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London, England, 1870-12-02

THE PERPLEXITIES OF JUSTICE.

The task of tracing guilt home to the real culprit
often proves very perplexing to the most experienced
detectives, and even the shrewd Yankees are occa-
sionally compelled to confess themselves outwitted.
Such an instance has just occurred in connection
with a terrible murder committed in New York a
month or two since, The victim was Mr. Benjamin
Nathan, an elderly Jewish stockbroker of great
wealth and considerable reputation, who was
assassinated one night in his own house.
The murderer has never been forthcoming,

despite all the efforts of the New Yori‘
police, stimulated by the very largo reward offered
by the murdered man's family, and by the Neva
York Stock Exchange. Several silly persons, desiring
notoriety, or else half crazy from brooding over the
horrible details of the crime, have come. forward t°
accuse themselves, but the penetration of the police
has always been too great for them. At last, hl
ever they have been taken in by a man who told
his story so consistently, and circutnstaatially,
was so much in earnest in the matter, that he was
forwarded from a remote town in Massachussets t°
Boston, en route for New York. However, by the Oil
he had got over the first stage of his journey he thane
his mind, saying he had only made his confession t°
get a free passage to New York. Ile was discharge;
and the real murderer, of whom not the small°,
trace has been found, remains in undisturbed
security.

QUEEN EMMA'S DEATH.

An American naval officer has been dismissed the
service for an act of indiscretion in reference to the
death of Queen Emma. When the death
of the Queen was announced at Jameea
Town, on the Honolulu coast, the commander
of the United States sloop of war in harbour
communicated the intelligence of the fact to til!
American consul at Honolulu, with a request tho
the American flag should be hoisted half-mast WO,
over the consulate office. Mr. Adamson the cone'
with less gallantry than self-sufficiency, sent bBc
word that he had received no official notice
of the ex-Queen's demise from the resident Americal
minister, and that consequently the standard WOWf
not belowered. Apparently chagrined at the purport°,
the reply, the naval captain ordered a lieutenant and
a guard of Marines ashore, who with a threat or
force carried out the wish of their commander, WV
marked respect for the late Queen DOwager
hoisting the colours at half-mast. The Havraio
press became indignant, and pronounced the inla'
sion of their territory by an armed force as er
tremely highhanded, and the United States Govern-
ment, taking' the same view of *the matter, have. 1101/
punished their officer by withdrawing him from the
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THE DIFFICULTIES OF PEACE.

Tha Times remarks that the ignorance of the French as
to the feelings and temper of Germany, and the un-
willingness of all parties and classes to confess that any
one but the scapegoat Emperor is responsible for the
present war, form the first great obstacle to peace.
Yet there is hope that a day or two, could a day or two
be secured, would do much to remove this hindrance.
War is a wonderful instructor, and if it has not at once
taught _Frenchmen that others have rights as well as
them selves, it has taught them that others have powers
which must be respected. There are difficulties on the
German side also. The Germans are clearly
warranted in insisting upon a sufficient safeguard
against outbreaks of this mischievous disposition
of Their neighbours ; but they are not at pre-
sent likely to see very clearly what is the best safe-
guard on which they should insist. A little time would
enable the King and Count Bismarck to overcome
with ease what we doubt not they will overcome in
any case, the unmeasured demands of popular feel-
ing in Germany, and to reconcile the German na-
tion to guarantees which are apparently more
moderate, but really more trustworthy. If there
a real desire in Paris to treat for peace,
and a readiness to submit to the just penalties France
must pay for her wanton attack on Germany, these is yet
a hope that peace may be secured. The time for action
is too short as it is to allow of more than the faintest
hope that Paris may be spared the devasta-
tion of a siege, and the true patriot would
sacrifice all personal and party ends if by promptly
using the time that is left he could avert this terrible
calamity.
London, England, 1870-09-15

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The prevalence of scarlatina in the metropoli3 just
now is causing much uneasiness. The deaths from
that disease last week were more in number than those
of any corresponding period since the middle of last
December. The epidemic is chiefly noticeable in the
thickly populated districts of the West-end, indeed,the
children of the poorer classes are alone said to be the
sufferers. Relapsing fever, the ravages of which
mused so much depression and sorrow among labourers'
families in London this time last year, has, happily,
almost disappeared, only one death from the fever
being chronicled last week. Diarrhoea continues to
decline in fatality, the deaths from this cause being
within the seven days ending on Saturday only one-
third of the number recorded a few weeks since in
the metropolis. The total number of persons who
died from the London population was 04 below the
average. In the nineteen large towns of the king-
dom outside the capital itself, the ratio of the mor-
tality was as 25 deaths annually to every 1,000 of the
estimated population.
London, England, 1870-09-15

AN UNLIKELY STORY.

