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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-13

SOUTH-EASTERN.

The gross traffic receipts on this company's lines
for the four weeks ending the 18th of December
amounted to £90,664, from which was deducted
£2,946 for collecting and delivering goods, &c.,
leaving £87,718. To this was added £3,480 for
rents and sundries, and £3,612 for steam-packet
service; total, £94,810. From this was deducted
the expenditure, including rates, taxes, tolls, Go-
vernment duty, and expenses of steam packet ser-
vice, £52,305, leaving a net amount of £42,505.
The total receipts for the 20 weeks endiug as above
amounted to £618,582, and the expenditure to
£268,537, leaving a net sum of £350,045.

SAN PAULO BRAZILIAN (LIMITED).
The traffic receipts on this company's line, 86}
miles in length, for the fortnight ending the 28th
of November last, amounted for passengers, parcels,
&c., to 10,130.740 milreis, and for goods, &c., to
73,095.800 milreis —total 83,226.510 ; and
for the corresponding fortnight in 1868 to
63,534.100, showing an increase of 19,692.440 mil-
reis, or 31 per cent.
London, England, 1870-01-13

MARRIAGES.

litGIIES-WItITLOCK-On the 11th Jan., at St. Leonard's,
Exeter, Colonel J. E. Hughes, late her Majesty's Indian
Army. 17th Madras N. 1., to Caroline Gertrude, youngest
daughter of the late Lieut.-General Sir George Whit-
lock, K.C.B.

BLOUNT- Bncrtvx-- On the 11th Jan., at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Knaresborough, Gilbert E. Slount, &q., of 1,
Montagu-place, Montagu-spare, London, to Sophia
Margaret Brown, second daughter of Samuel G. Brown,
Esq., of Loftuss Hill, in the county of York.
London, England, 1870-01-13

PRICE OF GOLD.

Fite quotation of gold at Paris Is about at par, anp
the short exchange on London is *431. 151 per £1 sterlim.
on comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
ioici. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
old at the above price is slightly dearer iu Paris than in
L mation
London, England, 1870-01-13

THEI WINNIPEG REVOLT.

Accounts from St. Paul at the end of December state
that the family of Governor 11I'Dougall have arrived there
from the North. The Governor is expected to arrive
shortly in St. Paul en route to Canada. It is said that he
has had nothing to do with arming the Indians or inciting
them to rise. At first Mr. M'Dougall was joined by the
mass of the people, but they were deceived by some
designing leaders who misrepresented the Governor's
mission and won them over. The St. Paul despatch
makes some comments on the Red River news received
from New York, and denies the report that squads of
filibusters are passed over the railroads within 200 miles
of the British borders, the nearest railroad being 400
miles from the border. The Winnebagoes are advised to
p.tt no reliance on such expeditions, as their existence is
do ~ btf ul.
London, England, 1870-01-13

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

THIS EVENING, at 7, OPEN TO CONVICTION. Messrs
George Belmore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss L.
Grey, and Mrs L. Murray. At 8, THE LONG STRIKE:
Messrs Benjamin Webster, G. Belmore, Atkins, Beveridge. A.
Stirling, Miss Furtado, &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC
ECONOMY: Mr G. Belmore and Mrs Leigh Murray.
London, England, 1870-01-13

TWE WED RIVER INSURRECTION.

Mr. T. W. Chesson, secretary to the Aborigines
Protection Society, writes to the Times to explain
this latest of our colonial difficulties. He contends
that the primary grounds of complaint on the part
of the Red River people are twofold—first, that their
country has been transferred to Canada without
their being consulted in the transaction ; and,
secondly, that the Dominion has endeavoured to
establish a government which could not
command the confidence of the people. He
says it seems only reasonable that when
the Imperial Government offered to hand over the
Hudson's Bay territories to Canada, some attempts
should have been made to ascertain the real feelings
of the people. In deciding to appoint a nominated
council at Red River, consisting of eight members only,
two of whom were to be selected from the country
itself, Sir George Cartier and his colleagues
virtually announced their intention to withhold from
the people those representative institutions which the
latter deemed absolutely necessary for their security
and progress.

The Roman Catholics claim to have in America
7 archbishops, 49 bishops, 3 administrators sede vacant°, 4
mitred abbots, and 3,639 priests ; 3,669 churches and
2,573 chapels and stations; 66 theological seminaries, in
which 1,159 students are preparing for the priesthood;
126 male religious institutions of other kinds than
theological colleges or pure monasteries; 150 monasteries
and male convents; 290 female convents with schools at-
tached; and 146 convents without schools, the nuns being
of those orders which are devoted to works of mercy and
charity. The Catholic population of the country is esti-
mated at 9,21..5,000.

