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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-21

IRISH NEWS.

The return of at least a large portion of the Irish Am-
bulance Corps, which was conveyed by the steamer La
Fontaine direct from Dublin to Havre, is likely to take
place sooner than was anticipated.

Mr. Morley, M.P., offers to present, through the Royal
Agricultural Society of Ireland, the sum of £lOO, to be
awarded in prizes for the best essay or invention for the
utilisation, in the most economical way, of the waste fuel
of the bogs of Ireland.

CRYSTAL PALACE BALLOON POST.—The mag-
nesium balloon despatched with the postal cards, collected
from visitors present at the fireworks display on Tuesday
last, was found on Wednesday morning by a labourer, on
Stanton Park Farm, at Ixworth, Suffolk, 72 miles from
Sydenham. The cards were posted at Bury St.
Edmunds, reaching their destination yesterday (Thurs-
day) morning. The bag contained about 200 cards, the
writing of the messages upon which caused much amuse-
ment among visitors. At the fireworks display on Thurs-
day next there will be additional post balloons, so that in-
creased numbers of message cards may be sent.

At an influential meeting of Nonconformists, held
on Wednesday evening at Birmingham, it was resolved
that the present organisation of the Central Nonconformist
Committee be extended, in order to obtain the amend-
ment of certain provisions in the :education Act of last
session.

Cabinet Ministers are expected to be in town by
Saturday. No summonses have yet been issued for a
Cabinet Council, but it is said that a meeting will take
place within a few days. The Premier, on his return to
town yesterday, had an interview with the Foreign
Secretary.

The .'stauts-Anzeiller states that 241 cannon were
employed for the siege of Strasburg. 194,722 projectiles
were fired, which give:; an average of 6,249 per day, 269
per hour, and from I to 5 per minute.
Among the freshmen at Oxford this term, are
fifteen unattached students, making a complement of
eighty-five members of the university pursuing their
studies unconnected with any college or hall. Mr. Ewart's
scheme, although not rapid in its progress, may be consi-
dered firmly established.
London, England, 1870-10-21

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London, England, 1870-10-21

TETIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 2.30 P.Y.

LATEST INTE L LIG EN et',.

THE WAR.

DEFENCE OF LYONS.
'n order to be prepared for any emergency, orders
'pithke been given by the Government to supply Lyons
has Provisions for 70,000 men, and. General Trochu
n{ further further orders to the generals in command
1113-clivisions to be in readiness at any moment
Feud that amount of force to the city.

GERMANS REPULSED AT
ISSY.
41111 e latest item of news received from Paris by
th.°°ll is that the Prussians on the 11th attacked
tedoubt of Haut Bruyeres, near Fort Issy, but
Bete auccessfully repulsed. At 1 a.m. a fresh attack
ki 41ade with double the number of troops, and
tkLthres hours' hard figbtiug the Prussians were
'tcl with much loss.

PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
t„,, rumours of peace negotiations with the ex-
4a:erur, or at least with some of the Imperialists,
k4llO greater consistence. It is certain that fresh
aPuriers were held with the Republican Ministry,
41 the failure of this renewed attempt, so it
wa:l4) , reed the Germans, desirous of finishing the
pAi4 before mid-winter, turned to Napoleon. It is
),4 at Brussels that a regular scheme is planned,
14ceerl1 the Germans will be insured complete
The N, and Napoleon reinstated on the throne
N4l eaPitulation of Metz is part of the pro-
with 41e, for it will facilitate the taking of Paris
ith(llit which Bonapartist restoration would be
to Zible. More favourable terms will be granted
Ptowe Emperor than to Favre, so that the French
'nay more readily accept the restoration.
It 411°ther version speaks of a more moderate plan.
11,2' that Bazaine is treated with as a dictator.
t} k"111 summon the Constituent Assembly to ratify
thtZt4B of a peace whilst the Germans remain in

SHELLING OF MEUDON..
Tho VERSAILLES, OCT. 20.
44tho Versailles Journal, published by Prussiaa
Foyer, titY, announces that the French General
tetd s visit to Versailles was to treat of the sur-
t: of Metz.
kek, ot tight news was received of an engagement
kikedhateandUn, in which Wittich's Corps routed
°f French troops under a Polish officer.
lokkie;te measures will be adopted' against foreigners
Thy 44 arms,
l'ench are shelling Meudon.
Weather is fine.

It 11131TRGES THREATENED.
eij generally believed in Berlin that as Orleans
they "tesudun are now occupied by the Prussians,
:4thalt,ill next take possession of Bourges on account
natitccount
Place's importance as a centre of technical
tNid4t."s.l and as having an arsenal and gun
rie

'SURRENDER OF METZ.
BERLIN, OCT. 19.
ti la
n°141,, generally credited here that the negotia-
Itke,"44 General Boyer have resulted in an
444 ZIA respecting the terms of capitulation,
kectlt General Boyer yesterday returned to
,ttPkol:(,), 14Y the stipulations before Bazaiue for
'44'. If not accepted within five days from
Foe no longer hold good and will not be
'()rt Aleasures will then be taken to reduce
El°Y at all hazards.
London, England, 1870-10-21

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CROYDON RACES.-YESTERD AY.
SELLING HURDLE.

