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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-14

MONETARY REPORTS-YESTERDAY

Firmness has been the feature of the Sto'ck Exchang
to-day. Owing to the fine weather, the favourable agri
cultural prospects, and the plentiful supply of money,
Consols have been steady, and per cent. better
For money the quotation has been 94, 94k, and for the
May account 94 3-16 to 94 5-16. Reduced and New Three
per Cents, 92k, 92g. Indian Five per Cents have beer.
done at 113, 1131, and India Bonds at 20s. to 255. prem
Bank Stock has marked 231 to 233. Exchequer Bills pal
to ss. prem.
The movements in the market for English railway stocks
have been less important. The tone, however, has con
tinned good, and the quotations have been well main•
tained. Great Northern Aat one time marked 1261, but
the improvement was subsequently lost.
Indian railway stocks have been firm in value with a
moderate inquiry. Canadian shares have been quiet. In
foreign shares the business doing has been only moderate,
and Lombards have been rather weaker at 17i.
The market for foreign bonds has been steady, and the
movements have been favourable. Argentine (1868) have
risen ; Brazilian (1865) 2 ; Peruvian (1865) ; Russian
Nicolas Railway, ; Turkish (1858) ; ditto, (1865) j;
and Dutch certificates, 1 per cent.
American securities have been firm. The Five-Twenty
Bonds have risen I.
In Bank shares the business doing has been unimpor-
tant, and prices have been without alteration.

Telegraph shares have been in fair request, and the
quotations have ruled firm. Anglo-American have risen
1; Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta, if ; but Marseilles
and Algiers have fallen
Hooper's Telegraph Works have been firm, and better.
Telegraph Construction and Silver's Indiarubber have
been unaltered.
In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been
limited, but the quotations have been maintained.
The suspension has been announced of Messrs. M`Ewan
woollen manufacturers, of Creiff, with liabilities amount-
ing to £20,000.
The Bonny has arrived from the West Coast of Africa,
with £2,000. The West Indian steam packet Shannon
has brought £121,500; and the Rhein has arrived with
£22,300, from New York.

The report of the Bahia Gas Company has been issued.
The available balance is £3,423195. 61, and the directors
recommend the distribution of 10 per cent. on the pre-
ference, and 3 per cent. on the ordinary shares, leaving a
balance of £173 19s. 6d. to be carried forward. The re-
serve fmid now stands at £456 7s. Bd. The meeting of the
company will take place on April 26.
The bullion operations at the Bank of England to-day
consisted of the receipt of £20,000 only.
The directors of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com-
pany have declared a dividend of £2 per share.

The traffic receipts of the Midland Railway Company
chew an increase of £5,246 as compared with last year,
and the London and North-Western an increase of £,6,709t
London, England, 1870-04-14

THE THEATRES, &c.

ADDLPitt,—At Seven, My Precious Betsy,
hitebai,. at Greenwich.
Seven, A Co-Operative Movement. 'At 7.40, New
Yen and Old Acres. And o song INo Supper.
CLYuPIc—At Seven, Little Enfly. The Princess
tie rETY—At Seven, Young Hopeful. Uncle Dick's D. ruing. The
First Night.
Qt,ENN s--At Seven, Quick Math, At 8.1.1, 'Twat Axe and Crown
xtt.iNn—At Seve
Wo.er
Set n. 1' i• ',lves Weeds. Sir George and a Dragon.
ST A Out
JAMES'S-- I t seven, She Stoops to Conquer. At 0.1.;', La Belle
Sausage. An Unhappy Pair
Pll:Ntez er WALes's—At Eight, School. Dearest Mamma. Quite
by Accident

The Frompter's Box,

eitous —A t Seven, Phi!omel. The Ticket of Leave Man.
WoDniN's Cm:PET-BAG AND SIMCII Boot, Egyptian Hail, Picea-
every Evening (except Satuiday, at s; Saturday Mo.n-
iuzs at :3. Admission, is,

CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall. Every Night, at 8; Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays, at Sand 8 all the year round.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION', Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till .5.30
p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission. Is.; extra rooms, 6d.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-patk , Open daily(except Sundays).
Admission. ls.• on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, Gd.
London, England, 1870-04-14

THE BATE OF DISCOUNT.

