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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-17

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart.
Phobus's Fix.
HAYMARKET—An Alarming Sacrifice. My Husband's
Ghost. Uncle's Will.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliners' Holiday. Green Bushes.
VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Don Carlos.
STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle
'Prentice.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Great City and Peep o' Day.
ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Femande. Only a
Halfpenny.
GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew.
Marco Spada. The Secret.
OLYMPIC—LittIe Emily and (Burlesque) Panl and
Virginia.
OPERA COMIQUE -Le PasSant, Les Premieres Armes de
Richelieu, and Le Chapeau D'un Horloger.
GAIETY—The Happy Village. Zampa. Trombalcalzar.
SADLERS WELLS.—Lady of Lyons. Farce.
STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chapter o
Accidents.
AMPHITHEATRE AND Cißcus (Holborn)—Scenes in the

Arena.
ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and
Evening.
CREmourrz—Fireworks, Ballet, &c.
NEW SURREY—A Striking Similarity. Link by Link,
Nobody's Chill.
QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Midsummer Night's
Dream.

ROYALTY—WeaIth, and Stranger, Stranger than Ever.
HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds.
PALMS RoYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine.
Siege of Paris.
ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert.
MADAME TIISSAIJD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. Is.; extra rooms, 6d.
READINGS, &c., in Queen's Concert Rooms (large hall),
Hanover-square, W., on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1870.

BY Prince GORTSCHAKOFF'S Circular the European
confusion is even worse confounded. The Autocrat
has certainly seized his opportunity. The Western
Powers aro unquestionably taken at a disadvantage
by the diplomacy of St. Petersburg. They are taken
at so obvious a disadvantage that the hereditary
policy of the House of Romanoff would appear
to be nearer than it has ever yet been
to the moment of its realisation—meaning,
of course, though the long projected seizure
of Constantinople. France is prostrate in the dust
at the feet of Prussia—her glory eclipsed, her armies
scattered, her Marshals prisoners of war, her Emperor
a State Captive in the Palace of Wilhelmshohe.
Italy is preoccupied. England has no longer at
the Foreign Office either a CLARENDON or a
PALMERSTON her warlike armaments have
dwindled down under an elaborate series of
economies—her Cabinet comprises among its mem-
bers the arch-opponent not only of the Crimean war
but of all wars—England being at this moment
moreover, without one single ally of any importance
among all the sovereignties of the European Con-
tinent.

The juncture is so propitious for the carrying out,
at last, of the designs of Russia upon Turkey, that
we can hardly wonder at the CzArs availing himself
of so very tempting an opportunity. It only remains
now to be seen whether, everything. considered, he
has not been just a trifle too precipitate. English-
men count, at this moment, implicitly upon the
patriotism,' the sagacity, and the determination of
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London, England, 1870-11-17

THE TREATY OF 1856,
BERLIN, November IG.

The British and Turkish Ambassadors at Vienna
are conferring with Ctunts Beust and Andrassy on
the questions raised by Russia.
The Provincial Correspondent, in noticing the
proceedings of Russia, says the resolutions of that
(the Rvssian) Government has made a deep impres-
sion upon the Powers interested, but according to
the news received up to the preseGt none of them
appear intent on refusing their seriotls consideration
to the good policy of modifying the Treaty in
qu-qlon.

Thelnews comes from Odessa that General Igna-
tieff, the ;Russian envoy to the Porte, has left for
Constantinople. The note of Gortschakoff has pro-
duced great enthusiasm in Russia.
PESTH, November 15.

The journals of the Deak party call upon the Go-
vernment to act energetically in regard to the de-
mands of Russia or a revision of the Treaty of 1856.
The Monarchy should defend its dignity even by force
of arms. The Opposition press express hopes of a
pacific arrangement.
London, England, 1870-11-17

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THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN'S TOMB.

The memory of the unfortunate Emperor Maxi-
milian is still cherished, and his friends and family
are as willing to render their tributes of respect and
sorrow as they were at the time of his loss. The
other day, on the occasion of the feast of All Soul's, a
solemn religious service was performed in the Imperial
Vault at Vienna. The tomb of the Emperor Maximilian
and other members of the imperial family were
covered with flowers. When the " Black Mass"
was over, some Capucin monks descended into the.
vault and sang the "Miserere." They were followed
by Archduke William and Archduke Charles Louis.
The tomb of Maximilian was the chief object of
attention, and on it were laid a silver crown
of laurels which was sent by the Empress Charlotte
and a magnificent wreath from the Emperor of
Austria, which bore the following interesting in-
scription "To the Never-to-be-forgotten Brother ;
the true Chriitian ; the noble hero." The Count of
Orizana sent a silver wreath, with an appropriate
motto in Spanish. The Empress, the Archduke
Charles, and the Archduchess Elizabeth sent tokens
of their sympathy ; and some further contributions
from unknown persons shelved that the unfortunate
Emperor of Mexico had not been forgotten during
the years which have passed since his sad fate was
made known to his friends in Europe.
London, England, 1870-11-17

VICTOR EMMANUEL AT ROME.

