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The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SO LONDON. CORNER of MINOR' ES and ALDGATE. EW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTEN HIM-COURT-ROA D and EUSTON -ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE • ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA COMPAN Y (LIMITED)—LYORUM THEATR E . prothiced Tins EVENING (FRIDAVN January 27, lhe (for the teventh time in any country), the New Opera of ALI I 3 ABA (written expilvady for Ws Company). Boxes on the grand tier, E. 3 88. I stall tier. £2 12a. ad.; upper circle, £1 Ts. 641.; orchestra stalls, lit 6d.; grand tier dress seats, 75.; upper circle seats, : ptiskets, 2s. . ; amphi theatre, is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, inclusive. THIS 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 Ship on ! with New an d Characteristic Scene r y 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 onening by Messrs. Fred. Yokes, H. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H. Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russell ; Misses Victoria Yokes, Jessie Yokes, Rosins Vokes Harr i e t CoveneY, M. A. Bas q uerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence H a rvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell. Elphinstone , Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those po an pular d W. H. Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Morris, Pantaloons ; W. Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina ' and Jessie Vokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, liar lequina. B. Slowman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawso Dancerarton, the French Pierrots. Master H. Rawlings, Clog La Patrie, 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 Tricks, .kc., arranged by Mr. John Cormack and Mess rs. 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, s. Lower Gallery, is. Upper Gallery, 6d. THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin and Old Mother Shipton, will be performed THIS EVENING, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at Two o'clock. Therefore, to prevent disap pointment, an early application for seats is respectfully re quested. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. MORNING} PERFORMANCE of the Grand 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, and Stalls. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily.- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. AMY ROBSART.—In answer to numerous ap plications, it is respectfully announced this Drama will b e revived on Monday, Feb. 27. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daiIy.—THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY LANE. O PA L COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, S.W., built from the designs of Walter Emden, chitect.—THlS EVENING, at eight. Third THUMB. cl *. ;- Gilbert's original comedy entitled RANDALL'S sup_ ported by Messrs. Hermann Vezin, W. Belford, Edward Righ ton, H. Mellon, R. AstleY, and Frank Matthews Mesdames M. Brennan, Kate Bishop, Stephens, and Eleanor Button. Pre ceded by, at 7.30, TURN HIM OUT; and to conclude with an original comedietta, by F. A. Marshall, entitled Q. E. D. Supported by Messrs. W Belford, E. Righton, Misses M. Bren nan, Kate Bishop, and Kate Manor. No fees for booking, programmes, or cloak rooms. Trains by Metropolitan R way to the very doors of the Theatre. —Acting Manager, Mr. John Huy. TH.EATRE ROYA.L, HAYMARKET.- Fi-seventh Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. — TH IS fty day) EVENING (Fri, at Seven, O'Keefe's Musi cal Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. P a trick, Miss Fanny Wri g ht ; Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Ilesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The Avenue of Palms. Follo wed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal B and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of THE SPECTRE R IDEGROOM. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. —Sole Lessee, Ben jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat terton.—THlS E VENING, at 7, THE MAN OF THE WORLD : Sir Pertinax MacsycoPhant, Mr. Phelps. After which, the en tirely new, grand, spectacular extravaganza, entitled LITTLE GIL BLAS, and How he Played the Spanish D(j)euce.—Box office open frs Ten till Five. „do VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees —Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.--THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (132nd Night) : Mr. David James. After which, TWO ROSES (204th night), by James Albert'. Conclude with (82nd night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, fie,; Mesda m es Amy Fawaitt, 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. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E. Button, and F. Hughes. CCEUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, P a ulton, Fenton, and T u rner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Dutton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAI, JANUARY 27, 1871. commenced. Colonel Deufert, the commander•in chief, allowed it to continue as though nothing was known, and gave the preconcerted signals. But when the Prussians, at a given sign, endeavoured to seize the fort, they were received by a hail of shot. They left many dead on the gronnd, and retreated. The next day the comman:lant of the fort was shot. Such is the account which is given of the affair, and it appears to have been confirmed by private letters 'rom Belfort. THE :',TRENGTH OF FRANCE AND GERMANY. A correspondent of the 'limes makes an elaborate comparison of the relative extent of the territorial area, and the amount of the population of the Ger man Empire and of France. The population of North Germany, including Saxony, Baden,. and South Hesse, but exclusive of Bavaria and Wurtemberg, who are not certain to be with her in every quarrel, is estimated at 31,000,000, the area at 435,000 square kilos. With Bavaria and Wurtemburg, the population is 38,000,00 0 ; the area 530,000. France w ith Alsace and Lorraine, has 38,000,000 population, and an area of 543,000. ul at Without on them she w ill have 36,000,000 pop a nd 523,000, while Germany, with Saxony, Baden, Hesse, Lorraine, and Alsace will have only a population of 36,000,000 and an area of 455,000. In addition to this, France has immense advantages in her seaboard, ports, and arsenals ; and in the short strip of land frontier she has to defend against Germany, whereas Germany has the long boundary dividing her from Russia and Austria, and must always reckon on Denmark assisting her enemies. France will, moreover, be always superior in compactness, and unity to the ne w German Empire, while the two countries would be numerically on equal terms. Two points are, however, overlooked in this statement. One is that recent experience has prove I whatever other quarrels they stand aloof in, Bavaria and Wurtemburg will support Germany against France ; the other, that supposing France to be really a s strong as Germany, she will certainly never rest until she gets her two provinces back again. INCAPABLE OF INJURY. Prussia The behaviour i s o t o f ft h e he appealed toNap hyo Germanseon I. towards justification le for phr t a h a se e of im i e i x is atin i o sio of p A ar l t s t a c c u e la a r n f d av L o o u r r - . BeingoftotlhdebpyrsoosmsiaenbsocwlyotailftdereauJsee thnaeeto that l his oppres sionbear him eating hatred, he replied, "I know it, but I .1 to render them incapable of injuring e" (hors i nuire). This, say o ;le Gr o man s ('a , is ti precisely n i 6 what we mean to to with France. They should, however, re member the rest of Napoleon's experience. It is true that he attempted to render Prussia incapable of injuring him ; but he did not succeed. His doings raised up a spirit of hatred which was never allayed until Prussian troops encamped in the courtyards of Paris. It was Doctoroll's 12,000 Prussians who e ylan. nabled the stanetoo ß k uia a ss pr n o s mi t i c hold koitpar t t he h i own at in the the fata E l cam paign of Leipsic. Prussians made the defeat of Waterloo an irretrievable rout. meal M. CONTI ON THE REPUBLIC. A pamphlet has just been issued by M. Cony with the approval of the Imperial prisoner o Wilhelmshiihe, the object of which is to show that, according to law, the Senate and the Corps Ldgis latif haus never been dissolved, the Republic ne-ter accepted by the French nation, and that, conse quently, the Assembly elected by universal suffrage is the legitimate exponent of the national will. M. Conti reminds his readers that on the 17th of August General Trochu was, by order of the Emperor, appointed Governor of Paris and that on the 19th a Committee of Defence was nominated by order of the Empress. On the 9th of August the Chambers had been convoked by order of M. 011ivier, but without the sanction of the Emperor. M. Jules Favre then proposed the de position of the empire, but his suggestion met with no support. On the 3rd of September the Deputies were summoned to a midnight meeting, at which they were informed of the surrender of Sedan, whereupon Jules Favre again renewed his demand to pronounce the decheance of the Empire. On Sunday t he y met again, when three resolutions were considered ; first, that of M. Favre; second, Comte de Palikao's motion to trans fer supreme power to a Committee of National Defence ; and third, a proposition of M..Thiers to hand over the Government to a Council of Defence, and convoke a Constituent Assembly. M. Thiers's motion was adopted by eight out of the nine bureaux into which the Chamber was divided. In the afternoon the mob broke into the building, shouted out " Long live the Republic ! " and the Assembly was dispersed without coming to a decision on any one of the three propositions. M. Gambotta at once telegraphed to all the Departments that the Em pire had fallen. After the sitting had been brokenup 200 Deputies met in one of the rooms of the Palais L6gislatif, and adopted M. Thiers' proposal. They then proceeded to the Chamber, but they found seals had. been placed upon the doors by order of the Government. On the fol lowing day a declaration, signed by upwards of 200 Deputies, was drawn up, protesting against the vio lence they had suffered, and disputing the power of any of the citizens to decide their country's destinies. It is somewhat strange that this singular protest should have been issued when the fall of Paris is so near at hand, and that Napoleon 111. should object to a revolution because it was not conducted with a proper regard for legal forms. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. King William has received a petition from Frank fort-on-the-Maine begging him to permit that city to be the scene of his coronation. Frankfort has historical claims to urge in support of this demand. It has been a prominent city since the days of Charlemagne. The German Emperors were crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle until the sixteenth century, but since that time Frankfort has enjoyed the pre-emi nence. - The Emperors of the House of Austria were all crowned in the city. The electors of the Empire were accustomed to meet and make arrangements for the election in one of the halls of the old Homer House. In the Kaiser-Seal, another hall, there are fifty-two portraits of the German Em perors, in regular succession, from Conrad the First to Francis the Second. Here the Emperor used to be feasted after his election, kings and princes wait ing on him at table. It is believed that the Romer would be a most appropriate place for the formal re-establishment of the ancient empire, and that to make Frankfort the scene of the Emperor's coro nation 'would in some degree atone for the hardships endured by the grand old free city in 1800. MR. MOTLEY'S RECALL. General Butler supplies an odd reason for Mr. Motley's recall. lie was not recalled because he had been too zealous, nor because he had not been zealous enough. General Butler's solution was ver Motl y simple ; it was this—that you might M place r. ey in a room with eleven Englishmen, and no one would pick him out as the American. Unfortunate Motley ! lie did not, we presume, possess the regu lation tuft of beard on the chin, was not sallow or lanky, did not spit about the carpet, nor display much tall talk. Clearly, General Butler himself would be the right ambassador. Nobody could mistake his American citizenship. years back was the scene of a terrible explosion, whereby 189 lives were lost. The pipe and matches had been found in the defendant's clothes in the pit, and evidence proved that he had often been seen smoking on his way home from work. In the part of the pit where he laboured the gas was liable to escape, and the pit was wo.ked entirely with safety lamps, except at the pit bottom. The manager said each man received a copy of the rules on entering the service, and one of these rules forbade that pipes or matches should be taken in. The chairman said that after the Oaks explosion the Bench made it a rule to send all persons to prison who offended in this way; and they committed the defendant to prison for two months with hard labour. It is to be hoped the example will be useful. COLONIAL EXHIBITORS. Our colonists in New South Wales are determined to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the groat International Exhibition to give the people at home a fair view of Australasian life. In New South Wales a very interesting series of photographic views has been taken. I S 3 duey the public buildings and public works, the banks, the churches, the principal schools, and the large mercantile establishments are all included. There will also be views from the Bush. Accompanying these representations there will be some valuable practical information. Speci mens of raw material will be sent, as well as of manufactured material, in or,ler that the English workman may see whather he could turn them to better account. Statistics as to the wages of different clasies, the salaries in the large establishments, the cost of rent and living, will be added, so that English working men may form a correct idea of what life in Australia really is. The Commissioners appointed by the Go vernment of New South Wales to superintend the articles sent to the London Exhibition, propose that after the central display is over, the colonial articles shall be exhibited in the principal English provincial towns, Mr. Cowper, the Secretary to the Commission, being the expellent. DISTRESS ROUND VERSAILLES. Mr. Bullock has been actively engaged in exa minipg the state of things in Versailles and its I neighbourhood, and has found matters very different from what he expected. He did not find a single instance of starvation, which result he at tributes to the careful' provision made by the Mairie and Bureau de Bienfaisance. A. double system of relief is at work in Versailles, furnished by Sisters of Charity and by the Make. The Germans have in a great measure supplied the funds which have supported these charities by pro moting business in the town. The shopkeepers have realised such profits that they are glad to invest money on the security of the_town, which is thus enabled to make provision for its own poor and the refugees of the surrounding villages. It appears from inquiry that about one thousand destitute refugees are now in Versailles. The bulk of the dispossessed population is out.ot reach, either shut up in Paris or far away in Normandy, or the South. The Mairie has instituted a Caisse des Frets et Avances to meet the delicate form of distress prevalent among pro fessors, journalists, governesses, pensioners, &c. ➢lr. Bullock thinks that when the siege is over and the refugees have returned to their devastated homes there will be an unlimited field for English charity to give them a fresh start in life, and to furnish them with the necessary means for pursuing their avoca tions. ROYALTY T EIEATRE.-TO -NIGHT, January 27.—Fifteenth 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. A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL. Sole 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. 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. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. - EXTRAORDI NARY and. COMBINED ENTERTAINMENT. PRO FESSOR PEPPER on THE WAR. Special Edition. Musical and Pictorial Illustratious.