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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-08

THE BItOCKLEY W'IINS ACCIDENT.
THE INQUEST.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.,)

Theinquest was opened yesterday on the bodies of the
persons killed by the railway accident on Tuesday, at
Brockley Whins. The evidence in the first part of the
proceedings related almost entirely to identification. Mr.
E. L. Davis, of Newcastle, lessee of the Lyceum Theatre,
Sunderland, identified the body of Mr. Frederick
Younge, whom he described as a comedian, and
manager of a travelling company. Mr. Davis
made an application for the money found upon
Younge—upwards of £2OO. Sarah George identified
the bodies of Hubert Taplin, the guard of the express
train. The body of Mr. Henry Richardson, paper manu
facture'', of Sunderland, was identified by his brother.
Mr. William. Ogden, a gentleman 72 years of age, of
Sunderland, was also identified, as was also Robert
Turnbull, clerk, 26 years of age. The cause
of death having' been proved by medical evidence,
Hodgson Turnbull, the engine-driver of the coal train, was
examined. He said he had left Gateshead at 10.15, and
approached Brookley Whins at 10.40. He saw the points
were wrong, but had not time to stop the engine. His
train consisted of twelve trucks, and as soon as he saw the
other train coming, he jumped cif his engine. The
pointsman was entirely to blame for the accident. —The
pointsman was present in custody. He is described -by
the reporter as a "frail old man." The most seriously
injured among the survivors are a gentleman of Stockton
and a lady of Northumberland.
The inquiry concluded at a late hour last night. The
jury were of opinion that the collision was caused by
Robert Hedley, the signalman on duty, neglecting to turn
a certain pair of points in consequence of his being inter-
rupted in his work by the conversation of a shunter
named Adamson, who was in the pointsmau's cabin at
the time of the accident. The jury were further of
opinion that Hedley's negligence was not wilful, and
recommended that no one should be allowed to enter tke
cabin of any signalman on the North-Eastern or any
other railway. Hedley is still in the custody of the
Jarrow police. The fireman of the coal train is now
very ill.
London, England, 1870-12-08

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

The French Government have unconditionally
accepted the proposal to take part in the Conference
relative to the Treaty of 1856.
" BERLIN, December 7.
011:eial invitations to a Black Sea Conference, to
be held in London, are about to be despatched.
Prussia, having referred the Russian Cir-
cular Note to the Federal Council, has not
yet answered it.
In her communication to her German allies,
Prussia says that, not having signed the Treaty
girrAtiteeing the integrity of Turkey, she is not
actually bound to interfere in the present instance,
but ought to be solely guided by her interests.
All the American envoys in Europe have been(
instructed to refrain from any collective step of
the Powers in the Eastern or Franco-German ques-
tions.— Times.

PEnA, December 6.

Councils of Ministers have been held nightly
since the beginning of Ramadan, and every pre-
paration is being made in view of the contingencies
that may arise out of the Russian circular.
The fleet is under immediate orders for service,
and a complete system of torpedoes has been
organised, under the direction of the American
Captain Edenborough.
Generals Sheridan and Forsyth left Constanti-
nople for Versailles, by way of Brindisi, on Saturday.
They have expressed themselves well satisfied with
the efficiency of the Ottoman Army.
To-day reports have been received from Odessa
that extensive warlike predarations have been made
at Kortch, and that the earthworks around the
place have recently undergone a formidable exten-
sion.

A considerable number of Russian agents are
very active among the Sclavonic sympathisers in
the Ottoman Empire. The Greeks still hold
aloof.

There has been to-day great activity among the
diplomatists here. General Ignatieff asserts that
there will be no rupture of pacific relations.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, December 0.

King Amadeus starts to-night for Turin. The
Spanish delegation goes there on Friday to compli-
ment the new Queen.

King Amadeus and his consort start for Madrid on
the 23rd of December.

General Cialdini has been appointed Italian
Minister-Plenipotentiary at Madrid.
The new King of Spain's civil, military, and Court
staff, after accompanying him to Madrid, will return
to Florence, as it is settled that no Italian must re-
main at the Spanish Court.
Ihe Chamber of Deputies to-day being agreed not
to make a political question of the election of a
President, the Government candidate, Signor Bian-
cheri, was elected by 189 votes, against 100 given
for Signor Cairoli.

MINISTERIAL CRISIS AT THE HAGUE.
THE HAGUE, December 7.

To the great regret of the Liberal party here,
Messrs. Fock and Brocx have not succeeded in
forming a Cabinet, and they have sent in their re:-
signation to the King.
It is believed that the colonial policy and the
financial question, especially the subject of the income
tax, proved to be difficulties which they could not
surmount.

Considerable anxiety is felt as to the result of the
crisis, and at the time of telegraphing it is not known
how a new Ministry will be formed.
London, England, 1870-12-08

RUSES DE GUERRE.