Most persons are prepared with some opinion as
to what money is, but few, perhaps, would be able
to give a definite opinion as to the cause of
variations in the rate of discount. Mr.
Bonamy Price, Professor of Political Economy at
Oxford University, has been attempting to enlighten
the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on that sub-
je et. In the first part of his address Mr.
Price pointed out the function of money
as a tool to convey property. In the second he did
not deny that an inflow of gold in England was
often accompanied by ease in the loan market, but
he denied the relation of cause and effect between
these two phenomena. The stringent and most
lasting out-flows of gold, he contended, usually
sprang from the failure of the harvest; the nation
was impoverished by this unreplaced consumption
expended on tillage, and a poor country necessarily
generated a poor fund for lending. Mercantile men
should, he submitted, calculate the pros-
pects of the harvest not only in England
but over the world, rather than be diverted by un-
founded notions as to the action of currency
on discount. He would have them, he
said, reflect whether an excess of the public
wealth was not expended in costly creations
such as railways or machinery; and further, to take
into account the influence of ignorance and preju-
dice, and the enactment of protective tariffs and
similar contrivances for the diminution of capital. it
was in chess regions, he argued, that commercial
storms were generated.
London, England, 1870-04-14

THE CULTIVATION OF SUGAR-BEET.

A letter from the Hon. L. Agar-Ellis, M.P., to an
Irish contemporary, refers to the cultivation of the
sugar-beet in an interesting manner. The hon.
member having had some seed sent him last spring,
had it sown in different localities in the county of
Kilkenny, and the roots, when grown, were sent for
the purpose of analysis to Professor Voelcker. The
result of the experiments establishes the fact that
sugar-beet can be grown -in the county
of a quality which will. remunerate the
manufacturer. It is calculated that a propor-
tion of 8.5 of crystallisabhi sugar will pay,
and in some instances comprised within the range of
the experiments there was a yield of 10.91 and of
8.91 Mr. Ellis observes that to make the-crop.worth
growing the present sugar refiners of Ireland must
put up machinery for converting" it, or, different
districts must erect the necessary works. 'The cli-
math of the south-east of Ireland is,suitable for the
growth of such a crop. At Mountmellick some years
ago the manufacture of beet-root sugar was
attempted; but from some unexplainable cause it
failed.
London, England, 1870-04-14

THE DISSENTERS' BURIAL BILL.

The Post remarks that the public will look to the
Select Committee to remedy the defects of the Dissenters
Burial Bill. For instance, the bill provides that Dis-
senters may dispense with the services of the parochial
minister, and have the burial ceremony performed by a
minister of their own. But vast numbers of Dissenters
have no ministers. In settling who may officiate at a Dis-
senter's funeral the question must arise, what isa Dissent-
ing minister ! We all know what a Church minister is.
But who shall define a Dissenting minister? Are we to
call these men ministers? Are they ministers in the sense
of the bill ? Farther, a considerable number of congrega-
tions are ministered to by women. Are these to be
authorised to officiate in the graveyrds of the Esta-
blished Church ? The select committee must deal with
questions of this kind, or the scandal and confusion which
will follow the paising of the bill will be a greater evil
than that which it is proposed to remedy.
London, England, 1870-04-14

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(Front Judy.)

_ •
LIBERAL GENEROSITY.--(A group of discharged work-
men addressing Mr. Lowe.)—Spokesman of sufferers by
Liberal economy: " Beg pardon, sir, but hearing you've
bof more money than you know what to do with, we make
old to ask 'for a trifle, considering you've got your sur-
plus at our expense."—Chancellor of the Exchequer :
H'm ! lia, ! yes ! You ought to have some advantage,
certainly. Well, as you've lost your incomes, I'll pro-
bably take a penny off the income tax."

• (From Fun. )
A Conscientious Cabby, who rashly attempted to under-
stand the New Cab Regulations, is now in Colney Hatch.
[Don't tell Mr. Bruce.]

HARD ON THE MAJ.OR.—Jane : " Please 'm, Major
Poonah is below, and "—Mistress : " Let him stop
there then, the old bore. I'm not at home ! " [Bliss of
Poonah, who has followed Jane upstairs.]
THINKING ALOUD.—Little Fitch : "This, sir, is my
picture that was in the Academy last year."—Possible
Patron (with bad habit of thinking audibly) "Ah,
indeed. (To himself, aloud). What could make the
hangers put such a thing as that on the walls ? He must
have offended them in some way."
A LONG SHOT.—This is, of course, from an American
paper :—A projectile has been invented at Monroe, in
the United States, which consists of a ball of 200 pounds ;
inside this ball is a species of cannon, which contains a
ball, and when the first ball has gone five miles the
cannon fires off an interior ball, which goes another five
miles." The only objection we can see to the scheme is
that the original ball of 200 pounds might so alight as to
turn the " species of cannon " in the direction whence it
came. That might be awkward.

