biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-11

THE SCIENCE OF INTERVIEWING.

The deputation which waited upon Mr. Gladstone
in the interests of the National Education League •
was undoubtedly a highly-respectable body; but what-
•is the meaning of sending 400 men to hammer their
views into the unhappy Premier ? One-tenth the •
number would have sufficed for all argumentative
purposes. Indeed, the crowding and confusion sif
the noisy, struggling mob were not at all favourabl,
to logical accuracy. If it were intended to overawe
Mr. Gladstone with a display of physical force, why,
of course, this freak becomes more intelligible. It
could hardly fail to be imposing, for the host marched
from the Westminster Palace Hotel to Downing-
street like a battalion of infantry. Nor could the
Premier fail to remember the impressive scene, for
we have it on the unquestionable authority of the
Telegraph that " the atmosphere became such as to
recall the Black Hole of Calcutta." But if deputa-
tions 400 strong are to be tolerated, it
is scarcely consistent to grumble at the
hordes of ragamuffins who get up street demonstra-
tions. It will be not at all surprising if Mi.
Gladstope be shortly required to take his stand under
the Reformers' Tree, and watch a march-past of the
Reform League legions.
London, England, 1870-03-11

A RIVAL TO BLONDIN.

The proprietors of the London Amphitheatre and
Circus, " always," the Standard is careful to tell us,
"on the look out for novelties likely to attract large
audiences and to meet the desire for something new
and sensational," have produced a rival to Blondin in
the shape of "Fraulein Laura." All that Blondin
did on a thick rope this lady does on a comparatively
thin wire; winding up by carrying a person—
another woman it is to be presumed—on
her back. These feats are perfdrmed at an immense
elevation, and, moreover, " her personal appearance
is also much in her favour." There no doubt that
on these terms Fraulein Laura is likely to beat
Blondin ; and she may also not improbably excel his
feats by coming down from her thin wire with a great
crash some day. The melancholy catastrophes that
have already happened have not rendered the public
less cruel, nor the Legislature less careless, respecting
these miserable exhibitions.
London, England, 1870-03-11

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, BLOW FOR BLOW
Mr Henry J. Byron, J. D. Beveridge, Arthur Stirling, Stuart,
C. H. Stephenson, Miss Furtado, hiss Lavis, Miss Eliza John-
stone, Re. At 9, NOT SUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr
Henry J. Byron
London, England, 1870-03-11

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

Mr. HIBBEBT asked the Secretary of State for the Home
Department whether he intended to bring in a bill this
session to alter and amend the law of murder, either by
carrying out the unanimous recommendations of the
Capital Punishment Commissioners, or in some other
manner.

Mr. BRUCE said he regretted he should not be able to
introduce any measure on the subject during the present
session.

ME. MADDEN.

Mr. HAvitAND-BunKE asked the Chief Secretary for
Ireland whether it was a fact within his knowledge that
an address of sympathy had been presented to Mr.
Madden, late a magistrate of the counties of Monaghan,
Leitrim, Cavan, and Fermanagh, and late a Deputy
Lieutentant of the county of Monaghan ; and, if so,
whether that address had been signed by any magistrate
or Deputy Lieutenant of those counties ; and whether
it was the fact as reported that such address contained
expressions of sympathy couched in language similar
in spirit to that for which Mr. Madden was dismissed.

Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he believed it was open to a
judge, like other ordinary persons, to express his opinions,
and he believed an address of sympathy had been
presented to Mr. Madden, but he could not say
what were the precise terms of the address. Mr.
Madden, however, had used certain words and expressions
in an official document, while in communication with the
Lord-Lieutenant which made his case different from that
of other persons.
London, England, 1870-03-11

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

DEATH OF MR. BERKELEY, M.P.

Mr. Berkeley, M.P. fo: 'Bristol, has . died, and
thus the' vacancy in the representation of th.:
borough, which has so long been anxiously awaited,
has actually occurred. This gratifying intelligence
will no doubt give a great impetus to elec.
'tonal operations, which were carried on with
no little zest whilst Mr. Berkeley was
dying. Out of Bristol the late member will bo
kindly thought of. If not a distinguished, he was a
persevering and useful man.. He was the great
champion of the Ballot, when that fearful innovation
was in very lovi favour, and he went on undaunted
with his work, until it is now on the eve of fulfil-
ment. Mr. Berkeley was born in 1704, and has sat
for Bristol since 1837.
London, England, 1870-03-11

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COUNCIL.
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London, England, 1870-03-11

MUST'S HOSPITAL.