Some of the German devices are said to recall
the romantic legends in which Cooper has
described the wars and ruses of the red
I:idians on the American Continent. A sub-
prefect noticed that whenever he went out to
make a reconnaissance at night in those communes
which adjoined the enemy, a fusee appeared suddenly
in the midst of the wood, and soon after a second
appeared in the distance, to which a third still
farther off replied. On examining the wood he found
a tree from which the luminous signal started. The
threLCs which held the fusees were still fastened
to it, but after an active search had taken
place in the woods no more lights appeared.
An officer of the Chasseurs remarked that if he went
out with his platoons there was a faggot of burnt
wood at a particular turn of the road; if he was fol-
lowed by a. company there wore two faggots; while
if he had the entire squadron there were three.
Having set a watch, he started in the morning, at an
early hour, and a Wretched looking individual was
seen to place two faggotiin the accustomed place. An
hour afterwards three Uhlans came up, and believing
themselves safe,as the faggots had been taken away,they
passed on, and were seized by the Chasseurs. For a
long time the smoke of a chimey served as a signal
in some places where encounters frequently occurred.
When the smoke appeared the Prussians vanishes,
bat if no smoke was visible they hastened to the
spot. On one occasion the French put out the fire,
and a party of Cuirassiers fell into the snare.
Signs were given by some mills whose wheels turned
round or remained stationary, according as Franc-
tiereurs were in the neighbourhood or other Wise.
A beggar was caught whose wanderings
had been found to coincide with the enemy's
movements. He performed, the office of scout fur
the payment of some slus and pieces of bread. He
was sent to prison to rest after his travels.
London, England, 1870-12-08

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

The presence of numerous drovers and shepherds
at the great Islington Cattle Show has led to an
interesting meeting of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. The Ladies' Committee got
up the meeting, over which the Duke of Argyll pre-
sided. Tho humane conduct of a number of drovers
and shepherds had been brought under the notice of
the society, and they were selected for rewards. Not
one .of these men, many of whom bad been
drovers for twenty or thirty years, had
ever had a charge of misconduct brought against
him. This fact is all the more satisfactory because
of the belief which undoubtedly exists that this class
of men as a body are distinguished by their cruelty
towards their dumb charges. Each of the drovers
and shepherds selected by the society were presented
by Miss.Burdett Coutts with a neatly-bound copy of
" The Animal World," with a certificate printed on
vellum testilying to their humane conduct. Such
recognition cannot fail to have a beneficial effect.
London, England, 1870-12-30

EARL GRANVILLE AND MR. OTWAY.

• If the Italian green book is to be trusted, Earl
Granville has been warmly recommending the Italian
Government to be content wiet nominally taking the
city of Rome. The " important question being
re,olved" by the entry of the Italian troops,
the noble earl suggests that the King of
Italy should rest satisfied with the material
capital, and not consider the ideal and historic
reasons that may at first have actuated his Majesty.
Mr. Otway also, it is stated, took it upon himself to
insist, in a conversation with the Italian Minister,
upon the necessity of postponing the transfer of the
Italian capital from Florence.
London, England, 1870-12-30

THE WEATHER AND THE SIEGE.

The Times correspondent on the north of Paris writes :
—Some short time ago we complained of the monotony
of having nothing to do here. The French would not
come out; there were no sorties, except of potatoe
diggers, and we thought it cruel of the Parisians
to compel us to listen to the firing of the forts
when, as everybody knew, they must capitulate
in a few days. The Parisians may now fairly
say—Nous avons change tout cola. Since the affair
of the 30th ult. they have been keeping us on the move
day and night. Up to the present their sorties have not
done much for them, but it must be owned that they have
been extremely embarrassing to us. In this dreadfully
cold weather it is not pleasant for the whole northern line
of investment to be constantly under arms, and to spend
most hours out of the twenty-four in the open field. The
German troops are well fed and well clothed ; but they
are only men after all, and they must feel the effects of
constant exposure to several degrees of frost and an im-
placable north wind. The first thing one sees at sunrise,
and the last thing one sees at sunset, all along our line, is
a vast array of horse, foot, and artillery, attended by
ammunition trains and the waggons of sanitary detach-
ments. Again, though the Germans hold their own—
that is to say, their circle of investment—the French have
made the task of preserving it much more difficult than
it was a few weeks ago.
London, England, 1870-12-30

THE ROIIMANIAX PRIMIPALITIES.

The Telegraph, alluding to the proceeding& of -Prince
Charles, says :—The champions of the Rouman cause are►
a few ambitious Boyards, and a number of professors and
students who have picked up abroad, and chiefly in
France, a certain varnish of education. The bulk
of the population is still in a semi-barbarous state,
and is hardly above the level of the ordinary 'Mus-
covite peasantry, either in intelligence or culture.
It is possible that in the course of years an energetic sove-
reign like Prince Charles may mould his half civilised
dominions into a compact and independent State, but,
unless report belies them strangely, the upper classes in
the Principalities are as corrupt and venal as the lower are
debased and ignorant, and it is difficult to see how a genu-
ine nationality can be formed out of such materials. Ron-
mania is now, and must for a long
,time remain entirety
at the mercy of Russia, except in so far as she is protected
by the suzerainty of the Porte, Nothing can be less
onerous than her nominal subjection to the Sultan. There
is not a Turkish soldier or official north of the Danube,
and the amount of the tribute is insignificant compared
1 with the resources of the country. Under these
circumstances, the' wish to throw off the protectorate of
the Porte can only be explained as the result of an intrigue
for the practical, if not the nominal, incorporation of the
Principalities with Russia. How far Prince Charles is a
party to this intrigue, and, if so, what inducement he has
received to favour so suicidal a policy, are facts on
which it would be premature to express any positive
opinion.
London, England, 1870-12-30

THE ALANTIC CABLES.

