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JSIOSE3 and bON'S Av INTER OVERCOATS, 19s, to 25, B OYS OVERCOATS, 7s. 6d. to 45a. 10 MOSES and SON beg to remind the public juj. that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its qu ality. anti they venture to sly that their prices will compare favourably witlttlioso of any other nu Ise in England, Ti j MUSES and SON'S • OXFORD COLTS, 17s. to 50s. CAMBRIDGE COSTS, lOs. to 303. TiERTCH JACKETS, 15s. to 425. SUTHEILLAND JACKETS, 19s. ad. to 50s. 13 USIN ESS SUITS, 28s. to GOs. EMOSES and SON'S easy and accur ate s y stem • of self-measure enables them to execute orders by post with the guarantee of a faultless IL - II MOSES and SON'S F ROCK CO ITS, 248. to 635. DRESS COATS, 255. to 60s. ORNING TROUSERS, lls. Gd. to 21s. DRESS TROUSERS, 12s. 6d. to 265. MOURNING SUITS, 28s. to £5. EMOSES and SON invit.) special attention . to their large stock of GEN TLEE N'S DRESSING ROBES, at 18s. to 2 0 Guineas ; the assortment is unequalled for vantety of materials and designs, and neatness and elegance of finish. - E1 MOSES and SON'S V.I • B OYS' C T.O THING : KNICKERBOCKER SUITS, 9s. 6d. to 40s. ETON. SUITS, 15s. to 40s. BR, GHTON SUITS, 18s. to 48s. "DRESS SUITS, 255. to 635. aIVIMOSES and SON supply every description of . clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, occasions. and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoea, andoomplete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any tiele exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices. with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E c . B10811:4 and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset. when busi ess is resumed until Eleven o'clock. Thelallowing are the only addressee of B. MOSES and SON i LONDON. CORNER of liIINORIES and ALDGAIE. NEW Q.XFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-EITRXET. coNNFOIR of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUICRY BRANDS. lILDHOBD. voitasuinz. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.-- Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning Performanoes every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday, February 25th, inclusive. —• THIS EVENING, (Friday), will be produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic CHRISTMAS ANNUAL -written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY ! and Harlequin Old Mother 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, N. Moreland, Charles Steyne , Fawdon Vokes, H. Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master Russell ; Misses Victoria Yokes, Jessie Yokes Rosina Yokes, Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall, Florenee Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell, Elphinstone, Har court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell, Hastings. The Hariequinade will include the ;e popular Pan tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans, and W. 11. Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Mor is, Pantaloons ; W. Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins • the Misses Rosina and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lixile Grosvenor, Har lequins. B. Slowman, Imitator of Birds, ezc. Mr. H. Collard, the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy. E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French Pierrots. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La Pattie, the Baby Velocipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr. W. C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr. John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, dr,c., arranged by Mr. John Cormaek and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open at Half-past Six ; oommence at Seven. Box-office open from Ten till rive daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guineas. Stalls, Ta. Dress Circle, ss. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, 3s. Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery , ls. Upper Gallery, 6d. THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin Old Mother Shipton, will be produced To-night (Friday) January ft, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February 25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date. MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY ; therefore, to prevent disappointment, an early application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office open from Ten till Etre daIIy.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANB. VIORNING PERFORMANCES of the Grand TA_ Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY, every Wednesday' and Saturday. Children and Schools at re duoed 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. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET.— Forty second Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY. —THIS EVEN - LNG (Friday) at Seven, O'Keefe's_ Musical Piece, THE POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music. Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright, Yorah, Miss Fanny Gwynne. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'clOck, a new Fairy Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled THE PALAEE OF TRUTH. Characters by Mr. Buokstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Braid, Rogers, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace 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 till 5. ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B WEBVER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON .— TIIIS EVENING: at 7, a new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. 11. Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Yurtado. After which THE MISTLETOE BoUGII. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla Dubois, Miss ellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss B e ll a Moore, Mi. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse. and Mr. Odell ; And THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY, Mr. John Rouse and Miss Emma Barnett. GLOBE THEATRE.—Manageress, Miss illevne. Great Attraction for Christmas.