—Mr. GEORGE GROSSMITH, Jun., in. the Fairy Tale, THE. YELLOW DWARF, every Evening; and Mr. SUCIIET CHAMPION In the Morning.GRECIAN STATUARY, by MADAME BOUSFLELD ; and a thousand and one other Entertainments all for ONE SHILLING, daily, 12 to 5 and 7 to 10.. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker d - street.—On view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor an Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &c.— Admission, Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSAUD'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, is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. — Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER. MANUFACTURING STATIONERS,. • 192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON, E.C. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS ream OVER 20s. . s. el. 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A n ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, con t a i n ing full descrip- Presses, Inkstands , tions, with prices of A ccount Books, Copying Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, post free. Established 1841. _ JOHN GOSNELL AND CO.'S CHERR Y TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d. —Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper to th e London. --------. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JOHN GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more con centrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 5s , 7s. Gd., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-Passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, London, E.C. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—AII Baba. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI— Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe Bough. HAY3IARKET—The Poor Spectre oom. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. O PERA COMIE Blue Devils. Found Drowned . QU The Lottery Ticket. STRAND—On and Off. Lion Coeur-de , px-ition, and when war breaks out they are detained at Home by "urgent private affairs." This creates grumbling and discontent among the men. The offi cers, from being generally employed on home service, luvnage to pick up most of the crumbs that fall from the table at the Horse Guards. When in the field the men have so mnch to do in pipe-claying and furbishing in order to keep their fancy uniforms clean, that they have no heart left for performing other duties. To make Ion; marches in their present al surd uniforms is almost impossible. It is to be regretted that the writer does not make any sugges- Lions for a reform in this portion of the service. About twenty years ago Captain Nolan wrote an excellent work on the subject, suggesting a remedy for this state of things. His theory was that light muscular men should be mounted on horses enured to hardships, and so trained as to be fit for campaign work, and that the riders should be clad in simple, but easy-fitting clothing. General approval was given to his plan, but although the Russian war broke out shortly afterwards, and ample evidence was afforded during that contest of the ill-effects of the present mode of equipping and mounting our cavalry, no steps have been taken to remedy the evil. It is to be hoped that in the forthcoming plan of Army Organisation our cavalry will not be neglecte , MIDDLE CLASS EDUCATION. Mr. Forster, M.P., has been waited upon by a —eputation from the Council of the College of Pre ceptors on the subject of the establishment of a training college for teachers engaged in middle class education. The principal object of the deputation was to establish a training college for school masters and schoolmistresses engaged in middle class schools, and it was a secondary consi deration whether the Government would make use of the College of Preceptors, or establish one The Vice-President of the Council ,emselves. informed the deputation that the principle involved was one which he did not think would be accepted by Parliament, as it would be quite a new thing for tho Government to interfere in, or give aid tj, secondary education. On financial and other grounds there would also be some difficulty in accepting the proposition. The Schools Inquiry Commission had entered fully into the subject, and had reported against it. Although there were strong arguments in favour of the scheme which would turn the edu cational profession. into a close profession, the balance of argument was against it. The supply of good teachers might safely be left to the opera tion of the law of supply and deman(l. With respect to endowed schools, the Government had to take care of their endowments, and had therefore a right to impose conditions. It was the intention of the Go vernment to issue a new revised code this year, and it would be laid before Parliament shortly after its opening SMALLPDX IN THE METROPOLIS. The Medical officer of the Privy Council, after sending round his circular to the Metropolitan Boards of Guardians respecting the prevalence of small pox, has now instituted an active inquiry into the preventive measures en by ta n te Metropolitan Boards. Four gentlemen are carrying out this inquiry, and there is good reason for prosecuting it with vigour, since there is little room for doubt that, had all the Boards of Guardians followed the example of those of St. Luke and Poplar, and acted upon the warning given by the medical officer of the • Privy Council so long ago as la t March, the epidemic would have been