is not always above. suspicion. It is fortunate that the Dairy Reform Company, established in ' 1866, intend to form themselves into a Limited Liability Company, with the view of extending their MR. BROWNE ON PERFIDY. When all the world is laughing, and half the world is chuckling, at the results of that unfortu nately comic action for breach of promise, " Currie v. Currie," Mr. G. A.. Browne comes forward to claim his share in the pleasant notoriety. He regrets extremely that he was not put on his oath to prove that ho never introduced the young Spaniard who has just succeeded in carrying off his bride to some Spanish Gretna Green, to the defendant, Miss Currie, and that it was no advice of his " neither by word of mouth, nor by letter, that induced her to throw her cousin up." Mr. Browne, however, may take comfort unto himself in the reflection that no one would ever have suspected Miss Currie of following any advice given "by word of mouth or by letter." The sex, charmingly fickle as it is, seldom asserts its right to fickleness so thoroughly as in this instance. The case, indeed, would be unparalleled (of course we mean out of " Lempriere's Dictionary,") but for a very similar occurrence a few years back in the creme de la creme of society. If the lady in that instance was not compelled by a court of law to pay a slight tax on the wilfulness of her varying affec tions, the ultimate pecuniary damages were, it was whispered, very much larger. HER MAJEST Y. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB, 24. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prin cess Beatrice, and attended by Viscountess Clifden, drove out this morning, and visited the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington. Prince Leopold drove out. The Queen left the Palace at half-past four o'clock this afternoon for Windsor Castle. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE STAGE. The Athenmum says :—Dr. Magee, Bishop of Peterbo rough, has a volume of sermons on " Modern Infidelity " in preparation for the peas, which he will preach in Norwich Cathedral in the course of next month. — The North British Review, after a chequered existence of five•and-twenty years, ends with the current number. It was started by the Free Kirk, and died in the hands ot the Liberal Roman Catholics who conducted the Home and Foreign Review and the weekly newspaper, the Chronicle. Like the latter, it is said to have been killed by the hieroglyphs which adorned its pages. The subscriptions for the Paris Booksellers' and Booksellers' Assistants' Relief Fund at present amount to £l,lOO. The Committee ot Paris is now organised, and has commenced the distri bution of relief.—Mr. W. Justin O'Driscoll has in pre paration a Memoir of the late Daniel Maclise, R.A.— Mdlle. Nilsson, at the latest accounts from America, ' was still at Cincinnati, and had not recovered from her severe illness, which will delay her return to London until the month of May, as she has to sing at a certain number of concerts before her engagement with Herr Max Strakosch ends. j The Graphic of this weok contains a very beautiful and artistic full page engraving, entitled " The Dawn of Peace." The picture represents the arrival of the news of Peace to different families who have had relatives or friends at the War ; and, consequently, a variety of characters are introduced into it. LORD JUSTICE JAMES ON THE VOLUNTEERS. When distributing the prizes to the Inns of Court Volunteers, at Lincoln's Inn, Lord Justice James made the following observations :—lt was his duty to act with loyal fidelity towards his predecessors, and to improve upon that occasion by seizing upon the opportunity to say a few words. He hoped he should not violate that cardinal duty by being wanting in brevity or by the indulgence of iteration in his remarks. It is now eleven years ago since the political hori zon was darkened by rumours of a threatening danger ; and a feeling like that of an epidemic fever overspread this land. Then it was that the opportunity was seized to shew that mangye of English valour had not been deteriorated 1. , ,y y years of peace, of industry, and of increasing wealth. And then there sprung, as it were from the ground, an army of men who came forward without the promise of pay, or the hope of advantage or promotion, and voluntarily enrolled themselves into a powerful phalanx for the defence of their country, sub mitted cheerfully to the routine of training with as much obedience as any drill-sergeant in the army could expect from any recruit. This was an army upon which the country felt it could rely. It felt that these men were pledged to ,the cause of national defence by the feelings of honour and self-respect, and by the honourable ambition to wi,n the esteem of their countrymen and countrywomen, who considered them fit for the defence of their country. In such an army the lawyers of England were glad to be enabled to enrol them selves, and, having done so, they laboured with zeal and assiduity. In this volunteer movement it was proved that no men found spare time for volunteer services like those whose time was fully occupied. Some time after the formation of the volunteer movement a sloth seemed to come aver it, The cry of the wolf had been so often repeated that our shepherd began to slumber and our watch-dog