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A. MONKEY'S ABILITIES.

dunce who prided himself on his pedigree was
said to resemble a potato. since the best part of him
was underground. Such is not the opinion ot Mr.
Darwin, who remains firmly convinced' that we all
trace our ancestry to a monkey. By way ot
consolation for this somewhat humiliating asser-
tion • he brings forward, in his new volume
on "The Descent of Man," some striking instances
of apish sagacity and sense. In some respects,
indeed, were we all to turn monkeys again there
would be a perceptible. improvement. Wild baboons
are fond of beer, and when they drink

too much they refresh themselves with the
juice of lemons the next morning, but
one monkey, having been once intoxicated
with brandy, could never be induced to touch it
again. In the question of temperance, then, the
monkey has the advantage, while in other points he
is at least a rival. The chimpanzee cracks his nuts
with a stone, and the baboons turn the
stones- to a still more practical account
by hurling them down on their enemies
in fight, after the fashion of the Swiss at
Morgarten. The ourang outang can use the lever, dud
an ape of another kind is reported to have sung re-
markably well, but our author tells us he once sawn
baboon in the Zoological Gardens, who always pt
into a furious passion when the keeper took out a
book and began to read it aloud. Perhaps he had
once heard him read Mr. Darwin.
London, England, 1871-02-24

SINKING OF SIX BRITISH VESSELS.

The official correspondence relating to the seizure
and sinking of six British vessels in the river Seine
by the Prussians has just been published. It appears
that the Ist Army Corps on- their adVance to Rouen
found that their progress was likely to be inter-
rupted by the French men of war in the
river, and orders were . consequently given
to have the Seine blocked up by the sinking
of sea ships. In two days, consequently, eleven ships
were sunk, seven of them being English. The crews
were given ample time to save their papers and ef-
fects, and the value of each ship was duly entered from
the Captain's own statement. Count Bismarck in-
formed Mr.. Odo Russell that though the law officers
held that a belligerent had .a full right in self-defence
to the seizure of neutral ships in the rivers or inland
waters of the other belligerent, and though com-
pensation to the owners was due by the vanquished
Power, not by the victors, yet he valued the friend-
ship and good-will of England too, highly to accept
this interpretation of the law in the present case,
and preferred to adopt one that would meet the

wishes of Hr Majesty's Government, and give fall
satisfaction to the people of England. In case the
negotiations with the owners, through Count Bern-
storf, do not lead to an trierstanding, it is pro-
posed to submit the indemnification for the damage
to an arbitrator's award,
London, England, 1871-02-24

Now ready, No. 9, of
THE ILLUSTRATED REVIEW.
Price Threepence.

CONT

:NTS :

Memoir and Portrait of the late
Dean Alford.
LEADING ARTICLES :
"Usury.
Tenniel's Cartoons.
Valentine's Day.
Unromantic Excursions. No. 1.
—Rievaulx.
REVIEWS :
Lord Lytton " King Arthur."
The Paradise of Birds.
The Scottish Minstrel.
Homes without Hands (Four
Illustrations).
Life of General Lord Fairfax.

REVIEWS (continued):
Strange Dwellings.
Poems. By F. D. T
Friswell's Modern Men of
Letters.
Old Merry's Travels
A Lonely Life.
Mendelssohn's Letters.
Campbell's Poems—Heartsease.
Memorials of S. Laurence,
Jewry.
Texts from the Times.
February Magazines.
Literary Gossip, &c.

EIGHT SPECIMEN ILLUSTRATIONS

*.* All Letters for the Editor and Books for Review to be
sent to Mr. S. R. Townshend Mayer, 25, Norfolk-street,
Strand, W.C. _ _

No. 10, ready on March Ist, will contain a Portrait and
Memoir of the late T. W. Robertson, Reviews of all new Books,
and Ten Specimen Illustrations.
London: Houlston and Sons, 65, Paternoster-row, E.C.
London, England, 1871-02-24

RIFLED GUNS.

