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The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-16

THE OCTROI DUTIES.

Out of evil comes good, it is often said, and there
is a prospect of France obtaining a great practical
reform in the midst of her present disasters. The
octroi duties, or municipal dues, have long
weighed heavily on the people, and have
seriously impeded trade. Like other commercial
imports, the octroi duties are costly and
cumbersome in their collection, and are II eally most
unprofitable to the national exchequer, by curtailing
the commerce of the country. The two great trading
centres in the South of France—Marseilles and
Lyons—have inaugurated a change for the better,
and if their political wisdom is not always immaculate,
their commercial enterprise at least deserves respect.
If France will not support them in substituting the
Drapeau Rouge for the Tricolor, it is to be hoped she
will accept their lead in replacing the active duties
on fbod, fuel, and other necessary artiolea by a
graduated house or income-tax. Should Lyons and
Marseilles succeed in effecting the proposed change

the present octroi system must yield, even though
the Government in Paris has j ust decreed that the
octroi taxes of the city shall during 1871 be charged
with thtextra sum of 10 centimes per franc, in con-
sideration of the increase of charges the town has to
support. The taxes on wines, cider, beer, and meat
are excepted from this decree.
London, England, 1871-01-16

CHARGE OF SENDING A THREATENING
LETTER.

At the Lisnahead (Fermanagh) Petty Sessions on
Saturday last, a respectable shopkeeper of that town,
named Joseph Swan, was charged with writing and
sending a threatening letter to Mr. John Murray, J.P.,
agent to the Earl of Erne, M.P. In the letter
he threatened to kill the Earl, Mr. Murray, and the
bailiff, on his lordship's estate. An expert proved the
letter to be in the prisoner's handwriting. Prisoner was
remanded until Saturday next. Bail was refused. At
the foot of the letter the usual black coffin was traced.
The case caused great excitement in the town throughout
the day.
London, England, 1871-01-16

HEAVY GALE.

At eleven o'clock last night a terrific gale from the
south-south-west was blowing off the Land's End district,
and heavy rain fell at intervals. The barometer had been
falling all day. The steamship Venetia, of Glasgow, left
Penzance yesterday morning with 850 hogsheads of cured
pilchards for the Mediterranean. Unless she has put into
Falmouth she will be in the teeth of the gale. No casual-
ties had been reported up to eleven o'clock:
London, England, 1871-01-16

A DIFFICULT CASE.

A case of very great interest to religious disputants
has just been decided b 3 the Irish Lord Chancellor.
It arose from one of those awkward family disputes
about the religious education of children, which are
productive of so much mischief. Mr. Meade, a
solicitor of Dublin, who is a Protestant,
married a Roman Catholic lady, named Ronayne,
eleven years ago. This lady died, leaving
three daughters, who had been brought up as Catho-
lics. Last July Mr. Meade married a second time,
his wifo being this time a Protestant like himself.
The children were then placed under Protestant
teaching, and the first wife's family were greatly
aggrieved. The aunt, Miss Ronayne, presented a peti-
tion to the-Court of Chancery, praying that the father
might be restrained from interfering with the
children's religious instruction, that they might be
made wards of Court, and that she might be ap-:
pointed their guardian. This application to court
had been preceded by some very stormy scones be-
tween the father and auntiwhich were little calculated
London, England, 1871-01-16

The Seine, from the West Indies, has brought £36,397

in specie.
The Oneida has arrived at Lisbon from South America,
with £36,400.
The Nubia takes out £5,259 for the East.
There have been no bullion operations at the Bank of
England to-day.
The report of the Alliance Bank, to be presented on the
19th inst., shews that the net profits for the half-year have
been £15,417, making with £3,557 balance from the previous
half-year, a total of £18,975. A dividend of 7s. 6d. per
share, or 3 per cent. per annum, is recommended, which
will absorb £14,559; and, after appropriating £336 on
account of building and furniture, a balance of £4,078 will
be carried forward.
The report of the United Discount Corporation shews
a gross profit of £23,050, including £2,453 brought for-
ward from June 30th. The directors propose to apply
this balance as follows :—53,831 Is. 3d. in payment of all
charges ; £8,169 12s. 7d. rebate and bills not yet due ;
£4,841 Os. 10d. in payment of a dividend of 7 pet cent.
per annum, or 9s. 2d. per share : £6,20915. 2d. to be
carried forward to new account.
The report of the Imperial Bank (Limited), to be pre-
sented on the 17th instant, shews that the profits,
including £3,543 ss. Id. brought forward from
the last account, amount to £30,694 9s. ld.,
after payment of current expenses, making pro-
vision for bad and doubtful debts, allowing rebate of
interest on bills discounted not yet due, there remains an
available balance of £17,177 11s. sd. Out of this amount
the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 6 per
cent. per annum, which Will absorb £13,600, leaving to be
carried to profit and loss new account £3.677115. sd.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-SATURDAY.

LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOUR 4.
The prices under the lines indicate the business done.
London, England, 1871-01-16

CORN MARKETS.

•
GLOUCESTER, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of
English wheat at this market to-day, which was sold at last
week's rates. Foreign, though in limited request, was held
firmly. Barley, oats and maise were without change.
READING, SATURDAY.—The attendance at this market to-
day was rather better than last week. The stands were not
quite so well supplied with wheat, and a great deal of that
shewn was out of condition. Sellers commenced by asking a
small advrdce, but millers would not comply, hence a dull trade
was done. There was, however, a demand for export, and this
prevented prices from falling below those of last week. Malt-
ing barley was dull, and easy to purchase. Grinding barley and
oats firm.
NEWCASTLE, SATURDAY'.—There was less than an average
supply of wheat from farmers at this market to-day, who in
some cases obtained a slight advance on last week's priceS.
Factors stood for an advance, but without success, While those
who kept to late rates, effected sales. There was no change in
other wares. Four thousand sacks of flour are being shipped in
the Tyne for France, and 3,000 sacks at Stockton.
DONCASTER, SATURDAY.—There was a large supply of
serials at this market to-day. Wheat was again down 6d. per
bushel. Good malting barley was also lower realising only 38s.
to 395. per quarter, and grinding 84s. to 355. per quarter.
NORWICH, SATURDAY.—The supply of wheat on offer to-day
at this market was pretty good ; and former rates were about
maintained. Barley, which was also brought forward tolerably
freely, was unaltered in value. The weather has improved.
LEITH, SATURDAY.—At this market to-day wheat was firm
at late rates. Flour was unchanged. Barley brings extreme
rates. Oats were scarce, and bring full prices. Peas and beans
were steady. Arrivals for the week amount to 28,040 quarters
wheat ; 1,027 quarters barley ; 6 quarters tares.
London, England, 1871-01-16

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

GUA AMAIIELLA restores the Human Hair
Cl_ to its uristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOgNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
sold in bottles, Ss. each; also 55., 7e. 6d., and 15s. each, Includ-
lag brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, es, Upper Thamee-street, Lou-
ion, E.C.
London, England, 1871-01-16

THE BOMBARDMENT.

In a special despatch from the headquarters of the
Crown Prince of Prussia, Versailles, January 12, the
special correspondent of the Daily News observes :—To-
day's firing is the heaviest I have heard since the Germans
arrived before Paris. There is a constant roar of guns
along the front. The bright clear weather is favourable for
taking aim. The French guns, though by no means silenced,
play quite a secondary part in the cannonade. i From
battery after battery comes a booming report as the Ger-
man gunners press forward. The sounds mingle and grow
confused, then unite in a crash when several guns go off
almost together, or when a salvo is fired at an important
mark. They run down the line and burst out at new
places, and are echoed back among the valleys to meet
other sounds of later date. There is a rush of shells
which tear away like express trains ; one, two—
half-a-dozen, side by side. The fierce scream of their pas-
sage through the air mingles with the dull shock of their
predecessors. Then come the answering rush and scream—
the up-train,if so we may call them—less frequent than of
b y
down the
on smokethe
yore ; but still they come. From my standpoint this
morning I could realise the struggle by sound better than
lower puffs wgiirioethindbroke towardsout opnartilz hillside,
nlideo,o;
chance of personal disturbance was from the shells of
Mont Valerien, which flew screaming up from behind
one's left shoulder, and plunged into the flank
of the German line. They were not, however, very
frequent. The burning of Issy and Montrouge barracks
is very inconvenient for the garrison, but they must
have expected it. Such barracks in such forts are like
trusses of hay on the deck of a fighting snip. The Ger-
mans are said to have opened their first parallel
against Issy, and mean to take all the southern works in
regular fashion. If so, the hard frost is against them.

January 13.

