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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-21

STORM ON THE NORTH-EAST COAST.

Shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon a sudden
change in the weather took place on the north-east coast.
A violent gale from the south-east sprung up, which
gradually increased in fury until, according to intelligence
received in South Shields, it raged at nine o'clock last
evening with tremendous fierceness. The sea rose rapidly,
and a number of vessels which had sailed during the fine
weather of the forenoon were driven back, some being con-
siderably damaged. At seven o'clock the full rigged barque
the Union, of Colchester, came, head on, to the pier,
amongst the rocks. After some difficulty the captain and
crew of ten men and a boy were saved.

GOVERNMENT ORDER FOR GUN-COTTON.
The Messrs. Prentice, of Stowmarket, have received an
order from Government for a very large quantity of gun-
cotton. The amount of the order is stated to be nearly
£50,000.
London, England, 1870-12-21

RAGGED SCHOOLS.

The Bishop of Manchester and Mr. Jacob Bright,
and also, let us add, Miss Becker, were among the
speakers at a soiree of the Manchester Queen-street
Ragged Schools on Monday. The meeting was
chiefly held to urge the establishment of
the " Kinder Garton " system of teaching
in the schools during the day. It was stated that
these institutions were intended to give instruction
to the most destitute of the children of Sal-
ford, who usually represented the appearance
of belonging rather to the rude tribes of
some distant region than to England, so popu-
lous and so poor were they in the district. Mr.
Jacob Bright, in his observations, said he thought
people had made wonderful sacrifices in order to
prepare men and women for the next world, but we
had taken very inadequate means to prepare them for
this. Yet according to his view the place which they
inhabited was as much,. God's world as any
state of existence which they might have in future.
The Bishop of Manchester regretted that there was
such a need in large cities for ragged schools. It was
a disgrace upon civilization when he remembered that
in rural villages labourers earning half as much as city
artisans clothed and taught their offspring. He was
glad, however, that as the need was there there were
willing hands to take the young children under
shelter ; and he approved of the Queen-street Ragged
Schools, especially as social and recreative evenings
were promised to juvenile minds.
London, England, 1870-12-21

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAT.

CAUTION TO CAB-DRIVERS.—David Porter, cab-driver,
badge 12,969, was brought before Mr. Knox, at the Marl-
borough-street Police-court, charged with being drunk and
assaulting Police-constable Henry Payne, 1,616. The
constahle said that on the previous night he saw the pri-
soner in charge of a cab in South Audley-street, and
noticing that he was drunk] said he should take him into
custody. As soon as he said so the prisoner seized him
by the throat, very much hurting him with his knuckles,
and tried to strike him. He took hold of the prisoner,
when he laid down and tried to kick him. He got the
asssistance of a constable, and on the way to the station
the prisoner twice tripped him up and behaved in a very
violent manner. Mr. Knox remarked that the prisoner
was not a fit person to be entrusted with a cab, as he
saw by his license that he had been fined 20s. for drunken-
ness. The prisoner said he had been a teetotaller ever since
then till last night. Mr. Knox : A teetotaller ! Youdeserve
to have your license taken away altogether, and if I
was to do my duty strictly I should send you to prison
without a fine. You must pay 40s. or a month.
James Saunders, cab driver, badge 8488, was charged
with being drunk and incapable of driving his cab. The
prisoner was seen last night by Police-constable Burgess,
29E Reserve, to drive his cab, in which there was a fare,
against a lamp post, and on going up to the spot he found
the prisoner to be very drunk. The prisoner said the fare
had given him drink, and that he went against the post
by accident. Mr. Knox said, besides getting drunk the
prisoner had jeopardised the life of his fare, and would
have to pay 20s. or fourteen days.
FOND OF PORK.—James Dalrymple, agsd 16, was, at the
Thames police-court, chArged with stealing 911bs of pork
from a shop in Cannon-street-road. The prisoner entered
the prosecutor's shop, seized the pork and rushed out of
the shop with it. Finding that he was being pursued
he threw the pork away to facilitate his pace, but was
eventually run down and captured. He pleaded guilty,
and Mr. Lushington sentenced him to four months' im-
prisonment and hard labour.
London, England, 1870-12-21

THE CANTEEN SYSTEM IN THE ARMY.

