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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-04

DISTURBANCES IN BELGIUM.

Some disturbances occurred at Brussels on Tuesday.
Serious disturbances also Occurred at Ghent, and several
convents were wrecked. The gendarmerie and the Civic
Guard bivouacked in the menaced localities. On the
arrival of the troops order was re-established. The Cham-
bers have been convoked.

TILE SPANISH CROWN.
It is asserted that Don Fernando has accepted the
Spanish Crown.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

THE NATION.AL REFORM UNION AND THE

WAR.

At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Na-
tional Reform Union, held in Manchester on Tuesday
evening, the following resolution was unanimously
adopted :—" That the Executive are of opinion that the
only honest and honourable course to be pursued by this
country in the present war crisis is that of strict neutra-
lity, and the Executive hereby express their best thanks
to Mr. Gladstone for his express declaration on behalf of
the Government of complete neutrality." A resolution
was also adopted pledging the Union, by their branch
associations, to support the Government in their neutral
policy.
London, England, 1870-08-04

BANK FAILURE AT .BRECON.

Messrs. Snead, Snead, and Co., bankers, Brecon, an-
nounce their suspension of payment, which they attribute
to their London agents declining to honour their drafts.
A statement of affairs by an able accountant is promised
forthwith, so that the first dividend may be declared at
the earliest possible moment.

The Duke of Devonshire has been appointed the first
president of Owen's College, Manchester, under the new
constitution. His Grace has accepted the appointment,
and will lay the foundation of the new college buildings
on September sth.

Mr. John O'Donnell, President of the Londonderry
Working Men's_Liberal Defence Association, has received
a threatening letter, warning him not to allow the
Catholics to march, or interfere with the apprentice boys
or. the coming anniversary of August 12, on theyenalty
of making it a bitter day.
The tailors' strike was finally adjusted on Tuesday, and
all the men have resumed work.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Wednes-
day, August 3rd, 1870. Admission by season tickets,
1,533 ; ditto on payment, 2,578 ; total visitors, 4,111.

At Peterborough Cathedral the prayers of the
Church are asked daily for the sufferers in the present
war.

A North German barque and brig have put into
Harwich to avoid capture. A French cruiser was seen
off the port a few dayssince.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT. —At Bow-street, Walter
Farmery was charged with embezzling various sums of
money belonging to his employer, Peter Barr, seedsman;
Covent-garden. Joseph Thompson, a messenger, deposed
that the prisoner had sent him to collect mohby from Dr.
Picard. He received 195., which he handed over to the
Prisoner. It was proved that this money was not accounted
for. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and requested to be dealt
with by the magistrate.—Detective Hines said the case
deposed to was one of a hundred, some of which go back
as far as 1867. It was believed that the whole amount of
the prisor's defnlcations would dot be less than £lso.—The
prisoner said that it would not be so much as that. He
would net plead guilty to all those cases.—Sir Thomas
Henry remarked that if the charges were so extensive the
case could not be dealt with summarily, and remanded
the prisoner for a week.

PUNY I LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders
of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended
by the medical profession in preference to French brand Sup
plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotatiohs
on application to Messrs DUNVILLE it Co.. Royal Irish Dis-
tilleries, Belfast ; or at thei borAlon Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings
Strand, W.C,
London, England, 1870-08-04

THE PRUSSIAN EXPLOSIVE BULLETS.

An experiment with these terrible destructive missiles
has just been made in London for the information of
Surgeon-Major Wyatt, and were conducted in a shed
attached to the yard of Messrs. Winkley and Shaw, horse
slaughterers, at 35, Green-street, Blackfriars-road. Mr.
Adams was present with one of his revolvers, and fired
all the shots. A small group of officers and others
assembled at two o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.
Shaw, a partner in the firm, made all the 'arrange-
ments. As soon as the party were fairly assembled a
horse was led into the shed—a beast with wicked
eyes, and hind legs showing unmistakable marks of
contact with splinter bars. He had been condemned
as irreclaimably vicious. As he faced Mr. Adams,
he stood quietly enough watching the tiny weapon.
The pistol is aimed at the forehead, right between
the eyes ; there is a tiny report—only one ; the effect
of the shock is shown to check every vital function in the
frame of the animal ; he sinks instantly upon his knees,
and then comes lumbering down to th• ground in a heap.
A thin wreath of gray smoke curls from his forehead. Three
or four convulsive kicks, and then complete stillness.
The whole appears simple enough, and nothing
more than would have happened with any bullet sent into
the brain. Wait a little. Thal head must be examined.
The gray smoke still curls from the wound as skin and
muscle are removed from the skull, and then it becomes
apparent that the skull is split. On handling it
pieces of bone come away easily. The surface bones are
removed, and the brain beneath is found to be utterly
destroyed—a mass of gray and white matter devoid of
consistency. When the loose material is lifted out
there is a hole like the crater of a mine, seven inches
long by six broad. Part of the bullet had been driven
up to the back of the head. And this work was done by
a weapon that a man can carry in his pocket.
London, England, 1870-08-04

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London, England, 1870-08-04

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

An Account, lursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Victoria., esp. 32,
for the week ending Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1870.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued £32,957,885

£32,957,883
BAKING D

Proprietors' Capi-

tal - £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including E-
xchequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.
Accounts
Other Deposits..
Seven Days and
othor Bills..

