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1M MOSES and SON'S J2i • WINTER OVERCOATS, 19s. to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 453. MI MOSES and SON beg to remind the public _EA. that the chea,pues , of an article depends enti ely on its quality, and they venture to say that their prices will compare favort ably with those aoy other house in England. E. MOSES and SON'S •-"• OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s. to 50$. KERTCH JACKETS, 15s. to 42&. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 50s. B USINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60e. EMOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system • of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post, with the guarantee of a faultless tit. E MOSES and SON'S F ROCK COATS, 245. to 635. DRESS COATS, 255. to 60s. MORNING TROUSERS, 11e. 6d. to 21a. DRESS TROtTSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. MOSES and SON invite spec i al a ttention E. to their large Stock of GENTLEME r'S DRESSING ROBE: 1 , at 18 Guineas; the assortment is tine:peed for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. - LI MOSES and SON'S _Ed . B oys , CLOTHING : KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 9s. 6s. to 40s. ETON SUITS, 15s. to 40s. B RIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 255. to 63e. V . MOSES and SON supply every description o f • Clothing, ready-made or made to measure, for all ages, a , ' occasions, and all classes; also Hosiery anr Drapery, Hats and Ca. s, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. A,y 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 I stablishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busingli resumed until Eleven o'clock. •The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SO LONDON, GORIER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. EW OXFORD-S r EET. CORNER of HART-STREET. CORN 1... R of TOTTENH AM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD CI)UNTRT BRANCH. BIM DFORD, YORKSHIRE. LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING CO M- I PA-NY.—Established 1836. Subscribed Capital £2,500,000, in 50,000 shares of £5O each. Paid-up Capital £1,000,000 —Reserve Fund, £500,000. DIRECTORS. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq. T. Tyringham Bernard, Esq. Lord Alfred Hervey. Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. William Champion Jones, Esq. John William Burmester, Esq. E. Harbord Lushington, Esq. Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq. I James Morley, Esq. Frederick Francis, Esq. 1 William Nicol, Esq. General - .Manager. William McKewan, Esq. Chief Inspector. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. Inspectors of Branches. 11. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq, Chief Accountant. James Gray, Esq. Secretary. F. Clappison, Esq. HEAD OFFICE, 21, LOMBARD STREET. Manager. Whitbread Tomson, Esq. Assistant Manager. William Howard, Esq. At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thursday, the 2nd February, 1871, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street Station, The following Report for the Year ending the 31st December,. 1871, was read by the Secretary. William Champion Jones, Esq., in the Chair. The Directors, in submitting to the proprietors the balance sheet of the bank for the half-year ending the 31st December last, have the satisfaction to report that, after paying interest to the customers and all charges, allowing for Rebate, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to £27,167 16s. 4d. This sum added to £7,181 4s. 4d. brought from the last account, produces a total of £94,349 Cs. Bd. The usual dividend of 6 per cent. for the half year Is recom mended, together with a bonus of 3 per cent.,both free of income- to be tax, which will absord £90,000, and leave £4,849 Os. Bd. carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account. The present dividend and bonus, added to the June payment, will be 17f per cent. for the year 1870. The Directors retiring by rotation are :—William Nichol, Esq., Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Esq., and Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. who being eligible offer themselves for re -election. The dividend and bonus (together £1 16s. per share) free of income-tax will be payable at the Head Office or at any of the branches; on and after Monday, the 13th instant. BALANCE SHEET Of the London and County Banking Company Slat December, 1870, DR £ s d £ s tl 1,000,000 0 0 500,000 0 0 To Capital paid up Reserve Fund.. Amount due by the Bank for Customers' Balances, &c. .. 13,396,251 11 1 Liabilities on Acceptances, covered by Securities .. 3,110,121 18 5 16,506,373 9 6 Profit and Loss Balance brought from last Account Gross Profit for the Half- Year, after making provision for Bad and Doubtful Debts, viz. • • • • .. 255,157 13 6 7,181 4 4 262,338 17 10 £18,268,712 7 4 By Cash on hand at Head Office and Branches, and with Bank of England . • .. 1,995,283 17 10 Cash placed at Call and at Notice, covered by Securities 1,672,294 2 2 Investments, viz. : Government and Guaranteed Stocks .. • • .. 1,30902 0 0 Other Stocks and Securities 83,542 15 2 Discounted Bills and Advan ces to Customers in Town and Country .. • , .. 9,607,534 5 4 Liabilities of Customers for Drafts accepted by the Bank, as per Contra .. •• .. 3,110,121 18 5 Freehold Premises in Lombard-street and Nicholas-lane, Freehold and Leasehold Pro perty at the Branches, with Fixtures and Fittings • • • • • • • • Interest paid to Customers .. • • • • .Salaries and all other Expenses at Head Office and Branches, including Income Tax on Pro fits and Salaries .. • • • • • • Profit and Loss Account. To interest paid to Customers, as above .. Expenses ditto Rebate on Bills not due, carried to New - Account .. • . • Dividend of 6 percent. for hall-year Bonus of 3 per cent .. Balance carried forward .. £ s d .