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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-03

THE ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA.

The Vienna Presse of lkst evening, in a leading article
upon the attitude to be taken by Austria with regard to
the war, shews that the policy of the Austrian Govern-
ment since 1866 is one of self-interest, while a parb.of the
population' of the empire has adopted a policy
of sentiment. Since the battle -ef Sadowa,
the policy of interest, as understood by France, has led
that Power towards an alliance.with Austria ; while Prus-
sia, with her tendencies to unite Germany under
the Hohenzollern dynasty, endeavours entirely to
crush Austria's power. The triuniph of Prussia
in the present war would be the destruction
of Austria, while the victory of France would estdblish a
French preponderance against which Austria would move
only should Germany be menaced. Austria's• duty is to
form a neutral league to establish an European equili-
brium, which, in certain eventualities, would have to be
brought about by force.

ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA AT

MAYENCE.

The King of Prussia arrived at Mayence early yester-
day morning, and alighted at the Grand Ducal Palace.
The reports of Monday night from all the army corps
announce that quiet prevailed everywhere: and that the
troops are confident.
London, England, 1870-08-03

THE SEAT OF WAR.

A Prussian account gives the following as the chief
items up to the Ist hist :—Communication between Sear-
louis,Treves, and Saarbruck is completely,open and unim.
peded. Saarburg and Merzing are in the occupation of the
Prussians. As previously announced, the French column of
infantry, supported by artillery, which attacked Saarbruck
on Saturday, was repulsed. On the Prussian side oiie
thlan was killed, two Fusiliers wounded, and two horses
shot. Columns of the French have advanced towards St.
Arnual and Gersweiler, and hold possession of the woods
in that neighbourhood. There bas been a very brisk rifle
firing, and an immense waste of ammunition on the part
of the enemy.
London, England, 1870-08-03

EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF FOLLY.

A young man, named Peter Cann, went to a neigh-
bour's house at Newbridge, about three miles from Exeter,
on Sunday afternoon, to purchase nuts. Seeing a gin*
in the corner of the room, and not knowing it was loaded;
he took it up, went outside the house, and pointed the
weapon through the open door of a room in which five
or six people were sitting. He pulled the trig,rber, and the
gun, which was unfortunately loaded, was discharged;
and the contents flew about the room. A baby, sitting
in the lap of a youn,, married woman named Basten, was
instantly killed, and the young woman was severely
wounded in the chest, arm, neck, and face. A man named
Holsworthy was also wounded in the face. The injured,
persons were immediately removed to the Devon and
Exeter Hospital. Basteu's husband was also in the room
at the time of the casualty, mid received ashot in his facei
but he was only slightly injured.

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London, England, 1870-08-03

ENGLAND EN GARDE.

At length Mr. Cardwell and the Duke of Cam-
bridge have shewn themselves alive to the critical
situation of the English armed forces. No more
pleasing announcement could have been made to her
Majesty's loyal subjects, who are aware of the want
of strength, especially in the infantry battalions, than
that a supplementary estimate of two millions is to be
asked at once from Parliament, for the purpose of
augmenting the defensive power of the country. Mr.
Cardwell explained, on Monday night, that the state
of the militia (which has, however, been almost re-
cruited to its full strength), and of the Royal
Artillery would receive the consideration of the
Government when the money was being expended.
Twenty thousand men are also to be added to the
strength of the regular army. The constant reviews at
Aldershot, and the activity reported from the diffe-
rent camps and barracks, shew that the Commander-
in-Chief of the forces is exerting himself to the full in
his sphere of duty. The naval force of the kingdom is
meeting with no less care and attention, and men are
being drafted daily into the dockyards to hasten the
launch of the several ironclads so long under con-
struction. At Chatham the Admiralty have directed
two new iron gunboats, the Scourge and the Scout,
the cost of which was provided for in the last esti-
mates, to be immediately commenced, and recruiting
parties for the increase of the Royal Marines have
been sent out in many directions.
London, England, 1870-08-03

Just published, price is 6d., by post Is. Bd., the See >nd Edition
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus •
tration of the nefarious proceedings.of the Advertising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted wit h
this edition.

THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL.
(SNOW-HILL STATION),
BIRMINGHAM.
" One of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels
in the three kingdoms."—•The Field, July 31, 1869.
London, England, 1870-08-03

CORRESPONDENTS UNATTACHED.