A BISHOPRIC FOR ZULULAND.
A bishopric for Zululand, in "onnection with the
"M`Kenzie Fund Mission to Zululand and the tribes
towards the Zambesi River," has been established, and
the Rev. J. E. Wilkinson, M.A., of Jesus College, Cam-
bridge, curate of Rickinghall, Suffolk, has been appointed
Bishop. The mission was commenced in 1860, and the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel now supports
two clergymen, a St. Augustine's student, and a native
catechist, at a cost of more than £5OO per annum ; but no
bishop has, until the present time, been appointed. Bishop
M`Kenzie was to have been the first Bishop, and.
Was cominp; to England with a view to conse-
cration, when Bishop Colenso expressed a wish
to exchange Natal for that post, and Bishop M`Kenzie
then accepted the office of Bishop of Central Africa.
The country is the coast line beyond Natal, stretching up
to Delogoa Bay. Two powerful tribes chiefly occupy the
country, one the Zulu nation, under the King Panda, the
the other the Asnaswati. The people are of the same race
as the native population in Natal. The capital required
for the bishopric, £5,000 has been raised, and funds are
now wanted for the mission staff.
London, England, 1870-04-14

CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE.

The Pall Mall Gazette thinks it is an enormous misfor-
tune for France that this experiment in constitutional
government should be so brief and •so hollow. For there
can scarcely be A doubt, we suppose, that the play is over.
A.little while ago M. Daru- declared in the Corps Ldgis-
latif :that the Cabinet would stand or fall together. We
do not yettknow how far this saying has been made good
by the retirement of . other members of the Govern-
anent besides M. Daru and M. Buffet ; but, whether
or no, that is of no consequence. The Administration
has ceased to exists to all intents and purposes
whatsover. - M.. 011ivier may remain, but he is
not in office—he is -in service. M. 011ivier counts
for nothing in fact and he being set aside, the
withdrawal of MM. Daru and Buffet brings the existence
of the Governinent to an eiid, "M. 011ivier may now re-
tire too—it is of no cOnsequence.• Or he may remain,
and serve with M. la GueronniZze. He may do anything
.or nothing ; but all the same the Government is broken
up, and there seems little probability, that any such Ad-
ministration will ever be formed gain in the lifetime of
the Emperor. By which we mean, any such Adminis-
tration as it was supposed to be, and. as it might have
been had the Emperor been as loyal as he tried hard to
seem. He is now once more at the hFad of his troops--
defiant, and doubtless easy as to the immediate future.
And we are of opiaion that his confidence is justified.

CALL. To TIIE BAR.—Miss L. Burkalow wits ad-
mitted to the Bar of Missouri on the 25th of March (Lady
Day). She was a student of the St. Louis law school.
THE CONVICT RUTTERFORD.—AIthough this con-
vict has been reprieved, uothiii,,-; definite appears to have
been yet decided on as to his future disposal. When the
news of his reprieve was communicated to the convict he
put his hands over his head and exclaimed, "Thank God,"
two or three times.
London, England, 1870-04-14

TRAMWAYS.

Mr. G. F. Curzon testifies that after an, experience
of five months the people of Liverpool are de-
cidedly in favour of the new locomotion, and this
notwithstanding the omnibus monopolists have
reduced their fares, and placed on the line of streets
through which the tramways pass a superior class of
vehicle to that hitherto enjoyed by omnibus riders.
But instead of driving off other passenger-carrying
vehicles from the streets, the tramways have been
the means of increasing their number, for, competi-
tion having induced lower fares, thousands of people
ride short distances now who never rode bef#re. The
tramway cars become a sort of first-clasi omnibus,
and are supported by people who can afford -an extra
penny, whilst the poorer class ride in the ordinary
vehicles.
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London, England, 1870-04-14

THE EDUCATION BILL.

