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London, England, 1870-10-03

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London, England, 1870-10-03

IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE
NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HELP TO THE
SICK AND WOUNDED IN THE FRANCO

PRUSSIAN WAR.
UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE.

A. GRAND AMATEUR DRAMATIC ENTER-
TAaVAIENT will be given by the Members of the PER-
SEVERANCE DRAMATIC CLUB, at the Cavendish Rooms, on
MONDAY, October 10th.
Admission :—Unreserved seats, 2s. 6d. ; Reserved, ss.
London, England, 1870-10-03

A MYSTERY OF THE WAR.

The Echo du Nord is responsible for a strange story. It
says that for some days past rumours have been irr circus
lation respecting a mysterious event in the environs of
Rheims. The particulars which have been disclosed relate
that the carriages of the King of Prussia, escorted by a
numerous detachment of Cuirassiers, passed through a
wood in the environs of Rheims. They came to a narrow
part, which did not admit of the troops remaining beside
the carriage, and they had to precede, and follow it.
All at once hard firing was heard from both sides of the
route. It was the free. shooters, who put into execution a
scheme they had before planned. One of the carriages,
which contained some distinguished persons, was riddled
with balls. One of the four princes was killed, and the
London, England, 1870-10-03

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London, England, 1870-10-03

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart.
Phobus's Fix.
QUEEN'S—Aunt.Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's
Dream.
GAlkY—Ballet. Beggar's Opear. Bluebeard.
SADthift's WELLS—Mistress of the Mill. King Lear.
VAtIDVILLE--Chiselling. Two Roses. Don Carlos.
STRAND—On and Off. School for Coquettes. Idle
'Prentice. Chops of the Channel.
PRINCESSES'—Wanted, 1,000 Milliners.
The Happy Man.
ROYALTY—Our Nelly and F. M. Julius Cncesar, the
Irregular Rum 'Un.
OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicaments.
Handsome Does. Undine.
HOLBORN—Farce, The Odds.
AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.

The Rapparee.

Handsome Is that

PALAIS RoYAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro-
fessor Faber's Talking Machine, &c.
ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties.
CREmoßNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c.

MADAME TussAim's (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d.
POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and
Evening.
London, England, 1870-10-03

ARRIVAL OP THE " PACHA."

The steamer " Pacha " arrived at Hull, from Hamburg,
on Saturday morning, having left the Elbe on Thursday
morning. The French fleet of thirteen vessels, which was
reportedioff the Elbe, was not there. It is thought
probable, therefore, that there is no intention of re-
suming the blockade.
London, England, 1870-10-03

M A RRIA GEB.i

On the 28th ult., at Askern Church, Henry G-awtross, of
the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, to Mary, the
youngest daughter of Godfrey Broughton, of Askerv,
near Doncaster.

On the 29th ult., at the Church of the Annunciation,
Woodchester, Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen, Bart'
to Frances Mary, youngest daughter of the late W.
Aird, Esq.

DEATILY.
On the 26th ult., at 18, Upper. Bedford-place, Russoll'
square, Marcus Samuel, Esq., aged 73.
On the 28th ult., at Surbiton-hill, Colonel Evan Jervis,
late of the 3d Bombay L.C., aged 81.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, (),!
No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by rima `'
THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
Monday, October 3, 1870,
London, England, 1870-10-03

THE FRENCH WOUNDED FUND.

Large as is the fund which has been raised in this
country for the relief of the French sick and wounded,
a letter from Madame La Marechale Canrobert shews
that the necessity for urging increased subscriptions is
undiminished. The Societe des Secours aux Blesses
still appeal to the sympathy of the benevolent in
this country, and on the authority of Madame La
Marechale Canrobert, we have it that the wounded
French soldiers arrive in Belgium in a most pitiable
condition, their uniforms being covered with mud
and blood. In point of fact their clothes stick to
them, and those who attend them have to cut the
material in order to undress the poor fellows. This
necessarily involves the supplying of them, when
able to move about with a new suit, and the consequent
drain upon the resources of the society is very great.
The articles most in request are air-cushions, flannel
to make vests, and dressing gowns, clothing of 011
sizes, trousers, overcoats, shirts, drawers, port wine,
Swiss milk, Liebig's extract of meat, tapioca, &c.
is said that the little money now remaining in the
bank to the credit of the French Wounded Fund
will not supply one fiftieth of the demands made
upon it. The Societe Anglais des Secours aux
Blesses, under the guidance of General Sir Vincent
and Lady Vincent Eyre, appeal for further assistance,
and a portion of their committee having made a tour
of inspection, report that at Amiens they found 030
wounded, at Arras 802, Douai 315, Lille 800,
Canibrai 323, A.vaine 230.
London, England, 1870-10-03

THE PHEASANT SEASON.