—New Burlesque by F. C. Burnand. New Company. Grand Ballet, in which the re nowned Madame Colonna and Troupe will appear. This and EVERY EVENING until further notice, at 7, BOARD AND RESIDENCE. At 7.30, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs. Walter Lacy, W. H. Vernon (his first appearance under the present management), and Miss Ada Cavendish. To be followed by a Grand New Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled THE WHITE CAT ; or Prince Lardi-Dardi and the Radiant Rosetta. Gorgeous scenery by Messrs. Fenton, Johnson, and assistants. Superb costumes - and appointments. Mr. E. Danvers, Mes dames Emily Fowler, Nelly Nisbett, Rose Roberts, and Miss Montgomery (their first appearance at this theatre), in addi tion to the regular Company. To conclude with a popular farce. ROYA.L STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROU OH. This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE. Messrs. Crouch, Turner; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, B. Bufton, and F. Hughes. CCEUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry, Paniton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley, f.ee, Goodall, &c. A.IJDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees— Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and 'l'. Thorne. THIS EVENING, at 7 CHISELLING, Mr. David James; after which TWO ROSES (185th night), by James Albery. Conclude with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. IL J. Montague, David James. and T. Thorne, ; Mesdames AmyFawsitt, A. Newton, and Nelly Power, ex. POY ALTTHEA Tit E, 1 - 1) DEAN-STREET, SOHO. Crowded Houses. Brilliant Succass of R. Reece's Genuine Burlesque "Whittington, Junior, and his Sensation Cat," pro duced with New and Gorgeous Scenery, Superb Costumes, Choice Music, Characteristic Dances, and Splendid Appoint ments. Every Evening, at 7.30, WEALTH. At 9.20, the New Grand Burlesque WHITTINGTON, JUNIOR, AND HIS SENSATION (AT. Concluding with THE RENDEZVOUS. Box Office open from Eleven till Five. No Fees for Booking. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—%k Lessee, Ben i. jamin Webster. Managers, B. Wennier and F. B. Chat terton.—THTS EVENING will be performed A CHRISTMAS CAROL ; or Past, Present and Future, dramatised with the especial sanction of the late Charles Dickens, by Mr. Edward Stirling. After which will be produced an entirely new grand spectacular extravaganza, entitled LITTLE GIL BLAB ; and How he Played the Spanish D(Deuce. Written by H. B. ramie. The music selected and arrange'd by Frank Musgrave ; thz, , ballet, groupings, ctc., by J. Milano ; the new and magnificent scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants ; the costumes designed after drawings by Gustave Dori. To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. J. Clayton.—Box Office open from Tea till Fire. A.STLEY'S PANTOMIME. - TOM TITTLE MOUSE and the ELEVEN DANCING PRINCESSES; or, DEEDLE DEEDLE DUMPLIN and the SILVER FROG. Scenery by Grieve and Son. Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday at 2. Characters in the Opening by Messrs. Atkins, Beckett, Barrett, Russell, Misses Armstrong, Hodson and Braham. Tramways from Brixton, Clapham, Ken nington, and Stockwell pass the door. Beat pantomime in London. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. - EXTRAORDI NARY and COMBINED ENTERTAINMENT. PRO FESSOR PEPPER on THE WAR. Special Edition. Musical and Pictorial Illustrations.—Mr. GEORGE GROSSMITH, Jun., in the Fairy Tale, THE YELLOW DWARF, every 'Evening; and Mr. SUCHET CHAMPION in the Morning.—THE WORLD OFMAGIC, by Mr..T.O3EAUMONT.—GRECIAN STATUARY, by MADAME BOUSFIELD ; and a Thousand and one other Enter tainments all for ONE SHILLING, twice daily, 12 till 5 and from 7 till 10. CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION of WAXWORK now OPEN at 269, Oxford-street, W. (nearly opposite the Princess's Theatre). Historical Tableaux. Moveable Figures, a splendid German Christmas Tr4e.—Admission, Is., Children half-price. ATADAME 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 Canroberk General Trochu, &c., &e. &e.— Admission, Is. ; Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. MADAME TUSSA UD'S EXHIBITION, Baker street.—On view Portrait Models of the King and Crown Prince of Prussid, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission Is. ; children under ten years of age. 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. extra.— Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192, FLEET-STREET (COSNER OF CAINOBRY-LANN), LONDON (&.0). HIE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES, AND JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 40e Per ream. e. d, Fino Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper..... Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ;especially recommended 5 6 Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note . . 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing ...... 2 6 Large Commercial Note Papers Is., 4s. 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TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; g 1 ves the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from OeeAy, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Piice lb. dd.— Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thamossstreet, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Ss. each ; also 55., 7s. bd., and 15s. each, includ lag brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, Da, Upper Thames-street, Lon 4on, E.C. PARTNER WANTED, WITH £5OO, in a well established and expanding wholesale business in the EOOKSELLING and STATIONERY line, including the collection of periodicals and Advertising Agency, in which £1,500 ad ditional could be lucratively invested. Applicants communi cating with T. W. Buckler, IS, Old Jewry, 8.C., will receive full particulars, personally or by letter. Principals only dealt with. THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. Daunt LAWS—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley. COVENT GARDEN—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty. ADELPHI—Smoke. Mistletoe Bough. HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth. Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom. VAuDEvuur—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elisabeth. or the Invisible Armada. STRAND—On and Off. Liou. Living at Eaee. Oceux-de Sr. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernando. Bmbastes Furioso. OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur lesque) Paul and Virginia. ROYALTY Wealth, Whittington Junior and his Sensa tion Cat, and The Rendezvous. GAlETY—Tartuffe. A Christmas Story. Alladin 11. QUEEN'S—Farce. Midsummer Night's Dream. GLOBE—Board and Residence. Delicate Ground. The White Cat. Rely on my Discretion. OPER♦ COMIQUE Blue Devils. Found Drowned. Nothing to Nurse. HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. A Breach of Promise, Jezabel. PRINCE OP WALES'S. Queen Stork. In. Oars. Locked PRINCESS'S—A Christmas Carol. Little Gil Bias. He's a Lunatic. ASTLEY'S—Farce. Little Tom Tittlemouse. SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack. NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross. SADLER'S WELLS—Farce. Sinbad the Sailor. EGYPTIAN BALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the Franco-Prussian War. AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the Arena. ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening. ALHAMBRA-NOW Musical Entertainment, " Snperba." POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After noon and Evening. PALMS RovAL--Japauese Troupe. Performing Gorilla. MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) , .-From 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d. ir / :..,,,,...... ~...0 jt ..,,..„.#,?,. IT # LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1871. THE BATTLE IN THE NORTH. The French, beyond doubt, gained a oonsider able triumph in the North on Tuesday. The strength of Faidherbe's army seems to have been strangely underrated by Manteuffel, who scattered his forces about the country in an almost reckless manner. Yet not only have the French won, but their triumph is of a kind which promises well for the future, provided the Government sends reinforcements, and makes exertions to follow up this triumph. For it is clear that th=s Northern Army, which has been so much despised, fights well. A. trustworthy observer of the battle on the 21st December (fought by the same army), says the struggle, was most arduous. The French artillery practice was excellent. " They aimed wonderfully well, and not only did they damage materially the Prussian artillery, but even silenced one of our batteries The soldiers of the Republic fight infinitely better than those of the Empire." THE SIEGE. Correspondent" tells us at length what the plan really is. Happen what will the Daily News must be a true prophet. The French and German sym pathisers can equally find comfort in its pages• According to the " Special," the plan is to disturb the communications of the Germans. At Chelles, upon the Marne, there is a great depot; and from this point the convoys of provisions bifurcate — the greater number wending their was south wards, ant westward to Versailles anal St. Germain ; while a large portion wend their way northwards to supply the army north of Paris. If these convoys could be intercepted, if they could be seriously troubled, if they could be forced to make a wide detour, the besieging army would be in a bad way. It is recognised as impossible to com pletely break through the lines unless a force came up from outside. The Daily News has two correipondent3 in Paris. One mites a le tter,and the other follows contradicting, not only every opinion, but almost every statement of fact in the epistle of his unconscious coadjutor. One says the Mobilised National Guards are of no use, the other affirms they are rapidly becoming excellent soldiers. The " Besieged Resident " de clares that shameful drunkenness prevails; the " Special Correspondent" maintains that the drunken ness which does occur is noticed because the vice had been previously so uncommon. The " Resicient" represents that Trochu has no plan; the " Special Fill' SUN, LONDON, FRIDAI, JANUARY 6, 1871. CHEERFUL GERMAN PROSPECTS. The distinguished German writers, Professor Von Sybel and Karl Blind, each contribute an article to the Fortnightly Review for this month. The former tries to prove that the ascendancy of the German Empire will be highly beneficial to Europe, and gives the following very encouraging forecast of what the new Empire is likely to be :—lt " will possess no responsible Ministers, and the Imperial Parliament no power of impeaching them, and no right of passing an annual Mutiny Bill. The Prussian Chambers, more over, are still without the right of voting the yearly supplies, are still denied all direct influence on the G oveinment of the country. All direct means, therefore, of expelling an unpopular Ministry from office are wanting. . . We have a Constitntional Monarchy, indeed, but not a Parliamentary Government." You have not, Professor Von Sybel, so much as a Consti tutional Monarchy, and yot in this same article you ask for British sympathy and support for a form of rule uttaly antagonistic to British desires and interests. Rarely has such a specimen of auda city appeared, even from a German professor. For Englishmen to admire such a Government, to rejoice in its triumph would shew that they liked liberty for themselves, but had no thought for free dom in the rest of the world. REQUISITIONS ON AN ENGLISH CONSUL. Diplomatic dignities have of late months been somewhat roughly treated and hustled about from one place to another. The latest affront put upon them, according to a letter from Rouen, is one which demands some explanation from the hands of the Prussian authorities. The English Consul, or Vice-Consul, at Rouen, has been included in the charges imposed by the Prussians under the form of requisitions and billeting troops. 