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London, England, 1870-02-23

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London, England, 1870-02-23

STATUTE OP FRAUDS.

Mr. BEHRENS (Bradford) proposed "That the Statute of
Frauds (the 29th Charles IL, chap. 3), having, •by the altered
circumstances of education and trade, become the fruitful
source of dishonesty and fraud—Resolved, That the associs;
tion present petitions to Parliament praying for the repeal
of the 17th section of that statute, and that contracts rusi
be proved by oral or other evidence, without the necessity
of written contracts, and that a memorial to this effect
be pr,sented by deputation to her Majesty's Attorney'
General."
Mr. Morrx, M.P., in seconding the resolution, said he di4
not see why oral evidence should not be held sufficient
proof of a contract. It would be better, perhaps, to induce
a member of Parliament to introduce a bill on this subject,
rather than to present petitions.
Mr. Sergeant SIMEON, M.P., supported the resolution,
saying that he knew of many cases in which fraudulent ad'
vantage had been taken of the act as it now stood.
Mr. Nouwoon, M.P., was opposed to the repeal of the law,
fearing that such a proceeding would lead to increased li-
tigation.

The resolution was carried, but by a majority so small tbt
he association will not feel justified in taking action upon it.

TRIBUNALS OF commExcE.

Mr. WrittrwELL, M.P., representing the Kendal Chamber,
proposed the following resolution :—" The recommendation
of the Bight Hon. the President of the Board of Trade
having been adopted, and a draft bill, which was ordered by
the Immingham November meeting, baying been prepared
by the sub-committee :—Resolved—'That the fame be
adopted by the association, and presented by deputation to
the proper authorities.' "
Mr. MoonE (Plymouth) and Mr. DALOLISH (Newcastle)
supported the resolution, which was carried, and referred to
a sub-committee for action upon it.
Resolutions on the subject from Hull, Bradford, Leedot
and Newcastle were withdrawn.
London, England, 1870-02-23

AFFAIRS IN BAVARIA.

A letter from Munich to the Frankfort Journal says that
the future Minister of Foreign Affairs will be Count Brag,
the Ambassador of Bavaria at Vienna, who in 1866 signed
with Baron de Pfordten the treaties of Nicolsburg and the
peace of Berlin. If he declines, Herr von Lutz will be
selected. The Ministers have sent a memorandum to the
King, which gives a detailed account of the state of affairs
and the actual position of parties.
London, England, 1870-02-23

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

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crtAZIERS tvrreallitßcE.

TUESDAY.

The annual meeting of the Association of Chambers of
Commerce of the United Kingdom was commenced at VI,.
Westminster Palace Hotel to-day. Mr. SAMPSON
presided. A large number of deputies attended.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
cmgratulated the meeting on its contents, and proceeded t,
refer to the influence which the united Chambers 11'4
exercised in inducing Parliament to embody to a large
extent the Scotch system in the Bankruptcy Act. flu
believed that by-and-bye the Chambers would seek t(
obtain the extension of the system to Ireland. Although,
so far, the Government management of the telegtaphslo-1,
proved disappointing, there was no reason to expec'
that the undertaking would be ultimately a failure. Al
lading to other matters in the report, the chairman ex
pressed his belief that inquiries could not fail to prove con
usiv el y that the French treaty had proved highly b°;
nuflcial to the majority of the industries of
and of France. A market might, with the aid of the GO
vernment, be opened in Western China, and it was hop"
that this would be accomplished without enlarging the opluil
trade. Ho trusted that one result of the present 'TOOint'
would be a movement for the appointment of a Minister u
Commerce.

The reports of several sub-committees having been read
the conference proceeded to consider the various suljeeto i/
the agenda paper.

THE BANKRUPTCY ACT.

