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BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA COMPANY (LIIIITED)—LYCEIMI THEATRE. e. THIS EVENING (MONDAY), January 30, will be produced ALI (for the eighth time in any country), the New Opera of kBA (written expressly for this Company). Boxes on the grand tier, £8 3s. • stall tier. .£2 Us. 61; uorer oircle, 7s. Gd.; orchestra stalls, grand tier dress seats, 7s. ; uppez circle seats, 4s pit tickets, 2s. fid. ; amphi theatre, ls. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.- Sole Lessee and Manav,er, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, inclusive. THIS EVENING (MONDAY), will be produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY I and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton with New and Characteristic Scenery by William Beverley, whose personal services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produc tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Mess r. rs. Fred. Yokes , H. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Vokes, Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russell ;Misses Victoria Vokes, Jessie Vokes, Rosins Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell, Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those popular Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans and W. H. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Morris, Pantaloons ; W. Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, liar lequina. B. Slowman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French Pierrots. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La Patrie, the Baby Velocipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music C om p osed and Selected by Mr. W. C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr. John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, &C., arranged en by Mr. John Cormack and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors op at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Bx-open from Ten till Five Daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3 0 , 4, and 5 Guineas. Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, ss. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, 3s. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, ls. Upper Gallery, 6d. rpHE DTtAGON OF WANTLEY; or, Harlequin A. and Old Mother Shipton, will be performed THIS EVENING, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at Two o'clock. Therefore, to prevent disap pointment, an early application for seats is respectfully re quested. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. gG- PERFORMANCE of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, ev ery Wednesday and Saturday, Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre :—First Circle, Dress THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN and Stalls. Box-office open E. from Ten till Five d a ily. - AMY ROBSART.—In answer to numerous ap plications, it is respectfully announced this Drama will be revived on Monday, Feb. 27. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daiIy.—THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY-LANE. :---:------- ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square s., built from the de si g ns of Walter Emden, Es q ., Ar chitect. —THIS W. EVENING, at eight. Fiftth Night of W. S. Gilbert's original comedy entitled RANDALL'S THUMB. Sup ton,eb Messrs. Hermann Vezin, W. Belford, Edward Righ olL -Mellon, R. Astley, and Frank Matthews ; Mesdames M. lirennan, Kate Brahcp, Stephens, and Eleanor Button. 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. NQ 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.- Fifty-ninth Night of a NEW ' pece, THE FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS EVENI NG (MONDAY), at Seven, O'Keefes Musical PO OR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. P a trick, 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, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of Ring Phanor's Country House. At 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The A ven ue ofc 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. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chatterton.—Last Five Nights 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, Barrett, Vollaire, MaDe rshall, W es tland, &..c. ; Mesdames R. Leclercq, A. Merton, M. Vere Addie, Ilubert, &c. After which, the entirely new, grand, spectacular Extravaganza of LITTLE GIL BLAS, 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—alessrs. 11. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne _-THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (134th Night) : ➢ a David James. After which, TWO ROSES (206th night), by James Albert'. Conclude with (64th night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, ,Sze.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, ex. ROYAL S TRA.ND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, ON AND OFF. LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and F. Huhes. CCEIJR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Faulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, GoOdall, &c. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANTIARY 30, 1871. formidable had to be added. The army. was in a still more deplorable condition. It consisted entirely of fugitives from disastrous battle fields, raw Mobiles, and National Guards who for the most part had never fired a shot in their lives. The first battle ended in a disgraceful stampe le. Yet out of • this heterogeneous mass was formed an army of half a million men, who fought so well in recent sorties that better leadership might have ensured success. ,This want--,—a general of the first or for—was the great want of the siege. The Ministers governed the city wisely, the commander organised his forces with skill an d patience, the troops displayed readiness and aptitude, the people bore hunger, cold, the storm of shells, the hope deferred that maketh the heart sick. But no general arose equal to the occasion. To guide an army six figures strong requires military genius of the first clas3, and the right man never appeared in Paris. Had this one requisite been forthcoming, the siege of Paris Might have ended for the Germans in much the same way as the occupation of Moscow sixty years ago ended for the French. IT now clearly becomes the duty of the French Ministers to convene a National Assembly so that the nation may pronounce upon its own destinies. With those who urge that this course should have been talcen sooner, we firmly disagree ; but the arguments which the Provisional Government justly thought conclusive during the siege, no longer apply. Nothing could have been more prejudicial to the cause of.- defence than an election contest in the midst of a critical campaign. Such a contest, decid- ing as it would the future government of the cow try, as well as the question of peace or war, wou have given rise to the most intense excitement, and must have fatally diverted the attention of the people from the great end in view. A general election during the siege would have meant the fall of the capital with scarcely an effort for its release. If the Ministry thought that a hope of success remained they were justified in going on. Cut and dried rules do not provide for a hostile invasion of 700,000 men. The Government has one argument in their favour, which is in itself a sufficient answer to all the reasoning on the other side. The country was with them. In Paris a vote of ten to one pro nounced in favour of the Defence Ministry. In the provinces, the taxpayer and the levies responded to M. GAMBETTA'S call, though there was no force at his command to compel them. Surely the nation could make no more decisive ex pression of its will by its words than it has made by its deeds. The need for haste, however, has passed away. If the war goes on, the longer the French delay the better chance they will have. Rapidity was the ono thing needful during the siege ; now it is leisure. A National Assembly might now be called without prejudice to the work of defence. Nor is there is any special reason, if the Government object to it, why the elections should take place in those districts occupied by the Ger mans. The . call for peace, or the resolve upon further war, will not be a party question ; the deci sioe of the country will, in all probability, be well-nigh unanimous, and there can be no difficulty in judging of the general wish by the declaration of the three-fourths or four-fifths of the people who are not under German domination. Respecting the decisicn we neither prophecy nor advise. Those writers who are continually advis ing France to yield, yield, yield, may do well to consider what we in England should do if a claim were made upon us for Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire, and Dorset, which is rightly estimated as the proportionate equivalent of Alsace and German " Lorraine. enc 3 between the highest and the lowest tender, for the former was for £68,347, and the latter for £36,755 —a divergency of nearly £32,000. As both these firms are well known as established contractors, there is considerable astonishment cause" at so great a difference existing; what is the reason ? Surely there must be a mistake somewhere. It would be interesting if the two parties were to make an analysis of their estimates. £32,000 looks to outsiders a large sum to pay for putting in the foun dations, even of so extensive a building as the New Law Courts must necessarily be ; but when there is just that difference between one contract and another,the general public, who are naturally inquisi tive, want to know the reason why. THE NEW STAMP ACT. The Economist remarks that grave dissatisfaction exists at the unexpected changes effected by the new Stamp Act, and considers that the remedy for them should be at once discussed. The principal difficulty is the new tax on the negotiation and payment of interest on certain foreign securities, which is practically a new tax, and affects great sums of money. The law says that every person who in the United Kingdom nego tiates or pays any interest on any foreign security not being duly stamped, shall forfeit the sum of 220." But in practice, as the coupon which repre sents the bond is presented alone, the person who pays the interest has no means of knowing whether the bond itself, which may not be in this country, is stamped or not. All this trade would be stopped if the buyer of coupons had to assure himself that the bond was duly stamped. Then it . is urged that this impost is retrospective, and, therefore, unjust; that there is a difficulty in the stamping of these foreign bonds; and that this tax on the import of foreign bonds is injurious to English interests. Since England, as Mr. Goschen ob served, is the monetary clearing hoitse of the world, everything which impedes the settlement of foreign balances in this country, and tends to drive that settlement to some unencumbered money market abroad, gives the dealers in that market a profit at the expense of ours. Exchange busii.ess is one of. the finest calculation, and what would be thought a trifling