The Unfortunate gentlemen who have been des-
patched to the seat of war by enterprising newspaper
proprietors are evidently in a very bad way. To say
nothing of the threats held out by General Lebceuf,
it must be decidedly unpleasant to be continually
dodging about the skirts of the camp, trying to pick
up a trifling scrap of information, which in nine
cases out of ten has not the smallest foundation.
Reduced to this sad plight, no wonder some of the
fraternity indite letters which have as much to do
with the campaign as with the Pythagorean system
of philosophy. Others occupy their time in describing
their pemnal adventures, which turn out to be no
adventures at all, but are merely the produce of a too
highly strung imagination. In one of these gaseous
lucubrations the reader is asked not to run away
with the notion that the writer lodges at the Hotel de
l'Europe at Metz. Not he, the funny dog. He eats
there when the magnificoes have done, and when
there are any scrap? left, Which the kind landlord
will permit him to devour, but at nightime he lives
mainly in a Sheepskin haversack, containing a water-
proof coat, some stationery, a copy of Thomas h
Kempis and one sock, Mark the quiet humour of
London, England, 1870-08-03

A SEA FIGHT.

A despatch from The Hague, dated July 28, announces
that a sea-fight took place on the day before between two
French vessels of war and some Prussian gunboats, not
fe.r from Cuxhaven, on the coast of Hanover, when one
of the latter was sunk.

The French fleet paned Frederikshavn (Jutland) yes-
terday, at 4.30 p.m., steaming towards the south. Eight
of the vessels took a course east of the Island of Less 6.

ANTICIPATED CLOSING OF KONIGSBERG.
(bENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)
The following telegram has been received by a firm of
shipowners in Hull :

" KONIGSBERG, August let, 2.50 p.m.
"It is daily expected that our port will be closed by the
Government. In the meantime ships are coming and
going. Frhts Bs., east coast."
London, England, 1870-08-03

THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.

In reply to some rumours, it is announced that, under
existing circumstances, the Crown Princess will not leave
Prussia.

THE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS.

The Vienna Morgen Post of yetterday publishes the
following information without guaranteeing its authenti-
city :—" At the beginning of June, 1866, the Grand
Duke of Baden went to Baden to see the King, in
order to attempt a last effort in favour of
Schleswig Holstein. In the conversation the
Grand Duke had with King William, the latter told him
that Count Bismarck had formally proposed to cede to
France the district of the Saar, but that he (the King)
and the Council of Ministers declared against this idea."
The Morgen Post asserts that this disclosure is founded
upon a copy of the Grand Duke's notes.
London, England, 1870-08-03

NEUTRALITY.

The Standard obseves that in the matter of building and
equipping ships the diffitulties of neutrality increase
exactly in proportion as the obligations of neutrality are
observed. Wisely or unwisely, justly or unjustly, the
law of nations has put the supply of ships by neutrals to
belligerents in a special category. To equip a war vessel
has been a thing tabooed for more than fifty years by the
only Powers whose help is worth having, while the
American war has left a chronic bitterness which
has made the Executives of England and America
especially jealous observers of the shipbuilding trade
when great Powers are at war. The Alabama was
allowed to steam out of the Mersey at a time when public
opinion was so strong in favour of the South that Earl
Russell was not sorry to avail himself of the loopholes
afforded him by somewhat scanty evidence, and the
coincident illness of the Crown's official law ad-
viser. Subsequent experience, however, has not only
shewn us the folly of sailing so close to the wind,
but has induced the Government to bring in a bill which
inust be hurried through both Houses at express speed,
In order that shipbuilding for belligerents and their
Lgents may be placed under a ban which will effectually
prevent a European reproduction of the Alabama contro
veniy. So much we have done in theinterestsof neutrality
itself, and with an anxious desire to avoid the suspicion
of partiality. But the fates are too strong for us. We
escape Scylla, but we fall into Charybdis. We propitiate
the manes ef.President Lincoln by something very much
like a tacit admission that we gave him less than he was
entitled to ask ; but Ave offend King William by laying
down a law which will prevent him from getting that very
kind of material aid of which he stands in sorest need.

