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7 EMOSES and SON'S _L'A. WINTER OVERCOATS, 19s. to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. E MOSES and SON'S • OXFORD COATS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s. to 50s. Tr ERTCH JACKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s. MOSES and SON'S F ROCK COATS; 245. to 635. D RESS COATS, 255. to 60s. IVE OEN ING TROUSERS, lls. 6d. to 21s. DRESS TROrSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. NA -V MOSES and SON'S B UYS' CLOTHING ETON SUITS, 15s. to 403. BRIGHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUE'S, 255. to 635. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE ~ fs.-- ,,- ' 1 . ; .,•,:s t ,,- . , 1 .—Vf,Ar, ~,. ~ , EMOSES and SON beg to remind the public j • that the cheapness of an article depends enti:oly on its quality, and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourably with those of auy other house in England. MOSES and SON'S easy and accura te s y stem E• of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post. with the guarantee of a faultless fit. EMOSES and SON invite special attention • to their large Stock of GENTLEME I'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18 to 2,) Guineas; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 9s. 6s. to 40s. EMOSES and SON supply eve r y descri p tion of . Clothing, ready-made or made to measure, for all Hats ages, all occasions, and all classes ; a lso Hosiery am Drapery, and Cays, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any Article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices. with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S k stablishments are closed every Friday evening at suuset till Saturduy evening at sunset, when business is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SO ; LONDON. CORNER of MIN °RIES and ALDGATE. EW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT -ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA COMPANY (LIMITED) —LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), will be produced the Opera, CRESPINO ELA COMARE. Seventh appearance of bidlle. Colombo. Dines on the gr a nd tier, Z 3 3s. ; stall tier, £2 12s. 6d.; upper circle, £1 Is. Gd.; orchestra stalls, U's. 6d.; grand tier dress seats, 75,; upper circle seats, 45.: pit tieliets, 2s. 6d. ; amphi theatre, is. , , THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday il , February 25th, inclusive. THIS E VENING (Tuesday), wl be produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY ! and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton ! with New and Characteristic Scenery by William Beverley, whose personal services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produc tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Msrs. Fred. Yokes, H. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H. Naylor, Seymour; Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russell ; Misses Victoria Yokes, Jessie Yokes, Rosina Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell, Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those popular Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans and W. 11. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Morris, Pantaloons ; W. Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosiva a nd Jessie Yokes , Co lumbines ; Miss Liz.zie Grosvenor, Har lequina. B. Sloivman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, La, the Pi erro t s . Master H. Rawling s, Clog Dancer. Patrie, Baby Velocipedist. The Masks ands datum from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr. W. C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the y Mrgeneral business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged b. John Cormack. The Com ic Scenes and Tricks, arranged by Mr. John Cormack a nd Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Box-office open from Ten till Five Daily. Private Box es, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guinea2B. s. Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, s s. Fi rst Circle, 4s. Balcony, 3s. Pit, Lower Gallery, is. Upper Gallery, 6d. rrHE DRAGON OF WANTLEY; or, Har le q uin 1 Old Mother Shipton, will be produced To-night (Tuesday), January 24, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY; therefore, to prevent disappointment, an early application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. MORNING PERFORMANCE of F the r and raritCPantomime,entitled the DRAN O WAEY, 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-ollice open from Ten till Five daily. - THEAT RE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. AMY ROBSART.—In answer to numerous ap plications, it is respectfully announced this Drama will be revived on Monday, Feb. 27. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daiIy.—THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY LANE. THEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Fifty-fifth Night of a NE W FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS EVENING (Tuesday), at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. P a trick, Miss Fan n y Wright ; Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a qu arter 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 King Phanor's Country House. Act 11. Interior of the y UNCLE Palace of Truth. Act IKendal 11. The Avenue of Palma. Followed b'S WILL. Mr. and Miss Robert so n. Concluding with the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5. ---- PRINCESS'S THEATRE. —Sole Lessee, Ben amin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat terton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THE MAN OF THE WORLD : Sir Pertinax Macsycophant, Mr. Phelps. After which, the en tirely new, grand, spectacular extravaganza, entitled LITTLE GIL BLAB, and How he Played the Spanish DO)euce.