The Electeur Libre professes to know, from indisputable
sources, the sense of the conversation between the King
and the Emperor during a private interview. "I am
your prisoner," said the Emperor, "and if you do not
keep me after the war, I am certain of finding in France,
if not athe eight millions of votes given to me on the
Bth of May last, at least an imosing majority.
My ill-fortune will increase my chance, and Napoleon I.
has too profoundly implanted the popularity of the
name of Bonaparte for you to be able to root it up.
If you make me a prisoner, as my uncle was at St.
Helena, you will cast s new prestige over the mis-
fortunes of our race, that time will only increase in
favour of my son in a country like France, where
sentiment plays so great a part." King William made no
reply; forty eight hours after he received the news of the
proclamation of the Republic in Paris. He sent imme-
diately a message to the Emperor, of which this is the
substance ; I have no wish whatever to dethrone you.
Our common enemies are the Republicans. The
French Republic will be vanquished. My soldiers will
enter Paris, and I will place you myself upon the throne,
condemned to impotence by the terms of a treaty to be
ratified by all the neutral Powers of Europe, the stipu-
lations of which will include the neutrality of the fron-
tiers and the loss of two provinces. Your return will
be a great punishment to French pride,"
London, England, 1870-09-15

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AMERICAN VIEWS OF THE WAR.

The American press manifests the greatest interest
in all that concerns the European-war, and indulges
in constant speculations as to its results. The New
York Herald calls attention to the fact that Prussia
has revived the system of warfare which. prevailed
among the nations of Western Asia nearly three
thousand years ago—that is, the arming and march-
ing to the field of the able-bodied men of the nation
en masse, and the settlement of the dispute involved
in a single campaign. As David, in his decisive
campaign against the Syrians, gathered all Israel
and passed over Jordan, so King William, in the
campaign against France, has gathered all Germany
and passed over the Rhine. We thus find that,
modern warfare is returning to the system which
was in forco thirty centuries ago in -Western Asia,
when Europe was known only as a wilderness of
savages. The Herald does not allow Prussia the
credit of reviving the ancient system of marching
en masse, but declares that in the late American war
the loyal States of the -Union had eleven hundred
thousand armed men in the field. They were sent
because the States wished to make the war short,
sharp, overwhelming, and decisive. By following
this example, Prussia' has dwarfed the grandest cam-
paigns of Napoleon 1,, and nerthrown the calcula-
tions of Napoleon 111.
London, England, 1870-09-15

COMMUNICATION WITH PARIS.

By telegrams received at the Post-office last night, it
was stated that direct communication with Paris was
stopped, and that arrangements had been made for send-
ing the French mails, until further orders, via Rouen and
Amiens, by which a delay of twelve hours would be in-
curred. This morning, accordingly, the usual mails from
Paris and France generally, due last evening, were re-
ceived.

MONEY MARKET.

CITY. Two o'CLocx.
REDUCTION OF THE BANK RATE.

The directors of the Bank of England have to-day made
another reduction in the official rate. It is now fixed
at 3 per cent.