6,090,576
20,587,115

629,C86

£45,307,263

DENMARK AND THE WAR.
London, England, 1870-08-04

EDUCATION IN INDIA.

It is said that at present education is one of the
questions of the hour, just as much in India as in
England: In Bengal the controversy is how to esta-
blish and maintain primary schools, in which the
people shall learn to read and write in their mother
tongue. On the other hand, the discussion in the
North-West provinces and the Punjab, where
primary education has been cared for since
1846 to a greater extent than in Bengal,
is instituted with a view to develope the higher
education exclusively through English or through
English and the Oriental classical and vernacular
languages combined, so that it may at once fit in to
the University system and catch the many who never
will be affected by that system. In truth it is sought
to give Bengal the lower education which the
North-West has enjoyed for a quarter of a century;
and it is desired to create the same love for the
higher education which has marked the Bengalee,
but in such a way that the Ilindostanee and Hindi-
speaking populations shall not be denationalised as
the Bengalee Baboo has been. The Times correspon-
dent, in writing upon the subject, says that the
middle classes of Bengal have been whitewashed, as
it were, with English, at a serious cost to the State,
and the theory has been that this higher education
would filtrate down and affect the lower millions.
The efforts, however, of reformers, especially in
Bengal, have as yet been met by the native
Baboos only in a lukewarm manner. This
is proved by the fact that at a recent
meeting, for which placards, propagating the
story that Government was about to withdraw
all aid from English Education, had been issued
a month beforehand, the town hall at Bengal was
only half filled, and the audience was represented by
a pack of school boys. The extravagant declama-
tion of some of the more earnest appellants for a
new system of education, and the fallacy of reports
issued by them alleging a want of sympathy from
the Government, have no doubt greatly tended to de-
teriorate popularity in favour of the movement
sought to be established.
London, England, 1870-08-04

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

ALLEGED FRAUDULENT REMOVAL OF GOODS—John and
Frederick Brown, contractors and carmen, were charged,
at the Westminster Police-court, with fraudulently
removing goods to avoid a distress for rent, whereby they
were liable to a penalty of double the value of the goods
so removed. The prosecutor, Mr. G. German, No. 7,
Ifield-road, Fulham-road, let the house in Feb., 1869, to a
Miss Eleanor Flowers. On the 23d of last March there
were two quarters rent due, and a distress was put in ; a
quarter's rent was paid, and the broker retired ; the next
day was quarter day, and at three in the morning the two
two defendants brought a van, and commenced
moving the goods. Complainant warned them not to do
so as the rent was owing, and he went to the police station
and brought back a constable, and suggested then that
they were doing wrong ; but the defendants moved the
furniture, and the complainant had lost his rent. He had
since had the key sent him. In cross-examination the
policeman admitted that the complainant said, in the pre-
sence of the defendant, that the rent was not due till
twelve o'clock that day. Mr. Arnold asked the constable
why he had not stopped the things. The Police Act em-
powered him to stop and make inquiry respecting all furni-
ture in transit between eight at night and six in the morning.
The constable said he was ignorant of that. Mr. Smyth
offered any terms, but the other side declared their inten-
tion to vindicate law and make an example of these men.
Mr. Smyth said what they wanted was double the pe-
nalty. His clients had goods, and could give them up for
an indemnity, otherwise let the complainant sue in the
County Court for rent, and then put a distress on the
goods as they stood. His client had been misled, as had
the policeman. Mr. Arnold accordingly adjourned the
case for a month.

The Appropriation Bill having been introduced
into the House of Commons and read a first time yester-
day, it is now believed the prorogation of Parliament will
not be delayed beyond Thursday or Friday in next week,
London, England, 1870-08-04

WESLEYAN CONFERENCE

The ordination services were held ycsterday morning at
Hanley and Tunstall. The president ordained at Hanley,
the ex-president, Dr. Jobson, delivering the charge
founded on Colossians 4th, 17th verse: " Take heed to the
ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou
fulfil it." The newly-ordained ministers partook of the
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The stationing com-
mittee met at five o'clock in the evening, and will pro-
bably sit during this (Thursday) forenoon. Many changes
are likely to take place.
London, England, 1870-08-04

LIVERPOOL DEFENCELESS.