—Box office open from Ten till Five. . _: ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.:-- Sole prietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster; Managers, Mr. B. Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.---THIS EVENING,'at , new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. IL Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Furtado. At 8.15 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. B. Webster and Miss Furtado. To conclude with the MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss Bellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore ; Mr. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne. --THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (129th Night) : Mr. David James. After which, TWO ROSES (201st night), by James Albery. Conclude with (59th night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, &c.; Mesdames Ally Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. ROYAL S TRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, ON AND OFF. LIVING AT EASE. srs. Crouch, Turner, Mesdames Ada Swauborough, E. Bel l Z-ancl F. Hughes. UEUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Pau - n and Turner ; du:7 Amy Sh:r .i id;n, E. 4lea ver.4l6 Dattorrfroan 'rite OCIOdalt ? &C, --. gr * yF,~y~t~. ~ _`.u`~ ti " .„„ IHE SUN, t constitution of the army. He s letter by affirming that the Duke of „„e , ,etsB by general consent " the right man in the right place." It would be interesting if Earl Russell would write another letter telling us what he means. The Duke of Cambridge has repeatedly opposed, both in words and action, the very reforms which Earl Russell aivocates, and likewise all others in the same direction. Is the Earl commissioned to announce the Duke's conversion to modern ideas? If not, what can we think of the statesmanship which puts forward a set of proposals, and lauds their uncompromising 1 adversary as " the right man in the right place" ? p OYALTY THEATRE.--TO-NIGHT, IA) January 24.—Twelfth time of an original Comedietta, by R. Reece, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 7.30, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND ;at 8.15 DORA ' S DEVICE ; concluding with WHITTINGTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. - EXTRAORDI NARY and COMBINED ENTERTAINMENT. PRO FESSOR PEPPER on THE WAR. Special Edition. Musical and Pictorial Illustrations.—Mr. GEORGE GROSSMITH, Jun., in the Fairy Tale, THE YELLOW DWARF, every Evening; and Mr. SUCIIET 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, ls. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSAIJD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view, Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission, 15. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. PA.R,TRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 102, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.C. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS S. OVER 20s, ream. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper . . . Superfine Cream Laid Note ; much approved .. . • Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note Straw Paper, "Patent ;" adapted for rapid writing .... Large Commercial Note Papers 6d., 35., 12s . 45., 55 ., and 14 6 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream .... 10s. 6d., 6 6 Outsides Foolscap . .••••••••• • • • • • • • • • ••• • • •.. • . Letter Paper for scribbling.. .. ...five . plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note .. .. quires for is. 6d., or 5 6 New Vellum Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for 2s. 6d. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & Os 6d Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes , 45 6d .• .. per 1000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 35.... • • • • • • • • • • COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists to the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tions, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, post free. Established 1841. JOTHN GOSNELL AND CO.'S CHERRY OTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf , 93, Upper Thames -street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Ch emists, succeeded in perfecting this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more con centrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 5s , 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. el Red Bull, Wharf, AngPassage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, B.C. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—Crespino e la Comare. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. C O VENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPIII—Smoke. One Touch of Nature.. Mistletoe Bough. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. OPERA COMIQUE Blue Devils. Found Drowned, The Lottery Ticket. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. Lion. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Furioso. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. 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. HOLBORN—Ticket-of-Leave Man. Jezabel. PRINCE OF WALES'S—Queen Stork. Ours. Locked In. PRINCESS'S—Man of the World. Little Gil Blas. He's a Lunatic. ASTLEY'S —Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittlemouse. SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack. NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLER'S \VELLs—Sinbad the Sailor. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. ASIPRITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrels. Every evening. AuumßßA—Miscellaneous Entertainment. PoixrEmac—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After ' noon and evening. MADAME TUsSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Coeur-de War. Bombastes Nell and (Bur• 11,; .t 1. ark 'Ci;l42. ; 0 LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1870. SALIIT ARY. A military writer complains that whilst the regu lar privates are obliged to salute volunteer officers, volunteer privates do not salute officers of the line. "In the regular army a guard has to turn out and salute a volunteer corps passing it, and a private soldier of the regulars is bound to salute an officer of volunteers, or is severely punished if he does not; yet a private of volunteers hardly ever salutes an o fficer of the army." lt is hard, indeed, that volunteers will not keep up to the mark in this point of military etiquette, even though our enter prising war authorities have lately invented a new form of salute, which they doubtless think deserves extended application. There can be no occasion for volunteers to salute line officers whilst in civilian costume, but when in uniform they assume the character of soldiers, and it would display more public spirit if they maintained that character as much as possible. The time seems come for the volunteers to take their position towards the military authorities into general consideration, to settle not only questions of salutes, . but many other points, such as whether it is proper for them to attend poli tical demonstrations in uniform against the orders of the War office. MR. FORSTER'S FRIEND. Sir John Pakington has come to the rescue of Mr. Forster. The member for Droitwich is disgusted with the censure pronounced by the electors of Brad ford and Halifax upon the policy of the Education Minister in introducing so much Conservative element into the Education Act. Sir John chiefly regrets " that there should have been any section of the people of the country to assume the pro fession of a public opinion which was entirely, in his mind, fictitious, and which did not represent the real opinion of the country." It may be doubted whether Mr. Forster ought to be thankful for this kind sympathy. Rightly or wrongly, the Bradford Radicals returned Mr. Forster in the hope that he would further Radical measures, and their com plaints are not likely to become weaker when a Conservative leader thus expresses his satis faction with their member. It is true that the great balance of public opinion was on the side of the measures proposed by Mr. Forster, and supported by Sir J. Pakington. But then the Yorkshire Radi cals do not profess to express the opinion of the country, but only their own. INDIAN APPOINTMENTS. Indian newspapers are greatly exercised respect ing the changes in high official regions. The office of Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, which excited a good deal of discussion, has now been disposed of, Mr. George Campbell, lately chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, having been appointed. This appointment has taken no one by surprise, and it seems to have been favourably received by most parties. The Governorship of Madras is, however, still a matter of un certainty, and two of the Madras papers have got into a war on the subject. The Times observes that it is strange no direct intimation of who is to be the new governor has yet been made, but it is positive that the Duke of Argyll has no intention of sending out a new Governor in March, if Lord Napier is willing to remain in office. The Mail positively denies this. Lord Napier is packing up, and is superintending the preparations for his successor. lie intends to leave his post on the 28th March, and the Duke of Argyll must find him a successor meanwhile, but there is no absolute necessity for the appointment being announced three months before the time. It has been understood for some time past, in other quarters of India, as well as in Madras, that Lord Napier would not object to an extension of leave. JANUARY 24, 1871. Thdr anxiety to keep out of the grave is preposterous THE LATE EARL OF ABERDEEN. Official peiculars of the death of the late Earl of Aberdeen lnve been forwarded to England from Hong-Kong, The Hong-Kong papers furnish some details respecting the missing nobleman. It seems that he was of a restless disposition, and embarked for America in the forecastle of a ship. After many adventures le left Boston under the assumed name of Charles Oswald, as chief officer of the schooner Hera, bound. eastward. During a heavy gale it was necessary to take in the mainsail, and pending this operation the mate was thrown into the sea by a heavy lurch of the vessel. The sea was too ruugh for any attempt to be made for his rescue. On the arrival of the Hera at Hongkong the necessary forma , lities were gone through to prove the death of the unfortunate nobleman. The late Earl is succeeded by his unch who is a son of the former Prime Minister. THE EASTERN POST. Among the reforms called for in the administra tion of our Post-office must certainly be included a reduced rate of postage to the East. English interests are so extensive and so important in the Orient that it is only surprisng the question has not been earlier and more vigorously agitated. A. letter may now be sent to America for 3d.; but it cannot be sent to Alexandria for less than 6d., or to India for less than Dd. A. copy of the 7inzes may be sent to San Francisco, a distance of more than 6,000 miles, for - 2d., while to send it to India by the quick route costs 81 It is not sur prising, under these circumstances, that a memorial to the Postmaster-General is in preparation by the bankers, merchants, brokers, and other commercial men of China, Japan, Australia, and India, praying for a reduction in the charge on newspaper postage between Great Britain and those places. The mails for the East are now convey e I partly by Brindis], partly by Southampton, Gibraltar, and Malta. The former route is seven or eight days' shorter, but con siderably dearer. It has been suggested that the Southampton route should be abandoned, as convey ing the whole mail by the shorter route would not cost very much more than the half, whereas the entire outlay on the Southampton route would then be saved. By this means the Post