Consols are now 921 to 921 for the 4th of October, and
92 to 921 for immediate delivery.
In the Foreign Market a firmer tone is apparent,
especially in Italian, which are a higher. Egyptian have
advanced #, and Turkish 1. The present prices are :
Italian, 511 to 511 ; Spanish of 1867, 271 to 271; ditto of
1869, 261 to 261; Turkish Five per Cents., 43 so 44,
"ditto of 1869, 55 to 551 ; Egyptian of 1868, 751 to 761 ;
and Peruvian, 86 to 87.
A circular has been issued by Messrs. James Matthews
and Co., West India merchants, who failed in 1867,
announcing that their liabilities have now been paid in
full, with compound interest, and thanking their creditors
for their kindness and forbearance. The circular also
states that the business is now conducted by Messrs. Hill
and Richardson. _ _

At the meeting of the London Assurance Corporation,
the usual dividend for the half-year of ss. per share, free
of income tax, was declared.
At the meeting of the City Terminus Hotel Company
(Limited', the agreement for the tranfer of the under-
taking to the South-Eastern Railway Company was
confirmed, and an arbitrator was appointed.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Mersey Steel and
Iron Company (Limited), the resolution recently passed,
reducing the capital of the undertaking to £240,000, was
confirmed.

The half-yearly meeting of the Phoenix Gaslight and
Coke Company will be held on the 28th inst., "for the
purpose of declaring dividends to the 30th June last."
London, England, 1870-09-15

THE BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC.

Telegraphic information has been received at Grimsby
of el° Elbe and other German rivers, and of the sailing
southward of the French fleet. Preparations are conse-
quently being made for reopening the steamboat traffic to
Hamburg. The steamship Grimsby, it is expected, will
leave for' that port on Saturday. The Anglo-French
Company's steamboats, according to present arrange-
ments, will also re-commence running to Dieppe at
once.
London, England, 1870-09-15

ITALY AND THE POPE.

A Roman correspondent says the ultimatum
offered to the Pope by the Count di San Martino,
the Italian Envoy, was threefold :

1. The Pope should accept an Italian garrison in
Rome, and in the provinces.
2. The foreign Papal troops should garrison
Civita Vecchia.

3. Baron Recasoli should be appointed rreject
of Rome.

It was offered to the Pope on the 9th, and five
days given him to consider it. The Pope will not
leave Rome, but remain passive Making a protest.

BONAPARTIST RESTORATION.

The Independance Belge says there is some talk
of a Bonapartist restoration through the interven-
tion of the Prussians, and with the consent of the
French Chambers, which were dissolved by the
Revolution of the 4th of September. This is to
be followed by the signature of a treaty of peace
on the base of the territorial cessions exacted by
Germany.

THE SIEGE OF STRASBURG.
The correspondent of the Daily News, in a tele-
gram from Carlsruhe of Tuesday, says :—" A boat,
conveying a large quantity of munitions of war to
Strasburg, was captured by the Germans above
Kehl. The firing from the fortifications is much
Weaker generally, and the outworks opposite the
railway station are silenced altogether. That of the
besiegers has increased in vigour, and the giant
mortars have inflicted great damage. Last night
a fire broke out in the citadel. Continuous
rain has injured the besieging work, and
seriously retarded their progress. The ar-
rangements for storming are still incom-
plete. The belief gains ground among the German
officers that the capitulation cannot be long delayed.
A- Protestant clergyman of Alsace held a conference
at Lamperthsim, on the 10th, to devise means to
convince the people in Strasburg of the futility of
resistance. Schelestadt was summoned by the Germans
4. to surrender. Count Remach returned an absolute
refusal. Telegraphic and railway communication
with Colmar was severed by a party of pioneers.
Two iron railway bridges were blown up. The
Bavarian Ministers are considering a scheme for
reconstituting the North German Confederation,
and forming a German Parliament. The Demo-
cratic
Socialists are agitating for peace with their
-Vreech brethren, and protesting against the annexa-
tion of Alsace and Lorraine. A printed address
to that effect was seized by the police in Brunswick.
The authors and publisher were imprisoned."

THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR
PEACE.

The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, tele-
graphing on Tuesday evening, says:—"lt is under-
stood that measures are this evening being taken
to negotiate with the Prussian head-quarters
through the medium of the British Em-
bassy. The Provisional Government not having
been recognised by the King of Prussia, it is neces-
sary to treat through a neutral Power. The object is
to induce the Pruzsian Government to consent to open
negotiations with the Provisional Government, with a
London, England, 1870-09-15

THE USE OF FORTRESSES.