Fifty million envelopes aro sold annually, and stamped
with the crest and address from upwards of '35,000 steel dies, at
Parkins and Gotto's, who make no charge for stamping or cement-
ing, and, having only one price, undertake to supply the nobility
and gentry with every description of writing paper and envelopes
of the best and most fashionable kind, at extraordinari iy low
charges. Monograms, crest, or address dies cut at less than half
price. Coloured stamping reduced from 2s. to Is. per 100. Arms,
monograms, and crests emblazoned. GO stompers, die sinkers,
and engravers being kept upon the premises, all orders are exe-
cuted with great despatch. Dance programmes, invitations, at
home notes, MSS. books, return thanks, bordered and overland
papers, dish, dessert, and bouquet papers, and every description
of- fancy and household stationery. Perkins and tigttni map •
- acturiza Its Vital hind A 949111400: - ,
London, England, 1870-01-13

PROFESSOR ROGERS ON EDUCATION.

Professor Thorold Rogers has no sympathy what-
ever with the supporters of sectarian education. lie
almost seems to despise them. Any way he would
have the framers of educational bills hold aloof from
them and their principles. Speaking at Dundee this
week, he first declared that education was necessary,
the State must enforce it, and must provide it free.
As to the religious difficulty, " It was impossible not
to look with indignation on the numerous petty sects
refusing to allow the people to. be educated, because
they, the sects, could not agree about the funda-
mental principles of religion." He stated also that
the schools in our country had been esta-
blished by individuals for the purpose of inculcating
religious dogma. Mr. Rogers here states a truth
in a way which makes it tell in his
behalf. If he had said that, believing eternity to be
the main thought of life, and a preparation for it the
object of existence here, the great majority of educa-
tionists had looked upon secular learning as only a
means to facilitate the thinking and aid the prepara-
tion ;—if Mr. Rogers had said this he would not have
found his hearers so ready with their indignation as
they seem to have been.
London, England, 1870-01-13

COLLIERY WINDING ROPES.

It is noticeable that two accidents have occurred
within a month at the Dowlais Iron Company's
collieries. In each case the disaster was caused by
the breaking of the winding rope and on each
occasion the results were fatal. There are many
dangers attendant upon coal mines which it
seems impossible to obviate altogether, or
even reduce to a minimum. But is the breaking
of winding ropes one of these all but insuper-
able difficulties r Is it indispensable that every now
and then a party of men, in pursuit of their daily
bread, should be dashed two Or three hundred yards
clown the shaft of a coal mine P It is well known
that various contrivances called safety cages
have been designed for the express purpose of ren-
dering the breakage of these ropes harmless. Some
inventions of the kind have received high praise.
Let it, then, be determined whether such contriv-
ances are really likely to prove effective and, if so,
there ought to be no muddling delay in their adop-
tion.

THEATRE ROYAL, I)RURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. ChattPrten.

THIS EVENING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL.
At 7.44 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; or, OLD MOTHER
BIJNC II : Misses Jessie Vokes, Victoria Vokes, Rosins Vokes,
Rate Santley. Hudspeth. and Harriet Coveney ; Messrs. Fred.
Vokes, BrittainWrictht W. F. Vokes, F. Moreland, Rowella, and
Harry Boleno.
London, England, 1870-01-13

PROCEEDINGS IN THE COUNCIL.

Our correspondent at Rome,writing on January 8, says
" The opposition to the definition of the Dogma is deci-.
dedly on • the wane, as the .difference was never on its
truth, but as to its opportunity. The bishops most timid
on the subject are beginning to see that the majority
in its favour is one so immense that they
will be a very small body of dissentients,
and that their position would be a false one, con-
sidered from the Catholic point of view. The
Bishops of Paderborn and Ratishon are taking a strong
load among the Germans in' favour of this definition, the
Transylvanian and Austrian-Hungarian bishops being the
most opposed. Mgr. Stmssmayer is one cf the most
eloquent and vigorous opponents, and is said to
have astonished the assembly by his power of
declaration at the last sitting. Whether, however, it was
on the Dogma or not, we have not the slightest means of
pronouncing, as the secret of the Aula is thoroughly kept.
Mgr. Tizzani, Archbishop •of Nisitea, the historian of
the Council, made a most eloquent answer to Mgr.
Stres,mayer. He is blind, and in consequence of his
infirmity spoke from his own place instead of
mounting the tribune. Alla) e bishops render the highest
testimony to the courtesy, moderation, and tact of Cardi-
nal Di Luca, the President, or as we should say, `Speaker'
of the assembly. He is one of the most intelligent men
in the Sacred College, and his diplomatic career at Vienna
has been a great advantage to him in his present close in-
tercourse with the German element, and as he speaks
French, English, and Spanish with equal facility,
he is admirably adapted for his post. The
duration of the Council seems likely to be longer than
was supposed a month or two since, and we are beginning
t) speculate on the probability of a second session next
autumn and winter. The reforms of the religious orders,
the questions of civil marriage, education, relations with
the State, and Oriental affairs, all appears likely to entail
an unexpected amount cf work on the fathers. In any
case there will be a vacation of three months during the
he at of July, August, and September.
London, England, 1870-01-13

