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The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-03

MARSHAL PRIM.

A. word of reparation should be given to the
statesman and general who has just met his death by
assassination at Madrid. About two years and a
quarter elapsed between the deposition of Queen
Isabella and the election of King Amadeus ; and
this long delay led to the general belief that Prim was
only protracting a final settlement in order to
familiarise the people with the idea of his possessing
supreme power in some shape or other. This con-
clusion seems to have been erroneous. He may,
in fact it is almost certain that he did, strive to
secure a king who would be much under his own
control ; but he did not drive at dispensing with
a sovereign altogether. The difficulties in the way
of finding a suitable monarch were very great. There
were few eligible princes, and several who were
applied to declined. Some that might have accepted
did not meet with sufficient support in the Cortes.
Moreover, the two parties who had united to effect the
revolution were seriously divided on this question.
These causes were in themselves sufficiently formid-
able to produce the delay. On the. whole Prim,
though not a very good or great man, considerably
excelled any of his recent predecessors. He reformed
many of the abuses of former Governments and intro-
duced no fresh ones. The liberty of the subject was not
always respected, but he enjoyed a greater share of
freedom than at any previous time. Prim's form of
rule was far from being a model of parliamentary
government. The old system of deciding political
questions by the sword was still in force.. But the
power of the Cortes was never so great as it is now ,
and this in itself is a great deal.
London, England, 1871-01-03

THE LYCEUM THEATRE.

Few who witnessed the first Italian Opera Buffa within
the Lyceum Theatre on Monday night, will deny that this
class of musical performances finds a home there. The
acoustic properties of the building, the large orchestra,
and the convenient size of the stage are all accessories
which 'suit the pouttrayal of operas riot meant to be
magnificent or elaborate. The opera " L'ltaliana in
Algiri," a pretty well known one, is a romantic but brief
history of a beautiful flirt, who, finding herself ship-
wrecked in a country where her lover is a slave resolves
to make love to all the authorities who cross her path in
her efforts to release that slave. The part last evening
was undertaken by Maddle. Veralli, an artiste, whose
touchingly sweet voice from the beginning to the end of
the piece made an impression everywhere. As a first
performance the opera, though perhaps a little tame in
execution, was a decided success. The orchestra, under
the care of Mr. Weist Hill, was unusually large and well-
trained. The chief singers on the stage were perfectly at
ease, though the theatre could not but have been new to
them in every respect, and the very brilliant audience in
the house were comfortably seated and secured against
cold draughts by all possible stratagems. The dresses
were costly and the scenery sufficiently attractive. Mr.
Healey, the acting manager, we must say deserves a word
of praise for the success of all of the arrangements which
were not distinctly the work of the actors themselves.
There is no doubt that the series of operas will meet with
patronage not only from the general Lyceum public, but
from a new public of foreigners who were on the first
night represented in the building in abundance.
London, England, 1871-01-03

Edward Hawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON
REFUGES .FOR HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN
and CHICHESTER TRAINING SHlP.—Upwards of 500 Boys and
Girls are nowbeing supported in these Refuges and Ship."
Owing to the benevolent and praiseworthy exertions which
have for several months been made to aid the sick and Wounded
in the present War, the funds for the support of these Refuges
and Ship have decreased considerably.
An urgent appeal is therefore made for assistance to support
the inmates.
£l5 will keep a boy or a girl for one year, and £1 ss. for a
month.
Contributions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 214, High Holborn, W,(1.., and 41, Lothbury,
E.C., and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Qfteen.street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.

ALEXANDRA ORPHANAGE for lITFANTS,
Hornsey-rise, near Highgate, N.
Children eligible from any part of the Kingiom.
Under the immediate patronage of
Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS of
WALES, and the
CROWN PRINCESS of PRUSSIA.
A MEETING of Governors was held on THuasDAY, November
17 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, for the
ELECTION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to b retained
until sixteen years of age.
' ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Miolesex, in
the Chair.
At the close of the Ballot the following were declked to be
SUCCESSFUL:—
ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SIXTEEN .I.EARS
OF AGE.
1. Scarlett, Alice Maud.... 635 2. Bloom, Louisa ........611
' ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE.
'3. Richards, Henry William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabetl .... 452
4. Leigh, Charles Edward.. 576 8. Mather, Selina Agnes.. 439
5. Eyles, Alfred Henry .. .. 490 9. Bennett, Louisa Mary.. 431
6. Childs, Alice Rebecca .. 458 10. Curtis, Elizabeth Slaud 429
A vote of thanks to the Chairman and to the Scrutineers
terminated the proceedings.
73, Cheapside.
URGENT APPEAL.—The Committee very earnegly appeal
for Contributions in aid of the BUILDING FUND esiecially, as
well as for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no
funded property, but depends wholly upon voluntar3 support.
No salaries are paid but to the household. The Orihange is
open to visitors.

JOSEPH SOUL, Hon. Secretary,
London, England, 1871-01-02

AN IRISH REBEL ON IRISH POLITICS.