A despatch has been received in Rome, announcing
Victor Emmanuel's arrival in the city for the last
day of November, when the elections will be over.
The monarchical party are anxious for the King's
appearance, as the open profession of Republicanism
is becoming too common, in Rome to be altogether
agreeable, and at the same time the reactionary party
are uniting their forces, and have their press, their
committees, and their foreign agents every-
where. Prince Lancilotti, the acting head
of the Urban Guard, which represents the
Pope's party in the Roman aristocracy, has arrived
in Rome, and his presence has given fresh impetus
to the Reactionists, which it may be well to check.
The Revolutionists are no less mischievous in another
way. The cry which they raise against concealed
Zouaves produces occasionally very awkward results.
An English field officer, Colonel Ramsay, who
imprudently joined the Mentana excursionists
as a spectator, was severely maltreated
in consequence of this persecution. The
word passed among the crowd that he was a dis-
guised Zouave, and be was assailed and beaten. On
appealiig to General La Marmora, for redress, he
was politely informed that he should have been
more discreet in his choice of company. La Mar-
mora himself is said to have resolved on leaving
Rome, in consequence of the awkwardness of his
position. The Republicans and the friends of the
Pope are alike open in their demonstrations of hos-
tility.
London, England, 1870-11-17

ME SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1870.

the PRIME MINISTER and the FOREIGN SECRETARY.
Neither Mr. GLADSTONE nor the Earl GRANVILLE,
we may rest perfectly well assured, will palter at a
juncture so critical as this, with the stupendous
responsibility devolving upon them in their respective
'Ministerial capacities. Lord LYTTON did not hesitate
to write, several years ago, in his epigrammatic and
rhetorical poem of " St. Stephen's"—

" Let Bright responsible for England be,
And straight in Bright a Chatham we should see ! "
The same might be said, surely, without exaggera-
tion of any kind whatever, of those among the
members of the present Cabinet who are more espe-
cially responsible for the vindication of the honour
and for the maintenance of the prestige of this country
among the Great Powers of Christendom. Come
what, come may, we have that confidence, at
least in the SECRETARY of STATE for Wan, in the
SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS, in
the FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY, and in the
FIRST LORD of the TREASURY. Russia evidently
regards this as her own opportunity. In a nobler
sense, it is the opportunity on the contrary
of England. It is the opportunity of Eng-
land for the vindication once more of her rank
among the nations of the earth, not by any aggressive
act in furtherance of a policy aiming at her own
selfish aggrandisement, but by the vindication of the
rights of nations, and the repulsion, diplomatically
if possible, by force of arms if necessary, of a lawless
attempt at spoliation on the part of the autocratic
Government of St. Petersburg.

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

WRY THE BOMBARDMENT DOES NOT BEGIN.

Dr. Russell, in his last letter from the headquarters
at Versailles, makes some remarks which will
strengthen the opinion held by a great many people
that the Germans have no intention of attempting
an immediate bombardment of Paris. The fact is it
is difficult, if not impossible, to make by a mere
bombardment any sensible impression on so vast an
area. The Germans are defeated by their space.
" The more the German generals have convinced
themselves of the strength of the works opposed
to them, the less desirous are they to open an
artillery duel between their trenches and the
enemies' ramparts. Though the formidable cannon
transported to Paris from Cologne, Magdeburg,
Kiel, and even Posen and Konigsberg, is held to be
competent to reduce the place according to the rules
of the art, yet the task is recognised to be a tough
one, and to require more time than had been at first
supposed. This view of the case has been strength-
ened by the recent additions to the permanent
defence of the place, and the barricades
known to have been constructed in the
thoroughfares giving access to the city."
General Trochu has adopted the system of Todleben,
and has thrown out vast works in all directions. It
is all very well for the German semi-official papers to
talk about more preparations; but it is certain, says
Dr. Russell, that plenty of artillery for bombarding
the south and south-west fronts was in readiness a
fortnight ago.
London, England, 1870-11-17

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race will possibly be
rowed on Saturday, April 1. The Oxonians have not yet
sent a formal challenge to Cambridge, but will do so at
the next meeting of the Boat Club.

