The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1871.

ALLEGED. BREACH OF PROMISE qksE.
. A somewhat singtilar action for alleged breach" of pro-
mise of marriage was commenced in the Court of COriiiii6ir
Pleas on Wednesday afternoori. The parties are cousins,
named Currie, and are in good circumstances: They first
met in 1869. and .a correspondence was kept up until
December last, the lady having only come of age in
November. The wedding-day was, it was allegedi fixed
for the 19th of January, and. on that day
,the lady was
married, but to a Spaniard instead of to her 'cousin, who
accordingly brought the present action, against the lady
and her husband. The Court adjourned' before the con-
clusion of the plaintiff's case.

TIIE NAVY ESTIMATES.
The estimates ti±r 141-72 haVe been. issued. The total
sum required for this year's service is £9,756,356, being an
increase of £385,826 over the votes of last year. The
sum,:however, is not so large a one as that demanded in
1869-70. The sum required for the naval department is
£9,583,206, of which there' is required for the effective
portion the sum of £7,807,946, heing' an increase over last'
year of £499,656. The iton-effective branch is estimated
to co4llj-73,260, or £49,610 less. The sum. of £173,150
is required for the conveyance Of troops.
Of the £7,807,946 required for the effective service, the
largest increase is in the vote for steam machinery and
ships built by contract, for which 2751,716, or an increase
of £285,543, will be asked this year. The
next great item of increase is in the cost of the dock
yards and the naval yards both at home and abroad, for
which the sum of £967,418, or an increase cf £89,066, is
estimated. The third great item of increase is in the
cost of victuals and clothing for the marines. While
their pay, which this year is estimated at £2,693,336
remains within a few hundreds of pounds the same as
last year, their victuals and clothing are estimated at
£1,038,202, or an increase of £69,345. The fourth great
itein Of increase is in the cost of naval stores, the vote
for which in these estimates appears at £837;965, which
is an increase of £58,875. The stint of £763,3 i 4 is required
for new works, bnildingS, Machinery, and repairs, the
vote for these Ktig this year increased by' £19,162, The
I total amount of the increases in the various votes is

'THE STRATFORD MURDER.
'APPREIttNStON OF ANOTHER MAN.
At the Stratford Police-court, on Wednesday Morning;
John Calpraith, aged 37, labourer, of 17, Ernest-street,
White Horse-lane, 'Stepney, was brought up before the,
magistrates, charged with being concerned with others, in
the wilful murder of Mr. Samuel Galloway, of Romford-
road, Stratford, Essex, on the evening of • the 9th instant.
Sergeant John Briden, of the detective department,
stationed at Arbour-street, Stepney, said : On Tuesday
night I was on duty in Ernest-street, White Horse-lane,
when I met the prisoner whoth I knew. I immediately
took him into custody, and telling him that he was wanted
on the charge Of being doricerned in the murder of Mr.
Samuel GalloWay, I broitgbt hiM to tho station.
William Knott : I reside. at No. 7, Wood Cottages,
Romford-road, and am a blacksmith. On Thursday night,
the 9th instant, I was walking up the Romford-road to-
wards Ilford, when I saw three men standing opposite to Mr.
Galloway's house. I recognise the prisoner now charged
as being one of those three men. They were all three
near Mr. Galloway's house, but on the opposite side of
the road. I walked back, and afterwards I saw five
people talking at the corner of the, Hamfrith-road, who
to the best of my belief were Mr. and Mrs. Galloway,
this xi-lan (the prisoner), and two others. I next
heard a scream from Mrs. Galloway. I then ran
across the road, • and saw Mr. Galloway, as I thought,
dead. The three men then went away towards Ilford.
When I wanted to rim Mrs. Galloway took hold of m
and held me. When she let me go I pursued the pri-
soners. The light of the lamp was against the three