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THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY- L ANE.
eole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING. at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45,
BEAUTY AND THE BE \ST t Messrs. Fred. Yokes, Brtttain
Wright, Harry Boleno, &c.; Misses Yokes, Harriet Coveney,
Kate Santley, &c.
London, England, 1870-01-13

THE OLD STORY.

The loss of the King Lear—the crew of which ex-
perienced such dreadful sufferings on a raft—is an-
other example of the difficulty or impossibility of
getting people to take systematic and continuous
security against danger. When the unhappy
crew sought the boats, it was found that
two of them were out of repair, and
the third was inextricably entangled in the
wreck. Thirty-five lives were lost, and the surviving
four seamen were only saved after enduring great
privation. It is the old story. The boats were pro-
vided as a refuge, but they had never been needed,
and, accordingly, no one thought of keeping them in
readiness. It is true that one was entangled in the
wreck, but the remaining two were not, and one of
them might have saved a great part of the crew.

fOHN GOSNI4,LL and CO.'S CHERRY
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powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decly, and imparts a plearant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 13(1.—Red Bull Wharf, 03, Upper
Thames-street, London.
London, England, 1870-01-13

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Tins EvEmNo, at 7 o'clock, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVE-
MENT. After which, NEW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr
Buckstone, Mr Chippendale. Miss Robertson, &c. Concluding
with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS:
Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c.
London, England, 1870-01-13

VICTORIAN.

The aggregate traffic receipts on the Victorian
Government railways, 254 miles in length, amounted
from the Ist of January to the 16th of September,
1869, to £408,418 ; and for the corresponding
period last year on the same mileage to £389,105,
showing an increase of £19,313.
London, England, 1870-12-07

The prisoner,_ who hears a very bad character, was•re-
manded.

. ,
• COURT MARTIAL. •
A court martial was -held •on board the Duke •of
Wellington yesterday for the trial of William Hunt, a
marine serving on board the Hector. He was found
guilty of attempting to strike one officer with a chopper,
another with a winch handle, and drawing a cutlass on a
third. Also with using imprecations and resisting the
escort. Prisoner, in defence, said that he was drunk at
the time. He was sentenced to receive 48 kohes, to
be imprisoned for two years, six days of each month to. be
spent in solitary confinement, and then to be dismissed
the service.

FALL OF A BOY DOWN A SHAFT.
Yesterday afternoon, a boy, eleven years of age, named
Joseph Hague, employed at some coke ovens at the Gras-
borough Colliery, after finishing his work, began to play
with a piece of lighted tar rope. While so doing he went
too near the pit's mouth, and fell down the shaft a depth
of forty yards. He was instantly killed by the dislocation
of the neck.

ANOTHER SENTENCE OF DEATH AT THE
MANCHESTER ASSIZES.
Another indictment for wife murder was preferred at
the Manchester Assizes yesterday. Edward Giateley was
sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, at Tatton
street, Salford. The prisoner struck the deceased about
the head with a_poker ; very great loss of blood was the
result, and the poor woman sank from exhaustion and
nervous prostration.
London, England, 1870-12-07

GAMBETTA AND THE WAR.

