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The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SO LONDON. COB.' ER of MI NORI ;, S an.l ALDO &T E. EW OXFORD-ST REM 610 a SEE of HAR r-STREET. CORN ER of TOTT II 31-COURT-RO P,D and EUSTON -ROAD. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manawm, P. B. Cbatterton. THIS EVENING, Her Majesty's Servants will perform a New and Original Farce, entitled RULE BRITANNIA • after which will be pertormed the Drury Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual, entitled THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, HAR LEQUIN AND OLD MOTHER SHIPTON, with Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly. Doors open at half-past Six, com mence at Seven, and terminate at Eleven o'clock every Evening. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the foll Owing parts of the Theatre :—First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box-office LANE from Ten till Five daily. - THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-. ANDREW HALL ID AY' S Great Drama, AMY ROBSART will be revived on MONDAY, February 27. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE - ROYA L, DRURY-LANE. MISS VICTORIA YOKES will resume her successful impersonation of AMY ROBSART on MON DAY, February 27.—80x-offlce open from 10 till 5 daily. — TH EATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, s.w. Lessee and Manager, M. LITTON. - THIS EVENING; at Eight o'clock. Thirteenth 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. Steyd Frank Matthews ; Mesdames M. Brennan, Kate Bishcp, phens, and Eleanor Button. Pre ceded by, at 7 30, TURN HIM OUT ; and to coneludde Q. wit E. D. h an _ or i g i n al comedietta, by F. A. Marshall, entitle Supported by Messrs. W Belford, E. Righton, Misses M. Bren nan, Kate Bishop, and Kate Manor. Box office open from 11 to 5. No fees for booking , programmes, or rooms. Trains by Metropolitan Railway to the very doors of the Theatre. —Acting Manager, Mr. John Huy. rrHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- The 70th Fight of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS EVENING (Wednesday) at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, 'with aelections 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 Acti, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act If. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The Avenue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of FAMILY JARS. Mr. SOTHERN win re-appear on the Ist of May. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5, ADELPM THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro prietor; Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. We b s ter and Dir. F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THAT RASCAL JACK : Mr. John Rouse. At 7.30 (4th at DEADMANS POINT; or, THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE CAR RUTH : Miss Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mr ;. Leigh Murray, Miss M. Cooper, and Mrs. Billington ; J. Rouse, C. H. Stephen son, and (4th appearance here) Messrs. E. F. Edgar, Wollake, A. C. Lilly, and A. Raynor. At 0.30, the MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mr. Brittain Wright, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mademoiselle Debreaux Miss Dubois, Miss Bella Moore, Miss Bellew, &c. ROYA.L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoleLess e e , . Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton. At 7.30, KING 0' SCOTS. Founded on Sir Walter Scott's Novel of " The Fortunes of Nigel," written and adapted by Andrew Halliday. King James and Old TraPbois the Miser, Mr. Phelps. Messrs.W.Rlgnold, Herbert Crellin, Barrett, J.John stone, Marshall, J. Murr a y , 11. Russell, Wallace, A Clifford, West land, J. Clayton, &c. ; Mesd ames R. Leclercqt scenery, by F , . Merton, R. Power, F. Addison, &c. Ne w and magnificen Lloyd and assistants. To conclude with THE II Five. HAPPY MAN. Mr. Shiel Barry. — Box-otlice open from Ten ti --____ VAUDEVILLE ' THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, •D. James, and T. Thorne.--THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING ( 141 st Nig ht) : Mr. David James. After7which, TWO ROSES (214th night), by James Albery. Conclude with (72nd night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. H. J. N ewton , James, and T. Thorne, &c.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. and Nelly Power, &c. lIOYAL S TRAND THEATRE . Sole Lessee and . Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. CCEUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Hufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. And ON AND OFF. R OYALTY T REATRE.-TO-NIGHT, February B.—The 25th time of an original Comedietta, by R. Reece, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 7.30, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND ;at 8.15, DORA'S DEVICE concluding with WHITTINOTON JUNIOR. and his SENsATiou CAT. ATA.DA.IIIIi TUSSAIJD'S EXHIBITION, Baker- ILL Street. —On view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazame, Mars h a l Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &c.— Admission, is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extri Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. mA.DA_ME TUSSAUD'S EXH O lof BITIN, Baker street. —Ott view, Portrait Models the King and Crown prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. AN( Count von Bismarck and Count von .—Admission, Moltke is. Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rextr Open Ltvia 19 a.m. till 10 p.m. THE SITA, WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 8, 1871. that it will be advantageous to himself. We say this with every appreciation of M. GAMBETTA'S grave defects. His hyperbolical utterances can :lot find favour with this pr +ctical people . His Republicanism is much loss moierate, and therefore less acceptable to Englishmen, than the Republicanism of FAVRE, SIMON, and PICARD. The disposition to insure the success of his political principles by arbitrary means nee Is no conlemnation. But two great dangers threaten disorganise I France, and . such a man as the ex-Minister may be a powerful bulwark against either of them. Despotism and anarchy have perhaps equal chances of supeiseding the moderate reign of liberty which all just men de sire for France. The men who lived out of the Empire are doing their beet to promote its restoration. It is no secret that bids have been made for a return of NAPOLEON to power. His hopes are warmly favoure by the Emperor WILLIAM and Count BISMARCK, who are desirous, not to promote the interests of the dethroned sovereign, but to secure themselves from the conta gion of a neighbouring Republic. Tne German Emperor is almost fanatically resolute on this point. There is even considerable evidence in favour of the conclusion that he refused to offer a peace after Sedan simply because he felt sure that another week or two of war would destrcy the Republic. His views ma) be natural enough, but we in England cannot sympathise with them. The Second French Empire was not at best a desirable form of rule, and it would be infinitely wcrse with NAPOLEON as a sort of Bismarchian Pro-consul. No good could come of such a restoration. It would benefit nobody except the upholders of that despotism in Central Europe, which, since the days of the Holy Alliance, has wrought such evil to the cause of progress. The power is formidable; the interests of great sovereigns are at one in upholding it; but all the rest of mankind are interested in pulling it down. It is a good thing that there should be in France a powerful and influential politician, with no compromising antecedents, who may be able to offer a stern resistance to an evil which we hope will never visit France again. Having much power amongst the .extreme :actions, for he was the only member of the Government who was regarded by them. M. GAMBETTA will probably be able to control those opposite forces of revolution which are really formidable only in times such as these. He is extreme, but he is amenable to autho rity, and respects the law. To say that such a man cannot yet render great services is to forget that MIRABEAIT WBB better than ROBESPIERRE, and that GAMBETTA is far better than MIRABEAU. bec ►use somebody, who need not be mentioned, desired that the Courts should be somewhere else. THE FISHERY QUESTION. Sir John Rose of England, and ➢lr. Ryan ot Canada, have together paid a visit to the United States, which has excited great interest in diplo matic circles, as it is believed to relate to the settle- 0 ment of the vexed question of the North American fisheries. They are not supposed to be au'horised envoys, but it is thought they have been commissioned to ascertain the public feeling in the States on the subject. Since their arrival in Washington they have held fre quent consultations with the members ot the Foreign Affairs Committee, both of the House and the Senate, and in all these interviews the fishery question has been brought up and discussed. They represent Great Britian ar.d Canada as : both anxious to obtain a speedy adjustment ot the difficulty, _ and to judge from the tone ' of the American press the anxiety is reciprocal. The present condition of commercial relations between the United States and Canada are anything but satisfactory, and both countries are probably getting tired of indulging international jealousies to such a costly extent. SIR WALTER CROFTON ON HABITUAL CRIMINALS. Sir Walter Crofton, who has achieved such won derful success in his administration of Irish convict prisons, thinks some improvement is needed in the working of the Habitual Criminals Act—a mea sure whose general principles he upholds very strongly. Sir Walter's whole system is based on the reformation and gradual elevation of the prisoners under his charge, and his experience at Lusk proves what may be done in the way of reclaiming the most desperate. Na turally, therefore, he feels strongly for those discharged prisoners who suffer from the operation of the new law of supervision. Tle intends to bring a paper on the subjeot before the Social Science Asso ciation early in March, which will no doubt be extremely useful, as he can throw great light on the question, being fully acquainted with its practical difficulties. As the Reformatory and Refuge Union is also to hold a conference this spring on the action of Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societieg, we may hope for a thorough inveltigation of the subject, leading to sound practical reforms. THE SMALLPDX EPIDEMIC. • Mr. Simon, the medical officer of the Privy Council, is of opinion that vaccination in in fancy, if thoroughly well performed and successful, will completely insure persons for their whole lifetime against an attack of smallpox. He says, moreover, that in the few cases where the protection is less complete, and where the disease is caught, it will, in consequence of the vaccination, generally be so mild a disease as not to threaten death or disfigurement. The great danger, we are led to believe, lies in the fact that vaccination in tune of infancy may not have been skilfully accomplished, and on this account chiefly it is as well that all perscns as they approach adult life, should again undergo