£526,903.
On the other side, the reductions amount to £27,247.
One-third of this sum is taken off the coast-guard ser-
vice, the royal naval coast volunteers, and the royal naval
reserves ; another third is struck off the vote for miscel-
laneous services; and the vote for medicines and medical
stores is reduced to £5,550.
With regard to the non-effective service, the first
item is £829,238, which is required for half pay to
officers. This vote is seemingly a reduction to the
extent of £72,862, but is really an increase by £47,138,
because the total of those two sums --£l2o,ooo—was the
supplementary vote of £120,000 taken last year to meet
the increased charge, owing to the mode of payment being
changed from quarterly to monthly. The military pen-
sions are slightly less ; but the civil ones, which are
estimated at £312,237, are increased by £25,103, the ex-
penditure in 1869-70 being stated at £247,945. The sum
required for the conveyance of troops is. £173,150, which
is £64,190 less than last year's vote.
The summary of these figures chews that the votes are
altogether increased by £552,006, and reduced by £166,180,
the net increase being £385,826.
With respect to the vote for wages, the numbers of men
voted remains the same as last year—viz., 47,000 seamen
and 14,000 marines. The provisions for these are esti-
mated to cost £1,021,413, and the clothing at 232,490 ;
both sums (as shewn above) being much larger than last
year.
The reduction of £9,125 in the cost of the coast-guard
and other services has been thus effected :—The cost of the
maintenance of buildings is estimated at £2,500 less ;
one sum of £1,500 is struck off the travelling expenses,
and the vote for contingencies is reduced by a like
amount.
The Royal Naval Coast Volunteers are estimated to
cost £2,000 less, and a reduction of £2,625 is made in the
wages and allowances of the Royal Naval Reserve. The
coast-emard service will employ 4,300 men.
The cost of the docks and naval yards is estimated at
£967,481. The increase of £89,066 on this vote is prin-
cipally owing to the wages of artificers, which are entered
at £706,538, or £75,135 more than last year. The wages
for yard service afloat will come to £95,798, or £9,549 more.
The reductions in the various branches are many- but
they are too trifling to demand notice here, except in one
instance, viz., that the wages paid in the naval yards
abroad are estimated at £1,989 less. The numbers of men
employed in the various establishments are as follows :
Deptford storeyard 68, and Woolwich storeyard 60.
Chatham Dockyard : On the establishment, 1,350 ;
land artificers and labourers, 1,584 ; total, 2,934, or 265
more than last year. Sheerness : On the establishment,
872 ; hired, 647 ; total, 1,n19, an increase of 69.
Portsmouth : On the establishment, 1,614 ; hired
2,186 ; total, 3,800 ; being an increase of 755. Devonport:
On the establishment, 1,797 ; hired, 1,353 ; total, 3,150 ;
increase, 329. Pembroke : On the establishment, 755 ;
hired, 545; total, 1,300; increase, 144.
Of the £4,131 which is estimated to be the increased
cost of the Admiralty Office, all but £4OO goes in
salaries, the balance being the increased cost of fuel and
%ht.

men. .
The Bench Are you quite sure the prisoner was one of
those men ?—Yes. •
Prisoner : I wish to state that when I was patroled
with other men, this witness did not pick me out ; now
he sees me charged, he says I am one of the men.
The Bench (to ,witness) Have you seen the prisoner
before ?—Not since the night of the murder, till I saw him
in the station.
The Bench : Do you recollect how many other men
were placed beside him ?—I think about six or seven.
The Bench : Did you point him out then ?—I think I
came out, and told the inspector which was him.
Thomas Whitmarsh gave similar evidence. He, how-
ever, said he did not identify the prisoner as one of
the men.
The Prisoner : No. It has all been done secretly.
At this stage of the proceedings Inspector Clarke applied
for another remand. The prisoner was then remanded till
Saturday.