According to statements that reach us from
America the prospects of Atlantic telegraphic commu-
nication are thought to be anything but satisfactory.
There is the greatest apprehension that the high bat-
tery power necessary to force signals through the still
existing French cable will eventually burn it out,
and cause the stoppage of all communication. So
great is the anxiety on this subject that a new
telegraph line has been laid between Sandy
Hook and New York harbour for the
purpose of transmitting news from the inbound
steamers from the moment the French cable may fail.
There are, however, several new cable projects con-
templated, and we are informed that the recent dis-
asters to the existing cables have stimulated the
efforts to make these projects realities. Just at pre-
sent the messages sent backwards anti forwards
between America and Great Britain daily are neces-
sarily very few in number; the injury to commercial
interests in consequence may be imagined.
London, England, 1870-12-30

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GERMAN ACCOUNT.

The description furnished to the Cologne Gazette says
there were six or seven different sorties, only one of which,
however, was of a serious nature. The letter, dated the
23rd, says :—The real attack was made against the Guards
and the 12th Saxon Corps, whose chief cantonments, as is
known, are to the north-east of Paris, near Sevran and
Aulnay. • The enemy broke out against this position with
three divisions from Bobigny and Bondy, supported by
20 batteries. These masses, however, suddenly changed
front towards the north, with the object of commencing
operations against the Guards near Drancy and Le Bour-
get, on the battle-field of the 30th October. Notwith.
standing, however, that important masses of infantry—
three divisions of the French—were brought under fire,
15 companies of the Guards alone were able'to measure
themselves against them, and to drive them back far bz-
yond Bourget under the fire of the forts; further to take
1,000 of them prisoners, and cause them by means of
their battery—which reached to within 1,400 paces of
the French outer works—considerable losses in killed
and wounded. The engagement, in fact, had for the most
part been principally carried on by artillery, and we only
Inst one officer and sixteen men in killed and wounded.
Thus ended the latest great sortie in the same way as all
the previous ones had done. Yesterday another small
sortie took place, with the same result, against the Saxon
position on the plateau d'Avron, which lies at the south
of the battle-field of the clay before yesterday, and which
is principally commanded by the Forts Rosny and Noigy.
The attack was directed against a newly-erected battery,
which, however, the Parisians did not, succeed in de-
stroying.
London, England, 1870-12-30

THE CANADIAN FISHERIES.

President Grant's complaint about the unfriendly
conduct of the Canadians in respect of the fisheries
has made the colonists very angry. His conduct
they urge, is not decent. If any special charge had
been made in the fishery regulations, the threatening
tone adopted in the Message might be excusable ;
but why this bullying when not one vessel has been
condemned that did not unquestionably violate the
law ? Why not make a reasonable representation on
the expediency of altering the law ? The Daily
News' Toronto correspondent says :
The truth is, however, that the regulations are not a
bit more stringent than the experience 'of several years
proved to be necessary. The long continued privilege of
free fishing during the time the Treaty was in force, the
existence of a licensing system which some respected and
some did not, and the rather negligent guardianship of
the coast by the British gunboats, whose visits were very
infrequent, gave great encouragement to the reckless and
not very law-abiding race of American fishermen to evade
the regulations, or set them openly at defiance. They
frequently robbed the Canadian nets, fished indiscrimi-
nately, fouled the spawning beds with offal, and even on
shore, when they landed to dry and cure their fish, com-
mitted acts of violence and outrage. At length, in the
spring of this year, the Government was compelled to
act vigorously.
London, England, 1870-12-30

THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

A report with respect to the administration of the
Patriotic fund, and chewing the state of the fund on
the 31st of December, 1869, has been issued by the
Roynl Commissioners. The total sum expended, or
professed to be expended, in the relief of the widows
and orphans of our dead soldiers and sailors
up to the present year was £1,059,236. In the

future a new claim is to be made on this charitable
fund of £B,OOO altogether. Tnis sum will be
distributed for the welfare of all the orphans
left by soldiers and sailors who lost their lives
in the service of their country, in wars since
the Russian war, other than the In dmn mutiny, for
which a special fund has been provided. The
Executive Committee in the present report recom-

mend that these children should be cared for
and educated by means of the Patriotic Fund, and
consequently the sum mentioned will have to be
withdrawn from it. The number of children main-
tained in boarding institutions at the end of the year
was 670, inclusive of those in the Royal Victoria
Asylum, but we are glad to have to add that the de-
mand for the daughters of soldims and sailors in
suitable places of service is greater than can be met
by those old enough to leave the asylums supported
by the fund. The amount of the new contributions
to the Patriotic Fund in 1869 was about £24, making
the total amount coming due to the Commissioners
at the end of the year, £1,469,742.
London, England, 1870-12-30

GENERAL TROCHU'S SCHEME.