Lord Strathnairn, among the many reforms his
lordship originated in India affecting the social con-
dition of her Majesty's troops, introduced the can-
teen system into all barracks where large numbers
of soldiers and their families were congregated. The
system has, within the past three years, been adopted
in the British Isles, chiefly through the instrumen-
tality of Colonel Collingwood (21st Fusiliers), and
under the favourable eye of Lord Strathnairn
himself. The advantages it ensures to
the soldier, and the readiness with which
good food and safe drinks of all kinds are supplied
at , cheap rates, in their own quarters to our
regiments, are sail to be insuring success, and
must afford gratification to those distinguished
officers. The Royal Artillery canteen authorities at
Woolwich have been enabled to distribute surplus
profits from the receipts of last year,'of 2s. 6d. each
to every married soldier and ls. 6d. to each single
soldier in the Woolwich garrison. Last Christmas,
we may add, the bonuses were only ls. and 6d, res-
pectively. Besides granting these " dividends " the
canteen president has been enabled to devote £6OO
a year to the soldiers' recreation-rooms, to provide
the whole of the prizes for the garrison sports, to
give votes of money to each of the several cricket
clubs connected with the regiment, and to contribute
something to the funds of the Female Hospital and
other charities. From these statements it will be
seen how important an introduction the co-operative
system of supplying stores to the army has become,
even in the short space of three years.
RATING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.

A public meeting has been held at Plumstead to
London, England, 1870-12-21

BANKING COMPANIES.

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London, England, 1870-12-21

CRYSTAL PALACE.-THE GREAT PAN-
TOMIME—GULLIVER, written by H. B. FARNIE, and
produced by E. T. SMITH, will be played TO-MORROW,
FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, to afford opportunities for visits of
Parties of children and others before the crowding on Boxing
Day, and during first weeks of Holidays. Miss Caroline Parkes,
Master (Percy Roselle, Miss Thirlwall, Miss Emmeline Cole,
Messrs. A. Williams, Yarnold, T. H. Friend, &c. One Hundred
and Fifty Children, Corps de Ballet of One Hundred, &c.
Gorgeous Transformation and other Scenes, by Mr. F. Fenton
and assistants. Music by Mr. W. Corri. Beautiful Decora-
tions. Giant Christmas Tree. Fancy Fair, &c. This Day to
Friday, ONE SHILLING Days ; Children, half-price.

ALHAMBRA. PALACE.—Mr. F. STRANGE,
Managing Director.—THlS EVENING. NEW AR-
RANGEMENTS.—GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS, on .a
Vast and Magnificent Scale. The Alhambra converted into a
superb and immense Drawing Room. Novel Decorations.
Brilliant Gas Displays. Orchestral Rostrum erected on Stage.
Vocal and Instrumental Performers. Grand Orchestra of 159
Musicians, conducted by Mons. RIVIERE. Full Military Band
of the Scots FusiLier Guards (by permission of the Commanding
Officer). War Songs of France and Germany. " Marseillaise, '
Degrango (first appearance in this country), Mdlle.
Hellar, Mdlle. Secretain, Mdlle, Philippine, and Julie
Siedle, Mr. George Bicknell, Herr Waldmann, and Mr. Jongh-
Jullien's " British Army Quadrilles." Also Every
Evening, the marvellous performances of the Hanlon Brothers
and 'Attie Bob, in their transcendentally startling achieve-
ments. The Aerial Flight, by far the most elegant, wondrous,
and daring gymnastic feat ever attempted by any gymnasts in
any age or country. THIS EVENING. Doors open, half-past
7 ; Commence at 8. Prices :-13., 25., and Gallery, 6d., Dress
Circle, 5s ; Private Boxes, 215., 31s. 6d„ and 425. Box office
pen from 11 till 7.

ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
The extraordinary success which has attended the production
of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance
Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the present one the
most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The
celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are
assigned to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs.
W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr.
Thomas Pitts. Professor Hallman, M.O.
Admission. Reserved Seats, 2s.
R. R. BIGISELL, Proprietor.
London, England, 1870-12-21

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London, England, 1870-12-21

ILLNESS OF LORD JUSTICE MELLISH.