The Telegraph, in commenting on the ultimate results
of the war, says:—Whenever that end may come, and
whatever it may be, there is one man whose efforts
of brain and will have raised him dear above most
Frenchmen, and given him a right to an im-
perishable place in the history of his country,
beside the men who organised victory for the
First Republic. If the troops of King William
should ultimately be driven from the soil of
France, Gambetta will be lauded as a second Carnot. If,
on the other hand, the Prussians should complete their
conquest by the capture of Paris and the permanent occu-
pation of the border provinces, he will be remembered
with gratitude as the man who so nerved and directed
the French people that they have displayed the
qualities of a great historic nation, and have
fought against disaster with a heroism which has
wrung words of admiration from their foes. Only a few
weeks ago it was the fashion to sneer at Gambetta as a
noisy barrister, a loud-tongued rhetorician, a mad Re-
publican, a moll orator, whose trust lay in gasconade and
falsehood ; an unscrupulous adventurer whose chief
aim was not to save France, but to win notoriety and
power for himself. Calumny itself is now ashamed to
utter such taunts. Gambetta may as signally fail to
save France as the First Napoleon failed to save his
throne after the crowning defeat of Leipsic, or to regain
his throne after the return from Elba. The Dictator,
like the Emperor, may be baffled by the overwhelming
force and skill of hi?. foes ; he may repeat the mis-
takes of which he has already shewn himself capable,
I and which compel us to suspend any complete or
, I final judgment on his character and conduct. But

whether utter collapse is now to be the fate of the
nation, or reverse is only to prove the prelude of
another glorious struggle against overwhelming odds, it
would be unjust to a very remarkable man not to admi
that Gambetta's is one of the few names which will
shed a lustre on this disastrous contest, and will help to
redeem the honour of the nation.
London, England, 1870-12-07

BANKING COMPANIKS.

Pd Pd
1 Agra Bank IL) A .... 71 8/ 20 Lou Char of Austrlia 24 25
25 Alliance (L) ........ 13 14 242
10 Anglo-Austrian ... • 5 7 pin 20 London and County 49 51)
162 15 London Joint-Stock 331 41
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 211 212 20 Lon andWeatmnster 63 64
212 a d 631, 4
50 British N American 53 55 10 Metropolitan Bl 9
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 15 20 Midland (L)
die
25 Char Mere of India 23 24 20 New South Wales .. :18 40
10 City
25 Colonial
4 Consolidated (L
20 Eng. Scot. and Aus C 161
17,
15 Union of London .. 19 40
20 Imperial %Li
10 Imperial Ottoman
12, 4, 13
London, England, 1870-12-07

A BUSY SESSION.

The forthcoming session of Parliament promises
to be an active one. Thete are three bills of great
importance which it is understood the Harm Secre-
tary will take it upon him to introduce, and
over one of these at least, the. Licensing
Bill, there will doubtless be considerable dis-
cussion, as the provisions made by Mr. Bruce
are hardly likely to satisfy the members
of the United Kingdom Alliance. Tho other two
bills to be brought forward with full progress before
Easter are the measures with reference to the regula-
tions of trades unions and mines. The subject of
Scotch education, it is confidently believed, will
occupy the attention of the House of Commons.
Some politicians consider that the Irish
Universities will afford much controversy in the
London, England, 1870-12-07

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and 14:geter B6 88 Grand Trunk of Canada
Caledonian
79, 1 36
Great Eastern
381, i • Grand Truck of Canada
Great Northern
124 151
Do A 133 135 Great Indian Pen g 5., o 107 108
1341 1071, 4, 4,1 1
Great Westeni 691 701 Great Western of uauada 131 14
70, 691, 70 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 97 99
Lancashire & Yorkshire 132 133 Do
54 do, 187-8 •94 96
Lou, Brigh. and S Coast 40/ 414 Do p c prof, issuod 80 Idislipm
41, 1, 1 Madras guar 5 pcs
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 121 13 4044. 4, 1
Lou and North-Western 1271128 N. Railway of Canada,
1271 6p c Ist Prof Bonds
Lon and South-Western 89 91 Oude and Itohilkund g
90, 1 5 p c
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 44 45 Saluda, Puujaub, and
Metropolitan
64, 4, 4 1031
Midland 1271128 Bahia and San Francisco
1274.4 87140181 l7/ 171
North British
331 Beiglimi B Junction .... 21 24
North-Eastern Consols 1431144 Buenos Ayrea at Sthru.. 24 254
1431 241
South-Eastern 74 741 Dunaburg and Witoo,,if 181 181
Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 78 Dutch-Rhenish 423
3ombay, Barods, and Eastern. of Frappe
Central India, g 5 p a.. 104 105 Great Luxembourg
104, 1 111
Buff and Lake HuronPrf 3/ 11 Lemberg Uzernowitzgua
4 7 p c
Do 51 pc 80nd5,1872-3-4 79 81 Ifortheru of France
Cape guar 6p c
East Bengal guar 5 p c lO4 105 5
East Indian, g 5 p c
110, 91 (Limited) guar 7p 0 .. 141 15
Grand Trunk Canada
11 San Paulo (L) guar 7p a 201 204
Do Equip Mortßnd 1 201
charge 6P P
Do 2nd do Scrip .. • • idle IoW 144, 4
lb Ist Prof Bonds 54 56 Southern of France ....
s 5
London, England, 1870-12-07

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

An outbreak of foot and mouth disease has occurred at
Maesden, Llandudno, but prompt measures have been
taken to stamp it out.

