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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-29

FOOT WARMERS.

Mr. Plimsoll, M.P., again urges the advisability of
railway companies providing footwarmers during
wintry weather for all classes of passengers. His
argument needs no proof. Such a means of protec-
tion against great suffering involves only the pre-
liminary outlay, and very little trouble. To
even demand a small payment for • foot-
warmers would be a great improvement upon
absolutely tabooing theil• employment, save i❑ first
class carriages. The directors' argument—that such
comfort fin• second and third class passengers would
empty the first class carriages, rests upon the asser-
tion that people travel first class only for the sake of
foot-warmers—a plea which is not worth refuting.
Toe truth is that the excessive discomfort of travel-
ling in winter diminishes the number of passengers
without any compensation. Mr. Plimsoll is the
member of Parliament who brought in a bill to
compel directors to midi() this provision. There may
be doubt as to the propriety of doing this by means
of an Act, but there can be none as to the justice of
the claim in itself,
GRBENWICH HOSPITAL SCHOOLS.

An address and testimonial have just been pre-

sented at Greenwich Hospital to Dr. Hill by fifty of
the gentlemen whom he trained. to be teachers of
nautical science, in the class lately under his care.
The address set forth the services which had been '
rendered by Dr. Hill in organising the class in 1847•
In his reply Dr. Hill stated that his'
class was the first training-school of nautical science
established in this country, and as evidence of its
success he pointed out that among his pupils had
been eight naval instructors of the Royal Navy, the
head masters of the training-ships Conway and
Worcester, and of the Greenwich Hospital Schools ;
and eight heads of institutions for teaching navigation
i►► all parts of the world. He believed that class
bud done its work effectively by sending forth
teachers to serve as centres in all quarters to diffuse
sound nautical science.
London, England, 1870-12-29

MARKETS.

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, WEDNESDAY,—BUSiDeSS in
the Corn Exchange to-day was on a limited scale, but prices
throughout ruled firm. There was a small show of English
wheat on sale. and the receipts from abroad were far from being
extensive. The inquiry for both red and white produce was
rather more active, and prices occasionally experienced a slight
advance. There was a limited supply of barley on the stands.
Grinding descriptions, in sympathy with maize, were rather
flrme”, but malting qualities, owing to their inferiority,
were difficult to dispose of, on former terms. 'Malt
was quiet, but values were unchanged. There was a good
supply of oats on offer, which sold with more animation, at an
advance of from 6d. to ls. per quarter. Beans, peas, and maize
were purchased to a fair extent, at the extreme quotations of
Monday last. Flour was disposed of quietly, at firm rates.
Arrivals.—Foreign : Wheat, 2,340 ; barley, 720 ; oats, 29,410 ;
flour, 1,150 sacks and 1,710 barrels.
SOUTHALL CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Supplies
were very short to-day, and there was but little wanted by the
butchers. In the absence of any trade of consequence, prices
must be quoted at late rates.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—This Illa:-
ket to-day opened steady ; probable sales, 12,000 ; imports,
42,125 bales.

A PRUSSIAN MAN-OF-WAR AT OORK.—A special
telegram from a correspondent of the Freeman's Jourhal
reports that the Prussian corvette Augusta, 9 guns, from
Hamburg, arrived at Castletown Berehaven, Cork, early
on Wednesday. Nothing reliable is known of her destina-
tion. One report is that is bound for the West Indies;
another that she is cruising off the south-western coast in
search of French merchantmen ; and thirdly, that her
mission is to escort to Hamburg a large German mer-
chantman in the harbour since the outbreak of the war.
The An z•usta is described as an exceedingly fast steamer.
The sailors who have come ashore anticipate war witli
England as soon as the present war ceases. Many „f
them speak Eugliah fluently.
London, England, 1870-12-29

MR. BRIGHT AND THE MINISTRY.

