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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-16

THE NEW GUNS AND RIFLES•

In military circles, the results of the trial of the
Montigny gun at Shoeburyness have so far been looked
upon as highly favourable, and it is generally conceded
that the gun would be most useful and efficient as an
intermediary arm between the rifle and the field piece.
The chief advantages of the Montigny-Mitrailleur
are found in its deadly effect at short distances. At long
ranges it is surpassed by the she and shrapnel fired
from cannon. Its lightness and mobility as com-
pared with field pieces are strong recommendations in
favour of its superiority over cannons. A great deal
of doubt still seems to exist as to the alleged ex-
cellence of the Henry-Martini rifle indeed it is thought
by many official authorities that the almost adverse
reports just made of its proficiency to the War De-
partment ought to be considered as final, and that
time and money should no longer be spent in con-
sideration of its qualities.

THE FRENCH BALTIC FLEET.
The French have experienced great difficulty in
obtaining transports to convey General Trochu's
corps to effect a landing on the German coast. At
Hamburg the expedition is regarded as virtually
relinquished, more especially as all disposable troops
are required in France. In some quarters it is
believed that a serious attack was never con tem-
plated , but that the object of the French was to
engage a number of Germans troops, and prevent
them from joining the army. The vessels that
compose the squadron are not adapted for
the required purpose, as they are far
too unwieldly, and draw too much water for
the coast of Germany. They could not pass through
the Sound, and could only gain access to the Baltic
by the Great Belt. They have been seen cruising
off the Bay of Kiel, but at such a distance, that it
was impossible to make out their rig. They appeared to
have no definite object in their movements. A
British vessel from New York was stopped off the coast
by a French ironclad, and the captain was obliged to
-spew his papers. It is the opinion of General Falk-
enstein, who is charged with the coast defences, and
has returned from a tour of inspection, that there is
no fear of an invasion of Hamburg.
London, England, 1870-08-16

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THE STREET ARAB AS A SOLDIER.

It seems that the Franco-Prussian war; amidst all
its incalculable mischief, is effecting one good. end,
in providing honest employment for the idlers and
"roughs" of our streets. In London, where the
work of recruiting goes on vigorously, the men who
come forward in answer to Mr. Oard.well's appeal for
20,000 are mostly drawn from classes which at first
sight appear most unlikely to furnish good soldiers.
It often proves, however,that the best troops are formed
from the most unpromising raw material, and the
street Arab of St. Giles or Whitechapel is daring,
active, inured to hardship, and ready at resource—
all useful qualities for the practical soldier. The
country recruits often appear to hesitate at the last
moment, and seem heavy and unintelligent, but they
have shewn before that a little discipline and
experience will convert them into formidable anta-
gonists. There is one very great improvement in the
recruiting of the present day. The men are not
inveigled into the service, nor are they induced
to enlist when they have not their full senses about
them. Intoxication is out of fashion, and in Charles-
street, Westminster, there is nothing to drink but
the water of the drinking fountain, so that if the men
enter the service, they do it of their own free will,
and with a clear understanding of what they are
about. The Engineers is the favourite corps, and a
recruit who is rejected for that is grievously disap-
pointed. The rejections are on the average about
one in every six. It is curious to
note that the men are generally accurately
informed as to the character and value
of the various branches of the service, having,we may
suppose, obtained their knowledge from acquaint-
ances already in the forces. The recruiting officers are
confident, it is said, that the full number of men wanted
will be raised without difficulty. If a good propor-
tion of them be drawn from our street Arabs, it will
be so much the better, as military life offers them
opportunities of settling down which they can novel
find in civil employment.
London, England, 1870-08-16

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medicine has a singular influence over the blood, which it
enriches and purifies. It removes all pimples and• blotches,
purifies the system, and acts like a charm, As a sustaining and
purifying tonic it is invaluable, and highly recommended in
long-standing cases of indigestion, nervousness, coughs, scro-
fula,- gout, 'dropsy, and wasting of flesh. Sold by all druggists.
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medicine known for all bilious affections, liver and stomach
complaints, and indigestion, as proved by thousands. Also,
Sarsaparilla Ointment, the best soother of all sores, .burns, and
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London, England, 1870-08-16

DEATHS

On the 12th inst., at Silverbirch, Sydenham-hill, Sarauel
•W. Little, Esq., aged 57.
On the 12th inst., at Winchelsea, Sussex, John Purkiss,
Esq., late,of.Distaff-lane, St. Paul's, E.C., aged 85. • •

London : Printed- by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of
• No. 112, Strand, Printer, and .Published by him at
THE SUN Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of the
Savoy, in the County' of Middlesex. - -
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London, England, 1870-08-16

THE 3REAT FRENCH LOAN.

