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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-13

ITCOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 2.30 P.M.

LATEsT INTELLIGENCE.

INDIA.
(BY TIILY:GILAPII via TEHERAN.)
CALCUTTA, December 12

11I•-t Government sanctions ,the arming of three 11
rote Bengal regiments with. Snifflers. The Com-1
';allder-in-Chief selects the Ist battalion of the sthllsiliers, at Peshawur, the Ist battalion 11th, at
„
41orar, and the 41st at Mooltan.
Another regiment will be armed at Mail -. By
oPil it is expected that Sniders will be in the hands
every British soldier in India.
'Colonel Baigree and Doctor Ringer have selected
48ite Well adapted for troops in Central India, 120
rtes from Jubbulpore, 30 from the Great Indian
peninsular Railway.
Ler akoob Khan's position remains unaltered. lie
'4B
__plundered 100 Beloochistan and Affghan camels.

The urrachee and Chinsurah depots are to be
abolished, saving £B,OOO yearly.
k The troops for the Punjab will be sent by rail vid
Illahabad instead of the Indu9.
t Tea issued to the troops will in future be two-
Lrds Indian. Hitherto it has been half Indian and
4alf Chinese.
The amount required for army purposes is
e 2130,000 yearly ; the saving 3 pie per pound at the
Present quotations.
London, England, 1870-12-13

BOY'S OVERCOATS, 78. ed. to 465.

MOSES and SON be to remind the public
r 'lst the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its
slid tht v ventore to ny that thoir prices will compare
nvourably with those of any other n... t,e to England.

1. •

MUSES aid SUN'S
E.

OXFORD COAXS, 17s. to 50s.

CAMiIIUDGE COATS, 193; to 500.

KERTOII XACKEITS, 16s. to 4%.

SUTIIERLI-IND YA.OKETS, 1 WI. to 50s.

BUSINESS, SJMIS, :.mss. to 60s.

MOSES and 3ON'3 oaiy and accurate system
iiA.d.46eoxf sett-nuatsonirea LiftAbtlseilititlto to execute otk ors by post

-11 MOSES and SON'S

F ROOK CO kTS, 245. to (J 3

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY

Brvery day at 2.30 and 8 p.m.

.POOLE and YOUNG, the Proprietors and Exhibitors of the
Overland Mail, by Telbin and Grieve, Albert Smith's Egyptian
Hall Panoramas, beg to announce a now subjeit—

THE PRESENT WAR
Between the French and Prussians.

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England's greatest scenic artists.
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London, England, 1870-12-13

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEOEAII3ER 13, 1870.

A GLIMMERING of the first hope of a pacification
has yet to appear, but already the Great War of
1870 is accumulating in its trail :an voluminous
literature. Correspondents have collected
.their com-
munications, and volume after volume comes into
our hands, and takes its place upon our bookshelves.
Written all of them currents °alum°, in the midst of
every conceivable difficulty add discomfort they have
often been literally committed to the winds of heaven
on the wildest chance sometimes of their eventually
somehow or another reaching their destination.
Nevertheless, being penned for the most part from
actual observation, their accuracy, as a rule, is some-
`thing remarkable. The incident of Colonel nor-.
BERTON'S death. has illustrated in a terrible manner
• the perils encountered by tiu”e unarmed chroniclers
of the warlike events of the campaign. It is
'in no way hyperbolical to say of them that
their pouncet in writing is like that welcomed
by juNoT, then a private soldier in the ranks,
when ho was scrawling a despatch on a arum head
at the dictation of young NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
during the siege of Toulon. .Everyone, almost,
knows the story of the shell bursting close by them
in the trenches, and nearly smothering them with
sand, the soldier in the ranks shaking the dust olr
Ithe scribbled paper, saying with a smile that it came
London, England, 1870-12-13

lIER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Doe. 12.
The Queen drove out this morning, accompanied by
Prince Leopold.

Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice also went out.

The Duchess of Roxburghe and the Lord Chancellor
had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Roya
Family last evening.
The Lord Chancellor left the Castle this morning.
The Duke of Argyll and the Duke of Roxburghe have
arrived at the Castle.

On Saturday morning, a dense fog prevailed on the
Mersey, and several collisions took place on the river.
The West India and Pacific Steam Navigation Company's
steamer, the Bolivar, which was anchored down near
Egremont, was with difficulty reached by the tender,
which had the mails and passengers on board. Several
of the outward-bound sailing vessels .were compel Id to,
keep to their anchorages in consequence of the state of the
weather.

