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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-26

iIVIERICAN INTERVIEWING.

A trustworthy authority has informed us that the
proprietors of the American papers are. anxious to
secure an enterprising and suitable man who will
undertake to " interview" Calcraft. America, more-
over, being pretty well interviewed already, this
man, if he shoUld succeed in delineating the pep-
Rarities of Calcraft's inmost thoughts to satisfaction,
is to be asked' to follow up his first effort
by going through a list of victims. The list
includes Martin Tupper, Mr. Bright (with reasons
for his retirement), Dr. Newman, Mr. Gladstone,
and one of the released Fenians. It would seem
that one English agent of undoubted vigilance has
already been engaged to visit the Pope, and another
attempted to penetrate the woods of Chiselhurst
recently, but was ignominiously driven back by a
furious sortie on the part of the attendants. We
suppose that in going through a series, beginning
With Calcraft and finishing with Gladstone, the New
York papers are anxious to have the most interesting
morsel first.
London, England, 1870-12-26

I)OYAL STJIAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH.
This Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE.
Messrs. Crouch, Turner; Mesdames Ada Swanborough,
E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. CCP:UR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry,
Phulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E.
Button, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &o.

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRA ND.-
Lessees— Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.
THIS EVENING, at 7 CHISELLING, Mr. David James; after
which TWO ROSES (176th night), by James Albery. Conclude
with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague,
David James. and T. Thorne, &c. ; Mesdames AmyFawsitt, A.
Newton, and Nelly Power, &c.
London, England, 1870-12-26

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.
VAuDEviazu—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or
the Invisible Armada.
STRAND-011 and Off.

Living at Ease.

Coeur-de-

Lion.
ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Bombastes

Furioso.
OrAmrio—Poppleton's Predicament. Nell and (Bur-
lesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY - Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his

Sensation Cat.
GAIETY—A Christmas Story. Alladin II
QUEEN'S—Farce. Midsummer Night's Dream.
GLOBE—Board and Residence. Delicate Ground.
White Cat. Rely on my Discretion.
OPERA COMIQUE—Fouid Drowned. Nothing to Nurse.
HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. A Breach of Promise.

The

Jezabel.
PRINCE OF WALES'S. - Queen Stork. Ours. Locked

PRINCEBS'S—A Christmas Carol. Little Gil Blas. He's

a Lunatic.
NATIONAL STANDARD—Farce. Ride a Cock Horse to
Banbury Cross.
ASTLEY'S—Farce. Little Tom Tittlemonse.
SADLER'S WELLS—Farce. Sinbad the Sailor.
SURREY—Farce. My Son Jack.
PurrEcHme—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
noon and Evening.
EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the
Franco-Prnssiat War.
AMPIIITUEATRR AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.

ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PALS'S ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine.
ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. ls. ; extra rooms, 6d.

OPEPA COMIQUE.—S. EMERY as BOFFIN
in FOUND DROWNED, or OUR MUTUAL FRIEND.
Also Messrs. John Nelson+, W. M'lntyre, Charles Warner (by
permission of W. H. Listo.., Esq.), Edwin Stanley, Granville,
and Bell ; Mesdames Ernetone, Patti Josephs, Holston, ➢Landers,
Tilly Earl, and Miss Rose Lisle. Open at 0.30 ; commence at 7.
London, England, 1870-12-26

Now AND THEN.

It is notorious that the Germans are much disap-
pointed by the stubborn resistance of France. They
themselves confess to a mistake in their calculations;
and it is probable that the error arose through too
clos 4y deducing the fate of Imperial France from
the late of Imperial Austria. When- e Austrian
regular forces were beaten at Sadowa there was no
further hope. -More than half the Emperor's suhject3
detested his rule, and the remain:ler had no great
liking for a Government well nigh despotic. There
was no hope, therefore, of a popular war. Nor was
there any in France under the Imperial rule. But
the Germans fully knew that de'eat would lose
Napoleon his throne, and they had therefore to cal-
culate upon what, would happen after his fall.
London, England, 1870-12-26

THE GOVERNMENT

We are enabled to state that Mr. Otway has resigned
the Under-Secretaryship for Foreign Affairs, and that
he will be succeeded by Lord Enfield, M.P. ; Mr.
Davison, M.P., Q.C., will, we understand, be the new
Judge Advocate-General, in the room of Sir Colman
O'Loghlen.
London, England, 1870-12-26

THE INDIAN COURT MARTIAL.

The court-martial on Ensign Gilbert, of the 3rd Bat-
talion 60th Rifles, has, no doubt ere this, drawn its slow
length along, and established its right to rank among
Ne military causes celeb,es. No provocation on the

part of Lieutenant-Colonel Kennedy could have justi-
Red Mr. Gilbert in committing the gross act of
insubordination for which he was put on his trial
although his judges seemed disposed to take as favouraille
a view of the case as possible. Notwitstanding the ex-
tenuating circumstances, there is little doubt that they
have by this time pronounced an unfavourable verdict.
The sympathy of the Madras authorities, in favour of

this young officer, has been expressed in a marked
manner. • Colonel Roe, the present Adjutant-General
of the Madras Army, who formerly commanded his
battalion, visited him every evening during his trial, feeling-
naturally interested in its senior ensign. Report srlys
that however damaging the result of this court-martial
may be to the prospects of Ensign Gilbert,. the revelations
there made can hardly prove of benefit to Colonel Ken-
nedy. This is much to be regretted, as Colonel
Kennedy has seen good service, and has well earned the
position which he occupies in commanding a battalion.—
Broad Arrow.
London, England, 1870-10-14

OXFORD UNIVERSITY.

