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ISSUE OF £500,000 STERLING SIX PER I CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS OF THE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL, AND NEW JERSEY RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES, FORMING THE UNITED CANAL AND RAILROAD COMPANIES OF NEW JERSEY, In Bonds to Bearer of £2OO Sterling each, at the Price of 92 per cent., or £lB4 per Bond. The repayment of the Bonds at par (£.200) in 1894 is secured, in addition to the Mortgage, by the establishment of an Annual Sinking Fund, to be paid by the Companies to, and accumu lated by, the "Fidelity Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Philadelphia." PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN STERLING MONEY IN LONDON, FREE FROM ANY FEDERAL OR STATE TAX. Messrs. J. S. MORGAN and Co. offer for Public Subscription the above Mortgage Bonds of the United Canal and Railroad Companies of New Jersey, at the price of £lB4 per £2OO Bond, payable by Instalments, as under 110 per £lOO Bond on Application. £4O ~ on Allotment. £4O „ „ on Ist March, 1871. on Ist April, 1871. £44 „ on Ist May, 1871. ZlB4 Subscribers may pay the full amount in advacne on allotment I or on any of the above-mentioned days, and upon such payments discount at the rate of £4 per cent. per annum will be allowed. In case default be made in payment on allotment, or of any of the instalments on the days named, the allotment will be liable to be cancelled, and the amounts then already paid forfeited. Upon payment of the allotment money, Scrip Certificates to Bearer will be issued to the Subscribers, which will be exchanged for the Bonds, as soon as possible after payment of the whole amount of the subscription. The United Canal and Railroad Companies of New Jersey, upon whose mortgage security the above Bonds are issued, consist of " The Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transporta tion Company," " The Delaware and Raritan Canal Company," and "The New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company," who, by agreement betweedthemselves under authority . of the Legislature of New Jersey, have been united into one interest and under one management, by which an end was put to the competition previously existing. These Railway and Canal Companies form three avenues of traffic between New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Wash ington, as well as the country south and west. They are amongst the oldest and most successful of all the Railroad Companies of the United States, and have always been con spicuous for their very able and judicious administration. The paid-up Share Capital of the Companies amounts to $16,550,000. and the entire Bond and Funded Debt of the Com panies (including the £369,200 Sterling Bonds issued in 1869, and the present issue of £500,000) are covered by Mortgage Security representing $20,000,000, or £4,000,000. The aggregate gross earnings of the Companies are nearly $8,000,000 per annum. The Dividends paid on the Share Capital are 10 per cent. The net earnings heretofore accumu lated in excess of profits divided as Dividend are upwards of. $1,000,000, which has been expended in the Works, and is not represented in the Share or Loan Capital. It will thus be seen that a very large margin or net income will remain after providing for interest on the Bond debt, together with a Sinking Fund for its redemption, equal to 2 per cent. currency per annum on the amount of the Loan, which will be paid semi-annually to, and accumulated by, the "Fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Philadelphia." It may be mentioned, as an evidence of the value attached in the United States to this property, that the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company has recently offered to lease it in perpetuity, paying, in addition to the interest on the debt, a dividend of 10 per cent. per annum to the holders of the common stock of the Companies. This proposal is now wider consideration. The principal secured by the Bends is made repayable at par in 1894, and the Coupons for interest, at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum, will be made payable half-yearly, on the Ist Sep tember and Ist March in each year ; the first half-ygarly pay ment will fall due Ist September next. All payments will be made in London, in sterling money, clear of all taxation in the United States. Applications to be made to 3lessrs. J. S. MORGAN and Co., but none will be considered unless accompanied by a deposit of £lO per Bond applied for. This deposit will be returned with out deductionpu.the event of no allotment being made.) 22, Old Broad-street. London, 28th January, 1371. ISSUE OF £600,000 STERLING SIX PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS of the CAMDEN and AMBOY RAILROAD and TRANSPORTATION, DELAWARE and RARI TAN CANAL, and NEW JERSEY RAILROAD and TRANS PORTATION COMPANIES, forming the UNITED CANAL and RAILROAD COMPANIES of NEW JERSEY. The undersigned Agents for the above Loan beg to notify that the LIST will be CLOSED THIS DAY for Town, and To-morrow (Friday) for Country applications. J. S. MORGAN and. CO. 22, Old Boyd-street, London, 2nd February, 1871. MOSES and SON'S 1-1.4 • WINTER OVERCOATS, 19s. to £5. BOY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. tid. to 455. MOSES acid SON beg to remind the public • that Ihe cheapness of an article depend s e nti. e l y on its quality, and they v,nture to say that their orices will compare favou ably witk those a , iy other, house in England. L 1 MOSES and SON'S -1-4• OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s. to 50s. KERTCH JACKETS, lbs. to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 50s. B USINESS SUITS, 28s. to 6O -E1 MOSES and. SON'S easy awl accurate system jUj• of 9elf-rneasure enables them to execute orders by post: with the guarantee of a faultless fit. "Ut MOSES and SON'S 1.14. . FROCK COATS, 248 to 635. DRESS COATS, 255. to 60s ADORNING TROUSERS, ils. 6d. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s• 6d. to 26s a I - °MINING SUITS, 28s. to £5. MOSES and SON invite special attention jUs to. their large Stock of GENTLEME 'MESSING ItOßE't, at 18 to 2 3 Guineas; the assortment is unequaled for vari.2ty of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. 1141E1 MOSES and SON'S . B OYS' CLOTHING : KNICKRBOCKER. SUITS, 9s. 63. to 40s. ETON &IBIS, 15a. to 40s. BRIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUL'S, 255. to 635. LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. I%.EW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTT EN HAM-COURT-R 0 A. 0 audEUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH, Blt NDFORD, YORKSIIIRE. MOSES and SON supply every description of EClothin , r, ready-made or made to measure, for all ages, ad occasions, and ell class, s ; also Hosiery am Drapery, Hats and Ca , s, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any Article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices. with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis andhost-free. E. MOSES and SON'S t stablishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until Eleven o'c'oek. The following are the only addresses of E. M)SE3 and SO : ADELPHI 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. 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 I)ebreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss Bellew, 'Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bela Moore; Mr. l3rittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell. . ROYAL S TRAND THEATRE. S o le Lessee and 3lana . geress, Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at, 7, ON A'.'s D OFF. LiyING }usu. Messrs. crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and F. Hughes, C(EITR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Balton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, Ste. TOHN GOSH ELL AND CO.'S CHER RY ei 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 ls. 6d. —Red Bull Wharf , 93, Upper Thames-street, London. THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1871. 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. - 1 1) 4'4,11 5, • i r Pl Az*24 § ' e iTT 1. 5".c-c..t_ 1 .3 1 . t • • • •e, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1871• THE extraordinary servility displayed by the French peasantry towards their conquerors is too well attested by numerous observers to admit of any doubt. The French are supposed to be always a polite people, but in the occupied districts the poor, and sometimes the moderately well-to-do, become cringing slaves. No doubt the inhabitants of the towns and of some country districts—such as Alsace are warlike enough; but it is strange that the nation should have gained a special character for bellicosity when so large a section of the people display the most unwarliko quali ties. The French peasant's sole object is to preserve his property. To this •end ho ill-treats the soldiers of his own nation and favours the Germans. He waits upon the rank and file of the enemy's for ces with the utmost solicitude, and thinks it a high honour to minister to a general's wants. If an Eng lish correspondent is known to be an Englishman, he is overcharged ; if he is believed to be a German, ho hio great difficulty in getting payment accepted. A writer who has accompanied the German army in the Le Mans district quotes some odd instances of this servility. One respectable man volunteered the information that be would like very much to be always governed by Prussians; that as long as he was allowed to gain his bread in peace, he did not care what the people were called who governed him. A shopkeeper in the plenitude of his generosity actually make excuses for a soldier who had robbed him, and call him a pauvre garcon, who no doubt wanted the thing and had not money to pay fur it, and should therefore be pardoned. Such a spirit as is exhibited in these and very many other cases has been quoted as an argument against universal suffrage. Political power of any kind can surely, it is urged, be productive of no good, if entrusted to hands such as these. We do not propose to argue the question of universal suffrage against the household, the ten pound, or any other principle ; suffice it to point out that the doings and experience of the French peasants really furnish a forcible plea in favour of establishing national representation on a wide basis. The French agriculturist knows nothing and cares nothing of politics. His behaviour in such times as the present is generally contemptible. liut he is governed by certain principles and interests upon which be pronounces with as much wisdom, • and upon which he has just as much right to pro : nounce, as the holder of , the largest "stake in the country." He is a lover of order and a lover of peace, and he- upholds these principles whenever he can. if the - universal sualage of the Empire had been a reality instead of a delusion, the war of 1870-1 %would never have taken place. At the late Pl6biscite the peasant was told that " Oui " meant peace, and he was dreadfully disap pointel to find that it meant war. All over the clnintry the peasantry desire was to preserve peace. Such questions as these, affecting men's welfare most intimately, are questions for the whole community to decide. Most people will leave politics in general to those persons who devote themselves to political life, but in matters of the first importance the mass will assert its wishes, and its instinct will generally be found correct. As education progresses, the number of questions in which the political atom interests himself naturally increases ; but if he be denied re presentation altogether, be never will interest himself in anything. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE GERMAN TERMS. According to the limes Berlin correspondent, Count Bismarck's conditions - of peace include the cession of Alsace and Lorraine, with Belfort anti Metz, the payment of a pecuniary indemnity of 8400,000,000, the cession of Pondicherry, in the East Indies, and the transfer of 20 first-class men of-war ! Probably these are the " moderate" de mands which the Cologne Gazette was urging the other day. We have had, however, some consider able experience of our friend the Berlin correspon dent of the Times. Such a little bill as the above is Inot to be accepted without some reservation. REVICTUALLING Or PARIS. Sir Charles Trevelvan, writing on the subject 01 revictualling Paris, says that shipments might be made from the Thames direct to Havre and Rouen, and thence the cargoes could be forwarded - to Paris by the Seine or by railway. He urges that too much provision cannot be sent, for, besides the two millions who are left without food in Paris, there are the tracts in the North and East of France which have been exhausted by the military operations. We may profit by the experience of the Irish famine, which was stopped by sending cargoes of grain without stint. It will also be advisable to supply seed corn, as famine will reproduce famine unless assistance from without is obtained. Another correspondent suggests that the British Government should do something to assist the French in their terrible emergency. They must have supplies of food at their disposal and= transports for their convey ance, which would be more expeditious than any appliances of private enterprise. Any funds they might require for this purpose would - be gladly - voted by the House of Commons, but it will be too late if they wait for, the assembling of Parliament to undertake the task. With reference to the notice of the French Embassy, that the French Government would buy provisions at Dieppe, it has been suggested by provision merchants that the better course to pursue would be for the French Govern ment to send direct to London, where large stores of provisions are ready for immediate shipment. A FRENCH MERCHANT ON THE WAR. An eminent merchant of Bordeaux, writing on the war, says he is not surprised at the course England has - pursued. France had put herself beyond the pale of international law by reviving the Napo leonic idea. He considers, however, that the mate rial damage occasioned by the war to France will never equal the advantage that will accrue to her from getting rid of the Bonapartists. Prussia has never lost the memory of her former grievances with France, and the foolish attempts of the Napoleonic party to revive the question of the Rhenish frontier precipitated matters. He thinks there is a risk of France falling into the clutches of Germany, and of being as much ill-treated as when the Emperor of Russia and the puke of Wellington saved her from the excesses of Blucher. kt the same time he holds that Bismarck would have made a better bargain had ho come to terms at Ferrieres. Business in France is everywhere at a standstill, and a third of the country is devastated and ruined. • The writer adds that he saw the ruins of the war of 1815. They were great ; but the mischief now is. far more c onsiderable, and the extent of loss a*nd waste surpass all description. crieff deserves especial attention. He recommends the decentralisation of our military system, and the formation of Army Corps or Divisions representiig diAricts, which will be complete theoretical units of the whole force, and administered as sech. The Prussian successes are greatly due to the latitude given to each division in organ , ising its own resource. The central authority is thus relieved from the pressure of details, under which our own system in time of trial invariably breaks down. By the plan being tried in peace ex perience is acquired for war. There would, if this plan were adopted, be no more of the ambiguity now sur rounding all statements as to our military strength, ambiguity which makes Captain Moncrieff say that if be wished to obtain a correct estimate of the mili tary resources of England, he should look for it rather in the War • • -Office at St. Peters burg or Berlin than in our own returns. Each of the proposed Army Collis will be known to repre sent a complete unit of the force, its deficiencies will not be dangerous because they will be known, and the comparison and competition between different districts cannot be other than beneficial.. Another good reason for dividing the respondbility is that the scale of operations in any future European war is likely to be immense, and the necessity for them immediate. If each corps d'armee could fall back on .its own district for the contributions of men and supplies which were needed, the whole energy of the country could be wielded by one strong hand with rapidity, certainty, and power. ITALIAN OPERA I3UFFA COMPANY (LIAIITED)—LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), February 2, will be produced (for the ninth time hi any country), the New Opera of ALI B ILBA (written expressly for this Company). Tioxe3 on the grand tier, £3 35.; stall tier, £2 12s. f;J.: wirer cir le, £1 Ta Cd.; orchestra stalls, l s 6d.: grand tier dress seat t, is.: upper circle seats, Is : pit tic. eta. 2s. 6d. ; amphi theatre, ls. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manazer, 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 Sc ener y 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. Air ORNING PERFORMANCE of the Grand Jill 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. A MY ROBSART.