Mr. T. D Acland will make an attempt to settle
the religious difficulty when Parliament meets again.
He intends moving amendments which will give
local boards the option of founding secular or
religious schools, but if they decide for the latter,
they must frame regulations to the satisfaction
of the Education Department. He will also
propcse to give all ratepayers and parents of scholars
unrestrained right of entry to the school on condi-
tion of not interfering at the time with the instruc-
tion, and would confer a right of appeal to the
EducationDepartment,which would have the powerof
interference, even to the extent of dismissing the
master, if needful.
London, England, 1870-04-14

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

Mr. Hill, from the office of the solicitor t) the
assignees under the bankruptcy of Benjamin Higgs,
to-day applied to the €2ntirt to fix a day for hearing
several additional summonses which had been taken
out against various parties alleged to be either in-
debted to the bankrupt's estate or holding possession
of property belonging to the assignees. The assignees
have a considerable sum in hand applicable to a
dividend, and it is expected, after the next examina-
tion of witneszes, that a dividend meeting will be
held. The court appointed the 23rd of this month
for a further sitting to examine the several parties
summoned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(Tins DAY).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

William Cameron and William Bresney, both well
known to the police, were charged with assaulting
and robbing Mr. George R. Lavers of his watch and
chain, of the value of 17 10s. The prosecutor said
that shortly after 12 o'clock last night be was gOing
along Brewer-street, and when near Golden-square
two men rushed down the street and knocked him
down on his back in the gutter, and instantaneously
he felt the men on the top of him and his watch and
chain gone. He called " Stop thief," and then went
to the station to give information, and found the
prisoners were already there in custody of the police,
who had heard his cries of " Stop thief." Joseph
Curtis, 30 C R, stated that hearing a cry of " Stop
thief" be went to Brewer-street, and saw the prose-
cutor and Cameron on the ground and Bresney
standing by the side of them. The prisoners ran in
different directions, and he pursued Bresney and lost
sight of him for a moment in Swallow-street, and
directly after saw him in custady of Beechey, a de-
tective, and Cameron was taken into custody by
another officer. 'William Beechey, a detective, picked
up the watch and chain in Swallow-street. Philip
Shrives, divisional detective, said he should be able t)
prove that both prisoners had been previously con-
victed. Mr. Knox committed the prisoners for trial.
London, England, 1870-04-14

BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS.

The Telegraph declares that a suspicion is very gene-
rally entertained by practised politicians, that if all the
small constituencies which are habitually addicted to
. bribery were disfranchised, there would not be many left.
Before Parliament rose for the recess, the Attorney.
General obtained leave to bring in bills takinc, Beverley
and Bridgwater out of the list of represented' boroughs,
and disqualifying a large number of the electors at Nor-
wich. Are those places much worse than their fellows?
The question is, in principle not unlike` that asked
on a memorable occasion with reference to the tower
of Siloam—which crushed certain Galileans, not because
they pre-eminently deserved sudden death, 'but because
they happened to be under the tottering walls. The fatal
fault of Beverley, Bridgwater, and Norwich is, that
they have been found out. A large population cannot
conspire to defeat or evade the law without being de-
moralised by the effort. We shoUld be both unwise and
unjust in attributing all the blame to the candidates, as
it is the fashion to do. If they are willing to buy, the
venal electors are much more anxious to sell. It is clear
from the vast mass of evidence produced before the
Commissioners, that the venal voters are incapable of
any intelligent political thought or action • and if the
pecuniary value of the suffrage ceases, they will' either cease
to exercise their right, or will be actuated by the most
contemptible influences of prejudice and personal caprice.
Where the raw material is so bad, attempts to improve it
are merely. hopeless. . There are yet thousands of honest
and intelligent men in England who have no votes; many
thriving industrial towns do not enjoy the franchise; and
while they remain outside the
.pale of the Constitution,
there need not be much pity for the boroughs which for
feit the exercise of their long-abused privileges.
London, England, 1870-04-14

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The Third Edition of The Sun of last Evening was published

in Limo for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocic.

THE LEDBURY SCANDAL CASE.

The arguments in this case, which has occupied
the attention of the Deal of Arches for some time,
concluded to-day, and , Sir R. Phillimore sa'd
as it was a case of great importance both
to the defendant and the Church, in order that he
might fully consider all that. had been placed before
him, he should postpone giving judgment for a
few days.

