biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-08

A STRANGE STOR,I

A romantic case has been investigated at the Croydon
Police-court. A young woman, named Sarah Kearns, who
was a domestic servant in the employ of Mr. Smallman,
clerk in the Bank of England, was charged with
stealing ten gold earrings, five gold rings, a pearl neck-
lace, and a small sum of money frem her master.
She had been in Mr. Smallman's service for four years.
One evening, when he had been from home, he re-
turned to find the house in charge of the police. The
prisoner's story was that several people came into
the kitchen, tied her hands together, and put her in
the back room, and then went upstairs, and she could
remember no more. The next door neighbour had heard
the girl call "Murder," and on going to the prosecutor's
house she saw her lying on the floor with her hands
tied and a handkerchief over her eyes. The prisoner said.
" 0 loose me," and then, "Go up stairs and see what they have
done." The whole of the missing property was found by
the witness in one place, but there was a suspicion that
the girl had tied herself after secreting it. She waz,
committed for trial, but admitted to bail.

MR. MILL ON TIIE COLONIAL QUESTION.
Mr. Mill was recently quoted at a great emigration meet-
ing as being opposed to the Government. Ho shortly after.
wards authorised a contradiction of the truth of the con-
struction put upon a letter of his. He now publishes the'
letter. He was asked to sign the memorial which has since
been so frequently adopted at public meetings:
is not (Mr. Mill wrote) iu my power to sign the
memorial drawn up ; for, in the first place,

I have not 'heard,' and do not believe, that the Queen has.
been advised to give up the colonies.' In the second
place, the entire oontrol of the waste lands of the colonies
was, a quarter of a century ago, deliberately given up
by the mother country to the Colonial Governments.
thought at the time, and still think, that this was a mis-
take; but any attempt now to revoke the concession could
have no effect but to provoke the separation which the
memorialists desire to avert. No measure, therefore, for
making the colonial lands aecessiblo to British emigrants
can now be taken by any authority save the Govern-
month of the different colonies. The Queen cannot even
propose such a measure to any Colonial Legislature, ex-
cept through the medium of an administration drawn
from, and responsible to, the Colonial Legislature

itself. Lastly, I think the proposed proclamation would
be liable to great misrpresentation iu the Colonies, unless a
wish fur such a declaration wore previously expressed by the
Colonies themselves ; and though I agree with the memo-
rialists in thinking that there should be systematic consulta-
tion on colonial affairs with representatives of the ColonieB,
I think it should be with the elected authorities cf thoso
countries, and net with individuals selected by the Ministry
at home, generally on very imperfect knowledge, to be made
members of the Pt ivy Council."
London, England, 1870-02-08

OCTAVIUS WIG_
JAMBS STEWART IPMGSON,
CHARLES JOll.ll
DIREO

RAM, Esq Governor.
7,sq Sub-Governor.
Esq. Deputy-Governor.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Gattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Gronfell,
E.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam

TORS.
William Tetlow Hibbert,
Wilmot
Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmeon,
E
Lord sq.
Josceline Win. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
awl Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
FIRE DUTY. This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
Fl nfING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine:.
The Rover,ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in tho Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the AsFured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CESTITILY AND A
HALL

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P STEELE. Secretary

COMPAGNIE GEN E RALE TRANSAT-
LAN TIQUE.
4. Rue de la Paix, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14
RATES OF from Havre
PASSAGE. and Brest, for New,York
From Havits or BREST to NEW Yon..
First Class 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York, via Havre or Brost, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class
285 fr. _ ________
London, England, 1870-02-08

THE LICENSING SYSTEM.

The Telegraph, in an article on the impending
licence reform, declares that the present system of
granting licences by magistrates stands condemned
as a rag of the past. The public have lost all
confidence in it. "It is believed, rightly or wrongly,
that the licensing magistrates can got at;' that
private considerations are allowed to stand in the way
of public interests ; nay, even apart from the more
delicate forms of corruption, that money has
actually changed lands, and certain houses
have obtained licenses improperly as the
result." The Telegraph does not say it is in
a condition to prove these charges, but it neverthe-
less affirms that another tribunal is needed. In London,
and other large towns, the body of stipendiary magis-
trates would supply the want. They are well
acquainted with the hot-beds of crime and vice in
their respective districts, and they are selected from
a class which the magnates of beer would in vain
endeavour to influence.

