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The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-14

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.
REFUGES FOR HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE CSULDREN
and CHICHESTER TRAINING SHIP.--Upwards of 500 Boys and
Girls are now being 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 decrease considerably..;
An urgent appeal is therefore made for assistance to support
'the inmates.
£ls•will keep a ,boy or a, girl for one year, -Wild £1.58: for a
month.
Contributions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 214, High Holborn, W.(., and 41, Lothbury,
E.G., and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.
London, England, 1871-01-14

FIGHTING NEAR HAVRE.

HAVRE, January 13 (8.50 p.m.)
T
1,00„o -thousand Prussians, with eight guns, attacked
Tb Mobilized Guards to-day near Bourneville.
b,:kl4:rench 'fought well, but were compelled to fall

THE CAPITULATION OF PERONNE.
LILLE, January 13.
ne ral
i Paidherbe informs the Commissiary-
heo'l'k of the National Defence in the North that
beforn°lllMandant of Peronne has been summoned
cord his
eatir,liet in surrendering that town while the fortifi-
illan-ile were intact and an army of succour was
IlaZuvring to its relief. Akter the battle of
being the Siege was raised, the bombardment
after Olven up, and the enemy's guns withdrawn
tieged:a°ing been damaged by the fire of the be-

The TIM SIEGE OF LONGW Y.
1104 brfortress of Longwy is completely invested ; can-
being °light by the Prussians from Tillanco urt are
the IPla'ced in battery. Col. Alassaroly, commanding
thet-ace) has determined not to surrender, and compel
°•`-' men
and 1;11,188i4118 to make an assault. The women, children,
leave The have, in
commandant consequence, received orders to
of the fort of Charlemont,

which commands Givet, has likewise resolved not to
surrender.—Lombard Telegram.

GREAT FIRE IN MONTMARTRE.
MARGENCY, January 11.
A large fire raged in Paris this afternoon.
Dense masses of black smoke rose behind the western
shoulder of Montmartre. No fire was visible till
evening, but a lurid reflection upwards of the smoke
was clear, and betokened a conflagration of magni-
tude. Its position I could not fix with certainty, but
it seemed considerably behind Montmartre, and 1
should puss it to be on the further side of the
Seine.

A Paris journal of yesterday says that popular
feeling is furious against Trochu. Sorties are
urgently clamoured for. There are symptoms of
preparations for a sortie from St. Denis, now the
least impossible place.
The barracks of Niontrouge burned until nine
o'clock yesterday morning.
The capitulation of Pdronne gives the Germans
seventy-two guns and a thousand prisoners; but
liberates no siege gulls, as none were used.—Daily
News.

THE LUXEMBURG QUESTION.
LUXEMBURG, January 13 (5 p.m.)
Count Bismarck's answer to the note of 114
Servais has arrived, and made a reassuring impresic
sion. Count Bismarck proposed that the Duchy
should authorise the Consul of the North German
Confederation to act as mediator between the two
Governments.
London, England, 1871-01-14

METROPOLITAN MEAT.

FRIDAY.—In consequence of the large supplies of meat which
were on sale at the market to-day, the trade was depressed, ftnd
prices were slightly reduced. Per 81bs. by the carcase:—
Inferior beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Od.: middling do., 4s. Od. to 4s. Bd.;
prime large do., 4s. Bd. to 58. ; prime small do., ss. Od. to ss. 4d. ;
veal, ss. Od. to ss. 4d.: inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Od.;
middling do., 4s. Od. to 4s. Bd.; prime do., 4s. Bd. to bs. Od. ;
large pork, Is. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; small pork, 48. 8d.,t0 ss. Od.
London, England, 1871-01-14

and Malvern.

ALEXANDRA. ORPHANAGE for INFANTS,
Hornsey-rise, near Highgate, N.
Children eligible from any part of the Kingdom.
. 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 THURSDAY, November
17, 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, for the
ELECTION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to be retained
until sixteen years of age.
ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in
the Chair.
At the close of the Ballot the following were declared to be
SUCCESSFUL :-
- ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SIXTEEN I EARS •
OF AGE.
1. Scarlett, Alice Maud.... 635 12. Bloom, Louisa .....: .. 611
- ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE.
3. Richards, Uglify William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabeth .... 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 Maud 429
A vote of thanks to the Chairman anti to the Scrutineers
terminated the proceedings.
JOSEPH SOUL, Hon. Secretary.
.__ ..... ..