Although Lord Justice Mellish, in conjunction with
Lord Justice James, occupied his seat during Monday in
the Court of Appeal, his lordship shortly afterwards Was
seized' with a violent attack of gout, which precluded
his attendance yesterday. Under those circumstances,
the business of the court was necessarily suspended, but
the hope is entertained that his lordship will have so far
recovered as to be able to resume work to-day (Wednee.
day).
London, England, 1870-12-21

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
NO. GOSNE LL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
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form, and at a lower price.
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London, England, 1870-12-21

A. BARD CASH.

The Italian Adriatic Oriental Company was formed
some time ago for the purpose of utilizing the ad-
vantages of the Brindisi route to the East. It is, as
might not perhaps be inferred from its name,
essentially an English company. like most under-
takings having for their object the practical adoption
of new ideas, it met with scant favour at first. Most
people recognised the superiority of the Brindisi
route, but it has been a hard matter to induce the
general public, and a still harder matter to induce
the official world, to avail themselyes of this supe-
riority. For several years the company carried
on business at a loss. They improved the
harbour so as to render it properly available for
commerce, and convincingly sheaved us by the tran-
sit of letters and news a short time ago the great
saving of time effected by the, passage vid Brindisi;
but now that the Marseilles way is barred, and it is
aH solutely necessary to adopt the Brindisi route
altogether, this company is deprived of the privileges
which it can properly claim. The Government
throws over the Italian Company and grants a very
large subsidy to the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany, enabling the latter to compete on unequal
terms with the former, to the great injury of the
trade which the Italian Company has spent so much
in establishing. This is, unquestionably, a
hard case. It is always a recognised principle
that those who sow should reap. Not only, how-
ever, are the Italian Company deprived of their just
benefit, but it is handed over.to a society that has
throughout shewn the greatest disfavour to the
Brindisi route. It is to be hoped that the injured
company may be able to establish a
legal claim against the Government for redress.
They have addressed a protest showing that
the privileges granted to the P. and 0. are incon-
sistent with engagements already contracted with the
Italian Company. That the moral right belongs to
the latter there can be no question whatever.
London, England, 1870-12-21

THE MINISTRY.

We understand that no definite arrangements have yet
been made with reference to the vacancy caused by the re-
signation of Mr. Bright.' We believe that had Mr. Bright
beendisposed, Mr. Gladstone would readily have acquiesced
in his retaining a seat in the Cabinet without portfolio,
but Mr. Bright's medical advisers have made so
stringent a recommendation that he should be re-
lieved from all sense of official responsibility
that this could not be entertained. His resigna-
tion, long pressed by Mr. Bright, has not been
accepted until the aspect of affairs abroad and at
home removed all ground for supposition that
it :was in any way connected With difference
of opinion in the Cabinet. The names of Lords
Hartington and Northbrook, of Mr. Cardwell,
Mr. Stansfeld, and Mr. Shaw Lefevre, are mentioned in
connection with the vacant Presidentship of the Board of
Trade, and the movements which may be occasioned by a
transfer in other departments.—Echo.

An organised movement will, according to the Over-
land Mail, shortly be set on foot in this country to ensure
the reduction of the fourpenny postage charge now made
on each newspaper sent by the overland route vl4 Brindisi.
The press and the Chambers of Commerce in the east are
not neglecting their duty,
A footman named Maccabe, employed at Swinton
Park, near Manchester, was on Saturday night attacked
by a number of men near Irlam's-o2th'-Height, and so
severely kicked and otherwise maltreated that he died in
the Manchester Infirmary on Sunday. He appears to
have offended his assailants by assisting a policeman to
secure a prisoner. Six men are in custody charged with
being concerned in the outrage.
London, England, 1870-09-09

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London, England, 1870-09-09

FRANCE AND HER ALLIES.

The Soir recalls the words of the King of Prussia when
the war commenced. He said that he was not fighting
against the trench nation, but against the Emperor and
the army. He may not find it convenient to have these
words repeated at the present juncture. He will not
readily consent to recognise the Provisional Govern-
ment, 'but would prefer to treat with the
representatives of the old regime. As for the Princes
of Europe, the old allies of France, they may perhaps open
their eyes to the truth when it will be too late. They
will find that their interests are identical with those of
France when it will no longer be possible for them to
protect themselves by assisting France. In England the
unhappy Whig Cabinet believed it was promoting
the peace of the world and the interests of
commence by abandoning us to the power of Prussia.
Will they understand the results of their policy ?
Belgian neutrality and Dutch independence are done for.
Do they realise that the French disaster at Sedan will
have the same effect on the English that the Austrian
disaster at Sadowa had on the French in 1.866 ?
Austria believed she was taking a prudent line in holding
herself aloof, but if she did not like France, she should

like her own interests and rule her conduct accordingly.
Unfortunate Austria, all her German pr winces went on
the battle fields of Forbach, Reichshoffen, and Sedan.
Ten thousand Cisleithaus, who have not fought, are to-
day prisoners of war. Prussia will annex them to-
morrow if she thinks fit, and Count Beust will find out
his mistake too late.

