biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-13

"It deserves a welcome, this book we lave so long uncon-
sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the
intending excursionists a veritable benefaction. . . Altogether
the book is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the
happy time of our holiday excursion, aixl to give a place to on
our book-shelves afterwards as a most pleasant remembrancer."
—Sun

" Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is a very delightful little book. The
essay on Norway is particularly full of information, but the
others are not far behind it in proportion to their length, and all
are written in a genial spirit.".-Globe.
" Without being exactly a guide-book, it answers all the pur-
poses of one, and contains beside a vast quantity of information,
all given in the most condensed form possible. There is not a
line of space wasted in fine writing, but the descriptions of scenery
bear witness to the author's genuine love and appreciation of the
picturesque, just as his closely compressed facts and statements
prove the practical and hardworking man of letters."—Man-
chester Courier.

" From back to hack ` Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is full of matter
interesting equally to the tourist and the ordinary reader. It is
written in an easy and pleasant styl , and is well ` got up.' "
Eastern Morning News.
" We cannot part with this fascinating little work without con-
gratulating Mr. Spender upon it. Addressed, as it more especially
is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall,
it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica-
tion to the general public. . . . As to its literary merits we
need say nothing, the name of the author being sufficient
guarantee on this point."—Western Mail.
"The articles shew unusual power of observation, are full
of genial gossip, and supply just what the excursionist wants--
reliable information."—Western Daily Press.

CHARLTON TUCKER 21, Northumberland-street, Charing Cross
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE LYCEUM THEATRE (Sole Lessee and
Manager, Mr. EDMUND FALCONER), will open on
SATURDAY, 17th September, with a New and Original Irish
Drama, by the author of " Peep o' Day," entitled " IS-
FALLEN ;or the Men in the Gap." Box-office now open.
Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett.

MA DAME T ITS S AUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER STREET.

On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the
Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of
Prussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, ls.; Children
underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open
from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.
London, England, 1870-09-13

(RBUTERS TELZGRAMB.)

PARIS, SEPT. 12.
Au official decree has been published re-establish-
the tax on butchers' meat.

It 10 stated that yesterday evening, at the last
khroent, the departure of certain members of the
Government for Tours was indefinitively postponed.
The Gaulois says that the diplomatio body have
8180 postponed their departure.
The same paper asserts that England forwarded
Saturday a note to the Prussian Government de-
manding an armistice in the name of the neutral
powers. No reply has as yet been received from the
gang.

1t is officially announced that M. Thiers will leave
this evening on a mission to London, afterwards
Proceeding to St. Petersburg and Vienna. This
step is being taken in consequence of information
received by the Ministry.
The Prussians are expected to enter Meaux and
telun this evening.

THE GOVERNMENT TO REMAIN

IN PARIS.

PARIS, SEPT. 12.
The departure of the Diplomatic Body is post-
poned.

The Government and the Committee of National
Defence will not leave Paris.
The Minister of Justice will be the sole delegate
at Tours.

GREAT PRUSSIAN LOSS AT
TOUL.
(FRENCH ACCOUNT.)
PARIS, SEPT. 12.

The following information is communicated
11 the Ministry of the Interior. On Satur-
day, from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m., the Prussians
attacked Tpul. Their assaults were repulsed, and
41 their batteries dismounted. Their losses
attlount to 10,000 men hors de combat
Verdun continues to offer a vigorous resistance,
411 d bas twice refused to surrender when summoned,
411 d will hold ont to the last extremity.
„ Montmedy on Thursday repulsed a fresh attack of
the besiegers.
The Prussians are in the neighbourhood of Meaux.
They
_ are also in force at Crecy, and are approaching
331 oisy
London, England, 1870-09-13

ARIIWAL OF 20,000 VOLUN-

TEERS.
MARSEILLES, SEPT. 11.
Volunteer enrolmeLgts continue. 20,000 Volun-
teers arrived from Aix wit`.ll 1,500 Gerdes Mobiles.
The Municipal Council ha 7:e unanimously voted
thatthe
religious bodies, being liab-
le to the action of
e common
, law, must take part in the defenoe of
the country.
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE KEY OF PARIS.

The Soir asserts that there has just been discovered at
Sevres, opposite the great porcelain manufactory, an ad-
mirable military position, which commands the Seine
and Paris. The military engineers never fortified
this cardinal point, whence the Prussians might bombard
Paris at leisure if they were allowed to take it. A
German banker (honi soit qui mal y pease) has laid out
an elegant park there, and built himself a chateau,
at which the masons are even now working.
The Committee of National Defence have ordered the
instant construction of a redoubt at this spot. The
workmen are there, and are labouring night and day
under the direction of marine engineers, and even of a
young student of the Polytechnic SchooL But hands are
wanting. Three thousand men required. Are there not
3,000 men in Paris willing to work for its safety. The
Soir addresses a desperate appeal to the Provisional Go-
vernment, and calls upon them to recommend the Redoubt
of Sevres to all good citizens. Soldiers, mobiles, and
workmen will then flock there by tens of thousands.
London, England, 1870-09-13

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
Cl to its uristine hue, no matter at what age.
J NO. GOSNE LL and CO. have at length, with the.aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s each ; also 55., 7s. dd., and 15s. each, nclud-
ng brush.
lied Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 11, Upper Thames-street, Lou-
ion, E.C.
London, England, 1870-09-13

OHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT
ki FLOUR sold by all respectable Chemists and Grocers, in
packets, 3d., 6d., and is., and tins, 3s.
Sole Proprietors—OßLANDO JONES and CO., 18, Billiter-
street, E,C., London.
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE CAPE MAILS.

PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 11.
The Union Company's steamship Saxon arrived in
Plymouth Sound on Saturday afternoon, and having em-
barked 101 sacks of fortnight's outward Cape mails and
fifty passengers, she proceeded on her voyage. She was
delayed in her passage from Southampton by a heavy
adverse gale.

THE BRAZIL MAILS.
LISBON, SEPTEMBER 10.

The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Douro,
_from the River Plate and Brazils, left Lisbon for South-
annaton at noon to-day, with 69 passengers, £58,299 in
specie, 3,430 packages of coffe, 300 of tapioca, 784 of
cocoa, 500 9f tobacco, and 68 of sundries. The Oneida,
London, England, 1870-09-13

STATEMENT OF JAMES ELLIS.

James Ellis,thegunner'smaie, states :—I was awoke
just before 12 o'clock by the ship making a heavy lurch
to starboard, but she presently righted again. The middle
watch, to which I belonged, was then called and I went on
deck. While the watch was being mustered, Captain Bur-
goyne called me on the bridge and desired me to take a
steady and trustworthy man with me, and put the iron
covers on the turrets and report to him when it was done.
I then heard him ask how much the ship was " heeling." I
did not hear the reply, but afterwards heard that it was
18 (it was generally only eight). Captain Burgoyne then
gave the order to lower the foretopsail, and clap
plenty of hands on the- " down-haul." Directly after he
gave the order to lower the maintopsail, but the yard being
braced sharp up the yard did not come down, whereupon
Captain Burgoyne ordered the lee topsail sheets to be let
go. These orders were all rapidly given, while I was pre-
paring to cover the fore turret. I called James Frost,A.B,
to come with me, but I never saw him afterwards. I
walked forward in the weather gangway, and finding a
lower sail on the turret grating to windward, went round
to leeward of the three foremost boom boats, stowed inside
of each other,and endeavoured to liftoff thegrating. While
doing so the ship gave a tremendous lurch, throwing her
quite on her beam ends, the,water coming over the sea nett-
ings, and up through the iron grating which I was endea-
vouring to lift. I thought then that the ship must be
sinking, and holding on to the gratings, felt the boom
E boats graze my back. I went down some distance with
the ship.
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE MISSION OF M. THIERS.

The Times says it is evident that France is ready to
consent to almost any terms of peace, provided they do not
include a cession of territory ; and it is also evident that if
this be insisted upon Paris will stand a siege. Peace con-
cluded now, before the siege is begun, would save its inhabit-
ants a protracted agony, and would preserve the city itself
from the ravages that would be deplorable ; while the
Germans might well be spared a labour that would be
costly as well as arduous, even though the end were as
morally certain as we confessit our opinion to be. M. Thiers
will arrive among us to-day, and we (the Times remarks)
need hardly say that his errand will be accom-
panied with the hearty good wishes of the English people.
M. Thiers comes in consequence of information received
by the Provisional Ministry, and it is not rash to con-
clude that he is authorised to express their views on the
terms of peace, and that they believe they have reason to
think these views may be accepted as the foundation of
practical negotiations. It would be idle to guess at
the nature of the stipulations to which they are ready to
consent, but the opinion gains ground that France would
allow Metz and Strasburg to be dismantled, as she
allowed the fortifications of Dunkirk to be razed after the
Treaties of Utrecht and of Paris, or, as an
alternative, would allow them to be occupied
for a certain period by German troops, as
some French fortresses were occupied for three
years after 1815. Whatever the instructions of M. Thiers
may de, one thing may be freely affirmed—lf he comes
authorised to suggest terms of peace such as our Govern-
ment thinks may be reasonably pressed upon the accept-
ance of Germany, no moral effort will be wanting to
induce the victorious King and his counsellors to stop in
their career of triumphs, and to assent to the negotiation
of a just and permanent peace.
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE CHARGE OF LIBEL,AGAINST A
BARRISTER.

Yesterday morning,at the MansionHouse,before the Lord
Mayor and Mr. Alderman Hale, Mr. Cornelius Walford
came up on remand, charged with uttering a libel, which
he knew to be false, on Mr. Arthur Forward, managing
director of the West India Pacific Steam Packet Com-
pany of Liverpool. The defendant is editor of the insu-
rance Times, and the alleged libel complained of consisted
of charges of fraud, which appeared m a leading article
inserted in that publication. Mr. Sergeant Parry and
Mr. Horne Payne prosecuted, and Mr. Metcalfe
defended. The prosecutor was recalled, and stated that
on eight vessels insured by his company during six years
they lost £19,000. He utterly denied ever having got rid
of any ship with which he had had to do, as charged in
the alleged libel. Mr. Williams, clerk to Mr. Forward,
and Mr. Ross, an underwriter at Lloyds, gave evidence
in favour of the prosecution. The Lord Mayor having
intimated that he did not desire that Sergeant Parry
should address the court, and Mr. Metcalfe having ad-
dressed the court for defendant, his lordship committed
the defendant for trial.