It is understood that the list of the new Three per Cent.
Loan for £40,000,000 will be opened to-day in France.
The price, it is stated will be fixed at 61. Notwithstand-
ing the difficulty in forwarding applications, some amount
is expected to be subscribed for on account for persons
in London.
London, England, 1870-08-16

HER. MAJESTY'S SERVICE.

All parties agree that, in view of the present
state of affairs on the Continent, it is desirable to
recruit our forces more liberally than heretofore, and
the authorities have thought it desirable to set the
advantages of the service more clearly before the
public. The Adjutant-General has issued a notice
explaining that, by the Army Enlistment Act of
1870, a recruit has the choice of enlisting either for
long or short service. For long service he may enlist
for twelve years, at the end of which time, if he have
conducted himself well, he may re-engage himself for
nine years more. Having thus completed twenty-
one years he will receive a pension for life. For short
service the recruit may enlist for six years in the
army and six, in the first class reserve. While in
the reserve he may live in what part of the United
Kingdom.he likes, and will receive 4d. a day, being
subject only to occasional drill. if recalled to the
service during the time he is in reserve, his reserve
service will count towards his pension. After setting
forth the various advantages of payment and pension,,
the use of libraries, savings banks, &c., and the op-
portunities given of learning trades, the Adjutant-
General points out that on his discharge the
deserving soldier is fitted for many situa-
tions in civil life, such as those in the
police force or on the railroads, and that a good
character gives him the best testimonial to obtain
them. Few callings in civil life, he says in conclu-
sion, promise so good an opening to unskilled
labour.
London, England, 1870-08-16

TREATMENT OF FRENCH PRISONERS.

A German writes to the Times on the treatment of
French prisoners in Germany, and subjoins an
extract from his brother, who is on the administra-
tive staff of the Hessian Railway at ➢Zayence. In
this it is ;aid that trains are continually arriving
with wounded of both sides, and the same
care and attention are bestowed upon either.
The French shew great gratitude for the kindness
they receive. The day before the letter was written
500 or 600 French wounded arrived, and the rail-
way staff were assisted by a number of
doctors, sisters of mercy, and ladies and gentle.
men of Mayence, in administering to the comforts
of the men. The unwounded prisoners received the
same treatment and refreshments with the same
liberality as the German soldiers when they left for
the frontier. After the wounded are given
proper attention, they are sent on board the steam-
boats to Bonn and other places.
London, England, 1870-08-16

SECURITY TO LIFE ASSURERS

From a quinquennial valuation of the entire Life liabilities
made as at 31st December, 1869, by independent Actuaries at 3
per cent. nett premiums, the Life Assets shewed a
SURPLUS OVER LIABILITIES OF £249,956,

enabling the Directors to declare a
-REVERSIONARY BONUS AMOUNTING TO £7 10s. PER
CENT.

on each sum assured forthe five years. and to still hold in reserve
all profits accrued on Annuities and Endowments.
EXTRACT FROM LAST ANNUAL REPORT.
After payment of Dividend and Bonuses, the FUNDS of the
Company stand as follows
Capital paid up £289,095 0 0
Reserve Fund and Profit and Loss Ac-
count .............................. 286,925 10 0
Life Assurance Funds .................. 1,173,401 9 1
JOHN H. McLA REN, Manager.
JOHN B JOHNSTONE, Secretary in London.
London, England, 1870-08-16

and Malvern.

DI NNE F OR D'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical profession for. Thirty Years haye approved of
this pure solution of Magnesia as the best•remedy for Acidity of
the stomach, fleartburn,.liettdache, Gout, and ,Indigestion; and
as the best mild aperient for delicate constitutions, especially
adapted for Ladies, Children, aid Infants.
DINNEFOAD and CO., Chemists,
172, New Bond-street,- London ; and of all other chemists
throughout the world.
London, England, 1870-08-16

RUPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT

WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of
1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical
men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment
of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its
effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-
Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep.
A descriptive circular may be bad, and the truss, which can-
not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the
body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu-
facturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6cL, and 31s. 6d. Postage. Is. A
Double Truss, 315.6d.,4 s.. and 525. fid. Postage, ls. Bd. An Um-
bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage. is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post
office, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1870-08-16

MARRIAGES.