11e complained to General Von Manteuflel in his double capacity of English Consul and English subject, but was told in reply that he must oonform to all the charges imposed on the inhabitants of Rouen. What makes the story more singular is the fact that the Russian consul at the same place, who is a French citizen, received a letter from the Prussian authorities, releasing him from a requisitions and from the billeting of soldiers. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Mr. Holyoake writes on the subject of the Eng lish recognition of the French Republic. He was appointed to communicate to Air. Gladstone the opinion entertained at a meeting which desired the Government to recognise the Republic. Mr. Glad stone said the subject had the careful attention of Her Majesty's Government, but he did not consider the reference which had been made to the course pursued in 1852 was appropriate to the present occasion. Mr. Gladstone was, however, in formed in a second letter that French leaders of opinion counted it as a grievance against England that she had imposed the Empire upon them by her premature recognition of it. Mr. Gladstone replied that Lord Palmerston's act was followed by deprivation of office. Mr. Hollyoake thinks that the Premier has gone as far in recognising the Republic as Republicans can consistently ask him. It will not do to sacrifice the principle of the future for the sake of the advantage of the present, and if we recognise a Government before it has been ap pointed by the vote of the nation, we may be com pelled at some time or other to acknowledge any military despotism which may be imposed on a country. lie believes that public meetings should be held to express the general con demnation by the people of England of wars of annexation. Disapproval of this policy can be ex pressed without occasioning a breach of neutrality or causing any embarrassment to the Government, If a clear verdict can be obtained against the war being continued to further the ends of conquest, the moral, religious, and political forces of . the nation will be united in favour of a course which may save France from serious losses and promote the interests of inter national peace. NATIONAL DEFENCES. Admiral Sartorius, writing on the subject of National Defences, says that most of the schemes which come before the public are " purely military," and seem to ignore the value of our insular p:sition. The Admiral thinks that no combination of enemies could overcome the overwhelming superiority of the defence over the attack by sea. Many things have combined to give us this preponderance. Besides the advan tages of an insular position, may be mentioned the use of our magnificent fleet of commercial steamers, the great improvement in the torpedo class, and the great and rapid improvement of artillery. Our coasts can be rendered impregnable by the extension of the Militia Law, and the subjection of our Volunteers to some military control, and our fleets excepting those vessels built expressly for coast defences, combined with all dis posable troops, would be ready for any emergencies which might arise at home or abroad. The ;troops with the accompaniment of a powerful fleet would be of more service to an ally in war than double their number would be without it. THE SECURITY OF LONDON. A battery of artillery is now employed in mounting heavy guns at Tilbury Fort. The fortress has for ten years past possessed an armament of G 8 guns of various calibres. These have now been supplemented by cannon of a new pattern, but the mast notable feature of the whole movement is that the battery is ordered to remain at the fort, whereas formerly it has been manned only by a master gunner's detach ment. With the defence likely to be afforded by the new Tavern Fort, oppusite Tilbury, and with the co-operation of batteries stationed at Coalhouse Point and Cliff Fort, the mouth of the Thames may now be said to be secured against the entrance of any foe. THE NEW LAW COURTS. This is, indeed, an age of progress. The Commis sioner of Works is yet haggling about tenders for the foundations of the law courts. These tenders were to have been delivered on Thursday. About twenty-five of the leading contractors of London were applied to, but the conditions put before them were found so ineqtritable that the competitors unanimously agreed not to ten der till better terms were offered. " They have solicited a conference with Mr. Ayrton on these points, feeling every confidence that he will be willing to listen to reason in the matter." We hope he will, but we are far from " feeling every confidence in his readiness to listen to reason." The competitors will do nothing unless better conditions be offered them, and " so the matter remains for the present." And so it is likely to remain. We know nothing as to the justice of the competitors' objections, but we know that many months, nay years, have passed since the work ought to have commenced, and Mr. AY)ton is now advanced to a difficulty about laying the founda- tious. It will be a fine exercise for tho mathemati clam to calculate at what period in the twentieth century this remarkable man, if his services are spared to us, will be wrangling about the chimney vots. EDUCATION. The report of the Chaplain of the Manchester city gaol just issued bears testimony to the fact that although crime was on the increase, although intem perance was on the increase, and the recommittals were becoming of more constant occurrence, there was no great deficiency of education among the pri soners. The statement was commented upon last Wednesday by the Bishop of Manchester, who said that the education of the children taken off the streets, should moan more than offering them instruction for eight years in reading, writing, and arithmetic, if the position of the country was to be advanced. Education was a Latin word and meant drawing out. He had noticed a good deal of claptrap language used inEngland upon the subject of education; and there was some danger of falling into a misconception of the true meaning of the word. lie disapproved wholly of clamming a number of subjects into young heads, and lie would never have a child sent to learn difficult books until its mental powers were developed. The