The Liverpudlians, regarding war as a by no means im-
possible event, are much exercised about the unprotected
and defenceless state of the port. A discussion on the
subject took place in the Liverpool Town Council yester-
day. The Mayor stated that he had already taken steps
in the matter. He had brought .the subject, and also the
inconvenience which might be occasioned by Fenian reck-
lessness, under the notice of the local Member, of Mr.
Childers, and Mr. Bruce ; and in reply he had received
full assurances that in case of any war emergency prompt
measures would be taken effectually to protect the port.
London, England, 1870-11-26

BANKRUPTS.

!Afro Surrender in London.)
Bidden, John, late of Angle-street, Walworth, isinglass
manufacturer, now of Loat's-road, Clapham, December
7, at 12.
Fevrier, Timothy, otherwise Lurand, East-street, Wal-
worth, dealer in oil lamps, December 12, at 11.
Taylor, Joseph, Lower Clapton, butcher, Dec. if, at 2.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LEAMINGTON AND WARWICK HUNT
MEETING—Fnp AT.
NEW HANDICAP.

Topsy
Herod •••
Scrubbing Brush c ...

Seven ran.
FOURTH NURSERY.

Dr. Temple.
Sweetmeat

Nona... .

2
3

Fourteen ran.
HANDICAP PLATE.

Woodford
Ushant
Succession...—

Eleven ran.
FLYING SCUD CUP.

Thunderstorm
Stanley
Newsman
Thirteen ran.
WELTER HANDICAP.

..•••.. 3

Mayoress....
Satinstoe
Surgeon .....

Nine ran.
SELLING HURDLE.

Wild Bee
Spitfire
Queen of the Valley
Ten ran.
HURDLE RACE MATCH.

Curio
Wild Blood

GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.
Scarrington
HippQlyte
Double Event
Seven ran.
BRADGArE CUP.

Stanley
Fearnought • •
Vestminater •!•••••

Eight ran.
WINDING-UP HANDICAP.

Firebrand
Adelaide
Masaniello ff

Ten ran.

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London, England, 1870-11-26

THE EUROPEAN WAR.
The SUN is Published Every Morning
at EMIT r O'CLOCK, with SOME
HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other
paper. This edition will always contain
the LATEST N EWS of the WAR, and
of all other events.

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London, England, 1870-11-26

RELIEF FUND FOR FRENCH PEASANTRY.

Accounts from Bouillon state that two English
officers are rendering most efficient assistance in
administering relief to the French peasantry through
the agency of the Daily News fund. Thanks to the
efforts of Captains Goodenough and Mildmay, the
system of relief has been greatly extended and more
complete arrangements have been made. Bread,
which was formerly procured from Belgium, is now
supplied by the local bakers, who are more willing to
dispose of their goods than they were a short time
ago. The millers also oiler their flour at a reasonable
rate because they are afraid of the Prussians
carrying it off. Now that the bread has not
to be convoyed across the mountain pass which
separates them from Sedan, the dispensers of the
Relief Fund are able to use their means of transport
for the conveyance of bacon, coffee, and rice, which
can now be distributed together with bread and
warm clothing. In one of his excursions the other
day, Captain Mildmay met with an exciting adven-
ture. lie was returning from depositing his pro-
visions when he came upon a party of Francs-tireurs.
They were very courteous when they found out his
mission, but a few minutes afterwards he was over-
taken by some Uhlans, who were retreating from
the shots of the Francs-tireurs he had parted from. •
Under other circumstances, they would have been
dangerous customers to meet with, but on this occa-
sion they were rendered harmless by the appearance
of some douaniers, who disarmed them.
London, England, 1870-11-26

GREAT FAILURE IN SUNDERLAND.

The suspension is announced of Messrs. Robert Wight
and Son, chain and anchor smiths, of Sunderland and
Seaham harbour. The liabilities are cstimated at
£25,000. The works have been closed, and two hundred
men have been thrown out of employment. A meeting of
creditors has been called.
London, England, 1870-11-26

A STEAMER ON HASBOROUGII SANDS.

Information was received yestorday afternoon in Yar-
mouth that a large steamer laden with cattle from Rotter-
dam got upon Hasborough sand during the night. Two
smacks and a steam-tug went to her assistance, and by
throwing overboari somo of the cattle sho was got off, but
with machinery very much damaged. Sho is believed
to be the Diarmant.
London, England, 1870-11-26

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart.
Phobus's Fix.
HAYMARKET —An Alarming Sacrifice. The Palace of
Truth. Uncle's Will. My Husband's Ghost.
ADELPHI THRATRE.—Twice Killed. Flowers of the
Forest.
VannEvlLLE—Chiselling, Two Roses. Elizabeth, or
the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—On and Off.
'Prentice,

Living at Ease. The Idle

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--Handy Andy and Pretty Girls of
aStilborg.
Gumm--Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew.
Marco Spada. Ballet Divertissement.
OPERA Clomicam -Tigre de Bengale. Monsieur Garat.
ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Christ-
mas Eve.
OLvmpw--Nell and (Burlesque) Panl and Virginia.
GAIETY Happy Village. Fra Diavolo. Trombal-
ealzar.