The authorities of Christ's Hospital are preparing
to carry out a scheme for bringing the advantages of
that institution within the reach of a much larger
class. It is designed, says the Daily News, to
sell a plot of the Hospital lands, and to
erect a day school for 600 boys of the middle
class, and also to found a similar establishment for
about the same number in a different part of London.
A. school for girls is also talked of, as is likewise a
system of competitive examination by which the boys
in the so-called middle class, or new schools, may be
advanced at intervals into the old boarding school.
The privileges of the donative governors are to be
reduced. It is said that the Duke of Cambridge,
President of the Hospital, approves of these reforms.
London, England, 1870-03-11

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Txis EVENING, at 7. YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER: After
which, PAUL LAFARGE; Messrs W. Rignold. G. Belmore,
Vollaire ; Mesdames R. Leclercq and Lethicre. Followed by A
DARK NIGH I'S WORK: Megarn Rignold, Belmore, Crellin ;
Miss Rose Leclercq and Miss Barnett.
London, England, 1870-03-11

The Bank Returns.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir
culatien of the public and joint-stock banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending Ist of Jan., 1870.
These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch
and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir-
culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended
the 29th of Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their
returns), will give the following results of the circulation
of notes in the -United Kingdom when compared with the
previous month :
London, England, 1870-03-11

A NEW THEATRICAL SPECULATION.

It is proposed to erect in London a theatre, winter
garden, mercantile club, and restaurant, called the Den-
mark Theatre and Winter Garden. The company has
been formed, the capital raised, and a contract
entered into for the execution of the work.
The building is to be in Leicester-square.
According to the prospectus the whole will be carried
out in a most artistic manner. Accommodation will
be provided . in the auditorium of the theatre
for . about 6,000 persons. The object of the
directors is, they state, "to give the grandest
musical and spectacular effects that have yet been
produced, in addition to the dramatic performances,
a )companied by a freedom of action denied to the
frequenteas of theatres generally, and a graceful
blending of the branches of nature and art." In
addition to the winter garden encircling the pit, ex-
tensive promenades will be provided in the first and
second circles similarly adorned with' plants and
flowers.. The estimated prices of admission to secure
a large dividend range from 6d. to 25., except in the
dress boxes.
London, England, 1870-03-11

smau cart with a rope round his neck. And a great
many other misdeeds were practised towards him,
according to his statement ; but it is unnecessary, for
an Obvious reason, to detail them. The characters
of Falstaff and of O'Donovan Rossa shew that there
is more resemblance between the English and Irish
races than is generally supposed.
London, England, 1870-03-11

At 2 p.m. a News Message will be sent, containing
everything of importance known at that hour.
At 6 p.m. a third message will be forwarded, containing
all the news which has transpired up to that time.
The morning and evening messages will each contain
about 100 words. The midday message will not usually
exceed 75 words, but on special occasions the number of
words will be doubled if necessary.
These messages will be pr 'pared and telegraphed at a
charge of 2s. per week for each daily message. Sub-
scribers can take one or more of the daily messages ; the
charge for the four, daily, will be Bs. per week. No sub
scription for less than a month will be received.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. —At 7 p.m. a
message will bo forwarded from the House of Commons
giving a statement of the proceedings up to that hour, the
cost of which, including the charge for telegraphing, will
be 2s. per week.
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Jan. 29th, 1870.

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London, England, 1870-03-11

DISENDOWNZNT.

The Standard considers that Mr. PLaran's
Church Rate (Scotland) Bill, which was thrown out
by the House of Commons on Wednesday, really
raised a question of disendowment. As a matter of
fact church rates do not exist in Scotland, and the
object aimed at by Mr. M'Laren and the Scotch
Radicals was the extinction of the land charge
hitherto devoted by the State for the support
of the national religion. In other words, they pro-
poied to disendow the Scotch Establishment, on the
ground that as church rates have been extinguished
in England, the land charge must be dealt with on
exactly the Fame footing. But church rates in Eng-
land and in Scotland mean -very different things. The
Daily News thinks the Lord Advocate's objection to
the bill was a hint to Scotch Liberalism. He said their
was no question before the House of disendowing and
disestablishing the Scottish Establishment. "Pro-
bably another time when the question comes up they
may take care that this excuse is not available." Mean-
while the Government defeated Mr. M'Laren and his
friends with the help of Conservative votes.
London, England, 1870-03-11

EXAMINATION OF FEMALES.