VENTILATION OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT,

Our legislators at Westminster are going to enjoy
an increased amount of pure air, and many hitherto
unattained advantages conducive to personal comfort
and free respiration. Great changes have been made
in this respect to welcome both Lords and Commons
at the commencement of the session. Under the
old system, hot or cold air, according to the season,
was circulated through the Houses by means
of large revolving fans propelled by steam power.
This is called by the Tznzes " a gigantic system of
punkahs," and certainly seems a clumsier method
than that adopted now, which works like the col-
liery systems, on the principle that heated air expands
and ascends, being replaced underneath by cold.
The air is first introduced through canvas or gauze
screens. which act as a sort of filter to
purify it. Passing then through a num-
ber of "batteries" connected with a steam pipe,
the air in its course becomes moderately warmed,
and remains free from the unpleasant dryness engen-
dered by passing over hot tiles, or plates exposed to
the action of fire. Being now below the floor
of the house itself, it arrives at another
row of batteries which can be used or not, according
to the.state of the temperature above. Thus the air
rises upwards through ventilating chambers equal to
the extent of the House. A. staff of attendants is
constantly regulating the amount of hot or cold air
necessary, which is ascertained by means of their
having access to a thermometer which is really
inside the House. When the air-supply comes
through the floor, the bad air is forced upwards, and
makes its exit through a fretwork in the ceiling. The
whole of the new arrangements receive most careful
and constant attention, and the change appears to be
in all respects highly beneficial.
London, England, 1870-02-08

111-4RRIAGES.

CAMPBELL—AUSTIN - On the Sd inst., at Canterbury, Sir
14)uis Henry Dugald Campbell, of Auchiubreck, Bart.,
. to M:iry Ellen Edith, only child of 11. G. Austin, Esq.,
of tl e Arclibiihop's Palace, Cwiterbury.
EDWARDS—BRADLEY— On the 1, lust, at Saint Mary's,
Lambeth, William E. Edwards to Eliza Bradley, thu
eldest daughter of the late Joseph Bradl.3y,of Islewortb,
Middlesex.
London, England, 1870-02-08

TATTERSALL'S—Last Evening.

WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.
3_to 1 agst Lord Lurgau's nomination (offered)
10..1 to 6 agst Mr Brocklebank's norn. (taken)
20 to 1 agst B'and's nomination (off —talte2s)
20 to 1 agst Mr Barden's nomination (taken)
33 to 1 agst Mr Stocker's nomination (off,red)
40 to 1 agst Mr Hodson's nomination (offered)
40 to 1 agst Mr Foulke's noun (eilere,o)
1000 to 20 asst Mr Copeland's nom. (offered)
500 to 10 agst Mr Blacksto..k's nomination (taken)•!
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.
100 to 15 agst .Royal Rake (taken and offered)
10 to 1 ugst Queen of Hearts (taken)
100 to 6 agst Sycee (offered)
20 to 1 ag-t Ilobesgi Tre (taken and wanted)
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.
11 to 1 Colonel (offered—take 100 to 8)
13 to 1 agst Doctor (taken and (offered)
13 to 1 agst Honolulu (offered)
14 to 1 agst Tathwell (taken)
100 to 6 agst Q.C. (taken freely)
18 to 1 agst Lymingtou (taken)
25 to 1 agst Costa (taken and offered)
1000 to 30 agst Surney (taken)
40 to 1 ags Pearl Diver (taken)
40 to 1 agst Brick (offered)
40 to 1 agst Cinna (offered)
500 to 10 agst Nuage (t ken)
1000 to 15 agst Fan (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Elk (offered)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
1000 to 35 agst Mis Dayrell (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Tabernacle (offered)
TWO THOUSAND.
5 to lon tho field (offered)
100 to 15 agst Astolfo (offered)
15 to 1 agst Sunlight (taken)
1000 to 40 agst Macgregor (offered)
DERBY.
6to 1 agst Sunshine (offered)
14 to 1 agst Camel (taken)
19 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken)
20 to 1 agst Stanley (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Normanby (offered)
40 to 1 agst Cymbal (taken)
40 to 1 agst Coutts (taken and offered)
1000 to 20 apt Palmerston (offered)
10u0 to 10 agst Blue Stocking
1000 to 10 agst Torreador
sto 1 agst Merry's lot (wanted)

RACING FI:
FEB:

URES-1870.
UA RY.

Linc01n..,... l5, 16 I Derby
Harrow 17, 18 I Nswtou 25, 26

MARCH.
Nottingham... 1, 2 1 West Somerset lo, 17
Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24
Pontefract 14, 15 I Epsom 99, 30
Cambridgeshire l4, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1
London, England, 1870-02-08

GAME.

The relaxation of the game laws movement is
rapidly extending. Earl de la Warr has given per-
mission to his tenants to course hares on their own
farms, and to destro3 rabbits by netting and ferret-
ing. Trapping is prohibited, because, by its practice,
foxes are destroyed. The tenants will have per-
mission to shoot rabbits from the Ist of November
to the 18th of March.
London, England, 1870-08-06

E.
MOSES and SON,
J 124.

CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE.

NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER 0:
HART-STREET.

C 0 Elt of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD
and EUSTON-ROAD.