Regarding the pheasant shooting prospects for the sea-
son which has just opened, Land and Water says :—lf we
may form an opinion from the reports sent us
by our numerous correspondents, there is every
hope of abundant sport. The southern counties pro-
mise well • in Berks and liants the coverts are generally
well stocked ; the Sussex reports agree in stating the
stock of " long-tails " to be above the average ; from
Kent we hear the preserves and coverts are 'uncommonly
well supplied, and throughout the Western counties there
appears to be no falling off in supply. The system of
hatching the eggs of pheasants under hens, and rearing
the young birds up almost by hand, tends nowadays
materially towards keeping the coverts well
stocked. But this past hatching and rearing
season has been remarkably favourable, hence the " Tittles"
as a rule are numerically good, and the young birds
healthy and very strong on the wing. We are disposed
to thing cover shooting will be somewhat. difficult
at present, in consequence of the masses of thick foliage
covering the trees ; to get clear shots at the phea.sants
as they rise will, we opine, be no easy matter:
London, England, 1870-10-03

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CITY BETTING—SATURDAY.
CESAREWITCH.
10 to. 1 agst Ethus (taken and offered-8 to 1 taken
at first)
1000 to SO agst Hawthornden (taken and offered
1000 to 60 agst Wheatear (offered)
15 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (offered-16 to 1 taken
and wanted)
100 to 6 agst Typhoeus (taker.iand offered)
100 to 6 agst Adonis (taken and offered)
1000 to 60 agst Falkland (offered—take 20 to 1)
1000 to 40 agst Royal Rake (offered-30 to 1 taken)
100 to 3 agst Sister to Cherie (taken and offered)
2000 to GO agst Filibustier (taken)
1000 to 30 agst -Rattlepate (offered)
500 to 15 agst Tabernacle (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Ryshworth (offered-1000 to 25 taken)
40 to 1 agst Indian Ocean (taken and offered)
1000 to 20 abet Rossignol (taken and offered)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
12 to 1 agst Queen of Hearts (offered)
500 to 30 agst Frivolity (taken and offered)
500 to 30 agst Podesta (offered-20 to 1 taken and
wanted)
500 to 30 agst Fichu (offered)
1000 to 40 agst Ethus (taken and offered)
1000 to 30 agst Adonis (offered-40 to 1 taken)
1000 to 25-agst Not Out (offered-50 to 1 taken and
wanted)
50 to 1 agst Filibustier (offered)
50 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (offered)
400 to 6 agst Asterope (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Dubois (offered)
1000 to 10 apt Tamarind (offered)
2000 to 10 agst Ethus, with a win in the Cesarewitch
taken)
London, England, 1870-10-03

ANOTHER GREAT FIRE IN SOHO.

On Saturday morning, at a few minutes before three
o'clock, a fire of a terrific character, and 'well nigh
attended with the destruction of four or five families,
happened at No. 30, Lichfield Street, Soho, in the joint
occupation of Mr. J. Ward, a carpenter and builder, and
J. Redfern, a lodger, T. Wesson, J. Norman, and A.
Pavey. The flames commenced, from some unknown
cause, in the lower part of the premises, and they extended
so rapidly that they entered the different rooms before
the inmates had barely been made sensible of their danger.
How they managed to effect their escape they scarcely
know themselves. One said that he thought he jumped
out of the back window into the yard. Another, a female,
stated that she let herself down by a blanket. The whole
of the parties by some means managed to get out in safety,
although for some time it was feared that several lives had
been lost. The conflagration was not subdued until the
whole of the premises and the contents were destroyed,
and the City of Hereford tavern, belonging to Mr. T.
Payne, was considerably scorched, and a house numbered
.l l, West Street, also belonging to Mr. Ward, was also
partly destroyed. The total loss is considerable. Un-
fortunately, with the exception of Mr. Ward, none of the
sufferers were insured.
London, England, 1870-10-03

LONDON, AIIiNDAY, OCTOBER, 3, 1870.

