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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-20

MONEY MARKET.

CITY. Two o'CLocK
Business continues almost suspended, but the news this
morning is considered favourable to peace.
Consols are a shade firmer, at 92 5.16 to 92 7-16 for the
4th of October.

Foreign Stocks are better. Italian are quoted 522 to
53 ; Spanish of 1867, 271 to 272 ; ditto of 1869, 261 to 27 :
Turkish 5 per Cents., 444 to 444 ; ditto of 1869, 55 to
554 ; Egyptian of 1868, 76 to 764 ; the Khedive's new
loan, 8 to 6 dis. ; and Peruvian, 874 to 884.
The Bank of Holland has reduced its rate of discount to
5 per cent.
Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. announce the pay-
ment of the half-yearly interest due the Ist October next
on the bonds of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great
Northern Railroad Company Second Mortgage Constrac
tion Bonds, endorsed payable in sterling in London.
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that Messrs.
Houghton and Co., cotton brokers, have petitioned the
Court of Bankruptcy for liquidation by arrangement.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have appointed
Thursday, the 29th inst., a special settling day in the
Arbitration Debenture Stoek, ditto Preference, and ditto
Ordinary of the Landon, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company. These stocks are already quoted in the
I official lists.

Berger, Spence, and Co.'s weekly report says :—The war
in Europe, which was expected to militate disastrously
against not only the chemical but other staple trades, has
turned out better than was expected, especially in regard
to the first-named. During the past week the market in
most departments has been steady. There has been no
rise or depression in prices worthy of note, and alkalies
close at last week's prices, but with increasing firmness.
Soda ash, caustic soda, &c., are exceedingly firm. Mine-
rals are unchanged both in consumption and value. There
is again no improvement to report in metals, but although
business continues on the most limited scale prices remain
almost unaltered; and with any approach to a cessation
of hostilities they would be certain to improve instantly.
Scotch pig iron has maintained its value ; and, together
with Cleveland, is selling pretty freely. In the other
metals there is little doing.
London, England, 1870-09-20

THE WAR.—TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. All im.
portent events telegraphed DAILY, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
to Newspapers, Clubs, Exchanges, and Reading Rooms, for
THIRTY-NINE SHILLINGS per QUARTER prepaid. Two or more
telegrams sent every day.
Commercial News and Markets on moderate terms.

CENTRAL PRESS, 112, Strand, W.C., and 2, Telegrapi-street, E.C.
London, England, 1870-09-20

E W ORLEANS, JACKSON, AND GREAT
NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY.
Second Mortgage Construction Bonds, endorsed payable in
Sterling in London.
The Half-Yearly Interest on the above Bonds, due on h e let
October next, will be paid on that day, and any preceding day,
at the Counting-house of Messrs. J. Henri Schroder and Co., 145,
Leadenhall-street, between the hours of 10 and g o'clock.
The coupons must be left for examination two clear days be-
fore applying for payment.
London, September 19th, 1870.
London, England, 1870-09-20

PRUSSIAN INHUMANITY.

We have repeatedly called the attention of the public
to the outrages of the pious and civilising soldiers of Prus-
sia, who may rob French peasants, and do, unless the
Duc de Fitz-James lies, roast unoffending women and
children, but who invariably say their prayers, and love
a good deal of geist. A letter from Azamut
Batuk, the correspondent of the Pall Mall Ga-
zette, sets forth the Teutonic proceedings in
colours which are vivid, but are not, we believe,
more vivid than facts justify. Ladies insulted, wounded
prisoners beaten, peasants robbed, women and children
roasted, such are the deeds of the intelligent and pious
Prussians. The Duke of Wellington would have hung a
thousand men for half the outrages on cabbages that have
in this campaign been inflicted on men, women, and chil-
dren. If the Prussian soldiers arc intelligent, we
sincerely trust British soldiers are not. It is certain that
even in India the latter, though they did not say their
parade prayers so regularly, never inflicted on the wives
and children of black rebels and mutineers any one of the
outrages which the missionaries of civilisation inflicted on
the helpless women and children in the neighbourhood of
Sedan. —Standard.
London, England, 1870-09-20

BI NKO'S BAKING POWDER, LIEBIG'S
PRINCIPLE. Warranted Free from Alum. Penny Packets.
and 6d. and is. Canisters.

BINKO'S PATENT IMPERIAL PHCENIX
POWDER. Aluslins, or any other Fabrics, being dipped
in a solution of this powder, will not take fire, thereby pre-
venting danger to life. In Canisters, 6d. and is. each.
London, England, 1870-09-20

Best Advertising Paper in the Western Counties.