Is it to be thought, asks the Standard, that the Prus-
sians will aid General Trochu's scheme, and benevolently
take upon themselves to supply food for Paris in order
that the French general may apply his stores
to the support of his army ? Count Moltke has
invested both troops and people, and has taken
into his account the necessity of feeding so great
a number of people in the event of a speedy
capitulation. He will not fling from his hands the
weapon by which he hopes to gain his triumph. He will
not treat as to taking possession of the capital unless the
capitulation of the army is included. He will do as he
did at Metz. He never admitted that the Army of the
Rhine could stipulate regarding the fortress only. The
capitulation had reference to both. The German
army, therefore, would not come to aid the
People of Paris. It would retain its position, and
would not trouble itself to inquire whether General Trochu
was or was not installed in Fort Valerien. Would it be
Possible for the Governor to disregard the complaints of
1,500,000 or 1,800,000 unfortunate people, and to refuse
them support, telling them to ask it of their implacable
enemy, who, by the laws of war, might refrain from giving
it them ? The imagination dwells on such a dismal pros-
pect with horror. No consideration of a military char-
acter, however urgent, could justify the abandoning to
hunger and misery large masses of the people, who might
perish before they reached either the Prussian lines or the-
entrenched camp of the French army.
London, England, 1870-12-30

FRENCH HOPES OF SUCCESS•

The Tine's, writing on the hopes entertained by the
French as to the ultimate defeat of their invaders, says :
By encouraging the French in their delusions the Ger-
mans have made the bare policy of a successful resistance
a reality. But we must wait and see what ground there
really is for the confidence of the French. Too much 'in-
Portance should not be attached to the results of the 1,1,31;
collision at Mont Avron nor, on the other hand, were the
Germans to push on their attack, should we lose sight of
the effect such a success might have on a garrison worsted
in so many late encounters, and on a population brought
to the very verge of starvation. However, hope may
still linger in French hearts, and whatever Contrivances
may be resorted to to feed its waning flame, it seems diffi-
cult to imagine how it can withstand the ordeal of
incessant disappointment. However grandiloquent may
be the Orders of the Day put forth by Chanzy, by Faid-
herbe, or: by other
.commanders, the mere localities from
which their proclamations are dated must strike the
Parisians as ominous of the greater and greater distance
to which the long-expected rescue is receding.
London, England, 1870-12-30

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the LATEST N E\VS of the WAIL, ana
of all other events.
London, England, 1870-12-30

STOCK EXCHANGES,

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PROVINCIAL STOCK EXCHANGES.—TWO reports are forwarded
daily from Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Leeds—charge,
£1 10s. per quarter for each report.
London, England, 1870-12-30

TRADE REPORTS,

Arrangements have been made for obtaining first-class trade
reports from the chief centres of industry, which are telegraphed
at the earliest period at which the tone and result of business
becomes known on the chief market days. These reports will be
found of great value for first-class newspapers and news rooms.
They will be forwarded direct from the following places, and
are supplied at is. each:—
Belfast, Linen—Wednesday. Dundee, Linen—Tuesday.
Birmingham, Iron Trade— Leeds—Tuesday and Saturday.
Thursday. Manchester, Trade Tuesday
Bradford, Worsted • Trade— and Friday.
T hursday. South Wales, Iron and Coal—
Cleveland,lron Trade—Tuesda) . I Friday.
London, England, 1870-12-30

UNFORTUNATE EFFORTS.

A pamphlet has been published in Germany for
the purpose of influencing public opinion in the
Fatherland in the Emperor's favour. It contains
the usual story. On the 17th of July, it says, the
Emperor and his Ministers unanimously decided in

favour of a declaration which would have rendered
peace possible, bit the same evening. the Ministers
returned to St. Cloud and reversed their decision,
M. 011ivier informing him that if that resolution
were published they would be hooted and their
carriages pelted with mud. The-Emperor-could have
avoided the war at the expense of his popularity, by
incurring the reproach that he was humble to the
strong and arrogant to the weak, but "it was his
duty," says the pamphlet, "to have been
wiser than the nation, and to have
avoided war, even at the cost of his Crown."
This is the sort of tale we have been told. before, and
shall he told again, for there will always be people
who will believe it. The ascertained facts are
that the dispute about the Hohenzollern can-
didature was entirely of the Government's
own making ; that the blunt style in which
the King of Prussia expressed himself touching
the Emperor and the Empress did much to imme-
diately bring aboutthe war; and that the " enthu-
siasm" in different parts of France was got up by
Imperial agents.
London, England, 1870-12-30

ATTEMPTED REVOLT OF FRENCH PRISONERS.

The plot concocted by sixty thousand French cap-
tive soldiers to overpower their guards and escape is
just what might have been expected. The prisoners
are very numerous, their guards cannot be very
strong, and the ruin which would be inflicted upon
the German army by any large number getting out
and arming themselves is well calculated to
fire the imagination of professional troops. The
scheme, which was planned by the French
in Cologne, Coblentz, and Mayence, was
fixed for Christmas Day. They proposed to fall on
their few guards at a given signal, disarm and kill
them, and then, scattering fire and sword on their
way, hasten to the French frontier, where they calcu-
lated on assistance, especially in Alsace. The mili-
tary and police authorities had, however, a timely
warning, and on the 24th brought up considerab.e
reinforcements of infantry and artillery. At Cologne
10,000 troops were posted in the barracks, ready
to march out at tue first beat of the drum. No
outbreak, however, was attempted. Amongst the
Christmas presents " sent from France to these
prisoners was a chest containing five six-barrelled
revolvers and a dagger, concealed in articles of
clothing. The French officers in Rhenish-Prussia
are said to behave very badly.
London, England, 1870-12-30

DEATH!.