It must be conceded by anyone who has heard of
the resistance offered by Strasburg, Metz, Toul,
Phalsbourg, and Verdun, in the present war, that
fortresses situated in the interior of a country are of
great value in diminishing an enemy and in holding
territory. Owing to the superior numbers of the
German soldiers they have been enabled to attack
fortified towns and vet have sufficient men
still to boldly defy the French capital.
It is questionable, however, could they have
been so successful, had all the fortresses
been well provisioned and well supplied with ammu-
nition before the Prussian corps arrived without
their walls. This is the great secret of fortresses—
to have bomb-proofs, for • holding not only food and
powder, but also men, and it will be next to
impossible for auy besieging army to demand sur-
render. A writer in the Times contends that
England ought in this respect to glean experience
from the Franco-Prussian struggle, and that she
ought speedily, instead of employing her troops daily
to march past an inspecting general, make them
find occupation in throwing up fortifications, and in
learning how to hold out successfully through a siege
threatened by any foe round the bulwarks of the
country. The same writer thinks it foolish in the
extreme that all the eggs should be crammed into
one basket at Woolwich. What would have been
the condition of the French now, he asks, if their
only arsenal had been at Metz ?
London, England, 1870-09-15

FIFTH EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 4.30 P.M.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE WAR.
BAZAINE'S CONDITION AT

METZ.

German accounts of the condition of Marshal
Bazaine at Metz report that his troops are far
less demoralized than MacMahon's.
Disci-
pline is still maintained. The men have fought
bravely in the late sorties (the last of which took
place on the 3d of September) and their
sense of military honour remains unimpaired.
But there is no hope that this brave force can effect
their escape. The lasses have been enormous ; the
German surrounding lines have been greatly
strengthened ; necessaries of:every kind are wanting,
and disease makes fearful havoc in the ranks.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)
OCCUPATION OF COLMAR BY
THE PRUSSIANS.

30,000 PRUSSIANS AT CREPY.

i?ARIS, SEPT. 15.
A decree published to-day suspends the functions
of the Councillors of St%te.

All the representatives of Foreign Powers have
informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that they
will remain in Paris.

A circular of the Minister of the Interior orders
the Prefects in all the French Communes to organise
Garde N ationale Sedentaire.

General Trochu has issued an order of the day,
in which he says that the number of men required
for daily service on the ramparts will be 70,000.
He says that the enceinte of Paris defended by the
persevering efforts of public spirit and 300,000
rifles is inaccessible. _ _ _

The following war news has been received this
morning from the Departments :—Thirty Prussian
Dragoons appeared yesterday morning before
Nogent-sur-Seine, but retreated before the energetic
attitude of the population. They were expected,
however, to return soon.
Yesterday the Prussians occupied Colmar.
Communication with Mulhouse is interrupted.
Some preparations are being made for the passage
of the Rhine at N eubourg.

A. despatch from Melun announces that several
Prussian Corps belonging to the army of the Crown
Prince of Prussia were in the neighbourhood of
Nantes (? Naugis).
Another despatch from Senlis announces. that
30,000 Prussians were at Crepy, in Valois, and
strong advanced guards at Nanteuil and Plessis.
The Gaulois believes that the negotiations with the
neutral Powers in favour of peace will have a good
result.

THE ROMAN INSURRECTION.
FLORENCE, SEPT. 15.

The Opinione of to-day says that Prince Odesca-
lechi, at the head of the inhabitants, had hoisted the
national flag at the Castle of Bracciano. Armed
citizens are marching towards Horne, .

The same journal denies that diplomatic diffiCul-
ties have arisen in connection with the entry of the
Italian troops into Rome.

FRENCH PRISONERS ESCAPING

TO PARIS.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 15.

The 9th and 10th classes, the substitutes, and
the married Militia men of all other classes are
allowed to return to their homes.

The Etoile Beige announces from Virton that
deserters and prisoners, who have escaped from the
Prussians, continue to arrive in great numbers in
Belgium. A large force have reached Marbehun,
whence they proceeded to Paris. Three Belgian
companies are at Virton, and patrol the neigh-
bourhood. Many Frenchme❑ are arrested every
day and are sent to be interned at Beverloo.
London, England, 1870-09-15

TILE NEW AMBASSADOR OF PEACE.