73, Cheapside.
URGENT APPEAL—The Committee very earnestly appeal
for Contributions in aid of the BUILDING FUND especially, as
well as for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no
funded property, but depends wholly upon voluntary support.
No salaries are paid but to the household. .The Orphange is
open to visitors.
London, England, 1871-01-14

THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF
AYLESFORD.

The funeral of the late Earl of Aylesford will take place
at Pakington, the family seat in Warwickshire, on Mon-
day next. The body will arrive at Pakington Hall, from
London, to-day. The Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry
ball, fixed for Tuesday next, at the Shire Hall, Warwick,
has been postponed in consequence of the death of his
lordship, who for years held a commission in the regi-
ment. His lordship's death places many county families
in mourning.

SUNDERLAND SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
At the election of the Sunderland School Board yester-
day, eight Churchmen, one Roman Catholic, one
Wesleyan, one Presbyterian, one Primitive Methodist,
and one Baptist were returned.
London, England, 1871-01-14

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY LAND—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley.
COVENT GanDEß—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty.
ADRLPIII—Smoke. One Touch of Nature. Mistletoe

Bough.
HAinuAuxur--The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Ttuth.
Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom.
VAuDEviLLE—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—Dora's Device, Whittington Junior and his
Sensation Cat, and Diamond Cut Diamond.
GAlETY—Operetta. A Christmas Story. Alladin 11.
QUEEN'S—Charles 11. Merchant of Venice.
GLOBE—Rights of Woman. Delicate Ground.
White Cat. Rely on my Discretion.
OPERA CoMIQUE -- Blue Devils. Found Drowned.
Nothing to Nurse.
HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. Ticket-of-Leave Man.
Jezabel.
PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locked
In.
PRINCESS'S—Peep o'. Day.
a Lunatic.
ASTLEY'S—Englishmen in Paris. Little Tom Tittle Mouse.
SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack.
NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce, Ride a Cock Horse to
Banbury Cross.
SADLER'S WELLS—William Tell. Sinbad the Sailor.
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.
ALHAMBRA—New Musical Entertainment, " Superba."
POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
noon and Evening.

Little Gil Bias.

The

He's

PALMS ROYAL—Performing Gorilla.
MADAME TIISSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. is.; extra rooms, 6d.
London, England, 1871-01-14

One vol. large 32m0., pp. 768, price in One bound volume complete,
205., sent free to any address on receipt of a post-office order for 21s.
NEW PHYSIOGNOMY; or, Signs of Character.
Illustrated with over 1,000 engravings, including the portraits
of well-known characters, as manifested in temperament and ex-
ternal forms, and especially in the Human Face. By Samuel
R. WELLS.

London—W TwEEDia. 337. Strand.

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Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli•
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Edward Hawklogs, 31, George-street, Plymouth.
London, England, 1871-01-14

ARCI'YLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
The extraordinary success which has attended the production
of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance
Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the r.sent one the
most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The
Celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of ail distinguished composers—the solos in which are
a.ssiened to tae eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca; Messrs.
--AV. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr.
Thomas Pitts. Professor Ealliman, M.C.
Admission, ls.: Received Seats, 2s.
R. BIUNELL, Proprietor.
London, England, 1871-01-14

CHEAP DINNERS.

It is universally admitted that the national igno-
rance of cooking tells heavily upon the labouring
classes, and prevents them from laying, out their
scanty earnings to the best advantage. An attempt_.
has been made to improve matters by sup-
plying well-cooked food from a public
kitchen at cost price to the poorer classes, and an
establishment has been opened at High-street,
Poplar, which is now in active work. Since April
last more than £550 has been taken for food
supplied, representing the sale of 120,000
meals. The weekly average now is 4,000 meals.
The experiment is not yet self-supporting, owing
partly to the outlay and inconvenience occasioned by
London, England, 1871-01-14

UNEMPLOYED WORKMEN.

The first of a series of public meetings touching
the unemployed men in the metropolis has been held.
Mr. Catlin sail though he had been for more than
twenty years in the City mission he had never wit-
nessed such a period of distress as that which prevailed
at present. In the courts and alleys of Cow Cross
" thousands of men, women, and children were
dying of starvation." A crisis had come when tome-
thing must be done to relieve the increasing misery
and famine of the poor. Mr. Torrens, M.P.,
thought that Parliament would do little
while the people were so apathetic themselves,
and so divided in their councils. If they would
only resolve upon the wisest course to pursue, they
could soon persuade Parliament to carry out their
wishes, but to effect this they must prove them-
selves in earnest. Mr. Goschen was against emigra-
tion, but neither the people nor. the city missionary
agreed with him. Mr. Torrens declared that the
numerous cases of starvation in London were a diS-
grace to the country, and a responsibility on those who
administered the enormous wealth of the nation..
He had fought against what he called "Goschenism,"
which was a denial of home relief and for. el the,
needy into what was little else than a gaol. It was
their duty as citizens to set themselves against a system
which drove the poor into the workhouse. The
people when work failed them had a right to relief
at home and not in prisons.
London, England, 1871-01-14

ROYALTY THEATRE.