On the 27th inst., at Thrapston House, Thrapston, George
Eland, Esq., aged 73.
On the 27th inst., at Brasted, near Sevenoaks, Matthew
Norwood, Esq., late of 27, Leadedhall-street, city,
aged 66.

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London, England, 1870-12-30

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY LANE—RuIe Britannia. Dragon of Wantley.
COVENT GARDEN—Lottery Ticket. Sleeping Beauty.
ADELPHI—Smoke. Mistletoe Bough.
HAYMARKET—The Poor Soldier. The Palace of Truth.

Uncle's Will. The Spectre Bridegroom.
VAnDEvILLF.--Chiselling. Two. Roses. Elizabeth, or

the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—On and Off.

Lion

Living at Ease. Coeur-de•

ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. }'ernande. Botnbastes
Fitrioso.

OLYMPlC—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur

lesque) Paul and Virginia.

ROYALTY - Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his

Sensation Cat.

GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin 11.
QUEEN'S—Farce. Midsummer Night's Dream.
GLOBE—Board and Residence. Delicate Ground. The

White Cat. Rely on my Discretion.
OPERA COMIQUE—Found Drowned. Nothing to Nurse.
HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. A Breach of Promise,
Jezabel.

PRINCE OF WALES'S. - Queen Stork. Ours. Locke,

PRINCESS'S —A Christmas Carol. Little Gil Bias. He's

a Lunatic.

NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to
Banbury Cross.

ASTLEY'S—Farce. Little Tom -Tittlemouse.
SADLER'S WELLS—Farce. Sinbad the Sailor.

SURREY—Farce. My Son Jaek.
POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After•

noun and Evening.

EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the
Franco-Prussian War.

AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the

Arena.

ST. JAMES'S FlALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PAL.IS ROYAL—Professor Faber's _Calking Machine

ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert,

MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
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Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully
received by the London and Country bankers, and by the Secre-
tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street,
Adelphi, London.

ANY GENTLEMAN requiring the comforts of
a HOME in a respectable and cheerful family, where there
are no other lodgers, to board or not with the family, as
required, may hear of the same by applying to A. L., Mr.
Hawkins, Post Office, Liverpool-road, Barnsbury, N.
London, England, 1870-12-30

BIRTHS.

On the 28thinst., at 30, Chester-square, the wife of Henry
Davies, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 27th inst., at 4, Elgin-road, St. Peter's-park, the
wife of John Hugh Middleton, Esq., of a son.
MARRIAGES.;

On the 27th inst., at Houghton-le-Spring, Henry Sherman,
second son of Edward Henry Sanderson, Esq., of Manor
House, Clapham, to Bertha, second daughter of the late
G. H. Taylor, B.A.
On the 27th inst., at St. Paul's Church, Sheffield, William
Robert Booth, of Woodford, Essex, to Lottie, second
daughter of James Steer, Esq., Sheffield.
London, England, 1870-12-30

111 E SUN, _LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 187 c.

ou'. its importance as regards Vie question of peace.
Germany can no longer refuse to treat with it, for a
Government which is capable of treating of a ques-

don of European importance must certainly be
qualified to discuss the question of peace or war for
its own individual country. It is also believed in
diplomatic circles in London that the neutral Powers
w:11 seize the first opportunity that presents itself
daring the deliberations to make a fresh effort in
favour of peace.
London, England, 1870-12-30

}RANCE'S CHRISTMAS FEAST.

Writing from Bordeaux on Christmas Day, the special
correspondent of the Standard thus dilates on the French
position.—lt is difficult to believe that it is really Christ-
mas Day, and that in thousands of quiet churches in
'England the choirs of village children are singing the
good message, " Peace upon earth, goodwill
towards men." There are millions in desolated
France who may repeat the wish and a prayer
to themselves, but it is only a wish and a prayer ;
the good tidings are far from her yet, with 600,000
men warring, plundering, and slaying in our midst.
Tr'ily it is rather a fast than a feast which France keeps
this year. The shops, usually so gay at this season, are
bare and sober ; the showy boxes for cakes and bonbons,
the thousand pretty trifles, the bright-coloured almanacks
make no appearance this year, for their manufacturers
are shut up in Paris, their vendors are handling a rifle
and facing the foe upon the snow-covered plain. Ladies
and children are alike content to forego their New Year's
gifts, and to know the money which would have been spent
upon them is devoted to the wounded, or to the prisoners
dying of cold and of bad food in the German fortresses.
Last night I was at the midnight mass at the Cathedral,
which, in spite of the bitter cold and the driving snow,
was crowded. What a Christmas Eve for France,
what a Christmas Eve for Germany? How many
millions of people were last night and to-day specially
thinking of those dear ones who, but for the ambi-

tion of the King of Prussia and his advisers, would
be gathered round the hearths ? Where are they now ?
Some are standing as sentries, with the snow driving in
their face, their eyes upon the distant foe, their chilled
hands grasping the rifle, their thoughts far away ; others
are huddled together under the flimsy tent, half perished
with cold, worn out with fatigue and watching ; others sleep
quietly beneath the snow, and the loved ones who to-day
are praying for them will never hear of them again until
the day when the official list is published, and the names
will appear with the short word, Dead. Better, far better,
so than to be in the place of him who will pass his Christ-
mas at Versailles, and will thank his God for all his mer-
cies. while the curses of millions are crying to Heaven
against him.
London, England, 1870-12-30

THE COMING CONFERENCE.

