The Sun. — London, England, 1871-02-11 00:00:00

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ENV OXFORD STREET. CORNER of I.IART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTUY BILANCIL BE DF ORD, YORKSHIRE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Her Majesty's Servants will perform a New and Original Farce, entitled RULE BRITANNIA ; after which will be performed the Drury Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual, entitled THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, HAR LEQUIN AND OLD MOTHER SIIIPTON, with Characteristic Scenery by William Beverly. Doors open at half-past Six, com mence at Seven, and terminate at Eleven o'clock every Evening. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily. MORNING PERFORMANCE of OF the Gran LEY d Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON WANT, 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 Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. will A NDREW HALLIDA.Y'S Great Drama, AMY R ART OBS be revived on MONDAY, February 27. Box-office open from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE-ROYAL, MISS VICTORIA. VOKES will resume her successful 'impersonation of AMY ROBSART on MON DAY, February 27. —Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily.— T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. T IIEA TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. — ' The 73rd Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS EVENING (Saturday), 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 o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Wesdames 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. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with the Farce of FAMILY JARS. Mr. SOTHERN will re-appear on the Ist of May. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5. AriELPHI—THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro prietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Managers, Mr. B. Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, THAT RASCAL JACK : Mr. John Rouse. At 7.30 (7th time), DEADMAN'S POINT ; or, THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE CARN RUTH : Miss Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss M. Cooper, and Mrs. Billington ; J. Rouse, C. H. Stephen son, and (7th appearance here) Messrs. E. F. Edgar, iVollaire, A. C. Lilly, and A. Raynor. At 9.30, the MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mr. Brittain Wright, Mrs. A. Mellon, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Miss Dubois, Miss Bella Moore, Miss Bellew, &c. , ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Benjamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chatterton.—THlS EVENING, at 7, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton. At 7.30, KING 0' SCOTS. Founded on Sir Walter Scott's Novel of "The Fortunes of Nigel," written and adapted by Andrew Halliday. King James and Old Trapbois the Miser, Mr. Phelps. Messrs.W. Rignold, Herbert Crellin, Barrett, J.John stone, Marshall, J. Murray, 11. Russell, Wallace, Clifford, West land, J. Clayton, &c. ; Mesdames R. Leclercq, A. Merton, It. Power, F. Addison, &c. New and magnificent scenery, by F. Lloyd and assistants. To on cclude with THE HAPPY MAN. Mr. Shiel Barry.—Box-office open from Ten till Five. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND. Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.--THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING (144th Night) : Mr. David James. After)which, TWO ROSES (217th night), by James Albery. Conclude with (75th night) ELIZABETH. Sup ported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, itc.; Mesdames Amy Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress' Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, WHO SPEAKS FIRST? Mr. Joyce ; Misses Hughes, Lee. After which, UP IN THE Ada WORLD ; Me ough ssrs. Terry, Paulton, Crouch , Turner ; Mesdames Swanhor, Sheridan, Anstiss, Goodall. To conclude wi th CCEUR-DE Mesdames -LION, Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton, and Sheridan, E. Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &c. ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane-square, S.W. Lessee and Manager, M. LITTON. THIS EVENING co , at Eig en titled RANDALL'S THUMB. Su ht o'clock. Sixenth Night of W. S. Gilbert's original medy ported by Mess**. Hermann Vezin, W. Belford, Edw ard Righ ton, H. Mellon, R. *alley, and Frank Matthews ; Mesdames M. Brennan, Kate Bishcp, Stephens, and Eleanor Button. Pre ceded by, at 7.30, TURN HIM OUT ; and to conclude D. with an or i g i n al comedietta, by F. A. Marshall , en titled Q . Supported by Messrs. W Belford, E. Righton, Misses M. Bren nan, Kate Bishop, and Kate Manor. Box office open from 11 to 5. No fees for book in g , programmes, or cloak rooms. Trains by Metropolitan Railway to the very doors of the Theatre. —Acting Manager, Mr. John Huy. ROYALTY TREATRE.-TO-NIGHT, February 11.—The 28th time of an original Comedietta, by R. Reece, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 7.30, DIAMOND CuT DIAMOND ; at 8.15, DonA'S DEVICE ; concluding with WHITTINOTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. - EXTRAORDI NARYIA) and COMBINED ENTERTAINMENT. PRO FESSOR PEPPER on TILE WAR. Special Edition. Musical and Pictorial Illustrationi.—Mr. GEORGE GROSSMITH, Jun., in the Fairy Tale, THE YELLOW DWARF, every Evening; GCIAN STATUAY, b MADAME OSFIELD ; and a thßouEsand and one othe ß r Entertainments all B for ONE SHILLING, daily, 12 to 5 and 7 to 10. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street. —On view, Portrait Models of the ex-Emperor and Empress of the French, and Prince Imperial. Also, Marshal Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, Admission, ls. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Booms 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, ls. