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The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-18

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London, England, 1871-02-18

Dear mr editor
will you be so kind has to insert these few lines from
the wife of a working man after readang a speech in your
valuable paper and some letters in one of our london
weekly papers in regard to the marrage dowry of the
princess ionise i beleive sir was there anything so possable
has the princess haveing. no dowry we know theire is not
but if it was to be left to a voluntry gift by the country
at large i beleive it would be a much larger dowry than
any government gave to any of her royal sisters before
her when we look at our queens income and then at the
good results from a large portion of that income and
-the peace and comerce of our country our government
and most of our lows, and then contrast it with that of
other nations and glance at the past history of england
and the kings and quens that have passed away then
i though a poor woman feel proud of my queen and
country and has i said before was our fatherless princess
to have no dowry we should have the poor french send-
ing their gifts to england in their great sorrow they
would smile at and pity englands greatness then would
come the soldiers and sailors and then the honest poor
would not be the last on the list what said the father of a
young soldier after reading the letters i refired to he must
get another paper to send to the young soldier in the army
the london one with them he could never send go to what
country we will we here our queen and doughters spoken
of has they deserve those that have . left their english
hone took their mothers good and kind traneing with
them to their foreign hones i beg to remain most truly the
wife of a working man
London, England, 1871-02-18

SCHOOL BOOKS.

Professor Huxley in his last speech at the London
School Board, made a raid upon the existing school
books, which seems to have been misunderstood. The
Professor had no intention of attaching the elemen-
tary works of such writers as Fownes, Carpenter, and
Lyell. His hostility was directed against the books
put into the hands of the younger class of students,
and richly do the authors and employers of these
productions deserve the flagellation he gave them.
The compilations which profess to teach children the
first principles of science or history are, as he says,
"incompetent and abominable." It is useless to
mention names, fiir they are all alike. Children of the
pourer clas4es will never learn anything beyond
the "three It's," until text books of a kind
comparable to those used in foreign countries are
supplied to them.

CHARITY SCHOOLS IN 1704.

In an interesting &print of an old report, recently

-“a a •
published by Messrs. Field and Tuer, we find many
carious particulars relating to charity schools in
1704. there were at that time 54 schools in the me-
tropolis, all of them, except two, having been founded
during the three preceding years, and accommodation
was afforded to 2,143 pupils. The "religious difficulty"
was solved by questioning the children, even those
of the meanest capacity, by some such good exposi-
tion as ' The Whole Duty of Man.' " The boys, we
find, as soon as " they can read competently well,
are to be taught to write a fair, legible hand,
with the grounds of arithmetic, to fit
them for services or apprentices," and from a
note we gather that " the girls learn to read, &c.,
and generally to knit their stockings and gloves, to
mark, sew, make, and mend their cloathes ; several
learn to write, and some to spin their cloathes."
Altogether the rules drawn up are so good, and so
full of practical sound sense, that we are puzzled as
to how to account for the scandalous inefficiency
generally exhibited by institutions of this nature.
London, England, 1871-02-18

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tAfeenyestEl ST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith,
W.—FUS are urgently needed, and the Committee
Y appeal tot he benevolent to assist them in carrying on
1r useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).—
Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL now RE-
'.`"ED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green-
ich
be , where any seaman needing medical or surgical care, will
trcadrnitted on personal:application, as heretofore, without _
in-
ductiono or recommendation. The Society's offices are re-
", ed from the City to the same building.
KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Beeretary.

CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES
of tht CHEST, Victoria Park.
Special APPEAL for the NEW WING
Amount still required, 1-4,000.
Number of beds now occupied, 120.
\amber of beds available with proposed addition, 164.
"he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street
HENRY SEWELL, lion. Sec.
Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec.

HOME CHARITIES.—Owing to the noble and
benevolent exertions made by the British Public during
the last few months to aid the Sick and Wounded in the War
now raging on the Continent, to relieve the French Peasants,
and the relatives and friends of those lost in H.M.S. Captain,
the Funds of the following HOME 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, 1871-02-18

GARIBALDI.

