biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-09

MORAL EFFECT.

The Times correspondent believes that the creditable
fight made by the French has done much to prolong both
the siege and the resistance. " Notwithstanding the loss
of so many men in killed, wounded, and prisoners,
there is reason to believe that the Parisians
will be much • elated by the achievement of their
soldiers during these two days' hard fighting." The
Daily News correspondent is of quite a different
opinion. He says the French tried their very hardest.
"They failed to effect any purpose worth mentioning as
influencing the progress of the, siege. It is not consistent
with reason to expect them to be more successful in any
future effort. It was clear from the manner in which
they came on and stood their ground so stubbornly, that
they had been somehow imbued with a strong hope if not
a confidence of success. It is difficult to see by what this
flame can again be fanned."
London, England, 1870-12-09

BANKING COMPANIES.

Pd Pd
1 Agra Bank (L) A 7l 81 20 Lou Char of Austrlia 24 25
25 Alliance (Li
10 Auglo-Austrian
161, 3, f 15 London Joint-Stock 331 241
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 21 211 343
214 x d 20 Lou andWestmnster 63 64
50 British N American 53 55 10 Metropolitan Bl 9
54 20 Midland (L)
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 14 15 19}
143, 3 20 New South Wales .. 38 40 .
25 Char Merc of India 23 24 39, 83
10 City
25 Colonial
4 Consolidated (L - 411 -411)or
5 413
20 Eng. Scot. and Aus C 16 17 15 Union of London .. 39 40
20 Imperial %Li
10 Imperial ( ittomaii
121, Ili
London, England, 1870-12-09

ACCIDENTS TO RAILWAY SERVANTS.

A railway prter was killed the other day on the
Midland Railway. He was a,sisting to shunt souse
empty coal trucks, and after the train was in motion
endeavoured to leap on to one of the waggons,
but in so doing missed his footing, and fell
between the trucks. The inspector of the coal depot
who witnessed the accident, attributed it 'at the
inquest entirely to the fact that deceased attempted
to get into one of the trucks after the train was in
motion. Dr. Lankester remarked that this was
another instance .of the recklessness of rail-
way servants ; for, though there was a
law against leaping on a train when in motion,
not h guard or porter on any line thought pf getting
into the truck until the train was in motion. As a
general rule it was recklessness that caused the acci-
dents to railway servants, and as the railway compa-
nies did not interfere in the matter, we must look to
other agencies. He hoped that the press and the
public would do their utmost to discountenance this
practice, which appeared to him to be an offering by
the directors of " a premium to guards to endanger
their lives by allowing them to transgress existing
laws."
London, England, 1870-12-09

THE OCCUPATION OF ROUEN.

Le Havre gives a lamentable account of the fight which
preceded the German occupation of Rouen. " The
Mobiles and the Franc-tireurs were crushed by the
Prussian artillery, which is estimated at forty guns, and
which hailed shell upon them in frightful numbers ;
Guillefontaine was bombarded ; there was a struggle at
Cleres, which the Prussians must have occupied, but the
strength of the fight was at Buchy. There was a
complete rout ; the Swiss ambulance from Havre was
abandoned as well as the baggage. The siege guns
in position on the heights were spiked ; the pieces
which were to have been re-embarked for Havre, and
which were still on the quays, wei e also spiked ; the
gunboats and floating batteries moved down the Seine to-
wards Bouille; the officials of the telegraph had received
orders to retire to Havre with the instruments. The bank
removed its specie, and the receiver of taxes left his post.
M. Mouchez, who was present at the action, will probably
be able to rally some of the scattered troops, and retreat
in the direction of Havre. The soldiers of the 62nd and
45th Regiments wept with rage on learning of the rout.
Mobilised National Guards were seen in a state of
drunkenness twirling round their muskets, and an officer
of the Franc-tireurs of Havre is mentioned who was
walking about with a woman wearing an officer's kepi
on her head, both of them being intoxicated. The
customs' officers of Rouen, the gendarmerie, and some
marines received orders to proceed to the railway station
at 8 p.m., and the train left at that hour, arriving in
Havre at 1 a.m., and conveying a number of terrified
travellers. The rappel was again beaten at 8 p.m. to have
the rifles of the National Guard taken to the HOW. de
Ville."
London, England, 1870-09-21

THE STATE OP ROME.

FLORENCE, SEPT. 19, 5.30 P.M.
There is to be a demonstration here to-morrow on
the anniversary of the battle of Mentana.
The Roman citizens are reported to be eagerly
awaiting the Italian troops,
.avoiding idle and
compromising demonstrations meanwhile. The
Papal Zouaves are said to be full of fight, and a
bombastic proclamation from General Kanzler,
Minister of War, is published in the Roman offi-
cial Journal. No authentic telegraphic news from
Rome this evening.
Garibaldi remains at Caprera, in order to avoid
the anti-French movement at Nice.—Daily News
7 elsgram.

THE DISTURBANCES AT NICE
AND MENTONE.
NICE, SEPT. 19.
Contrary to the despatches of some newspapers,
perfect tranquillity prevails at Nice and Mentone and
throughout the whole department.
Visitors are beginning to arrive, and the season is
commencing favourably.
London, England, 1870-09-21

FRENCH ESCAPED PRISONERS.

