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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-28

of physical force at command, it will not .take long
to drag them into their places. It will not be necessary
even to dismount the guns, as they will be placed in
battery on the same carriages on which they travelled
from the rear. Whether the fire will be directed against
the forts only, or against the town also, one thing
is certain—that, the bombardment once com-
menced, it will be carried on in all earnest and
without intermission for some time. It will be no
partial fire, directed against any particular object
from one or two points only. I do not believe a
gun will be fired before all the batteries are pre-
pared to pour in without cessation their deadly
hail. The desired effect of the bombardment is con-
sidered likely to be produced in the first few days ; and,
should such be the case, horrible as may be the alternative
between bombardment and the slow process of reduction
through famine, there can be no doubt that the first is the
most merciful plan that, under the circumstances, could
be adopted.

The Petrie states that the Archbishop of Paris has given
permission to use horseflesh on fast days.
Further attempts will be made to convey news from the
provinces to Paris. The mronauts cannot guarantee that
they will descend in the limited area covered by the city,
but they think it practicable, after testing currents by
pilot balloons, to drop a bag somewhere within the line of
the fortifications while they go on at a great height
beyond the enemy's position. The weather is unfavour-
able at present.
London, England, 1870-10-28

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter lB 90 Grand Trunk of Canada
89 2nd Pref Stock
Caledonian
Great Eastern
38} 4th Prof Stock
Great Northern
Do A 13411359 1054
Great Weolstern 709 71} Great Wes
141 tern ofCanada 141 141
7
Lancashire & Yorkshire 13011311 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 101 103
Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 42} 422 Do 59 do, 1877-8 96 98
429, 1 Do 5 p c pref. Issued 80 par Ipm
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 13} 13/ Madras guar 5p o
131, 1, 9 1051
Lon and North-Western 1289129 N. Railway of Canada,
1281 6 p 01st Pref Bonds
Lon and South-Western 89 91 Oude and Rohilkund g
90} 5 p a
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 441 451 Salado, Punjaub, and
Metropolitan
60 104}, 31 .
Midland 12611279 Bahia and San Francisco
127 g 7 po
North British
North-Easteni Consols 11391441 Belgian E Junction .... 11 29
1439 Buenos Ayres at Sthrn.. 251 26
South-Eastern 741 75 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18} 184
741, I Dutch-Rhenish 224 238
Atlantic and St Lawrnce 77 79 Eastern of France —
Bombay, Barocla, and Great Luxembourg
Central India, 135 P c.. 10491059 Lemberg Uzernowitigua
105 7 p a 169 17
Buff & Lake Huron Pref 161
Do 59 P c Bonds. 1872-3-4 81 83 Northern of France ... , _
Cape guar 6p o
East Bengal guar 5p o lO5 106 'Recife and San Francisco
East In
Idian, g 5 p o
San Paulo (L) guar 7p o 21 21
091
Grand Trunk Canada
Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 149, 9
charge 613 c
Do 2nd do Scrip
Do Ist Pref Bonds— 59 61
London, England, 1870-10-28

AMERICAN NEUTRALITY.

The export of arms and ammunition from the
United States to France will no doubt cause much
anger among the members of the Prussian Government.
Indeed, after Count Bernstorff's very fierce letters
to Earl Granville on account of the sending away
of arms from England, and that, too, in a less defiant
manner, Germany can hardly pass over the proceed-
ings without some decided expressiouof disapproval.
As yet it would seem that the strong sympathies
between the United States and Prussia, fostere d
chiefly by the large German element predominating
in American cities, have probably tended to make
the Prussian Government reluctant to meddle in the
matter, and so no remonstrance has been sent
to Mr. Bancroft. The Americans very naively
argue, moreover, that in allowing arms to
leave their shores for France they are not doing so
in any unfair spirit to Prussia. They contend that
arms and other articles contraband of war may be
sold to anybody who wants them, because they are
harmless until after they have reached the territory
of one of the belligerents, and they repudiate a.shade
even of personal blame by saying that it is the busi-.
ness of an enemy alone to prevent their getting to
such territory if he can.
London, England, 1870-10-28

AMY ROBSART ; a new Historical Romantic
Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir
Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and
characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 28—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-
LANE.

AMY ROBSART ; new drama : Characters by
Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Yokes,
Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock THIS EVENING, Oct. 28—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-
LANE.