• -----
FUNERAL OF MR. FREDERICK YOUNGE. The
remains of the late Mr. Younge, comedian, and manager
of the "Caste" Company, who was killed by the recent
collision on the North-Eastern Railway at Brockley
Whins, were on Friday afternoon interred in Elswick
Cemetery, Newcastle. The corpse was brought by train
from. Sunderland. The funeral cortege consisted of four
mourning coaches and six private carriages. The pall-
bearers were Mr. J. P. Craven, Mr. J. W. Ray (the two
principal members of the deceased gentleman's company),
Mr. George Stanley (lessee of the Tyne Theatre), and
Mr.,Joseph Cowen, jun. Among those present were Mr.
Richard Younge, a brother of the deceased ; Mr. W. H.
Swanborough, lessee of the Theatre Royal ;
and other
members of the theatrical profession engaged in the
town. The coffin bore the following inscription ; " Frey
derick G. Younge. Died December 6th, 1870. Aged
45 years." We may mention that there was also pre-
sent another brother of the late Mr. Younge, who bad
only recently returned from Australia on a visit to hie
friends.
London, England, 1870-12-13

PREVIOUS EXPLOSIONS AT BIRMINGHAM.

•A list has been made of the• explosions which
have occurred in Birmingham. In 1859 a serious
accident took place on the premises of Messrs.
Ludlow, percupsion cap manufacturers. The
accident occurred in the roc rri where the
dangerous -process of 1‘ mixing " or preparing the
fulminate was carried on. It was a matter of sur-
prise that only two deaths followed, for much damage
was done, and only the bare walls of the factory re-
mained. In the same year another explosion occurred
at a percussion cap manufactory in Whittall-street,
which until now has been the most dreadful that had
happened in Birmingham. The establishment had
a heavy order for the Turkish Government, and had
taken • on extra hands. Seventeen persons
were killed on this occasion. In 1802 the
oldest percussion cap, manufactory in Birmingham
was the scene of a disaster, when seven were killed
and thirty injured.: It was stated that the dan-
gerous work of nixing was carried on in the cellar
of the premises in consequencesof heavy orders on
hand, instead of being dene away from the factory,
as was ordinarily the case. In 1868 a terrible acci-
dent occurred at a fog sigtial manufactory at Saltley,
IM during a heavy Storm, in consequence cf a shed
containing fog signals being struck ,by lightning.
Four girls were burnt to death by this catastrophe.
At the ammunition factory at Witton frequent
explosions have happened. One occurred in 1869.
During the present year three Viol{ place
in tix weeks horn the 6th of October to the 18th
of November, by means of which thirty-nine
were disabled and subjected to great sufferings. From
the last two accklents eight deaths resulted.
London, England, 1870-12-13

A TRADE OUTRAGE.

That amiable body of tradesmen, the metropolitan
hatters, have got into disgrace through an outrage
upon a non-society member of the hat-making pro-
fession. It is a satisfaction to hear it stated that the
quarrel arose among foreigners who have been allowed
ingress to trade privileges, nevertheless it took place
at an institution called the Coach and Horses, which
is a recognised" house of call " for the trade generally.
A man named Mollineaux, a Frenchman, who had, it
is alleged, made a promise that he would not take
Employment with non-society men, was induced to
forego that stipulation. A few evenings since he
appeared at the " house. of call " in Soho, and some
Italian hatters bandied lum respecting his want of
principle. The result was a serious quarrel in which
the Frenchman received a stab in the alylomen that
loft him almost at the door of death. It was
fervently hoped that outiages arising indirectly or
directly from the unions among tradesmen, had
ceased, now that the rules and regulations of
society and non society men were at last supposed
to be fairly understood, but this last assault by a
number of men upon a single individual proves that
a dangerous spirit of enmity is still rife.
London, England, 1870-12-13

rtiE SUN, LONDON, TAtTEsp/of►inCEMßErt, 1870

TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

FOURTEEN PERSONS KILLED AND TWENTY
INJURED. -
, -(4.IErkTRAL paws- )

A railway accident, by which fourteen pergons were
killed and about twenty injured, occurred last evening on
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line, at Stair-.
foot, near Barnsley: A. number of waggons becoming de-
tached from -the other portion of the goods train, ran
down a steep incline, and came into collision with a pas.
senger train standing in the station. Amongst the dead
are William Allerton, John Thompson West Melton,
John Spofforth, and a mechanic 'Jawed Richmond, of
Chapelton, near Sheffield. Seven other men and three
women are not identified. The.persqns injured, as far as
t'hey have been recovered, have been removed to the
Barnsley Hospital: Large fires have been lighted on the
line to enable the officials and others summoned to the
scene of the accident to carry on the work of extricating
such of the dead and dying as still lie under the &Ws.
Most of the sufferers-are supposed to belong to the South
Yorkshire district.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
BARNSLEY, Monday Night.

On the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincobashire Rail-
way to-night, shortly after six, a number of goods ,
trucks, which wore' being shunted at a siding
in Barnsley, got low, and ran down an in-
cline to Stairfoot, two miles distant, and ran into a
passenger train, from Barnsley to Sheffield, which had
just drawn up to the platform, smashing the freak van
and two of the passenger carriages into pieces, and tear-
ing up the line for some, distance, Fourteen passengers
were killed and upwards of 20 were seriously injured.
The dead and dying were taken to the Cross Keys and
Keel Inn close by. Up to 10 o'clock lined not clear. .It
is feared the number 4 the dead will be increased.
At the time the accident happened a tea meeting was
being held within a few yards of the station, to celebrate'
the opening of communication between the Old and New
Oaks Collieries.