Mr. JACOB BRIGHT asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Departm%pt, whether an English woman of the
name of Elizabeth Holt was now or had recently been a
prisoner in Maidstone Goal because she declined to subject
her person to the fortnightly inspection of a surgeon.
And, whether her refusal or the refusal of any other
woman to submit to this outrage would be followed by
repeated periods of imprisonment so as to amount practi-
cally to perpetual incarceration.
Mr. BRUCE said the person spoken of had been sent to
the hospital no less than five times, and that she had
absented herself from attending the surgeon ac directed
by the magistrate. In January last a warrant had been
issued against her, and she had been sent to Maidstone
jail for 14 days.
London, England, 1870-03-11

SPURIOUS TEA.

MR. STAPLETON asked the Secretary to the Board of
Trade, whether his attention had been called to the impor-
tation from China of large quantities of adulterated or
spurious tea, stated by Dr. Letheby, by whom it had been
analysed, to consist of re-dried leaves of exhausted tea in
a state of putrefaction. Whether he was aware that it
was used for the adulteration of genuine tea, and that it
was in such demand that its price had risen from 2d. to std.
and whether the Board of Trade were taking any mea-
sures to protect the public from the increase of adultera-
tion indicated by this rise in the price of re-dried tea
leaves.

Mr. SHAW LEFEVBE was understood to say that the fact
was as stated.
London, England, 1870-03-11

DEGREES FOR STUDENTS.

Mr. CHARLES REED asked the First Lord or the
Treasury whether his attention had been called to a
certain provision in reference to the terms of residence
for degrees for students of the privileged clas3 at the
University of Oxford, and whether the Government
would introduce a measure which would place students,
without respect to rank or birth, in an equal position
with regard to terms of residence required, before pro-
'ceeding to the degree of Bachelor or Master in Arts,
Medicine, or Civil Law.
Mr. GLADSTONE answered that the same regulation was
in force in the University of Cambridge. He was not
prepared to give any pledge on the part of the Govern-
ment to take the matter up.
London, England, 1870-03-11

THE CHANGES IN THE ARMY.

Lord EUSTACE CECIL asked the Secretary of State for
War whether his attention had been called to a paragraph,
page 21, of the report of the royal commission appointed
to inquire into the system of purchase in the army, and
whether, with that report in existence, the authorities at
the War Office or at the Horse Guards could, in his opinion,
be said to have been or to be officially ignorant of the fact
that officers in all the purchase corps of the army had
been in the habit of paying over regulation money for
their promotion ; and whether it was true that circulars
had been lately sent round to officers commanding cavalry
regiments, requesting them to send back a retnrn of the
amount of money they had paid for their commissions
over the regulation price.

Mr. CARDWELL was aware of the large pecuniary
interest involved in the over-regulation prices. He justi-
fied those prices on the ground of expediency, and said he
had not heard anything at the War Office or the Horse
Guards with reference to the circular.
THE PURCHASE SYSTEM.

Major ANSON asked the Secretary of State for War if
it was true that the War Office had received in the last
eight years a sum of half a million sterling from the pur-
chase officers. If the whole of that money had been ap-
plied to their benefit ; and, if not, to what purposes it
had been applied. And whether it was true that notice
had been given to half-pay officers that they could not be
allowed to sell, as there were no funds to meet the cost of
their commissions.

Mr. CARDWELL was understood to express his regrets,
and to say that it was out of his power to remedy the cir-
cumstances.

PROMOTION IN THE ARTILLERY.

Mr. STAcrooLE asked the Secretary of State for War
whether his attention had been called to a statement
prepared by Mr. Sprague, vice-president of the Society of
Acturies, sheaving that under the present rules of promo-
tion officers in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers
would in a few years have no chance of obtaining the
rank of second captain till they were forty years of age.
And whether he was prepared to bring forward any mea-
sure for rectifying so unsatisfactory a state of affairs.

Mr. CARDWELL said his attention had been called to
retirement in the Royal Artillery. The subject was one
of great complexity, but an inquiry into the financial
bearing of the case was now going on under the direction
of his gallant friend the Under-Secretary of War.
London, England, 1870-03-11

THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BILL.