--In answer to numerous ap plications, it is respectfully announced this Drama will be revived ou Monday, Feb. 27. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daiIy.—THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY LANE. MISS VICTORIA VOLES 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 LANE.: ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, S.W., built from the designs of Walter Emden, Esq., Ar chitect.—THlS EVENING, at eight. Eighth 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, R. Astley, and Frank Matthews ; Mesdames M. Brennan, Kate Bishcp, Stephens, anti Eleanor Bufton. Pre ceded by, at 7.30, TURN HIM OUT ; and to convlude with an original cornedietta, 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 L. 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 Ond Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS EVENING (Thursday), at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright ; Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, liesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill,. Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of Ring Phanor's Country House. Act If. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The Avenue of Palms. Followed by EN OLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5, R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chatterton.—Last Two 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 Pertivax Mao.sycophant, Mr. Phelps. Messrs. J. Clayton, Crellin, Barrett,.Vollaire, Marshall, Westland, &c.: Mesdames R. Leclerc% A. Merton, M. Da Vere Addle, Hubert, &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, Wihnott, H. Clive, &c.—Box-office open from Ten till Five. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE; STRAND. Ipssees—Alessrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.--THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (137th Night) : Mr. David James. After!which, TWO ROSES (209th night), by James Albery. Conclude with (67th night) ELIZABETH. - Sup ported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David Jaines c aud T. Thorne, &c.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. ROYALTY T REATRE.--TO-NIGHT, February 2.—The 20th time of an original Coniedietta, by It. Reece, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 7.30, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND ; at 8.15 1 DORA'S DEVICE ; concluding with WHITTINGTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. - EXTRAORDI NARY and COMBINED ENTERTAIYMENT.-- PRO FESSOR PEPPER on THE WAR. Special Edition. Musical and Pictorial Illustrations.—Mr. GEORGE GROSSMITH, Jun., in the Fairy Tale, THE YELLOW DWARF, every Evening ; and Mr. SUCHET CHAMPION in the Morning.--GRECIAN STATUARY, by MADAME BOUSFIELD ' • and a thousand and one other Entertainments all for ONE SHILLING, daily, 12 to 5 and 7 to 10. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, •and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &c., &c.— Admission, Is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, ad. Extra Booms, fg.l. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. A.DA.ME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker iv' street.—On view, Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission, •is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. pNRTRIDGE AND COOPER. 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SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE, 6 , Mired-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin, especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. Bankers, London and South Western (Holloway - Branch). HUGH R , GOUGH, Ilaa. See: THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—AIi Baba. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI— Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe Bough. lIAYmAnKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. OPERA COMIQUE—Found Drowned. The Lottery Ticket. The Carnival Ball. JAmEs's—To Oblige Benson. at Last. An Unhappy Pair. OLYMPIC —Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY— DOM'S Device. Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamond. GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin IL QUEEN'S —A Day After the Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and War. Jenny Lind - Crown_ ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. Randall's Thumb. Q.E.D. HOLBORN—Jezabel. Ticket-of-Leave Man. PRINCESS'S—Man of the World. Little Gil Bias. a Lunatic. STRAND —Living at Ease. Cceur-de-Lion. On and Off. PRINCE OF WALES'S—Ours. Locked In. ASTLEY'S —Englishmen in Paris. Little Torn 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 (11011/0/11) —Scenes in the Arena. ST. J Alms' s HALL— Christy ALI?AMBII A—Grand Concerts, POLYTECHNIC —Professor Pepper's War Lectur noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 DAM till 10 p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. HC's Mini6trols. every A.fter. REFORM Among the many critics of our army organizatioi who are now putting forth their views, Captain Mon DEPOSED DIGNITARIES. A calculation has been made of the number of rulers still living who have been pushed off their thrones by the violent convulsions of modern times. The present generation can boast of no less than fifteen of these deposed dignitaries, whose forfeited titles range from Emperor to elector, the dates of their decheance reaching from the fall of Prince Gustave Wasa of Sweden, in 1809, to the downfall of Napoleon in 1870. There is one ex-Emperor, whom of course we all know, one ex-empress, the unfortunate widow of Maximilian of Mexico. Two deposed Queets are in the list, oile a Queen Regent, Isabella 11. of Spain ; the other, another widow, the Queen Consort of Otho of Greece. The Count de Paris is included in the names, as is the Count de Chambord, though neither ever ascended the Frenc'i throne, but there are two actual ex-Kings, one of wh(;m reigned for many years, Francis 11. of Naples and George of Hanover. Italy and Ger m:thy contribute the rest, with the exception of Gustavo Wasa of Sweden ; and a good many of them, like the King of Hanover, may thank Count Bis marck and his now Imperial master, for their su ,si deuce mto private life. THE GREAT WOMAN QUESTION. Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly is well-nigh the oddest name we ever saw for a newspaper printed in Engrsh, and its contents are as remarkable as its title. It is publisheJ at New York, takes itsname from two ladies named Woodhull and Claflia respectively, and is devoted to woman's rights. The circle of these rights seems to be ever increasing. "Chastity is a monkish and evangelicalsuperstition." It remains perhaps an open question whether marriage is tolerable in an enlightened community, but the fair conductors are firmly of opinion that the matrimonial contract ought to cease as soon as the two parties are tired of it. Indeed, there is an evident and all sufficient c.mse for marriage speedily ceasing : women are becOming men, and these lafly journalists talk of paying their taxes "like any other man." So long as they do this, complete emancipation from restraint of every description is their legitimate due. The progress made by the woman's rights question on the other side of the 4tlantic is not tavourable to the more moderate development of the same idea just budding forth on this. THE ISTHMUS CANAL, The exciting incidents of the momentous war in Europe have left little interest or attention to spare for a very important work now being carried on in Central America—the survey of the Isthmus of Panama for the selection of a route for a ship canal, uniting the two great oceans of the -Atlantic and Pacific. The exploring expedition now being carried on under officers of the United Stales navy is iourveyiug the Tehuantepec route, several others examined having proved unsatisfac tory. Up to December 20th their surveys and ex plorations had been only preliminary, but at the last accounts they ware on the mountain to the east of Tarifa, a region never thoroughly explored before. It is estimated that if water can be ob tained there for the supply of the summit level it can be built at a less cost than by any other known isthmus route, and it is believed harbours can be constructed at either end of the canal at a compara tively small expense. Detachments of the exploring party are at work in various directions, some sur veying the bar at the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos river, others examining the head-waters of the streams to the west of Tarifa and others making geological and astronomical observa tions. The reports will be made as promptly as possible, the great object being to ascertain whether or no there is a auflicient supply of water to feed a canal. It there should not be enough, the route will have to be abandoned, and the party must proceed to Nicaragua. The natives offer no opposition to the explorers, but seem highly interested in their work. BRIGANDAGE IN CHILI. A gang of bandits have been distinguishing them selves in the province of Curico, in Chili, by acts of depredation and violence of more than an ordinary character. The Ferrocarril newspaper just received in England con tains a graphic account of a night attack by 20 or more bandits upon the house of one Senor Valen zuela, a wealthy land proprietor. As a measure of precaution the robbers bound each of the inmates of the house as they arose from their beds to see what was the matter. The thieves were, notwith standing all their efforts, and in spite of most hor rible threats, unable to find the depository of the Sensor's money, and so they plundered the stables of the finest horses on the estate, and had to con clude their robbery of the domicile itself by depriving it only of small ornamental articles of value. Scarcely had the band left the neighbourhood when a pursuit commenced, and, unhappily, the bandits fired upon the party who opposed them, and two were killed. Subsequently, however, several of the ruffians were made prisoners. At the entrance of the bandits into his house, Senor Vallenzuela, wisely succeeded in concealing himself iu his own vineyard, and probably through this ma noeuvre only his life is now spared to him. ,--- 0 , ',m ) ;' , ,,, , ,-,',;•'-'.4 ~.4,- , - ...,0.,,n1r;I:1":":0,-,,, __..T.) • 14404* f r i gli t .'-'%-.1:, C.ll,ll,jtaht HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, FEBRUARY 1. The Queen walked in the grounds this morning, accom panied by Princess Beatrice. Prince Leopold also went out walking. SIR COLMAN O'LOGHLEN, BART. It is more than probable that Sir Celina] O'Loghlen, late Judge-Advocate-General, will, at al early date, be reinstated in office under Mr. Glad stone's A.dmiuistration. TIIE SPRING CIRCUIT OF THE JUDGES. The remaining Spring Circuit is now fixed as follows, viz.:—The North Wales (Mr. Baron Bramwell)—Welch pool, March 7th ; Bala, 10th ; Carnarvou, • 14th ; Beau. marls, 16th; ; Ruthin, 20th ; Mold, 23rd ; and Chester, 26th. The Duke of Richmond has issue,' cards for a full-dress parliamentary dinner on the Bth inst., at the Clarendon Hotel. There is a report in circulation to the effect that a rupture has taken place between the Empress Eug6nie and the Duc de Persigny. Earl Percy, M.P., has consented to preside at the next anniversary festival of the British Orphan Asylum, Slough, to take place some time in March next. SWISS MILITIA. The cheap style of military training adopted