Sir Jomq HAY asked the Secretary for War if he would
lay upon the table of the House a return continuing and
completing the information contained in the return of
August 1869, respecting rifled guns, up to the Ist of
January, 1871'

Sir HENRY STORKS replied that the return would be
laid on the table.
THE ALBERT MEMORIAL.

Mr. HARVEY LEWIS inquired whether it was in contem-
plation to take any portion of Hyde Park on the south
front of the Albert Memorial for improving the Kenning-
, ton-road, and for what purpose the work at that point
was now being carried on.
Mr. AYRTON said that the alteration in the road was
part of the original design, and was absolutely necessary
for the completion of the work. An arrangement was at
one time arrived at with the Westminster District Board
of Works to complete the road, but that had fallen
through. The matter was now in the hands of the Com-
missioners.
London, England, 1871-02-24

TURKEY AND ITALY.

A telegram from Constantinople on the 21st says
that conPerptent upon Italy's menacing attitude
against Tunis, the Porte has addressed a note to the
Great Powers, imputing to Italy the provocation of
a conflict upon insufficient grounds, with manifest
intention to acquire Tunis by conquest.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
LOSS OF A BARQUE.

On Wednesday evening the barque Jane Kilgom, of
London, with coals, struck on the Cross Sands, off Yar-
mouth. She was seen by the Caistor headmen, who put
off to her assistance ; but it was found impossible to get
her off. The crew were brought ashore, and landed at
the Sailors' Home. The barque is a fine new vessel of
464 tons. She will become a total wreck.

Messrs. George Henry Dawson and J. E. Meßluish,
scholars of Wadham College, Oxford, have been elected to
the vacant Greek Hody Exhibition at that Society, and
Mr. Henry C. Richmond, scholar, has also been elected
to the vacent Hody Exhibition at Wadham College.
London, England, 1871-02-24

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

M. CARTWRIGHT inquired why the despatch of Sir A.
Buchanan, of September 9, reporting a communication by
the Emperor of Russia to General Fleury, and which was
referred to in the correspondence respecting the Franco-
German war, was not given in that volume. Also, when
papers would be presented in continuation of those laid
before Parliament last session in respect of the
measures taken for bringing to punishment the Greek
brigands implicated in the murder of our countrymen.

Lord ENFIELD said Lord Granville regretted that
through an oyersight reference was made in a public des-
patch to one of a private character. It referred to a des-
patch between Russia and the French Ambassador, who
mentioned it to Sir A. Buchanan, who afterwards com-
municated it privately to the Government. They could
not therefore produce it without being guilty of a breach
of confidence. (Hear, hear.)
London, England, 1871-02-24

THE IRISH CONSTABULARY.

Mr. PEEL DAWSON asked the Secretary for Ireland
whether the Irish constabulary would be employed in
carrying out the provisions of the Gun Licences Ace, and
whether he was aware that there was a strong feeling
among the local magistracy in several districts in Ireland,
that without the co-operation of the police the Act would
remain ineffectual and useless both for the purposes of
revenue and social protection.

Mr. ARTHUR PEEL replied that the provisions of the
Gun Licenses' Act with respect to the constabulary were
Permissive, and not obligatory. The action of the con-
stabulary was limited : they could only arrest a person
using or carrying a gun without a license, who declined to
give his name or address ; and in the event
of the person giving his name and address, they could only
give information of the fact to the local authorities.
There were several objections to imposing upon the con-
stabulary this duty, for they were regarded in the public
estimation as common informers.