AMY ROBSART ; New Drama, characters by,
Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard,
Erittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon,
Voices, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. yokes, THIS EVEN
ING, Oct. 28.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

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 EVENING. Oct. 28.—
THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
London, England, 1870-10-28

BRIGANDAGE IN GREECE.

The well-known correspondent of the Times at Athens
sends an account of another act of brigandage which, he
says, has alarmed all Greece, revived the general indigna-
tion at the misgovernment of the country, and convinced
thinking men that the whole political system must be
reorganised in order to save the Hellenic kingdom from
anarchy. Twenty ruffians entered the town of
Livadeia, notwithstanding the presence of a large
force maintained there by the Government for
the security of the public, and arranged their plans
for the capture of Mr. Phiton, the Deputy of Livadeia,
proprietor of a large landed estate in the neighbourhood,
and of Mr. Leonardides, in whose house he was staying.
At twilight six of the brigands, disguised as peasants,
crept in at the door of the house unnoticed, seized and
gagged their victims, and after dark carried them off,
threatening the women of the house that, if any informa-
tion were given to the authorities, and pursuit attempted,
they would murder their prisoners. The result was
that several hours elapsed before the outrage was made
known, and the brigands gained their place of con-
cealment without leaving a trace of their coming or
going.

Lord Portman, who some time ago met with a
severe accident whilst hunting, has so far recovered as to
be able to resume his duties as presiding magistrate in the
county of Dorset.

NEUTRAL COUNTRIES,—The Journal des _Wats
says that the famous director of the German armies,
General- von Moltke, was conversing with an inhabitant
of Baden, who assured him that his countrymen did not
approve of annexation ; to which the General replied
that the statement was incomprehensible, for
they ought to know their future was in the
hands of Prussia. By uniting Alsace with the
Grand-Duchy of Baden, a superb province might be
formed between the Vosges and the Black Forest. No
doubt the Prussian General will repeat these words to the
citizens of Strasburg and the inhabitants of Alsace. The
Debats believes that the idea of forming a neutral State
on the frontier of the Rhine was conceived
by the Emperor Napoleon in 1866, at the time
of the war between Prussia and Austria. The only
difference between the past and present scheme
was that in the former the neutralised State would have
been formed of the German provinces on the left bank of
the Rhine, and in the latter it would consist of Alsace and
the half of Lorraine, with the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Power has changed sides, and Germany will do that
which France contemplated doing herself a short time ago.
General Moltke made the observation referred to in 1868
before an unexpected fortune had brought him within the
walls of Strasburg and under the gates of Paris. His
pretensions having increased, he speaks of incorporation
as well as of annexation.
London, England, 1870-10-28

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THE EASTERN QUESTION.

The Pesther-Lloyd has an article which is said to
express the views of the Austro - Hungarian
Government on the Eastern question. It de-
clares that in some shape or other the present
war will have the effect of re-opening that ancient
problem. Russia cot:templates a revision of the
Treaty of 1850, as she is indiguatit at her exclusion
from the Black Sea. Count Beast will not be taken
by surprise,• for he has already attempted to'adjust
the difficulty and proposed that the great Powers
should spontaneously revise the Treaty. This pro-
posal was not agreed to, but present events show
that the Austro-Hungarian. Government'. were wise
in making it, A better arrangement could
London, England, 1870-10-28

THE SIEGE OF VERDUN.

The French officer in command has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to Major-General de Gail, commanding the
Prussian troops before the town :
" General—ln answer to your favour of this day I have
the honour to inform you that I willingly accept the ex-
change of French prisoners.
" I regret to announce to you that the non-commis-
sioned officers—Luders, of the 96th Regiment ; Kruger,
of the 12th Dragoons ; August von der Heib, of the 56th
Regiment of the Landwehr ; and the Count Hothenthal,
of the Ist Regiment of Dragoons of the Guard— are not
among the prisoners we have in Verdun. I shall have
the honour to send you the German prisoners with a flag
of truce, at four o'clock, at the entrance of Belleville.
" According t 3 your desire, I shall have photographs
taken of the tombs of the two Prussian officers killed
at Churny, and I shall have them forwarded to you at the
termination of hostilities.