FATAL EXPLOSION OF NITRO-GLYCERINE.
On Sunday night a dreadful explosion of nitro-
glycerine took place in the neighbourhood of Greenock.
During a shower of rain twelve youths, ranging in age
from fifteen to twenty, entered a deserted smithy, in
which one of them found a tin box about a foot square. He
lifted it up and examined it, and saw what he thought to be
a little oil. He then laid it down, but he had hardly done so
when a companion, taking a hammert aimed a blow at the
box, and in an instant the whole building—a wooden one
—was blown to atoms. Of the twelve youths only one
was able to walk home. One was killed on the spot,
another died on his way to the hospital, and three have
since died. In all, there are at present six under treat-
ment, and the recovery of all but one of these is con-
sidered hopeless.
London, England, 1870-09-13

CHAPMAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.
PROFESSOR ATTFIELD, Analyst to the Royal Pharma-
ceutical Society of Great Britain, reports as follows :--" Its rich-
ness in gluten, or flesh-forming material and phoshates, or bone
and teeth-forming substances, shows it to be a very valuable and
nutritious food, especially for children. It is incomparably
superior to arrowroot, corn-flour, and other forms of starch, which
contribute but little to the growth o renewal of bone or muscle.
London, England, 1870-09-13

TWO NAMES TO REMEMBER.

The Liberie says that on the Ist of September two
Prussian bearers of flags of truce entered into Sedan with
bandaged eyes. A third messenger, who went later, with-
out having his eyes bandaged, was able to take note of
the deplorable condition of the town. He informed King
William of it, and it was after this that the word
capitulation was pronounced. What a capitulation.
When the Emperor had been made prisoner, General
Wimpffen assembled a Council of War, composed of all
the generals then in Sedan, in order to decide whether
they should break through the enemy's lines, or should
accept a capitulation. All the generals, with two exceptions
were in favour of 'accepting the capitulation, their names
were Pelle and Cat-re de Bellmore. It was General Pelle who
at Wissenberg took the command soon after the beginning
of the fight, and who, without any instructions from his
predecessor, General Douay, killed 7,000 Pruisians. It
is said that when the Prussians offered him his liberty on

condition of his promising not to fight again he replied
with energy, " I have always been under fire, at the head
of my soldiers, and when they are given up I will not
abandon them. They shall still find me at their head to
brave the enemy into captivity and exile.
General Pend wrote to his wife in these terms : " I
am a prisoner of war before Sedan with the whole of the
army. Never has any people submitted to such an affront
as this before. Tell your brother that if he read the con-
versation of the meeting of the Council of War for the
surrender of the army he will see that two generals were
not willing to surrender. They have not been mentioned
by name. Tell him to write and say that these two
generals were Pend and Carr 4 de Bellemare.
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1870.

with the out mails from Southampton of the 9th August,
was at Pernambuco on the 26th idem.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

PROFESSOR BONAMY PRICE ON THE SUPPLY

OF GOLD.

Mr. Bonamy Price, Professor of Political Economy at
Oxford, lectured upon " Commercial Crises ' yesterday
before the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. He depre-
cated the notion that panics and crises were due to a
scarcity of gold, and shewed his meaning by example of
the amount of gold in reserve in the Bank of England
uring the several crises which have taken place.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS ON THE
CRISIS.

Mgr. Darboy writes to the clergy of his diocese as
follows :—" God and the country ! These are the grandest
words of human speech, and I have never used them with
more emotion than at the present moment. The country
is threatened with invasion in its capital by the stranger.
The blows struck at France resound in the hearts of her
sons, and they are ready to undertake everything in con-
cert with the Government of the National Defence.
What we have to do, Monsieur le Curs, in this terrible
crisis, is to give the support and consolation of our Minis-
try to the valiant soldiers who are in the forts
and ramparts, to comfort the wounded, and to assist
their families, and finally to pray to God, who
is the supreme arbiter of our destinies. The clergy of
Paris has presented itself in crowds to assist the soldiers,
the twenty-one forts which surround the capital have
each a chaplain ; the ambulances which have been estab-
lished on the points of attack will be attended by a priest
of the nearest parish. A work is in prospect for creating
an asylum for the orphans of the war. I am connected
with it, and I have promised that you will participate in
it to the full extent of your powers. In one word, we
will do our utmost to support bravely the unheard of trial
which Providence has sent to us. But while we fulfil
these tasks with courage we must pray to
God that he will make the war end. The
most exalted spirits of this great city will unite with
the most pious hearts to beseech heaven to succour us in
our most difficult position. The weakness of man can
make the whole world realise more fully the power of God.
Only one object need be set before us and unite us in a
common prayer and a common effort—it is that of saving
France by saving Paris. May God defend our country,
and assist with light and guidance those who labour in
its defence."
London, England, 1870-09-13

STATEMENT OF MR. JAMES MAY.