THE WESTERN MORNING NEWS. A
First-Class Daily Paper, the oldest in the district. Inde-
pendent in opinions. The earliest and fullesr in news. Circu-
lates among all classes and parties, and the best medium for
Advertisers.
Rates of charges and copies of the paper sent free upon appli-
cation to the Publisher,
Edward llawkings, 31, George-street, Plymouth.
London, England, 1870-09-20

V.E. of Metz.
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velve or one the
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imagined. At
of the Prussian
[etz. We slept
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torough Pang°
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mind is almost
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[lows who bad
their wearing
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London, England, 1870-09-20

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Captain J. G. Image, of her Majesty's 21st Fusiliers,
has died at Bangalore. The deceased officer entered the
army in 1852, and in the attack of the Redan he was
severely wounded when commanding the party carrying
the wool bags to fill the ditch. He received both the
Crimean war medal with three clasps and the Turkish
medal, and was created a Knight of the Legion of
Honour.
A new helmet made of cork has been contrived for the
convenience of officers of the Royal Artillery in India,
but with a spike of brass two inches in height on the
summit.
London, England, 1870-09-20

THE POSITION OF BAZAINE.

News from several German sources testifies that
the position of Bazaine in Metz is far less hope-
less than it was represented to be. He cannot
escape, but neither can his position be assailed, and
he will not be starved into surrender for some time.

The Duchess of Hamilton left the Emperor Napo-
leon the day after her arrival, profoundly affected.
The ex-ruler of France has received no visitor since
Tuesday last.

DEPARTURE OF M. JULES
FAVRE FROM PARIS.

A telegram from the Paris correspondent of the
Daily News dated Sunday, says—" The Rouen line
took no post to-night. M. Jules Favre left Paris this
morning, it is supposed, for the German headquar-
ters. The American, Swiss, and Belgian Ministers
remain here. Paris is quiet."

The following telegrams are from the correspon.
dent of the Telegraph:— _ ___ ._

" PARIS, SEPT. 18 (10 pas.)
" M. Jules Favre, it is believed, has gone to the
Prussian headquarters.
`` All the railways have been cut. The Diplo-
matic Body has now left, with the exception
°I the American, Swiss, and Belgian Min-
isters. To-day Paris has been dull and quiet.
There is a large number of soldiers on the boulevards,
but there appears to be little discipline."

WASHINGTON, SEPT. 19.

Mr. Motley telegraphed last Saturday to Mr. Sec-
retary Fish that the assertion, according to which
Prussia intends to reinstate Napoleon, and will
not treat except with the Regency, is false, but that
Prussia regards the present Government of France
Las unstable, and incapable of giving lasting guaran-
tees.

"ROUEN, SEPT. 19 (8.40 A.m.)
" Much excitement was caused in Rouen yester-
daY by the arrival of Captain Cecil Johnstone,
with an important despatch from Lord Granville
to Lord Lyons. He could not get on by railway,
the line being cut at Pont de I'Arche, thirteen miles
from Rouen ; consequently he had to go by private
carriage. Several persons were arrested yesterday
on the suspicion of being Prussian spies."

THE CIRCULAR DESPATCH.
A. Daily News telegram from Berlin says :—" M.
Jules Favre's last circular despatch has in the
mam been received favourably. The corre-
spondence between Count Bernstorff and Earl
Granville respecting the export of arms to France
has created great indignation. The reported in-
tention of , the King to return to Berlin is entirely
unfounded. The movements' in Bavaria and
Wurtemburg, with a view of forming the United
States of Germany under a properly modified
federal constitution, are successfully progressing.
There is no news from the army. ' Notice has
been received that the Bremen steamers will
London, England, 1870-12-08

THE OCCUPATION OF ROME.

Commenting upon the King of Italy's address to the
new Parliament of Italy, the Daily News says : There is
no sign of weakness or hesitation in the passages of the
speech concerning the occupation of Rome. "We have
entered Rome in the name of the national right, and shall
remain there, and now we have solemnly undertaken
for ourselves the engagement to establish the freedom of
the Church, the complete independence of the Papal
See in the exercise of its religious offices and its
relations to the Catholic world." This is really all that
sincere Catholics, who care more for their religion than for
the vested interests of an ecclesiastical corporation, have a
right to demand or expect. It is to be regretted that the
ill-considered zeal of some subordinate agents of the Italian
Govern/I:tent should have thrown a momentary doubt
upon the sincerity of its intentions in this respect,
by furnishing the Papal Court and party with at
least a colourable pretext for complaint, and enabling the
Pope himself—ridiculously enough, considering his affec-
tion for intellectual freedom of all kinds—to protest
against an infringement of the liberty of the
press. The Italian authorities should bear in
mind that what the Court of Rome desires most
at the present moment is a cheap crown of
martyrdom, and it should carefully abstain from supply-
ing any sham thorns for the manufacture of that impos-
ing ornament. The Papacy will always flourish in an
atmosphere of persecution ; in the wholesome air of
perfect liberty, spiritual, like physical, pestilences
expire. All friends of Italy will be glad to hear
that the removal of the capital to Rome is to in-
augurate at last that system of decentralization and those
administrative reforms which have been so often pro-
mised, and so long deferred. So long as the transfer of
the capital was provisional, it may have been very
difficult to bring the axe to the root of the numberless,
abuses which the hasty union of several provinces has
increased rather than diminished. The groat work of
organic reformation is now made simpler and easier by
the final settlement of agitating queAtions,