" General,—l take the opportunity of this letter to ex-
press to you the feeling which pervades me in regard to
the manner in which you have attacked Verdun.
Until this day I had believed that the war
between Prussia .and France was to be a duel
between the two armies, and I was far
from supposing that inoffensive inhabitants, women
and children, would see their property and their
lives so unjustly involved in the struggle. If you thiuk,
General, that this sort of conduct on your part, which I
refrain from qualifying, can in any way help to hasten the
surrender of the place, you make a grievous error, for
what the inhabitants have been suffering up to this day
has, you may believe me, only tended to increase among
them the self-denial which is dictated by their situation
and by their own patriotic feeling.

" Neither the shower of shells and cannon-balls nor the
privations to which the National Guard and the army
may be exposed, will prevent them from doing their duty
to the last. Their greatest wish is to measure themselves
hand to hand with the Prussian troops. Allow me to
say, General, it is at the breach that we await you, and
we hope you will one day issue from behind the moun-
tains which keep you hidden from our blows.—Receive,
General, &c.,

(Signed) "BARON GUERIN DE WALDERSBACH.

"The General Superior Commander."

The Mayor of Verdun has addressed the following letter
to the Commandant of the fortress in reference to the
above:

" Verdun, Oct. 19, 1870.
London, England, 1870-10-28

ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIo Pro-
prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, MT. B.
WEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7,
THE GREEN BUSHES, OR ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Miami, Madame Celeste ; supported by Mrs. Alfred Mellon,
Mrs. Billington, Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse,
Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. C. Bennet, and Mr. Charles Wilmot.
And TILE MILLINERS' HOLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss
Eliza Johnstone.
London, England, 1870-10-28

PEACE PREPARATIONS.

In view of the treaty of peace which Count Bismarck
will sign some time, a German of Pforzheim has
manufactured an extraordinary pen, wherewith the
statesman is to append his name to the triumphant
documont. This pen is an imitation of an ordinary
stout goosequill. The quill itself is polished, in order
that it may be more conveniently handled, but the
feather closely resembles a real quill, every fibre
being represented, while the back of the feather is
thickly studied with brilliants, and below them a
count's coronet and Bismarck's monogram are
engraved. Besides the engraver and maker two
goldsmiths were engaged on it for five weeks. Here
is a truly great and good work. With such a pen
Count Bismarck, of course, will not have the
heart to sign away the happiness of many
hundred thousand innocent people in Alsace and
Lorraine, who love France, hate Germany,
and protest against being transferred from the former
to the latter, like so many cattle. The elabora-
tion of an astounding sheet of parchment and a bottle
of unprecedented ink will also tend in the same
direction, and if the German of Pforzheim can manu-
facture for the belligerent leaders a disposition to
allow morality and justice to be regarded in political
arrangements, his performance will be still more
useful. Such a trifle might be thrown in with the
pen, though of course it would not be worth five
weeks' work.
London, England, 1870-10-28

ST. JA. MES's THEA T R E.—Lessee and
Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.— This Evening at
Eight, will be presented (for the twelfth time
In England) Victorian Sardou's great play, FERNANDE,
revised by Sutherland Edwards, Esq. Act L Rescued, Act
11. Loved. Act 111. Won. Act IV. Triumphant. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray, and
Lionel Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie
Brough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30.
At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs.
Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and H.
Everard, At 8, FERNANDE. At 10.30, ONLY D, by John
Oxenford Esq. Messrs. Young and Grainger ; Misses Adair and
Turner.—During the vacation the family circle has been recon-
structed and decorated.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees.
London, England, 1870-10-28

NOTHING INTOSSIBLE.

A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
.Lll to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. 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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form, and at a lowor price.
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London, England, 1870-10-28

UNIVERSITY CHURCH PATRONAGE.

The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University gives
notice that the presentation to the rectory of Handsworth,
with the curacy of Gleadless, now vacant, has lapsed to the
University in consequence of the disqualification of the
patron, who is a Roman Catholic. The election by mem-
bers of the Senate will take place on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 16th. This will most likely be the last election of the
kind, as the Syndicate has prepared a report on the
subject. This report chews that more excitement is occa-
sioned at these elections than at a parliamentary election,
and the subject will be discussed in the Arts' School o
Saturday. The proposal is that a council of six shall be
appointed to manage the Church patronage of the Uni-
versity.
London, England, 1870-10-28

CURIOSITIES OF AERIAL NAVIGATION.