The Post thinks that the clauses of the new measure di-
rected against illegal shipbuilding and illegal expeditions
are sufficiently comprehensive to meet the ease of indi-
viduals knowingly building or equipping ships intended
to be used against a friendly State, and also dispatching
or allowing to be dispatched vessels which they have rea-
sonable cause for believing are to be similarly employed.
Snould these sections receive the assent of the Legisla-
ture, it will be impossible, save through the ross care-
lessness of the Government that we should be again
engaged in another Alabama controversy with a friendly
Power ; since the mere circumstance of reasonable cause
existing for supposing that a particular vessel is intended
to be used against a friendly State will be sufficientground
for seizing and condemning the ship and punishing those
who are privy to its building and equipment. The
eleventh clause provides that no ship built or equipped
in contravention of the Act shall he received in any port
in her Majesty's dominions, and general provision is made
for facilitating the procedure in dealing with vessels
which the Government have good- grounds for believing
are about to be dispatched from our ports in violation of
the new Act.
London, England, 1870-08-03

THE SECRET TREATY.

The North German Correspondent says : "As Count
Bismarck has been blamed by some papers for not giving
sooner to the world the draft of the secret treaty proposed
by France to Prussia, and it has been suggested
that this step should have been taken when
Bennigsen interpellated the Government in the
Luxemburg question, on Ist of April, 1870, we
desire to state that we know, from an excellent source,
that at the date mentioned the draft of the proposed
treaty was not yet in the hands of the Federal
Chancellor. There were, besides, most cogent
easons for not publishing this treaty sooner, and
these may be summed up in a few brief sentences.
The earlier publication of the document in question
would have led to immediate war between France and
Germany ; but both the Confederation and the Southern
States had need of peace, and every additional year it
lasted wad a great gain, especially as there was a hopefu
prospect that the internal relations of France might at
last take such a turn that 414 danger and
apprehension of war would disappear. We will
add to what we have already said that we
have good reasons for believing Bendetti's were not the
only proposals made to this Government, and that similar
attempts to gain Prussia and Germany for the interests
of Frona} ambition have been made through other organs
we have heard, for example, the
of the Cabinet of P4r4—
name of the Prince Napoleon melgiored." The paper
adds that Switzerland and Italy were both mentioned.

THE EMPEROR AT METZ.—On the arrival of the
Emperor Napoleon at Metz on Thursday afternoon his
Majesty entered an open carriage, the Prince Imperial and
Prince Napoleon followino ill the next, and the re-
mainder of the su4 i eut4eF ,carriages, the cortege,
escorted by the Cent Gardes, progeeded through the
strcpts, which were lined, by e4husi4§tic crowd?
London, England, 1870-08-03

THE HEAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

We have been complaining of the excessive heat
upon this side of the Atlantic, but our grievances are
indeed trifling when measured by the temperature in
the United States. What should we say here to the
thermometer at 105 in the shade as it has been during
one of these July days at Philadelphia, while Boston
records her 98 degrees, as though they were com-
paratively insignificant. New York is not left far
behind. At Poughkeepsie, New York State, the
mercury stood for a day or two consecutively
at 98 in the shade, and the average temperature in
New
.York city during the twenty-four hours of the
fatal Monday, July 18, when sixty cases of sunstroke
occurred, was 89g. The list of casualties in the New
York papers looks like the return after some dis-
astrous accident, but, though the populous and busy
city contributes by far the largest number of suf-
ferers, other parts of the country have a long list of
victims. At Baltimore there were fifteen cases of
sunstroke in two days, of which five
were fatal, and in Newark, in Boston, and
other cities, there were many deaths and serious
attacks. It is the second " torrid term " which New
Yorkhas suffered from this year, the " intolerable days
of June," as they call them, still remaining a terrible
memory. July has, however, distanced its prede-
cessor, and when the intensity of the heat
diminished on the 21st of July, the official
returns of cases of sunstroke in New
York City and Brooklyn for the week were
170, of which 74 were fatal. Their former painful
experience does not seem to have taught the New
Yorkers how to mitigate the danger of a torrid
term.
London, England, 1870-08-03

MARRIAGES.

On the 29th ult., at Cowfold, Sussex, Frederic, son of the
late Sir Godrey Webster, Bart., to Julia Helena, the
daughter of the Rev. W. Margesson, of Wooldringfold,
Sussex.