A. " Cork Rebel " sends a letter to the Daily
News, giving an account of the convictions
which, he fears not to say, " are steadily
gaining ground among all classes of thinhing
Irishmen." He is rather a friendly sort of
Fenian on the whole. His letter is one
of advice in favour of a " real Union "
between England and Ireland being effected at
this crisis—one in which the enemies of England
have shewn themselves mighty, and when it is well-
known that " bitter memories" are still allowed to
keep alive a positive danger in Ireland. "The
Rebel" himself lives in a city where 60,000 of the
80,000 inhabitants are "actively or passively disloyal."
He is, however, prepared to say that they are yet
open to honourable conviction. They will be amenable
like the rest of Ireland to one act on the part
of England, the granting to the country an
undeniable equality of independence with Eng-
land itself. The " Cork Rebel " is persuaded
that a compromise likely for ever to cement the
connection of the two islands would result from a
conference of a few of the leading men of both
nations. This is no time to mince a most serious
question. "Ireland is at this moment in the balance
for independent union with England, or an indepen-
dent Republic without it."
London, England, 1871-01-02

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley.
COVENT GARDEN—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty.
ADELPHI—Smoke. Mistletoe Bough.
HArmAnKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth.

Uncle's WilL The Spectre Bridegroom. --vv
---
VABDEvlLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or
the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. Cceur-de-
Lion.
ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Bombastes
Furioso.
OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur-
lesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his
Sensation Cat.
GAIETY—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.
OPERA COMIQUE—Found Drowned. Nothing to Nurse.
HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. A Breach of Promise.
Jezabel.
PRINCE or WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locked
In.
PRINCESS'S—A Christmas Carol. Little Gil Blas. He's
a Lunatic.
NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to
Banbury Cross.
ASTLEY'S—Farce. Little Tom Tittlemouse.
SADLER'S WELLS—Farce. Sinbad the Sailor.
SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack.
POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
noon and Evening.
EGYPTIAN HALL—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.
PALAIS ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine
ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. is. ; extra rooms, 6d..

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LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1871.
London, England, 1871-01-02

BANKING COMPANIES.

I'd Pd
1 Agra Bank IL) A 74 84 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 112}1m
25 Alliance (L)
10 Angio-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 202 211 231
21, 1 20 London and County 491 501
50 British N American 62 54 501
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 131 141 15 London Joint-Stock 331 Al
25 Char Mere of India 221 231 34
10 City
25 Colonial
52 20 Midland (L)
4 Consolidated IL ••1
1 11pm 20 New South Wales .. 33 36
t2O Eng. Sco .andAus 0 151 161 25 Orntal4ol Bankoorporn 391 401
61
20 imperial iLI ........ 174 184 25 Union of Australia.. 411 421
15 Union of London .. Z 8 39
London, England, 1871-01-02

MARRIAGES,

On the 29th ult., at Holy Trinity, Tunbridge-wells, Ed-
ward Estridge, of Repton, Derbyshire, to Elizabeth, the
youngest daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir W. E.
Parry.
On the 29th ult. at St. Stephen's Church, Sydenham,
Ernest Deacon, Esq., of Canton, to Marion Alice, third
daughter of John Gregory Crace, Esq., of Springffeldl
Dulwich. _
London, England, 1871-01-02

ADULTERATION OF CONFECTIONERY.

At a Dublin police-court on Thursday the Public
Health Committee prosecuted a confectioner of the
city for having adulterated the sweets he sold "chiefly
to the poorer classes" with chromate of lead, a
substance proved by the city analyst as one inju-
rious to health. In the courso of the inquiry, it was
stated on the authority of the Food Journal that
from ten to fifteen per cent, of the confections sold
in England were coloured with the chromate.
London, England, 1871-01-02

CONDITIONS.

In all cases instructions to forward Telegrams are received
subject to their acceptance and transmission by the Post Office.
room,
The
and are Telegra
not to be ms to be usecopied.d only in one newspaper or news-
No order for less than Three Months can be accepted, and
prepayment is essential.
Orders received on Monday MORNING can commence on the
following Thursday ; orders received on Thursday MORNING can
commence on the following Monday.
Two weeks' notice must be given before the expiration of the
current quarter if the service is not to be continued.
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Proprietor.
112, Strand, London. W.CI., December 1, 1870.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON
REFUGES FOR HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN
and CHICHESTER TRAINING SHIF.--Upwards of 500 Boys and
Girls are now being supported in these Refuges and Ship.t
°whit to the benevolent and praiseworthy exertions which
have for several months been made to aid the sick and Wounded
in the present War, the funds for the support of these Refuges
and Ship have decreased considerably.
An urgent appeal is therefore made for assistance to support
the inmates.
£l5 will keep a boy or a girl for one year, and £1 ss. for a
month.
Contributions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 21.4, High Holborn, W. (s., and 41, Lothbury,
E.C., and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.
London, England, 1871-01-02

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 1.
The Queen walked out yesterday afternoon, attended
by the Dowager Duchess of Athole.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess
Beatrice, attended Divine service at Osborne this morn-

On dit, that the Court Festivities usually held in
Brussels in January will not take place this year on
account of the war.

HopELEss.—A. letter from a ycung officer in the
French army of the Loire, says :—" My dear Parents,—
I am quite well, but I have lost all hope that France can
recover from the blows which she has received. You may
say to all those who chatter about politics that France is
conquered and betrayed, and that she will be again.
Why ? Because three dragons rule in France—
Indifference, Ignorance of Military Art, and Party
Spirit, which devour, and will devour, France.
Panic is in the French army. All the chiefs cry to the
soldiers,`Sauce qui pent.' First, national indifference.
No one cares for aught but himself. National utility is
extinct Our chiefs at the table, at the cafe, in the billiard-
room, at play—behold their life. They dream of nothing
but to parade and to gossip. The rest are becoming even
more depraved."—Another says :—" We have seen
arrive at Vendome soldiers from all corps, not knowing
where were their regiments ; artillery without guns,
cavalry with horses which they knew not how to keep.
In fine, nothing could be more sad than to see that mass
of soldiers in want of everything. All those whom wo
have interrogated say that it is useless to fight, for they
no longer count on the least success. They have done
what they could, and have arrived at nothing. They are
completely demoralised."
London, England, 1871-01-02

Best Advertising Paper in the Western Counties.