The Inde'pendance Be'ge publishes a letter from Rouen,
in which the writer comments on the number of wounded
soldiers, of escaped prisoners, and of officers who signed
the capitulation of Sedan, who are gathered in
the Norman town. The escaped prisoners are
more and more numerous. The train by which he
travelled bore 200, and from what he learned he estimates
the number who escaped from the Uhlans before all the
prisoners of Sedan were safely lodged in Germany, at
20,000. Twenty thousand escaped, he exclaims, that is
something, but alas, thousands remain. If the incapacity
of our generals required proof, this enormous mass of
soldiers who were obliged to lay down their
arms without fighting, taken in a mouse-trap which the
most ignorant could have avoided, would be sufficient to
establish it. Precautions are being taken to protect
Havre, where there are immense stores, and works have
been undertaken at Beauvais to arrest the progress of
the enemy should he attempt to make a reconnaissance in
that direction.
London, England, 1870-09-21

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter B5 87 Do Ist Pref Bonds .... 60 62
851, 6,5, f 601
Caledonian
75, 1 2nd Pref Stock
Great Eastern
38i, 1, 1 Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Northern
Do A 134 135 Great Indian Pen gsp c 106 107
135 1061, 1. 2
Great Western 7O/ 70} Great Western of Canada 15 15/
702, 1, I, 1 x d 151, /
Lancashire & Yorkshire 130 131 Do 5 p c Bonds, 1873.. 100 102
Lon, Brigh. and S Coast ni 401 Do 51 do, 1877-8 9B 100
401, it, 1 Do 5p c pref, issued 80 1 3pm
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 13 131 Madras guar 5p c
13/ 1051
Lon and North-Western 127/1271 N. Railway of Canada,
1271, 2,1, i 6p c Ist Pref Bonds
Lon and South-Western 85 87 Oude and Rohilkund g
862 5 p c
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 451 461 104
- 46/, 6 Scinde Punjaub, and
Metropolitan
641, 1, 5 Bahia and San Francisco
Midland .... 126 1261 g 7 p c
1262, 1 Belgian E Junction
North British
North-EastemConsols— 142 143 Dunaburg and Witepsk 18 181
143, /, 21 Dutch-Rhenish 22 24
South-Eastern 73 74 Eastern of France —
7311 Great Luxembourg
Atlantic and St Lawrnce 76 80 12/
Bombay, Baroda, and Lemberg ezernowitz gua
Central India, go p c.. 105 106 7 p c l6 161
Buff & Lake Huron Pref 4 5 Northern of France
Do 51 p c Bonds, 1872-3-4 77 80 Ottom (Smyrna to Aidin) 5} 5}
Cape guar 6p c
East Bengal guar 5p c lO5 106 Recife and San Francisco
East Indian, g 5 p c
1101, f, 1 San Paulo (L) guar 7p c 20 21
Grand Trunk Canada
Do Equip Mort Bnd 1 151,1
charge 6p c
Do 2nd do Scrip ....1 dis, fpm
London, England, 1870-09-21

to cherish hers by her successive rulers.
The Frenchman, in reply, keeps close to the present
time in his arguments. If success justifies every-
thing he admits that the Prussian Government is
completely absolved, but, as a brother philosopher,
he calls upon the German litterateur to acknowledge
that he who succeeds may be in the wrong. There
are, he says, two current opinions in France at this
moment. One party says : let us hasten to conclude
this odious war; cede everything that is demanded,
and sign a peace; then hatred to the death, and our
great end a war of extermination to the German
race. The other party says : Let us save the in-
tegrity of France, and develop constitutional institu-
tions, then let us form an alliance with Germany and
England, which shall advance the liberal civilisation
of the world at large. Germany will decide which
of these policies shall prevail, and in so doing she
will decide the future of civilisation.
London, England, 1870-09-21

A BONAPARTIST RESTORATION.

The Temps, referring to he state of affairs, says :—We
have heard from many places that a Bonapartist intrigue,
supported by Count Bismarck, and favoured by the
apathy of the English Ministry, has been organised in
London. Its object is to restore for the benefit of a child-,
governed by a foreign woman the fatal regime which three
times in half a century has brought the stranger into our
country. The Journal de Paris having taken up the
question, we deem it desirable to call attention to it. It
is even possible.that the hopes of the gonapartists may
have been excited by the unwillingness displayed by the
most important organs of the press to engage in retrospec-
tive attacks. For our own part we deemed it unnecessary to
proceed with our attacks on the Empire after it had fallen.
But this reserve which has been suggested by the good
taste of the press, and appreciated by the public must not
be misinterpreted by foreigners, as the sign of an ap-
proaching reconciliation between Bonapartism and the
nation which it has taken advantage of for twenty years,
and which it has finished by leading to ruin. The least
enlightened peasant must know by this time that the man
for whom he has been voting has engaged France in a
formidable war for which she was not prepared. Neither
can the peasants ignore the fact that at the commence-
ment of the war the men who were in the Emperor's confi-
dence prevented by every means in their power,the organi-
sation of the national armament which was called for by the
independent deputies. They know all this but allowing
that some of them might throw the responsibility of the
errors upon others, will not the most apparent victims of
so much incapacity, our unfortunate soldiers of Woerth,
Forbach, Metz, and Sedan, shortly return to their hearths
and make known to all around them how their imbecile
chief paralysed their valour, and pour forth their com-
plaints against his favourites, and it is this reflection which
makes the idea of a Bonapartist restoration as odious as
it is absurd. The empire
.is
,inconceivable unless it
possesses the support and more or less the enthusiastic
adhesion of the army. We-declare without hesitation
that those
.of our soldiers N and officers who
,survive, will see the . spirits .of their comrades
who have fallen under , the mitrailleuses of the
enemy, rise up.against them if they ever welcomed. the
man who, sent them to fight with a ferocious carelessness,
and who,, subsequently, condemned them to the .greatest
humiliation.which was ever suffered by a French army.
It will not be. in France, then, that a Bonapartist restora-
tion can find supporters, and we think that the unfortunate
family, as well as its train of accomplices, will engage no
more of the Freilch mind unless it be in cnnsevence of
the affairs which the Court of Assizes may have to decide
about, and which it will be thO duty of the Provisional
Government to send to it without delay.
London, England, 1870-09-21