SADLERS WELLS.—Hamlet. Farce.
STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chapter of
Accidents.
HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds.
NEW SURREY—FIag on the Battle Field. Link by
Link.
QuEmes—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Othello.
ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his
Sensation Cat.

PourrEomuc—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
noon and Evening.
AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.
ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PALATS RovAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine.
Panorama of the Seat of War.
ALHAmuta—Promenade Concert.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1870.

A COOLER act of appropriation was never adven-
tured upon even by HENRY VIM than one which
has occurred in the midst of Europe as recently as
on the Bth of this present month of November.
Until HENRY'S time no right was ever assumed, no
precedent was ever created by which a layman
could become an impropriator. At the dis:.-lolution of
the monasteries and religious lioustes in 153 G .j
London, England, 1870-11-26

PARIS UNDER THE SIEGE.

The special correspondent of the Telegraph, in his last
letter from Paris by ballon monte,, says the slight success
at Orleans has give rise to a crop of rumours which assure
us that General Aurelles de Paladine has joined hands
with Keratry and the Army of the West, and tha
between them they have retaken Chartres. The Combat
and the Gaulois have " reason to believe " that Bourkaki
has retaken Amiens. There is a rumour, also, of a
victory gained over some Baden troops in the east of
France. It riow seems more than ever certain that.
General Trochu will possibly within the next few days
strike a heavy blow at the cordon which is throttling us.
The largest workshop of M. Cail, who is the principal
ironfounder of Paris, is putting out cannon e very day ;
and fabulous tales circulate in the newspapers as to the
range and accuracy of the field-pieces which
tithe indefatigable ironworker is contributing to
our defence. En revanche, every well - informed
soldier is aware that the Prussians have so strengthened
their lines of investment that it needs no prophet to fore-
tell what kind of reception awaits us as we attempt a de-
termined sortie upon a large scale. I dare not for a moment
be sanguine as to the issue ; but I trust that, at any rate,
General Trochu and Ducrot will get their soldiers to ac-
quit themselves like men. Paris will resign herself to
peace, however painful its necessary conditions may be, if
before concluding it she can win the respect of the world,
not only as having held out with obduracy, but also as
having fought with valour. But lam bound to add that
pessimists still abound, who maintain that the "heroic
grocers," or National Guards, will never be tempted to
issue forth from the protection of their ram-
parts : that they art like woodland foxes, which
all the foxhounds in England are powerless to drive
from their forest fastnesses, and which obstinately refuse
to break cover, although huntsmen and whips and dogs
without number follow close on their trail. The journals
abound with details which, it must be confessed, are not of
a nature to inspire confidence in the heroism of the National
Guards. Ono newspaper mentions that within the last
two months there have been no fewer than 700 cases of
" alcoholic insanity " among our citizen soldiers.
It is but a few nights since two officers and
three privates slipped off the edge of the rampart, or
enceinte continue, and tumbled into the deep fosse
below. Two were killed outright ; the lives of the
other three are despaired of. In excuse, it is
said that the edges of the rampart were slippery
from rain, and that the wind caught the cloaks of
the unfortunate guards, and hurled them into the abyss.
I fear that alcohol had more to do with it than either
wind or rain. The death-rate in Paris for last week was
one of unexampled magnitude, but the presence here of
large numbers of Mobiles brought up from the Depart-
ments, and badly housed and fed, may be sufficient to
explain the abnormal mortality.
London, England, 1870-11-26

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London, England, 1870-11-26

EPIDEMICS IN LIVERPOOL.

The Liverpool sanitary authorities for some time
have been making vigorous efforts to arrest the
progress of relapsing fever, but now they have to
encounter more virulent forms of epidemic. It will
require all their energies to cope with the outbreak
of small-pox and scarlatina. The tempo-
rary hospital for th 3 reception of scar-
latina patients is reported full, and the other
hospitals aro overcrowded. One of the hospitals
recently opened for fever patients is to be devoted to
the reception of cases of scarlatina and small-pox, at the
discretion of the medical officers. One of the doctors,
who became stricken with fever last week, has re-
covered, but the physician appointed to succeed him
is suffering from the malady. The nurses have
suffered greatly; teu of them have been attacked,
and one has died. Deaths from relapsing lever,
typhoid and typhus fever are reported to have taken
place iu the workhouse.
London, England, 1870-11-26

THE TREATY OF 1856.