A question addre-,sect to. the Education Depart-
ment as to the possibility of working mean elected on the
School. Boards being paid, has elicited from Mr. Forster
the reply that when it was decided by Parliament that
meihber3 of School Boards should not be paid, it was not
thought right to make any exception in favour of a par-
ticular. class, Mr. Forster hopes, however, that the
working men will combine to support any of their
colleagues who may be elected to serve as members
of a School Board, and who, may be in want of such
support.
London, England, 1870-12-08

GERMAN ACCURACY.

The sorties were woefully misrepresented in the
German telegrams. The letters from English cor-
respondents at headquarters, no less than the con-
tradictory telegrams thpmselves, attest this fact.
When Ducrot sallied forth on Wednesday, it was
forthwith telegraphed to Berlin that the enemy had
been repulsed along the whole lino. The truth
was that the French retained possession of two
villages. On Friday the Germans att.mpted to re-
gain these villages and to destroy the bridges across
the Marne. The telegrams from Versailles repre-
sented the attempt as successful. It is now obvious that
it entirely failed. The French abandoned the position
of their own accord two days afterwards. It is true
that of substantial advantages the French derived
none from these encounters ; but in the actual fight-
ing they evidently held at least their own. It is clear
that the best troops in France are in Paris.
London, England, 1870-12-08

(From Judy.)

THE SCHOOL BOARDS.—The past week has been sig.'
nalized by tremendous bursts of eloquence apropos of
education. On the walls, in your newspapers, under your
door, down your area, per your postman—" School,
Board" has been everywhere. The question is, if we are
going in so heavily for Board, whether we shan't have got
a lot of rather wooden-headed people to deal with ?

A. CAMBRIDGE UNDERGRADUATE FINED FOl
ASSAULT.—At Cambridge yesterday morning an under-
graduate, Oliver Douglas Smith, was fined 40s. for assault-
On Sunday afternoon the defendant and some other
students of Christ's College, amused themselves after a
dinner party by knocking at' doors and shutters in the
town. A Mr. Mason, of Park-street, however, seized gr.
Smith, and demanded his name and college. Defendant,
it was alleged, replied with oaths, and struck cour
plainant, but was held until a policeman came up, when
he was given into custody.
THE IRISH AND ENGLISH MAIL ROUTE.—The
railway station at Westland-row is still to remain the
Dublin terminus of the postal and passenger communica-
tion between England and Ireland, although it is univer-
sally admitted to be utterly inadequate for the service 0.113
discreditable to the Irish capital. A proposal to build
new terminus on a more convenient site, near the end of
D'Olier-street and Brunswick-street, was among the
Parliamentary bills to be brought forward in the next
session, but at an extraordinary meeting held in
Dublin on Monday for the purpose of eliciting the
opinion of the shareholders, a resolution was passed to
the effect that the work should be postponed until after
the completion of the line to Wexford. It was state('
that in order to induce the company to effect this much-
wanted improvement, the Boards of Directors of the Lou-
don and North Western Railway and of the City of
Dublin Steampacket Company had offered to contri-
bute each £20,000 towards the necessary expenses, the.
whole of which, it was estimated, would be covered
by £lOO,OOO, but the meeting declined to ratify the pro-
posal.
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London, England, 1870-12-08

WHAT CAME OF IT ALL.

The Times correspondent with the Crown Prince of
Saxony's army affirms, what was pretty apparent from
the telegrams, that the Germans did not get all they
aimed at in assuming the offensive on Friday. " Ulti-
mately the Germans were obliged to desist from the
attempt on the bridges. It was nearly three o'clock when
they did so. The French, who had not crossed the
Marne, then retired, and, after a few parting shots, the
forts became silent. So ended this second engagement.
It is estimated that there were 60,000 French
troops out during the day, though not anything like
that number took an actual part in the engagement.
What has been the result of this days' slaughter ?
Is it going too far to say that nothing has been_ gained by
either party, while both have lost much? The French
still occupy Champigny, though the Wursemburgers have
regained several of their outposts there. The French
have hundreds of killed and wounded, and 300 of them
were made prisoners. On the other hand the Germans
have to lament awful losses. The Schutzen and the 108th
Regiments have been dreadfully cut up. All last evening
there were mournful processions of wounded men entering
this town to be carried into the field hospitals here and at
Torcy. There is grief all around us for the death of so
many officers and men."
London, England, 1870-12-08

Oharlton Tucker, Northumberland-street, Strand.

