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The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-23

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1871.

ROYALTY T HEATRE.-TO-NIGHT,
January 23.—Eleventh time of an original Comedietta, by
R. Reece, in Two Acts, entitled DORA'S DEVICE. At 7.30,
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND ; at 8.15, DORA'S DEVICE ; concluding
with WHITTINGTON JUNIOR and his SENSATION CAT.

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Bazaine, Marshal Canrobert, General Trochu, &c., &C., &c.—
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Rooms, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-
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Crown Prince of Prussia, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern. Also
Count von Bismarck and Count von Moltke.—Admission, is. ;
Children under Ten Years of age, 6d. Extra Rooms, 6d. extra.—
Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.

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London, England, 1871-01-23

EXPLOSION IN A PIT.

An explosion, involving the death of one man and seri-
ous injury to six others, occurred on Saturday, at No. 3
Swannington Pit, belonging to Messrs. Warswick and
Son, colliery proprietors, Swannington, near Leicester.
On the day-men going to their work, seven corporals or
gangers, named Thomas Webster, Joseph Hodges,
William Bradley, Francis Emerson, William Stevenson,
James Bancroft, and John Springthorpe, went into a hut
at the bottom of the shaft for the purpose of leaving
their food and arranging their work, having with them
naked lighted candles. In the hut were stored several barrels
of gunpowder to be used for blasting. One of the men
snuffing his candle with his fingers threw the lighted wick
on the floor, thereby causing the ignition of some loose
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A telegram from Queenstown says : " A large French
iron-clad , supposed to be the Guyenne, was seen coming
into port at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning."

ENGLISH SYMPATHY WITH FRANCE.
The arrangements for holding the meeting in Tra.
falgar-square this evening, at eight o'clock, to express,
on the part of the working men of England, indignation
at the bombardment of Paris and sympathy with the
people of France in their present painful position, have been
all but perfected. The meeting of to-night is intended
to partake of a double character—viz., to be an expres-
sion of sympathy with the French people, and of pre-
liminary or anticipated welcome to M. Jules Favre,
or what other representative France may send to the
Conference. It will be wholly distinct and different
in constitution and detail from the demonstration
which is proposed to be made upon the arrival of the
French Minister in London. Mr. George Odger will pre-
side over the meeting, and the speakers to the resolutions
will be, for the most part, working men. The time subse-
quent to the meeting up to the arrival of the French
Minister will, the committee state, be employed in making
the best possible preparations for his reception.
London, England, 1871-01-23

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London, England, 1871-01-23

THE RELEASED FENIANS.

It was expected that the remainder of the Irish political
prisoners to whom the clemency of the Crown has been
extended would have been on board the Royal Mail
steamer China, which arrived at Queenstown yesterday.
Large numbers of persons assembled as the steamer came
into harbour, but the released prisoners were not with
her. The China took on board 234 bags of mails, the
largest number ever embarked at Queenstown.
London, England, 1871-01-23

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THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.

The John Bull thinks that the marvellous military suc-
cess, and the perfect organisation of the German system
of carrying on war, there can be no two opinions. But
what will be the effect on the home politics of Germany ?
The people cannot always be at war, though so long as
Bismarck lives and rules they may not unfrequently be so
employed. The commercial classes in Germany are
already complaining at the continuance of the war. Soon
they will find, whatever money they may wring frcm im-
poverished France, that glory is an expensive article ; and
in any case no money can atone to widows and orphans
for the loss of their dear ones. When men find themselves
hopelessly ruined, and bereaved of their children, enthu-
siasm rapidly vanishes. When one realises what is im-
plied in the assertion that one in five of the male popula-
tion of Munich has been killed in the war, a faint concep-
tion can be formed of the cost at which German victory
has been achieved. Though Germany is not yet to any
serious extent Republican, there are the seeds of it widely
spread; and what we fear is the reaction from Bismarck's
high-handed rule. Such reflections may well temper the
rejoicing of the Germans, and make them determine for
the future to devote themselves to a policy of peace. The
English Liberals, so anxious for German success when the
war began, can hardly be pleased ,t the turn affairs have
taken. Let them learn from the course of events the
lesson that it is not well to desert an ancient ally, and to
take part with another combatant because the views pol-
itcal and religious of that nation most resemble their own.
One Conservative member—Mr Homby—has had the
courage to avow this week that in August we should
have declared for the French—just as now Liberals are
saying we should do, because France is a Republic ! Yet
the country then was furiously German. May not the
same revulsion of feeling towards the Emperor-King and
Count Bismarck, that has taken place in England as to
Germany, happen among the Germans themselves ?
In the interests of law and order, of conservatism and
religion, we hope not ; but we confess that the future is
frught with the greatest anxieties.