The Independence Beige, in speaking of the per-
sonnel of the Conference, whose opening is definitively
fixed for Tuesday next, says it was at first proposed
that France should be represented by M. Thiers, then
by M. Jules Favre; but the latter has not yet received
the safe conduct which the English Government
asked on his behalf at Versailles. If it should not
reach him in time for him to attend the Conference,
he will be provisionally represented by M. Tissot, the
French Charge; d'Affaires in England. In any case,
says the Independence, a great point is gained by
the participation of the Government of National
Defence in the deliberations of the Council, and the
unqualified recognition of that government in an
international point of view. This will not be with-
London, England, 1870-01-24

•t THE. A"IAREL OFT PROCLAIMS THE
MAY''

BEST MATERIALS, BEST STYLES
BEST WORKMANSHIP, and LOWEST
PRICES, at E. MOSES and SON'S.

Every description of Clothing ready-made
or made to measure, f)r all ages, all occa-
sions, and all classes, at E. MOSES and
SON'S.

An immense assortment of WINTER
CLOTHING in all the newest designs and
materials, at .E. MOSES and SON'S. ~cl.„

OVERCOATS from 19s. to £5.:

BOY'S OVERCOATS from 10s. 6d. to 455.
For the convenience of Ladies accom-
panying their Sons there is a separate de-
partment for Boys' Clothing, and it is fur-
nished with a splendid assortment of Suits,
Overcoats, and Clothing for all occasions,
inch-14.1ml- all the favourite designs and the
most fashionable materials.
Orders bv Post are attended to with care
and punenality, and the easy and accurate
system of si,ll--meastire introduced by E.
'MOSES n a SON enables them to guarantee
a faultless fit.

Any article not worn or injured will be
exchanged, or, if desired, the :noney-will
be returned.

All Goods are marked in Plain Figures,
from which no abatement can be made.

The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats
and Cape. and Boots and Shoes, is un-
equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap-
ness.

A very large assortment of BLANKETS,
from ss. 4d. the pain!

Complete Outfits for all Climates, with
every requisite for the voyage.

List of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea-
sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and
post-free.

E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments
are closed every Friday evening at sunset till
Saturday evening at sunset, when business
is resumed until eleven o'clock.

E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be-
spoke Tailors, Ilabitmakers, Woollendrapers,
Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac-
turers, and General Ou te tie I for all
Classes.

The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES
and SON:—

L OND OT.
CORNER OF MINORIES AND ALDGATE.
NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET.
CORNER OF TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD AND EUSTON
ROAD.

Country Branch.

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.
London, England, 1870-01-24

BIRTHS.

CLARK - On the 21st inst., the wife of Charles Clark, Esq.'
of Leytonston,,, of a son.
ELLIOTT—On the 20th inst., Mrs. Elliott, of Chesterfora
Park, of a son.
- -

_
G
CHAPLIN - BOYLE -On the 20th inst., at St. Geori,!e.?,'
Hanover-square, Cecil Chaplin, Esq., to E-nily
eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-Cul. th© Hon. Robt. P
Boyle, Coldstream Guards.

I.IILBANKE —DEYAIAN— On the 20th inst., at Singllto4
of
Church, Sussex, Sir Penistou Millbanke, Baronet,
he
Cartham, Sussex, to Elizabeth, second daughter of t'
lion. Pickard Denman.
London, England, 1870-01-24

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. E. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL.
At 7.45, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; or, OLD MOTHER
BUNCH Misses Jessie Vokes. Victoria Vokes, Rosins Vokes,
Kate Santley, Hudspeth. and Harriet Coreney; Messrs. Fred.
Yokes, Britto.inWright, W. F. Vokes, F. Mozeland, Rowel's, and
Harry Boieno.
London, England, 1870-01-24

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

TO Anglo-American Tei., lim ill 191 24 2ul 1
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... II 2(4 20, 20
at Atlantic Telegraph lO 17 19 16
at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 61 55 481
at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 180 1;0
at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 282 '267
10 Do. Nevr 3 12 13p
25 Indo-European Tel., lira all 23 24
6 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 04
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 1p
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 9 10 8; 9
25 Renter's Telegram all 78 86
20 Societe Transatlant., Um— all 181 184 171 181
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 It
6 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all i 1 ;-1
_

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 AniTo--31exican Mint all 141 141
25 Australian Agricultural
25 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance. lim.
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 6d
10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 141
10 Do. New all
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim.
5 Bombay Gas, lim.
5 Do. New 4 11 id
50 British American Land 44 15 17
20 British Indian Tea, lim all 1 2
20 British Ship Owners 7l
29 Canada Company all
10 Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment, lim 2l .. ...
20 Ceylon Company, lim
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, lim 6
25 City of London Real Pro-
perty, lim 9 51 4
30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 6 6
25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all
50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22,1 131 1
50 Colonial, lim.

