The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-13 00:00:00

3.1.05 E. • and SON'S 1;4.-7INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to Ro% B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. V MOSES and SON -beg to remind the p ublic I_,J• that l iie cheaptess cf an article depends entirely on its ilia 1t;, 9.:n1 th N•tilture to .sly that their prices will compare favourably wlth.thoso ol any other nib 130 iii tngiand. - 12 M JSES and SON'S OXFORD COXES, 17s. to 503. CAALBRIDGE ca.vrs, 19s. to 503. T(ERTCH JA.OKETS, 15€. to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 60s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s. EMOSES and. SON'S easy and accurate s y stem . of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with the guarantee of a faultless at. OES and SON'S "bl., F ROCK 'CO N.TS, 245. to 635. DRESS CO IS, 258. to 603. ----- ORNING TROUSERS, iis. oa. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 268. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. :NIOSES and SON invit3 special attention n, to their large stock of GEN £LEMEN'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 20 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for variety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. E. MOSES and SON'S BOYS' CLOTHING : Tr NICKETWOCKER suus, Os. Gd. to 405 ETON SUITS, 15F. to 408. BR, GIITON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. DRESS SUITS, 2.55. to 635. MOSES and SON supply every description of _I2A. clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes ; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Fig4res. Any tide exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. NOSE sunset SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDG&TE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT -ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BILANCEL RADFORD. YORKSHIRE. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA COMPANY, (LIMITED). —LYCEUM THEATRE. This Evening (Friday), January 13th, the Theatre will be closed for Full Band Rehearsal of the rd New O Janpera, Ali Baba, which will be produced to-morrow (Satury), . 14th. Boxes on the grand tier, 43 35.•, stall tier, £2 12s. 6d.; upper circle, £1 lls. 6d.; orchestra stalls, 10s. 6d.; grand tier dress seats, 75.• upper circle seats, 45.; pit tickets, 2s. 6d.; amPhi theatre, is. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.— I. Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chat terton.—Mornin g Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, inclusive.—THlS EVENING, (Friday), will 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 de William Beverly, whose personal services are now exclusively voted to illustrating the produc tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime a rranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Messrs. Fred. Vokes, H. Moreland, Charles Steyne Fawdon "Yokes, 11. Naylor, S e ymour, Firth, Meade, Webber , F. Wri g ht, Master Russ ; Misses Victoria Yokes, Jessie Vokes, Rosina Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquurville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell, Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt , Rivers, Russell, H as tings. The Harlequinade will include those popular Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans, and W. H. EMU, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Mor is, Pantaloons ; W. F aw don Vokes and Stonette, Harlequins • the Misses Rosina and Jessie Vokes, Columbines Miss Lizzle Grosvenor, Har lequina. B. plowman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dasie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French Pierrots. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La P the Baby Velocipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr. W. C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr. John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tri cks, &c., arranged by Mr. John Cormaek and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guineas. Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, ss. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, 3s. pit, 23. tower Gallery, ls. Upper Gallery, 6d. rr HE DRA.GON OF WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin Old Mother Shipton, will be produced To-night (Friday) January 13, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be eecured 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 o pen from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. pi 4 ORNING PERFORMANCES of the Grand 'll Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, e very Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre ;—First Circle, Dress Circle, OYAL and St DRURY LINE. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.-- THEATRE THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Forty eighth Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. EVENING (Friday) at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDER,I with selections from the original music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright, Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'cloick, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Charßraid acters by Mr. Buckstone , Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, , Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor s Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace NCLEof TruSth WILL. . Act 111. The Avenue of Palm s. Followed by U' Mr. Kendal and bliss Robert son. Concluding with the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROO M. Box oMce op endaily from 10 till 5. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Ben jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat terton.—THlS EVENING, at seven , PEE P 0' DAY, by ene. At Edmund Falconer, terminating with the celebra ted Quarry Sc 8.30 an entirely new grand spectacular extravaganza, entitled LITTLE GIL BLAS ; and How he Played the Sp a nish D(j)euce. By H. B. Farnie. The music by Frank Musgrave ; the ballet, groupings, &c., by J. Milano ; the new and magnificent scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants ; the costumes after drawings by Gustave Dora. To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton.—Box Office open from Ten till Five. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoI© Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7, a new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Furtado. At 8.15 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr, B. Webster and Miss Furtado. To conclude with THE MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss t ellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore, Mi. Brittain Wright, My. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell ]L:t OY AL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Buftcrn, and F. liughes. CCEUII.-DE-LION. Messrs. Terry, Poulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. ROYALTY THEATRE.-TO-NIG HT, JANUARY 13.—Third time of an original Comedietta, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At d 7.30, DiAmOND CU DIAMOND ; at 8.15, DORA'S DEVICE ; concluding with WIRT T - TIN TON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. ITAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND !' Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING, Mr. David James ; after which TWO ROS ES (192nd night), lb y J maes Albery. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, &c. ; 2Jesdathes - Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. ASTLEY'S PANTOMIME. - TOM TITTLE MOUSE and the ELEVEN DANCING PRINCESSES; or, DEEDLE DEEDLE DUMPLIN and the SILVER FROG. Scenery by Grieve and Son. Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday at 2. Characters in the Opening by Messrs. Atkins, Beckett, Barrett, Russell, Misses Armstrong, Hodson and Braham. Tr from Brixton, Clapham, Ken nington, and Stockwell pass the door. Best pantomime in London. T E V E N in T I\lA s D tr A ee A t lE n l y y e S w S P A or U tra D it ' p e ß r o a r k a e n r d - SMoEdelsfloPthe Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert , General Trochu, Scc., tte. Scc.— Admission, ls. ; Children under Ten Years of age, ed. Extra Booms, ed. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, Balior street.—On view Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von M d oltke.—Amission is . ; c hildren under ten years of a g e, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. extra.— Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. P ARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLRET-RTREET (CORNER. OF CRA.NCERY-LANE), LONDON (EX ). ME PUBLIC , SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the CO UNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s Per ream. e. d. 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An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Oases. Desks. post free. Established 1841 TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHER RY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from .leca.y, and imparts a pleasnt fragrance to the breath. Price lb. tld. Bed Bull Wharf, 93, 1 Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair ri to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 38 each; also 55., 75. 6c1., and 15s. each, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 92, Upper Thames-street, Lon ion,E.C. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPIII—Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe Bough. HAYmAREEY—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. VAuDEviLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. Cceur-de- Lion. ST. JAMES' —To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Bombastes Furioso. Omeic—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY—Dora's Device, Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat, and Diamond Cut Diamond. GAIETY —Operetta. A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S —Charles 11. Richelieu. GLOBE —Rights of Woman. elicate Ground. White Cat. Rely on my Discretion. OPERA COMIQUE Blue Devils. Found Drowned, Nothing to Nurse. HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. Ticket-of Leave Man Jezabel. PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locked In. PRINCESS'S—Peep o' Day. 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 WELLS—William Tell. Sinbad the Sailor. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn) —Scenes in the Arena. S. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. ALHAMBRA—New Musical Entertainment, " Superba." POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. PALAIS ROYAL —Performing Gorilla. MADAME TUsSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. le. ; extra rooms, 6d. The Little Gil Bliu3. He's NOTICE. The SUN will in future be published solely at 8 a.m., and the Evening Editions wilt be discontinued from this date. January 7, 1871. Any ; I - 4 k-4 1 44 4 • g ' 74' 4-4 a . SUI LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1871 THE MILITARY SITUATION. The renewal of important fighting all over France does not begin well for the French; but it will be prudent to draw no conclusion until the real nature of their plans is disclosed. The existence of so many different armies affords scope for many combinations. The French leaders might have designed Chanzy to occupy Prince Frederick Charles's attention, whilst Bourbaki advanced on Paris; they might have employed Bourbaki to fight the Prince, whilst Chanzy tried to force a way to the capital; or they might have assigned Chanzy the duty of engaging the attention of Prince Frederick Charles, whilst Bourbaki concentrates an overwhelming force upon the work of assailing the German communications. The last plan, it would seem, is that wh;ch has been adopted. Until, there fore, the result of a decisive battle in the East is known, it would be premature to speculate. GENERAL CHARETTE. This distinguished officer, better known as Colonel Charette, the gallant commander of the Papal Zonaves, has just had his commission as General conferred upon him by M. Gambetta. The fact