The first of these was Amendments in Bankruptcy and
;iounty Courts Acts.
Mr. BRUTON, on behalf of the Bristol Chamber, prop)sc
that if any amendments were recommended by the
as,oca,ttiot_
on these Acts, one should be that an offer of cotnposition
written acknowledgment of inability to pay 20s. in the poUll:,
should constitute an act of bankruptcy ; and another, tie,
sot vice of notice by registered letter under the Bankruptej
or County Courts Acts be substituted for personal services.
Mr. WiIITWEEL (Bristol) seconded the motion.
Mr. MILLS (Huddersfield) thought it would be inexpe,
client to move amendments so soon atter the passing
the acts.
Mr. LUPTON (Leeds) supported and Mr. Monnis (MAYO/
opposed the proposals.
Mr. MUNDELLA, M.P., objected to the Chamber suggestipt
amendments in the Act to Parliament.
An amendment by Mr. MORRIS was lost, as was the first
proposed amendment, but the second was carried.
Mr. BURST moved "That the attention of the law officers!
of the Crown be called to the unsatisfactory provisions dr
the Bankruptcy .Act, 1869, in reference to deeds of compost"
tion ; and that they be requested to introduce into Pail"
went, during this session, a bill to secure bona fide creditor(
from bein4 controlled in the completion of such deeds bj
creditors having security for their debts, and therefore bar
ing no interest in the insolvent's estate."
The motion was seconded, and carried without dio
cussion.
London, England, 1870-02-23

TURF REFORM.

A member of the Jockey Club writes to the
Morning Post, vigorously backing up Sir Joseph
Hawley's resolutions on the subject of turf reform.
He says that the club to which he belongs was
instituted for the purpose of encouraging the
breed of horses in this country, but, unfor-
tunately, the authorities have for many
years been gradually drifting from the principle
which ought to have guided them in the manage-
ment of Turf affairs. lacing has become a business
of speculation, and the original objects of the club
have been almost entirely lost sight of in the desire
to promote the views of the majority of the racing
public, who are not accustomed to give a thought
to the present or future condition of the animal
that runs for their amusement. Racehorses
are deteriorating, we are told, because at most
meetings there are plenty of races for the
bad horses, and few for the good ones. There is more
betting on small handicaps, because more horses are
entered for them, and consequently the good breed
that would tell on a longer course and with heavier
weights, is rendered comparatively useless. It is
urged that the number of handicaps at meetings
should be lessened, and no horse should be permitted
to carry a lighter weight than 7st. in any race,
London, England, 1870-02-23

R 0X33 URGHSHLRE.

Tnere can be no doubt now as to the Liberalism 01
Lord Bowmont, who is the only candidate for fox-
burghshire. He at first wished to be returned
" unfettered by party pledges of any kind," but he has
found reason to reconsider that idea. In his address
at Kelso he pronounced for a national and
unsectarian scheme of education, with a compulsory
clause. He is in favour of equalising the county
and borough franchise, and abolishing fictitious votes.
He will vote for the ballot, and considers that hares
and rabbits should be dropped from the game list.
A candidate with a programme of this kind can
hardly be deemed "unfettred." In fact, such pros
raises from a peer to tenant farmers are a little un-
common, even in Scotland.
London, England, 1870-02-23

WESTMINSTER.

AN EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.—A singular
looking young man stepped into the box and ap-
plied for a war.ant against Fanny Pugh, of 89,
Wincheker-street, Pimlico, hii landlady.

He said, in January 21, Mrs. Pugh put a needle
in his food with intent to kill him by bringing on
lock-jaw and thus instantaneous death.
Mr. Arnold asked why he bad not come before?

Applicant said Fe had thrce other charges to
prefer against her, and lie waited to prefer those at
the same time.

Mr. Arnold said he could not grant a warrant.
Applicant, after insisting they meant to murder
him, went on to say they had stolen his bread. He
wanted a summons for that.

Mr. Arnold a.,ked if he could prove that she
stole it ?
Applicant—lt was one of them.

Mr. Arnold-1 c_►n't grant that either.

Applicaut—Then the third. The doctor said I
had the itch, and ordered me hot baths. They re-
fused to wait on me or get me a hot bath. I should
have died had I gone out.

Mr. Arnold—l can't grant that.
Applicant—Here's the last ; you will grant this ; •
they came up last night to my room and asked me
to open the door, in order that iley might turn me
out. I refused, until they sent for a policeman,
and then they wont away. I want a summons for
threatening to break the Queen's peace.
Mr. Arnold could not grant that summons. If
he had any remedy for refusing to wait on him it
would be i❑ the County Court.
Applicant left the Coin t expatiating upon the
injustice that had been done him, asking if he was
to be murdered without redress, and telling Mr.
Arnold he should see him again.
London, England, 1870-02-23

THE BRITISH MUSEITM.