A GLARE of light has been abruptly thrown on the
military disasters of France by the special corres-
pondent of the Daily Telegraph. Mr. SALA, like the
journalistic detective that he is, has turned his bull's
eye all of a sudden on that ugly something which
has come to be spoken of latterly in regard to the
French army as" demoralization." The meaning of
it all is rendered visible at a glance through
a mutiny of the Francs-Tireurs de la Seine
at the present vice-capital, Tours, the
London, England, 1870-10-03

THE SIEGE OF PARIS,

The Pima says the fall of Toul and Strasburg has placed
at the disposal of the German generals a force of little less
than 100,000 men, with a very large force of artillery,
in addition to the 300,000 or more with whom they
set out on their march to Paris after the fall of Sedan,
They have a new army; besides, which from Upper Alsace
has been for some time advancing upon the adjoining pro•
vinces of Franche Comte and Burgundy. Nor can they be
at a loss for reinforcements from North Germany, now free
from apprehension on the part of the French fleet. Inde.
pendently of the forces required for the investment of
Paris, of Met; and of the minor fortresses, the Ger-
mans can reckon on 200,000 of their best troops to be
used by them in flying columns of 50,000 to 100,000
men, destined to overrun all those districts from which
their main army round Paris might be threatened,
and to reduce all those fortressas which may really
be in the way of their communications. If the ground
can be kept clear of Gardes Mobiles and Francs-
Tireurs for a radius of 60 or 70 miles round Paris, and
all along the eastern line of communication, the Germans
need not trouble themselves much about whatever
may be brewing beyond. Paris in all probability
must fight or fall within the month ; andduring that time
it is absolutely impossible for the most earnest and
unanimous French patriotism to assemble such
forces as can withstand the shock of the German
flying columns, acting either singly or, in case of
need, upon a combined plan of mutual support.
The hope that the instinct of resistance to a foreign
foe might hush up the clamour of domestic factions, and
counteract their anarchial tendencies, does not hold out a,
fair promise of realisation, for, sad to say, if there are
any districts of France where order prevails, they are only
those which have been for some time under Prussian oc-
cupation.
London, England, 1870-10-03

THE BRITISH ARMY.

Sir Charles Russell made some remarks at the
Berkshire Agricultural Society's meeting last week
which are worthy of consideration at the
present moment, when so much is being said as to
Emziand's want of strength. Sir Charles Russell
thought it was sad indeed that the War Minister
should view with perfect complacency the fact that
our breech-loaders, which ought to be in the hands
of the Militia and Volunteers, were in certain stores in
Canada. There was, he said, only one similar
instance of self-satisfaction which occurred to him,
rid that was when the Irishman looked on with
perfect equanimity as. his silver teapot sank in the
sea, because he said he knew where it was. Sir
Charles Russell firmly expressed his opinion
that England was not in a fit state
of defence. If she were there would be
entrenched camps between the seaboard and
London, and thousands of our smooth-bore guns
would now stand ready for use, converted into supe-
rior cannon on the Pall iser, or some other system,
instead of lying in their old state as they were known
to be in the arsenals. There was, moreover—and
this was one of the most serious of drawbacks—some
great reticence on the part of the authorities to act
rightly and in time upon certain experiences placed
before them. What he meant was illustrated after
the Abyssinian campaign, when, instead of a com-
mittee being appointed to see what lessons we:had,
from a military point of view, learnt from it, a single
committee was selected to inquire why the bill was
so large. In the streets of London, a few days
before, he saw a soldier in tattered garments
;trolling on the pavement. He was soliciting alms,
and no one seemed to wonder that there should be a
,:eetitute soldier. Round his neck there hung a
board, upon which these lines were written :

'Mongst Englishmen, when danger's nigh,
" God and our soldiers! " is the cry.
When danger's o'er, and all is righted,
God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.

sir Charles thought the man might have been an
mpostor, but the words on his board, bore, in a
eneral sense, the stamp of truth.
London, England, 1870-09-26

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DBuRY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart,
Phobus's Fix.