It is officially announced that Earl Granville will
remain in London during the present diplomatic crisis ;
but it is not stated when Mr. Gladstone and the other
Ministers are likely to return.
GRATEFUL OFFERINGS.—The seamen who have
visited the Wells-street Sailors' Home, Shadwell, have
dropped into a contribution box £13185., in aid of the
funds of the National Lifeboat Institution. Amongst the
money were found three sovereigns and four half-sove-
reigns, being the grateful offerings of some seamen who
had probably been themselves or their friends saved by
the lifeboats of the institution.

ROYAL COMMISSION ON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION
AND TIIE ADVANCEMENT OF SClENCE.—Meetings of the
above Commission were held at 6, Old Palace-yard, S.W.,
on Tuesday and Wednesday, in the present week. Pre-
sent—The Duke of Devonshire, IK.G. ; the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Sir J. P. Kay Shuttleworth, Bart. ; Mr. B.
Samuelson, M.P. ; Dr. Sharpey, Sec., F.R.S. ; Professel-
Huxley, F.R.S. ; Professor Stokes, Sec., R.S. ; and the
Secretary, Mr. J. Norman Lockyer, F.R,S. ; David
Wooster, Assistant-Secretary.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BATTERSEA.—Great alarm
was caused about three o'clock this morning, in the
parish of Battersea, owing to a fire occurring in one of
the newly erected eight-roomed houses, situate in Surrey-
lane. The premises, it appears, were not quite
finished, and some persons having taken shelter
n them, and they commenced smoking tobacco, when
a light having fallen upon a heap of shavings, the whole
became ignited, and the flames rapidly spread to the top
of the structure. The engines of the Metropolitan
Brigade, and those from Hewitt's Brewery in Larkhall-
lane promptly attended, and plenty of the Southwark and
Vauxhall Company's water being at hand, the firemen
and the London Salvage Corps went to work, but in
spite of their exertions the conflagration could not be
subdued until the house was nearly burnt out, the roof
destroyed, and the adjoining house damaged.

The No. 3 coal-pit of the Clay Cross Company,
Derbyshire, caught fire some days since. The miners had
to make a precipitous retreat. Being unable to put out
the fire in any other manner the officials have turned water
into the workings.
BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.--GRATEFUL AND COM-
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rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re-
marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which
govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a
careful application of the tine properties of well-selected cocoa.
Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors'
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London, England, 1870-11-17

FURTHER OUTRAGES IN CHINA.

Via Bombay we learn that further outrages have
taken place near Canton, and that the execution:of
he criminals has been for some reason delayed.

[CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.]
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.

A crowded meeting of the Ladies' National Association
for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was held
in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, last night. Letters
were read from the Bishop of Salisbury, the Dean of
Carlisle, Mr. Henley, M.P., and others, severely con-
demning the Act. Mr. Henley observed " The
pretence for the Act is sanitary, the real motive is
mammon," and "to provide healthy sinners for
the use of the army and navy." The Bishop of Salis-
bury said they were " utterly unjustifiable,
and hideous." Mr. Hugh Mason wrote, "I do not hesi-
tate to term them infernal." Mr. Fowler, M.P., moved
a resolution declaring the necessity of the repeal of the
Act, which was unimously agreed to. Another resolution
deprecating the inquiry on the subject, proposed by the
Government, on the ground that it would not meet the
requirements of the case, because no inquiry could justify
what was morally bad, was also proposed by Mr.
Jacob Bright, M.P., and also carried. Mrs.
Josephine Butler spoke to this resolution. During
the progress of the meeting the wife of the
Rev. W. A. O'Connor, a local clergyman, moved
an amendment to one of the resolutions for the purpose of
condemning the conduct of the association in excluding
her husband from the list of speakers. Mr. O'Connor
himself seconded the amendment, but after some conside-
rable disturbance and he had been loudly hissed, the rev.
gentleman withdrew from the meeting, declaring that the
object he had in view had been attained.

THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT
NEWPORT.

The inquiry into the death of Thomas Archer, who was
killed by a collision between two luggage trains on the
line which runs through the town of Newport, Mon-
mouthshire, resulted in a verdict of " Accidental death,'
the jury recommending that a more experienced signalman
should be employed.
London, England, 1870-11-17

AN AMAZONIAN EMEUTE.

