biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-19

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, OCT. 16.
The Queen was present at Divine service at the parish
church of Crathie.

Princess Louise ann Princess Beatrice were also present.
The Marchioness of Ely and Viscount Bridport were
in attendance.

His Excellency M. and Madame Van de Weyer, the
Duke of Argyle, and the Marquis of Lorne had the
honour of dining with the Queen.
London, England, 1870-10-19

MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 5,
lied 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 havo
been most successful in effecting a great moral change in many
fallen ones.
To enable them to continue their important work, FUNDS aro
earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by Mr. John
Stabb, Hon. Sec., 6, Red Lion-square, W.C., London ; and at the
Union Bank of London (Carey-street Branch), W.C.
London, England, 1870-09-03

MEDICAL SERVICE WITH THE ARMIES.

It is to be regretted that the admission of foreign
medical men to the German medical service at the
theatre of war is subject to a condition which in a
multitude of instances would prevent the members
of the profession in this country supplementing the
humane exertions of their brethren on the
continent. In answer to applications made to the
German authorities for information as to the terms
and conditions of entering the medical service of that
country, a communication has been received, which
clearly demonstrates the sufficiency of the supply of
native skill. Candidates for admission to the
medical department of the German armies. must be
members of the Royal College of Surgeons and
licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians, or
possess equivalent qualifications. No travelling ex-
penses
will .be allowed to volunteers, who are expected
to tender their services for the first fourteen days gratui- ,
tously. It is, moreover, imperatively necessary that the
candidates should speak German fluently. These are
hard conditions to impose upon those whose huma-
nity would induce them to undertake the arduous
and unpleasant duties of attending the sick and
wounded. The military hospitals and the battle-field
open out a large experience for young men in the

study of gunshot wounds and surgical injuries.
most stringent condition is the ability of a volunteer
to speak the German language, and but for this,
doubtless many intelligent and aspiring young men
would join the invading army's medical service.

The
London, England, 1870-09-03

'UNITED GERMANY.

It is said that the war is not only making Ger-
many a united nation, but also a united family. The
leaders in the beneficent work of watching over and
tending the sick and wounded (the two English
Princesses among the number), are helping to accom-
plish this happy end. The gallant fellows who went
out to fight with such high spirits for their native
soil, little knew that the feelings 'of the highest in
the land would so mingle themselves with those of
their clearest relations as they have done. "Our
friends the enemy," it is said, also come in for a
large share of attention from the worthy women of
the Fatherland, and so little discrimination have they
shewn in their mission of goodwill and kindness that
some surly guardians of the Rhine Provinces
of Germany have begun to grow jealous and
to complain in certain of the newspapers against the
tenderness exhibited towards the fascinating, but
wounded, foe. The Princess Alice, whose solicitude
for and care of the late Prince Consort during his
last illness was heralded far and wide in the winter
of 1861, has been, as we have already said, one of
the most remarkable in her systematic and intelligent
supervision of the German hospitals,and taking example
by her all the ladies of the Grand Ducal canital of
Darmstadt, no matter what their rank, may now be
seen each day vieing with each other for the wel-
fare of the sick, visiting the most dismal of cham-
bers, collecting needful appliances, and pre-
paring them for use, and devotin_r even rooms in
their own dwellings as repositories for the
accumulated articles. In other parts of the Father-
land thesame holy interest in the good work is shewn,
and it is no uncommon sight now in some of the largo
towns to see carriages recently occupied by the most
aristocratic of German families passing through
the streets filled with mattcriel of all kinds en route
to the ambulances.
London, England, 1870-09-03

THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL.
(SNOW-HILL STATION),
lIIRMTNGII AM.
" One of the most elegant, comfortable, and economical hotels
in the three kingdoms."--The Field, July 31, 1869.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

WARWICK RACES, SEPTEMBER 6TH AND 7TH,

Trains run from PADDINGTON to WARWICK at 6 a.xt., 8.0
(3rd class), 10.0, 11.0 (3rd class), 12.30 p.m., 2.20 (3rd class), 3.30,
and 6.20 p.m.

On TUESDAY, September 6th, a fast special train (first and
second class), will leave Paddington at 9 a.m. for Leamington
and Warwick, calling at Reading and Oxford, and will return
on the following day (Wednesday, September 7th) from War-
wick at 5.45 p.m., and Leamington at 5.62 p.m. for Paddington,
calling at Oxford and Reading only.
For full particulars see handbills.
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington, August, 1870.
London, England, 1870-09-03

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT,
FOUR GOLD MEDALS.

Supplied to the British, French, Prussian, Russian, Italian,
Dutch, and other Governments. Dr. Lankester writes
regarding Extract of Meat :—" But there is a difference in flavour,
and here, as in all other kinds o food, it is the flavour that
makes the quality." It is essentially on account of the tine
meaty flavour, as distinguished from the burnt taste of other
Extracts, that LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT defeated all
Australian and other sorts at Paris, Havre, and Amsterdam, and
is so universally preferred in all European markets.
_ _ _ _ . . .