THE NEW CROSS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

In the Sheriffs' Court to day the jury awarded
Miss Johnson £3OO damages for the injuries she re-
ceived by the accident which occurred to the train
returning from the Licensed Victuallers' fete at the
Crystal Palace.
London, England, 1870-04-14

TILE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF SHIPS.

Accordiuir to a previous arrangement, the
Institu-
ti)n of Naval Architects to the Board of Trade
have drawn up a report which has been presented to
the Il3use of Commons respecting the construction,
equipment, and freeboard of ships. Their opinion
is that no general rule can be laid down
for regulating the proportioLs of a vessel;
lu.t that the construction of the load-water
line, of every ship should be appended to every
ee.3ign, or measures should be taken that this infer•
illation be recorded on the ship's papers. As to the
minimum height of freeboard, various figures aro
given to meat the requirements of ships of ditrerent
dimensions, and an opinion is expressed that
the proportion of freeboard should increase with
the length. Important views are expressed as to the
construction of compartments, and the Institute thinks
" that no iron passenger ship is well constructed
unless her compartments be so proportioned that she
would float safely were any ono of them to fill with
water, or be placed in free communication with the
sea:' After Meiling . Of_ the __dttirebilitY _
London, England, 1870-04-14

DEATHS.

I.loLuswonm On the 12,h inst., at Ham, Surrey, E uide 11,1
George Thomas lloldsworth, Esq., of 40, Pall-tuall, Lig°'
37.
RATRAY -On the 12th inst., at 41, Tavistoek-square,
ltatray, Esq.

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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of
Middlesex.--Thursday, April 14, 1870.
London, England, 1870-04-14

IRISH SCHOOLS.

The condition of the schoolmaster is a subject
which it is imperative should not be lost sight of
in any scheme of education for Ireland. In the report
of the Irish National Education Commissioners some
light is thrown upon the widespread dissatisfaction
with their condition which prevails among the
national school teachers, and has given rise to the
agitation they are carrying on at present for
increased allowances from the State. In a
great number of instances, Mr. Paterson,
the head inspector, says teachers in Ireland receive
no fees from their pupils, though tire allowances
from the Education Board are calculated on
the supposition that such fees are received.
A more fruitful cause of discontent, says Mr. Fitz-
gerald, another inspector, is the want of
dwelling-houses. Very few schools through-
out the country have dwellings connected
with them,- while in numberless poor districts
the duty of providing a school house is improperly
devolved upon the teacher. These are among the
west fruitful catues of discontent among the Irish
national school teachers, and the well being of future
generations in that country demands the earnest
consideration of the Government in behalf of this
ill-paid body.
London, England, 1870-04-14

THE CITY OF BOSTON.

The Daily News says that the City of Boston has been
written off Lloyd's list among the " lost." What a world
of misery and mourning there often is in a dry 'and
formal entry in a ledger ! With what a weight of tragio
and sorrowful destinies that one little word " lost " is
charged ! We had all hoped against hope that the City
of Boston was drifting about disabled somewhere on the
wide ocean, or making the best of her way home under
canvas, and that she might turn up somewhere off the
Irish coast some morning, or that some ship, meeting or
overtaking her, might bring news of her through her
passengers. But in these days no vessel that
has reached any port on the map can be many weeks or
days unheard-of at Lloyd's. Whether the City of Boston
was crushed by an iceberg, or whether, having lost her
steam and steerinr, power, she foundered in a hurricane,
or sprang a leak and went down slowly, and without help
in that immense wilderness of waters, who shall tell?
The constant familiarity of the passage, the certainty and
• ease with which it is' performed, as regularly as the, rail-
' way journey from Euston Station to Holyhead,
obscure from the public imagination the dangers
which may be escaped or overcome, but which, especially
in the winter months, must always count among
the possibilities of an Atlantic voyage. Nor is the reck-
lessness which is one of the chief national characteristics
of Englishmen, and especially of English seafaring men,
and which in contract mail steamers is apt to take the
shape of excessive punctuality in the delivery of mails .of
a nature to diminish the inevitable risks. It is a melan-
choly satisfaction to be assured that the City of Boston was
not overloaded, and that there was no defect in hersteaming
apparatus when she left harbour for the last time. But
these calamities ought to make the public insist upon
• some precautionary guarantees for the safety of ships and
passengers besides the well understood interest of the
shipowners. Wind and water are still, in spite of meteo-
rological science, incalculable enemies ; but even a
Legislature can undertake to secure the seagoing public
against risks which are due to the imprudence or im.
patience of men, and not at all to the " visitation of
od."
London, England, 1870-04-14

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
BRAVE LADY.
A By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman."
"A very good novel—a thoughtful, well written book—showing
a tender sympathy with human nature, and permeated by a pure
and noble spirit."'—Examiner.
Hurst and Blaekctt, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1870-04-14

NOSE MANUFACTURE.