is creditable to the latter, when it is remembered what & gulf in a political sense separates the Minister from the chivalrous Legitimist. General Charette was merely wounded and taken prisoner at Loigny, where he was supposed to have been killed. He succeeded in escaping from. the Germans, and is now once more at • the head of French columns. THE AFFAIRS OF THE AD➢IIRALTY. There is a rumour in London that Mr. Chillers has either sent in his resignation, or intends to do so before the close of the week. Most officers in the navy will regret the retirement of Mr. Chillers, it it really should take place, as it is well known that there rarely has been a First Lord of the Admiralty who so made it an essential part of his duty to become acquainted with every detail of the management and general arrangement on board our ships of war, especially as regards the thorough equipment of the vessels, and the comfort of the officers and men. It was merely with the view to discharging those duties effectively that Mr. IHE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1871. ----- Childers went on the fortnight's cruise with the Reserves in 1869. The right hon, gentleman ha; now been ill for a very considerable time, but in • spite of a protracted delicacy, the First Lord has continued to do the State great service, and the cartoon in this week's Punch where Neptune tAls Brittania all is safe outside of England, pretty plainly represents the general feeling with respect to the success of Mr. Childers's work. The salary of the First Lord of the Admiralty. is D 1,500 a year. THE MEMBERS FOR NOTTINGHAM. Even Mr. Seely, M.P., who, according to his biographer liod, is in favour of "strict economy in the national expenditure," rejoices over the energy now being displayed at all her Majesty's dock yards. In company with Mr. Auberon Herbert, M .P., he addressed the electors of Nottingham on Wednesday, and assured them that what England wanted to make her defence complete was an effi cient fleet, and he thought she might defy the com bined Powers of " Rugiia, Prussia, and France " with the fleet she had at present on the seas and in process of building. It is hardly probable that the combined powers of "Prussia and France" will attack us ; but Mr. Seely, perhaps, has private information on this subject. It will not do to be censorious when one agrees in the main with what another man says. Mr. Auberon Herbert, who delivered his maiden inter-sessional speech, thought the introduction of "vigorous Radical blood" was necessary in the Gtbinet, and strongly urged the expediency of England striving to form a "great Anglo-Saxon unity with the people of America." THE ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. At the half-yearly court of the Royal Humane Society, which was held recently, on the question of recommending persons for the silver medal of the society, Mr. Grey inquired whether they could grant the medal "to the name of a person who had lost his life in seeking to save the lives of others, as he thought it should be granted to the late Mr. John Walter; who lost his life at Bearwood. Some doubts were ex pressed, however, as to the feasibility of this scheme, and accordingly Mr. Grey moved a resolution beariqg on the subject. This set forth the recognition by the society of the gallant conduct of Mr. Walter, who lost his life in endeavouring to rescue his brother and cousin, and regretted that by his untimely eni, the Society as prevented from awarding him its silver medal. This was carried unanimously, as was also a supplementary motion to the effect that the above resolution be entered on the books and a copy of it forwarded to Mr. Walter, the father of the deceased, together with an expression of condolence. The Duke of Argyll wes re-elected president of the Society. It appears that in the case of this, as of all other societiLs, subscriptions have come in slowly during the year. OVER RIDING. The question of over-riding horses during a hunt is causing much consternation among sporting men. The secretary for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals writes to say that the charge against the Middleton Hunt was not for killing two horses, but for' over-riding" them. The evidence taken befcre the Yorkshire magistrates certainly provei that the two horses, Spectre and Naylor, had made a long run at their last merry meeting, and had wound it up by falling over, with their pulses, according to veterinary testimony, at 70, and their breathing hardfetched and irregular. From all this, however, there arises the question, can a horse at a hunt be overridden at all? In the field the animals prick up their ears, and, if any good, aro just as anxious to try and lead the race "all the way and home "as their riders. In the case of the Middleton Hunt it has certainly been shewn that the horses were what is called aged. One was very aged, being no less than eighteen years old, the other was eight. Here another difficulty presents itself, this time in favor of the society, who may well ask why were such old animals brought to the meet at all, if there was a chance of a " stiff" cross-country run. In this the real cruelty seems to be apparent, but unfortunately the society traced their indictment from a different stage of the affair. MARINE INSURANCE. A question of some interest to marine insurers has been raised in the Court of Queen's Bench. The policy was to insure the freight of a vessel on a voyage from Liverpool to Laos, on the coast of Africa, and back, with a return cargo of commodities, which was to be loaded at Lagos. The freight was settled at a lump sum of £5OO, and the policy was. made to assure this. The clause in the policy differed from the usual form, and specified the insurance was to commence on the freight of goods from the loading of the goods on board the ship, and should continue until they were safely landed and discharged. The ship arrived atLagos and anchored in the roads,which,it was admitted would constitute an arrival at Lagos, and a cargo was provided all ready to be shipped, but