Mr. James May, gunner, 2nd class, states that he
was awoke about twelve o'clock on the night
of the 6th by some marines making a noise
outside of his cabin, and finding the ship
more than usually unsteady, he dressed himself to go on
deck and see if the guns were all right in the turrets. In
passing the engineer's bath-room he exchanged a remark
with the engineer officer who had come off the first watch,
and this he is certain as to its being just past 12 o'clock.
When he got up into the after-turret the.slaip gave a very
heavy roll to starboard, and continued in that position,
gradually heeling over more and more, until he found the
water coming into the point hole on the top of the turret,
through which he crawled, and then found himself over-
board. He, however, succeeded, with five others, includ-
ing Captain Burgoyne, in reaching the steam pinnace,
which was floating bottom uppermost, and observing the
launch passing within a few yards of them he cried out,
"Now, jump, men; this is your only chance." He and three
others did so, and succeeded in getting into the boat. They
in vain endeavoured to regain the pinnace to save their
captain, but the sea running so very high pre vented them
fulfilling their task, and in the attempt they were struck
by a heavy sea, nearly swamping the boat, and washing
one man (George Myers) overboard. It was then deter-
mined to let the boat run before the sea, as the land was
known to be to leeward of them. About two o'clock they
Bighted the light on Cape Finisterre, and afterwards observed
land. They made for it, and succeeded in landing about
noon of the 7th at Finisterre, and at four o'clock, after
making all necessary inquiries and drying their, clothes,
proceeded to Corcubion, where they found the vice-consul,
who telegraphed and sent the news of the sad disaster
through Corunna to England. The Monarch's boats
picked them up. Mr. May speaks highly of the manner
in which Charles Treganna steered the oar.
London, England, 1870-09-13

UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

(ESTABLISHED 1834.) ,
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at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay.

The THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT, Valuation, and
Balance-sheet of this Society, for the year 1869, may be had on
application to the head or branch offices, as above.
The report shows that the income of the year from premiums
was £127,020, the gross income £166,336, the new premiums
418,254, the assurances in force £3,102,648, the accumulated
funds £869,780.
Life Policies can be effected with this Society, or its Indian
branches at very economical and favourable rates and condi-
tions, entitling the assured to an annual reduction of premium
after six payments of premium. The reduction has amounted
to a cash return of 50 per cent., or one-half of the premium,
at last seven annual divisions of profits.
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE PRUSSIANS REPULSED

AT TOUL.

THE POPE LEAVING ROME.

PRUSSIA AND THE UNITED
STATES.

The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News tele-
graphs that "Whatever instructions, if any, Mr.
tancroft may have received from Washington, his
,aetion has been left entirely to his discretion. He
not tendered the mediation of the
United States, and the Government at
Washington has no intention of doing
80. The Cabinet of Berlin has addressed
a letter to Mr. Washburn at Paris
warmly thanking him for his good offices on behalf
of the Germans expelled from France. The siege
0 Metz and of Strasburg is progressing vigorously.
Their fall is daily expected. The advance of the
Gorman armies on Paris continues without interrup-
tion.”

THE EMPEROR AND THE KING

OF PRUSSIA.

The special correspondent of the Daily News at
Berlin sends the.following dated yesterday :—" In
a long report to the King, which is published in
the Staatsanzeiger, Count Bismarck says that the
Emperor Napoleon, in the interview at Sedan,
chiefly endeavoured to obtain favourable terms
Belgium
his army, proposing to let the troops cross into
to be disarmed. This was not acceded to.
Napoleon declined, as a prisoner, to treat for peace, de-
plored the misfortunes of the war, and declared that he
himself had not desired war, but that the
pressure of public opinion in France bad forced
aim into it. The general political situation was not
discussed. The conduct of General de Wimpffen
and other French Generals was highly praised.
General de Wimpffen, in a letter to Count
'Moltke, expressed thanks for the consideration
Which had been shown to him in the terms of
surrender. Meaux-on-M arne, and Me lun - on- Seine,
ally 28 miles from Paris, were occupied yesterday.
The report of Marshal Bazaine's attempt to break
trough the besieging forces towards Pont-a-
4inusson is not true."
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE LOSS OF THE CAPTAIN.

The Manchester Examiner says the loss of the war ship
Captain must surely lead to some modification of the
principle on which it is proposed to build our ships of the
future. It is too much to be asked to regard as an accident
that the ship in which the turret principle was first
applied in its most perfect form went down in a
storm which ten other ships survived without any mate-
rial damage, and more especially in the way in which the
vessel perished, is precisely that wherein the weak point
of the principle her construction exemplified was supposed
to be.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS AT DONCASTER.