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CAMBRIDGE COATS, 19s. to 503.

KERTCH JACKETS, 15s. to 425.

SUTHERLAND JACKETS, 19s. 6d. to 50s.

BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to 608.

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London, England, 1871-01-23

DESTITUTION.

A. sickly-looking woman was apprehended in
North London the other evening for begging. She
had one child in her arms and two shivering by her
side. The officer who took her into custody inspected
her lodging, and " there he found her husband, who
had been a soldier, suffering from lung disease, and
a child on a bed almost without any .covering
in a dying state. The place was poor but
clean." The family of six persons were in fact in a
state of starvation. He purchased some milk and
brea 1 for the dying child, and it partook of it most
ravenously." It appears that the woman was not a
professional beggar ; but, rather naturally, not wish-
ing to see her children starved to death, she hai
gpne into the streets to sell some fusees. And what
did our magnificent system of administration do for
her? The magistrate remanded her for a week,
and she was taken away to the cells, whilst her
children are to go to the workhouse. This sort of
thing appears to be about as much as we can gene-
rally manage in the way of "assistance." The mother
spends a wsekin prison. The family is broken up and the
children carted off to a workhouse, where any help
that may be needed to make them professional
beggars will speedily be supplied. As for the
husband, there appears reason to expect, or to
hope, that his lung disease will speedily remove
him from the sphere of parochial assistance.
London, England, 1871-01-23

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THE EUROPEAN WAR.
The SUN is Published Every Morning
at EIGHT O'CLOCK, with SOME
HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other
paper. This Edition will always contain
the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and
of all other events.
London, England, 1871-01-23

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THE CHARGE OF SENDING THREATENING

LETTER.

The man Joseph Swami, who was last Saturday week
charged with sending a threatening letter to Mr. John
Murray, agent of the Earl of Erne, was again brought up
on Saturday last, at the Lisnakea Special Sessions. This
case has excited a great deal of interest in the locality, in
consequence of the hitherto good character of the accused,
who was esteemed as a zealous supporter of law and order
in the district, and also the well-known general kindness
of the agent,and the interest that he took in the tenantry.
Mr. Rea, of Belfast, instructed by Mr. G. Knight, of
Cloues, defended the accused ; Mr. Archibald Cullum,
Crown prosecutor, appeared for the prosecution. Mr.
John S. Murray was the first witness examined. He
proved to having received the letter, and a memorial that
had been presented to Lord Erna by the accused, and also
a notice that had been left by him at Crom, and
signed in the presence of the house steward,
London, England, 1871-01-23

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London, England, 1871-01-23

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS

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meat of VASES, Figures , Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
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Alabaster, Parian, Mari- le. Dronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported
and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her
Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of
Lycli's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the inte-
resting stints of 31INER A LOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had
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London, England, 1871-01-23

OUR COTEMPORARIES—This Morning

THE BULLETIN OF GAMBETTA.