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra, — Open from 10 e lm. till 10 p,m. VI MOSES and SON'S E • OVERCOATS, 19s. to £5. B OY'S OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 455. EMOSES and SON bev, to remind the public . that the cheapnesl of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to say that their prices will compare favourably witk those of any other house in England. t -- 1, MOSES and SON'S OXFORD COATS, lis. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s. to 50s. KERTCH JACKETS, 15s, to 425. SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 50s. BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 60s. MOSES and SON'S easy and accurate system A. of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post, with the guarantee of a faultless fit, rnE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1871. 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 OVER 20s. Per ream. s. d. Fine Cream Laid Note ; a cheap paper ........ • 3 0 Superfine Cream Laid Note ; much approved 4 0 superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6 rixtra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, "Patent;" adapted for rapid writing ...... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Paper 5.......... 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream .... 10s. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6 Outsides Foolscap 6 6 Letter Paper for scribbling.. plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6 Tinted Lined Note.. .... . New Vellum Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for 2s. Gd. Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s 6d, & 6s Gd Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d ...... per 1000 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 35........ • • • • • • COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists to the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. Au ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip tions, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery, Cabinets, Postage scales, Despatch Boxeel, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, post free. Established 1841. JOHN GOSN ELL AND CO.'S CHERRY TOOril 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 brath. Price ls. 6d. —l.ted Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-etreete, London. NOTIIING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA. res tores 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. ad., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, London, E.C. THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS. DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN —Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI—That Rascal Jack. Deadman's Point. The Mistletoe Bough. PRINCESS'S—He's a Lunatic. King o' Scots. The Happy Man. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. Family Jars. VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the , Invisible Armada. OPERA COMIQUE—BIue Devils. Found Drowned. The Lottery Ticket. ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Naval Engagements. Vesta. An Unhappy Pair. OLYMPIC —Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY— Dora's Device. Whittington Junior and his Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamond. GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S —A Day After the Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. ROYAL COURT THEATRE—Turn Him Out. Randall's Thumb. Q.E.D. HOLBORN—Jezabel. Ticket-of-Leave Man. STRAND—Who Speaks First ? Up in the World. Cceur-de-Lion. PRINCE OF WALES'S—Ours. Locked In. ASTLEY'S —Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittlemouso. SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack. NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLER'S WELLS—Sinbad the Sailor. AMPHITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Lulu. Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrels. Every evening. ALHAMBRA— Grand Concerts. POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and evening. MADAME TussAun's (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d, the conspirators of 1605 lodged the barrels of gun powder, was allowed to remain in the old Houses of Parliament till 1825, it is not now in existence ; still the custom of searching for a Guy Fawkes is annually obsc+rved. On Thursday the scene was very picturesque, as a party of Her Majesty's Body Guard, accompanied by some officials of the House, all in antique uniforms, wound their way through the cloisters of the handsome building so maligned by Mr. Ruskin. The ancient ceremony was per formed just as seriously in 1871 as if there were still such men as Sir Everard Digby, Rookwood, Guy Fawkes, and Winter abroad in the Queen's realms. THE SHALL-PDX IN IRELAND. Four cases of small-pox have occurred in Dublin, and all have been clearly proved to be the result of importations from England. One death from the disease has taken place at Belfast, and in this instance also there is reason to believe that Ireland has been made to suffer for our sins. The sister island, until this year, has enjoyed almost complete immunity from smallpox. Indeed, in the great epidemic of 1723, when one out of every fourteen deaths in Lon don was from small-pox, no prevalence of the dis ease in Ireland is recorded. Three of the persons who are now stated to have suffered were recruits, who had not had vaccination performed on them before they left England. CRUELTY TO FOWLS. Such great numbers of live animals and poultry are in these days transmitted from one place to another by laud and water, that it is very important a strict watch should be kept over the manner of their transit, andall needless crueltyshould be severely dealt with. Too many farmers and dealers seem to be of opinion that as the creatures are destined for slaughter, it is of little consequence whether they suffer more or less upon the journey, and so try to save expense at the cost of pain. Such cruel and shortsighted