the inoculating process. At a period of epidemic such as the present, time should be taken by the forelock, as in cases of panic in particular neighbourhoods the demand upon the supply of lymph may run short, and a wholesome vaccination may in many cases pr five next to im possible. DRAMATIC COPYRIGHTS IN AMERICA. English and American authors and dramatists have long had a serious grievance to complain of in the absence of an international treaty for the protection of . copyrights. The identity of language and the strong literary tastes of both countries might naturally have led, one would have supposed, to such an arrangement years and years ago. However, the much needed Act is not yet in exist ence, though every week some fresh instance of its necessity occurs. The Julge of the Supreme Court of New York has just given a very equitable decision in regard to the piracy of one of the comedies of the lamented Mr. Robertson, which it is to be hoped will inaugu rate a better system. Mr. Robertson sold the American copyright, and the right of representing his oomedy of "Play " to a New York manager. An unscrupulous theatrical rival, however, obtained the outlines of the play by some surreptitious means —it is supposed by having a shorthand writer pre sent at the first appearance—and antici pated the rival manager with the piece. The case was tried before the Supreme Court, when the Judge decided against this pilferer of literary property, saying that "it seemed to him any surreptitious procurin g o fthe literary property of another, no matter how obtained, if it were unauthorised, and without the knowledge or consent of the owner, and obtained before publica tion by him, was an invasion of his proprietary rights, if the property so obtained is made use of to his ury." AGREEABLE OODIP ANION S. A. questionable class v.. travellers seems to make use of the North London Railway. It was on this line that Mr. Briggs was murdered, and a few days since a second " murderous attack " was made upon a wine merchant named Robinson, by two men who were occupants with him of a second class carriage. The victim on this last occasion, it would seem, pro voked the anger of the defendants by an alleged per sistent infringement of the Act (which has already been connected with much trouble on the Metropolitan railroads), proh ibitin g smoking. He went on with his cigar unmindful of the threats of the two ruffians, who not only expressed their objection to tobacco, but qualified their animosity to the man who was enjoying it, by calling him a white-livered scoundrel," and by subsequently dis figuring the complainant in an unmerciful assault upon him. The defendants have since had the option of paying fines of £5 each, or of going to prison for two months; but this is too meagre a punish ment for men who have so little Command of themselves and their tempers as these last infringers of the peace on the North London line. AN IRISH CHIEFTAIN IN HIS WAR PAINT. The south of Ireland is the most prolific portion of the Emerald Isle, in the number of chieftains' descendants it produces. There are descendants of the Magillicuddy chiefs, The O'Donoghue chiefs, and the O'Sullivan chiefs, and now we hear of a worthy offspring of the great O'Leary clan, who figured in the complete attire of his race at a fancy ball in Cork the other day. The O'Leary was, we are told, the last chieftain of Countier, the rece.rded family pedigree having begun somewhere about 1333, with the birth of Dermot O'Leary, of Iveleary. The dress of the O'Learys is a cucull, or short Irish cloak, fastene 1 by the tarn brooch, underneath which a saffron-coloured tunic, encircled by a chieftain's gol.l belt, supplied the covering of the body to the ground. Round the neck a gold collar, similar to that ot Malachi, King of Ireland, who fought the Danes at Clontarf, was place'►, and suspended from the breast the Danish decoration of the officer's Cross of the Dermictrog, an ornament worn only by the Prince of Wales and the O'Leary's, afforded a conspicu , )us mark of honour. This last decoration, it appeiirs, was given to the O'Leary family by the King ot Denmark in return for an offer made to him by one of the clan to supply 100 Irish horsemen, free of expense, for the prosecution of the war against the Prussians by Denmark on the eve of the battle of klsen. EDUCATION IN INDIA. The progress of e !ucation in BriVsh India; if not Fo rapid as we could wish, is steady, and it is evident that some sense of its importance is dawning on the minds of the native rulers. At the tenth annual convocation of the Bombay University, the report last year spewed that the number of students who came forward for examination was 877 against 839 in the year preceding. Curiously enough the number of those who passed was 142 in each year. Two interesting incidents were noticed in regard to the degrees. The list for 1870 included the first name of a European British-born subject that has been enrolled among the Bombay graduates, and a new ' scholarship was presented. The college is richly endowed. It has a Chancellor's medal ; an Ellis scholarship, and a Wilson Philological Lecture ship, and at the last meeting the Vice-Chan -3ellor announced another endowment of 6,000 rs, to found an " Arnold - scholarship," in memory of the late Sir Joseph Arnold. The failure of so large a proportion of candidates excited some com ment, but the Vice-Chancellor explained it as being caused by the inability of the candidates to qualify in English. At the Grant Medical College, at the annual distribution of prizes, it was stated that this, the twenty-fifth year of its existence, had been one of great success. Twelve candidates entered the listfor Univer sity honours, an .1 four passed. Dr. Hunter thinks the failure of so many students is clue not to the English difficulty, but to the severity of the examinations. Still the college is making great progress, and two vernacular text-books have been compiled in the year. It is proposed to reorganise its administration, still keeping in view the object with which it was :'otinded, " to impart education on scientific principles o the natives of India." PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, L 92, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.C. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s. Per ream. S. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note ; much approved 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 6 0 Straw Paper, "Patent ;" adapted for rap id writin g ...... 9 Large Commercial Note Paper 5.......... 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream .... 103. 6d., 12s. 60., and I_4 6 Outsides Foolscap .. . 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling ........ plain . , 45.•, ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined N0te........ five quires for 6d., or 6 New Vellum Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for 2s. 6d. 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JOHN GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Che mists, succeeded i n 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 58 , 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper 'Tha mes-street, London, E.C. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI— That Rascal Jack. Deadman's Point. The Mistletoe Bough. PRINCESS'S—He's a Lunatic. King o' Scots. The Happy Man. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Family Jars. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. OPERA COMIQUE—Found Drowned. The Lottery Ticket. The Carnival Ball. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Naval Engagements. Jenny Lind at Last. An Unhappy Pair. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY—Dora's Device. Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamond. GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S—A Day After the Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. Randall's Thumb. Q.E.D. HoutoßN—Jeza,bel. Ticket-of-Leave Man. STRAND —Living at Ease. Coeur-de-Lion. On and Off. PRINCE oF.WALES'S—Ours. Locked In. AsmEy's —Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittlemouse. SURLY—Farce. My Son Jack. NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLEF.'S WELLet—Sinba.d the Sailor. AMPHITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrels. Every evening ALHAMBRA— Grand Concerts. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. After• TOPICS OF THE DAY. DI. THIERS AND THE REPUBLIC. M. Thiers seems to have opened his mind very plainly to a correspon lent of the Daily News. This journalist was sitting in the office of one of M. Gam- betta's secretaries, where several other persons were. M. Thiers expressed unreservedly his disgust with Trochu and the other members of the Paris Govern ment. They wasted food at the beginning of the siege, neglected to fortify some most important posi tions, and their sorties were very feeble. M. Gambetta's Secretary then sail to M. Thiers :—" I have watched your literary and political career for forty years and the saying of yours which I most admire is that of 1849, ' The Republic is the government which divides us the least.' Allow me to ask whether, under existing circumstances, you - are willing to repeat that , dictum." Without a moment's hesitation M. Thiers vehemently replied, " I do; I am not now an Orleanist ; I go in frankly for the Republic, and it would have been better for you if your Government had been more decidedly Republican from the beginning. k great many Orleanists have been trafficking with Prussia. I em as')arned of them and repudiate them." This is a very important statement, and ought to do much for the Republic. BOIJRBAKfS CAMPAIGN. t n h to e r e D detailed t accounts Vil!ersexel,of thea and d campaign move th i r n o t u h g e h I East show how deplorably bad administration and bad generalship spoiled an otherwise not unpromis ing plan. 143,000 men and 300 guns took part in this ill-fated enterprise. The original scheme was that three corps should advance from Dijon along the right or northern bank of the River Doubs in order to debouch in the plain in rear of the German positions at Montb(Sliard and Ildricourt, while a fourth corps—the 18th—was to cross the Villersexel. But Bourbaki, whose mind seemed faltering throughout, changed the plan, and moved all his forces to the northern bank of the Doubs, where it was found impossible to march such a large army, owing to the nature of the ground, more rapidly than ten or eleven miles a day. This pace was of itself sufficient to ruin the campaign. Much time was afterwards wasted; the tactical arrangements were bad ; the supply of food was wretched ; and the public spirit of tht, district through which the army passed de testably base. The horrors of the retreat have been described. The army set out in the highest spirits, and sank atterv.