The departure of the Italian leader to Caprera has
been so hurried as to lead to the conclusion that
France had become too hot to hold him. He had
certainly no chance of keeping his ground in such
an Assembly as that just elected. There is reason to
believe, moreover, that he bad fallen out of favour
with the party who at first courted his assistance,
his last movements were dreadfully mismanaged.
His men fought well, but big generalship was
wretched. Whilst Manteuffel's army was pushing
against Bourbaki, a mere detachment of Germans
managed to engage Garibaldi's whole force, which
was large. The time lost in beating this mere hand-
ful was employed by Manteuffel in driving the
wretched French army into Switzerland. The only
chance of preventing this catrstrophe was by throw-
ing the whole strength of Garibaldi's force on Man-
teuffel's flank, regardless of the detachment which
was playing with it. This chance Garibaldi threw
away.

have issued stringent orders to the Guardians of the
several union districts, as to the necessity of vaccina-
tion, re-vaccination, and, where a case of smallpox
actually takes place, isolation. They direct, more-
over, that spring vans of a comfortable class, for the
removal of patients to hospital, and a supply. of
stimulants and medicines required for persons suf-
fering from smallpox, shall be furnished and kept
ready for emergency in all the dispensing districts.
In furtherance of the wishes of the Commissioners,
we learn also that the authorities of the various
hospitals have made arrangements to set apart
isolated wards in their institutions for smallpox
London, England, 1871-02-18

STOCK EXCHANGES.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—Opening price of Consols at 11.15;
and statement of business done at 12.15, with remarks—
£2 188. 6d. per quarter.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.—Report and Closing Quotations—
£2 18s. 6d. per quarter.
PROVINCIAL STOCK EXCHANGES.—Two reports are forwarded
daily from Manchester, Liverpool, Olasgow, and Leeds—charge,
£1 [Os. per quarter for each report.
London, England, 1871-02-18

REPORTS.

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London, England, 1871-02-18

THE IRON DUKE AND THE ENGLISH SOLDIER,

In Lord Palmerston's memorials of his tours
in .France in 1814, he gives some interesting
quotations from his converiat;ons with the great
Duke on military matters. Reviews were going on
constantly in Paris, and the Duke took the oppor-
tunity to praise the system of attacking by line instead
of by column. He was satisfied our line attack
was the reason we had always beaten the French.
London, England, 1871-02-18

SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE
RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD.
Vice-Chairmen—Major Gen. Cavenagh—Alsager Hay Hill, Esq.
Treasurer—H. B. Praed, Esq.
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-sq., „ 28, Mount-street, Grosve-
and nor-square, W.
ST. JOHN'S, Westminster .. „ 38, James's-street, West-
minster, S.W.
PADDINGTON.. „ 3, Leinster-street, W.
CHELSEA „ 5, Blackland-ter., King's-rd.
KENSINGTON-- „ 39, Holland-street, W.
HAMPSTEAD .. „ Corner of Church-lane, High-
street, N.W.
MILE-END, OLD-TOWN „ Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road,
Mile-end-road, E.
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BATTERSEA .. „ 3, Verona-st., York-rd., S.W.
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S.E.
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S.E.
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SYDENHAM „ The Dispefisary, Forest-hill,
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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 organise-
ion only, not for relief.
C. B. P. BOSA..NQUET, Secretary.,
C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary.
Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand. W.C.
London, England, 1871-02-18