PROVINCIAL FRANCE.

The correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from
Rouen, says :—" It is not safe for a stranger to say much
about the enemy. The people of Rouen, it is true, are
not so excitable as those of their countrymen who have
already felt the sting of war ; but they prick up their
ears unpleasantly at the sound of a foreign accent, and
yesterday, during their Sunday leisure, the crowd
on the Boulevards betrayed an excitement which was
more interesting than pleasant. In - file course of the
day, the gendarmes made three captures of what they con-
ceived to be Prussian spies. One turned out to be not a
Prussian, but a vagabond who had got loose from prison,
and was looking, not for information, but for food.
In the evening a crowd collected in the Place de
['Hotel de Ville round a vehicle guarded by two
g-endarmes, and containing three prisoners. The cap-
tives were dressed as workmen ; they spoke with a
foreign accent; they had no passports. So of course
they were Prussian spies, and they were at once
gut off from all communication with Bismarck
by being shut up in the town gaol. An hour
later, the crowd in the Place had the felicity
of surrounding a second vehicle, containing two
other captives, who, of course, were also Prussian
spies, and were also locked up for the night.
Even in Rouen, however, there seems to be some
doubt respecting the guilt of those two, for it is
now whispered that they are not spies, but only
schoolmasters, who came from the neighbourhood
:f the town ; so I fancy they will not be shot.
"'hey may thank their stars that they did not fall into
the hands of the wildly excited crowd which surged
along tho Quai Napoleon last night, and which
threatened at one time to sack a café. The
riot was caused by the war, as everything un-
usual is just now. At present the stragglers
'from the army of Sedan are, of course, petted chil-
iren ; they are treated to cigars and beer, absinthe,
and the flattery of eagerly listening ears ; and,
tieing favoured with the special guardianship of
the mob, they do not always confine their requests, or
rather their demands, within the bounds of' • moderation.
I am told the war mobs of Rouen are orderly in comparison
with those of the eastern counties. Last night an English-
man explained to me why he shrank away from the mob
with nervous horror by a recital of the comforting fact
lat he had already been three times arrested as a Prus-
sian spy, and that one night he had heard some French-
men debating, below the prison window, the interesting
pestion, not whether, but why he was to be shot."
London, England, 1870-09-21

OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH.
Evening, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING ; The
is
School for Coquettes. Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada
Swanborough, E. Buf ton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-
Burly-Esque, "THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry,
Paulton, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E.
Bufton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, &o. : and, THE CHOPS OF THE
CHANNEL.

MA DAME TBAKER USS
STREET D'S EXHIBITION,

On view Portrait Models of the Emperor Napoleon 111., the
Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial ; . King William of
Prussia, and Count von Bismarck. Admission, is.; Children
imderlo years of age, 6d. Napoleon Rooms 6d. extra. Open
from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.

WONDERFUL TALKING MACHINE, in-
vented and constructed by Professor FABER, of
Vienna. The greatest mechanical curiosity in the world.
11XHIBITING HOURLY from eleven a.m., till ten p:rn. Ad-
mission, ls.; reserved seats, 25.; children, 6d. Palais Royal,
Argyle-street, Oxford-street, W.
London, England, 1870-09-21

THE 46 DEBATS" ON NAPOLEONISM,

The Journal des Debats, in a recent number had a
strong article against Imperialism : "We have
already said with profound bitterness that France cannot
deny that during twenty years she was represented by
the Empire, and that those who endured it, though they
suffered from it and blushed for it, could not shake its
solidity. In truth we did not know at the time we were
writing that an august witness was ready to confirm our
words. Let all Frenchmen read the report addressed by
Bismarck to the King of. Prussia after his interview with

the man who was the chosen Emperor of
'lO millions among them. They will learn from
it that their Emperor is innocent and irre-
sponsible for all the disasiers that overwhelm us.
They will learn that, according to the official report of
the Prussian Minister, the Emperor deplored the misfor-
tunes of this war, and affirmed that for his part he did
not wish for war, but was forced into it by the pressure of
public opinion in France.' These words will find a place
in history, and will irrisistibly provoke classical reminis.
cences. Adsum qui feci in me convertite ferrum. That s
what one says when one would die to save others, above
all to save those whom one has deceived and betrayed.
But here is a sovereign into whose hands a bewildered
nation blindly placed unlimited power, and who says to
the enemy at whose feet he lays down his sword, 'lt is
not I, it is France.' And this is the, elect of eight or ten
millions of popular votes. See what hands we were in.
We do not appove of insults. If the fall had been
honourable we should have respected it. But that he
who plunged us, by a criminal caprice and an enormous
egotism, in the abyss in which we are struggling, should
make us responsible and throw back on us not only the
punishment but the fault, this is the most terrible expia-
tion that Nemesis can inflict on our too great patience and
culpable complicity. We say no more. Let France read
and judge. But if ever the return of such ashes should
be spoken of, we are without-apprehension."
London, England, 1870-09-21

THE SUPPLY OF GAS IN PARIS.