Mr. COWPER-TEMPLE asked the •First Commis-
sioner of Works whether the Government were prepared
to take measures for relieving the overcrowded condition
of the objects placed for exhibition in the British Museum
by means of the erection of a new building for the collec-
tions of natural history.
Mr. AYRTON said the Government were fully alive to
the importance of relieving the overcrowded state of the
British Museum, but they had not yet arrived at any
decision as to the best mode of carrying out the object.
London, England, 1870-02-23

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Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) ROULAND

The 27th (Enniskilling) Regiment, which has
been stationed for a considerable period at St.
Mary's Barracks, Chatham, is expected to leave
that garrison for Aldershott about the sth of
March. It is rumoured that on the departure
of the 27th St. Mary's Barracks will be occu-
pied by the Ist Battalion of the 4th Regiment,

now at Dover.
The depots of the 31st and 109th Regiments are
to leave Chatham Garrison, under the new arrange-
ments, to-day; the one to be attached to the 98th
Regiment, stationed at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and
the other to the 100th Regiment, stationed at
Manchester.
The half yearly change of quarters of the brigade-
of Guards will commence on the lst of next month
The quarters in which the brigade is now stationed
are Chelsea, Wellington, the Tower, and St.
George's Barracks; and the Royal Barracks, Dub-
lin. The Ist battalion of Grenadiers, now in Dub-
lin, will be relieved by a battalion of the Scots
Fusiliers.
The unarmoured wooden built screw sloop Spar-
tan, 1,2G8 tons, 350-horse power, the latest fitted
of the improved Amazon type, was put through her
six hours' continuous steaming trial south of the
Isle of
Wight on Monday. The weather was most
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speed of the ship were less in each case than on the
previous trial.
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vette, 1,322 tons, 350 horse power nominal, built
at Sheerness Dockyard and launched in November
last, is being brought forward rapidly for commis-
sion. She has already shipped her War Depart-
ment and other stores, and will probably proceed
on her first trial trip at a very early date. Great
expectations are entertained as to her speed as com-
pared with her anticipated indicated horse power.
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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

OXFORD RACES.

On Thursday and Friday, August 18th and 19th, an Excursion
Train will leave PADDINGTON at 7.45 a:m., Slough 8.15 a.m.,
for Oxford, returning from Oxford each day at 7.25 p.m.
Fast Trains run from Paddington to Oxford at 6.0 am., 8, 9.15,
10.0, 11.0, 12.30 p.m., 2.0, 2.20, 2.45, 3.30, 4.50, 5.10, 6.20, 7.0, and
8.10 p.m; from Oxford to Paddington at 7.15 a.m., 9.5, 9.20,
11.35, 11.55, 2.2 p.m., 2.35, 4.0, 5.8, 6.25, and 9.3 p,m.
On Friday, August 19, a Fast Special Train (Ist and 2d Class)
will leave Oxford for London at 8.50 p.m. calling at Reading and
Slough only.
For fares and full particulars see hand bills.
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington, August, 1870.
London, England, 1870-08-15

THE ARMY IN INDIA.

We learn, with much painful regret, that the
health of our troops stationed in India was
so deplorable last year that the mortality
almost equalled that of the Punjab cholera year-
-1801, after which a thorough and lasting reaction
for the better was supposed to have set in. Sun-
stroke and fever, as well as cholera, visited the
soldiers in 1809 to a most alarming degree
in all portions of India, outside Madras
and Bombay, and the wives and children
of the troops were scarcely less exempt from sickness
than the men, although the latter were obliged to be
more exposed to the action of the weather. Dr.
Bryden says the death rate proves that one
person in every ten has been cut off from among the
military population. The only apparent remedy for
stopping the extension of disease, he believes, will
consist in the erection of new barracks at all the
stations. Unfortunately, however, the desire of
economy has caused a cry to be raised against the
construction of such institutions. In one instance at
Barrackpore, a new building has after indefatigable
perseverance been reared, and the improved health of
the gunners and their wives who have been moved
there ought to stimulate the efforts to have other
comfortable structures of the kind placed at any cost
elsewhere. At Barrackpore it is said the bombardiers
are lodged in much better houses than the officers in
Bengal.

THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BILL.