MR. ODO RUSSELL'S MISSION.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF
PRUSSIA, VERSAILLES, Noitniber 25.

'1 he scope of Mr. Odo Russell's mission is not
allowed to transpire, but it is confidently asserted
here that if he seeks Prussian help for England in
the Eastern question he will not succeed. Prussia
might possibly remain neutral, but would under no
circumstances assist England in such a struggle.

ST. PETERSBURG, November 25.

Addresses of thanks to the Emperor have been
received from-the Smolensk Diet and the nobility,
the Bessarabian Diet and the nobility, and from
all classes of the population. The St. Petersburg
Gazette says that Russia cannot withdraw her de-
claration, nor lea.ve it without practical conse-
quences. • Such a proposition from the English
press compels her to pursue more actively than be-
fore the realization of the problem set before her.
No one in Russia wishes for, war; but all classes
would rather consent to war than to a humiliating
retractation before threats, unsupported by anything
else than references to the sanctity of a Treaty,
directed against the country.

VIENNA, November 25.

Two letters from Count Beust to Count Chotek
were laid before the Delegation yesterday. In the
second, Count Beust says : "I have in::de no secret
of my conviction that the late Treaty placed Russia
in an unworthy position. nonce I was all the more
pained that she should take such pains to rid herself
of the burden." •

BERLIN, November 25 (12.33 a.m.).

The St. Petersburg semi-official Golos, in reply to
an article in the Times, charging Russia with an
intended breach of the Treaty of Paris, says that
Russia scorned to modify that compact by forced
interpretationg, as has been so often done by her
adversaries, but openly denounced an agreement
which had been violated by everybody else. Russia,
moreover, would have had no objection to lay her
grievances.be'ore a conference could she have hoped
for redress.

PESTH, November 25.

In the Austrian Delegation Count Beust asserted
to-day that nothing had been omitted which was
required by the dignity of the monarchy in the Black
Sea question. No Russian reply has been received
yet. He cautioned the members against speaking
too much of war or peace, as equally inopportune in
the present state of affaire.

A despatch from Turin, dated November 24, says
tho Duchess of Aosta was confined to-day of a
prince.
London, England, 1870-11-26

FIGHTING NEAR AMIENS.

. .
The Echo du Nord of the 25th says that a general
64gagement is believed to be going on near
Akiens.

Iteports come from Lille tqat there has been fight-
at Villers Bretoneux, 15 kilometres from Amiens.
The Cannonade was heard all day yesterday (24th)
at Corbie, but no details have yet been received. A
13'°°4 many German, prisoners have reached Amiens.

FIGHTING NEAR ARTENAY.
tl4- second despatch from Tours of the 25th states
cannonading was heard at Orleans the
1,4'4
'OlO of the previous day in tho direction of
4 !teuay. It is supposed that important engaga-
;gents are in progress, but no intelligence has tran-
ilirecl at Tours. The Prussians were reported.to be
14terday evening at St. Calais, half-way between
Mans and Vendome. General 13ourbalii still
eists in his refusal to accept the command of the
ti le 18th Army Corps.

CAPITULATION OF THIONVILLE.
the report of the capitulation of Thionvillo is
iTlfirmed, and the formal surrender of the town
(70t place to-day. The bombardment was carried
till by 76 guns for two days. The town is ahnost
4troyed, it having been burning since the 22d.

ENCOUNTER WITH MOBILE GUARDS.
:4 report from the Royal Head-quarters at Ver-
Vliies, dated the 24th, states that the Advanbce
ilard of Groeben division of Cavalry, commanded
Colonel Suderitz, had au engagement on the 2nd
near Le Quesnel with the Mobilo Guards from
lens. The French were repulsed and fled in
great disorder.

ADVANCE OF rim GRAND DUKE OF
MECKLENBURG.
%Ile latest information from Versailles states that
Le Grand Duke continues to advance, but that
oel'al skirmishes have taken place with recon-
tiring parties near Neuville Bois and Mazieres.

The
German Staatsanzeiger, of the 24th, speaking
4athe war in France, says that unless the present
tih`4ications are deceptive, the end of the fighting is
toaching.

A . THE THRONE OF SPAIN.
qtelegram from Madrid says :—The official acceptance
N buke of Aosta has been received. The Regent has
‘trt,uJ°
t'ated the 'acceptance by pardoning five Carlists who
Site:ndemned to death. The slavery question is again
t ‘ed, and the Republicans are endeavouring to use
40b question as a weapon against the King and the
went.

f~le Lancet publishes a draft Medical Bill of its
which it hopes will meet the approval of the pro-
-404.
at,:,Poley, ILA., the eminent sculptor, has been
NiftT'Y indisposed for some weeks, through an illness
tk Ing fro exposure to the inclement weather while at
tr. °ll themeat sitting figure of the late Prince Consort
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MR. HIND ON TILE ECLIPSE.