Mr. DIXON gave notice that on the second reading of
this bill he would move that no system could be permanent
or satisfactory which left the support of the schools to be
determined by local authorities.
UNION RATING.

Mr. M`MArioN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
what course he proposed to take with regard to union
rating.

Mr. FORTESCUE said he proposed a select committee.

SCOTCH GAME LAWS.

Mr. HARDCASTLE asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, whether the bill for the amendment
of the Game Laws, to be brought in by the Government
would include England as well as Scotland.

Mr. RIICCE said the bill enly referred to Scotland, but
there was no reason why it should not extend to England,

KENSINGTON GARDENS.

Mr. EASTIVICK asked the First Commissioner of Works
if he had observed that a number of elms, oaks, beeches,
and plane trees in Kensington Gardens and St. James's
Park had been maimed And decapitated so as to have
become a deformity instead of an ornament in the public
parks ; and whether he will give orders to prevent this
process in future, and replace the mutilated trees with
young plants.
Mr. AYRTON said the policy of the Commissioners was
when a tree exhibited decay to lop off the branch, rather
than cut the whole tree down.
London, England, 1870-03-11

THE: EDUCATION BILL.

A deputation, consisting of the Central Execu-
tive Committee of the National Education Union,
accompanied by peers, members of Parliament, and
others, waited on the Premier, the Lord President
of tie Council, and the Vice-President this after-
noon, generally to support the Education Bill,
but to urge upon her Majesty's Government the
adoption of amend,netits, in accordance with the
tenor of resoludons passed by the Union.
When the second reading of the Government
Education Bill is moved, Mr. Dixon will propose
that no measure for the elementary education of
the people can afford a, permanent and satisfactory
settlement of the question which leaves the ques-
tion of religious instructien to be determined by
local authority.

POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—This Day.
London, England, 1870-10-05

carriage, and the applause is *described "as rapturously
indiscriminate," a questionable compliment.

FREE TRADE AT THE ANTIPODES.

It seems as if the old battle between Free Trade
and Protection, so often waged on this side of the
Equator, has to be fought out in Australasia as well
as in Europe and America. It might have been sup-
posed that our somewhat Democratic colonists of the
southern seas would have unhesitatingly adopted the
policy of unrestricted commerce, more especially as
the prosperity of their country so greatly depends
upon its extensive trade with the mother country.
However they have made fetters and hampers for
theaiselves over in their free Southern ocean,
and have faithfully reproduced the difficulties and
prejudices of an older world. An Intercolonial Con-
ference sat some time since in Melbourne, with the
view of establishing a Customs Union, under which
commodities would pass free from one Australian
colony to another. This design was frustrated,
however, because the treasurer of the colony of Vic-
toria was an extreme Protectionist. The Melbourne
Chamber of Commerce and several other bodies have
expressed themselves strongly in favour of the pro-
posed measure, and they have been supported by the
principal part of the Victoria press. The Melbourne
Argus expresses great irritation that the central
Australian colony, which has the best harbours, the
greatest wealth, and the most enterprising merchants,
should have rejected a proposal that would have
given her the command of the whole import and ex-
port trade of the Southern Ocean. The explanation
suggested for this perversity is not favourable to the
Democratic system of Government. So much
political power is in the hands of the least informed
class that the rulers are anxious to conciliate its greed
and its prejudices. Such is the solution offered by a
Melbourne critic, and the Democrats of the Antipodes
must shew themselves sensible of the benefits of free
and unrestricted commerce if they wish to remove
the reproach from their favourite political system.
London, England, 1870-10-05

SERIOUS BOILER EXPLOSION.

Yesterday afternoon a serious boiler explosion occurred
on the premises of Messrs. Duke. And Co., iron founders,
Gregson-street, Liverpool, by which a youth •14 years of
age, and a child 2 years of age were killed, and a number
of other persons seriously injured. Considerable damage
was done to property, the walls of one of tlle....houses
adjoining being blown down, and one of the inmates
killed, and another seriously injured. The explosion was
heard for a considerable distance, and the shop windows
in the neighbourhood were completely shattered.,
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London, England, 1870-10-05

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THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

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ALHAMBRA—Grand Ballet and Varieties.
CREMORNE—Fireworks, Ballet, &c.
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London, England, 1870-10-05

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN SCOTLAND.

