The Sun. — London, England, 1871-01-16 00:00:00

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The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON 3-- LONDON. 00ILINTER of MINORTES aaid ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COuNTllit BRIOSOII. 'RADFORD. YORKSHIRE. THEATRE ROYAL., DRURY LANE.- sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chattertom—Morning FerAarmances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, Inclusive.—THlS EVENING (Monday),!, will be produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, written by E. L. 'Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY i and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton / with New and Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly, whose personal services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produc tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Messrs. Fred. Yokes, H. Moreland Charles Steyne Fawdon Yokes, H. Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber F. Wright, Master Russell ; Misses Victoria Yokes, Jessie Vokes Rosina Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbre% Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those popular Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans, and W. H. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Dior is, P an t a l oons -, Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina . and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, Har lequina. B. Showman, Imitator of Birds, &c. air. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French Pierrots. Master 11. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. 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 th e genera l business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr. John Cormaek. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, ere., 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, 45. Balcony, se. pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, is. Upper Gallery, 6d. THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or , Harlequin Old Mother Shipton, will be produced To-night (Monday) January 16, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY • therefore, to prevent disappointment, an early application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office 013011 from Wen till Five daiIy.—THEATRE W ROYAL DRURY- M. NTORNING PERFORMANCES of the Grand Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre ;—First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.-- THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. rrHEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYAiA it K E T.- 1 Fiftieth Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. —MIS EVENING (Monday) at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright, Norah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight echick, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Mesdames Buckstone, RMoberts essrs. Kendal, Everill, Cla r k , B ra id , Ro right, I. ge rs, on, Chippendale, C. , Fann and Fanny Gwynne. Act Garden of Kin Hill g Phanor' y s W Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The Avenue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Box office open daily from 10 tills. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Ben jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat terton.—THlS EVENING, at seven, PEEP 0' DAY, by Edmund Falconer, terminating with the celebrated Quarry Scene. At 8.30 an entirely new grand spectacular extravaganza, entitled LITTLE GIL BLAS ; and How he Played the Spanish D(j)euee. 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 Dor& To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton.—Box Office open from Ten till Five. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B. WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—TIIIS 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 and Miss Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss i ellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore, Mi. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA COMPANY, (LIMITED). -LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING (Monday), January 16th, Donizetti's Opera, d'Amore. Adina, mile. Colombo (her fifth appear ance). The New Opera, Ali Baba (written expressly for this Company), will be produced To-morrow (Tuesday), January 17th. • • -- - Boxes on the grand tier, £3 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, ls. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGII. This Evening, at T, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames *Ada Swanborough, E. Buttock, and F. Hughes. C(EUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Ike, Goodall, /km. ROYALTY THEATRE.—T 0-NIG HT, JANUARY 16.—fifth time of an original Comedietta, by R. Reece, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 730, DIAMOND CuT DIAMOND ; at 8.15, DoRA'S DEVICE ; concluding with WHITTINOTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. • - V.LUDEVILLE THEA TRE, 2STRANI4- Lessees— Alwrs. H. 3. Montague, D. JamnS;''aitd T. Thorne.—THlS rinNtt, at 7, CHI&ELLING; Mr. David James ; after w 'ch TWO ROSES 0 194th night),- by James Albery. Conclud with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, David 'James, and T. Thorne, ; Mesdames Amy Faw44, A, ton; and Nelly Power, &c. ASTLEYS PANTOMIME. - TOM TITTLE ➢IOUSE 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. Tramways from Brixton, Clapham, Ken nngton, and Stockwell pass the door. Beat pantomime in London. AIADAME I'USSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French and Prince Imperial. Also, 3rlarslal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Troehu, &a, dm &e.