Mr. Hind, the well-known astronomer, writes an
interesting account of the forthcoming total eclipse
of the sun. No other opportunity of witnessing the
phenomenon of a total eclipse so near our shores
will occur until the year 1887, and even then the
circumstances will not be so favourable as on the
approaching occasion. The line of central and total
phase commences about two hundred miles south of
Cape Farewell, the southern extremity of Greenland.
Traversing the Atlantic Ocean, in a south-easterly
direction, it enters Europe on the Portuguese coast,
crosses the Mediterranean, and reaches Algeria west of
Oran. Afterwards it passes Sicily, the Black Sea, the
Crimea, and the Sea of Azof, finally leaving the
earth in the south of Russia. Its time will be
1 hour 46 minutes, and the breadth of the zone of
totality in Western Europe about 100 miles. It is
interesting to know that at Novo-Tcherliask, the
spot where it is last visible, the Russian astronomer
Wisnewski obtained the final glimpse of the cele-
brated comet of 1811, as it set out on its 3,000 years'
journey through space. Gibraltar is the only
British possession in which the total eclipse can be
witnessed ; and Mr. Hind, anticipating that many
English observers will probably station themselves
there, gives many interesting and instruc-
tive particulars as to the precise moments
and position for observation. He particularly
suggests a watch, on the approach of - totality,
for the rushing of the moon's shadow through
the air. It will pass Gibraltar from W.N.W. at a
speed of some. thirty miles per minute. This was a

notable feature of the eclipse of 1851, as observed by
Mr. Hind, and in the eclipse of August, 1869, in the
United States, the moon's shadow is said to have
been seen rapidly approaching in the air, and going
upwards from the western . horizon like a dark
curtain. Nevertheless this interesting peculiarity
was unobserved by many persons.
PA 14,L1A MENVA rtY RECRIMINATIONS.
An awkward personal episode has just occurred in
London, England, 1870-11-26

THREE SEA,NIEN POISONED.

Information was received in South Shields yestaiday
of the poisoning of three seamen., While the barque
Clutha, Captain Twaites, of South Shields, %Ma on .her
outward-bound voyage, the cook, for reasons not lotown,
placed some poison in the food of three of the crew. One
of the men died shortly afterwards, and the other two
are expected to recover. The vessel has put into AffkDa,
where the cook has been handed over to the authorities.
London, England, 1870-11-26

THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.

LAMBETH. —The most important meeting yet held in
connection with the Rev. G. M. Murphy's candidature
for the Lambeth School Board was that which took place
last night at the Horn's Tavern, Kennington. Mr.
Murphy is in favour of schools without fees, the righteous
distribution of endowments, and will rigidly adhere to the
unsectarian spirit of the Act. A resolution in favour of
his candidature was unanimously adopted.
London, England, 1870-11-26

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of the Right Hon. Anne, Dowager Countess of
Mexborough was proved in the London Court
under £25,000. Her ladyship, who died July 17
last, aged eighty-seven, was the relict of John,
third Earl of Mexborough, who died in 1860.—The
will of Rear-Admiral Richard Robert Quin, of her
Majesty's Fleet, late residing at Torquay, who died on
September 22nd last, was proved in London under £7,000
personalty. —The will of Major-Ceneral Sir George
Moyle Sherer, K.C.5.1., late of the Bengal Army, Aide-
de-Camp to lle Queen, was proved in Loudon under a
nominal sum in this country. The gallant General died
on the sth instant, at the age of 70. The will
of Mrs. Elizabeth Beresford, wife of the Right
Rev. Marcus Gervais Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh,
was proved in the London Court under £3o,ooo.—The
will of Miss Elizabeth Dunn (which was proved in the
Registry at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on the 4th ult.,
under £35,000) abounds with bequests to Catholic
charitable institutions.—The will of Miss Eliza-
beth Valentine Carter, of 50, Kensington Park-
road, Notting-hill, was proved in the London
Court, on the Ist instant, under £20,000. She
has left several charituble bequests. By a codicil dated
May, 1868, she bequeaths to the Cancer Hospital and the
Consumption Hospital, both of Brompton, and to the
Drinking-Fountains Association, each £5O. —lllustrated
London News.

. _
The Earl and Countess of Munster have sustained
a domestic calamity by the death of Viscount Fitzclarence,
which occurred on the 22nd inst.

Twenty 56-pounder guns havo been forwarded to
Elswiek to be converted into 64-pounders at Sir William
Armstrong's ordnance factory, on Major Palliser's prin-
ciple.