M. Louis-Adolphe niers, whose diplomatic Mis-
sion is just now creating so much interest, is one of
the most celebrated of living Frenchmen. He was
related to the poet, Andre Chenier, who perished
in the Revolution, and distinguished himself greatly
in his early studies. In 1821 he came to Paris to
seek his fortune with his friend, M. Mignet, who has
since gained a European reputation. The two future
celebrities were so poor that with difficulty they
reached the capital, where they immediately devoted
themselves to literature and journalism. M. Thiers's
writings soon attracted attention, and he was
attached to the editorship of the Constitutionne/:
His articles were indicative of the future statesman
and historian, and as a literary and political cr;tic he
speedily took a high place. In the world of politics
his progress was no less rapid than in the world ( f
letters. He entered official lire immediately after
the Revolution of July, 1830, and held successively
the posts of Under-Secretary of State, Minister of
the Interior, Minister of Commerce and Public
Works, President of the Council, and Minister
of Foreign Affairs. In all the eventful changes of
his time he played a prominent part, like his great
rival, M. Guizot. 'Thiers, however, possessed the
good fortune not often enjoyed by statesmen,
of being able to solace himself with litera-
ture when he fell from power. His principal
works are the " Histoire de la Revolution Francaise,"
and the " Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire ;" but
his minor contributions to the literature of his time
are numerous. The coup cretat sent him, like many
other eminent men, into exile, but in 1863 he
returned to political life as a Liberal deputy for the
Department of the Seine. M. Thiers, as is well
known, was one of the principal supporters of the
design of fortifying Paris. He has the credit of
having been, notwithstanding, a resolute opponent of
the war which is rendering those fortifications .16
valuable, and which it is now his mission to arrest in
its disastrous course.
London, England, 1870-09-15

THE SIEGE OF METZ.

On the Bth inst. the chimes from the clock of the
little village of Vaux sounded through the valley,
and were replied to by the steeples of Sey and Ste.
Rufine, a puff of white smoke, a flash, and the report
of a 12-pounder, gave the signal for the batteries
to begin their fire. The first battery that opened
was that of Vaux, its shells being directed upon the
village of Sey, and the outworks of Mont St. Quentin.
It was followed by a battery on the other side of the Mo-
selle, and the fire was taken up by the whole of the
7th Army Corps guns. On the left, too, a heavy
fire was opened by the batteries above Gravelotte on the
village of Lassy and the outworks of Plappeville, until
the whizzing of the Prussian shells from the 7th and Bth
Army Corps battery became incessant. For a few
minutes no sound was heard on the French side, Then a

light appeared above the village of Sey, then a fitting to
and fro of lights in the village of Longeville, then a flash
from Mont St. Quentin, and a 241 b. shell came hurtling
into the middle of us, bursting to the left of the battery,
but fortunately doing no harm. Plappeville now
replied to the Gravelotte batteries, but not a gun spoke
from the ramparts of Metz. Mont St. Quentin sent a
shot every now and then ; but the French fire was slack,
and they seemed to treat the Prussian 12-pounders with
indifference. The fire, however, between Gravelotte
and Plappeville was much more frequent and severe.
About a quarter to eight the rain swept down in awful
torrents, the battery of Vaux ceased firning, and gra-
dually the fire slackened, except on the Gravelotte side,
where it was prolonged for another twenty minutes,
But then all was once more still, and nothing
but the howling of the wind and the patter of the
fast falling rain was to be heard. Thus ended
the first bombardment, if I may so call it, to which
Metz has yet been subjected. Of the injuries
done, of course it is impossible to speak. To-
morrow, no doubt, I shall be in a position to do so ; but I
fancy the darkness of the night, to say nothing of the
weather, must have prevented any serious damage. The
Prussian loss was very trifling—one man killed and three
wounded.—Correspondent of Telegraph.
London, England, 1870-09-15

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THE SIEGE OF PARIS.