T3RADFORD, YORKSHIRE.

T 1 MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of
E
a

GENTLE.

Frock
Coats.

Also at
other prices.

MEN'S CLOTHING,.

0!±.31 Oxford
)I,f, Coats.

308. 21s.

355. 265,

4`'s• 30s.

50s. 365.

Also at Also at
other prices. other prices

Camb.
Coats.

MOSES and SON beg to remind t,
E• that the cheapness of an article depends ent
quality, and they venture to affirm that every article si
is ^onsiderably cheaper than what can be obtained a
ho Ise in England.

Also at
other prices

,he public
tirely on Its
told by them
I any other

E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of

GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONT:

Summer
Suits.

Also at
other prices.

ORDERS
punctual
measure introd
guarantee a fau

Tourist
Su its.

Summer
Trousers.

10s. 6d.

12s. 6d,

15s. 6d.

17s. 6d,

Also at
other prices.

NUED:

Also at
other prices,

Dress
Trousers.

16s. 6d.

' Also at
other price

by post are attended to with care and
Lity, and the easy and accurate system of self-
[need by E. MOSES and SON enables them to
tltless fit.

E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE L, of

BOYS' CLOTHING :

Knickerbocker
Suits.

Eton
Suits.

Brighton Harrow
Suits. I Suits.

9s. 6d,

13s. 6d.

19s. 235. 235.

16s. 6tl

21s. 265,

265. 325. i 325.

Also at Also at Also at Also at
other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices.

yiMOSES and SON supply every description of
• . clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages,
all occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats
and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates.
All Goods marked in Plain Figures.
Any article exchanged if not worn or injured.
List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and
Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fro

E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday
evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi-
ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock.
• adarPgriPS of E. MOSES and SON :
LONDON.
CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE.
NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET.
CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD.

COUNTRY BRANCH
BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees —Alessr4 H. J. Montague. D. James, and T.
Thorne.—TH IS EVENING, at 730 CUPBOARD LOVE, by F.
Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three
Acts, entitled TWO Ito--ES, by James Albery. To conclude
with the new and succe-sful rurlesque, DON CARL, )S ; or,
The Infante in Aims Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H.
Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames
Nally Power. Amy Fawsitt, T Laois, and A. Newton.
Doors opea at Seven. Commence at 7.30.
London, England, 1870-08-06

THE ADVANCE OF THE GERMANS.

The Times calls attention to a general advance of the
Germans from their second line on the Rhine to their
more advanced line between the Saar and the Lauter.
Prince Frederich Charles came from Cologne across the
Eifel Mountains,and from Coblentz up the Moselle toTreves
and Saarlouis. The Crown Prince moved onwards from Ras-
tadt and Mannheim, across the Rhine to Germersheim
and Landau ; while the King, or General Steinmetz
under his orders, brought forward the centre by Kaiser-
lantern and Birkenfeld to Saarbruck. The German tactics,
so far as we can perceive, aim at enveloping the
French army before Metz in the coils, as it were, of the
three great German armies. It is the whole effective strength
of-Germany attempting a close wrestling match with the
whole effective strength of France. The action which seems
so imminent, which has, indeed, already begun, and is
now, in all probability, in progress, has been medi-
tated and matured for several days. it may take
more than one day to bring it to a partial decision on
every point on which it is fought, and to a general
and final decision on the main point, which, in the
event of the Germans being successful, ought to be before
Metz. But a great battle such as this must needs he a
great drama with a variety of episodes. It will have to
be fought all along the line from Treves to Lauterburg—a
line of 100 or 110 miles in length.

THE HEALTH OF VISCOUNT MIDDLETON•—The
Very Rev. Viscount Middleton, remains in a very pre-
carious condition at his seat Peper-Harrow, Surrey.
I.7sterdsy no hopes were entertained of his recovery.
London, England, 1870-08-06

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London, England, 1870-08-06

THE PARADOL CASE.

It appears to us that the Paradol inquest did not satis-
factorily go to the bottom of certain of the difficult points
in the case. An insufficient history is given of the night
—of all he time between one a.lii. and five a.m.—when
he servants were alone in the house with the corpse and
made no sign. Is this the natural conduct of such persons
in such circumstances ? Neither, it seems, ever
thought of calling for help or that a physician
might be of use. The man Auguste thought
his master was taken with a fit, and immediately
ran downstairs for vinegar. Downstairs he found blood
on his own clothes, and said, " Some one has killed M.
Paradol ; " so that he had the conception, first, of a fit ;
second, of a wound ; yet never thought of a doctor. When
he went ffi ,stairs M. Paradol was dead, yet he lived
three-quarters of an hour. During the greater part of
that time apparently the dying man was alone, and his
servants were downstairs looking for vinegar. It is said
that as they were strangers to the country and lan-
guage they knew not what to do ; but the ser-
vants knew the residence of other members of
the Legation ; and as to the country, there are
certain customs that are naturalised the world over,
and one of these is for servants to call assistance to the
help of an injured master in all cases where they have
nothing to conceal. The letters produced are not without
a peculiar character, When did M. Paradol write the
exclamation, "Je me tue ?" Its time assumes to be coin-
cident with the act it refers to, but was it written before
or after, and how did it come to light? The letter in the
possession of M. de Jardin is not above closer scrutiny
than has been given it. Superficially, appearances point
to suicide, but the conduct of the servants was certainly
strange, and some other points are not less so.—New York
Herald.
London, England, 1870-08-06