As for Italy, that France loves so devotedly, despite
her ingratitude, she has made A bad bargain in withhold-
ing her support. King William may bribe her with
Savoy and the Maritime Alps, but the North Germans
covet Italy as much as they do France. All the beauti-
ful provinces which are occupied by the Latin races will
be invaded, one after another, by the rude posterity
of the Goths. Alsace and Lorraine will fall into
the hands of thq Visigoths, while trading for better
spoils. The Ostrogoths will seize upon Lombardy and
Venice as a first instalment. The Powers of Europe
have not read the history of great invasions, and if they
have they have been father behind hand in doing so.
London, England, 1870-09-09

THE OPERA OOMIQUE.

The above is the name of the latest addition to the list
of new theatres that have been built in London during
the last few months. The new theatre occupies a portion
of the site of Lyon's Inn; it adjoins that belonging to
Mr. Sefton Parry, and when completed it will,
without doubt, be one of the most elegant
places of amusement in the metropolis. In its
cqnstruetion the greatest care has been taken to secure a
good view of the stage from all parts of the house, and

the architect has admirably succeeded. The front of the
stagesis a trifle .larger than the Princess's and the shape
of the interior is that known as the fiat horse-shoe. The
arrangement of the auditorium will he found to partaks
of the greatsst novelty, and-the accommodation made foil
visitors far exceeds that now crfferecl. to the publie in any
theatre in the metropolis. There are no less flair
four good entrances to the heuse, viz., one in
the Strand, two in Wych-street, and the other
in Holywell-street ; the staircases are fireproof, and,
hi case of emergency, the entire audience could
leave the ttieatre in less than five minutes. The
decorations, when completed, will be found to embrace
everything that taste and luxury could suggests and the
proprietors may well anticipate a great success for their
undertaking. The entertainments to be given will-be of
ikrAature altogether new to London, and they will be sup•
ported by artistes of the highest class in the profession.
The new theatre is announced for openincr at the end of
the present month.

FIRE AT THE HOLBORN AMPHITHEATRE.
Only four fires occurred during the last 24 hours,
namely, up to six a.m. this morning, and out of that
number only the following two were deserving of notice :
One was at the Royal Amphitheatre, High Holborn, and
was caused by some one throwing a light through the
fanlight of the stables at the back of the theatre.
Fortunately, owing to the timely aid afforded, the flames
were confined to the destruction 9f a quantity of straw,
and damage to the stall boards. It is unknown
whether Mr. Charman, the proprietor of the theatre,
was insured or not. The fire took place from
some unknown cause in the extensive premises
of Mr. J. B. Green, a carpenter and builder,
No. 18, Catherine-street, City-road. In the course of a
few' minutes the stores on the ground floor presented a
general mass of flames, and although the engines of the
Metropolitan Brigade were remarkably early in arriving
the flames had taken possession of the upper portions of
the building. The firemen and London Salvage Corps
managed by great perseverance to confine the flames to
Mr. Green's premises, which were for the most part
destroyed.
London, England, 1870-09-09

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TOWNSEND'S SARSAPARILLA. This extraordinary
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 eases of indigestion, nervousness, coughs, scro-
fula, gout, dropsy, and wasting of flesh. Sold by all druggists.
Chief depot, No. 131, Fleet-street, London.—Caution ; Get the
red and blue wrapper, with the Doctor's head in the centre.
No other genuine. In bottles 2s. 6d., 45., 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., and
ns. The old Dr.'s Sarsaparilla Pills are the most popular
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
scalds ; each in boxes, Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. ; by post,
15, 30, and 60 stamps.
London, England, 1870-09-09

MITIMOPOLIrAN UOSSIP.-THURSDAY.