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.
PRINCE OF WALES—M.P. Queen Stork. Locked In.
VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Don Carlos.
STRAND—On and Off. School for Coquettes. Idle
'Prentice. Chops of the Channel.
PRINCESSES'—Wanted, 1,000 Milliners. The Rapparee.
The Happy Man.
ROYALTY—Our Nelly and F. M. Julius Cncesar, the
Irregular Rum 'Un.
OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicaments. Handsome Is tha
Handsome Does. Undine.
NATIONAL STANDARD—LittIe Emily.
Mars.
PALMS ROYAL—Dr. Corry's Panorama of Ireland—Pro
lessor Faber's Talking Machine, &c.
ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties.
CREMORNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street)—From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d.
ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PoLYTEcHm—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and
Evening.

Venus versus
London, England, 1870-09-26

AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by
Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard,
Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon,
Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN-
ING, Sept. 26,.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE
London, England, 1870-09-26

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE,

A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
LA_ to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
J NO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
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London, England, 1870-09-26

PARIS IN ECLIPSE.

Paris, says the Spectator, is isolated from the world, and
the " capital of pleasure " has really entered on one of
those " allotropic " states— as the chemists call a con-
dition in which any substance ceases to be known by its
qualities—which are not, indeed, quite new to the city,
but are certainly absolutely new to all men in it under
sixty years of age. Conceive even London, comparatively
grim London, which never seems to live for gaiety or
gladness of any sort, shut up in an iron wall—with shops
all closed ; with Buckingham Palace laid out with beds
for the wounded ; with the further supply of gas at' night
uncertain from one evening to the next ; with the Times
removed to Liverpool, the Daily News patriotically
appearing (for Londoners only) on a little sheet
as big as half an Echo—with the river-bottom
lined with sunk vessels and torpedoes, the banks
with mitrailleuses, and Richmond, Hammersmith,
and Vauxhall bridges blown up ; and then conceive what
it must be to Paris—brilliant, gay, flippant Paris—accus-
tomed to have all the world singine, to her, and flattering
her, and bringing her gifts, and feeding the lust of the
eye and the pride of life on the vision of her beauty and
the spectacle of her grandeur ! Thus only can we form
some faint notion of the transformation which a fortnight
has made in that great capital of pleasure. If she bear
this time of trial well—neither flinching from suffering
nor becoming cruel in despair, the greatest miracle that is
not quite a miracle may .yet happen, and war shed bless-
ings over the people it afflicts.
London, England, 1870-09-26

BANKING COMPANIES.

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25 Alliance (L)
10 Anglo-Austrian _ 810 pm 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 22 23 20 London and County 47 49
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50 British N American 53 54 15 Lo Joint-Stock 33 34
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 15 16 nVE4B 3
25 Char Merc of India 26 27 20 Lon andWestrunster 601 610
261, 1 10 Metropolitan........ 86 81
10 City
25 Colonial
451, 5 25 Orntal Bank Corporn 421 431
4 Consolidated (L) .. . 1 Ipm 25 Union of Australia.. 39 41
20 Eng, Scot, and AusO 161 171 15 Union of Loudon .. 361 371
London, England, 1870-09-26

England upon a single line of defence in face of the
powerful enemies likely to give us battle.

THE TRAINING OF OFFICERS.

Now that the excellence of the Prussian military
system has been so forcibly demonstrated by the
conclusive argument of success, the manner in which
i t prepares its officers for the task before them
excites especial interest. Very full knowledge
on this point was afforded last year to the Royal
Commission' on Military Education by Captain
Hozier, Secretary to the Commission, whose infor-
mation was principally obtained from Col. Walker,
military attach 6 to the Embassy at Berlin. The
military schools of Prussia are under the control of
an Inspector-General and a General Council. The
aspirant for a commission has to pass through
a preliminary examination in subjects of general
knowledge; but even the rank of ensign cannot be
obtained until after six months' actual service in the
ranks. The cadets are treated as private soldiers, have
to mount guard, and, if in the cavalry, to clean their
horses; yet the Prussian officers are the most aristo•
cratic in Europe. No man of noble birth will accept
any other profession, and if persons not of high
birth obtain high military rank they are always
called " von." The would-be ensign has to be
examined in German, Latin, French, mathematics,
geography, history, and drawing, but certain
scholastic certificates exempt from this test. Later
on there is a second examination in purely
military subjects, by which those who succeed are
qualified for commissions as second lieutenants. Before
being appointed, however, the candidate must have a
document signed by the officers of his regiment
declaring him worthy of admission. Few cases
occur in which this is refused, bill the existence of
the condition has an influence on the conduct of the
candidates. Generally speaking, the officer's exam-
ination is passed between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-one. The discipline of the mili-
tary schools is strict, but the universal liability
to military service provides a powerful assistance to
authority, as misconduct may entail the forfeiture of
all chance of a commission, and the necessity of
serving out the legal term in the ranks. The double
examination for the rank of officer, in general and
professional knowledge, is still the distinctive
feature of Prussian military training. Both in
France and Prussia general knowledge is required
to precede professional knowledge, but in France
military education has stood still of late years, while
in Prussia it has been constantly improving.
London, England, 1870-09-26

