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London, England, 1870-08-17

LAW AND POLICE.

MURDERING A CHILD WITH A HATCHET.—Ann Messer
(46), married, was arraigned at the Central Criminal
Court for the murder of her daughter, Fanny Messer,
at Southwark, on the 16th ult. The prisoner had de-
liberately killed her little girl by hacking her
with a hatchet. The particulars of the case
will be fresh in the minds of our readers. The surgeon
of the gaol stated the misoner was clearly of unsound
mind, and incapable of understanding a plea. She was
therefore ordered to be detained in custody during her
Majesty's pleasure.
MANSLAUGHTER OF AN IDIOT CHILD.—Elias Lip-
man, 30, fishmonger, and ',Mary Ann Lipman, 22, his
wife, were indicted at the Central Criminal Court for the
manslaughter of their nephew, a boy thirteen years
of age, but whose appearance was said to have
been that of a child of five. The unfortunate
boy was a deaf and dumb idiot, and about
eleven months ago he was placed in care of the prisoners,
at which time he was feeble, but clean and free from sores.
On the 24th of July last he was found lying in a corner of
the prisoners' room in a very filthy condition, covered
with vermin, and with scars on his head. A few days
afterwards he died. The medical evidence shewed that
death was caused by disease of the lungs and the ill-
developed state of the natural system, accelerated by want
of proper food and neglect generally. A little girl
said she heard the female prisoner say she would get rid
of the child, but her husband was said to have been very
kind to it. It was suggested for the defence that the de-
ceased had been treated as the prisoners' own children.
The jury .acquitted the male prisoner, but found the
female guilty. His lordship said if he believed the little
girl he would pass a sentence of penal servitude for
life ; but he had a doubt concerning her testimony,
and the sentence, therefore, would be eighteen months'
hard labour. .

It is stated in a Dublin paper that Mrs. James
Stephens, wife of the once-famous organizer of the
Fenians, and Irish head-centre, has passed through
Dublin " from Metz," on her way to New York.
London, England, 1870-08-17

THE WAR.—TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. All im.
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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. _ _

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London, England, 1870-08-17

ALGERIA.

The Telegraph perceives some danger in the placing of
Algeria in a state of siege by the French Government.
It is beyond doubt that the great African colony of
France has been to a dangerous extent deprived of its
usual garrison ; and the turbulent spirits of the
natix es—who cannot fail to learn, perhaps with large
exaggerations, the reverses of France and the in-
evitable sufferings of their compatriots in the Imperial
ranks—may easily be encouraged into the hope of re-
covering freedom by the smallness of the repressing army
and the knowledge that the empire is not now in a condi-
tion to send over reinforcements. Yet it may be ques-
tioned whether there was not 'more risk in such a confes-
sion of fear as the declaration of the state of siege
involves than even in the undoubted perils of
the situation. We do not, of course, know to what
extent the native populations may have already shewn
themselves disposed to take advantage of the trials
through u hich the Empire is passing ; but the temptation
is unquotiollobly strong, and a slight exercise of such
splendid political fanaticism as that which gave Abd-el-
Kader his power over his countrymen might in the present
conjuncture have a most disastrous effect for the half •suc-
oessful French colonists who try so hard to strike roots in
the sterile African soil.
London, England, 1870-08-17

ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.