SUFFOCATION BY IMPURE AIR.

Yesterday morning one of the crew of the screw
steamer Erimas, of Shields, which had arrived on
Monday night from Amsterdam, jumped down into the
fore-hatch to get some 'tackle, when he was overcome by
the impure gas, generated by bones, and died almost
immediately. A fellow sailor, who went to his assist-
ance became insensible, but was got up in time to save
his life.

THE BEDFOIZDSHIRE OUTRAGE AND
MURDER.

At the Bleksoe Petty Sessions yesterday, William Bull,
aged 22, was charged with the wilful murder, at Little
Haurbarton, of Sarah Marshall, an imbecile woman,
upon whom he had previously committed an outrage.
London, England, 1870-12-07

FARMER'S PROFITS.

There is a very common belief prevalent among
the commercial classes and the working population
that farmers make large profits. The fraternity,
however, seem to bo protesting with one accord
against this notion. A Midland Counties farmer
says that the droughty years of late have swallowed
up, as nearly as possible, £2 per acre per annum out
of his pocket, instead of yielding him any proceeds
whatever to live upon. An Essex farmer writes,
"The years of 1865, 1866, and 1867, were nearly
ruinous to many in this district ; I myself lost
about £1,500 in the three years." The Chamber of
Agriculture Journal says at the present season it
would not be surprised to hear of many examples
of abatements in rent, of gift of oil-cake, pollard, &c.
from proprietors to their tenantry. In Hereford-
shire the wheat crop, as a whole, amounts to only
London, England, 1870-12-07

session, espeCially as the Government are very likely
to offer an endowment to the Roman Catholic Uni-

. This question, • however, and ;indeed the
Whole Irish :education difficulty, may.,have to be

.. _ .
postponed till ' 1872. • Mr. Trevelyan'sthreatened
crusade against purchase in the army will, no doubt,
give a military tone to many lengthened debates.
If these several enterprises are looked upon in the
light of fixtures even at this early date, there is no

reason to think the session will be bereft of
energy and liy ess.

THE IRISH LAND ACT.

-A. question of importance has been raised in the
Irish Landed Estates Court, and the matter was
thought of so much moment that the judge has re-
served judgment. Nearly 300 tenants residing on
the Marquis of Waterford s estate in the County
Londonderry, and holding properties from. year ,_to
year sought to have it stated on the face of their
rentals, that they were entitled to the benefit
the Ulster custom under the recent
Act. Judge Lynch declared his belief
. . the conveyance of the court could not
prejudice the tenant's statutable rights. Neverthe-
less, he should reserve his final decision. The very
fact of his lordship having to do so at
such an early period of the • experience
of the new Land Act is perhaps excusable,
but Irish tenants will scarcely be patient enough to
endure that future judgments should be delayed in
this manner before they can be administered. They
have been led to believe that the action of the Irish
Land Bill would be prompt and explicit, whenever
,ey appealel to its pro Visions.

LUXEMBURG.

It was recently announced that negotiations were
opened for the Sale of Luxemburg to Germany ; and
forthwith came an official statement discrediting this
rumour. The report, however, was very well sup-
ported at that time, and it is now repeated. The.
German press makes no secret of its belief
that the transfer is under consideration, and

the propriety of such an addition to the
Fatherland is still discussed. The Cologne
Gazette puts the matter very neatly. "No
doubt the people (i.e., of Luxemburg) wish to re-
main as they are—that is, to remain connected with
the Zollverein and enjoy the blessings of a great
commonwealth, without bearing its duties and
burdens, but they cannot expect this blissful con-
dition to be permanent. Lying between two power-
ful states, their peace and security will be best
.at-
tained by reunion with the German Empire."
The Gazette Winds up with. the amusing statement
that questions of frontier ought not to be left open,
as sooner or later they might " lead us into the un-
fortunate path of conquest." Are we to infer from
this that the Germans are so prone to wander into
the path of conquest that all strong temptation must
be carefully kept out of sight?
London, England, 1870-12-07

ME A➢IERICAN NAVY.

