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London, England, 1870-03-29

NEW ZEALAND.

House.

Mr. EASTWICK asked the Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies why the correspondence with reference to
New Zealand, promised in her Majesty's Speech, had not
been laid upon the table of the House, and whether it
would be in the hands of members before the sth of April;
and if not, whether he would fix a date on or before which
it would be obtainable.

Mr. MONSELL said that the correspondence was in type,
and would be ready in the course of next week.

THE WATER BOUNDARY.

Viscount MILTON asked the Under-Secretary of State
for the Colonies if he would lay upon the table of the
House a copy of such letters, correspondence, and en-
closures from Governor Douglas (at one time supposed 0
have the full title of Colonial Governor of her Majesty's
Possessions on the Pacific Coast of North America) or his
secretaries, and from the Secretary to the British Com-
mission on the Water Boundary question, as were received
by the Colonial Secretaries, warning her Majesty's
Government of the apparent intentions of General
Harney, or the United States forces, to invade a part or
parts of her Majesty's dominions on the coast of the
Pacific, before and up to the year 1859 inclusive.
Mr. MONSELL replied that the matter related to the
foreign and not the colonial department, being a subject
of dispute between this country and a foreign country.
IRISH RAILWAYS.

Mr. STACPOOLE asked the First Lord of the Treasury
if it was the intention of the Government to introduce
any measure with respect to Irish Railways this session.
Mr. GLADSTONE replied that he would be a sanguine

man who would like to approach the subject this session
of Parliament. At the same time the subject was not
unworthy of serious claim upon the attention of the

16th Foot—Ensign Walter Meyer Griffith; from the 38t:
Foot, to be Ensign.

18th Fcot —Ensign Hazlowood Jones to be Lieutenant.
23d Foot—Lieutenant Louis James Wainwright Haddon to
be Captain; Ensign Sidney Beckwith Blyth to be Lieu-
tenant.
25th Foot —Ensign David Stanley Cuninghamo to be Lieu-
tenant ; Ensign Francis Welch to be Lieutenant i Ensign
Allen Neagon Adams to be Lieutenant.
35th Foot—Ensign Arthur Thomas Chapman to be I louts-
nant.

7;th Foot - Ensign Charles Edward Warde, from Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be Ensign.
86th Foot—Lieutenant Guy Francis Clarke Travers to be
Captain Ensign William Henry Hardwicke Jackson to be
Lieutenant.
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lord and tenant. The gret point of the systein the hon.
gentleman so much condemned was that it gave a security
to both parties, which would produce the best effect
possible, and if the hon. gentleman who an-
ticipated such bad results from the proposal were to
proceed throughout Ulster, and asked whether they
thought the bill of the Government would work to their
disadvantage, he felt certaiu he would not find one person
to agree with him. On the contrary, he would find that
every person was well satisfied with the system as it ex-
isted ; and further, he thought the beneficial results of
the system would become so apparent to the hon. gentle-
man himself, that hewould become an admirer instead of a
detractor of the Ulster system. He (Mr C. Fortescue)
did not think it was exactly the duty of Parliament to
attempt to extinguish the Ulster customs, and then, as
to deceiving the people of Ulster, nothing could be
farther from the intention or desire of the Government.
He could not at all agree with his hon. friend that the
Ulster custom had done no good; on the contrary, the
people in that part felt it of the utmost importance that
it should be preserved.
Mr. GLADSTONE said that it was in the power of any
Ulster landlord to abolish the tenant-right system at present
existing on his estate, by compensating an out-going tenant
out of his own pocket. It was; therefore, unnecessary to
resort to legislation in order to give facilities for getting rid
of the custom.
The amendment was negatived without a division.
Mr. SAMUELSON then moved to leave out the words limit-
ing the right to Ulster, but on a division it was negatived
by a majority of 325 to 42.
Another amendment, upon the same clause, was moved
by Mr. Guess, the object of which was to obviate the difli-
ty which -might vi.o4B69NAl4.4o,c6miguitep ar.9 A,
Ulster a number of tenant-right customs, all resembling that
known as the Ulster tenant-right. The lion. member, at the
suggestion of Mr. Gladstone, afterwards withdrew his
amendment, the Government consenting to adopt his sug-
gestions so far as to adopt the expression " usages " for
" usage."
Mr. W. JOHNSTON next proposed an amendment with a
view to fixing the definition of the term " Ulster tenant-
right." The amendment was thrown out on a division by
318 to 39, when progress was reported, the discussion upon
clause 1 being left unfinished.
The House adjourned at 20 minutes to 1 o'clock.
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BIRTHS.