change in most kin.ls of trade, becomes in certain states of the market influential and vital. THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND SMALLPDX. A circular has been issued to the Vestries of the Metropolitan Boards of Guardians by the Medical Department of the Privy Council Office, respecting the measures they should take in reference to the epi demic of smallpox. Vaccination is the main resource, and the extension of the disease must b 3 attributed to its neglect, yet it must be remembered that small pox is one of the most infectious of diseases, and each new case becomes a great centre of public danger. The isolation of those affected is, therefore, highly important, and all perssns who cannot be so isolated in their lodgings should be at once removel to special hospitals. The Vestries have power to provide any accommodation requisite for such cases, whether destitute or not. All houses, rooms, and things infected should be disinfected as soon as possible, and it is desirable this should be done under official superintendence. Daily returns of the small pox cases in the district should be made to the vestry; and all information respecting unvaccinate childdren should be at once communicated to the guardians. An inspector from the Privy Council will visit each vestry, and give any further advice or assistance that may be necessary. THE WORK OF PLAY. The career of W. Cook, the celebrated billiard I player, must convince the most sceptical that there • is no royal road to success in games of pleasure. Those who take them up professionally, must apply themselves .with the same assiduity and use the same exertion as if they were following a trade or ordinary business. During the course of last year Mr. Cook travelled some thou sands of miles in carrying out his engagements, and played as many as 184 matches, of which ho won 138. Most of these matches were for a thousand, and the average number scored by - so successful a player must have_ been eight hundred. faking three as the average number noted at a str• dte it follows that he must have made fifty thousand hazards and cannons in public during the year, besides those scored in practice. He made eight thousand of these in March when he played in public on twenty-five days. A fortnight ago he made the marvellous score of seven hundred and fifty, which was unparallelled in the annals of the game. John Roberts, who bad distanced all comers for a quarter of a century, lost the championship match with Cook, and 33 out of - 37 other matches -he played with him. Among Cook's other opponents were Roberts junior, with whom he won 32 matches out of 44, and Bennett, the present champion, whom he beat 28 times out of 42. The other opponentS are all considerably inferior to him. BETTING , SWINDLERS. There are certain men connected with the turf who never appear to be happy unless they are en d eavou ring to " do" unless the They possess an equally u ngovernable desire to " welsh" the general public and members of their own frater nity. They manifest a peculiar talent for swindling railway companies out of their fares, and appear to be equally well pleased whether the sum they thus save is large or small. At the Finchley Steeplechases last year, no sooner had the train arrived at the station, than, banding themselves together, they charged the officials, pushed them aside, and passed through the gates without shewing tickets. But at the races held last week the com pany, warned by experience, had all tickets collected at the station before Finchley, and mustered a strong three of porters to enforce the collection. A sharp search was made ibr " stowaways," and the would-be s!arpers who had no tickets were obliged to part with their specie, or, in the event of their ha,viig neither tickets or specie, to leave lehind them articles equal in value to their fare. Of course the train was delayed in consequence of this vigorous arch being made, and it was not permitted to pro ceed to Finchley until every nook and corner had been thoroughly examined. ROYALT:Y TMEATRE.-TO-NIGHT, January 30.—The 17th time of an original Comedietta, by J. 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 hil SENSATION CAT. A DELPIIV,THEATRE ROYAL. Sole, Pro prietOr, - 11 fr. Benjamin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.- -THIS EVENING, at 7, a new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. H. 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. -VrADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Ba,ker -,-v-i- street.—On view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal liazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, Admission, ls. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. i/1 A . DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION , Baker 1\ A- street.—On view, Portrait Models of the K rn . ing Alsoand Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzolle Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission, is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra ItOoms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. PARTRIDGE MANUFACT AND COOPER. URING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, R.C. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOL ESALE PRICES, -AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDEPerRS OVm. s. d. ER 20s. rea Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper .. ..... ........... _ _ S u p er fine Cream Laid Note : m uch approved ... •• • ... 4 0 ... Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note .... • • .... 7 0 Straw Paper, "Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing .. •• .. 