On Wednesday evening a new comedietta, in two acts,
entitled Dora's Device, from the pen of Mr. R. Reece,
was produced at his house, and with decided success.
Mrs. Seaton, a Belgravian match-making mamma, wish-
ing her daughter Dora to marry Captain Vigors, who is
expected at their house that evening, and who, when
he arrives, proposes to Dora's governess, Miss
Vaughan, under the supposition that she is the heiress
thus stamping himself at once as an adventurer. Miss
Vaughan is, of course, at once expelled from Mrs. Seaton's
house, and in the second act we find the governess in
humble lodgings in Bloomsbury, earning a scanty liveli-
hood by the sale of landscape drawings, when news arrives
of the death of a long-forgotten rich uncle of hers, and
whose immense wealth is inherited by her. Of course
this alters the aspect of affairs. Mrs. Seaton is
easily induced to give her consent to the marriage
of her son Harry with the soi-disant governess,
and also that of her daughter Dora with
Mr. De Birmingham to whom she had, unknown to her
mamma, engaged herself prior to Captain Vigors appearing
on the scene. The cast is excellent throughout, Mine
Hodson appearing to special advantage as Dora, Miss
Rachel Sanger ably sustaining the part of Miss Vaughan,
the Governess, while Mrs. Seaton was efficiently repre-
sented by Mrs. C. Tellett, Captain Vigors, impersonated
by Mr. Flockton, and the character of Mr. De Birming-
ham was well rendered by Mr. Worburton. The minor
parts were well provided for, and the curtain fell amidst
calls for the principal performers and the author.
London, England, 1871-01-14

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11)• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its
tuality. anti they venture to sly that their prices will compare
favourably with-those of any other ise in England.

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CAMBRIDGE COANS, 199. to 509.

ERTOH JACKETS, 15s. to 425.

SUTIIERLAND JICKETS, 19s. CA. to 50s.

BUSINESS SUITS, 28s. to Ws,
London, England, 1871-01-14

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The troop-ship Urgent, Captain Henderson, lately re-
turned from the eclipse expedition, has had her stores
returned. The officers and men will return to their duties
in the ships they were lent from, and the Urgent will be
placed in ordinary, ready for any emergency.
Forty-four recruits were attested, at Woolwich Police;.
court on Thursday, principally • for the Royal
about. the same number having been sworn in every day
for a week past since the order came out for 500 addi-
tional drivers.
The clause of the new Enlistment Act as to short service
is a complete dead letter, for not one of the 200 recruits
enlisted this week has joined for less than the full period
of twelve years, and a year in addition if abroad, or if the
country should be in a state of war. A few old soldiers
occasionally join the Army Reserve, but not more than
three or four recruits have enlisted for the six years'
service within so many months.
The supply of Snider rifles to the Volunteer force,
which was commenced a few weeks since by order of the
Secretary of State for War, is now being carried
nearly thirty administrative battalions and forty district
corps representing between 40,000 and 50,000 men, having
received them.
London, England, 1871-01-14

RELIEF FOR THE FRENCH DESTITUTE.

A meeting convened by the Lord Provost of Glasgow
was held yesterday to make arrangements for raising
funds for the relief of the destitute French peasantry.
Archbishop Eyre and other Catholic and Protestant
clergymen were present, Ps well as the French Consul
and a number of German gentlemen. A large committee
was appointed, and it was proposed to raise subscriptions
from churches, factories, and all classes.

MR. GEORGE SHAW LEFEVRE AND HIS
CONSTITUENTS.

The electors of Reading propose to call a public meeting
for the purpose of discussing the • policy adopted by Mr.
Gladstone in ignoring the claims of Mr. Shaw Lefevre,
Vice-President of the Board of Trade, when making the
recent Ministerial changes. The hon. gentleman's con-
stituents are stated to feel considerably aggrieved that he
was not appointed to succeed Mr. Bright.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN NORTH
STAFFORDSHIRE.