great difficulty with the people was the early age at which school life terminated. A man, if taught well at first, might be a self-instructor all his life afterwards. Learning should be taught to be loved for its own sake if it was to be duly prized, and therefore lie thought that when children were being educated the grace and dignity, and usefulness and power, they would add to them selves by cultivating knowledge ought to be im pressed upon them gently. In his lordship's opinion, secondary education had never taken root in England commensurate with its importance. THE IRISH EDUCATION QUESTION. A. " Committer of Catholics" have prepared a series of essays in which they point out the duty devolving upon Irish Catholics in view of the ap proaching legislation on the education question. The members of this committee, in their first contribution addressed to anlrish contemporary, consider the ques tion of primary education less urgent at the present moment in consequence of the Royal Commission on the subject having gone a good way in support of Catholic claims in their report. What they propose to impress upon those most interested in the matter is that, like the ques tions of the Church and the land, that of higher education has been long enough under discussion to be ripe enough for just settlement in Ireland. The Catholics are bound, they assert, to show in practice and in words that the basis of an education system must guarantee their right to have intermediate edu cation provided free from danger to their faith, and under which the mind of the Catholic youth may be able to develope itself after its own intellectual type. TRH EDUCATION ACT AND SCHOOL BUILDINGS. A School Promoter in a Poor District suggests a measure which he thinks would tend greatly to the economical and satisfactory working of the Education Act in rural parishes. He wishes the depart ment to issue a series of plans suitable for rural schools, accompanied by accurate . . speclications and bills of quantities on which tenders could be safely invited. Architects' charges, which are a heavy additional burden on buildings in small country parishes, would be greatly reduced by this means, and the Council and School Boards would save much vexatious correspondence. It would not be possible, he admits, for close esti mates to be given by a central department, as the cost of building varies in different localities, but approximate calculations would be a guide to the local school boards, who are often wholly inexpe rienced in building matters. The establishment of a national system of education affords in the opinion of the " School Promoter," a favourable opportunity for the introduction of a national style of school architecture, good and simple in taste, and practically adopted for the purposes of the buildings. WIIrTB'S CLUB. The freehold of White's Club is advertised for sale, though no change is contemplated in the con stitution of the club itself. This establishment has a history of its own, dating back to the gatherings of the wits and celebrities of the eighteenth century. At the end of the seventeeth century, indeed, "White's Chocolate House" was famous as one of the most successful clubs of its time, and Selwyn, Steele, Cibber, and Chesterfield passed much of their time there. It was not the same White's that we now know, for it stood at the bottom of St. James's street, and was destroyed by fire in 1733. The new club, which at first was called "Arthur's," from its founder, Mr. Arthur, was opened to supply its place. It stands, as all Londoners are aware, near the top of the street. Mr. Arthur died in 1761, and his only daughter married the head waiter, Mr. Robert Mackreth, who on this accession of fortune retired from business, entered Parliament, and was eventually knighted. The club was always famous for high play, as well as for exclusiveness and Toryism. Horace Walpole and George Salwyn designed its coat of arms, which is typical of cards, hazard, and dice. The Prince of 'Wales of the pre sent day is not the first of his name who has been a prominent member, for George the Fourth in his younger days attended it. The gossiping memoirs and biographies of that time are full of reverences and anecdotes connected with the club. A dinner which it gave to the allied sovereigns in 1814 cost £9,849, and covers were laid for 2,400. Another dinner to the Duke of 'Wellington in the same year cost £2,408. THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN. Miss Lydia E. Becker is the editor of the Women's Suffrage Journal, a monthly publication now regularly issued from Manchester to all who favour the cause of female progress. The American ladies no longer can boast of being the only women spirited enough to keep alive a "Revolution". The establishment of a woman's rights organ in England is an accomplished fact. At the opening of the year it is gratifying to learn from Miss Becker that among women " are now found manifestations of new and growing life, bursting the trammels of ages." She has some very hard words to say against the Edinburgh professors, and were it not for the apparent inconsistency of the sentence in which the heads of the profes sors are likened to "a solid pavement making a desperate struggle for existence," the paragraph, asserting the right of '• all living things to free air and sunshine." would seem most argumentive and able. Miss Becker is very proud of the late School Board elections, and she rejoices to see that lady an 1 gentleman members of the London Board meet on equal terms; that, the rules which regulate the social intercourse between the sexes appear to be maintained intact; and that, far from burdening the business, their influence is rather in a contrary direction. BURNING OF A PETROLEUM VESSEL. Mr. Redwood, the secretary to the Petroleum Association, has made some explanations with respect to the recent burning of a vessel laden with petro leum. In the interests of the petroleum trade, he desires to state that the vessel destroyed was not laden with petroleum such as is employed for illuminating purposes, but with the inflammable liquid