The President of St. John's College yesterday afternoon
announced that Messrs. Stevenson and Powys have been
elected to the two vacant open scholarships at that society.
These scholarships are worth £lO4 per annum, and aro
tenable for five years. The Casberd scholarship has not
yet been awarded.
London, England, 1870-10-14

CAPTURE OF ORLEANS,

VERSAILLES, OCT. 12.
Yest
wag t ay, after nine hours' fighting, Orleans
a'ell by General von der Tann.
e took more than 2,000 prisoners and several

priLh—ce_ German loss amounted to 1,200 ; that of the
rll_,ll. was heavy. They fled in disorder.
cia;:"Ionel Lindsay was allowed to enter Paris to-

c°reneral Burnside has had several interviews with
vitrt Bismarck since his return from Paris.
Great activity prevails in front of Paris.

BISMARCK AND PARIS.
BERLIN, THURSDAY (8.30 A.m.)
_r.A..fter the occupation of Paris by the German
wlich it is expected will follow in a month

from the commencement of the bombardment, Count
Bismarck will be favourable to the convocation of
a Constituent Assembly, to determine the future
Government of France, and to ratify the terms of
peace, but he is desirous at present that the
occupation of the French capital should first be
accomplished.

LATEST BALLOON NEWS.
IA balloon from Paris descended on Wednesday near
Tournai. The aeronaut, Cargat, reported that he
left the city on Wednesday, and that at that time
the Parisians were well prepared, and indeed
anxious for the attack. The greatest spirit is
exhibited, and but one feeling seems to prevail, and
that is, death to the invaders. All political demon-
strations have been given up, and General Trochu
is everywhere trusted as the only deliverer
of Paris from her enemies. The ramparts
are all strongly manned, and steps have been taken
to give the earliest instructions to all parts of the
capital the moment the Germans make any impor-
tant movement.
London, England, 1870-10-14

- -
" 61r. Evill's visit to Rome was opportunely timed to enable
him to witness the great gathering of prelates' in attendance
at the opening of the ecumenical Council ; his journey was
accomplished with great rapidity, but his hasty en route
sketches are lively and amusing."—Record.
" In this pleasant little book we have an abundance of inter-
esting matter, such as a professed bookmaker may extend into
the compass of two goodly volumes ln tne very first
page we are satisfied with the book, and are engrossed with its
contents We recommend the entire little volume as
well to readers as to intending tourists in search of continental
information."—News of the World.

" The ground was all new to Mr. Evill, and, in spite of the
season of the year, he saw it under peculiarly favourable cir-
cumstances. He has an eye quick to see, and a pen that enables
him to tell right pleasantly, and not a little vividly, what he has
scam. . . . . Mr. Evill was fortunate enough, in company
with his friend, Mr. Charles Kent, the poet, to see the pro-
cession in St. Peter's, on the opening day of the Vatican
Council. His description of it is very graphic."—Western
Morning News. _ _

"Italy has been described to the reading world again and
again, and, therefore, the charm of Mr. Evill's book is not the
charm of novelty, and it has a charm. There is a fresh, inge-
nuous manner, that appeals to the reader. The author records
his impressions and describes minutely the beauty of the Italian
scenery without a thought of the travellers who have gone
before. Some passages, descriptive, are really excellent. The
exterior and interior of Milan cathedral are put before us in
glowing terms, and the long ceremonies of the opening of the
Ecumenical Council are forcibly described. His description of
Venice is excellent. Mr. Evill's word-painting is far above the
average of such descriptions. We are sure that readers, after a
perusal of this book, will have a vivid impression of the scenery
described, and be grateful to Mr. IR vill for his pleasant recollec-
tions."—Lloyd's Weekly News.

"Accuracy of description will cause this little book to be
read, and probably enjoyed, by thoso Englishmen and English-
women whom necessity keeps at home year after year.

The profits are to be given to a charity, and we heartily wish it
every success, and think that many untravelled Englishmen
will find something to interest them in Mr. Evill's Winter
Journey to Rome."—The Examiner.
London, England, 1870-10-14

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, OCT. 11.
The Queen went out in the morning, accompanied by
Princess Louise.

In the afternoon her Majesty drove out, attended by
the Marchioness of Ely and the Hon. Emily Cathcart.
Princess Maud of Wales remains on a visit to the Queen.
The Right Hon. W. E. Forster arrived at the Castle.