£ s 3,667,578 0 0 1,483,424 15 2 12,717,656 3 9 247,649 0 0 48,521 19 9 103,882 8 8 £18,268,712 7 4 £ s. d 48,531 19 9 103,882 8 8 15,585 8 9 60,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 4,349 0 8 £202,388 11 10 By Balance brought forward from last Account Gross Profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts.. 255,157 13 6 7,181 4 4 £262,338 17 10 We, th e u ndersigned, have examined the foregoing Balance Sheet, and have found the same to be correct. Wm. JARDINE, WILLIAM NORMAN, 1. Auditors. R. H. SWAINS, ) London and County Bank, 26th January, 1871. The foregoing report having been read by the Secretary, the following resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted:- 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the Shareholders. 2. That a dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus of 3 per cent., both free of Income TaX, be declared for the half year, ending the 31st December, 1870, payable on or after Mon day, the 13th instant, and that the balance of £4,349 Os. Bd. be carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account. 3. That William Nicol, Thomas Tyringham Bernard, and Nathaniel Alexander, Esquires, be re-elected Dii ectors of this Com. 4. That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. 5. That William Jardine, William Norman, and Richard Rinds Swain°, Esquires, be elected Auditors for the current year, and that the thanks of this meeting be presented to them for their services during the past year 6. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the General Manager, and to all the other Officers of the Bank, for the zeal and ability with which they have discharged their re spective duties, (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Chairman, The Chairman having quitted the Chair, it was resolved and carried unanimously 7. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to William Champion Jones, Esq., for his able and courteous con duct in the Chair, (Signed) WILLIAM NICOL, Deputy-Chairman. Extracted from the minutes, (Signed) F. CLAPRISON, Secretary. LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COM PANY.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a DIVI DEND on the Capital of the Company at the rate of Six per Cent. for the half-year ending 31st December, 1870, with a bonus of Three per Cent., will be paid to the Proprietors, either at the head office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Company's branch banks, on or after Monday, the 13th inst. By order of the Board, W. M'KBWAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard-street, 3rd February, 1871. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA COMPANY (LIMITED) —LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING (Friday), Feb. 3, will be produced, for the last time, by express desire, L'ITALIANA IN ALGEERI. Poxes on the grand tier, £3 3s. • stall tier, £2 12s. 64 tie.; un dreressr circle, £ 1 7s 6 d.; or chestra stalls, s 6d.; grand r seats, 75.: upper circle seats, 4s : pit tickets, 28. 61 ; amphi theatre, ls. THEATRE 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 produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual, entitled THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, HAR LEQUIN AND OLD MOTHER SHIPTON, 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 numerous ap plications, it is respectfull Bogn this Drama will be revived on Monday, • Feb. 27. office open from 10 till 6 daiIy.—THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY LANE. MISS VICTORIA. YOKES will resume her successful impersonation of AMY ROBSART on MON DAY, February 27.—80 x-office open from 10 till 5 daily.-- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LA.NE.I ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, S.W., built from the designs of Walter Emden, Esq., Ar chitect.—THlS EVENING, at eight. Ninth Night of W. S. Gilbert's original comedy entitled RANDALL'S THUMB. Sup ported by Messrs. Hermann Vezin, W. Belford, Edward Righ ton, H. Mellon, It. Astley, and Frank Matthews ; Mesdames M. Brennan, Kate Bishcp, Stephens, and Eleanor Button. Pre ceded by, at 7.30, TURN HIM OUT ; and to conglude 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 6. No fees for booking, programmes, or cloak rooms. Trains by Metropolitan Railway to the very doors of the Theatre.—Acting Manager, Mr. John Huy. 'THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- The 60th Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY.—TH I S EVENING (FRIDAY), at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER; with selections from the original music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright ; Norah, Miffs Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. 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 THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5. LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — SoIe Lessee , Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chatterton.—Last Night of "The Man of the World," and of the Extravaganza of "Little Gil Blas.—THIS EVENING, at 7, THE MAN OF THE WORLD ; Sir Pertinax Macsycophant, Mr. Phelps. Messrs. J. Clayton, Crellin, Bafrett, Voltaire, Marshall, Westland, &c. ; Mesdames R. Leclercq, A. Merton, M. De Vere Addie, Hubert, &c. After which, the entirely new, grand, spectacular Extravaganza of LITTLE GIL BLAB, and How he Played the Spanish D(j)euce. Mrs. Howard Paul, Mesdames M. Holt, M. Sidney, L. Russell, L. Grey, A. Merton, R. Power, J. Lovell, Hubert, Abrahams, &c. ; Messrs. Shiel, Barry, G. Linton, Wilmott, H. Clive, &c.—Box-office open from Ten till Five. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.- -TILTS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (138th Night) Jam David James. Afterlwhich TWO ROSES (210thinight), by es Albcry. Conclude with (68th night) ELIZABETH. Sup. ported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, ecc.