the ship was not at the place where a cargo could be loaded. She twice a ttem p ted to get could b e bar of the harbour, and on the second occa sion she stranded and was lost. The question thereupon was raised whether te insured was entitled to rec over by the terns of policy, the goods which formed the return cargo not having been loaded. A rule was granted to raise and determine the question, the point being as to the effect produced by the variation in the terms of the policy, and the decision cf the case will be looked for with some interest by the mercantile marine. UTILITY MEN. The public will be amused at the paradoxical enlightenment furnished at the Liverpool County Cone.; on Tuesday by a theatrical performer, who sought to recover money f)r services due to him by the manager of the Theatre Royal in that town. The plaintiff informed the judge that he was en gaged as a " utility " man, and when asked the cha racter of the occupation said it consisted in playing small parts. "He was engaged as a utilitarian." The defendant however contended that the man was not what he had represented himself to be, and he therefore was not entitled to the claim for his services. He added that he had reduced the man from " "to general utility. No one was entitled to the position of utilitarian unless he could take any part in the play of " Hamlet " alter the principal characters. Judgment was given for the plaintiff in a very small sum, who seemed to be lieve that he was fully equal to utility in all its rial)SeS. those who regarded the est interests of the country w(.uld desire peace. INTERVIRWING NOTABILITIES. The correspondents of the New York Herald are famous for their habit of " interviewing" great men. Occasionally it has been more than suspected that their recitals were apocryphal, or, at all events , that something was due to the embellishments of their imagination. According to their own showing the most reserved and cautious statesmen, generals, diplomatists, even up to royalty itself, willingly un fold their most hidden counsels and convictions to the interviewer, quite overlooking the fact that the New fork Herald has a pretty large circulati , n, and t that consequently their secrets arekept something after. the fashion of King Midas's. The last two inter views recorded in the Herald were both with French men. M. Gambetta proved himself inaccessible even to Transatlantic determination, and tho correspon dent had to content himself with seeing his secre tary, who assured him that though Paris might fall, the Republic would still fight. In answer to ques tions affecting the future constitution of the Republic, be said the Church would be severed from the State, but the Republic would not be a federative forni of Government, like that of the United States, but one and indivisible. Popular education would be the first object when peace was secured. The other Frenchman whose opinions were elicited was N. • Chaudordy, the Minister-Delegate for Foreign , Affairs. Peace, he thought, was distant, for France could not submit to Prussian terms which would change her into a third-rate power. Prussia made a mistake in not concluding peace at Ferrieres. Three months ago the French Government had a difficulty in arousing the people ; now it could hardly keep them back. Arms and artillery were wanted, b- , t they were coming in from all quarters, notably . from England. England had acted foolishly by per sisting in inaction. She was committing the same mistake as France did in 18G6, and would reap the same consequences. She would be left without an ally. INUNDATIONS AT RomE. Mr. Ruskin thinks the recent disastrous inunda tion of the Tiber should send us back to study Horace, who spoke of his native land as divided into two districts of violent and scanty waters. the rivers could be stayed in their rapid progress through the poor kingdoms they might enrich, they would be treasure instead of ruin. At their sources they are gold, but if they break unbridled into the plains they aro death. The King of Italy expressed an earliest desire to mitigate these inunda tions so far as science and industry could do it. Science and industry, replies Mr. Ruskin, can do everything with regard to inundations and Marem mas; it can change them into national banks instead of debts. Half the money lost by this inundation of the Tiber spent rightly on the hill-sides last summer, would have changed every wave of it into so much fruit and foliage in spring, where now there will be only burning rock. Had the men who have been killed in war during the last few months been set at the same cost to do good instead of evil, they might by this time have embanked every dangerous stream at the roots of the Rhine, the Rhone, and the Po, and have left to France, Germany, awl Italy an inherit ance of blessing for ever. THE SUEZ CANAL. The prospects of the Suez Canal continue to im prove. The receipts in December amounted to a sum of £32,000, being £12,000 in excess of the receipts of the preceding month, which showed the most abundant return ot the whole year. It is satisfactory, moreover, to learn that not a single case of grounding has occurred in recent months, and that the navigation of the Channel is now per ectly understood. The deepening of the canal in the past year has gone on without interruption, and no unpleAant accidents to life or limb have marred the undertaliing . Quietly, while the blaze of war has engaged the attention of countries at peace, has this enterprise of the Suez Canal proved itself one of the lest great wonders of the world. In the sunny East there has been unostentatiously established a highway of nations, which confers upon the different countries blessed advantages and benefits which, though but scantily recognised, must be important in uniting peoples, and in helping progress in many ways, to the end of time. THE MIKADO UNVEILED. Mr. Seward, whose name is familiar to all the dip lomatists of Europe, has just achieved a very mar vellous feat. He has penetrated into the presence of the Mikado of Japan. The achievement