The pit of the Crewe Coal and Iron Company, Leycett,
near Newcastle-under-Tyne, where five men were killed
and fifteen injured on Thursday by an explosion of gas,
is now clear, and was yesterday visited by Mr. Wynne,
the Gov'ernment Inspector of Mines for North Stafford-
shire. Two of the men injured lie in a very precarious
condition. When the colliers went to work on Thursday
morning the pit was reported to be free from gas. The
cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained. On
the one hand it is stated that a man fired a shot without
permission, and on the other that one of the colliers
was working with a naked lamp.
London, England, 1871-01-14

TRADE REPORTS.

Arrangements have been made for obtaining first-class trade
reports from the chief centres of industry, which are telegraphed
at the earliest period at which the tone and result,of business
becomes known on the chief market days. These'reports will be
found of great value for first-class newspapers and news rooms.
They will be forwarded direct from the following places, and
are supplied at ls. each
Belfast, Linen—Wednesday. Dundee, Linen—Tuesday. •
Birmingham, Iron Trade— Leeds—Tuesday and Saturday.
Thursday. Manchester, Trade Tuesday
Bradford, Worsted Trade— and Friday. •
Thursday. I South Wales, Iron and Coal—
Cleveland,Tron Trade--Tuesday . f Friday.
London, England, 1871-01-14

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, 48s. „
London, England, 1871-01-14

EMOSES and SON supply every description of
clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages,
all occasions, and all classes; also Hosiery and Drapery, lists
and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates.
All Goods marked in Plain Figures.
Any title exchanged if not worn or injured.
List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and
Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free.
E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday
evening at sunset. till Saturday evening at sunset, when bun-
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LONDON.
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COUNTRY BRANCH.
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London, England, 1871-01-14

ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA. COMPANY
(LIMITED).-LYCEUM THEATRE.

This Evening (Saturday), January 14th, 11 Barbiere di Siviglia.
:Cast as before).

The New Opera, Ali Baba (written expressly for this Company;
will be produced on Tuesday next, January 17th.

Boxes on the grand tier, £3 35.; stall tier, £2 12s. 6d.; upper
circle, £llls. 64.; orchestra stalls, 10s. 6d.; grand tier dress
seats, 75.; upper circle seats, 45.; pit tickets, 2s. 6d.; amphi-
theatre, ls.
London, England, 1871-01-14

Landon—W. TWF.I IITE 337. Rtrand.

VRNEST GRAHAM : A Doctor's Story. Contain-
ing the Experiences of a Medical Student in the Wards, Dis-
secting and Operating Theatres, shewing the Pleasures and
Peculiar Temptations of Student Life, and intended to warn as well
as divest the youth of the Profession. Written by a Physician.
Crown Bvo., in handsome cloth, price ss. Post free for stamps.

London —W. TWEE'DTE. 337. Strand.

WAYS AND MEANS. A Story of Life's Strug-
gles. By Mrs. C. L. Balfour.
Of the present work of Mrs. Balfour, after careful and intensely
interested perusal, and with a distinct and lively recollection of all
her previous works, we are perfectly free to say that we regard it as
her masterpiece."—Weekly Record.
Cheap Edition, paper boards, price ls. 6d.. Post free Is. Bd. Ia
handsome cloth, lettered, Library Edition, crown Bvo., price 3s. 6d.

SCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER,
Prepared from the Malvern Water,
so renowned foxits purity.
London, England, 1871-01-14

COLONISATION IN SOUTII AMERICA.

. The Emigration Commissioners have published a
most discouraging account of the attempt to esta-
blish a British colony at Rosario iu the Argentine
Republic. The settlement was originated by Mr.
Henly, and consisted in the first instance of about GO
young men of good family, who subscribed £l5O each
towards preliminary expenses, and were: accom-
panied by a doctor and an English clergyman.
The colonists were to work in partnership with Mr.
Ilenly for some time to learn the business, and,then ,
were to be put in possession of farms at a given
price. .The profits were to be divided yearly, and
half applied to the payment of the entrance fee.
Last spring they arrived ak Rosario, but it soon
turned out that they know nothing of agriculture,
and were quite unsuited to the life. In July
several of the party, including the clergyman and
his family, returned to England, stating that they
had been brought out under false pretences. The
British Consul at Rosario visited the colony at the
end of September, and reported that nearly all the
money paid to Mr. Henly, £lO,BOO, had been spent,
and the colony would so on break up. This prediction has
been verified. Mr. Henly has disappeared no one
knows whore. A few of the settlers remain lingering
about, ruined, disheartened, and trying to get employ-
London, England, 1871-01-14

PEACE.