Mr. MAGNIAC inquired of the Postmaster-General
Whether he would endeavour to procure from the foreign
governments through whose territory the mails for the
East, via Brindisi, have to pass, a reduction in the pre-
sent heavy postal charges.
Mr. MONSELL stated that none of the rates paid could
be considered excessive, and as the arrangements had been
so recently made, there would be no use in making an
application for their modification.
London, England, 1871-02-24

VOYAGE OF H.M.S. 'CHALLENGER

Her Majesty's ship Challenger, 18 guns, bearing
the broad pendant of Commodore Rowley Lam-
bert,. passed through Spithead at noon on Mon-
day. The Challenger was commissioned on April
0, 1866, as senior officers' ship on the Australian
station. In May, 1868, she made a tour of the South
Sea Islands, and her boats had a skirmish with the
nativesi on the river Revier, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands,
when a village was burnt, and severe loss inflicted on
the natives. For the last two years she has been em-

played • principally on the coast of New
Zealand, in consequence of the native dis-
turbances, and received the thanks of both Houses
of the Legislature for services rendered to that
colony. During the commission the ship has sailed
over 70,000 miles. Mr. George O'Connor, acting
sub-lieutenant, jumped overboard four times, (three
of them at sea) and in three cases succeeded in gal-
lantly saving life. From the citizens of the province
of Auckland, he received a handsome present of a
case of instruments, for saving the life of a seaman
who was blown overboard by the premature discharge
of a gun, in saluting his Royal Highness the Duke
of Edinburgh. Three deaths have occurred among
the officers—an assistant burgeon, a clerk, ,and the

paymaster.
GROWING CONFIDENCE OF Imisri TENANTRY,

As a remarkable proof of the increasing confidence
pf the tenantry in the security given them by the
new Land Act, •we may men tion the sales of their
interests by public auction in the county of
.Tip-
perary. Common enough in Ulster, these tenant-right
auctions are of very recent introduction into the south
of Ireland. As an example of the way in which
they work we may take the announcement from .i
large Placard Which - stat:s that the fobscriber has
London, England, 1871-02-24

GERMAN DISCIPLINE.

The high degree at excellence to which the German
army has attained in point of order and discipline has
called forth the admiration of some French critics. In
commenting on the subject the Presse observes that
the chief superiority of their enemies has con-
sisted •in their maintenance of discipline and
hahits of, regular work. Their extraordinary
series of victories have neither excited nor enervated
them. Even now that they are masters of Paris,- and
in possession of a third of France, they never relax
their rigid rules, but work on without ceasing.
Every day they go through the duties of
exercising, manoeuvring, instruction, and perfect-
ing. Parade, marches, target practice, all the
details of military life are carried on
•as if the campaign had not been interrupted. They
have experimented on all the captured guns and
cannons, and after having cleaned them, packed them
up carefully and sent theM to Germany. The victo-
rious army has not had a single day's rest. The regular
service is carried on with mathematical precision in
_ .

the midst of constant work of all kinds. Recruits are
constantly arriving from Germany, and their
military instruction is promptly atten led to.
This severe discipline is proceeded with,
and not the slightest deviation fri,m
the rules is 'permitted. The iron hand of Prussian
military authority is ever there, crushing all wills,
and relentlessly dealing with the least disobedience.
Should the war recommence, the Prussian army could
be ready in two hours to resume the campaign, and
carry all before it. The Presse concludes by remark-
ing, " What an example and what a lesson are taught

u 3 by our enemies."

TURKISH PROGRESS.

While all the rest of the world is progressing, the
Turks are determined that they will not stand still.
An Ottoman Club has been organised in Constanti-
nople under the superintendence of Mustapha Fazyl
Pasha, who has- presented the institution with 2,000
French works. A literary society has been formed in
connectionwith the establishment in order to translate
celebrated European books into the Turkish language.
This is an excellent idea, and one well calculated to
enlarge the minds of the better class in Turkey; but
the first work chosen is certainly curious enough.

It is no other than the " Letters of Lord Ohester-
field," whose instructions in politeness are assuredly
not required by the courtly and dignified Turks.
It has been very sensibly suggested that " Dithen,"
Or Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's letters should be
selected, in order that the Orientals may see them-
selves as others see them. As it is to be hoped the
translators will not limit their exertions to one
book, perhaps these volumes will follow.
London, England, 1871-02-24

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Devonport. The disease was conveyed there by two
soldiers from Bristol. Every precaution is being taken
to prevent the spread of the epidemic. Yesterday after-
noon, a vessel with smallpox on board arrived in Ply-
moth Sound. It has been placed in quarantine.