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. ROYALTY TREATRE.-TO-NIGHT, February 3.—The 21st 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. A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro prietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, a new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Millington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. 11. Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Furtado. At 8.15 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. B. Webster and Miss Furtado. To conclude with the MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss Bellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore ; Mr. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, rs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. C(EUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Fannon, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Baton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. And ON AND OFF. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view, Portrait 'Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal BaZaille, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &c., &c. — Admission, Is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view, Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission, ls. Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—L'ltaliana in Algeri. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI— Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe Bough. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the VAUDEVILLE Invisible Armada. OPERA COMIQUE—Found Drowned. The Lottery Ticket. The Carnival Ball. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblig9 . Benson. War. Jenny Lind at Last. An Unhappy Pair. OLYMPIC —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. After the Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and QUEEN'S —A Day Crown. ROYAL COUR ETDEATRE—Turn Him Out. Randall's Thumb. Q. HoLstmer—Jezabel. Ticket-of-Leave Man. PRINCESS'S—Man of the World. Little Gil Blas. He's a Lunatic. STRAND —Living at Ease. Cceunde-Lion. PRINCE OF4WALES'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 Ministrels. Every evening. ALIIAMBRA—Grand Concerts. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is. ; extra rooms, (d. On and Off. After- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1871. • pA.RTRIDGE VDU ACT D COOPER. MANACTURING 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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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tions, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, post free. Established 1841. JOHN GOSN ELL AND CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to the tooth powderrom ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects enamel f decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breatLoh. Price ls. ad. —Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-stndon. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE, A QUA AMARELLA restores the Human [lair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JOAN GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, suceeeded in perfecting this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more con centrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Be, each ; also 5s 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, London, B.C. ~~~¢ SUM LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1871. THE Life Assurance Act of last Session will enable persons interested in the subject generally, or in the condition of existing offices, to obtain something like an accurate estimate of the security on which rests this vast interest, representing as it does a future provision for families to the extent of hun dreds of millions sterling. _ _ _ This art, however, is not an, unmixed good. It will throw daylight upon the dark places, happily now very few in numbers, but it prevents or at least does not encourage, the fuller and more complete pub licity already adopted by those offices who are working to hide. This observation is drawn fresh by the _ . newly issued balance-sheet of the Provident Clerks' Association, whose report and accounts for the thirtieth year lies before us. The directors have apparently thought it their duty to adopt the exact form furnished by the Act, but we fully agree with the opinion given in the report, that the balance sheets hitherto issued by this prosperous institution were certainly more detailed and more satisfactory than the Government form. That the members, however, might still obtain, in an unofficial manner, all those particulars to which they had been accustomed, the Board had ready at the meeting on Wednesday night n, copy of old fashioned balance-sheet for the information of inquirers, and expressed their willingness in future years to publish those particulars, should the members wish it, We need scarcely say that such publicity is the best and truest policy ; and truly the directors of the Provident Clerks have reason to be proud of the - statement they are able to present. Despite all the depressing influences of the past year, of war abroad and distress at home, more than a thousand thoughtful men were added to the ranks of the assured, for a total sum of very nearly £200,000, and £35,000 of cash remained to increase the already ample funds. A reserve of £446,000, equal to about seven years premium income, is good evidence of the care and skill with which the affairs of the Association have been managed hitherto, and from the de tailed particulars of all their existing risks, lately published by the Board, it is evident that the Association is a long way on the right side of mere safety, and that its members may reasonably antici pate a favourable result at the next bonus