BLYTHE—On the 28th inst., at Herne-hill, the wife of Riclid.
Blythe, elEsBll.on the
ofa 8014
ST. A 26th inst., at St. James's Palace, the
Ducheis of St Albans, of a son.
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TIIE THEATRES, &c.

Dnußt-LANE—At &Ten, I'm not Myself at all. At Eight, Peep o'
Day

ADELPRI.—it Seven, My Prec'ous Betsy. The Prompter's Box.
WhitebaiL at Glreenwich.
HAYMARKEI—At Seven, An Alarming Sacrifice. At 7.40, Our

American Cousin. And Shocking Events.
LYCEUM—At 7.30, Twenty Minutes with a Tiger. At 8.15, Chilperic
OLYMPIC—At Seven, Little Ent'ly. The Princess
PRlNCEss's—At Seven, Your Life's in Danger. Paul Lafarge. A

Dark Night's Work
GAIETY—At Seven, The Happy Village. 7.45, The First Night.
At Nine, Uncle Dick's Dsrling
QUEEN R—At Seven, Quick March. At 5.15, 'Twist Axe and Crown
STRAND—At Seven, Sisterly Service. Widow's Weeds. In°

Sr.JAMES'S—At Seven, She Stoops to Conquer. At 9.15, La Belle
Sauvage. An Unhappy Pair
PRINCE Cr WALES'S—At Eight, School. Dearest Mamma. Quite
bi Accident

GLOBE—At Seven, Whitebait at Greenwich. At Eight, Philomel.
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
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LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening,

FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 26.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Manukjee
Rustamjee as Consul at Calcutta for his Majesty the Shah
of Persia ; and Senor David Campbell Dacosta as Consul at
Barbadoes for the United States of Venezuela.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 28.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Wheler
Woodford Birch, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the
Straits Settlements; and George Phillippo, Esq., to be At-
torney-General for the Colony of British Columbia.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MARCH 29.

Bth Hussars—Ensign William Eden, from 28th Foot, to be

Cornet.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Frederick
Charles Buller to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel ;
Lieut. and Capt. Ellis Philip Fox Reeve to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel ; Ensign and Lieutenant Waller
Hughes to be Lieutenant and Captain ; Ensign and Lieu-
tenant Harvey Juckes Lloyd Bruce to be Lieutenant and
Captain; the Hon. Charles Compton William Cavendish
to be Ensign and Lieutenant; Ales ander William Max-
well Clark Kennedy, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant.
Ist Foot—Ensign John Robert Hall Wil on, from 3d West
India Regiment, to be Ensign; Ensign Menace Nugent
O'Connor, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign.
3d Foot—Ensign Thomas Edward Spencer to be Lieutenant.
4th Foot—Lieutenant Geo. William Hughes to be Captain.
sth Fuet—Ensign William Simpson Brown Blennerhassett
Dwyer, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign.
6th Foot—Ensign Henry Blake flarward, from 3d West
India Regiment, to be Ensign.
10th Foot—Ensign George James Croasdale, from Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be Ensign.
11th Foot—Ensign Smith Elannington Gardner, from Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be Ensign ; Ensign James Browne,
from the 77th Foot, to be Ensign.
London, England, 1870-03-29

THE CUSTOMS Tknirr.