FEMALE EDUCATION AT CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY.

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University chews an increase this term of more than one-
third. The number of tickets sold is 151, and the average
attendance of the ladies is over 100. The committee has
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of lectures, for one year, will be given for success in the
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FRANCE CONVALESCENT.

The lightheartedness of the French peasantry is
already causing-the inhabitants of the districts pear
the capital to look forward with hope, and to
forget the nation's gloom. The breeze of

war has passed by them, and has been succeeded by
breezes of charity and peace ; and there has been
also a span of fine weather, which cannot but put
people in good heart. We learn that at Le Mans,
theatrical entertainments and horse races have even
been ventured upon, and though the respectable
residents set their faces against any manifestation of
gaiety, some are wise enough to see in the people's
merriment good promise of suture content and
resignation under a tedious building up of the
country's prosperity once again. It is true that the
presence of English and American sympathisers in
the Faubourgs round Paris is doing much towards
ansua,Ong the sorrow of many families.

MR. MIALL OT DISF.STABLISHMENT.

INIr. Miall has been addressing a meeting at

Leicester on the disestablishment of the English
Church. He maintained that so far from being an
enemy of the Church lie was one of its wisest
friends. He only desired the State should
stand% aside, and lot •it shine -by its own
light. He did not intend, he said, to bring in a
bill for disestablishment this year, but he would test

the feeling of the House by a resolution to be fol-
lowed by a bill at some future time. The
disestablishment which he proposed would take
place in the same way as in Ireland, though
there would be some difference in the mode.
According to his scheme all vested interests would
die out and would not be commuted. Every parish
would retain the fund set apart by the State in that
parish for ecclesiastical purposes, and would decide to
what good social purpose it should be applied. The
tithes and glebe lands should be used -for the moral
edvantage of the parish, not for the benefit of one
denomination only. The prospects of the measure,
said Mr. Miall in conclusion, were much brighter
than heretofore, as he believed it would be favour-
ably received, not only by the Dissenters, but by the
High Church party. A resolution was passed
authorising the borough members, Mr. P. A. Taylor
and Mr. Harris, to support the measure.
London, England, 1871-02-25

THE CONDITION OF CORSICA.

The Nord of Brussels announces that the disturb-
ances in CorSica, which rendered necessary the
despatch of two French mon-of-war to that island,
appear to be of a serious nature,. and reproduces a
report from the Mot d'Ordre of Paris that Gustave
Magnet, the prefect, has been assassinated.

PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE FENIANS.
President Grant gave an audience. on We !nes la:
to O'lonovan Rossa and nine other Fenian exiles.
London, England, 1871-02-25

THE GERMANS IN PARIS.

It is confirmed that Orsini bombs have been seized
in Paris, and other signs lead to fear that bloody
conflicts would take place, despite all the efforts and
precautionary measures taken by the French authori-
ties, should the Germans enter Paris. It is, there-
fore, believed that the Germans will abandon their
design, which might be attended by incalculable
cdnt•ea uences.

GENERAL DUCROT BEFORE THE MILI-
TA.RY COMMISSION.

General Trochu and General Ducrot, with a safe
conduct from Count Moltke, arrived at Bordeaux on
Wednesday. On Wednesday night General Chanzy
and General Ducrot spoke before the Military Com-
mission, giving their views of 'the military situation
of the country.

The Military Committee, in view of the approach-
ing liberation of the 300,000 troops, prisoners of war
in Germany, have under consideration the question
of the reorganisation of the army, as well as the
preparation of the reports upon the military situa-
tion.

PAPAL RECOGNITION OF THE FRENCH
GOVERNMENT.
La Liberte, of Bordeaux, announces that Cardinal
Antonelli on Thursday, by telegram, recognised the
French Government on the part of the Pope.