Office might greatly reduce the postage by Brindisi, a reduction that would un doubtedly prove a great eventual gain through the consequent increase of business. IRISH FISHERIES. The Inspectors of Fisheries in Ireland appear to be exercising with great firmness and intelligence the powers given them under the last Act. An important inquiry has recently been held at Lismore into a claim made by the Hon. Moore Smyth for a certificate to entitle him to constract a weir at Ballinatray. A former weir of Mr. Smyth's was condemned by the Commissioners in 1864, but the order merely stated that the weir was illegal without assigning in what respect. I❑ 1869 the claimant rebuilt it, and proceedings were promptly taken against him. Mr. Smyth thereupon discontinued fishing,- and applied for a certificate, which was refused by the inspectors on the ground "that it was injurious to navigation." At the inquiry the inspectors again decided against the applica tion, maintaining that they had no power to re-try a question which had been already decided by their own court. The effect of this decision, if confirmed by the Court of Queen's Bench, will tend materially to check any attempts that may be made to reopen cases in which weirs have been condemned as ob structions to the navigation. In the case of Captain Little and Mr. Sandes, who applied for liberty .to ereet stake weirs at Tarbet and Kilpallogue, the inspectors decided that it was necessary the weirs should have been constructed before they could declare them injurious to the public right of fishing or to the navigation. • THE LICENSING QUESTION IN VICTORIA. The Legislature of Victoria , have decided on a prudent alteration in the time of holding their Session. They propose to 'assemble in winter, when the country is idle, instead of as heretofore in sum mer, when business of all kinds is busiest. For this purpose they have been holding a short session to arrange for a general election, and the necessary change in the date of the financial year. During that short session some highly important social measures were introduced, including an Education Bill, an Inspection of Mines, and a Publicans Act Amendment Bill. The temper ance movement has lately gained great ground in Victoria, and the question has excited warm interest and keen conflicts. The present measure is regarded as a compromise, and has been accepted as such by both parties. For the future, licences are only to be granted .by a licensing bench appointed by the Governor in Council, consisting of a stipendiary magistrate and two justices of the peace. No appeal will be allowed from their decision. All corporate bodies may object to the granting of any license within their boundaries,and, if the majority Of the ratepayers support the objection, the license must be refused. Night licenses are to be abolished, and the public-houses must remain as they are now, closed all Sunday. No spirituous and ,fermented liquors must be sold at places of amusement under heavy penalties. The bill had to go through the revision of the Legislative Council when the mail left, but in the Lower House the Temperance party had certainly gained a victory. NEEDLEWOMEN AND THE WAR. Recent inquiry into the sums paid for making clothing for the French and German soldiers wounded in the war have resulted in some startling revelations. It would be well if the thousands .who so generously subscribe to the fund for the sick and _wounded would inquire on what terms the contracts are entered into. We are told that the contractors give the work out to other " houses," who in their turn em ploy "female " hands at prices which seem in credible. Thus it is that in North Peckham and South London the magnificent sum of threepence halfpenny is paid for finishing a pair of trousers. A woman by working long hours can complete three pair a day, at ,which rate, provided the work was constant, she would realise the handsome sum of • ss. 3d. per week. Tents we are informed have been given out to make up at 21d. each, and shirts to . be finished, that is to do all, except the seams, at 6d. per dozen. Each shirt takes two hours to finish, so that the average wages of a female employed on this work would be 3d. per day. It is not improbable that fair prices are given to the contractors; if so, it is all the more to be regretted that under the name of charity Englishwomen should have to toil from early morn until late at night for the enormons sum of one farthing per hour. • THE SIEGES OF PARIS. Paris ; hps undergone more,,attacksthan any othet cal italsOf the • world : "waa the stronghold of the Gauls, brie one of Csar'is most distinguished generals forced them to abandon it. The city was burned, but' a new 6ne s p e e dil y sprung lip. - 'When the Germans. held_ France,. gne,, of their generals obtained such renown :by defendi4 Paris against a foreign invader that he was after wards made king. The same reward was bestowed on Count Otto, one of the nobles of Charles le Gros, under whose command Paris held out for a year against the Normans. The German Emperor Otto t Second invested the city in 978, but was com pelled to retreat in consequence of the. winter setting in, and disease attacking the army. King Philip Augustus, at the commencement of the thirteenth century, extended the fortifications of Paris, and at the close of the fourteenth, Charles V. in creased the means of defence. The English, how ever, took the city after the battle of Agincourt. SMALLPDX IN LONDONi The Metropolitan Asylums Board have been 1 anxiously engaged in the consideration of the best means of facing the increasing epidemic of smallpox in London. At the last meeting it was stated that the increase of the number of cases was re markably rapid, and the facts as seen at Hampstead point to still worse results. The type of the disease skews no improvement, the proportion of fatal cases to admissions being larger in the last fortnight