very limited in its area. In those two wiser parishes, where the Vaccination Act has been enforced, almost the only cases of smallpox which have, occurred have been imported from the neighbouring parishes. The rest of the boards did nothing whatever until the epidemic was in full force. The necessity of vigilant .supervision on the part of the authorities is abun dantly proved by the cases brought before our police courts from time to time. A person named Huff residing at Greenwich, was summoned a day or two since for neglecting to have a child under 14 years of age vaccinated, It appeared that he had been previously fined for the neglect. Since be disbe lieved in the efficacy of vaccination, his wife had suffered from illness through it. He protested against a reiterated fine, but was told that a fresh fine could be imposed every time the complaint was made. On the same day, at the same court, an application was made for assistance in removing the body of a child who had died from smallpox in a overcrowded room. The house in which the body lay contained only four rooms about 10 feet by 9 feet, each of which contained a different family, 20 children and 8 adults in all. The father and mother of the dead chill and four other children, one of them an infant, were in the room with the corpse. One of the children, sickening for the smallpox, was in the same bed with the mother and baby. Niter such cases we need hardly ask how smallpox spreads. THE " TRUCK" SYSTEM IN SCOTLAND. Some evidence has been taken in Edinburgh with respect to " truck " dealings in Scotland. The clerks of supply at Lerwick attributed the high rate of pauperism among the islanders to the system of barter. An account of the wholesale " trucking " which prevails in the hosiery and fishing industries was given by a farmer and factor. I t is an understood thing that the women get no cash for their work in knitting ; but they are pail in fancy goods. The knitter from the country brings her work to the merchant in town, who gives her goods in exchange. The merchant makes a profit of twenty-five shillings on a shawl which sells for thirty shillings. The Shet land merchant has an account with the different mem bers of thesame family, for every child above twelve years goes into debt, but he never furnishes 'them with a copy of that account. In the fishing trade boys are engaged as beach boys, and the boy is allowed to draw his coat to go to church in, but by the end of the fishing he has overdrawn his account, and he is thus " trucked " away for life unless he can contrive to "get south. The mer chant never fixes a price with the men until he finds a market, and knows what the fish will realise. The men being yearly tenants, the merchant has a hold upon them. There is no tree trade ir Shetland, and monopaly is the bane of the country. EGG KILLING. There appears to be almost as much swindling in the egg trade as there is in the seed trade, and especially amongst vendors who advertize eggs "for setting from prize birds." In the first place the pur chaser is seldom able to judge himself by the shape or colour of the eggs the breed they represent, and he has besides no means of knowing if the vendor really owns the birds whose eggs he offers. Frequently one or two live eggs are sent in the parcel, but the remainder are " killed." The process of killing appears to be a very simple one : the egg is dipped in hot water, and then shaken in order to rupture the membranes and disarrange the fluid contents. They are then sold at rates of from one to five shillings each. When eggs become rotten in a warm nest who can say that they were dead when first placed there I It is said that fully three - fourths of al l the eggs sold to amateur breeders of poultry are killed before they are sent away to the purchaser. This infamous trade has been carried on so long and so successfully that it is time the public was placed on its guard against such imposition. It is curious that the fraud has not been exposed before. How COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS ARE CAUSED. --- A case which has just been tried by the Barnsley magistrates very forcibly illustrates the recklessness of miners. Joseph Parker, a miner of Wombwell, was charged with having in his pockets a tobacco pipe and three lucifer matches while at work in the Lund hill Colliery, which some OUR CAVALRY. A. cavalry officer in a letter to the Times calls attention to the state of our cavalry. The uniform is ridiculous, and the men have no idea of campaign ing until they are actually sent into the field, when it is too often found that their horses are entirely unfit to undergo the hardships and exposure which they Suffer in open warfare. Numbers of the officers join this branch of the service for tho mere sake of Living at Ease. War. Bombastes Sr. 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 (Alt Diamond. GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin IL QUEEN'S —A Day After the Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. Thumb. Q.E.D. HOLBORN—Ticket -of-Leave Man. Jezabel. PRINCE OF WALES'S—Queen. Stork. Ours: Locked In. PRINCESS'S—Mau of the World. Little Gil Blas. He's a Lunatic, ASTLEY'S —Englishmen in Paris: Little Tom IrittleMOUSe , SURREY—Farce, My Bon Jack. NATIONAL STANDARD— Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLER'S WELLS—Sinbad the Sailor. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. A MPHITII EARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn) —S ce nes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrels. Every evening. ALHAmßßA—Miscellaneous Entertainment, POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is. ; extra rooms, Gd. Nell and (Bur. Randall's - ' tlye, ' " c. a ; LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1870. BoURBAKI°S ARMY. The only remaining French Torce that is at present capable of offering any resistance to the Germans is the army of Bourbaki in the East, and the news of this host is far from reassuring. Indeed, Bourbaki is evidently in great danger. Since the repulse of his attack upon Von \Verder he has retreated close to the Swiss frontier, whilst the German, largely reinforced, is following him up, and a force from Paris is closing upon his flank. It will require some skill to avert the loss of the entire army. The Gari baldian successes at Dijon avail nothing in a stra tegical sense ; indeed, there is reason to fear that Garibaldi himself may be surrounded. ENGLISHMEN IN PARIS• Judging by all accounts we hear of the behaviour of the Englishmen in Paris, it would be a very bad thing for us indeed to have London attacked. They behave worse than any other section of the besieged multitude. Says the correspondent of the Daily News ; " they criticise everything they are eternally finding fault—they see no good in any thing—they have been predicting ever since the siege began that the Prussians would be in Paris in seven days—always seven days—and they are in dignant that Paris does not surrender because they find a deficiency of beef steak. I blush for my country when I meet them, when I hear their arro gant criticism, and when I see how anxious they are that Paris should cease her heroic struggle and submit to be conquered simply that they may be a little more comfort able." Just so ; they are alike incap able of understanding the French character, or of appreciating the motives which have led to this determined resistance. TREASON AT BELFORT. A French provincial paper, the Progres de Saone et-Loire, gives the following account of the discovery of attempted treason said to have been made at Belfort. A. very compromising letter was found upon the commandant of the Fort Des Barres. It came from the Prussian headquarter?, and contained a detailed scheme for the surrender of the fort by allowing the Prussians to get possession of it. The manoeuvre was to take place on the very day on which the discovery was made, and at the time the treacherous commandant was arrested, it had already HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, JANUARY 26. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Lady Biddulph. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, walked out this morning. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold also went out. The Dowager Lady Shelley had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the Royal family yesterday. Baptised with a Curse. By Edith Stewart Drewry. Three Vols. Tinsley and Co. The title of this novel is assuredly not an inviting one, but the unhappy history of Caspar St. Leger von Wolfgang more than justifies its applica tion. Endowed with every blessing, save one, the hero of this story, which is partly related by himself, may reasonably be classed among the most miserable of men, Caspar von Wolfgang, has the misfortune to have a free thinking unbeliever for his mother. He is brought up without any religious be lief whatsoever, and at the first temptation falls a victim to his own evil passions. Truly it may be said of him in the gloomy words of "Manfred," that he is indeed "baptised with a curse "—a curse that works out its own fulfilment. The story is partly written in the form of autobiographical reminiscences of the early days of the unhappy hero. At school he becomes acquainted with Stewart Claverhouse, whose fate and fortunes are so pain fully interwoven with his own. Even in these early days, the demon of jealousy finds a place in Caspar's unquiet heart. Stewart Claverhouse, on the other hand, is represented as a superior being. He is so good, so perfect, that we must confess he does not enlist much of our sympathy. His friend and companion, Guido de Schiara, or Guy de Cavagnac, is a far more interesting character. The third volume of this book records the untiring pursuit, and unwearying animosity ' with which Guido tracks the murderer of his friend step by step from lurking-place to lurking-place, and is full of dramatic interest. The chief heroine, Nina Lennox, is very charming and loveable, while Anna Marie de Laval, the Provencale cameo seller of Rome, although a very extravagant creation, is so picturesque in her appearance, so piquante in her French-Italian dialect, and so triumphant in her success as an amateur detective, that she attracts and interests us, irresistibly. Madame von Wolfgang the infidel, is simply detestable. She only experiences a womanly emotion for one single instant, namely, when her unhappy son is about to reap the bitter fruit of her evil instruction. The stoiy, it will be seen, is not deficient in the tragic and sensational elements which to many readers will consider ably enhance its attractions. St. Leger's Reminiscences of Balfe. It seems only the other day that we were startled by the news of the death of Michael Balfe, the charming composer, and here already are a multitude of anecdotal recollections of the author of the " Bohemian Girl," col lected together and placed within reach of his crowd of admirers, The writer of