The Amazonians are not it seems a myth. They have
lately been carrying on warlike operations with great vi-
gour, though alas I their hostilities were directed against
their unfortunate countrymen. One afternoon a body of
women, some 20 in number, marched from the Fauboug
du Temple to the Hotel de Ville with a red flag bearing the
inscription, "Nous voulons la Commune" This strange
demonstration at first provoked surprise and then ridicule.
The gamins hailed these advocates of the Commune
with mocking cries of "St. Lazare," which -is a well
known place of detention for female offenders. In the
Rue du Temple some National Guards attempted to dis-
perse the band of agitators, but the women, who were
armed with sticks, applied them freely to their opponents.
A struggle ensued, in the course of which the red flag
was torn to ribbons, and the conflict was only terminated
by the address of a National Guard, who, seizing the flag
staff, called upon the :women to follow him. They natu-
rally asked " Whither ?" to which he replied, " To the
Hotel de Ville." That being their intended destination,
they followed his guidance, but on reaching the guard-
house in the Rue de Chaume the National Guard
handed over his fair friends to the troops stationed there;
who took immediate measures to prevent them from ap.
proaching nearez to the Hotel de Ville, at least on that
day.
London, England, 1870-11-17

MR. SPURGEON ON SCHOOL BOARDS.

Mr. Spurgeon writes to the Telegraph on the forth-
comin g election for the school board of Lambeth.
lle thinks it very undesirable that this election
should merge into a contest between Church and Dis-
sent. Religious disputes should be carefully avoided.
Nearly all the candidates are in favour of the liberty
which the Bill allows to Bible reading. All do not,
however, possess one important requisite—acquaint-
ance with the subject in hand, and it is important to
ascertain, in the present case, the candidate's
acquaintance with education, educational processes
and educational literature. Mr. Spurgeon considers that
some members of the Board should keep the expen-
diture in check, and that others should represent the
working classes, and see that economy does not
degenerate into meanness. First and foremost, prac-
tical teachers are wanted who can undertake what
work the Board will have to do. In conclu-
sion, Mr. Spurgeon regrets to see the names
of clergymen! and Dissenting ministers on the list of
candidates, believing that if their places of worship
are full they will have enough to do, and if they are
empty, they had better employ their energy in filling
them. As the working class is immediately concerned
in the present movement, he thinks it ought to be
represented. One of the working men's candidates
should be returned.
London, England, 1870-11-17

OUR TEA SUPPLY.

It is not believed possible that the Chinese, how-
ever hostile to foreigners, would consent, as it was
hinted they had done some weeks since, to a plan of
destroying all their enemies, by poisoning one season's
tea. However, if they have not lent themselves to
this charitable scheme, they have for a long period
managed so to poison us as to spare our lives and keep
our custom, but to cheat our purses. Very unwelcome
light has just been thrown into English teapots by the
Food !Journal, From an account in that periodical

we learn that a substance called " Maloo Mixture,"
consisting of old dry tea-leaves, is freely
mixed in our tea supply, even amongst
the more expensive of teas. It is by no
means impossible, we are told, that the leaves from
which the West-end matron distils tea for her guests
may have already done duty in a Chinaman's teapot.
This, however, is a simple expedient. Many of our
cheap teas have been found, let it be told in faith, im-
pregnated with " iron filings much burnt," "rice husks,"
"reddish unknown seeds," "rice faced with plum-
bago and lamp-black," and leaves rendered astringent
with catechu." A certain black tea "faced" with
Prussian blue, to make it sell as the finest green tea
is, perhaps, the worst decoction we can partake of;
as it is actually poisonous. The better qualities of
tea are, however, as a rule, unadulterated. The
evil of adulteration unfortunately falls most heavily
on those least able to protect themselves. It is
satisfactory to know that the fault is really one for
which English tea-dealers and drinkers and, not the
Chinese, are to blame. The latter -find a demand
for cheap tea, and they send us the cheapness,
if not the tea. They find also that whatever
they send is bought up greedily in this country.
London, England, 1870-11-17

TIIE FLYING SQUADRON.

It was decided yesterday that the Flying Squadron
shall be paid off, with the exception of the Liverpool and
the Endymion, which have been in commission less than
two years. The former will remain at Plymouth, and
the latter will go to Portsmouth. The ships composing
the Flying. Squadron are all wooden vessels, and several
of them need extensive refitting.
London, England, 1870-11-17

THE HABITUAL DRUNKARD'S BILL.