The various articles subject to import duties in the
United Kingdom, with the rates levied on them, are
set forth in a return that is published ; and we give a
few of the items most interesting to the general public.
Sugar pays duty according to its class, the finest
amounting to 12s. per cwt., the fourth class Bs., and
molasses 3s. 6d. lea pays Gd. per lb.; unmanufac-
tured tobacco, 3s. per lb.; cigars, 55.; snuff, 3s. 9d.and
4s. 6d. Wine is rated according to its degrees of
proof spirit. Thus, under 26 degrees it pays ss. per
gallon ; from 26 to 42. degrees 2s. 6d. There are also
import duties to countervail the excise duty. Malt is
21 ss. per quarter; beer and ale, Bs. and lls, per
barrel of 36 gallons. Vinegar is charged with 3d.
per gallon, and even pickles preserved in
it do not escape without a duty of ld.
per gallon. Chloroform pays 3s. per lb.; naptha
10s. sd. per gallon, and varnish containing alcohol
12s. per gallon. To countervail stamp duties on
British-made articles, playing cards are charged
3s. 9d. per dozen packs, gold plate 175., and silver
plate ls. Gd. per oz.
London, England, 1870-03-29

NEW ROMNEY.

Mr. W. M. TORRENS asked the Under-Secretary of
State for the Home Department whether any steps had
been taken in compliance with the prayer of the petition
from certain inhabitants of New Romney, presented to
this House on the 26th of July 1867, in accordance with
which inquiries have been subsequently made, by order of
Government, regarding the municipal property of the
town.
Mr. HUGGESSEN said the parties at New Romney had
asked for a charter of incorporation. Inquiry was made,
and the result was transmitted to the Privy Council, but
the report of the committee was adverse to New Romney.
The appointment of a new corporation would not have
removed the control of the municipal property of the
town from the old corporation.
NAVAL RETURNS, &c.

Sir James ELPHINSTONE asked the First Lord of the
Admiralty, with reference to his statement that Admiral

Sir Spencer Robinson did not consent, as a Lord of the

Admiralty, to the new scheme of naval retirement,
whether Sir Sidney Dacres was consulted in the prepara-
tion of that scheme ; and if so, whether he approved of all

its provisions.
Mr. CHILDERS replied that he did not say that Admi-
ral Sir Spencer Robinson did not consent to the new
scheme of naval retirement, but that in certain particu-
lars he differed. With reference to the second question,
he was authorised by his gallant colleague to say that he
entirely approved of the scheme in all its details.
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"This story is well told, the plot is ingenious, the English un-
usually good, and the most scrupulous could take no exception to
the moral of the tale."--Athenteum.
"-This is the best work we have seen from Mrs. Eilaart's pen.
Little Kitty, the heroine, is very charming."—Su
Hurst and Blackett, Publisuers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

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THE BONAPARTE TRIAL.

Tho extraordinary scenes in the High Court at
Tours have given rise to intense excitement at Paris.
Those scenes were of the most savage des3ription.
Maitre Laurier, one of the counsel, described the
prisoner as "doomed to an immortality of infamy." Bo-
liaparte hurled back the insult "embryon demagogique."
Another of the counsel for the prosecution called out,
"Hold your tongues, Corsicans." Then there was
the terrific scene which followed the exclamation of
M. do !Fonvielle—" Assassin. assassin." All these
displays of feeling, we are told, have found an echo
in the capital. Paris was much excited yesterday ;
but up to noon no outward sign of discontent with
the verdict had shewn itself. At Tours the result
Awakened a good deal of enthusiasm. The Prince
was kissed and congratulated on all sides, and the
English and American ladies resident in the town
sent flowers to the Princess.
London, England, 1870-03-29

HYDE PARK.

Sir FREDERICK HETGATE asked the First Commissioner
of Works whether the roadway and equestrian ride lead-
ing from the west end of Rotten Row to Queen's Gate
are intended to• be permanently closed to carriages and
riders ; and, whether the gravel which was now being
removed from the surface of Hyde Park to the depth of
four or five feet, was to be replaced by black mud and
clay taken from the Serpentine ; and if he considered
such a proceeding conducive to the health and comfort of

the public.
Mr. AYRTON. said in consequence of the great increase
of houses in the neighbourhood, it had been found desi-
rable to make a new thoroughfare from north to south.
and that did cut off the corner of the ride; but in
,Aace of that a new road had been made, and the
ground had been laid out with shrubs. With respect to
the other question, it was intended to put the mud into
the place from which the gravel was taken ; but the place
would be re-turfed, so that no one would be aware of thc
change. (Laughter.)
UNION RATING.