63 t 5 63

Do. ,
22k ... ...
60 Commercial Union (Assur) b pr i 61
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lim
20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 25 27
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 per cent.
London, England, 1870-01-24

PHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
-I- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. W EBSTER
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. OPEN TO CONVICTION.
Messrs. G. Belrnore, J. D. Beveridge, C. H. Stephenson, Miss
L. Orgy, and Mrs. Leig'.l Murray.
At 8, TH NIGHTINGAL Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs
Arthur Stirling, J. D. Beveridge, Skinner, MISS Furtado, Mrs
Alfre 1 Mellon, Miss Eliza, Johnstone, Mrs Caulfield, &c.
To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Bel
more and Mrs Leigh Murray.
Box-office open daily, from 10 till IS. No fees for booking.
Places can be secured a fortnight in advance.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Lessee and Manager—Mr.Benjamin Wester.

THIS EVENING, at 7, AFTER DARK: Mr.Vinintr; Messrs.
Phillips, Ashley, Taylor, Rignold, Leeson, Eburne; Mesdames
R. Lecloreq, Barnett.

After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON: Mr. Vining:
Messrs Phillips, Ashley, Stuart, Rignold, Taylar, Leeson, and
Eburno; Mesdames Barnett, Stoker, Brewer.
London, England, 1870-01-24

OTTOMAN.

The total traffic receipts on this company's rail-
way, 80* miles in length, for the half-year ending
the 31st of December last amounted to £39,987,
and fur the same half of 1868 to £30,722, showing
an increase of £9,265 or 30.3 per cent.

We hear that Mr. Manus,well-known the con-
ductor of the Crystal Palace Concerts, will take
his annual benefit on Saturday, 23d April.
A return has been called for by the Lords of Ad-
miralty of the officials at Sheerness dockyard who
are willing to retire if allowed to do so, on the
terms of " abolition of office," by which ten years
will be added to their completed period of service.
In accordance with this order, the following have
sent in their acceptance of the terms offered - Air
Samuel Townsend, foreman of the factory ; Mr. G.
Morgan, master smith ; and Mr. Payne, foreman
of the caulkers.

RAILWAYS._PREFERENCE•' SHARES AND STOOKS.
With Dividends con.tiugent ou the Profits of each separate year
London, England, 1870-01-24

rrCIE LA. rEsT EDITION of " THE SUN "
$ J. FLAMES begs to inform his friends and the public
Renerally that he supplies the LATEST EDITION of "TM'
SON " as soon as published.—No. 10, Ha mpstead-road N.W.

IF HE THIRD EDITION OF tt THE SUN,"
giving all the SPORTING NEWS of the day, may ho seen
JIM M %NTON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe,"
Little Britain, City, E.O
London, England, 1870-01-24

AUGUST.

Brighton 2, 8 1
Brighton Club 4 1
Lewes ........, ...b, 6 1

Stociitt l7 to 19
Oxford lB, 19
York 23 to 25

Egham 9,10
'Windsor ll, 12
Bromley l6, 17

Plymouth
Derby SO, Al
Woyu3ou►.h SO, SI

SEPTEMBER.

War wick 6 7 Richmond 2e, 21
Abingdon 8, 0 I Western Meet (A yr) 21 to 28
Dosimeter 18 to 16 Hendon 22, 28
Hampton 20, 21 Newmarket let Oot. 27 to SO

QUEEN'S CONCERT Rooms, HANOVER- S Q UAEE.
To-morrow evening, Mrs. Lafontaine Erskine will give an
entertainment here of more than ordinary interest. It
will consist of readings from tho best authors, And a
musical performance of a very interesting and singular
nature. Report speaks highly of the talents of Mrs.
Erskine as a " Reader." The instrumentalists are Sig-
norina Vittorina de Bono, Signor Luigi de Bono, and
Mos Julia Lafontaine.
London, England, 1870-01-24

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

UNLICENSED CABDRIVERS.—John Grant was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and
incapable of driving a Hansom cab.
Sergeant Burke, 2 E R, said that at 12 o'clock
last night he was on duty in the Regent-circus,
and while trying to get a tipsy unfortunate away
the prisoner drove his cab on the crossing. Seeing
that the prisoner was drunk and incapable of driv-
ing his cab he, after getting the female away, took
him into custody. At the station the prisoner said
he had not got a license, and that the badge he was
wearing was given to him by a gentleman who said
he picked it up.
The prisoner, who admitted he had no license,
said he was asked by Mr. Tillett, the owner of the
cab, to take it out for a couple of hours, and he
did so.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the practice of driving with
out a license, which was now becoming common,
must be checked, and that with something like
severity. The prisoner might not be aware of it,
but he was liable to a penalty of £lO for driving
without a license. If a stop was not put to it a
parcel of scamps would be driving about without
there being any check on them whatever. The pri-
soner would have to pay 20s. or 14 days, and he
thought Mr. Tillett ought to pay the money.
London, England, 1870-01-24

LADY MEDICAL STUDENTS.