On the 30th ult., at Stratford, Essex, Leonard Wilton,
fourth son of John Wilton, Esq., of The Deanery, Strat-
ford-green, to Elizabeth Kate Cozens, youngest dauglr
ter of the late George William Edwards, Esq., of 26,
Mincing lane.

DEATHS

On the 29th ult., at 4, Gray's-inn-square, Henry Hugb

- .
Bunbury, aged 39.
On the Ist inst., at 45, Elgin-road, Notting-hill, Maurice
Solomon, Esq., aged 92.

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London, England, 1870-08-03

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London, England, 1870-08-03

DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE.

The waterman's coat and silver badge, given by
Thomas Doggett, an eminent actor of Drury Lane
Theatre, in remembrance of the accession to the
throne of George I. on the Ist of August, 1715, and
competed for annually on the Ist of August ever
since, in accordance with the terms of his will, by six
young waterman, was again contested for over the
Thames waters on Mlnday. In addition to the coat
and badge, other prizes have been instituted since
Doggett's time for the benefit of the oarsmen who
take part in the struggle, and the number and value
of the awards have no doubt contributed to make
the race the very remarkable event of the aquatic
season in the metropolis it is. The sculler who
wins gets not only the waterman's livery and badge, but
he also now obtains five guineas from the Fish-
monger's Company and a bottle of prime old port at
the first banquet of the company next ensuing after
the race. Sir William Joliffe by his will bequeathed
funds from which .handsome prizes are annually
devoted as awards for the second and third best men.
The Fishmonger's Company, moreover, have agreed
to give lls. 6d. each year to the fourth man, and
a guinea to the fifth and sixth. It is thus provided
that every oarsman who competes receives some prize.
The warm, dull, and muggy weather of Monday did
not tent to give a lively character to the race, never-
theless the sides of the river from London-bridge to
the Old SWan at Chelsea were thronged with
spectators, it being but too well known that
on the Ist of August each year, shortly before
high water, the race commemorative of the
advent of the House of Hanover is sure to take
place. The watermen, as is customary, rowed in the
broad-beamed old-fashioned, wooden rigged boats,
such being presumably the kind of skiff most in keep-
ing with the semi-antique character of the Doggett
bequest. The first man to pass the post was Harding,
nearly a quarter of a mile in front of the favourite
Griffiths. A' man named Marston was third, Banks
fourth, and Westbrook fifth. There was no sixth
man. The time of the race was thirty-four minutes.
London, England, 1870-08-03

Now published,
44FJOR D, ISLE, AND TOR."

A BOOK FOR TOURISTS IN
NORWAY, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, CORNWALL,
AND THE SCILLY ISLANDS.
BY EDWARD SPENDER
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"It is a straightforwardly and sometimes gracefully written
Sketch of Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, from the
holiday traveller's point of view, not, however, exclusively
devoted to matters of scenery or itinerary, but designed to give
the voyager an intelligent interest in the manners, customs,
industries, and institutions of the districts he is expl ring. For
intending visitors to Norway especially, Mr. Spender s book will
be welcome.. It has, moreover, the decided advantage of com-
pression, clearness of style, and easy manageableness of bulk."—
Daily Telegraph.

"The volume perfectly fulfils its purpose. It is neat and cheap
and contains in a small space a great quantity of very interesting
matter, much of which will be novel, and all of which will be
useful, not only to those who visit the places described, but to
those who stay at home. Mr. Spender is an acute observer, a
most industrious and judicious collector of facts, and an eloquent
and graphic writer, and does ample justice-to his- subjects."—
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sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the
,intending excursionists a veritable benefaction. . . Altogether
the book is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the
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Sun

" Fjord, lsle, and Tor' is a very delightful little book. The
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interesting equally to the tourist and the ordinary reader. It is
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Eastern Morning News.

'• We cannot part with this fascinating little work without con-
gratulating Mr. Spender upon it. Addressed, as it more especially
is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall,
it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica-
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CHARLTON TUCKER 21, Northumberland-street, Charing Cross
London, England, 1870-08-03

THE CATTLE TRADE AND THE WAR.