One Pint of fine-flavoured Beef-tea at 20. Most convenient
and economic "stock." _ .

CAUTlON.—Require Baron Liebig's, the inventor's, signature on
every jar, and ask distinctly for LIEBIG COMPANY'S
EXTRACT.
As stated by the War Office, the assertion of an Australian
Agent of solely supplying the British Government is proved to
be nothing but an untrue statement.
London, England, 1870-09-03

THE ENGLISHMAN ABROAD,

Of course if an Englishman will indulge his taste
'or travelling in the track of the contending forces
on the continent he must not expect to find his
journey full of sweets. Many instances have been
recorded of our venturesome countrymen being
arrestel on suspicion of being Prussian spies,
and having to undergo intolerable hardships. This
in the disturbed condition of France may be
easily accounted for by the excitement which per-
vades the country, particularly the invaded .dis-
tricts. It is almost natural that an ignorant mob or
a benighted peasantry should see in every foreigner
an enemy to their country ; but one might reason-
ably expect a different state of things from those in
authority. But it seems that the officials are
as ignorant as those they govern. Among
many instances confirmatory of this view we have
the case of a correspondent to a London daily news-
paper, who, finding Paris somewhat irksome under
the present arrangements, made an excursion to
pretty Enghien. While reading the Gaulois he was
observed by a peasant, whose imagination becoming
excited, declared, despite an emphatic disclaimer
to the contrary, that the unfortunate visi-
tor was a Prussian spy. The correspondent
was soon surrounded by an infuriated mob. He was
taken to the Alaire, who doubted his word and the
genuiness of his passport, and finally he was sent to
the nearest post of Gendarmerie with an unpleasant
escort of peasants. After travelling a distance of '
five miles they reached the Gendarmerie; the
chef was not at home, and the sous-chef
could not read. A pleasant situation truly
But the Englishman's troubles were not yet over.
After being searched he was conveyed a further dis-
tance of eight miles to the Juge do la Paix attended
by a howling mob of 500 persons. The Juge, on
examining the captive's papers, ordered him to be
set at liberty, merely shrugging. his shoulders on
being acquainted with the vicissitudes the prisoner
had undergone, and going off to bed. The English-
man was 26 miles from Paris, but he E was fortunate
enough to procure a cart, and he returned to the
capital.

mean temperature only one degree cooler ; and the
greatest of its advantages is its equability of tempera-
ture and the absence of extreme change. At Cairo a
sanatorium purposely for delicate foreigners is about
to be established by an English lady, a MrS. James
Appleton, who, according to the Lancet, has herself
undergone a considerable amount of hospital training.
The recommendations in favour of Cairo consist in
the climate being peculiarly alleviating to all chest
complaints. It is also bright and clear, and its supe-
riority, taken in connection with the many portions
of surrounding country possessing interest for the
stranger, are the principal inducements that can. be
offered for an Egyptian trip.
London, England, 1870-09-03

In reading at all Libraries, and sold everywhere, is.
vi Y LAST LOVE. By the Author of " George
Geith," c. A new story, profusely illustrated.

F. Enos Arnold, 49, Essex-street, Strand, W.C.

ZADKIEL'S ALMANACK for 1871 is now in
the Press. Remarkable Prediction at page 48 of Zad-
kiel's Almanack for 1853 touching the Emperor of the French :
" But let him not dream of lasting honours, powers, or pro-
sperity. He shall found no dynasty he shall wear no durable
Crown. But in the midst of deeds of blood and slaughter, with
affrighted Europe trembling beneath the weight of his daring
martial hosts, he descends beneath the heavy hand of Fate ;
and FALLS TO RISE NO MORE, with none to mourn him, none
to inherit his renown none to resord his good deeds, and none
to lament his destruction." _

J. G. Berger, London

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London, England, 1870-09-03

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session.

FEARFUL SCENE AT A. FIRE.

Between the hours of two and three o'clock yesterday
morning the inhabitants of Holland-street, Blackfriars-
road, were painfully excited, owing to a fire taking place
in the premises in the possession of Messrs. H. F. and C.
C. Barrett, brush manufacturers, carrying on business at
17, Holland-street. At the time of the outbreak the in-
mates were asleep, and the police had the greatest diffi-
culty in making them sensible of their danger. Mr.
Charles C. Barrett and Frederick J. Barrett, on finding
that they were unable to get down the stairs, made for
the roof, but they had barely got there when the flames
shot through it. Having reach ed the next house, they
were enabled to escape with their lives. Mr. H. T. Bar-
rett was not so fortunate, for before he could get out of
his bedroom, which was on the second floor, his_ apart-
ment became a mass of flame. The unfortunate man
cpened the window and jumped out. He fell with a
fearful crash, and when picked up was insensible. It
was then ascertained that the injuries he had received
werc of such a serious character that he was obliged to be
removed to Guy's Hospital, where he remains in a very
dangerous condition. In spite of the indomitable perse-
verence of the firemen and salvors, the fire could not be
subdued until the premises were destroyed. The adjoin-
ing houses were also greatly damaged. The principal
loss will fall on the Sun Fire Office.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—(One Shilling Day,Friday).—
Admission by season tickets, 1,069 ; do. on payment,
1,802; total visitors, 2,871.

WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,
AGRICULTURAL HALL. —The number of visitors, exclusive
of season ticket holders, exhibitors, and others, yesterday
was 5,170.

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders
of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended
by the medical profession in preference to French brand.. Sup-
plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations
on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Die
tilleries, Belfast ; or at thoi London ()feces, 4, Beaufort Buildings
Strand, W.O.
London, England, 1870-09-03

MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859),
4, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON,
And 38. QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON,
ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale,
Freehold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years,
epayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis-
ounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope.
EDWARD HARPER. Secretary.
London, England, 1870-09-03

GARIBALDI AND ITALY.

. •
The Weekly Register has the following :—Garibaldi has
written a letter to his friends to join in protest against
the action of the Government in refusing to march Italian
troops on Rome. The letter runs thus :—" CAPRERA,
16 Agosto, 1870.—Dear friend,- I have signed the
protest and return it. It is worthy of you all, but
Italians should prepare themselves for more serious and
earnest work than merely protesting against being
guardians of the filth of Rome ; Bonaparte will never
return to Paris, and the devil will carry him off in his
talons. This is a victory for all nations which have been
betrayed, and for us a lesson which we shall do well to
make use of. A few years ago, Prussia, now the greatest
and first Power in the world, had only a population of
18,000,000. We, in Italy, have 25,000,000. What the
devil are we, then, Sheep ? Did Alfieri lie when he said
the plant man was more robust in Italy than elsewhere.
—Always yours, G. GARIBALDL—GIoss on the above.
The "filth of Rome" in the Garibaldian vocabulary
stands for the Holy Father, the cardinals, the bishops vi
partibus, the parish priests, the monks, nuns, and other
religieuse of the city.
London, England, 1870-09-03

BANKING COMPANIES.

Pd Pd
1 Agra Bank (L) A 9l 101 20 Imperial (L) ..
10 10 Imperial Ottoman
25 Alliance (L)
131 20 Lon Char of Austrlia 23 21
10 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian (L) 211 221 20 London and County 47 49
22, 1 15 London Joint-Stock 33 34
50 British N American 50 52 20 Lon and Westmnster 581 591
20 Ch of India, Austrlia 161 171 10 Metropolitan 7l 81
25 Char Merc of India 26 28 20 Midland (L)
271, 7 20 New South Wales .. 36 33
10 City ' 11 12 25 Orntal Bank Co•:porn 41 43
25 Colonial
4 Consolidated (L)
4f 15 Union of London .. 36 37
20 Eng, Scot, and AusC 161 171

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London, England, 1870-09-03

ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A GAMEKEEPER.

Two men, named Peter McDermott and John Houston,
have been committed to take their trial at the next
Donegal Assizes on a charge of shooting at Henry Long,
and threatening to shoot the Hon. Mr. Heritt and another
gentleman. The prisoners had been poaching in the
estate of Lord Lifford, when they attempted to shoot the
gamekeeper, Long. Bail was refused for their appear-
ance.
London, England, 1870-09-03

ESTABLISHED FIFTY YEARS.

OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA is un-
equalled in its effect in producing Luxuriant Whiskers and
Moustachios. It is an infallible remedy for Baldness, and con-
tains the essential requisites for Cleansing, Beautifying, and
Restoring the Hair.

COOL AND REFRESHING.
22, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.
London, England, 1870-09-03

TOBACCO SMOKING.

It seems that it is not positively right to suppose
that tobacco destroys all a man's energies. On the
contrary, it is now believed that so far from being
injurious outright to health, it counteracts or acts as
an antidote to the poison inhaled always from the
foul atmosphere around us. The success of the
Germans in the present war is rather a feather, a
Contemporary remarks, in the smoker's cap, inasmuch
as it has.proved that a smoking army is capable of
greater endurance and of making greater efforts than
a non-smoking army. The Lancet observes that men
of abstraction and imagination, if we may judge
from the prevalence of tobacco-smoking among them,
unquestionably appear to find an aid in tobacco.
Cigars or a pipe, too, preserve an equanimity in the
nervous system " For the wounded," the same paper
adds, " it is probable that tobacco has slight anodyne
and narcotic properties that enable the sufferer to
sustain pain better during the day, and to obtain
sleep during the night."
London, England, 1870-09-03

LADY BLAKE'S NEW NOVEL.
Next week, in 3 vols.
C A. L U
BY LADY BLAKE. D E ,
Hurst and Blanket, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE EUROPEAN WAR
A SECOND EDITION of THE SUN
is Published Every Morning at EIGHT
O'CLOCK, with SOME HOURS' LATER
NEWS than any other paper. This edition
will always contain the LATEST N EAxr
of the WAR, and of all other events.
London, England, 1870-09-03