THE WESTERN MORNING NEWS. A.
First-Class Daily Paper, the oldest in the district. Inde-
pendent in opinions. The earliest and fullest in news. Circu-
lates among all classes and parties and the best medium for
Advertisers. . _

Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli-
cation to the Publisher,
• Edward Hawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth.
London, England, 1871-01-02

CHINA.

A. telegram dated Pekin, December IG, has been
received from Mr. Wade, stating that all was quiet
at the ports.

The subject for the Kaye prize this year at Cam-
bridge is the Apocalypse compared with other Apocalyp-
tic writings. The examiners are Dr. Gifford, of St. John's,
and Mr. Hort, of Trinity.

Plough Monday, the 9th January, will be
observed as usual at the Mansion House by a banquet
given by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress to the
" household." Cards of invitation have already been
issued.
London, England, 1871-01-02

BIRTHS.

On the 30th ult., at 59, Belsize-park, the wife of J. B. S.
Somers, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 30th ult., at 2, Lyall-street, Belgrave-square, the
Countess of March, of a son and heir.
London, England, 1871-01-02

ANOTHER FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
A shocking accident occurred near Ferryhill Junction
Newcastle, on Friday afternoon, by which two breaksmen
were killed, and a guard injured beyond hope of recovery.
A. mineral train was proceeding down an incline on the
Hartlepool and Ferryhill line. The train consisted of
forty waggons, with a double break van in advance,

three breaksmen being in the van. The break becoming
clogged with snow would not work ; the waggons, conse-
quently, ran rapidly down the incline, and the van was
overturned and pushed along for some distance, till it ran
into a locomotive, which was standing on a siding. The
detached engine was set in motion, and, striking a bridge,
was thrown into a field beneath and destroyed.
London, England, 1871-01-02

AN ENGLISH PRISONER IN GERMANY.

Germans are famous for keeping Christmas, but
they do not seem inclined to allow their captives to
do so, especially when those captives happen to be
Englishmen. A. friend of the unfortunate Mr.
Frederick Gonner Worth, the Englishman who was
taken prisoner by the Germans on the 27th of
October, complains that he has not been allowed to
receive the Christmas presents sent him. 'Jr.
Worth is detained in prison at Cologne, no one knows
what for, and his friends are quite uncertain as to
when they may hope for his release. As it was plain
he would not be allowed to come out before Christ-
mas they sent him some Christmas cheer to the care
of the Governor of Cologne, with the request that
he might be allowed to have it. This was refused;
for what reason is difficult to say, since prisoners of
war are not usually treated like criminals ; and even
criminals are allowed some relaxation at Christmas.
London, England, 1871-01-02

TURKEY.

PELLA, December 31 (3.50 p.m.)
There are renewed differences between the Porte
and the Khedive. The Porte complains of disregard
by the Khedive of his last firman, especially as re-
gards armaments.

(DAILY NEWS TELEGRAMS.)
AUSTRIA. AND PRUSSIA.
VIENNA, December 31.
The recent correspondence with Count Bismarck
on the Luxemburg and German unity questions is to
be laid before the Delegations, which meet on Janu-
ary 10, in the form of a supplement to the Austrian
Redbook.

THE TOURS RAILWAY.

BORDEAUX, December 31.

It is not true that the railway to Tours has been
destroyed by the Prussians. Ou the contrary, the
co m munications are perfectly open between Le Mans,
Tours, Blois, and ierzon.

THE CONFER

We have received the followh.,, ~he Foreign
Office :—" The Conference has been put oft for a
few days in order to give time to M. Favre and to
messengers bringing instructions to some of the other
plenipotentiaries to arrive."
London, England, 1871-01-02

-101) B. HALL, WHOLESALE WINE and
L • SPIRIT MERCHANT, of Printing House-square, Printer-
street, and Queen Victoria-street, is prepared to supply the
trade with IRISH and SCOTCH WHISKIES, new or matured,
in sherry casks. BRANDIES, WINES, &0., on the best terms,
in bond or duty paid.
London, England, 1871-01-02

MARKETS,

The following markets are supplied at a cost of 4d. for each
report. They are forwarded direct, and the most careful
arrangements are n ade to ensure their prompt dispatch.