Yesterday the Prince of Wales left Dunrobin Castle on
a visit to Mr. Tennant, at his shooting lodge at Auchna-
shellach. The house is situated at Strath Carron, through
which the new railway passes from Dingwall to Skye.
Auchnashellach is a pretty spot close beside the line ; it
has a lake finely stocked with salmon, and its deer forest
is extensive. The Prince and his friends left Dunrobin by
ordinary train, but a " special " conveyed them from
Dingwall to Auchnashellach.

THE RIGHT OF PEERS
ENS TO VOTE AT
ELECTI.

The question whether peers are entitled to be on the
£l2 list of voters came under diecussion at the County
Registration Court at Bury St. Edmunds yesterday. The
Marquis of Bristol claimed as an occupier. The revising
barrister, Mr. Merewether, said that the question
turned upon whether the words in the 55th section
of the Act. " All laws, customs, and enactments con-
ferring any right to vote or otherwise relating to the re-
presentation," included any custom taking away the right
to vote. If they 'lid, then he should hold that there was
a custom for peers not to vote, for at the time
of the union with Ireland it was resolved by
the House of Commons that no peer of the realm should
have any right to give his vote at any election to Parlia-
ment. If such a custom was not included in the terms of
the Act, then there was nothing to prevent peers being
on the £l2 list. As his lordship, however, was
already on the £l2 list for another parish, and had not
been objected to, he should not strike him off from that
list. But as he did not wish to inaugurate bad law, he
should disallow the new claim, because the name must not
appear twice. His lordship, nevertheless, could not vote
without incurring certain liabilities. Lord Bristol did
vote at the last West Suffolk election.
London, England, 1870-10-05

THE VERY STRANGE STORY.

The Times publishes the truth about the "strange
story" narrated in the Pall Mall Gasette. It is this :
The General B. in question happens to be the same who
is mentioned in a telegram from Tours of the Ist October
as having made a splendid sortie on the 29th ult., and
driven the Prussian,s as far back as Briey. There is no
indiscretion in saying that his name is General
Bourbaki. It is true that this General has been
mystified by some person who, being apparently
ardently devoted to the Imperial family, thought to
render a great service to the Empress by finding means
to bring the General through the Prussian lines to her
Majesty at Camden-place, near Chisleburst. But it is
likewise true that the Prussian authorities have been
victims as well of the same mystification, and, moved
through a chivalrous feeling for the unhappy lady, did
not refuse the General's passage. The General having how-
ever, cleared up the misunderstanding in a letter written
on the 29th ult. to an influential quarter, the contents of
which have been forwarded by telegraph to the Head-
quarters of the King of Prussia, his Majesty has already,
on the Ist inst., given orders to the Prince Frederick
Charles, Commander-in-Chief of the besieging armies
before Met; to give every facility for the General resum-
ing his command of the Guards, and thus restoring to the
army of Metz the advantage of his valuable services.
General Bourbaki, who has yesterday, through the same
channel, received this gratifying intelligence, will, in con:
tradiction to the hazardous conclusion arrived at by the
reporter of the "Very Strange Story," pass unhindered
through the Prussian lines to fight them again with his
well-known gallantry and intelligence.
London, England, 1870-10-05

MARRIAGES.

On the 30th ult., at Hightae, Dumfriesshire, John
Morrison, Esq., C.E., Carlisle, to Mary, the eldau
daughter of Major• General Yorke, R.E., Skairfield.
On the 29th ult., at South Kensington, William Bown33ll'
Esq., of Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge-wells, to PhiliPP
Jane, only daughter of the late Nicholas Julyan,
of Penzance, Cornwall.

DEATHS.
On the 2d inst., at Ramsgate, Lieut.-Colonel Cavan, of 31
Park-crescent, London.
On the 30th ult., at The Lodge, Victoria-park, George
Merrett, C.E., aged 66.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, and Published by hinl ae
THE SUN Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of th
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.
Wednesday, October 5, 1870.
London, England, 1870-10-05

THE. LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN.