The fire of the besiegers is not quite so heavy to-day,
but still vigorous. The French works, it is thought, are
mu ch damaged, as their reply is more feeble. The Ger-
matt loss in the batteries is officially reported to be very
Slight. Very few German guns have been dismounted by
the French, and the bombardment altogether is success
ful. If the Germans wish to profit by the mild
weather to prosecute their works actively against the
southern forts, there would be no serious obstacle.
Although several shells have flown far beyond
the ramparts, and although the besiegers vaguely
believe that Paris has been startled by these terrible
visitors in the most fashionable quarters, I cannot
say for certain whether any such hits have been
made. It is the wish of the soldiers to shell the city
itself. The bombardment of the forts, and the compara-
tive silencing of the French, encourage the men, who are
convinced that the end is close. They do not sufficiently
allow for the urgent political reasons which will make the
French resist to the very last. General Trochu is likely
to make a four months' defence, and struggle into the
fifth at any sacrifice. No doubt the bread supply will
hold out till February.
London, England, 1871-01-16

MARKETS.

LONDON HAY AND STRAW.
SATURDAY.-Mr. Chailes James Eeston thus reports on the
state of the hay market : -There were moderate supplies of hay
and clover on sale at to-day's market, which changed hands
quietly at about previous quotations. Prime meadow hay, 130 x.
to 1405.; inferior ditto, 1109. to 120 s. ; prime first-ca eluktr,
1355. to 1455. ; inferior ditto, 115 s. to 1255. ; priale second-cut
clover, 1265. to 1355. ; inferior ditto; ioss. 1155.; and straw,
335. to 425. per load.
LONDON HIDE AND SKIN.
SATURDAY.-Market hifles--561b. to 641 b., net to 30.; 641 b.
to 721 b., 30. to 3d. 721 b. to 801 b., nd. to 4d. ; 801 b. to 881 b.,
4d. to 41d.; esib. to 961 b., 41n. to 40.; 961 b. to 1041 b., 41d. to
41d.; 1041 b. to 1121 b., nil. Horse hides, 10s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. Calf
ps
skin-light, 2s. to 4s. ; full, 7s. 6cl. Sheekins-polled, 7s. to
Os. ; half-breds, 6s. to 7s. ; Downs, 4s. 3d. to ss. 9d.

(TELEGRAPHED BY THE CENTRAL PRESS.)
TRADE REPORT.

LEEDS, SATURDAY.—The woollen cloth trade in this town
and district is slightly improving, as the demand for spring
goods is now settling. Buyers, however, are not operating very
freely, and their purchases are made in small quantities. To-
day's markets in the cloth halls have been moderately well
attended, and rather more goods were sold than
last Saturday. The demand ran on no particigar
class, but tweeds, meltons, and coatings sold to a
greater extent than plain cloths. There were a few
sales of black superfines anti a fair amount of bUsiness was
done in hairlists and white goods generally of medium qualities.
The country clothiers and the manufacturers generaliy are as
well employed as for some time past, and those who Make pilots
and other goods suitable for the French and Prussian arniies
keep very busy. The prices of woollen yarns and goods cke alike
firm. Olive oil has an upward tendency. The flax trade, though
Irather quiet, is steady, and the new materials maintain last
week's prices, as do also yarn and threhd.
London, England, 1871-01-16

MISS BRADDON'S NEW NOVEL.
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THE EUROPEAN WAR
The SUN is Published Every Morning
at EIGI T r O'CLOCK, with SOME
HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other
paper. This edition will always contain
the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and
of all other events.
London, England, 1871-01-16

PRAYERS FOR TUE DEAD.

The Bishop of Gloucester has been treating of a I
very interesting subject which has lately been
especially brought under the aonsideration of mem-
bers of the English Church. In a sermon on
Prayers for the Dead, delivered in Gloucester
Cathedral, the Bishop said he had generally
avoided the question, as he disliked controversy, but
he thought it should now be considered. Although
the communion of the living and the departed might
seem to justify the belief that we may pray for the
dead as well as for the living, we must remem .er
that with them the state of probation was over.
Having illustrated this view from passages of Scrip-
ture, he conceded that the early Church had sanc-
tioned the limited use of prayers for the dead, but
finding they were carried to unjustifiable
extremes, she stopped short, and withheld
her sanction from prayers for the departed, though
she commemorated the faithful. He touched with
tenderness on the subject of private prayers of this
kind, but said he thought they could at best only be
considered as irrepressible utterances- of hope, and
could not soberly be deemed other than highly
doubtful and precarious.
London, England, 1871-01-16