tion

THE USE OF THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
At the weekly meeting of the London, School Board,
held at the Guildhall, Lord Lawrence in the chair, Mr.
W. H. Smith, M.P., proposed the following resolution:-
Ist, "That in the schools provided by the Board, the
Bible shall be read, and instruction in religious sub-
jects shall be given therefrom, provided always that
in such instruction the provisions of the Act in section
14 (" No religious catechism or religious formulary which
is distinctive of any particular denomination shall be
taught in the schOol") be strictly observed both in letter
and spirit, and that no attempt be made in any such
schools to attach children to any particular
denomination. 2. That in regard to any parti-
cular school the Board shall consider and deter-
mine upon any application by managers, parents, or
ratepayers of the district who may shew special cause for
exemption of the school from the operation of this reso-
lution." In support of his resolution Mr. Smith said he
had not the slightest desire to, go beyond the spirit of the
Act of Parliament, but he was under the impression
that the act distinctly recognized the necessity of
giving religious instruction to children educated under
the management of the Board. The Act did
protect children from being jeducated in the tenets of any
denomination, and excluded all formularly or categorical
teaching in this respect ; but although it did not mention
tl-e Bible by name, the fact of religious teaching being
understood, could !refer to no other book than the Biblbe
e.
What he would suggest was that the Bible should
taught, and that it should be left to the teachers
too adapt that teaching to the peculiar • circum-
stances of the case. If he could have his own
individual view carried out, he would perhaps have the
Bible taught as he read it, but that would be supposing
every other person was of his own way of thinking. He,
however, did not wish to thrust his own views down the
throats of others, but of this he felt certain that every
denomination would agree with him that the Bible was
the only book on which religious teaching could be based.
For his own part he had great faith in the teachers,
and the larger the interest the teachers had in the
children entrusted to their care, the less would be their
desire to override them, in regard to any particulur
denomination.
Mr. S. Morley, M.P., seconded the resolution, believ-
ing that the objeet of Mr. Smith was not to promote the
interest of a sect, but to elevate the people. He thought
it would be most advantageous to accept as much of the
present school system as possible. He had never met
with any religious difficulty, and he believed that the
desire of the people generally was that the Bible should
be taught. If he found any district where proof should
he given to the contrary, he would advocate the establish-
ment of secular schools. He believed, however, that such
proof would not be forthcoming, and that even those per-
sons who had appeared careless of religious teaching with
regard to themselves, desired it for their children.
The Rev. W. Rogers moved as an amendment, " That
it is expedient for this Board not to commit itself to any
abstract resolutions concerning the principles or subjects
of instruction in the schools under its authority, but'
rather to judge, when each school is established, what
are the principles and subjects best suited for that
school, and for the community for which it is
designed." He thought the question of, religious educa-
tion was in. a state of transition, and wise
men like the Bishop of London foresaw the necessity of
providing for it outside the Church, leaving it to each
denomination to carry out their own peculiar views.
The amendment was not seconded.
Mr. T. Chatford Clarke proposed as an amendment—
"That the Board, whilst hoping means may be found
of providing a religious education for the children
of metropolitan schools, objects to the proposals for read-
ing the Bible and giving instruction in religious subjects
in rat4rsupported schools, as being opposed to the prin-
ciple of religious equality, and as leading ultimately
to a denominational system of religious teaching in the
schools."
The Rev. J. A. Picton seconded the amendment.
Mr. W. Hepworth Dixon proposed another amendment
—" That in schools provided by the Board the Bible
should be read, and instruction in religious subjects given,
as the Act permits, at certain hours, either before the
•School lessons begin, or after they
end, or both,
as may be fixed by the Board, provided always
that in accordance with Section VII• no child be cOm-
pelled to attend the school at the time of such religious
instruction whose parents may object. 2. That any
school, or class of schools, may claim, on conscientious
grounds, to be exempted from the operation of this rule,
and that such claim shall be promptly weighed and cour-
teously admitted."

TH

THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY.
BORDEAUX, FEBRUARY 18.
The meeting of the Assenibly yesterday was marked by
a motion of the greatest importanee, In fact the question
of peace or war was put to the members, and it was de-
cided at all events not to compromise peace.
M. Gravy, the new President, took the chair
a little after one ..o'clock. M. Gravy, who
was elected to his Presidential chair by a very
large majority, had in 1848 proposed to give the Head of
the State the position of an English Prime Minister,
instead of installing him for a fixed term of years. In
his opening speech he promised to devote all his
strength, impartiality, and devotedness to the accomplish-
ment of his mission. After a delay of an hour and
a half; occupied in electing two secretaries, and a
questor, and admitting the last ten representatives
of Paris, M. Keller, a representative from the Hant
Rhin, rose to make a motion. His voice► rang through the
salle, clear and mournful, as in the name of the people
of Alsace and Lorraine he solemnly declared before all
France and before all Europe that his constituents would
never submit to the loss of their sacred and inalienable
rights. "We have been associated with France for weal
and woe for 200 years, and now that an invader threatens
the national honour we declare our unalterable determina-
tion to remain French still. Europe knows that the
tranquillity of France is a guarantee for the peace of the
world, and that a peace made up now at the price of a
cession of territory would be a cause of subsequent
;troubles." ' We wish," he continued, " for peace as strongly
as you do; but true peace is founded upon justice, and
this one would be the cruellest of all iniquities." In con-
clusion, he called upon the Assembly to declare that the
matter should be considered forthwith as urgent. The
President replied that the proposition would be re-
ferred to the Bureaux, and the report made to
the House to-morrow. But Thiers and Roche-
fort, for very contrary reasons, both exclaimed,
" Tout de suite !" Cries of " No, no," responded to Roche-
fort, but silence prevailed when M. Thiers rose. A ques-
tion of this kind, he said, could not be allowed to hang
over their heads for twenty-four hours ; the only course
worthy of France is to say at once if she means peace or
war. For his own part, he would serve his country as he
had done all his life, but he would not accept a task it would
be impossible for him to fulfil, and he therefore moved
that the bureaux meet to report upon it this very instant.
The motion was adopted without opposition, and the
Assembly dispersed to its bureaux till about six, at which
hour the public sitting was resumed, and the following
resolution, proposed unanimously by the committee of the
bureaux, was adopted by the House :—" The Assembly
1,3 ceiving with the utmost sympathy M. Keller's deolara-
ion relies upon the wisdom and patriotism of its negotia-
" And thus the fate of Alsace and Lorraine as far
as concerned the National Assembly is definitely settled."
After this M. Thiers was invested with the executive
power as "head of the French Republic, and will exercise
the power under the control of the National Assembly,
with the assistance of Ministers chosen by himself, and of
whom he will be the President."