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CITY BETTING—FRIDAY.
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100 to 7 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken)
100 to 7 aget Duke of Beaufort (taken)
20 to 1 aget Paganini (taken)
20 to 1 agst Judge (taken)
20 to 1 aget Alpenstock (taken)

CESAREWITCH,
1000 to 20 apt Tamarind (offered)

BREAKFAST.-EPPS'S COCOA.-GRATEFUL AND CON-
FORTING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has
rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette re-
marks :—" By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which
govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a
careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa,
Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors'
bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in
tin-lined packets labelled—JAMES EPPS & CO., Homoeopathic
Chemists, London.—Advt,
London, England, 1870-09-03

ALHAMBRA. MR. FREDK. STR eiN GE,
Managing Director.—OPEN TO-NIGHT,
at Eight o'clock. Everything New. Three
Grand Ballets, " LES FLEURS DU JAR-
DIN ;" "BROWN, JONES, and ROBLN-
SON," New Comic Ballet, by H. Boleno and
Troupe ; and New Magnificent Water Ballet
" LES NATIONS, or GRAND CASCADES,"
with Real Water ; and a host of Novelties
and Varieties. The Best Band in London,
under M. Riviere. Prices—ls., 25., and
Gallery, 6d. ; Dress. Circle, 55.; Private
Boxes, 215., 31s. 64., and 425.—80 x Office
open from t 11 Four.

ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
The extraordinary success which has attended the production
',l' the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of
the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici-
pate in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance
Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes,
have had the gratifying effect of making the present one the
Most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The
celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient
Chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com-
positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which aro
assigned to hie eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Moses; Messrs.
W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr.
Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.C.
Admission, ls. Reservß. R.
Is ed Sts, 2s.
eafu NELL, Proprietor.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Baker-street. INow added Portrait Models of JOHN
JONES, alias JOHN OWEN, and WALfAR MILLAR, to the
CHAMBER OF HORRORS. Admission, ls. ; Chamber of
Horrors, 6d. extra. Open.from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.

-1.11 MATS ROYAL, Argyll-street, Oxford-circus.
The whole of the famous WORKS of the Art. Challenger
Of the World, Mr. NATHAN HUGHES, are NOW ON VIEW.
The entire collection is lighted by the electric light at eight,
while Miss Eliza Newton delivers a dramatic discourse. This
exhibition is opened preliminarily for one week. No subscrip-
tions desired or solicited.—Admission, ls.; reserved seats, 25.;
Children, 6d.

WONDERFUL TALKING MACHINE, in-
vented and constructed by Professor FABER, of
*Vienna. The greatest mechanical curiosity in the world.
XXHIBITING HOURLY from eleven a.m., till ten p.m. Ad-
Mission, is.; reserved seats, 25.; children, 6d.

WHITBREAD AND CO.'S
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Sole Agent, ROBERT BAKER.
Prices and full particulars can be obtained at the Stores,
26, Worship-street, E.C.

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London, England, 1870-09-03

AMERICAN MAILS.

The steamers City of Brooklyn andTngland for New
York left Queenstown yesterday, and_the Nestrian left
Greencastle for Quebec. TheQ,ueen arrived at Queenstown,
from New York, at 9 a.m. yesterday, with $156,000 in
specie. She landed passengers and proceeded for Liver-
pool.

QUEENSTOWN; SEPTEMBER 2.
The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Abyssinia arrived
here at 4.40 p.m. to-day, with forty first-class cabin pas-
sengers and $496,860 in specie, and having landed passen-
gers she proceeded for Liverpool at 5 p.m.
The Abyssinia left New York on the 24th ult., but
brings no mails.

The streets of Berlin have been adorned with flags, and
the houses illuminated in honour of the victory over
MacMahon.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

AID TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN WAR.
A town's meeting was held at Ryde yesterday afternoon,
at which a committee was appointed to collect money and
material to assist the sick and wounded in war, and to
forward it to the national association in London. A box
to receive contributions has been placed on Ryde pier.
The contributions to the fund organised in Leicester for
the relief of the wounded in the war, continue to come in
freely. Last night the subscription list reached over
£6OO. Large contributions of clothing and hosiery have
also been made by the principal manufacturers. The
borough police have commenced subscriptions, by which a
considerable sum has been realized.

The ordinary duties of the Brading (Isle of Wight)
National School have been entirely suspended, and the
whole time of the teachers and children is now devoted
to the manufacture of lint and bandages for the wounded
in the Franco-Prussian war.
London, England, 1870-09-03

rim. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.
The 'Society's rate of interest for investors rests at five per
cent. per annum on shares, and four per cent. per annum for
the Deposit Departments, the privilege of withdrawal being ex-
tended within limited periods. Prospectuses sent free of
charge.
CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary.
Offices; 33, Norfolk-street, Strand.