-ards to such a state of despondency, that the men actually wished to be driven across the frontier into Switzerland. DIPLOMATIC LANGUAGE. Count Bismarck has got into a terrible scrape in connection with the armistice. The treaty was drawn up in French, and it is complained at Berlin that this was a decided irregularity, for conventions of the kind are always written in the language •of the conquerors. It appears, however, that there was a sufficient excuse for this offence, for M. Favre does not know German, and of course it was impossible to conclude the convention with anybody else. To make amends, however, the Count declares that he has taken measures, which have proved successful, to put an end to the exclusive use of the French tongue in diplomatic intercourse. It may be questioned whether any advantages will result from the extension of this successful movement. The German language is as good, probably, for diplomacy as the French (for the elegance of the one is counterbalanced by the wide scope of the ' other), and so, it may be added, is the English : but there are special pleas on the side of the French. It is established. It is moat widely known. By a majority of important peoples in Europe—English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese —it is most easily learned, and in Russia French. is almost as common as the vernacular. The ascen dancy of the French tongue does not necessarily imply the ascendancy of the French people. THE LAW COURTS. Some calculations respecting the cost of the new Law Courts are not flattering to our economising Government. £BOO,OOO was laid out on the site, between four and five years ago. The loss of interest therefore amounts to some £20,000 a year, not reckoning on the compound principle. The contract for the excavation of the site has been taken for £36,000; therefore, in less than a year and a half, the interest would have paid for the whole of this operation. If the work ha I been commenced three months ago, 2,200 men could have been employed during the whole of the time at £1 a week each, by one year's interest. It would be interesting to calculate how many cases of relapsing fever, how fine practices on the part of workhouse guardians, how many deaths from starva tion might have been prevente 1 by laying out this sum on the howling wilderness which must be cultivated sometime. Such a freak was before never perpetrated by au economical Government. And at i 11,4- .. .., ' . ~... ? , -. 'i_.. , ..,::. fr ) --:4 ll ei lIP -.7..*.?1.10" :7 :t - 2 \ Ur i '..,)/ -'l/ i-- IS., . ' kV* LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1871 M. GAMBETTA has consulted his own future and the prosperity of his nation by at once resigning office. He has done his best ; but there is no longer any place for him until the country begins to recover from its sufferings, and fresh political scenes offer new careers to men who, like himself, are young and highly gifted. His recent ill-advised decree respect ing election incompatibilities placed him in hopeless antagonism to the majority of his colleagues, and to the majority of the nation. He was not willing to withdraw from his resolve ; his retirement, therefore, was the only proper course. Decidedly he was in the wrong in issuing this decree. To checkmate the conspirators at Brussels and elsewhere would have been no great harm ; it might rather be con sidered a positive merit ; but M. GAMBETTA'S exclusion applied to the Orleanist Princes, and to all who have held office or been otficial candidates under the Empire—that is to say, seven-eighths of the men in France who have acquired the least adminis trative or parliamentary experience. To exclude such politicians as M. BUFFET and Count Dartu, such warriors as the Duo D'AIJMALE and Prince JOINVILLE, would be monstrous. Nor was the the nation with M. GAMBETTA. His acts imply a war policy; and so far as signs reveal themselves, the French people are becoming convinced of the ne cessity of peace, whilst they are certainly not prepared for these despotic expedients as a prelude to war. One has only to take up a French newspaper to per ceive writing of a tone that would never have been ventured upon whilst the issue of the strife seemed doubtful. In several of the Bordeaux newspapers no secret is made of the desire for a cessation of the war. The Charentais, of Angouleme, says that it would be use less for Frenchmen to buoy themselves up with the hope of " maintaining in their integrity two provinces which were so closeiy united to us." This is but one declaration amongst many. We do not say that a majority of votes is in favour of peace—that is a question to be tried. But it is clear that M. GAMBETTA has done this arbitrary act without that general concurrence which may in times of pressure justify a departure from strict rules. DI G AMBEITA'S retireraent will benefit himself By resigning he dissociates himself from the unhappy peace that has to be signed, and in a very brief space he will be able to come forward as the one Republi can who did not despair of the Republic. To the impartial observer it will seem clear that M. GAMBETTA could not have mended matters by fighting on, and, moreover, that the Government which commenced a foolish war, not • the Government which continued it in sell-defence, is responsible for a dishonourable peace. But peoples are not guided by these lolical considerations. In -politics the appearance of things has great, often overpowering, weight. It will do much for I. GAMBETTA'S chances of becoming President of the French Republic, should he be afterwards able to come forward and urge that he never consented to the dismemberment of La Patrie, and that he would have fought to the last rather than consent to it. But how much worse would be his position if ho maintained a measure obnoxious to the vast majority of his countrymen, and brought about another revolution rather than aban don an erroneous resolve ! He is young ; he has a large following in the country ; he has displayed greater capacity than any other Frenchman of his time. There is no reason why he should