Commenting on the cause of Mr. Bright's retirement
from the Ministry, the Standard remarks :—No one sus-
pected Mr. Bright of clinging to office from petty
motives. The very essence of our charge against the
Ministry is, that while the country has received no benefit
from Mr. Bright's administrative powers, the Govern-
ment has permitted the country to receive great damage in
public opinion by identifying themselves with Mr.
Bright's peculiar political theories. To this charge it is
no sort of answer to say that Mr. Bright only leaves the
Cabinet when he has assured himself of its peacefulness.
There never was any danger that Mr. Gladstone would
be other than pacific. The danger was and is that
he tioo pacific—that by keeping Mr. Bright's
nam n the business long after that name repre-
sented only a dummy, he was inflicting serious
injury on the national character. It is superfluous to say
whence this injury will come. Mr. Bright is known all
over Europe and America as the politician who is for
peace at any price. He has himself argued that it
would be cheaper for us to suffer invasion than to
go to war. He has steadily denounced every
attempt at an increase of the national arma-
ments, and vilified those who have contended
for a proper defensive system for this country. He
is the apostle, if not the founder, of that school which

places the chief end of a nation to lie in the wealth which
comes of commerce. His presence in the Ministry has
uleivestionably tended to propagate the opinion abroad
that under no circumstances would England go to to war
again. Already a similar opinion, 'when Mr. Bright
was not nearly so powerful as he is now,
has led to our being engaged in a costly
and dangerous war. To put forth, therefore,
as a sufficient apology either for Mr. Bright or for
the Ministry that the retiring Minister leaves his ell-
leagues in full harmony with himself, and not " too little
peaceful," is either a silly joke or the clumsiest of blun-
ders. If nothing better can be said for Mr. Bright than
that he has infected the Ministry witn his peace opinions—
if nothing better can be said for the Ministry than that
it represents Mr. Bright, even when, as we presume, Mr.
Bright is nothing else than a Whig peer and a despiser of
the working classes, then are we more than justified in
all we have charged against Mr. Gladstone and his late
colleagues.
London, England, 1870-12-29

BOURBAKI.

The report that General Bourbaki is making a
march to the eastward to attack Werder is not con-
firmed, but the project is a very probable one. The
army of Bourbaki is much nearer to Dijon,
round which Werder's force is situated, any than
German force ; and if the late Commander
of the Imperial Guard, makes haste, he
ought to fall upon the German Eastern Army
before any assistance could be sent it. Werder,
who is not in great force, finds plenty of occupation
already; and if Bourbaki were to come up, he would
be hopelessly outnumbered. Well executed, such a
project as that attributed to General Bourbaki should
have the most important results, for not only ought
Werder to be beaten, but the communications of the
German army would be almost untenable.
London, England, 1870-12-29

CONDITIONS.

In all cases instructions to forward Telegrams are received
subject to their acceptance and transmission by the Post Office.
The Telegrams to be used only in one newspaper or news-
room, and are not to-be copied.
No order for less then Three Months can be accepted, and
prepayment is essential.

Orders received on Monday MORNING can commence on the
following Thursday orders received on Thursday MORNING can
commence on the following Monday.
Two weeks' notice must be given before the expiration of the
current quarter if the service is not to be continued.
WILLIAM SAITNDERS, Proprietor.
112, Strand, London. W.C., December 1, 1870.

benevolent'ci'A exertions
'lTiEsm.a—deObwyit:ire
Btroititsillievunbalibeldeurh d
g
the last few months to aid the Sick and Wounded in the War
now raging on the Continent, to' relieve the French Peasants,
and the relatives and friends of those lost in H.M.S. Captain,
the Funds of the following HOME CHARITIES have 'suffered
very materially, viz.:—
The Boys' Refuge, at 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn.
Bisley Farm School, Surrey.
Chichester Training Ship.
Girls' Refuge, 19, Broad-street, Bloomsbury.
Home for Little Girls, and Girls' Refuge, Ealing.
In these Institutions between 500 and 600 Boys and Girls are
educated,- fed, clothed, and trained to earn their own living.
Besides the above work, upwards of 500 Ragged School
children are supplied with dinner once a week.
AN URGENT APPEAL is therefore made for HELP to pur,
chase FOOD and CLOTHING for these poor Children.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and
Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, City,
and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Range, 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn, W.C.
London, England, 1870-12-29

TROCIIVS CONCEPTION.