Mr. J. Scott-Russell's opinion with respect to the
foundering of her Majesty's ship Captain must be
esteemed of some especial weight, since this gentle-
man's own suggestions for the construction and
equipment of ironclads have been extensively utilised
by the Admiralty. It may therefore be thought
of. sufficient importance here to repeat what Mr.
Scott-Russell says on the subject in this month's
Macmillan. He contends that a modern ship of
war is a complex organisation requiring the highest
human faculties wisely to contrive all its functional
parts rightly, to proportion all its vital elements
thoroughly, to forsee all the dangers it will encounter
and, truly to foretell all its merits, difficulties, and
wants. Arguing from these considerations, Mr.
Scott-Russell cannot help concluding that the loss of
the Captain and her crew was the result of a mere
miscalculation of the naval architect, who, before the
design of the Captain was finally settled, had made
all the calculations necessary to give the
measure of the ship's good properties and to shew
how the one should be diminished, and the other
enhanced. Mr. Scott-Russell thinks that if
it is proved that the facts were as he
supposed, the court at Portsmouth cannot
but declare that "nobody was to blame." In
which case they will probably give their decision in
that form which is so agreeable to the ignorance
and weakness of human nature, by finding that the
vessel was lost alone "by the act of God."
London, England, 1870-10-05

FRENCH OFFICERS ON PAROLE.

An alleged breach of honour on the part of
General Ducrot, who was taken prisoner at
Sedan, will probably lead to very unpleasant
consequences to French officers who may
in future engagements be captured by the
Prussians. It appears that General Ducrot on being
made prisoner pledged his word of honour to
proceed to Pont-it-Mousson, and there report
himself to the Prussian military authorities prior
to being sent into Germany as a. prisoner of war.
The General, however, interpreted his word of
honour—so says the communication from the Prus-
sian-headquarters--:-in a Jesuitical manner. He did,
indeed, travel to Pont-A-Mousson in his carriage, but
did not surrender according to • his promise, and soon
afterwards he appeared in arms against his conque-
rors. Naturally enough, this violation of the
military code of honour has excited great indigna-
tion amongst the Germans, and a statement
from the head-quarters at Ferrieres, which is pub-
lished by authorisation, although framed in tempe-
rate language, sufficiently indicates the treatment
which French officers may expect to receive in
future. Hitherto great consideration has been shewn
for them, but as the statement broadly puts it, that
consideration will have to be greatly restricted.
" When we see other officers there with one who
has despicably broken his word, we can only regard
it as a bad sign for the value attached in the French
army to the notions of honour."
London, England, 1870-10-05

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STATE OF PARIS.

The letters by balloon post from Paris are by no
'Weans in agreement as to the state of the city ; but
there can be little doubt as to which side the
balance of trustworthy evidence inclines. Such
a letter as that in the Daily Telegraph,
which represents the state 'of affairs as growing
Worse are erroneous. The testimony that the con-
dition of the capital has improved during the last
few days is conclusive. There was consider-
able danger of anarchy when the invest-
'teat commenced ; the Reds were then
exceedingly difficult to keep in hand; but this
Source of peril no longer gives uneasiness. The
Reds are perfectly under control. Letters received
at Brussels declare categorically that no street
fighting whatever has occurred in Paris since the
Prussians first came up before it.
London, England, 1870-10-05

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE WAR.

ST. ARNOUD BURNT BY THE

PRUSSIANS.
REPORTED SHOOTING OF TWO MAYORS,

LILLE, - TUESDAY NIGHT,

A. correspondent, writing from Paris, says :-
4' Rumours are spread that the enemy's battery esta-
blished at Montretout can reach as far as the Tuileries.
Not only Montmartre but the Arc de Triomphe de
l'Etoile will be turned into fortresses. The manufac-
ture of mitrailleuses is being actively carried on in
Paris, and each battalion will soon have one of its
own. Electric lights, similar to those in the forts
around Paris, are being established on the ramparts
to prevent nocturnal surprises. The municipality
of Li!le are completing the mobilisation of the
Garde Nationale Sedentaire, and have ordered all
persons possessing chassepots to present them for
Purchase at the mairie."

The Neuvelliste de Rouen publishes a telegram from
Gisors, stating that nine Uhlans entered Trye-Chateau
on Sunday evening, inquiring the strength of the
forces at Gisors, and stating the Prussians would
enter that place the following day.
The village of St. Aruoud, near Dourdan, has been
burnt by the Prussians.
The Soir says is reported in Boulogne that
Dr. Tahere, the mayor of St. Cloud, had shared the
fate of the mayor of St. Cyr, for not being able to
raise a contribution of 100,000 francs. It is said he
has been shot."