On .the 13th inst., at'North Bow, Richard Henry, only
son of "Jenkin Jenkins, 'of Laleston, Glamorganshire, to
Clara Eliza, the eldest daughter of Robert King, of 25,
Birchin-lane, and Cobom-street, Bow-road, London.
On the 11th inst., at the Catholic Church, Islington, Da-
vid Pratt Stocks, third son of David Stocks, Esq., Fife-
shire, N. 8., to Elizabeth Sumner, eldest daugter of
Peter Orr, Esq., of Highbmy.
London, England, 1870-08-16

CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES
of tht CHEST, Victoria Park.
Special APPEAL for the NEW WING.
Amount still required, £4,000.
Number of beds now occupied, 120.
Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164.
The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street.
HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec.
Offices, 24, Pinsburrcircus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec.
PROVIDENT CLER.
ASSOC]

HS' MUTUAL LIFE
lATION.

Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomas Hankey, Esq.
R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P.. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
The report and balance-sheets of this association for the year
1889, exhibiting in full details the amounts assured, ages of the
members, with particulars of the invested fund, may be had on
application to the chief office, or to the agents.
The annual income from premiums is
From interest on investments ........ .....
The invested fund, after payment of all claims,
exceeds 415,000
The whole of the profits divided among the members.
Cash bonuses have already been allotted to the assured,
amounting to £lOO,OOO. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary
15, Moorgate-street, Jane 1, 1870;
CLERGY MUTUAL A
Established

£64,000
19,000

.SSURANCE SOCIETY.
I in 1829.

TRUSTEES
The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lord Bishop Sumner.
I
The Archbishop of Dublin, The Archdeacon of Maidstone.
Total existing sum assured upon life .. £4,689,458 Os. Cd.
Total annual income .................. £183,444 Os. 6d.
Invested Capital in support of As-
surances £1,729,173 16s. 7d.
No less a sum than £103,198 15s. ld. was (notwithstanding the
large reductions in the Premiums made by Bonus every fifth
year, from 1831 to 1866 both inclusive) added to the Invested
Capital for the year ended 31st May, 1870.
No agency employed, and no commission paid.
The whole surplus capital (accumulated quinquennially) is
divided amongst the life Assurance Policies at the end of every
fifth year, .
Next Bonus will be due on Ist of June, 1878.
Life Assurances may be effected in this society by Clergymen
and their wives, and the near relations of Clergymen and of
their wives, but by none others.
41st Annual Report, Prospectuses, &c., and "Hints to Clergy-
men on Matters of Life Assurance," by the Rev. John Hodgson,
may be had at the Office of the Society, No. 2, Broad Sancluary,
Westminster.

JOHN HODGSON, M.A„ Secretary,
London, England, 1870-08-16

ITALY AND ROME.

The Telegraph believes that now is the time for
Italian unity. Whatever may be the issue of the
campaign, it is obvious that the French Empire
will not again be in a position to dictate terms
to the Continent ; and the Italians, no matter
what may be their other deficiencies, are not
wanting in the faculty of appreciating the advan-
tages of a difficult position. If the dynasty which ex-
ed the Austrians from the peninsular should be deposed
in France, it is by no means probable that its successors
will be equally friendly to the Italian cause. If the
Roman question is ever to be settled in a sense generally
to the interest of an united Italy, now is obviously the
time for action. Neither Republicans, Legitimists, nor
Orleanists are likely to view the final act of Italian unifi-
cation with more goodwill than the ruler the chief glories
of whose reign are Magenta and Solferino ; and if the
Italians are ever to see the accomplishment of that dream
which pictures Victor Emmanuel crowned King of Italy
upon the capitol they must choose the present oppor-
tunity.
London, England, 1870-08-16

THE PRUSSIANS AT TOUL.

A despatch from Toul, dated the 14th inst., 6.45 p.m,
states that about two•p.m. the Prussians were signalled to
be within 1,500 metres of the town. A reconnaisance in
force was made by the cuirassiers and gendarmes and came
upon 200 Prussian lancers. One gendarme waskilled. An
officer with a flag of truce demanded the surrender of the
place, which was energetically refused, and the officer re-
tired. The attitude of the population is excellent. The
ramparts are being manned by the Mobile and National
Guards.
London, England, 1870-08-16

TIIE NKUTItALITY OF DENMARK.

The official Berlingske Tidende of yesterday contradicts
a statement of the Daily News of the 7th instant, that thq
French fleet had been supplied with provisions near
Helsingfors.