Everybody in the German lines seem fully con-
vinced that Trochu is making a separate citadel of
Mont Valerien, to which he will retire when Paris
is starved out. The utility of such a scheme is
obvious—provided always that it is practicable. If
Trochu takes with him 200,000 men, he will be able
to subsist for ten weeks upon the quantity of food
which would last the two million people in Paris
only one. He has therefore only to 'substract a
fortnight's food from the supply in the city, and his
citadel is provisioned for nearly half a year. As
to the strength of Valerien and the vast works
aroud it, it would be almost as difficult to reduce it
by siege operations as to take all Paris. The only
question is, will the Germans be able to frustrate
the plan by refusing to accept the surrender of
Paris, unless Valerien were given up too ? Could
they refuse to relax the blockade, and, starvation
or not, keep two millions of people shut up so as to
compel by their sufferings the leaders inside Valerien
to relax their determination ? Would Trochu give
way at the sight of his starving countrymen ? The
chances are that these problems would be solved in
favour of the Germans.
London, England, 1870-12-29

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London, England, 1870-12-29

ANOTHER HOUSE DOWN.

On the 15th of December another was added to
the long list of accidents from the falling of build-
ings which have taken place in New York. As
usual, it was the result of carelessness. The build-
ing was intended for a pianoforte manufactory, but
the plan upon which it was constructed was most
faulty. It was a structure of 189 feet in length,
with a frontage of twenty-five feet, and eight storeys
in height, with no support on either side. The
walls at the foundation were only sixteen inches thick.
It is truly observed by one of the papers commenting
on the affair, that had the building stood
until it was filled with workmen,• a hun-
dred might have been killed instead of four.
The edifice is described as a mere shell, which was
certain, sooner or later, to fall to pieces under the
weight it had to support. It appears that the builder
became alarmed at the prospect befbre him, and sent
his foreman to represent to the owner, with whom he
had made a contract, the dangerous aspect of affairs
but the latter refused to allow any change
to be made in the scheme, saying that the
plans had been approved by the Superintendent
of buildings. he New York papers consider the
authorities are at fault, and declare that according to
existing arrangements the machinery which is pro-
vided by the law, for the protection of life and pro-
perty fails of its purpose. The Superintendent of
Buildings has no power to correct defective plans of
building, so long as certain forms are complied with.
After these explanations it seems only surprising that
accidents do not more frequently occur in New York.
where it is said that subgtantial buildings are the ex-
ception and fragile shells the rule.
London, England, 1870-12-29

REPRIEVE OF A MURDERESS.

The young woman Charlotte Elliott, who at the last
Liverpool Assizes was condemned to death for the murder
of her illegitimate child, bas been reprieved.

THE RECENT RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
At a meeting )E the Manchester Chamber of Commerce
held yesterday, the subject of the recent deplorable rail-
way accident was" brought under consideration. A memo-
rial had been sent to the Board of Trade that such acci-
dents are preventible, and praying Government to take
steps to prevent their occurrence. The Government had
replied that the matter was under their most serious
onnsiaeratlon.

MARRIAGE OFLORENF LORD
CE CRICHTON TO LADY
COLE.
The marriage of Lord Crichton, M.P., son of the Earl
of Erne, K.P., with the daughter
the he
Earl of Enniski
len, was solemnised'yesterday, at the Florencourt Church,l
by the Lord Primate of Ireland, in the presence of a
distinguished assemblage. The route from the church was
decorated with arches, &c. The wedding party returned
after the ceremony and partook of a dejeuner at the
Castle. The happy pair then drove to Beltram Castle
the seat of the Duke of Abercorn, for the honeymoon.
A magnificent bracelet was presented to the bride by the
Enniskilleners.

CRYSTAL PALACE.--One Shilling Day, Wednesday,
December 28, 1870.—Admission by season tickets, 2,713;
ditto on payment, 4,838; total visitors, 7,651,
London, England, 1870-12-29

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London, England, 1870-12-29

BIRTHS.

On the 26th. inst., at 18, Vanbrugh-park, Blackheath,
the wife of Henry Green, jun., Esq., of a daughter.
On the 26th inst., at Tedworth House, Hants, the wife of.
Edward Studd, Esq., of a son.
MARRIAGES.;

On the 24th inst., at St. Mary's, North End, Fnlhara,
George Hector Croad, Esq., to Edith, sec=and daughter
of the late Henry Brock-Hollinshead, Esq., of Billinge,.
Starr, Lancashire.

On the 27th inst., at St. Pancras, Enaton-square, Francis;
C. D. Smythe, of Staple-inn, to Arabella Sophie, thee
younger daughter of the late Douglas C. K. Dana, Esq..
R.N., of Shrewsbury.

DEATIJ9.