Parisians have been greatly troubled respecting their
gas supply. On the one hand, they are fearful of possible
explosions in the gasometers and in private houses, and
somepersons are anxious the gas should be immediately cut
off. On the other, they are apprehensive of being left in
darkness, and another party advocate the erection of
special gasometers in the centre of• the city ready for use
when the gas is cut off by the enemy. In answer to these
two sets of alarmists, the Gonsgitutionnel states that
gasometers when full of gas never explode, and that
should the bullets of the enemy, as is feared, pierce
the pipes, the holes could be blocked up without danger if
done rapidly and the air sufficiently excluded. As for
private houses, the owners are advised, should they take
fire, immediately to cut off the gas from the main, and
arrangements for doing this when a street is on
fire . are made by the companies. With regard
to the possibility of the gas supply being
destroyed, the same authority says there are seven
gasometers, of which only two are exposed to the enemy,
though even they are within the line of the forts. The
five others producing three times as much gas as is abso- '
lutely necessary, will remain, and at the worst the light-

ing of houses and shops—not of the streets—will have to
be suspended at nine or ten o'clock.

CHANCES OF PEACE.

A letter from Berlin to the- .Independanee Beige says that
' little credence has been given to the report that the Corps
Diplomatique would visit the head-quarters of the King
of Prussia for the purpose of arranging a mediation.
"Besides this," adds-the writer " the telegram of the
Emperor of Russia to the Grand Duke of Hesse or the
presentation of the order of St.' George to Prince Louis
of Hesse in recognition of, the brilliant feat of arms
of the Hessian division during the last fights is
another symptom of the welcome which M. Jules Favre's
programme will meet with in St. Petersburg. The
language of the St. Petersburg Journal has been as explicit
as possible on this subject. I forbear to mention all the
suggestions which are made by bewildered persons with
respect to the future fate of France. One of the most
remarkable is this : After the entry of the Ger-
man armies into Paris the new Republic will
crumble away, the old Corps Ldgislatif and the
Senate will he called together again, and will
nominate an executive commission, which will recall
Louis Napoleon, and make peace with Prussia, on the
base of a territorial cession. Here, then, is the Emperor
at Wilhemshohe, who allows Prussia to reconquer his good
city of Paris, and returns to the throne with little trouble.
This is not all, another *still more curious prophecy says,
that Belgium, hitherto menaced by France, will annex
that country. In other words, that King Leopold the
Second, will become King of the French, and bring Bel-
gium to the Meuse.
London, England, 1870-09-21

TWO AUTHORS ON THE WAR.

While statesmen, diplomatists, and military leaders
have been giving their opinions on the war,
preachers and moralists have not been silent, and now
two celebrated writers of the day have come for-
ward to enunciate their views. The names of
Strauss and Renan, if less familiar in this country
than on the Continent, are at least sufficiently known
in England to invest their opinions with some in-
terest. Dr. Strauss has written to his literary rival
a long and able letter entering very fully into the
relative positions of the great European powers,
Since the time of Richelieu and Louis XIV. France,
he says, has been accustomed to play the chief part
among the nations of Europe, and Napoleon I. con-
firmed her in this pretension. Germany was,
hitherto, weak, disunited, and slow of movement;
while France was centralised, prompt, and vigorous.
Germany had paid dearly for her progress in the
sixteenth century, but her task was not done. In
silence she set to work and produced a national
literature which gave her the intellectual supremacy
of Europe, as France had the political preponderance.
Dr. Strauss then traces the course by which Germany
has attained her present position, in which France
still disputes her supremacy. Germany, he says, has'
learned to recognise her national failings
as " faults; while France has been taught'
London, England, 1870-09-21

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 18.
The Queen, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice
attended Divine service in the parish church, Crathie.
The service was performed by the Rev. Dr. Charteris,
one of her Majesty's chaplains.
Lady Churchill and Colonel Ponsonby were in attend-
ance on the Queen.

The Prince and Princess of Wales lunched with the
Queen and the Royal Family.
The Right Hon. G. J. Goschen and the Rev. Dr. Char-
teHs had the honour of dining with her Majesty.
London, England, 1870-09-21

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

A better commencement to an autumn season could not
have been made by the new manager of this very elegant
theatre. He has selected Shakespeare's " Midsummer
Night's Dream :" • Mr. Phelps has been engaged to sustain
the part of Bottom the Weaver, and a very excellent
company support the great actor most efficiently. It
is altogether unnecessary to enter at length into a de-
tailed crititicsm of the acting of Mr. Phelps, as the assump-
tion of the character of Bottom has been admitted, on all
hands, to be one of his finest efforts, and his embodiment
of the part on the present occasion, will certainly
be witnessed with pleasure by all those who are familiar
with the performance, and with delight by those who
have the pleasure yet in store of seeing it for the first
time. The mounting of the play entitles the management
to the highest praise it is possible to bestow ; every detail
has been most carefully studied and admirably worked
out. Amongst the scenery, a wood near Athens
(moonlight) with the meeting of Oberon and Titania is a
perfect wonder of stage illusion ; then the opening pic-
ture, the peristyle of Theseus, is gorgeOus in the extreme.
The dresses quite correspond in magnificence with the
scenery, and taken altogether the entire production is
quite equal to that which was given of the
same play at the old Covent-garden Theatre during
the memorable and brilliant management of th a late
Madame Vestris. Mr. Clifton, the new manager, has
ventured bravely for success, and it is a great pleasure to
record that he has secured that which he has striven for.
The house was crowded in every part, and the applause
throughout the entire play was enthusiastic.
London, England, 1870-09-21

THE PRUSSIAN REPULSE.