Aversion
Masterman
Royal Princess
Ten ran.
WOODSIDE PLATE.

Wilful
Ada Byron
Election •
Fourteen ran.
MAIDEN PLATE.

Maid of Perth
Maes-y-berllan
Birch Rod
Eighteen ran.
NTJaRSERY STAKES.

Ada Byron
Maid of Perth
Patience
Fifteen ran.l •
CLAIMING PLATE.

La Orphelin
Minytus . ......... • •
Labyrinth................... ._.
..... ran.
HANDICAP HURDLE.

Aintree
Hammerton.
Molly Bawn .........
Ten ran

HEREFORD RACES.-YESTERDAY.

JUVENILE PLATE.

Trojan
Azalea...
Grace Darling..
Four ran. Winner objected to, which has been over-
ruled.

Four ran.
London, England, 1870-10-21

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Messrs. 11. 3. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.
THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING. Mr. David James.
After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO
ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful
Burlesque, DON CARLOS ; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported
by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, 11. Irving, G. Honey, W. 11.
Stephens, C. Garthorne, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power,
Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton.

.GLOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET,
STRAND.—Manageress, Miss ALLEYNE. Great Success
of TAMING OF THE SHlER'—Katherine, Miss Alleyne ;
Petruchio, Mr. Fairclough.

GLOBE THEATRE.—MARCO SPADA, and
TAMING OF THE SHREW, every Evening.

GLOBE THEATRE.—MARCO SPADA at 7,
TAMING OF THE SHREW at 0, with BOARD AND
RESIDENCE.
London, England, 1870-10-21

POPULAR EDUCATION.

It is satisfactory to find that, notwithstanding the
engrossing interest of continental news, the great
question of national edification is not being altogether
neglected this autumn. Meetings are being held in
various parts of the country, in which both clergy
and laity express their anxiety on behalf of the cause,
and their willingness to give their cordial assistance
to the working of the new measure. The Bishops of
Norwich and Peterborough have, within the last day
or two, been addressing meetings on the subject. The
former would be sorry to see the compulsory
clauses put in force, but he is in favour
of the compulsory principle as a last re-
sort. The Bishop of Peterborough is less favourable
to the act, but admits, as it is now the law of the
land, that all should endeavour to carry it out frankly
and loyally. The Bishop dislikes it as being a com-
promise ; but if that be an objection, it might apply
to almost every great measure on our statute-book.
While complaining that as the law now stands it
would be forfeiture of the grant to teach a child " I
believe in one God, the Father Almighty," but not
to teach him "I believe there is no God," because
this is not recognised, the Bishop very sensibly
advises Churchmen not to hold aloof from the
school board of their district or to attempt
to make it a Church board, but to try to
be on it, and simply to further Christian
teaching. He bears witness, from his own experience,
to the successful working of the time table con-
science clause in Ireland. A significant fact in
support of the educational movement was adduced
by the chairman of the Surrey Sessions in charging
the grand jury. Out of eighty-five prisoners await-
ing trial only four could read and write well, so that
the close convection between ignorance and crime is
once more strikingly manifest.
London, England, 1870-10-21

FRENCH AND GERMAN POLICY.

M. Laugel writes to the Times to protest against
the aggressive policy of Germany. If France, he
says, has ever thought too much of natural
boundaries, Germany is carrying out with a ven-
geance the. theory of no natural boundary. She
sings now " Where is the German's Fatherland ?"
The new theory that it is wherever her language is
spoken threatens not only Alsace and a part
of Lorraine, but a part of Switzerland,
Holland, the German provinces of Austria,
and the semi-German provinces of Russia.
As for the legitimate influence theory Germany has
not renounced it herself. M. Laugel believes that
the real question at issue is the annexation of Alsace,
and declares that France cannot be accused of having
destroyed the germs of German culture during her
200 years of dominion in Alsace ; the language and
religion have been unmolested. Germany has had
sufficient proofs of the loyalty of .the Alsatians to
France, and she must not confuse this feeling with
the sentiment she has so easily controlled in Hanover
and other places. Whoever knows Alsace knows
that her re-Germanization would be difficult, and if
easy would be a misfortune for Germany. Alsace is
the connecting link between the two nations, a
bridge between French and German ideas. A
German writer has alluded to the cession of
Savoy, but M. Laugel thinks the two cases are
totally different. Savoy was ceded by Piedmont to
France by an amicable arrangement of the two
Sovereigns, afterwards ratified by the vote of the
people.
London, England, 1870-10-21

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London, England, 1870-10-21

WRECK OF A BARQUE.