A greatly revived interest in ballooning, owing,
doubtless, to the Paris exploits, is now apparent, and
as might have been expected, our friends across the
Atlantic have led the way in " the fenceless fields of
air." Professor Lowe proposed to cross the Atlantic
in a gigantic balloon about 300 feet from the crown
to the car. In this were to be carried provisions for
three months, guns, ammunition, furs and blankets,
scientific implements for those who wished to
improve their opportunities, and a cooking apparatus
for the benefit of such passengers as found the
cool breezes of the upper air give them an
appetite. A dozen passengers were to have gone in
this monster balloon, but whether they were not
forthcoming, or the aeronaut's courage failed at the
last moment, is not known. It is certain that the
great balloon, after being partly inflated and swaying
about for a few= days, never left New York. Another
American, Mr. La Mountain, accomplished a journey
of more than a thousand miles inland, being the
longest journey ever taken at a single passage.
Other ballooning eccentricities have been tried in the
States, inclu ling the employment of a captive
balloon for celebrating marriages in, to the advan-
tage, we may presume, of runaway heroines, who
could not easily be overtaken. Balloons have now
been turned to better and more practical account, in
bringing us news from besieged cities.

REFUSING TO ASSIST THE POLICE

A. case of considerable interest to the public at
large has been tried at Portsmouth. A. tradesman
was indicted for unlawfully refusing to assist a police-
Man when called upon to do so. Two soldiers were
fighting and two policemen interfered. A struggle
ensued. The policemen were overpowered in the affray,
and one of the soldiers who had been arrested, escaped
in the confusion occcasioned by the scuffle. Porter,
a policeman, had asked a tradesman who was stand-
ing at his shop door to assist in securing the trooper,
but he merely shrugged his shoulders and remained
passive. Porter then charged him in the Queen's
name to give assistance, with no better result. The
plea set up by the tradesman's counsel was that consi-
derable risk would have attended the interference of
a bystander, and that the shop till, which contained
£l6, would have been dangerously exposed had the
tradesmen left his shop. Those considerations con-
stituted a lawful excuse, and so thought the jury,
for, amid applause, they returned a verdict of not
guilty.
London, England, 1870-10-28

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—This
EVENING, at 7, A KISS in the DARK. At 7.30, THE
LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Kendal, and
Rogers. Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, Fanny Gwynue,
and Fosbroke. After which UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal,
Mr. Rogers, and Miss Robertson. Concluding with NO SONG
NO SUPPER. Miss Fanny Wright, Miss Fanny Gwynn° ; Messrs.
Weathersby, Osborne, and Clark.
London, England, 1870-10-28

THE CAPTURE OF CHATEAUDUN.

A Freeshooter of Nantes, who took part in the fight at
Chateaudun, has given a full account of the proceedings
M. Aubin says that on Monday, the 17th, he made a
reconnaissance with fifty men, and succeeded in finding the
whereabouts of the enemy in the wood. There were some
10,000 Prussians with twenty-seven pieces .of artillery.
Having ascertained this, M. Aubin fell back on Cha-
teaudun, and announced that there would probably
be an attack on the morrow. There were in the town
only 800 freeshooters, 600 Parisians, and 120 men from
Nantes, besides a few peasants. Barricades were erected in
the streets. On the next day about noon M. Aubin was
dining with some officers, when a discharge of artillery
poured through the hotel. All sprung up and hastened to
their posts, grasping guns and even sabres. Some flung
themselves on the barricades, others took possession of
houses. M. Aubin was one of these, and accompanied
by five men, he ran up to the first floor of a house, from
which he could gain a good view of the enemy. The five
men with him kept the guns loaded, and he fired uninter-
ruptedly for several hours. " I was," he says, "mad with
rage, intoxicated by the powder. The town was in flames,
but we fought like lions in the midst of these flames. The
enemy hesitated to advance, though they were ten thou.
sand and we but eight hundred. Nearly all our shots
told. For my own part, I burned more than
two hundred cartridges. I received three balls
in my clothes, and another carried off the
plume of my hat. I was dying of thirst when a shell
hissed into the room, broke open a cupboard, and shewed
us a dozen bottles of good wine. The bursting of this
shell caused me a slight injury in the eye which I have
come to Nantes to get cured." The number of Prussian
troops given by the worthy Freeshooter is, of course,
above the mark.
London, England, 1870-10-28

lIINDOO WOMEN AS MEDICAL STUDENTS.