The Solicitors' Journal, regretting the fall of the
High Court of Justice Bill, hopes that proper
precautions will be taken against any break down
next year. This session the bill broke down chiefly
because Parliament, especially the House of Lords, was
unwilling to delegate to any outside body the power of
forming a code of procedure. But there is now no
reason why the code should not be framed during
the recess, and submitted to Parliament along with
the Bill, instead of laying before the Houses the mere
outline of a measure for uniting law and equity,
without any code of precedure. "The code of pro-
cedure ought, in outline at least, to be prepared
at once, . not only because Parliament is hardly
likely to pass the measure at all till it is done,
but also because it must be done sometime
before the act can come into operation ; if not
don') be'ore the bill passes it must be done after;
and, therefore, if the Government do not set about
the preparation of the new system of procedure at
once, they will be deliberately wasting a year, deli-
berately postponing the reform of our courts without
any necessity." The Solicitors' Journal likewise
recommends that the work be entrusted to fit hands.
No use to employ the Treasury draftsmen upon this
business. Could not the two Judges of Appeal,
Mellish and James, be induced, with proper help, to
undertake the important task P
London, England, 1870-08-15

M'MAHON'S ARMY.

The official news received in Paris of the Prussian occu-
pation of Nancy and the interruption of railway com-
munication between Metz.,and Frouard, causes anxiety
co De also felt respecting WMahon's corps, which has
evidently been closely pursued by the Crown Prince.
9u the 13th M'Mahon's head-quarters were at Toul.
Apprehension is now expressed whether the Prussians
may have succeeded in cutting off M`Mahon's communi-
cation with Metz, and preventing his retreat to Chalons,
thus completely isolating his corps. It is believed that
Bazaine may leave a strong garrison at Metz, and fight
the great decisive battle of the war on the plains of Cham-
pagne before Chalons.
Metz is now, says a telegram dated the 14th,:in a perfect
state of defence, and fully provisioned for a siege. No
persons are now allowed to take up residence there with-
out being provided with at leastforty days' provisions, and
the police have commenced controlling the supply of water
to the inhabitants. Marshal Lebceuf constantly makes
laring reconnoissances at the head of a brigade of cuiras-
siers.

Three thousand men of M`Mahon's corps, believed to
have been taken prisoners, succeeded in making their
Way to Strasbourg before the Prussians invested that
invested that place.
The fortifications of Lyons are being placed in a state of
defence.
London, England, 1870-08-15

BLOCKADE OF TM. a EIIIIAN COAST.

The commander of the French squadron which is before
Heligoland has addressed an official document to the
Governor of that Island, and to the British Consul at
Cuxhaven, declaring the German north-west coast from
Baltrum southwards to be in a state of blockade from
yesterday's date. Ten days are allowed for neutral vessels
'o leave Gorman ports. - •
London, England, 1870-08-15

THE RETREAT UPON CHALONS.

The correspondent of the Daily News, telegraphing from
Luxemburg yesterday afternoon, says :—" News has
arrived here that the Crown Prince of Prus-
sia has entered Luneville, which has been
evacuated by the French. The Emperor Napoleon
has left Metz for Chalons. A great battle is expected to-
morrow between Nancy and Chalons. Metz is still in
the occupation of the French, but the position is turned.
All the roads between Aurbrutuk (?) and Metz closed.
Nothing goes from here beyond the frontier at Thion-
ville."

PROCLAMATION OF THE KING OF
PRUSSIA.

King William has issued a proclamation, of which the
first paragraph runs as follows :—" The conscription is
abolished throughout the French territory occupied by
German troops."

REINFORCEMENT OF THE FRENCH
ARMY.

The following telegrams, dated Metz, Saturday, are
official :

" The enemy's scouts shewed themselves yester-
day, in the valley of the Moselle, and a body of
Prussians occupied, for a time, Pont-h-Mousson,
whence the Margudrite ' Cavalry Brigade dis-
lodged them after a short fight. Thirty prisoners were
captured. Arrests of spies continue to be effected."
"The reinforcements which were expected have arrived,
and volunteers are coming in in great numbers. A formal
denial is given to the assertion that the French had
violated the Convention of Geneva by tending only the
French wounded."
London, England, 1870-08-15

THE FRENCH PEOPLE AND THE WAR.