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lovely in the earth, of tender in the heart, and of subtle in the
fancy, say 'Sacontalk,' and then all is said."—Goethe.
Charlton Tucker, Northumberland-street, Strand.

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The universally favourable notices of this popularly written
account of Norway, the Channel Isles, and Cornwall would fill a
book.
Charlton Tucker, Northumberland-street, Strand.
London, England, 1870-12-08

THE STRANDED UNION.

The North German Lloyd's steamer Union, which
stranded at Rattray Head on Tuesday last, parted amid-
ships yesterday. The vessel is said to have cost 270,000.
Very little of her cargo has been saved.

THE MURDER OF MR. FLUECK IN
LIVERPOOL..

The inquest on the body of Mr. Christian Flueck, the
schoolmaster recently murdered at Liverpool, was re-
sumed yesterday before the Liverpool coroner. The evi-
dence shewed that there was some hostility between the
tutor, Howchin, and Mr. Flueck ; that the wounds were
such as might have been inflicted by an iron bar ; that
such a bar.was found in the room ; that blood was found
on Howchin's clothes ; and that though he was present
during the dressing of the wounds of the deceased there
was no contact such as would have produced those stains.
The inquiry was adjourned.
London, England, 1870-12-08

MEMBERS OUT OF. Town.

The members for Wolverhampton seem to have
agreed upon an impartial and amicable division of
the subjects to be discussed in addressing their con-
stituents. What a mercy this was to the listeners it
is needless to say. If the example were generally
followed it would save' the repetition of plati-
tu linal discourses, and would tent to make
the twaddle of members, when out of town,
somewhat interesting and instructive. At Willen-
hall, the Right Hon. Mr. Villiers spoke on the
Elementary Education Act, and its promised aegis
in diminishing crime; he also urged the importance
of providing places of recreation in large towns for
the people. It fell to Mr. Weguelin's share to ex-
pound theories of the war, and the likelihood of a
Russian quarrel. He however had spent some
care on the consideration of the latter worn
out subject, as he was enabled to tell
his audicince that he knew that England- alone
could supply Ru,sia with means to devalope her iron
and other resources, now that France and Germany
wero impoverished, and therefore the Czar would not
dare to force on his threatenings into actual hostili-
ties.
London, England, 1870-12-08

A NEW EXPEDITION ACROSS DARIEN.

Extensive preparations have been made for another
exploring expedition across the obstinate little
strip of land which blocks the naval communica-
tion between the two groat oceans. Parties are to
start from the Atlantic and Pacific side of
the Isthmus to meet, it is hoped, midway. Com-
mander Selfridge, who commanded the expedition
of last winter, will have charge of the most inm)r-
tant party—that leaving from the Pacific side.
He starts from the Gulf of Saa Miguel,
South of Panama, and will run a line of
survey up the Darien river, and over what
h termed " the divide " or mountainous country.
On the Atlantic aide, the mouth of the river
Atrato, in t►le Quit' of Darien, will he the base of
operations. Old Spanish documenta chew that a
small canal was cut two, centuries ago to connect
the head waters of the Atrato with those of the
Darien, for the transfer of canoes and small vessels
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This route is
not believed to be feasible for a ship canal,
but CoTn-mander Selfridge, who i 3 the leader of
the expedition, hopes to find a pass into the divide
which he may render passable by means of locks.
The Atrato is a deep sluggish river, on whose banks
are marshes for about eigat miles back. Tile divide
is in some places only 200 'ea above the level of the
sea, so that the idea is not extravagant. The isthmus
is only forty miles broad at this point, but the canal
would be much longer, as it must follow the lines of
the water-courses.

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London, England, 1870-12-08

BIRTHS.

On the sth inst., at Bishopstoke, Hants, the wife of ‘‘' •
Bradshaw, Esq., of a daughter.
On the sth inst., at 8, King-street, Finsbury-square, the'
wife of Judah Afriat, Esq., of a son.

MARRIAGES.
On the 6th inst., at St. John's, Paddington, George
Trevor, Captain Madras Staff Corps, to Georgiant
Gordon, the eldest daughter of the late Colonel Edurary"
King Elliot.
On the 3d inst., at St. James's Church, Dover, Colonel
Charles William Thompson, late 7th Dragoon Guard*
to Margaret, the eldest daughter of Allan Duke, E 541.1
M.D.

DEATHS,
On the sth inst., suddenly, at Surbiton, Francis G. G.
Goddard, Esq., of Swiss Cottage.
On the 4th inst., at Dundee, Henry Matthew Mare, Esq.►
of Paddington, aged 47.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, ,f,
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Thursday, December 8, 1870.
London, England, 1870-12-08

THE WEATHER ON THE CONTINENT.