THE WAR.—TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. AM im-
portant events telegraphed DAILY, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
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.
CENTRAL PRESS,II2, Strand, W.C., and 2, Telegraph-street, E.C.
London, England, 1870-09-03

EMBEZZLEMENT OF £2,300.

At the special sessions, yesterday, Antonio B. Agacio,
son of a Liverpool merchant, was charged with the rob-
bery of £2,300 from his father. He pleaded guilty, as did
also his wife, with whom he absconded to the continent
at the time of the occurrence. A brother of Mrs. Agacio,
and her mother, both accused of complicity in the trans-
action were discharged, evidence not being forthcoming.
lentence upon Antonio Agacio was deferred till next
London, England, 1870-09-03

A CIVIC BELLIGEILENT.

A man is in custody in Dublin on a charge of
nearly killing a policeman. Hearing that a fellow
in a neighbouring street was threatening to "do
away " with his wife, two constables hurried from
their beat to a place called Cole-alley, where they
found a woman lying on the flags bleeding. They
' took her to the nearest hospital, and, her wounds
having been dressed, thence to a police station,
where she preferred a charge against her
husband. The policemen subsequently arrived at
the man's house, where he assailed: them, saying
" he would cut the head off any policeman who went
into it." Police-constable Maguire, 104 A,
having braved the lion ancl entered his den, was
rushed upon, it is stated, by the man, who appeared
more like a wild beast than a human being, and in
furtherance of his project of taking off the constable's
head, he tore a large wound in the back of Maguire's
neck. Finally, the second policeman prevented posi-
tive murder by stepping gently, in strict accordance
with the general police regulations on the subject,
within the door of the dangerous house. Ultimately
the injured policeman was taken to hospital, where
he now lies, and the hero of Cole Alley was lodged
in gaol. A man who first half kills his wife, and
who, atter a time in which he might have become
penitent, perpetrates a fresh and equally savage
crime, must be a systematic ruffian, and one whom it
behoves the law to visit with a hard and instructive
punishment.

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FOX HUNTING,

The lovers of fox hunting will have a happy time
of it this season. In the eastern counties the season
has been inaugurated in a very vigorous manner and
the hunt promises to be of a very brilliant character.
It is well known that for the last two years the
Prince of Wales haS refrained from appearing
in the field in Norfolk, although he
is a subscriber to the Hunt. This retirement
occasioned great disappointment, not to say grief, to
those who follow the hounds, and they are now in a
state of great elation that his Royal Highness is
going once more to take part in the sport. The
Cambridgeshire Hunt feud is said to have subsided,
and the excitement consequent upon the retirement
of Mr. Newton, the master of the hounds, last sea-
son through a quarrel with Colonel Buncombe,
M.P., owner of Waresley Park, has passed away.
New kennels are to be constructed, the cost of which
will be defrayed by subscription. Mr. C. Lindall,
son of Colonel Lindall, of Biggleswade, the head-
quarters, is the successor of Mr. Newton.
London, England, 1870-09-03

PARIS BESIEGED.

The Telegraph remarks that the capital will not be in-
dulged with a scientific siege ; rather, so soon as terms arc
refused, the dreadful Teutonic force which has swept all
opposition away, will set upon the city by day, by night,
in five, in ten, in twenty places , and M. Haussmann has
made Paris a capital which can offer much resistance to a.
mob, but little to an army, that has once gained a place
within the walls. The very eitent of the fortifications
will prove fatal to their strength, and the Germans will
give life away like a thing of no value to make a
gateway somewhere or other for King William.
The whole educated world would mourn over the
bombardment of the Queen of Cities. Civilisation itself
would seem to be outraged if the beauty of Paris were
threatened with defacement by cruel shells, if the price
less treasures of the Louvre were exposed to the risk of
flames, and if the innocent women and children, who
have done nothing to bring on the war, were in
danger of death, like the combatants themselves.
King William and his advisers cannot be for a moment
blind to these facts. They must shrink with horror from
the storming of the great and brilliant city; they cannot
wish to impose on France the last of humiliations and
disasters, and they must be ready to make peace
now, at any moment, if the French Government
would consent to treat. But with that Govern-
ment lies the final decision. Therefore it is that, with
this terrible alternative of peace or malness before her,
our contemporary implores Paris to be sane. There is
yet time to save the country from final disaster, by disown-
ing the desperate plans of those who invoke the aid
of patriotism to hide their own corruption. To-
day the French armies are beateh, but not disgraced,
—the soil of France is invaded, but her sons have fought
with a valour which has never been surpassed. On the day
however, when Paris refuses peace, she will have accepted
the wickedness and folly of the war.
London, England, 1870-09-03

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DEATH OF LORD lIOTHA,M.