THE NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, January 14 (10 p.m.).
The Meuse siys :—" A. groat concentration of
troops will be effected in the vicinity of Brussels.
These forces will, it is said, number 50,000 men.
The events which are expected on the frontier are
the cause of this concentration. The Prussians, in
is believed, are about
.to attack General Faidherbe's
army vigorously, and endem our to drive him on to
our frontier. If the French should endeavour to
escape into Belgium, the Belgian troops will cause
our neutrality to be respected."
A balloon has fallen near Tongres.
London, England, 1871-01-16

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT IN JERSEY.

A bill for the abolition of imprisonment for del,t
i►;;s been brought before the States of Jersey at their
periodical session. A unanimous vote was taken at
the last sitting of the Legislature, which agreed to
the necessity of passing a measure for the abolition o

imprisonment. Stringent clauses were, however, to be
inserted to prevent the chance of dishonest persons
taking advantage by availing themselves of the law
to the injury of their creditors. The bill, which has
been drawn up by a committee, provides that the
benefits of the new law shall not be granted to
any person who contracts new debts during
insolvency, oar who obtains goods by
false pretences or fraudulent means of any kind.
Those persons who refuse to satisfy lawful claims in
their own right or as trustees, and who are proved
to possess any kind of property, are not to enjoy the
privileges of the Act. Those who are not natives of
the island will not benefit by the passing of the mea-
sure, but they cannot in future be imprisons 1 without
an order from the bailiff.
London, England, 1871-01-16

of Bolbec and Benzeville, the result of which is not
yet known.

THE NORTH QF FRANCE.

LILLE, January 14 (Afternoon)

A rumour is current that the Prussian's are turning
the left wing of the Army of the North, and are
threatening Cambrai.
There has been some skirmishing between cavalry
patrols.

THE INVESTMENT OF LONOWY.
LUXEMBURG, January 15 (1 p.m.)
The Prussians having threatened to bombard
Longwy, women and children are flying for refuge
across the Belgian and Luxemburg frontiers.
An infantry and artillery engagement was fought
yesterday at llerserange, near Longwy.
London, England, 1871-01-16

LITERATURE.

A Dictionary of Science, edited by G. F. Rodwell, 1 vol.,
pp. 580. Moxon.
Another of the Haydn Series—another of those noble
looking volumes which are very treasuries of thoroughly
well-selected and well-digested information. For the
trustworthiness of this information Mr. Rodwell's name
as editor is of itself a sufficient guarantee. But there are
additional guarantees of an overwhelming character in
the fact that he numbers among the contributors men of
science as authoritative as Professor Guthrie, and
Messrs. Proctor, Wormell, Crookes, Bottomley, and
Tomlinson. The contents are readily accessible by reason
of the simple plan of their alphabetical arrangement.
Accuracy appears to have been throughout the principal
merit aimed at by the various collaborateurs engaged upon
the composition. Lucidity is the main characteristic of
the manner in which the explanations are imparted. The
range is vast and comprehensive, embracing within it
everything capable in any way of popular definition in
regard to astronomy, chemistry, dynamics, electricity'
heat, hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, light, , magnetism,
mechanics, meteorology, pneumatics, sound, and statics.
The whole work is preceded by an essay, conveying to the
reader in a delightful manner the salient points in the
history of physical science, a dissertation singularly com-
plete and (so far as anything of the kind can be) ex-'
haustive. The excellence and value of the work are
such that it takes its place by right, not simply of its
name, but of its intrinsic worth, side by side with those
other noble volumes of the Haydn Series which are nothing
less than essential to every well-appointed library as
among the most complete and the most reliable of all the
' well-known books of reference—as much necessities to a
reader as a Murray is to a continental tourist, or a
Bradshaw to a railway traveller.
London, England, 1871-01-16

THE. MAN-MILLINER OF PARIS.