Mr. Thomas Wier, a respectable farmer, residing
near Warrington, was drowned on Wednesday night
through his horse walking into the Bridgewater Canal,
Preston-brook.

The Rock says there has been a series of cptarrels
at New Malden respecting the new schools, culminating
in the forcible entry of the vicar and others against a bar-
ricade of forms and desks erected by three of the building
committee who were inside.

The Law Times says that the Northern Circuit
will celebrate the elevation of their late eminent member,
Lord Justice Mellish, to the Equity Bench, by a dinner
to his lordship at the Albion on Monday. it is expected
that those of her Majesty's judges who were members of
the Northern Circuit will be present.
London, England, 1870-11-26

POLITICS IN CMPPLEGATE.

A'numerous letter, signed with the well-know name of
Matthew Arnold, appears in the Pall Mall Gazette.
It purports to be a reply to a recent letter
from one Arminius Von Thunder Ten Tronckh,
and the writer takes a gloomy view of our interference in
the Eastern Question. He likens the Russian difficulty
to a quarrel between rough labourers and a missionary in
Cripplegate, who are at enmity about an entrance to a
tripe shop. When one ruffian (Russia) says
he must again be allowed to use the tripe
establishment, the missionary (England) is thus described
" Years of outpouring, since he has been engaged in mis-
sion work, have somewhat damaged his wind ; the hospi-
talities of the more serious minded citizens of Cripple-
gate to a man in his position have been, I
hope, what they should be; there are apprehen-
sions, if violent exercise is taken, of gout in the stomach."
Accordingly. as the missionary (England) looks so crippled
and unable to prevent his enemy from entering the tripe-
shop, especially as the latter has been winked at by another
dangerous ruffian, and a compact, probably, has been made
between them, people looking on say he is unfit for a
struggle. " The general feeling in Cripplegate," we are
told, is, therefore, that nothing much can be done, and
that ke, the Ruffian (Russia), must be allowed to resort
again to the tripe-shop.

A meeting was held on Thursday at Newport, in
Monmduthshire, in favour of extending and improving
the Church schools of the county, so as to avoid the
necessity of rates. The Duke of Beaufort presided, and
the Bishop of Llandaff was one of the speakers. The
Bishop said that Churchmen having hitherto borne the
burden of 75 per cent. of the education of the country,
they wished to make an effort so as not to lose their posi-
tion. He opposed the introduction of rate-supported
schools on the ground of expense, remarking that the
heaviest burdens would fall upon real property. He held
also that the working of school boards would cause great
party feeling and strife. £1,500 was subscribed in the
room, the Duke of Beaufott giving £5OO.

HOSPITAL Foil CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF
THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—The quarterly court of the
governors of this Charity was held in the Board-room of
the Hospital yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Sir H. Foulis,
Bart., in the chair. It was stated that the following
legacies had been received :—Mrs. Dunmore, £lOO ; H.
Bickley, Esq., £5O ; Lord H. Seymour, further payment
of 282; Mrs. Foster, £25 ; J. Ivatt Briscoe, Esq., M.P.,
2500; Miss Elizabeth V. Carter, £5O. The number of
patients admitted since August 4 was 323 ; discharged,
many greatly benefited, 271 ; died, 40 ; new out-patient
eases, 3,198. The report was unanimously adopted, and
the proceedings were closed by a cordial vote of thanks to
the chairman.
London, England, 1870-11-26

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION AT MAN•
CHESTER.

The result of the election of a School Board, for Man-
chester, was declared yesterday at half-past 12 o'clock.
26,513 electors or rather less than one third of the con-
stituency polled. The largest number of votes recorded
for individual candidates were for the Roman Catholic
nominees, Canon Poole heading the list with upwards of
54,000 votes. The advocates of unsectarian teaching stand
lowest in the list. The board will be comprised of two
Roman Catholics, one Wesleyan, six who declare them-
selves unsectarian, and one lady, Miss Becker, who ob-
tained 15,249 votes.
London, England, 1870-11-26

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ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS.

