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two hippopotami, the rhinoceros, the two Asiatic ele-
phants, the African elephant, and some of the antelopes,

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have not suffered.
M. Henri Rochefort's Mot d'Ordre publishes a protest
which it says has received numerous signatures, against
the interchange of visits between the Parisians and their
armed enemies. "We have," says the protest, " loyally
accepted the armistice. A line of demarcation was traced,
but it is not observed, either by our enemies, who come
cantering before the drawbridges, or by the curious and
drunken among us. If we have no longer power of
material resistance, leave us a least honour and dignity.
Allow us within our dwellings to eat our black bread and
prevent the cowards from going forth to barter the Gallic
pride for a morsel of bacon. If that be not done, we are
determined without delay to break the armistice and to
destroy in detail the cowards and barbarians who are de-
molishing the works of our forefathers."
The Paris correspondent of the Dully News says :—" I
am myself strongly convinced that France is to be saved
from utter ruin only by a Republic. When such men as
Dufaure, Cochin, and their highly Conservative colleagues
are found associated with staunch Republicans, and
declare that they advocate the foundation of
a Republic as the sole means of preserving
the nation from anarchy and the neverending
intrigues of Royalist pretenders and Imperialist
agents, it is clear to my apprehension that
they have weighed the chances of the two
extreme parties in the political scale. and that royalty has
kicked the beam. Nevertheless, circumstances may cause
them to adhere to an Orleans candidature, for the resto-
ration of their family to power. We cannot tell whether-
any of their agents are at work in the provinces, our-
information from them being too capricious and restricted
to enable us to form a judgment upon the rumours which
now and then reach us of Royalist intrigues. Here no
open advocacy of Orleanist pretensions has yet been put
forth. The Figaro sounds the first blast of their trumpet.
We shall soon learn the result.

A LETTER FROM ABD-EL-KADER. Abd-Ei-
Kader has addressed a letter to the Delegation Govern-
ment at Bordeaux, in which he says :—" May God grant
victory to the members of the Government of France
residing at Bordeaux. You have informed me that im-
posters used our name and seal to stir up Sahara and
excite the disaffected to carry arms against France
when a great number of our brothers are in your
ranks to assist in sending back the invading
enemy, and when you are endeavouring to make the
Arabs as free as the French themselves. We desire to
tell ycu that these attempts, whoever may be their
authors, are made against justice, and against God's will
and ours. We hope the all powtrful One will punish the
traitors and confound the enemies of France." The
original of this important document was sent to Algiers,
after it had been reproduced by se\ r,l photographic
processes.

AN AUSTRIAN PAPER ON THE REPORTED PEACE
TERMS.—The Neue Ireie Presse looks upon the alleged
demand by the Germans of eight milliards of francs as
monstrous. When Austria concluded peace with France
in 1859 she ceded Lombardy, but did not pay a farthing;
on the contrary, some money was paid to her. By the
Treaty of Vienna the part of the Danish National
Debt which fell on Schleswig-Holstein was taken
over by the conquerors, and afterwards by Prussia alone.
Thus Prussia adopted the principle that in cases of annex-
ation the conqueror takes over, together with the ter-
ritory, a proportionate part of the national debt of the
conquered country. Therefore, in the present case, the
annexation of French territory ought further to diminish
the amount of the war indemnity. People in Prussia
cite the example of Napoleon I. •in justification of their
demand, but, judged even by that standard, their
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present claim for compensation apprs excessive.
The Treaty of Champagny fixheae war 'indem-
nity to be paid by Prussia at 140 millions of francs,
and the contributions which had been levied had brought
in about 500 millions of francs. Moreover, Article 24
of the Treaty of Tilsit provided, ' The public debts of
the territories ceded by Prussia to go over to the new
owners.' If Prussia wished to mete with the same measure
with which it was measured to her, she could not demand
one milliard."