— Admission, Children. under Ten Years of age, ed.. Extra Booms, (id. extra. Open from a.m, till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSA MY'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view Portrait Models of the lUng and Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission children under ten year 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-LANK), LONDON MO L PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND - _ JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20a Per ream. a. d, Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper... . 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DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI—Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe -- Bough. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. VAnDEvlLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the Invisible Armada. ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—L'EIisir d'Amore. OPERA COMIQUE Blue Devils. Found Drowned. Nothing to Nurse. STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. Coeur-de- Lion. ST. JAMES'S--To Oblige Benson. War. " Furioso. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY—Dora's Device, Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat, and Diamond Cut Diamond. GAlETY—Operetta. A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S —Charles 11. Merchant of ;Venice. GLOBE—Rights of Woman. Delicate Ground.. ' White Cat. Rely on my Discretion. HoLßoßN—Ticket-of-Leave Man. Jezebel. 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—Sinbad the Sailor,. EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panor.una of the Franco-Prussian War. AtiPHrrnEATRB AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. ALITAMBRA—New Musical Entertainment, " Superba." PorarrEmma—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. PALAIS RoYAb—Performing Gorilla. MADAME TIISSAITD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Is.; extra rooms, 6d. Bomb antes The Little Gil Blas. He's NOTICE. The SUN will in future be published solely at 8 a.m., and the Evening Editions will be discontinued from this date. January 7, 1871. ccr - , • 4)4 1 t a • LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY IG, 1871 PEACE. There is no confirmation of the statement sent by the Vienna correspondent of the Daily News to the effect that Austria was about to propose a definite scheme of peace terms to the belligerents—embracing the cession of a strip of territory twenty miles broad, surrender of twenty war ships, and a money indemnity. The announcement has not the merit of intrinsic impro bability, but rather the reverse. Much more likely is the course hinted at in the Times, and supported by current report, that the English Government) or the English and Austrian Governments combined, propose to ascertain the terms upon which the German Government will make peace, and submit them to the Republican Ministry, - with the view of thus bringing the belligerents into communication. Good may result from such a step as this. It could do no harm. The German terms have never yet been officially an nounced to the world. Tue duty of ascertaining them, not of recommending terms, is one which may appropriately be undertaken by the neutral Powers. It lies within their province; and might, more over, produce a better result than any more direct way of negotiating for peace. WAR. invading force extending over a constantly increasing portion of their territory. GENERAL TROCHIL Speaking of the common dissatisfaction in Paris with General Trochu, a correspondent of the Times in the capital says :—"After the first hours of en= tl►usiasm were over, and the situation appeare in its stern reality, the General's attitude swldenly changed, and a marked alteration was observable in the character of the man. Though still speaking in the tone of aPaladin, be became cautious in action, prudent even to timidity, undecided even to inaction. . . . In proportion as the execution of his plan be came more problematic a tinge of melancholy was diffused over his words, but as it was too late to draw back, there was 'added to it sornetim.s a mystical resignation, sometimes the emphasis of a despairing energy which revealed the Breton and the Paladin. The numerous contradictions which are to be found iu his last writings, military reports, or proclamations, betray the trouble of a wandering mind, the doubts and perplexities of an unquiet spirit." 