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

FRENCH OPINION.
France would probably be regarded as one of the
most Conservative countries in Europe if the
mass of the population had the courage of
opinions. The Reds are united, well orga-
nised, and determined, but they are not nu-
merous; the great bulk of the people, even in
large towns, hold strictly moderate views, but they
dare rot, at all events do not, express them. Here
is an example. The other day, in one-of the Paris
clubs, a speaker, dwelling upon the political cowar-
dice which made his countrymen go like-sheep in a
direction they secretly detested, urged upon them
the necessity of greater courage in expressing their
sentiments in their choice of a form of Govern-
ment. " Are you a Monarchist or a Repub-
lican ? " shouted a man in the audience.
This was rather too sudden an application of his
own preaching to suit the speaker. Atter a moment's
embarrassment, he said, amid roars of laughter : " On
this point I must be permited to follow the example
of my audience, and remain silent." This timidity
has more serious results than a lack of due self-asser-
tion. It enables the Ultras to obtain a power totally
disproportionate to their numerical strength. France
follows where Paris leads. The provinces elect a
Chamber of most moderate opinions. But if the
capital sets up a Revolutionary Government, the
country invariably accepts it without a murmer.
London, England, 1871-02-18

THE BRITISH CHURCHMAN
FOR FEBRUARY IS NOW READY.
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CONTENTS.—Judith : A Tale of the Year One. Chap. XII.
By C. G. C. Dunbar.—The Conquest of Universal Wealth, and its
Distribution.—A Few Days' Journey in Norway. From Chris-
tiania to Bergen. By L. D. P.—" Jerusalem "—The Mother of
us All. By J. P. L.—Great Britain and the War. German
Duplicity, and False Excuses for it.—The Snowdrop.—Myreden :
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London, England, 1871-02-18

To LITERARY LABOURERS.

"A. Private Firm in London " have recently been
advertising for " a secretary." This gentleman,
among other qualifications, is required to be " young,
energetic, a clever correspondent, and a brilliant
article writer," and the tempting salary offered is
260 per annum. In these days of keen competition
we fear that the labours of the unlucky postman, who,
together with the valentines of the ssason, conveyed
the numerous letters of application for this-vacant
and desirable post, must, indeed, have been excessive.
Here, then, is found at last a refuge where the un-
timely wise and the unfortunately witty .may devote
all the hours of their days to the congenial compila-
tion of trade reports and invoices, and where if they
do not receive, as Air. Sala says he does, " the salary
of an ambassador and the treatment of a prince,"

they will at least have the proud consciousness of
honourably earning their wages. Though Grub-
street is no more, and though the uphill road to Par-
nassus has been as completely bridged over as the
Holborn valley, we recommend such of our readers
as have literary attainments 'sufficiently conspicuous,
or literary aspirations sufficiently strong, to turn at
once to the advertising columns of the Times, pro-
vided always, of course, that they have not been fore-
stalled by the-brilliant writers of the Saturday Review
or the Pall Mall.

Re said that he had not more than 16,000 to 18,000

Uri tish infantry atWaterloo, and that he started with
the worst army that ever was got together, but four
or five regiments which had been in the Peninsula gave
a tone to all the rest. The other troops behaved
very ill, the Nassaus actually ran away and fired at
him when he role up to rally them. The relative
discipline of the troops was compared, greatly to the
disadvantage of the Prussians. They lost half their
troops on the march by straggling, and though their
requisitions oppressed the people, they did not get
what they wanted, while the English had no diffi-
culty in obtaining supplies. The Duke made all
his l!vies through the French official agents, so that
the people did not feel them so oppressive. Of the
British forces the Duke spoke very warmly. Nothing,
be said, could surpass, or, indeed, equal, the British
troops in the field. The sense of honour among
officers did not exist to the same degree in any other
service, and he always felt sure when he put a
detachment into a post that they would maintain it
against any force till they dropped.
London, England, 1871-02-18

TH•E ASSOCIATED CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.

The next meetings of the Association will be held at
the Westminster Palace Hotel, on the 28th of February,
and Ist and 2nd of March, when the following übjects
will be discussed :—Tlibunals of Commerce, Statute of
Frauds, the Appointment of a Minister of Commerce,
the Income Tax, Registration of Trade-marks, Treaties
on Trade-marks, Stamps on Bills of Exchange, the
Parcel Post, the Pattern Post, Sending Valuables by Post,
Spoiled Stamps, Commerce with Spain and Portugal,
Sailors' Board and Lodging Debts, Railway Traffic,
Admiralty Jurisdiction, Customs Facilities, the Stamp
Acts, and the United States Claims for homages during
the American War.