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London, England, 1870-09-26

A MY 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 FVENING, Sept. 26.
THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-09-26

LONDON MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 1870.

THE increasing horrors of the War, cal , if not for
interposition between the belligerents, for the pro-
founder commiseration of neutrals. When Bazeille,
is unquestionably destroyed by conflagration; when
monster balloons are notoriously preparing to
hover over Strasburg for the purpose of
dropping shells, charged with nitro-glycerine,
accurately into the midst of the maga-
zines : when the theatre of that beleagured
city has just been burnt to the ground, 200 women
being roasted to death among the ruins: when all
the formidable artillery capable of being spared by
the troops investing
Metz, and Phalsburg, and Stras-
burg has been acctunulated around Paris for the
contingency of its bombardment, it is
eurelv time that surrounding Powers, Powers
wit actually engaged in this terrific conflict,
London, England, 1870-09-26

MEETING AT ST. JAMES'S HALL.

A public meeting, to sympathise with the Provisional
Government of France, was held on Saturday night at St.
James's Hall. Prior to the commemcement of the proceed-
ings, however, a panic was on the point of occurring, in
consequence of the assembly suddenly finding itself
plunged into total darkness ; and it is conjectured that
this was not the result of mere accident, but of
design on the part of some equally silly and wicked
person. It is to the credit of the intelligence and
self-possession of the meeting that order was not disturbed,
and that business was gone through as if no such occurrence
had taken place. , Sir H. Hoare was the only member of
Parliament present, and Mr. Austin Holyoake made it a
matter of complaint that, although several other popular
representatives had been invited, with one exception,
that of Mr. P. Taylor, the member for Leicester,
none of them had even condescended to reply.
The chair was filled by Dr. Congreve, and
the principal speakers were Colonel Dickson, Mr.
Bradlaugh, Professor Beesley, Sir H. Hoare, and Mr.
Odger. One of the resolutions was that her Majesty's
Ministers be called upon at once to frankly recognise the
French Republic, and protested against any territorial
spoliation of France.
London, England, 1870-09-26

LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN.

A. naval court will assemble at Portsmouth on
Tuesday, to inquire as far as may be into the circum-
stances connected with the loss of her Majesty's late
ship Captain. Although the inquiry, as far as the

survivors are concerned, will partake of a purely
formal character, the proceedings will have
a vital and absorbing interest ,as regards
the merits or demerits of ships constructed
on the Captain principle. An antagonism
of scientific evidence may be expected, but the issue
cannot fail to have a direct and important bearing
upon the character of our future iron-clads. A
remedy has been suggested for the instability re-
suiting from the employment of masts and heavl
top hamper, in vessels having a low freeboard. The
centre of gravity of the vessel should in all cases be
below the line of flotation. This would ensure the
safety of the vessel so long as the mast is in a verti-
cal position. The question, it is suggested,
is purely
one of balancing, and the difficulty in ordinary con-
struction arises simply from the. fact
that much of the weight above the
metre centre is high up above it, whilst the
the weight of machinery, boilers, stores, &C., 13 11c)
sufficiently below the metre centre to balance the
turrets and masts, except when the latter are'nearly
in a vertical position. It is proposed by Mr. HWY
Bessemer to use a heavy movable mass of iron as 11.
counterweight or ballast, which would, from its
advantageous position, entirely countertalance the
whole of the top hamper, even if the vessel were pur-
posely placed on its beam ends.