A JOCKEY'S EARNINGS.

Any one who has the slightest knowledge of horse-
racing is aware that the most popular people con-
nected with what is called "our national pastime,"

are the jockeys. On a Derby day the jockey who is
fortunate enough to ride the winner of the great

race, is the observed of all observers. He is cheered

snd treated by the men. The ladies smile upon him,
and radiant eyes follow his attenuated form from the
course to the paddock. His portraits are engraved on
steel, they are printed in the sporting papers, and
silk handkerchiefs of marvellous kind are to be seen
fluttering at the windows of drapers' shops, all in
, honour of one jockey. But he has more substantial
rewards than the popular praise. He receives his
" retaining fees; " he has his " winning mounts, "
and his " losing mounts ; " besides having his expenses
paid. His salary sometimes equals that of the Prime
Ministry, and like some of the jeunesse dor& he
,pos-
sesses his special tailor, who is proud of having the
honour to be connected with the popular and well-
known jockey. The poor struggling curate will read
with strange feelings the account of the trial in
which Mr. Sampson Morden, who is described as
" the well-known light-weight," brought an action to
recover a balance of about £BOO, which was com-
posed 'of £3OO for three years' salary under the
"retainer," £289 for expenses, and charges of five
guineas for winning mounts, and three guineas for
losing ones. Mr. Morden recovered £495, &c., and as
the " losing mounts " numbered over seventy, it may
be presumed that his employer could not have gained
very much.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected
to leave Marlborough House, on Monday next for Aber-
geldie Castle, for the autumn.
The Malta correspondent of the 7 imes mentions a
report that at least two million pounds of gunpowder are
required to complete the magazines even to their reduced
standard.

Thomas Campbell pleaded guilty at the London-
Try assizes on Thursday, of attempting to assassinate
uncle, and was sentenced to seven years' penal servi-

toile

ature states that some of the recommendations
of the Royal Commission on Military Education, which
were most inimical to the scientific instruction of the
army will not be carried out.

A man has been bitten to death by his own horse,
near Waterford. Twenty minutes after he had left his
own house he was found quite dead, lying in a pool of
blood, and fearfully mangled. The horse was grazing
quietly near deceased.
London, England, 1870-08-06

BIRTHS.

On the 3d inst. at Comley Bank, Stirling, the wife of
Archibald H. Graham, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., at 21, Avenue-road, Regent's-park, the
wife of Henry Mutt, Esq., of a son.
London, England, 1870-08-06

THE FENIANS AND THE WAR.

There seems a probability that, before the Franco-
Prussian War, or the European War, as it may more
truthfully have yet to be called, has come to an end,
there will be an illustration of what bonds (if any)
exist between Catholicism and Fenianism. The Irish
Fenian Party were at the outbreak of differences
between France and Prussia, loudly in favour of the
former nation, but it is a noticeable fact that since
the troops of the Emporor were withdrawn from Rome,
the ardour of the Irish supporters of the Tricolour
has considerably lessened. In America the members
of the party have been holding meetings, at which
the thorough reorganisation of the Brotherhood has
been the chief measure they as yet recommend. The
kmerican section are, however, even more divided
in opinion as to where their sympathies ought to be
in future directed than their fellow Fenians in Ire-
land. An army of occupation to serve the Pope,
now that he lives in the Holy City unprotected, is
spoken of as the most necessary and most honour-
able force for the embodiment of the Fenian braves

that could be instituted. There are, however, many
impulsive spirits, who consider that France has a
claim upon Irish gratitude in her present troubles,
and they clamour for authority to offer their swords
to the Emperor. They are willing "to flesh their
maiden swords" under the tricolour, they say, and they
tivro That as M'Mahon is in the field, the Irish _Brigade
will not prove the least distinctive during the cam-
The more sober Fenians advise caution,

paigu.

asserting that England must be drawn into the
struggle, and that then the " opportunity " of making
the Emerald Isle a republic may present itself. At
all events, it must be struggled for in such an
emergency.
London, England, 1870-08-06

SKIRMISHING ON THE RHINE.