THE EMBARCATION AT DUNKERQUE
DUNKERQUE, February 20
The embarcation of troops and war material still pro-
ceeds vigorously, and yesterday part of Du Bessol's
brigade embarked. The Bibvre, state transport, and the
Pfeil, the famous Prussian steamer, referred to
in Bismarck's indignant note, were anchored in the
harbour and received the engineers, the artillery cases, the
horses, and forages. From another quay the sloops of the
fleet received the Mobiles, who had arrived in the
town the night before, and when three of these
sloops were filled a steamer towed them to their
destination, where transport ships awaited them in the
roads. The day before, the L'Oise, state transport, which
is in the basin nearest the railway station, received the
chief part of the artillery belonging to the 22nd Corps,
which is all to pass through our town. Yesterday, at
high tide, the roads were a fine sight. There were twelve
ships of war, among which were the Solferino, the Ocean,
and the Invincible, the four steamers from Havre which
are to load this morning, a Norwegian three-mast ship, a
recent Prussian prize, and. a large merchant vessel. A
finer sight of the kind was never seen at Dunkerque,
which it is amply evident would make a splendid
military port. The second column had scarcely embarked
when the third arrived by rail. The Ist battalion of
Chasseurs were lodged in the new Casino in the Dunes,
and so soon as they were installed they shewed that the
French soldiers have lost none of their tradi-
tional gaiety. Some arranged their beds of
straw ; some improvised an open-air cuisine,
and others went on to the stage of the building,
provided an orchestra, and organised a play, which they
duly performed to the admiring spectators. In the night
the wind was high enough 'to excite some fears lest the
embarkation should be dangerous ; but the weather cleared
up, and the morning shswed the streets full of
troops ready for the start. This afternoon the staff of a
brigade is expected. The official destination is still
Cherbourg, with which we are now in telegraphic com-
munication by means of the English cable brought by the
International. This cable is to go on to Bordeaux.