The Times says • M. Gambetta has put forth his Twenty-
ninth Bulletin. No one cm have forgotten that terrible
despatch which reached Paris fifty-nine years ago, the last
of a series of flaming reports describing the victorious
progress of the Grand Army in Russia, and
which, after announcing the complete destruction
of the army, wound up with the intelligence
that "the Emperor's health had never been better."
The present state of affairs in France is not much more
hopeful than in 1818. Three armies have been defeated
almost in the same day. Paris has utterly
failed in what was looked forward. to as her
supreme effort. Yet M. Gambetta at Lille seems to
be as lively and buoyant as when he alighted from his
balloon at Amiens. He has travelled from Bordeaux
to Laval ; from Laval to Lille, from the routed Army of
the West to the routed Army of the North. How he went
from place to place we are not informed ; but it was only
by sea or by his favourite aerial conveyance that he could
escape the enemy now encamped all athwart the country
and in possession of all the main lines of communica-
tion. He found in the West Chanzy vainly struggling
to rally his broken divisions as they came up from La
Chapelle, from Coolie, and from Beaumont, hard driven
at all points, losing prisoners at every step, and
exhibiting unmistakable symptoms of dissolution.
He encountered in the North the fugitives from St.
Quentin, a town fatal of old to the French arms,
and where now Faidherbe has met Ai' ith a terrible re-
verse, leaving on the field 2,030 wounded and 10,000
unwounded prisoners ; his remaining host, " with bare
feet and in rags," spreading panic wherever they appeared
throughout the cities of French Flanders, and causing a
rush of the terrified population towards the Belgian fron-
tier. Had not what fell under his immediate observation
been enough to sober M. Gambetta's spirits, he must have
heard of the defeat of Bourbaki at Belfort, of his disas-
trous retreat, pursued by Von Werder on the left, while
his right is endangered by Manteuffel, who, advancing
from Gray, is throwing himself between Besancon and
Montb6liard, so as to close every way of escape against the
Frenchman, and leave him no other alternative than a
surrender or a flight across the Swiss frontier. And yet,
in full sight of all this havoc, and with no better intelli-
gence from the Loire or the Lower Seine, M. Gambetta
still advises "continued resistance," and promises "suc-
cess in the end."
London, England, 1871-01-23

CURE FOR LIBERALITY.

The Board of Guardians in Bethnal-green has
been far too liberal lately in its treatment of
the poor. Happily, the ratepayers have a
remedy within their power. The Guardians depend
upon the Vestry for supplies, and the Vestry
is faithful to the ratepayers. It has therefore decided.
to impose a rate of such a low amount that anything
like an adequate scale of outdoor relief will become
impossible. In fact the supplies are well nigh stopped :
the Board will scarcely be able to meet its engagements.
It seems, then, that the number of wretches who
drop down dead in the streets, the number of
"death by starvation " verdicts, are not large enough
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in Bethnal-green, or the supply of these incidents is
so great in other parishes that the Bethnal greenery
are getting envious. However this may be, it is
clear that we must be cautious in condemning
boards of guardians for stinginess to the poor. If
they display any inclination to be liberal, the rate-
payers and their representatives soon set matters
right. If a workhouse master ill uses paupers an
enlightened jury backs him up; and if a board of
guardians hopes to prevent death in the streets an
equally enlightened vestry bids it go on in old style.
London, England, 1871-01-23

DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF DURHAM.

The Countess of Durham died at Lambton Castle, near
Sunderland, on Saturday morning, after being delivered of
her thirteenth child.

THE REPRESENTATION OF WEST NORFOLK.
The Liberals of West Norfolk propose to bring forward
Mr. S. Leeds, of Lexham, the celebrated agriculturist, to
oppose the candidature of Mr. Bentinck for the seat, ren-
dered vacant by the elevation of Lord Walsingham. A
requisition to Mr. Leeds is in course of signature, and the
costs are to be guaranteed. For this purpose a subscrip-
tion is being raised.