Official intelligence, dated yesterday, 11 a.m. says :
" Advices from St. Louis announce that about 500
Bavarian infantry from St Blaise and Sackingen
have encamped on the crest of the hills at Diffingen
facing Huningue. In consequence of this move-
went Swiss troops immediately approached the
frontier line, and occupied positions. During
the night of Wednesday five trains passed
11P the Baden line, stopping at Hallingen, Lorrach,
Bchopfheim, and Zell. Twenty thousand men are daily
expected, and are supposed at present to be concealed in
the Black Forest, in order to be able to march upon that
Part of the Rhine which it is believed the French will
cross. On the first and second instant the enemy fre-
quently passed through Lauterbourg. A detachment of
the 11th Mounted Chasseurs have had a skirmish with
Prussian Hussars, near Oberlauterbach and Wingenbach;
the latter lost three killed andseven wounded. The French
had one horse wounded.
London, England, 1870-08-06

BANKING COMPANIES.

Pd Pd
10 Agra Bank ILIA .... 8i 91 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 211 221
91, 9 20 London and County 49 51
25 Alliance (L) ~. , .... 12 13 491, 501
121 15 London Joint-Stock 31 33
10 Anglo-Austrian .... 46 pm 321, 2, /
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 18 20 20 Lon and Westmnster 59 61
50 British N American 51 53 60, 59
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 15 16 10 Metropolitan 7 81
16 20 Midland (L)
25 Char Mere of India 25 27 20 New South Wales .. 37 39
10 City
25 Colonial
Consolidated (L) •• 2 12 pm 25 Union of Australia.. 37. 39
20 Eng; Scot, and Ausb 17 18 15 Union of London .. 35 37
20 Imperial IL)
10 Imperial Ottoman
10,1
London, England, 1870-08-06

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE ARCHDEACON

OF CHESTER.

The announcement of the sudden and serious illness of
the Venerable Archdeacon Pollock will be received with
surprise and regret. Since Tuesday his health has been
such as to sccasion the gravest apprehensions, and the pro-
stration of one so active and prominent in ecclesiastical
politics will be generally deplored in the diocese. Though
indisposed, Dr. Pollock ventured out on Monday and
Tuesday last, but upon returning to Bowdon Vicarage on
the evening of the latter day he was unexpectedly seized
with symptoms which developed themselves in partial
paralysis of the arm. At a late hour on Thursday eve-
ning br Pollock's symptoms were unfavourable.
London, England, 1870-08-06

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

The Speaker took the chair at five minutes past two
o'clock.

THE MILITARY FORCE OF ENGLAND,
Sir H. VEKNEY gave notice that on Monday next he
should ask the Secretary of State whether, in the opinion
of H.R.H. the Commander-in-Chief, the military forces
granted by Parliament, were sufficient for the protection
and defence of the country if it should unhappily be at
war, taking into consideration the magnitude of the
forces employed in modern warfare.
THE COST OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.

Mr. LAMBERT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
the cost to the nation of the Crimean war, and how the
money to meet it was raised.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied in general
terms that £40,000,000 was raised by an increase of the
funded debt, and the rest was raised by taxes extending
over the years the war lasted, and afterwards to the
amount of something like £40,000,000 more.
TILE ROYAL DOCK AT HAWLBOLINE.

Mr. MAGUIRE asked the First Lord of the Admiralty
whether, considering the necessity which had arisen for
demanding a supplemental vote for the defence of the
country, it was the intention of the Government to press
on the works of the royal dock at Hawlboline, so as to
secure its completion in a shorter period than five years
from the present time, as now estimated.
Mr. CHILDERS said that the rate of speed at which the
works had been carried on had been accelerated to a con-
siderable extent. and it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to still further increase it.
London, England, 1870-08-06

AN ENGLISH PATRIOT.

Mr. "John Wilkson," who calls himself the Lon-
don correspondent of the Constitutionnel, has many
amiable qualities, no doubt, but it is questionable
whether love of country exists in ids heart. This

gentleman writes to the French paper to say that i

is an utter impossibility for England to break her

neutrality, in consequence of the state of chaos into
which the army has fallen. As a proof of this lie
tells a story of a detachment of artillery whichwasb
sent from Woolwich to Aldershot to bring ack
ume guns to the depot, but the carriages were so
damaged that it was found necessary to spike the
guns. It was with the greatest difficulty that the
carriages, whose planks were disjointed, and whose
wheels only held on by a miracle, were carried away.
Mr. Wilkson believes that all our war material is

in the same condition. As fier ammunition, there is
a great want. The weapons, both Snider and Mar-

tini, are greatly inlerior to the needle-gun and the
Chassepot; and the climax of England's fall is
reached when he exclaims, "It is not an army; its a
ruin." Mr. John Wilkson may be a brave man as
well as a military critic, but for the sake of himself
and those with whom he may be connected, it is
advisable that he should be kept out of the way of
stout navvies and duck7ponds.
London, England, 1870-08-06

DEATHS

On the Ist inst., at The Bridge, Marlow, Thomas Rolls,
Esq., aged 90.
On the Ist inst., at 1, Albion- street, Hyde-park, William
Lister, Esq., of Lloyd's, and 31, St. Swithin's-lane,
aged 73.