'There is doubtless much truth in these remarks. Trochu has undertaken a task the difficulty of which he greatly underrated. Moreover, it was a task which required a man of action. An able fighting General would have made the siege a very ugly business ; but Trochu, though he can organise, cannot apparently fight great battles. If the war goes on after the fall of Paris, the posi• tion of the French leaders will be quite reversed. At present they have to fight against time. _Every day brings nearer the inevitable termination of the food stores within the capital; and thus, in order to obtain the slightest c h ance of saving Paris, the French generals are obliged to fight battles whether their troops are pre pared or not. Assuming that Paris cannot be saved, the French can take their own time. They can harass the Germans by a guerilla warfare, whilst, they organise their innumerable levies into an army r ea lly fit to take the field. The Germans may attempt to frustrate this policy by overrunning the country and crushing out resistance in every quarter ; but the difficulty of occupying m.uch more territory must become enormous. The French on their side will suffer dreadfully from the incubus of an RE sus, LONDON .AIONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1871. THE FRENCH PEASANTRY. A writer who contributes to the Nattonal Gazette of Berlin, has carefully studied the French peasantry during the last five months, and finds that they are industrious, frugal, and virtuous, but possess no public spirit, and care nothing for politics. They fear the Republic. They detest ;the Emperor, .and Marshal Bazaine still more. They knew, they say, that the former was a rogue, but they were in his favour because trade and commerce were never so flourishing as under him, but he shamefully deceived them at the last plebiscite. All his prefects and mayors told them that " Yes " meant peace and "No " war. They desired peace, and therefore voted affirmatively, but the result has been war. The notion of upholding a rogue because he enabled them to earn money betrays a remarkable state of political education indeed; but there is doubtless great truth in this description. The French peasantry care nothing for politics; but they leave such trifling matters to the large towns—a fact which is certainly not unfavourable to the chances of the Republic. ENGLISH SYMPATHY. The Allgemeine Zeitung, a semi-official Berlin paper, has an article specially devoted to ridiculing English sympathies. After making much sport of the value supposed to attach to British feeling, the semi-official paper proceeds : In reality, however, John Bull never sympathized either with Germany or France, his sympathies being re served for his worthy self. The enthusiasm once felt for the Germans and now for the French rests on shillings and pence. It was to the interest of England that France should be humbled, and the interest of English trade that France and Germany should be mutually weakened and injured, that they might for a long time cease to compete with England in the world's markets. The war has already brought England much money and revived its depressed trade, the exports increasing a million in Octo ber, and eight millions in the whole year. The longer the war lasts the better for manufacturers, provison merchants, and gunsmiths. This is an elevated estimate of the nature of British feeling. People are naturally disposed to underrate what they cannot obtain, and possibly the almost complete transference of British sympathy from the Gt.rman to the French cause may have had a good deal to do with this depreciation. But even if it be all true, there is some excuse for us. Our sympathies have often been with Germany at different periods of our history ; and not 'in frequently has this favourable feeling taken a practical turn. In the wars of Frederick the Great, and several times since, we have again and again subsidised the Prussian armies, again and again helped them to fight. There can be no question as to the benefit Prussia obtained from our " benevolent neutrality :" it would be interesting it the Allgemeine Zeitung would kindly point out what benefit we de rived from it ourselves. TUB •GREAT GUN UNDER TRIAL. The trial of the great gun at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, has been satisfactorily accomplished. This gun, which weighs 35 tons, is the most power ful piece of ordnan :0 in existence. It was loaded with 75 lb. of pebble powder, and the 700 lb. shot,which is a cylinder of a foot in diameter and two and a half feet in length, fitted with brass studs to fit the rifling of the bore.. The monster gun was fired twice at the proof butts, and was entirely unchanged, showing no sign of crack or injury of any kind. The recoil carried the sleigh, or carriage on which it stool, about nine feet to the rear, up iron plates which were laid at an angle of seven degrees. The gun was fired by a gunner in a canvas suit, who Etoocl before a magnetic bat tery, and at the word " Fire," touched a stud. The quantity of powder used in sub sequent experiments will be increased to 150 pounds, as the service charge is to be 1201 b., and it is usual to try every gun with a test one-fifth more powerful than it will have to bear on service. The officials and others present at the trial were fully satisfied of the capacity of the formidable weapon. THE TRANSMISSION OF SMALLPDX. The gravity of the present epidemic of smallpox in the metropolis is likely to do public service, for it has called the attention of the authorities both to the neglect of vaccination among the lower orders, and to the recklessness with which infection is transmitted. A. man and his wife named Barfield have been summoned by the Islington Vestry for a breach of the law in this respect which might have been attended with very serious consequences. They lived in Church-passage, Islington, and one of their children caught the smallpox. It was removed to the hospital, and the sanitary inspector told the mother to disinfect her rooms, and not to take in any mangling before doing so. The defendants disinfected their rooms, and afterwards removed. In their