THE SITUATION AT P

SUNDAY.

At length we have had an explicit declaration from the
Minister of War, on the subject of the army and the
leader. The public mind had been much exercised during
the latter part of the week by a decree appointing
Marshal Bazaine to 'the command of the second, third,
fourth, and sixth army corps. Of course, the only inference
to be drawn from this announcement, which was dated
the 9th, was that the remaining corps were
placed under the guidance of some other
general, • and that the control of the Imperial
forces remained divided. Count Palikao, it must
be owned, has cleared up this uncertainty in the most ex-
plicit manner. In yesterday's sitting of the Corps
Legislatif he announced that by a decree of the 12th the
%decree of the 9th had been superseded. Marshal Bazaine
was invested with the command-in-chief ; there was no
one above him, no one co-ordinate with him ; his
jurisdiction extended to all the army corps.
'On this - plain , statement one deputy exclaimed
'that the -country would feel re-assured., • Every-
body echoes that acknowledgment. The journals
are almost unanimously congratulating each other on two
concessions to'public opinion—first that the command of
the army is now undivided, and secondly that the one
ruling mind is not that Of- the • Emperor Napoleon. It
does not follow that Bazaine will 'be able to arrest the
Prussians. But in unity of 'purpose lies the only
hope of so doin ; and at all events Bazaine can do no
worse than the machinery, whatever it'may have been,
that directed the army previously.
This, therefore, is an item of good news. Unfortunately
there is very little news of any other kind, and that little
is not good. From all points we hear of the French falling
back, and of the Prussians coming forward. The armies
of Steinmetz and Prince Frederick Charles entered
France at the northern end of the frontier adjoining
Germany,•and the Crown Prince at the southern end;
and from these two extreme points the different
London, England, 1870-08-16

ALGERIA IN A STATE OF SIEGE

Algeria has been proclaimed in a state of siege. The
Cent Gardes have been broken up, and the men are to be
drafted into various cavalry regiments.

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARIS AND
METZ DESTROYED.
A telegram dated Stuttgart, Sunday, says the railway
Communication between Metz and Paris has been destroyed.
French transport of forage has been captured near Metz.
London, England, 1870-08-16

PRESENTATION TO LORD ROBARTES.

Lord Robartes, who for twenty-one years represented
East Cornwall in the House of Commons, was on Monday
afternoon presented at his seat, Lanhydrock Park, with a
congratulatory address from the Mayor and Corporation
of Bodmin on his elevation to the peerage. Lord Robartes
thanked the Mayor and Corporation, and said that he
hoped in the Upper House still for some years to apply
himself to the measures which might come under the
consideration of that body whose Liberal principles he had
warmly held for so many years.
London, England, 1870-08-16

EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE.

A conference of clergy and schoolmasters and mis-
tresses was held last evening at St. Mary's Schools, Chat-
ham, the High Constable of Chatham, Mr. Cr. Winn, in
the chair, to discuss the provisions of the new
Education Act. The first subject, Religious Teaching,
was opened by the Rev. H. B. Stevens,
Rector of St. Mary's, Chatham, in a paper,
in which he expressed a general approval of the
provisions for that teaching contained in the Act. The
teaching must still, he argued, be continuous, compre-
hensive, and persuasive.—He was followed by the Rev.
H. Weller, Mr. G. A. Bernays, and other speakers, who
held the same sentiments ; but Mr. Bernays considered
the Church should not put dogmatic teaching too promi-
nently, or Dissenters might be dissatisfied thereby, and
agitate in a short time for a new Act. The question of
compulsory attendance was afterwards discussed.

ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A COUNTY MAGISTRATE.
Intelligence has been received from Cambridge that an
attempt to murder Captain Elliott, of Chesterford Park,
near that town, a magistrate for the county of Essex, has
been made. It appears that a female servant of Captain
Elliott's, has recently been married, but subsequently left
her husband, who, it is alleged, suspected that
she was living on improper terms with her master.
Last week be arrived at Chesterford, and is said to have
ineffectually endeavoured to prevail on his wife to return
home with him. Captain Elliot was at the time in Lon-
don, and the man took lodgings to await his return. By
some means he obtained information of the Captain's
arrival by train aid saw him at the station. An altercation
took place between them, and Captain Elliott was knocked
down with a stick. He called out for assistance, upon
which his assailant drew a revolver and fired at him. His
life was saved by almost a miracle, the bullet being
diverted from him by the buttons of his clothes. The
offender is in custody.
London, England, 1870-08-16