INSURREC noN IN ALGIERS.
PARIS, February 23.

Despatches from Algiers announce an insurrec-
tion among the Arabs, which, however, had been
completely suppressed.
Perfect tranquillity prevails in Algiers.
London, England, 1871-02-25

LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 187

IT may be understood that France has by this
time virtually agreed to a cession of territory assthe
only means of freeing the soil of La Patrie from the
footsteps of the invader. The peace which two
suffering nations and a horrified world de-
mand is by common consent regarded as
assured. It is a . good thing, upon any terms,
to put an end to the war; we regret, however, that
the gratification with which we view the sheath-
ing of the sword is far from unmixed. This peace
presents matter for serious thought, which no rejoic-
ing can keep out of sight. It might have been
hoped that the blood of the myriads who fertilise
the ground around Woerth, Metz, Sedan, Orleans,
Paris, and Amiens, would have purchasid a perma-
nent arrangement, but it would be more blindness to
the probabilities of the future to delude ourselves
with the hope that this peace is likely to be enduring.,
It contains no element of a lasting cha-
racter. A fair consideration of the facts
forbids sanguine hope. Ihe transfer of territory
has been demanded by Germany on the ground that
she requires security against France. This plea can
be valid only on the assumption that the cession will
give Germany an indisputable superiority. But it
dues no such thing. The French nation is at present
a little larger than the German nation—North and
South together. After the transfer it will
be morel) a little smaller, the gain to
Germany • being ' made up ' entirely of an
unwilling population. The present war itself shews
how little value is to be attached to such slight dif-
ferences of strength between very great States. A
MOLTKE on either side would more than counter-
balance thrice the difference. Should it ever happen
that the better general be with the French, should a
foolish statesman replace BrsmAnoK, should
involved Ge-
rmany become with even Holland, Denmark,
or Switzerland—none of them unlikely contingencies
_of what avail will be Alsace and Lorraine ?
Where military or political superiority is gained,
"strategical frontiers" profit nothing.
_

The material advantage reaped by Germany is
not, then, of a kind to render a future
contest impossible. And yet the• humiliation to
France is unparalleled in recent times. It seems
to be generally overlooked that no such peace as
this has ever been Made before in the present cen-
tury. In 1815 the great States enriched themselves
London, England, 1871-02-25

MR. MILL ON PROTECTION.

Mr. John Stuart Mill having recently been elected
an honorary member of the New York Liberal Club,
in acknowledging his gratitude for the honour, fulfils
a request made to him by the club, and expresses his 1.
opinion on the desirability of a free-trade policy for
America. Mr. Mill's letter occupies a column in the
New York papers, but the drift of it is against pro-
tection in any shape for any country. Mr. Mill holds
protection to be an employment of the powers of
Government to tax the many, with the intention of
promoting the pecuniary gains of the few. In the
explanation of his views, Mr. Mill acknowledges that
the general wages of labour in America are above
the English level, but he denies that this is an effect
of protection. The evils of protection cannot,
he argues, be removed by any readjust-
ment of details. " The system, just in so far
as it is protection, just so 'far as it f ultila its purposF,
abstracts in a greater or less degree Iroin the aggre-
gate wealth of mankind, and leaves a less amount of
produce to be shared amongth© nations of the Earth,
to-the necessary loss of all nations whose industry is
forced out of its spontaneous course by preventing
them either from importing or exporting any
article which,they would import of export in a state
of freedom."
London, England, 1871-02-25

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THEATRES AND AMUSEMENTS.

Dnunr LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley.
ADELPHI—That Rascal Jack. Deadman's Point. Our

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PRINCESS'S—The Happy Man. King o' Scots. He's a

Lunatic.
HAYMARET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth.
Uncle's Will. Family Jars.
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London, England, 1871-02-25

FEEDING THE PARISIANS.