The United States Navy has just lost another of
its most prominent figures. Admiral Farragut is
dead, having survived Admiral Dahlgren only by a
few weeks. Though his professional career reaches
back to 1812, when, as a boy of thirteen, he was
fighting against us, it is in connection with the great
Civil War of the States that he is best known and
that he will be remembered. He had served in the
West Indies and in South America prior to
the outbreak of the war, and was
,at , the
Norfolk Arsenal when the troubles began. In Janu-
ary, 1862, he was appointed commander of the naval
expedition against New Orleans, and he entered the
Mississippi destroying the Confederate gunboats, and
reaching the city which was evacuated by the
enemy. He received the thanks of Congress for
this service, and was appointed commander of the
blockading squadron on the west of the Gulf of
Mexico. He succeeded in capturing several places,
minding Galveston, and then assisted Gen. Bankes,
who was beseiging Port Hudson. In this he was
not successful, but he retrieved his fortunes
later on when he broke the boom which defended
the Bay of Mobile. Admiral Buchanan was the Con-
federate commander, and was well supplied with
hidden means of defence, for one of Farragut's ships
was blown up by a torpedo, a weapon which the
Confederates knew well how to turn to account.
Buchanan did not surrender until all his vessels were
sunk or taken, when he was forced to' yield. The
rank of admiral did not exist in the United States
navy, but it was created on purpose to recompense
the services of Farragut. Since the war he has com-
manded the Atlantic and Mediterranean squadrons,
and has always retained the high place he gained in
the estimation of his countryman by his brilliant
achievements.
London, England, 1870-08-17

THE PRUSSIAN VICTORY.

A telegram, dated Berlin, Monday 15, says :—ln the
battle fought at Pange, on Sunday, nearly 60,000
German troops under General Steinmitz were engaged.
It is reported here that the action lasted six hours. The
French corps under Ladmirault, De Cang and Frossard,
were defeated. Marshal Bazaine was present. The
French withdrew into Metz, and are retreating on
Verdun.

ATTACK AND REPULSE OF THE PRUSSIANS.
The Minister of War posted up in Paris this morning-
(Wednesday) the following despatch, dated last night, 11
p.m. :
" The Ministry of War has received intelligence from
the army, which is continuing to execute its combined
movement after the brilliant engagement of Sunday even-
ing. Two divisions of the enemy endeavoured yesterday
to harass the army on the march, but were repulsed. The
Emperor arrived this evening at the camp of Chalons,
where large forces are being organised."
The bulk of the French army is now concentrated at
Etain (Department of the Meuse), 76 kilometres from
Chalons, and 20 kilometres from Metz. The Garden, de
Paris have petitioned to be allowed to join the army o
the Rhine. The Minister of War has decided not to re_
call the four French infantry regiments remaining in
Algeria. The towns of Cherbourg, Brest, L'Orient, and
k, Rochefort have been placed in a state of siege.
London, England, 1870-08-17

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T.
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N.B.—Mr. David James will shortly appear in a new farce,
entitled " Chiselling."
London, England, 1870-08-17

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SALE OF PAPERS.

'The sale of papers, which has been extraordinary
during the present war, reached on Monday the
highest point which it has gained since the famous
declaration of the Duc de Gramont which broke the
peace of Eur Ope. By noon on that day it was more
generally known in London than at Berlin that the
King of Prussia had telegraphed the news of a vic-
torious battle before Metz. The differing versions of
the story which were given by the rival
combatants enhanced the excitement and interest
of the intelligence, and the demand for newspapers
by those who wished to satisfy their curiosity seemed
London, England, 1870-08-17

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current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-08-17

THE CAPTURE OF SAARBRUCK.