On the 26th inst., at Great Ormond-street, Henry Paris,
Esq., aged 76.
On the 26th inst., at 2, Buckingham-gate, Julia wife of
Charles J. Monk, Esq., IVT.P., aged 38.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLA ND P.OYCE, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer and Published by him at
THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the
Savoy, in the County of Middlesex,
Thursday, December 29, 1870.
London, England, 1870-12-29

THE SINKING SHIP.

Amongst the various proofs that the surrei.der of
Paris is at band the most convincing is the demeanour
of the rats. They are evacuating the city in thousands,
and making the best'terms they can with the enemy.
A correspondent says the German outposts are
troubled with constant encounters with troops of
these animals, who unquestionably come from Paris.
This exodus may have arisen from various causes.
Food must be running short, for the Parisians
now eat many an item which they formerly
threw away, and this frugali y must greatly
impair the quality of the supplies down in the sewers.
It may be that the rat-hunters are getting so eager
for prey that the unfortunate little beasts are becom-
ing alarmed. Or it may Le that the inhabitants of
the sewers have seen some well picked bones of their
relatives washed down into their abodes, and hor-
rified at the unwonte.l sight, have forthwith de-

c tmped.
THE VACANCY IN THE MINISTRY.

The probable transfer of Mr. Fortescue to the
Presidency of the Board of Trade, or to some other
position than that he now holds in the Minis-
try, is thoroughly believed in by the Irish
papers. Mr. Monsell, however, and not Mr.
Cardwell, is selected as the gentleman likely
to succeed to the Irish Secretaryship. The
appointment of Mr. Monsell to the post would, it is
thought, be gratefully received. The Irish Chief
Secretaryship has now come to be regarded as a
Cabinet office, and Irishmen think it would be of the
highest importance if there were at least one repre-
sentative of the national faith in the imperial Cabinet.
Mr. Monsell was once before in office with a Liberal
Government, and he is remembered to have discharged
his duties at the time with an energy and ability that
was gratifying to most Irishmen.
London, England, 1870-12-29

THE FUTURE FOR FRANCE.

We are aware, says the Times, that in the 'opinion of
many persons the surrender of Paris would not bring with
it the endof the war. Sanguine people assert that it would
only be the signal for its real commencement. We do not
willingly indulge in vague anticipations of the future, and
we attach so great an importance to the re ult of the
siege of Paris and the chances of any relief being brought'
to the invested city by the Provincial armies that the
question " What next ?" seems to us hardly worth attend-
ing to. But supposing that, after the fall of Paris, the
Germans renounced the thought of any further enter-
terprise ? Two are required to make war, as well as to
make peace. It would matter little if the French had lost
their capital, whether they would acknowledge themselves
beaten or not, whether or not they would come to terms.
The Germans hold in their hands what they, wisely or im-
providently, claim as the prize of victory. They might fall
back upon their new acquisitions, and, if needful, occupy
another Province as a pledge to be redeemed by the
French on the acceptance of the conqueror's conditions.
Believed from the presence of the enemy, France, of
course, could renew the contest, but it is unquestionable
whether the proud and revengeful feeling which now,
in the heat of the struggle, still animates her, would
survive the exhaustion sure to set in if she were

left on the ground bleeding from every- wound,
and stumped by repeated blows. If the Rhine, Coblentz,
and l\layence made the Emperor Napoleon pause before
he ventured on an outbreak of hostilities and prepare his
soldiers for a " long and serious contest," what would it be
now, when to those old obstacles Strasburg and the Vosges
are added? On these grounds, we would rather not carry
our speculations beyond the positions immediately before us.
We are in great uncertainty as to what Paris and the
armies from which she awaits her deliverance may do
towards restoring the fortunes of France; but as to what
iniglt happen in the event of their failure we have no
doubt whatever. Paris is the great card; with it the
game must be lost or won.
London, England, 1870-12-29

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
J NO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
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form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 7s. ed., and 15s. each, includ-
ing brush.
Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon-
don, E.C.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of
the past eleven months the National Lifeboat Institution
has contributed to the saving of 918 lives from various ship.
wrecks and 24 vessels from destruction. It has also expended
£23,287 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishment?, in
addition to granting £2,023 for rewards.
The Institution has now 223 Lifeboat Stations under its
management.
Contributions are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully
received by the London and Country bankers, and by the Secre-
tary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street.
Adelphi, London.

ANY GENTLEMAN requirhw 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., Mr.
Hawkins, Post Office, Liverpool-road, Barnsbury, N.