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
It is stated that next season all troops will be con-
veyed to and from India by the Suez Canal route, and
that the present staff at Alexandria and Suez will be no
longer maintained there.
In a letter on the subject of our defences, Mr. H. C.
Raikes, M.P., remarks that the order through which as
man must go to secure a seat in Parliament makes it
highly improbable that we shall ever again find, in the
House of Commons at least, men with the professional
knowledge and parliamentary position to enable them to
dispense with professional assistance, which must vir-
tually amount to dual government of the army. General
Peel was he adds, the last Secretary of State for War
who could afford to be independent of advice, which is
practically joint authority.
Is has been arranged that the Sultan shall leave her
moorings off Chatham Dockyard, to proceed to Ports-
mouth on the 17th inst. She was inspected on 'Wednes-
day by Vice. Admiral Elliott.
The Post] publishes a long summary of the report of a
committee upon the emyloyment of officers of Royal
Engineers which, our contemporary says, is chiefly inter
estingion account of its bearing upon the; question of the
contemplated establishment of a Civil Engineer College
to supply the Public Works Department in India.
The committee recommend the adoption of certain
specified regulations under which the Public W orks
Department of India and all other Government depart-
ments at home or abroad could obtain as many officers of
Royal Engineers as they might require. These regulations
have, it is understood, been approved, and are about to
be put in force. The question of the establishment Of
the new college is certain to be raised in the present
session of Parliament.
Several cases of smallpox have occurred on board her
Majesty's ships at Portsmouth.

A great snowstorm has taken place in Copenhage%
which has stopped the railway traffic and the paseag'
across the Belt.
President Grant has sent a message to Congress recourf
mending, in view of the growing power and importance ,34).
North Germany, that the Berlin mission should be taw'
a first-class mission. I, at
THE CONDUCT OF WAIL—We are informed
Mr. Buxton intends to call the attention of the House cui
Commons to the repeated violations during the recent
campaign of those humane restrictions which mternatioof
law and usage have hitherto imposed upon the conduct
war, and to move that, in the opinion of the House, 10
will be the duty of her Majesty's Government, whet'
fitting opportunity shall arise, to invite the concurre%B
of the Governments of all European States and of t
United States of America in drawing up a code of We)
national law.—Pall Mall Gazette.
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THE SMALLPDX AND THE METROPOLITAN A- ;0
PlTALs.—Owing to the prevalence of the smallpox used
the metropolis many of the London hospitals are cl°so.
against all visitors. The authorities of the London ,
pital, Whitechapel-road, have strictly prohibited 10,
visitors except the near relatives of patients in a 11„s•
gerous condition, since the first appearance of the 'tile
demic. It has been usual for the physicians of ow
several hospitals to allow patients in a state of cias,
valescence the privilege of a holiday with their frier to
but this generous concession it was found necessail,os
suspend, owing. to the great danger of the invalids tagio.
the contagion in with them upon their return. The don
culty of excluding a prevalent epidemic from the Loot,
hospitals, which are daily crowded with the sick P is-
will be fully understood, but owing to the admirable Is 3 o
cautious taken by the several committees, the casebsve
smallpox that have broken out among the patients de
been very rare.
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every invalid can cure himself ; and those who aretbefq„;
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BIRTHS. A tI ei•
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On the 7th inst., at 31, Eaton- place, the wife of 1
Biddulph, Esq., M.P., of a son. Colee
On the sth inst., at Shoeburyness, the wife
S. E. Gordon, 11. A., of a son.

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MARRIAGES. joloi
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On the 7th inst., at St. Stephen's, Clapham ~;13-: 0
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Frederic Hincks, of Barrington Villas, r'Vs(l.,
Sarah, fourth daughter of Edward Robinson,
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33alham-hill, Surrey. 0
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On the 6th inst., at St. George-the-Martle°, the ,41
Goodbehere, Esq. to Caroline Helen Jocelrl, DP"
daughter of the 'late Hon. Francis Charles
Captain 52d L.I.

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On the Bth inst., at Upper Woburu-place, Wu J ovs
Harnett, Esq., J.P., aged 75.
On the 7th inst., at 8, Canonbury-place, Islingt°l3'
Nicholl, F.S.A., aged 81. _.

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