The barque Cerealia, of Sunderland, Captain Leighton,
from Kustenjie for Hull, with maize, got upon Hais-
borough Saud yesterday. The crew, twelve in all, with
the captain's wife, left the vessel in the jollyboat, and,
after rowing about for some time, were picked up by the
Dutch bomba, Von Trann, of Scheneniugen, and landed
at Yarmouth at six o'clock this morning.

PROPOSAL TO INCORPORATE THE DISTRICT
OF .ROTHERHAM.

The inhabitants of the district under the control of the
Rotherham and Kimberworth Local Board of Health,
have decided to petition for a charter of incorporation
The petition states that the district has a population
of 27,000, is 5,030 acres in area, and is of £74,500 rateable
value.

The Mersey Dock Board resolved, yesterday, to transfer
their line of telegraph to Holyhead to the Government,
thereby effecting a saving which was estimated at several
hundred pounds annually.

During the week the inhabitants of Merthyr Tydvil
have been holding festivities in celebration cf the return
home of Mr. W. Thompson Crawshay, of Cyfartha Castle,
with his bride. On Wednesday night,while some men were
firing a salvo, one of the guns, which was brought from
Sebastopol, burst, and a man was killed, others being
seriously injured. The cause of tl.e accident was the over-
charging of the gun.
Cardiff and the district has been visited during the last
day or two with very heavy weather. The shipping in
the ports and roadsteads has not, however, sustained
serious injury. There have been very few arrivals in
dock. Considerable damage has been done to property,
several houses having been dismantled, and bsing their
roofs and chimneys. At Newport a portion of the iron-
work of St. Woollas Church was blown down, and fell
through the roof, causing mueh damage.
London, England, 1870-10-21

TUE RUMOURED ARMISTICE.

The Telegraph, in discussing the truth of the rumour,
says the discussions of a Cabinet Council are, of course,
held apart from publicity ; but it will be obvious that the
apparent dead-lock between France and Germany engaged
the attention of the Queen's Ministers yesterday afternoon.
There is no longer any talk or thought in neutral Cabinets
of intervention by arms ; the same morality which is
now invoked against the German projects would forbid
an interference at the last stage by those who did nothing
to prevent its outbreak. The conqueror is for the present
left alone with the conquered. The limitations which
constrain him are his own interpretations of public pro-
priety, joined to the prudence which must counsel re-
spect for general opinion and the fear of leaving
to .his defeated challenger no counsellor but de-
spair. Yet there are principles which must govern
those who are not at war, and who have not felt the fierce
indignation of men counting brothers and fathers and
sons among the many thousands of the slain. Knowing
the feeling which has developed itself in English so.►ety
within the last three or four weeks, we may assume
that when an English Cabinet Council discussed the
German programme, the idea of transferring popula-
tion without their consent from one nationality to an-
other could not be looked upon as consistent with the true
doctrine of Nationalism. War, it may be said, which
overrides civil rights, as in the system of requisitions,
spurns international axioms ; but such is war in
its most violent aspect, and civilised opinion must
denounce an over-straining of the victor's rights, which
recalls the worst characteristics of the heedless past.
Europe will deem France, as the aggressor, to be justly
punished by heavy penalties, but Europe would not wel-
come a settlement which sowed the seeds of future trouble,
and procured for the aggressor sympathy instead of well-
merited condemnation.
London, England, 1870-10-21

BANKING COMPANIES.

Pd Pd
1 Agra Bank (L) A 8 9 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24
81 23
25 Alliance (L)
and County 47 49
10 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 221 23 15 London Joint-Stock 32 33
221 33
50 British N American 53 55 20 Lon andWestmnster 60 61
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 131 141 601 f, 1, 1
141, 14 10 Metropolitan Bl 8/
25 Char Mere of India 241 251 20 Midland (L)
25 20 New South Wales .. 76 37
10 City
25 Colonial • 45 47 411, 2
4 Consolidated (L)
20 Eng. Scot, and Anse 16 17 15 Union of London .. 769 37i
20 Imperial 11.1
-10 Imperial Ottoman
111, 1
London, England, 1870-10-21

THE CAPTAIN RELIEF FUND.

It is estimated that £60,000 will be required to
meet the demands made upon the Captain Relief
Fund by the widows, orphans, and others who have
been reduced to a state of destitution by the loss of the
turret-ship. The Admiralty are prepared to make
a liberal comrrassionate allowance, and in order that
their generosity may have beneficial results they will
depart from the ordinary departmental course,
London, England, 1870-10-21

FIGHTING AP BRETEUIL.