Major-General Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Biddulph
and the Right Hon. W. E. Forster had the honour of
dining with the Queen and the Royal Family.
London, England, 1870-10-14

A. ROYAL MARRIAGE.

The Morning Post confidently announces a piece
of intelligence which will excite great and general
interest throughout the country. The Queen, it is
said, has given her consent to the marriage of her Royal
Highness the Princess Louise to the Marquis of
Lorne, the eldest son of the Duke of Argyll. Royal
marriages are too often mere matters of political or
dynastic arrangement, conducive neither to private
happiness nor public good, but, in this instance,
happily, it seems that the rigid fetters of Court etiquette
are to be broken, and the national congratulations
on the occasion may therefore be cordial
,as well as
loyal. The scruples which formerly existed as to the
possible interference with the succession resulting
from the marriage of a Royal Princess with a sub-
ject can find no place in this instance, since there
are some five-and-twenty lives between the Princess
Louise and the English Crown. The sacrifice of
individual happiness to such a remote possibility
would undoubtedly be altogether unjustifiable, even
were it certain that such influences were more mis-
chievous than foreign dynastic entangle-
ments. The Princess is the fourth daughter
of her Majesty, and eras born in March, 1848.
She is known to possess considerable artistic ability,
and has exhibited busts. The Marquis is about
three years her senior. His mother, Lady Elizabeth
Leveson Gower, was the eldest daughter of the late
Duchess of Sutherland, who was for many years
one of her Majesty's principal friends and asso-
ciates.
London, England, 1870-10-14

THE GALE.

The gale which has prevailed during the past few days
has been productive of a vast amount of damage, and a
large number of casualties. In London the wind blew
with great force, damaging shrubberies, roofing, &c. In
the river the shipping sustained serious injury.
ST. ANDREWS.—The schooner Lee, of Frederikshaldt,
with battens, from Sannesund to Dundee, went ashore at
the West Sands, off this place, on Wednesday night, and
is likely to become a total wreck. The crew were saved
by the lifeboat.

LYTHAM, LANCASHIRE.—A small vessel was observed on
the Horse Bank, during a heavy gale from the E.S.E.
The lifeboat Wakefield, belonging to the Lifeboat Society,
went out to her through a heavy sea, but found that,
although a signal of distress was still flying, the vessel,
which was the fishing smack L. L. 41., was abandoned.
LOWESTOFT.—About seven o'clock on Wednesday eve-
ning the National Institution's Lowestoft and Corton
lifeboats put off, in reply to signals of distress shewn from
vessels on the Corton Sands, during a south-south-westerly
gale, and in a heavy sea. The Lowestoft boat saved twelve
persons—part of the crews of the smacks Olive and
Thomas William, of Harwich, and the Corton lifeboat
rescued the remaining three men. The Olive had pre-
viously picked up a crew of twelve men, whose boat, the
Thomas William, was wrecked on Sandho Island two
days previously. Another smack, the Langford, belonging
to Lowlight, fouled the pier when taking the harbour,
became a total wreck, and is almost broken up. All
hands were saved.

CASTLETOWN, ISLE OP MAN.—The Aurelia of this port
parted from her anchor, and went ashore on Wednesday
during a heavy gale. The lifeboat proceeded to the rescue,
but when within a very short distance of the wreck the
rocket corps were successful in firing a line over it, by
which means the crew were safely got.to land.
ST. DAVID'S.—The smack Transit, of Cardigan, went
ashore in Ramsey Sound, in St. David's Bay, on Wed-
nesday morning, during a fearful gale from W.S.W. On
seeing her signals of distress the lifeboat Augusta, belong-
ing to the National Lifeboat Institution, went out
through a heavy sea, and was happily the means of
saving the crew of two men from the wreck. This lifeboat
was presented to the society last year by the Earl of
Dartmouth and his tenantry.
NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND. The
lifeboat, William Hopkinson, of Bighouse, belong-
ing to the Lifeboat Society, is reported to have been
launched on Wednesday morning, during a heavy south-
easterly gale, to the aid of thirteen of the fishing cobles
which had been overtaken by the storm. With the valu-
able assistance afforded by the lifeboat, all the boats got
safely ashore.
London, England, 1870-10-14

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Do 3rd Pref Stock .... 31 33
Caledonian
Great Eastern 373 373 4th Pref Stook
373 161
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713 Do Op a Bonds, 1873., 100 102
Lancashire & Yorkshire 13031311 Do 51 do. 1877-8 96 98
Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 413 413 Do 5p c pref, issued 80 1 2pm
42 Madras guar 5 p o
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 12 121 1053
Lon and North-Western 128129 N. Railway of Canada,
1283, 7r 6p a Ist Pref Bonds
Lon and South-Western 88 9(7 Oude and Rohilkund g
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 441 453 5p o
Metropolitan
Midland 1261127 Scinde, Punjaub, and
North British
North-EasternConsols.. 145 146 103
1453 Bahia and San Francisco
South-Easte3lB3rn 73} 733 g 7 p lB3 183
733,
Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 79 Belgian E Junction .... 11 2
Bombay, Baroda, and Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. • 25} 251
Central India, g 5 p c 10431053 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 181
Buff & Lake Huron Pre! Dutch-Rhonish 22 24
Do 5/ p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 80 82 Eastern of France —
Cape guar 6p 0
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London, England, 1870-10-14

On November Ist, Price Half-a-Guinea.
KI N G IL
By
LORDA. LYTTON.R T H IT
Illustrated by Edward Hughes, Clarke Stanton, Charles
Greene, and others.
For prompt supply please order through Bookseller at once.

THE EUROPEAN WAR.
The SUN is Published Every Morning
at EIGIT r O'CLOCK, with SOME
lIOURS' LATER NEWS than any other
paper. This edition will always contain
the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and
of all other events.
London, England, 1870-10-14

THE CHURCH CONGRESS.