MR. SIMONDS M.P., ON MILITARY MATTERS.
Mr. Simonds, M.P. for Winchester, delivered a speech,
on Friday night in that city. He said the great question
next session would be the organisation of our forces,
which question had been forced upon us by the unfortu-
nate and dreadful war on the Continent. The
honourable gentleman condemned what he termed the
unfortunate economy of the Government; but said no
considerations like that would prevent steps to place our
forces in a more satisfactory condition. One result of
this rage for economy had been to unsettle men's minds,
and induce foreign Powers to take steps and use language
towards us which would never have been tolerated had
our army been in a better condition. He advocated re-
form in the War Office; and said though he hated war,
he should prefer an honourable war to a dishonourable
peace.
London, England, 1871-01-23

the continuance of the war impossible, and endeavour
to bring about peace by a surprise. He, moreover,
protested against any idea of dictatorship, and pro-
claimed that all Frenchmen must do their duty in
the name of French unity and the French Revolu-
tion. M. Gambetta concluded his speech by assert-
ing that if France prosecuted the war, even though
she suffered defeats, the ruin of the enemy and the
final success of France were certain.

THE INVESTMENT OF LONGWY.

AItLON, January 21.

The bombardment of Longwy is kept up vigor-
ously. The cannonade is heard here distinctly. The
town is on fire.

BRUSSELS, January 22.

A. despatch from Arlon announces that the bom-
bardment of Longwy continues all to-day, and the
centre of the town has suffered greatly. On Friday
the besiegers endeavoured to blow up the bridge
of the lower town over. the Chier, but the opera-
tion partly failed, though the explosion was very for-
midable.

FIGHTING AT DIJON.

BORDEAUX, January 22.

Numerous Prussian troops with artillery at-
tempted to recapture Dijon yesterday, but were
repulsed by the Garibaldians after a combat of 12
hours. The battle extended from Val Luzcn to Fon-
taine les Dijon and Saland. The French troops
maintained their positions and captured others. The
losses of the French are rather considerable, but in-
ferior to those of the enemy. The battle recom-
menced to-day. Yesterday the enemy attacked
Bernay at midday, but was repulsed by the National
Guards.
London, England, 1871-01-23

TdE CONFERENCE.

A fter a week's adjournment, remarks the Daily Views,
the European Conference meets again to-morrow. So
important an event as the assembling of a body of
men accredited by the Great Powers of Europe,
and authorized to modify a solemn European
compact and settlement, never took place amid
so little general interest before. But perhaps
no statesmen ever met before under such
discouraging conditions. It is a gathering of the diplo-
matists of Europe to give practical proof of the failure of
diplomacy. They assemble to revise a settlement in the
East when all the world is unsettled in the West. They
represent that diplomatic Providence of nations which
watches with care over the gloomy waters of the Black
Sea and the sunny shores of the Bosphorus, but which
can say nothing to stop a conflict which is destroying
the finest capital in the world and deluging the fields of
France with blood. The one matter which these Pleni-
potentiaries cannot discuss is that of which every
man in Europe is thinking. Their proceedings
are absolutely limited to the neutralisation of
the Black Sea and the Treaty of 1856, and
the real object of the meeting is to see how far
it is possible to undo what was solemnly done
fifteen years ago. We are going to give up a goad deal of
what we fought for at that time, and the Conference is an
expedient for giving it up with decency. It is, of course,
no fault of the plenipotentiaries, scarcely even of the
Governments from which they are accredited, that they
meet to do such work at such a season. If the circum-
stances of the time laugh their labours to scorn, it is
because the whole system belongs to the past, and not to
the present. The Western world is out of joint, and
diplomacy assembles to cure some petty discomfort which
is felt in the East. It takes account of the susceptibili-
of Russia, but cannot take cognizance of the suf-
ferings of France. It scents possible battle from
the far distant{ future, and rushes to prevent it,
but fails to perceive the war which darkens and desolates
the present. It exercises its functions of peacemaker by
ignoring the existing war, and striving to undo the con-
quests of a former struggle. The voices of reason, the
interests of humanity, the cause of imperilled civilization,
all call on the neutral Powers to do something to
stop the destruction of Paris and the immolation of
France, and the Powers meet to discuss how many war
ships Russia shall have in future years in the Black Sea.
If we can preserve peace in the distant East, can we
not make an effort to restore it to the unromantic and
homely West ?
London, England, 1871-01-23

THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS.

ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—AIi Baba.
DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley.
COVENT GARDEN—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty.
ADELPHI—Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe

Bough.
HAYMARBET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth.
Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom.
VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the
Invisible Armada.
OPERA COMIQUE Blue Devils. Found Drowned.
The Lottery Ticket.
STRAND—On and Off.
Lion.
ST. JAmEs's—To Oblige Benson. War. Bombastes

Living at Ease. Coeur-de

Furioso.
OLYMPIC —Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur-
lesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY— Dora's Device. Whittington Junior and his
Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamond.
GAlETY—Operetta. A Christmas Story.
QUEEN'S—A Day After the Wedding.
Crown.

Ailadin 11.
'Twixt Axe and

HOLBORN—Ticket-of-Leave Man. Jezabel.
PRINCE OF WALES'S—Queen Stork. Ours.

Locked

In.
PRINCESS'S—Man of the World. Little Gil Blas. He's

a Lunatic.
ASTLEY'S —Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom. Tittlemouse.
SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack.
NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to

Banbury Cross.
SADLER'S WELLS—Sinbad the Sailor.
EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the

Franco-Prussian War.

AMPHITHEARE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.
ST. JAMES'S HALL— Christy Ministrels. Every evening.
ALHAMBRA—New Musical Entertainment, " Superba."
POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture, After-
noon and evening.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street)—From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d.
London, England, 1871-01-23

THE SIEGE OF BELFORT.

'BERLIN, January 22.
The following telegram has been received

here :

BOUROGNE, January 21.

"Last night the woods of Faillis and Bailly
strongly occupied and intranched by tle enemy,
were taken, as also the village of Peron. Five
officers and 80 men, unwounded, were taken. Our
loss is not altogether inconsiderable. Four new
batteries at Danjoutin has since this morning been
bombarding Belfort, especially the castle front."—
Times:

THE PROPOSALS FOR PEACE.

BERLIN, January 21.

The rumours that proposals of peace
_have been
addressed to Germany by the neutral Powers are un-
fouhed. No such proposals would be entertained
by Count] Bismarck. France must ask for peace
herself if she want it. The propagation of reports of
English mediation is calculated, it is thought here,
to inspire the French with a belief in material
assistance from Great Britain. The statement that
Count Bernstorff has been instructed to entertain
proposals of peace at the Conference in case a cession
of territory were offered by France is untrue. As
at first announced, the Prussian representative will
not an any condition discuss the French war at the
Conference.— elegraph.

ITALY AND THE WAR,
FLORENCE, January 21.

In to-day's sitting of the Parliament interpella-
tions took place on the Franco-German war and the
Oriental question.

Four members belonging to different political
factions, all expressing the warmest sympathy for
France, asked for explanations of the Minister's
conduct.

Signor Visconti Venosta answered by stating the
efforts that had already been made together with
the other neutral Powers, and declared that it was
impossible for Italy to interfere alone. Impediments
existed to prevent a joint intervention, but the
Government had the firm intention of seizing the first
opportunity tomediate in agreement with the other
Powers.—Times.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

THE DOWRY OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE.