TIIE GALES.

)4IPWRECKS AND LIF4OAT. the
,u-la on Friday at Tynemonth, the ste:uner Eagle went
:;:Lore in the morning,
.her crew being (1,-efi the!
Shields lifeboat. Later in the day the schooner Sathuel
Bernard, of Boston capsized off the Bar, and all on botird•
were unhappily lost. About two hours afterwards the
argue City of Bristol was driven ashore on the Long
By means of-the rocket apparatus, however, her
saved. At -10 o'clock the same night
Am elia. ' Norway,
on tlif
London, England, 1870-12-13

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
Lll,_ to its nristine hue, no matter at what age.
J NO. GOSNE LL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
fill liquid. It isnow offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, is each; also is., 7s. tid., and 15s. each, Includ-
ing brush.
Bed Bull Wharf., Angel-passage, Hi, Upper Thames-street, Lon-
ion, E.C.

ANY GENTLEMAN requiring the comforts of
a HOME in a respectable and cheerful family, where there
are no other lodgers, to board or not with the family, as
required, may hear of the same by applying to A. L., Mr.
Hawkins, Post Office, Liverpool-road, Barnsbury, N.

IFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of
1.4 the past eleven months the National Lifeboat Institution
has contributed to the saving of 918 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 24 vessels from destruction. It has also expended
L 23,287 in the same period on its Lifeboat! Establishments, in
addition to granting £2,023 for rewards.
The Institution has now 223 Lifeboat StatSOns under its
man agoment.
Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankLully
received by the London and Country bankers, and by the Kecre-
tary, Richard Lewis, Esq.,. at the Institution, 14, John-street,
Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1870-12-13

~~

CO ifeIMPORARIL S---This Morning

THE SIEGE OF PARIS,

The Time. 3 says: It wants but two or three of ninety
days .since the investment of Paris was completed. Who
could have believed that Paris would have endured so
long and still remain untaken ? We venture to say
that in the early days of September, after the capitula-
tion of Sedan, when
.111etz was scaled up, and there
was no regular army left in the field, no one,. friend or
foe, contemplated it as possible that Paris Would
hold out for three months against the beleaieering
ei P.my curl still show no signs that it was so much:Lai pre-
paring to submit. We were all satisfied that it must yield
hlug before. If the forces of the besiegers did not reduce
it to subjection, the explosive passions of its own inhabi-
tants, the first touch of privation affecting the comfort of
a 1,,,np1e accustomed to sacrifice all their thoughts to the
pursuit of pleasure, would make it impossible to main-
tain the defence. If prudence and wisdom did not induce
a surrender, harsh necessity would. Paris must give in.
To the , surprise of all, to the surprise of the besiegers
most of all, Paris has falsified these prophecies. The
people of Germany are dissatisfied, we are told, that the
city has not been taken. The soldiers themselves are
disappointed at not being able to spend Christmas
at home. Their friends go further, and murmur that
there must be some fault at Head-Quarters to 'account for
this unexpected delay. The military prosecution of the
siege liar, it is said, been neglected for political reasons,
the exact nature of which is not precisely defined. The
King has been too humane. COunt Bismarck has had other
• aims to which he has subordinated the capture of
Paris. There must be some motive; the German is well
assured, to explain the fact, in itself so inexplicable, that
Paris has been nearly ninety days besieged, and is still
defiant. Why is not Paris taken Is it that the Ger-
mans have neglected to use their strength, or that Paris
has discovered some new and strange strength of its own?
London, England, 1870-12-13

OPPOSITION TO TRAMWAYS IN IRELAND.

There is not -a single street railway in Ireland.
Years . ago Mr. George Francis Train made very
energetic appeals to the residents of Dublin to have
rails laid down in the streets, but his " flabbergasting"
disgusted those whom he sought to win over to the
movement. The want of funds decided the antago-
nism against the scheme. Once again an attempt is
being made to introduce the tramways into Dublin,

whore wide streets and comparatively small traffic
really offer facilities for them ; but the car
and cab-owners on this occasion have come
forward as opponents of the plan. The
agitation raised on the side of this bOdy 'will, at
least, tend to one good, namely, that of allowing
them to see that they will have a right, once for all,
to consult their own interests' better• than before.
Perhaps it may even, induce them to deal in horses
which are not all bone and tail, and in vehicles
which are not lampiess, small, noisy, and dangerous
in the extreme. The car proprietors told the Lord
'Mayor of Dublin, on Saturday, that the introduction
of tramways would entail a loss to GoVernment of
£5,000 annually. This is the sum now derived from the
total number of car licenses issued in Dublin, and the
speaker who referred to it must have been extremely
weak in argument when lie tried to persuade the
Lord Mayor that every individual carman, in a large
city, would extinguish himself and his belongings
at the advent 'of the tramways.
London, England, 1870-12-13

THE OAKS COLLIERY.