than in any previous. The statistics with respect to vaccination. are so conclu sive that they must, one would suppose, remove all prejudice. Of 433 vaccinated patients in the hospital; only sixteen have died, while of 117 unvaccinated, no fewer than 49 have died, and those who survived suffered in all castes much more severely. The rate of mortality in one case is only 5 per cent, and in the other 41 ; or, in other words, almost every other unvaccinated person attacked, died. It is a remarkable . feature of the , epidemic that in the hospital no vaccinated child has died. No one connected with the institution has been touched by the disease. It is to be noticed that the fatality in regard to the unvaccinated is rising in intensity, as a fortnight ago the fatal cases were 30 per cent., and are now 41. The Board discussed several plans for securing the vaccination of all children, and for increasing the temporary arrangements for the accommodation of smallpox cases. SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. A. correspondent mentions a case which shows how effectually contagion is cpread by infected persons travelling about from one place to another. A little girl recovering from smallpox was placed by her father in an omnibus at Holloway. She had just been dismissel from the Smallpox Hospital, and had nine miles to travel be fore she could reach home at New Cross. To get over this distance it was necessary for her to take two or three public conveyances, where she might convey the infectio n to several persons. It is urged that the Smallpox Hospital authorities should not send out their patients at the convalescent stage of the disease, because they are certain to get into the first cab or omnibus they meet with. If they do not provide conveyances for the patients, and cannot retain them for a longer period, they should make known the great evils which follow upon the premature discharge of patients. The . Lancet some time ago reported a case in : yrhich a patient- who was recovering from small- Poicwetit fo her native village from Sheffield, anal spread the disease among twenty people, in some iir stances with fatal results. THE OLD FRIEND. It appears that the body of paupers are mita dissatisfied with the number of deaths iu St. Pancras workhouse which require a coroner's inquest. In eleven other metropolitan workhouses there were in the year 1870 but 57 inquests to 1,670 deaths; but in St. Pancras last year there were 207 inquests to 425 deaths, in 1869 114 inquests to 510 deaths, and so on. "The cause," says the vicar of Old St. Pancras, "may be obscure, but the upshot is that the general reluctance of the poor to accept indoor relief is in this parish almost insurmountable." The poor seem to have made up their minds, that if they enter the workhouse the chances of their being killed off are too considerable to be safely faced, and it is wonder ful what a strong repugnance paupers entertain to THE DISASTER AT ST. QUENTIN. The defeat of Faidherbe's army proves a far more ' serious affair than it was at first represented. The Prussian telegrams, as in the early part of the war, underrated the extent of the success. An enormous number of prisoners fell into the hands of the Germans, so that in killed and wounded a large fraction of Faidherbe's whole effective must have disappeared. The remainder are broken and disheartened. They have fled into the northern towns in confusion, shoeless, weaponless, and disor ganised. ft will take a long time to get them ready for the field again. Thus the three great French provincial armies have all been beaten. Yet there are no signs of the war coming to an end. THE VOLUNTEERS AND POLITICS. An adjourned meeting of volunteers has been held in London, for the purpose of considering the order signed by the War Office, prohibiting the attendance of volunteers in uniform at the proposed demonstra tion in honour of Jules Favre. It was stated that already about 150 men had sent in their names as will ing to take part in the demonstration, and that a corn mittee had been appointed, consisting of representa- tives from eight of metropolitan corps, to carry out the programme so far as the volunteers are concerned. The chairman charged the Government with putting the "screw on the volunteer force in an underhand manner," and he contended that only when the Government Supplied the volunteers with their uniform, would it be in a position to deny them wearing it whenever or wherever they pleased. He considered that the War Office had no power to infringe their civilian rights simply because they had done all in their power to fit themselves as efficient defenders of their country. The Secretary, who has been a member of the 10th Middlesex for eleven years, stated thit in conseq,nettce. Of ! hiif taking part in' this movement he had teen dismissed from the ranks by order of the colonel. This , step .4e ,xegarded as both " premature and un warrantable," but nevertheless he had still to do his duty, and if dangers threatened the State he would ba one " of the first to fly to the protection of that standard which bad so often carried English men to victory." Several non-commissioned officers and privates took p art in the proceedings, and resolutions wer e p assed calling upon volunteers generally to resist any attempt on the part of the Government to abridge their rights as citizens, urging them to take part in the Jules Favre demon stration in uniform, and also condemning the position assumed by certain commanding officers in this matter. - - EARL RUSSELL ON ARMY MATTERS. The other day Earl Russell wrote a pretty full letter, advocating various important reforms in the r•s.'