was not ac complished without difficulty, for the delays and hesitations and excuses were so tedioue, that the clay fixed for leaving Japan came in view before the matter was finally settled. The Japanese, however, took alarm, and sacrificed their precedents rather than risk offending the American ex-MiniSter. Aniericans, says one of I their journals in triumph, have made their way before now to the head of the Japanese army and navy, but this is the first time one has penetrated to the unveiled presence of the Mikado. Mr. Seward, while in office, did good service to the Mikado's party, by withholding the vessel Stonewall from its real pur chaser, the Tycoon. Some attribute the concession of an interview to gratitude for this service; others to the wish to induce him to exert his influence on the vexed Saghalien question ; others again regard it only as additional evidence that the present admini stration of Japan is inclined to relax the severe and exclusive etiquette of former times. The visit of the Duke of Edinburgh was an innovation, and the reception of the untitled and American citizen has followed it up. A fortnight before, the idea of Mr. Seward's visit to the mysterious Mikado would have been dismissed as impossible by every foreigner in Japan. There is a marked difference in this respect at present between Japan and its neighbour China. - .- ...,-• ::-:.:Vs,.:i,i •#, '.. 5, -' -- „...'--•ij-.:-''';'::e?,.:l': (f:',.,, 0, , , 4.4 (511^7hA .1 ;:r ef ,, , ~~ MAJES-TY. OSBORNE, Jan. 12. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice, walked and drove yesterday afternoon Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompanied by Princess Christian. Prince Christian went out shooting to day. Captain De llorsey , of H.M.S. Hector, guardship at Cowes, had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday, The Belfast paper, th'e Northern Wh,w, states " on the very best authority " that the Government have no intention of bringing forward a denominational edu cational bill for Ireland, as was recently alleged. Tgi WALKER DIVORCE CAsn.---The case of Mrs. Walker against Mr. Walker came before Lord Ormidale, iw the Outer House, Edinburgh on Tuesday. Mes Mr.s Macdonald and Lancast er, advocates, appearing for Walker, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Balfour, advo cates, conducting the case for the pursuer. Two pleas were put in for the defence, and some discussion took place "on the former of these, which raised a question as to the right of Mrs. Walker to raise the present action, in respect that she is now under a decree divorcing her from her hus band. It was contended that Mrs. Walker had given no intimation of the grounds on which she now sought divorce during the time the first action was going on, an ced d that the effect of the decree already pronoun against her was to take away from her all locus standi for raising the present action. On the side of the pursuer, it wa s urged that the status of the wif6 was not destroyed so long as any of the parties had the right to continue the action, cr so long as de facto the action was pending. Lord Ormidale intimated that two courses were open to him—either to give judgment himself, or to report by oft he and note to the Inner Court where a branch of the case was pending, in order to get I:fuller judgement. The defender requested judgment from his Lordship with out report. His Lordship was afraid he must in that case repel the plea, but took the case to arizandunt in the meantime.--Scotsman. A WARNING TO BISMARCK. A passage has been selected from the memoirs o Count de Bourrienne which appears appropriate to the present time. After the battle of Jena, Blucher was made prisoner at Lubeck and imprisoned at Hamburg. The French Minister, writing on this sui ject, says that Blucher had such confi dence in the future of Germany that he was not alarmed at the disasters of the Prussian army. He often declared that he had faith in the public spirit of the country ; the suc cesses of war were everyday affairs, but the defeats of an army might serve to excite a people to national glory. He was convinced that the day would come when Europe would declare against the French Emperor, and the more he enslaved nations the greater would be the commotion created when these nations broke their chains. Blucher said that the first wars in which Prussia took part after the Revolution in France concerned dynastic questions, in which little general interest was taken, but it was very different then, for the whole Prussian community made common cause with their Government, and it was certain that when an entire people resolved to escape from a humiliating yoke it would alwayfii succeed in doing so. He could not predict the end of the war which was then raging, but ho was sure that it would be succeeded by fresh wars until France, already worn by her conquests, would finally become exhaust©' and give way, and TIIE SEIZURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL. n the Court of Admiralty an application has been ,le to Sir Robert Phillimore, the judge, for the release ni custody of the ship International and cargo, which been seized by the English Government on the ground Jt it was about to commit a7brea,ch of the laws of Ltrality, by supplying and layii)g a cable for the French ,vernment to connect Dunkirk, Cherbourg - , and Bor- Inx. The seizure was made at the request of the North nan Ambassador as far back as the 21st December, ,e matter came before the court on Tuesday, and _ourned pending some private negotiations between .e owners and Lord Granville. 