Some 2,500 working men attended the meeting speci-
ally held for their benefit last evening. The Bishop of
Winchester presided, and said that the true idea of Chris-
tianity was that the Saviour not only redeemed humanity,
but desired to exalt it into the place it was intended to
occupy. The system of the Church was designed to bring
the Gospel to all. Canon Kingsley said that the
troubles of France shewed that it was upon
the virtues of the individual members of a
State that its social prosperity depended in the
long run. The Bishop of Peterborough, in an eloquent
speech, remarked that if there was one thing more pitiful
to see than another, it was a set of popularity-hunting
parsons, speaking rather what was pleasant than what
was true.

NEW PUBLIC PARK AND CORN EXCHANGE

FOR ROCHESTER.

The Mayor of Rochester, Mr. J. R. Foord, laid the
corner stone of a new Corn Exchange for that city, to cost
about £5,000, at noon yesterday, in the presence of the
citizens and many distinguished visitors. The Mayor and
the Corporation afterwards formed a procession, with the
local volunteer corps as a guard of honour, and proceeded
to the gardens of Rochester Castle, which have been
leased by the Earl of Jersey to the Corporation
for the purpose of a public park, and will
be laid out at the cost of £2,000, to be raised
by public subscriptions. Formal possession of these
gardens and the castle was taken. The proceedings of the
day closed with a luncheon at the old Corn Exchange.
Among those invited were the Bishop of Rochester, the
Earl of Darnley, Sir John Lubbock, M.P., the city
members, Messrs. Martin and Goldschmid, most of the
Mayors of Kent, and the High-Constable of Chatham.

A SHIP ON FIRE AT SHIELDS.
Yesterday a large American barque, named the J. I

McLaren lying at'North Shields, was discovered to be on
fire. The flames rose from the hold, consuming the main
portion of the rigging ,before assistance could be obtained.
The fire was ultimately subdued by a large body of men
The vessel was taking in a cargo of chemicals, a large
quantity of which had to be thrown overboad.
London, England, 1870-10-14

POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.

The gale of Thursday night has done considerable damage
to the telegraphic wires, especially those connecting London
with the north and Ireland. Twenty-five principal wires
have been broken, and the wind and rain together have
prejudicially affected the working of many others. A
good deal of delay, therefore, has occurred in the trans-
mission of telegrams on the northern and Irish wires. In
the south and west of England the effects of the gale on
the telegraphs have been less severely felt.
London, England, 1870-10-14

M. TRIERS MISSION.

From Florence we learn that M. Thiers has had an
interview with the King of Italy. Tho Nazione of
the 12th of October contradicts the assertion of
certain foreign journals, that the Prussian Ambas-
sador here had declared to the Italian Cabinet that
Prussia was desirous that Nice should again form
part of the Italian kingdom.
London, England, 1870-10-14

WAR WITH CHINA,

There is no foundation for the report prevalent in
Liverpool yesterday to the effect that war has been
declared by England and France against China.

AMERICA.
(BT CABLE.)
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 12.

In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, lowa, and Nebraska,
on Tuesday, the elections were all carried by the
Republicans, they losing scarcely a member of Congress.
In Ohio the Republicans gain on the popular vote.
The total popular vote is comparatively small. Little
interest is taken in these elections. They chew that the
42nd Congress will have a decided Republican majority.
OCTOBER 13.
General Lee died on Wednesday of congestion of the
brain, at Wexington, Virginia, aged 64,

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE MEMBERS FOR OXFORD.

Tho Minister of War and Mr. Vernon Harcourt have
accepted an invitation from the Oxford Liberal Association
to address the electors in the Corn Exchange to-day
(Friday).
London, England, 1870-10-14

THE SUN, LONDON, rffilml, OCTOBER 14,

THE WA hi

THE SIEGE OF PARIS

A FRENCH': OFFICER ON THE SIEGE.

A distinguished general officer in the French army, who
was made prisoner at Sedan, says thatif Paris can hold out
until the first frosts of winter, and, above all, till rain sets
in, France will be saved. It is not likely that the South,
the West, and the North, will fail to send thousands of
men to the rescue of the capital. The larger the German
armies the greater will be their difficulty in getting
provisions, especially if the Free-shooters follow the
example of the Prussians, and cut off all communications
by way of railways and telegraphs and blow-Up bridges.
The Germans will find great difficulty in providing them-
selves with food in the 'deserted countries through which they
must pass, and from this scarcity sickness, typhus, and
fevers will follow as a matter of course. "I must tell
you that throughout Germany, and I am well calculated
to judge of such things, great apprehension is entertained
on this score. The lead discouragement may suffice to
change the fortune of war, and place the Germans in a
very awkward position in the centre of France. France
may do great things if she can only hold out for some
time longer. It is necessary to avoid regular engagements,
and to unite in order to crush the fractions who attack us
in divisions. We must follow the noble example of Spain
who was able to resist from 1809 to 1813, and to conquer.
Why should not France rid herself of Germany in i
1870? "
London, England, 1870-10-14

THE ORGANISATION OF THE VOLUNTEERS.