Tho Birmingham Gazette states on authority tha
Mr. H. C. Wise is not going to resign his seat for Soutl.
Warwickshire.
•
The Swiss chalet presented to Mr. Charles Dickens
by Mr. Pechter will shortly be exhibited in its entirety at
the Crystal Palace. •
A comedy in two acts, by the late Mr. T. W.
Robertson, entitled " Policy," has been produced at Glas-1
gow, but it was not successful. • '
It bas been arranged that the next annual con-
ference of the Liberation Society shall be held on the 2nd
and 3rd of May.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
Arthur Livermore as Consul at Londonderry for the
United States of America.--Gazette.
It is nnderstood that judgment will be shortly
given in the case of Mr. Purchas, of Brighton, as to the
legality of the use of certain vestments in the Church of
England.
• •
We spoke recently of Mr. Foley, the sculptor,-
having recovered his usual health. We regret to see that
the English Independent says this is far from true,
adding, Many months will, we fear, elapse before he
will be able to resume the labours of his profession."
The Lord Chancellor has reported to the HouSe of
Lords that the claims of the Marquis of Headfort, the
Earl of Roden, the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of
Sefton, and the Marquis of Ely, to vote for representa-
tive peers for Ireland, have been established to his satis-
faction. r
LIFEBOAT SERVICE.--During a strong ale from
the N.N.E. and a heavy sea on Tuesday afternoon, the
lifeboat " Sir Edward Perrott," stationed at Fishguard,
off Pembrokeshire, was the means of bringing ashore the
crews, numbering ten men, from the schooners Halswell of
Bridgewater, and "J. V. A.," of Newquays, which were
in distress.
NEW ASSIZE COURTS FOR BIRMINGIIAM.—At the
meeting of the Birmingham Town Council, on Tuesday,
the Estates and Buildings Committee reported that a
large number of plans had been sent in by eminent
architects for the new Assize Courts, judges' lodginas,
and corporate bnildings which the Council propose to
erect on lands purchased for the purpose at a cost of
some £36,000. The time for receiving designs will expire
on • the Ist of March, and it is proposed to engage a
consulting architect to advise the committee on the
adaptability of the plans. It is doubtful whether the
new buildings will be proceeded with for some time.
The total cost to the town would be, it is stated, about
£250,000.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DENTAL SURGERY.—HOW We
all dread a visit to the dentist—how from day to day we
put off the fatal necessity of having an aching molar ex-
tracted or an unsightly front tooth removed. To no
branch of surgery has more attention been devoted for
the perfecting of painless manipulation than that of
"tooth-drawing." Chloroform and ether, as anaesthetics,
ether spray, cong,elation, and numerous other methods of
lessening or preventing the pain of the operation. have
been introduced and tried with little or no success." Chloro-
form and ether, as anaesthetics, cannot be used without
certain risks, and are rightly objected to on such account.
Congelations either by ice or ether • spray, are remedies in
most • cases worse than the disease, the pain arising from
frost-bite—it is no less—being far above that resulting
from an ordinary extraction. We haVe recently assisted,
as the French say, at a series of operations performed by
Mr. B. L. Mosely, of 312, Regent-street, who, as far back
as 1865, commenced his experiments in exhibiting nitrous'
oxide gas for the painless operation of all pertaining to
dental surgery. Its mode of administration is simples in
the extreme, , The patient takes a seat in a'comfortable
easy chair, behind which is a receptacle containing some
200 gallons of the nitrous oxide gas in a liquid state (we
may mention this is the largest quantity that has yet been
manufactured in a portable condition). By turning a
handle a portion of this gas is vaporised through a tube
into an indiarubber bag ; from thence a second.tube com-
municates with an air-tight mouth Piece, re'semhling
small respirator, fitting over the patient's mouth and nose ;
the outer atmosphere being carefully excluded by means
of alining of water cushions, which at the same time obviate
any feeling of pressure or inconvenience. Placing this breath-
ing apparatus in position, the patient quietly, without even
noticing the difference, inhales the nitrous oxide instead of
the usual atmosphere. In a short time (from 25 to 100
seconds), complete insensibility ensues, and the tooth or
teeth—for several can be extracted under one inhalation
—are instantly withdrawn, and consciousness 'returns
after as many seconds as the inhalation had lasted, without
the slightest pain or inconvenience being experienced.
Indeed, it is often amusing to hear the remarks of persons
operated upon. It seems that the last impression on' the
mind of the patient remains as in a dream during the
brief space of insensibility, and is pictured to the mind
more vividly and clearly than in a dream during natural
sleep. A young lady, recovering herself from the influence
of the gas, imagined she had been at a ball to which she
was going the same evening, and had not the slighteat idea
she had lost two teeth during the interval. To sum up
all in a few words, tooth-drawing is no longer an opera-
tion, it is a simple formality. Taking a cursory view of
the next step in dental surgery, we were ushered into the
atelier, where were preparing many cases 'of artificial sub-
stitutes for the natural teeth, a branch of the science to
which Mr. B. L. Mosely seems to have applied himself
with as much success as that already touched upon. Here
were teeth for blushing eighteen—handsome, pearl-like
substitutes that confiding manhood may have admired
without feeling called upon to blush for his simplicity, so
closely has Art imitated Nature. Here were also natu-
rally-shaded teeth .for manhood in its prime— substantial
grinders, real masticating blocks, fit to reduce food into
that digestible condition so necessary for those going down
the vale of years. Again there were light and easy-fitting
frameworks of gold to hold the artificial teeth in their
place, and wherever a sensitive stump, was present in the
mouth the framework was lined with prepared guns-
coloured indiarubber, protecting any tender part, or loose
tooth, from an undue pressure ,• and where total loss of
teeth rendered an entire set of substitutes necessary, these
were kept in their place by atmospheric pressure, obviating
the possibility of an awkward slip. Lastly, but by no
means least Important, were arrangements for stopping
and preserving the natural teeth where such a; course was
possible, it being a well-known fact that, notwithstandi-
the great perfection which has been arrived at in ti.
manufacture of artificial teeth, one natural tooth pre.
served is in reality snore useful than two artificial ones.
Surely it only needs to be known to all sufferers from
tooth-ache that teeth can actually be extracted , without
pain, to lead them to avail themselves of this easymeth
of ridding themselves of that enemy to good temper and
patience—a decayed and aching molar ;and if any
hicone
has .seen the various experiments with laughing-gas (wh
is very similar in its effects to nitrous oxide) at that home
of popular science, the Polytechnic, he need only drop in
opposite to that institution, and he can there experience
its peculiar, and by no means unpleasant effects, with
considerable ultimate advantage to his personal comfort.—
From the Standard, February 10, 1871.