The correspondents c f the Lor.don daily papers have
certainly shown a wonderful amount of energy with regard
to the late eventful scenes of the war. The palm must be
given, so far as the battle of Sedan is concerned, to the
Pall Mall Gazette. :The correspondent who described the
battle end the capitulation, took a special train through
Belgium, crossed over to England, wrote out his narrative
returned to the seat of war at once, and then "interviewed'
Bismarck. Since then he has been back to England and has
once more returned to France. This gentleman calls him-
self Holt-White. His real name, I believe, is Haidee,
and • I am told he is an American officer.
It is a pity that his otherwise excellent letters should
have been marred by excessive egotism. What, too, must
one think of the man who, when he was offered the flag
of truce as a memento of the most memorable event of the
century, refused it because it was only a common duster !
His fellow-countryman, P. Barnum, will gnash
his teeth with vexation at the oppostunity thus
lost of doiag bnsiness with the fortunate correspondent,
The celebrated showman would have given thousands of
dollars for the duster, even although "it differed in no
respect from ordinary dusters." lam almost inclined to
think that the correspondent, who, as a Yankee, could nob
have been deficient in cuteness, must have dreamt that
the duster was offered him ; dreamt it in a dream super-
induced by Bismarck's too potent beer.
Dr. Russell has also been back in England, where he
r wrote that most graphic letter which appeared in Tues-
day's Timor. Until then he had scarcely done himself
justice, and had allowed himself to be beaten by his
especially the correspondent of the Daily News.
But on Tuesday he re-established his reputation. lam
told, but really cannot credit the statement, that he is
gone or going to Paris. This would be an act
of fool-hardiness for one who throughout the war
has been the confidant of the Crown Prince of Prussia.
His colleague, poor Colonel Pemberton, who was shot
while close to the Crown Prince of Saxony, was only a
short time ago best man at a wedding, and was the life of
the party. He was a great favourite with all who knew
him, and was especially popular in Cainbridgeshire,
where he was best known

The arrivals of etnigrts in England during the last few
days have been very numerous. The involuntary einigr.Fie
London, England, 1870-09-09

BIRTHS.

On the 6th inst., at 32, Montagu-square, the wife of HenrY
W. Willoughby, Esq., of a son.
On the 6th inst., at Chessington House, Ewell, the wife
of.R. D. Green Price, Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIAGES. •
On the 6th inst., p,t St. Stephen's, South Kensington,
Augustus, second son of Join Churchill, Esq., of 9,
Pembridge-square, Bayswater, to-Eleanor, fifth daugh-
ter of W. Hinkes Cox, Esq., of 33, Elvaston-place,
Queen's-gate.
On the 6th inst., at Fittleton, Wilts, Commander Lips-
comb, R.N., to Emma. only surviving daughter of the
late Rev. William Pearse, formerly rector of Hanwell,
Oxon.
London, England, 1870-09-09

MAC MAHON'S LAST BATTLE.

A French officer escaped to Belgium says :—" To relate
what MacMahon did is impossible. Steel, fire, melted
metal, explosive balls, and I don't know what other infer-
nal mixture the Prussians there made use of for the first
time, appeared to stream off, or to rebound from him, like
hail from a roof. He went to the front seeking death.
Leave me, my friends,' he said to us all, who sought to
prevent him from going forward. 'Let me shew those
kings, those princes who hide behind their masses of men,
that a Marshal of France knows how to fight, and,
when beaten how to die." And he smiled upon us a
sad smile, which made us weep and redoubled our rage.
Ah, miserable ! we kill, we massacre, and the living ap-
pear to spring up from the dead which we heap around
us. We climbed a little mountain of dead in order that
we might reckon how long the butchery would last—my
sabre, broken and reeking, fell from my hands, when I
saw what masses we had still to deal with. The plain,
the horizon, was black with dust. We were but ants in
a huge ant-hilL Marshal,' I said, we have at least
200,000 men before us.' No,' he replied gently,
`300,000.' At that moment a cloud passed before my
eyes, and we went mad. We regained our senses only
when we found ourselves beyond the hordes of Uhlans
who attacked us. We had been fortunate enough to reach
the Belgian frontier. We were safe, but at what a sacrifice."
The writer in the Soir goes on to say he was assured by
a Prussian statesman that if it had not been for the inter-
vention of the Crown Prince and Bismarck, the King
would have had the Emperor shot, so great was his
exasperUtion against him who had caused the death of so
many brave men. The writer adds that it is impossible to
imagine the exasperation which was felt by the French
army against the Emperor. A French officer was venting
his rage, and saying that the Emperor had not even
shewn how to make Paris safe, when a Prussian officer
replied, " We know better than you how to take Paris,
and how to hold it when we get it." The writer in the Soir
thus concludes, "Such, in a few words, we,s the political end
of the man whose cousin (the same who prudently fled to
Italy at the nommoneement of danger) said of him
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SEIZURE OF ARMS.