To appreciate fully the significance of the capture of
Saarbruck, it is necessary to recapitulate the details that
have been forthcoming during the last fourteen days re-
garding the movements of the advanced guard of both
French and Prussian Armies. At first the Prussian
soldiers were steadily pushed forward by the line
of railway which crosses the frontier at Saarbruck,
and were distributed along the valley of the River Saar
in a line parallel to the French boundary. Saar-louis,
Merzig and Saarburg, as well as Saarbruck itself, were
thus occupied by strong advanced guards, and the district
of which Metz is the centre was apparently marked
out for attack. At first the French contented
themselves with massing their troops at the
great centres of Metz and Strasbourg, but by
and by it became obvious that their advanced posts
had begun to be pushed forward in the direction of an
irregular curve, stretching from both extremities of a bee-
line connecting the two great fortresses. Thionville,
Sierck, St. Avoid and Bitche, all towns within a few
miles of the frontier, became occupied by French troops,
and their consequent proximity to the Prussians gave
rise to the irregular skirmishing which has inaugurated
the campaign. In proportion as the French showed a
disposition to advance in force to the frontier, the
Prussians showed symptoms of retiring upon the great
natural boundary of the Rhine, backed by the fortresses
of Coblentz, Mayence, and Mannheim, From an early
stage in the campaign it was obvious that Saar-
bruck was a strategical point of considerable im-
portance, and in the event of the French troops
assuming the offensive, would be one of the first
points of attack. The formation of a strong camp at
St. Avoid, which is only seven miles distant, and is con-
nected with it both by road and rail, was a further indi-
cation of the probable line of advance, which the placing
of an advanced guard at Forbach, midway between the two
places, rendered almost a certainty. The importance of the
capture of Saarbruck will greatly depend upon the stand
which Prussia proposes to make on this side of the Rhine.
With Metz as a base of operations, the French have now
extended their front to a position which commands the
upper extremity of the valley of the Saar, and renders
the entire command of Cis-Rhenish Prussia dependent
upon the possession of Trbves and Saarlouis. The
latter fortress is about seven miles lower down the
valley of the Saar, while Tr6,es is at a distance of
forty miles, where that stream joins the Moselle. If, as
indicated by our correspondent, the reduction of these
strong positions is not to be attempted, a statement which
is the more probable since they now contain evidently
nothing beyond strong defensive garrisons, and the
Emperor elects to march straight upon the Rhine, Cob-
lentz will doubtless be the seat of the next important
operation. If Saarlouis is singled out for attack, we shall
have the intelligence before many hours are over, and the
plan of the campaign will thus in either case be more
clearly understood.—New York Times, August 3.
London, England, 1870-08-17

BIRTHS.

On the 14th inst., at 79, Queen's-gate, the wife of Colonel
Sir A. B. Kemball, C. 8., of 'a daughter.
On the 14th inst., at Selhurst, S. Norwood, the wife of
Philip. Secretan, jun., Esq., of a son.
London, England, 1870-08-17

MARRIAGES.

On the 11th inst.' at •the British Legation, Dresden,
George Burnett, Esq., Lyon King-of-Arms, to Alice,
youngest daughter of the late John Alexander Stuart,
Esq.
On the 15th inst., at Twickenham, Campbell Clarke, late
of the British Museum, to Annie, fifth daughter of J.
M. Levy, Esq., of Lancaster-gate, Hyde-park.
London, England, 1870-08-17

DEATHS

On the 13th inst., at Oakwood, Upper Norwood, George
Cobb, Esq., aged 76.
On the 12th inst., at Titchfield, Hants, John Gilbert,
Esq., of Leytonstone, Essex, aged 64.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, of
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Wednesday, August 17, 1870,
London, England, 1870-08-17

SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS.

The promise of sport has not been belied. Birds are
very numerous. Coveys are large and strong, but, as was
anticipated, very wild. The weather continues nearly as
hot as ever, and it is all but impossible to shoot over the
moors during mid-day. Owing to the drought the birds
are gathering about the streams on low grounds. No
sign of disease has appeared ; indeed, in this respect, the
moors are better than they have been for many years. If
rain would come, it would prove welcome equally to
sportsmen and farmers.

FATAL BATHING ACCIDENT IN SCOTLAND.—A sad
accident h&ppened near Dumfries yesterday afternoon.
Whilst two women and a girl were bathing in the River
Nith, about a mile below the town, they were drowned.
CAPTURE OF ANOTHER GERMAN SHIP.—The
rieil, North German schooner, from Hartlepool, has been
seized by French war steamers.
A large number of workmen were set to work on
the Thames Embankment yesterday morning on the con-
struction of the new road for which an opening is to be
provided at the end of Norfolk-street. The road com-
mences at the eastern end of Somerset House, and will
form a semi-circle running at the back of the railway sta-
tion to the Temple.
London, England, 1870-08-17

THE THORNCLIFFE COLLIERIES DISPUTE

At a meeting of the Thorncliffe Colliery Unionist work-
men, held yesterday, it was, after a long discussion, re-
solved to accept the terms offered by the masters, and to-
day a deputation will wait up Jn Messrs. Newton,
Chambers, and Co. signifying the willingness of the men
to commence work. Thus the dispute, which has extended
over a period of seventy-three weeks, will be finally ad-
justed.