Athol Daisy, Anton, Agility, Australia, Annie filly,
Auburn, The Boy, Brown Duchess filly, Bonny Swell,
Byron, Border Knight, Bonny Katie Birdie,
Constance,
Curieuse, Chaucer, Consternation, Captivator,
Curieuse, Caradoc, Clemence, Conspirator Cocoanut,
Cestus, Digby Grand, Don Carlos, Dark Cloud,. Elles-
mere, Ely Appleton, East Coast, Enterprise, Exciseman,
Forget-Me-Not, Flyaway Jack, Falkland, Fairfield,
Fearnought, Gong filly, Gamos, Glaucus, Gunga Gee,
Gladness, Geant des Batailles, Good Hope, Heather Bell,
Hawthornden, High Treason, High Pressure, Hetty colt,
Imperatrice gelding, Jester, King of the Forest, Knuts-
ford, Kingcraft, Kitty, Kingmoor, Lcetitia, Lord Hawke,
Lady Langland, La Calonne, Lumley, Lady Studley,
Lord of the Valley, Moslem, Marquis of Steane,
Miss Hervine, Mr. Fox, Myosotis, Mdlle. de Mailloc,
Miss Fanny filly, Master Bagot filly, My Uncle, Noble-
man, Normanby, Noblesse, Oxonian, Paganini, Ptarmi-
gan, Pretty Bird, Physiology, Palmerston, Pretender,
Queen of the Gipsies, Queen of May, Queen Bee filly,
Recorder, Referee, Ripponden, Rose of Athol,. Rapidity,
Rebecca, Sunlight, Sunflower colt, Sauntering Alma,
Saladin's dam colt, Sphynx, Stephanotis, Simplon,
Sornette, Somno, Stockhausen, Sharper filly, Starter,
Sunny, Sir George, Shannon, Stanley, Turquois, Tim
filly,Weaver,u
Thor,shant,
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colt, Wildflower, Wilful, Wheatear, Waif.
SCRATCHINGS.

G- Stakes.—Perth.
Finesse c, Lozenge's
dam c,
Traitor, Kinglike, Doorha c, Lydon, Sister Isle c,
Heroine f, Bay Celia f, Fredigonde, Emily c, Cerinthia
Champagnelaso w
c, Lady Augusta f.
Doncaster Plate. —Barrier, Saggittarius, Alice.
St. Leger.—Macgregor,Lackland, Eugenie c, Victor,
Vandenhoff, Vibration, Visage, Bellenden, Bouquet c,
Revenge, Soldier's Daughter Torment c, Ostorius,
Chateau la Rose, St. George, Emperor, Fragrance.
Municipal Stakes. —Paeaano.
Sweepstakes of Ten Sevs.-Each.—Ace of Diamonds and
Lady Di.
Zetland Stakes.—Mont Blanc and St. George.
Eglington Stakes.—Herod and Canonical.
Portland Plate,—Tibthorpe, Cymbal, Lady Sophia,
Linsey Woolsey, and Hesperia.
1 Doncaster Stakes. —Lisieux.
Park-hill Stakes.—Apaturia, Mantilla, and Slipper.
London, England, 1870-09-13

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London, England, 1870-09-13

FIELD DAYS.

A letter in the Standard draws attention to the
manoeuvres incident to a field-day at Aldershot.
The writer, who signs himself " Fairplay," asserts
that many of the movements which are executed
could not be attempted in the presence or neigh-
bourhood of an enemy, and asks whether the
generals in command of divisions or brigades, or of a
force representing the enemy, ever made any report
as to the efficiency or otherwise of officers com-
manding regiments on such occasions. "If," observes
Fairplay, " a captain or subaltern is manifestly igno-
rant or careless, he is sent to perpetual drill, or, if in
cavalry to riding-school, &c., and probably all leave
stopped. But, as this is supposed to be a camp of
instruction, surely the old proverb of what is sauce
for the goose should also be sauce for the gander
should apply equally to alt ranks." The writer goes
on to remark that it is notorious that some com-
manding officers at field-days and sham fights are
wholly incompetent, and this fact, he alleges, is
known to the Generals under whose command their
regimentshappen to be on the occasion. The men, too,
are fully sensible of their commander's ignorance, and
they feel ashamed of the humiliating position in
which they are placed. Under these circumstances
it is surely the duty, exclaims " Fairplay," of the
senior officers to make such representations of the
hortcomings of these officers, that a searching inves-
tigation should be made, and in the event of any
officer being found incapable of properly discharging
his duties, he ought to be ordered to give way to a better
man. It is no use. to wait, the writer argues, until
the regiment is in actual service, and thus allow the
country to be sacrificed through incapacity. He
urges immediate and prompt action unless this school
of education for service in the field is to become a
delusion and a snare.
London, England, 1870-09-13

MEDIATION

, Hitherto the English Government has maintained
an unaccountable silence and reserve with regard to
the continental crisis. The feeling has largely
obtained currency that the British Cabinet is wholly
indifferent as to the issue of the struggle, her friendly
offices in the commencement of the quarrel having
been somewhat peremptorily rejected. Be this
feeling right or wrong, the fact remains that
the inactivity of the Executive affords a prinid facie
justification for entertaining the belief. While other
neutral powers are manifesting a desire to bring
about combined mediation, England apparently
regards the crisis with unconcern. The popular
opinion, however, runs in the direction of interven-
tion, with the view of peace, and the Govern-
ment may find itself in deference to public
feeling, obliged to alter their policy of inaction.
The two demonstrations held by the work-
ing classes in London, although composed of
men having different political ideas, clearly indi-
cated that there was a general desire for
the discontinuance of hostilities. Doubtless
the Prussian Government would under-
stand the expediency of modifying its demands
for compensation, should the neutral powers corn-
binedly represent the folly and injustice of prose-
cuting the war any further, and of insisting upon the
dismemberment of France.
London, England, 1870-09-13

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office, Piccadilly,
London, England, 1870-09-13

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London, England, 1870-09-13

ATA.IIDEVILLE.THEATRE, STRAND.—
Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, CHISELLING. Mr. David James.
After which, at 8, the Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO
UOSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the successful
Burlesque, DON CARLOS or, The Infante in Arms. Supported
by Messrs. H. Irving, G. honey, Lin Rayne, W. H. Stephens,
and T.lThorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Pawsitt, T. Lavis,
and A. Newton.
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE POPE ON THE DEFENSIVE.