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in capital condition, together with a bag containing 1,300
cartridges, in the room of a man named Adams. Though
the lodger himself escaped, the owner of the house was
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OUR ARMY.

All assurances to the contrary notwithstanding,
many persons will not allow themselves to understand
that England is at the present moment prepared by
her military forces to take the field. It is true that
our military system is imperfect, but there
is perhaps little reason to imagine that the
army is that poor, indifferent, force which
.it is too much the fashion to assume it
to- be. The members for the counts of Oxford have
been keeping up a good old custom, namely, dining
with the Dicester Agricultural Society. In the
course of the evening Colonel North was called upon
to. respond to the toast of the army, and he fearlessly
asserted that there never was a time when an
efficient force was more needed than at present, when
war was near our doors. No one .would feel dis-
posed to object to this statement, but when the
colonel goes on to indicate the defective con-
dition of the army and to practically
declare the unfitness of Mr. Cardwell for
his office owing to his unprofessional character he
becomes too venturesome. " Mr. Cardwell," says the
hon. member, "never was a soldier, and therefore the
difficulties of his situation must be considerable. No

doubt Mr. Cardwell was anxious to do right; but,"
added he, "in a certain sense the Minister had no

power. It things should go wrong the country
would have its victim, as in the case of the Duke of
Newcastle." With regard to officers' claims, Colonel
North exoueratvd Mr. Cardwell and the•ComMander
hi-Chief, and condemned the Chancellor of .the:Ex-
London, England, 1870-09-09

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35.) ; Theale, Aldermaston (7s. and 3s. 6d.) ; Woolhampton,
Thatcham,Newbury, Kintbury, and liungerford (9s. and 4s. 6d.),
and will return the same day.
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London, England, 1870-09-09

THE WEST SURREY ELECTION.-THE
NOMINATION.

The nomination for the West Surrey election took
place at the Town-hall, Guildford, yesterday. Mr.
Lee Steere was the only candidate. He was proposed by
the Hon. Francis Scott, seconded by General Wood, and
declared duly elected. In returning thanks for his
election, Mr. Steere said he had not sought the honour
himself ;it had been thrust upon him. He avowed him-
self &Liberal Conservative, but stated he should not blindly
follow his party. The defences of the country he believed to be
in a most defective condition, and he should vote for a large
increase in both the army and navy. A brief reference
to the war concluded the speech. The proceedings were
of the quietest character ; the hall was not one quarter
full. -,t
London, England, 1870-09-09

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known as the London Basin. Shewing also the localities where the
various strata come to the surface. The Diagram represents the
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LAW AND POLICE.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF FRAUD.—John Bennett, coal
merchant, of Wandsworth, was charged at the Mansion

-House with obtaining two sums of money, amounting to
£BOO, under false pretences. The prisoner occupied a
piece of land near Eagle Wharf, Wandsworth, under a
lease and a rental of £lO a year. He advertised for a
partner, and an interview took place between him and
Mr. Crosaley, which resulted in an agreement whereby
a partnership was entered into, the prisoner convey-
ing to him a moiety of the piece of land in question,
stating that it was his own freehold, and a share
in his business as coal merchant. For this Mr.
Crossley was to pay £7OO, and eventually paid £6OO
on account. He soon found that the business was a fic-
itious one, and that the piece of land was not the pri-
soner's property. Determining to get out of the concern,
the prisoner gave him two bank bills for £4OO, Mr.
Crossley agreeing to lose the other £2OO, in consideration
of his release from the partnership. Soon after-
wards the prisoner inserted another advertisement
for a partner, which was answered by a Mr.
Spry. An agreement was entered into between him
and the prisoner, the former to pay £5OO, £lOO of which
he paid on account. On examining the plant he found it
anything but that which the prisoner stated it to be and
he declined to pay any further sum. On the part of the
prisoner it was denied that the business was a sham one.
He was committed for trial.