economy often defeats itself, and it is to be hoped that i‘lr. Horner, a Chichester farmer, will be henceforward wiser and more humane,. He sent twenty fowls from Chichester to Brighton in a crate thirty-two inches long, fourteen broad,_ and twelve deep. It was boarded in at the top and bottom, and gave about a superficial foot for three fowls. On arriving at Brighton two fowls were dead from suffocation, and the other eighteen were suffer ing greatly. The feathers of the dead ones were partly stripped off by their struggles and the trampling of the others. When the miserable survivors were put into a larger crate by the railway officials, they could not stand. When summoned for the offence, the farmer said seventeen fowls had gone all right in a similar crate, and he thought twenty would go in this. He was fined 20s. and costs, or 14 days' hard labour, so that, as he has lost the value of at least two, fowls as well, he would have found it considerably cheaper to provide a larger crate. COOKS. Justly lamenting the ignorance of cooking common to Englishwomen, a society, under the patronage of the Earl of Shaftesbiiry and the Countess of Warwick, is about to establish a training school for cooks and chafbbermaids. Women_too often undertake these duties without the slightest qualification for the performance of them, and it is scarcely fair that their instruction should devolve upon their employers. Moreover, masters and mistresses who kindly undertake to make their cooks competent are liable to suffer great injustice. One gentleman recently procured for an ingenuous young lady, who professed to be his cook, a thorough course of instruction in the art. When she was "finished," she demanded double her original wages, and failing to obtain these terms, speedily left her situation, and got them elsewhere. This is not encouraging to private instruction in cookery. There can be no doubt that women who went through a course of instruction at school would be highly remunerated. CANADIAN FOREIGN TRADE. The Toronto Globe calls attention to the large and increasing foreign trade of Canada. In the valley of the Ottawa alone the lumber traffic, as the timber trade is called, employs 50,000 men and 15,000 horses, but this is a small part of the lumber trade of Canada. The Eastern States import immense quantities, which they manufacture and send to the West Indies, South America, Australia, and Africa, where timber is scarce, and it fetches high prices. The Toronto Globe urges Canadian merchants to trade directly with those countries themselves, by which means they would greatly increase their profits. If the Americans find it remunerative to buy the timber imported with a duty of 20 per cent., manu facture it, and export it, it is argued very justly that it must be well worth the Canadians' while to take up this branch of business free of the 20 per cent. charge. The trade is already extending in the direction indicated. Five years ago, says the Globe, it had no existence ; five years hence, if no unforeseen calamity occurs, it will have attained gigantic dimen sions. It was not until 1864-5 that a Canadian vessel started on such an enterprise ; but in the last season Canada exported 25,000,000 cubic feet of timber to La Plata, 1,700,000 to Australia, and 2,000,000 to Valparaiso. At the same time 200,000,000 cubic feet were sent to Europe, and three times that quantity to the States, a great proportion being afterwards re-exported. CHINA AND CHRISTENDOM. Some American missionaries have translated a pamphlet from the Chinese which is called" A Death blow to Corrupt Doctrines," and sets forth the 6ffences of those who profess to teach Christianity. The translators consider it to be a " faithful repre sentation " of the feeling against foreigners which possesses the ruling and literary classes of China. They are somewhat averse to publishing it in the English language on account of the impropriety of its style, but they think it advisable for the world at large to understand the way in which foreigners are regarded in China. •The pamphlet commences with a denun ciation of " vagabond adventurers" who teach strange religions. The "frivolous and unreliable books" which Christians have published in the Chinese language come in for their share of censure, and then the readers are informed of the practices of the Christians. The "Death Blow" is a short paper in two parts which reproduces a plea against Christianity, published by a Mahomedan two hundred years ago. The compilers of the work have shown great skill in collecting all the available literature of the country against the Christians. Those who peruse this pamphlet can have no difficult) in comprehending the meaning of the massacre at Tien-tsin, and the hostile feeling against foreigners in general, which pervades the Chinese Empire. Conservative leaders condemn the Government for reducing the regular troops by 20,000 men, or for not increasing them by 20,000 men, they are simply misleading the public. Our regular army is but a frac tion of the continental hosts, and by the addition or subtraction of 20,000 men it remains a fraction still. The only means by which Great Britain can possess a force not equal to that of France or Prussia, but one of adequate proportion for the defence of the country, is by the system of great reserves. So long as we possess a large body of well-trained troops ready to take the field when wanted, the smaller the number actually under arms the better, A large standing army is only a standing danger. It is contrary to the essen tial principle of military reform to condemn the reduction of the standing army in time of peace as bad policy. It is only by keeping a small standing army that we can have a large reserve without ex cessive charges. If the reserve principle be properly ; carried into practice, the military estimates need not be increased at all. TOPICS OF THE DAY. WAIL 'A OUTRANCE. Touching the present elections in France, it