The German and Prussian ports are closed, and
the consequence is likely to be serious to English
households, as the cattle and sheep which have
hitherto been shipped from these ports cannot be
landed in this country. These herds have formed a
very large portion of the supply for London, and one
effect of the new regulation will be that a consider-
able advance will take place in the price of cattle
and sheep in the Liverpool market. Liverpool bids
fair to become the chief market for cattle in the
United Kingdom, as it is so well situated for the re-
ception of the best Scotch cattle and the best of
those in Ireland.
London, England, 1870-08-03

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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, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec.
London, England, 1870-08-03

EA MEN • S HOSPITAL (late D readn ought).---
Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL Is now RE-
AOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green-
wich, where any seaman, needing medical (Jr surgical care, will
be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in-
troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re-
moved from the City to the same building.
KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary.
London, England, 1870-11-10

MR. REED ON THE MONARCH AND VANGUARD.

Mr. E. J. Reed is dissatisfied with the statement
that the Monarch is to be detained in port on account
of instability. The Monarch will, he believes, pro-
ceed to sea with the Channel Squadron; her sta-
bility is very satisfactory. When quite light, with
coals and stores nearly all consumed, she still has
sufficient stability for mere safety, but the admission
of water ballast into a few of her lowest com-
partments, for which provision was made in her
design, would contribute to her comfort
and steadiness in a gale of wind. The Van-
guard, and the other three ships of the
same class, may bespoken of in the same way, though
Mr. Reed thinks it likely that some amount of per-
manent ballast (iron and not water) maybe necessary
in their case. When he loft the Admiralty, they
seemed likely to be some inches within their intended
draught, so that it would be necessary to correct the
centre of gravity by ballast. With proper
management, ho considers that the question
of safety ought not to arise in any of these
high-sided ships. Referring to the loss of the
Monarch's great rival, Mr. Reed says that
the essential cause of the Captain's loss cannot
possibly operate in the case of the Monarch
or Vanguard class, and her loss should not be allowed
to spread dread and distrust throughout the navy
and the country respecting ships which in no way
resemble her. Mr. Reed proposes to express his
views on this question of stability very fully in a new
preface to hie work on " Our Ironclad Ships."
At the same time it must be remembered that the
same confident opinion of the security of these ships
was entertained by the late lamented Captain Coles
even during the very last voyage of his favourite
Captain.
London, England, 1870-11-10

GREAT FOG IN LONDON.

The metropolis was yesterday enveloped in one of the
densest fogs that has been known for many years. Busi-
ness was transacted by gaslight, while in the streets the
services of link boys with torches were necessary to secure
anything like safety to traffic. As it was, numerous
accidents occurred both on the Thames and in
the streets. In all private houses lights were burned,
and the appearance as persons outside passed these dwell-
ings was much the same as that presented at night time.
Cabs and carriages in the streets used lamps profusely.
As soon as the fog got thick the authorities closed the
gates of the British Museum, and no person was admitted
after 10.30, a.m. A large concourse of people soon assem-
bled. Amongst them were three or four "young ladies'
schools" from Clapham, Kensington, and elsewhere. The
scene was very unusual. Blue stockings, costermongers,
artists, journalists, and scholars all biggledy-piggledy. The
flirtation was fast and furious.
London, England, 1870-11-10

THE AMERICAN HARVEST OF 1870.

Interesting particulars relating to the crops of the
United States are furnished in a report issued in Oc-
tober by the Commissioner of Agriculture at Wash-
ington. It would seem the severity of last winter
was followed as in England by a long season of
drought, especially in the Northern and Eastern
States. The consequence was that there was a re-
duction in the wheat crop of this year of 14 per
cent. on the supply of the previous year.
The Indian corn crop, however, unlike the crops of
1868 and 1869, was a full one, and intelligent men,
the commissioner of agriculture say, have estimated
a total product of 1,250,000,000 bushels. This would
bring in a better yield than any in the past
ten years. In the south oats have promised
well ; in the other States, however, the
results were generally dissatisfying. The aggregate
production of barley, we are informed, was somewhat
less than in 1869, and potatoeS showed a considerable
reduction in quantity. The decrease in the supply
was perceptible in all the Atlantic States, Virginia
included, and in the western States, north
of the Ohio river. The cotton crop now being brought
to market has been the cause of much
exultation, the year's culture shewing an apparent
average increase (combining the elements of increased
acreage planted, and the condition of the crop on
October Ist) of 11 per cent, over the results of the
harvest in 1869. The crops for 1870-71 may,
it is estimated, give to the growers about
3,500,000 bales. Entire satisfaction, however, is
not felt in the returns, as worms and rust have been
at work, and in the cotton states serious injury has
been done to the growing plants, indeed the
commissioners say it is much to be feared, if the
remain !er of the season be unpropitious, that the
cotton supply may be less than in 1869 rather than
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SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE
RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY. •
•
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
• • Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD.
Treasurer - IL B. Praed, Esq.
lion. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Escis.
Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office
in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, such office to be
the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district.
DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society :
ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W.
ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover-square.—Offide, '2B, Mount-street.
Grosvenor-square, W.
WESTMINSTER.—Office, 38, James's-street,' S.W.
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KENSINGTON.—Offioe, 39, Holland-street, W.
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ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Office; 7, High-street, St. Giles'.
ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17, IN oburn-buildings, W.C.
CONTRIBUTIONS toward. the extension of this organisation
throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of . the
Society, or to Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C.
The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisi-
tion only, not for relief.
C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary.
C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary.
Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand, W.C.
London, England, 1870-11-10