The old workings at the Oaks Colliery, which
have .been closed for four years, have been re-entered
and explored. As it was known that they contained
the nojc rity of the bodies still unrecovered from the
accident, an exploring party was organised as soon as
the road from the new colliery was made clear.
No accumulated gas was found, which was attri-
buted to the effects of the fresh air that
entered from the new pits by means of the bore-hole.
No bodies were found in the lower level pit, but in
the top level were the bodies of the Barkers, father
and son. They wore laid together near the face of
the coal. The features of both were preserved, and
were 4 once recognised by those of the explorers who
had known them living. Among the latter was
one of the. sons of Barker. The bodies of
the collier Jones, -and his son, who had been
among the workers, were also discovered close to
their % w'Srking place, and these were easily identified.
There was r indicfttion of any, fire having taken
pliece from Bike explosion. Owing to falls of the roof
it was found impossible to enter the new works from
the old pit. The exploring party is composed of
picked men, and great intereSelms excited among
those who have relations and friends unrecovered
when they heard that the workings ha I been ve
opened.
London, England, 1870-12-13

ze-44

elements from the better :lasses. Their uniform answers to
the theatrical taste of the French, and it is difficult to
distinguish the dress of these various patriotic legions, but
they are all practised in shooting. lam ready to admit.
to the honour of General Aurelles de Paladine, that, he
knows nothing of the peculiarity of the ammunition chosen
by many of his soldiers. It has been proved by the
surgeons that explosive bullets have been fired by the
French, probably those invented by M. Pertuiset, the
great lion hunter, and offered to all the European
Governments, Russia being at first inclined to 24014
them.
London, England, 1870-12-13

produced, which was not lessened when at the
hour of High Mass two magnificent carriages
drove up, from the first of which alighted the es.-
Queen Isabella, accompanied by M. Mermilliod,
Bishop of Hebron, coadjutor of Geneve. The nova
soon spread through the district, a crowd gathered
round the doors of the church, and at the end of the
Mass the Queen, on leaving, was greet° I with the
most .uncomplimentary vociferations. The name of
a personage residing at Geneva in an hotel close to
that in which Isabella has taken up her abode for the
winter was specially hooted, and the Queen was
bitterly reprdached for having been one of the
authori3 of tho lamentable war now desolating
Europe, which has affected so disastrously the trade
and commerce of neutral countries, more particularly
of the canton of Geneva. It is said that the Queen
had an understanding with the Empress of the
French, to put her son on the throne of Spain, and
that iroM‘this arrangement the first difficulties arose.
In Switzerland even the sellers of vegetables read
the papers, so that those political rumours aro known
to them.

UNEASINESS IN CHINA.
Tho Anglo-Chinese papers, just received by the
overland mail, exhibit great uneasiness and apprehen-
sion at the attitude of the natives towards Euro-
peans. At Canton permission to rebuild the
native Christian chapel has been refused
by the gentry, and further outrages are
reported. It is mentioned as a significant
fact that the Chinese are kept well informed of the
progress of the European war. Native maps showing
the position of the Prussians round Paris, and correct
translations of the latest telegrams, have been widely
circulated. Chung How, who is believed to have
been deeply implicated in the Tientsin massacre,
has started for Paris as special ambassador
on the matter. He is accompanied by two French
interpreters and an. English secretary. The China
papers express great indignation that none of the
officials suspected of complicity in the affair have
been punished, and the fifteen criminals of lesser
degree condemned to death for their share in the
massacre have not been executed. SO much for what
the Anglo-Chinese papers say. On the other hand,
:Mr. Wade reports that all is quiet. Tho journals
and the diplomatists in China never agree in their
accounts.
London, England, 1870-12-13

LATEST FROM TOURS.

Touns, December 10 (Night).
The news received hero from the Army of the
Loire continues to be of a favourable character.
Fighting
has beenlreported at Benugency and Meuny,
but the result is not yet decisive. The command of
the Army of the Loire has been divided between
General Bourbaki on the right, and General
ohanzy on the left—D'Aurelles de Paladino
1‘
4,,ifing retired. The officials connected with
Ithe Government, and the archives of the
Administration, have been removed to Bor-
deaux. M. Cremieux has already proceeded to that
city -7, M. Gambotta, however, has joinbd the Army
the Loire.
The removal of the capital was not occasioned by
any military necessity. The change, indeed, gives to
the army in the field greater latitude and liberty of
nleveraent ; but the direct reasons for the change
were much more political than strategical.
At present Tours is in perfect security and safety ;
and reinforcements
are daily sent through the town
to the army in the field.