is needful to guard against the error committed by some contemporaries of identifying the Republican with the war party. The war party consists wholly of Republicans, but all Republicans do not belong to the war party. Most of the most moderate and respectable advocates of Republicanism have pro nounced in favour of peace—among these being MM. Simon, Favre, and other members of the present Government. In Paris, where scarcely any Monarchists were put in nomination, not a candidate pronounced for war. M. Tillers, who has joined the ranks of the Moderate Republicans has been well re ceived all over France. The election of M. Jules Simon for Bordeaux, where a few days ago he scarce dared shew his face in the streets, is a very promising symptom. SWEDEN AND GERMANY. A telegram from the Times Berlin correspondent says :—" A letter from the King of Sweden to a French officer, prisoner of war in Germany, has fallen into the hands of the authorities. It is remark able for warmly sympathising with France, and ex pressing great animosity against Germany." The King acted very foolishly in sending such an epistle to a French prisoner in Germany, where it was almost sure to be seen by the authorities. But, though a highly unkingly proceeding, the declaration conveys no information. The sentiments of the Swedish and Norwegian peoples are at one with those of Denmark with respect to Germany. All three countries regard with jealousy the formation of an overwhelm ingly powerful State on the southern shores of the Baltic. And it seems that the jealousy of Denmark has not been without cause. BISMARCK AND CAV OIJR. The Turin Gazette says that the secret of Bismarck's political conduct before and during the war consists in his consciousness of a power which he thinks no one can resist. Since Napoleon the First, who expressed his will with decision, and expected everyone to yield to it, there has been no similar instance of a statesman who planned such extraordinary schemes and carried them out in such an arbitrary spirit. Count Cavour did not possess less energy than Bismarck, and his ideas were equally great, but he wanted skill when it was necessary for him, instead of overcoming obstacles, to adapt them to his purpose. This difference will be all that the historian will recognise in discussing the characters of the two greatest men of the age. The pitiless energy of Count Bismarck is an error which obscures the splendour of his character, and it is one of those errors which sooner or later conduce to the ruin of those who commit them. The abuse which Bis marck intends to make of the German victory is not only unjust but imprudent, and opposed to the interests of Germany, because no peace can be lasting which springs from the material and moral crushing of a nation which ought to be one of the first Powers of Europe. Moderation in success is as wise as it is commendable, awl if the Counsellor of the new German Emperor seeks to render too complete his triumph over his ancient rival, ho will go the way to prepare the latter for making, sooner or later, tremendous reprisals. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH AND THE TELEGRAPHS, The' length of the Queen's Speech has been very generally commented upon, and it contained in fact 1,780 words, or more than double the number of the speech of 1870. Its transmission by telegraph was a very important matter, and some very inte resting experiments were made, testing the powersof the various instruments. The speech transmitted by telegraph was sold in Edinburgh and Newcastle at 3.45; in Dublin at 3.47; in Cork at 4; in Jersey, with two transmissions, at 4 ; in Belfast, with two transmissions, at 4.28; in Inverness at 4.40; in the Isle of Man at 5. The highest speed attained was to Bradford, where it was sent at the rate of 94 words per minute. The Morse printing instrument was used for Brighton and Southampton, females being the operators in both ainstances; and it is be lieved the speed they attained, over forty words per minute, is the greatest ever reached on the Morse printer for that length of time. The trans mission to Brighton took forty-three minutes and a half to Southampton, forty-five. To Liverpool the speech was sent by the Hughes type-printing in strument, which prints its messages in ordinary Roman type, and the speed attained was thirty-seven words per minute. For many places the Wheatstone Automatic Transmitter was used, which punches out the messages on a separate instrument and passes the punched ribbon through the transmitter. It was the first time on which a message of this kind has been forwarded by the automatic instrument, and the length of the ribbon punched for a single copy was upwards of 111 yards. HOME GOVERNMENT FOR IRELAND. The Speech of Sir John Gray at the Lord Mayor's banquet in Dublin this week has inspired the friends of the Home Government cause to fresh and vigorous efforts. Two meetings of the Home Government Association have been held since the banquet, at the last of which Sir John Gray's words, " I have often longed that the day might come when the patriotism of Ireland, stimulated as it was of yore by a gallery graced with native beauty, would effectually legis late our own affairs at home," were quoted, amid the most enthusiastic applauss. At the same naeetiitg Mr. O'Neil Daunt, one of the speakers, declared that the loss to Ireland since the Union—under three heads of manufacturing decay, exported re venue, and 'absentee rental—had amounted to three hundred and fifty million pounds sterling. He asked was there any Irishman so base, so slavish, so degraded, as to consent that his country should go on paying this enormous tribute to another nation ? Was there any Irishman "so blinded by party, so en slaved by prejudice, as to fancy that any minor measures, any Land Bill, any Church Bill, any University Bill, or any other such ameliorative ex periment, can ever be accepted as a substitute for their indefeasible national right of Home Govern ment ?" From all this, it would appear that if Par liament wishes peace in Ireland so far as the dis cussion of subjects engaging the HoUse of Com- Imons is concerned, during the Se ssion, Irelan is not resolved to support the project herself. A SEARCH FOR Guy FAwKES. Those, who were privileged to be within the pre cincts of the Palace at Westminster on Thursday morning witnessed a very pretty spectacle in the vaulted chambers beneath the structure. Al though the vault called GuyFawkes' cellar, in which HER MiIeTE'ST Y. WINDSOR CASTLE, FEBRUARY 10, Her Majesty, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, arrived at Windsor Castle at six o'clock last evening. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. VALENTINES.--Few communications give so much unalloyed pleasure in youth as a valentine. None are so eagerly looked forward to, and, if missed, none cause such genuine disappointment. The oppor tunity is taken to produce new designs, and to add to and improve old ones ; to caricature the follies of the hour, and even to find a new scent to add to the already crowded bouquet. But among the .new valentines none seem to even approach Rimmel's in artistic beauty, chaste appropriateness of design, and entire freedom from vul garity. Mr. Rimmel seems to have attempted to please every age and every class. Perfumed telegrams, post cards, flowers, comic, tropical, mediaeval , and. even useful valentines are shown, and last, that none shall be left out, " The Child's Valentine." ugg , - 7- o._ LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1871 THE charge by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals against the assistant surveyor and the road foreman of Marylebone deserves pub lic attention. One of the most frequented thoroughfares in London, Regent-street, had been mended in the good old style by throwing upon it layers of those sharp granite stones which w ere invented in a remote age by some genius for the torment of dumb animals. The usual consequence—the laming of horses—followed. To employ these stones for paving is a needless cruelty and infliction of injury at any time, for the advantages of the steam roller have been confessed even by the parochial intellect, and there ought to be no longer any delay in its general adoption. In this case, however, the stones were laid down in frosty t weather, when it was im possible for them to amalgamate with the original pavement, even at the customary price of so many lamed horses. Further, the parish, it seems, possesses a steam-roller, which was not brought into operation—possibly because, though it was needful in deference to public opinion to get a roller, it was equally needful in deference to the parochial spirit of economy never to get steam up.• It is scarcely to be expected that any legal punishment can be inflicted for this reckless folly. The pavement is in the hands of the parochial authorities, and they possess a sort of vested right to torture horses and depreciate people's property as they please. But if they would only try the experiment of paving the streets in a reasonable manner, they would find that they not only avoided an outrage upon the feelings of the ordinarily humane public, but that they secured a saving in money for themselves. The pavement made by the steam roller is cheaper than the ordin ary layers of loose stones. The loose stones, after they have done their duty on the feet of the horses, pulverise into dust, for the benefit of the eyes of, passengers. The pavement made by the roller is solid, as smooth as a table top, and lasts a long time. But if we cannot even yet get the steam roller introduced to English streets and roads, the common precautions of mixing gravel with the atones so as to protect the horses' feet, and of re pairing the pavement in reasonable weather, ought at least to be insisted upon. BOTH Mr. DISRAELI and the Duke of RICHMOND committed the same fallacy respecting our military forces in dealing with the subject in the debate on the Address. Both confounded retrenchment of expenditure with reductim of military power, and lavish outlay with the efficiency of the army. This is, indeed, we regret to say, the common mistake of the Conservatives. Their sole nostrum for improving the state of the army is to spend so much more money. Add a few millions to the estimates, add a few thousand men to the regular troops such is the extent of their states manship in military matters. It is . necessary that the country should be rigorously on its guard against committing itself to this kind of delusion. It is true that an army cannot be hail without money. But the same sum may purchase a very inferior or a, very superior kind of article, according to the manner in which it is laid out. Our present military system is the most wasteful that exists, or ever did exist, in the world'. For a sum ,equal to that spent on the whole Prussian army we get a force equal to only one Prussian Army Corps. It is impossible that we "should establish a force nearly approaching to the 'continental scale at the same rate of cost. No nation could bear such a burden. When, therefore) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE, after the reply had been re a d , resumed the debate by referring to the omission of any HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. Their Lordships assembled at five o'clock. The Archcishop of YORK brought in a bill respecting ecclesiastical dilapidations. The Earl of CARNARVON said he should not proceed with his motion relative to our national armaments on Monday next. Earl GRANVILLE, in reply to the Duke of Richmond, said a measure was under consideration with reference to bankrupt peers. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. Earl GRANVILLE brought up a message from the Queen, announcing the intended marriage of the Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lorne,which was ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next. Their lordships then adjourned at 6.35. remark shadowing forth the intentions of the Govern ment with regard to their foreign policy. He asked Her Majesty's Government for some explanations of the course they intended to adopt with regard to the peace negociations. They had shewn little sympathy for France in her misfortunes. That was the unanimous opinion of the country. (" Oh, no," from members of the Government.) It had been said by one member of the Government that he exulted over the calamities, because, he said, the result would be a greater confidence in England when France, their only real enemy, was entirely destroyed. He did not give the exact words, but that was the purport of the speech. He did not blame the Government for not interfering, because their interference would have been impeded when they were not backed by naval and military resources. They ought not now to attach too much importance to the present negotiations.. He urged the Government to state their views with respect to their relations with other countries, and the policy they intended to adopt on the pro bable turn of events. This was the turning point, and before they began to discuss the , question of armaments they ought to state the policy which they intended to adopt. They must say whether in the future they intended to maintain treaty obligations. He had no hesitation in saying that if the Government had stuck to the Treaty of Vienna, and rejected the Note of Russia, they would have gained everything, and this Conference would not have been held. Mr. Disraeli had rightly said that the action of the Government on this point, virtually led to giving up the whole question. What must be, he asked, the feelings of those families who had lost their sons in the Crimea, when the Treaty was so easily set aside„ After that nobody would be surprised if the Government gave up Belgium and everything else. Before they came to armaments, they must consider whether the " silver streak round England was sufficient," to use the words of a famous article. If they intended to give up treaty obligations, and shut themselves up in their own selfishness, and did not care for what befel others, he did not see why they should increase their armaments. If they did not intend to take any interest in foreign, affairs, they should have nothing to do with in creased armaments. But if they intended to maintain the dignity of England in the face of Europe they would have to return to a distinct and open policy, telling Europe what they ntended to do, and what they were prepared to carry out safely. Unless the Government was prepared to maintain the position of England she would sink into the grade of a second or third rate power. They ought to have • some declaration of policy with regard to treaty obligations from the Go vernment. He complained that Mr. Gladstone did not speak words of sympathy for France when he had the opportunity of doing so at the Mansion House. (Hear, hear). He should have sympathised with the unfortunate position of France. (Hear, hear). The speaker concluded by asking for a frank declaration on the part of the Go vernment of their intentions with regard to their foreign policy. Mr. GILPIN could not see upon what ground the right right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) founded his ideas as to the opinion of the country upon the conduct of her Majesty's Government. Had he attended any public meetings where thousands of persons had been present, fairly called together, where he had been able to carry, or had attempted to carry, a resolution in support of the opinion he had brought forward, before the House. (Ministerial cheers.) It had beet his (Mr. Gilpin's) lot to be present at meetings of thousands of working men, and at least five of them had been unani mously in favour of her Majesty's Government, and the policy they had pursued. And he joined issue with the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) in the most emphatic way when he said that the Government, of whom he was as independent as the right hon. gentleman, had led the public of the country to regard with indifference and sus picion their conduct in the matter of the suffering on the other side of the Channel. Why it was in order that no Napoleon should ascend the throne of France, that we en gaged in the wars of 1813, 1814, and 1815, and if we were to pass over a treaty made in 1816—a treaty which de dared that no Napoleon should occupy the throne of France, and which had since been torn into shreds, how could the right hon. gentleman ex press sublime surprise at the modification of a treaty made 14 years ago ? (Cheers, and a laugh.) He spoke of the communications he had received from St. Petersburg, and he (Mr. Gilpin) could only suppose that the address of the Foreign Office had been lost in that city. (Loud laughter.) Judging from what he (Mr. Gilpin) read of the published communications from St. Petersburg, which were open to any member of that House, he believed the conduct of the Government had not merely received the sanc tion of the people of this country, but had received also something approaching the sanction of al parties concerned. If we were to trust to our " silver line" we should not require an increase of armaments; and he urged that Government should increase the efficiency of our defences without adding to our expenditure. If they did so, they would be backed up by the country, and if not, and a meddlesome policy—which was always the result of extensive armaments—was adopted, the nation would be against them, The only way to have a country well defended was to have it governed justly. Sir H. SELWIN IBBETSON regretted that the Govern ment had not given more prominence of the licensing system, as it was a question which closely affected the in terest and well-being of the whole country. The answer given by the Home Secretary to a question this evening forcibly reminded him of a reply given last year on