ARREST OF HERR JACOBI.
The Spectator asks what the Prussian Home Ad-
ministration can be thinking of in permitting, the
arrest of the celebrated old Democrat, Herr Jacobi
He has been imprisoned by order of the Council of
War, for. having made a most sensible and temperate
statement of the reasons why Alsace and Lorrain.;
should not be forcibly annexed to Germany, aguins
the will of the people of those provinces.llex!
Jacobi called forth the applause of the meeting
at
Konigsberg, and won their unanimous approval when
he asked it the people of Alsace and Lorraine were
mere soulless chattels, of whom the Ger-
mans could take possession without form
or ceremony; and, by way of yell.
on the part of the authorities, he was himself
thrown into prison. The Spectator asks whether,
apart from the tyranny and injustice of this polich
it is possible that the Prussian Government does net
understand that it is strong enough to anew
the ultra-Liberals to talk as they please. There is
little danger of Herr Jacobi finding many enthusiastic
listeners if he were allowed to say what he likes i°
favour of Alsace and Lorraine, but there is danger'
if such petty tyranny is pursued, that his influence
may return and the Prussian Government, when no
longer clothed in the halo of great victories, nisi be
compelled to fear for its own power.

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London, England, 1870-09-26

MISS NEILSON will appear in the character
of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name,
THIS EVENING,sSept. 26. —THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA NE.

IUR. T. C.. KING will appear in the character of
VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSART,
THIS EVENING, Sept. 26.—THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-
LANE.
London, England, 1870-09-26

THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.

A large and enthusiastic meeting, on the subject of the
repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, confined to ladies,
was held under the presidency of Mrs. Pennington. A
letter from Miss Carpenter, expressing her deep sympathy
with the movement against the Acts was read, as also was
one from Miss Florence Nightingale to the same effect.
A report, prepared by Mrs. Butler, detailing the opera-
tion of the Association for the repeal of the
Acts, was presented to the meeting. The
Association it was stated numbered 1,100 members. The
first speaker or rather reader, for her address was read,
was Mrs. Butler, who complained greatly of the insult
that had been offered to the Repeal Association by the
proposal of a Royal Commissiim. It was virtually de-
cided that the ladies would have nothing whatever to do
with the commission, which was only appointed to facili-
tate the carrying out of the unjust acts that had been
passed by a clique. Mrs. Maclaren, wife
of Mr. Maclaren, M.P., sister of Mr. John
Bright, having addressed the meeting, Mrs. Butler
proposed a resolution protesting against the appointment
of the Royal Commission, and providing for a memorial
to be presented to Mr. Gladstone praying that the Con
tagious Diseases Acts should be suspended. Mrs. Butler,
on behalf of her husband, and at his request, mentioned
that in one of the sections of the British Association in
Liverpool Mr. Dalrymple, M.P. for Bath, had stated
that when in Algeria he, in company with Marshal
MacMahon and several officers, had been present
at the medical examination of some hundreds
of Arab women, a statement which Mrs. Butler's
audience received with hisses. On the other hand they

loudly cheered the suggestion which Mrs. Butler on
behalf of her husband, threw out that the constituents 0!
Mr. Dalrymple should be made acquainted with the fact
their representative had publicly mentioned. The
tion proposed by Mrs. Butler was seconded hi l‘ r':
Reid, and carried unanimously: An Executive Cow.
mittee was appointed. Miss Emily Faithful,in proptoshlg
a vote of thanks to Mrs. Pennington, said her SyU
were with the association. resollty

WORKING MENS CLUBS.
The meeting of working men to discuss the quotient/lee
working men's clubs was also held this afternoon. I,_ge
evening the supporters of the peace movement had a
were
public gathering in the Town-hall. Resolutions
unanimously adopted, affirming that standing arears
ought to be abolished, and that international disPue
ought to be on.
early thesettled wholeb oy farbitrati the sections were closed early
allow members to attend the second excursions that li"
been arranged for this afternoon.
London, England, 1870-09-26

AMY ROBSART ; new drama : Characters by
Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Vokes,
Kemp, J. Mortis, and Rosina Yokes, at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock THIS EVENING, Sept. 26.—THEATRE ROYAL,
DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-09-26

EARL RUSSELL ON CONTRABAND OF WAR.