The thermometer at most of the stations of the
German army on Sunday registered 12 degrees
Fahrenheit at nine o'clock in the morning, while
at noon it had only risen to 18 degrees. Ginsidered
as an important element in the military question.
this trying weather cannot be looked upon
otherwise than seriously. The investing army
round Paris no doubt are housed in some way,
but outpost duty, which is of necessity very exten-
sive, involves the worst possib'e exposure. Assuming
that the next six weeks will be severe, and that no
capitulation takes place, the game being played
in the midst of France by both belligerents
contemplating it in a broad light, must strike us with
feelings of extreme horror. Outside Paris, chilled
men barely able to shoulder their rifles, and yet
swearing to kill and conquer. Inside, thousands of
men weakened through poverty of food, and deprived
of sleep and common necessaries, yet fighting against
what seems most hopeless, and even at its best poor
compensation for all that has been and will have to
be undergone.
London, England, 1870-12-08

RAILWAYS.

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Caledonian
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Great Eastern ...., ..... 39 391 35, 41
384, 91, 9 Do 3rd Pref Stock .. 29 31
Great Northern
124, 1 4th Prat Stock
Do A 134 136 Great Indian Pen g 5., o 107 108
Great Western 691 704 1071
70, * Great Watern ofCanada 131 14
Lancashire St Yorkshire 132 133
Lou, Brig, and S Coast 41 411 Do 6p o' Bonds, 1373.. 97 99
41h1, 1 Do 51 do, 1877-8 9,4 36
Lon, Chat
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13, and Dover .. 121
Madras guar 5 pc
Lon and North-Western 12711281 1.0 11, *. I
1271, 81, 8 N. Railway of Canada,
Lou and
91, 90 Code South-Western 90 91 6p 0
aud Ist Pllohrof
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Man, Shef, and Lincoln 444 451 5p o
441, 5 1021
Metropolitan
641, i Delhi guar a p a
Midland l2B 1281 1031, 3
128, 4, 9 Bahia and San Francisco
North British
North-Eastern Consols.. 14311441 Belgian E Junction
lie 41, 4, 1 Buenos Ayres Gt stbro 24 25
South-Eastern 741 75 24f
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London, England, 1870-12-08

TfIE CATTLE PLAGUE ON THE CONTINENT.

The cattle plague has again invaded Luxemburg,
having shewn itself at Signeulx,- in the commune of
lileid, near Virton. Every measure has been
taken to prevent its spreading further, and in the
direction of Florenville, where it previously ap-
peared, there have been no further cases. The danger
still exists, however, since the plague is raging at
a French village at a very slight distance. The
Governor of Luxemburg has placed a most absolute
interdict on all transit of cattle or sheep through
this part of the province on any pretext
whatever. Some German sheep were • said
to have been fraudulently introduced into the Bel-
gian markets, more particularly into Brussels, being
brought across Holland and through Antwerp. This
is now denied, as the Govenment of the Nether-
lands has forbidden the passage of any cattle or
sheep from Germany. Many Bslgian farmers own
sheep of German origin, and this fact is thought to
explain the report, but the anxiety felt on the sub-
ject proves how closely the Belgian agriculturists
are watching against the invasion of this intangible
enemy.
•
THE TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Americans are growing very anxious concerning
the decline in their shipping, and not without reason,
for it appears from statistics just issued by the
Washington Bureau that there has been a serious
tailing-off in their tonnage within the last ten years.
The loss since 1860 is 1,407,719 tons,or over 26 per cent.
Part of this is attributed to the competition of rail-
roads, which have absorbed much of the internal
carrying trade, but the loss from the competition of
foreign vessels withdrawing ocean commerce has no
corresponding advantage. The entire tonnage of the
United States engaged in ocean, lake, and river trade'
is thus
,stated :—Sailing vessels, 16,995, tonnage,
2,135,268; steam vessels, 8,341, tonnage, 1,015,075;
and unrigged vessels, such as canal boats, 7,802,
tonnage, 795,805. There are five times as many
sailing vessels as steamers, and on the coast of Maine
the proportion is 65 to 1, owing to the fishing fleets.
On the Massachusetts coast there are 2,795 sailing
vessels to 82 steamers. It is not surprising to find
the great fishing port, Gloucester, with 560 sail
against one steam tugboat, or New Bedford, the
centre of the whaling trade, with 288 sailing vessels
and no steamboat mentioned; but in Boston, which
has a considerable foreign trade, the proportion of
sailing vessels to steamers-817 to 03—ms thirteen to
one. The merchants and shipowners of the States
complain loudly of the restrictions of their laws, and
"free trade in ships" is. now the universal cry
amongst the mercantile marine,
London, England, 1870-12-08

THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE.