The Secretary of the American Navy is preparing
'his report, which under present circumstances will
be read with great interest. The general naval
force, it seems, is much the same as last year, but
particular attention is called in the report to
the inadequacy of the American force at
the European and Asiatic stations. The
commercial interests of the States are insufficiently
protected by 17 vessels, carrying. 145 guns. On the
140,000 miles of water over which American com-
merce ranges there are only 37 war vessels, mounting
350 guns, and having a tonnage of 40,000, while
England has on the same seas 191 ships, with
a tonnage of 328,000. The position of America
is inferior to that of third and fourth-
class European Powers. The disalvantages of
relying entirely on steamers for cruising vessels is
generally acknowledged, since they take so much
time in coaling. The report shews, too, the useless-

ness of the monitor fleet against the enormous iron-
clads of European Powers, and recommends the
immediate building of numerous iron-clad war ships.
The secretary contends that in the present state of
the American navy the national commerce is scarcely
protected, and in the East the flag has no respect,
excepting through diplomatic interference. Natima
like China arid Japan have no idea of American
power unless through ships of war, and even Europe,
says the Secretary, is not beyond such an
influence. The disturbed state of Europe should
give the carrying trade of the world to
Americans, but they need ships to protect their
commerce,

TREATMENT OF VAGRANTS.
Dr. Stallard urges that vagrancy and des

tution must be dealt with by law so long as
food and shelter are • obtainable by the coin-

mission of crime. Education, he reminds us,
is not sufficient to prevent destitution under
all circumstances. Destitution impairs the

productive power of the labourer, and therefore he
is c•impelled to rely upon extraneous aid for sub-
sistence. In such a case neither destitution nor
vagrancy is a crime, for in the opinion of the dockr
it is desirable that the surplus labour of a locality
should go "on tramp " in search of work. He
objects, however, to the law undertaking to relieve
the community of the duty of doing a kindly act to
a deserving wayfarer.
London, England, 1870-12-07

A LONG AERIAL VOYAGE.

The Paris balloon which fell. in Norway carried '
its passengers through divers adventures. First the
wind took them with such rapidity that they soon
beheld the North Sea beneath them, and sent
off a pigeon announcing that they were lost.
This cheerful prophecy was never fulfilled.
The balloon sailed on to Norway. When
over Man IA twenty - three miles from
Christiansand, the aeronguts let 'fall a sack of
letters and newspapers. At length, after a
voyage of many hours, a descent was effected
upon a snow-covered mountain in a district
perfectly unknown to the travellers; and after
nineteen hours' miserable wandering they found
their way to a small cabin. At Christiania they met
with a most hospitable receptiOn. The balloon was
found iu the mountain with six pigeons in it, none
the worse for the journey.
London, England, 1870-12-07

THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.

The Daily News says:—The war has reached another
crisis ; and is there any chance of that crisis being the
final one ? We should be sorry to discountenance any
reasonable hopes of peace which may have been forme ,1
by the friends of both nations ; but it is, nevertheless,
we fear, unlikely that the failure of the great sortie
willbe accepted as a final issue by the French. We must
not, in the first place, overrate the importance of
the retreat across the Marne. So long as the German
lines remained unbroken, the positions of the French on
the left bank were more dangerous to them than useful.
It is not a victory within the German circle of investment
which the Paris troops desire, but an opportunity to
break that charmed ring and co-operate with the pro-
vincial armies of France. The retreat to the right
bank of the Marne may only be the prelude
to a sortie on a still greater scale. Against the success of
this renewed attempt, should such be made, there aro
now ranged several grave considerations. Doubtless
Trochu selected for his attack that point at which he
thought the Germans were weakest ; and the vivid
account of the fighting which we publish this morning
from our Special Correspondent at Ore Saxon Headquar-
ters reveals how vigorously his intention was carried
out. The result, however, shows that a surprise was im-
practicable, and also that the Germans make up for the
scantiness of their forces by their rapidity of concentration.
It has puzzled many to understand how the immense
forces of Paris could be hemmed in by a body of men,
inferior in number to themselves ; but the explana-
tion lies in the fact that each Prussian soldier, in
the event of an alarm, " knows precisely what he has to
do, and does it." Further than that, the ill success of
the first great effort to get through the lines of investment
must have to a considerable extent damped the ardour of
Paris, and is likely to influence the temper of such troops
as may again be led to make the attempt. In the
meanwhile there is a pause. France. has yet to
learn accurately the details of the various defeats she has
recently suffered. An officer was sent into Paris from
Versailles on Sunday to inform the Government there
of the defeat of the Loire. Should the news come to the
ears of the people of Paris, it will doubtless produce a
great depression of the public feeling ; but we are not
sanguine enough to consider the war as having reached its
final stage.
London, England, 1870-12-07

A CRY FOR A REPUBLIC.