A correspondent in Rome writing on the 7th says
the Pincian has been closed and fortified during the
night, and four pieces of heavy artillery occupy the
wall commanding the approaches, as in 1867. The
Pope has apparently determined on resistance,
though it can only be pro forma, for the Italian
army can crush the handful of devoted 'troops the
Popo possesses with the greatest ease. Exclusive of
the Italian line and the artillery and dragoons, none
of whom are reliable, five or six thousand men at the
outside are at the disposal of the Minister of War,
while the Italian corps d'armde is 150,000 strong,
and amply furnished with arms, siege trains, and pon-
toons. The defence, such as it is, will be confined to
Rome, and the provinces left to their fate. Jules Favre
has telegraphed to the French Embassy that the Vati-
can had nothing to fear from the present change of
government in France, and that home matters were
quite enough to occupy him at present. The Marquis
Deßanneville gave inhis resignation as ambassador on
hearing that a Republic was proclaimed, and was
preparing to leave Rome on the Bth.
London, England, 1870-09-13

➢IILITARY INSTRUCTION.

A suggestion is made by the head master
'of Trinity Church School, Springfield, Essex,
whereby the military instruction of this country
may be greatly extended. In every school, public or
private, there should be, he considers, military training,
the boys being taught the use of firearms. This prepa-
ration would, in case of an emergency, enable them
to servo the country should their aid be required.
For thirteen years past the doctor had carried out
this idea in the school which is under his care. He
employed a sergeant-major, and every boy from 10
to 19 years of age was instructed in the manual and
platoon exercise, using blank cartridge, and in vari-
ous movements. The result was that every boy on
leaving school had undergone a good military
training. The new Gun License Act will put
every boy to the expense of a license without
relieving him from the charge of providing his
own rifle and ammunition. The doctor thinks some
consideration should be shewn to schools where boys
are being trained to be of service to the country
without cost to the nation. A communication was
sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the sub-
ject, but no provision was made in the Gun License
Bill to meet the case in point. The additional gun
license would compel the abandonment of what recent
events had shewn to be a most important mode of
instruction. Dr. Manning wishes that even now such
schools could be exempted from the operation of the
new Act, or that the master should hold the magis-
trates license by which alone drilling and training to
the use of arms is rendered lawful, under a duly
competent military instructor.
London, England, 1870-09-13

TO WINE MERCHANTS, HOTEL KEEPERS,
Publicans, and the Trade in Town anti Country.—Save Tra-
vellers' Commission and a largepercentage by buying direct from
the LONDON WHOLESALE WHISKY and SPIRIT MER-
CHANTS, who have a considerable stock of Irish and Scotch
Whiskies and other Spirits in bond and duty paid, including the
well-known brands of Roe, Jameson, Begg, MclS'enzie, and others.
Quotations given by HALL and BRADLEY, 7, Printlng-house-
square, E.C.
London, England, 1870-09-13

THE DISTURBARCE AT ALLAHABAD.

The Manchester Courier says the recent news from
India attracts attention here, but there can be no doubt
of its gravity. Allahabad has just been the scene of an
outbreak, strikingly resembling that which was the sig-
nal for that of 1857. Discontent is traced by the dissa-
tisfaction of the Zemindars with the imposition of the in-
come tax. That tax has been increased, greatly to the an-
noyance of the Zemindars, and that military disaffection
is coincident with the increase points to the one as
being a result of the other. A second outbreak would
probably rouse the native police, and, from their pecu-
liarly scattered position, they would possess an immense
advantage in the contest ; so that, if disaffection were to
show itself amongst them, the difficulties of the situation
would be aggravated.
London, England, 1870-09-13

SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE
RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD.
Treasurer—H. B. Praed, Esq,
Hon. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqs.
Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office
in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, such office to be
the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district.
DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society
ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W.
ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover-square.—Office, 28, Mount-street,
Grosvenor-square, W.
WESTMINSTER.-01lice, 38, James's-street, S.W.
PADDINGTON.—Office, 3, Leinster-street, W.
MILE-END OLD-TOWN.—Office, Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road,
Mile-end-road, E.
BATTERSEA.—Office, 2, Verona-street, York-road, S.W.
LAMBETH.—Office, 49, Upper Kennington-lane, S.E.
CLAPHAM.—Office, 11, Polygon, S.W.
CHELSEA.—Office, 57, Flood-street, S.W.
KENSINGTON.—Office, 39, Holland-street, W.
HAMPSTEAD Office, corner of Church-lane, High-street,
N,W.
DEPTFORD.-office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad-
way, S.E.
ST. MARY, NEWINGTON.—Office, 188, Walworth-road, S.E.
ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Office, 7, High-street, St. Giles'.
ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17, Woburn-buildings, W.C.
CONTRIBUTIONS towards the extension of this organisation
throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the
Society, or to Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C.
The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa-
tion only, not for relief.
C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary.
C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary.
Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand, W.C.
London, England, 1870-09-13