OXFORD RACES

On Thursday and Friday, August 18th and 19th, an Excursion
Train will leave PADDINGTON at 7.45 a:m., Slough 8.15 a.m.,
for Oxford, returning from Oxford each day at 7.25 p.m.
Fast Trains run from Paddington to Oxford at 6.0 am., 8, 9.15,
10.0, 11.0, 12.30 p.m., 2.0, 2.20, 2.45, 3.30, 4.50, 5.10, 6.207.0, and
8.10 p.m; from Oxford to Paddington at 7.15 a.m., 9.5, 9.20,
11.35, 11.55, 2.2 p.m., 2.35, 4.0, 5.8, 6.25, and 9.3 p,m.
On Friday, August 19, a Fast Special Train (Ist and 2d Class)
will leave Oxford for London at 8.50 p.m. nailing at Reading and
Slough only. -
For fares and full particulars see hand bills.
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington, August, 1870.
London, England, 1870-08-16

A QUIET VILLAGE.

People who, weary of the turmoil and everlasting
din and dust of London, are trying to find out some
quiet place where they can forget politics, war, and
business, and seek in vain to solve their difficulties
by poring over guide-books, may take courage.
There is one place in England where the telegraph
is not known, and whose inhabitants persistently
refuse to have anything to do with poles and wires.
Walton-on-Thames, a name that smacks of " the
gentle art," is the recalcitrant village which refuses to
march with the times; and thus lays itself open to
an invasion of armies of holiday-seekers larger than
those who rush to Ramsgate and Margate. Up to
this time, it is stated, the distinction of exclusiveness
has been shared by Battle, in Sussex, but the historic
village struck her colours to Mr. Edmund Yates last
week.
London, England, 1870-08-16

ASSAULT ON CATHOLICS.

On Sunday night the Hon. Judge M'Cann, of New
York, the Rev. Mr. M'Cullan, priest of Coleraine, and
Mr. M'Kenna were attacked at the Coleraine station,
Derry, by a mob of Orangemen. Mr. M'Kenna, who is
the editor of the Star newspaper, Belfast, received
various cuts and bruises from stones, as well as blows
and kicks. The fact of his having taken a prominent
part in the Catholic procession at Derry was the cause of
his being specially signalled out for assault. Various at-
tempts were made to renew the rioting in Derry on Sun-
day night. Bands paraded the streets, and large mobs
had to be dispersed by the police. A great many persons
were waylaid and severely handled. Knives in some in
stances are stated to have been used.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A FISHINc,,': BOAT

THREE MEN DROWNED.

Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, three men were
drowned of lthe mouth of the Tyne, near the South
Shields Pier. There was a strong wind blowing from the
north-east at the time, and the sea was very rough. It
seems that the usual number of boats were engaged in
salmon fishing, when the net belonging to one
of them drifted near the shore. The occupants of the
boat, in question, were endeavouring to recover their net,
and, in doing so, got amongst the broken water, and the
boat capsized. Notwithstanding the great danger
incurred, another of the boats, containing three
men, put off to the assistance of their
brother fishermen, but, before reaching them, their
boat filled with water, and they were swamped. They
were, however, saved, two by means of a cable, and the
third, an old man, by the bravery of a young fellow who
swam from the shore to his assistance. The poor fellows
who had occupied the first boat were all drowned. Their
names are Thomas Mackelvie, Andrew Cunningham, and
William Barney, said to be Scotchmen. They were about
40 years of age, married, and leave families. The body
of Mackelvie was found on the beach about an hour
after the occurrence. The other bodies have not been
recovered.

A NEW STEAMBOAT LINE TO LIVERPOOL.
An official notification has been received by the Liver-
pool Chamber of Commerce that arrangements have been
made by the Austrian-Hungarian Government with the
Austrian Lloyd's for a direct steamboat communication
between Trieste, London, Liverpool, and Southampton.

Mr. Ireland, the registrar of births and deaths for St
St. Paul's district, Liverpool, committed suicide on
Sunday morning by swallowing poison.

A fire on Sunday nearly consumed the entire produce of
Mr. Woodward's farm, near Hanley. Eight stacks of
farm produce were totally destroyed, and there can be
little doubt that the fire was due to the smoking of some
men in the stockyard. The property was insured.
London, England, 1870-08-16

E MOSES and SON,

CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGA.TE.