Aberdeen, Cattle—Saturday. London, Corn Averages—Once
Birmingham, Corn—Thursday. a week.
Bristol, Cattle—Thursday. PP Potatoes—Daily.
SP Corn—Tuesday and PP Produce—Daily.
Thursday. Provision—Daily.
'
Clyde, Crushed Sugar—Daily. Leeds, Cattle—Wednesday.
Cork, Butter—Daily. „ Corn—Tuesday.
„ Corn—Satarday. Leith, Corn—Saturday.
Doncaster, Cattle—Saturday. Liverpool, Cattle—Monday.
Corn—Saturday. - „ Corn—Opening rues-
Dublin, Cattle—Thursday. day and Friday.
„ Corn—Tuesday and „ Corn—Closing Tues-
Friday. day and Friday.
Edinburgh, Cattle —Wcdnes- „ Cotton—Opening Daily.
day. PP PP —Closing Daily.
~ Corn Wednes- „
Produce—Daily.
day. Lincoln, Corn—Friday.
Gloucester, Corn—Saturday. Maidstone, Corn—Thursday.
Glas,ow, Cattle—Thursday. Manchester, Cotton—Monday,
IP Corn—Wednesday. Wednesday, and Thursday,
„ rig Iron—Opening at 4d. ; Tuesday, Friday, ls.
Daily. Manchester, Corn—Thursday.
~ „ —Closing Daily Newark, Corn—Wednesday.
Hull, Cattle—Tuesday. Newcastle, Cattle—Tuesday.
„ Corn—Tuesday. PI Corn— Tuesday and
Kirkcaldy, Corn—Saturday. Saturday.
London, Cattle—Monday and Norwich, Corn—Saturday.
Thursday. Reading, Corn—Saturday.
„ Corn—Opening Mon- Salford, Cattla--Tuesday.
day, Wednesday, Southall, Cattle—Wednesday.
and Friday. Wakefield, Cattle—Wednesday.
PI Corn—Closing Mon- „ Corn—Friday.
day, Wednesday,
and Friday.
BANK RETURNS, 395. per quarter. WIND AND WEATHER,
395. per quarter. SHIPPING LIST, arrivals at Gravesend, Fal-
mouth, and Queenstown, each ses. per quarter.
NEw YORK rams, daily, 395. per quarter.
SPORTING.—DetaiIs of terms for sporting news will be supplied
in January next.
A discount of 10 per cent. is allowed on arrangements for not
less than twelve months.
London, England, 1871-01-02

THE RESTORATION SCHEME.

We have previously alluded to the protests from
French captive officers against a Bonapartist restora-
tion, which have for many days past appeared in the
Independence Beige. The importance of these pro-
tests is very great. They strike a deadly blow at
the scheme which is known to have been at least
thought of by Count Bismarck, and which is now
being actively pushed forward by the Imperialist
adherents. The last of these protests has appeared,
and the total number of signatures is over three
thoimand, including several generals and many com-
manders of regiments. There can in no doubt as to
the significance of a demonstration on this scale.
Three thousand officers are one-half of the total
number that capitulated at Metz, and thus they
amount to such a large fraction or the whole
imprisoned force that it is difficult to imagine
how the "restoration army" can be organised
in the face of so many malcontents. Some of the
protests do not mince matters in speaking of the
"man of Sedan." Others, without saying anything
London, England, 1871-01-02

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament.
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
Chief Office-17, Waterloo-place, London.
Annual Income, £300,000.
Capital, subscribed by more than 1,600 Shareholders, nearly
£BOO,OOO.
DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN—GeneraI Sir FREDERIC SMITH, ICH., F.R.S.
The Rev. A. Alston, D.D. R. M. Carter, Esq., M.P.
E. Hamilton Anson, Esq. Edmund Heeley, Esq.
A. R. Bristow, Esq. Reginald Read, Esq., M.D.
This Society are now ISSUIN COMPLETE LIFE POLICIES.
The peculiar features of these Policies are as follow
1. The Payments Cease after Ten or Twenty Years.
2. The Policy is not forfeited by the non-payment of renewal
premium during the ten or twenty years.
3. The Assurer is entitled for each yearly payment he has
made to a paid-up Policy for one-tenth or one-twentieth of the
sum Assured.

HENRY 13. PARMINTER, Manager.
London, England, 1871-01-02

THE TRUCK COMMISSION.

The Commissioners appointed to inquire into tile work-
ing of the Truck System in connection with tie watch
movements manufacture met at Prescot on Stturday.
A number of watchmakers and workmen were e2amined.
It was proved in evidence that at some establishmmits the
men had to take pro visions instead of money their
work, while at others they had to receive Coventry
watches of the value of from £4 to £B, which they often
sold or pawned at a great loss. Further evidence will be
adduced before the Commission.

THE FRENCH IRON-CLAD AT QUEENSTOWN.
The French iron-clad, now in Queenstown Harbour,
has been ordered to sail to-morrow. The coal collier
alongside her, was yesterday prohibited by the Admira-
from supplying her with the full quantity of fuel, wished
►to be received on board. The Prussian corvette is reported
off Dungarvan.

LEICESTER AND THE EDUCATION ACT.
The nomination for thirteen members to form a School
Board for Leicester, to be elected on the 11th of this
month, closed on Saturday night. There were nominated
thirteen Churchmen, eight Independents, eight Baptists,
six Unitarians, four Wesleya,ns, three working men, two
Quakers, one Wesleyan Reformer, one Primitive Metho-
dist, and one Roman Catholic—in all forty-seven candi-
dates. The contest is expected to be severe. Wednesday
next.is A 49 last day for resignations.
London, England, 1871-01-02

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 morn concentrated
form, arid at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s. each; also 55., is. Bd., and 15s. each, includ-
ing brush.

Iced Brill Wharf, Angel-passage, P 2, Upper Thames-street, Lon-
ion, E.C.