A writer in a Paris journal gives a sad account of the
. havoc which has been wrought by the preparations for
the siege of Paris. He made an examination of the
works of defence on the west of the city. Along the
avenue of the Grande Arm& there are traces of the recent
encampment. A formidable redan in masonry, with a
revetement of earth, has been constructed at the Gate of
Neuilly. It is covered with cheveaux-de-frise and im-
pediments of all kinds.' It does not seem likely that any
living being would seek to pass over such ramparts. From
this point to the Porte Maillot the desolation is complete.
Everywhere houses are falling before the hammer of the
devastators. The wood is closed, and through the railing
one can see the glacis. Those pleasing bowers of acacias,
once filled with crowds of happy people, who came to seek
fresh air and shade, enlivened by the dances of young
girls and the mirth of children, are no longer in existence.
The place is bristling with cannon. But it is idle to
regret all this, for it is necessary. In the isles of Neuilly,
through the fine trees which abound there, a cannon may
here and there be seen. From Courtevoie the writer
passed along the Seine to Asnieres. There, again, all
proclaimed the approach of war. Asnieres, the joyous
shore of the boatmen, is nothing but a camp. The quays
are covered with tents and soldiers. .On the Paris side,
batteries defend the passage. The bridge is mined, like
that of Courtevoie. At this point are places from whence
the enemy can easily fire on Montmartre ; these places
seem weak, but it is to be presumed that the military sur-
veyor has noticed them.
London, England, 1870-09-15

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siasni

It was announced that the number of tickets sold were
2,469. The last time the association met at Liverpool the
numbers were 1,820.
During the afternoon, yesterday, the eta tne of Mr.
Gladstone, at St. George's Halls was " unveiled by the
Mayor of hiverpool.

T4E PRIMATE OF ENGLAND AND THE

PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has addressed a long
.letter to the Patriarch of Constantinople, who had written
expreSsing friendship for his Grace. The following pas.
sages occur in the Archbishop's communication In
that desire for fellowship which has lately sprung up into
more active life within the hearts of Christians, we cannot
hut di: tern an omen that a new era of high import and
bright pi omise, by God's providence, may soon open
upon Christendom. - Christians, we trust, are
awakening to more correct notions of the spirituality, the
Catholicity, and true unity of that kingdom which our
Divine Lord and Saviour came from heaven to establish.
Your -Holiness speaks of the persecutiohs which your
branch of the Church especially has been called to endure.
But-it seems to us that the Church, both of the East
and of the West, has passed through even greater perils
than the persecutions which Christians from time to
time have suffered .at the hands of the heathen. Gross
ignorance haS'overspread even Christian nations, and men
bearing the name of Christ in dark times have confounded
truth with error, and have been forgetful of the purity
of the Gospel of Christ .alike in doctrine and in
practice, and of their allegiance to the only one uner-
rip,'o Head of the Church, the Lord in heaven.
We rejoice, therefore, that now by the spread of the
Holy Scriptures among all nations the thoughts of men
should be brought more distinctly back from all merely
human systems to the teaching of Christ and His Apostles.
We in England thankfully remember how much we owe
to the Churches of the East for preserving to us
in their purity, the ancient records of the
Apostolic Itith. Your Holiness, doubtless, feels
with ourselves, and with the Church over which God
has called us to preside, that the benefits which the
Church Catholic can confer on mankind are not connected
with the past alone, but that it has a great place assigned
it both in the present and in the future. While it holds
fast to the central truths of the Gospel, it must adapt
itself, in the spirit of the Apostle of the Gentiles; to the
wants of a changing age, by meeting the demands of
growing thought, by promoting education, by preaching
peace in the midst of discord, by allying itself with pro-
gress, by travelling in company with euligtenment, free-
dom, and civilisation. •
London, England, 1870-09-15

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

GATETY—DoIIy. Bluebeard. Beggars' Opera.
VAunEYlLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Don Carlos.
STRAND--A Day After the Wedding. School for
Coquettes. Idle 'Prentice. Chops of the Channel.
PRINCESBBI9I—Wanted, 1,000 Milliner& The 13.Nppars&
The Happy Man.!
RcriaLTY—Our Nally and F.. M. Julius Otlcesat, the
Irregular Ram 'Un.
Ornom—Poppleton's Predicaments. Handsome Is that

Handsome Does. Undine.
NATIONAL STANDARD—LittIe Emily. Venus versus

Mars.
ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties.
CnEmourni)—Fireworks, Ballet, &c.
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p.m. and 7 till 10 p.m. Is.; extra rooms, 6d.
ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PonnrEmuno--Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and
Evening.
London, England, 1870-09-15

THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN.