A public meeting was held in Birmingham on Saturday
evening to protest against the proposed dowry to Princess
Louise on the occasion of her marriage with the Marquis
of Lorne. The following resolution was carried unani-
mously :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the time
has arrived when measures should be taken to resist the
ever increasing cost of Royalty in this country ; and while
yielding to no class or order of State, yet, in justice
to the overtaxed and underpaid wealth producers
who are the chief sufferers from extravagant expenditure,
we earnestly demand the co-operation of wealth con-
sumers, and the great mercantile and trading classes, in
protesting against, and resisting to the utmost, the pro-
posed dowry to the Princess Louise, on her forthcoming
marriage with the Marquis of Lorne." It was also re-
solved to embody the forthcoming resolution in a petition
to the House of Commons, to be presented by one of the
borough members.
London, England, 1871-01-23

A HOPEFUL URCHIN.

The difficulties of dealing with London street
Arabs were forcibly illustrated by a ragged little
fellow of six years old, who was placed before Mr.
Flowers, at Bow-street, charged with begging. He
had to stand on a chair in the dock, but treated the
whole affair as a good joke. When asked his
name, he anwswered, " Charley," and put on his cap.
He was told to take it off, when the gaoler explained
that he wanted to hide a wound on his head. It
seemed that several gentlemen had spoken to a
police-constable about him, us he had been asking
them for money, catching hold of their coats.
When in custody he said he was sent out by his
father, and if he did not take back sixpence he would
be flogged. Before the magistrate he admitted his
father sent him out, but said he didn't "pay" him,
and that he had never told the officer so. His bro-
ther is in a reformatory, and the magistrate asked
if he would like to go there too, but the little
fellow returned an emphatic " No." The gaoler
said he was in a very bad condition, and had
no shoes nor stockings, but the boy, interrupting,
said, " But I've got a shirt." The magistrate, who
was a little perplexed what to do with him, sent him
to the workhouse for a week, and directed that some
inquiry should be made respecting his parents.
London, England, 1871-01-23

FALL FROM A CHIMNEY.

On Saturday afternoon two mechanics, named John
Ellis and William Barrett, fell from the top of a chimney
sixty-five yards high, at the works of Messrs. Holden and
Sons, machine wool combers, Bradford. Ellis was killed
on the spot. Barret saved himself by clinging to a chain,
and escaped with only a broken leg.
London, England, 1871-01-23

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THE VOLUNTEERS AND POLITICS.

An adjourned meeting of volunteers has been held
in London, for the purpose of considering the order
signed by the War Office, prohibiting the attendance
of volunteers in uniform at the proposed demonstra-
tion in honour of Jules Favre. It was stated that
already about 150 men had sent in their names as will-
ing to take part in the demonstration, and that a corn-
mittee had been appointed, consisting of representa-

tives from eight of metropolitan corps, to carry
out the programme so far as the volunteers are
concerned. The chairman charged the Government
with putting the "screw on the volunteer force in
an underhand manner," and he contended that only
when the Government Supplied the volunteers with
their uniform, would it be in a position to deny them
wearing it whenever or wherever they pleased. He
considered that the War Office had no power to

infringe their civilian rights simply because they had
done all in their power to fit themselves as efficient
defenders of their country. The Secretary,
who has been a member of the 10th Middlesex

for eleven years, stated thit in conseq,nettce.
Of! hiif taking part in' this movement he had teen
dismissed from the ranks by order of the colonel.
This,step .4e ,xegarded as both " premature and un-
warrantable," but nevertheless he had still to do his
duty, and if dangers threatened the State he would
ba one " of the first to fly to the protection of that
standard which bad so often carried English-
men to victory." Several non-commissioned officers
and privates took part in the proceedings,
and resolutions were passed calling upon volunteers
generally to resist any attempt on the part of the
Government to abridge their rights as citizens,
urging them to take part in the Jules Favre demon-
stration in uniform, and also condemning the position
assumed by certain commanding officers in this
matter. - -

EARL RUSSELL ON ARMY MATTERS.
The other day Earl Russell wrote a pretty full
letter, advocating various important reforms in the

r•s.'.' •
4rAqe-,;io

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V.
,
London, England, 1871-01-24

FATAL ACCIDENT.