The death of Lord Hotham is announced from York.
The Cathedral bell has been tolled during the day
(yesterday), when his lordship's decease became known.
His lordship,who was the third Baron Hotham, was born•
August 9, 1794, he was educated at Westmister.
He entered the Coldstream Guards in 1810, and
was present at the battle of Waterloo. His lordship
received the war medal and four clasps. He became a
General in the army (unattached) in 1865. Lord Hotham
has represented Leominster and the East Riding of York-
shire in Parliament. The new Baron will be a nephew
of the deceased, a son of Rear-Admiral Hotham, and
himself an officer who has seen distinguished service in
the army.

W HIGHING SUGAR IN WRAPPERS.—yesterday
at Wednesbury Mr. Spooner, the South Stafforshire
Stipendiary, condemned the general custom of including
wrappers in the weighing of sugar. A grocer with an
extensive business, was fined Gs. for'doing so.
BRISTOL AND TUE EDUCATION
special meeting of the Bristol Town Council yesterday,
it was unanimously resolved to apply for the formation of
School 'Board for that borough. The returns. which were
prepared by :the Town Clerk, shelved that school accom-
modatien for only two or three thousand children was
requirsl.

CAN I APFoRD IT?—Under this quaint title Me ssrs
Lott], Son and Co. publish a system of everyday bbok.
keeping so simple and yet so • complete as to be of use
even to very partially educated persons ; a system, too,
which, if generally adopted, lyould keep many a struggling
householder from running into debt and danger. The
books to be used are three, which we would recommend
MesSrs. Letts to bind into one volume, staining the edges
in different colours, and then, indeed, each head of a family
without trouble could answer the pertinent query, " Can
I afford it?"
London, England, 1870-12-14

AN AINIERICAN ESTIMATE OF THE PREMIER.

It is the peiuliar misfcrtuno of England, the New
York Herald tells us, that she has a man at her head
who has such an exclusive genius for financial
and domestic reforms that he poSitively abhors.
the international side of politics altogether. Mr. Glad-
stone, our contemporary asserts, is the shortsighted
upholder of the Utopian theory that
,where:. there;
are no foreign politics there will be no armies,: no
fighting, no wasteful expenditure of guns and gun-
powder. The Premier's mind is positively blind and.
deaf and dumb to foreign trouble. He simply will not'
look at it. He is worse. than Mrs. Partington, who,
when invaded by the Atlantic Ocean, at least
seized the mop and did her utmost to keep the waves
from drowning her. Just at the present crisis it is
not difficult to see through the object of
these charges against the Premier. Were
we to believe in American threatenings,
and class them as so many . minor earth-
.quakes preliminary to the brilliant ficalo, and were
we to express fears and she* bewilderment when-
ever General Butler speaks of annexation, we might
probably be.said to have a steersman at the helm of
the State suitable to the Yankee idea of progress and
civilization. . ,
London, England, 1870-12-14

MARRIAGES.

On the 10th inst., at St. Nicholas. Church, Brighton,
Alfred William, youngest son of the late Abrahaxn
Cooper, R.A., to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the
late Henry Brown, of North Shields.
On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's, Newington, John Robt•
Nash, Esq., solicitor, to Eliza Charlotte, only daughter
of the late Joseph Lambert Floate, Esq., of Shackle'
ford, near Godahning, Surrey.
DEATHS.
On the 9th inst., at I>, Albion-road, N.W., Raw. V,

Inglis, Esq., aged 90.
On 'the 10th inst., at 31, Sussex-Street, St, G.oorge'r
square, S.W., Captain Oldmixon, R.N.

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Wednesdv, December 14, 1870.
London, England, 1870-12-14

CAPITULATION OF PIIALSBURG.

By way of Strasburg m e learn that Phalsburg
capitulated unconditionally yesterday (the 12th),
and that it was expected the' Prussians would take
formal possession of the place to-day.

BOMBARDMENT OF MONTMEITY.
The bombardment of Montmedy commenced yes-
terday (the 12th), but no result is yet announced.

REPORTED SORTIE FROM PARIS.

A telegram received from Havre to-day, states
that it was generally reported in that town last
night that General Trochu had made another great
sortie. from Paris last night, and had been successful
in cutting through the Prussian lines.

DEFENCE OF HA.VRE.
HAVRE, December 13.

It is reported that the Germans are in great force
about 16 miles from thetown. Havre is defended by
350 guns and a large body of troops. The place
will be defended in the most determined
manner. The French Cavalry have defeated
a troop of Uhlans, and taken a number
of prisoners. The Prussians have been within four
miles of Mutleur, but 10,000 French troops took up
a very strong position, who commanded the place
When the Prussians retreated.

THE LOSSES- OF THE WURTEMBURGERS.
Bnusns, December /3.

The Wurtemburg losses in the recent fighting on
the Marne were tremendous, anounting to 1,900 in
killed and wounded, or one in every seven in their
contingent. •
A Considerable number of French prisoners have
been taken through Versailles lately, and
the Crown Prince has come to the resolve that
when Paris surrenders, the whole captive garrison
shall be marched through Versailles.
Letters of a late date which have been received
from Paris state that there is sufficient meat of all
sorts to last for six weeks, and that the capital con-
tains enough of wine and cereals to supply the in-
habitants for six months.
London, England, 1870-12-14

THE BATTLES OF BEAUGFNCY.