BATHS FOR A.SHTON-UNDER-LYNE.—Tho commo-
dious suit of baths which have been erected by the corpo-
ration of Ashton-under-Lyne, at a cost of £12,000, were
thrown open to the public on Tuesday.
At a meeting of the Manchester City Council on
Wednesday, a portrait of Sir Joseph Heron, the town
clerk, painted by Mr. Knight, R. A., secretary of the
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THE BISHOPRIC OF SIERRA LEONE.--Lord
Kimberley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has
announced. t 0 the Rev. Henry Cheetham, M.A., Vicar of
Quarndon, near Derby, that he has selected him for the
Bishopric of Sierra Leone, rendered vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Rev. Dr. Beckles. Mr. Cheetham was
educated at Christ College, Cambridge, where he took his
B.A. degree in 1856, when he was thirteenth junior
optime in the mathematical tripos.

THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—Referring to the recent
interviewwhich the foreign Ministers in England have held
with Earl Granville, the London correspondent of the
Birmingham. Gazette says : It will be observed that the
Marquis de Lavalette was not present, but that France
was represented by a charge d'affaires, thus confirming
the information of his Excellency's retirement. It
is still believed in London, notwithstanding the quasi-
•contradiction in an evening jourrial; that Louis Blanc
will succeed M. Lavalette at the Court of St. James.
London, England, 1870-09-09

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TIIIII GREAT FIRE IN CANADA.

A terrible fire has been raging in Canada by which
the capital itself has been seriously imperilled. An
area of seven miles was swept over by the flames
with a fearful destruction of life and property. The
Canadian and American papers give startling ac-
counts of the Beene. The Toronto Globe says of one
of the destroyed villages : "Of twenty-six houses
the only buildings now standing are a couple of
churoher. The dwellings, stores, Post-office, are all
destroyed. The people lost everything, barely es-
caping with their clothes. Fully thirty farmers in
the neighbourhood have had• their houses, farms,
and stock burned." The correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing " after eight days
and nights of suffocation and heat and
smoke, of fear, and loss of life and property,"
gives a graphic account of the danger of the capital.
Even when he wrote a sudden change of wind,
which would drive the still lingering flames on what
he calls "an awful pile of timber," would have been

disastrous. If once that were to take fire, with a
moderate north-west wind, no human power could
have saved the city of Ottawa from annihilation. The
fury of the fire was only stayed by the Government
sending down orders to break down the dam of the
Rideau River at the back of Ashburnhani. This,
says the narrator, was the most desperate and the last
resource, for it involved the sweeping away of two
permanent roads, bridges, culverts, and temporary
roads, and the swamping of all the buildings on the
flats, many people narrowly escaping with their

lives, there being positively no time to notify them.
Nothing but this disastrous remedy could savo the
city, for the wind had increased to a gale, the
fire was advancing rapidly, in some places,
where it made " a start '' running faster
than the gallop of au ordinary hove.
The fire is attributed in a measure to the drought,
as there has been but little rain for twenty miles
round Ottawa for nearly two months, and the whole
country was as dry as tinder. Great fires have
certainly been very frequent all over the American
continent lately, and since the Canadian catastrophe
there has been a fire at Chicago doing an immense
amount of damage. •
London, England, 1870-09-09

TUE EDUCATION RATE.

A question of considerable importance and interest
nis being widely discussed, namely, the exemp-
tion of separate ecclesiastical districts, in
which an efficient and sufficient school is
maintained . from the payment of a
rate for the support of a school in other parts of the
mother parish from which the said ecclesias-
tical district has been legally separated. It will
be recollected that the question was opened in the
House of Commons during the passage of the Educa-
tion Bill, and Sir George Jenkinson moved an
amendment, which asked Parliament to affirm and

introduce the principle of exemption under such
circumstances. The hon. baronet, however, was
,defeated by a narrow majority. In a letter to the
Times he paints out that the question affects
to a vital degree the future maintenance of existing
schools built and supported by voluntary and private
funds (excepting the aid received from the Govern-
ment grant). The hon. gentleman argues
that if a man build or maintain a school sulii-

cient ha, the separate ecclesiastical district in
which he resides, and sueh school in all respects
meets the requirements of the Educatien Act
the person or persons supporting the school ought not
to be rated. So confident is the hon. baronet of the
justiee of his proposition that he believes the day
is not distant when it will reeeiva Parliamentary
sanction.
London, England, 1870-09-09

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