Lord Ranelagh thinks sufficient attention is not yet
paid to the organisation of our Volunteers, and with-
out this all improvements in their condition would
be thrown away. Organisation is the great question.
We have many lessons to learn from the sad expe-
rience of our neighbours on the Continent, but none
is more manifest than the different results of good
and bad organisation in disposing of forces. Lord
Ranelagh quotes Mr. Bruce's remc.rk that it may
be necessary to reorganise the whole volunteer sys-
tem, if no arrangement can be made by which we
can depend on their efficiency in case of
invasion. The answer to this is, he thinks,
easily found. A committee should be formed of
those who are "versed in the exigencies of warfare,"
and therefore capable of reorganising the whole
question. These should adopt a system which
would ensure the whole force being able to be
massed at a given spot by a given clay, when any
service they might have to render would be sharp
and decisive, and the Volunteer might feel he need
never be called for an indefinite time from his home
and business. With such an organisation they
would be a greht power in the country, without it
they are useless; for the new regulations are quite
ineffectual, and the want of system has rendered a
fine national army wholly unavailable. If a com-
petent committee takes the matter in hand Lord
Ranelagh is positive that, without a material change
in their constitution, our Volunteers will speedily
become an army worthy of Englishmen.
London, England, 1870-10-14

TELEGRAPH COMPANIES

I'd
100 Anglo- A rnerican L) 88 90 Pd
6 Great N. China, and _. 10 Anglo-Meditni (L) ln 141 Japan Extension.. 2121 Ws
100 Atlantic — 5 Indo-European (L).. 12 14
100 Do Bpc . ..
10 British Australis . 3i3idis and Malta (L) ...61 6
10 British Ind Exten ILL 68 61 10 Mediterrn Ex (L). • . 4} 5
10 British Indian Sub- 21 Puma and S. Pcfc(L) 3 2 dis
marine, (L)
2 China Submarine (L) 4140 is 20 Soc Trans France (L) 14 151
10 Falmouth, Gibraltar, 100 Submarine
233 238
and Malta (LI
10 Great Northern .... 11 111 10 W India &Panama(L) 5 51
London, England, 1870-10-14

THE PRUSSIAN SPY SYSTEM.

A great deal of exaggeration and romance has been
indulged in as to the disguises and methods adopted
by the Prussians to obtain information respecting
the military strength of France. Some of the stories
told about Prussian spies are so obviously ridiculous
and absurd, that they offer an insult to common
understanding. The latest contribution to the
newspaper correspondence on this subject is by
an English officer, who affects to believe in the
tale he recounts. He starts with the proposition
that even Count Bernstorff will not deny that Prussia
has been preparing for war during the last four years,
and then says that he thinks it right that the atten-
tion of the English public ought to be called to one
of the moans confidently asserted by many persons
of different countries to have been employed in
the preparation. The writer goes on to accuse
the Prussian Government in times of peace, of
sending officers iu various and unbeseeming
disguises to make notes and acquire information.
Prussian officers, he has been told in the most posi-
tive manner, travelled in France, some as colporteurs
and bagmen; and in the Austrian war some of them
actually attached themselves to a bear or monkey in
order to veil their proceedings. The officer calls
upon the Prussian Government to contradict these
stories if they be without foundation, otherwise all
sensible people will give the travelling Prussian the
cold shoulder, as not fit to be admitted on terms of
equality with those who possess a sense of what
is right or wrong.

DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE.

Mr. Alfred Haviland has traced the history
of the geography of diseases from the time'
of Hippocrates, to whom the credit is due of
being the first to establish the connection between
London, England, 1870-10-14

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

The Telegraph thinks it is an innovation in har-
mony with the feelings of the age, and it carries
farther by one more wise and auspicious step that
identification of the Royal Household and of the
Nation which has been growing into a visible
homely fact all through our good Queen's reign. Better
by far that its historic stream should by many rills, if neces-
sary, communicate with the general tide—for thus the
natural and motherly policy of the Sovereign may, in
truth, accomplish great political reconciliations, bequeath-
ing to new times a new and accepted idea of the
Royal Family, as being mainly the central family of the
nation, with relationships, real as well as social, extend-
ing all round. Altered institutions and the reign of pub-
lic opinion have made it quite idle to apprehend nowadays
any proud Warwick aspiring to be " King maker," or any
gentle Jane Grey or Arabella Stuart thrust reluctantly
upon the empty throne. Nay, there is hardly so profound
a difference left in the present day between rank and
rank that we should have need to says " Cloth of frieze,
be not too bold, Though thou dost wed with elOth of
gold ; " while most certainly no Qll9 need recite the corres-
ponding monition, " Cloth of gold do not despise, Tho'
thou dost mate with cloth of frieze." The happy and
honourable union which is announced as forthcoming
is in complete harmony with the times, and a last
and perfect proof of the thoroughly maternal ten-
' derness and sagacity for which Queen Victoria will be
I known in history—not only in the history of England as
a State, but in the story of England's social life and
moral progress.
London, England, 1870-10-14

SCARCITY AROUND PARIS.

