The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-24 00:00:00

THE EXPORT OF ARMS TO FRANCE.

We are told that not less than 120,000 rifles have been
exported from this country to French ports recently. The
Customs officials have, it is, said, received instructions
not to stop transit provided there is no attempt at con-
cealment. It is only in the event of a fictitious descrip-
tion that they are liable to seizure. The manufacture of
warlike materiel is also going on with the utmost rapidity.
So great is the demand for ammunition that a number of
persons have entered into the trade at Bimingham who
have no license.—Globe.

The Dublin mountains have been again clothed
with snow, and the winter seems to have afresh set in
with severity.• _ _

The Carlisle Town Council have resolved to apply
for a School Board. At Leamington and Warwick the
school accommodation is believed to be sufficient.
The car and cabowners of Dublin held a meeting
on Thursday for the purpose of opposing the Tramways
Bill for Dublin, but the attendance was by no means
large.

DEATH OF SIR CLIFFORD CONSTABLE.—The
death is announced of Sir Clifford Constable, Bart., of
Burton-Constable, Yorkshire. The deceased, who was
64 years old, will be succeeded by his only son, Frederick
Augustus Talbot.
One Maine editor has sued another Maine editor
for defamation of character, and the defence is understood
to be that, in the first place, the plaintiff had no charac-
ter .to speak of, and that, even if he had, nothing the
defendant could say would injure anybody.
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The German field-post conveyed between the 15th oj
October and the Bth of December 1,219,533 parcels. The
transmission of these required the services of 560 railway
trucks and many hundreds of horses and vehicles, and it
was not till the 16th inst. that the last transport could
leave Berlin. _

It is stated that Mr. Hugh Law, Q.C., or Mr.
O'Hao,-an, Q.C., will be a candidate for the representation
of Newry, in the Liberal interest, in the room of Mr.
Kirk. A local meeting of the Liberal party has already
been held, but the proceedings were private.
The Lancet has been informed that some strong
evidence has been brought forward before the Royal
Commission on the Contagious Diseases Acts, shewing
the excellent effect of the working of these Acts in cer-
tain districts in diminishing the number, by reform
and otherwise, of young girls pursuing dissolute lives.
It is satisfactory to learn from the Civilian that
the re-organisation of the pattern and sample posts is
under the immediate consideration of the Postal authori-
ties, and that early in the ensuing year very extensive
alterations will be made, greatly to the advantage of the
public.
THE FRENCH RESOURCES.—AII the French resi-
dents at Rome have been compelled to attend at the
Embassy titre, in order that their fitness for military
service might be ascertained. Several of the number were
ordered to depart for France immediately, and to present
themselves by a certain date, at places mentioned, in
France.

THE NORWICH ELECTION PETITION.—The Nor-
wich election petition is to be tried, after all, in its origi-
nal form. The date originally fixed for the hearing,
January the 4th, is also to be adhered to, as the Liberals
will bring recriminatory charges against the Conserva-
tives.