the same subject, but he hoped the Govern ment would come to a resolution by which the bill might be at once placed upon the table. Sir LAWRENCE PALK, while admitting that treaties were not to be looked upon as binding for ever, condemned the notion that they should be lightly violated. With regard to armaments, if we were not to take any part in foreign affairs a small army would suffice, but if we were to maintain our honour and uphold treaties which bore our signature, it was our duty to maintain our armament" in a satisfactory condition. Mr. Bauet admitted the importance of the mea' sure for the suppression of drunkenness, and said the Government fully intended to dea l with it, but must be allowed to do so when they though t ' an opportune moment presented itself, as mad other matters of great importance were pressing up o them. With regard to affairs on the Contirilmt, he er pressed his conviction that nothing would be more Win' rious to the position of England than to attempt ° dictate terms of peace to France and Prussia. aid Mr. Caoss, referring to the licensing q uestion, s there was a growing feeling that the G overnment ha ,',3 more than once changed their opinions, but after o,o' time had been given to determine the principle, much fat appointment would arise if the Go vernment could 11° announce a definite course of action. Sir WILFRID LAWSON, while disapproving in Indi n t i t respects of the home policy of the Goveriunento heartily endorsed the action they had taken in regar d 0t foreign policy. He had no objection to the G-overin ne ,., improving our defensive arrangeme nt, but strong; deprecated an increase of armaments. He hoped is o Government would carry on the war against pallrertbe vice, and immorality, and would not be led away a arguments from the other side of the House. to es Mr. APOULLAGII TORRENS was also opposed ill. cesive expenditure on armaments, and to meddling.,o4y the affairs of foreign nations, but s tro e t.e to urged the Government to use every means in its peT,r_L i co bring about an honourable peace, taking care that x i Viii6 was not unduly humiliated. He advocated this not w hosf interest of France alone, but in that of Englanuieeiclea duty it was, as it was also her interes t, to take a ‘-` in course, and one that would bear no ~t,n4000 terpretations. He complained that Mr. tx"isfor had shewn a want of sympathy for France in her wint r y' tunes • and this feeling was growing in the _ v ont. which might some day be troublesome to the GavertPronglri After a few words from Mr. RYLAND, w h.o_ S Do opposed the suggustion of Mr. Torrens as likelY to war, the subject dropped. 01 11° ‘• THE DOWRY TO THE PRINCESS L than kinA The SPEAKER read a message from the (iner,, , he troth7, the Commons for their congratulations 01 1 .,.tu1 e „ r; of the Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lorne' ;,rovlsl'e pressing a hope that they would make such ~,a rr iag ' for the Princess, in view of the proposed as m w r o . ul er d ju b A e D suitable to the e o d i n 0 01 the House resolve itself into a committee 04 gra grnMiotYndoafyleshCfar 'truevpeurtrob9istt°o ti of the consideration of her Majestys In Message. Mr. GLADSTO UNENnitVovEeßdSfloTrYlesTvEe S t T o S b . ring ia a te hill to alter the law respecting religious tests ill g ad universities. He remarked that it would be unnece 41, to enter into an explanation as to. the merits a th° ,m i lie a T a t ni ra t e c i r v i d n e m i nu tes p a as it was identical with that introducedgthe Blaurstiasesii.ost. ;oven leave was given, and the bill read for the first time.. _ . Among the other bills introduced were the followilt:te,; To Legalise Marriage with a Deceased Wife's r t the ttpohaenaimleasewntsodrcteohlametipinaeg:stfaootrsiournaind;lway management by a ye 1 , .., 0 3! tribunal and limiting the liability of the railway.aysc;i3a The House adjourned at; o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--FRIDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter before four o'clock. The attendance of members was not very nume- roue, Petitions were presented by Mr. Baines, from Leeds in favour of a reorganisation of the army, and the aboli tion of the purchase system ; by Mr. Charley, in favour of the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday ; by Mr. Gilpin, in favour of the legalisation of the marriage with deceased wife's sister : by Mr. Taylor, for the opening of museums on Sunday, and by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex from the Corpora. tion of the city of London. • THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR. Viscount ENFIELD laid on the table further correspon dence relative to the Franco-German war. THE ENGLISH CONSUL AT PARIS. Mr. JULIAN GOLDSMID gave notice that next Monday he will ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the English Consul at Paris was absent from his post during the siege of Paris with the knowledge of the Government, and if so upon what grounds. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. An HoN. MEMBER gave notice that on an early day he would move for leave to bring in a bill for the abolition of imprisonment for debt. TURNPIKE TOLLS. Mr. WHALLEY gave notice of his intention to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was his intention to bring in a bill for continuing turnpike trusts when the present Acts have expired. THE INCOME TAX RETURNS. An Hort. MEMBER gave notice of his intention to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was aware of the fact that on the 9th June notices were issued to employers, calling upon them to furnish the income earned by all persons in their employ. DEAF AND DUMB CHILDREN. Mr. WHEELHOUSE said on Monday he should ask for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the education of deaf and dumb children. CONVEN AL TIT AND MONASTIC • • UTIONS. Mr. NEWDEGATE e notice that on the 14th he will move for a select committee to inquire into