new lodgings another child caught the smallpox and died of it. The next day the woman mangled some clothes and took them home without disinfecting them, and for this she and her husband were summoned. The mangle was kept -in the front room, and the child died in the back ; but the evidence shewe i that the woman while attending on the child went from one to the other. When she was told to disinfect the rooms she tore the notice in pieces, and said she should take in mangling whenever she could get it. The magistrate, after remarking on the importance of the case, said the authorities deserved great credit for taking it up. The woman must pay a fine of 20s. and 12s. costs, or be imprisoned for fourteen days. The man must pay a fine of Is. and 2s, costs. Both were removed to the cells. A DIFFICULT CASE. A case of very great interest to religious disputants has just been decided b 3 the Irish Lord Chancellor. It arose from one of those awkward family disputes about the religious education of children, which are productive of so much mischief. Mr. Meade, a solicitor of Dublin, who is a Protestant, married a Roman Catholic lady, named Ronayne, eleven years ago. This lady died, leaving three daughters, who had been brought up as Catho lics. Last July Mr. Meade married a second time, his wifo being this time a Protestant like himself. The children were then placed under Protestant teaching, and the first wife's family were greatly aggrieved. The aunt, Miss Ronayne, presented a peti tion to the - Court of Chancery, praying that the father might be restrained from interfering with the children's religious instruction, that they might be made wards of Court, and that she might be ap-: pointed their guardian. This application to court had been preceded by some very stormy scones be tween the father and auntiwhich were little calculated to teach the children ieal Christianity, what- ever form of creed might be inculcated. The case has been watched with the deepest interest in Ireland, where religious differences in families are painfully common, and sectarian zeal runs high. L-)rd Chancellor O'Hagan before giving judgment took pains to discover the wish of the girls them- selves and finding, as might have been expected, and that they had no independent views on the matter, but were anxious to remain with their father, he de cided that it was not the duty of the Court to inter fere between parent and child without strong reason, and dismissed the petition. Lord Chancellor 011agan is a Roman Catholic. PRAYERS FOR TUE DEAD. The Bishop of Gloucester has been treating of a I very interesting subject which has lately been especially brought under the aonsideration of mem bers of the English Church. In a sermon on Prayers for the Dead, delivered in Gloucester Cathedral, the Bishop said he had generally avoided the question, as he disliked controversy, but he thought it should now be considered. Although the communion of the living and the departed might seem to justify the belief that we may pray for the dead as well as for the living, we must remem .er that with them the state of probation was over. Having illustrated this view from passages of Scrip ture, he conceded that the early Church had sanc tioned the limited use of prayers for the dead, but finding they were carried to unjustifiable extremes, she stopped short, and withheld her sanction from prayers for the departed, though she commemorated the faithful. He touched with tenderness on the subject of private prayers of this kind, but said he thought they could at best only be considered as irrepressible utterances - of hope, and could not soberly be deemed other than highly doubtful and precarious. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT IN JERSEY. A bill for the abolition of imprisonment for del,t i►;;s been brought before the States of Jersey at their periodical session. A unanimous vote was taken at the last sitting of the Legislature, which agreed to the necessity of passing a measure for the abolition o imprisonment. Stringent clauses were, however, to be inserted to prevent the chance of dishonest persons taking advantage by availing themselves of the law to the injury of their creditors. The bill, which has been drawn up by a committee, provides that the benefits of the new law shall not be granted to any person who contracts new debts during insolvency, oar who obtains goods by false pretences or fraudulent means of any kind. Those persons who refuse to satisfy lawful claims in their own right or as trustees, and who are proved to possess any kind of property, are not to enjoy the privileges of the Act. Those who are not natives of the island will not benefit by the passing of the mea sure, but they cannot in future be imprisons 1 without an order from the bailiff. THE OCTROI DUTIES. Out of evil comes good, it is often said, and there is a prospect of France obtaining a great practical reform in the midst of her present disasters. The octroi duties, or municipal dues, have long weighed heavily on the people, and have seriously impeded trade. Like other commercial imports, the octroi duties are costly and cumbersome in their collection, and are II eally most unprofitable to the national exchequer, by curtailing the commerce of the country. The two great trading centres in the South of France—Marseilles and Lyons—have inaugurated a change for the better, and if their political wisdom is not always immaculate, their commercial enterprise