division. We have chronicled for thirty years the progress of this quiet and unobstrusive but solidly establishe I association, and it is with renewed pleasure that we again call attention to its satisfactory position. -1 7 • • • TOPICS OF THE DAY. • BOURDAKI'S ARMY. There is no ground for concluding that any im portant portion of the army lately under Bourbaki has escaped the crushing disaster which is just re ported—a disaster equal in magnitude to that of Sedan. Eighty thousand men have entered Swiss territory, and are thus lost to France. The number of the original force has been variously estimated at from 100,000 to 140,000 men, and was probably about 120,000. Of this large array some 20,000 at least must have been lost in the last unsuccessful battles, and a good many more must have fallen away through straggling, disease, &c. If, therefore, any proportion of the host from which so much was expected has escaped annihilation, it cannot be a considerable num ber. Infatuated must be the military conduct that leads to these repeated destruction of whole armies. Bourbaki, after his repulse, might have escaped With ease; he had only to march away. lie loitered about in bungling uncertainty, until the only alter native from surrendering to the Germans was surren dering to the Swiss. THE DISTRICT OF PONDICHERRY. The reported German claim for the French pos session in India, Pondicherry, would be a somewhat serious one for English interests. The French Government, we understand, would have but little hesitation in relinquishing the settlement, and as it has been found so useless to France, situated as it is in the midst of our Indian Empire, the question arises why the Emperor William should. wish to obtain it, if not to give the territory to Russia, and so assist that Power in overrunning the East. On this sub ject we may quote an extract from the con tribution of a valued writer in one of the current reviews. The words will shew how important the question of Russian aggression in India should be to England at present : In the consideration of our Indian military affairs, there is one subject that must not be lost sight of, this is the steady advance of Russia to our Indian frontier. Russia may be, and probably is, innocent of any design on our Indian empire, but just as two planets, when they come within a certain distance, have a disturbing influence on each other , so will the presence of Russia , even north of the Himalaya Mountains, have a perceptible effect on the tickle intriguing minds of our dusky fdlow-subjects. The advance of that Power is known and commented upon in every bazaar in India. LIVERPOOL AND THE. WAR The war in one particular way has brought much loss to Liverpool. Any one who has been in the habit of visiting the dark and busy town- will re member the immense number of German emigrants who used to saunter, in their heavy wooden shoes and ill-made blouses, through every thoroughfare, espe cially in the summer months of the year. The troops of men and boys have, the last half-year, no longer en tered the town, as Germany has required all her men for her army. Liverpool is left so far destitute, and the many German lodging-houses in such streets as Paradise-street and Duke-street, and the nick-nac k shops whence the bright Teutons were wont to pur chase no end of imported German trinkets and carry them across the Atlantic as souvenirs of a visit to England, are all going to ruin for want of support. Last month only 325 foreigners left the Mersey for the United States, while in the corresponding month of last year the emigrants were numbered almost by as many thousands. We are told that Liverpool also latterly loses the advantages of the Irish exodus, .as labourers from the Sister Island are beginning to learn for themselves the benefit of going direct from Queenstown to America, instead of making a voyage to the north of England first. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. At the meeting of the Birmingham School Board the question of compulsion in denominational schools was discussed. It was suggested by Air. Dale, a Churchman, that the board should remit the fees of indigent children, and that compulsion should be employed to send them to denominational schools. This resolution was opposed by the chairman of the Executive of the National Education League, who said the Nonconform;st party could not forget the pledges they had given. He moved an amendment to the effect that it would be an infringement of the rights of conscience to pay money out of the rates in aid of denominational schools. Church schools were not suited to the great body of the children for whose benefit the provisions of the Act were passed. If the Church party succeeded in pas,sing the resolution, it would be the duty of the Nonconformists to appeal to. the Committee of Council on Education, as they must refuse to pay rates for the support of schools of the Church. The amendment was seconded by Mr. Dixon, M.P., who said that the two great objections to Mr. Dale's resolu tion were that it provided for sectarian schools from the rates, and that the schools in question would not be under the control of the representatives of the rate payers. The scheme would be found very expensive in its working. The discussion was adjourned till the next meeting of the Board. It would appear that the Committee of Council will have some difficulty in reconciling these denominational quarrels. A NEW REPUBLICAN CLUB. The sympathisers with a Republican form of Go vernment have, we are toll, formed a club in Birm ingham. Whether respectable and influential or not, the club has, it is said, so far become an institution, that rules for the members have been adopted. The word Republic is to be used by the Associates to signify a commonwealth of State, or unity of States, in which public affairs shall be managed by persons appointed by the people, and in which