A. letter from Dr. Corbyn, of Bareilly, bears testi-
mony to the advancement of the Hindoos in
sation and education. The doctor states that ho is
educating a number of native girls in the medical
profession, and three have already passed as doctors.
They are of all castes—Christians, Mahomedans, and
Hiudoos. The former are the most intelligent. The
school where these young women are trained is divided
into three classes. The pupils of the.first class can read
and write English and Urdee with accuracy. They
are taught medicine, surgery, midwifery, and more
especially the diseases peculiar to women and chil-
dren. The second class learn anatomy, materia
medics, and physiology, in English and Urdee. The
pupils of the preparatory class are taught English
and Urdee. These young women entirely attend to
the women and children in the female ward attached
to the dispensary, and the doctor says it i s wonderful
how they can manipulate. They have plenty of
nerve and lots of cases to operate upon.

Tantenny, convicted at the Old Bailey on
Wednesday of the manslaughter of his wife under pecu-
liar circumstances, has been sentenced to one month's
imprisonment.

THE EDUCATION QUESTlON.—Serjeant Simon
and Mr. Whalley, M.P., addressed a public meeting on
Wednesday night at the Mechanics' Institute, Dews-
bury, on education. Mr. Whalley spoke upon the effect
that denominationalism had had on the education of the
people, warned them to oppose it and advised them to
make education truly nationaL Serjeant Simon traced
the origin of Mechanics' Institutes, which had been com-
parative failures. A new era was opening for them under
the Education Act, and they must be made what the
universities were for the rich. He referred to the war,
and showed how the educated Prussians had beaten the
half-educated Frenchmen, which was a warning to England
not to leave working men to grope in the dark, or be mere
skilful machines.

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neither sugar nor any other admixture whatever. Cactioine makes
one of the lightest, thinnest of warm drinks, and is the most de
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London, England, 1870-10-28

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DitunY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart.

Phobus's Fix.
HAYMARKET—A Kiss in the Dark. The Love Chase. My

Uncle's Will.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliners' Holiday. Green Bushes.
VAUDEVILLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Don Carlos.
STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle

'Prentice.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Peep o' Day and Great City.
ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernando. Only a

Halfpenny.
HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds.
GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew.

Marco Spada.
NEW SURREY-7A Striking Similarity. Link by Link,

_
Nobody's Chill.
QuEEN's—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's

Dream.
Royer, Wealth and Stranger Stranger than Ever.
Onvmrio—Little Emily and (Burlesque) Paid and

Virginia.
GAIETY—The Happy Village. Zampa. Trombalealzar.
SADLERS WELLS.—Farce. Othello.
STANDARD —Little Emily. Chapter of Accidents.
AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the

Arena.
ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening,
PoLYTEcHNlG,—.Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and

Evening.
ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties.
CREmoliNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c.
PALAIS RovAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine.

Siege of Paris.
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p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d.
London, England, 1870-10-28

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH.
This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE.
Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough,
E. Button, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque,
"THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton,
and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley,
Lee, Goodall, dm
London, England, 1870-10-28

How WILL THE WAR END ?

M. de la Guerronniere, until lately French Ambas-
sador at Constantinople, has written a letter to
another diplomatist on the tendencies of the war.
The Governments of Europe were, he says, perfectly
justified in standing aloof at first from a conflict
which they condemned ; but at the present moment
he thinks they do not rightly appreciate its extreme
consequences. If it does not end by the expulsion of
the Prussians from France, or by their having suffi-
cient moderation to withdraw after an honourable
peace, it will end in the destruction of Europe.
After Sadowa the intervention of France saved
Europe, by arresting Prussia on the road to Vienna.
Sadowa limited and transformed the action of Austria
in Europe. It has made her a kind of counterpoise
to Russia and Prussia, but she can only fill this office
by having the moral support of France and England.
The interests of these three Powers are in many re-
spects identical, and if one be weakened, the two
others will necessarily suffer, as the balance of power
in Europe will be changed. France, covered by the
neutrality of Belgium, Luxemburg, and Switzerland,
but open on the Eastern frontier, has the minimum
of her necessary guarantees. If she loses Strasburg and
Metz, he is not merely reduced, but humiliated.
She will crumble away like an edifice that loses
its corner stone. Beside her will stand an Empire
which is the gaolor of her servitude,and in the midst
of perpetual agitations France will cease to exist.
Austria, isolated, will be crushed by the weight of
the Germanic Empire, and will sink into the king-
dom of Hungary. England will lose her political
influence, especially in the East, to the ruin of her
maritime dominion, her commerce, and her Indian
and colonial umpire. When the whole change is
completed Europe will be absorbed in two great
military dictatorships. Such, in M. de la GuerroniOre's
opinion, is the Europe to be expected from the final
overthrow of France and the triumph of Bismarck.
London, England, 1870-10-28