A Conference, called by the National Licensing System
Amendment League, was held at the Town Hall, Man-
chester,
in support of the Habitual Drunkard's Bill.
Colonel Ackroyd, M.P. for Halifax, occupied the chair.
Dr. Dalrymple, M.P. for Bath, whose name is on the
back of the bill, explained its object to the meeting. The
measure, the hon. gentleman pointed out, was intended to
profide refuges and reformatories for the reception of
habitual drunkards : so that inebriates might be kept
from drink until, by abstinence, they lost their excess of
appetite for it. They were, in fact, treated as insane.
Numerous provisions were provided, guarding the liberty
of the subject. The meeting was attended by officers and
members of the United Kingdom Alliance, and by the
Secretary of the Licensed Victuallers' Association. On
the motion of Mr. Birley, the objects of the bill were
generally approved, and a petition to Parliament and a
memorial to Government were adopted.
London, England, 1870-11-17

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London, England, 1870-11-28

COMMERCIAL DIFFICULTIES IN FLIANCE.

The great commercial towns of France, such as
Marseilles, Bordeaux, Rouen, Havre, and Lille, com-
plain loudly of the decrees of the Government of
Defence as to the payment of commercial bills.
These complaints are very various. Some merchants
contend that the Ministry should have left matters
to take their own course ; others that the term of
delay once fixed should have been rigorously ob-
served. Some think that it would have been best to
fix a given term after the conclusion of the
war for the settlenient of all such claims, and a
very largo party complain, not unreasonably, that
whatever was decided on should have been expresied
in plain and unmistakeable terms, so that no uncer-
tainty in the interpretation was possible. The
Amiens Chamber of Commerce has addressed an
energetic remonstrance to the Tours Ministers, com-
plaining of the vague and inconsistent nature of the
decrees, and declaring that all legal proceedings
about bills ought to be suspended until a month after
the cessation of hostilities. The financial situation,
says the Chamber, grows worse every day, and each
postponement of bills increases the evil. It legal
proceedings on dishonoured bills be authorised
before the end of the war, the consequences will
be incalculable. The Chamber of Commerce at
Rouen, also a manufacturing town, strange to say,
favours a totally different course, and objects strongly
to any delay. It is only too easy to believe that the
commercial classes all through France are terribly
embarrassed by the war, and the uncertainty as to
what may be understood by the term " invaded
department" increases instead. of lightening their
burden. The Government in any case would do
wisely to make their intentions unmistakeably clear
to the whole commercial world if they wish to avoid
unnecessary difficulties of a serious kind.
London, England, 1870-11-28

REFUGEES' BENEVOLENT FIJND.-
BAKER-STREET BAZAAR.
The Proprietors have kindly volunteered to set aside a portion
of their popular Establishment for the RECEPTION and SALE
of ARTICLES contributed by Refugees, or by their Friends on
their behalf. The room will be OPENED early in December, of
which notice will be given ; meanwhile all persons able and
willing to contribute are inyifed to communicate with the Ladies'
Committee, 16, Bruton-street, W, ; of with the Central Com-
mittee, 30, King-street, E.C. Articles in bulk, U psalm' in boxes,
&c., may -at once be sent to the Bazaar, addressed "Refugees
Benevolent Fund."
Refugees will receive the net proceeds of the sale of their own
contributions. Subscriptions received by
FRANCIS BENNOCII, Hon. Sec.
London, England, 1870-11-28

A SHAMEFUL CASE OF IMPOSITION.

Edward Leake, who described himself as a chemist
has been committed by Mr. Knox, a London magis-
trate, to three months' imprisonment for obtaining a
charitable contribution by false pretences. The prisoner
for some years past has, it was alleged, managed to
subsist, and to keep his family by .a system of impo-
sition. A. detective officer told the magistrate that the
accused had confessed that he had succeeded in ob-
taining during his career as a begging impostor hun-
dreds of pounds. In the present instance he had repre-
sented himself to Dr. Hawkesley as a member
of the Royal College of Surgeons, and that
he had been educated at Guy's Hospital. He assured
the dotter that he
.was in a deplorable condition of
distress. Temporary relief to the extent of as. 6J.
was afforded him, but on inquiries being made his
whole story was found to be untrue. He had been
sent to the doctor by the Committee for Organising
Charitable Relief and Repressing Mendicity which
through its relieving officer had assisted
him. The prisoner, who persisted during
his trial in conducting himself as if he
were paralysed, entered into a history of his life.
It was, however, proved: that he was simply acting
a part, ho having counterfeited a similar. affliction
before. Such swindlers as Edward Leake too often
causo the benevolently-disposed to listen with an
unsoftening heart to genuine cases of misfortune.
London, England, 1870-11-28

THE RAID UPON CATS.