THE NEW FRENCH. DIPLOMATISTS.
M. Thiers has been extremely fortunate in securing the
best possible assistance, not only iu the Ministry, but in
the Diplomatic Service, and in the Commission to assist
in the peace negotiations. The mon who have
consented to represent France abroad are of
the highest reputation among all parties. The
Due de Broglio, the English Ambassador,
is singularly well fitted for his. post. He is remarkable
alike for his personal attainments, and for his vigour and
independence. His father was one of the most honour-
able statesmen France ever possessed, and his mother was
the daughter of Madame de Stael. M. de Remusat, who
will represent France at Vienna, also comes from a family
famous in the annals of politics and literature, and,
if the Due de Noailles has really undertaken to
occupy the embassy at St. Petersburg, the contrast
between the future diplomatic service of France and that
which has just passed away, may be startling. The best
men in France have come forward at a moment when to
do so is to peril their political future. Of M. iThiers
himself it is unnecessary to speak. M. Gr4vy, the Pr 4,
sident of the Assembly at Bordeaux, has made au especial
study of the political history of England, .and had
his advice been taken in 1848, to give the head of the
State the position of an English Prime Minister, liable
to rejection at any moment by a vote of want of confidence
in the Chamber, the country would very probably have
escaped its recent disasters. M. Dufaure, the Minister of
Justice, served under Marshal Soult thirty years
ago; as a leader of the middle party he op-
posed the policy of Guizot before the catastrophe
of 1848, and was a colleague of De Tocqueville in 1849.
MM. Favre, Picard, and Jules Simon, are representatives
of the Republican, as distinct from the Irreconcilable,
party, and their occupation in the Ministry will tend
greatly to bridge over the differences of party feeling.
Among the Commission appointed to assist in
the negotiations of peace are also many men
who command the respect and attention of all
France. M. Barthelemey St. Hilaire is, like the Aragos,
as distinguished in scientific as in political circles
and M. Benoit d'Azy has throughout his life honourably
supported the cause of constitutional freedom,
as he was selected as president by the repre-
sentatives who protested against the. coup d'etat.
St. Marc Girardin, long known as the Doyen
of the &bats, has upheld the same principles
through long years of discouragement. With men such
as these in all the important positions in the Ministry, on
the Peace Commission, and in the Diplomatic service,
it is impossible not to feel sanguine as to the prospects of
the future.
The Echo du Nord, after reciting the list of the newly-
constituted Cabinet, says this Ministerial combination,
while giving satisfaction to the different factions of par-
liamentary opinion, preserves a distinctively Republican
character, and it cannot be denied that it includes
in the matter of capacity - the cite of
the Assembly. By this selection M. Thiers has
given an emphatic denial to those detractors who said he
had returned to his old prejudices, and has afforded an
unprecedented instance of an old man arriving by con-
stant progress at the clearest views of policy. We are
confident that M. Thiers would not hesitate between the
pitiful and subordinate part of Monk, and the glorious
mission of Washington.