ROYAL VISIT TO THE EX-EMPRESS.

_
Ye3terday evening the Prince and Princess of Wales
went to Chislehurst, and paid a visit to the ex-Empress
of the French and the Prince Imperial. Their Royal
Highnesses drove up to the Charing-cross station of the
South-Eastern Railway at half-past two o'clock, in a
private carriage and pair, and left for Chislehurst by
.the
ordinary 2.35 train. A saloon carriage was provided for
the Royal passengers, who, on their arrival at the station,
were -received by the Lord Chamberlain, Viscount Sydney,
and drove at once to Camden House. Their Royal High-
nesses remained about an hour and half, and arrived
in town from Chislehurst at five o'clock, when the same
private carriage was in waiting at one of the passenger
platforms of the Charing-cross Station. Their Royal
Highnesses both came to and departed from Charing-cross
Station without exciting any public notice.
London, England, 1870-10-28

MUTINY AND MURDER.

A dismal tragedy occurred on board a German brig
on her voyage from Buenos Ayres. The seamen, it
appears, complained of the bad quality of the food
supplied to them, and from murmurs of discontent
there grew a quarrel which ended in a tragic mutiny.
The cook assumed the lead of the muti-
neers, and conducted an attack upon the officers.
He fastened upon the first mate, and disem-
bowelled him with a knife. The villain next turned
his attention to the Captain, whom he stabbed
behind the shoulder. He was, however, timely
secured and placed iu irons. In the meantime the
cabin boy fiercely attacked the second mate, who,
notwithstanding a determined defence, succumbed to
severe wounds inflicted by a knife. The cook died
in irons, and the cabin boy, who had not been
secured, jumped overboard, rather, it is supposed,
than be given up to j ustice. The old crew were dis-
charged at Pernambuco, and fresh men shipped. It
is curious how many instances occur in which muti-
nies are heralded by complaints on the part of the
seamen respecting their food.
London, England, 1870-10-28

DETERMINED RESISTANCE IN FRANCE.
M. Gambetta has just addressed from Tours a
Ministerial circular to the Prefects and Sub-Prefects,
requesting them to inform the Mayors of their respec-
tive Communes that.resistlnce to the enemy is more
than ever the order of the day, that every
one must do his duty, and that the

examples set by Chateaudun and other
towns should be followed ; that it was abso-
lutely necessary- that each town should pay its debt
to the Natiould Defence, and that towns surrender-
ing to the Germans without resistance would be
denounced to the country through the columns of
the Mon u)..

OCCUPATION OF DREUX.

Two thous!,,,A Prussians, with artillery, are re-
ported to be at Dreux. St. Remy is also occupied
by the Germans.

GERMAN LEVIES.

The Prussians have imposed contributions of
50,000 francs on Montdidier, and about the same
amount has been demanded from St. Quentin.

SERIOUS ASPECT OF AFFAIRS IN
CHINA.

The latest advices from Hong Kong state that a
day for the massacre of foreigners at almost every
treaty port, Canton included, has been predicted.
The massing of troops continued, and the
evidence of the intended resistance to foreigners has
ben strengthened.
The Canton community had called the attention
of the consuls to the insolence displayed by the
Chinese, and had declared that they expects(' pro-
tection.

[CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.]

THE ANNEXATION OF THE PONTIFICAL

STATES.

The Corporation of Limerick yesterday adopted a long
protest against the annexation of the. Pontifical States to
the Italian Kingdom.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COMMERCIAL
TRAVELLER.