The Scotch have suggested many more or less
fantastic methods of marking their satisfaction at
the approaching marriage of the Princess Louise
and the Marquis of Lorne, but a proposal has
emanated from Edinburgh which has apparently
met with favour in some of the large towns in Scot-
land. The proposition is that a movement should
be got up for the purpose of presenting a royal
residence in Scotland to her -Royal Highness on the
occasion of her marriage. The movement, it is
urged, to be successful must be national and cor-
dially supported by all class3s. It is more than
likely, however, that the idea will only produce a
passing enthusiasm.
London, England, 1870-12-08

TRIAL FOR MURDER.

At the Stafford Assizes on Wednesday James Alsop was
indicted for the wilful murder of John Farnell, head engi-
neer at the Cannock Wyrley Colliery, on the 16th of
September. The prisoner was engine-tender at the
collier, and on the day in question he came late to his
work. The deceased remonstrated with him. PriEioner
replied insolently, and the deceased kicked him. A fight
ensued, in the midst of which the prisoner stepped back,
produced a pistol, fired at the deceased, and injured him
in the liver, so that he died next day. The jury found
the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced
to ten years' penal servitude.
London, England, 1870-12-08

CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.

A council meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the
Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury-square, Fleet-street, Colonel
Tomline, M.P., presiding. Mr. Clay, the treasurer,
read the annual statement of accounts, from which
it appears there is a balance in hand of £l9l, rather less
than last year, owing to a subscription of £.50 which has
been given to the Local Taxation Committee. The
report of that committee was read by Sir
Massey Lopes, M.P., which announced that they had
drawn up a petition to Parliament with reference to the
subject, which would be submitted by the approval of the
magistrates in Quarter Sessions. The committee did not
put'it forward as a model for every county, but asked each
county to alter and amend it to suit their own
views and requirements. The committee find the
greatest difficulty in reaching the Boards of Guardians
and the smaller ratepayers ; but they hoped to induce
the former to petition Parliament early in the session. A
further list of subscriptions was announced,
and the report was received and adopted.—Sir Massey
Lopes directed attention to the subject of the education
rate, and reminded parishes that unless application was
made to the Privy Council before the 31st December they
would lose the opportunity of having Government grants
for their schools.--The discussion adjourned from the October
meeting on the question of what alterations could be made
for securing more united action between the central and
provincial chambers was re-opened, and, after a long dis-
cussion, chiefly upon matters of detail, a committee was
appointed to consider the subject and draw up a report.
London, England, 1870-12-08

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE POPE.

The following letter, addressed by Mr. Gladstone to
Mr. Dease, Member of Parliament for Queen's County,
has been sent to us for publication :
Downing-street, November 30, 1870.
Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 15th inst., transmitting a memorial from
the inhabitants of Stradbally, in which you state that they
express their desire that her Majesty's Government may
see fit to use " such diplomatic intervention as may
secure to the Pope the continuance of such a temporal
Sovereignty as will protect him in the dise.barg,e of his
spiritual duties, together with an adequate income." The
memorial itself is couched in larger or less definite
language, but I do not doubt that I am to recognise you
as the beet expositor of the feelings it is intended to
express. In reply I have to state that her Majesty's
Government has not, during the various changes which
have marked the reign of the presei.t Pope, 'interfered,
nor have they now proposed to interfere, with the Civil
Government of the City of Rome or the sur-
rounding country. But ,her Majesty's Government con-
sider all that relates to the adequate support of the
dignity of the Pope, and to his personal freedom and in-
dependence in the discharge of his spiritual functions, to be
legitimate matter for their notice. Indeed, without wait-
ing for the occurrence of au actual necessity, they have
during the uncertainties of the last few months, taken upon
themselves to make provision which would have tended
to afford any necessary protection to the person of
the Sovereign Pontiff. The subjects to which I have
adverted will continue to have their careful attention ;
although they had great satisfaction in observing that the
Italian Government has declared in the most explicit
manner its desire and intention to respect and defend the
Pope's freedom and independence, and to take care that
adequate provision shall be forthcoming for the due sup-
port of his dignity.—l have, &c.,
W. E. GLADSTONE.

NAVAL AND MILITAItY INTELLIGENCE.
A competitive examination has been opened at Chat-
ham Dockyard by the Civil Service Commissioners, to fill
up the vacancies for six engineer students. There are a
large number of candidates.
Prince Arthur will preside at the annual distribution
of prizes at the Social Science classes at the Royal
Arsenal, Woolwich, on Tuesday evening. The presen-
tation will be made in the Dining-hall, Cartridge Factory,
and an address to the students will be delivered by Mr.
Ruskin.
London, England, 1870-12-08

DECEMBER 8, - 1870

would have cost them a few thousand .-men,
but it could hardly have failed. No substantial
means of defence then existed. The forts were half
armed ; the National Guard did not exist ; the
Mobiles were a useless crowd; the only regulars
were the demoralised troops of Viuo3 .and fugitives
froM the battle fields. Troche. and Favre then
entertained small hope indeed of resistance
But it is proper to remark that these
rushes on fortified towns are very often
speculated upon after the event. Still there
can be no doubt that the defences of Paris in Sep-
tember were trivial compare 1 with those which now
exist. It seems granted on all hands that starvation
'ls the only sure means of reducing the city.