The special'-correspondent of the Daily News, writing
from Paris, Noveifiter 17, says :—I dalled:to-day on fr
worthy Frenchman I know who has a thriving business in
the Rue de la Paix. I had not seen him for years, 03
passing his shop to-day, I was struck with repentance for
having forgotten- all about him in the engrossing agita"
tions of the siege.' After chatting with him for a little
while, he asked me if I would go upstairs to see some
of his family. I went up and found his wife and a
daughter in a state of desolation for the loss of two cats.
The French adore their cats, and find in them a poetry
which we English, who give our affections to dogs, are
rather slow of understanding. One of the cats had disar
peared'yesterday ; the other, a beautiful Angola, 109
missed this morning. It was but too easy to imagine
their fate. These creatures of enchantment were
doubtless destined to be skinned, to be smothered
in onions, and to be devoured as rabbits. The beloved
cats are fast disappearing all over Paris, and the misery
thereby produced in many a family can better be haw'
gilled than described. I was treated to so many zoolo-
gical reminiscences, that if I were writing for a French
newspaper I think I should devote the remainder of
this letter to an examination of cat life in time of siege-
But suddenly I hear the cackle of geese, and I look sc'
astonished that in the midst of our lugubrious conversa"
tion my friends forget their bereavement and burst out,
laughing. "It is the geese," says the daughter—" Para
could not part with the geese." He had a little cottage ill
the suburbs, where he indulged his fondness for animals.
When the siege of Paris began he shut up
cottage and carried all his menagerie into Paris-0'
there it was installed in a back court in the Rus de
lay
Paix —geese and ducks, and Cocks and hens, and parrots,
and a magpie, also a donkey, two squirrels, singing birds
without number, a cow, a lamb grown almost to sheep-
hood, and must I add?—two lively little pigs. Beloit',
in the centre of Paris, amid all the jewellery of the BO
de la Paix, its rare porcelain, its fine twined linen, awl
its elaborate sweetmeats—the smell, the litter, 03
the gabble of a farmyard. My friend could not part
with his animals, and he brought them into Paris with 111°
wife and children. We need not inquire too curiously
into the nature of the feelings which he entertains
towards some of these animals, as, for example, towards
the two little porkers. Let us assume that they are
wholly disinterested, and let us pay our homage to the
poetry of the French heart.
London, England, 1870-11-28

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London, England, 1870-11-28

PARIS UNDER 'TIE SIEGE.

A correspondent of the Telegraph, in a letter datod
Paris, Nov. 20, says the Prussian cannons never
speak ? Will Trochu never make 4 sortie ? These are the
questions I have been asking myself and others for the last
week. Nowhere can I get an answer ; and yet scarcely
day passes that I do not find reason to expect either one or
the other of these events. If we really intend to do
nothing but act on the defensive, tl quoi boa, then, this
nevenending manufacture of mitrailleuses ? You could
scarcely believe what activity is displayed in the making
of arms. I confess much of the energy devoted to this
object appears to me thrown away while Trochu maintains
his present attitude. You may perceive—and I don't
care to conceal it—that I have something of a grudge
against the Governor of Paris. No wonder I should, when
he has so often, and so bitterly, disappointed me. Yes-
terday, for instance, the capital seemed to be
preparing for a vigorous onslaught on the enemy. At all
the outposts word had been given to hold themselves pre-
pared for action. Trochu was observed to leave the city
at an early hour. All day long waggons full of provisions
and ammunition were being led out to Mont Val4rien.
And what has been the result of all these mighty
preparationgq Another day of undisturbed repose.
I can inform you on the best authority that there
is as yet no sign of the want of provisions. If I am but
ill content with the inaction of the Government in things
military, I am no less pleased with their conduct in
regard to the--victualling of the city. In this they have
acted with prudence, with an excellent mixture of
complaisance and authority, of respect for - public
and respect for private interests, which deserve
the highest commendation. The weather here
is growing tolerably cold. Already many of the
troops have begun to don their winter overcoats. The
poor in several places are in a very bad way for want of
clothes, and, if their condition be deplorable now, what
will it be a month hence? The Government, I am told,
intend to oome to their relief by ordering the return to
them of all the clothes they have pawned. 'Whether the
proprietors of the Monts de Pie.t6 will be indemnified
for this forcible abduction of the goods pledged

with them I know not. On all sides lam informed that
the big sore will surely come off before many days.
Trochu's de is by some attributed to his anxiety about'
the National Guards. Until they are thoroughly organised
the Governor is determined, I am told, not to risk 5
serious engagement. If this be his decision he will, I
fancy, have to wait for some time.
London, England, 1870-11-28

THE RUSSIAN PRESS.