distilled from crude petroleum, and known as naptha. Considerable odium has been attached to petroleum because people fail to discri minate between the harmless burning oil and the dangerous spirit, or naptha. Refined petroleum is a liquid which is at all times free from danger, in proof of which assertion it may be stated that although it is largely used, Captain Shaw has only reported one fire to have been caused by it during four years, while during the same period, as many as 568 fires have been attributed to gas, and 809 to candles. Naptha, on the contrary, requires to be used with great caution, for it evolves a highly inflammable vapour when it is in common temperatures, and the Petroleum Acts of 1862 and 1868 were passed chiefly for the purpose of protecting the public against the dangers of its unrestricted sale. THE AMERICAN POSTAL SERVICE. Tho Postmaster-General of the United States has j us' issued a report, which will be read with interest by Englishmen. It seems that the Americans do not hope or expect to make their Post-office a source of national revenue, as we do, not because their business is less in quantity, but because they demand more from their postal service. Of course, too, the immense distances which their letters and newspapers have to travel within the limits of North A..nerica itself add greatly to the outlay. What would our Postmaster-General say to carrying a letter 3,307 miles for a single stamp? Yet such is the case between New York and San Francisco. On the first of July the number of post-offices in the United States was 28,492, the length of post roads amounting to 231,232 miles, while the aggregate distances traveAed in the year amounte Ito a hundred million miles! The American Post Office revenue for the year is £4,000,000, but its expenditure is £5,000,000, though this deficit is deci dedly less than hitherto. The Postmaster proposes to C, abolish the privilege of franking by officials, members of Congress, and others, which the americans still retain, and he believes this would bring matters to an equilibrium. He is charmed with the English invention of post cards, which he thinks will create a new postal busines) and in some measure supersede not only letters, but telegrams, by their ease, readi ness, and informality. He proposes to introduce them in the States without delay. In another point our own department might with advantage learn from the American Post-master. He observes that newspapers return much less to the office than letters, but will not make any alteration in the present liberal rate for the conveyance of printed matter, inasmuch as "it is the duty of Government to aid in the education and elevation of the people by carry ing newspapers as cheaply as possible." lIL'R MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 5. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. Her Majesty walked and drove this morning, accom. panied by Princess Louise. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold drove out. _ The Duke of Cambridge arrived yesterday on a visit to • ;he Queen. _ . The Right Hon. H. A. Bruce also arrived, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. MR. OTWAY'S RESIGNATION. In contradiction of current reports as to his having been overworked, Mr. Otway writes :—I resigned office on the 27th of November last because. I was unable to concur with the Government on an important question .f foreign policy. It will be my duty on a suitable occasion to state the reasons which compelled me to take that step. At the request of Lord Granville, and for the convenience of the public service, I continue my work here until the Bth inst." THE LATE ECLIPSE. The following extract from a letter of a gentleman re siding in Malaga constitutes, a small contribution to the history of the late eclipse : " Malaga, Fonda de la Alameda, December 25, 1870. "All this time 1 am not saying a word about the eclipse which was quite the most awful and wonderful sight 1 ever saw. The gradual darkening and the lurid light, like what comes before a storm, the mysterious rim of light which surrounded that dark ball, and the bright shining Venus, during the sun's obscurity, were strange sights indeed to me. Then when the sun began to emerge there was en extraordinary glare of light, more like that of burning magnesium than any light that ever shone on sea or shore. Altogether it was a sight to haunt one ; so also was the demeanour of the crowd on the Alameda just beneath my windows. I think I told you that a great annual fair takes place there during the week that precedes Christmas Day. It is as pretty, merry, bustling a sight as anyone need wish to see. But on this special occasion a dead silence fell upon all, and lasted as long as the darkness lasted. As soon as that began to decrease you could Then came clapping of hands ear the crowd take breath with a kind of sudden gasp. and shouting, with an obvious sense of relief—relief to find that the last day had not yet come." GENERAL SCHENCK. A correspondent at Washington writes home :—The new Minister is a man of large experience and undoubted ability. He has been only a few years abroad, as diplo matic representative at Rio de Janeiro, but he has been in public life a long time, and for many years in the Lower House of Congress. He is a good debater, close, logical, witty, and incisive. He is, moreover, a very shrewd party leader and manager. It is in this last capacity that I recognise in him the qualities of temper, judgment, and tact that give assurance of his fitness for his present trust. He is a rival of Butler in the House, but alto gether a different man. General Schenck is not over young, but _he does not look old. I take him to be about sixty years of age. He is of the German type, as his name implies ; by no means handsome, but with a clear complexion, and pleasant expression. For an American and Western politician he has a fair share of bonhomie ; and if not the equal of Mr. Motley or Mr. Everett in culture or in social graces, he is certainly far better qualified than either for the momentous trust of preserving friendship between