THE LATE CHARGES AGAINST SIR HENRY

ED WARDS.

A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in Beverley
on Monday, at which it was unanimously resolved that it
was incumbent on the friends and supporters of Sir
Henry Edwards, Bart., to testify in some enduring
manner their grateful appreciation of his able and assidu-
ous services in Parliament during the twelve years he
represented the now disfranchised borough, and their
gratification at his acquittal of the unfounded charges
brought against him. A committee was formed for the
purpose of raising subscriptions for a testimonial.
London, England, 1870-08-17

THE WAR.

RUMOURED GREAT BATTLE

BETWEEN METZ AND VERDUN.

A despatch of the Sub-Prefect of Verdun, dated
Tuesday, 6.10 a.m., says :—" Nothing new has
been received from Metz. Throughout yesterday
cannon were heard before Metz and Verdun, and
travellers who have arrivdd at Verdun report that
a great battle had been going on since the morn-
ing. In the action of the 14th the 14th the Prus-
sians are said to have lost 40,000 men. Yesterday the
fight was going on at the extremity of my arrondissement,
28 kilometres from Verdun. At this point the enemy
were seen executing a retreat to the southward. But I
give this information under reserve."
London, England, 1870-08-17

THE POLICY OF ITALY.

In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
Signor Lanza made the following statement :—" Events
have not modified our line of policy, but have made us
feel the urgency of the necessity that exists for taking
the necessary measures to provide against remaining
in a state of weakness and anxiety. We must also
increase our forces in order to provide for the safety of
the interior of the kingdom. Consequently the Govern-
ment has decided to call out two more classes of the army ;
and for that purpose we ask the Chamber kfor a credit of
40,000,000 lire, which will be furnished by the National
Bank. We also request permission to prohibit the export
of horses."
London, England, 1870-08-17

PASSENGER CONVEYANCE TO AMERICA.

Some papers on the subject of the conveyance of
passengers to America from the United Kingdom
have been published with the sanction of the Board
of Trade, from which it seems that English
steam shipowners have for a long period suffered,
under unjust disadvantages as compared with
foreign 'steamships employed in the passenger trade
between Great Britain and the United States. It
would appear that all English vessels have to be
built in strict accordance with the provisions of the
Passengers Acts, a regulation which entails much
expenditure, over that incurred in the construction
of ships made by foreign firms. Foreign vessels are
also at liberty to convey a greater freight and a larger
number of passengers than British steamboats making
the same voyage, and latterly they have even been
successful in securing the mail services at serious
loss to English shipowners. It is represented that
the British steam trade between Southampton (from
which port only foreign steam packets sail to the
United States) and America, has been seriously
affected, and the circumstance that Hamburg made
ships are allowed to evade all Passengers Acts, by
merely having their passengers conveyed to land by
tenders instead of landing them directly on the piers,
leads to no little indignation and disappointment
in those who have the commercial interests of the
country at heart. It is with satisfaction that these
persons will now hear that it is proposed to allow
these unfair exemptions in British waters to exist no
longer, and that all steamships employed between
England and America will probably in a short time
have to conform to uniform laws.
London, England, 1870-08-17

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THE EMPEROR AND THE WAR.