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers ....... ... Ss., 45., Os., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream .... 10s. 61, 12s. 6d., and 14 6 1 Outsides Foolscap .... ..... .... ••..•• • • • • • .............. 6 6 L e tter Paper for scrib blin g ........ plain, 4s. •, ruled dit to, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note ... ••• • . .. ... five quires for l s. 66., or 5 6 New Vellum Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelpes, 4s 66, 5s 6s ad Large Bl u e Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 66 ...... per 1000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 55.... . • • • • • • • • • COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists to the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. 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 C HERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. MI. —Red Bull Wharf , 93, U pp er reet, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JOHN GOSNELL and CO, have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded 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, 3s. each also 5s , 7s. ad., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel - passage , 93, Upper Thames-street, London, E.C. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERt BUFFA, LYCEUM—AIi Baba. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. C OVENT 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. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. OPERA COMIQUE cket Blue Devils. Found Drowned. The Lottery ST. JAMES'S —To Oblige Benson. at Last. OLYMPIC —Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY—Dora's Device. Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamo Id.. G AIETY —A Christmas Story. Alladin I QUEEN'S—A Day After the Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT EATRE —Turn Him Out. Randall's Thumb. Q.E TH .D. HOLBORN—Ticket -of-Leave Man. Jezabel. PRINCESS'S—Man of the World. Little Gil Bias. He's a Lunatic. Cceur-de- War. Jenny Lind Living at Ease. STRAND— On and Off. Lion. PRINCE OF WALES'S—Queen Stork. Ours. 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—Sinba.d the Sailor. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AIIPHITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn) —Scenes in the Arena. Sr. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrels. Every evening. ALHAmßßA—Miscellaneous Entertainment. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Locked . r v,. fti 4"- TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE CONFEREFCE. The Spectator inclines to think, judging by the indi cations which creep out, that the Conference will ulti mately, unless a French representative arrives, accept a compromise, allowing boti Russia and Turkey to keep a certain number of vessels in the Black Sea. " The Austrian Government, as we noted last week, is be lieved to prefer that course ns preferable to a free navip ation, which would enable France or England to shut the mouths of the Danube." The difficulty is that this arrangement would not relieve Russia from the humiliation which the Black Sea clauses of the Paris Treaty are thought to impose upon her. Liberty to keep a certain number of slips in the sea, and perfect freedom on its waters, are not the same thing. Russia can now have two or three small war ships in the Euxine, and if this number were increased the principle would remain the same. FRENCH FINANCES. The commercial classes in France seem to look with suspicion and displeasure on the independent action of the Government of National Defence. M. Michel Chevalier has attracted great attention by his protest, in which he maintains that the essence of Republicanism is that no tax, general or local, shall be levied except by representatives of the people freely elected, and declares that the Government had no right to refuse to convoke an Assembly on the pretext of foreign occupation, as even an incomplete Parliament would have better right to speak and act in the name of France than a dozen men. In the provinces, the statement (announced a short ti me back) that the Paris Government was occupiel with a new loan of £10,000,000 made to it by the Bank of France, has occasioned great surprise, since it was not known - the Government had previously borrowed from the Bank. There is some confusion in bill legislation, as the decrees of the Paris Government and the Bordeaux Delegation, made on the Bth and 12th of January respectively, do not accord. The enactments of the Delegation are not thought sufficiently liberal by the mercantile community. A. French statesman has calculated that the Government of National Defence has spent, and is spending, from £400,000 to £480,000 per day, and this, say the commercial classes, is too large a sum to be disposed of by a few almost irre sponsible persons. THE SENIOR WRANGLER. Trinity has this year the senior wrangler. On this year's list Trinity has ten wranglers; St. John's, seven ; Christ's, four ; Pembroke, three ; Clare, Queen's, Sidney Sussex, and St. Catherine's, two, and the remainder one. Mr. John Hopkinson, the senior wrangler, is the son of a Manchester gentleman, and was educated at Owen's College, in that city. Ile . obt aired a minor scholarship at Trinity in 1867, and was elected a Foundation Scholar in 1868, and was also a Sheepshank's Exhibitioner. At the London University Mr. Hopkinson was very successful, and distinguished himself in ma thematics and sold-KT. He entered Cam bridge University as an under graduate at the age of 17. Mr. Bore