ANY GENTLEMAN requiring the comforts of
a HOME in a respectable and cheerful family, where there
are no other lodgers, to board or not with the family, as
required, may hear of the same by applying to A. L., Mr.
Hawkins, Post Office, Liverpool-road, Barnsbury, N.
London, England, 1871-01-02

DEATH OF LORD WALSINGHAAL

Lord Walsingham died suddenly on Saturday. The
Right Hon. T. De Grey, M.P., eldest son of Lord Wal-
singham, succeeds to the title and becomes a peer, causing
a vacancy in the representation of West Norfolk. The
deceased nobleman was born on the 6th of July, 1804.
He succeeded his father, the fourth baron, in 1839.
and in 1842 he married Augusta Louisa, eldest daughter
of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, Bart. This lady died
and his lordship again was married to the Hon Emily
Elizabeth Thelusson, eldest daughter of the second Baron
Rendelsham, by whom he had issue several sons and
daughters.
London, England, 1871-01-02

DE NTHS.

On the 30th ult., at Upper Tooting, Surrey, Susannah,
widow of Arthur Miller Rose, aged 75.
On the 28th ult., at Weston, near Bath, Nutcombe
Quicke, Esq., aged 81.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by him at
THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
XonclaY, January 2,18(1.
London, England, 1871-01-02

The Piccadilly Annual. J. C. Hotten.

A capital title and an excellent miscellany. It is the
first of its name, and it is to be hoped that it will not be the
last, for it is certainly in its way a marvel of cheapness, of
variety, and of entertainment. The very cover is alluring,
though, remembering the name of the Annual, it can
hardly be regarded as appropriate. A picturesque chalet
among snow-clad firs and Alpine mountains, exquisitely
colour-printed, can hardly be regarded as an apt sym-
bol or exemplar of Piccadilly. Dead and living
authors are among the contributors. Among the former
are Charles Dickens and Tbackeray, Albert S mith and
Dudley Costello. Among the latter are Longfellow and
Lowell, Bret Harte, and Blanchard Jerrold., The first
paper is that powerful record founded by Dickens upon
the infamous career of the poisoner Wainewright, already
delineated under the name of Varley as one of the bad
heroes in Lord Lytton's romance of crime, entitled "Lucre-
tia, or the Children of Night." Costello tells a ghost story,
Longfellow rings out " The Alarm Bell of Atri," Mark
Twain tickles the reader in the midriff with some quaint
"memoranda," Albert Smith calls back the dead past for
an instant with a reminiscence from his " Mont Blanc
by recounting to us all over again the performance " Der
Kleine Kasper." Bret Harte has a charming
recollection of a reading of " The Old Curiosity Shop"
in the Far West, which he commemorates in some tender
lines, entitled " Dickens in Camp." Other memories of
Charles Dickens there are in the annual, but they are
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publisher.nvery few
Robert Brough's parody of Edgar Poe's "Raven," inter-
parodies really "tolerable and to be endured." Sketches by
,Thackeray, like all his drawings, are remarkable for their
combination of coarseness and comicality, their crudity
and their character. Orpheus Kerr's specimen of
an adaptation under the heading " Mystery of Mr.
E. Brood," simply passes our comprehension. Varied
letter-press and abundant illustrations, brought to-
gether from the most widely scattered sources, all contrive
in combination to render ," The Piccadilly Annual " as
pleasant a miscellany for a winter's evening as any
reasonable mortal could wish to secure for the chimney
London, England, 1871-01-02

THE ANGLO-BAVARIAN BREWERY COM-
PANY'S, Southampton, new Season's. Brewings of PALE
and other ALES, now in magnificent condition, may be tasted
at the London Stores, 35 and 36, St. Thomas-street, S.E.
India Pale Ale, 545. per barrel. I Strong Ale, 665. per barrel.
Mild ~48s. „ Extra Stout, 485. „

MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 6,
Red Lion-square, W.C., London.—During the last 10 years
this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a vast number
of poor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The plan
adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the streets of London
and gather them together at the midnight hour, when short and
faithful addresses have been given.

During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly
every week in some of the most frequented districts of the
metropolis.
The promoters have abundant evidence that these efforts have
been most successful in effecting a great moral change in many
fallen ones.

To enable them to continue their important work, FUNDS are
earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by Mr. John
Stabb, Hon. Sec., 5, Red Lion-square, W.C., London ; and at the
Union Bank of London (Carey-street Branch), W.C.
London, England, 1871-01-02

WASTE TN HOUSEHOLDS.

A correspondent thinks the suggestions made by
"A French Lady" respecting the mismanagement
of English cookery deserve attention on the special
ground of the waste occasioned by our national defi-
ciencies in this respect. Good cooking means
economy; bad cooking means waste. A notable
housewife might save more at home than she could
earn abroad, and a thorough knowledge of the
simplicities of cookery wo'uld introduce meat into
cottages, where now it is seldom seen , would
turn to Recount . many an article of food
now discarded, despised, or disregarded, •and
would in fact increase wages by mak-
ing them go further. At a season when there
is great and prevalent distress from the slaikness of
employment, caused by the severity of the weather
and the long continued depression of trade, it is a
matter of no small moment that our labouring popu-
lation should be able to turn their scanty resources
to the best account. The common fashion of laying
out the hardly-earned halfcrown in bread and cheese
(always new bread, of course) is about as thriftless
and unprofitable a method of expenditure as could be
devised. A French woman, with three francs, would
give her family a succession of hot bouillis, which
would puzzle an English professed cook. •

THE TRUCK CO3IMISSION.