THE FRENCH TROOPS IN
ALGERIA.

BRUSSELS, OCT. 5.

The Echo du Parlenient of to-day' states that the
trench officers in Africa demand that the troops
Under them, and which number 37,000 men, should
be recalled to France to act against the enemy.

The arrest of M. Lomon, the editor of the Pays, is
announced from Paris.

ARREST OF A GOVERNMENT
DELEGATE.
TOURS, OCT. 5.
AL Lutz, the Government Delegate for the
National Defence, was arrested at Besancon on
Sunday by the Mobile Guard. The cause of this
measure is unknown.
The town of Tarare has voted a loan of 400,000
francs, to give assistance and work to artizans, and
for the purchase of arms.

THE STRUGGLE AT METZ.
SAARBRUCK, OCT. 6, 1.20 A.M.
The French have kept up a terrible fire from Fort
Queleux. No casualties have occurred. Half the
siege guns from Strasburg are coming here.
The Prussians intend firing upon Metz.

AMERICA SENDING ARMS TO

FRANCE.
NEW YORK, OCT. 4.

The steamer Ville-de-Paris sailed to-day for
Prance with a cargo mainly composed of improved
arms and munitions of war. She has also 150 pas-
sengers on board.
London, England, 1870-10-05

" THE RINGING GROOVE."

" To be Sold, the Villa de Prangins—splendid property,
situate on the borders of Lake Leman, belonging to
S. A. I. Prince Napoleon." So runs an advertisement
in the papers. Meudon is occupied by Prussian
troops, and its woods form covers under the shelter of
which the besiegers' outposts can watch the great city,
and give timely notice of its defenders' movements. The
sudden fall of the Empire and the vicissitudes of the
Bonarpartist family are strikingly illustrated by these
announcements. With the collapse of the system its sup-
porters vanish ; when the tree is prostrate, the parasites
share its overthrow. Prince Napoleon was not one of the
most popular scions of his house, and it is to be feared
that he at least will receive but little of that sympathY
which so often attends the closing scenes of
fallen greatness. Few perhaps will remember that
he was essentially a man of peace, and that, if
his advice had been followed, the late Emperor
would not have rushed into the last fatal war. The
Prince's tastes and inclinations led him to very different
scenes from those of the battle-field ; his favourite pur-
suits were scientific explorations ; his chosen companions
were journalists, artists, and savants. Indeed, at the out-
break of the present war he had to be recalled from the
north of Scotland, which he had reached en route to the
inhospitable latitudes of Nova Zembla, and he was dis-
patched to Florence on the desperate mission of linking
Italy, if possible, with the waning fortunes of France.
That family influence did not save him from failure we
all know, and that his Royal father-in-law made
a narrow escape from a most unfortunate poli-
tical ngsalliance is now apparent to all who see
that France's extremity has proved the opportunity of
Italy and of Rome. But Prince Napoleon's fortunes,
notwithstanding his marriage with the Princess Clotilde,
were bound up with those of the Empire. In France
he was a " personage ;" he formed a peculiar link between
Imperialism and cultivated democraoy, and he was able
to serve his eminent cousin without compromising bire,
while at the same time enjoying to a large extent the
privileges of irresponsibility. Now, having lost Meudon,
and parting with Prangins, what is to be his future
course ? Probably he will follow the example of other
expatriated dignataries, and devote the remainder
of his days to art and the belles lettres. He may transfer
his pictures, statuary, and articles de vertu to Florence,
and in that pleasant haunt of art-worshippers will forget
the storms of political life, and watch with a scholar ,
interest the culminating glories of young and perfected
Italy. On what may yet be in store for him and his house
it is useless to agtoulate ; but the latest scene of his life
adds another to the numerous illustrations which that re-
markable family has contributed to the romance of adver.
sity. —Daily Telegraph.
London, England, 1870-10-05

MR. LOPES ON RECIPROCITY.

Mr. Lope;, M.P., speaking at Launceston yesterday,
said he had had very great doubts for some time whether
the indiscriminate import of foreign goods, duty free, was
altogether advantageous to the working classes. It might
be if there was reciprocity, but without reciprocity free
trade was a misnomer. Free trade was good, but it might
be carried too far. Condemning the dockyard reduction,
he said that State money spent in the encouragement of
the mechanic or artisan was, to a certain extent, well
spent. .