was his college tutor, and Mr. Routh his private tutor. Next upon the list was Mr. Glaisher, son of Mr. Glaisher, of meteorological fame, and following him comes Mr. Spence, of Pem broke, son of Dr. Spence, a Presbyterian minister, of Clapham. Ile was educated at the City of London School. The fourth on the list is Mr. Hart, of Trinity, son of Mr. Hart, of Newfield, Blackheatl- Park, and the fifth Mr. Ernest Temperley, of Gates head. TIIE NEW LAW COURTS. After many and protracted delays, it appears there is some hope that at last the foundation of the Law. Courts will be commenced. The teLders for the work were delivered on the 20th inst. There seems, however, to have been the most extraordinary differ- AUSTRIA AND ROME. Catholic residents in Rome are confident that the Roman question has entered upon a new phase, and that Italy will be one of the first countries to feel the influence of the counter revolution, as they call it. The programme they trace is, first the Republic and a period of terrible anarchy, and thee n ive the the res toration of the Pope. T he y do not g Italian Kingdom two years longer. These views are considerably encouraged by a change in the attitude of Austria, caused, it is said, partly by the violent agitation of the Catholic populations of Austria and the Tyrol. The Court of Vienna has absolutely refused to sell the Palazzo di Venezia for the Senate at Rome as was desired. Austria alleges that she does not and cannot officially recognise the occupation of Rome until bhe knows what guarantees have been given to the Pope. The Empress Elizabeth is said to have taken prominent part in the matter, and has suspended all the Court fetes for the Carnival, declaring to those around her that during the captivity of the Pope the Imperial Court was unable to rejoice. The movement is strongly supported by the Catholics of Bavaria and Rhenish Prussia. ITALIAN UNITY IN AMERICA. The Americans have been holding a great festival in honour of Italian Unity, at which many of their most distinguished men were present. An immense mass meeting was held at the Academy of Music, New York, under the presidency of General Dix, and addresses were delivered by Horace Greeley, Rev. H. W. Beecher, Cullen Bryant, and others. Letters of adhesion were read from LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1870. THOSE crities who are disposed to deny that the resistance of the Parisians has been heroic will admit that it has proved unexpectedly obstinate. The great siege is a creditable episode in French history, and will live in the esteem of future ages when many a victory has been forgotten. Of the numerous prophecies which were so confidently uttered when the investment began, the determination and bravery of the French people have put all to shame, save one. The British Philistin t e was right when he put the self-evident case that Paris must be starved out unless assistance arrived; he was wrong in all his other numerous predictions. He foresaw clearly that the frivolous Parisians would bear no hardships; and they have endured rations of half a pound of bread and less than one ounce of meat a day, and a weekly mortality five times as great as the ordinary rate. The outsider was confident that the Germans would soon take a fort _ . or two, and then all would be over. The besiegers have taken nothing save the improvised battery on Mont Avron. Then it was believed, and BISMARCK shared this delusion, that civil dissensions would soon open the gates. There was but one popular tumult before the probability of surrender became evident, and that one difficulty was shortlived mid bloodleSs. " But a few shells amongst the Parisians will make all the difference." Hundreds of shells have fallenin the city, and men, women, and children were killed, but not the slightest moral effect followed. The defeat of the Pari s armies, the defeat of the provincial armies, did not crush the spirit of the people. Against famine there is no resistance. But for famine the Germans might have remained befell) the city until January, 1872. When the difficulties which have attended this nineteen weeks' resistance be fairly considered, the impartial observer will allot a high degree of praise to the achievement. The task .of accumulating the requisite stack of provisions for two millions of People was so gigantic that the actual success of the Ministry in this respect was never suspected by the German leaders. The end of November was the time they fixed for the exhaustion of the food store, and. bitter was the disappointment at Versailles when TnoCHU did not surrender alter the battles around Orleans. The fortifications were weak and ill-armed last September. the strength they now possess has been gained during the interval. From the German official accounts it appears that an attack by storm would have taken place at the com .Meneement-of the siege, but for the apprehension of a niurderOuS‘street fight._ Last September the forts existed, but eVery thing needful to make them Vice - President Colfax and Secretary Fish. Mr. Beecher, in the course of his speech, said they wanted Europe to understand that when called upon to speak, Americans were always on the side of liberty in religion and politics. Begolutions were passed congratulating the Italians on the success of their efforts to obtain Constitutional Government, and declaring that the temporal sovereignty of the Popes over Abe Roman people was the growth of the feudal ages, and that Ireligious liberty was absolutely essential to political liberty. Before the meeting broke up the Chair man announced, amid enthusiastic