The commission into the working of the truck
system has just concluded a three days' inquiry at
Gloucester into the " tommy shops " of the collieries

and ironworks of the Forest of Dean, and the coal
and iron districts of Monmouthshire. The masters
of the collieries and ironworks disclaim any connec-
tion with the shops at the works, which are estab-
lished by the " butty "or middleman ; but all the
masters and managers assert that the plan is a good
one for the men's families, as it prevents the men from
spending their money in drinking. If this were the
case, there is something to be said even
for the obnoxious truck system, -but it
may be questioned. The system of credit
is not generally a sound or provident one for work-
men, and the men's wives are usually strongly
opposed to the truck system throughout the country.
The masters say that if weekly wages were given,
the men would have weekly instead of monthly
spells of drinking. Sometimes after getting their
wages, they will be off for three days drinking
until they have spent all their money. This looks
as though the certainty of getting credit at the
" tommy " shop increased their natural recklessness,
and certainly afforts little support to the plea of
improved sobriety.
London, England, 1871-01-02

GENERAL TROCHU'S PLAN.

The Correspondance Havas says that at the council of
war held in Paris on December 21, the commander-in-
chief laid his plan before the generals and admirals assem
bled at his hotel, and it received their unanimous
approval. The President of the Government carried
his audience with him. Growing more and more ani-
mated as he went on explaining his theories, Trochu
defined the military and political situation with an elo-
quence which produced a profound impression. Even
those generals most disposed to cavil and criticise
were electrified, and left the council convinced of
the success of the intended operations. This unanimity was
of itself a victory for the general. On the same day
Trochu had a narrow escape. He went with his staff to
the outskirts of Drancy, and found himself under the fire
of an enemy's battery, which poured shell and shots upon
the little party. Happily no one was hurt, and Trochu
went on unmoved.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS.
The Provincial Correspondence writes as follows respect-
ing the bombardment of Mont Avron :—" The 'impor-
tant news of the bombardment of Mont Avron on
the 27th inst. has just reached us. The bombardment of
the town is not now in question, and that of the forts
even is not yet directly affected, but the introduction to
both has been begun. Mont Avron is an eminence to the
east of Paris, situated not far from Fort Rosny.
The French have here erected batteries for the
purpose of securing and strengthening the fort, and from
them their sortie of the 21st was partly made. The im-
mediate ebject of our attack therefore is to seize this
menacing position, and render it harmless. As soon as
this is accomplished, not only will the further advance
upon the nearest forts be facilitated, but the bombard-
ment of that portion of Paris in the vicinity will be ren-
dered possible. The preparations for effectually carrying
out the immense task of bombarding Paris have been
thoroughly completed, since the defeat of the Army of
the Loire at the beginning of December, rendered any
attempts at interruption nugatory, and at the present
moment such a number of heavy siege guns is in
position before Paris as was never before con-
centrated upon one point. The undertaking that
has now been begun is one of the greatest
and most difficult of the whole war. The forts in them-
Selves are very strong, and have been rendered still more
fgrmidable by new works ; besides which they are admir-
ably armed and well defended. It will, therefore, °oat
London, England, 1871-01-02

A NEUTRAL CONFEDERATION.

A. Daily News correspondent at Brussels notices a
healthy tone of public opinion in Belgium :—" The
opinion is gaining ground here from day to day that,
if Holland and the intermediate districts between
France and Germany comprieing Luxemburg,
Lorraine, and Alsace—had their neutrality
guaranteed in the same way as Belgium
and Switzerland, and if all these States were allowed
to form a strong defensive league an 1 customs union,
of which England would be the leader, wars in
Western Europe would simply become impossible."
This is a promising project, but there are some diffi-
culties iu the way. England, who has most to gain
by getting together such a happy family, has no
influence to do so; and the Power which would op-
pose it (preferring annexation to neutrality) is para-
mount.
London, England, 1871-01-02

OUR OOTEMPORARIES—This Morning

THE PROSPECTS OF THE NEW YEAR.
The Times, in commenting on the prospects of the new
year, says: Turning from the affairs of the Continent to
other political relations, we find few subjects for encour-
agement. The jealously of the Americans, which is ever
being evinced in some matter, great or small, has received
official expression in the President's message, and we
know not by what acts it may be followed. Doubtless
the reports on this subject are exaggerated ; they may
be baseless. But there is, at least, an expectation
that the Alabama claims and the petty question of the
Canadian fisheries are to be brought into unwelcome
prominence. In these and any similar controversies
which may be forced upon us the Government and coun-
try will know what is due to its own honour and to public
justice. While ever willing, as we have already shewn,
to render our neighbours their rights, we are not to
be intimidated by any adversary. At this moment a liti-
gant may think he has a favourable opportunity to deal
with us, because the two nations which are destroying
each other on the Continent combine to inveigh against
us. Their accusations are so mutually contradictory that
they may be left to answer each other. It is only the
blind passion which bloodshed has roused which could
prompt each of two belligerents, who entered ad-
visedly and eagerly into a war, to abuse a neutral for not
aiding him against the other : and this is all that can
he laid to our charge. The real cause of this ill-feeling is
the spectacle of a nation living in quiet and comparative
prosperity while they are bleeding and exhausted. A time
will come when they will recognise that neutrality
is no ground for resentment. But were it
otherwise, we shall be prepared to maintain
our rights. Yet the prospect for the ensuing
year is such that the Government, without yielding
to panic, must be prepared to give our present forces that
organisation which is necessary to make them effective.
We have the elements of a good army in sufficient abun-
dance, but they are without cohesion or system. A 7ell.
devised reform in this would best dissipate the anxieties
which cannot but affect us in regarding the momentous
events which are now convulsing the world.
London, England, 1871-01-02

THE ATTACK UPON MARSHAL PRIM.