On Wednesday a new Jewish cemetery was opened
at Witton, Birmingham. The cost of acquiring the
cemetery and erecting the necessary buildings, &c., was
nearly £3,000. The cemetery is large and perfectly
appointed with mortuary, hall, house for use of kohanim,
residence for groundkeeper, &c. Two funerals took place
on the occasion of the opening of the cemetery. Jewish
Chronicle.
THE SCANDAL AT WHITEHALL.—The Morn-
ing Advertiser understands that Sir Sncer Robin-
son, whose correspondence and ,Mr. Gladstone's ex-
traordinary and not very creditable proposal to post-date
a letter our contemporary prints, has in the press a
volume containing all his late transactions with the Board
of Admiralty and his chief. It is alleged that he is pre-
pared to spew that he protested against the Captain at
two different stages, as a sea-going ship ; and that he will
throw the whole onus of the blame of the unfortunate
catastrophe upon other shoulders.
London, England, 1871-02-18

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the Country.

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London, England, 1871-02-18

THE FEELING AT BORDEAUX.

Telegrams from Bordeaux on the 15th, state that
peace was regarded as certain, the German Govern-
ment manift sting a conciliatory disposition, and the
Government to be elected by the Assembly will
comprise largely the conciliatory element, and include
Moderate Republicans, Orleanists, and Legitimists.
The Gironde, which was the organ of the Delegation,
under the editorship of M. Lavertuj on, says the
elections made by uuiversal suffrage pronounce a
sovereign verdict to which they bow with sadness
London, England, 1871-02-18

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London, England, 1871-02-18

THE FRENCH PRISONERS.

The following address to the National Assembly
at Bordeaux is circulating among the French pri-
soners in Germany :—" We will obey the Govern-
ment which France shall choose, but if our position
as soldiers prohibits us from taking part in the
political struggle, we have the right to
demand as citizens that the Government
to which it will be our duty to give our
blood shall be the true expression of the
will of the country. We have, therefore, the honour
to request you to appeal to universal suffrage, in
order to decide the following two questions :-1.
Monarchy or Republic. 2. The name of the Monarch.
In case of the Monarchy being successtul, we before-
hand engage upon our honour to submit to the will
of the country."
The Court of Appeal has given a decision in refe-
rence to the French prismers interned in Belgium.
The Court does not admit that, the Government
having acted as a political Power, its acts would be
beyond the control of the tribunals, but the measures
taken by the Minister of War being essentially
military, the civil jurisdiction is incompetent to
interfere.
London, England, 1871-02-18

A DARING JOURNEY.

A very remarkable expedition has lately been ac-
complished by a Texan cattle-driver, named Thomas
Dormitt, whose daring in attempting to cross the
groat plains of the West in winter time was more
foolhardy than praiseworthy.Alany records exist of very
small parties accomplishing the transit across the
central continent of North America, and many pain-
ful histories are also extant of such little groups
perishing in the attempt. Never before, how-
ever, has a solitary traveller dreamt of
facing the dangers of the way, the prairie
fire in summer time, the pitiless snow in winter,
the exposure and hunger, and the wolves
and other wild beasts, who are only too ready
to seize the unwary wanderer. An insurance com-
pany, says one of the American journals
in commenting on the story, would hardly
have guaranteed Thomas Dormitt's earthly
existence for ninety per cent., knowing in
advance the task he meant to undertake. He was
at Fort Butort last October, and wished to go home
to Texas, a distance of 1,225 miles, through an
Indian country notoriously dangerous. Weatherwise
people said there would be an open winter,
and so Dormitt rolled up blankets and am-
munition, and with his rifle on his shoulder
started for Texas. When he had gone two
hundred miles he was overtaken by a fearful snow
storm, which filled the air and obliterated all tracks.
He gave himself up for lost, when he stumbled on a
hole in an embankment. He crept into it, and
remained safely sheltered till the storm past by.
He then came out, and burned back, but, not liking
to be cowardly, he stood up his stick, and
resolved he would go whichever way it
fell. It fell towards Tezas, and away he
went Eastward. His fnad fell short, and having
been without any for two days he grew weaker and
weaker. Presently he came upon another hole and
crawled in to rest, but found a dead Indian ! He
drew back in horror, ,but on searching further he
came upon a large piece of frozen buffalo meat,
which saved his life. He encountered living Indians
and living bears, but escaped them all, and after
seventy five days' journey made his appearance, a
walking skeleton, in Sioux City.