to sleep ; but, at the coming of the last long vacation, there occurred that which startled the most sleepy into waking life once more. In that season, which seemed then a bright, unsullied summer time, there arose on the edge of the horizon A, lath cloud no bigger than a man's hand, but which had since covered the whole firmament with the darkness of ruin and devastation. Suddenly they saw a million of men overrun districts larger than all England, and sweep away fortresses that until then were thought impregnable. They had seen half a million of men taken captive. With such examples before their eyes even the most peaceful amongst them thought it was high time to see that the wolf was kept from their door—that the shepherd should be awake and the 'catch dog ready. When they heard of treati:o, 1;41 which a faithful and honourable ally had, lows a party, repudiated, it made them think hvNT necessary it was that we should be on eur guard ; and those stirring and startling events which had just occurred on the Continent had given a great impetus to the volunteer mo, , :c; - 4,ent in this country. And now he was t;lad to say the Government evinced a wish to; gi fa, a better organisation to this force. He could not but hope that the Inns of Court would shew how recent events had acted upon them, and exhibit, instead of attenuated companies, full btta: lions. It was the constant custom of foreizA critics to speak with contempt of the English, volunteers, and to assert that they could be ;wept away by a few squadrons of Uhlans p companies of veterans. But he should remind them that, as he had read history, them, had been times when the yeomen soldiers of England, ' suddenly called from the anvil and the plough, had proved themselves equal to defence of their country. At the battles of Cressy, Poictiers, and on the field of Agincourt, the yeomanry of England had shewnthemselyes true men and stalwart. And now the English volunteer, armed with the very best weapon that the llnglish purse could purchase, he had no doubt would prove as formid ahle a foe as his forefather yeoman of old. Their motto was, "Defence not Defiance." Let them always be pre pared and confident in their strength and never give way to bluster or bully—the resources of such nations as wished thereby to cover their weakness. The Mayor of Dartmouth has offerod a reward to the first person who will give information as to the out break of any kind of infectious disorder in the borough. The object is to take early steps to prevent the spread of smallpox and fever. • IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN' HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. The Princess Louise's Annuity Bill was read a third time and passed, as were also the West African Settle ments Bill and the Mines Act Amendment Bill. The House sat 20 minutes. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter to four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Mitchell, Henry took the oaths and his seat for County Galway, in the room of Viscount Bourke. The hon. gentleman was introduced by Mr. Glyn and Mr. W. H. Gregory. HARBOUR DEFENCES. Mr. GnEavEs gave notice that on going into committee on the Navy Estimates he should move that, in the opinion of this House, it is desirable to have additional means of defending harbours by building vessels of light, draught, armed with heavy guns, which could, in case of necessity, be manned by local or other forces. LABOURERS' DWELLINGS IN IRELAND. Mr. W. H. GREGORY gave notice that on going into Committee of Supply on Friday, the 24th March, he should call attention to the necessity of prompt legisla tion on the subject of labourers' dwellings in Ireland, and move a resolution on the subject. THE ABYSSINIAN COMMITTEE. Mr. CANDLISH gave notice of hirintention to call atten tion to the report of the Abyssinian Committee, and to move a resolution upon the subject. BIRDCAGE WALK. Viscount ROYSTON asked the Commissioner of Works if it was his intention to open the communication for the public between Marlborough-house gate and Storey's, gate, Birdcage-walk, and by the east end of St. James's; Park. Mr. AYRTON said, last session when a question was. put on this subject, he gave his opinion that no change ehould be made unless it was shewn to be necessary, in order to assist naembers in obtaining access to the House. He had not since heard anything upon the subject, and no change was therefore thought necessary. THE JUDICATURE COMMISSION. Mr. NORWOOD asked the Home Secretary if a fur ther report would shortly be issued for the Judicature Commission, and whether there was any o, ,e , tion to the answers to questions of minutes and evidence taken before the Commissioners into the county courts being laid on the table without further delay. Mr. BRUCE said the Commission could only meet once a week, and the Lord Chancellor informed him that there was no prospect of a report until after Easter. As to the production of the evidence that was unusual, but if it were pressed he would consult the Lord Chancellor on the subject. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Mr. LOCKE asked the Home Secretary if he was aware that the measure of last session increasing the bor rowing powers of the Board of Works was introduced into a public bill of the Government, and that the three bills introduced this year for furthor extending such borrowing powers, are private bills promoted by the Board, and also if the Government, after haying intimated their intention to introduce a bill to amend the Loans Act of 1869, pro pose to allow private bills to go into committee before the introduction.of the public bill. Mr. BRUCE said the hon. member had misunderstood his previous answer. The Government did not intend to introduce a bill to amend the Metropolitan Loans Act• What he said was that the Board had prepared a bil/ which was to be submitted to the Government, and this had not yet been done. It was not the intention of the Government to interfere with the other Acts before the House. • ARMY REFORM. Sir. H. HOARE asked the Secretary for War, if be intended after the abolition of purchase, to continue to mulct each colonel on his promotion to the rank of ma jor general in the regulation value of his commission, which ,would be equivalent to selling the rank of major-general st• the price of £4,500. Mr. CARDWELL said it was not intended to recognise so new claims, but simply to indemnify those who had O'‘ - isting claims. ABOLITION OF PUROHAgE. Colonel LLOYD LINDSAY asked the Secretary for 14 31 ' whether, in the event of the abolition of purchase in the army, the widow, children, or next of kin, of an officer, who is either dangerously ill or who has died before he has been repaid the customary price of his commission, will receive the money from the State to which that officer would have been entitled if he had lived, and, whether, in the event of an officer being killed in action, or dying of his wounds, before he had been repaid' the customary price of his commission, his widow or next of kin would receive the money to which he would have been entitled bad he lived. Mr. CARDWELL said his answer must be the same as ill the last case. The widow, children, and next of kin Wer e. not entitled under present regulations, and therefore no' indemnity would be provided. As to the latter part of the question the present royal warrant would be observe under the new regulations. ARTICLES OF EXPLOSIVE NATURE. Mr. BROGDEN asked the Home Secretary whetter b e intended to issu e any i nstruct i ons for the guidance °r justices in granting licences for places for the nano' facture of articles of an explosive nature, and whether inspectors for such workshops or places w ou ld be w" pointed. Mr. BRUCE said he had appointed an excellent office l inquire into the practices of these manufacturers, and received one report. They were, however, desirous of r secuting the inquiry further, and every step would taken to ensure public safety. - - THE KENSINGTON MUSEUM. Mr. C. Burrimic asked the Commissioner of Wl ' 1 01 whether the Government, have approved any design A the exterior architectural elevation of the proe g Natural History Museum at South Kensington, ana if t e whether the design was a modification of that by the ° c o Captain Fowke, and also, whether the drawing and le, of the approved design will be as early as possible hibite in the House. Mr. d AYRTON said considerable progress had been It ti ( ) 8. with the work, but before the designs were coroPley they could not be presented. TRE ARMY REGULATION BILL. RAIKES asked the Secretary for War whee ler of intended, before proceeding with the second reacti ng rol this bill, to lay upon the table the new regulations r e c e ot in; promotion and retirement, which are to take e after:the.abolition of purchase. 0 13 ADWELL could not give a promise, but be ver lay them on the table as soon as ready. ,tlO Oll Colonel ANSON also, asked the right hon. gen - tb 1 ' whether it would, bo possible to divide the ArmY j ZeD ° r• tion Bill ink. two separate bills—one dealing withwith' chasmand the mode of its abolition, and the other `1,1,e the remaining objects of the bill; and also whcevibe there would be any objection to offi c ers n' army communicating with mem b ers o f parliament, .;6( cri ticising the bill oa points which affect their interests and future prospects. n ovf CARDWELL said the gallant Colonel vvon la - for the desirability of discipl4.e, but it was quite b" to an officer to comm ate his views to a membe r °f a, House withoi4ineurring any reproach au that gr °llll SUPERNUMERARY OFFICERS. . f lie Major DICKSON inquired of the Secretary of W ; 3l. had prohibited promotion by sale in succes sia, ments where thero are supernumerary officers, ana w t *" ' o sa such a reg4A'ilon was not contrary to all prel3edell obstruittive o promotion in these regiments. • 11 , A IM Ir. P C R A I R S D O w N EL M L E sa x id T h Fo e had E madevß DEBTS su(scchoprrropch.,.../Absitip°. f Mr. ANM,r..SON inquired of the Lord Advect.e.l jooi intended to bring in a Bill this session to abollsn,. deb prisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent Scotland. The LORD ADVOCATE replied in the negative. NEW WRIT. 01 4 : A new rit was ilea for the election of _ A po ' her for Monmouth in the place of g r • Somerset. THE ROUTE TO INDIA.iota Sir GEORGE ELPHINSSONE, on the House committee of supply, called attention to the necessiv; t i cutting through Adam's. Bridge, and Ceylo n therebY li' 1863 lie vv. chairman of a commit tee appd tt) of eircomnavigating t he island of ointe the necessity ;00, I (114111trr"' f kt ar.