applause, that he had just sent a despatch to the King of Italy at Flo rence: "More than ten thousand American citizens are celebrating the union of Rome with Italy, and Isend congratulations." Loss OF AN AMERICAN SHIP. The American papers tell a story of the steamer Saguinaw, which was wrecked on Ocean Island last October. This place is about a thousand miles from the Sandwich Islands. All hands were got on shore and a considerable amount of provisions landed. A boat was sent to Honolulu to obtain assistance. It left Ocean Island on the 18th of November. The crew experienced the greatest sufferings from sick ness and want of fire and fool.. They sighted laud on the 18th of December, but on attempting to enter Danalai the boat capsized; of the five who formed the boat's crew three were drowned, and one went mad and died shortly after wards. Halford, the only survivor, got on shore at Kahili, five miles to the east of Hanalai, where the boat capsized. He proceeded to Honolulu on board a schooner and related tha circumstances of the shipwreck to the United States' Minister, who dispatched a schooner with pro visions to Ocean Island. The Government at his request sent off a steamer also with ample supplies for the shipwrecked crew. There are ninety persons on Ocean Island, but it was hoped they would survive until assistance reached them, if they used great care in dealing out their provisions, and were able tu catch fish in any great quantities. THE STATE OF MEXICO. "With the exception of the States of Talisco and Sinaloa, peace and order appear to prevail in the Re- puhlic of Mexico. Free libraries are being establishe.d, roads and bridges repaired, and telegraphic and railway communication extended. The Exe cutive have completed a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation with Italy, and Congress has been busy in revising the civil code, and pro moting worlis of public utility. On only point .do the Mexicans appear uneasy ; they complain of American aggression. During the war between Juarez and Maxi milian, the: former was charged with selling a part of his country to the Americans. Of course this was denied by the friends of Juarez, and the majority of the people, believed that the charge had no foundation. But at all events an American colony was formed on Magdalena Bay, Lower California, who it appears claim the greater par t of Lower California, and encroach upon the States of Sinola, and Sonora, and other isolated lands, embra cing altogether about 47,000 square miles. The claims of the company are so put that there is evidently some ground far them, and the matter will probably en gage a good deal of attention in the next Session of Congress. It is almost certain, however, that should it transpire that so. large an area as 47,000 square miles was sold to the American Company, the sale would be illegal, for the purchase of this terri tory could not be effected without due regard being paid to vested rights. In addition to this, the Mexican Congress appears to haver et its face against the Yankees obtaining possession of any portion of Mexico. one THE FORCES OF GRANT AND LEE. General Early, late of the Confederate Army, has written a long letter to the Standard with a view to showing that General Badeau—Grant's late military secretary—has altogether misrepresented the number of men which General Lee, had under his command during the late civil war. He quotes from the return of Mr. Stanton, ex-Secretary of war, to shew that during the whole of the contest 2,656,553 men were put into the United States service during the war by calls on the States, and that only 600,000 men in all were put into the Confederate service luring the same period. Lee was outnumbered at the battle of the Wilderness, having only 50,000 men engaged, while Grant brought 98,000 into the field, Strange, how ever, to say, General Early, after making this state ment, "quotes Mr. Swindon to shew that Grant's losses in the series of actions which took place from the Wilderness to the Chickahominy river amounted to 60,000." General Early positively states that General Lee, "that gallant and Christian hero," whose word "to those who know him was as indisputable as Holy Writ," has invariably asserted that the force with which he encountered and fought Grant in the Wilderness was under 50,000. General Early cannot help firing another shot at the United States Government. He says :—" The heel of the military power, supplanting all civil government, is scarce yet withdrawn from our necks, and our venerated and beloved commander has gone down to his grave with his great heart broken by the sufferings of his people." This is perhaps the first time it has been stated that General Lee was dis satisfied with the conditions of peace made by his conquerors. • 5 / ,p 4 cr'• '''Z'tZ\-q.11'4.-^: ~.•‘ t oty v t 0. 4 , r --- • '•• • 5 •-• t. • HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JANUARY 29. The Queen, with Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, attended Divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. Lieut.