these " Reminiscences " was one of the oldest and most intimate of Balfe's personal friends, a friend of six and thirty years,more than the lifetime of a whole generation. Mr. St. Leger has jotted down his recollec tions obviously with a flying pen. He has paragraphed them without any particular regard being paid to their chronological sequence. He has written with a frankness amounting to abandon. An oath or a blow he puts on record as readily as a mot or a compliment. When the promised second edition of these pages is preparing for publication on the Ist of Febru ary, it may be well perhaps to eliminate one or two passages here hastily put on record. But, when saying this, it would be simply ungracious not to add that the very haste with which the first issue of this little brochure has been hurried through the press, evidences on the part of Mr. St. Leger an eagerness to offer some tribute to the memory of a friend he so earnestly regarded and so heartily admired, that no lover of the music of Balfe can do otherwise than applaud con amore. Fifty chapters—miniature chapters, certainly— are embraced within the narrow compass of the readable booklet now under notice—each of these half-a-hundred sub-divisions comprising within it an anecdote more or less interesting or humorous. The pamphlet contains an ample, though not complete, list of Belle's operas and songs—giving a catalogue, at any rate, of the most popular of both ,the one and the other. We see the r composer under all sorts of aspects, and under the influence L of all manner of circumstances. We watch him • in his intercourse, now with illustrious patrons like the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Beaufort, the King of Prussia and the Emperor Napoleon ; now with brother and sister artists like Bunn, and Julien, and Giuglini, and Berlioz, and Piccolomini, and Dorus Gras, and Rossini ; now ex changing pleasantries with a cabman or a car driver ; now receiving compliments from the Count von Bismarck. This brief memorial will be most acceptable to the admirers of - Michael Balfe, one of the most popular, and deservedly popular, of English composers. A Supplement to " Haydn's Dictionary of Dates .868-1870," pp. 57, has just been issued from the press by the Messrs. Moxon, more than ever full of interest, and comprising among its contents an extraordinary amount of valuable and thoroughly reliable information. It embraces within it for the three years named, a comprehensive sum mary of the History of the World, containing among other things a singularly exact and minute chronicle of the Franco-Prussian war. This of itself renders it ex ceptionally attractive, and to many simply inestimable as a handy work of reference. The last edition of the great Dictionary of which this is the spplement, was the thirteenth. Mr Benjamin Vincent is the compiler. Since 1855 that gentleman has conscientiously and laboriously occupied the position of editor. Eight editions have since that date appeared under his supervision. Practice in collect ing and arranging the materials constantly accumulating under his hands, has continually brought the work nearer , and nearer towards perfection. He has acted scrupulously during the last fifteen years in obedience to the motto nulla dies sine iinea. Argus-eyed he has allowed no event of importance to escape his vigilant observation. And Briareus-handed he has put those events on record as they have occurred. How full and copious are the data he has jotted down as he worked, the present supplement. has in a remarkable manner served to illustrate. Seven large closely-printed, double-columned octavo pages comprise within them, for example, all the extraordinary incidents of the Franco-Prussian war. A preliminary paragraph relates, in the first place, the origin of the contest. The numerical strength of the two armies is then shewn, that of France numbering 300,000, that of Germany 640,00 0 . Then follow in chronological order the events of the campaign—the declaration of war on the 15th of July' being the first, while the last is a small engagement in Normandy on the 31st of December. Intermediately are put on record—how many and what astounding occurrences ! On the 2nd of August the bloodshed began in the baptism of fire at Saarbruck, on the 2nd of September the crash at Sedan, on the 4th the Revolution at Paris, on the 20th the Crown Prince entered Versailles, on the 10th October Gambetta escaped from Paris in a balloon, slid so on towards that bitter end which is now seemingl , about to be consummated by the last and crowning he capitulation. The Archbishop of the York has collated the MO. Andrew Ramsay Campbell to the prebendal stall of Tockerington, in York Cathedral. Mr. David Chadwick, M.P., has addressed his cow stituents at Macclesfield. After reviewing briefly th e work of last session, the hon. gentleman spoke upon futl 2l l legislation. He said the most important measure we'l l ' be the Ballot Bill. He would await the report o f the Royal Commission befo re votin g in favour of a repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. . A meeting of the general committee of the FreiJ ell Peasant Farmers' Seed Fund will be held at the Seks' bury Hotel on M onda y next to receive a report from tPle execu tive committee as' to the progress already 00-181),. the collection of don ations. The meeting will consie he e ' whether an English r e p resentative shall be sent to e t Of i m p r overished district to aid i n the distribution the seeds, and to furnish info rmation for the guidance o f th committee in London. 