Among the vanished glories of the Empire must
be ranked the great man-milliner who ruled with
an iron sway over the fair ladies of the Court,
and exacted an implicit, and even servile,
obedience. Strange to say, while Paris
boasted of leading the fashions of the civi-
lised world, this autocrat of the toilette was an
Englishman, though his countrymen will not pro-
bably feel much horioured by his elevation. He
gave himself all the airs of a distinguished artist,
and treated the suppliants for his favours with
an impertinence which they certainly de-
served for their folly. He refused to dress
any longer the wife of an important Court dignitary
who had offended him. She wept and pleaded in
vain, but at last he relented, on condition that she
should wear her new dress for the first time iu his
shop. He would lean back in his chair before the
fire and call up the ladies standing round, one by one,
to be criticised. "W by do you wear
those ugly gloves? " he asked one ; " never let
me see you in such a colour again." The
grandes dames of the Empire would take tea with
the man-milliner, and rival each other iu their
eagerness to fill his cup. Before a great Court ball,
they would kneel to him in their anxiety to be made
beaatilul. The Empress once told hint she would
leave him if he did not abate his prices. " You
cannot," he replied, and she did not. His prices
were ruinous, but were willingly paid, and the glory
of the English man-milliner did not wane until the
Prussians were on the road to Paris.
London, England, 1871-01-16

MARKETS.

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

London, Corn Averages—Once
a week.
„ Potatoes—Daily.
„ Produce—Daily.
„ Provision—Daily.
Leeds, Cattle—Wednesday.
Corn—Tuesday.
Leith, Corn—Saturday.
Liverpool, Cattle—Monday.
„ Corn—Opening Tues-
day and Friday.
Corn—Closing Tues-
day and Friday.
„ Cotton—Opening Daily,
PP lt —Closing Daily.
„ Produce—Daily.
Lincoln, Corn—Friday.
Maidstone, Corn—Thursday.
Manchester, Cotton—Monday,
Wednesday, and Thursday,
at 4d. ; Tuesday, Friday, is.
Manchester, Corn—Thursday.
Newark, Corn—Wednesday.
Newcastle, Cattle—Tuesday.
PP Corn—Tuesday and
Saturday.
Norwich, Corn—Saturday.
Reading, Corn—Saturday.
Salford, Cattle—Tuesday.
Southall, Cattle—Wednesday,
Wakefield, Cattle—Wednesday.
P 1 Corn—Friday.

Aberdeen, Cattle—Saturday
Birmingham, Corn—Thursday
Bristol, Cattle—Thursday.
)1 Corn—Tuesday and
Thursday.
Clyde, Crushed Sugar—Daily.
Cork, Butter—Daily.
„ Corn—Saturday.
Doncaster, Cattle—Saturday.
, Corn—Saturday.
Dublin, Cattle—Thursday.
„ Corn—Tupsday. and
Friday.
Edinburgh, Cattle —Wednes-
day.
Corn Wednes-
day.
Gloucester, Corn—Saturday.
Glasl,ow, Cattle—Thursday.
„ Corn—Wednesday.
Pig Iron—Opening
Daily.
—Closing Daily
Hull, Tuesday. Cattle
~ Corn—Tuesday.
Kirkcaldy, Corn—Saturday.
London, Cattle—Monday and
Thursday.
~ Corn--Opening Mon-
day, Wednesday,
and Friday.
/P Corn—Closing Mon-
day, Wednesday,
and Friday.
BANK RETURNS, 395. per quarter. WIND AND WEATHER,
395. per quarter. SHIPPING LIST, arrivals at Gravesend, Fal-
mouth, and Queenstown, each 395. per quarter. '
NEW YORK PRICES, daily, 395. per quarter.
SPORTING.—DetaiIs of terms for sporting news will be supplied
in January next. -
A discount of 10 per cent. is allowed on arrangements for not
less than twelve months.
London, England, 1871-01-16

THE FRENCH PEASANTRY.

A writer who contributes to the Nattonal Gazette
of Berlin, has carefully studied the French peasantry
during the last five months, and finds that they
are industrious, frugal, and virtuous, but possess no
public spirit, and care nothing for politics. They
fear the Republic. They detest ;the Emperor, .and
Marshal Bazaine still more. They knew, they say,
that the former was a rogue, but they were in his

favour because trade and commerce were never so
flourishing as under him, but he shamefully
deceived them at the last plebiscite. All his prefects
and mayors told them that " Yes " meant peace
and "No " war. They desired peace, and therefore
voted affirmatively, but the result has been war.
The notion of upholding a rogue because he enabled
them to earn money betrays a remarkable state of
political education indeed; but there is doubtless great
truth in this description. The French peasantry care
nothing for politics; but they leave such trifling
matters to the large towns—a fact which is certainly
not unfavourable to the chances of the Republic.
London, England, 1871-01-16

WAR.

invading force extending over a constantly increasing
portion of their territory.