The feeding of the population with British bread and
cheese is going on apace. I visited the Bon Marche, and
found M. Boucicault and his whole establishment serving
out provisions to delighted crowds. He was assisted by
about 50 of the young men and women who in ordinary
times attend to his large establishments, and who, with
white aprons on, were pouring flour, biscuits, &c.,
into the outspread aprons or baskets of the appli-
cants. In order to prevent two rapid crowding M.
Boucicault has hit upon the ingenious device of
having a barrel of wine and some bread and cheese at the
entrance. By stopping their mouths he stops the im-
petuosity of the current, and the queue comes alcng too
busy munching to press inconveniently. 'The number of
persons fed daily at this one establishment amounts to froM
12,000 to 15,000. It is difficult for an Englishman to go
there without receiving more private thanks than his
wodesty or his feelings can bear. One old lady burst into
tears of gratitude as she seized my hands, and the story of
her two sons, wounded and prisoners, and of her own
I privations, interspersed with expressions a thankful-
ness for relief, was so touching as fairly to drive me
• back to the wine-bibbing, laughing crowd at the entrance
in order to recover my equanimity. It was pleasant to
see the radiant expressions of the faces of the young and
pjd as, with loaded aprons, they hied them home to the
families that were expecting them. At the great glass
establishment of St. Louis, in the Rue Paradis Poisson-
nibre, the proprietor pursues another, and most admi-
rable system. His object is to reach the " Pauvres
honteux,' many of whom are persons in the
upper classes of society. I know of an instance where a
lady is at this moment living on the charity of a Woman
who was once her concarg e: these persons cannot be ex-
pected to come and make queue for hours in the stwag,
and to them are sent waggon loads of parceli... made up
according to the size of the family, Tan waggon loads
containing 15,000 substantial meats, went off from this
establishment this morning. It is to be remarked that all
this distribution is undertaken gratuitously by wealthy
and benevolent shopkeepers.—Times Correspondent,

THE EMBARKATION AT DUNKERQUE.

DUNKERQUE, February 22.

The embarkatiwa of the troops continues steadily, and
the weather is still very fine. Foot soldiers formed tilt)
principal part to-day, but there was also artillery, The
horses, ready harnessed, were taken by the steamer
Bilvre. The troops were full of gaiety and anima-
tion, notwithstanding they had come on foot from
Cassel, where they hasci passed the night. Eighteen
hundred cavalry aro expected to-morrow, and the large.st
frigate is in the roads to the west of the jetty to receive Ihem.
The number of vessels is not so large to-day, there being
only two transatlantic ships and eight arraour-clad vessels,
in chiding the Savoie, which has, just returned from her first
trip to Cherbourg. I.l.u.mour says that the 75th Regiment_
London, England, 1871-02-25

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London, England, 1871-02-25

CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS

MR. DIXON,
,M.P., ON ARMY EXPENDITURE
Mr. George Dixon, M.P., having received a letter from
several of his constituents at Birmingham, urging him toy
resist the Government proposal for increased outlay upon
armaments, has replied : " It affords me much pleasure
to assure you that I had previously resolved to oppose the
Government proposal, and if I do not do so by my voice.
I shall most certainly by my vote."
London, England, 1871-02-25

BAIRN, REPORIr.

We have not yet reached the American system of
the Swill Dairies, in which tho unhappy cows are sup-
plied by the refuse of the distilleries, and to which the
terrible amount of infant mortality in the great cities of
the United States is mainly attributed. There
is, however, scope for dairy reform among iv, and

the popular jokes at the expense of London
milk are certainly not without • solid founda-
tion. Dr. Ballard, the medical officer of
health for Islington, has lately brought to light a
case in which a fatal outbreak of typhoid fever occur-
red among the customers of a milkman who watered
his milks with impure water. The milk-
man in question will certainly not . repeat the
offence, for having, it may be supposed, drunk
some of his own milk, he died of the fever; but
there are plenty of others of his trade who rely on
the pump for increasing their stores, and London
water is not always above. suspicion. It is fortunate
that the Dairy Reform Company, established in
' 1866, intend to form themselves into a Limited
Liability Company, with the view of extending their
London, England, 1871-02-25

ARTISTS' ORPHAN FUND.