The St. Petersburg Gazette says that Russia cannot with-
draw her declaration, nor leave it without practical conse-
quences. Such a proposition from the English press com-
pels her to pursue more actively than before the
realization of the problem set before her. No one in
Russia wishes for war ; but all classes would rather con-
sent to war than to a humiliating retractation before threats,
unsupported by anything else than reference to the
sanctity of a treaty directed against the country.
The St. Petersburg semi-official Goloss, 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 th•At compact by forced interpretations, as has
been so often clone by her adversaries, but openly
denounced an agreement which had been
violated by everybody else. Russia, more-
over, would have had no objection to lay her
grievances before a conference could she have hoped for
redress. The (Moss also says it is impossible not to thank
the Daily News for shewing plainly what has displeased
England in the Russian despatch; and it thinks there is not
a Government in Europe which would declare war—not on
account of the substance of the Russian demands, but of
the form in which they ace expressed. Such a course
wouldbe childish and pitiable, and no real Government
could be found to adopt it.
London, England, 1870-11-28

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRI/RY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart.
Phobus's Fix.
HAYMARKET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of
Truth. Uncle's Will. My Husband's Ghost.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday. Flowers of the
Forest.
VAUDEvlLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or
the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle
'Prentice.
PRINCESS'S TREATRE.—Peep o'Day. The Pretty Girls of
Stilberg. He's a Lunatic.
GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew.
Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement. .
OPERA CoMIQUE —Le Joie fait peur. Voltaire en Vacan-
ces. Le P'tit de la Bonne.
ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. }'ernande. Christ-
mas Eve.
OLYMPIC—NeII and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his
Sensation Cat.
GAlETY—Michael and Christine. Fra Diavolo. Trombal-
ealzar.

STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chapter of

Accidents.
HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds.
NEW SURREY—FIag on the Battle Field. Link by

Link,
QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. Othello.
PorArrEcuNjc—Professor popper's War Lecture. After-

noon and Evening.
AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Seenes in the

Arena.
Sr. JAMES'S HALL—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PALMS ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine.
Panorama of the Seat of War.
ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. 1.5.; extra rooms, 6d.
London, England, 1870-11-28

OBLIGATIONS OF THE TREATY OF PARIS.

The North German • Correspondent throws some
light upon the subject of the Treaty of Paris, and
explains the difference which exists between the
obligations which have been undertak©n by England,
France, and Austria, and those of the other powers
that signed the peace of Paris. The Cabinets of
London, Vienna, and Paris undertook further obli-
gations than the representatives of the other Euro-
pean nations. Article I. was signed by all the
Powers, and guaranteed the independence and in-
tegrity of the Turkish Empire. Besides this, Article
11. considered the violation of any,stipulation of the
Treaty of Paris as a casus belli. The difference between
the Treaty signed on the 30th of March 1856, and the
Treaty signed on the 15th April 1856, is obvious.
Italy, Prussia, and Russia have not, like the other
Powers, guaranteed the neutralisation of the Black
Sea. The North German Correspondent declares that
Italy and Prussia, therefore, occupy the same posi-
tion with respect to the Peace of Paris of the 30th
March 1856 which is taken up by any Power that
signs a collective treaty. They are not affected by
the question as to whether the steps taken by Russia
to put an end to the neutrality of the Black Sea form
a casus belli or not, because neither the independence
of the Porte nor the integrity of the Ottoman
Empire, for which they are responsible, is threatened
by the recent movement of the Russian Govern-
ment.
London, England, 1870-11-28

ME SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1870.

the scornful reply, "Yes ; but Amerida is
four thousand miles away ; you arc at the
door of France !" adding these words of plain, point-
blank enquiry, " Why don't you send men to hold
your guns at.once i" All this meaning as distinctly
as would a derisive snap of the fingers—" So much
for your neutrality !" Nor when the whole position
comes to bo looked at dispassionately can it be denied
that, as the law now stanls, the Germans have in
some sense cause for indignation. As if to
underline and emphasise the already sufficiently
glaring fact of the anomaly we are referring
to, that arms can be, that arms actually all this time
are being matufactured by ono of the neutrals, and
exported for use of the deadliest kind by one of the
belligerents, it so happens that the principal place
at which and in which the most formidable and the
most destructive of these implements are manufac-
tured is—of all places that could be named—Bir-
mingham ! In other words the very town whose
most famous representative is that member of the
Cabinet whose main distinction as a public man, as
a politician, as a statesman, as an adminis-
trator, is that he utterly abhors War E
that he is so devoted an advocate of peace that for
years past he has gone in for, that up to this present
moment he goes in for Peace at any Price ! . Sup-
posing Mr. BRIGHT can give his attention for a
passing moment to things as they are, immediately
around him, and at the actual seat of war, it surely
cannot but be repugnant to his whole soul that money
is being earned (blood money, shall we call it ? )
among his own constituents by supplying one of the
two • belligerents with instruments of destruction-
When the pacification does come at last, as sooner or
later it by necessity must and will, some clear in-
ternational understanding may surely be arrived at,
by means of which so hideous an anomaly as this
may no longer be muddled up with what is wildly,
certainly very vaguely, designated, heretofore,
Neutrality.