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London, England, 1871-02-18

MARKETS

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BANK RETURNS, 89s. per quarter. WIND AND WEATFIER,
89s. per quarter' SHIPPING LIST, daily arrivals at Gravesend,
Falmouth, and Queenstown, each 395. per quarter.
NEW YORK PRICES, daily, 395. per quarter.
A discount of 10 per cent, is allowed on arrangements for not
less than twelve months.
London, England, 1871-02-18

ARMY ORGANISATION.

Mr. LEATHEM gave notice that when this bill came on
for consideration he should move that the number of men
be reduced by 20,000.

BABY FARMING.
Mr. CHARLEY gave notice that he should introduce a
bill for the better protection of infant life.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Mr. GRANT DUFF said it would facilitate the business of
the House if he at once stated that the subject of Indian
Finance had had the anxious consideration of the Go-
vernment, and it was their intention on the earliest possi-
ble day, after determining the most convenient mode of pro-
ceeding, to move the appointment of a committee upon
the subject. This, he believed, would be received with
satisfaction by many hon. members on both sides of the
House, who took an interest in Indian aiLirs. (Hear,
hear.)

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THE CENSUS.

A correspondent who signs himself " L. C.," and
who, perhaps, by these initials means to impress upon
us the fact that his intellect is in advance of the
census commissioners by Long Chalks, proposes that
statistics of vaccination should be gathered at the
next census. In the census papers about to be
issued there is a column in which every perion
will have to jot down whether they are
" blind" or " dumb," and 66 L.0:6 is of opinion that
very little extra labour on the part of all concerned
would enable us to find out the important tact,
namely, how many people have been vaccinated or
re-vaccinated. If "L.C." had proposed the vacci-
nation column in lien of the dumb and blind column,
the plan might have been feasible, but to propose
that the commissioners sh ould burden themselves with
discovering extra and manifold shortcomings of the
human race, in addition to their real labour, that of
finding the number of the people, is more than they
bargained for, or can be expected to undertake.
London, England, 1871-02-18

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THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT BORDEAUX.

Great difficulty has been experiencei in arranging
the Theatre at Bordeaux to_ accommodate the
Assembly, consisting of 759 Deputies, the Diplo-
matic Body, the newspaper press, and the spectators,
of whom there is always a large number in Conti

ental Chambers. The pit awl orchestra have be'

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benches placed close together have been substituted for
the arm-chairs which formerly occupied the space. The
members of the Assembly will sit on those benches,
in the lower gallery, and in the first tier of boxes.
The sittings will be held by gaslight : the reporters
and the general public will, it is expecte], meet with
scanty accommodation, but, under the circumstances,
it was impossible to do more, as the resources
of the theatre are but ill adapted to the purpose to
which they are here applied. The deputies them-
selves will experience great inconvenience, for they
will sit closely packed, and have no desks or drawers
as in the Chamber at Paris, so that they must leave
_their places if they wish to write letters. The Bor-
deaux theatre, judged by its intrinsic merits, does not
fail in comparison with any in Europe, but unfortu-
nately for the purpose now required the space afforded
by the interior does not fulfil the promise of the
exterior,
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ROUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

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tendance of members.
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London, England, 1871-02-18

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1871.