The Aroniteur de l'Oise describes the fighting which took
place at Breteuil a few days ago :—" On Thursday last
the Prussian troops in garrison at Beauvais proceeded
to Breteuil. They were about 1,500 men, consisting
of cavalry, infantry, and artillery. One battalion of
Mobile Guards of the Somme, from Doullens, was
stationed at Breteuil, A fter a few shots had been ex-
changed the Mobile Guards, perceiving that theyead to
' fight against the Royal Guard, supported by 10 artillery
pieces, retreated towards Amiens. After some cannon
shots had been fired on the town, the inhabitants sent a
flag of truce, and the Prussians entered Breteuil. The
National Guard was disarmed. We are assured that some
Mobiles were killed and wounded in the small engagement
which took place. The Prussians lost a non-commissioned
officer and two men wounded. Thirty-two Mobile and
National Guards, among them one officer, were made
prisoners and brought to Beauvais." Commander
Hure, of the 4th Battalion of the Somme
Mobiles, supplies the following information :—" The
Prussians commenced their attack this morning
at eleven o'clock ; there were about 2,500, with cavalry,
seven guns, and two mitrailleuses. The 4th Battalion of
Mobiles of the SOMME 4 hardly numbering 1,200 men,
advanced in the van with much vigour. Five horses were
captured, three of which must have arrived at Amiens.
But we were obliged to retreat before superior numbers
and the artillery, the hollow shots of which fortunately
passed over our heads. Whilst retiring inch by inch we
were able still to fire on the Prussians in the direction of
Equesnoy. We retreated towards Piers. At Breteuil the
enemy took possession of all the silver plate and valuable
articles."
London, England, 1870-10-21

LONG CHURCH SERVICES.

The Chaplain-General of the Forces has thought it
necessary to issue a circular on the subject of tedious
church services to all military chaplains; and many
civilians who read the document will think that it

might, very advantageously, be circulated among the
clergy of the British Isles generally. The Rev. Mr.
Gleig thinks that the inducements to soldiers to
attend divine service more frequently than the Regu-
lation Order directs might be strengthened and made
more effective if the clergy would only make it a
rule to limit their sermons to twenty minutes, and
would occasionally, 'as in most of the London
churches, leave out the Litany. The latter form of
prayer is to so great an extent a repetition of the
morning prayers proper, that its length and
monotonous character, Mr. Gleig thinks, might Well
be dispensed with in every place of worship, at week
day, or early Sunday morning services, at least.
London, England, 1870-10-21

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with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus •
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public, Opinion, and other
journals, recommending ite universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1870-10-21

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

An accident occurred last night to a goods train near
Issham, between Wellingborough and Kettering, on the
Midland Railway. An axle tree of one of the waggons
broke, and threw several of them off the metals, thereby
blocking up both lines, and doing much damage to the
permanent way. Evening trains from London did not
reach Leicester until several hours after their time.
Trains to London from Leicester were also delayed in
starting.
London, England, 1870-10-21

THE SALT-TAX IN INDIA.

The salt-tax in India is the only one of the four
principal sources of revenue which bears upon the
general population, and its imposition has created
chronic dissatisfaction. The article is manufactured
on account of the Government in the Madras presi-
dency, and the price is 3s. 6d. per maund, of which
3s. represents the Government duty and 6d. the
coat of production. The manufacture of salt in
Bombay is not carried on in connection with the
Government, and in Bengal the practice has been
discontinued since 1863, and the requirements of the
province are met by salt manufactured on the coast, by
private persons, by the stock which the Govern-
ment had on hand, and by imported salt. The ool-
lecticn of the duty was effected by means of a land
frontier line 1,817 miles in length, traversing the
continent, and guarded by 10,832 officers and men.
To aid the realisation of the tax on the whole
of the salt consumed within the area of 500,000
square miles by levying an import duty
along its entire land frontier, is the first and principal
object of the Imperial Customs line. The preventive
force on the line, and the. inteyna) department for the
prevention of illicit manufacture, are so far successful
that by far the greater portion of the salt consumed
pays duty. The Home Government is disposed to
equalize these duties in a manner to render the trade
less costly and vexatious.

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, OcT. 18.
In the morning her Majesty went out, attended by
the Hon. Emily Cathcart.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince
Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, drove out to Alt na Gui-
thasack.

The Right Hon. W. E. Forster had the honour of
dining with the Queen.

The Prince of Wales arrived in town yesterday from
Scotland.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday in Dovin-
ing-street. The Ministers present were—The Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Earl de Grey
a,vl Ripon, Viscount Halifax, Earl Granville, the Earl of
Kimberley, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the
lii ,ht lion. G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Hartington,
and the Right Hon. C. Forteseue.
London, England, 1870-10-21

A DISPUTED EL ECTION ACCOUNT.