.' • 4rAqe-,;io a V. , The next to besiege the capital was King Henry IV., who was fin - ally compelled to raise the siege. In the reign of Louis XIV. the old fortiffcations were razed, as the notion of a siege seemed impracticable. When, in 1814, the allied armies appeared before Paris, a few redoubts were all the obstacles put in their way. The capital surrendered after a brief defence, and Alexander I. of Russia, and Frederick William 111. of Prussia, father of the present William the First, entered in triumph. The next year the same story was repeated when the English and Prussian forces led by Wellington and Blucher forced their entrance into the city, and the 7th of July, 1815, once more beheld the foreigners in pos session of the French capital. A DARING ROBBEI4Y. The New York papers make mention of a daring robbery that was effected in an express train at Albany. At eight o'clock in the evening, just as the heavily-laden cars had begun their jour ney, the robber leaped upon the mail car, and, opening the do it fired three shots at the messenger who was in charge. He then rifled the safe and made his escape on the opposite side from that which he had entered. He jumped upon the car at the moment when the employe, who watched the train out of the depot, was standing by; but the robber was taken for a railway official, and the door, which was left unfastened, was shut as the train parsed on, and nothing more thought of the matter. All the time the unfortunate messenger inside the car was weltering in blood, and bad not atten tion been accidentally directed to the car at East Albany he must have died from the effects of three frightful wounds. There seems little likelihood of the capture of the man who effected this daring robbery, and at any rate it will be almost inipossible to identify him, as Mr. Halpin, the unfortunate victim of his violence, has lost his eyesight from the injuries done to his brains 04, tte",„, V Yin/ /113: - HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JANUARY 23. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, walked out this morning in the grounds. Prince Arthur drove out. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell has returned to London. THE OXFORD AN RDACE CAMBRIDGE BOAT ---- - Mr. J. H. Goldie, the President of the Cambridge University Boat Club, who last year secured for the Light Blue once more the laurels .of the Thames, has come into residence at Cambridge, and is actively engaged in making arrangements for the preparation of the Cambridge Eight to do battle against Oxford. The preliminaries of sending and accepting the challenge, which has been usual at the commencement of this term, were car ried out at the end of last term, so that but for some un foreseen circumstance, the latter end of March will see the two Universities in friendly rivalry over the Putney and Mortlake course. Mr. George Morrison, who has during the last two years coached the Cantabs, will, it is believed, act in that capacity this year for his own University. Mr. Goldie will de vote the first part of the time available for practice to coaching, and when he has to take his seat in the boat, it is rumoured that one or two of last year's crew will give their services for the coaching department. Mr. Lowe, of Christ's, who has been in the University boat for the last two years, has succeeded in passing in the mathematical tripos. MR. MOTLEY'S RECALL. The official correspondence relative to Mr. Motley's recall fills a closely printed page of the New York Tribune of the 10th inst. Mr. Motley writes December 7, that he communicated the fact of his recall to the British Foraig,n Secretary November 22, and took leave of the Queen De cember 6, the delay being due to her absence in Scotland, and on the 7th he committed the archives into the hands of Mr. Moran, the Secretary of Legation. It seems that Mr. Motley received, July 13, a letter from Mr. Fish, inform ing him that " the President finds it desirable to make a change in the mission to England, and that he wishes to allow you (Mr. Motley) the opportunity of resigning in case you feel inclined to do so." This was preceded by a few hours by a telegram directing him to reply by telegraph, which he did, requesting Mr. Fish to inform the President he declined the opportunity to resign for reasons set forth in a letter of that day. He then alludes to the nomination and confirmation of Mr. Frey linghuysen, and adds :—" Thus, my reception of the Pre sident's first and only notification to me, my refusal by telegraph to resign, the nomination of a successor, and his confirmation by the Senate, were events all comprised within about forty-eight hours." Mr. Motley thus gives his reasons for refusing t o resign : "No reasons are given why I should gn the post to which I was a ppointed by the President fifteen months ago, with, I believe, the unani mous consent of the Senate ; as I, myself, know of none, and as I am not conscious of having ever omitted to carry out, to the best of my ability, the policy and instructions of the President during the period of my mission, I fail to perceive why I should be asked to offer my resignation. Certainly it is not my wish to embarras an administration which I have always faithfully supported, but I owe something to myself. Were I now to make use of the permission accorded me to resign, it would seem that I did so in order to avoid a removal which I knew to be just, and to escape s stigma which I felt to be deserved. As I know the record of my mission, as it stands on the archives of the Department and of this Legation, to be free from in tentional fault, and as I have therefore no reason to shun the strictest scrutiny in this regard, I do not like to have even the appearance of making a contrary admission." Lord Granville, in his letter to Mr. Motley of Dec. 5, says :—" I am commanded to express to you her Majesty's sincere esteem, and her r e g ret at your departure from this country. I thank you much for the kind expressions with regard to my predecessor and myself which are contained in your note. It was to him, as it has been to me, an agreeable duty to communicate with you on