in Switzerland is described by a correspondent of the Times. There is a college in Lausanne, attended by two or three hundred boys of all ranks and ages. They are dressed in a suitable uniform, which prevents invidious distinctions between rich and poor. The municipalty provide these boys, according to their ae. with rifles, bayonets, awl a light battery of field artillery. They go through their drill under the chargé of a capable instructor. The boys are officered by them selves, and the instructor generally gives his orders through the officers. A boy who is familiar with military rules, and can fire a rifle with fair precision, is excellent material from which to form a soldier, and a year's training will be found sufficient for him any time before the age of 21, as his efficiency will be kept up by an annual three days' camp life. It is worthy of notice that the military service is not dreaded and disliked in Switzerland as it is in France, because all classes share alike, and none are oppressed by the system. As only a few hours of the day are occu pied even during the time of service, the soldier can usually manage to carry on his education. The general enrolment possesses the advantage of bring ing the lawless classes under greater control.. THE IRON CROSS. A. special correspondent of one of the London morning journals—the Daily Teleyraph—has re ceived from the Emperor of Germany the decoration of the Iron' Cross. It .is with no small gratification that we notice the honour conferred upon Sir Randall Roberts,' as the special correspon dents sent out by the London, Manchester, and chief Irish and Scotch papers during the present war have bad to encounter perils of an unusual character, and because they have all as a rule un flinchingly and earnestly pursued their hazardous duties. Sir Randall Roberts, for instance, was pre ent at the opening fight at Saarbruck, and at the battle of Gravelotte he exposed himself in so dangerous a position that ho received - a - wound in the side. Throughout the siege of Metz he was attached to the German Headquarters. We ,believe it is right to say that after the fall of the fortress Sir Randall became connected with the staff of Generals Manteuffel and' Von Goeben, and distin guished himself by acts of valour and huma nity. It was chiefly fOr services rendered at the battle of St. Quentin that the Emperor of Germany thought it necessary to confer upon the Englishman some decided mark of his approval. On the 22nd of January Sir Randall was thrown from his horse through the bursting of a shell under the walls of Cambrai, end it was while lying in the hospital at Amiens that the distinction of the Iron Cross was handed to him by General -von Goeben. THR " NEW YORK TIDIES ON- THE FENIAN& The New York Times is severe on the extravagant reception accorded to the Fenian exiles on their arrival in New York. Two parties contended for the honour of receiving them as guests. "Tammany " claimed them as its own, and Mr. Tweed headed the reception party, but the Republicans found they were . missing a magnificent oppor tunity, and thought if they could secure the Cuba's passengers they could obtain the mastery of the whole Irish population of New York. The con sequence was a fierce rivalry, and the Fenian were likely to be killed with kindness in what ' the Times calls contemptuously " this Irish city of New York." It is highly indig nant that United States officials should have condescended to play second fiddle to Tweed, and asks whether "the button-holing, the winking and whispering, the vile flattery and viler falsehood going on on both side 3," is a display of which Americans have reason to he proud ? What is the occasion of all this noise? asks the Times. Who are these liberated prisoners, and in what do they differ from the hundreds of other Irish emigrants arriv ing weekly at New York, that party leaders must go crazy in the effort to secure them ? The fault is Mr. Gladstone's, who, by compelling the Fenian prisoners to come to the United S tatos, has converted the ex-convicts into martyrs and exiles. By driving a handful of ordinary Irishmen, who aro utterly destitute of influence in 'their native land, across the sea, he has committed a serious blunder. The New York Herald takes a somewhat different tone, but thinks the patriots of Ireland will recommend quiet moderation, instruction, and watchfulness, and that they are more likely to be of use to their native land through prudent counsel, and by imparting practical information to their countrymen in America, thm in any other way at present open to them. THE IRISH SCHOOL TEACHERS. The Irish school teachers have at last had an interview with the head of the Government himself, and Mr. Gladstone's unmistakeable interest in their cause has gratified them considerably. Some months since, it may be remembered, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland received a deputation of the teachers, but his remarks on the occasion were anything but encou raging.T he case of the schoolmasters is really a hard one. The average salary these gentlemen receive in Ire land is £4O a year as against £OO in England. They have no residence, and are never pensioned. These are the three principal grievances of which they com plained at the interview on Tuesday. Mr. Chichester Fortescue, very considerately, was present with Mr. Gladstone when the deptutaion opened the disimssion, and both the right hon. gentlemen expressed their pleasure that the gentlemen whom the deputation represented were so much in earnest in the matter of education as to send some of their number across the Channel at this inclement season to place their views before the Government. It was stated by one of the deputation that Irish subscriptions to the National Schools