Judgment was given at the Sheffield County Court,
yesterday, in the case of " Hardy and Duke v. Mr. E.
P. Price, Q.C.," which was an aotion to recover £3O, for
joiners' work done under the instructions of a person
named Chapman, who was alleged to have been the de-
fendant's election agent, when he unsuccessfully con-
tested the borough. Mr. Ellison, the judge, decided that
at the time the order was given, Chapman had no
authority to act for Mr. Price. There was, therefore, a
verdict for the defendant.
London, England, 1870-10-21

MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 5,
Red Lion-square, W.C., London.—During the last 10 years
this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a vast number
of poor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The plan
adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the streets of London
and gather them together at the midnight hour, when short and
faithful addresses have been given.
During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly
every week in some of the most frequented districts of the
metropolis.
The promoters have abundant evidence that these efforts have
been most successful in effecting a great moral change in many
fallen ones.
To enable them to continue their important work, FUNDS are
earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by Mr. Jolin
Stabb, Hon. Sec., 5, Red Lion-square, W.C., London ; and at the
Union Bank of London (Carey-street Branch), W.C.
London, England, 1870-12-13

LITXEIIII3/JIIG.

The statement that Prussia had resolved upon the
annexation of Luxemburg is discredited by some
English journals on the ground that, in view
of the irritation caused by Gortschakoft's
repudiation of the Black Sea treaty, Count
Bismarck is hardly likely to commit. the
outrage of violating another engagement. It
may be wise, after late experience, not to set limits
to Bismarckian audacity. The Gortschakoff pro-
cedure may have encouraged the Prussian.
The Daily Telegraph Berlin correspondent says
the two are acting in concert. At any
rate, the evidence that the transfer is
designed is too substantial to be despised. At
Brussels, Amsterdam, and Berlin, the arrangement
is universally retarded as settled. It is even
announced, and no contradiction has yet appeared,
that notice of Prussia's intention has been given
to the Butch and Belgian Governments. The
German press has carefully written up the subject for
some weeks past, and the Teutonic papers usually work
with an object. They do not often preach terri-
torial doctrines which are disagreeable to the powers
that be.
London, England, 1870-12-13

TnE TREATY OF 4807.

The treaty of 1867 assigned .to Luxemburg a
position of neutrality under the wing of Holland.
For many years previously the, °rand Duchy be-
longed to Holland, but was at the same time a mem-
ber of the old German Bund, and so connected with
the Diet. As time wore on the Dutch Government
became more and more jealous of the interference with
the affairs of Holland which this connection with the
Diet involved. It was not averse to sacrificing
Luxemburg altogether; and the changes of 1860, by
which Prussia became supreme, greatly in-
creased the Dutch desire to get out of danger.
If it was perilous to maintain such a
connection with the Diet, it was much more perilous
to maintain it with Prussia. Negotiations were
opened between the Governments of Paris and the
Hague for the sale of the Duchy, and thus arose the
famous Luxemburg question. Prussia refused to
permit the sale; France resolved to carry it through ;
and a war was prevented only by the Confe-
rence at London, •and the compromise which
ensued, Prussia undertaking to evacuate the terri-
tory, which was declared to still belong to Holland,
but to remain neutral, under the guarantee of the
great Powers. Prussia now seeks, according to all
appearance, to annex the Duchy, on the ground that
its neutualkty has bgen violated by the passage
through it of escaped French prisoners, amt on other
pretexts sham* trilling.
London, England, 1870-12-13

THE OCCUPATION OF DIEPPE.

The Telegraph says :) There is something incongruous
about the notion of Dieppe being occupied by a Ger-
man army. The hotels where the numerous visitors
congregated during the summer season, the Casino
where the balls used to be held, the bathing houses
along the beach, must all be thronged by uninvited and
unwelcome guests. The town goes to sleep throughout tho
winter; but this Christmas it has had a cruel wakening.
If there was a spot on the Continent which might fairly
have been reckoned free from the risk of invasian by
land, it would have been one of the Normandy
seaports. A retreat by sea is, indeed, open to
these fugitives from the Prussians ; but the sea
route involves a return to England, and between
a Prussian Uhlan and a sheriff's officer it may
be difficult to decide which alternative is the
least repulsive. However, most of the English
denizens of Dieppe and its sister ports of refuge have had
ample experience in the art of shifting for themselves.
The real cruelty of the occupation falls upon the towns-
folk. Fancy Folkstone occupied by a foreign army, and
its lodging-houses taken up for soldiers' quarters,
and you can realise what must be the condition
of :the good people of Dieppe. It was a very
loyal town in the old Imperialist days; and some ten
years ago, on the /occasion of the Fete Napoldon,
an enthusiastic official ascribed the beauty of the weather
on the fete day to the beneficent influence of the Em-
pero Napoleon, who had always brought happiness to
his god town of Dieppe. We wonder whether the say-
ing was recollected when the Prussian dragoons gallopped
into the town, clanking their swords as they drew up
on the last stage of their long journey from " Rock to
Sea."
London, England, 1870-12-13

MANSLAUGHTER,

A woman named Eleanor Gill, the wife of a boatman,
was committed for trial yesterday, by the Bolton comer,
for manslaughter at Aspull, between Bolton and Wigan.
She went to her husband's boat with an infant child, she
being drunk at the time ; and the infant was found Buffo.
cated on the floor of the cabin.
London, England, 1870-12-13

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London, England, 1870-12-13

CHINA.