At the conclusion of Dr. Playfair's address the secretary
read the following letter from Earl Russell
"Hawicle, Sept. 23. Sir,—l have received your letter
too late to avail myself of the proposal contained in it to
occupy the chair in the department of International Law.
Had I remained in the neighbourhood of Newcastle,
I should have been proud of the honour of
presiding this day in the International Law
Section. The question seems to be one rightly
put, " Is it desirable to prohibit the exportation of con-
traband of war." This question has generally been re-
solved in the negative by writers on the law of nations.
The export of armed ships of war is not prohibited by
these writers. The United States of America first, and the
United Kingdom of the British Isles secondly, have departed
from the rule in the instance of armed ships of war and
enlisted troops, but these exceptions have given rise to
complaints and conflicts which make it doubtful whether
the obligations of neutral nations ought not rather to be
diminished than multiplied. The German States at
present complain that arms are sent to France
by our manufacturers. At the same time, coal
is sent in large quantities to Hamburg, and
will no doubt be used on the railways which convey
German troops to the frontiers, or even into the interior
of France. If arms are not to be exported, can we ex-
pect that France will not c Dmplain that coal, manifestly
intended for warlike purposes, is exported to
the German Confederation without impediment ?
It appears to me that troops armed and organised
and ships armed and manned ought not to be allowed by
neutrals to leave their shores for the purpose of assisting
either belligerents. But beyond this I would not go. In
short, I would maintain the doctrine laid down by Presi-
dent Washington.—l remain, your obedient servant,
RUSSELL.

After the discussion which ensued on the papers of
Professor Leoni Levi, in the Economy and Trade section,
referred to above, several resolutions were passed, the sub-
stance of which was that the section recommended the
Council to draw the attention of the Government to the
necessity of expediting the introduction of the metrical
system into general use ; of introducing a system
of international coinage, and of providing for
the speedy introduction of methods of instruction in the
metrical system in schools. It was also resolved to re-
commend that the Government should be requested to
instruct the Civil Service Commissioners to confine the
questions put to candidates in arithmetic to the metrical
system, and that contracts made with the Government
be calculated on that system.
London, England, 1870-09-26

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DEPARTURE OF THE EMPRESS FROM
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The Empress Eugenie and the Prince Imperial left
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the 'resent change of residence, her Majesty has been in-
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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 22•
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and
at-
tended by the Marchioness of Ely and Lady Churelw"
returned from the Glassalt Shiel.
SEPT. 23.
The Queen drove out with Princess Beatrice, attended
by Lady Churchill. _ (.1

The keit Hon. G. J. Goschen had the honour
dining with the Queen and the Royal Family.

MR. CHILDERS.
The Western Morning News says :—A correspondent
writes to forewarn us of pending important changes °
the Admiralty, Mr. Childers, he believes, being about to
retire. The officer named as the successor of Sir SPeucer
Robinson, controller of the navy, is not of flag rank.

THE RED SEA CABLE.
The following telegram has been received from the
manager of the Red Sea Cable Company at Alexti-
clria :
" Suez has not spoken to Aden since 1.50 a.m. this
morning. Electrician has gone to test. Fault supP°s"7"
near Suez. The steamships Scanderia and William Cory,
now in Suez Canal, ordered to repair damages. Messge:
for India, pending repairs to the Red Sea Cable, 0,113°'
be accepted."
London, England, 1870-09-26

StCOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 11.45 A.M.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE WAR.
•
BAVARIA IN DANGER.
thel4j negotiations respecting the entry of Bavaria
° the new Germanic Confederation are becoming
,Itewhat animated, The Catholic party now in
;Aver, Who are very jealous of Bavarian independ-
hee, are desirous of exacting special conditions in
iv°tlr of their country. They wish for a
taa:baiall Secretary of Legation to be at-
c'ed to the North German Embassies,
ij a direct share dn peace negotiations, and likewise
otlle declaration of war. The Bavarian Liberals,
n
al the other hand, see in these exceptional privileges
W.?llree of danger. They urge that such conditions
" lead to disputes with the rest of the Bund, and
may involve Bavaria in something like the fate of
H
allover.