at least deserves respect. If France will not support them in substituting the Drapeau Rouge for the Tricolor, it is to be hoped she will accept their lead in replacing the active duties on fbod, fuel, and other necessary artiolea by a graduated house or income-tax. Should Lyons and Marseilles succeed in effecting the proposed change the present octroi system must yield, even though the Government in Paris has j ust decreed that the octroi taxes of the city shall during 1871 be charged with thtextra sum of 10 centimes per franc, in con sideration of the increase of charges the town has to support. The taxes on wines, cider, beer, and meat are excepted from this decree. AN ACTOR IN THE REIGN OF TERROR. One of the French papers records the death of a man whose name is associated with one of the darkest pages of French history. M. Lambert, a quiet, retiring old man, who lived on a small yearly income which died with him, has passed away in Paris, at the age of ninety-five, without any of his imme diate neighbours being aware that he had played a conspicuous part in the Reign of Terror. More than seventy years ago he was secretary to the public prosecutor, the dreaded Fouquier Tinville, and recorder of the Revolutionary Tribunal. He held those offices for three years though he was then extremely young, but when the reaction came he escaped to London from the public wrath against the Terrorists. Ho em ployed himself as an accountant here until 1815, when he went back to France and took pos session of the little house in the Rue de la Pepiniere, where he died. He was very fond of flowers, and took great pains with his garden ; but it was de stroyed in the Parisian improvements. He lived in great retirement, and seemed always under the shadow of his terrible memo ries. He constantly thought of the exciting events of the days of Robespierre and Marat, but would seldom speak of them, and only with a kind of hesitation and fear. The Revolution of 1848 threw him into a desponding state, for the very name of revolution seemed to distress him. However, he rallied at the Great Exhibition, and went out to visit it. The troubles of 1870, and the investment of Paris, renewed his gloom, and he became apathetic, and almost . imbecile. He died repeating the words that were daily on his lips, " May God save France." THE. MAN-MILLINER OF PARIS. Among the vanished glories of the Empire must be ranked the great man-milliner who ruled with an iron sway over the fair ladies of the Court, and exacted an implicit, and even servile, obedience. Strange to say, while Paris boasted of leading the fashions of the civi lised world, this autocrat of the toilette was an Englishman, though his countrymen will not pro bably feel much horioured by his elevation. He gave himself all the airs of a distinguished artist, and treated the suppliants for his favours with an impertinence which they certainly de served for their folly. He refused to dress any longer the wife of an important Court dignitary who had offended him. She wept and pleaded in vain, but at last he relented, on condition that she should wear her new dress for the first time iu his shop. He would lean back in his chair before the fire and call up the ladies standing round, one by one, to be criticised. "W by do you wear those ugly gloves? " he asked one ; " never let me see you in such a colour again." The grandes dames of the Empire would take tea with the man-milliner, and rival each other iu their eagerness to fill his cup. Before a great Court ball, they would kneel to him in their anxiety to be made beaatilul. The Empress once told hint she would leave him if he did not abate his prices. " You cannot," he replied, and she did not. His prices were ruinous, but were willingly paid, and the glory of the English man-milliner did not wane until the Prussians were on the road to Paris. POLITICAL ASSASSI24ATION. The Satitrday Review has some noticeable remarks on the assassination of Marshal Prim. If it were true, as many people profess to believe, that the present war was only in its origin a personal freak of the Emperor, and is in its continuance a piece of perverse brutality on the part of Count Bismarck and King William, a good deal might b said in favour of assassination, as it would be monstrous to pretend it was lawful to slay men by the thousand in war, but not take a single life. But one great argument against assassination is its futility, and consequently its wantonness. It settles nothing. Perhaps no assassination was calculated . .to produce deeper effects than that of William the Silent, a singularly gifted - leader, in a small country where leaders .were scarce. Yet what did Philip of Spain gain by it F. William's death led tc the Dutch seeking help from England, and to the consequent destruction of the Armada. The murder of the Guises with the sanction of Henry 111. of France had little other effect than the murder of the King himself a few months later ; nor did the tvsas sination of Henry IV. materially assist- the project of Catholic bigotry. In recent days Fieschi thought if lie could kill Louis Philippe it would put an end to the Orleanist dynasty, but Louis Philippe is dead, and to this hour the party exists. This murder of Prim would only have been logically complete if it had. been followed up by the exile or destruction of the army and of the large sec tion of Spaniards who oppose a Republic. What ever justification there may be in rebellion, there