(Per Grant's North China Despatch, viii Kiachts.)
TLENTsIN, Nov. 28.

There are grave disturbances in Hunan.
inunan, qy Henan, a province of China, bounded
114ttlY by the Yang-tse-Kiang River, which enters the
44 near Shanghai.)

c)CCUPITION OF LUXEMBURG.

VZBNNA, December 13.

The proceedings of Prussia with respect to the
(/enpation of the Luxemburg has produced the
greatest excitement here. All the newspapers con-
demn the proceedings. The New Free Press
Illintes• the arguments adduced in the Prussian
Note, and designates the policy as arrogant.
The 2 ages Presse upon the signitaries of the
Luxemburg Neutrality Treaty together to rise
against such a contemptuous policy, which makes
'ialueless all rights secured by treaty.
London, England, 1870-12-13

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

Mr. Hammond, writing on behalf of Bari Granville to
the Mayor of Birmingham, acknowledging the receipt of
resolution passed at a public meeting there, says e—" I
am to inform you, in reply, that her Majesty's Govern-
ment are earnestly desirous to maintain peace with Russia
by all possible means compatible with the honour and
interests of the country."
London, England, 1870-12-13

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AN UNPLEASANT RECEPTION.

The ex-Queen of Spain, who is still sojourning
at Geneva, does not appear to enjoy very great
popularity in her adopted country. very awkward
incident occurred the other day in which an attempt
to do her honour collapsed In the most lamentable
fashion. At Carouge, a Catholic commune, it was
observed one morning, that extraordinary prepara-
tions had been made in the Church. Several arm-
chairs, one of which bore a royal escutcheon, were
placed in tho choir. Great excitement was
London, England, 1870-12-13

THE LATE FIGHTING'.

Ono of the correspondents at Versailles, who seems
to be the ideal Jenkins, reports that Prince Frederick
Charles drove, broke, and routed the Loire army
like sheep the we befell, last Last week these
sheep fought four battles, in two of which (key were
the assailants. This has been a wonderful war, and
not the least wonderful event in it is the rallying of
th 3 Loire Army. It was unquestionably beathit on
the terrible days ending on the fourth. But it
was not converted into a flock of sheep. So
stubborn was the fighting of the 7th, Bth, 9th, and
10th, that though the Duke of Mecklenburg claims
the victory, his bulletins are far from triumphant,
and he was not able last week to advance more than
five miles in as many days. General Chanzy, what-
ever his talents may be, is evidently a fighting
general. Ho does not march about, but goes at the
enemy. The German accounts testily that in the
battles on the north of the Loire, ending on Satur-

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London, England, 1870-12-13

WORK TOR HOIWELESS BOYS.

Lieutentmt-Colonel Gillum, the Superintendent
of the Boys' Home, Barnet, explains that his institu-
tion at Ohurch Farm has been at work ten years.
It began with four inmate?, and has.now' sixty-one.
Boys are received who may be on the very verge of
crime so long as they have never been convicted,
and their moral, mental, and physical qualities aril
trained until they are sent out as honest emigrants,
soldiers, sailors, or labourers. Another account,
supplied by the manager of the Chichester training
ship, tells us that the Beings boys, trained for a sea
life, are ,becoming more and more sought after.
During the eleven months just ended 158 boys have
been shipped for the first time, 75 for the second,
and 61 for the third. In the four years of the
Chichester's training work 700 boys have been rescued.
from the streets and received on board, and the re-
turns furnished of their conduct ale extremely satia-
London, England, 1870-12-13

THE WAIL

FRENCH REPULSE AT BLOIS
VERSAILLES, December 11.

Detachments of the 9th Army Corps encountered
°ll the 9th, at Mont Livault, in the vicinity of Blois,
a hostile division, whose attack was decidedly
tepulsed.
The left wing of the corps at the same time -drove
the enemy back on Chambord, a Hessian battalion
eaPturing five guns.
The 3rd Army Corps pursuei the enemy defeated
Oe the Bth at Nevoy as far as Briare.
near Orleans there has becin a very brilliant at-
t"ek on the part of the let and OthUhlan Regiments,
under General von Bernhardi.
111 this attack they defeat° I two battalions,
Illrprised three squadrons, and finally captured
another battery of four guns, and this all in a
heath.
A- squadron of the 4th Hussar Regiment has
likewise taken a battery by concealing themselves in
44 ambush, and when the battery was firing they
441110 d upon it from the rear and carried it off.
The guns arrived yesterday at Versailles.
'he inhabitants of Versailles have persuaded
themselves that they are sent from Sedan,
ill order to represent them as trophies taken at
Orleans.
London, England, 1870-12-13

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THE WITTON EXPLOSION.