Mr. KAVANAGH asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland,
whether he intended to move for the select committee on
union rating before Easter; if not, whether he could say
how soon after Easter he would make that motion.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he should not proceed with the
subject before the Land Bill had gone through committee

PATRONAGE.
Mr. HENNIKER-MAJOR asked the First Lord of the
Treasury whether the office of stamp distributor at
Lowestoft, recently vacant by the death of Mr. Robert
Morris, had been or was about to be conferred upon a Mr.
Chater, a solicitor, who already had the office of registrar
of the County Court in the town.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he was quite aware of what had
been done, and approved of it. The Inland Revenue
department did not think the appointment of a solicitor tic
all improper.
London, England, 1870-03-29

THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIOS.

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The report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners is pub-
lished. The Condnissioners propose for the current year, Ist
to meet benefactions bygrants to the amount in capital value
of £100,000; 2nd• to consider the local claims arising
in respect of the estates of the archbishopric of Canter-
bury so as to make grants to the extent of say £3,500 a
year. 3rd. To appropriate the sum of £3,000 a year in
perpetuity to the endowment with £2OC a year of new
churches in public patronage, to which districts
shall have been legally assigned, containing in
each case a population of 4,000 persons, and to the
endowment with £lOO a year of new churches in private
patronage having districts legally assigned to them, con-
taining in each a like population, on condition that an
endowment of equal value be provided from non-ecclesias-
tical sources. The grants to be thus made during the cur-
rent year will be of the capital value of £30,000.

FIRE IN IVIIITEFRIAES.—A jire which destroyed
two buildings and damaged several others broke out last
night in Grand Junction-street, Whitefriars. It originated
in the premises of Mr. S. J. Walden, a baEketmaker, and
afterwards spread to an adjoining timber wharf. Thera were
many private houses in the immediate neighbourhood
much injured. The proximity of the City Gas Works to the
burning building at one time caused great anxiety.
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Medical Referee, Sami

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Obsess Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
me! Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULT ON A VESTRYMAN.—Wm. Jones, a car-
penter, of Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, appeared
before Mr. Tyrwhitt, to answer a summons taken
out by Mr. John Ashley, builder, of Grafton-street,
Fitzroy-square, and also a vestryman of St. Pancras,
for an assault. There was a good deal of personality
thrown into the case, but Mr. Tyrwhitt called upon
the defendant to find two sureties in £2O to keep the
peace for six months.

THAMES.
WORKING HORSES IN AN UNFIT STATE.—Mr.
Jacob Base, a carrier, and owner of horses and vans,
in an extensive business, and Henry Eade, a carman,
in his employ, were charged at the instance of the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-
mals with working two horses in an unfit state. The
magistrate fined Base 205., and the carman was dis-
charged.

UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF ROBBERY.
At the Mansion House, on Monday, John Chatfield, an
elderly gentleman, who has carried on business for forty
years in High-street, Aldgato, and resides at Clyde House,
Sidcup, surrendered to his bail before the Lord
Mayor, to answer a charge of having stolen a
whist-marker from Messrs. Smith and Sons'
book-stall, at Cannon-street Railway Station. On
Saturday afternoon the defendant asked the price of
a book on the stall, and on being answered said it was too
high. A new patent whist marker, which was immediately
under the book, was missed, and the defendant was noticed
holding it partially out of his pocket, and looking at it.
The defendant came to the stall again, and asked the
price of two other books, and while the boy was looking
over the catalogue to ascertain the price of the books, the
defendant went into the refreshment room. In
the meantime, the clerk in charge of the
bookstall, who had been absent, returned and
was informed of the circumstance and when the
defendant came back he said to him, "What do you in-
tend to do with that whist marker you have taken from
the stall ?" The defendant seemed much surprised, and
said, " Oh, I did find something in my pocket, but I did
not know how it got there. I thought it was an adver-
tisement that had been put in my pocket." Afterwards
the defendant was taken to the station-master's room, and,
given into custody.
The defence was that while the defendant, who is 63
years of age, and has recently retired from business, was
pointing to the book, the whist-marker fell down intl
his pocket, and that on finding it there afterwards he
thought it was put into his pocket for an advertise-
ment.
Mr. Peek, M.P., and a number of other gentleman
were in attendance to speak to the defendant's character,
but the Lord Mayor did not think it necessary to call them,
and discharged the defendant.
Mr. Lewis said the bookstall people were to blame for
what had occurred, and it was the defendant's intention to
:ake further proceedings.
London, England, 1870-03-29