the exercise of sovereign power shall be placed in the representatives, freely selected by the people. It is also ordere l that any Republican who may at any time be so rash and fool hardy as to support the monarchy, and forsake the principles which he hold when entering the club, shall be bond never to take hand afterwards in injuring the association or any member of it. LADIES' OLUBS. The advisability of establishing Ladies' Clubs has been discussed at intervals for some years past, but it may not be generally known that one has been in existence for some time. The Daily News gives sonic account of it. It is called the Berners Club, and is held in Berners-street, Oxford-street. It is established for the purpose of affording lalios a place of resort for "society, rest, recreation, and study," an I so far it appears to have succeeded in a satisfactory manner. In many respects this undertaking resembles the other London clubs of long standing and greater pretensions, but it has a more home-like and comfortable air about it. It possesses the appliances of a well-managed and well-organised club, and its members appear thoroughly satisfied with its efficiency. The Berners' Club differs in one respect from the large clubs, its subscription and entrance fee being remarkably low. All candidates, whoss respectability is ascertained by the committee, are elected. The club is pro vided with a treasurer, a solicitor, a banker, a secretary, and an influential committee which includes among its members Professcr Huxley and Mr. Thomas Hughes. M.P. These who inaugurated the Berners Club have found that their experiment has worked well and provides a convenient and cheerful resort for those ladies who require a central meeting place in London, and who are glad to avail themselves of the literary diversions and social com forts provided for their use at a moderate cost. THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT. The quarterly return of the Registrar-General has ju-t been issued, and shews that the births of 252,367 children and the deaths of 164,121 persons were registered in the United Kingdom in the three months ending Dec. 31. The excess of births over deaths was 63,977 in the quarter, or at the rate of 695 per day. The number of persons lnarried in the quarter ending September 30th, was 109,346. In England the marriage rate of the summer quarter was below the average of the season, and the same tact was noticed in the two previous summers. Births and deaths in the autumn quarter were alike above the average, and scarlet fever was the prevailing epidemic. In his next return the Registrar-General will have to sub stitute smallpox for scarlet fever. One would imagine the study of these reports would lead to a more active prosecution of sanitary reforms, but such is seldom or never the case. TAXING FOREIGNERS. A. Frenchman complains that being merely a temporary resident in London, ho finds himself taxed for his coachman, his two horses, and his wife's little dog. He is living in lodgings which he pays weekly, hoping, like all the rest of the French exiles, to go speedily back to Paris. He brought over his horses to save them from being eaten, but was by no means prepared to pay a year's taxes for a few m nths sojourn. Having been rash enough to appeal to an official acquaintance on the subject, he feels himself compelled to pay, his friend losing all sense of his grievances in his admiration of the sharp practice of the Inland Revenue officials, who discovered the unhappy foreigner three weeks after his arrival in town. He relieves his feelings by complaining of the " meanness" of taxing foreigners for a whole year because they have sought temporary protection. Baits Bite these men were among the rowers. Mr. Randolph, curiously enough, is the only member of last year's eight who has g.tined considerably in weight. On the 6th of April 1870, immediately before the race he was weighed at 10st. 111 b., he now brings the scales down at. list. 31b. The new men in the Cambridge boat are Close, Reed, and Lomas, of the first Trinity boats, and Davidson of Clare College. THE COLONIAL POST. Some colonial correspondents complain of anoma lies in the working of the colonial post. A letter weighing half an ounce posted from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia, costs Gd. ; from Halifax to Eng land,3d.; from Berinuda to England, ls. The distance from Bermuda to Halifax is 800 miles ; frcm West Canada to England it is four times as much, yet the one postage is Gd and the other 3d. A writer in Queensland finds a serious grievance in the delay and pilfering of London newspapers in the colonial post offices. Letters he gets readily enough, and local papers come to hand, but the Times, the Graphic, and other London journals arrive in the proportion of one out of eight sent. The grievance is not merely a personal one, as all his fellow-colonists suffer from the same annoyance, for which they are at a loss to find a remedy. SUGAR IN NEW ZEALAND. The New Zealand economists are startled at the enormous consumption of sugar in their colony, though it speaks well for the temperance of the settlers. Tea is drunk at all hours, morning noon, and night, and tea requires sugar. The New Zealanders, too, seem to like their tea sweet, for the financiers declare that even the great amount of tea taken does not account for the tre mendous consumption of sugar, which is more over steadily increasing. In 1807 it was 17,016,4801b5., in 1869 19,169,3601b5., ai.d the value of imported sugar amounted in the latter year to nearly half a million of money. It has been suggested that the manufacture of beet root sugar should be established in the colony, by which means the whole of the mosey now sent abroad for this sugar supply would be expended in New Zealand A SANITARY COUP D'ETAT. Englishmen are not generally . favourable to coups d'etat, but if ever they