MESSAGES FROXIGA.MBETTA.

-A communication has been received at Tours from
Gambetta, who has been inspecting the Head-
Quarters of General Chanzy. He states that he
found everything perfectly maintained, owing to the
firmness and indomitable energy of General Chanzy.
Ke had not only maintained his positions for the
last three days, but repulsed the masses of Prince
Frederick Charles, inflicting the severest losses on
them.
Fighting had been carried on since the 28th ult.,
and the veracity of General Moltke's assertion that
the Army of the Loire was annihilated might be
appreciated at its proper value when it was seen
that one half of the army which had alone up to
„_tile present been engaged, was sufficient to hold in
'ftlE the veteran troops of Prince Frederick
Charles.
The Government at Bordeaux has
_received a
Intrsage from the Minister. He said General
Chauzy's efforts up to the present had been crowned
'with success ; he was protecting the line of the Loire
without ceding an inch of ground. The position of
things he (Gambetta) said was sufficiently satisfac-
tory to allow of his leaving, and he says he is now on
?la Way to Bourges, to see what could be obtained
trona the Second Army.

REPORTED FIGHTING AT LAON.
LILLE, December 12.
A. rumour is generally prevalent here that fighting
going on at Laon.

THE PROPOSALS OF THE FRENCH
GOVERNMENT,
BERLIN, December 12 (4.18' p.m.)
It is doubtful whether any proposals of the
wrench Government will be entertained by the
u.
ftettlian Government while it continues to employ
Barral and many other officers who have
'roken their parole.
An official report from Versailles says that the
reads along the French line of retreat on the Loire
are strewn for miles with rifles and other articles
W oer
equitpment as was the case after the battle of
h.
London, England, 1870-12-13

THT-41A TRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY-LANE—A Domestic. Hercules Amy Robsart.
Phobres
ILvirmABEET--The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of
Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils.
ADELNII THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday. Green Bushes.
VAUDEviwz—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or
the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle
'Prentice.
Gnenu—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew.
Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement.
OrEuA ComrQuE -La Joic Fait Pour. Le Vicomte
Letorieres.
ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. l'erna.nde. Christ-
mas Eve.
OLYmPio—Nell and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his
Sensation Cat.
GAIETY Happy Village. Fra Diavolo. Trombea-
calzar.
Quzsbr's--Day after the Wedding. Midsummer Niglrtig
Dream.

STANDARD —The Wife's Tragedy. Ballet. Vicar of
Wakefield.
HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jezabel.
PRINCE or WALES'S. - Queen Stork, Ours. Locked
In.

PoLvTmune—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
noon and Evening.
EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the
Franco-Prussian War.
AXPHITIIRA'PRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.

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ST. JAmF,s's HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PALMS ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine.
The Wizard of the East.
ALHAMBRA—Promertado Concert.
MADAME TIISSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 11. M. till 10
p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d.
London, England, 1870-05-30

THE WEEKLY PRESS,

THE ALTERATIONS IN THE IRISH LAND BILL.

The Saturday Review considers that the alter pit
the third clause of the Irish Land Bill, will cms del),
alter its character. The bill will, still be of great vain to
tenants who have made improvements, for they will get
re-couped in a perfectly novel manner and to a very
I handsome extent for what they have done, and it will he
of value to tenants under Ulster and other customs, for
these customs will henceforth have a legal validity. But
it is difficult to see of what use the bill will be to the
mass of Irish tenants, who are poor men, and who will be
just as much liable to be turned out without getting any
compensation, if the landlord wants to raise their rent,
as they are now. It is true that the bill wili
protect the tenant against eviction from mere caprice
The landlord will not be able in future to turn a man out
simply because he dislikes him or wishes to throw
farms together without having to pay for his act. But
the bill now offers no protection to the tenant against
eviction because in the excessive competition for land iv
Ireland some one offers to pay more than he pays. Mr
Gladstone originally offered him a most effectual protec
tion against this ; he was to have a sum down for going
out, and ;hen the landlord would have to consider whther
the increased rent he could get from some one els.,
would repay the outlay of the compensation te.
the outgping, tenant. This offer was then cut down
t ) the proposal that he should have a sum—variable actor
ding to many subtle calculations, but still something—for
going out. Now he is to have nothing whatever for going
out if he will not pay as rent what some one else offers to
to pay. Wearied as Mr. Gladstone must be with the details
of the bill, and overawed as he is by the superiority of Sit
Roundell Palmer to his own law-officers, it is still
difficult to conceive that he will let the bill stand as it
now stands after the adoption of Sir Roundell Palmer's
amendment. The other minor changes'of Thursday night
can scarcely be allowed to pass into law in the shape
sanctioned by the Government. The law of distress for
non-payment of rent is far too important, and has far too
many ramifications, to be swept away by a few hasty
words; and the clauses intended to provide cottages for
the agricultural poor are now so ingeniously arranged
that it will not be the interest of any one to build cottages
at all. But mistakes of this sort can be rectified with a
little card and patience; while the whole character of the
bill, so far as three out of every four Irish tenants are
concerned, will depend on whether their landlords are or
are not to be allowed to turn them out without paying
any compensation if they can get a higher rent from some
one else.
London, England, 1870-05-30

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18s. 225. 28s. 355.

p MOSES and SON beg to remind the public
• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its
quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them
is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other
house in England.