NEW OXFORD - STREET, CORNER of
HART-STREET.

CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
and EIISTON-ROAD.

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.

MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of
F.

GENTLE:

MEN'S CLOTHING.

Dress
Colt 3.

Oxford
Coats.
London, England, 1870-08-16

BAN KRUPTCY OF THE HON. WINFRED
BROUGHAM.

The first meeting of the creditors of the Hon. Winfred
Brougham, son of Lord Brougham, took place at
Canterbury Bankruptcy Court on Mouday, debts being
proved amounting to upwards of £4,500. Mr. Brougham
was declared bankrupt, and ordered to come up for first
examination on September 14th, at Canterbury.
London, England, 1870-08-16

THIS EVENING'S NEWS.

THE WAR.
BATTLE AT METZ.
PRUSSIAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.

The following telegram has been received from Herny,
dated Aug. 15 :—Yesterday afternoon the Ist and 7th
Army Corps attacked the French troops outside Metz with
great violence and drove them back, after a sanguinary
encounter, into the town. The French losses are esti-
mated at 4,000.
His Majesty the King made a reconnaisance in force
today, and for several hours penetrated within the French
chain of outposts without any demonstration being made
on the part of the French—a proof that in the French
army a strongfeeling of discouragement prevails.

THE PRUSSIANS AT COMMERCY.
FRENCH OFFCIAL ACCOUNT.
PARIS, AUG. 16.
The Prefect of the Meuse telegraphed last night to the
Minister of the Interior that Prussian Uhlans have been
seen at Commerce.
They took the road by way of Bar-le-Duc, and cut the
railway line.
London, England, 1870-08-16

LIGHT AND HEAVY SOILS.

The long-continued drought of the summer has
not been altogether unfavourable in the two king-
doms. Mr. Mechi, of Tiptree Hall, to whom the.
public is so often indebted for valuable information
concerning agricultural matters, says he has been
informed by Scotch and Irish farmers that they

never had a more favourable season for their general
crops. This he considers impertant, as these coun-
tries contain 20 millions of acres under various
kinds of crops, the whole of the United Kingdom
containing only 45 millions of acres under crops. Mr.
Mechi states that the effect of drought on light,
warm soils is this year painfully striking in contrast
with heavy soils. He knew of ten acres of wheat in
the straw and chaff having been sold for £2O. On his
own stiff clay the first yield of wheat, drilled with
one bushel per acre, yielded six quarters two
bushels per acre, and sold for 595. per quarter,
or £lB Bs. 9d. per acre, independent of the
valuable straw and chaff. The expense of cutting,
binding, stacking, and carting to the thrashing ma-
chine was 9s. 6d per acre. Of course this must be
taken as the results of scientific farming —the general
average on heavy soils will no doubt be much less.
London, England, 1870-08-16

GR EA. T WESTERN RAILWAY.---On
SUNDAY, August 21st, an EXCURSION TRAIN will
leave PADDINGTON at 8.40 a.m., for Twyford, Henley,
Reading (fare there and back, First Class 6s. covered carriages
35.) ; Thedle, Aldermaston (7s. and ss. 6d.); Wolverhampton,
Thatcham,Newbury, Kintbury, and Hungerford (9s.'and 4s. 6d.),
returning the same day.
For further particulars see handbills.
J. GRIE.RSON, General Manager.
Paddington, August, 1870.
London, England, 1870-02-18

CORRUPTION.

The report of the Beverley Election Commissioners
appeared yesterday as a blue book. Its disclosures
have already been forestalled by the press; yet
with all its formal lists of names and its pon-
derous parliamentary style it is worth attention.
The few lines in which the Commissioners
summarise their conclusions are very saddening
indeed to haters of corruption. They repeat six
times the phrase "We find that corrupt practices
extensively prevailed in Beverley," and they apply
it to the election of March, 1857, to that of Aucfrust
in the same year, and to those of 1859, 1860, 1865,
and 1868. The report of the Bridgwater Commis-
sioners was also issued yesterday. They likewise
find that " corrupt practices have extensively pre-
vailed " at every election into which they have in-
quired—that is, at all elections since 1831.
London, England, 1870-02-18

THE SOUTHWARK BATTLE.