The defeat of General Chauzy seems quite
irretrievable. He has not, only lost several battles,
but the town of Le Mans, the centre of his operations,
is in the hands of the Germans. For some time to come
his army will be virtually out of the field as far as
active participation in resistance is concerned. It is
natural that rumours of mediation on the part of the
neutral Powers should arise after such an event, and
accordingly they are commoti just now at almost
every capital in Europe. The moment seems oppor-
tune. If the neutral Powers cannot exert any in-
fluence in such a position as this, with the French
capital undergoing a bonahardtnen,t, the, value
of diplomacy under any circumstances May reasonably
be called in question. There is much reason for
thinking that efforts will now be made to procure
peace. _ _
London, England, 1871-01-14

HOME, CHARITIES.—Owity‘ to the note
benevolent exertions made by pie British Public during
the last fe* months 'to aid the .Sick and Woundethin the 'War
now raging on the Continent, to relieve the French Peasants,
and the relatives and' friends of thoie lost in HALS'..Captain,
the Finitds of the following lloasig CHARITIES„ have ,suffered
very. materially, viz. :--
'The Boys' Refuge, at 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn.
Bisley Farm School, Surrey.
Chichester Training Ship.
Girls' Refuge, 19, Broad-street, Bloomsbury.
Home for Little Girls, and Girls' Refuge, Ealing.
In these Institutions between 500 and 600 Boys and Girls are
educated, fed, clothed, and trained to earn their own living.
Besides the above work, upwards of 500 Ragged School
children are supplied with dinner once a week.

AN URGENT APPEAL is therefore made for HELP to pur-
chase FOOD and CLOTHING for these poor Children.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and
Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, City,
and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn, W.C.
London, England, 1871-01-14

A. NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.

Among the many various entertainments to relieve
the tedium of winter nights is one of a very excep-
tional character. London, among its great hos-
pitals, boasts of a large and efficient estab-
lishment for the relief and cure of the
paralysed and epileptic. In this institution
the managing committee, with the sanction of the
physicians, have originated a system of winter even-
ing entertainments for the amusement of the in-
patients. They are given in the large reception
room of the hospital, and consist of vocal and instru-
mental music, and readings of prose or poetry. • At
first some anxiety was felt by those who started
the scheme as to the effect which the unusual excite-
ment might have on persons suffering from nervous
diseases, but though there is occasionally some rest-
le.isness, no patient has ever been seized _with a fit
during the performances. If a stranger enters the
room he sees nothing to indicate that the men and
women before him are suffering from
some of the most terrible afflictions
of human nature. When at rest they
have a worn and wearied appearance ; but a
stirring song or well read verse kindles the listless look
into interest and animation, and the medical opinion
is decidedly in favour of the good effect of the re-
creation. The plan has now been tried for two years,
and its renewal during the present winter has been
attended with great success.

DOGS IN CHURCH.

Dogs are not, as a rule, fond of going to church on

Sundays. Whether it is the length of the sermons
or the numbers in the congregation, or the sound of
the organ that appals them, human beings cannot
exactly say, but it is a well known fact that, while
dogs attend christenings, the marriage ceremony,
and other celebrations of service on week days, they
studiously avoid the churches on Sunday. A
correspondent of the Gaardian assures us that
although shepherd's dogs in Yorkshire are always
100.93, the animals never are to be seen approaching
the church on Sundays though they are nearly
always seen at the funerals of their masters. This
writer, a clergyman, and therefore one whose testi-
mony we dare not impeach, says that on looking over
the churchwardens' accounts for the year 1730, he
sees that a sum of ss. was allowed for " whipping
dogs out of church" on Sunday. In following
years " a new -whip for dog - whipper" was
regularly an item in the accounts. Quite suddenly
all allusion to the whips and whippings ceases, and
from the appearance in the books it would seem
that the dog-whipper became an additional door-
keeper in the church. Can it be possible that the
Prime Minister of the Dogs issued a mandate just
then which the canine species have seen the neces-
sity of religiously observing ever since?
London, England, 1871-01-14

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SELLING BREAD BY WEIGHT.