THE BRUTAL ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY
CARRIAGE.

The Leicestershire county police are making active
inquiries with reference to the recent assault on M. Emile
Devilliers, a marble merchant of Brussels, in a railw:. y
carriage between Melton-Mowbray and Brooksby stations.
The accused is still at large ; but the clue as to who he is
has been discovered, and he is being closely pursued. He
is well known in the neighbourhood of Melton-
Mowbray, and has been connected with the railway,
hence his expertness in jumping off the railway carriage.
His arrest is considered to be certain. He is supposed to
have been connected with another outrage. A bowie
knife has been found on the railway, which' was dropped
in the desperate struggle, and which Devilliers mistook
for a revolver. When the Allow dropped from the car-
riage he left a parcel behind him containing dirty linen
and a bundle of letters, and these afford a full clue to his
identity.

Mr. John Metcalfe Smith, the Leeds banker, who was
thrown from his horse on Monday, died of his injuries last
evening. He was about forty years of age, and leaves a
wife and children. He was a munificent contributor to
public charities, and founded the Convalescent Hospital
Leeds.
Captain Rieste, of the Spanish ship Rita, was yesterday
fined £lO at Liverpool for entering one of the docks with
gunpowder on board. The full penalty is £lOO.
London, England, 1870-10-05

EXPERIMENTS IN ARTILLERY.

Mr. Cardwell has been endeavouring to decide a
difficult but important question, and has wisely
resolved to do so after personal inspection of its
details. Experiments are being made at Aldershott,
which are likely to exercise a considerable influence
on our field artillery, and the experience of the pre-
sent war has taught us that this is a very important
branch of the service. The Prussians have won
their victories, especially the crowning victory of
Sedan, through the superiority of their artillery.
All accounts agree on this point, and the
Frenchmen themselves, however mortified by the
result of the struggle, are unanimous in declaring
their own artillery to be altogether inferior. Yet in
1866 the Austrians had the advantage in this respect,
so that the Prussian degree of excellence has been
rapidly attained. The Prussian guns are
credited with superiority in aim and in calibre,
and greater number, while they are gene-
rally planted in better positions. At Bedan,
at one crisis of the battle, three French
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COMPANY.—Notice is hereby given, that an EXTRAOR-
DINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Scinde,
Punjaub, and Delhi Railway Company will be held on Wednes-
day, the sth October, 1870, at the London Tavern, Bishopgate-
street, in the City of London, at one o'clock precisely, and at
such meeting a resolution will be submitted for the purpose of
authorising the raising of £2,000,000 additional capital by the
issue of 100,000 shares of £2O each, upon which capital the
Secretary of State for India in Council .has guaranteed interest
at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum.
W. P. ANDREW, Chairman.
The Transfer Books will be closed on the 4th and sth
October, 1870.
By order of the Board,
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GERMAN AMBITION.

A great deal has been said about what
is characterised as the grasping and am-
bitious spirit now predominant in the German
mini. That a large portion of the German people,
whose imagination has been excited by an uninter-
rupted tide of victory, indulge in views of inordinate
ambition, is undeniable, but the more reflecting and
sober-minded discountenance any proposition which
would result in the successes of the Prussians
being the means of humbling the French
too much. A German professor of physical
science writes in a tone which justifies the
disbelief in the universality of an aggressive and
ambitious disposition. From the beginning, he says,
he has hated and dreaded this war quite as much on
account of great victories for Germans under Prussian
leadership as on account of possible defeats. "His-
tory," he remarks,' "teaches too plainly that brilliant
victories, under monarchical leadership, are disad-
vantageous to the triumphant nations, because arro-
gance and imperiousness result therefrom,
particularly on the part of rulers towards their
people. The Prussian victories of 1866 brought
more political liberty to Austria than to Ger-
many—to which latter,• in fact, they gave no
real unity. The Crialean war, in its lasting results,
has benefitted Russia more than France •and Eng-
land. To Russia it brought railways and emanci-
pation of the serfs, albeit the latter work may have been
too hastily accomplished. The free progress of a
people has never obtained through mighty victories;
often, on the other hand, has military despotism
been the result which I much fear we Germans for
some time to come shall have to undergo." The
professor is of opinion that the number of calmer
minds will increase when the consequences of the
present exaltation of the Germany become more ap-
parent.