The case of Mr. O'Connor, of King's County,
whose nose was cut off some weeks ago by a band of
ruffians, excited attention even in a land of outrages
by its exceptional atrocity. The sequel of the story,
however, is very different from the beginning. Mr.
O'Connor's mutilation has led to one of the greatest
surgical feats ever accomplished. A new nose,
fashioned out of his own flesh, has been fitted upon
him with admirable success. An incision was made
it the forehead, and a portion of the living flesh
skilfully drawn down, fashioned into the proper form
whilst still warm and plastic, and fitted to the
itumn of the mutilated feature, the skin being
artistically drawn over the scar. Mr. O'Connor will
to but slightly disfigured. His friends say that the
new nose looks better than the old one.
London, England, 1870-04-14

CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. /

The increasing success of these examinations is
)roved by the numbers, as far as they go, shewn on
the report of the Syndicate. The total number
)xamined. in December last was 2,077, being an
increase of over fifty per cent. on the number five
rears nu, and of -sixteen -per cent, on last year.
Et is a fact worth noticing that for the last five years
the percentage of senior boys who have " passed in
honours " has been without exception very con-
siderably greater than that of junior boys, while of
the senior girls, with the exception of one evidently
exceptional year, the average of " passed in honours"
has been decidedly less than that of the junior girls.
Rally of the faults in the examination are specified.
Candidates write long rigmarole answers; the train-

tug of girls in arithmetic is unscientific and unsuc-
.•esyful; punctuation is bad with girls and
worse with boys. In geography there appears
a general deficiency. In English history the list of
aatues are written without a mistake, but with no
intelligent apprehension of their point and bearing.
The fact that the Syndicate points out these "faults"
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looking vessel, and to all appearances was armed with
only two, but immensely large and powerful, guns.
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lIITMANITY ON THE BATTLE FIELD

There have been many instances of Prussian
humanity shewn in consideration for the enemy's
wounded recorded since the opening of the war, but
perhaps the most striking occasion on which com-
passionate feeling was evidenced was when 112 mem-
:Jere of the French medical staff who were cut off in
the rout of MacMahon's army were at one;; on dis-
covery dispatched by the Prussian Generals from their
catl:p to the French line 3 by way of Belgium.
Through Pelgian territory was the shortest route
place 'Alert.) the French ambulances were sup-
posed to be, and, accordingly, without • delay,
Prussian sympathy for the suffering promptly
deeded that through Belgium the surgeons and
hospital assistants should be sent. This proceeding
is altogether the more praiseworthy and remarkable
as the Government of France has just now refused
to allow the wounded iii the battles. before Metz to
be transthitte I through Belgian territory to the
licsi)itals of Aix la Chlpelle ; a course which, if per-
mitted, would have enabled the sick to be
placed in hospital beds within 'three hours, instead of
within three days. We have seen somewhere a
painting of Napoleon the Great on the. field in one of
the battles before Waterloo. His generals had been
acting with some cruelty towards the enemy, and
the Emperor is represented pointing to a dog who is
licking the wounds of a dead officer. His Majesty's
words, "Let the dog teach us humanity," form the
superscription of the picture. It might perhaps be
as well for the present Emperor's future fame if he
Inherited the merciful disposition of the Caesars thus
exemplified in addition to their valour and intrepidity.
By the act of the French authorities it is said the
deaths of some thousands of their wounded country-
men, as well as of their enemies, will be brought
about.

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BEFORE PARIS.