POPULAR FEELING IN RUSSIA.

• From authentic sources at St. Petersburg we learn
that the people of the capita are all of opinion that
Russia has fairly committed herself to a bold line of
conduct with respect to England, and that she is re-
solved to carry it out in spite of opposition. The
Emperor, it is said, encouraged popular enthusiasm
a few. days since, by intimating to the reserve corps
that there was a necessity for their holding them-
selves in readiness. Such a course has not been
resorted to since the Crimean war. The great
obstacle to any extraordinary elation is the knowledge
which all Russians have as to the scarcity of money
in the Imperial Treasury, Russia having of late
years expended such vast sums on railways. Not-
withstanding this deficiency, the Emperor has deter-
mined that 497,000 rifle guns are to be remodelled,
and 150,000 breech-loaders to be made reaqy for
immediate use by the Ist of January.
London, England, 1870-12-08

THE CANNONADE.

The discharge of artillery from the forts all the week
was terrific. It kept the oldest soldiers awake all night,
and shook every window pane in Paris :—" For miles
round the whole earth seemed to shake from the thunder
of the forts, and shells were passing over the battle-fields
and exploding in the woods and on the highways. Some
of the projectiles reached a distance of 7,000 yards from
the batteries out of which they were discharged." The
Germans affirm that all this cannonade did very little
damage.
London, England, 1870-12-08

THE PARIS SORTIES.

Some curious particulars respecting the sorties
from Paris have been received by balloon mail.
From these it appears that the plans of General
Trochu were in great measure vitiated from the first
by a sudden rise in the waters of the Marne,
which rendered the bridges constructed for crossing
the river altogether insufficient. The letters from
Paris say that the Germans caused this inundation
by opening the floodgates of Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Whatever gave rise to this obstacle, its effect
was to postpone Ducrot's attack on the
east for twenty-four hours, so that whereas
it had bee•i arranged that the efforts on the south
and the east should both be made together, the
former actually took place on Tueslay week, and
the latter on Wednesday week. It is noticeable,
too, that no mention is made of any direct assistance
being expected from the army ot the Loire. One public
announcement said that d'Aurelles was entrenched
in a position in which the Germans dare not attack
him. General Ducrot's proclamation affirms that the
best German troops were engaged on the Loire.
But nothing is said about a French relieving army
advancing upon Paris. If the Government of
Defence had any exp..ctation of such assistance, they
kept their knowledge to theinselves.
London, England, 1870-12-08

LIFB IN WHITECHAPEL.

A midnight inspection of several houses in White-
chapel by two officers of the Whitechapel Board of
Works resulted in some painful, but not original,
discoveries. Three houses in a court were found to
be overcrowded and moat indecently occupied. Men,
women, and children occupied beds in the same room
in an indiscriminate manner, and the picture of
indecency which they presented is indescribable.
The rooms were pervaded by a most disgusting
odour, arising from the filthy habits of the occu-
pants. Diseases of an epidemic character are
reported tc be spreading in the locality with fearful
rapidity, and no wonder when such a state of things
exists. The owners of these and'similar premises
have hitherto escaped legal penalties by pleading
ignorance of the conditition of the houses, and by
clearing out the surplus of lodgers, so that when the
police entered no overcrowding was to be found.
The Board of Works have determined to take
vigorous action with the view of diminishing the
evil. The worst of it is that the neighbourhoods
whose cleanliness and decency, as the chairman of
the Board remarked at the last meeting of that body,
are without reproach, have tk, share the punishment
of those who, by herding together in such dens
originate diseasp.
STREET TR 4111WAyS..

An American lady of advanced—though not, let us
hope, of " Revolutionary and Godless"—opinions has
visited us, and, as is customary with travellers
from abroad, she is endeavouring that our
casual acquaintance may be of mutual ad-
vantage. Few Englishwomen, it may be
said, would venture, for any purpose, however
neceisary, to admonish metropolitan vestrymen in their
own vestry room. Yet this has been done by Dr. Eliza-
beth Blackwell. This lady accompanied a deputation
to the Paddington Vestry in opposition to the tram-
ways proposed to be laid down in the neighbourhood.
Miss Blackwell said that in New York she had
witnessed for many years the advantages and dis-
advantages of street railways. The tramways
were most useful when 'construcled in broad and
long streets. In narrow and crooked thoroughfares
they were highly dangerous, and impeded the traffic.
Tramways would not supeeed in Paddington. The
vestry were apparently moved by Miss Blackwell's
arguments, for they at once directed that the subject
should bo referred to a special committee.
London, England, 1870-12-08

INTERCEPTED LETTERS.