are commendable, it is cer tainly when they are directed against the ignorant prejudice which endangers public health. A Middlesex Vicar gives a graphic account of the manner in which he and other local authorities arrested the progress of smallpox in a certain parish • during an epidemic some years since. The popula numbered about 10,000, chiefly of the poorer classes, and the prejudice against vaccination was strong. The parish authorities resolved on what the vicar calls " a ,sanitary coup d'etat," and on a given morning the surgeons visited each school. The children were called out one by one into the class room and examined. Those that were vaccinated were passed into the play ground, the unvaccinated, who amounted to nearly half, were operated on, and sent out by another door. When the school broke up a crowd of indignant mothers surrounded the schools, but the fact could not be undone, and the smallpox rapidly decreased 1 from that time forward. THE CAMBRIDGE EIGHT. It-is more than likely that five of the men who occupied seats in the Cambridge boat last year will also be oarsmen in the great race of April next. Phelps, Randolph, Lowe, Spencer, and Goldie were in the successful eight of 1870, and on Tuesday last when the Light Blue eight traversed the Cam from Jesus Locks to trill' a° f HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, FEBRUARY 2. The Queen drove out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out walking. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND We hear that the Marquis of Normauby has been ap• pointed Governor of Queensland in the place of Colonel Blackall.— Globe. FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE IN LONDON. A serious fire took place on Thursday morning on the premises of Mr. Hill, Willows-street, Regent-street, Westminster. The place was gutted before the fire could be got under. It was then discovered that a girl twelve years of age, a daughter of Mr. Hill, had been burnt to death. Her remains were found on the bed in which she had been sleeping. A destructive fire also broke out on the premises of Messrs. Castle and Brown, confectioners, George-yard, Princes-street, Soho, by which much property was destroyed. THE MURDER IN NEWCASTLE. CONFESSION OF THE MURDERESS. The woman Barbara Sample, who was suspected of murdering the old woman named Elizabeth Matthew, in her house in Blenheim-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Tuesday morning, was apprehended on Wednesday. From the fact that Sample, who had been engaged as housekeeper in the service of the deceased, had disappeared from the neighbourhood, the police at once naturally suspected that she must be the person who had murdered the old woman. On being charged with the crime, she replied that she killed the old woman with a coal-rake early on Monday morning when she was asleep; and she further stated that the old woman had asked her to kill her. The prisoner belongs to a respectable family, and her father held the position of harbour-master at Berwick-on-Tweed for about fifty years. For some time past she has been very intemperate, and there is no doubt that she committed the murder in order to procure money to buy drink with. A great many things have been taken from Matthew's house, and about forty,pawn tickets have been found. GREAT FIRE AT BURY. FIVE LIVES LOST AND £50,000 DAMAGE. On Wednesday a fire occurred at the spinning mill of Messrs. J. P. Ede and Co. Elton, Bu►y, which resultedin great destruction of property and the loss of five lives. The mill was situate close to the river Irwell, and formed two sides of a square ; the old portion was built about 1857, and the new part about 1864. The length of one side of the mill was 30 windows, and the whole of the building was four storeys high. The cotton spun was all fine counts, and there was a large stock of the raw material on the premises. The fire broke out about ten minutes befOre noon, in the muleroom, on the third storey ; it originated from a spark pro duced by the friction of two coupling wheels. One of the men employed in the room saw the spark fall and instantly ignite a quantity of cotton. He ran to give an alarm, and he and other workpeople had barely time to escape, for so rapid was the progress made by the flames that in about a quarter of an hour the roof of the older mill fell in, and floor after floor was rapidly destroyed, the debris of one floor breaking through the floor beneath. In about an hour after the fire commenced both parts of the mill were completed gutted and a great portion of the walls of the older part had fallen. Directly opposite the mill was a row of cottages, and a little further on was the Wellington Cotton Mill, only just cut off by the width of a narrow street. Both the cottages and the mill were fired more than once, but the Improvement Commissioners' brigade soon extinguished the fire at the cottages ; and the workmen at the Wellington Mill, by means of buckets of water, wet sheets, &c., quenched the flames as soon as they took hold, and both blocks of buildings were preserved. Unfortunately, some of the workpeople at Messrs. Ede's mill were unable to escape. Five are missing. Three bodies were recovered about five o'clock, but they were so fearfully burned--nothing but the trunks remaining—that they could not be identified. The list of the missing is as follows: — Thomas Stacey, bookkeeper, son of manager, aged 20 years ; John Grundy, mule looker, 48, married, and having four children ; Thomas Hughes, mechanic, widower, about 50 ; William Southern, rover, about 48, wife and five children ; James Heap, carder, about 45. The damage to property is estimated at between £50,000 and £60,000.—Manchester Guardian. MAGAZINES "FOR FEBRUARY• The Cornhill.