On Monday afternoon a boy named Baldwin, while
playing on a sheet of ice on the Oxford Canal, at Banbury,
fell into the water, and was drowned. His brother, in
attempting to save him, would have shared the same fate
but for the bravery of a youth named Wilkinson, who
dived into the water and brought him out insensible. He
is now recovering.
London, England, 1871-01-24

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CHANZY'S RETREAT.

In a letter horn Mayenne the special correspondent of
the Daily News remarks :—I have no doubt the French
telegrams have informed you that the retreat was being
made with the best order &c. Well, here lam in the
midst of drese flying herds of men, and all I can say is
that it is a complete " ddbandade." The corps
which is passing through here is supposed to be
and is called, the 16th; but there are men, carts,

cannon, battalions, companies, &c., of every other

corps mixed up in the most inextricable jumble, all hav-
ing marched as they listed, and by whatever route they
chose ; the infantry (Mobiles, Mobilis6s, and Line) shew-
ing the greetest anxiety of all to get out of reach of the
enemy, which is in hot pursuit. I have been told whole
droves of Mobiles have marched during the night and
rested during the day, in order not to be molested by
the gendarmes, whose mission is to pick and turn
back disbanded soldiers, and, in short, force them back
into the way they should go. General Michel's division
of cavalry (who are a better kind of men) were employed
all last night in scouring the villages and purging the
houses and farmhouses of the Mobiles and National
Guards who had earthed themselves there by thousands.
They drove them along, smiting them hip and thigh
with the flats of their swords. It is really sad to
have to relate such things, but what could one expect?
I met some acquaintances here belonging to the 16th
Corps, and they all say that it is no use going on ; that
the troops are detestable and demoralised to an
incredible degree. The losses in men on the
French side have not been large. As soon as a battalion
saw ten or twelve men drop, they would retire swiftly,
shouting that they were being decimated; the officers
nothing loth to follow the men, even, as some say, to lead
the men. Of course, de Chanzy has a few good troops,
but so very few that they are not worth mentioning as
corps ; then, again, in the most shaky corps there are
good, brave'men; but what can one do to keep together
a whole company? The French lost lots of cannon, it
seems, and two batteries of mitrailleuses were taken by
the Prussian infantry at one sweep. De Chanzy,
with the 15th and 21st Army Corps—or rather
with about the value in numbers of two Army
Corps—is protecting the retreat of the 16th. He is, or
was, at or near Sine le Guillaume, that is, he stretches
from that_ place to Conlie. The Prussians are known to
have arrived at Sable, and threaten either Angers or this
place. My humble opinion is, that their aim is, while
they are about it, to utterly destroy de Chanzy's army, so

that they may no longer be disturbed by it, and in that
case it is most probable that the Army Corps which is at
Sable, will turn this way, and fall upon de Chanzy as he
is retreating before his opponents at Conlie.
London, England, 1871-01-24

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ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA, LYCEUM—Crespino e la Comare.
DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley.
COVENT GARDEN—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty.
ADELPIII—Smoke. One Touch of Nature.. Mistletoe

Bough.
HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth.
Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom.
VAUDEVILLE -Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or the
Invisible Armada.
OPERA COMIQUE Blue Devils. Found Drowned,
The Lottery Ticket.
STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease.
Lion.
ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson.
Furioso.
OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament.
lesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY— Dora's Device. Whittington Junior and his
Sensation Cat. Diamond Cut Diamond.
GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin 11.
QUEEN'S—A Day After the Wedding. 'Twixt Axe and
Crown.
HOLBORN—Ticket-of-Leave Man. Jezabel.
PRINCE OF WALES'S—Queen Stork. Ours. Locked
In.
PRINCESS'S—Man of the World. Little Gil Blas. He's
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ASTLEY'S —Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittlemouse.
SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack.
NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to
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