ORLEANS, SEPT. 20.
travellers say that the engagement which took
pie yesterday at Wissons were of a serious char-
the ter) and that considerable losses were inflicted on
Prussians by some masked batteries in the.
"oods.
to Thile following details have been received relating
ilia engagement at Wissons
It is asserted that 25,000 French soldiers,
7:63ed in the rear of the Montlhery Tower, attacked
'0
0
0 Prussians. The latter were mowed down by
the
French artillery, and suffered considerable loss.
They recrossed the river, in order to fall back upon
other Army Corps."
THE

PEOPLE RISING EN MASSE.

PARIS, SEPT. 19.
it‘sßeports from Montpellier, Nice, St. Etienne, Lille,
t;')11 various parts of Brittany, represent the people
be rising en ?nasse.
Nj°ll°u) Cognac, Angouleme, and Nantes have
th "eu sums from 150,000 to 800,000 francs each for
e Purchase of arms.

IRE SIEGE OF STRASBURG.
StCARLSRUHE, SEPT. 2Q.
I have just returned from the works before
-aaullt.g• On the left bank of the Rhine the
fortificationshostile
are now closely encompassed by
d°Btile batteries, which keep up a very heavy and
esttilletive fire. The return fire is intermittent
Yet
1 sometimes powerful. The city is nearly
4thwaYs shrouded in smoke. The greater part of
e fortifications is a shapeless mass of ruins. A
practicable breach has been effected, and it is believed
thatq,,, the place can be taken any day by storm, if
neral Werder would risk the loss of at least two
isel.;"B4lld men. The broad and deep moat is the most
de-1)11s obstacle. Preparations are being made to
„tlitt°Y the inner magazines with nitro-glycerine
tt'eVectiles, to be launched from balloons. The field
th egtaph is carried into the third parallel. All
14 'liege works are now in telegraphic cora-
"nieation with headquarters and with each
other.
NeMulhausen is occupied by the Germans. he
°le °I Upper Alsace, except Belfort, Schelestadt,
übreisach, and one or two other places, h in their
}lauds.
The
ztr cattle-plague is raging in Vicomty and
fronnd Wiessenburg, but Lower Alsace is still free
it. The peasants say it is a greater curse than
"r•—Daily News Telegram.
London, England, 1870-09-21

MARRIAGES.

On the 17th inst. .
at Christ Church, Lancaster-gate'.
Sir Daniel Gooch, Bart., M.P. of Fulthorpe gousel, ,
London, and Clewer Park, to Emily, youngest daughte
of the late John Burder, Esq., of Norwood, Surrey
On the 17th inst., at West Hackney Church, Walter, tae
eldest on of Joseph Plimpton, of Stanstea:d-roa
Forest-hill, to Eliza Cecilia, the youngest daughtertolce
9'
Joseph Boardman, Esq., of Sandringham-road, S
Newington.

DEATIRK
On the 18th inst., Mr. John Carter, of 28, Great Tower
street, aged 73.
On the 18th inst., at 77, Kensington-gardens-square, NV;
Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, C. 8., aged 62.

London : Printed by GIDEON ACLAND BOYCE, I.f
No. 112, Strand Printer, and Published by hira
TEE SUN Office,No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of he
Savoy, n the County of lliddlesex.
Wednwday, eptember 21, 1870.
London, England, 1870-09-21

I HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—SoIe
Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.--This
Theatre having been re-decorated under the direction of Mr.
C. I. Phipps, F.S.A., will RE-OPEN for the AUTUMN DRA-
MATIC SEASON on SATURDAY NEXT, Sept. 24. Doors open
at half-past Six, commence at Seven o'clock, and terminate at
half-past Eleven. Prices to the public parts of the Theatre from
Sixpence to Seven Shillings. Private Boxes from One to Four
Guineas. Box-office open from Ten till Five daily.
London, England, 1870-09-21

THL SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1870.

110 MOSES and SON, . PARTRIDGE AND COOPER,
12.1• MANUFACTURING STATIONERS,
192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.O ).
LEE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES,
CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. AND
JARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s
Per ream. 8. d.
Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper.
NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved
Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6
i. 1 HART-STREET. Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0
Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing ... ........ 2 6
CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 4s. Es., and 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream.......... lOs. 6d., 12s. 6d., and 14 6
and EUSTON-ROAD. Outsides Foolscap
Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 45.; ruled ditto, 4 6
Tinted Lined Note five quires for ls. 6d., or 5 6
BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. New Vellum Wove "Club House" N ote, five quires for 25. 6d.
Superfine Cream or Bine Envelopes, 4s 6d, 5s fld, & 6s 8d ..
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6dl per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 8s
MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST Of COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
1... j prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases. Desks, post free. Established 1841
Frock I Dress Oxfor d Camb.
was. Coats. Coats . Coats. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
t TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder;
556. 25a. 17s. 18s. gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from clecv,
and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price lb. ed -
so i 30s. 213. 225. Red Bull Wharf, 98, Upper Thames street, London.
.-i
36a. 363. 265. 28s. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.
A GUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair
425. 425. 30s. 82s.
11
___
- JNO. GOSNE LL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
50s. 50s. 368. 363.
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
Cis. 60s. 425. 425. form, and at a lower price.
- -
Also at Also at Also at Also at ng brush.
,ther prices, other prices. other prices Other prices Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon-
- ion, E.C.