amount to only £12,000 per annum, and that the children themselves pay £40,000 a year towards their education. THE SMALLPDX EPIDEMIC. disease. Londoners will hear with pleasure that the &case which has for so many, weeks past been deci- - mating the population by its terrible ravages at length shows some sign of abating. Only 157 deaths froth smallpox occurred in London last week, the number exhibiting a decrease of 31 deaths compared with the mortality of the previous week. The largestnumber of fatal cases l'appened, as might be expected, in the eastern district. There were in this locality no fewer than 55 deaths recorded in the seven days ending on Tuesday. Twenty-one deaths took place in the West ei:d, 36 in the south of London, 25 in the north, and twenty in the central district. The numbers in the north and west parts of the metropolis chewed a significant diminution, while the mortality in the south and central districts was more serious th:tn in the previous week. The Regis trars complain that medical men in too many cases fail to say whether persons dying from the malady were vaccinated ck not, and thus a difficulty is experienced in obtaining the information just at present so much d esired, as to the efficacy of the vaccination system, or how often it should be put in force, with respect to individuals. In Liverpool the deaths from smallpox last week were 51. I❑ New castle-upon-Tyne one death was reported from the THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. The usual weekly meeting of the School Board was held on Wednesday at the Guildhall, Lord Lawrence presiding. The following appointments were made : Mr. George Attenborough, Jun., accountant ; Mr. E. H. Bromley, minuting clerk ; and Mr. Newton H. Nixon, junior clerk. With reference to the debate ad journed from the last meeting relative to the appointment of a committee to consider what arrange ments could be made to enable members to unite in prayer before the meetings of the Board, the Rev. J. Mee said he thought he should prevent further discussion by reading a memorial asking the Board to set apart a room for members of the Board who might wish to engage in prayer. He thought it best, with the permission of the Board, to withdraw his motion on the subject. Professor Huxley and Mr. Smithers then withdrew their amendments, and the matter dropped.—Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P., gave notice that on the 15th February he should move that the Bible should be read and taught in all schools provided by the Board. This, he said, was a most important question, and he therefore thought it desirable to give early notice of it. Mr. Hepworth Dixon proposed, and Mr. MacGregor seconded a resolution, declaring "That means should be provided for physical training, exercise, and drill in every public elementary school, established under the authority of ' the Board." The resolution was carried in a modified form. MAGAZINES FOR FEBRUARY. Blackwood. —The whole tone of Blackwood for February is portentous. It is like the trumpet call of the Conser vative Opposition immediately before the reassembling of Parliament. Maga's bearing towards the Prime Minister especially is " pronounced" and uncompromizing. The " Political" of Ebony has been "at him," so has Cor nelius O'Dowd, otherwise Charles Lever, so has the con tributor of a kindred set of reflections entitled " New Year's Musings." Mr. Gladstone is declared to be a failure. His position, the whole position of his Govern ment, is, indeed, described as, imminently perilous. Judging from the tone of their monthly organ the Conser vative Opposition means mischief. Miching Malecho is clearly their motto. They are, no doubt, prepared to avail themselves to the very utmost of any opportunity that may present itself to them. Gladstone's misfortune will be Disraeli's opportunity. The defection of the extreme Liberals below the gangway is what they are manifestly looking forward to now that Bright has left the Cabinet, and Stansfeld has not been advanced, and Mundella has been altogether overlooked, and Fawcett is angrier than ever with the Premier, for many reasons best known (as the phrase is) to himself. A second instal -1 ment of " Fair to See," is given, and the first instalment I of another new serial story called " Frank Marshall' 'rho latter is clearly from the hand that wrote the caustic lines in the January number of Maga, entitled " This Morning's 2 into in the Temple," the same hand that has here contributed from the same address, the inspiriting national song, " Wake, England, Wake I "—the'best part of which ditty is the ringing couplet constituting the refrain. Belgravia.—The editress is at once indefatigable and inexhaustible. The closing contribution of the number for February is the last instalment of her penultimate novel called " Fenton's Quest." The opening contribu tion is the first instalment of her latest, called " The Lovels of Arden." Although it is merely the commence ment of a new narrative, we are already interested. Miss Braddon certainly understands the chief art of a story teller, that of captivating the attention of the reader. Time has not yet paled, nor has custom faded, her variety both of incident and of character. Chapter I. begins as tales so often do nowadays, at a railway station; but contrary to the ordinary run of fictions, the first chapter is absolutely restricted to what occurs within the narrow compass of a first-class railway carriage. Heroine and hero, if we mistake not, are hero introduced to our notice and to each other. Clarissa Lovel is the name of the former ; of the latter's identity we are not yet informed. As for Clarissa's father, Mr. Lovel, late of Arden Court (which he has sold), now of Mill Cottage, he bears a horrible resemblance