the two great families of the Anglo-Saxon race. GENERAL GARIRALDL --- Private lettere from General Garibaldi were received in England on Wednes day. In one of them he remarks, "If Paris falls, that is not France." In another letter he expresses himself satisfied that, in the end, the French cause will be triumphant. Four troops of the 17th Lancers and five com panies of the 70th Regiment have left Dublin to pro ceed to the various polling-places in the county Meath, to afford aid to the civil power during the election. A squadron of the Ist Dragoons has also left Newbridge for the county Meath for the same purpose. A young woman named Catherine M'Pherson, while endeavouring to recover a stray cat which had gone out of an attic window in a house five storeys high in the western district of Glasgow, lost her balance and fell to the street. The only injury she sustained was a severe sprain to one of her ankles. The freehold of White's Club, one of the oldest of the existing clubs of London, is advertised as for sale, but a change in the ownership of the freehold by no means implies any change or alteration in the club itself. As a place of public resort, it can boast of an antiquity of very nearly two centuries. It is a comfortable, old-fashioned mansion. - - - - -------- Dowager Lady Dinorben, sister of the Princess of Capua, died on Tuesday last, at her residence, 75, South Audley-street. Her ladyship, who was born in 1818, was the daughter of G. Blakenay, Esq., and married in 1840 —as his second wife—the first Baron I)inorben, who died in 1802, in which year the title became extinct. THE CALEDONIAN AND NORTH BRITISH DISPUTE. —Lord Gifford's judgment in the dispute betweeu the Caledonian and North British Railway Companies is pub lished by the Scotsman. His lordship's interlocutor, to which is appended a note of considerable length, recalls the interim interdict granted against the Caledonian Railway Company by the interlocutors of 24th February and 28th March, 1870, and dismisses both notes of suspension and interdict, but finds the Caledonian Company liable to expenses in both processes and in the conjoined actions. The first part of the finding is grounded on the issuing of Mr. Eborall's awar(l, and its acceptance and full observance by both companies • on the opinion of his lordship that the interim interdicts already granted are inapplicable to the present circumstances of the case; and on the fact that the Cale donian Company, since the issuing of the arbitrator's award, have not intimated any intention to interfere with, obstruct, or render dangerous the trains now run by the North British Company in terms of that award. The second part of the finding, in regard to expenses, was given on the ground that the North British Railway Company in presenting the note of suspension and interdict were rprimarily substantially right. THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. The third meeting of this Board was held at the Guild hall yesterday, Lord Lawrence, the President, in the chair. Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P., proposed that the governor and company of the Bank of England be requested to act as bankers. The resolution was carried. On a discussion as to the appointment of the Bank as treasurer, it was suggested by several members that the appointment might stand over until the board had scme money. It was resolved that the banking account stand in the names of the chairman, vice-chairman, and Mr. Alderman Cotton. THE LATE MR. GEORGE WILSON. The grave of the late Mr. Georgo Wilson, in Ardwick Cemetery. Manchester, is next to that containing the remains of Sir John Potter, with whom Mr. Wilson was associated in procuring the charter of incorporation for the city of Manchester. It is also near the grave of Mr. Ernest Jones, who was associated with him in many of his political labours. GREAT SKATING MATCH AT HUNTINGDON. A great skating match, in which the crack skaters of Cambridge, Huntirgdonshire, and Lincolnshire, took part, was held at Huntingdon on Wednesday, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, a large party from Kimbolton, and ten thousand spectators. The Cambridge shire skaters carried away the honours of the day. The deciding course was between Cross, of Ely, Cambridge shire, and Smith, of Connington, Hants. The first round was a most exciting affair, both men rounding the flagpost simultaneously. Coming into collision, both fell. Smith stopped and claimed a foul, which was not allowed. The excitement was immense. THE RECENT RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT HARROW. An inquest on the body of John Lanes, coach pro prietor, of Edward-street, Manchester, who met his death in the recent railway accident near Harrow, was resumed at the Euston Hotel yesterday, by Dr. Lankester. The evidence on the last occasion was in reference to the broken link, which was the first cause of the accident to the goods truck, by throwing it off the line. Mr. Blenkinsopp, the solicitor, and Mr. Cawkwell, Manager to the London and North-Western Railway Company, were in attendance. Mr. Blenkinsopp suggested that he should be allowed to call witnesses to prove the technical character of the fracture, but the Court thought that unnecessary. John Walker, signalman at the Harrow Station, was sworn, and the evidence given by him at the inquest at Harrow was read over to him. In reference to that part of the evidence in which the witness stated that immediately he found the truck loose he blocked the line and signalled to the man at Wembley, the Coroner asked Mr. Blenkinsopp whether he was aware that some persons were colour blind, which might have been the case with the deceased engine driver. The late Dr. George Wilson of Edinburgh drew attention on an occasion to the necessity of testing the drivers of engines on this point. Mr. Blenkinsopp said this could not have been the case, because the deceased had driven for some years. The test mentioned by the coroner was in operation by the com pany. By the Foreman : What hours were you on duty on the day of the accident? Witness : From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. This was a particular occasion. Ordinarily lam on from 7to 5. The Foreman : Have you your meals in the box ? Witness : Yes. We have to get our meals how we can. A train would be likely to pass when we were eating our meals. The Coroner : I suppose you ask this question to see whether he was getting his meals at the time the train in question passed ? The Foreman : I asked for the purpose of seeing whether ordinary precautions were taken for the preser vation of the lives of the public. Of course, if the signal man was cooking his chop he could not be looking after the signals. Mr. Cawkwell said that between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. there were thirty-nine trains down and forty-two up. From seven p.m. to 7 a.m. (night) there were thirty-nine down and thirty-eight up. Charles Robinson. was the next witness called. This was the man whom the jury at Harrow censured for neglecting to place fog signals on the line. After he was cautioned by the Coroner as to whether he would be sworn or not, Mr. Blenkinsopp said the man wounded gave evidence under his (Mr. Blenkinsopp's) advice, and with a view to exculpate himself from blame. The evidence given by Robinson at Harrow was read over, but no additional evidence of importance was adduced. He stated that he worked from 7 a.m. to 5, at 19s. a week and his clothes. The Coroner said one thing must strike the jury, which was that this man had only eight minutes during the hours specified to eat his meals. The court was now about to adjourn, so that the jury might get some refreshment. This was during a sitting of six hours. Surely, then, other men would require a reasonable time for a similar purpose in twelve hours. The time allowed did not seem sufficient to enable a man to recruit his energies. At this stage, the coroner asked the jury whether they considered any further evidence necessary. The jury, after some discussion, decided to give a verdict upon what they had heard, 'and the coroner having briefly summed up, they returned the following verdict : That on the Bth of December John Lanes was found dying, and did die from the mortal effects of pycemia coming on after a wound to the foot, which was caused by a collision between an express train and a goods train on the London and North Western Railway, and that the death arose from misadventure. k The jury appended to their verdict the following resolutions : "1. That the driver of the first engine neglected to comply with clause 206 of the rules and re gulations for the conduct of traffic on the London and North Western Railway, as it was imperative on his part to have stopped the engine if he could not distinguish the signal at Wembley. 2. That the jurors regard the hours of duty of men engaged as signalmen as excessive. 3. That they are also of opinion that the safety of pas sengers travelling by railway cannot be secured until separate lines of rails are provided for all goods trains on lines with so much traffic -as that of the London and North Western Railway. M. PYAT ON THE ENGLISH CHRISTMAS. AL Felix Py at gives the following account of Christmas in England :—" Christmas is the great English fête—the Protestant Carnival—an Anglo-Saxon gala—a gross, pagan, monstrous orgie—a Roman feast, in which the vomitorium is not wanting. And the eaters of bif ' laugh at us for eating frogs. Singular nation ! the most Biblical and the most material of Europe —the best Christians and the greatest gluttons. They can not celebrate a religious fête without eating. On Holy Friday they' eat buns, and for this reason they call it Good Friday. Good, indeed, for them, if not for God. They pronounce messe mass, and boudin pudding. This pudding is made of suet, sugar, currants, and tea. The mess is boiled for fifteen days, sometimes for six months ; then it is considered delicious. No pud ding, no Christmas. The repast is sacred, and the Eng lish meditate over it for six months in advance —they are the only people who put money in a savings bank for a dinner. Each poor family economises for months, and takes a shilling to a publican every Saturday of the year, in return for which on Christmas Day they gorge them selves, and are sick for a week after. This is their re ligion—thus they adore their God." M. Pyat goes on to describe the butchers' shops before Christmas ; one of them, he says, is kept by a butcher clergyman, and over his door is a text. THE LATE LORD WALSINGHAM.—It has transpired that the late Lord Walsing ham p erished by his own hand. His lordship seems to have cut his throat. A coroner's jury have returned a verdict to the effec t that the noble lord killed himself while in a state of mental derangement. He had l ocked himself his room, and the door had to be forced before the sat' firs event was discovered. The cause of death was at t kept private, but it was impossible to avoid an official in vestigation. HOW A .T.EXANDR E DUMAS DIED.—The follo wing letter has been addressed to Lou is Veuillot, e dit or of the Univers, by Alexandre Dumas, the younger :—" Bth p cember, 1870.—1, who never forgot you, wish to in fo iv you that my beloved father died on Monday evening lasti sth December, at ten minutes to seven o'clock , fortifie: by the Sacraments of the Church. I beg of y ou to ,` ff me in acknowledging before the whole world that 110 has bestowed on me an infinite grace. Pray for hina has gone to sleep so sweetly in the Lord, and who, w.e i s t on this sinful earth, did many a good deed. I have P„, returned from the cemetery, and I can write no nic' s - e Give thanks to God for this good example and for the_ Sacraments, without which this great genius, sodear to me, would have been unwilling to die.—With all affect I am pun, MARIE ALEXANDit& DUMAS." THE EUROPEAN WAR The SUN is Published Every Morning at EIGIT P O'CLOCK, with SOME lIOURS' LATER NEWS than any other paper. This edition will always contain the LATEST Al EWS of the WAR, and of all other events. S").F-S -kL: ' 6`,/,', 4 4Y •, ' , 114 r i tu A. - 4-- ---- , ‘: 0r..0 effillt 'T - T(''" tli 1 la . r ,-:,1_,,-,.._,-;-----itwtr---.....