—Thanks to Charles Lever and George Meredith, the Cornhill is now month after month, espe cially and doubly attractive. " Harry Richmond" and " Lord Kilgobbin," run their course together, side by side, without any risk of clashing, or as the turf phrase has it, in a slang term borrowed from the billiard-room, without any risk whatever of cannoning. The reader's interest and attention are in no way jostled. He shares his regard' willingly and ami cably enough between the two novelists—between Mere dith, always so quaint and whimsical, and Lever, always so exhilarating and delightful. Satisfying our selves, in regard to the former, this month, by recording the fact that the young hero of the tale, Harry to wit, attains his majority in this instalment, and returns to Germany—let us repeat, only this time a trifle more emphatically, in regard to Lord Kilgobbin, that in Lever's manner of recounting it, he is often and often at his very best. The characters are so admirably discriminated, the dialogues are so thoroughly natural and vivacious, the surroundings are so racily Irish throughout. Kilgobbin Castle is a very Castle Rackrent. Peter Gill is a worthy companion, in his way, to an earlier limning from ,the same master hand, mean ing Cross Corney, otherwise old Corney Delaney. Nina is charming, so too is Kate Kearney, whose very name is suggestive of the sweet Irish ditty, " Oh have you not heard of Kate Kearney ? She lives on the banks of Killarney." Maurice, " the Lord," Richard, otherwise Dick, Joe Atlee, Walpole, the attaché, his friend the Major, Tom McKeown, the agent, and now last, not least, Miss Betty O'Shea, with the gossoon-riding pillion behind her, are all admirable. The story, so far as it has yet gone, is worthy of the first of Irish novelists. The Eclipse and the Spanish Revolution are the two contemporary events upon which the Cornhill for February seizes the oppor tunity of commenting. Illacmil'an.—Not a very welcome proposition is set forth in the opening paper in the February number of Macmil lan, namely—that we should have " London Fortified." Much good the fortifications of Paris have done that capi tal. Among all the failures of the age they are about the greatest, a fact that even M. Thiers himself must perforce acknowledge. Scott Russell completes very effectively his account of his recent expedition " Into Versailles and Out." He proves to our mind as clearly as that two and two make four that the Emperor Napoleon 111., instead of being the sole author of the war, was partially forced, partially deceived into it. History will so demonstrate the fact, we feel certain, in the hereafter. The number is further remarkable, for inasmuch as it contains a vindication of Bistnarck, a capital paper on " Ciphers and Cipher Writing," five more chapters of " Patty," and a political definition of "England's Place among the Nations of Christendom." Fraser. —Essentially a historian as the editor of Regina is, the political situation of affairs in Europe, we may rest assured, is not by any means overlooked by him or his con tributors. " England's War," —the first article—relates in reality to the subject of her war against internal pauperism. But there is a paper on " The Crisis of France," and another paper on " Prussia and Germany :" to say nothing of one on the " Indian Mutiny," another on the "Eastern Question," and a historical chapter on the " Orange Society," by an Ulster Protestant. To our fancy, however, the most interesting contribution to Fraser for February is the criticism on "Virgil, as trans lated by Dryden and Conington," in the contrasting of which versions the palm, as a matter of course, is awarded to the latter. Temple Bar.— The serial stories contributed to Temple Bar occupy this month the chief part of that popular magazine. Mrs. Edwardes sends in three more chapters of her new tale " Ought we to Visit Her ?" While there are two more chapters of," The Landlord of the Sun," by one of the most thoughtful novelists of the day, Mr. W. Gilbert, the author of " Shirley Hall Asylum." Added to these, " His Brother's Keeper," by Mr. Albany Fonblanque is here, in its seventeenth chapter, brought to a conclusion. Among all the miscellaneous papers in the number, the one entitled " High Class Slang," is at once the most whimsical and the most entertaining. Tug BISHOP OF LONDON.—We are requested to state that the Bishop of London has taken up his residence at London House, St. James's-square. A deputation is to wait upon Messrs. Dixon and Muutz, the members for Birmingham, on Friday, to talk to them about the dowry of the Princess Louise. A bill has been introduced into the Greek Cham bers granting an indemnity of £lO,OOO to Mrs. Lloyd, widow of one of the gentlemen murdered at Marathon by brigands. Lord Bloomfield has intimated to the Austrian Government that England is ready to conclude a treaty for the extradition of criminals on the basis laid down by Parliament, excluding political offenders. T H E GHOST OF -13 AIN. --Immediately opposite that abode of wonder, the Polytechnic, the greatest of horrors "poor suffering humanity is heir to," dreaded alike by old and young—the extraction of a tooth—is actually rendered pleasant ! Credat Judas. Science, always on the alert, joins hand-in-hand with Surgery , and, invokin g the aid of nitrous oxide gas, a grinder with " venomed sting " is extracted, while the patient is calmly calculating his last coup at whist ; or, if a lady, her " success of a bonnet." " Sleep, balmy slumber," is induced by the inhalation of the gas, which is imperceptible to the patient, and is so perfectly harmless, even to the most debilitated, that the practitioner, Mr. B. L. Mosely, of 312, Regent-street, willingly placed himself under its influence, describing it as actually pleasant (informing us that he often did so many times daily for the edification of intended patients). In 50 to 100 seconds insensibility to pain is induced, and one to six teeth can be extracted in one inhalation without the patient, on returning to consciousness, being aware