Whatever the effect of the retreat upon the relations
between the Emperor and his subjects, or upon the popu-
larity of the new commander-in-chief, the Standard says
it will not affect the resolution of France to redeem the
honour Phe has lost. She may be unsuccessful, she may
sink exhausted after a gigantic effort, and King William
may dictate peace at Paris, excluding again the family
of Bonaparte from the throne, curbing France
by Prussian garrisons in her eastern fortresses, and crush-
ing her beneath an indemnity for the costs of the war to
the victors. All this is possible, but it is not probable,
and much less so now than it appeared even on the
morrow of the battles of Woerth and Forbach. Amidst
all the recriminations of the debates in the Legis-
lative Body there bas been no suggestion of peace
or surrender. - All parties are agreed that the
invaders must be driven back. The measures by which
the whole adult male unmarried population under thirty-
five years are called to arms, specie payments are sus-
pended, and enormous credits opened for the service of
the army, have been passed with unanimity. The re-
treat of Marshal Bazame will not lessen that unanimity
or produce any permanent dispiritment. After the
first shock of disappointment is over, it will be
remembered that the longer the great action is delayed
the stronger the French army will be, and the further the
Prussians advance into France the greater must their
difficulties be. Time will be given to the men called out
by the laws passed last week to join their regiments, and
if the number of old soldiers whom that measure brings
back to the colours is anything like that at which it has
been officially estimated Marshal Bazaine should find his
army most materially strengthened before he reaches
Chalons, or whatever other position he is falling
back upon. How long such a feeling would sustain itself
in the face of an unbroken series of reverses is a question
we will not speculate upon. It is quite clear, however,
that the spirit of France is not broken or subdued by the
losses which have been suffered, and we find ourselves
utterly unable to share in those hopes of a speedy peace,
resting upon the exhaustion and submission of forty mil-
lions of Frenchmen, which are so confidently expressed
by our contemporaries who have taken sides in this
contest.
London, England, 1870-08-15

THE ARMY AND NAVY.

The Army and Navy Gazette says it would be somewhat
more difficult to account for than it is to record the ex-
traordinary success which has attended recruiting within
the last few weeks. The persuasions of the sergeants
have been responded to so willingly that there is not only
no want of men, but really so much difficulty in attend-
ing to the wishes of the numbers that present themselves,
as to render it imperatively necessary to observe the salu-
tary rule, first come, first served. In some districts
a superior class of applicants has come forward, many so
well clothed and well fed as to forbid the idea that the
army has been adopted merely as a refuge from crime or
destitution.—A number of naval surgeons who are waiting
for employment have expressed their desire and anxiety
to the authorities to be allowed in the meantime
to proceed to the seat of war to render
assistance to the wounded Frenchmen and Prussians.—
We have twenty-six armour clad ships in commission and
five more ready for the pennant, and, what is more, we
have the c fficers and men to put on board them.—Mr.
Childers is taking a brief holiday in Yorkshire but will
be back at his work at the Admiralty early in the week.
—His Royal Highness Prince Arthur's battalion,
the Ist of the Rifle Brigade, will come home from
Canada in H.M.S. Tamar, which has sailed from Ports-
mouth during the week for Quebec. The battalion will
occupy the Old Marine Barracks at Woolwich. His
Royal Highness is expected to join headquarters imme-
diately upon their arrival.—The statement made by
Mr. Cardwell in the House of Commons, to
the effect that we had three hundred thousand breech-
loading rifles in store would be most comforting if it
could be depended upon. There is a rumour abroad
that the clerk who furnished the return made
a serious clerical error which was not detected by
his chief. Hence there exists an uneasy feeling in the
public mind. The following will, in all probability,
be the programme of the Irish reliffs for the season
1870-71, viz.:—The 98th Regiment and depot 32nd Light
Infantry attached, from Newcastle, in relief of the 89th
Regiment, ordered to embark for India in November ;
the 2nd battalion 6th Royals and depot Ist bat-
talion attached, from Pembroke Dock, in relief
of the 63rd Regiment, , ordered' to embark for India
in November; the 97th Regiment and depot 76th
Regiment attached, from Dover, in relief-of the 65th
Regiment, ordered to embark for India in January,
1871 ; the 34th Regiment and depot 96th Regiment
attached, from Shorncliffe, in relief of the 72nd High-
landers, ordered to embark for India in February,
1871 ; and the 2nd battalion sth Fusiliers and depot
Ist battalion attached, from Glasgow, in relief of the
56th Regiment, ordered to embark for India in February,
1871. The United Service Gazette is informed that the
following ships are ordered to be built :—Six gunboats and
four ironclad turret-ships of the Cerberus type-2,000
tons, 250.1aorse power. Shipbuilding firms have been
called upon to tender for the building of the above.
London, England, 1870-08-15

THE VOLUNTEERS.