'J'he Att3rney-Generel (Sir R. Collier, Q.C., M.P.), the Solicitor-General (Sir J. D. Coleridge, Q.C., M.P.), Sir Travers Twiss, Q.C., and Mr. Archibald, were counsel for the Crown, and Sir John Karslake, Q.C., Mr. Thomas Hughes, Q.C., and Mr. Pritchard, for the was a , u•uers. Sir J. Karslake in making the application briefly re capitulated the leading facts of the case and the circum stances connected with the seizure. He produced affi davits proving that the necessary permits and documents from the Customs had been granted, an I the witnesses declared it was well known on the 16th December that the cable was on board the vessel and what was to be its destination. Notwithstanding this, the vessel was seized, which, he contended, was an ex traordinory proceeding. On the 28th December the con tract between the French Government and the contractors was placed in the hands of the English Government for the purpose of satisfying them that no breach of neutra lity was intended, but that the transaction was a perfectly legitimate one, and yet Lord Granville, after the cable was on board, and the vessel wes ready for sailing, issued the warrant upon which the vessel was now detained. He denied that there was any ground, legally, upon which the vessel was seized, and, having quoted largely from the various sections in the Foreign Enlistment Act bearing on the point, said it could not be held that the vessel or the cable was intended to be used for the naval or military service of a foreign cauntry at war with another friendly nation. It was somewhat startling to hear it argued that persons who were engaged in ordinary submarine telegraphy were, under the circumstances of this case, to be considered as in the service of France, and therefore liable to the penalty of imprisonment set forth in' the act. He argued that military telegraphy was quite a different thing from ordinary permanent telegraphy, and the instruments and wires were of a totally different character. Military telegraphy, in the strict sense of the word, was for use in the field, and an ordinary submarine cable could not be held to have any connection with military operations. If the persons who were going out to lay this cable could be said to have infringed the Act by becoming connected with the military and naval services, it was impossible not to contend that persons who went out as clerks in the Post-office were not also acting contrary to the Act, be cause the Post-office might be, and was, used for military purposes. It never could have been intened that persons laying a telegraph cable which might be used for war purposes should be looked upon as in the military or naval services of the country. Now it would seem that at the time the contract was entered into the seat of the French Government was at Tours, and it was not until three weeks afterwards that it was removed to Bordeaux, which town is situated fifty miles from the mouth of the river where the cable was to be laid. The learned counsel then read an affidavit made by Mr. Gray, manager of the Company which constructed the cable, stating that the ship was purchased for the purpose of laying a submarine cable, and had been engaged in laying the cable to Jersey. The contract was entered into for the cable in -question with the Director General of the Post-office in France, who was a civil functionary, and he believed it was to be used as an ordinary submarine telegraph, and for no other purpose. Sir John Karslake proceeded to say that the Director- General was a civil functionary, answering t P o the ost master-General in this country, and he had the entire management of the ordinary telegraphs, military tele graphy being under the guidance of the Minister of War, and naval telegraphy under the control of the Minister of Marine. He produced specimens of the cable in question, and that used in military telegraphy, and said that the company he represented had never been in communication with any but the civil functionaries, and the cable, though it might be used for military purposes, was intended simply for commercial and private business messages. The learned counsel pointed out that the company had nothing whatever to do with the land lines to connect the cable with the places intended, but all they had to do was to lay an iron rope at the bottom of the sea, and then they would have completed their con tract. Now, it had been said that the cable was not to be a permanent one, but it was not likely to be taken up as suggested, after the war, when he said that the company for their part of the work alone received £89,000. He said this notwithstanding the affidavits of Mr. Stephen M. Clare, secretary to a rival company, and Mr. Scudamore, who thought the cable would be useless on the cessation of hostilities. He held that the cable could not be held to be contraband of war, and if so it could not matter whether it was deli vered on any given quay or at the bottom of the sea. He therefore held that the seizure was illegal, and if that was his Lordship's opinion he should ask that the ship and cargo should be released, and, according to the practice of the court, that such damages as have been sustained by the company should be awarded. Sir It. Phillimore remarked that it must be shewn before damages were awarded that there was not reason able ground for the detention. Sir John Karslake said he thought this was a case for damages, inasmuch as the character of the vessel and her cargo was well known, the destination of the cable was known, and the Customs officers had given permits for her sailing. Scotsman Mr. T. Hughes and Mr. Pritchard having been heard on the same side, The Attorney General replied on behalf of the Crown, and combatted the idea expressed by Sir John Karslake, that the cable in question was not such as might be considered a military cable. If it - might be used for commercial purposes, it might still be a military cable, inasmuch as it might be a most valuable means of communication and form an important part in military operations. It was confining the point to a very narrow limit to argue that the Act which' referred He mil wasitaralmost goingy telegraphy to say it simply meant field telegraphy. was an absurd proposition. Suppose there was a war between France and England and France had pos session of Jersey and Guernsey, could it be said that a cable laid from St. Malo to those islands was not a military cable ? Would it be said that a telegraph erected by the Prussians from Versailles to Sedan or Berlin was not a military cable ? The