to the most detestable of all the characters described by Disk ens—the selfish, arrogant, intolerable, insolent, invalid, Mr. Bray, the father of Madeline. The reader abhors him thoroughly. Sala has a paper on the Prussians in Paris, retrospective - and anticipative. Walter Thornburg begins a new series of gossipping articles about London , entitled, " All Round St. Paul's." There is a ghost story. There is the usual padding, and there are —what we cannot affect to admire—the customary Belgravia illustrations. The Gentleman's Magazine. —As charming a paper as vio 3 have read for a long while opens the new number of the Gentleman's Magazine for February. It is a memorial chapter, by R. H. Horne, on the Guild of Literature and Art, and the famous Private Theatricals by which its establishment was inaugurated. A delightful essay of - a similarly retrospective character was contributed a month or two since by the same veteran writer to the pages of Macmillan. These recollections of his, however, in the Gentleman's Magazine are immeasureably better. Thep recall to mind very painfully the havoc made by death since the foundation of the Guild among the brilliant group of authors and artists who were it e originators and promoters. Two only of the artists-- Topham and Tenniel ; four only of the authors, Lora Lytton, Mr. John Forster, Mr. Charles Knight, and gr. Horne himself still survive. Maclise, Stanfield, Leech, Egg, Stone are all gone—gone, too, are Dickens, Lemon , Costello, Bell, Jerrold. Several capital anecdotes are told here delightfully. Not an incident worth relating is overlooked. We, who remember per fectly well those inimitable programmes, linger grate' fully over Mr. Horne's revival of our recollection s. Only at one part, and then quite incidentally, is hie memory in any way at fault, namely, where in descant' ing upon the plot of the chief drama enacted at thes e theatricals, he talks of the flowers thrown at Si r Geoffrey's window as having been love signals from Lora Wilmot to the heroine, whereas in the last act it is clir tinctly intimated that they are yearning tokens of affec tion thrown to her estranged husband by Lady Thornsids• Reading these otherwise most accurate reminiscences, w e recall to mind, as though we had witnessed them but yes terday, various characters in Lord Lytton's exquis ite comedy of " Not so Bad as we Seem ; or, Many Sides to a Character"—Augustus Egg's David Fallen, Dougl e9 Jerrold's Shadowy Softhead, John Forster's Harchness, Mark Lemon's Sir Geoffrey Thornside, Robert Bell s Paddy O'Sullivan, R. H. Home's Colonel Flint, Ducllo Costello's Earl Loftus, Frank Stone's Duke of Middlesa and the Lord .Wilmot of the incomparable Charles Dicker Remembering how nearly all the members of that ra diil ll company have vanished, the retrospect here give n has el exquisite pain about it mingled with many a delightTo and cherished recollection. We are grateful Mr. Homo for a memorial chapter like this, chapter worthy of reperusal and of after preservatioeci From the closing words of the contribution , w e are Pot to know that later on he will have something to say an n the wonderful afterpiece, " Mr. Nightingale's Diary , which Charles Dickens gave so many simply peerless personation, a kind of Mrs. Gamp, a sort of Sam Welleii , a stone deaf old man, and a variety of other marvelloui)sio realised characters. There are two or three other adnino papers in the number—notably one on " Charles 11 0 , t at his Desk," and a serio-comic tale about an Irish F lo • porter wonderfully well told by Colonel Richards , running over with tears and laughter. Altogether , jo February number of the old-new Gentleman's Ma 966.5110. worthy of an organ that has a whole century's repute' METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE - S ( 2 ° l CITY.—The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has kindly collsetit y to preside at the anniversary festival of this e xcellent Oba- on Thursday, April 27, 1871. WANDERING WEEDS.—It is stated that there now no less than 214 weeds which have b een introdne,e'i. into the United States from foreign co untries, and rtlitti pally from England. As a p roof of the rapiditY -tbe w hich useless plants are accidentally brought over isl i seas, it is said that in 1837 there were on l y 137 f°ll6o weeds known in this country. As far back as, as a curious little volume, called " New Bilg,hicil Rarities," gave a list of twenty-two plano,"Aisil the author considered had ' sprung up since the ri i t i 00 had kept cattle in New England. The author 1061-°ylie the " plantain," which, he says, the Indians Co ll ~ of " Englishman's foot," as though produced by the trea u ,, i t the white settlers. The common " yellow toad f l ' ss ' of is stated, was originally introduced into the provincal 0 Pennsylvania as a garden flower by a Mr. 1 15 i iste it10 4 , Welshman, residing in Philadelphia, from w11°19; it derived the name of " Ra,nstead weed." In 175 3 th' 6 o) 4' had overrun the pastures in the inhabited part of re ° t ile vania, and was the cause of bitter complaints f agriculturists of that day. Chickweed, it is stated' s i sr 110 3 troduced in 'South Carolina as food for canary bin so f , in ten years spread for upwards of 50 miles, 511 , 1 c st y occupies the outposts of civilzation. The " Scotch ti , _,,0 is said to have been brought to America by a who carried with him a bed stuffed with thistle & io tl l _, clel m , ie e which seine seed remained. Feathers being die t '? o a new country were substituted for the down, wg e j e): . soon emptied out, and the seed spring LIP ''', 0 0; country with thistles. Another account says scow o f 11, siastic Scot introduced the thistle as all emblen,'_coolo country, which soon made itself at home and b' co Ledger. •