the affairs of our respective covntries. I shall be happy to address to Mr. Moran, as you request, any communications which it be necessary to make to the Legation." A letter from Woolwich states that the few men wanted to fill up the ranks of the Royal Engineers come in but slowly, as the qualifications required are as high as those expected in candidates for some good situations in civil life. Th pontoon for the Bombay Hydraulic Graving Dock has been launched at Hog Island. This will be the largest dock of the kind in the world, the pontoon measuring 380 feet in length, and weighing one thousand six hundred tons. The homeward Cape mails have arrived by the Union Company's Royal Mail steamer Briton, Captain Vyvyan, R.N.R., from Cape Town December 20. The Briton brings a large cargo, including diamonds, valued at £12,950. The following gentlemen have been nominated to represent the 'University on the Oxford School Board, to be elected Febuary I:—The Warden .of All Souls', the Master of Uersity, Professor Montagu Burrows, and the Rev. G. W niv . Kitchin, late student of Christ Church. GLADS'X'9I!IE AND GRENIVIC4.--011 Satur coeirero :15' the. Borough of Greenwich 'Advanced LiberaVASsroolatiqii, was held at the Mitre Inn for the purpose of .` Protesting against the persistent and unjustifiable course of action adopted by a small section of, anonymous agitators i n this borough, who • are alksitior,simatuye a requisition to Mr. " Gladstone, aski n g him to resign hiraif :tor this place. The chair was taken b y Mr. Pegg. Mr. Stokes moved the adoption of a vote of confidence in Mr. Gladstone, to which was appended a memorial, praying him to take into consideration certain measures during the ensuing session. The meeting considered it would not be advisable to encumber any vote of confidence in Mr. Giadstone with a • memorial for certain legislative measures. The mover said he was quite willing to withdraw the memorial part. Mr. Elmore considered that the borough generally were satisfied with Mr. Gladstone. The resolution was adopted, as was another, requesting the committee of the Association to call an early meeting for the purpose of convening a large meeting of Liberal 'electors in the Lecture Hall. LITERATURE The Edinburgh Review. No. 271.—The reviewer, who discusses the deplorable and perilous situation of " France " in the opening article of the current number of the great Whig Quarterly, clings to a hope that the foremost race in the onward march of modern civilisation may even yet redeem its fortunes in spite of the overwhelm ing disasters to which they have, during the last six frightful months, been so cruelly subjected. "We cannot but express," he writes, " the pvefound sorrow with which we witness even the momentary eclipse of the brightest planet in our system. With all the faults of her rulers, and the failings of her pet;ple, France remains incomparably the most original, ingalious, and vivid of the Continental nations. When we rerrhzmber what her literaturs has done for the world in the last thre:e centuries, with what depth of insight and keen edg.„.k. discernment she has sounded and dispelled a host of errors ;.; with what sagacity she has pursued every path of scientific: research; with what lively skill she has popularised the arts ; with what energy she has advocated the liberties of mankind, her conquerors of the hour are no more worthy to. be named beside her, than the Macedonians were to rival - the glory of Athens. She may, indeed, have been over eager to assert a political influence in Europe ; but the in- • fluence of her language, of her tastes, of her genius, of her sympathies and even of her manners reached, and will reach from the Tagus to the Volga." Noble words-- words doubly grateful to every Frenchman, uttered in. regard to that beloved and glorious nationality, now in the supreme hour of its affliction and apparent abasement. Rossini's Life by Sutherland Edwards, and Hector Berlioz's Memoirs are together noticed by another reviewer, who is of opinion that the former has very little, value as indicating research or shrewdness and delicacy of musical perception. As for. Berlioz' memoirs. the• writer disdains them as instinct, with vanie9( arid acri mony. An exhaustive argument is next built tip by another contributor to the Edinburgh from the reports of the four Select Committees on the Public and Private: Business of the House of Commons—the first of the Select Committees being that of 1837, presided over by Paulett; Thomson ; the second that of 1848, presided over by the pi esent Speaker, Evelyn Denison ; the third that of 1854, the chairman of which was Sir John. Pakington ; and the fourth, that of 1861, whose chairman was Sir James • Graham. With all respect for the ancient traditions and usages of the House, the critic deems it to be in the highest degree desirable that time should in future be economised by the adoption of the French system of La cloture, as well as by the re stricting of the time allowed to those addressing the House, with the exception of the proposer and seconder of any motion, and the member or Minister who may be responsible for the reply. Our maritime and military forces are subsequently passed under review by the Edin burgh—the former in an article entitled "Facts and Figures at the Admiralty," the latter in one entitled simply " The Military Forces of the Crown." " Langel's Problems of Nature and Life," and " Kaye's History of the- Sepoy War are each subjected to shrewd and searching. criticism. There is also a careful inquiry into the foreign relations; of China. Upon " Morris's Earthly Paradise" an en raptured reviewer pronounces an elaborate and im passioned panegyric. The eulogiums are certainly not justified by the quotations, which contain within them not. one single thought, ne, or even phrase of poetry such as. the divine art is recognised to be in the matchless pages of such true poets as Keats and Shelley. The closing. article in this current number of the Edinburgh has rela tion to the treaties of 1856 and 1867, the strongly ex-- pressed opinion of the writer being that treaties when made must be respected. THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.) A portion of the valuable jewellery stolen from Messrs. London and Ryder's assistant last Thursday week has been recovered at Southamp ton under the following cir- • cumstances :—On Sunday week Miss Emma Goodridge, the daughter of Captain William Goodridge, residing in Queen's-terrace, Southampt on, received the following letter : " Leamington, January 5, 11. 