The attempt to assassinate the chief working
Minister of the Spanish Government has had the
usual effect. His position is strengthened; his
enemies are weakened; the differences be-
tween him and some of the leading Revolutionists
are healed up. Admiral Topete, one of the principal
actors in the revolution of September 1868, has long
been on indifferent terms with Prim. He was a
warm supporter of the Duke of Monpensier's candid-
ature, whilst Prim was prepared to support al.nest
anybody else. Through thii difference the Admiral
left the Ministry. He now returns to office, and will
officiate in place of Prim, whilst the latter is recover-
ing. Such is always the fruit of political murders.
London, England, 1871-01-02

ENGAGEMENT NEAR ROUEN.

BERLIN, December 31.
General Manteuffel announces that five battalions
Of the Ist Division encountered to-day, near Rouen,
on the left bank of the Seine, superior hostile forces,
Which had advanced from the [district of Briare to
koulineanx and Grande Couronne.
These forces were partly dispersed and partly
driven into the strong fortress of Robert le Diable,
Which was stormed by our troops.
The enemy lost numerous guns and about 100 pri-
kners, including apparently the commanders of the
Francs-tireurs.

An official Paris report states that the bombard-
k eta of Mont Avron on the 27th cost the French
heavy losses.

It adds that seventeen officers killed or wounded
Oh this occasion particularly distinguished them-
selves,

The following despatches have also been received
THE BOMBARDMENT OF MEZIERES.
BouLzicotruT, December 31.
The artillery siege companies and the necessary
Ilutt6riel having arrived yesterday, the bombardment
(11 Alezieres was begun to-day.
. There are constant small affairs between the be-
a,nleging troops of the northern district and Francs-
4ireurs.
DEFEAT OF THE MOBILES AT LONG PRE.

" ALBERT, December 30.
" On the 28th Lieutenant-Colonel Pestel, of the
thlans, with a flying column of three companies and
three squadrons, defeated three battalions of Mobiles
at Lonapro.
c

" $e captured three standards, ten officers, and
230 men.

" The loss on our aide consisted of six wcunded."

" VERSAILLES, December 30.
"On the conquered Mont Avron, before Paris,
:ere found to-day large masses of artillery ammu-
nition and 224 spiked guns.
"Two companies pressed forward up to the village
Of Rosily.
"On our side one man was wounded."—Tinzos.
London, England, 1871-01-02

No WORK TO Do.

At a meeting of destitute working men held in
Spitalfields, Mr. Trench spoke of the distress
which prevails among the working classes of London,
and said it was partly attributable to the completion
of some great works, such as the Metropolitan Rail-
way, and the cessation of housebuilding consequent
on the panic. He did not approve of relief
works, believing that there was plenty of
work for men to do in the world, and the
cultivation of waste lands was, he thought, quite in-
admissible from its want of remuneration. He wished
public assistance to be directed in two ways, in the
promotion of emigration to thos3 lands where the
supply of labour did not equal its requirements, and
in assisting immigration to other parts of the country
where labour was in demand. '['ho Rev. Canon
Baldwin, of Toronto, made some remarks calculated to
encourage those desirous of emigrating, •by assuring
the meeting that all sober and industrious men might
feel reasonably secure against poverty when they
went out there, especially if they could turn them-
selves to agricultural work. Miss Macpherson
stated that she had received fifty-eight
dollars as contributions for her Home from
boys who had been sent to Canada. A
satisfactory account of some emigrants was given by
the Rev. Mr. Herring, who has been out to Canada
to take note of their actual condition, and stated that
out of seven hundred who had been sent from
Clerkenwell, only two had failed to prosper, and that
v as on account of their giving way to drink.
London, England, 1871-01-02

STOCK EXCHANGES,

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—Opening price of Consols at 11.15
and statement of business done at 12.15, with remarks—
a 18s. 6d. per quarter.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—Report and Closing Quotations--
a 18s. 6d. per quarter.
PROVINCIAL STOCK EXCHANGES.—Two reports are forwarded
daily from Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Leeds—charge,-
£1 19s. per quarter for each report.
London, England, 1871-01-02

THE WEATHER.

Whilst the meteorologists are fighting hard to de-
cide which was the coldest day of last week, it may
suffice ordinary mortals to know that they were all
very cold. In Herefordshire at 9 a.m. on Friday, the
thermometer registered 10 deg. only; Saturday, 24th,
°deg. ; Sunday (Christmas Day), 25th, 3 deg.; Mon-
day, 20th, 15 deg. The cold diminished a little on
the 27th and following days, owing to snow, but re-
covered its lost ground on Friday night. Freezing
point is 32 degrees.

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ROU➢MANIA.