The Vienna Presse says that if Count Apponyi can be
induced to accept the post of Court Marshal in Vienna he
will be succeeded by Prince Metternich, who is anxious
for the ambassadorial position in London.
The Daily News correspondent in Paris says the uni-
versal feeling there is in favour of making peace at once,
on the best terms obtainable, in order to go to war again
as soon as possible. The Red Republicans would like to
continue the war as it is ; but moderate men are content
to postpone the desire for revenge to a future period.
I People, our correspondent says, may laugh at France as

ICE. exhausted, but it may be taken for certain that nothing
can reconcile her to the peace that Germany exacts, andt
that another war to redress the present one is imminent
\As to the form of Government, the chances are thought to,
be in favour of a Republic.
Large, quantities of seed-corn are being collected fot
France by the Poles in Galicia.
Under the new French regime the word" Republic"
has been struck out of all public Acts, and France"
has been substituted.
The mortality in Paris from the 4th to the 10th instant
was 4,484. It fell between the 10th and the 17th to 4,103
in consequence of the improvement in the quality of
the food, the milder temperature, and the diminished pre-
valence of smallpox, the deaths from which were 174 in-

stead of 225.
FRENCH PRISONERS IN BELGIUM.—The French
prisoners of war in Germany who contrived to meanesca and
reach the frontier, were arrested and imprisoned l-
gium. They have appealed to the tribunals to obtain
their liberty. The public prosecutor pleaded the incom-
petency of the civil authorities to deal with the question,
but the tribunal, contrary to this opinion, declared its
deeci-
lf
competent. The Court of Appeal has reversed this
sion by a decree -which accords the military aft horitiiduales the
right of settling all questions of the liberty indiv
in matters which relate to the preservation of Belgian
neutrality.
PROSPECTS OF PEACE.—The Pat
eace rie says
esti the last
news from Bordeaux states that the p question has
made great progress. M. Jules Favre was to inform the
Assembly in a secret committee of the result of the pre-
liminary conferences which, in his capacity as Minister
of Foreign Affairs, he held with the Federal Chancellor..
It is said that the armistice, which expires on the.
24th of the month, will be renewed until the.
Ist of March, and that this delay will suffice-
for making arrangements for the signature of the
Treaty of Peace, and exchanging ratifications which will
take place at Versailles itself. So soon as peace is esta-
blished a proposal will be made to the Assembyclude
for the
organisation of a temporary army, which wil in
young men of the class of 1871. The scheme will declare
the disbanding of the existing armies, and the prepfoTr the
aation
of a definitive system of military organisation
future.
TEE BORDEAUX ASSEMBLY.—The Times corre-
spondent at Bordeaux says the aspect of the Assembly
is rather too prosaic and parochial. The plain country-
gentleman element is too markedly in the ascendant, and
the majority. of the Deputies look as if they would be
much more in their element and at their ease superin
at tletend-
ing the drainage of their estates or feeding fat
than deliberating upon affairs of State in a Legisla-
tive Assembly. For this very reason, however,
they will probably, under the guidance of such a leader as
M. Thiers, do the work they are specially summoned to do
better than politicians of more brilliant capacity. The
military element of the country is well represented ini the
assembly, but only two or three are good enough to enlven
it by wearing their uniforms. The most conspicuous
yesterday was a wounded officer, with ii:s arm in a sling,.
who, coming in late, and having a dillicalty in finding
a seat—which he, eventually took on the first bench&
to the right—attracted general interest and attention..
But to an English eye, the most remarkable figures were.
two Abb6s, whose smooth, close-shaven chins, long black
cassocks, and pale intellectual faces made them contrast
strikingly with the bluff, hirsute gentlemen around them.
In one most important respect the new Chamber appears
to great advantage as compared with the last. The
• Deputies seem united and in earnest as to the necessitdowny
a of
doing real work, mid of resolutely putting ll
irrelevant or rhetorical attempts to impede it.
GARIBALDI LEAVES MARSEILLES.—At nine we
entered the carriages, which had to proceed at a walking
pace. so crowded were these wide streets of Marseilles.
The National Guard and the soldiers tried to 4nake'a line
round the carriage, but the ranks were broken continually.
" There," cried a working man, " there goes our last
hope !" "Ah I and glad enough they
pare,' said another.
Who were designated, he did not say. Vive Garibaldi !"
echoed from a thousand voices, blended with one
" Vive la IteTiblique !" " Vive La France Republicaine I"
was Garibaldi's reply. As we neared the quay the car-
riages were separated. We descended for a triumphal
procession ; none of us would have cared for a crush; but
the last -moments were near—we felt him specially our
own. As we went on board the orders were given to keep
back the crowd bra
• a wise precaution, as several times I
thought the plank would have given way. He embraced
us one by one, and of the tough red shirts—his own.
Genoese—not one can boast that he did not weep. Some
sobbed aloud. Garibaldi's own eyes were full.
We
watched him from the pier as the steamer backed—the
slowly steamed out of sight.—Correspondent of Daily News.