The inquest on the seventeen bodies killed on the spot
at Whitton was opened yesterday by Mr. Edwin Hooper,
coroner for South Staffordshire. Only eight have been
identified. The proceedings were only formally opened,
the coroner intimating his intention to ask Government
for a properly qualified person to assist him in
the investigation. The inquest on the bodies at
the hospital will be opened by dies
Bit
Davies, the borough coroner, to-day. Two more
deaths, the result of the explosions occurred
yesterday. Alcock, a married woman, 45 years of age,
and Mary Ann Burcott, aged 20, having succumbed to
the effects of the injuries received. The funerals of the
seventeen will take place to-day. They will be interred
in separate graves, the whole of the expenses being borne
by Messrs. Ludlow, the proprietors of the manufactory.

THE ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER.
Mr, John Grey Porter and the five men who assisted
him in the late outrage upon Captain Poynter were yes-
terday committed for trial by the Enniskillen magistrates.
Captain Poynter, who had been gagged and tied, conveyed
a considerable distance in a boat, and then severely
beaten, and had the hair on his head and face cut off,
denied that there was any ground for the suspicion enter-
tained by the defendant in reference to his conduct with
his wife. While he was being beaten Mr. Porter said that
was the way English officers should be treated, and Cap-
tain Poynter replied if he had not acted in so cowardly a
way, he would have given him an opportunity of placing
nil ounce of lead in his head. Bail was taken for the ap-
pearance of the defendant, Mr. Porter, and the men
who assisted in perpetrating the outrage.
London, England, 1870-12-13

r 11E1 EAT RE 110 VAL, lIA Y —'llw e ty-
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AND THE LAMB. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Gordon,
Iladame E. Fitzwilllam : after which, at a quarter to
Eight o'clock, a new Fatty Comedy., in Three Acts.
entitled TIIE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters by
lir. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everill, Clark, Rogers,
Braid,- Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny
Wright, and Fanny Gwynn's. After with% UNCLE'S 'WILL--
Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Concluding with BLUE
DEVILS. Boi ofEee open daily from 10 till 5.

NIA DAME T 3 U Sit.ilJZS EXHIBITION

On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the
Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of
irrusgia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, ls.; Children
underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open.
from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC. Professor Pepper
"ON THE WAR, AND TILE DESTRUCTIVE IMPLE-
MENTS USED THEREAT," daily at quarter to 8 and quarter to
8, with Elaborate Pictorial Illustrations, which have been sup-
plied by the War Correspondents of the Polytechnic, dcc. Mr.
Suchet Champion will sing the German, French, and English
Patriotic Songs.—Tho Explanation of the Ghost as usual.—THE
PRA-EGER FAMILY give their CONCERTS daily at quarter past
4 and quarter past 9.
London, England, 1870-12-13

MR. BRIGHT AS A NRGOTIATOR.

The Daily News. contains a noticeable declaration
of it semi-Official kind respecting It is
erroneous to conclude, it says, as some writers have
done, ttfltt the President of the Board of Trade would
be a proper person to send on a mission to Washing-
ton,with the view of settling the Alabama claims.
The reason given is that ' Dlr. Bright
\t'otild not be prepared to. make any concessions be-
yond those whicli the British Government has already
offered. "It is a eni;4stke to suppose that Mr. Bright ,
takes a more American view of American claims and
pretensions than the rest of his colleagues. He was ,
formerly in advance of them ; but they have come
up to his original position, which the Clarendon-1
Johnson Treaty embodied, and he has not gone be-
yond it." It appears, then, that in order.to nego-
tiate with any prospect of success we must find some
public man who is prepared, as a foregone conclu-
sion, to yield tnoxe than the Clarendon-Johnson
treaty yielded. In that ease it may, perhaps, be as
well to dispense with special envoys.
TIM MILITARY EDUCATION COMMISSION.
The digest of the evidence given befere the Royal
Commission on Military Education (so far as officers
are concerned) has been issued. The evidence is
extremely comprehensive, no lees than ninety wit-
nesses, ranging from commanders-in-chief of portions
of our army down to under officers at the
schools of engineering having been examined.
The generality of the witnesses seem to
corcur in the opinion that practical military in-
struction is already imparted in regiments. The in-
struction, however, might be improved by having
the entrance
.standards in geometrical knowledge at
the military colleges' rendered more difficult ;
and by confinhig the study of higher
mathematics principally to engineering. The
advisability of "weeding out" inefficient cadets
at an early stage of their course at the Military Col-
leges, and the necessity for a more lenient regulation
of the subjects for the last term examinations, admit-
ting a larger development of classics, are strenuously
commented upon, 'chiefly by officers who only re-
cently left the colleges for real service. Cramming
and the necessity for it are discountenanced,
mid the Public School system of management is
generally spoken of as imperative for -n
liberal
military e duration . Aluestions respecting the
expediency of altering the positions of the
Conned of Military Education, by substituting for it
n Director General ; the utility of all line officers
passing through Sandhurst ; the advantages and this-
advantages of the nomination system ; and the
, improved social regulations wanting in the great
artillery and engineering academies, are all discussed
iully in the report, which is altogether an important
publication.
London, England, 1870-12-13