CC FIRST NIGHT" CRITICISMS.

Mr.ilenry J. Byron complains in the Telegraph of
theinjustice of criticising new theatrical productions
on the first night of their appearance. Air. Byron
is an able dramatic writer, and speaks for his class
as well as for actors and managers. The
first night's performance is frequently accom-
panied by hitches and mistakes, which, after a few
nights, are no longer observable. Criticisms in the
papers carry much weight with them, and it is un—
just that criticisms on certain points of a play
should actually appear, as they often do, in weekly
papers after the fault has been remedied.
Dir. Byron produced a play called " The Prompter's
Boy." and the Piece was. with a triflinz exception.

the same on the second nigh A as on the first ; but it
occupied three-quarters of an hour less time in
representatiOn. The tedious delays of the first
night are thus liable to influence the judgment of
the most impartial and enduring; and a beneficial
change would be effected if the critics were to post-
pone their reports until after a second or third ropre-
sentati3n.
London, England, 1870-09-27

COUNT BISMARCK'S CIRCULARS.

The Telegraph remarks that to judge from the language
of Count Bismarck's circular no doubt can be entertained
as to the determination of Prussia to exact from France
a ceseion of territory. It is worthy of note that
in these documents, as in all the utterances of
the German Government, there is no direct talk of
the proposed annexation of Alsace and Lorraine ; but the
intent is somewhat disingenuously avowed under the plea
that the fortresses of Metz and Strasburg are essential to
the safety of Germany. Now, a mere glance at the map
is sufficient to shew, that if these French strongholds
are handed over to Prussia, the districts lying between
them— that is, the major portion of Alsace and
Lorraine—must' be added to Germany. The
Power which holds Metz and Strasburg must
perforce hold the adjacent country ; and the
reason why Count Bismarck dwells exclusively
upon the strategical value of these positions, and
says nothing about the provinces of which they form the
' key, is, doubtless, became he is well. aware that the direct
proposition to seize upon French provinces is distasteful
to the meal instincts, not only of the neutral
Powers, but of a not contemptible party in
Germany itself. It is difficult to reconcile
CoUnt Bismarck's lad essecl desire for a durable peace
with his determination to seize Alsace and Lorraine.
Even under the woe t favourable circumstances,
many a long year will chine before France, crippled,
disheartened, and impoverished as she is by this fatal cam-
paign, can be in a position to risk again the desperate
chances of a war with Germany. But as the years go by,
the feeling of irritation against Prussia, instead of fading
away with the lapse of time, will be continually embittered
and envenomed by the spectacle of French provinces kept
in subjection by Prussian troops.
London, England, 1870-09-27

A MY ROBSART.—The costumes from designs
-LA- of an eminent Artist, the gorgeous Revels at Kenil-
worth, including the Procession of the Ancient Britons
Saxons, Romans, Normans, &c, and ending with the floating
Pageants on the Lake, illustrated by 300 auxiliaries, THIS
EVENING.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-09-27

THE S TRASBURG FUGITIVES.