Embezzlement by commercial travellers has lately been
rife in Liverpool. Yesterday Daniel Cahill, a traveller in
the service of Messrs. Raines and Company, wholesale
druggists, of Liverpool, was charged with embezzling
£7O from his employers, and was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment.
London, England, 1870-10-28

PALAIS ROYAL-GRAND FASHIONABLE
BILLIARD EXHIBITION by the CHAMPIONS, W.
COOK, and J. BENNETT, on MONDAY and TUESDAY,
October 24 and 2S, commencing at eight. They will also give a
Special Day Eybibitiou for ladies and families, on Tuesday
afternoon, October 25, commencing at three. Tickets for either
exhibition, is. ; stalls, 2s. 6d. ; reserved seats. Cs. ; may be ob-
tained of Messrs. Cook and Bennett, the principal hotels and
billiard rooms, and at the PALAIS ROYAL, Argyll-street,
Oxford-circus, W.
London, England, 1870-10-28

COMMITTAL FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

Charles and Henry Parry, the ironfounders upon whose
premises a boiler in a dangerously bad con-
dition exploded recently, and caused two deaths,
were committed for manslaughter by the Liver-
pool magistrates yesterday, Evidence was given to
the effect that the boiler must have been in a highly defec-
tive state from the first, and that a proper examination of
it would have prevented the accident.
London, England, 1870-10-28

WORLDLY CONFORMITY.

A vigorous address respecting the pursuits of the
world after pleasure, and the evils of such pur-
suits, was spoken before the Church Association at
Liverpool on Wednesday. The essayist was the
rector of St. Ann's Church, Manchester, and as the
Bishop of Manchester recently indulged in some
observations as to the advantages of theatres and
other enlightening places open for the amusement
of the people, the speaker at Liverpool might
be considered as chiefly intending his re-
marks for the edification of his own bishop.
Beginning with a discussion upon the influence
of theatres the Manchester rector gave it
as his opinion that when people became in earnest
about their spiritual condition they would learn, as
Mrs. Hannah More had done, that theatres did not
afford a proper atmosphere for them. Attendance
at such places, however instructive in other ways,
was incompatible with the real seeking of Christ. A
great deal might be said about theatres in the abstract
as not being a violation of the law. He thought it was
fallacious and dangerous in matters of this kind to
speak about things in the abstract. They must
think of them in the concrete, and take notice of
their belongings; and what was their inevitable ten-
dency. The same remarks referred to the ballroom.
Touching upon the shameful love of racing shown
among the people, the rev. gentleman thanked God
he was not a betting man. "He had in his younger
days been at races, and he should have reason to
think of race-courses throughout eternity."
London, England, 1870-10-28

UTTERING FICTITIOUS CHEQUES•

At the Coventry Police-court yesterday, a fashionably
dressed young woman, who gave the name of Isoline
Maria Margaret Moranner, was charged with uttering
fictitious cheques. She had obtained a cheque-book from
Lloyd's Banking Company, a short time since, on the
strength of her declared intention of opening an account
with the firm in Coventry. A number of the cheques are
missing, and on the counterfoil of one £4OO is set down;
She had also opened negotiations for the building of a
a factory in the above city ; and had otherwise imposed
on a number of people. The prisoner was remanded.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Thursday,
Oct. 27, 1870. No. of visitors by season ticket, 4,708 ; do.
on payment, 8,574; total visitors, 13,282.

The French troops in the Vosges district do not accom-
plish any very great deeds, but the women cannot be
blamed for not doing their best to help. In the neigh-
bourhood of Belfort they have gone forth to battle, armed
with hatchets and knives, according to the Constitutionnel,
and at other places they have stoned the Germans. It
does not appear, however, that they have killed anybody,
for, if they had, we should have been informed of it,
London, England, 1870-10-28

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of
the past nine months the National Lifeboat Institution
has contributed to the saving of 642 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 29 vessels from destruction. It has also expended
£17,428 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in
addition to granting £1,540 for rewards.
The Institution has now 223 Lifeboat Stations under its
management.
Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully
received by the London and County bankers, and by the Secre-
tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John Street,
Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1870-10-28

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THE INEQUALITY OF RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENT.