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possession of t'iis place, and t) ereot a .bat-
tery upon it, which has proved a thorn
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absolutely necessary to drive the French from Mont
Avron. When this is accomplished the Germans, so
far as active siege operations are concerned, will find
themselves precisely where they were before Mont
t vron was bccupied. •
London, England, 1870-12-29

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SUICIDE IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM.

An inquest was held yesterday at the Ipswich New
Borough Lunatic Asylum upon James Welham, a tailor,
who had died from frightful injuries inflicted upon him-
self. He was admitted on the 9th instant, and two days
aftarwards when the warder was going his rounds he
found Welham lying in bed, his face covered with blood,
his left eye staring from its socket, and resting on his
cheek, the other eye being very red, inflamed, and par-
tially dislodged. When questioned, the lunatic said that
he had been told by the Lord God to take
out his eyes and tongue for his many sins.
When the warder entered his room Welham was endea-
vouring to pull out his tongue, which was bitten through
in several places. The deceased refused food, and gra-
dually sunk, dying on Monday last. The jury returned
a verdict of death from maniacal exhaustion, brought on
by self-inflicted injuries, and refusal to take food. They
appended to their verdict that the officials at the Lunatic
Asylum were in no way to blame for the sad affair.
London, England, 1870-12-29

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London, England, 1870-12-29

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Some statistics with reference to the more influ-
ential ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church are
given in the Catholic Directory. No less than forty
living cardinals, we are told, have been created by
Pius IX. The Sacred College of cardinals at Rome,
which is supposed to consist of seventy members,
and has at present, moreover, nineteen vacancies,
so that as many red hats are at the
disposal of his Holiness. At the top of the list of
Cardinal Deacons of the College stands the name of
Antonelli, Secretary of State to the Pope, born in
1806. The Pope is in constant communication with
an immense number of archbishops and bishops in
our colonies and dependencies. In Australia there are
eleven of these officers, in Africa six, in Asia nineteen,
and in North America twenty-two. The total number
of archbishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic
Ci.urch in the British Empire is 114, including
four who are retired, and living in England.
The entire number of " Fathers " who took part in
tha CEcu.nenical council was 783. There are stated to
be 200 English confessors nominated by the Pope
to hear confessions and attend to the duties of the
ministry as Englis i speaking priests scattered in
foreign countries, some of them even being stationed
at Hongkong.
London, England, 1870-12-29

THE NATIVES IN NEW ZEALAND.

The New Zealand parrs arrived by the last mail
tell us there is little to rec.Rd in the way of native
intelligence. A. collision had been apprehended
between Tito Kowaru and some of the friendly
nat:ves, owing to Tito's having carriel off a number
of sheep as payment for some dogs of his
which ha I been poisoned ; but this had
passed over, and Tito had gone back to his old place
or refuge. His men say that he is peaceably inclined
provided he is not moleste I. He has few followers,
most of his men having surrendered or left him, and
many having died from lever and exhaustion. There

are reports too of activity on the part of Te Kooti.
Some of the colonists display a very bitter feeling
against the natives. The Taranaki Herald publishes
a letter from a back settler, denouncing the proposal
to make terms with Tito Kowara, and the Wan-
ganui Chronicle has a very severe article on "the
undue amocnt of clemency" shown t) Tauroa and

his gang.

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Cirmlar.

HER MAJESTY.

OSBQRNE, Dec. 28,

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied
I,y Princess Beatrice.
Her Majesty walked out this morning, accompanied
by Princess Louise.
Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold also went out.

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1 EAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).—
Notice is -hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE-
A OVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green-
rich, where any seaman, needing medical or surgical care, will
tie admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in.
trodnetion or recommendation. The Society's °ilk:es are re.
moved from the City to the same building.
KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary.
London, England, 1870-12-29

THE NATIONAL DEFENCES.