The first detachment of Strasburg fugitives who have
left in consequence of the intervention of the Swiss dele-
gates and the Federal Council has arrived at Bale and
Zurich. It consists for the greater part of the wives of
officers from all parts of France, who have lived during
the last few weeks in the cellars of the houses, without
change of clothes, and have landed in Switzerland in a
state of the greatest misery. They have been most kindly
received, and met with all the assistance they so much
required. These unhappy emigrants give the most
lamentable accounts of the besieged town. In the citadel
even all the buildings have been nearly destroyed by the
bullets ; and besides the losses which the garrison sus-
tains from the cannon of the enemy, each day fifty or
sixty of the citizens are killed or wounded.
The projectiles are showered with such rapidity at certain
times that when an inhabitant is struck and lies on the
ground no one dares to go out to remove him into the
house, and consequently some persons who are compelled
to go about the streets are said to carry poison about with
them in order to protect themselves from the horrors of a
lingering death, or at any rate from being exposed for
hours to sufferings which no one will alleviate. The emi-
grants are provided with a passport declaring that the
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London, England, 1870-09-27

A LOOK INTO METZ.

To-day I visited the Observatory, which is posted on a
hill some 400 feet above the level of this village, distant
from it a couple of miles, in the direction of Metz. It
commands a magnificent view of all the surrounding
country, and the very strong telescope•with which it is
provided enables one to observe, even to the minutest de-
tails, Metz and its entourage in this direction. Looking,
towards the fortress, one had, on the right front, the out-
lying forts, first of Plappeville, and second of St. Quentin ;
on the left that of St. Julien. In Plappeville we could
see a very large body of men—a working party probably
--defiling out of the place; in St. Quentin no stir was
visible, and the only prominent (human) feature in' the
place was a group of three officers, standing on a parapet,
and returning the compliment which we were paying
them by staring at us thoough their glasses. St.' Julien
had all the appearance of being deserted—not a living
thing was visible. Right in front was the

great point of interest—Metz itself. The strong
glass enabled us to see as if on the table of a camera obscure
and almost as clearly as in a minature photograph, the
town, the fortifications— even individuals moving about,
and all the life and action of the place down to the
minutest details. Altogether outside the works one saw
the white tents of a large encampment, and within the
works, and within the town, wherever there was an
open space, white tents again. Everything looked
very gay and bright in the strong noonday sunlight.
The fine cathedral—the most prominent feature for
miles up and down the valley—was the only sombre object
in the scene. The other public buildings—the arsenal,
the various barracks and hospitals, the artillery school
and half a score of churches, all built of a light-coloured
stone—looked as brilliant as possible. It was difficult,
from their low elevation, to make out the minutice of the
works, and I could only half 'satisfy myself that I had
identified Cormontaigne's masterpiece, the double
crown-work of Belle Croix and that of the Mo-
selle. Yet individual figures were clearly discernible
wherever the sunlight fell strongly in the camp, on the
works, and in the town, moving about singly and in

groups, and here and there by the river, which winds

self all through and about the Lown and fortifications in
strange sinuosities, cattle enough to convince one that
from famine, at all event=, the garrison need not
capitulate for some time to come, unless, indeed, the
rinderpest, which is rapidly spreading in the surrounding
districts should find its way into the place: Looking

at the size and brightness and life of the place, it was
difficult to realise that it is absolutely cut off from all the
external world, and yet it is absolutely ; for, as the crew
of a sinking and waterlogged ship confide their last mes-
sages to the chance of the waves, so these unhappy people
in Metz have been trying to get the winds of Heaven to
carry tidings of them to anxious friends at home.—Times'
Correspondent at Jlarange, near Metz, September 21st.
London, England, 1870-09-27

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London, England, 1870-09-27

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

THE BISHOP OF OXFORD ON EpUCATION.
At the meeting of the Bath and Wells Diocesan
Society, held yesterday, at Wells, the bishop of the diocese
Presiding, the Bishop of Oxford, speaking on the Educa-
tion Bill, said: " The present moment was one of the
deepest interest, and would be so considered by posterity.
We were now entering upon a great national syst,m
of education. England had never before attempted
to take in hand as a nation the business of education.
People twenty-five years ago, when Government
very tentatively began a national system of education,
cried out against it. Churchmen were indignant ; Dis-
senters still more so. It was commonly said it was a most
wicked thing for the State to meddle with education, but
everybody had since gone round and declared that it was
the one thing to be done, and that Parliament must
educate the country. Nine-tenths of the people wanted
religious education, but, shame to say, we were not agreed
as to "what teaching religion meant ; hence Government
had no alternative but to bring in a general measure to do
as little harm to religion as possible, and that difficult
problem had been only solved by Mr. Forster. Church-
men must make the best use of the measure and not inter-
pose little jealousies. Up to the present time we had had
a great deal of educational politics, but very little of educa
tion, and it was our business to work this Act in Vie
interest of education not of educational politics. If we
did so he had every hope that the measure would turn out
well. If this was not done the alternative was a secular
bill within five years." The Bishop of Bath and \Vella
spoke of the encouraging efforts being made in his diocese
to provide for carrying out the Act without the interven-
tion of school boards.
London, England, 1870-09-27