GENERAL TROCHIL

Speaking of the common dissatisfaction in Paris
with General Trochu, a correspondent of the Times
in the capital says :—"After the first hours of en=
tl►usiasm were over, and the situation appeare
in its stern reality, the General's attitude swldenly
changed, and a marked alteration was observable in
the character of the man. Though still speaking in the
tone of aPaladin, be became cautious in action, prudent
even to timidity, undecided even to inaction. . . .
In proportion as the execution of his plan be-
came more problematic a tinge of melancholy was
diffused over his words, but as it was too late to draw
back, there was 'added to it sornetim.s a mystical
resignation, sometimes the emphasis of a despairing
energy which revealed the Breton and the Paladin.
The numerous contradictions which are to be found
iu his last writings, military reports, or proclamations,
betray the trouble of a wandering mind, the
doubts and perplexities of an unquiet spirit."
'There is doubtless much truth in these remarks.
Trochu has undertaken a task the difficulty of which
he greatly underrated. Moreover, it was a task
which required a man of action. An able fighting
General would have made the siege a very ugly
business ; but Trochu, though he can organise,
cannot apparently fight great battles.

If the war goes on after the fall of Paris, the posi•
tion of the French leaders will be quite reversed. At
present they have to fight against time. _Every
day brings nearer the inevitable termination
of the food stores within the capital;
and thus, in order to obtain the slightest
chance of saving Paris, the French generals are
obliged to fight battles whether their troops are pre-
pared or not. Assuming that Paris cannot be saved,
the French can take their own time. They can harass
the Germans by a guerilla warfare, whilst, they
organise their innumerable levies into an army really
fit to take the field. The Germans may attempt to
frustrate this policy by overrunning the country and
crushing out resistance in every quarter ; but the
difficulty of occupying m.uch more territory must
become enormous. The French on their side
will suffer dreadfully from the incubus of an

RE sus, LONDON .AIONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1871.
London, England, 1871-01-16

FIRE IN A CHURCH.

On Sunday, owing to the over-heating of a flue, a fire
broke out in St. Luke's Church, Bedminster, Bristol.
A large space 60 feet by 40 feet in the the centre of the
building was entirely destroyed.

RETURN OF THE PRINCE OF WALES FROM

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales left Berkeley
Castle on Saturday for London. The Prince, who is
stated to have expressed himself as having thoroughly
enjoyed his visit, distributed the sum of fifty guineas
amongst the servants of the castle.
London, England, 1871-01-16

THE REPRESENTATION OF LIMERICK.

In a letter from Dean O'Brien, the leader of the Na-
tionalist party in Limerick, to a gentleman in Cork, he
says he does not anticipate a contest in Limerick, and
will regret one exceedingly. A contest between Mr.
Monsell and a Nationalist would engender feelings which,
at a time not far off, would mar the hope and destroy the
strength of the Home Government party in Limerick.
Even victory would be mischief, considering the position
of parties and the work of the coming session;

Two boys, aged respectively 15 and 11 years, sons of
the Rev. H. Jebb, of Doncaster. had been on a skating
excursion to Whedly Pond on Friday, and were returning
home last night on the ice on the river Don, when the ice
gave way, and they were drowned. The bodies were found
in the Don this morning.
A telegram has been received in South Shields an-
nouncing the total wreck, at Palermo, of the Newcastle
barque Express, and that the captain, named Fraser, be-
longing to South Shields, had been drowned. The Ex-
press left South Shields three months since for Constanti-
nople. She was 324 tons register, and built on the Wear
in 18W.
London, England, 1871-01-16

POLITICAL ASSASSI24ATION.

The Satitrday Review has some noticeable remarks
on the assassination of Marshal Prim. If it were
true, as many people profess to believe, that the
present war was only in its origin a personal freak of
the Emperor, and is in its continuance a piece
of perverse brutality on the part of Count