proposi tion was ridiculous, and he contended that it was of no consequence whatever how the telegraphic communication secured— it was portable and might was s be removed from place to place in a cart ; whether it was carried on poles or sunk to the bottom of the sea—so lonv a-s it might be used in support of military operations. Then it became a military telegraph, although it was true commercial mes sages might pass through it as well. The existing French Government, he contended, was a purely military government, and the contract for the cable being with that Government necessarily ren dered it a military cable. It could not for a moment he argued that the French Government were studying the commercial interest of France, its whole and sole object was to save the country, One might just as well say that a man engaged in a life and death struggle, and having his enemy's knife at his throat, would give a thought about his balance at his banker's. It had been said that Mr. Scudamore in his affidavit declared his belief that the cable would be no use for commercial purposes. He was not surprised at this, and why ? Simply because it would be blocked by the messages of M. Ga,mbetta, and the com mercial men of Bordeaux would get very little chance of using it. One of the greatest difficulties which France at the present time was labouring under was defective communication, brought about by the Prussians h av ing taken possession of such a large por tion of French territory. The want of communi cation between the armies of the north and south was one of the greatest difficulties what the French had to contend with. Their great aim was to act in concert and to march to the relief of Paris at one and the same time. There were the armies of Chanzy on the Loire, and Faidherbe at Lille, near Dunkirk, and what they required was to be able to communicate Had they a direct line doubtless it would be worth to France an army of 50,000 or 100,000 men, but could the English Government allow that communication to be established by British subjects. There could be no doubt but that that this cable would supply the want, hence the interference of the English Government. Sire Karslake argued that the company he represented only dertook to deliver the cable, and that the laying of it was simply a delivery. But the very words of the contract were that the company were " to lay " the cable, and the vessel itself was bought and constructed expressly for such pur poses, and he contended that the Government would have been guilty of dereliction of duty if they had not inter posed an order to prevent British subjects from supplying a want which the French had been deprived of by the military success of the Germans. lie was quite prepared to admit it was an error of judgment on the part of the company. He did not pretend to attribute niala fides, and he was not at pre sent inclined to prosecute anyone, or to take proceedings against the vessel. He thought his lordship might exer cise the power given by the Act, and allow the vessel to be released on proper security being given ; but he must suggest that the undertaking should not be in general terms not to violate the Foreign Enlistment Act, because the company might carry the cable and lay it, say it was not a breach of the Act, and thus reopen the whole question. The bond should stipulate that the cable should not be conveyed to France. These were the terms he should insist upon, and he thought his lordship would agree with him that it was a case in which the Govern ment had very properly intervened. Sir J. Coleridge followed on the same side, and argued against the idea of Sir J. Karslake, that the cable was necessary to keep up commercial relations between France, England, America, &c., because communication between those countries already existed. Sir Travers Twiss and Mr. Archibald were also heard on behalf of the Crown. Sir John Karslake in reply, said the question was not whether the cable might be made use of for military pur poses, but whether the International had been engaged in the military service of France. At the conclusion of Sir J. Karslake's address, Sir R. Phillimore intimated that the court would pro nounce judgment very shortly. EPOR,TED ILLNESS OF MR. GLADSTONE. It is said that Mr. Gladstone is not at all well, yet sere never was a time when it was more desirable that Le right hon. gentleman should be in vigorous health.— ACCIDENT TO THE ROYAL PARTY AT BERKELEY. The Prince of Wales is on a visit to Lord Fitzhardinge at Berkeley. He arrived on Tuesday night. On being driven from the railway station to the Castle, a brake containing Lord Fitzhardinge and other noblemen capsized. Lord Fitzhardinge and the other noble occu pants were slightly injured. On Wednesday the Prince went out shooting with a party of noblemen and gentle men. His Royal Highness is expected to stay till Satur day. DEATH OF DEAN ALFORD. It is with the sincerest regret we have to announce the death of the Very Rev. Henry Alford, D.D„ the Dean of Canterbury, a clergyman well known all over England, in America, and on the Continent, as a poet and an essayist, but chiefly as a Biblical critic. Dean Alford was born in London in 1810, and was educated at Ilminster Grammar School, Somersetshire, and at Cambridge University, where, in later years, after he had become a Fellow, he held the chair of the Professorship of Humanity, and acted as Hulsean lecturer. He also became Examiner of Logic and Moral philosophy in the University of London. From 1853 to 1857 Dr. Al ford was the officiating minister at Quebec-street Chapel, where he enjoyed a high reputation for his eloquence and fervency. At the end of 1857 Dr. Alford, on the death of Dr. Lyall, was appointed by Lord Palmerston to the deanery of Canterbury. Dean Alford's chief works have been " Poems and Poetical Fragments," " Chapters on the Poets of Greece," "The School of the Heart and other Poems," " The Old Testmament," from the Greek text, Commentaries on the New Testament, and several volumes of sermons. The Dean of Canterbury died suddenly at half-past 1 p.m., on Thursday. He was only taken ill on Monday with influenza. The immediate cause of death was congestion of the lungs. NOBLE BANKRUPTS IN COURT.. IN RE THE EARL OF WINCHRIARA The public examination of the Earl of Winchelsea was ordered to take place at the Bankruptcy Court, Lin coln's Inn, before Mr. Registrar Brougham .