despair of the future. M. GAMBETTA ' S resignation will profit the country, for much the same reasons which make it certain FACTORY CHILDREN IN NEW YORK. In New York great numbers of children are employed in factories at an early age. This pro duces the most injurious effects on their health, but general experience has shown that neither parents nor manufacturers will forego the prac tice. An effort has been made to remedy one evil that accrues from this system by supplying the little workers with the means of edu cation. During the last few months the Children's Aid Society has opened some new night schools in the destitute portions of the city. It was very in teresting to notice the eagerness which was displayed by the boys and girls of these night schools to obtain information. Besides the factory children those engaged in other occupations have taken advantage of the opportunity thus afforded to them. In the tobacco manufactories in New York and Brooklyn the school agents found some children only four years of age employed, others were eight, the rest ranged from eight to fifteen. Nearly two thousand children under fifteen are employed in the manufac ture of paper collars. The evil of children's employ ment has attained such a height that it is considered necessary for the Legislature to inter fere in the matter, and apply some checks to its progress. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Con necticut, have already provided laws to restrict the employment of children, and means for their educa tion. It is high time for New York to follow their example. (,‘ 4 , i194 , 4, , &11l 1 t talirdat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, FEBRUARY 7 The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, left Osborne this after noon at 20 minutes past two, and arrived at the Castle at five minutes before six o'clock. _ The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Marl borough House yesterday from Sandringham. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. ---- - I have been informed, says the London correspondent of the. Dundee Advertiser, that the Queen and other members of the Royal family are watching with much concern the present very threatening movement among the working men of the large towns against what some of them are pleased to call the perquisites of Royalty. Her Majesty is represented as being more troubled by the popular manifestation concerning the dowry of the Princess Louise than some of her responsible advisers, and if report does not speak very incorrectly she has herself taken steps to ascertain precise information from Republican meetings in more than one of the large towns in which the protests have been more than usually em phatic. It was stated about a month ago that gentlemen who were called detectives attended gatherings in Lon don, at which allusions to some members of the Royal family were as uncomplimentary as they were frequent. It is now stated that those gentlemen were not detectives at all, but persons uith more intelligence than detectives in general receive credit for possessing, and that their business was not so much to note what was said as to report exactly on the reception given to the sayings. " Man About Town" writes in the Sporting Gazette : There is an impression, I hear, that much annoyance has been experienced in the Royal circle at the prevalence of late in public meetings to remonstrances against the grant of a dowry for the Princess Louise. It is even said that in case such au objection should be raised to the proposi tion in the House of Commons to any important extent, even though not approaching a majority, a leading mem ber of the Government will be empowered to withdraw the motion altogether, and the Sovereign will decline to accept a provision for her daughter, the bestowal of which s not cordially acquiesced in. - THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. —Her Majesty the Queen will, it is expected, proceed from Windsor Castle on Thursday to open Parliament in person. Her Majesty will, it is understood, return to Windsor after the cere mony. PRINCE HASSAN.-11L9 Highness Prince Hassan of Egypt is now pursuing his studies at Christ Church, Oxford. The Prince does not reside within the precincts of Christ Church, but, with his Oriental suite, occupies the villa residence of Captain Owen, the chief of the county police. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MU. T. W. ROBERTSON. —The funeral of the late Mr. T. W. Robertson, the dramatic author, is fixed to take place at the Abney-park Cemetery on Friday next at 2 p.m. Many members of the literary and dramatic professions have signified their intention to be present on the occasion. Subscriptions still continue to flow in to the coffers of the French Relief Fund at the Mansion House. Messrs. Leaf and Co. have given £250, Messrs. Allsopp and Sons 100 guineas, and several other firms and indi viduals have contributed large amounts. It is reported in some military circles that the officers and others who are engaged preparing Mr Card well's Army Reorganisation Bill have lately summoned to their aid Lieut.-Col. Chesney, whose masterly lectures on the strategy of the Germans have gained him so much distinction. MEMBERS OUT OF TOWN.—Mr. A. Brogden, 111. P, addressed his constituents on Monday evening, in the Public Hall, Wednesbury. In the course of his address, Mr. Brogden declared himself in favour of a complete army reform and of the ballot, and opposed to the Game Laws And to the presence of Bishops in the House of Lords. Some uproar was created upon the mention of the question of the dowry to the Princess Louise, and the hon. member, amidst cheers and groans, said he could not oppose the grant. THE MARQUIS OF LOIINE AT LIVERPOOL.