• The Committee of the Artists' General Benevo-
lent Institution have inaugurated a Movement to
raise an Artists' Orphan Fun tin order to secure the
support and education of the children
of meritorious artists. It is proposed to educate
the recipients of the bounty by placing them in
various orphan asylums, or by paying a fixed sum to
their families for, their ednoation and maintenance.
This scheme will obviate the necessity of incurring'
heavy expenses in building an orphanage
with a staff of employtis and instructors.
The Whole of the feud could then be
applied to the service of those for whom it was in-
tended. The average number of orphan children
who require assistance is about sixty. The first
subscription list contains some handsome donations,
together 'with a grant of from the. Royal
'A.caplemyond a gift of 400 from Sir William
Fite.
London, England, 1871-02-25

THE DISTRESSED FRENCH

AGRAND 'MORNING MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
will take place at the ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, on
Saturday, March 4th, at 2 o'clock, in Aid of the Funds of the
FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, and of the FRENCH HOSPITAL
AND DISPENSARY, under the immediate patronage of
HIS Majesty the KING OF THE BELGIANS
His Royal Highness the PRINCE OF WALES
Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCES' OF ORLEANS
His Grace the DUKE OF WELLINGTON •
His Graoe the DUKE OF ST. ALBANS
The Most Noble the MARQUIS OF LORNE
And other distinguished personages.
_ _ _

Madame VIARDOT, Madame LEMMENS-SHERRINGTON, Madame
CALDERON, Midemoiselles GOTTSCHALK, Signor IJRIO, Signor
BOTTESINI, Signor DELLS SEDIE, and other eminent artists have
kindly volunteered their assistance. Monsieur GOUNOD will
conduct some of his own compositions, and the general ar-
rangements will be under the direction of Sig. Aum
Sofa Stalls, £1 is. ; Area Stalls, 10s. 6d. ; First Circle (reserved)
ss. ; Second Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, ls.
Tickets may be had at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
street ; Alfred Bay's, Royal Exchange Buildings ; at the Office,
and from the Committee of the above Institutions, or at the
Alhambra. Communications to be addressed to E. Rimmel, 96,
Strand.

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THE IRISH CABLE.

The ladies' bathing place, on the shiugley beach
at flown, County Dublin, was on Wednesday last
invaded, much to the wonderment of the natives, by
the party of electricians who have gone over to lay
the new Irish cable. • The occasion was,

however, understood generally to be one of
good omen for the surrounding neighbourhood,
and so no sooner had the La Plata dropped anchor

than a Jack Ensign was run up on the flagstaff
of the Marine Tovoi) yid salute of twelve
guns. was fired by an enthusiastic landlord residing
close by. 'As • for the bathing boxes, they were
declared to be things of a past age, and
were piled in an ignominious heap in an obscure •
corner, while their old position was made the site
for a temporary hut for the testing apparatus:
Although a brisk breegm was blowing outside the
shelter or the land, the engineering opera-
tions were conducted with the best success, and
with the assistance of an old barge, the
ancient mariners on board of which looked upon her
as a craft for over afterwards to be proud of, and a
tug-steamer, the shore end of the cable was laid. A
series of congratulations transmitted through the
wires subsequently were made, and the cheering of
the small crowd of How thins on the strand was Dept
up more or less vehemently throughout the day.

The new cable ia the forth p,t telegraphic
communication b. etvycler4 Ireland and England.

THE OXFORD BOAT.