The question whether Prince Charles of Roumania
has declared his independence seems for the present
settled in the negative. This is satisfactory, for this
Roumanian question is far more dangerous to the
peace of the East than anything that may be done
in respect to the Black Sea. Turkey will not
consent to give up her nominal suzerainty over
the Principalities, for if she did, her power, such
as it is, would be transferred wholly to Russia.
Austria is equally averse from allowing the
mouths of the Danube to fall into Russian
hands. Both countries, in short, would
fight against Roumanian independence. The
positive announcement from Berlin that no declara-
tion of independence has been made is therefore
satisfactory. it would be premature, however, to
affirm that nothing of the kind is contemplated. An
influential party in Roumania has this object at
heart, and Russia lends willing support.
London, England, 1871-01-02

THE CABINET.

Our anticipations of Saturday have been completely
realised. Mr. Chichester Fortescue has accepted the office
of President of the Board of Trade, and the Marquis of
llartington that of Chief Secretary for Ireland.

The Cabinet, which, during the illness and absence of
Mr. Bright, was temporarily increased, will consist, as
heretofore, of fifteen members.
The office of Postmaster• General will be held by a
Minister without a seat in the Cabinet.—Telcgraph.

THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.—Tho agents of the
Society of Friends, although several of them have been
stricken with disease, are still actively employed in the
devastated circle of country of which Metz may be re-
garded as the centre. I understand that, in consequence
of the number of young men who have been disabled by
sickness, the committee have decided that for the future
they will only send out persons of more mature years.
According to the last report, the fund has now reached the
sum of £ls,ooo.—Correspondent of the Scotsman.

Intstt SEATS VACANT.—Two new candidates are
spoken of for the borough of Newry. One is Mr.
Charles E. Lewis, of the firm of Lewis, Munns, and
Co., of London, who is stated to be a moderate Con-
servative. The other is Mr. C. Russell, a well-known
member of the English bar, who is expected to come
forward in the Liberal interest. Mr. Russell con-
tested Dundalk at the last election. He is a
native of Newry, and popular in the borough. The
Liberal electors, however, have held a meeting, at
which it was unanimously resolved to support Mr.
Benjamin Whitworth, who has the advantages of
being early in the field and possessing consider-
able local influence. He was present at the meeting,
and was informed that, from the state of the re-
gistry, there was no doubt that he would be re-
turned, though by a small majority. Lord Newry has
given as yet no proof of his intention to fight the Conser-
vative battle under rather discouraging circumstances.
Both sides claim a majority on the registry. The Hon.
Mr. Plunkett is likely to have a walk-over in Meath.

WEST YORKSHIRE MACHINERY.—A. good deal
of railway and marine work is being executed at the Leeds
fouudaries, and some ponderous castings continue to be
made in the neighbourhood for Russia. Messrs. Butler
and Pitts have obtained from among their men a number
of volunteers to go to the Caucasus, and assist in the erec-
tion of the massive iron railway bridges which have
been made at Stanningley. It has been stated
in some of the provincial papers that Messrs.
Greenwood and Batley, the eminent machinists of
Leeds, have, in conjunction with Mr. Westley,
Richards, purchased large works at Birmingham for the
purpose of a new small-arin factory. This statement
turns out to be at all events, premature. At the Leeds
works of Messrs. Greenwood and Batley there is brisk-
ness in all departments. The English demand for their
silk machinery keeps good. With the utmost activity
they are providing small arms and ammunition machinery
for our own Government. Considerable progress has been
made with the 9-pounder brass muzzle-loading field-piece
adopted by the Indian Government.
London, England, 1871-01-02

THE CABINET.

We learn upoti trustworthy authority that the
Presidency of the Board of Trade has at last been
offered to Mr. Chichester Fortescue. Whether he
will accept an office of £2,000 a year and give up
what he has at present, £4,000 a year, is however
doubtful. He may, however, prefer taking his
chance for a seat in the Upper House, which would
probably compensate the right hon. gentleman for the
loss of income. From Ireland, meanwhile, we learn
that there is little hope of any change being made in
the Irish Secretaryship. The Countess of Waldo-
grave, whose expenditure annually in maintaining
the splendour of the Irish Vice-regal court
is said to be fabulous, is, so report goes, anxious
that her husband should retain a popular appoint-
ment, and gain the spurs of the peerage after
thoroughly good services to the State, rather than in
a hurried manner. It is not at all unlikely that Sir
William Mansfield, the late Commander-in Chief of
the army in India, and now governing the Irish
forces, may be soon placed in Parliament by the
Government, with a view to his becoming Secre-
tary of War. As an Indian Administrator, Sir
William gained a reputation that any military con-
noisseur will not deny to him, and he is thought by
maby influential supporters of the Government to
be the soldier best fitted to reorganise the War
Department.
London, England, 1871-01-02

FIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1871.

against the Emperor's person, take the just and
proper ground of refusing to assist in seating any
dynasty whatever on their country's throne by force
of arms. The national voice must decide the
question.
THE PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE SCHE➢IE.

The action of the Prussian Government touching
these protests is noteworthy. The " last"
appears in Friday's Independance, not because
signatures are lacking for more, but because
the prisoners are forbidden to send any more
protests. The Belgian papers says :—" Letters we
have received in this subject reflect the most vivid
indignation. We believe we are acting in the inte-
rests of the officers who write to us in not publishing
these communications. Such publication might ex-
pose them to oven more rigorous treatment than
they now suffer." So much for the Prussia❑
profession of not interfering in the domestic affairs
of France. Imperialist agents are allowed free
circulation amongst the prisoners to carry on the
work of canvassing. The prisoners themselves are
forbidden to protest against such insults.