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.
Saturday, August 6, 1870, .
London, England, 1870-08-06

DR. RUSSELL GOOD FORTUNE.

An amazing piece of intelligence has reached us
to the effect that while all other English correspon-
dents are to be denied approach to the staff of the
German army on the Rhine, Dr. Russell of the
Times has received his " legitimation " signed from
`the Prussiah War-office, authorising him to accom-
pany the headquarters of the army wherever they
are stationed. English correspondents now follow-
ing up the king's forces in the rear are aware of the
leniency and preference shewn to the war chronicler
of the Times, and one of these makes bold to say that
"It is the King himself" who has taken Dr.
Russell in his train, and that while in other quarters
the eminent writer met with a polite refusal " he has

to thank his Majesty for a personal invitation." Now

there seems to be a great deal of injustice in this
favour to an individual correspondent; and the act,
moreover, coming so soon after the publication of the
projet de trait 4, and the articles in the
Times absolving Prussia from culpability,
is, to say the least of it, suspicious.
The Emperor of the French, after all, has acted
towards the press in the most honourable
and fair manner. Althongh his officers have been
rather inclined to believe all men, in Anglo-Saxon
mufti, Prussian spies; and although brief captivity
_ _

has been imposed upon some, he has spoken to them
all as one class of representatives, and has expressed
his reliance upon their honour as of a class, one and
all, entitled to respect and equality.
London, England, 1870-08-06

THIRD READINGS.

The Stamp Duties Bill, Stamp Duties Management
Bill, Inland Revenue Bill, Repeal Bill, and Foreign En-
listment Bill were read a third time and passed.
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT REPEAL
BILL.

This Bill passed through committee.
OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE ON NATURALIZA-
TION BILL.

The above Bill, the object of which was to remedy an
omission in the Naturalization Bill, was read a second
time, and went through Committee.
London, England, 1870-08-06

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CASUALTIES IN BATTLE.

According to published statistics it would appear
that since the introduction of improved weapons, the
proportion of casualties to combatants has been
gradually diminishing. The losses at Austerlitz,
Wagram, and Moskowa, were much greater than at
Magenta, Solferino, and Konigratz, and this fact
has been frequently alluded to, but hitherto no satis-
London, England, 1870-08-06

STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN.

We believe the French will adopt an advance by Saar.
bruck and Zweibrucken on Neunkirchen and Homburg.
It is extremely unlikely that they will advance in force
down the valley of the Moselle, where they would be
liable to be attacked in flank, and driven into the river.
Saarluis, a strong fortress, bars the next line. Then
we come to the line which we have indicated for
the left and right wings forcing the Saar with the left, and
turning it with the right ; and afterwards there is no
line available across the rugged frontier of the Pala-
tinate, till that which leads by Weissenburg on the
fortress of Landau, which was never a probable line
of advance, and is still less so now that the Crown
Prince has seized Weissenburg. By this ex-
haustive process, then, in the same way as by the
method of observation, we arrive at the conclusion that
the French, if they advance, will advance by Saarbruck
and Zweibrucken. But will the French advance ? There
are not wanting many who believe that they are pur-
posely delaying, in order to exhaust the strength of
Prussia. It is no secret that Prussia must suffer, and does
suffer very severely, under a prolonged state of war.
Her crops are not reaped for want of husbandmen ;
her trades, her arts, her manufactures, stand still, while
the tradesmen, the artists, the manufacturers are in the
ranks of her army. Her troops have no shelter tents,
as have the French, and it cannot fail to be that these
men, called away, as many of them are, from the
desk, the counting-house, and the factory, are less
able to bear exposure than the French soldiers.
Thus it may be that the Emperor, balancing the
advantages of striking the first blow against the advan-
tages of prolonging Prussia's difficulty, has decided in
favour of the latter. And it may be that Prussia, aware
of her own weakness, and seeing through this policy,
has hastened her troops from their valuable stragetic
defensive position on the Rhine to her frontier, in order
to anticipate the Emperor in the attack.—Standard.
London, England, 1870-08-06

THE WELLINGTON MONUMENT.