THE SALMON FISHERY COMMISSIONERS.

A. claim of a peculiar kind has been presented for
the first time to the Commissioners, who for the
past five years have been visiting the different sal-
mon fishery distriels of England and Wales. The
claim has been made by proprietors of land in.
Hampshire, and with respect to the legality of cer-
tain fishing mill dams for catching salmon in the
river Avon. It was shewn at a court which the.
Commissioners have held that the fishery in and about
the town of Christchurch was an ancient one, and old
inhabitants of Christchurch were produced as wit-
nesses to the fact. fn the weirs erected in the river
are several sluices or hatches to regulate the water.
In front of these there are upright rods called racks
which stop the fish from passing up of down the
river, and which detain them in fixed spaces till
. netted. The owners of portions of the river
claim still the right, now for the first time disputed,
of catching the salmon. The question which may
affect the arrangements made with reference to
several other English rivers, has not yet been decided
upon by the Commissioners—probably on account
of its importance.
London, England, 1870-12-13

says :--

While•our country is making vigoro.ns efforts to repulse
the foreigner, the Bonapartist is seeking to foment dissen-
sion- by the • report of an Imperial restoration, to be
seconded by the French army now imprisoned in
Ger-
many. We prisonm of war, protest against such
attempts, and we declare that we will never join, either
now or at any future time, in any enterprise of that kind
againSt the-will of the nation.
It is obvious that if it is designed to restore the Em-
peror by the army of prisoners there will be serious
trouble in first disposing of the " non-restorera."
fierce of these officers disclaim responsibility for the
great surrenders.
London, England, 1870-12-13

DISEASE AT THE CATTLE SHOW.

Some alarm has been occasioned among agricul-
turists by the report of a sudden outbreak of disease
among the animals exhibited at the Smithfield
Cattle Show. It proved on inquiry that the
report was founded on fact, inasmuch as an
official veterinary inspector has pronounced one
of the animals there to be infected with the foot and
mouth disease. It will be seen that so far the evil
is of very slight extent, but, so strict is the vigilance
now maintained over these disorders, that none
of the beasts exhibited will be allowed to
be removed alive beyond the metropolitan
area. The same thing occurred last year,
and is, of course, productive of great trouble
and loss, but the wisdom of the course can hardly be
questioned, when the contagious nature of the com-
plaint is remembered. At a meeting of the sub-

committee of the Home Cattle Defence Association,
in reference to this subject, a question was raised as
to the origin of these outbreaks. Mr. Waffler, secre-
tary to the Association, said that he bad been
told by experienced salesmen that some Dutch

cattle exposed for sale in the Islington marko

had been found to be suffering from foot and mouth
disease. Beasts on their way from the Birmingham
Cattle Show and elsewhere had either come into con-
tact with these animals, or had traversed the station
about the same time. Resolutions in favour of the
isolation of the imported stock were passed by the
committee. The disease is diminishing in Somerset
and Gloucester.
M. FONVIELLE ON FRANCE.

In an address delivered at the International
Democratic Institution, M. Fonvielle, editor of the
Liberte, expressed great indignation at the course
pursued by some of the English daily papers, and
declared that it was through German influences that
they uttered such slanders against France and
the French people. He was satisfied, however,
that these journals did not represent the
opinion of the people of England, and the
French people on their part could distinguish tho
difference which existed between the English Govern-

ment and people. M. Fonvielle admitted that the
array of the Loire had suffered a temporary defeat; but
the mass of the army had conducted itself with spirit,
and ho believed in the end that the enemy would be
driven from France without gaining a yard of terri-
tory. As for the King of Prussia's humanity, while
he claimed credit for not bombarding Paris, ho was
quite willing to let its people die of starvation. King
William reckoned upon riots taking place in that city,
but so long as an armistice was not put forward, no
revolutions would occur. The Republicans would
not agree to an armistice. It was quite sufficient
reason for the Paris Government to have declined to
convoke the National Assembly that Biamarck
desired the step to be taken. M. Fonvielle concluded
by asserting that Paris had sufficient food to hold out
for three months to come, before which period the
"hordes of Prussia" would have been driven across
the Rhine by the "citizen soldiers of France."