-EJ MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of
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GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED :

Summer
Overcoats 1 13s. 6d. 18s. 21s.

245. 30s. 408.

Race
Coats

1 12s. 13s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 6d. 21s.

Business I 30s. 355. 40s. 455. 50s.
Suits )

Morning 1 10s. 6d. 13s. 16s. 18s.
Trousers

Dress 15s. 18s. 21s. 265.
Trousers

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measure introduced by E. MOSES -and SON enables them to
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London, England, 1870-05-30

CRICKET.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. M.C.C. AND GROUND.
On Saturday this match was brought to a conclusion at
Cowley Marsh, the club winning by six wickets. Mr.
Francis made the finest hit in the match, a straight drive
for six from Wootton. Mr. Ottaway was run out by his
partner (Townshend) through good fielding on the part of
Mr. f Kenyon-Slaney.
x e follow
Inn in
is the full score :
Oor Tdh First ings.
Hadow b Wootton . • • • • • 8
Fortescue c Evetts b Grace
Pauncefote c Evetts b Wootton . 74
Tyhecote c Evetts b Wootton • • • 49
Ottaway b Wooton. • • • • • 52
Nepeau b Shaw • • • • • . 11
Lee b Shaw . • - • • • • 2
Francis c Grace b Shaw . • • . . 7
Townsend c Shaw b Wootton. . 39
Butler b Shaw • • • • • • 9
Belcher not out . • • • • • 0
Byes, 8; leg-byes, 4 . • . 12

Total , • • • • 271
Oxford Second Innings.
Mr. W. H. Hadow b Wootton . . 6
Mr. A. F. Fortescue b Wootton . • 9
Mr. C. J. Ottawa), run out . • • 22
Mr. B. Paunoefote by Wootton . . 27
Mr. W. Townshend c Shaw, b Wootton . 30
Mr. C. E. B. Nepeau o Wootton, b Shaw 8
Mr. A. G. Lee o substitute, b Wootton 0
Mr. C. K. Francis b Shaw . . . • 9
Mr. S. E. Butler run out • • • • 1
Mr. J. H. Belcher not out . • • • 4
- Byes, 3 ; leg-byes, 3 ; wide, •1
. 7
London, England, 1870-05-30

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

AFFAIRS IN PORTUGAL

The Times observes that Marshal Saldanha has been
contemplating a breach of the peace ever since he aban-
doned his diplomatic post in Paris, without leave or notice,
six months ago. This is what they call politics in the Iberian
Peninsula. Bullying a King and slaughtering the King's
Guards will be accounted heroism in Saldanha if he can
but insure success to the end. Already, indeed, the
Court, the Parliament, and the whole country seem to
acquiesce in his easy victory. .As it is, the King and his
late Ministry have only themselves to thank—their own
leniency and, improvidence—if Portugal once more finds
itself under the Government of the sword. Such seems for
ever to be the fate of those unhappy countries. It matters
little whether it be Bourbon, or Braganza, or any other
dynasty that is called to the throne. The sabre is the
only sceptre south of the Pyrenees—a sceptre all-power-
ful even when the arm that wields it trembles with age,
and its achievements date so far back in the past as to be
almost a myth to the living gene.ation.
London, England, 1870-05-30

THE WITHDRAWAL OF STRANGERS.

The
Standard says that the particular privilege of the
Rouse of Commons which entitles any individual member
to Claim the withdrawal of strangers is very properly
to become a question for discussion. Mr. Glad-
stone has announced that the Government have
entered upon the study of the question, and he has
Promised to give us the result of their deliberations,
either on Monday or Tuesday next, - when Mr. Hen-
leY's motion is to be brought forward. If it is right
that the power of excluding strangers should still
remain with the House, there can be no reason why this
bhould not be done by a vote of the majority rathef than
by the option of a single member. All that is necessary
for the ,rue protection of freedom of debate would 13,.)
provided by this means, which would be in accord-
ance with the general system by which the House
Be2ures its own order and government. In any case it is.
unnecessary tnat the reporters should be i eluded in the
category of strangers, for it is absurd to pret 3nd that the
here publication of the speeches can, in any circumstance,
be an interference with the liberty f debate. The publi-
cation of the reports is, in fact, an extension of and a
security for the liberty of discussion.
London, England, 1870-05-30

O serve the Rod Seal, Pink Labe', and work Branded "Kina-
han LL. Whisgy.
This celebrated OLD IRISH .% RISKY gained the Dublin
Prize Aledal.
Pure, Mild, Mel!ow, Pelicioaa, and very Wholesome.
.o 1d (1. in Betties, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by
the Agents is luo principal towns in England; or wholesale at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.

MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859),
t 4, RUSSELL-STREET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON,
And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON.
VANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free-
h or Leasehold Property, for ono, two, or three years, repay-
able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted.
Fo..ms free on receipt of stamped envelope.
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-05-30

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs Mansell).
THIS EVEN ING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F.
Charles and Miss L. Morgan.
•
At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL.
After which, at r. 30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M.
Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle.
Debreux, Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily
Soldene.
London, England, 1870-05-30

SUNDAY CLOSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES.
A great open-air WORKING MEN'S DEMONSTRATION
will take place at Lismore Circus, Haverstock Hill, on SATURDAY,
May 28. Speakers :—Rev. J. Morgan, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J.
Hilton, and J. Leicester ; the Rev. E. Mathews, M.A., Travelling
Secretary of the Central Association, will attend as a Deputation.
The Chair will be taken by M. A. GARVEY, Esq., LL.B., Barrister-
at-Law, at Five o'Clock, p.m.
London, England, 1870-05-30

An Ecclesiastical Difficulty at Wells.

The Dean of Wells, the Rev. G. S. Johnson, was
appointed in 1854. In 1856, the vicarage of St.
Cuthbert, in that city, became vacant by the death of
the Rev. Canon Barnard. The living is in the gift
of the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The Dean was
appointed by that body to the vacant vicarage.
There being some murmurs at the time of this
appointment, and reports that it was illegal, on
account of the living being worth more
than £5OO per annum, printed circulars
were issued to some of the principal citizens, in which
certain deductions were claimed, and calculations
were entered into to shew that the living was under
£5OO a year. The Dean, as vicar, has not been at
all popular amongst a section of the citizens, and
about three months ago he and his senior curate
(the latter is a general favourite) quarrelled,
and carried the matter to such a length
as to publish manifestoes against each other,
as well as letters in the local papers. A-
memorial was got up, and was numerously
and respectably signed, praying the Bishop to make
inquiry into the matter. At the same time the
opinion of two eminent counsel was taken as to the
validity of the Dean's appointment to the vicarage.
Both learned gentlemen gave it as their decided opinion
that the moment the Dean accepted the appointment
of vicar the office of dean became legally vacant.
Armed with these opinions, a memorial has been sent
to the Premier, setting forth the facts of the case,
and praying that the necessary steps may be taken in
the matter.

County Court Business and the Police.
A. county court officer has forwarded to, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer and the Judicature COM-
mission some suggestions for reorganising the exe-
cutive departments of the county courts, Among them

is one to the effect that summonses should be served
through the post, the postman to sign an endorse-
ment on the copy of the document which should be
countersigned by the postmaster of the district.
Another is that judgment summonses should
be served. by the police. lie supports his
second suggestion by tha statement that the police
know more of the habits of the people, their incom-
ings and outgoings, than a county court bailiff
can know, while the 120,000 summonses
issued in a year would be a very slight
addition to their labours. The scheme of the county
court officer is certainly an ambitious one, and the
question of impressing postmen into the duty of
doing the work of private individuals is one that
may be safely left to the Government ; but the in-
troduction of police authority into the execution of
the law affecting matters of debt is a summary pro-
cedure.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING I.IEART. Messrs
Edward Terry and Turner; Mesdames Bufton aLdiSantley.
Followed by Kenilworth. Messrs D. James. ferry, Turner,
and Fenton; Mesdames Sant'ey, Anstiss, Goodall. Metcalfe, and
Moore.
London, England, 1870-05-30

EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS.

The Times does not wonder at Mr. Fawcett's persistence,
for he has made a great discovery. It is that an Education
Bill is wholly unnecessary, so far at least as country
neighbourhoods are concerned. It is a great pity such
a discovery was not announced or appreciated before.
kr. Fawcett's Education Bill would consist of
One clause—that all children, without exception,
should be forbidden to do work, and be corn-
telled to attend school until they are 12 years old.
-c'ven the religious question becomes of minor importance
compared with this paternal and Chinese regulation.
,lhe Government Bill provides for trying compulsion gra-
y,nuall and, for once, we appreciate Mr. Bruce's desire to
Wait. It remains to be seen how compulsion in any de-
Free can be carried out in the country. If a compulsory
taw be not in harmony with the wishes of the people, it
Will inevitably become a dead letter. We by no means
despair, however, of improving the Education of these
children. If Mr. Fawcett will first consent to let us pro-
vide good schools, there will be plenty of opportunities
for making use of them besides the listless years of child-
hood. Boys lose more knowledge and learn more mis-
chief in the years between 12 and 20 than at any other
time of their lives. Winter evenings, with no amusement
and no shelter but the publichouse, are their ruin. If the
hours after dark were turned to good account during those
Years, lads would have ample means for learning all neces-
sary scholarship, and would escape numerous temptations.
e repeat, the experiment of compulsion in childhood
may be tried under the Government Bill. But night
schools are a tried and successful remedy, and, if they are
caveagricultural customs to take care of themselves.
London, England, 1870-05-30

The Floating Dock Bermuda.