All accounts agree that the interesting contest of
L'outhwark was fought out in the best spirit, and
that the order maintained during the day was excel-
lent for election time. The working men shewed
intense interest in their candidate, and displayed
their interest by according him nearly 6,000 votes;
but they gave vent to no resentment, only disappoint-
ment, at Colonel Beresford's victory. The latter is
exceedingly popular in the borough, and even those
who were specially anxious for the return of the
working man betrayed no great discontent at the issue.
The contest was really a favourable specimen of a
large borough election. It is clear, however, that
many Liberals gave their votes to the Conservative
for the mere sake of keeping out Mr. Odger. They
are at liberty to vote as they please ; but it might be
well to consider whether this determination to
exclude one class from the House of Com-
mons is not likely to give rise to a feeling
of exasperation and hostility which may bode
little good to the Liberal cause. If a three cornered
fight like this takes place in many boroughs,
there will speedily be a momentous difference in the
strength of Mr. Gladstone's majority.
London, England, 1870-02-18

FORM of BEQUEST.—NATIONAL HOS-
PITAL for the PARALYSED and EPILEPTIC,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury :—I give and bequeath to the
Treasurer for the time being of the National Hospital for
the Paralysed and Epileptic, established in London in
1859, the sum of —, free of legacy duty, to bo paid out
of such part of my estate as may by law be bequeathed for
charitable purposes, and to be applied to the general use
of the said Hospital.
The Institution comprises an Hospital for In and Out
Patients, a Samaritan Society to relieve the more desti-
tute out-patients and their families, a convalescent home,
and a pension fund for the incurable.
E. H. CHANDLER, Hon. Sec.
London, England, 1870-02-18

"WELSH EVICTIONS.

"Consistency" has heard much talk of political
evictions by Tory landlords in Wales. He gives the
Standard an instance on the other side. A friend of
his took a farm in the parish of Longhor, on the
condition of having a lease for twenty-one years,
which promise was not fulfilled. He
spent £7OO upon the farm, and then received notice
to quit. He replied by asking for the promised lease.
An arrangement was made by which he was to have
£l5O compensation for leaving the land, but the
money never turned up. Forcible possession was
taken of the farm, when the tenant found that
it had been purchased by a Liberal M.P., with whom
lie had had a difference on the subject of game.
Those who have talked the loudest, it is said, about
evictions by Conservative landlords, should not lose
sight of the beam in their own eye.
London, England, 1870-02-18

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with Addenda, containing additional Facts 3ll'l Cases, in illus-
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EVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
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The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public, Opinion, and other
journals, recommendiutt its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.

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publications of the Association may be procured, and all
necessary information will be afforded.
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London, England, 1870-02-18

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-squaro. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
Masters, June, July, and August. is.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, 6d.
&petal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-

ture• Is.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, ex, ept Friday.
Flagman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-sheet. Opon Mondays,

10 till 4.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the had
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free daily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Sat:rdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street.
10 p.m. ls.
SUBURBAN PLACES OE RESORT.
Cremorno Gardens—Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Palace ?ark—Sydenham. Open daily, ls. ; Satur-
days, 2s. Gd.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. OnPn frae
Hampton Court Gardens.—Opon free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens -Higlibury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Now Gardens—Kew,. Open free, daily at or .e o'clock
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. Gd.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members order.
Windsor Great Park— Windsor. Open free. Windsot
Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberlains
Office, in the Castle.

Open daily till

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Ill* liailitiN 4:0 estimated at QV= £6,000.
London, England, 1870-02-18

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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London, England, 1870-02-18

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

The chief provisions in the fourth part are that notices
to quit must bear a stamp of half-a-crown. " A notice
to qu.t shall not in the case of a tenant from year to year
take effect until after the expiration of a period of not less
than a year from the date of the service of the notice such
period of a year, in the absence of agreement to the con-
trary, toterminate on the last gale of the current year." Part
five contains nothing of general interest, and the schedule
describes the powers of arbitrators.

The American poet William Cullen Bryant has
just published a translation of the Iliad.

NORIVICH.—Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Hawkins,
Q.C., and other eminent barristers, have been retained in
connection with the Norwich bribery trials at the ap-
proaching Norfolk Assizes. There are six defendants—
Mr. Edward Stracey, son of Sir H. Stracey, Mr. Hardi-
ment, Mr. Hulme, Mr. Banfather, a publican, Mr. Free-
stone, a baker, and Mr. Stanley, a solicitor. The last two,
however, are only charged with bribery at the Norwich
municipal election.