Although boasting of leading the van of European
civilisation, neither of the belligerents in the present
war can •claim credit for displaying pinch of that
magnanimity and forbearance in trifles which have
often distinguished great military leaders.. Although
the old saying, " All is lair in war," excuses
many acts which civil life would condemn, there
are often occasions when private courtesies are in-
fringed without any possible milittry advantage. A
few days since the French peasantry in the Depart-
ment of Yonne captured a post cart carrying
thousands of letters for the Prussians before
pariP. Of course some of these might give
valuable information, but the little domestic epistles
to the sr pliers from their rdlations were of no service
excepting to the intended recipients. However they
were all confiscated alike, and among them was one
from Prince:,s Alice of England to her hus-

band, Prince Louis of :Hesse, who is with
the German army. It enclosed a note
horn the Prince's little daughter, thanking
hor papa for a doll, and begging him to come back
s on. The clerks at Tours, who aro trying their
German °vet such epistles, will not be lunch the
wier when their task is done. It has been sug-
g ‘sted that the letter ought to have been sent to
TArd Lyons for transmission to the Prince.
London, England, 1870-12-08

CHINA.

(Grant's North China Despatch, via Kiach ta.)
TIEN-TSIN, November 22.
There have J:oeen further hostile demonstrations
against Christians.

KIA C HTA, December 5.
The Khan of M.ainnoin has been taken prisoner by
Tartar rebels at Ulliasseita.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE HEALTH OF LIVERPOOL.

Professor Huxley has been requested by the Liverpoo
Corporation to nominate a gentleman to inquire into the
present unhealthiness of the town.
London, England, 1870-12-08

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules. Amy Robsart.
Phobus's Fix.
HAYMAREN—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of
Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday. Green Bushes.
VAnnEvlLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or
the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease. The Idle
'Prentice.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Peep o'Day. The Pretty Girls of
Stilberg. lie's a Lunatic.
GLoßE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew.
Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement.
OPERA COMIQUE -Le Tigre de Bengale, Les Pistolets de
Mon Pere, La Joie Fait Peur.
ST. JAMES'S—TO Oblige Benson. Fernande. Christ-
mas Eve.
°lmmo—Nell and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY Wealth, and Whittington Junior and Ms
Sensation Cat.
GAIETY Happy Village. Fra Diavolo. Trombal-
calzar.
STANDARD —Vicar of Wakefield. Ballet. Chapter of
Accidents.
HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jezabel.
QUEEN'S—Aunt Charlotte's Maid. A Midsummer Night's
Dream.
PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locked
In.
POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. • After-
noon and Evening.
EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the
Franco-Prussian War,
AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.
ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PALMS ROYAL—Professor Faber's 'calking Machine.
Panorama of the Seat of War. The Wizard of the
East.
ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d.

THE EUROPE-AN WAR.
The SUN is Published Every Morning
at EIGHT r O'CLOCK, with SOME
HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other
paper. This edition will always contain
the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and
of all other events.

7.1

LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1870.

UNIFICATION in the name of Might is clearly the
Order of the Day, is, so to speak, the mot of modern
civilisation. It has answered as a policy wherever
it has of late years been acted upon with sufficient
energy and audacity. In attestation of this the evi-
dance of two very competent witnesses will suffice—
Italy and Germany. In each of those instances the
ono sole aim of the governing power has been ter-
ritorial aggran..lisoment. In each the endeavour to
effect this has succeeded to a marvel. The reigning
sovereign at Berlin and at Paris has absorbed into
his dominions whatever he has resolved upon taking
into his possession. Whether it has been a whole king-
dom, like that of Hanover, or provinces, such as those
Danish provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, or more
recently, these French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine
—Prussia has only had to. stretch forth her strong
grasp and gather them to herself. Whether it has
been a viceroyalty like Lombardy and Venetia, or a
London, England, 1870-12-08

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its nrlstine hue, no matter at what age.
Jl,lO. GOgNELL and. CO. hare at length, with the aid of ono of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, is each; also 55., 7s. Bd., and lbs. each, faclud-
ilg brush.
lied Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 92, Tipper Thames-street, Lon-
lon, E.C.

ANY GENTLEMAN requiring the comforts of
a HOME in a respectable and cheerful family, where there
are no other lodgers, to board or not with the family, as
required, may hear of the same by applying to A. L,
Hawkins, Post Office, Liverpool-road, Barnsbury, N.
London, England, 1870-12-08

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