MASTER MGRATH.
As soon as the celebrated Waterloo winner had reached
Lurgan, a deputation of sporting gentleman " waited upon
Master M`Grath," and presented him with a silver muzzle
and inscribed collar of the same material, and a roll of blue
riband for attaching the former during th dog days. This
muzzle is so constructed that Master Nl'c-ath can drink
without inconvenience. The deputation alto presented
the, trainer with a purse of sovereigns, a meerschaum
pipe, and a silver-mounted whip, Spooner replying in the
following humorous style Gentlemen, all the credit is
due to the dog, who carried off two great events before I
ever made his acquainance, and I have to thank Master
M`Grath for bringing my name so prominently before the
public. The dog would speak if he could, but just see
how he is pretending to laugh and chew his beautifu
hs, l teeth
with delight. You have all heard of horse-laug but
there is a jolly old dog smiling up in your generous faces.
That is more than his late opponents could honestly
do. They will doubtless grin and growl at their want
of correct information, and pull longer faces than grey-
hounds. (Great cheers.) Gentlemen, we got very great
cheering on the plains of Altcar, and I was afraid the fine
old dog, would be eaten up, as his name was in every-
body's mouth. (Laughter.) We had hosts of friends at
Liverpool, and received private visits from several Town-
councillors and tradesmen, and a very celebrated clerical
dog fancier, all of whom kindly offered Master
M`Grath and his suite free quarters. A circus
proprietor offered the dog an engagement to
run as the canine Courier of Lyons, but Master
M`Grath turned up his nose at the very mention of
Lyons. (Great laughter.) The dog knows lam only
joking. (Cheers.) A theatrical manager offered high
terms if Master M`Grath would lead in the drinking scene
of the " Colleen Sawn," but I said he would be half seas
over first. (Great laughter.) Gentlemen, I thank you, in
the name of the dog, for your extreme kindness.' The
deputation separated after giving three cheers for Lord
Lurgan and Master M`Grath.
It was stated in sporting circles in Liverpool, on Tues-
day, that the Queen had requested Lord Lurgan to send
his celebrated greyhound to Windsor.

Congress has authorised President Grant to appoint
Joint Boundary Commissioners to rectify the north-
western boundary.
Hussein Bey, the Tunis Envoy to Florence, not
having sufficient powers to negociate with the Italian
Government, has asked his Government for further in-
structions, and is awaiting its answer.
The inquest on the three men killed in a sewer at
Mile-end was opened in London on Wednesday. The
men were engaged in excavating a sewer when the shoring
gave way, burying five of them, of whom only two were
recovered alive. The coroner adjourned the inquiry, ill
order that a scientific opinion might be obtained on the
question whether the contractor had taken reasonable pre'
cautions to prevent danger.
Parliamentary papers printed on Wednesday io?f
elude copy of financial letter from the Government
India, dated December 14, 1870, on the subject of loci!:
finance ; account of money granted for relief in Antig%
and other West Indian islands ; returns of the amoe,
received and paid last year for facilitating the foundats
and endowment of schools in the highlands and islanbe
of Scotland and the report of the Director of
National Gallery.
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[AnvEwriszttENT.]-11ofioway's Pills.—Many per,a3.s
are apt to regard the winter past when a few bright 'O4
enliven them, and some are rash enough at once to nli%,°l-
warm for lighter clothing. Much risk attends theil;,oo
prudence, though the inevitable ill health resultin4 no
it can be readily set right by recourse to these lA' e 49
and corrective pills ; invaluable to the sickly at all trtbe
and doubly useful at this season, when they cast nitt
the
impurities of winter, and fortify the system agaillsaia,
sudden variation of, and frequent epidemics atte?! frep
spring. Holloway's medicine relaxes the skin,yernllol the
transpiration through its pores, and thus rids it r3ture
irritation and harshness which increasing teire
'makes annoying to the nervous and sensitive.