Captain Sherard Osborn, who has throughout
taken a prominent part in the great turret ship con-
troversy, writes to the Times respecting the terrible
disaster which has deprived him of two of his dearest
naval friends and comrades. He feels bound to watch
over the repute of the turret system, and attributes the
recent catastrophe to the attempt to make the Cap-
tain a sailing as well as a fighting vessel. Turrets,
says Captain Osborn, have been worked at sea in all
weathers. " Low freeboard ships of the Monitor
class have been tested in all seas—in the storms of
Cape Horn, the Gulf Streara, and the Baltic, bit in
every case under steam only. The desire of our
Admiralty to make all their fighting ships cruise
under canvas as well as steam induced poor Captain
Coles to go a step further, and to make a ship with a
low freeboard a sailing ship." Prior to the first
cruise of the Captain, Captain Osborn had a long
conversation with Captain Coles, and urged him to.
be cautious in his experiments, and especially to
take care in bad weather to furl all sails, and bring
the ship under steam. Captain Coles agreed, but
his first cruise gave him greater confidence in his
ship's stability, and he was satisfied she could beat
any sh.p in the fleet under sail. Captain Osborn
wrote to him, deploring the importance which was
attached to this point, and reminding him that a tur-
ret ship ought to be a fighting ship pure and simple.
had the Admiralty, says Captain Osborn, accepted
Captain Coles's first design, instead of building an
oddity like the Monarch, and challenging the inven-
tor to produce a real turret ship which should sail as
well as she, the sad tale of to-day would not have to
be added to our naval records. The Times, in a leader
on the subject, says • that in the account of the
catastrophe there are four distinct elements
of danger, the low freeboard, the heavy top
weights, the masts, and the hurricane deck. Three
of these features belong to the turret-ship type, but
the masts were a fatal invention, forced upon the
inventor to make his ship independent of steam
power. If Captain Burgoyne's last order could have
been executed, the ship might have been saved.
The limes thinks it should be remembered that if
the Captain was the least seaworthy ship of the
squadron, it was acknowledged by every man in the
fleet that she could have destroyed the whole squa-
dron with one exception. The principles for which
Captain Coles contended so long will not be given up,
for a seaworthy turret-ship, if it could be constructed,
would be the most powerful type of a man-of-war.
London, England, 1870-09-15

MR. YOUNG, MX., ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

Mr. Young, M. P. for Ilebston, addressed his consti-
tuents yesterday. The hon. member expressed his hope
that during the next session some of the urgently needed
English measures would be passed, and remarked that
everything stood over last session to make way for the two
great measures which had become law. As re-
garde.' the Irish Land Bill, he was glad to
have obtained the compromise with the fixed
tenure advocates ; but he was not satisfied
with the Education Bill. As a practical man, however,
he took what he could get, and squabbled for the re-
mainder, and he hoped yet to vote for an amendment of
the Act. He argued that they had gained a great point
in this, that they had obtained the recognition that it was
the duty of the State to educate the population up to a
certain point. The honourable member maintained
that the Ballot and - -University Tests Aboli-
tion Bills must be passed during the next
session, and suggested the desirability of the
ballot papers being destroyed. He also urged that
anyone who was proved to have bribed or intimidated, per-
sonally or by agents, should lose one vote, whether the
elector so bribed had voted for him or not. The Burials
Bill gave him great annoyance as it would remove the
social disparagement of Dissenters. Referring to the dis-
astrous war between France and Prussia, he expressed his
deep sympathy wfth France, although the aggressor,
because she was beaten. It was to the best interests of the
world that there should be material guarantees against
aggression or perpetual threats of war, for continual
menace was as bad as war itself. A cordial vote of
thanks was accorded to the hon. member for his assidious
attention in the House.
London, England, 1870-09-15

THE FALLS OF NIAGARA SURPASSED.