The Daily News observes that as for the Emperor him-
self, his humiliation is deep enough ; and even the
changing fortunes of war would probably not change his
fortune unless they changed his policy with it. The
France which alone can conquer is not the France of
1851, but the France of 1789. - The Allies who
were driven back in 1792 were leagued against a people
asserting their liberty. The Allies who occupied France
and its capital in 1814 and 1815 were banded against a
Sovereign who had substituted himself for the people,
and who had endeavoured to divert men's minds by glory
and conquest from care for internal freedom. Emile
011ivier and the Constitution of 1870 has been as
little powerful to conjure away fate as Benjamin
Constant and the Constitution of 1815, were more than
half a century ago. The energy of the revolutionary
period might clear. French soil of its German occupants.
But Imperialism, unless it make an honest affiance with
freedom, cannot do so ; and it is questionable
whether twenty years of an opposite system have
not drained away the energies that saved
France eighty years since. Napoleonism obliged
to assume ,the defensive in a quarrel of its own making,
and unable to do even that with effect ; Napoleonism
retreating before the enemy on the soil of France, and
concentrating its legions about the threatened capital,
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defended by unmanned walls, and the civic population
must transform its character, if it is not to forfeit its life.
In its old shape ft is not a thing to fight kJ, scarcely even
to fight with and under.
London, England, 1870-08-17

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Tms DAY.)

A SYSTEMATIC BEGGING IMPOSTOR.—Andrew Maclean,
62, respectably dressed, was brought before Mr. Knox at
the Marlborough-street Police Court by Hewitt, officer of
the Mendicity Society, charged with begging. Hewitt
said that about 9 o'clock last night while in Regent-street
he saw the prisoner accost several gentlemen and solicit
charity, telling them that he was an old soldier, and was
trying to get into Chelsea HospitaL Knowing the pri-
soner for years as a worthless impostor he took him into
custody. In answer to Mr. Knox the prisoner said he
had been a soldier in the 84th Regiment, but was dis-
charged in 1846. Hewitt then proved the following list
of convictions against the prisoner, extending as far back
as 1847 :—January, 1847, Marlborough-street, 3 months ;
January, 1848, Guildhall, 3 months ; April, 1848, West-
minster, 3 months ; November, 1852, Bow-street, 3
months ; July, 1857, Bow-street, 3 months ; December,
1862, Marylebone, 3 months ; April, 1863, Westminster,
1 month ; October, 1863, Marylebone, 1 month ; Febru-
ary, 1864, Old Bailey Sessions, 4 years' penal servitude ;
September, 1868, Marlborough-street, 1 month ; July,
1869, Marlborough-street, 1 month ; February, 1870,
Marlborough-street, 1 month,—all for impositions on the
public. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner in order to ob-
tain a copy of his former convictions, with a view of
sending him to the sessions.

SERIOUS CHARGE.-Mr. Philip Newberry England,
described as of 30, Polygon, Caledonian-road, money
lender, and Thomas Batson, a messenger, were charged on
a warrant at the Westminster Police-court with conspir-
ing to defraud Mr. Henry BruntonCooper of the sum of
£52. England was further charged on a summons with
forging a bill of sale with intent to defraud, and further
with uttering a forged instrument with intent to
defraud. Mr. Smyth, of Rochester-row, who ap-
peared for Mr. Cooper, said he would not prefer
the charge of conspiracy at present, as the more serious
charge of forgery ought to be first proceeded with.
That course was adopted, and from the opening of counsel
and evidence adduced, it appeared that one Wakeford
rented a house in Oakley-street, Chelsea, and got it fur-
nished by Bartholomew, of Finsbury-pavement, and lived
with a young girl named Kate Lovett, Mason, or Des-
borough, who helped to support the house by her prosti-
tution. Of Messrs. Bartholomew's bill for the hire of
the goods £9O was paid off, and Wakeford purchased of
Tildesley Brothers, the ironmongers, some gas fittings,
which were not paid for, and on February 9 the Sheriff
was in possession for Tildesley's debt ; Wakeford went
to the prisoner England and obtained his assistance, so
that between them a bill of sale was given on Wakeford's
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870.

NATIONAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION.