There is great scarcity of meat in the district
around Paris. The Germans have eaten up every-
thing in the way of flesh. All the tame rabbits
have disappeared ; the swans on the ornamental
waters have been eaten—much to the detriment of
the soldiers' digestive organs, and even dogs.
Eighty foragers the other day only found three
loaves after a long search. 'the Germans must
either widely extend the scope of their raids, or
epend upon supplies from Germany.
London, England, 1870-10-14

DEFENCE OF PARIS

Gambetta's arrival at Tours has unquestionably
given great impulse to the defensive measures which
have languished 8o under the delegation of Ministers
originally sent to Tours. The new Minister of War
takes the Presidency of the Government at Tours,
and his powers are so considerable that he will be
almost dictator of France outside Paris. Every
effort will be made to discover military talent.
As under the First Republic, rapid changes
of command will be adopted in order to afford every
promising officer a chance of displaying his abilities.
M. Cremieux and M. Glais-Bizoin, Ministers sta-
tioned at Tours since the commencement of the

siege of Paris, recognise M. Gambetta's authority.
M. Glais-Bizoin himself announced to the inhabi-
tants that the elections, which he and his colleague
were so determined to hold, are indefinitely post-
poned.
London, England, 1870-10-14

RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION.

The Mechanics' Magazine, whilst it admits that
there are certain disadvantages attending the adop-
tion of the American system of railway travelling,
considers that they are not insurmountable. It dis-
poses of the objection that improved accommodation
on the American principle would involve increased
expenditure, by pointing out that the companies
could recoup themselves by doing that which
they have done many times under less
justifiable circumstances, and indeed without any
pretence whatever, namely, increasing the tariff. They
need not therefore, in conferring such a boon upon
travellers, scruple to resort to a slight increment
of charges. In the opinion of the Mechanics' Maga-
zine the travelling public would really be ready and
willing to submit to increased fares provided they
attained commensurate advantages. Many persons
who now had a strong disinclination for travelling by
night would undertake a journey in the dark
if only sleeping apartments were provided. Separate
carriages might be fitted up with conveniences for
sleeping, and those who had a long through journey
might avail themselves of the advantages offered;
whilst, by some convertible arrangement, the same
carriages might be available for the ordinary traffic
during the day.

P.;11
Ar''.lk.C4(D
London, England, 1870-10-14

BANKING COMPANIES.

1— Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 10 Imperial Ottoman .. 1111 pm
25 Alliance (L)
10 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 22 23 15 London Joint-Stock 32 33
22i 20 Lon and Westmnster 60 01
50 British N American 53 55 61, 80.4% 1
__

_ _. . ...
20 Ch of India, Austrlia ii ii 10 Metropolitan Bl 81
25 Char Mero of India 241 25} 20 Midland (L)
10 City
11 25 Orntal Bank Corporn 41 43
25 Colonial
4 Consolidated (L) ...
20 Eng, Scot, and Ans() 16 17 15 Uniou of London .. 361 37i
20 Imperial IL)
London, England, 1870-10-14

GENERAL Tuirn ON THE WAR.

General Turr has sent for publication in England
some observations which he has made on the state of
affairs in Europe with regard to the war. Ile says
that the German papers have called him to account
for objecting to the annexation of Alsace and Lor-
raine, but that he is now advocating the principles
he has always professed. The great blunder which
Napoleon made was, according to the General's
opinion, that he was not true to the principle of
nationality. He abandoned the generous policy ho
had advocated formerly, and the aspect of things
changed at once. Count Bismarck dares not
invoke the principle of nationality in his attempt to
seize upon Alsace and Lorraine, Prussia retains
Posen because she declares it useful to the safety of
Germany so to do, and the same argument is ad-
vanced for the seizure of the French provinces.
General Turr thinks that Prussia is right to profit
by the disorders of France, but she should not abuse
the opportunity. If she insists Gn the violent 03C11-
pation of Alsace and Lorraine it will be the inaugura-
tion of hatred and future war between the people of
France and Germany. The sole basis of a durable
peace will be to leave France intact, and to be con-
tent with the grandeur of the position she has
acquired in Europe and an indemnity for the war.
The time has come for Prussia to act
with moderation, or to proclaim, by continuing the
war, that she means to be a standing danger to
Europe. General Moltke would recommend peace
to his Sovereign if 600,000 'fresh troops appeared to
commence a new campaign, and if it be necessary to
recall Prussia to the sense and practice of modera-
tion and humanity in her dealings with France and
Europe, these men would not be difficult to find.
Austria, Hungary, and Italy could easily furnish
them, and there is yet England to reckon in the
scale.
London, England, 1870-10-14

MARRIAGES.

On the 11th inst., at Carshalton, Surrey, Henry Cyril P.
Graves, eldest son of the Hon. Henry Graves, of Hack-
bridge, Carshalton, to Elizabeth Ellen, youngest (laugh'
ter of the late Henry Craven, Esq., of Wickham Hall,
Kent.