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London, England, 1870-11-10

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Nov. 7
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and
attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove out.
Princess Louise's knee continues to improye, but the
necessity of still maintaining absolute rest is strictly en-
joined.

The Prince and Princess of Wales leave town this after-
noon for Sandringham.

MR. JOHN BRIGHT.

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again fulfil the duties of his position at the head of the
Board of Trade, from which office he has been absent for
about a twelvemonth, are to some extent confirmed by a
statement made on Tuesday night at a meeting in Man-
chester, when his brother, Mr. Jacob Bright, said it might
be weeks, perhaps it might be months, before the public
would again see the right hon. gentleman.
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THE FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS.

In discussing the subject of fortifications, the Time=
says the fortifications of Paris will certainly not fulfil the
purposes contemplated by M. Thiers, since all the armies
of France were transported bodily to Germany be me the
Germans began their attack upon the capital. But
though there is no regular force outside Paris there is, if
reports be true, a very formidable force acquiring
substance and strength within its walls. It is credibly
stated that at least 500,000 men, variously armed, but
more or less disciplined, and all as yet animated with a
most intrepid spirit, are under the command of General
Trochu. There is also especial significance in the report that
General Trochu, alone of all the members of the Govern-
ment, was in favour of rejecting the Armistice and con'
fronting the chances of a siege—a resolution all the more
remarkable on his part, inasmuch as he has hitherto
discouraged the presumption of the Parisians, and taught
them that their military capacities were less than they
imagined. He it was who forbade the headlong sorties on
which the extreme Republicans were bent, and who
devoted his efforts to the gradual establishment of dis-
cipline in the motley armies under his rule. It was he
whose plan of defence was so clearly defined that he
condemned the conquest of a certain post as useless, and
told the Parisians, in plain words, that though he knew
what he was about, he intended to keep hia
secret to himself. If this man, one of the best
soldiers in France, looks forward with confidence
to the results of the siege, it may certainly prove that
the fortifications of Paris have been worth their
cost. The capital, in short, will represent a strong
military position, within the defences of which an army
was created powerful enough, by the aid of these defences,
first to arrest, and ultimately, if such hopes are realized,
to repel, a foreign invasion. But the actual realization
of such hopes is remote and uncertain still, and in
the meantime there is the distressing reflection that
besides these half-million soldiers who form the garrison
of the position, three times as many helpless non-com-
batants are involved in the miseries of the siege. It
seems almost a necessary conclusion that, though a forti-
fied place may be an inestimable advantage, it should not
enclose the population of a large and industrious city.
London, England, 1870-11-10