—TIIS Marquis of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyll, and intended husband of her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, has just paid allying visit toLiverpool, on his way from the North to Windsor. His lordship arrived here at a late hour on Saturday night, and after staying at a private hotel proceeded on Sunday morning to the resi dence of his brother, Lord Archibald Campbell, Sea View house, Grassendale-park. Lord Archibald, our readers are probably aware, is connected with a business house here. The Marquis of Lorne remained at Sea View house until Sunday afternoon, when he took his departure in the 3.45 express for London en route to Windsor. The marriage is definitely fixed for the 21st of March. — Liverpool Courier. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. — This celebrated and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish Whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest Cognac Brandy. Note the red Seal, pink label, and cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." New Wholesole Depot, 6A, Great Titchfieldstreet, Oxford-street, W. LITI , IILATUI I E. The Quarterly Review.—No. 259. Murray. More than half this current number of the Quarterly' has been suggested by the Franco-German war. " Our National Defences," " Political Lessons of the War,"" " The Invasion of France," "French Patriotic Songs, " Count Bismarck, Prussia, and Pan-Teutonism" — five out of the nine contributions. They are all five eminently well written, and are worthy of a most careful examination. The most momentous to ourselves at this juncture is the first, the one relating to the actual condition of the defences of the United Kingdom. The most remarkable is the last—inculcative of the political lessons born of the war—a paper generally attributed to the bold hand and thoughtful intellect of the Marquis of Salisbury. The m ost depressing to read at the close of so many appalling disasters to the French nation, is the critical argument in regard to the patriotic songs of that afflicted race. Besides. these contributions in reference to the grievous conflict now, by Heaven's mercy, approaching its conclusion, there are two other papers having an especial political significance, one referring to Ireland, the other to Ilindostan. Under the head " Revenues of India," the whole financial position of our vast and populous Asiatic Empire is taken into considera tion. The politics of Ireland are discussed in a merely in cidental or perfunctory manner in the review of the Lives of the Lord Chancellors of the Sister Island, recently penned by NIL OTlanagan, "Cathedral Life and Cathedral Work " is the theme commented upon by another contributor the last-mentioned of the nine eing to our mind the mpers making up this current number of the Quarterly, Ne second in the table of contents As :leasant reading of all. It is an anecdotal chapter lennecl by a thorough appreciator of IX,e game, on that 1 of chess and ioblest of all games on the cards — t hat rive. iilliards—" modern whist." Due honour is paid to the Edmond memory of the first great law-giver of whist, Hoyle, and not less in his turn —though his real .flame is not once mentioned--to henry Jones, better iu."wn to the outside public by his nom de pla..' of Cavendish. M. Deschappelles is adnaitteo: to have been what Mr. Clay has already declared him to have been, namely, " the finest whist player, beyond any comparison, the world has ever seen." Talleyrand's mot, "You do not know whist, young man? What a sad old age you are preparing for yourself 1" is duly recorded. What Charles Lamb called " sick whist " is heartily de precrated. And in a foot note, on p. 69, a dozen golden rules for the guidance of wbist players are enumerated with a suggestion that we earnestly commend to the con sideration of the Messrs. Delarue, that they should be printed on a card for easy reference. most MANSION HOUSE FRENCH RELIEF FUND, TELEGRAM FROM THE MAYOR OF PARIS. The General Committee of this fund met again on Tues day at the Mansion House, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding. His Lordship reported that the amount received at the Mansion House up to the 6th instant was £42,555, and acting upon the request of the committee, nearly all the money had been expended. The amount received at the Daily Telegraph was £6,500. He further reported that large sums were coming in, and that the bishops throughout the United Kingdom had been communicated with, for the purpose of their respective dioceses being set in motion to aid the fund.—Mr. Knowles announced, on behalf of the food committee, that they had now spent in all about £42,500, exclusive of freightage. The provisions purchased for this sum had been sent on to Paris in five consignments. The first reached the city with Colonel Stuart Wortley and Mr. Moore last Saturday night, and the second consignment (of £6,500 value) was at Creil on Sunday night, and would be in Paris on Monday. The second consignment (of £lO,OOO worth) was at Amiens on Monday, the fourth, amounting to £lO,OOO, left on Tuesday night for Bou logne, and the fifth, also amounting to £lO,OOO, wo uld leave immediately in t wo parcels, half going by way of Dieppe and half by Boulogne. Th e custodians of the various convoys would stay with their goods until they delivered them into the hands of Mr, Moore and Colonel Wortley in Paris. The Lord Mayor then read the following from the Foreign Office, under date February 7th :—" My Lord,—l am directed by Earl Granville to send your lordship the following telegram, dated Monday, just received from Mr. Odo Russell : —" Tell the Lord Mayor, from Messrs. Wortley and Moore, that 45 tons more arrived with Mr. Wood this morning. They want condensed milk, Liebig soup, and bouilli in tins ; Batty's soup, bacon, and, if possible, coal. If £3,000 is spent in above stores, money will be most useful. The stores should be sent as early as possible. They are very busy distributing the stores they have.