FMOSES and SON beg to remind t
.• that the cheapness of an article depends eni
quality, and they venture to affirm that every article
is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained
ho ise in England.

the public
►tirely on its
sold by them
at any other

Ml 4 MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of

GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED :

Autumn
Suits.

Business
' suits.

Moi ring
Trousers.

Dress
Trousers.

Also at
other prices.

ORDERS by post are attended to with care and
punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-
measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to
guarantee a faultless fit.
London, England, 1870-09-21

DIVISIONS IN PARIS.

general PARIS, SEPT. 20.
Clnseret, a writer in the Marseillaise,
\s7ho has been disowned 131;' M. Rochefort and by
the
People, continues to post placards throughout
4 it 37) Qucicaliouring to cause a CliTi4Con amongst

the citizens and to establish a secret Government.

Resolutions have been passed at Lyons that in case
of Paris capitulating the right to. surrender will not
be recognised, but that the people will defend their
country to the last man.

Four thousand additional Gardes Mobiles have
arrived from the West of France.

A committee, composed of M. Estancelin, Count
Keratry, and M. Jules Claretie, has been ap-
pointed to classify the correspondence of the
Emperor and Empress, which will shortly be
published.
The Gas Company have announced that, in view
of the danger of explosion likely to result from the
bombardment, they will not continue their supply
beyond a few days.

The Paris papers assess the personal income of the
Emperor and Empress at 200 million francs.

THE PRUSSIANS IN ALSACE.
BERLIN, SEPT. 20.

-The Prussian Civil Governor of Alsace has issued
a proclamation to the Catholic, Protestant, and
Jewish clergy. It declares that all are to retain
their present rights and stipenis. The Church will
not be interfered with by the State, but ecclesiastics
preaching, speaking, or acting against existing
authorities will be punished by military law.
Semi-official communiques have been published,
contradicting the statement of some English cor-
respondents at the seat of war to the effect that
Count Bismarck attributed the victory of Sedan to
the Bavarians and Wurtemburgers. He merely
said he was proud that Saxons, Bavarians, and
Wurtemburgers had not only fought ou the Prus-
sian side, but also had so greatly contributed to the
victory. This explanation bas been well received
by the Saxon semi-official Press. Bavaria has sent
a battery of new mitrailleuses of Bavarian invention
to the army. It fires 350 bullets per minute.—
.
7imes Telegram.

RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS.

BERLIN, SEPT. 20.

Ihe Russian garrisons in Poland and Volhynia are
being reinforced. Seven divisions of infantry have
been sent to the province of Kieff to line the Galician
frontier. A military commission has been appointed
at St. Petersburg to create a medical reserve force of
1,000 surgeons. •
The Vicar of the Archdiocese of Freiburg having
proclaimed the Infallibility and other votes of
Council, the Baden Government has prohibited these
decrees from being carried out, so far as they are
incompatible with the existing laws of the State.-
7 Imes Telegram.
London, England, 1870-09-21

THE AMERICAN VIEW OF THE SITUATION.

The American press has followed the course of
events in France with deep interest. The papers
just arrived from New York express their views on
the startling intelligence of the opening days of
September, whose importance the Americans cer-
tainly do not underrate. " The New York Herold
says that since the invention of gunpowder there
has been no war to compare with that "just closed "
between France and Germany. It is curious that
the papers generally regard the capitulation of
Sedan as the close of the war, and are by no means
prepared for the resolute spirit shewn by the
defenders of Paris. The capital may, indeed,
resist, they say, but they evidently consider
that such resistance would be only the work of a
portion of the inhabitants, not the unanimous will of
the nation. We do not, says the Herald, think that
Paris will hold out now that resistance is simply sui-
cidal. The Times, however, believes the war will go
on, the time being measured by the period it will
take to exhaust France. The establishment of the
Republic is naturally received with great satisfac-
tion, and the New York journals openly declare that
Italy, Spain, and perhaps England herself are on the
highroad to the same end. If September Ist was a
bitter day for France, says the Tribune, it was a
bright one for Europe, and hereafter France will
recognise that the victory of Sedan was a triumph for
her no less than for Germany. All parties agree in
counselling the King of Prussia to use his victory
with moderation. Should he,'observes the Herald,
refuse to listen to overtures of peace, and insist on
dictating terms from the Tuileries, he may find
the war has only begun, and his own crown and
dynasty as well as those of all the potentates of
Europe, are endangered. The limes, while warning
the now Republic against anarchy, and reminding it
that it must maintain order as part of the price of
liberty, advises it to make a speedy peace. "If
there is aught dishonourable in the terms of peace,
the dishonour will not attach to a country which for
the time is powerless." The Boston Advertiser re-
joices that it is not all ruin which the fierce struggle
has wrought. The air is cleared and purified, and
the great German nation consolidated. Napoleon
has gone down, and the only cause for sadness is
the fact that France is in the dust with him.
London, England, 1870-09-21

BANKING COMPANIES.