On the 11th inst., at the parish church, Islington, George
Hirst, of Honley, near Huddersfield, to Emily Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of John Layton, of Canonbury, and of
Ely-place, London.
London, England, 1870-09-07

BRYNN HALL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

The inquest on the bodies of the persons killed in the
Bryan Hall colliery explosion closed yesterday, when the
jury returned a verdict that the explosion was caused by
the ignition of gas by a blown-out shot. They recom-
mended the adoption of a mode of working by which less
powder would be required, and also advised that a strict
supervision should be exercised over powder conveyed into
mines. They left it an open question whether the firing
of the shot was accidental or not.
London, England, 1870-09-07

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter B3 85 Do 2ud do Scrip ....1 dis, Ipm
Caledonian
74 Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Eastern
361, 1 Do 3rd Pref Stock
Great Northern
1188, 18, 191 x all 4th Pref Stock
Do A ' 12881298 Great Indian Pen g 5 p c 105 107
129 x all 1061, 51
Great Western 6BB 69 Great Western ofCanada 141 148
684, 9 Do 6p c Bonds, 1873.. 99 101
Lancashire & Yorkshire 12881291 Do 58 do, 1877-8 95 97
1288, 9, i x d Do 5p c Pref, issued 80 par 2pm
Lon, Brigh, and S Coast 388 398 Madras guar 5p 0
388 N. Railway of Canada,
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 128 138 6p c Ist Pref Bonds
121, 13 Oude and Rohiikund g
Lon and North-Western 1258126 5 p c
1258, ix d Scinde, Punjaub, and
Loh and South-Western 85 86 Delhi guar 5p c
85, 6 1048, 31
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 43 44 Bahia and San Francisco
44 g 7 p c
Metropolitan
638, 8. 3,8, 4, i Belgian E Junction .... 11 21
Midland 1248125 Buenos Ayres Gt Sthrn.. 23 24
1248, 5x d Dunaburg and Witepsk 17 18
North British
North-Eastern Consols.. 137 138 Eastern of France —
1378. 8, 71, 8 x d Great Luxembourg
South-Eastern 7O 71 12, 8
70, 698 x d Lemberg Czernowitz gus
Atlantic and St Lawrnce 78 82 7 p c l5B 168
Bombay, Baroda, and 151
Central India, g 5 p c.. 104 106 Northern of France
1058, 41, 51 0 ttom (Smyrna to Aidin) 51 51
Buff & Lake Huron Pref 38 48 Recife and San Francisco
Do 58 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 76 79 (Limited) guar 7p 0
Cape guar 6p c
East Bengal guar 5.p c lO4 106 San Paulo (L) guar 7p c 20 21 '
East Indian, g 5 p o
110 151
Grand Trunk Canada
Do Equip Mort Bnd I
charge 6p c
London, England, 1870-09-07

MARRIAGES.

On the Ist inst., at East Dulwich, William, third son of
G. Nicoll, of Clothworkers'-hall, to Sarah Kate, th°
eldest daughter of the late Edward Baylis, of Pudding"
lane, city.
On the 3d inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Edward F:
Andrews, of Guildford, Surrey, to Jessy Maria, eldest
daughter of Alfred King Judd, late of Abingdon, Beni:.
shire.
London, England, 1870-09-07

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century.

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in cases of Gout, &c.

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London, England, 1870-09-07

AID FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED.

A branch of the National Society for rendering aid to
the sick and wounded in the continental war has been
established in Bath, and under its auspices about £450 has
been raised. Besides this many presents of material have
has been made to the committee, and six workrooms have
been opened in different parts of the city. where parties
of ladies meet daily, and engage in making lint, bandages,
shirts, and other articles likely to be serviceable to the
sufferers.

THE REPRESENTATION OF SHREWSBURY.
Commissioner Kerr, of London, and Mr. Charles Cecil
Cotes, of Woodcote, Salop, are still the only candidates
for the vacant seat of Shrewsbury in the Liberal interest.
Mr. Douglas Straight, barrister, London, comes forward
as the Conservative candidate. Mr. Kerr and Mr.
Cotes are in favour of the ballot, abolition of religious
test at universities, and a reduction of taxation to be
effected without impairing the efficiency of the national
defences. Mr. Straight is in favour of a reduction of
taxation, but urges the placing of the army and navy in an
efficient state. Efforts are being made to induce Mr.
Kerr to withdraw.
London, England, 1870-09-07

TEE ANNEXATION OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE.

The Teleg' rapit believes that the transfer of Alsace and
Lorraine will be not a cause- of lasting peace~, but a pro-
bable cause of the renewal-sooner or later—of the war.
No doubt the change will involve to France the loss of,
say, a million or a million and a half of people. But can
it be contended that France, with forty millions of
inhabitants, ana in possession of her ancient fron-
tiers, is a serious danger to New Germany, with
at least forty-five millions of an united people ;
while France, with thirty-eight or thirty-nine millions, is
no danger at all. We have no oontempt for strong places,
yet surely this war has taught us that "strong places"
are not always source's orstrength. Strasbourg certainly
detains 60,000 Badeneee troops from the Gvman front,
but Metz has simply been a snare and a trap for the bulk
of the French " Army of the Rhine.* fad there
been no such fortress at Meta, Bazaine would probably
have retired six days earlier, and by retread" could have
given time for bewildered France to organise her Wee en,
Inane. Surely this war has shown also that German
power lies in mind and heart mid muscle, not hi atone
walls. Germany now posseSses Landau, liayence, 04_
lentz—three splendid positions close to her frontiers;
but they have played no part in the war-
Far from the protection of their walls, amid the
vine-clad hills of France, German genius and courage
have achieved what German forts could never compose
the destruction of a gallant army, the defeat of an Empe-
ror, the overthrow of the military power of France. The
best frontier defence for Germany yesitrday, to-day, and
for many a year, has been and will be the " thin blue line"
that, from Weissenburg to Sedan, has been pushed ever
onward into the very#jaws of death. No matter what
happens, Germany is never likely again to make a merely
defensive war, croulhing behind stone walls ; and if she
advances into the open to fight, her strength will be in
living valour, notin dead stone.
London, England, 1870-09-07

DEATHB.