In speculating on the political consequences of the
German advance the Daily News assumes that the King
of Prussia will actually appear before Paris at the head of
an immense and well-appointed army. The French
people say they will never treat while an invader
is on their soil, but as they would certainly not
treat if the invader should go off their soil, that
resolution might probably change if the capital
lay at the invader's mercy. The Siecle naturally
declares that between 1792 and 1815 it chooses
1792. If this declaration represents the feeling of the
people, it means that Paris will fight invasion by revolu-
tion, will make the appearance of an enemy outside her
walls the signal for insurrection and revolution within.
But will the Empire die as easily as the old monarchy
did ? Will the Emperor allow himself and his son to
be set aside without a struggle ? Paris is not France.
He might at once endeavour to put himself at the
head of a provincial insurrection against the
dictatorship of Paris. He might appeal to the
provinces not to consent to a humiliating peace, and might
try to be again elected by the Pl6biscite of a national up-
rising head of the national arms. The role of a great
Imperial Liberator would suit him well. The experiment
would probably fail ; but it might be essayed. The Pari-
sians will find that history does not repeat itself itself in
sufficient minuteness for them to act on its example. It
will be hard for the Prussians to repeat 1815, but it will
be harder still for the French people to repeat 1792.

THE IRISH JOURNALS.

The Irish Times believes that only Bazaine's rear guard
is in Metz, and regards as refreshing the splendid
defences of Phalsburg and 'foul. Saunders's News Letter
warmly advocates general contributions in aid of the
wounded of both armies without distinction.
London, England, 1870-08-27

THE EMPEROR AND THE LEFT.

The Telegraph cannot doubt that the more sagacious
Republicans prefer to leave the Napoleonic dynasty un-
touched until the invader shall have been driven from
France, and they shall have time to plant their political sys-
tem on a firm basis. Hence, even when viewed from the
Republican point of view, nothing can exceed the folly of
M. Gambetta's attacks on the Government of the day.
M. About must be expressing the general opinion of his
countrymen when he compares the conduct of the ex-
treme Republicans to that displayed by the Greeks of
the Lower Empire while Mahomet 11. and a horde
of conquering Moslem were drawing a dark ring of
death round Constantinople. The Greeks of four centuries
ago were as brave as the Parisians of to-day, and their
proud city did not fall without one of the most desperate
struggles recorded in history ; yet the precious weeks
which they should have spent in strengthening
the battlements were frittered away in the despic-
able disputes of politics and theology. M. Gam-
betta threatens to provide food for theirony of the Gibbon
who shall tell how France awaited the march of the
German troops against her capital. If ever there was a
time at which political discord was folly and guilt, such a
time has now come to France.
London, England, 1870-08-27

THE NATIONAL BANK IN CHANCERY

The cause of the National Bank against Charles Laffitte
and Co., was brought before Mr. Allen, Chief . Clerk in
the Chambers of Vice Chancellor Bacon yesterday. The
suit was instituted for the recovery of £150,000 under the
following circumstances :—The Bank purchased the busi-
ness of the company for the sum in question, but
after a short time discovered that the concern was
in a thoroughly hopeless state of insolvency, and
must eventually collapse. That result ensued Fhortly
afterwards, when the Bank repudiated their
liability of the payment of the purchase-money on
the ground that they had not entered into possession.
The defendants denied this allegation, stating that a sec-
retary had been appointed, and that the contract must,
therefore, of necessity have been completed. The Master
of the Rolls appointed a special examiner to inquire into the
merits of the entire transaction, but the inquiry could not
be proceeded with in consequence of the absolute refusal
of one of the material witnesses to give evidence. Under
those circumstances an adjournment was apphed for so
as
to bring the conduct of the witness under Lord Romilly's
cognisance, and to that end a postponement took place
until the first seal in term.

The contract for the erection of the superstructure
of the Manchester new Town Hall was let on Thursday to
Messrs. G. Smith and Co., of Westminster. Their tender
which was the lowest of eight, amounted to £192,574.
London, England, 1870-08-27

ZADKIEL'S ALMANACK for 1871 is now in
the Press. Remarkable Prediction at page 48 of Zad-
kiel's Almanack for 1853 touching the Emperor of the French :
" But let him not dream of lasting honours, powers, or pro-
sperity. He shall found no dynasty :he shall wear no durable
Crown. But in the midst of deeds of blood and slaughter, with
affrighted Europe trembling beneath the weight of his daring
martial hosts, he descends beneath the heavy hand of Fate ;
and FALLS TO RISE NO MORE, with none to mourn him, none
to inherit his renown, none to record his good deeds, and none
to lament his destruction."