The camp at Shoeburyness was yesterday in the full
swing and bustle of the first day's operations. A light
wind from the north-east relieved the ordinary heat of the
season, and rendered both work and mere promenading
about the batteries more agreeable than could have been
the case in a close and sultry atmosphere. The busi-
ness of the day consisted of firing by about one hun-
dred detachments at ranges of 1,250 and 1,500 yards for
ten silver cups of the National Rifle Association, which go
to the highest scorers, the £lO given by the Duke of
Cambridge for the second detachment, an equal amount
by the Earl of Longford for the third, and supplementary
donations by Colonel G-ascoigne to No. 1 in each
of those three winning parties. Scotland'Ei Challenge Cup
was included in the competition by those detachments
which had entered for it. Four batteries of the old smooth-
bore muzzle-loading Lun were kept at work from ten in
the morning up to a late hour in the afternoon, as detach-
ment after detachment of ten men each took its place
to fire the prescribed five rounds. While the firing
parties were at work On the Old Battery and the Sea-wall
Battery, two detachments firing alternately from each,
men not so occupied were busy at repository drill in one
of the sheds, practising the working of the mortar battery,
or receiving instruction in the use of the rifle breech-load-
ing Armstrong gun. The scores were not completed, and
the latest result obtained was that the Leeds corps made
a total of 40, the 4th East Yorkshire (Leeds) 32, and the
3rd Essex 32.

The attendance of spectators on the ground at Shoebury
was limited to a few parties who had walked or driven
from Southend, the Regatta at that place having doubt-
less detained the visitors generally at the more peaceful
if less spirit-stirring kind of excitement.
London, England, 1870-08-17

THIS EVENING'S NEWS.

THE WAR.

THE GREAT BATTLES AT METZ

VICTORY FOR THE FRENCH.-28,000
KILLED, 5,000 PRISONER'S.

The following important telegram has been received
dated Lnxembourg, Tuesday, 8.50 a.m. :—" On Saturday
the French retreated. The Prussian advance guard
crossed the Moselle and engaged the French rearguard.
The French army came back to its support, and threw
themselves on the Prussian advance guard, and drove
them back under the guns of Metz. Their loss is said to
be 28,000 killed and wounded and 5,00 Q prisoners. The
action became general along the whole line yesterday,
between Metz and Nancy.
London, England, 1870-08-17

TAB BRITISH ARMY.

The Standard is not at all satisfied with the glowing
accounts which have appeared in the 2 imes respecting the
condition of the army. Of the volunteers, it is a daring
experiment upon the public credulity to say that they are
available even for home defence, so long as they are
armed and organised after their present fashion.
We had the opinion, only the other day, of General
Sir John Garvock, that the volunteers were unfit
to act with regular troops. Of course this is no fult of
the volunteers, but of the Government, which starves
and neglects this most valuable arm of the national ser-
vice, and which refuses to give them guns. Even as a
defensive force it would be absurd to pretend that the
200,000 volunteers which we reckon on paper could with-
stand in their present state a single corps d'ariae of the
Prussian army. What madness, then, it is to talk of the
240,000 volunteers as " available " for home service. As
for the militia, which appears on paper at its full
strength of 100,000, they are almost in as helpless a condi-
tion as the volunteers in being unprovided with
breech-loading rifles. It would take at least six
months' hard drilling and practical camp work, even after
they had been entrusted with the Martini-Henry, before
we could speak of the Militia as equal to the Prussian
Landwehr, even for home defence. As for the
regular army, which, by some arithmetical legerdemain,
has been brought up to the number of 100,000, no
one knows better than Mr. Cardwell that scarcely 50,000
exist except on paper. The condition of even this small
force, which is really our only available resource in a
foreign war, and of which the greater part cannot be spared
in any circumstance, from garrison duty, is very far from
being effective. Granting that our artillery, what we have
of it, is in a tolerably effective state, our cavalry is in a
most imperfect state. We hear of regiments on parade
whose full strength did not exceed 180 men, while it is
notorious that, not to speak of remounts, there is scarcely
a regiment which is fully horsed.
London, England, 1870-08-17

THE CROWN PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.