Those undaunted ladies who aspire to medical,
amongst other honours hitherto reserved for the
stronger sex by national prejudice, will be glad to
learn that, in consequence of a refusal on the part of
the University of Edinburgh to give instruction in
anatomy to ladies, some other professors of the science
have intimated that they are ready to give courses
of anatomical lectures to those who have been
rebuffed in Edinburgh.
London, England, 1870-01-24

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

On Saturday a new and original five act drama,
eutialtd " Twixt Axe and Crown, or the Lady
Elizabeth," was produced here with the most coin-
ii The subject is the rivalry of Queen
Maryleitzea uesantcdhc,e'' thess Lady Elizabeth, her half-sister (after-
wards Queen Elizabeth, not yet 20 when the play
opens), in the affections of Edward Courteuay,
Earl of Devon, popularly known as the White

Rose, great grandson of Edward IV., and last de-
scendant of the Royal House of York, whose life,
from 12 to 27, had been spent as a prisoner in the
Tower, where he was confined, with his father, by
Henry VIII., and whence he was released by Mary
at her accession. The play was a perfect success.
The principal parts were sustained by Mr. and Mrs.
Rousby, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Henry Marston, and Miss
Pauncefort, and it was placed on the stage with re-
maikable splendour. It will without doubt become
one of the great attractions of the present theatrical
season. The house was brilliantly attended.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKEZ-(TIIIS DAY.)

Sales probably 10,000 bales.
quiet.

The market was

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Meads. DUNVILLE & Co., who hare gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called " The Royal Irish Distillery."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Morning. Evening.
MONDAY 58 min past 6 24 min past 7
TUESDAY. 52 min past 7 0 min last 8
WEDNESDAY 56 min past 8 33 min past 9
THURSDAY... ..............10 min past 10 50 min parn:i 0
FRIDAY,,. 30 mit) pact 11.,.,,, 0 lain past 12
London, England, 1870-01-24

POSTAGE ON PRINTED MATTER.

The Times fears that the expectation so generally
entertained in commercial circles that the Govern-
ment bad determined to reduce the rates of postage
on printed matter and circulars in the approaching
session is likely to be disappointed. It is stated—
though the news does not exceed the consistency of
a report—that there is a disposition to postpone the
matter; and, in consequence, the Associated Chambers
and the Postal Committee of the Society of Arts are
taking measures to obtain an immediate decision.
The latter body have resolved to urge a reduction on
printed matter to one halfpenny for four ounces.
London, England, 1870-01-24

THE SULTAN AND TILE KHEDIVE.

The Levant Times states that the Porte and the Viceroy
hive come to a final settlement on the question of the
ironclads and the breechloaders, which were ordered in
E grope. The Viceroy's answer has given satisfaction to
the Sultan and the Grand Vizier. The Viceroy never did
refuse, and never contemplated refusing, to give up the
iron-clads and rifles to the Imperial Government; and
the me. tter has merely been kept open for awhile in order
to fix the price, and to settle the mode of payment.
This was simply a question of detail, and has been settled
in the most amicable manner.
London, England, 1870-01-24

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.

• Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr
Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And INO. Concluding with
THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL.

efiRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8
Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.

ZOOLOGICAL G klt DENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission. ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children
under twelve. ed.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLETS
Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office
o pen fromll to 4.

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;141 •
Sint
London, England, 1870-01-24

CIIADIVICK IN AMERICA.

Mr. Chadwick, member for Macclesfield, has paid
a visit to the United States, where he has opened
his mind to the Americans. He recently told the
New York Chamber of Commerce that English
capitalists did not invest in American railways so
largely as before, and the fear of dishonest proceed-
ings was the deterrent cause. The doings of the
Erie Ring amounted to sheer plunder, which was
countenanced and abetted by corrupt judges. A few
plain representations of this hind may perhaps have
some eflect—not upon Fisk and Co.—but in rousing
public indignation against this system of fraud.

FOREIGN Nbl'2B,
TILE DISARMAMENT QUESTION.

The North German Gazette refers to a staternent In the
Patrie that the question of disarmament was made the
subject of negotiation by the States of the North German
Confederation, and declares that no such thing ever took
place. Such a question, it argues, could not be
entertained by Prussian statesmen, for it would revolu-
tionise the entire military system of North Germany.
" Disarmament for the North - German Confederation
means the abrogation of universal military conscription,
and this is an impossibility." very attempt has been
made by the French war party to dissolve the unity of the
North-German Confederation, and disarmament has be-
come the theme of the antagonists of Prussia in Germany
and abroad.
London, England, 1870-01-24

BUENOS AYRES GREAT SOUTHERN.

The traffic receipts on this company's line, 71
miles in length, from the Ist of January to the 14th
of November, 1869, amounted to £106,844, and
for the corresponding period of last year to
£82,744, showing an increase of £24,100, or 29.1
per cent.
London, England, 1870-01-24

THEATRE ROYAL, IT A YAIARKET
Sole Legsee, Mr. Buekntone._

THIS EVENING, A KI•fS IN THE DARK.
Followed by, at 20 to 8, the New Comedy, NEW MEN
AND OLD ACRES : Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr
Howe, Mr Rogers, Mr. Braid, Mr Buckstone, jun.; Miss
Robertson, Mrs Chippendale, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, Miss
C. Hill, &c.
After which, THE FAIR ONE WITH THE 13 OLT.,,EN
OCKS: Mr A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwynn Miss
I rancis, Miss Murray.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.