J. G. Berger, London.
London, England, 1870-08-27

GERMAN RESERVES.

A German correspondent of the Times writes
front Silcsia to say that they ale eight hundred
miles from the theatre of action, but any stranger
might suppose that he was on the frontier, so nume-
rous are the soldiers in the town, and so surrounded are
they with the accompaniments of war. lie has a dozen
soldiers in his house, whom he is obliged to keep for
a small remuneration. Not only at Breslau, where
lie resides, but in the country all round, drill-
ing goes on night and day, and there is a
succession of marching and firing and manoeuvring
parties. He cannot precisely indicate to what
corps these soldiers belong, they are for the most
part battalions of reserve or " supplies" for all regi-
me:As. As soon as a party, say 1,000 or so, have
rehearsed their drilling, they are sent after the
corresponding regiment in France, and their number
is filled up i new-comers, volunteers, Landwehr,
&e. By this means the German army is always
complete to the utmost, notwithstanding the march-
ing force of half a million or so; and " I don't
know," adds tile writer, " but any enemy coming
would find resistance sufficient in any part of our
Fatherhuid. It is easy to conceive, after this, that
the number of 1,200,000 we find indicated as that of
our combatants is not exaggerated, but falls far short
of the reality."

FRENCH ESPIONAGE IN GERMANY.

The French, it is stated, have had their secret police
in Germany for seine time past. They have doubt-
less exercised all that astuteness generally attributed to
the French police in accumulating particulars for trans-
mission to the home authorities respecting the senti-
ment of Germany and its readiness for war. That the
Emperor has been grossly misinformed recent events
have proved, and the degeneracy of France might be
reasonably arguel from the precipitate action, want
of discretion, lack of energy and foresight displayed
on the part of the political and military leaders of
the cf-mutr.y. That France should have an army of
police in Germany is significant and Suggestive
enough, and inclines one to institute a comparison
between the spy system of the Germans and the
espionage of the French. The one hac so far demon-
strated its perfectness as an indispensable element of
the military science, and the other its miserable
failure. Well may the Emperor cry that he *has
been deceived.

ENGLISH TOURISTS.

An interesting story is told of some English
tourists rendering most opportune services at a
critical time.. Nine gentlemen were sitting in the
waiting room of the Railway Station at Tr4es
awaiting the arrival of a train which would carrY
them further on their route. While they were there
a telegram was sent from the seat of war requiring
the assistance of attendants for the wounded.
The travellers instantly offered their services, which
were accepted, and a knight-hospitalier furnished
them with the badge of.neutrality, a red-cross on a
white cloth. The next train bore them to one of the
hospitals instead of on their tour of pleasure. These
tourists have set a good example to the rest of their
class.
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THE STATE OF PARIS.

The most alarming rumours are current as to the pro-
bability of a coup d'etat which is everywhere expected. It
was thought that the Government would have acted
last night. The Radicals were very uneasy,
and some slept out, but when morning broke no
one was missing, and the members of the Left were in
their places on Thursday. There is a report of the
. Empress having demanded the dismissal of General
Trochu, but I much doubt whether matters have
reached such a point, although by many persons it is
thought that the new Governor of Paris will be shortly
arrested. On the other hand, it is considered possible
that General Trochu, emboldened by the manner in which
he was received yesterday at St. Maur, when he went to
review the Paris battalions of the Garde Mobile, and by
addresses of confidence from the National Guard, may
himself try "to save society," as the phrase
runs. Everywhere there is suspicion suspicion
heightened on the part of the Radicals by
the reappearance of MM. Rouher, Baroche, and
Persigny in the Cabinet Councils,. and the visit paid by the
former to the Emperor. The Liberte of this evening con-
tains a very significant article on the Governor of Paris,
which is evidently meant to turn the General from any
ambitious designs which he may have conceived. Alto-
gether, our position here appears to be getting darker and
darker ; in addition to aims seized, we are now told that
important arrests were made last night on the Boulevard
Montmartre and the neighbouring streets. Some
hundreds of people with money on them which they
could not account for were captured. It is said that the
llobile battalions at St. Maur, which is just outside the
ustells, will be sent farther away as soon as possible.—
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The Engineer says we have excellent authority for stating
that the Government are manufacturing Snider rifles at
Enfield, and have contracts with the Birmingham and
London Small Arm Companies for this arm. The gun
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