Englishmen take a personal interest in the Crown
Prince of Prussia as being the husband of our
popular Princess Royal, and it is therefore gratifying
to them to learn that he has been shewing a truly
princely spirit to the prisoners who have fallen into
his hands. All accounts agree that the Germans
have behaved with humanity and even with courtesy
to their French captives. The Queen of Prussia, we
are told, has personally superintended the distribu-
tion of comforts to the French officers, while German
ladies have been acting as secretaries to the prisoners
at the railway stations. The Crown Prince himself
has been actively collecting messages and addresses
from his prisoners, and arranging that all who
wished should have the means of writing home to
their friends. Some allowance is generally made for
the embellishment which courtly imaginations lend
to the actions of royalty ; but it is noticeable that
the most favourable account we have of Prince Fritz
comes from a French source. One. of the
French journalists who fell into the hands
of the Prussians at Worth, and narrowly
escaped with his life, had an interview with the
Prussian Commander-in-Chief, who addressed the
Frenchmen before him in courteous and moderate
language. He regretted, he said, that they did not
understand German or they would have heard the
Germans say how much they were impressed by the
bravery of the French. Far from being elated by
his victories, the conqueror of Woerth and Weissen-
burg declared he disliked war, and if he should reign
he would never make it. He had been over the
battle field the day before and the sight was frightful.
If it depended upon him the war would end there.
Yet despite his love of peace this was the third
campaign he had been compelled to fight. For a
defeated general or a baffled schemer to talk like this
may be natural, but when a young prince in the first
flush of a great and hard-won triumph, so plainly
and forcibly paints war in its true colours, we may
hope that the lesson will not be without its effect on
those who are too easily dazzled by the glory gained
at the cost of such needless sufferings.
London, England, 1870-08-17

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

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BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
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London, England, 1870-02-26

NATURALISATION BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table a bill
dealing with this subject, which was read a first time.
Owen's College Extension and the Female Orphan
Agylum Bills were advanced a stage.
The Provisional Order Bill passed through committee,
and their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes past G.

lIOUSE OF COMMONS.—VIIIDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

On the motion of Mr. CHARLES FOSTER, the order
that the Continental Communication Bill be committed,
was read and discharged.

TnE SAVINGS BANK BILL.

Mr—CROSS gave notice of his intention'to move the
rejection of this bill.

THE IRISH BANKRUPTCY BILL.

An 110 N. MEMBER gave notice that he would move
the assimilation of-the Bankruptcy Law of Ireland to that
of England.

THE HOUSELESS POOR.

Dr. BREWER gave notice that he would call attention
to the condition of the houseless poor.
ENGLISH AND .SCOTCH WORKHOUSES.

Mr. DOWNING asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether it was the intention of the Government, in accor-
dance with the repeated recommendations of the Poor
Law Commissioners for Ireland, to introduce during the
present session a measure to repeal or amend the laws by
which persons born in that country and others, receiving
relief in English and Scotch workhouses, were liable to be
transported to Ireland.
Mr. FORTESCUE said he desired as much as anyone
that the law on this subject should be improved, and with
that view action on the part of the Government was being
taken.
London, England, 1870-02-26

THE IRISH LAND BILL.

"H," in a letter to the Timex, directs attention to
that part of the Irish Land Bill which refers to
.graduated compensation. He says the justice
of such compensation is universally admitted.
What he objects to is the method in which this
object is carried out by the third clause of the bill.
He fears that this graduated scale, however advan-
tageous to the existing tenants, will operate most
injuriously upon the prospects of that numerous class
of the Irish peasantry. who are expecting to be, and
are daily becoming, in the natural cource of events,
the successors of the present small tenants. He
also believes that it will annihilate their
hopes of succession, and that these provisions of the
bill will be pregnant with future and greater discon-
tent. lie submits that the consequences of a mistake
upon such a point are too serious not to demand
careful consideration,
London, England, 1870-02-26

WIII rEUALL, F. 23

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend
Thomas Dale, M.A., the Deanery of the Cathedral Church
of Rochester, void by the death of Doctor Robert Stevens.
CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 25.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
London, England, 1870-02-26

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London, England, 1870-02-26

ASSESSED TAXES.