The stroke oarsman of the Oxford eight this year
will probably be Mr. J. W. Lesley, of Pembroke
College. Up to the present time Mr. Btrb,ury has
held that position at the last rolloek of the gig, but
Mr. Darbishireit visit to the Isis this week has re-
sulted in his being shifted to the number 7 seat, and
to Mr. Lesley's' obtaining the post of
honour. It will be recollected that the number
7 man of the Oxford boat pulled
wretchedly at the close of last 37.3ar's contest, and
this may have determined Mr. Darbishire in securing
a strong arm for that important position this year.
Mr. Darbishire was stroke of the Dark Blue eight on
the Thames three limes—once against the Harvard
four, and twice against the Light Blue eight. This
gentleman is now practising medicine in London.
Mr. Lesley's weight is 12st. 11b. The aggregate
weight of the crew is 100 stone.
London, England, 1871-02-25

generally condemned throughout the country. When the
Crimean War broke out the right hon. gentleman was Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, and it was thought to have been
occasioned by the lukewarmness of the Cabinet of which
he was a member ; and probably of all the distinguished
men in the Cabinet, the most unpopular in the country
was the right hon. gentleman. His solemn conviction
was that Lord Palmerston never wavered in his policy
of securing the neutrality of the Black Sea ; and under al
these circumstances he wished to know the views of the
Government on the subject.

Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply, said it was alleged he had
denied the importance of neutralising the Black Sea. He
challenged the statement that it was of vital and exclusive
importance, and beyond this the right hon. gentleman had
entirely misrepresented the sentiments of Sir A. Buchanan,
and it was impossible to conceive a more pointed misap-
plication than he had made. The right hon. gentleman's
allusions to Mr. Odo Russell were also inaccurate.
Having dwelt at length upon Mr. Odo Russell's mission,
he continued that the right honourable gentleman
had thought proper to inform the House that he
(Mr. Gladstone) was not a member of the Go-
vernment in 1856. It did not require the right hon.
gentleman to tell him what was his position, or that he
had no followers, and- that he was the most unpopular
man in the country, he was trying to do his duty, and in
doing so he cared not if he was unpopular. He had
noticed the praise Mr. Disraeli had bestowed upon Lord
Palmerston, and wished that while he was liberal in praise
of the dead, he would ming'e,a little equity in his remarks
regarding the living. He never said that the treaty was
not looked upon by himself as important, but he
argued that the provisions could not be enforced without
difficulty and could not, therefore, be perpetuated ; and
this was also Lord Palmerston's statement. The right
hon. gentleman had said that the Government should
have protested against Russia's proposal, and
told her that if she persisted she must take
the consequences. He was also opposed to the
Conference, but the Government thought it was
their most sacred duty not to estrange this country from
Russia, but to keep in harmony with her, in order that at
some happy moment they might be able to step in and
contract the line of misery and destruction which existed
on the Continent. And the wisdom, the policy, and the
resources of the right hon. gentleman suggested to him
nothing more than the sentiment—" You must take the
consequences." He hoped now we had a French Minister
in London—(loud cheers)—the proceedings of the Con-
ference would be brought to an early and satisfactory
conclusion, and he thought he had succeeded in
proving there was not the slightest foundation for the
charges the right hon. gentleman had made.
London, England, 1871-02-25

THE CAPE MAILS.

Information was received in Plymouth yesterday after-
noon that Government have resolved to sanction the alte-
ration of the port for the embarkation and landing of the
fortnightly Cape mails. Plymouth has for thirteen years
been the port, but now permission has been given to the
Union Company to take in and land mails at Southamp-
ton, and not call at Plymouth on the way up, and down
the Channel. This has been permitted in spite of two
deputations who interviewed Mr. Lowe last week, one
representing the Western interest and the other the
Northern Chambers of Commerce. The inducement has
been an offer by the company to forego one thousand
pounds per annum. The result will be a delay of Cape
letters twelve hours in arriving in London, and twenty-
four in arriving at Northern towns.

WAR CHARGES,

At a meeting of the Liverpool Peace Society, held last
night, a resolution was ' paSsed condemnatory of the
increased grants for military purposes proposed by Mr.
Cardwell, and denouncing such grants as 'militating
against the general interests of the country, and as being
particularly pernicious to the prosperity of Liverpool