" A Civilian " considers that nearly all the writers
and speakers in recent discussions, ignore the fact of
the navy being our first and most important line of
defence. We shall never gain safety for ourselves
nor influence with other nations by military force
alone; whereas an overwhelming navy, backed by a
comparatively small army, would render us safe
from invasion, and give us great
.power and influ-
ence all over the world. It is generally assumed
that steam has made it easier than formerly
fur an army to land on our shores;
but many naval officers believe that steam
has increased the means of defence in a
greater degree than the means of attack. The
"Civilian" advises that we should have a large number
of vessels for home defence, such as small ironplated
gunboats with one or two very heavy guns in a
turret. They might be manned by a sort of coast
militia, composed of fishermen, watermen, crews of
harbour steamers, bargemen, &C., who should be
trained to the use of the guts, and available at any
moment to man the gunboats on the system of the
lifeboat crews. They would form an economical,
and yet important supplement to the navy.
London, England, 1870-12-29

A CHARMING GIFT BOOK FOR A FRENCH
STUDENT.
RIMMEL'S FRENCH EDITION OF THE "BOOK OF
PERFUMES," Le Livre des Parfums," with a Preface by
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London, England, 1870-12-29

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with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illux.
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
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The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, sr other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1870-12-29

THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.

The Cologne Gazette, which is fully satisfied that
General Trochu will try this resource, gives some
interesting particulars. It is informed that all the
French Ministers, including Gambetta, are inclined to
make peace, but the President, General Trochu, is
resolved to keep on fighting, and as he entered the
Ministry only on condition that no peace was to be
concluded without his consent, his influence is para-
mount. He intends to retire to his entrench-
ments at Val4rien, and there he will probably
make terms in the interests of the Orleans family,
to whom he is atta ;lied. This pretty mode of uti-
lising the Valerien Works (like every other) presents
_some difficulty. In the first place the Cologne
Ga,:effike must prove a little more clearly that M.
Gtruibetiare il'y desires peace, for if such be the case
thit Miuiz,ter l as a remarkable faculty of deluding
the wortl,,ii:citliiig his own countrymen. In the
sec .nd place, what benefit would accrue from making
peace with Tr c'►u iu Orleauist interests, when all
the rest of the Ministry, and the Imperialists too
would repudiate the compact ?

THE " BO➢LBARDMENT."

The announcement that the Berlin •p3ople are re-
joicing over the attack " upon one of the Paris forts,',
skews that the Germans are beginning to
be thankful for small mercies. The " fort" in
question is a new and very formidably battery on
Mont Aron—a position situated a mile outside the
outermost eastern fort. By some unaccountable
London, England, 1870-12-29

COLLEGES FOR GIRLS.

There is, it appears, on the banks of the Hudson
River, about seventy-five miles from New York,
an institution called the Vassar College, intended
exclusively for the education of girls during what
are called their " usually idle and frivolous years,"
from 15 to 21. The founder of the bui'ding
was a Mr. Mathew Vassar, a wealthy brewer
who, though an old bachelor and. an Englishman,
was struck with the vast defects in the system of
female education in America. It was in 1865 that
his college to afford education to 400 girls was opened
in the midst of a farm of 200 acres. The college was at
once filled, and the terms for everything except "ac-
complishments " were fixed at £lOO a year. Although
it is generally understood that in America clamour
is raised for the admission of women into colleges,
more as a sign of equality than as a

means of culture, the experiment of having
in the country the Vassar Institution has been a
fi►ir success. The class of studies afforded to the
pupils is high, and the moral tong is preserved by
the election of lady officers, as far as possible, to
positions in the college. There is only one penalty—
expulsion—in case any of the girls are wanting in sell
respect or good sense, and it is worthy of note that out
of 1200 girls educated in the institution, only in six cases
since the inauguration of the building have parents
been requested to remove their daughters. The
Vassar College is only for girls, and does not seek
to interfere with other educational systems in Ame-
rica, which try to secure university privileges for
young women through the regular male colleges.
London, England, 1870-12-29

THE RELEASE OF THE FENIANS.

The gratitude of the political prisoners for their
release may perhaps be estimated from one of Mr.
Thomas Clarke Luby's letters from Portland Prison
to his wife. The letter is dated December 24th, and
is addressed to Dublin. The following is an extract :

—" I suppose that ere this you have learned that I
am to be ba.iished from my country for fif-
teen years. You will hardly deem that
act of clemency' which may possibly sever
me for the rest of my life from you
end my darling children, and all the other objects of
my love, a boon, and most assuredly you will expend
upon it little of your gratitude. After what I have
suffered and gone through for years, it is little or
nothing to me to have to endure a somewhat longer
incarceration. lam in no tremendous haste to take
advantage of the gracious gift of exile. I shall not
wish you the compliments of the season. It would
be a most devilish mockery to do so." Mr. Luby
was assuredly in good spirits on Christmas Eve.
London, England, 1870-12-29

THE LOSS OF THE ONEIDA.