of their removal. "Truly we live in wondrous times." THE WAR OF 1860. On Wednesday evening, Colonel Chesney delivered the fourth of a series of lectures, intended for the instruction of the officers of the Aldershot Division, by the garrison instructors and other officers, in the Prince Consort's Library, South Camp. About 200 officers, 70 non-com missioned officers, and several ladies formed the audience. Among the officers were Lieutenant-General Sir J. Hope Grant, G.C.8., commanding the Division; Major-General D. Lysons, C. 8., commanding the Ist Infastry Brigade; Colonel J. H. Smyth, C. 8., commanding the Artillery; Colonel Oaks, C. 8., 12th Lancers; Colonel Gamble, C. 8., Assistant Quartermaster -General ; Major E. Wood, V.C., Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General; Colonel Middleton, Superintending officer of Garrison Instruction to the Army, &c. By means of several maps the lecturer illus trated his subject. He lucidly detailed all the tactics and manoeuvres employed by the Prussian generals in the year 1866, in which year a great military nation was in the field as well against Austria as against the combined forces of Bavaria and several smaller States. Five years ago it would have been deemed incredible by many that a man could direct the operation of war from his closet. Anyone who reads the details of the campaign in Bohemia in 1866 will understand that the manoeuvres prat' tised by the Prussian commanders were planned a long time before. Campaigns in these days are of much shorter duration than formerly. The West of Germany in those days was divided into a number of small States, and was not one united country. When the crisis of the war came on, in the middle of June, 1866, most of the German States, such as Wiartemburg, Hanover, Hesse Cassel, &e. , were found arrayed against Prussia. Hanover and Hess e Cassel were unprepared for war, and the other States found it impossible to combine their forces efficiently. The lecturer next sketched how Prussi a gradually prepared for war against Austria. When the rupture became inevitable, the Kings of Hanover an d , Saxony were requested to state whether they would remain neutral or not. A Prussian General was instruct ed to operate against these States in the event of a refusal of the Prussian demands. Colonel Chesney now chewed the number of troops which each State brought into the field: The Prussian army was divided into nine corps, half 01 which were sent to take part in the campaign. 018 general progress of the Prussian Generals against Bav sl.sfil and Hanover was next detailed by the lectur er, as well a 5 the hiyalty of the Hanoverians, who assembled in detaell: ments ; so that in a short time their King found hinasel' at the head of 16,000 men. Being unable to make his wag to Gotha, the King of Hanover led his tro o p s southwar' towards Langensalza. Had he proceeded about ele ven miles further on the road to Gotha (whose Duke, brotha of our Queen's late Consort, was rather favourable t° Prussia) there was no force to oppose him. The Prussia n s became aware that they were in great danger , a nd on tile, night of the 23rd of June they were de feated by th' Bavarians at Langensalza. The latter were stout rae li j well armed, and of strong religious sentiments. r r t were to a man Roman Catholics, and there was no gr ea y , love existing between them and the Prussians. r-filey (Bavarians) had the appearance of men who we re sudde' f turned out of barracks ; they mustered 34,000, and out of that number only three officers had seen service, Gene t r, Von der Tann, an old Prince who was in his 72nd Ye a ~ 3 and another. How the Hanoverians were disarmed, gad the whole progress of the campaign wer e clearl y narr ile by the lecturer, who pointed out to the officers present errors committed, as well as the successful tactics ef Colon several commanders of the opposing armies. Chesney retired amid unanimous applause. The deaths are announced of the widow of the ; late Sir Thomas Chnpman, Bart., of the coun t y of gef'li and of Lady Cuffe, widow of the late Sir J. D. `the Cuffe, of Kilkenny. The Industrial Schools Act is comi n g into oPeri:e tion more slowly in Ireland than the h promoters of o e " movement were led to expect. It is regarded wit !,, t1 distrust by some of the classes whose m aterial al tv' necessary to make it successful. Only f our Protes 11" A, schools of this class have - been estab lished in Ire 15 while there are 28 Roman Catholic schools. A young man, named John Sylvester, a foot soldier on furlough, is in custody at DerbY ° . O O charge of fraudulently obtaining lodgings, &0., t va vi l ea hotels. He was brought before the magistrates on wit . 9 nesday, and remanded, it being stated that 11 " wanted " in Manchester, Liverpool, and other P 3c H o f Mr. Alderman Beckett, who has for sixteen years honouratly held a seat in the Council C 5,1 ber, in Sheffield, died on Tuesday after an oc te and severe illness. Some time ago he WO ! c or ed. with paralysis, from which he never fully recoi.co The deceased was 53 years of age. He has left Nvl and seven children. Co BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOL—GRATEFUL AND,iOII, said to:: FoRTING.—The very agreeable character of this prepar°-.0.14.: rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazr,„loo; marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural lard"f govern the operations of digestion and nutritio c oe°,,r I careful application of the fine properties of well:sele I Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a "' d ot ,„ flavoured beverage which may save us many heavY ivievo bills." Each packet is labelled—makes EPPS .00•!;a6ipe, pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of EpPs very thin evening beverage.—Advt. 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 LA'T'EST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events. 1