can be none for an isolated act of butchery, which leaves the great issue to be fought out all the came. AN AMERICAN BISHOP ON THE COUNCIL. The Archbishop of Baltimore has published a pas toral letter, which he recently addressed to his dio cese, and in which he refers to the proceedings of the prelates assembled at the Vatican last year. He dwells particularly on the second " dogmatic consti tution which relates to the supremacy of the Holy See and the infallibility of the Pope." Ho explains i that this does not mean to proclaim the Pope's infallibility as a private individual, or as deliver ing decisions on particular questions depending on the testimony of men. The term applies to the Pontiff when he speaks ex cathedra as the father and teacher of all Christians, and defines a doctrine to be held by the Universal Church. The Vatican Council has set up no new doctrine in thus defining the official infallibility of the Roman Pontiff, but has solemnly proclaimed a truth which has been accepted by the Church for centuries. He denies that this dogma is calculated to awaken the prejudices of non-Catholics, or that it affords reason of complaint to the civil Governments of the time. He believes that the decision of the Council will have extinguished the last remains of Gallicanism, and that the Church and Popes will always be found ready to uphold obedience to the existing Powers in other States, whether they are Monarchical or Re publican, in all important secular matters. ...Z.;"; ri - : ~.-:,,,1 , ,,, ,1i_ i ;,: /*",4`:%4 4)." ,xs,i, t 9. 4titi* tirV ' `.'i:i;4•':W-._ '.:42-,-. 11 1 ' 41 - 7: : -T .- T-; T 77. -,----- (j i 1 1 . 1111. I' . ~--,-r At--.., ...,.......,, HER MATESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 15 The Queen and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice attended Divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were in attendance. The Rev. George Prothero and the Rev. Juhn Dalton offi ciated. The Rev. G. Prothero preached the sermon. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur has been unable to return to Woolwich, in consequence of having sprained his ankle some days ago. His Royal Highness is pro gressing most favourably. Lady Churchill has arrived at Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty. THE POLICE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION. At one of the pantomimes this season an immense effect is produced by the appearance on the stage of several big boys who are being dragged to school by police-constables —the clown, of course, being schoolmaster. This little hit at compulsory education is very successful in the gal lery, but the scoffers are perhaps unaware that the police themselves will in future be " compulsorily edu cated." Educational classes are, we hear, to be held twice a week at several police-stations in the metropolitan district, under the superintendence of paid instructors. Deductions are to be made from the pay of men attached to the stations where these classes are held until they can obtain certificates that they are no longer in need of instruction in the subjects to be taught in the class, which include reading aloud, gram mar and geography, and arithmetic. A constable may therefore be chasing a burglar one hour, and be immersed in a rule-of-three sum the next. We only hope that while he is poring over his slate, the wily thief may not be crawling over those other slates which form the roofs of our houses, intent on plunder as the guardian of our property is intent on the mysteries of proportion. It is also to be hoped that in the event of a large fire occuring or a diabolical murder being committed the instructor will kindly permit his young charges to leave their desks for a few minutes until the fire is extinguished and the murderer captured. Indeed, although this educa tional movement as regards the police is doubtless well meant, it would be more satisfactory if an educational test sufficient for all practical purposes were exacted before the admission of candidates to the force, than that they should be sent to school at a period when all their time and energies are required for the performance of their duties. Police-constables have little time for school work, and no geographical knowledge they may acquire will be of such service to them and the public as a thorough knowledge of their duties ; such as the proper mode of dealing with insensible persons, of using their staves, of pinioning roughs, of moving noiselessly on their beats at night, and of acting with presence of mind in emer gencies. A [geographical knowledge of Whitechapel is far more useful to a constable than a similar knowledge as regards Asia Minor; in fact, if a police constable has a thorough knowledge of London he may be forgiven any deficiency in his general knowledge of the earth, and it would appear in accordance with the rules of common sense to let him employ the little time he has on his hands in simply learning the duties of the profession he has adopted. —Pall Mall Gazette. SUPPLIES FOR FRENCH TROOPS.-Mr. Garrard, of Ipswich, has executed a large order for gaiters for French troops. Another order for 20,000 more gaiters would have been sent to Mr. Garrard, but he could not supply the goods within the limited period prescribed by M. Gambetta. Mr. Garrard has now on hand a contract for more than 20,000 pairs of shoes, and Messrs. Clarke and Co., of Ipswich, have received an order for 30,000 more. DESTRUCTION OF AN ENGLISH BRIG BY NATIVES or Foitmosa.