LONG SPEECIIES.—The London correspondent of
the Manchester' Courier found time whilst at the House of
Commons on the night of Mr. Gladstone's speech on the
Irish Land Bill, to notice some points not exactly con-
nected with land tenure, but doubtless important in their
little way. Among other things, he says :—" I noticed
that he has changed the mucilage with which he used to
moisten his throat during these long speeches. What he
administers to himself now is of a much thicker appearance,
something of the hue and consistency of strong linseed
grueL And instead of being carried in a. neat little silver-
topped phial, he brought down last night a squat vulgar-
looking bottle with a wooden cork, something like a
common gum bottle, what in one's " curly days" one used
0.1232 Y bear's_ grea4o 2LALQWIIgicr§ A4444141' in.".
London, England, 1870-02-18

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

• . -
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico
fleiti, Santituro de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND

CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazairo on the Bth of each month for Mar-
inique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japat..l
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be bad of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents. 8. Austinfriars, London, E.C.
London, England, 1870-02-18

DISTANT V. NEAIt, COLONIES.

At the last committee meeting of the British and
Colonial Emigration Society the necessity of sending
out emigrants to remote as well as to near colo-
nies was discussed. New Zealand ought un-
doubtedly to have its share as well as
Canada ; but the cost is the difficulty. Three
emigrants can be sent to the latter place
for the sum which will take but one to
the former. Sir George Grey, however, believes
that the New Zealand Government will pay £2 a-head
towards the passage money, as this sum would soon
be recouped by the taxation to which the emigrant
would be liable, Sir George expressed his pre-
ference for aggregate colonies—a number of emi-
grants settling 'down in one place. It was
practicable to lend such a colony a sum of money,
and afterwards ensure its repayment; whereas in
the case of scattered emigrants it was extremely .
difficult to collect advances. Two thousand four
hundred men were sent from Germany to New
Zealand when he was Governor, and formed
a colony there. He paid £lB,OOO, out ‘of
his own pocket for their passages, and
every farthing of it was returned, with 6 per cent..
interest. The settlement was now flourishing.
However, the first operations of the society will ho
in Canada. A party will start for Quebec in April.
The emigrants will be selected from deserving families
of unemployed workmen, who can contribute by
themselves or their friends a head for each adult,
two children, under 12, counthr, as an adult. Single
men will be taken on payment ofa £5. Two hundred
people are going out on these conditions from Poplar,
and two hundred and fifty from Clerkenwell.
London, England, 1870-02-18

A PLOUGHBOY'S HARDSHIPS.

A correspondent of the Standard calls attention R.
a case illustrating the neglect and hardship to which
the children of the agricultural poor are subjected.
He was driving through the village of Bramber, in
Sussex. At the village public-house an inquest was
being held on the body of a child who, in Bramber,
was called a ploughboy. It was. learnt from his
mother, Mrs. Woolven, that she was the mother of
seven children ; that the little fellow just dead was 9
years old last May; that he went to work the following
August; his hours of labour were from six in the
morning until six in the evening, and his wages six-
pence per day. On the 10th instant lie went to work
83 usual; the long hours for which he was exposed
to out-of-cloor labour proved too much for him, and
•he perished by the wayside on his road home. He
was taken up in an insensible state, and died the
following atiernoon. It is not urged that this poor
child was treated with cruelty or severity, but it is
suggested that far more attention should be paid to
this early-working and overworking of children. It
is hoped that some of the benefits afforded by th 6
Factory Acts to children in our large towns may
ore long be extended to those of the agricultural poor,

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Sales probably 10,000 bales. 'rho market quiet.
London, England, 1870-02-18

VRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDONFEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITTITION.

President —Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTIIIIIMONS for the support of the Homes in 18G8 are ear•
neatly solicited, which may ho sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
qnot, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, KC.; Francis Nicholls
iCsq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jowry Chambers, IC.C.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road,
London, England, 1870-02-18

MAID STONE.

A change has been made in the Conservative
plans at Maidstone. It is not the first, but the
second defeated candidate at the last election that
will oppose Sir John Lubbock. Mr. Parbury, the
gentleman in question, polled 1,369 votes in November
1868 against 1,569 and 1,546 given to the two Libe-
rals, so that the contest can be by no means a fore-
gone conclusion.
London, England, 1870-02-18

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London, England, 1870-02-18

NOTTINGHAM.

The Hon. Auberon llerbert has been finally
accepted as the Liberal candidate for Colonel
Wright's seat. He pronounces in favour of the ballot,
the League educational platform, and the legal re-
cognition of trades unions. The fight at present lies
between this advanced Liberal and Mr. Digby Sey-
mour, the Independent.