The New York papers just received state that the
British Minister in Washington has received 5,000 dollars
for the widows and orphans of the crew of the steamer
Oneida, lost by the collision with the Bombay, contrib tted
quietly by seventy British subscribers, headed by the
Earl of Shaftesbury. The money will be distrihltted
through Sir Edward Thornton.
London, England, 1870-12-29

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THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION'.

A telegram from Oran states that the observation-. of
the eclipse at that place were entirely frustrated. 1),,n,e
clouds covered the sky for twenty minutes before the
period of totality, and till after it was over. On the pre-
vious day the tent and telesCopes were blown down, but
the damage was repaired in time for the instruments to
be used if the weather had been fine.
London, England, 1870-12-29

ALEXANDRA ORPHANAGE for' INFANTS,
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Children eligible from any part of the Kingdom.
Under the immediate patronage of
Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS of
WALES, and the
CROWN PRINCESS of PRUSSIA.
A MEETING of Governors was held on THURSDAY, November
17, 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, for the
ELECTION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to be retained
until sixteen years of age.
ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in
the Chair.
At the close of the Ballot the following were declared to be
SUCCESSFUL :
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A vote of thanks to the Chairman and to the Scrutineers
terminated the proceedings.
JOSEPH SOUL, Hon. Secretary.

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URGENT APPEAL.—The Committee very earnestly appeal
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well as for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no
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No salaries are paid but to the household. The Orphenge is
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London, England, 1870-12-29

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The Rev. A. Alston, D.D. R. M. Carter, Esq., M.P.
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2. The Policy is not forfeited by the non-payment of renewal
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3. The Assurer is entitled for each yearly payment he has
made to a paid-up Policy for one-tenth or one-twentieth of the
sum Assured.

HENRY B. PAItMINTEIt,
London, England, 1870-12-29

WASHINGTON AND ST. JAMES'S.

Under the title of "At last an Envoy to Eng-
land," the New York Herald discusses the appoint-
ment of General Schenck. A devoted person, it
says, has been found to take " the queer and unde-
fine I burden" upon his shoulders, but it declines to
congratulate the new diplomatist on a promotion of
such doubtful advantage that it is like being
Licked up stairs. The relations between the Re-
public and Great Britain have got into a kind of
deadlock, in which everybody's carriage stops the
way, and the attitude of the two countries is
very like that of the traditional duellists,
Lord Chatham and Sir Richard Strahan.
That duel ended, says the Herald, with
much merriment and copious flowing of champagne,
and it hails the omen. It considers that Great
Britain has trifled long enough with her relations
ith the United States, and the present conjunc-
t ure is propitious for a settlement. . Some
of the British organs talk with horror of the
prospect of England having to fight both
Russia and America, and the Herald treats
them with measureless scorn. " The difficulty
with the United States is ono which can be
scttled so easily, with a little exercise of justice,,
good temper, and good sense, on the part of the
British Government, that any Englishman who talks
of war must be as obstinate as a rhinoceros and as
wise as a badger." The New York journal apple-
bends no such catastrophe, but says there is more
than the mere payment of a bill in question.
America does not want money, but she does want to
establ:sh a permanent and abiding good understand-
ing with Great Britain. To attain this end England
must surrender all claim over Canada, and the
sooner she parts with so dangerous a possession the
better, says the Herald, for all parties.
London, England, 1870-12-29

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

On the subject of the approaching Royal marriage the
London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes :
—No alteration is perceptible in the general feeling with
which the alliance is regarded. Strange to say, however,
there are whisperings of objection made—not in England,
but at a certain foreign Court, whose right to mur-
mur in the matter few among us would be disposed to
admit.
London, England, 1870-12-29

ivir ID NIG H T MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 6,
INJL Red Lion-square, W.C., London.—During the last 10 years
this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a vast number
of poor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The plan
adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the streets of London
and gather them together at the midnight hour, when short and
faithful addresses have been given.
During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly
every week in some of the most frequented districts of the
metropolis.
The promoters have abundant evidence that these efforts have
been most successful in effecting a great moral change in many
fallen ones.
To enable them to continue their important work, FUNDS are
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especially those about to become mothers, and provides a
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London, England, 1870-12-29

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