The huge floating dock which left England last
June for Bermuda has only recently been floated
into the Camber, or basin of the Royal Naval Dock-
yard at Ireland Island, the place which
She was -destined to occupy. When the dock
in tow of the Viper and Vixen reached Bermuda
in July the hurricane season had set in, and as the
passage into the Camber is as treacherous a one as
that of the " Narrows," it was deemed advisable
to sink the dock in Grassy Bay until tho
return of fine weather. On the ith of last month
the Commander-in-Chief of the North American and
Wrest Indian stations being at Bermuda, and a larger
number of men-of-war than are usually there bell).-
in port, it was thought that the work of raising the'
dock and bringing it to its future anchorage could be
successfully undertaken. Early on the morning of
that day the air valves of the immense mass of iron
were opened, and it rose in the water in a most satis-
factory and gratifying manner. Subsequently haw-
sers were attached to it from H.M. sloop Royalist,
and other vessels, and the dock was slowly escorted
from the Bay. She was brought past the' break-
water outside the Camber, and through the intricate
channel at its entrance in an admirable manner,
though not without considerable danger, and in less
than five hours after the raising of the dock she
proudly floated in the dock Yard basin, and was
hawsered in position.

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T,
Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A.
Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9.46, the new
Burlesque, by Conway Edwardes, entitled DON CARLOS; or,
The Infante in Aims. Supported by the following Company:--
Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving, W. H. Stephens, C.
Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power,
Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclerc, R.
Evelyn, Kemp, T Levis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power.
N B.—On aaturday, June 4, will be produced a New and Ori-
ginal Comedy in 3 Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, supported by the
whole of the Company, and in which Miss A. Newton will make
her first appearance at this Theatre.
London, England, 1870-05-30

THE KIRWEE PRIZE MONEY.

It WaS of course natural, says the Post, that the force
which captured Kirwee should desire to obtain the extra
quarter of a million sterling represented by debts due to
the chiefs they had captured. But the Treasury—
the proper and only advisers of the Crown on
such subjects—seeing that the troops were in no
way entitled to the money, and that they had been
without it exceptionally fortunate, were completely justi-
fied in refusing peremptorily to entertain the claim. It
is to be hoped that the decisive majority of 108 against 67
will have laid this troublesome question of the Kirwee
prize-money at rest for ever.
THE HALFPBNNY .POSTAGE.

The Daily News thinks that the extension of the half-
penny postage will be an important improvement. The
postage cards will involve nothing but writing the messag
on one side and the address on the other, and if the Post-
office is quick and punctual in their collection
and delivery, they are sure to come into very extensive
use. The only inconvenience about them will be, that the
message must necessarily be an open one ; but of the
scores of messages a head of a family has to send
very few need an envelope, and when they do
so a sheet of paper and a penny stamp will be
used as at present. We are glad to record this promise of
further accommodation as a proof of the desire of the de-
partment to consult and serve the convenience of the
public.
London, England, 1870-05-30

THE DENHAM MURDERS.

It was stated by the police at Denham on Friday
evening that the further examination of Jones, which is
fixed to take place at Slough on Tuesday will be con-
ducted within the prison walls, as the authorities cannot,
without a greatly increased display of force, be answer-
able for his safety. The feeling against him in
the district has reached an extraordinary pitch,
and the large crowd which congregated before the
inquest room on Friday openly avowed their
intention of making a rush to seize the murderer, if he
were brought up, and lynching him. It is said to be the
intention of the landlord to pull down the old cottage in
which the massacre took place, and build another a few
yards distant.
More singular facts have come to light. It is thought that
another person may be arrested on suspiciaa of being an
accomplice before or after the crimes.
London, England, 1870-05-30

ANOTHER FIRE IN CAXADA.

Intelligence foam New York on the 28th states that a fire
is raging in the Saguenay Forests, Canada, by which many
persons have already lest their lives. Three hundred
families are left destitute by it.

THE FENIAN,„
The statement made in tilt morning newspapers thati
in !consequence of a latter received at Scotland-yard pre•
cautions have bcon taken by the police authorities for
the purposa of preventing an attack being made by Fenian,3
on the House of Detention is contradicted. The district
superintendent, Mr A. C. Howard, and Mr. Fidge, divi-
sional superintendent, state that no such letter has been
received, and that the detectives employed in scrutinising
every person who approached the prison wall existed only
in the imagination of the writer.
London, England, 1870-05-30

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