An extraordinary communication has been made
to some persons in England by a firm in New York.
They have offered to supply them with aluminium
sovereigns, and are kind enough t) add that these
coins have been " minted with the express design of
circulating in Great Britain." In describing their
merits, they say that they are so perfectly executed,
and so likely to deceive accomplished experts respect-
ing their weight, colour, and resistance to acid tests,
that it will lie almost impossible to detect
them. Tho aluminium to which society
will be indebted for the manufacture of I

these wonderful sovereigns was discovered
in a valley amongst the Rocky Mountains, and was
actually mistaken by dealers in the precious metal
for pure gold, The difference could only be detected
by its lighter weight. The "confidential circular"
which has been sent explains that not more than 550
sovereigns will be sent over at once to any person
lest suspicion be aroused by their being passed too
rapidly. Directions are given to send an order for
sovereiguS to a firm of tobacconists in t'
Broadway, New York. The letter which co
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it will rea 1 as if you were ordering so
many pounds of smoking tobacco, The price of
the imitated sovereigns is fixed at £2 for 20, £5 for
53, £lO for 108, £2O for 218, and £5O for 550. The
circular contains a word of advice as to the caution
that must be employed in the management of this
business, because the sovereigns are so easily passed
that some persons might get too greedy, and overdo
the business.
London, England, 1870-11-26

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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VOLUNTARY EDUCATION.

The Bishop of Rochester last night presided, at a meet-
ing held for the purpose of discussing the best•means of
providing sufficient voluntary educatipn in the chief town
of his diocese. It was stated that at least 22,000 would
have to be raised. A resoluti,,n was passed in favour of
that sum being subscribed, cud a committee was appointed
to carry it into effect.
London, England, 1870-11-26

THE EDINBURGH MEDICAL STUDENTS.

The Lancet, commenting upon the conduct of the male
students of the Medical School of Edinburgh on Friday
week, says :—We regret to be compelled to add that the
students of the Edinburgh School of Medicine have again
disgraced themselves. We spoke far too lightly of the
riot on the-occasion of Professor Simpson's lecture, and we
have no words adequate to express our condemnation of
such conduct. We entirely sympathise with the brave
and resolute women, although we think that their present
request should be denied. To have been a student at
Edinburgh in 1870 will, for the future, be regarded as a
disgrace to be concealed after such a cowardly exhibition
as that which has taken place there.
London, England, 1870-11-26

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A SCOTCII BREACH OF PROMISF.

The plea which was set up by a Lincolnshire
farmer in an action for breach of promise of
marriage that he was under the influence of drink
when he made his engagement of marriage with a
certain la ly, and, therefcre, that he ought to be
absolved from his pledge, was regarded rather as an
element unfavourable to his case, and substantial
damages wore awarded. In an action at Glasgow,
which in its material point bears a strong analogy to
the case alluded to, a different decision has been
given. A. man named Gall had signed a document
in those terms :—" Gilkensclugh 20th, 1864.—1 bind
and oblige myself to keep and support that woman
through life. I consider her my lawful wife. (Signed),
William Gall; witnesses hands (signed), G. Mulligan,
Elizabeth Gall." Four years after this document
was prepared, the defendant wrote his name on the
back, as it in renewal of the obligation he had volun-
tarily imposed upon himself. The authenticity of
the paper was not impugned, but Gall's defence was
that it was written in a drunken frolic, and it was
stated that he and Mulligan had shared thirty-two
bottles of whisky in the ten days preceding the sign-
ing of the document. The Court, which seems to
have been influenced by the fact of the defender's
intoxication, decided against the female pursuer on
the positive ground that some of her material
averments were unsupported, by proof.
London, England, 1870-11-26

DOES A 13ATtLE PRODUCE RAIN?

Some dissuasion has arisen in consequence of a
foreign paper, the Journal de Medicine having attri-
buted the rain which had fallen during the war to
the enormous quantity of water dispersed in the at-
mosphere by the explosion of the powder that was
donsuMed. Against this theory it is argued that
the productions of powder explosion contain little or
no water, and that this small quantity is only acci-
dental. Admitting that each cannon shot sends forth
ten kilogrammes of steam in the atmosphere (and
cannons which discharge 10 kilogrammes of powder
are beyond the ordinary calibre), the quantity of water
dispersed in the atmosphere by the firing of two
millions of cannon shots would be about twenty
million kilogrammes or litres, which vtould amount

to the same as a rainfall of two centimetres thickness
upon 100 hectares of soil. It is asked how many
cannon shots would be required to cause rain of the
thickness of two centimetres in twenty-four hours
over the superficies of two-thirds of Europe, which
quantity has already fallen several times this year ?
The Journal de Medicine regards as an ancient
popular notion the theory that cannon shots cause
rain, but the same opinion prevailed at the time of
the Crimean war, when learned men explained the
influence of the powder explosion on the rain by
saying that the vibrations of the cannonade may
cause the condensation of the water suspended in the
atmosphere. Finally, it has been estimated that the
combustion of powder can only produce an insuf-
ficient quantity of water, and oven supposing that it
produces a quantity equal to its weight, the whole
of Europe would have exhausted its last stock of
powder before the smallest shower would have fallen
by this costly means ; and if the cannonade exercises
a determining influence on rain, it can only be by
the mechanical action of the vibrations of air
on the water that exists in the atmosphere.
London, England, 1870-11-26

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