-Gen. Viscount Templetown, K.C.8., arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. There is no foundation for the report that her Majesty has been suffering from neuralgia. The rectory of South Hackney has been conferred upon the Rev. R.. D. Tyssen. The Artists' and Amateurs' Society have elected Sir Antonio Brady their president for this year. We regret to learn from Art that the indisposition of Sir Edwin Landseer has changed to a serious illness. His ',Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has so far recovered from his late indisposition as to be able to resume his duties at the Horse Guards. Professor Seeley is to deliver a leoture before the members of the Peace Society on " How to Abolish War." Mr. Sydney Jones has been elected surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital in the place of Mr. Solly. Mr. Croft becomes the senior assistant-surgeon. It is generally supposed in Oxford that Miss Smith, sister of Professor Henry Smith, will head the poll for the Education Board on February 1. The subject for the Burney Prize at Cambridge this year is " International Law amongst Christian States : its proper basis, principles, and sanctions." At the next meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society on Monday week, Dr. Ginsberg will communicate the re sult of his latest researches regarding the inscription on the Moabite stone. The United Service Gazette says that in the case of " Douglas v. Dunn," arising from an intimacy between a young subaltern and the wife of his commanding offs an appeal is about to be made to the House of Peers from the decision recently pronounced iu the Law Courts. CAN I AFFORD Fr ?—Pay your Stationer 6d. for a reply. I Map of the World gratis in all Letts's Office Diaries. Letts's 6d. and is. Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's Hous'ekeepers' and Ladies' Diaries are much improved. Letts's Invisible ink for Postal Cards, 6d. per bottle. THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY IN BOND STREET. Martha Tarpey was brought up onSaturday at the Maryle bone Police Court, charged with being concerned in the recent great jewel robbery, from Messrs. London and Ryder, of New Bond-street. Mr. Lewis prosecuted. Mr. Lewis said it appeared that the man Tarpey had not been apprehended. It would be remembered the pri soner and the man Tarpey had laid a plan to rob certain jewellery establishment. They took a house in Berkeley-street, arid the same day went to Messrs. London. and Ryder, from whom they ordered certain jewels under circumstances which would be detailed. No loubt the male prisoner would have been before them to-day but for the foolish publicity which the newspapers had given to the case, and which had enabled the man to read it and decamp from Amsterdam. Mr. J. N. Park, assistant to Messrs. W. H. Ryder, Court jewellers, of 17, New Bond-street : He had been in their service nearly five years. On the 12th January last a man, who gave the name of Tyrrell, called at his shop and asked Mr. Ryder to shew him an assortment of jewellery. An assortment was shewn him, and he made a selection. He gave the address of 4, Upper Berkeley street, Portman-square, and an appointment was made that the jewellery was to be sent and shewn to his wife. Witness arrived there about half-past five. He had in his possession a quantity of diamond ornaments in a bag, valued at about £5,000 or £6,000. The door was opened to him by Tyrrell. He apologised for the absence of his servant, and witness went upstairs into the drawing-room. The prisoner was sitting by the fire. She opened the bag and took out five cases containing the jewellery which Tyrrell had seen at the shop leaving the rest of the jewellery in the bag at his feet under the table. He stood near the table, Tyrrell standing with the female opposite to him. They admired all the jewellery. Ultimately Tyrrell said he should like to have a necklace valued at £l,lOO, or a smaller one, valued at £550, with a diamond pendant valued at £lB5, and either one or two rings, the value of which was, one £385, the other £l6O. Tyrrell renlarked to his wife that he thought her sister should see them previous to the decision being made. He asked her to call her sister, and she left the room. She returned in about two minutes, and said her sister would be there in a few minutes. She came quickly behind him, and placed a handkerchief saturated with something over his mouth. As she did so the man rushed at him, and clasped him round the arms, whilst the woman continued to hold the hankkerchief to his face. He managed to get free for a minute, and get the handkerchief away, but the man seized him by the throat, the woman at the same time getting behind him, and again applying the handkerchief to his face. He began to feel a stupify ing sensation. He continued to struggle, but was unable to get free. In the end he was overpowered, and the man forced him on to a sofa. He then became unconscious, and on coming to, found himself strapped with his arms across his chest, another strap two or three times round his wrists, and a third round his legs. Tyrrell was stand ing over him. He said if witness moved he would murder him. Witness begged him to remove the strap across his chest, as the pain was so great, and he loosened it a little. In order to see what had become of the property, he raised himself in a sitting posture, when Tyrrell forced him down again, and tied a pocket handkerchief over his eyes. He said, " If you are quiet somebody shall be sent to you in ten minutes." He left the room, but previous to so doing, said, " Quick, Lucy, bring my hat." Witness made an effort to rise, and with his teeth undid the strap that bound his wrists, and then undid the other straps. He broke the window with a poker, and called for assist ance. The jewellery in the cases had been taken away and the cases left, but the property in the bag had not been touched. The woman was dressed much more fashionably than she was now. The man had a gentlemanly appearance, and was well dressed. ( The diamonds and pendant, now produced, were the property of Messrs. Ryder. They wereivalued at £lB5 and £95. 