INDIAN NEWS.

We have received, ly way of Brindisi, advices from
Bombay to the 30th of August, in anticipation of the
Overland Mail. From the Bombay Gazette we take the
following items of news :
A Calcutta paper holds out a warning that famine
seems again imminent in Orissa.
The Bengal Board of Revenue is unwilling to perform
the ".happy despatch" suggested by the local Govern-
ment. It thinks it has still a raison, d'être. _ _

A public petition to the Government of India for a
revision of income tax assessment is at present being signed
in Bombay.
olonel Malleson is improving steadily, and there is
every probability now of his not being obliged to go
home.

•
Captain Trotter, 11th Regiment, has been sentenced
to receive a severe reprimand, and to be reduced two steps
in the Army List, for conduct to the prejudice of good
order and discipline.
- - •

Major Trevor Clark has been making a series of experi-
ments in England on the hybridization of cotton, in which
he seems to have been so far successful that by a cross
between the Nurmah and Hinghunghat species he
has produced a good white, fine, and strong
staple, which comes quickly to maturity. He has also
crossed the Hinghunghat with the broad-leaved cotton,
which at present produces a hard staple, somewhat deficient
in length. Seeds of numerous other crosses with Ameri-
can, Indian, and Assam cotton have been forwarded by
him for experiments.
The Vicar Apostolic of Thibet has sent to the " Indo-
European Correspondence " an account of a terrible
earthquake in Thibet on the 11th of ApriL The first
shock was at five in the morning, but it was mild ;
at sunset the town of Bathang was shaken from
end to end, and nearly all the houses, large and small,
fell to the ground, burying half the population, or more,
in the ruins. Arsenals, magazines, "the large and
splendid Lamaserai, tenanted by 3,000 Lamas," all
went at once into a vast grave. Then a
furious wind sprung up, and then a fire broke
out, in Bathang, which began on the 11th and continued
till the 23rd, burning up the living and the dead and
everything else that the earthquake had spared. 413
Lama priests, 19 Chinese soldiers, 38 Thibetan soldiers,
all the Thibetan officials, and 2,812 other people were
destroyed. The writer of this sad letter surmises that
the earthquake was felt over an extent of 180 miles from
east to south-west, and 90 miles from north to south.
London, England, 1870-09-27

LONDON TUESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1870.

l'uu inhabitants of Tours seem to have been
greatly excited by a statement that Count BisgtAncic
demanded as the condition of an armistice, during
which the terms of peace might be arranged, that
Strasbourg, Toul, and Mont Valerien should be sur-
rendered to the German armies. This indignation
was not unnatural. Mont Val6rien is the strongest
of the detached forts around Paris, and the only
work of the kind situated on the whole of the west
side of the capital. Its surrender would involve tie
very speedy fall of the city. But the people
of Tours seem to have been deluded ;
it was not Mont Valerien, but Verdun, that
Count BISMARCK demanded in addition - to
Strasbourg and Toul.
.The Prussian statesman's
proposal was that, as -the constitution of the Pro-
visional Ministry was irregular, a brief cessation of
London, England, 1870-09-27

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THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart.
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LYCEUM—Farce. Innisfallen, or the Men in the Gap.
SADLER'S WELLS—Farce. Hamlet.
QUEEN'S—Midsummer Night's Dream. Farce.
GAIETY—Ballet. Betley. Bluebeard.
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VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Don Carlos.
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NATIONAL STANDARD—LittIe Emily. Venus versus

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PALAIS ROYAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro-
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ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties.
CaEmoßNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c.