'U NIVERSI TY OF LONDON. — The Library of t :id e , University of London, now established in the new r ese, ing opened by her M a j est y in May lait, has late ce ived two very inte restin g accessions. One of th p re sented by the New Ch urch of Great Britain, 10 5 C 011; plete reproduction by photo-lithography of the 01 ,.. tle gn script works of Emanuel Swedenborg, which 11 5 v e carefully preserved at Stockholm. This reproductl,°.." admirably executed under the direction of the Bev. v' t Tafel, forms ten foli o volumes, and is probably the larg o e ; work of its kind - On l y 110 co p ies have been struckt lc and of these half ar e intended for America, which v.°,ucti the initiative in the movement. The other work has been presented by the Lords of the Treasury, is simile of the black-letter Prayer-book, containing 11;t3i, script alterations and additions made in the Yo r ..„ 0 0 " out of which was fairly written " the Book a Conv&o, Prayer, subscribed December 20, A.D. 1661, by t be vocations of York and Canterbury, and annexed %E'er Act of 'Uniformity. The original, which had ber e „oce rated from the Act to which it was in the first 11,00, attached, and which was long supposed to have been earcl was brought to light in July, 1870, by a renewed s io ile, instituted by the Dean of Westminster; ; and thisfac,, which forms a handsome folio volume, has been ,0 !j o t° , for the Ritual Commission by Sir Henry James P zincog,raphic process. THE TRUCK SYSTEM. On Thursday Mr. C. S. C. Bowen, one of the Com missioners appointed to inquire into the working of the truck system, sat in No. 9 Committee-room of the Hcuse of Commons and heard the evidence of Mr. David Dale, of Darligton, managing director of the Consett Iron Company. The witness's evidence refered parti cularly to the old system of fortnightly payments to the men, and the introduction in many cases of weekly payments. He did not consider the payment at fortnightly intervals produced any inconvenience in the North of England, or placed the men under the power of the shopkeepers. He however thought if weekly payments were desired, the masters would endeavour to meet the wishes of the men though great difficulty would be experienced in carrying out the plan in outlying collieries. The witness also pointed out the way a manufacturer who carried on his business in conformity with the trunk Act was prejudiced in competition with another who set the Act at defiance. A further adjournment ultimately took place. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Eastern Ra way Company is called for the 15th February. The Rev. H. J. Buckoll has resigned his master , ship at Rugby. The Pall Mall Gazette states authoritatively tha: the Government insurance in connection with the Post Office is working satisfactorily. Her Majesty's Staghounds will meet next Monday at Langley Station ; on Wednesday, at Maidenhead Thicket ; and on Friday, at Wingfield Church. Each day at 11.45. An American editor has discovered that Parisian "pigeon express" has Scriptural authority. In Ecclesiastes x., 20, is found, " A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter." A. telegram from Lisbon received at Lloyd's states that information has reached there from Rio Janeiro of the total loss, on the 6th of December, of the steamer Borneo, off Cape Santa Martha. Thirty-seven persons, including five passengers, were drowned. A meeting of Republicans has been held in Bir mingham for the purpose of forming a Republican Club. There was a good attendance, and a large number of letters were read from parties desirous of joining the club. About forty persons who were present were also enrolled as members. Two Liverpool detectives have apprehended at an hotel in Dale-street, Liverpool, a man named Thomas Hallam, who was charged with forgery to the amount of £270 on Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Company's bank, Lombard-street, London. About £l4O was found in his possessi3n. There will be an election to two fellowships in Brasenose College on Friday, February 3. Candidates for one of the fellowships will be examined in subjects recognised in the classical schools, and questions will be given in modern history. The examination for the other fellowship will be in mathematics, and, if desired by can didates, in natural science. Of the many causes which contribute to the esta blishment of feeble h3alth among indoor workers, the products of illuminating gas must hold the first place. To the use of an excessive quantity of gas—excessive as regards the size of the room and the capability of removing the products of the combustio n of gas—may we attribute, in no small measure, the large number of cases of con sumption. To this cause is due, almost entirely, the great number of deaths from consumption among com positors, and the delicate health of shopmen and others who are engaged where much gas is used.--British Medical atonal. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY.—This celebrated and most delicious old mellow spirit is the very cream of Irish Whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfectly pure, and more wholesome than the finest Cognac . Brandy. Note the red seal, pink label , a nd cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." New Wholesole Depot, 6A, Great Titchfield street, Oxford-street, W. 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. • 3,6rallat _ gfrui