A characteristic story is told in a blue-book
about the Wellington Monument.* Mr. Stevens
was the architect selected to carry out
this work in 1858. The sum voted by Parliament
was £20,000, of which £14,000 was assigned to Mr.
Stevens for his work, one third of it being paid to
him by February 1863, on condition of his having
the model of the work complete and ready for in-
s,)ection within fifteen months from that time.. This
engagement he failed to fulfil, and the somewhat
angry remonstrances of the First Commissioner of
Works were answered by Mr. Stevens himself and
by Mr. Penrose, the architect of St. Paul's Chapter,
on his behalf, by various excuses and pretexts. Mr.
Stevens, they said, was in straits for money, and.
to devote all his time to the monument
he would require further advances. In all,
the expenditure for this monument up to the
31st May, 1870, is £17,906, of which -£13,006 has
been paid to Mr. Stevens, Mr. Penrose claiming a
commission, which he will certainly not eive.ce
After this it is highly satisfactory to know that the
estimated future expenditure is £15,600, the work
being in a most incomplete state, the purely sculp-
tors' work not yet commenced, and the bronze
models and moulds not vet prepared for casting.
The First Commissioner, in a few brief and stern
missives, puts an -end to the employment of Mr. Pen-
rose as consulting architect, and of Mr. Stevens as
sculptor, promising to take a lenient view of the
liabilities incurred by the latter, it he affinds the
Board all th 9 facilities in his power in making new
arrangements with another sculptor.

THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL

The Foreign Enlistment Bill as amended in com-
mittee has just been issued among the parliamentary
papers. It contains 33 clauses, and deals . with the
subject under the heads of illegal enlistment, illegal
shipbuilding, illegal prize and legal procedure. The
London, England, 1870-08-06

WAR NOTES.

ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.—The correspon-
dent of one of your London contemporaries got himself
into trouble through his own gross imprudence and in-
temperance of language at n public table. He was de-
nounced to the Grand Prevot, General de St. Sauveur,
by four French journalists.' Hawks do not gene-
rally peck out hawks' eyes, and the conduct of the
French newspaper gentlemen in thus betraying a col-
league seems, at the first blush, of the shabbiest nature ;
but the incriminated journalist had certainly done his ut-
most to court denunciation. He had already been twice
arrested for foolish conduct and more foolish talk ;
and this time it might have gone hard with
him. Several of his colleagues waited on the
Marshal-General and at their intercession General St.
Sauveur consented to his being released, on condition that
he should quit Metz by the evening's train ; but later in
the day, the circumstances of the case having been re-
ported to the Emperar, Napoleon 111. wisely, generously,
and graciously ordered him to be immediately and uncon-
ditionally set atliberty. The gentleman in the Prison Mili-
taire had taken care, to days after his arrest, to write a can-
did statement of his case to the,British Ambassador in Paris,
and, by return of post, he received a reply from Lord
Lyons, stating that the entire circumstances would
at once be laid, and laid strongly, before the
French Government. The admirable promptitude
displayed by Lord Lyons may have had some
influence in determining the Emperor to clemency ;
once for all, I must state that, as a rule, it has been and
will be their own fault if newspaper correspondents get
into trouble with the authorities. I have been "interviewed"
over and over agaitt by gendarmes, and bidden to produce
my " papers," and give an account of them ; but, having
complied with these requirements, I have not been
in any way molested. The three golden rules to observe
just now are—first, to keep your eyes open ; next, to re-
frain from treating your soldiers to drink and asking them
silly questions ; and, finally, if you cannot speak any
French save that of Stratford-atte-Bowe, to hold your
tongue altogether.—Telegraph Correspondent at Met:.
IN THE DARK.—The letter of the Times corres-
pondent from the Prussian head-quarters shows seriously
the great difficulty experienced in getting news from
the Prussian side :—All day and all night we jogged on,
and all next day, passing tnrough Brunswick, Hanover,
Minden, and Hamm, till at 8.30 we reached Cologne.
There a copy of the Times of Monday told us more than we
hitherto knew of the position of the army and of the chiefs.
There is no news here to be learnt front the frontier. The
heat is very great, early as it is in the day. Bingen is
alive with soldiers, commissariat waggons, and
all the moving apparatus of war, and the Vic-
toria Hotel is like a barrack, The Rhine serves
London, England, 1870-08-06

MARRIAGES.