Bismarck and King William, a good deal might
b said in favour of assassination, as it would be
monstrous to pretend it was lawful to slay men by
the thousand in war, but not take a single life. But
one great argument against assassination is its
futility, and consequently its wantonness. It settles
nothing. Perhaps no assassination was calculated .
.to produce deeper effects than that of William
the Silent, a singularly gifted -leader, in a small
country where leaders .were scarce. Yet what did
Philip of Spain gain by it F. William's death led tc
the Dutch seeking help from England, and to the
consequent destruction of the Armada. The murder
of the Guises with the sanction of Henry 111. of
France had little other effect than the murder of the
King himself a few months later ; nor did the tvsas-
sination of Henry IV. materially assist- the project
of Catholic bigotry. In recent days Fieschi
thought if lie could kill Louis Philippe
it would put an end to the Orleanist dynasty, but
Louis Philippe is dead, and to this hour the party
exists. This murder of Prim would only have been
logically complete if it had. been followed up by the
exile or destruction of the army and of the large sec-
tion of Spaniards who oppose a Republic. What-
ever justification there may be in rebellion, there can
be none for an isolated act of butchery, which
leaves the great issue to be fought out all the
came.
London, England, 1871-01-16

PEACE.

There is no confirmation of the statement sent by
the Vienna correspondent of the Daily News to the effect
that Austria was about to propose a definite scheme of
peace terms to the belligerents—embracing the cession
of a strip of territory twenty miles broad, surrender
of twenty war ships, and a money indemnity. The
announcement has not the merit of intrinsic impro-
bability, but rather the reverse. Much more likely
is the course hinted at in the Times, and supported
by current report, that the English Government)
or the English and Austrian Governments combined,
propose to ascertain the terms upon which the
German Government will make peace, and submit
them to the Republican Ministry, - with the
view of thus bringing the belligerents into
communication. Good may result from such
a step as this. It could do no harm. The
German terms have never yet been officially an-
nounced to the world. Tue duty of ascertaining
them, not of recommending terms, is one which may
appropriately be undertaken by the neutral Powers.
It lies within their province; and might, more-
over, produce a better result than any more direct
way of negotiating for peace.
London, England, 1871-01-11

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London, England, 1871-01-11

MR. BAILLIE COCHRANE, M.P., ON TH

WAR.

A large meeting of Conservatives was held in the
Assembly Room of the Town Hall, Ryde, Isle of Wight,
on Monday night. Mr. A. F. Leeds was called to the-
chair. Mr. Cochrane, M.P. for Hyde, addressed the
meeting and said that he regretted the Government
had not given the House of Commons an opportunity
of speaking out, instead of stifling discussion,
prior to the outbreak of the present war. If the Govern-
ment had given them that opportunity the Emperor
Napoleon would have been strengthened in his desire to
avoid a declaration of war, which he from the first depre-
cated. Mr. Cochrane expressed his admiration of the
heroic conduct of the French nation, and said he did
not regret that the English Government, in common
with the other neutral powers, did not interfere to,
stop the war after the battle of Sedan ; for we were not,
in a position to interfere on account of the weakness of
out army. Speaking of the spirit of aggression evinced
by Russia, and to the probable breach by Prussia of the
Treaty of 1867 with regard to Luxemburg, Mr. Cochrane
declared that unless England wished to see her treaties
violated, her prestige destroyed, and her colonies and
Indian empire wrested from her, she must increase her
army. The hon. gentleman then turned his attention to
the Ballot, to which he promised to give his fullest and
fairest consideration, and said the time was approaching
when it might be adopted with credit to the country. He
considered the Education Bill as a compromise, a satis-
factory measure, and claimed for the Conservative party a
great share in passing it.
London, England, 1871-01-11

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London, England, 1871-01-11

OUR LEGISLATORS.

The sort of knowledge and intellectual capacity
which is thought good enough in a legislator is often
vividly set forth in their " extra-parliamentary utter-
ances." The stuff which M.P.'s talk in the House
is generally surpaised by the stuff which they
impose upon their unfortunate constituents.
Mr. Winterbottoat has just been addressing
London, England, 1871-01-11

NORWICH ELECTION PETITION.

The hearing of the Norwich election petition was re-
sumed yesterday morning. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine con-
tinued to address the court on behalf of Mr. Tillett, the
sitting member. The learned counsel contended that the
conduct of his client had been perfectly pure ; and that in
fact his conduct had been too pure for some of his nominal
supporters, especially one of them, who now exhibited a
vindictive feeling against him. The real fact was that
Mr. Tillett's conduct was quite unsullied. Mr. Serjeant
Ballantine closed his address on behalf of the sitting
member by contending that Mr. Tillett was the object of
persecution.—Mr. Malley, Q.C., replied upon the whole
case, and contended that there were two agencies at work
at the last election, one the recognised agency, and the
other the unrecognised agency, which employed roughs,
watchers, &c. At the conclusion of the learned counsel's
address, the Court was adjourned without judgment being
given.
London, England, 1871-01-11

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London, England, 1871-01-11

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London, England, 1871-01-11

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.

CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES
of tht CHEST, Victoria Park.
Special APPEAL for the NEW WING
Amount still required, £4,000.
Number of beds now occupied, 120.
Number of beds available with proposed.addition, 164.
"he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
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HENRY SEWELL, Jlon. Scc.
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London, England, 1871-01-11

THE POPE.

Great efforts are undoubtedly being made in
Austria to secure the interference of the Govern-
ment in the interest of the Pope. The Ministry
knows better than to attempt a restoration of the
temporal power ; but the Ultramontanes do not de-
spair. In the Tyrol a petition, urging Francis
Joseph to do his duty by the head of the Church, is
being largely signed. The Austrian Emperor, him-
ever, has had too much trouble with Pius IX to be
_r willing again to place him
a position of substantial power.
Vienna press is chiefly occupied in
expressing its fear lest the Pope should take up
his residence in Austria—a step which would almost
infallibly lead to a renewal of the late struggle with
the priesthood.

very.

THE INDIAN MARRIAGE MARKET.

India, it would appear, is suffering from the
general degeneracy of the times, and Mr. Sydney L.
Blanchard recently took it upon, himself to say
that the regulation of the army "Marriages to be
discouraged" has practically extended itself Over
the country. "There is nothing done in spinsters" he
assured us. " The Presidency towns exhibit no
demand for VI ose young English ladies, who were
formerly week alter week the ornaments of
Peninsular and Oriental steamers bound for
India." A. flat, but weak denial is given
to the allegation by t e Madras Times,
which assures its readers that Mr. Blanchard's
erroneous impression was founded in the dead season
of mail steamers, in those months when the Red Sea
is to be avoided by youthful beauty desirous of pre-
serving European colour in its cheeks. It alleges,
in controversion of the disgraceful reproach cast
upon the country, that the annual importation
of demoiselles cannot be under the "highly satisfac-
tory " figure of 350, that it can state as an agreeable
fact for its bachelor friends that the average number
of lady arrivals for all parts of Hindostan is still forty-
eight a month.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 10.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her Royal
Highness Princess Louise, walked in the grounds this
morning.
Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold drove out.
Princess Beatrice also went out.
The Marquis of Lorne has arrived at Osborne.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. John
Abel Smith, banker, who was member for Chichester
until the last general election, when he was defeated by
Lord Henry Lennox by a large majority.
London, England, 1871-01-11

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London, England, 1871-01-11

three original vesicles. It is of great consequence
that perfect vaccination should be performed,
because the imperfect results sometimes obtained
may furnish an argument to the opponents of the
system. That vaccination, properly performed, is
the best, in fact the sole preventive against small-
pox, is the opinion of this authority, as well as
of every other me:lical man *whose opinion is worth
having.
London, England, 1871-01-11

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 YEARS
OF AGE.
1. Scarlett, Alice Maud.... 635 12. Bloom, Louisa .. • • .... 611
ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE.
3. Richards, Aepry William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabeth .... 462
4. Leigh, Chailes Edward.. 676 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 and 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 sipport.
No salaries are paid but to the household. The Orphange is
open to visitors.
London, England, 1871-01-11

THE MINISTERIAL RECONSTRUCTION.

Several members of Parliament express their dis-
satisfaction with Mr. Gladstone's rearrangement of
his Ministry. Mr. Bright's loss, says one, is irrepar-
able. He formed a connecting link between
the Government and the extreme Left.
"Most of us were personally known to him, from
many interviews on political matters, before we
entered the House, and to all he was more accessible
and more friendly than any other of her Majesty's
Government." Had Mr. Bright not been absent at
the time the Education Bill was passed, it is likely
that its provisions would have given less dissatisfac-
tion to Radicals. This member looks forward with con-
siderable uneasiness to next session. The Government
will meet the House with a palpably weaker hold
upon the majority of its members. The names of
Lord Clarendon, Mr. Bright, Mr. Trevelyan, and Mr,
Otway are not successfully replaced by those of
Lords Halifax, Lansdowne, Enfield, and Camper-
down, even with Mr. Forster's well-earned promo-
tion.
London, England, 1871-01-11

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London, England, 1871-01-11

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