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London, England, 1870-09-27

THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG.

The Baden correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, writing
on the 21st, says that no• important operations will be
carried on in the uppear part of Alsace until the fate of
Strasburg has been decided. "It is stated that the heart
and soul of the defence of Strasburg is General Barral,
of the artillery, who in the disguise of a peasant managed
to make his way into the town before its complete invest-
ment. He is considered by all who know him a most capable
and devoted soldier. According to the statement of M. Bis-
chof, a member of the committee of the Swiss Association
for the succour of the Wounded, who is taking care of the
refugees from Strasburg, the accounts of the damage the
town bas sustained are greatly exaggerated, and there is
no foundation whatever for the different stories that have
been circulated as to the almost complete destruction of
the cathedral. This destruction, as far as any important
portions of the building are concerned, would hardly
cover an ordinary sized table, according to the account
of M. Bischof, who specially requested per-
mission to enter the cathedral and examine it."
A correspondent of the Frankfort Journal says :

"Circulation in the trenches has been rendered most diffi-
cnit through the continual rain we have had lately. Some
of them are half full of water, and offer no inviting stay,
and the uniforms of our men are completely covered with
hard clayey mud. In spite of all difficulties and hardships
our troops are cheerful, and were singing the Wacht am
Rhein.' Our earthworks and bastions have so far ad-
vanced that the earth as it is being thrown up by our sap-
pers rolls over into the moats and ditches that surround
the fortress. The battery on Spur Island is committing
fearful havoc in the citadel. It is stated that a pound of
horseflesh sells for 2s. 6d. in the town."
London, England, 1870-09-27

AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and
Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey,
executed by an increased Orchestra and. numerous Chorus,
The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor-
mack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward
Stirling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING.—THEATRE
ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-09-27

A MY ROBSA.RT; New Drama, characters by
Zi Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard,
Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon,
Vokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN-
ING.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-09-27

THE FUTURE RULERS OF FRANCE.

It is half suspected by many influential French-
men that the Reds in France will shortly attempt a
serious dmeute, which will tend to discredit the
Republic to BO great a degree that the question of
h a ving either aßonaparte or aßourbon again at the head
of the Government will be revived with enthusiasm.
A correspondent of a contemporary which is usually
well informed, declares that it would be next to im-
possible to bring about an Orleanist restoration just
now in France, except as it was brought about in
1814 and 1815, by foreign bayonets. As, however,
King William and the Prussian Ministers, for some
mysterious reasons, seem to prefer Napoleon 111. to
Louis Philippe H., it is almost certain that German
influence would prohibit any likelihood of a Bourbon
re-establishment, whereas it maybe used to replace
the ex-Emperor. Count Bismarck's great object, it
is said, is to have some one in France who will be
powerful ()hough, and at the same time weak
enough, to sanction the demolition of the fortresses
which stand in the way of the new Rhenish boun-
dary, and one, moreover, who will undertake to
repay the cost of the war immediately. All the Prus-
sian Ministers seem anxious to have a re-establishment
of the Monarchy in some form in France, and as it does
not seem to signify to them how damaged in popula-
rity the restored Government might appear to be, it is
not improbable, in the opinion of this writer,
that a Bonaparte dynasty may again be
in power, should the Republicans not be sulli-
cently strong to accomplish, in its entirety, the
national rescue they contemplate. The statement
that Napoleon would refuse Prussian offers of
restoration, it true, is not supposed to imply that, if
asked by a large section of Frenchmen to again
mount the throne, he would decline. There is reason
to suppose that the end and aim of his past life is the
end and aim of his life still; namely, to have his son
as his inheritor in the Empire. As for Prussian
interference, all semblance of that may be made to
seem mythical.
London, England, 1870-09-27

-A- HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—SoIe
Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—This
Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr.
C. J. Phipps, F.S.A., IS NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN
DRAMATIC SEASON.' Doors open at half-past Six,
commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at half-past
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Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four
Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily.
London, England, 1870-09-27

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
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Swanborough, E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-
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Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E.
Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &C. ; and, THE CHOPS OF THE
CHANNEL.