There are none so deaf as those who won't hear,
says the old adage, and the
.difficulty which bakers
find in understanding the law respecting the sale of
bread proabably belongs to the same kind of wilful
incapacity. It is impossible for them to accept the
fact that the statute requires bread to be sold
by weight and not by the loaf; and every now and
then some adventurous champion of public rights has
to demonstrate this before a police magistrate.
A shopkeeper in one of the metropolitan
bye-ways was asked for a half - quartern
loaf, which he produced. The customer asked him
to weigh it, to which request he returned the con-
clusive answer, "We don't weigh bread here." The
irate customer resolved to try the strength of the
law, but the shopkeeper complained that it was a very
malicious trick. The loaf was only half an ounce de-
ficient in weight, and he had never had any demur
with a customer before. He sold the bread jnst as he
received it. The ruthless magistrate said as the
defendant was a dealer in bread he came under the
operation of the statute, which provided that all
bread, not being French or fancy bread, must be sold
by weight. He would have to pay a fine of 10s. and
costs.
London, England, 1871-01-14

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London, England, 1871-01-14

OUR COTEMPORARIES---This Morning

THE TERMS OF PEACE.
The Times, reviewing the present position of the con-
flict, says :—The hopes of the most stout-hearted friend
of France must quail as he realises the terrible position
to which she has been reduced by the defeat
of General Chanzy. 'Ti the fortunes of the country
be not absolutely hopeless—if it cannot be said that
under no possible combination of energy and endur-
e ance could the war be so prolonged as to weary out
the resolution of the present victors, the state of
France is still so desperate that her sincerest wellwishers
musb deprecate the further maintenance of an exhausting
and ruinous defence. If terms at all compatible with the hon
our of the nation can be obtained from the German leaders
they ought not to be rejected on the mere responsibility
of any Government, however much it has been so
far assured of the support of the people. , We
know not whether such terms would be allowed
by the King and Count Bismarck. It has been
the wisdom of the latter statesman to abstain from express-
ing the German demands in any definite form. The journals
of Berlin have been encouraged to put forth from time tc:
time different conditions of peace. The " professors''
have broached the wildest theories as to the extent to
which outlying territories should be incorporated
in United Germany, and have provoked no sign
of dissatisfaction. Only Dr. Jacoby and his two
or three allies, who have opposed the popular
cry for conquest, have suffered for their boldness.
In the high-handed conduct of Von Falkenstein, and the
contemptuous phrases let fall by the Chancellor in the
interview at Ferri4res, is to be found all' that is really
known of the terms demanded by Germany. The first
step towards the restoration of peace must be to ascer-
tain from the Germans whai; conditions will satisfy
them. Count Bismarck will not volunteer them
unasked, and the Government of Defence is_ as little dis-,
posed to address inquiries to Versailles. Yet the know'
ledge of these conditions of peace is necessary, and we
can have no doubt as to the channel through which they
should be discovered. It is the duty and the function of
the neutral Powers to step in between the combatants so
far as to let each know what it is to which the other is
willing to agree as a means of terminating the war.
London, England, 1871-01-14

THE DEFENCE OF PARIS.

The Telegraph says : —The whole defence of Paris is so
marvellous and unprecedented that we hesitate to form
any prognostication as to the effect that the bombard-
ment of the suburbs may produce. It may be
that the popular passion which has sustained
Paris so long may suddenly collapse; but judg-
ing by our experience of the past, •we should
say that the apparent inefficiency of the besiegers'
efforts, still confined to the more or less un-
occupied districts within the walls, is likely to
encourage rather than dishearten the defenders of the
shellscapita
will
To-emorrow night
into Pi tis
Paris—shells,
ttohoa,t
filledt thousandwith.
flammable materials, so as to set the city on fire wherever
they fall. The effect of such a " feu d'enfer" is awful
to contemplate ; but for the present we must
doubt whether any such bombardment be prac-
ticable, unless the Prussians have a large num-
ber of guns much more powerful than any that they
have yet employed. Until we see positive reason to the
contrary, we cannot credit the Prussians with the in-
tention assigned to them of delibrately destroying the
Hotel de Ville, the Luxembourg, and the Hotel
des Invalides. Probably the intention is to direct
the fire of shells upon the most crowded parts
of the city, in which those buildings happen to
stand, with the view Of forcing the inhabitants
into submission by terror. The idea is still horrible
enough in itself ; hilt it is less purposely and idlybarbarous
than a proposal to select the grandest historic monuments
of the city as targets for the Prussian artillery. Never-
theless, for the reason we have explained, we hope that
the range of the guns will not. reach the
denser districts of Paris till existence is acknowledged
to be useless. Meanwhile, be the issue what it
may, it is impossible not to pay a tribute of respect to the
heroic defence. For days the Parisians have heard the
roar of cannon pouring broadsides into their forts ;
they even hear shells burst within their walls;
they have witnessed the terrible havoc that bombs
can work—and there is yet no talk of submis-
sion. Would London behave as gallantly if she
were besieged for months ? We hope and believe that she
would ; but we can only say, that England would indeed
have cause to be proud if her capital shelved such devo-
tion and heroism as we witness in the defence of the
brilliant metropolis now undergoing so fearful an ordeal.
London, England, 1871-01-14

A HOPEFUL CHARACTER.