—The Board of Trade has received a despatch from her Majesty's consul at Foochow announcing the stranding of the English brig Escape on the coast of Formosa and the destruction of the vessel by natives. A court of inquiry into the circumstances of the outrage was held, and it appeared that • while the vessel was on a voyage from Newchang to Hong Kong she went ashore on the 2nd of October, on the Island of Formosa, about 30 miles to the southward of Tainsul harbour. Every effort was made to get her off, and it was con sidered that she would have been got afloat had not the natives flocked in hundreds down to the beach and took possession of the ship. There were at least 150 men armed with knives and hatchets, and it was thought that had the crew made any resistance they would have been niur dered. The mate, Mr. Chandler, voluntered to go on shore and remonstrate with the men, but the boat filled, and the mate was thrown on the sand, and he nearly lost his life. The natives would not allow the captain or the hands to take anything out of the vessel, and she was speedily stripped of her masts, sails, and yards, and the pirates carried away everything they could get. The crew took to the longboat, and Capt. Lloyd, the master, had to jump overboard to save his life. The captain was robbed of everything he had on board, and he lost 8500 worth of private property. It was stated that there were 300 or 400 men collected on the beach, which was black with them. The longboat with the crew succeeded in reaching Amoy. The court acquitted the captain of blame in respect to the stranding of the vessel, and complimented Mr. Chandler, the mate, for the manner in which he had acted ; and the court added: that it was desirous of placing upon record its opinion that in this, as unfortunately in too many similar instances on the coast of China, much valuable property had been lost which might otherwise have been saved, and many lives had been recklessly exposed to serious danger through the barbarity of the natives alone. - - - - - CAN I AFFORD IT ?—Pay your Stationer Gd. for a reply. flap of the World gratis iu all Letts's Office Diaries. Letts's 6d. and I.s. Diaries give most value for your money. Letts's Housekeepers' and Ladies' Diaries are much improved. Letts's Invisible Ink for Postal Cards, Bd. per bottle, LITERATURE. A Dictionary of Science, edited by G. F. Rodwell, 1 vol., pp. 580. Moxon. 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TIIE LONDON SMALLPDX EPIDEMIC. Smallpox killed last week in London 110 persons, being an increase of 28 on the return for the week preceding, and the cases admitted this week for treatment at the tem porary hospital are of the severest type, shewing no signs of remission, such as precedes the abatement of our epi demic. We believe that at no previous period since the Compulsory Vaccination Act was passed (1853) has the weekly mortality from smallpox ever amounted to even 100 ; and that, making every allowance for increase of population, the present epidemic must be regarded as having attained an intensity almost if not quite un paralleled in the metropolis. Indeed, this seems to be the conclusion which the Registrar-General wishes to be drawn when he shews that, taking the five weeks of greatest smallpox mortality in 1863, which was the severest epidemic year we have had since 1838, the weekly average of deaths was 67, while during the last five weeks the average has been 71 per week. True, in 1863 there were 1,996 deaths from smallpox in London, while only 958 fatal cases were registered last year; but in the former year there was a higher weekly average maintained over several mouths, whereas the epidemic of 1870 did not develop itself until late, in the year, and then sprang up almost suddenly to a height which, if it be maintained for any length of time, will throw the record of previous years into the shade. Thus the deaths from small-pox only numbered 99 in the first thirteen weeks of 1870 ; in the next thirteen weeks they were 118 ; in the third quarter they were 157 ; and in the last thirteen weeks of the year 584. There is—or we ought rather to say there was—this one hopeful feature about the present epidemic, that it has been localised to such a degree that, out of • 584 deaths, 292 occurred in one section of the metropolis; so that had the guardians done their duty, or the law been enforced, a cordon sanitaire would have been drawn round the infected quarter, while the rigorous enforcement of vaccination amongst the unattacked; and of the isolation of all actual cases, would in time have subdued the out break. But, thanks to the freedom in which it is the habit of Englishmen to delight, and to the tenderness of our high Government officials towards local authorities who neglect their duty, the .flame of infection has spread into other quarters, and who shall say when and at what cost of life it will ultimately burn itself out? The Regis trar-General draws attention to the sub-district of St. John, Westminster, where last week, out of a total of 38 deaths from all causes, there were 12 fatal cases of small-pox, nearly all the victims being unvaccinated children. The medical department of the Privy Council has a great responsibility upon its shoulders at the present time as regards this London small-pox epidemic ; and the public will watch both anxiously and critically the steps it may take or omit to take towards such an enforcement of the Vaccination Act upon the grossly-neglectful guardians as will render life in the metropolis comparatively secure against so fell a disease. There is at any rate one obvious fact which is* not likely to be lost sight of—namely, that while the law makes vaccination compulsory on every child born, numbers of parents set the law openly at de fiance with impunity from any penalties except those which smallpox itself entails upon its victims. How much longer is this to be permitted ?