The King has sent a telegram from Versailles to
the Queen Augusta, telling her Majesty that the
four days' fighting round Beaugency has been a
series of successes by the Germans. His Majesty
further states that if no important ground was
gained, the enemy had to withdraw towards Blois
and Tours in consequence of the serious losses sus-
tained. The German loss, his Majesty says, was but
small.

The frost-had broken up and a heavy thaw set in.
The retreating French around Beaugeucy aro
being sharply pursued by the Germans.
London, England, 1870-12-14

THE INVESTMENT OF PARIS.

The Times' correspondent at Versailles, in a letter of the
oth, says the. Germans are not apparently going to try
either bombardment or assault, nor are they, more pro-
perly speaking, going to prepare for an assault by any
attempt at bombarding. The guns are still in the siege
train parks :—There is a great change of opinion
now about Paris. The Germans say they are in
no hurry to get in—that is, their chiefs do.
" The Parisians wish us to bombard them.
We will not do so. We can wait hero for six months or
,more if necessary." What the outposts say to this Ido

not know. . . . The more we hear and see
of the events before Orleans the better wo can
appreciate the gravity of our position if • Metz
had not, most opportunely for the besieging army, sur-
rendered at the time. One week or ten days
more, and 'the Army of the Loire, with ISO,OOO men
and more than 400 guns, would have been on the back of
the Crown Prince's army. It is impossible to conjecture
what the result would have been. . . . It is to be
noted that the losses of the German armies in these last
enoon*rs have very much, exceeded, pro rata, what
they lost in the battles in which they overthrow the
French Empire and captured its armies. It is
felt that a great uprising of the people would be
a very serious thing for these armies, strong and de-
serVedly confident as they are. Hence the new orders,
which will prevent any enrolment of able-bodied Men in
the occupied districts, and a strict watch will be kept on
all Frenchmen who could swell the ranks of the enemy.
The. Germans are now obliged to hang together. They
stand in face of a popular " insurrection " in some dis-
tricts. IsTot a soul was there to give them warning at
Chatillon when the enemy was stealing to surprise and
murder thein.
London, England, 1870-12-14

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Amy Robsart.

HAYMAItKET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of
Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday. Green Bushes.
VAUDEVILLE—ChiseIIing. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or
the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—On and Off.
'Prentice.
GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew.
Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement.
OPERA COMM --La Joie Fait Peur.
Letorieres,

Living at Ease. Tho Idle

Le Vicomte

ST. JAMES'S —To Oblige Benson.
mas Eve.

Fernands. Christ-

OLYmNo--Nell and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY - Wealth, and Whittington Juior and his
Sensation Cat.

GAIETY Happy Village, Fra Diavolo.

Trombai

calzar.

QuEEN's—Day after the Wedding. Midsummer Night's
Dream.

STANDARD —.The Wife's Tragedy.
Wakefield.

Ballet. Vicar o

HOLBORN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. Jeza,be.
PRINCE OF WALES'S. Queen Stork. Ours. Locke,
In.

POLYTECHNIC—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
noon and Evening.
EGYPTIAN HAI,L— Poole and Young's Panorama of the
Franco-Prussian War.
AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS (ifolborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.

ST. JAMES'S,HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PALMS ItovAL--Profe3sor Faber's Talking Machine.
The Wizard of the East.
ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert.
MADAME TUSSAUIJ'S (Baker-street)—From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. ls.; extra rooms, 6d.

TILE EUROPEAN WAR.
The SUN is Published Every Morning
at EIGJT r O'CLOCK, with SOME
HOURS' LATER NEWS than any other
paper. This edition will always contain
the LATEST NEWS of the WAR, and
of all other events.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1870

IT seems appropriate' that the most magnificent
charlatan in Renoir literature should breathe his last
in the midst of this appalling war, wherein so many
gorgeous reputations have collapsed. Ae a romancist
of the most imaginative audacity, ALExANDRE
Dumas, Pere, has perhaps never been Surpassed.
There was daring of the wildest kind in one at least
among his COntemperarks, meaning. EUGENF: SUE ap
the W:travagant Phantasy of the "Juit Errant" for
exnmple, and the almost- criminal bol :ness of the
"Mystere,f; do Paris attest, ail too plainly. There.
was recognisable at a glance the true fire of , genius
iu the "Ch' Mars" of ALFRED DI: VIUNY. There
was illustrated in a marvellous • manner in the
"Notre Dame de Paris" of Vicroß HUGO how a
true poet can At will create a soul under the dry
bones of arOiveolof,ry. ANDRE DUMAS hail
around him throughout his career a throng of for-
,
London, England, 1870-12-14

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

SUN OFFICE, 8 A.M.

THE WAR,

REPORTED RE-CAPTURE OF LA

FERE.
LILLE, December 13.