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TEIE EDUCATION Q,UI4_:STION

The Guardian finderstands that the Education Depart-
ment. has definitively azelited the arrangement proposed
by the National Society, that in lieu of the old Con science
Clause there shall be' inserted in trust-deeds the first three
paragraphs of the 7th clause of the Education Act of 1870,
with the proviso that such paragraphs of the clause may be
at any time-expunged from the deed upon the managers of
the school repaying to the Treasury the amount of the
governMent grant for building. All schools, therefore,
now is .r.aurse of erection can. at _once.avail themselves of
theSe' terms, and so procure grants from the Education
Department and froth the National Society. But
we believe that tho,_,Edueation, Department has been
unable to accede to the suggestion of the National
Society that a like proviio, - should be endorsed on the
deeds of existing schools containing a conscience claUse,
so thatia litioriCEs6ls may ellitallEed to receive assistance
from both sources. As this cannot be done by the Edu-
cation Department, in the case of such schools needing
enlargement;thongh they-will be able to obtain pecuniary
help from Government, they cannot from the National
Society.
The number of .competitors for seats at the London
School Board daily increases. Two more candidates are
announced- for the Finsbury electors to select from for
their. representatives. Mr. Charles H. Hopwood, a com-
mon law barrister, is one, and he looks upon the, act as
one " for /cure and healing, and not for repression,"
and "in the expenditure necessary to carry out the act
it would be "-his-" constant care to assist in repressing the
tendency to extravagances which too frequently accom-
panies new legislation for the classes which cannot
-help themselves." Mr. Edward Mirams, another, reports
himself as having been actively engaged in various volun-
tary efforts for supplying religious and secular instruction
to the uneducated for twenty-five years. He is against
favouring any religious dogma; he promises a strict regard
to the rights and religious convictions of parents, and to
have a jealous watchfulness over the expenditure of money.
Mr. Arthur Langdale .has come forward as a Roman
Catholic for the. Toaer Hamlets. The Rev. M. Mee,
vicar of St. Jude's, is a candidate for Southwark, on the
principle-of religious and compulsory education ; and Mr.
Trosidder, a candidate for Lambeth, announces himself as
an unflinching opponent of denominationalism, but says
that he would insist on the Bible as the basis of all educa-
tion.
London, England, 1870-11-10

DEATHS.

On the 6th inst., 'at 23, Victoria-grove, Kensington, Jame
Rae, Esq., 'in the 79th year of his age.
On the 6th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Robert Robin'
son, Esq., of 30, Milk-street, E.C.

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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MIL. SUMNER ON TETE WAR.

Mr. Sumner, who fills a prominent place among
the American statesmen of the present day, has been
delivering a lecture at Boston on what he called
"The Duel between France and Prussia." Mr. Sumner
sees no practical way of reconciling the sensibilities
of France with the guarantees due to Prussia, short
of a radical change in the war system
itself. France must be disarmed, and other
nations must follow her example. After the
capitulation of Sedan there was a double mistake;
first, on the part of Germany, which, as a magnani-
mous conqueror, should have proposed peace ; and,
secondly, on the part of the Republic, which should
have declined to wage a war of Imperialism. The
three essential conditions of peace are, he considers,
the complete guarantee of Germany against future
aggression; the absence of any needless wound to the
French people or to the principles of public law ;
and the establishment of some rule by which the
recurrence of such a duel shall be prevented. The
question of indemnity he considers to be less important
than that of guarantee. The dismemberment of
France he holds to be a matter of doubtful issue,
but the disarmament of that country affords a prac-
tical security for the future. The razing of the
French fortifications and the abolition of the stand-
ing army, except the minimum of force required for
the purposes of police, would • give Germany on the
side of France absolute repose, while France, saved
from intolerable humiliation, would herself be free
to profit by the new civilisation. Mr. Sumner then
roughly sketches the enormous expenses which the
war will entail on France under the most favour-
able circumstances, and points out that the aboli-
tion of her gigantic standing errny would afford her
Immediate relief, and enable her to recover lost
ground with rapidity.
London, England, 1870-11-10

BIRTHS.

On the 6th inst., at 34, Beaufort-gardens, Mrs. Crompton
Hutton, of a daughter.
Ott the 6th inst., at Ardmore, Blackheath•park, the wife
of P. F. Tidnian, Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.'
On the Bth inst., at St. John's, Paddington, Henri
Crompton, second son of the late Mr. Justice Croup'
ton, to Lucy Henrietta, the youngest daughter of Lora
Romilly.

On the Bth inst., at St. Stephen's, South Kensington,
Frederic Ayres, Esq., 8.A., of Trin. Coll. Camb., tl'
third 'son of the Hon. Henry A 3 res, C.4.G., of Ad,,.'
laide, to Evelyn Cameron, elder daughter of Thonato
Page, Esq., C.E.
London, England, 1870-11-10

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