—British. Medical Journal. The new church for the English residents at Algiers was consecrated by the Bishop of Gibraltar, on New Year's-day. As much as £2,775 has been expended on the building.—Rock. The Musical Standard says that in ono of her performances at the Petersburg Opera, Patti met with an accident through entangling her foot in a large robe which she wore in her role. The lady, however, was able to go on with her part, and received only a few slight contusions on the hands and knee. Mr. J. F. Moss, chief reporter of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph was on Thursday elected clerk to the Sheffield School Board, out of fifty candidates ; salary £3OO. Mr. W. Rees, assistant-inspector of schools, was elected clerk to the Leeds School Board, out of 253 applications ; salary £250. THE WEATHER.—Since Friday the barometer has continued to fall throughout our islands, the change amounting to about half an inch on our northern and western stations, and 0.2 inch in the south-east of Eng land. The lowest readings are in Scotland, that at Nairn being 0.76 inch less than those at Portsmouth and Dover. Temperatuie has risen on all the British coasts, especially in the south of England; and is very uniform. London on Saturday was 17 degrees warmer than the previous day. At Ardrossan a fresh gale set in during Friday night. Some rain and fog are reported in the west and south. BRISTOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.—At a special meeting of the com mittee of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, held on Fri day, the following resolution was passed relative to the Alabama claims :—" Resolved, that this Chamber views with deep regret the continued existence, in what is known as the ' Alabama question,' of a subject of controversY, which prevents those thoroughly cordial relations which ought to exist between Great Britain and the United States, and is of opinion that sound policy dictates that some renewed effort should be made to settle the question in dispute, and would respectfully, but very strongly, urge Her Majesty's Government without delay to take such steps as may lead to a final adjustment of the contro versy." A discussion also took place at the same meeting in the Paris Convention of 1856, relative to the exemption of merchant ships, as well as goods (no t contraband of war), from capture by belligerents, but no resolution was passed on the subject. It was also further resolved—" That copies of the resolution be forwarded to the Premier through the members of Parliament for this city, and to the Chambers of Commerce, asking their concurrence in, and support of, the resolution." VOLUNTEER NAVAL FORCE.—A numerous deP w tation has waited on the Admiralty, consisting of repo . sentatives of the Thames lightermen and watermen fret° various localities, to urge the support of a bill for a fai r representation of the freemen at the Board of the Water' men's Company, which they hoped would restore to thein their old privileges. Since 1827 the freemen of the Thaines have not been allowed to vote in the elections of the Water men's Company. The rulers of the Company opposed A proposition made in a Committee of the House of Con y mons last year, that the body of freemen should becom e elective, and the consequence is that the great body 0 ' freemen have no voice in the regulation of their oyrn &s, affairs, and in the management of the company s a it ;n The rulers of the company possess considerable sures, T r property and trust, but they distribute them as tfe," ~ choose, and bestow the charities after their own fasinc;„'"' while many of the freemen are in the Union. The 111-d consider this state of things to be a great injustice , ,, ask the Lords of the Admiralty to suppor t their DU undertaking in that case to form a volunt, naval force, which would be an important till© n u _ quisition to the defences of the cou ntr y in tir present crisis. They were called upon to serve urn, the old law, but they would willingly form a strong e n I l i force if their privileges were restored to them. S e v,V;i . metropolitan members will, it appears, support th Mr. Baxter, M.P., who assisted Lord Ca,mperdown324 receive the deputation, said that the formation of a _ " volunteer force was an important question , and would ceive the earnest attention of Mr. Childers. m ost KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. — This celebrated r,,h delicious -old mellow spirit is the very cream of fr Whiskies, in quality unrivalled, perfe ctl y p ure, and 1 LL nf,,, wholesome than the finest Cognac Brandy.. Note red seal, pink label, and cork Vranded " Knahan_ c „ e Whisky." lal New Wholesole Depot, 6A, Great Tit hu street, Oxford-street, W. Po. the 8011 all( th e Fr( eni bei Gt bu re i We E R t o iN 111 as to THE EUROPEAN WAR The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGI T r 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.