(sitting as chief judge). Mr. Davis appeared for the trustees, Mr. Reed for the petitioning creditors, and Mr. Sergeant Sargood for the bankrupt. Mr. Sergeant Sargood said the accounts of Lord Winchelsea had not been filed in consequence of the great difficulty his Lordship had experienced with regard to the family estates. He (the learned counsel) would, therefore, ask the Court for such further adjournment as might be deemed neces sary. Lord Winchelsea was present and was prepared to submit himself to any neccessary examination but, in the absence of any statement of account , he ar. Sargood) would suggest that this was not a convenient time to examine the noble earl. Mr. Davis said that from the statement of the bankrupt it appeared there was no property whatever available for the creditors ; but the ttustess had ascertained through some correspondence that there were certain livings to which Earl Winohelsea, had a right of presentation, and which would be of considerable value in the way of assets. He (Mr. Davis) would there fore ask his Honour to order the bankrupt into the wit ness box, so that he might be examined touching this point. His Honour said he did not think this was the proper time to order an examination of the bankrupt as to his property. The trustees had a right to call on him at all reasonable times to account for any property he might be possessed of, and this could be done in private at the office of their solicitor, If the bankrupt then refused all satisfactory information the trustees might apply for a public examination in that court. It was not, however, within the province of the court to allow an examination that might in the interest of all parties be gone into elsewhere. Mr. Davis said they had attempted this, but the bank rupt had returned an answer that he was possessed of no property whatever. After some further discussion, his Honour adjourned the hearing until the 2nd of March. IN RE THE EARL OF ORKNEY. A sitting in the matter of the Earl of Orkney, described as of Ennismore-place, Hyde Park, also took place at Basinghall-street Bankruptcy Court, for the choice of trustees and tendering proof. Mr. Reed (who appeared for the bankrupt) said, with the exception of £3OO or £4OO, he believed the whole of the debts had been con tracted by his lordship, indiscreetly perhaps, by putting' his name with those of other persons to various bills. The bankrupt appeared in that court for the purpose of protecting his estate, and giving the court every information it desired. He (0,1 learned counsel) suggested, in the interest of a lj parties, that an adjournment should be granted to ena ble his lordship to obtain information as to other bills that might be floating about.—Mr. Harcourt opposed this o 0 the part of Mr. Pike, a creditor for £1,400. His client held a bill endorsed by the bankrupt in favour of Mai° l :, Fitzmaurice, his brother, to Miss Fanny Jacobs , who Wn' now in Australia, and who had paid away the bill t° Mr. Pike. The earl and Major Fitzmaurice had p romise d that it should be paid. After s om e discussion the Ealc% of Orkney (an aged noblema n), was p ut into the box. -11, said he accepted the bill for a very simp le reason.—N- i Harcourt (sharply) : I don't want your simple reason ; want a direct answer to my questions.—Mr. yteek,' Really, I submit that is not a proper way to speak to 1 1 . P lordship. — Mr. Harcourt : I know n othin g of his lordship here except as a bankrupt.—His Honour : Really, Harcourt, you have always conducted your cases coin teously, but I think — The Earl (ffiliping his fingers) : I don't care twopeng for him. lam here to give any information required. iwof have nothing to conceal. I gav e that bill because my fortunate brother and myself were promised hundreds l a thousands of pounds with which that hill and others WO a have been paid. I paid at one time seven thousa % pounds bang off. I had no consideration for the bill 1 4 question. My brother is in debt for an enormous mon money. Mr. Harcourt submitted that as his lordship had stntli that he intended the bill should be met , this p roof sho." be accepted. tbe His Honour thought otherwise, but adjourned . 1 , 0 matter for future argument. The further hearing of case was also ultimately adjourned. s 5 The article in the Moniteur Officiel, publishm , Versailles upon the state of our Military Defences. Vitii upon which we commented in our impression of the its inst., possessed we are informed , no s u ch official authoril'ij as the designation of the paper in whic h it appeared 'o,as indicate. We believe, indeed , that Count Bismarck ; as much surprised to have such opinions attributed to o iler as we were to find them in a journal supposed to be nn his special inspiration.— Times. 0 11. D EVON CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICUL 'r —At the annual dinner of the Devon Cen tral Chayie-re of Agriculture, held at Newton, on Wednesday, " ro of were present, amongst others, ex-Lieutenant Gov e r i c A Wayland, of Connecticut, Mr. Fish, son of the Ar l g . ni ted Minister for Foreign Affairs, Major Bruce, of the v., States army, Sir Lawrence Palk, an ° 0 the Kennaway, M.P. Mr. Wayland, in responding t toast of the President of the United States, said tb a ' s f a the whole range of his acquaintance he did not 10 , ° , to single gentleman who would re-echo the sentiniellvstoa• which General Butler had given utterance at ) 3 °,, be Sir Lawrence Palk, in speaking of the war, express,"o/ opinion (which was not shared in by all who to that France had been sacrificed to t he selfish P°'„t England, and that the result was that this countrY P t 0: present moment was without an ally. 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