It seems the republicans in Spain have not yet
given up hope. One of the deputies, who especially
distinguished himself in the Cortes by his violent
opposition to the proposal for a King, has just
started a newspaper to express his views, He is
deputy for Jerez, his name is Senor Paul y
Angulo, and his new Republican organ bears the
ominous title of El Combate. As may be supposed,
General Prim and his candidate are the pro-
minent objects of attack, and a direct appeal
to the Spanish army calls upon them to
defend the honour at the country, and to refuse
to lend themselves as blind instruments to " the
torpid ambition of an adventurer.' No one, it says,
who esteems himself worth anything should lend his
sword to such a treason as the imposition of a foreign
monarchy, which the whole people, without distinc-
tion of political colours, reject. In another article,
directed especially against the new King, El Conz-
bate exclaims: "Rejoice, Spaniards, that 191 slaves
conceded you the right of being slaves." Another
organ of the Republicans, an older paper, the
Dtscusion, consoles its readers by announcing every
day that the King won't come. The journals repre-
senting the Montpensier party, for their part,
maintain that their candidate has still a chance—an
opinion in which most probably they stand alone.
London, England, 1870-12-07

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Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement.
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ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Christ-
mas Eve.
OLYMPIC—NeII and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYAIRY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his
Sensation Cat.
GAIETY Happy Village.
calzar.
STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chaptar of
Accidents.
HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jezabel.
QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. A Midsummer Night's
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AMPHITMEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
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ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PAWS RovAL—Professor Faber's Talking, Machine.
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ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert.
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THE EUROPEAN WAR
The SUN is Published Every Morning
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paper. This edition will always contain
the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and
of all other events.

OR,
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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1870,

THE Spanish Crown is for Europe most certainly
a very apple of discord. It was because of the mere
announcement of its having been awarded to a Prince
of the House of Hohenzollern that the legions of
France and Germany were, five months ago, hurled
against each other in that deadly contest which is
still desolating the former and exhausting the latter.
It was the seizure of that ill-omened bauble which
eventually brought to destruction the stupendous
empire built up during the first years of this century
by the genius and the daring of the First NAPOLEON.
There is a fatality always attendant upon the attempt
of anyone who either directly or indirectly aims at
London, England, 1870-12-07

BIRTHS.

On the 4th inst., at Ashtead, the wife of Henry Brook-5'
Esq., of a son.
On the 3d inst., at Hoddesdon, Herts, the wife of Fral364
G. Faithfull, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
On the Ist inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, William
bert, son of William Crouch, Esq., of Edinburgh, d"
Eugenie Maria Mary. youngest daughter of Capt. Jo,7'
H.A.C., 33, Cavendish-square.
On the 3d inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, WalterLogl„'
of 10, Wharfdale-street, West Brompton, to Elizahe'„
Mary Anielia younger twin daughter of the late Jo
Almond, of 6; Clifford-street.

DEATHS.
On the 3d inst., at Brighton, Edward Wigraro, Esq., cc
n, Hyde-park-place, London, aged 68.
On the 3d inst., at Jermyn-street, St. James's, Major
D. Collom, late 37th Regt., aged az.

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London, England, 1870-12-07

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the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
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are no other lodgers, to board or not with the family, as
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London, England, 1870-09-10

MILITARY INSTUUCTION IN SCHOOLS.

A correspondent of the Standard) who was for-
merly a scholar at the Military Academy at Wool-
wich, makes some remarks on the military training of
boys, and advocates the necessity of more stringent
military discipline being taught at the military schools.
He says that powder and shot are not necessary requi-
sites during the time of training, and that if bayonet
practice is required they might be supplied with
wooden bayonets. These boys could be under
the control of men selected from the regu-
lar army, and the teachers could watch
the movements of the juvenile soldiers, and
put a check on any irregular conduct.
The writer feels convinced that if such a movement
had been started when he was a lad some twenty
years ago then would be much less cause for present
complaints. If boys leaving schools so instructed
were not inclined to join the regular army they
would at least be iu a position to join our volunteer
forces, and thus be ready, at a "day or two's notice,"
to compose at least a small army ; but well trained,
and be ready to face any enemy without the
slightest fear. This would be a credit to England,
as well as a decided improvement in a military point
of view.
London, England, 1870-09-10

A PROTEST.