News has been received in Plymouth to-day of the
discovery by the Colonial Government geologists, Messrs.
Sawkins and Brown, of magnificent waterfalls, far ex-
ceeding those of Niagara, which exist in Demerara,
British Guiana. They are on the upper part of the
Potaro river, three days' journey from the colonial penal
settlement, and within 100 miles of the capital of the
colony. Although so near comparatively to European
settlements, they have hitherto remained unknown to
civilised men, and are but rarely visited by the Indians,
who have not appreciated their marvellous character. The
falls consist of two leaps, one being a perpendicular fall of
770 feet, and the second over 50 feet. The volume of
water measured in the dry season is 28 feet in depth and
nearly 100 yards broad. The Government of the Colony
have undertaken to open up the neighbourhood and give
facilities to visitors. The Niagara Falls are 160 feet
high.

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE. EXCHEQUER IN
SCOTLA

The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and
Mrs. Lowe arrived on Tuesday afternoon at Duffus House,
situated six miles from Elgin, on a visit to Sir Archibald
Dunbar, Bart., of Northfield and Duffus. The Right
Hon. gentleman, who has been the guest of Mr. Bass,
M.P., at Glenfulcham, in Strathspey, since Tuesday, the
6th inst., is to be presented with the freedom of the city
of Elgin on to-morrow.
London, England, 1870-09-15

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its uristine hue, no matter at what age.
J NO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the moat eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
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London, England, 1870-09-15

THE BRECON ELECTION PETITION.

The hearing of the Brecon election petition was fixed
for yesterday. It is a petition against the return of Mr.
Gwynne Holford, the sitting member for the borough.
Mr. Justice Byles opened the court at Brecon.
Affidavits were put in by the petitioners .and
their agents, stating that the petition had been
withdrawn. The petitioners, Messrs. Geo. Overton
and William Mainwaring, were examined. Mr. Browne,
who appeared for the respondent, then addressed the
Court. He stated that some kind of informal notice
had been served on Monday ; and he thought his clients
were quite justified in treating it as a trap laid down by
their opponents. They had come prepared to meet the
allegations contained in the petition ; he should therefore
ask that the petition might be dismissed with costs.
His lordship was about to deliver judgment ;
when Mr. Browne asked that Mr. Gwynne
Holford as well as his election agent, should be
sworn , for they had had alleged against them a multitude
of crimes, and he wished to allow them to free themselves.
Mr. Gwynne Holford, M.P., was then sworn,
and, in examination, denied all knowledge of any
illegal practices during the election.—Mr. Garrold, the
agent, did the same; but it transpired that the books
shewing how the money was expended had been left at his
house at Hereford. He was sent, however, to procure what
accounts he could in the town, ani on his return into
Court produced several receipts from solicitors for retain-
ing fees, and said the total amount expended by him ex-
clusive of his own account, was £2OO. This sum
he received in two portions of £lOO each from
Mr. Carlisle, the private solicitor of the candidate.
His Lordship intimated that he should require each of the
books to be produced on the morrow. Mr. Overton, one of
the petitioners, cross-examined Mr. Garrold at some
length as to the "roughs" and "detectives" employed at the
election ; but elicited nothing of importance. His lord-
ship, at length, said he had decided to dismiss the petition,
but as to the question of costs and the far more serious
question of the tenor of his report to the
House of Commons, the latter involving the franchise of
the inhabitants and possibly the prosecution of -some of
Ithem, he would take time to consider. Accordingly the
Court would adjourn until ten o'clock this morning.
London, England, 1870-09-15

GREAT INUNDATION IN SCOTLAND.

Yesterday a storm broke out on the west coast o
Sutherland and Caithness, which has proved terribly
disastrous, particularly in the case of the former place.
There was a heavy fall of rain throughout the whole day;
and the result is that the Sutherland rivers have been
swelled and have flooded to an enormous extent the sur-
rounding district. Several important bridges on the high
road have been entirely swept away, and large quantities
of corn belonging to the small tenants, either in stock or
ripe for cutting, have been totally destroyed or
swept to the sea. Houses are lying inundated, and the
church is threatened with destruction. As the means of
communication with the districts further west are
destroyed, no intelligence has been received from them ;
but there is no doubt they suffered seriously, and that
this flood will prove the most destructive that has hap-
pened in the north of Scotland for many years. It is
reported that several head of cattle have been carried
sway, but happily no loss of human life, so far as is yet
known, has happened.