I Agra Bank (L) A 9l 101 26 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 24
10 20 London and County 47 49
25 Alliance (L)
10 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 21% 221 20 Lon and Westmnster 60 61
221 601, I, 1
50 British N American 51 53 10 Metropolitan Bl 81
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 151 161 20 Midland (L)
25 Char Merc of India 25 27 20 New South Wales .. 35 37
10 City
25 Colonial
• 4 Consolidated (L)
4%, 11-16 25 Union of Australia.. 39 41
VO Eng, Scot, and AusC 161 171 15 Union of London .. 361 371
20 Imperial IL)
10 Imperial Ottoman
12, /.
London, England, 1870-09-21

THE ANGLO-CANADIAN BOAT RACE.

Although the Tynesiders rowed under conditions
which were exceedingly difficult, and to which they
were unaccustomed, and they achieved a glorious vic-
tory over their opponents. To win by 300 yards under
any circumstances is a magnificent feat, but the Tyne
representatives have accomplished in the face of un-
wonted drawbacks that which, apart from their
already great exploits, justifies the belief that they
are well-nigh invincible as rowers. The St. John
crew, with their wonderfully sharp stroke,
got away first, and at starting it looked
as if the Tyne men were going to lose the day. But
their long and steady swing soon convinced those
who had drawn a conclusion from first impressions
that the St. John's crew, nothwithstanding their ex-
perience in rowing without a coxswain, their know-
ledge of the water, and the lead they bad obtained,
would soon have to give place to Renforth's team.
It is a noteworthy fact that the defeat was accepted
with a good grace, and' the champions were, greeted
with the most enthusiastic acclamation. The Cana-
dians, however, seem indisposed to take this
match as a conclusive evidence of the superiority of
the Tynemen, and have arranged for other contests.
London, England, 1870-09-21

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

VIENNA, SEPT. 19 (9.30 P.m.)
Reports of Austro-Prussian rapprochments are
entirely without foundation.
The Emperor told a Czech address deputation
yesterday that the immediate election of deputies
to the Reicttsrath is absolutely necessary.

The Lower Chamber voted adjournment to-day
until Monday next, by a constitutional majority of

one.

This morning another new house scaffolding
broke down here, burying 11 men and women. All
were dreadfully injured, but none are dead.

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 20 (Evening).

The Journal dc Bruxelles of this evening publishes
an article in which it insists upon the services ren-
dered by Belgium to the German wounded and the
Germans expelled from France. It refutes the state-
ments made by the German press of bad treatment
an I inhospitable proceedings having been shown to-
wards them by the Belgian people, and concludes as
follows :—" We await from the straightforwardness
of the German newspapers a formal retractation on
these points. Should those papers decline to put the
facts in their true light, we shall be entitled to
accuse them of malice, and to denounce to Europe
their openly aggressive intentions towards Bel-
gium."

RUSSIA PREPARING FOR WAR

BERLIN, MONDAY, 7.25 p.m.
Russia is preparing for war. She will protest
against the annexation of Lorraine to Germany.
London, England, 1870-09-21

MURDER 1N LEICESTERSHIRE.

A murder was committed on Monday night at Barrow-on-
Soar, eleven miles from Leicester. About half-past eight
o'clock Monday night, Thomas Knight, carrier from Bar-
row to borough, on returning home, went into the Lime-
kiln beerhouse, where he met 'with a framework
knitter, named George Perkins, who at once began
quarreling with Knight, in consequence of the latter
accusing him of being a thief. Perkins at once set upon
Knight, and a scuffle took place upon the floor. Perkins
was pulled off, and Knight left to go home ; but was fol-
lowed by Perkins, who again commenced beating him,
knocked him down, and kicked him about the head
several times. He was at length taken away from Knight,
who was carriad home, where he died. Perkins
was afterwards found by Policeman Moore in the closet
of the Limekiln beerhouse. When charged he said it was
all through malice ; it served him right, but he could not
help it, he was so enraged. It was done, and could not
be undone ;he did not intend to kill him. The prisoner
was removed to Loughborough police-station and charged
with the murder. The inquest will be held at Barrow to-
day.

Yesterday morning a terrible accident occurred at Bel-
mont Crescent, Hillhead, Glasgow, where one of a range
of houses, which was about four storeys in height, gave
way as the workmen were descending the scaffold. Eleven
men were buried in the ruins: The accident is attributed
to insufficient building. Five or six lives have been lost.
Others are not expected to recover.
The death is announced of Mr. Arthur Way, formerly
Conservative member for Bath, and uncle to Sir Greville
Smyth, of Ashton Court, near Bristol, whose vast estates
he managed lip to last week. He was much respected by
the tenantry.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—The representations of the.
Tower of Strasburg Cathedral and the blowing up of the
Bridge of Kehl, which were so successful at the last- fire-
work fete, will be repeated in to-morrow's display.
Gounod's new opera, " The Pet Dove," will be played in
the afternoon, and a military band will perform French
and German war songs, Sic., in the evening.
W IFE MURDER AT GREENWICH.—John Tantenny,
who killed his wife at Greenwich on Saturday night, yes-
terday surrendered himself to the police. He declares
that the occurrence was accidental, and that he did not
intend to strike her with the knife, which .he threw in a
passion at his son. A. coroner's jury has returned a
verdict of manslaughter against him, and he stands
remanded.
London, England, 1870-09-21

AA R. T. C. KING will appear in the character of
In VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitled AMY ROBSART,
on SATURDAY Nina, Sept. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-
LANE.

ADOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by
Martin Becher, at Seven o'clock on SATURDAY NEXT,
Sept. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

AMY ROBSART ; a new Historical Romantic
Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir
Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and
characteristic scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock on SATURDAY NEXT, Sept. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL
DRURY-LANE.

AMY ROBSART; new drama : Characters by
Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse Yokes,
Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock on SATURDAY NEXT, Sept. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL
DRURY-LANE.

AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by
Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard,
Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawdon,
Vokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, on SATURDAY
NEXT, Sept. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE

AMY ROSBART; New Drama. The Overture and
Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey,
executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus.
The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor-
mack. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward
Stirling at a Quarter to Eight on SATURDAY NEXT, Sept. 24.
—THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.

AMY BOBSART.—The costumes from designs
of an eminent Artist, the gorgeous Revels at Kenil-
worth, including the Procession of the Ancient Britons
Saxons, Romans, Normans, &c, and ending with the floating
Pageants on the Lake
—THEATRE R, illustrated by3OOOYAL auxDßUßiliaries, on SATUR-
DAY NEXT, Sept. 24.Y-LANE.

DHOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated
YOKES FAMILY will appear at Eleven o'clock on SATUR-
DAY NEXT, Sept. 24.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and
Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
This Evening, at Seven, WANTED a THOUSAND MILLINERS,
Mr. J. Souse, &c.; at a quarter to Eight, The RAPPAREE,
Messrs. Herman Veen, W. Rignold, J. Clayton, A. Rayner, E.
V. Edgar, Shiel Barry; Mesdames Katharine Rodgers and M.
Cooper; to conclude with THE HAPPY MAN, Mr. Shiel
Barry, &c.
London, England, 1870-09-21

THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

LTOEVM—Farce. Innisfallen, or the Men in the Gap.
SADLER'S WELLS—Farce. Hamlet.
QuEEN'f3—Midsummer Night's Dream. Farce.
GAIETY—Ballet. Bluebeard. Beggars' Opera.
PRINCE OF WALES—M.P. Queen Stork. Locked In.
VAuDmvuzz—Chiselling. Two Roses. Don Carlos.
STRAND—SchooI for Coquettes. Idle 'Prentice. Chops

of the Channel.
PRINCIESSEW—Wanted, 1,000 Milliners. The Rapparee.
The Happy Man.
RoiravrT—Our Nelly and P. M. Julius Oncesar, the
Irregular Rum 'Un.
OLYmPto--Poppleton's Predicaments. Handsome Is that

Handsome Does. Undine.
NATIONAL STANDARD—LittIe Emily. Venus versus
Mars.

AL umBRA.--Grand Ballet and Varieties.
CE.EmoRNB--Fireworks, Ballet, &c.
MADAME TIISBAUD'S (Bakerstreet) —From 1.1 a.m. till 3
p.m. and 7 till 10 p.m. I.s. ; extra rooms, 6d.
ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PoLYTwanuo—Professor Pepper's Ghosts. Afternoon and
Evening.
London, England, 1870-09-21

THE COLONIES AND THE MOTHER COUNTRY.

A conference has been held at Liverpool at which
the subject of our., relations with the colonies was
considered. The meeting was composed of men
whose opinions are entitled to respect. Sir Stafford
Northcote presided in the temporary absence of Sir
John Lubbock, who had been announced to take the
chair. The conference was essentially non-political,
and the question was discussed only with the view
of ascertaining the state of feeling on the subject.
Ihe hon. baronet maintained that instead of being a
source of weakness to England, her colonial possessions
added to her strength. The consideration of the
question he suggested ought not to be founded on
the possibility of war, which was not the normal
state of England. On the contrary, the normal con-
dition of England was peace. Should the colonies
determine to become independent, no one in the
mother country would, in the opinion of Sir Stafford
Northcote, attempt to resist them. Sir John
Lubbock subsequently arrived at the conference and
expressed a belief that the natural course of events
would strengthen rather than weaken the relations
between England and her colonies. This opinion
appears to have received general endorsement, and
the conviction that it would be undesirable to sever
the connection now existing between the mother
country and the colonies was general, finding expres-
sion in a resolution.

AFRICA'S FUTURE.
The Rev. R. Moffat, father-in-law of Dr. Living-

stone, takes a very hopeful view of the future con-
d tion of the African race. Having bad fifty-three
years experience of Africa he may well be accounted
a competent authority on such a subject. The
reverend gentleman is confident that in course of
time the country will be developed, and the inhabi-
tants brought under the benign influences of civi-
lization and Christian enlightenment. Before his
visit to a portion of Africa no white man, not
excepting hunters, dared to enter it, but since that
time traders have ventured to penetrate into "the
country and transact a large business in ivory.
He is of opinion that gold may be found in South
Africa in sufficient quantity to pay for the seeking
of it. Diamonds have been found in large quantities.
Speaking from such a lengthened experience
Mr. Moffat thinks there is reason to rejoice in the
future of Africa.