On the 4th inst., at 4, Portugal-street, Grosvenor-square'
John Bacot, Esq., formerly surgeon of the Grenadier
Guards, aged 90.
On the -3(1 inst., George Beard, Esq., of The Cedars, Long
Ditton, Surrey.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BoYCIZ, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer and Published by Win te
THE SUN Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of
Savoy, n the County of Aliddlesex.
Wednesday, September 7,18 TO.
London, England, 1870-09-07

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London, England, 1870-09-07

RANKING COMPANIES.

Pd Pd
1 Agra Bank (L) A 9l 101 10 Imperial Ottoman .. n lipm
25 Affiance (L)
10 Anglo-Austrian
20 An glo-Egyptian (L) 211 221 20 London and County 47 49
221 15 London Joint-Stock 33 34
50 British N American 50 52 20 Lon and Westmnster 681 691
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 151 161 59L 81
25 Char Merc of India 26 28 10 Metropolitan m 81
10 City
111 20 New South Wales .. 36 38
25 Colonial
4 Con4lUnion (L)
20 Eng, Scot, and AusC 161 171 15 Union of London .. 36 37
20 Imperial IL)
London, England, 1870-09-07

AMERICAN MEDIATION Fon PEACE.

The New York papers just arrived, considering
the chanceS of peace between the European armies,
ask if the United States cannot now act as mediator
between France and Prussia ? The Times, of the
21st of August, says that the frihttil losses which
the French have sustained must have left them
utterly helpless, and inquires when this wild
slanghter is to cease. Is it impossible for tie United
States to offer mediation, in conjunction with
England or alOne ? Surely this country has some
claim to be • heard at the Court of Berlin. The
Government should express the opinion which widely
prevails that the w. r should be stopped. If the
President would address a letter to the King of
Prussia it would produce an instant
ef-
fect.. The , United States would have
ten times more influence than any European Power.
The proposed mediation would not. be designed in
the interests of iiithey of the Powers at war, but in
the interests ,of2:litimanity arid eivilizaion. Unless;
peace can fie 'none by the intervention of other
Pow, tens' of flottsands of lives will be sacrifice.d.
The 'Empire is dead, but 37,000,000 of people are 1
London, England, 1870-09-07

THE FRENCH IN METZ.

The Manchester Guardian publishes the following
telegram, dated Luxemburg, Tuesday :—We have
had news of the condition of the *French army
in Metz. The soldiers are starving, and there
are no means of getting provisions. Beef was
selling last week at 10f. a pound. More than 1,000
armed peasants who had attacked a Prussian train
on the night of the 31st ult. were captured by a
Bavarian regiment. near Sommanthe.

[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]
AMERICA.
(By Atlantic Cable.)
BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 5.
The Cunard steamer Siberia arrived here at 8 a.m
yesterday morning.

QUEBEC, SEPTEMBER 5.
The Allan steamer Prussia arrived out yesterday.
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 5.

The steamer Britannia arrived out yesterday.

Gold cloud at 114} ; the highest quotation during the
day was 1141, the lowest 114 Sterling exchange on Lon-
don, 1091 ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 1882, 113 ; ditto,
1885, 112 ; ditto, 1867, 110 k; United States 10-40
Bonds, 1857, 104; Illinois Shares, 136,; Erie, 23k. Cotton,
middling upland, 20k. Petroleum, standard white, 27.
Flour, extra • State, $5 30c. to $5 50c. Corn, old
mixed, $8 3c. Sugar, 1101.

CHINA.
(By British Indian Cable.)
HONG- KONG, AUGUST 18.

Grey shirtings, Bilbs., '2 dols. 87ic.; water twist, 135
dols.; Cotton, Bengal, 17 dols. ; tea, total export,
47,000,0001b5. ; Exchange on London, 4s. 4d.
SHANGHAE, AUGUST 12.

Grey shirtings, 2.23 tails; cotton, Shanghae, 18 ditto;
silk depressed ; settlements since last mail, 1,100 bales ;
total exports, 23,000 bales ; exchange on London, ss. 10id.;
freights, tea, ?os.

AUSTRALIA.
(By British Indian Cable.)
MELBOURNE, AUGUST 14.

The Victorian Government, having failed to make
arrangements with the New Zealand Government for the
conveyance of the mails via San Francisco, they will not
forward any letters by that route for the present.
The Imperial troops leave for England by the Corona
on the 20th instant.

Sir James Palmer, President of the Legislative Council,
has retired.
The war in New Zealand has declined into a pursuit of
Te Kooti and his followers.

MAIL NEWS.
NANTES, SEPTEMBER 6.
The Transatlantic Company's steamer GuadalouPe,
from Vera Cruz August 13, Havana 17, and St. Thomas
23, has arrived here with 72 passengers and 300 packages
of merchandise.

DUNVI LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders
of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended
by the modi al profession in preference to French brand .
Sup-
plied in cask, cases for home use or exportation. Quotations
on applica,ti Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Ms
ulleries. : or at Ebel Loudon Oitces, 4. Beaufort Buildings
Strand, W.U.