On the 3d inst., at Tunbridge parish church, Philip C.
Story, Captain in the Cameronians, to Emily Priscilla
Rebecca, eldest daughter of the late Henry Chapman,
Esq., of Wanstead, Esiex.
On the 3d inst., at Bromley, William Read, Esq., R.N.,
to Catherine, second daughter of Samuel Shuttieworth,
Esq., of Manor House, Bromley, Middlesex.
London, England, 1870-08-06

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THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

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Forest.
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Marco Spada. Ballet Divertissement.
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ST. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson. Fernande. Only a
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HOLBORN—Farce. The Odds.
PoLyTEcntrio--Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
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AMPHLTILIEATIIE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.
ST. JAMES'S HALL—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PALAIS RovAL—Professor Faber's walking Machine.
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London, England, 1870-11-24

•
ORPHAN WORKING 'SCHOOL.—The next
ELECTION for this Charity will take place in January,
when Orphans will be admitted. Children for nomination
should be at once put upon the list.
As the Charity depends upon voluntary benevolence for four-
fifths of its annual income, Contributions are earnestly solicited.
JOSEPH SOkJL, Secretary.
(Mises, 73, Cheapside, E.C.
London, England, 1870-11-24

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

Some of our readers may be interestedin the fact that
a trot very distant cousinship exists between the Princess
Louise and Lord Lorne. Indeed, for a Scotch cousinship
it is rather near than otherwise. Thel first Lord Campbell,
of Lochow, married the Lady Marjory Stewart, daughter
of Robert, Duke of Albany, granddaughter of Robert
11. and niece of Robert 111. She would have
been styled a princess if she had lived in
our day. A much nearer but hardly so honourable
alliance was that of the Marquis's ancestor in the sixth
generation with Lady Mary Stewart, daughter of the Earl
of Moray and great-great-granddaughter of the Regent
Moray, Queen Mary's step-brother. Lord Lorne is also
descended from the Royal Family of England ; his
mother's ancestor, Sir John Leveson Gower, having
married Lady Catherine Manners, one of the descendants
of Anne St. Leger, Lady de P,os, niece of King Edward
IV. —Gpardian.

The project is stated to have been revived for
...building another temple of the dnuna on a magnitihent
scale. at or nar Hyde Park, to be called.the " Groivenor."

LITERATURE.

Poutledge's Every Boy's Annual for 1871.

First and foremost' of the Christmas books for the New
Year comes "Routledge's Every Boy's Annual," which
this year appears in some respects superior to its predeces-
sors. 'The Rev. H. C. Adams Is as usual the chief story-
teller, and " The Winborough boys" in the present work
will maintain his reputation among his juvenile readers.
Those who remember the very attractive story
of the " Boy Cavalier," and others from the
pen of this favourite author, will - need no re-
commendation to turn to "The Winborough Boys."
Plenty of adventure with smugglers and poachers
enlivens the interest of this school-boy history. The
characters of the juvenile heroes are well described, and
the foolish pride of Charles Dalton may afford a useful
lesson to readers who may chance to resemble him in
choracter. A series of Sensational Dramas, founded on.
some of the Nursery Legend, innumerable Puzzles, and
Charades, alternate with matter of graver interest, such as
description of " The Assault of the Malakoff," " The
Siege of Tunis," "The Life of Henry 1V.," "Trades
connected with Science and Art," &c. We must
not omit to particularise chapters. devoted
to' a full description, and particular instruction
Cohesrning the' game of dominoes. These lessons are
illustrated 'OM numerous pictorial examples, and will be
found most interesting to amateurs in that comparatively
neglected study. The volume abounds with illustrations,
some of them brilliantly coloured, and is altogether as
attractive in contents and appedFance as Every Boy could
well desire.
London, England, 1870-11-24

MURDEROUS ASSAULT.

On Tuesday night. at Neath, while in a state of intoxi
cation, a man named Evan Rees had his scull broken in
with a large stone by a woman with whom he had for
some time cohabited, named Mary Evans, The cause of
the attack was jealousy, and the effects are that the man
is likely to die.

We learn from Cambridge that the Caius under-
graduate prize has been adjudged to A. F. Kirkpatrick,
Trinity College. The examiners consider H. Pope,
Christ's College, and E. F. Warstall, Trinity College, to
have acquitted themselves with credit.
ALLEGED HORRIBLE OUTRAGE BY THE PRUSSIANS.
—The Tours correspondent of the Standard writes :—A
horrible affair has taken place at IsTewville-et-Tuis, a little
village near Warg. A gun was fired in the neighbourhood,
no one knows by whom, at auy rate no one was hit. A
strong body of Prussians in consequence arrived, under
the command of a lieutenant-colonel. The maim and
assistants were brutally beaten and ill-treated, and
finally ransomed their lives at I,ooofr. each. The
village was fined 2,000 f. more. The male inhabitants
were shut up in the church, and the place was then
deliberately sacked and several houses burnt,' and
the women wero assaulted and - outraged by the
soldiers. This is upon the best authority, and
I specially mention it out of dozens of instances
which daily come before me, because it is very
seldom that the Prussians during the campaign, in
all their innumerable instances of ravaging and brutality,
have abused women. This is the one redeeming trait in'
their ferocity. • They pillage, they 'Murder, they burn'
they put to death under anSt- eircurnstices of ferocity, but
with the exception of g few isolated cases, of which the
' above id one, they retweet. the WQMOU.
London, England, 1870-11-24

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