The tone of the German Press is now much more
utt irectly
kl/41eificall
yinclined. The Cologne Gazette hints
aat the advisability of coming to terms by
lat,bliting the war chiefly, if not entirely, to the
Government. It says the Paris Press at first
treated the Hohenzollern candidature as harmless,
Fr)3° Public opinion pronounced for war, until the
4iie,nell Government had pushed on its demands,
General
rendered an outbreak inevitable.
po'eneral Cadorna, at the repeated request of the
eitpe) Bent some of his battalions into the Leonine
the 7 t° repress disorder, declaring that so soon as
wimPersonal safety of the Pope was secured he would
`l'clravv them.
London, England, 1870-09-26

FRENCH WOUNDED FUND. The following
Letter recently appeared in the "Times," " Morning Post,"
and "Standard "

"Sir,—l wish, through the medium of your paper, to address
to the special donors to this Fund the earnest thanks of our
Society for their generous and much needed help, which has fur-
nished means for aiding thousands of grievously wounded men
and alleviating their terrible sufferings.
"The Society, thanks to the abundant resources placed at its
disposal, has been able to send forth as many as three and four
ambulances per week, costing from 60,000 f. to 200,000 f. each,
each ambulance accompanied by a staff of surgeons and inflr-
miers, with tents, beds, linen, medicines, surgical instruments,
and all possible necessaries. Help has been sent to all towns
where the sick and wounded have been lodged. The entire dis-
tribution of the wounded over the whole of France (given over
by the Intendance Militaire to our Society) has been organized.
Ambulances have been established in every railway terminus,
and at many important stations, where a day and night service
is established, to receive the wounded on their first arrival.
"These are some of the services which our Society has been
able to render, besides many others too numerous to detail,
owing to the generous spmpathy which has been shewn on its
behalf, for which our dear country and her poor soldiers are
deeply grateful.

"I am, Sir, yours obediently,
"L. F. DE CANROBERT (nee MACDONALD),
Vice-President of the Societe des Secours aux
Blesses Francais.

" Windsor, Sept. 10

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London, England, 1870-09-26

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Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir
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characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock THIS EVENING, Sept. 26.—THEATRE ROYAL,
DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-09-26

THE VALUE OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE.

The Economist discusses the question of the pro-
posed annexation of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany
from a new point of view, and thinks that indepen-
dently of military or political considerations the
provinces are worth far more to. France than to
Germany. The German qualities of their population
are valuable adjuncts to the peculiarities of the
purely Gallic temperament. France needs German
elements more than any others, and these are pro-
vided for her by the quasi-German stock of Alsace
and Lorraine, whereas they would only add to
Germany what that State already has in abundance.
One of the first causes of French influence in
Europe has been her variety of races and characters.
Norman masterliness, Breton romance, Parisian
keenness of wit, Gascon elasticity, and Provençal
sentiment and gaiety are elements widely different
from each other, yet all were united in the strong
union of the French nation. Taking as examples
the leaders of the French Revolution, we find
Voltaire a Parisian, Diderot a Burgundian,
Rousseau a Swiss, Mirabeau a, Provençal, Vergniaud
a North Gascon, Barere a South Gascon, Danton
from the North of France, and Napoleon
a Corsican. But in all these various
elements are wanting one of the most important
to a great nation, the German fidelity, domesticity,
and thoroughness of character, which are more or
less exhibited in the eastern provinces of German
extraction. The plodding tenacity, the unambitious
faithfulness of the German mind and character are
those qualities in which .the French are
peculiarly deficient. In - annexing German
Lorraine and Alsace, Germany would an-
nex provinces giving her no new element of
national character, while she would take from
France some of the best possible correctives of
French deficiencies. Looking at the matter in this
light, the Economist decides that Alsace and
Lorraine are worth infinitely more in a moral point
of view to France than they can be in a military
point of view to Germany.

THE BLOCKADE OF THE GERMAN PORTS.

The raising of the German ports has resulted in
an immediate revival of trade with the Continent.
Great loss has been inflicted on the shipping interest,

not only abroad, but in this country. No port has
suffered more than Hull, which has an extensive and
lucrative trade with the German ports. The distress
which has been caused in that port by the blockade
is described as exceedingly great. Not only
have the ships been idle, but the crews, the
dock labourers, iepresenting no insignificant por-
•tion of the male population, have for weeks
been out of employment, and the domestic misery
which has followed none can picture. Groups of
these poor fellows might have been seen along the
docks lamenting their enforced idleness. But with
the raising of the blockade, something like a return
to the wonted activity of trade is observable. Several
firms have commenced to despatch their vessels to
p)rts to which they traded before the war, and it is
probable wd shall soon see a complete resumption of
the several steamship services.