It is confidently asserted hero that La Fero has
been retaken by the French army, and that large
Convoys of provisions and ammunition, as well as 850
prisoners, had fallen into their hands. Large masses
,of troops continue concentrating here.

THE FIGHTING ON THE LOIRE.
BORDEAUX, December 13.

An official despatch published here by the Go-
vernment of Defence, states that the last important
engagement which was fought on the 10th inst. by
the army under General Chs.nzy lasted from 8 a.m.
till 5 30 p.m., the French taking 400 prisoners and
recapturing the village of Origny. The prisoners
confirm the belief that the enemy's losses were
severe on the 9th and 10th, great numbers having
fallen as victims of our mitrailleuses. On our part
the losses were not unimportant.

In the Valley of the Loire the :enemy appears to
be developing a movement on the left. bank of the
river. There is nothing fresh from the army at
Bourges.
In Normandy the enemy has occupied Evreux and
evacuated Elbeuf and Oissel.
Lord Lyons has arrived hero.

THE REPORTS OF THE TOURS
GOVERNMENT.

BERLIN, December 13.
The German official Monzteur de Versailles con-
tains the following :
" The Tours Government continues publishing
false reports from the Loire Army. They say that,
excepting some heavy ship guns, not a piece of
artillery remained in ' the hands of the enemy at
Orleans, and that the retreat was effected without
any loss of men or material. This is rather strong,
considering that we have taken 14,000 prisoners
and 77 field guns. The men propagating these
arrant lies are the same who wish to be regarded as
so many Republican Catos and Aristides. The
lawyers of Tours are even worse liars than were the
generals of the Empire.
London, England, 1870-12-14

LATEST FROM PARIS.

According to the latest news received from Paris,
(December 10), it ix stated that no fear need be
entertained on account of the want of provisions.

The Commandant at Paris has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to General Schmitz :

" Vincennes, December 8.

"My dear General.—l hear with sincere con-
cern that the "four Prussian officers whom I had
ordered to be escorted to Paris have been subjected
to malevolent demonstrations approaching to insult.
These captive officers on parole, :as ours in Prussia)
are under the protection of our military honour.
Send them to me immediately. I shall arrange for
their exchange with an equal number of French
officers of equal rank. They will be only able to
convey to the Prussian army tidings of the moral
condition of Paris, supported as it is by a spirit of
devotion and sacrifice which has not at any time been
kore firm, and that all of us are preparing for the
combat, " Receive, &c.,
" TROCHU."

It is stated that the night before last a great
Council of War was held at the Louvre, when the
decisive operations were discussed by which it is to
be sought to deliver Paris. The whole of the
generals and admirals commanding sections were
Present.

UNITY OF GERMANY.
BERLIN, December 13.
The Unity party have achieved a brilliant victory
14 the Wurtemburg elections.
The Ultramontane and Republican parties, which
are anti-Prussian, and were formerly paramountin
t
Wurtemburg Parliament, have succumbed.

THE CAPITAL OF ITALY.
The committee of Italian deputies appointed to
-14111111 e the bill for the transfer of the capital to
1, -'4111:le met on Monday. Some of the deputies de-
nded that the transfer should be more promptly
effected. Signor Lanza said : "The question is a
purely technical one : if, however, the majority of the
members believe that the period before the transfer
vmight perhaps be shortened, I shall adhere to their
IL we. After some other members had spoken of
the
material difficulties attendant upon the transfer,
aue committee approved the first clause, with an
should
by Signor Serotti that the transfer
Leuld be made between this time and the 31st of
larch, 1871.
London, England, 1870-12-14

BIRTHS.

On the 10th inst., at Clonalis, the wife of The O'Conlo
Don, 111. P., of a son.
On the 11th inst., at 107, Onslow-square. S.W., the wife
of Thomas Htu•bottle, Esq., of a daughter.
London, England, 1870-12-14

QIVIL. SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

Mr. Edwin Chadwick has lately read a paper at
the Social Science Institution on the Civil Service
Examinations. He declared that the opponents of
the principle had found out their mistake in the ex-
perience that had been made of the Indian Civil
Service and the scientific corps of the army. The
service had been improved, and a more hardworking
set of ()Meets introduced into it. • Among the defects
of the present system was that it induced students,
o rush fbr the first place, instead of en-
suring a steady and solid progress from day to day,
similar to that which was attained at the Polytechnic
Schocl where a daily register was kept. Regarding
the subjects of the examinations, Mr. Chadwick
would exclude English literature and history, on the
ground that they &lorded too much room for cram,
• and also the Greek and Latin classics, as being of no
use, and undesirable objects of study. Ho highly
disapproved of the manner in which Lord Macaulay,
had fixed the curriculum of the Indian
C vii Service. He admired him as a
great writer, but as Secretary of War he carried
out none of the reforms which were so greatly
needed. In examinations a preference should be '
given to the vernacular, and the living languages
should be preferred to the dead, ' while practical
science should have precedence over'past or present
literature. Boys should leave the genealogy of the
Plantaganets to inform themselves of those things
which were important to the public welfare.