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and
Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
This Evening, at Seven, WANTED a THOUSAND MILLINERS,
Mr. J. Rouse, dite.; at a quarter to Eight, The RAPPAREE,
Messrs. Herman Vezin, W. Rignold, J. Clayton, A. Rayner, R
F. Edgar, Shiel Barry ; Mesdames Katharine Rodgers and M.
Cooper; to cone /lade with THE HAPPY MAN, Mr. Shiel
Barry, &
London, England, 1870-09-13

NEW PATENT

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Weakness and Swelling of the Ligs, Sprains, &c. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensivr, and are drawn on like
an ordinary stocking Price 4a 6d., 7a. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each
Postage, 6d.
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London, England, 1870-12-03

110-NIGHT, at Do.ht.—Grand Combination of
Attraction. MDLLET DJAZET AND COMPANY, in
French Plays, in conjunction with the ENGLISH OPERATIC
BURLESQUE COMPANY. Commence with LE TIGRE DE
BENGALE. Followed by LES PRES ST. GERVAIS. Mdlle.
Ddjazet as Le Prince di Conti. Mdlle. Riel as Friquette. Con-
clude with the English Operatic Burlesque, adapted expressly
for this Theatre by W. S. Gilbert, Esq., from Donizetti's Opera
L'Elisir D'Amore, entitled THE ELIXIR OF LOVE. Music
selected and arranged by Mr. Charles Steele.
London, England, 1870-12-03

THE JURIES ACT.

Mr. Justice Brett, who presided in the Crown Court
at the Manchester Assizes yesterday, referred in his charge
to the grand jury to the ambiguity of the Juries Act
passed last sessions. He commented severely on the in-
consistencies in the measure, and said that the judges had
had the greatest difficulty in framing rules carrying out
the intention of the Legislature.
London, England, 1870-12-03

THE BRIDGWATER SCHOOL BOARD.

The result of the polling for the School Board at Bridg-
water bas been the return of three Churchmen and four
Nonconformists. Their relative position, according to
the number of votes received, was as follows :—Hammill
(Independent), 1; Wilton (Nonconformist), 2 ; Sully
(Nonconformist), 3 ; Barham (Nonconformist), 4 ; Smith
(Churchman), 5 ; Winterbotham (Churchman), 6 ; Poole
(Churchman), 7. Two other Church candidates were
defeated.
London, England, 1870-12-03

HAR ROG A. TIC MINERAL WATERS

The Public oan now be supplied with these world-renowned
and invaluable Waters, which annually give relief to thousands
of sufferers from
GOUT, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, DERANGEMENT of

ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL.—The next
ELECTION for this Charity will take place in January,
when 25 Orphans will be admitted. Children for nomination
should be at once put upon the list.
As the Charity depends upon voluntary benevolence for four-
Afths of its annual income, Contributions are earnestly solicited.
JOSEPH SOUL, Secretary.
Of bees, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

SOCIETY for ORGANISING CHARITABLE
RELIEF and REPRESSING MENDICITY.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
Chairman—The Earl of LICHFIELD.
Treasurer - H. B. Praed, Esq.

Hon. Secs.—Alsager Hay Hill and George M. Hicks, Esqs.
Object of the Society.—The establishment of a Charity Office
in every Poor Law District in the metropolis, such office to be
the recognised centre of charitable organisation in each district.
DISTRICT COMMITTEES in union with the Society :
ST. MARYLEBONE.—Office, 151, Marylebone-road, N.W.
ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover-square.—Office, 28, Mount-street,
Grosvenor-square, W.
WESTMINS.TER.—Office, 38, James's-street, S.W.
PADDINGTON.—Office, 3, Leinster-street, W.
MILE-END OLD-TOWN.—Office, Vestry-hall, Bancroft-road,
Mile-end-road, E.
BATTERSEA.—Office, 3, Verona-street, York-road, S.W.
LAMBETH.—Office, 49, Upper Kennington-lane, S.E.
CLAPHAM.—Office, 11, Polygon, S.W.
CHELSEA.—Office, 57, Flood-street, S.W.
KENSINGTON.—Office, 39, Holland-street, W.
HAMPSTEAD.—Office, corner of Church-lane, High-street,
N.W.
DEPTFORD.—Office, St. John's Mission-hall, King-street, Broad-
way, S.E.
ST. MARY, NEWINGTON.—Office, 188, Walworth-road, S.E.
ST. GILES'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Office, 7, High-street, St. Giles'.
ST. PANCRAS.—Office, 17, NI oburn-buildings, W.C.
CONTRIBUTIONS toward" the extension of this organisation
throughout the metropolis may be paid at the office of the
Society, or to Messrs. Coutts and Co., 50, Strand, W.C.
The funds of the central office are for purposes of organisa-
tion only, not for relief.
C. B. P. BOSANQUET, Secretary.
C. J. RIBTON-TURNER, Organising Secretary.
Office, 15, Buckingham-street, Strand. W.C.
London, England, 1870-12-03

BALLOON POST.

Four packages have been picked up at Cadgwith,
near the Lizard, with the Paris postmark of November
28th, supposed to be from the balloon which passed the
Channel ou Tuesday night. Each parcel is marked
balloon post. They are all wet and covered with sand.
One of them has been forwarded from Falmouth, where
they were brought to the French Consul-General in
London.
London, England, 1870-12-03

SUICIDE OF A RECRUIT.