A more discouraging example of the effects of the
convict system has seldom been seen than that
afforded by David Gwynne, who was recently
released from Portland, his term of penal
servitude, having expired. In ten days from
the time of his departure he committed
no fewer than three burglaries. Strange to
say two of them were in the Island of Portland
itself, where he broke into the houses of two
of the warders, and carried away a quantity of food
and wearing apparel. He was apprehended
the other day near the Ferry-bridge, Portland.
and at the time of his arrest he was wearing some of
the stolen clothes, and had a bundle of the stolen
property in his possession. He has indulged
his taste for plunder with more zeal than
discretion, for his chances of discovery must have
been considerably increased by his returning to a
neighbourhood where he was known, but he may
probably share the opinion of him who wrote "Stone
walls do not a prison make."
METROPOLITAN WORKING MEN'S CLUBS.

Mr. Hodgson Pratt has furnished a meeting of the
representatives of the Metropolitan Working Men's
Clubs with an account of his recent tour. Ile has
been engaged for two months in visiting working
men's institutions in the North. It appears that the
leading Northern workmen are in favour of the
scheme, and quite inclined to devote time and labour
for its promotion, feeling convinced that it will benefit
the condition of the working classes generally.
If more support were given at the outset to these
pioneers their task would be much easier than it is
at present. The question is whether clubs can dis-
place public-houses which possess the advantage of
abundant capital. During the meeting attention was
directed to the attempt made by the trade societies
Liverpool and Leeds to provide institutions for their
members which combine what are called the ad-
vantages of a club and a house of call.
London, England, 1871-01-14

MARK-LANE.

FRIDAY.—The grain trade to-day was again characterised by
quietness, although the tone of the market was firm, owing
chiefly to the French demand, and partly to the cold weather.
There was a larger show of both English and foreign wheat on
sale, the condition of which was tolerably good. Sales in all
descriptions were effected quietly, but values, in sympathy with
flour, were exceedingly firm. There was a large supply of barley
on the stands. The demand for both malting and grinding
qualities was inactive, and prices of the former were with diffi-
culty sustained. Malt was dull, but not lower in value. Oats
were in abundant supply and limited request, at the rates cur-
rent on Monday last. Beans and peas being rather scarce were
purchased more freely, at extreme quotations. Town and
country flour was quiet, but American barrels were in demand,
at an advance of from 6d. to ls. per barrel. Arrivals : English
and Scotch—Wheat, 790 qrs. ; barley, 1,100 qrs. ; malt, 770 qrs. ;
beans, 190 qrs. ; peas, 140 qrs. Foreign—Wheat, 15,210 qrs. ;
barley, 9,550 qrs. ; oats, 11,660 qrs.; maize, 14,310 qrs. ; beans,
1,340 qrs. ; and flour, 11,380 barrels.
London, England, 1871-01-13

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London, England, 1871-01-13

SUPPOSED MURDER OF A POLICEMAN,—It iS
believed that the policeman Benjamin Snow, of Benning-
ton, Herts, who returned to his home on Tuesday after-
noon suffering from a severe wound in the Elcull from the
effects of which he soon afterwards died, was the victim
of foul play.

MR. W. FOWLER, M.P., AT CAMBRIDGE.—Mr.
W. Fowler, M.P., who was present on Wednesday after-
noon at the opening of the Young Men's Christian
Association, expressad the opinion that if the meeting of
Parliament was not followed by a speedy dissolution, the
Universities Tests would soon be removed, as the subject
was one, which it was extensivoly felt, ought to be at
once dealt with, and with the result indicated.

OUR HORSES.—The Sporting Life says that a
large number of horses have been purchased in the Lon-
don market by foreign agents since the outbreak of hosti-
lities between France and Prussia, and the continued
demand has so enhanced the value of the animal that the
prices given for ordinary cavalry horses range from £3l)
to £6O each, the average being, perhaps, about £35.
It is estimated that upwards of 15,000 horses have been
shipped from Southampton for the use of the French, their
destination being at first Dieppe, but now the majority go
to St. Malo. One firm alone in the Borough, who have a
commission from the French Government, have stabled
6,000 horses prior to their being sent to Southampton. If
our Government wanted troop horses now they would have
to give fabulous prices.
London, England, 1871-01-13

FIRE AT SHEFFIELD.