We venture to assume that those who read a
paragraph which appeared a few days ago, respecting
three well-known members of the British Parliament,
must have felt amazed and humiliated. It is a relief,
therefore, to find that the gentlemen in question
have hastened to give an unqualified contradiction
to a statement which more than implied that they
were guilty of the most contemptible conduct.
It was alleged against them that they lived at
" free quarters" with the Ambulance Department
of the South German Army in France. Sir Charles
Dilke and Mr. Auberon Herbert vindicate themselves
in a letter to the Times, which also contains an assu-
rance that when hotel accommodation could not be
procured, they offered liberal payment for all they
received. Although a protest had been sent to the
Standard, which journal, we understand, first gave
publicity to the paragraph, no notice appears to have
been taken of it.
London, England, 1870-09-10

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Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public. Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted wilh
this edition.
London, England, 1870-09-10

EDUCATION AID IN LIVERPOOL.

The Liverpool Education Aid Society held its first
annual meeting at Liverpool yesterday, under the presi-
dency of the Mayor. The society is designed to assist
parents in paying the school fees. The society during the
year sent about 6,000 children to school at a cost of £6OO.
The subscriptions and donations amounted to about
£l,OOO.
London, England, 1870-09-10

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dington at 8.45 a.m., and Reading at 10.25 a.m., for Cirencester,
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Cardiff, Bridgend,. Port Talbot, Neath, Landore, Swansea,
Llanelly, Fenyside, Carmarthen Junction, St. Clears, Whitland,
Narberth Road, Haverfordwest, Johnston, Milford, New Milford,
Tenby, Waterford, Kilkenny, Maryborough, Clonmel, Tipperary,
Cahir, and Limerick.
Passengers to stations on South Wales line return on Saturday,
September 24th.
Passengers to Ireland can return by tiler 8.35 a.m. train from.
New Milford, any day up to Saturday, October Ist, in-
clusive.

On Sunday, September 18, an Excursion Train will leave Pad-
dington at 8.40 a.m. for Taplow, Twyford, Henley, Reading,
Pangborne, Goring, Moulsford, Didcot, Abingdon, and. Oxford,
returning the same day.
For fares and full particulars see hand-bills.
J. GRIERSON, Geaeral Manager.
Paddington, September, 1870.
London, England, 1870-09-10

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London, England, 1870-09-10

THE EMPRESS AND THE POPE.

One of the last acts of the Empress before leaving
Paris was to telegraph to Cardinal Bonaparte that he
should beg the Pope's blessing upon France and the Im-
perial family in the critical position to which they had
been reduced: The Cardinal waited upon the Pope in
tears, and told him that,the Emperor had been taken,
the Empress was a fugitive, and the Republic had been
proclaimed. The Pope gave the asked for blessing, and
endeavouied to comfort the Cardinal by telling him to
wait for further news, " Write to Paris," his Holiness
added, " and say that Rome remembers only the great
service which France and the Imperial dynasty have ren-
dered it. I pray unceasingly for them."
London, England, 1870-09-10

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NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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to its mistine hue, no matter at what age.
J NO. GOSNE I,L and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
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form, and at a lower price.
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THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

GAirry—Litschen and Frittehou. The Quaker. Blue-

beard.
PRINCESSEW—Wanted, 1,000 Milliners. The Re.pparee.
The Happy Man.'
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ROYA,LTY-Our Nelly and F. M. JDkis encloser, the
Irregular Itum 'Un.
OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicaments. Handsome Is that

Handsome Does. 'Unable.
VAUDEVILLE—Chiliating. Two Roses. Den Carlos.
Smarm—Kind to a Fault. Pilgrim of Love.
NATIONAL STANDAM--Little Emily. Venus VOllllB
Mars.

Awaiktma—Grand Ballet and Varieties.
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THE SICK AND WOUNDED.

Whilst the mind turns with horror from the con-
templation of the immeasurable misery which two
great civilised nations on the Continent have
wrought for each other, that feeling is considerably
modified when we remember the nobly organised
efforts which are being made to alleviate the
sufferings incidental to war. Nothing is
more striking in connection with the
associations and committees formed to assist
the sick and wounded both of France and Germany
that, the spontaneity and universality of the move-
ment. No irregular and purely localised energy has
been exhibited, but organised and national. In
speaking of the horrors of the war the Times
with justice says :—" The appalling iteration
of the same scenes and the ghastly de-
tails, must in some degree force home on
our apprehension the fearful reality. It is incred-
ible, and, in the absence of this accumulated evi-
dence, it would not be believed. War is a delirium
of nations; it passes like a dream, and its sudden
agonies are as soon forgotten. But we are now
reminded every morning that within a few hours'
roach of us thousands of men are lying in mortal
agonies, and many thousands more in cruel suffer-
ings." It is for us to assist in asking the English
public to allow the full flood of their benevolence
and pity to show itself in continual sympathy with
all the needs of the sick and the dying.
London, England, 1870-09-10

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