A coroner's ingtiest was held yesterday at Maidstone,on
the body of a man named George Welfield, who com-
mitted suicide under the following circumstances. De-
ceased had joined the 7th Dragoon Guards as a recruit at
Newcastle on the 12th of November, and arrived at Maid-
stone on the 19th. On Thursday he was seen hanging
about the railway six miles from Maidstone, and was ob-
served to throw himself in front of a train, the whole of
which passed over his body. The jury found that deceased
was of unsound mind.
London, England, 1870-12-03

THE BATTLE NEAR AMIENS.

Of the battle that took place on Sunday before Amiens
between the French army of the North and General
Manteuffel's corps, the Sabre says that the struggle was
carried on between Villers-Bretonneux (a large manufac-
turing village sixteen kilometres from Amiens) mil Boves
(at ten kilometres from the same town). It lasted nearly
all day—that is to say, from eleven a.m. to five p.m. "We
had about 30,000 men against 40,000 Prussians, and our
twenty-four guns had to contend with the forty which the
enemy had with them. The line of battle extended,
over two leagues. This battle, in which several batta-

lions of the Mobiles received their baptdine de feu, was
especially a sanguinary artillery fight. At one p.m. our
army was wavering a little, but the arrival of a new
reserve battery from Amiens enabled us to recover our
advantages, but at half-past four the Prussians were rein-
forced at three kilometres from Villers-Bretonneux. At
this moment, unfortunately, the enemy again made an
attack with renewed vigour, and our troops slackened
their fire. The night was favourable to the movement in
retreat, which was effected in good order partly from the
side of Corbie. This movement was principally for the
purpose of saving the guns, which a longer resistance
alight have caused to fall into the hands of the enemy.
The soldiers of the marine infantry were almost cut to
pieces in defending the artillery."
Another account says that when the Germans followed
up their advantage and entered Villers, after all the
villages in the rear had been set on fire, the in-
habitants were seized with a panic. The women,
with children in arms, rushing about and shrieking
formed an agonising episode in the day's proceedings. A
number of them heedlessly rushed in the line of fire, and
were killed by shot and shell, and many more were drowned
in the marshes about the city. The French are said to
have behaved extremely well, and the gallant conduct of
a company of Marines and a battalion of Foot Chasseurs
especially cited as entitled to commendation. The Marines
were almost all killed or wounded, only three officers esca-
ping with their lives. The Mobiles are said to have shewn
great steadiness. •
London, England, 1870-12-03

AMY ROBSART.—Miss VICTORIA. YOKES.
In consequence of this lady's great success in the above
character on the occasion of Wednesday evening, Nov. 9th,
and on Wednesday morning, Nov. 23rd, Mr. Chatterton begs
to announce that Miss Vokes will REPEAT the IMPERSONA-
IKON An. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, on the ocoasion of the
BENEFIT BM HE SUFFERERS OF H.M.S. " THE
APTAIN,"
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.

MISS NEILSON will appear in the character
of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name,
THIS EVENING, Dec. 3 .—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA NE.
London, England, 1870-12-03

the LITER, DTSPIPSLi, INDIGESTION, &O.

THE AERATED NATURAL IRON WATER
is distinctly Tonic, and is a delicious beverage for giving strength
and vigour to the system. See Medical Certificates, vide
Press.
Price 6s. per dozen.
Of all Chemists and Family Grocers.
Hampers containing 4 dozen 225., delivered free within twelve
miles of London ; 9d. per dozen allowed on returned Empties.
Convalescent Homes and Sehools supplied at wholesale prices.
For further particulars apply to
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empties, and 6s. on hamper. Of all chemists and family grocers;
or Richard Davis, 20, Maddox-street, Regent-street. W. Whole-
sale only of William Whittle and Co., 63, Great Tower-street,
E.C.
London, England, 1870-12-03

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE,

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J NO. GOSNE LL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
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London, England, 1870-12-03

I_VIA DAME.
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On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the
Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; King William of
Frussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, Is.; Children
underlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open
from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
London, England, 1870-12-03

Mr. Chadwick, the engineer, had a very narrow escape.
At the time the explosion took place he was clean-
ing his engine, which was in the same room as the
exhauster, and his hands were very badly burnt. Several
of the other workmen who were near were more or less
scorched. After the fire had been subdued by the brigade,
several members of the corporation, including Mr. Alder-
man King, Councillors Woodward and Batty, accompanied
by the manager of the gasworks and other officers,
proceeded to make an inspection of the place, with
the view of ascertaining the cause of the accident.
They had been in the room for some time, when a heavy
thud was heard ; one of the workmen called out " run,"
and those who were present, fearing another explosion,
instantly took to their heels, and the inspection had
to be suspended for some time. There are various suppo-
sitions as to the cause of the accident, one of which
is that there had been an escape of gas from the
exhauster, or through the packing of the cylinder which
had either become ignited at the lighted jet near the
engine, or through a light used by some one in attempt-
ing to discover where the leakage came from. Another
supposition is, that there was a flaw in the valve of the
main, between the exhauster and the purifier, through
which the gas had percolated back into the main, and by
the pressure caused the explosion.