—l am, &c., P. Hammond." The committee authorised the spending of three thousand pounds, as re quested.—The Lord Mayor then announced that he had received a telegram from the Mayor of Paris, which was to the following effect :—" I have had the honour of receiving Colonel Stuart Wortley and Mr. George Moore, who have been sent out by the committee which is presided over by your Lordship, to assist the population of raris and the district ravaged by the war. I have taken cog nisance of the first part of this magnificent and brotherly gift. The City of Paris expresses to the City of London her profound gratitude in the extremity of her misfortune. The voice of the English people has been the first to bring to us an expression of sympathy from the out Bide. The people of Paris will never forget it. If the souls of the two kingdoms are united we may have confidence in the future."—A communication was received from the French Peasant Farmers' Seed Fund Committee relative to co-operation in respect of sending out seed corn. The committee, however, felt that their duty was to relieve hunger and starvation, but that when that work was accomplished, the subject of sending out seed corn might be entertained.—This concluded the business. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LONDON BETTING-TUESDAY. WATERLOO CUP.-10 to 1 against Lord Lurgans no' nation (offered), 12 to 1 against Lord Haddington's norm' natic'n (offered), 100 to 7 against Mr. Swinburni fi nomination (taken), 100 to 6 against Mr. Clark's nomi l tion (offered, take 20 to 1), 22 to 1 against Mr. Punchard 6 nomination (offered, 25 to 1 taken and wanted), 33 to 1 against Mr. Mould's nomination (offered, 40 to 1 taken) , 40 to 1 against Mr. Bland's nomination (taken). LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.-2 0 to 1 against Border Knight (offered, 25 to 1 taken and wanted), 30 to 1 a gains t Juliet (taken), 100 to 3 aga inst S y nan (taken), 100 to 3 against Congo (taken). LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.- 12 1 against The Doctor (taken and offered), 100 to 7 ag9: 108 " St. Valentine (taken) , 100 to 7 a g ainst Surney (taken and offered), 100 to 7 a g ainst The Colon (taken and offered), 22 to 1 against Pearl D J i.s:f (offered, take 25 to I), 25 to 1 against David Coff e ,f l ; field (offered), 30 to 1 a g ainst Cecil (offered), I,`'., to 20 against Little Rogue (offered, take 40 to 1), 33 to against Wild Fox (taken ), 40 to 1 against Purlbro°,o (taken); 5,000 to 100 against Lad y Geraldine (taken)' to 1 against Lord Raglan (taken and offered), 50 to against Snowstorm (offered). C HE STER CUP. 1, 000 to 70 ag ainst Rosicruci.;',° (taken), 20 to 1 against Mortemer (offered, take 25 to 1 : ; ) to 25 to 1 against Enfield (taken and offered), 100 0 ag ainst Hawkhead (taken" an d offered), 40 to 1 aPPito Not Out (taken), 40 to 1 a g ainst Flibustier (taken), .York/ 1 against Bicycle (offer ed), 40 to 1 against Cardinal I (offered), 1000 to 25 a g ainst C y clone (taken), 50 t°,,a against Judge (taken), 12 to 1 against Pax, Pitchfork' Precision mixed (taken). The action Poynter versus Porter, in which a e 0 taro in the army seeks to recover a large sum as dafle, for injuries and indignities inflicted on him by a C o ur t g man in a fit of jealousy, has been Commenced. in the , it I, of Common Pleas, Dublin, before Chief Justice g oo , . 1 with a very extensive bar. be e° The Edinburgh Courant s tates that it bas 3 del l p ro posed by the brethren of the Grand Lodge of Sc ° l if to request the Earl of Dalhousie to accept a testirneauTiehl acknowledgment of the high respect in which heed o r by the masonic craft, and of the many distingtli eh l, half vices he has render ed to Freemasonry during neu r : J ol d a century. A very influential committee has been ' °l of which the Earl of Roslyn is chairman. cie j°" Mr. Ilughes, M.P,, has delivered his cl° „ t ie' in the wages dispute in the North of England ironpe: In regard to the principal matter in dispute Mr. I t o °,, decides that there shall be a reduction of dd. Pc' n o li,` the wages paid to puthllers, and of five per cent:. -- tai'; wages paid to other workmen, such reduction 4,11" effect from January Ist, and to continue until 01' 1871. ete; BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COOO4I.—GRATEFUL AS P „tioa - fo' FORTING. —The very agreeable character of this preMr`yettßieP rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service v g ., wil„ marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural 1 0 a Ivo, govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, a l l c oc„D: careful application of the fine properties of well-selecteliot`i.o Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with ° ve t / flavoured beverage , which may save us manY eal?"' 0 00 e 0 bills." Each packet is labelled—JANEs EPPS. & C%0,160 ' pathic Chemists, London. Also, makers of Epps' Co very thin evening beverage.—Advt. THE EUROPEAN WAR. The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGHT O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER NEWS than al.) , other paper. This Edition will always contain the LATES l' NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events.