87 "My dear t mma,—Just a line to wish you mazly happy returns of to-morrow, in which Michael joins me. I hope by next birthday you will re joice in another title. I am going to ask a favour of you ; that is, that you will kindly take charge (for a little while) of a small parcel which I will send you to-morrow. Keep it carefully for me, and send me a line to let me know whether you received it safely. I hope Uncle William is all right by this time, and that the rest of you are well. Baby is getting on nicely, and I am myself again. With kind love to all, believe me to be affectionately, " PATTIE." The next day Miss Goodridge received a small brown paper parcel, the strings of which were sealed with a stamp bearing the device of a dog, and the words, " When this dog barks my friendship shall cease." The address on the parcel was in a man's handwriting, but the word " through" was evidently written by a female. Nothing was-thought of the matter, until on Friday Captain Goodridge read in the newspapers the report of a woman. having been arrested at Leamington on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery. The con viction that this wa s his niece having taken possession of his mind, Captain Goodridge, on Sunday consulted Mr. Palk, a borough magistrate, when the police were communicated with, and the parcel was opened. It was found to contain a pair of pendants, one composed of about thirty diamonds, and the other of large opals and brilliants. They were enclosed in a white silk bag, embossed with lilies of the valley. Mr. Tarpey, the husband of the woman now in custody, was in South ampton a week since, visiting his wife's relations, who occupy a highly respectable position in the town. Mrs. Tarpey is stated to have the sum of £l,OOO invested in the funds. She was brought up under the care of an uncle in London, and is well educated. She met her hus band about eighteen months ago, and they visited South ampton together. No intelligence has been received of the capture of the man Torpey,-whose wife is in custody on a charge of rob bing the assistant of Messrs. London and Ryder, and it is much feared that he will elude the search that is being made for him. A Leamington correspondent states that the supposed perpetrators of the robbery are both very respectably connected. Torpey is an Irishman by b irth, but left Ireland in his youth, and resided for some time on the Continent, where he acquired French, Italian, and German. fie one held a confidential and responsible position with a large manufacturing firm at Leeds, where he resided for some time. Then he took to the Turf, and has since regu larly attended the principal races. He made books, and although his bets were not for large amounts, his transao" tions were extensive, and were attended with the cue tomary varying success. His wife, who is now in custody' is also highly educated, of ladylike manners and appearance, and well connected. Her relatives reside in the neighbourhoo d of Nottin g -hill, where she WO married to Torpey l ast Februar y . They spent t h e i r honeymoon in Leaming ton, where the)? s topped at the Crown , the well - known tom, mercial hotel. They returned to Leamington last June , when they engaged apartments at Windsor-villa. Campion-terrace, a respectable but not by any means fashionable part of the town. There they continued t ° reside until Mrs. Torpey was arrested last Wednesday, her husband having left home the previous Mondale for the Continent, too dispose of the proceeds ce the robbery. They ppear to have had no laol‘ of money until shortly before the diamonds We re stolen. About a month previously Mr. Torpey tried t i ; induce several Leamington tradesmen to discount a 131 ' for £2OO, represented to have been drawn by his Wif e's trustees. He also made an equally ineffectual effort to induce a bank, where he kept an account, to cash the bilib and on . that occasion ga ve a reference in New 13°e-u t street. The persistence of his' efforis to neg otia a e this bill would indicite'.that he was in urgent neeto of money. The robbery, of jewels seems not t , have been suddenly decided - upon. About a , i f `',„!„ night after the failure ',to negotiate the bill J - ‘ - '5 Torpey told the person with whom they • lodg e that she should have to go to Voudon in a fortnight. clay t hi did so on the very day she bad nanied, and that jewel robbery was committed. Her husband won t the London on the previous Monday ; how he spent interval, in engaging the house in Upper Berkeley-stre and making the necessary pr,eliminoxy arrangemente",, already known. Mrs. Torpey had intimated h at s he should probably return to Leamington the same but telegraphed that they had missed the train._,t diiay, no doubt, occasioned by the failure of the wat akngement with Messrs. Emanuel. But for e t_ e o , eiretuustance, which induced them to post to Ti t ? to ington from Rugby, and their subsequent solicitt noetto, exclude the landlady from their apartments, they o' the all probability, never have been suspected robbery. Orcl. Mr. Johnson, who was accident a s shot shot bY Tarbat, has had liis eye removed. A Nao. 5 W in the globe. 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. 3'oll frog wi l t Cleil til e to o l, I lan a l a ;.otte tro o s ays goo;