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

a pound of ice-cold water a pound of iron at a tem-
perature of 100 degrees. In examining the tem-
perature the two acquire, after being in contact for
some time, it proves to be about 11 degrees, so that
the iron has sunk in temperature 89 degrees, thus
losing a greater amount of heat than the water has
gained. Water being the standard of comparison,
you find the specific heat of iron by dividing 89
degrees by 11 degrees, the result being about 8
degrees. The loss of a certain quantity of
heat by the iron affects the temperature of
the iron more than the gain of the same quan-
tity of beat by the water affects its temperature;
accordingly the capacity of iron for heat is less than
that of water, cr the specific heat of iron is less than
1. Similar experiments with olive oil proved its
specific heat to be little more than half that of
water. Further explanations on the important-
subject of evaporation were reserved for the next
lecture.
London, England, 1870-11-28

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THE QUEEN AND THE EMPRESS.

We understand that the Queen will avail herself of the
very first opportunity which public busines will allow her
Majesty, to pay a visit to the Empress Eug&lie. The
Queen will but interpret the national feeling in offering to
the illustrious exile as kindly a reception as that which
greeted her in the days of prosperity. There is no truth
in the report that the Empress is about to leave Chislehurst
with the Prince Iniprial, to take up her residence at
Cassel. On the contrary, her Imperial •Majesty has no
intention of quitting her present home.—Morning Post.

THE HUSH PAPERS ON THE WAR.
The Dublin Irishman rejoices to think that America
is "in the Russian plot." . " Without a doubt," this
journal declares to its Irish readers, " America will act
the part of a benevolent neutral towards Russia—of a
hostile neutral towards England—and what that means a
swarm of Alabamas may disagreeably explain." The
same paper is certain that a turn has taken place in the
affairs of France, and that her triumphs have begun.
The Irishman and Nation publish letters from " Irishmen
in the service of France," dated Caen, and showing that
some of those who went out as ambulance men are now
acting as francs•tireurs.
London, England, 1870-11-28

EFUGEES'• BENEVOLENT FUND.
BAKER STREET BAZAAR.

Publishers of Books or Music, Artists in Pencil, Crayon.
Water-Colours, Oil, Parian, or Marble, Producers of Fancy
Articles of all descriptions, Manufacturers and Dealers of every
class, who can spare anything suitably, are SOLICITED to
CONTRIBUTE. Whatever is sent will be gratefillly acknow-
ledged. The absolute productions of Refugees, whether French,
German, or English, will necessarily demand our first attention,
and doubtless prove to be the greatest attraction to the various
stalls. Every article, whether deposited by the Refugees or
contributsd by friends, will have the name of the producer or
donor attached, awl have the prices marked in plain figures.
FRANCIS BENNOCH, Hon. Sec.
London, England, 1870-11-28

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London, England, 1870-11-28

great difficulty in providing accommodation for
patients suffering from small-pox. The temporary
hospital at Hampstead is to be opened for the recep-
tion of persons labouring under this disease, and the
managers of the Metropolitan Asylum District hope
soon to be in a position to receive female cases and
children of both sexes on the Ist December, and male
case son the following Monday. As, however, the entire
hospital can only provide space for 120 beds, and as
it is knoWn that at• the present moment more than
200 persons in London suffering from small-pox
have been unable to obtain admission. to the Small-
pox Hospital at Highgate, an appeal is made to other
parishes to follow the example of Marylebone, and
provide accommodation for themselves. At Hamp-
stead the same Sisterhood which performed a similar ,
duty during the epidemic of relapsing fever has \
nobly undertaken the nursing arrangements. Their
chief difficulty at present is to obtain a sufficiently
strong staff of competent nurses. A fair remunera-
tion for respectable women who will act as nurses is
offered..