in to districts, and every district General will
have under him the command bf all the
forces within his range. Thus all three services,
will be exercised together, and have opportunities of
comparing their efficiency. One of the prime causes
of Prussian success is the raising of each corps in one
province, where its supplies, its train, its artillery,
and all its requirements are kept. When war
breaks out, each corps has everything it
needs immediately at hand. The French
army was ruined through the system of supplying
the whole' mass from great central depots which
proved utterly unequal to their task. The Govern-
ment Bill adopts the Prussian plan. The system of
officering is to be wholly altered. No longer will
it be allowable for posts in the army to be sold to
the highest bidder. The purchase system is
abolished. Commissions will be given to anybody
who can establish his claim to one in a competitive
examination, and promotion will be by merit.
Much more will be required of the Volunteers. Com-
petence will be looked for in the officers, regular
attendance at drill from the men, and the whole
force will be trained in camps of instruction, where it
will be under the Mutiny Act.
These are the leading features of the measure. To
not one is any exception to be taken as not being
gOod in itself. The only doubt that will suggest
itself to the mind of any military reformer will refer
to the extent of these provisions. Do they go far
enough ? We have given one hint of appre-
hension, and though the future alone can
settle, the question, yet there is a feature
of Mr. CARDWELL'S speech that justifies a little
reservation. The estimates are increased this year
by nearly three millions, one of which at least, says
the WAR MINISTER, will not be needed in future.
No portion of this increase ought to be needed in
future. The sum paid last year, for example,
is sufficient to supply an army on the scale of that
proposed in the Bill without any increase ; and if this
result be not achieved, the country will be as before,
though to a far less extent, in the position of not
receiving value for its money. As a whole the mea-
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MR. VOYSEY'S PROSECUTION.

Mr. Voysey has written to the Registrar of the
Privy Council in reference to the intimatiOn that
he might escape the penalties against him by a full
retractation within a week. However anxious
he may be to acknowledge the kindness
which prompted the offer, be cannot pretend
to feel grateful for it. Their lordships ap-
pear to him to have gone out of their way to accuse
him of misrepresenting the opinions from which he
differs. He was prepared for the rejection of his appeal,
though he knows that nine-tenths of the clergy
might with eqnal justice be condemned, and he
believes that when the clergy hwe had time to exa-
mine it, they will find in this judgment old fetters
renewed and new ones forged. He looks forward to
an eventual struggle for liberty, and is grateful that
he has been able for eighteen years to sow the seeds
of love, truth, and liberty in the English Church.
He rejoices, moreover, that before he is finally de-
prived of his office he should have another opportu-
nity of reaffirming his opinions, and rejecting the
offer of repurchasing his position by proclaiming
himself a hypocrite.
London, England, 1871-02-18

IRISH PRECAUTION.

If it be true, as Dr. Lyon Playfair says, that a
wave of smallpox is spreading gradually over Eurppe,
the Irish Poor-law Commissioners, at least, are pre-
paring to have all means ready to shut it out, whe❑ it
comes to their part of the world. The Commissioners
London, England, 1871-02-18

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, FEBRUARY 17.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and
Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Viscountess Clifden was in attendance.
Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompanied by
Princess Louise.

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended
by the Countess of Macclesfield.

MR. JOHN BRIGHT.

The Right Honourable John Bright (says a Birmingham
correspondent) is so far recovered that he will be able on
an early day to resume his Parliamentary duties. In
accordance with this expectation, it has been unanimously
resolved at a meeting of his supporters to decline his pro-
ffered resignation. —Lancet.

IMPERI

AMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY.

Their Lordships met at five o'clock.
The Marquis of Bute took the oaths and his seat.
In reply to the Earl of Hardwicke,
Lord DUFFERIN declined to make any statement respect-
ing the alleged waste and corruption in the management
of the Duchy of Lancaster until the question was raised
in a specific form.
The Earl of HARROWBY expressed an opinion that there
was no waste or corruption.

In reply to the Marquis of Clanricarde,
Lord DUFFERIN said that the Government would intro-
duce a Bill to assimilate the Law of Bankruptcy and Im-
prisonment for Debt in Ireland to that in England.
The second reading of the Ecclesiastical Delapidation
Bill was postponed until Tuesday next by the Archbishop
of York.
The House adjourned at half-past five.
London, England, 1871-02-18

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