One of the most effectual taunts of the Libera-
tionist has its point in the inequality of the value of
Church livings. One minister, who has a large
parish, gets a totally insufficient stipend for doing a
large amount of work: another, who has absolutely
no flock, obtains a great income. Only the other day
attention was called to the case of a clergyman who
boasted the enormous income of rather more than 12s.
per week. A Derby incumbent who is supposed to
undertake the spiritual supervison of 4,000 souls, gets
£GO; while a -brother clergyman under the same
bishop, whose parishioners number about a third of
that number, is presented with £2,100. In the
diocese of Lichfield there are fifty-eight livings
each worth V;00 and upwards a year ; eighty-
six rectors or vicars whose income from the Church
(not including chaplaincies to workhouses and hospitals,
&c.) is £lOO each per annum or under; and twelve
stipends do not exceed £5O a year. In the same
I diocese there are 41 parishes the rectors or vicars of

which each receive more than £1 a head per annum
for attending to the spiritual welfare of the pari-
shioners, and in most of those cases the incomes are
large. The ecclesiastical district of St. Matthew's,
Walsall, contains the largest population in the
diocese-38,000, and the income of the vicar is
£3OO a year.

AUSTDALIAIi ItIE AT.
At the. Northampton Working Man's Club, cheap
dinners- to be eaten on and off the premises, are pro-
vided at cost price. The committee tried Australian
meat, but have just given it up.. They can get shin
of beef at tin e3pence a pound, which comes cheaper,
making allowance for bone, than the Australian meat.
Unfortunately, shin of beef at threenonce A unund
not known all over the country.
41,
EDUCATION IN FRANCE.
The Daily News expressos surprise that (luring the
supreme struggles of parties in France we have heard
but little of what there, not less than in England, is
one of the most pressing questions of the hour—
Education. One would have thought, it says,
that no question is at present more urgent than this
of education, which intimately concerns the political
attitude of a people to whom universal suffrage has
been accorded. Our contemporary chews that
the expenditure of the Imperial Government
has increased on the average more than £1,000,00()
a year, out of which sum the increase during
the whole reign for the charges,..>'Thr
public instruction has been little more than
£500,000. All the rest, it says, had. ben eaten
up by the army; the home government, and
public works. The writer proceeds to notice the
miserable pav of French schoolmasters. He says the
general ambition of this functionary in the rural dis-
tricts is to become secretary of the mayor, who pays
him for his evening services uot quite a penny. The
wives of schoolmasters OX4 generally seamstresses, who
work for some great firms in the neighbouring cities.
Their pay is a penny a shirt, or 11d. a dozen. With such
facts the Daily News asks if it is to be wondered at
that the French press were silent on the question of
education in the recent controversies?
London, England, 1870-01-31

THE SIORM.OIi SCHISM.

The excitement in Salt Lake City has not abated, and
great difference of opinion prevails among the members of
the Mormon Church. The organ of Brigham Young hopes
that Mr. Cullam's bill will meet with resistance in the
event of its passing. The provisions of this bill are to
punish polygamy and to enforce the laws in Utah.
The House Territorial Committee are to take definite
action on the subject, and it stands a fair chance of suc-
cess, as they are favourably disposed towards it, and as
General Cullam will press it to a vote. On the occasion of
the last rail being laid on the Utah Central at Salt Lake city,
business was suspended, and there was a general rejoicing.
This railroad completes the communication between the
New Jerusalem and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Brig-
ham Young said the railroad was an enterprise, not for
the benefit of individuals, but for the whole nation. Utah
now wanted to be admitted into the Union. The people
wished to lay aside all narrow feelings, and as fellow-
citizens of the great Republic, join in celebrating this
happy day. It looks as if Brigham were getting appr9-
lonaive of uncomfortable interference.
London, England, 1870-01-31

THE APPROACH OF THE SESSION.

Ministers have not much more time to put their
14 finishing touches" to the various measures which
they intend to bring before the Legislature. Parlia-
ment meets to-morrow week; so that there is only
one clear week for them to work in, and
a considerable portion of a sitting must be
appropriated to the Queen's speech. The
Cabinet meet three times this weok—to-morrow, on
Wednesday, and on Friday. If they have not yet
concluded their deliberations on education, or drawn
up the licensing measure, and they intend dealing.
with these subjects early in the session, they will
have enough to do. Perhaps, however, the Irish
Church Bill is to monopohSe the earlier days of
Parliament.
London, England, 1870-01-31

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THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
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Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty tho QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and -ffomen.
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who cannot earn their own living.
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cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
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TIRE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
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of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
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treatment.
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Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES.
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Established' 81st July, 1854.
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medical attendance, nursing, and all requisites for the in-
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