Mr. WILLIAM LOWTHER asked the Chancellor of
the Exchequer whether it was intended that churchwar-
dens of small parishes should be called upon to take out
and pay for a license costing two guineas for parish
hearses, such hearses being kept solely for the accommo-
dation of the poor.
The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER : It
is not the practice to require licenses to be taken out in
such cases as this. At the same time there is nothing in
the Act to give an exemption, and if in future licenses ge
demanded, the credit of the matter will rest with the hon.
gentleman. (Laughter.)

POLLUTION OF RIVERS.

Mr. DIMSDALE asked the Secretary to the Board of
Trade whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Go-
vernment to introduce any measure during the present
session for the prevention of the pollution of rivers by
sewage.

The HOME SECRETARY said that it was not the
intention of the Government to introduce the bill.
IRISH TAXATION.

Mr. SYNAN asked the President of the Poor-law
Board ivhether he had any objection to extend the order
for a select committee on local taxation to Ireland.

Mr. GOSOHEN said he had already given an answer
to the hon. member for Roscommon that it was not de-
airable to extend the order to Dublin.
THE VOLUNTEERS.
Colonel ILMOT asked the Secretary of State for
War-when rifles would be re-issued to volunteer corps in
districts 8, 10, 6 : and whether, in accordance with volun-
teer circular No. 51, only those rifles would be issued
"the grooves of which may be unimpaired."

Captain VIVIAN said it was the intention to issue the
rifles as soon as possible, and those the grooves of which
were found to be impaired would at once be withdrawn,
and replaced by others.
London, England, 1870-02-26

MAIDSTONE ELECTION,

The polling for Maidstone closed yesterday, with
,he following result :
Sir John Lubbock (Liberal)
Mr. Foster White (Conservative) 1,404

Majority for Lubbock..

107

THE DERRY mors.

Yesterday the ten policemen, tried before the
Irish Court of Queen's Bench oa a charge of man-
81aughter during the Derry riots, were acquitted.
The jury appended a memorandum to their verdict
that all party processions ought to be for the future
suppressed.

'ME FASTING GIRL.

Yesterday summonses were issued against all

the doc:ws in connection with the case of the Welsh
Fasting Girl. The exanAnation will take place
eArly next week.

The Qleen will leave Buckingham Palace at
elf-past four this afternoon, and reach Windsor Castle et
iveuty minutes pest five o'clock.

Mr. Alfred Wigan will re-appear at. the Gaiety
Lest mouth in "First Night," and Mr. Tool° will appear
shortly in the operetta "Balthazar."

Messrs. James and Thorne are joint prcprietors,
with Mr. 1.1. T. Montague, of the new theatre in the
Strand. Miss Ada Cavendish-has joined the company.
IVe have been requested to state that Henry J.
Keates, Esq., of 5, Quoeu's-terrace, Camden. road. N., has
Ix en appointed local treasurer of the National Associa-

tion for Freedom of Worship (Loudon and Manchester),
whose object is gradually to abolish pew rents in parish
churches, and to restore their ancient freedom to rich and
poor alike.
London, England, 1870-02-26

OME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
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London, England, 1870-02-26

THE CAPTAINS IN THE ARMY.

It is stated that no captain will, after the Ist
of April, be allowed to retain the command of
any of her Majesty's troops if he has completed
his Stith year.
TILE FORTHCOMING BUDGET.

The Economist estimates that Mr. Lowe will find
himself with a surplus of about £4,500,000. In
any case there will certainly be a large surplus,
pessibly the largest which an English Chancellor of
the Exchequer has ever had to give away.