11 Miss Emma Jane Goodrich said she resided in Upper Queen's-terrace, Southampton. The prisoner's real name was Martha Tarpey. The photograph produced was that of Tarpey. To her knowledge his name was not Mark Tyrrell. She received a parcel with a letter on the 16th January. The letter ,was produced, and asked witness to take care of a parcel. On hearing of the arrest of the prisoner, she delivered it up to Mr. Harris, a magistrate. The prisoner was further remanded for a week. Mr. Torpey's movements on the Continent have been ascertained until, in Amsterdam, on Tuesday, he be came aware of his wife's arrest. He left Leamington at mid-day on the 16th, four days after the robbery, and crossed by the night service from Dover to Ostend. After a brief stay he left for Ghent, where he tried to sell some of the smaller diamonds, but failed to do so. He went on to Antwerp the same night, but was delayed, from having to travel rid Brussels. On Wednesday he visited the jewel lers at Antwerp, and offered a lot he valued at £2OO for £l6O, but could not do business. However, his exche quer being exhausted, he sold one small stone, valued at £6, for about half-price. He then visited Anvers, but was again unsuccessful. At Rotterdam, where he arrived on Friday, he managed to dispose of a few of the less valuable diamonds. The next day being Saturday, he was greatly annoyed at the Jews having their shops closed, as he bad hoped to have set out back for Ostend. From Rotterdam he wrote to his wife at Leam ington, being then ignorant that she had been arrested. He had seen the telegram in the newspapers of the appre hension of a woman at Nottingham, but regarded it as a further indication that the police were on the wrong scent. On Monday he was at Amsterdam, where he sold more diamonds, but having ,here learnt that it was really his wife who was arrested, he disappeared on Tuesday. The registered letter which arrived from Rotterdam, but which the postal authorities declined to give up to the police, has, by the direction of the Postmaster-General, been delivered in the ordinary way, Mrs. Torpey having given a written authority at headquarters for it to be sent to Miss Pitt. with whom they lodged in Leamington. It was found to contain £35 in notes—a portion of the proceeds of the dia monds sold in Rotterdam. Mr. Torpey is " wanted " for an extensive fraud, in the neighbourhood of London, about the close of 1869, and just previous to his marriage. A NEAPOLITAN TRAGEDY. A correspondent of the Pall Ma'l Gazette at :Florence, n a letter of the 24th, sends the following particulars of a terrible tragepy which has just occurred at Naples : " On the 20th inst. Prince Teora, a Neapolitan noble man, was returning home from a banquet late at night in company of one of his friends, Prince Malissena, to whom he proposed a nocturnal visit to Vesuvius in order to see the eruption. Malissena, somewhat startled by the singular proposal, as well as by the unusually excited state in which his friend appeared, but attributing it to the effects of drink, ac cepted the invitation. The friends thereupon hired an open cabriolet and drove out of the gates. On a sudden, however, Prince Teora changed his mind, and insisted upon returning to Naples. His friend consented, probably because he deemed it unadvisable to oppose this new vagary, and perhaps also because he preferred town to country under the circumstances. So back they went, the prince proceeding to his stables, at a short distance fromhis palace ; and after the prince had speken to his coachman, the two noblemen directed their steps towards Palazzo Teora, near Porta Siramsana. On a sudden the Prince left his friend's arm, pounced at one bound on a man who appeared to be waiting before the palace, and stabbed him with his dagger, receiving at the same moment, however, from the attacked individual in one of his eyes a stab of such violence that the dagger literally passed through his head, coming out by the back of his neck ; both fell dead instantaneously. The Prince's victim was ulti mately found to be a certain Signor Stettler, son of a Swiss officer, formerly in the service of the Bourbons. Both weapons were sword-sticks. The profound mystery in. which the motives of this horrible event were shrouded at first is gradually clearing off. The day previous to the crime the prince had seen the same Signor Stettler in his wife's box in the theatre of San Carlo. A letter he had received from a vindictive lady's maid who had shortly before been dismissed by the Princess, had already aroused his jealousy, although there seems to have been not the slightest motive in reality for it beyond this communication,, of which the source was, to say the least, suspicious. The Princess, it is said, (a young lady of the greatest beauty), enjoys the most unblemished reputation for virtue and modesty. It appears that the Prince had questioned his coachman, whose information concerning the direction which Signor Stettler had taken towards the Prince's palace confirmed his ill-founded suspicion, and on seeing him before his door he was no longer able to control him self. The whole town attended the funeral of the Prince , er, ' which took place with great pomp and splendour. Mr. Hepworth Dixon has given notice of the fol lowing motion in the London School Board :—" That mecum shall be provided for physical training, exercise, and drill in every public elementary school established under the authority of this BoaTd." 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 LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.