Great excitement was caused in Sheffield last night
by a fire which broke out in Messrs. Gray and Hender-
son's large drapery establishment. There were a hun-
dred and fifty persons on the premises at the time, and it
was feared that the conflagration would spread to the ad-
joining places of business, which, in anticipation of such
a disaster were rapidly cleared of their stock. The fire-
men, however, succeeded in confining the flames to the
shop where they originated, and the fire, after doing con-
siderable damage, was got under. None of the inmates
of the building sustained any personal injury.
London, England, 1871-01-13

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London, England, 1871-01-13

LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1871

THE MILITARY SITUATION.
The renewal of important fighting all over France
does not begin well for the French; but it will be
prudent to draw no conclusion until the real nature
of their plans is disclosed. The existence of so
many different armies affords scope for many
combinations. The French leaders might have
designed Chanzy to occupy Prince Frederick
Charles's attention, whilst Bourbaki advanced on
Paris; they might have employed Bourbaki to fight
the Prince, whilst Chanzy tried to force a way to the
capital; or they might have assigned Chanzy
the duty of engaging the attention of Prince
Frederick Charles, whilst Bourbaki concentrates an
overwhelming force upon the work of assailing the
German communications. The last plan, it would
seem, is that wh;ch has been adopted. Until, there-
fore, the result of a decisive battle in the East is
known, it would be premature to speculate.

GENERAL CHARETTE.

This distinguished officer, better known as Colonel
Charette, the gallant commander of the Papal
Zonaves, has just had his commission as General
conferred upon him by M. Gambetta. The fact
is creditable to the latter, when it is
remembered what & gulf in a political
sense separates the Minister from the chivalrous

Legitimist. General Charette was merely wounded
and taken prisoner at Loigny, where he was supposed
to have been killed. He succeeded in escaping from.
the Germans, and is now once more at • the head of
French columns.
London, England, 1871-01-13

Actrice upon all subjects of the Toilet.

SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE,
urds • Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution
a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin,
fgetZiallY those about to become mothers, and provides a Home
ita s_ue Childre nandch. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED.
n'ers, Lond South Western (Holloway Branch).
HUGH R. GOUGH, Hon. Sec.

CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES

Speci of tht CHEST, Victoria Park.
APPF,AL for the NEW WING ,Mou_lthaber nt still required, 44,000.
` of beds now occupied, 120.
ber e.f beds available with proposed addition, 164.
nospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
zikers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street
HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec.
Offices, 24, Pinsblll7 -circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec.

4rMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought)._
MEWS is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE-
wick to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green-
be
on personal'application, as '
be a., `",,here any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, w.ill
tro
heretofore without
Movlron or recommendation. The Society's offices are re-
edoni the City to the same building.
4EMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary.

IVUIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 5,
ILI- 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, 1871-01-13

SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE
RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD.
Treasurer - H. B. Praed, Esq.
Hon. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqs.
Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office
in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, such office to be
the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district.
DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society :
ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W.
ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover-square. -Office, 28, Mount-street,
Grosvenor-square, W.
WESTMINSTER.—Office, 38, James's-street, S.W.
PADDINGTON.—Office, 3, Leinster-street, W.
MILE-END OLD-TOWN.—Office, Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road,
Mile-end-road, E.
BATTERSEA.—Office, 3, Verona-street, York-road, S.W.
LAMBETH.—Office, 49, Upper Kennington-lane, S.E.
CLAPHAM.—Office, 11, Polygon, S.W.
CHELSEA.—Office, 57, Flood-street, S.W.
KENSINGTON.—Office, 39, Holland-street, W.
HAMPSTEAD.—Office, corner of Church-lane, High-street,
N. W.
DEPTFORD.—Office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad-
way, S.E.
ST. MARY, NEWINGTON.—Office, 188, Walworth-road, S.E.
ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Office, 7, High-street, St. Giles'.
ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17, N't oburn-buildings, W.C.
CONTRIBUTIONS toward the extension of this organisation
throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the
Society, or to Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C.
The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa-
tion only, not for relief.
C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary.
C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary.
Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand, W.C.
London, England, 1871-01-13

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