conventual and monastic institutions. (A laugh.) NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. NOEL, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the county of Westmoreland, in the room of Earl Bective. THE PROTECTION ON INFANT LIFE. Mr. CHARLEY, who had given notice of his intention to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to introduce a bill, early this session, for the protec tion of infant life, postponed his question, by permission of the Home Secretary, till Thursday next. PRINCE GORTSCHAICOFF'S CIRCULAR. Sir CHARLES DILKE inquired of the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the papers relating to the Conference, which are to be laid upon the table, would contain all communications received by Her Majesty's Government in reference to the proposed action on the part of other Powers consequent upon the circular note of Prince Gortschakoff. Viscount ENFIELD assured the 'hon. member and the House, that all papers in connection with the question to which his words referred, which could be made public without determent to the public interest, would be included among the papers to be presented. (cheers). THE NEW COURTS OF JUSTICE. Mr. G. GREGORY asked the First Commissioner of Works what was the cause of the delay in commencing the building of the New Courts of Justice. Mr. AYRTON explained what had been done with regard to the law courts, and said that after the sanction of Parliament had been given for a site, at • a cost of three quarters of a million, and an outlay for the building to a similar amount, the plans were greatly elaborated, and the total proposed cost was estimated at £3,250,000: The result was that the plans were sent back in order to ue brought within the wishes of the House, and a delay necessarily took place. The plans had now been prepared with reference to the original feelings expressed in the House, and would be carried out without unneces sary delay. He added that the buildings which would be erected would be more useful to the public service than they would have been had the more elaborate designs been carried out. THE SAFE CONDUCT TO M. JULES FAVRE. Mr. AIIBERON HERBERT asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the case that the Prussian authorities, at the instance of the English Government, promised a safe conduct to a French Plenipotentiary, to attend the Conference, and, after having done so, refused to grant the safe conduct ; and if such had been the case, what course had been taken by her Majesty's Govern ment ? Mr. GLADSTONE said that as the question had been raised, and as there was perhaps a notion abroad that there had been something like a breach of faith, he would endeavour to give a fair view of the circumstances. In the first place, a request was made on the 27th November that a safe conduct might be given to M. Jules Favre to pass through the Prussian lines and attend the Conference. When that request was made it was forwarded by Earl Granville, through the kind intervention of Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador, to Count Bis marck, whose answer was that a safe conduct was at M. Jules Favre's disposal, but that it was to be sent for, the reason for that being that a German flag of truce had been fired upon by the French. Whether that was an erro neous supposition or nothe could not say, but that was the reason assigned for requiring the safe conduot to be sent for. The safe conduct was not sent for, but on the 13th January M. Jules Favre applied himself to Count Bis marck for it. The answer was that the application should then be made to the military authorities of the German army ; and as late as the 18th January Mr. Odo Russell wrote to Lord Granville, stating that no difficulty had been raised on the part of the German military authorities and that the French Minister had only to apply in order to receive the safe conduct. But on the 22nd January, when the bombardment of Paais had begun, the military authorities of the German army declared that no one could be allowed to enter or leave Paris during the period of the bomdardment ; and that, no doubt, was the circum stance which had been construed by some into a belief that there had been an abrupt refusal on the part of the Germans of that which had been previously conceded. On the day succeeding that on which the German authorities came to that conclusion, M. Favre wrote to state that there were various reasons which would prevent him from absenting himself from Paris during so critical a time. Lord Granville had made every endeavour to secure the presence of the French representative at the Conference. (Cheers.) THE GOVERNMENT LICENSING BILL. Mr. CROSS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Dep . artment when it was his intention to bring forward his bill on the licensing of houses for the sale of intcod eating liquors. Mr. BRUCE was unable to state at the present moment, but assured the hon. member that a bill would be brought forward when an opportunity offered. THE GOVERN M ENT OF AND THE REVICTUAL LING PARIS. Mr. BROWN inquired of the Secretary of the Admiralty whether he was in a condition to give any information as to what assistance had been rendered by her Majesty's Government from available stores, in the revictualling of Paris, Mr. BAXTER said the stock of provisions at present was so large that 2,500 tons, of the value of £50,000, could be spared for Paris, without the slightest inconvenience to the service. (Hear). In anticipation of a sudden demand, large quantities of flour, biscuits, salt pork, and essence of beef, had been held in readiness for shipment at a mo ment's notice, and two vessels had been dispatched from Deptfort and Devonport, for Havre, on the receipt of a notice from Paris. (Hear, hear). The Speaker then read Her Majesty's reply to the humble Address of the House of Commons, 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 LA.TES NEWS of the WAR, and of all other events. ain't • 11