One effect of the war between France and
Prussia has been to draw public attention in Eng-
land to a subject which has especial attractions
for the nation at large. The birth of our volun-
teer army dates from a time when England was in
fear that an attempt would be made to invade her
shores, and it was prophesied that with the cessa-
tion of these fears the movement would fade away.
In this case, as in others, the prophets failed in
their predictions, and the volunteer force still re-
mains as popular as ever. It is acknowledged on
all hands, however, that the Government authorities
have done very little to promote the success of the
movement, and for some time suspicions were not
wanting that the cause was to be attributed to
jealousy, if not to actual dislike. Of late matters
have improved in this direction, and some assistance
has been rendered by a Parliamentary grant. But
the great majority of the volunteers are
still dissatisfied, not only with the amount
granted to those members of corps who have
proved themselves efficient, but with the organisation
of the force itself; and especially loud have been the
complaints as to the officers. In too many cases they*
have been selected less with a view to their know-
ledge of military duties than to social position and
wealth; and it is feared, and justly so, that in an
emergency the volunteers would fail to realise the
expectations of the country. In a letter to the chair-
man of a volunteer officers' meeting, lately held in
the metropolis, Lord Elcho, who has been one of the
most consistent supporters of the movement, called
special attention to some of these points. Bearing
in mind the impatience of the critics, he advises the
volunteers to refrain from making further appeals to
the War Office, but to rely on themselves till the
question is dealt with by the nation and by Parlia-
ment when it reassembles. One thing Lord Elcho
says ought to be insisted upon, as an immediate
condi'ion of continued service—that they should be
armed with breech-loaders. As there are 300,000 of
these in store, there is certainly no reason why they
should not be at once served out for practice.
London, England, 1870-08-15

LAW AND POLICE.

THE SEFTON LIBEL CASE.-At the Leeds Assizes, the
Lord Chief Baron made some observations on Friday
with respect to the case of the Queen v. Leng. In this
case the defendant had been found guilty on a criminal
information charging him with having published a libel
on the Earl and Countess of Sefton. The Lord Chief
Baron said that since the rising of the court on the pre-
vious day he had consulted the statutes 11 George IV.
and 1 William IV. c. 79, and he found that cases
like the present were exempted from the operation of
that statute, and that he had no power as a judge at Nisi
Prius to pronounce judgment on the defendant, who
would therefore be brought up for judgment by the
Court of Queen's Bench in Michaelmas Term next.
" THE DAY'S DOINGS.-At the Mansion House,
Thomas Smith, a newsboy, was charged before the
Lord Mayor with exposing for sale, in Cheapside, an
indecent publication called The Day's Doings. In a pre-
liminary notice issued regarding the paper, it was stated :
" The old order of things is changed, and a new style of
journalism and illustrations has made its advent. The slow,
monotonous, jog trot of the same set of ideas without the
suggestion of a new notion or fresh fancy, has become
wearisome, and is done with for ever. People want after
their work is done, or during their labours, something
different from the usual routine to amuse, interest, and
stir them. Our intention is to do this, and leaving to
others the task of continuing the old system, we
shall carry out our ideas of novelty, fun, and frolic.
The policeman stated that the prisoner was
exhibiting a cut, entitled " Le Mamillare—the bath toilet
of a Roman Lady," from the picture by Boulanger. The
Lord Mayor said he had no doubt at all that there were
two of the pictures of such a character that they ought
not to be exposed and hawked about the public streets.
In reply to a question Smith said he bought the papers
for one penny, and sold them for threepence each. The
Lord Mayor sentenced him to pay a fine of 55., with the
alternative of three days imprisonment. Some other
boys were fined in the-same amount for a similar offence.
_ _

THE ALLEGED BABY MURDERS.—The indictment
against the two women Waters and Ellis for baby farm-
ing at Brixton and other places now includes five charges
of murder—namely, the murder of the child of Jeannette
Tassie Cowen and of four other infants, names unknown.
The case is expected to be commenced on Tuesday morn-
ing before Baron Martin at the Central Criminal Court,
and, as there are many witnesses to be examined,
it is presumed the trial will last several days. They
are further charged with conspiracy, obtaining money
by false pretences, and also with attempting to obtain
money by false pretences. It was thought that the
Attorney-General would be present to prosecute, but it
is now arranged that the prosecution shall be conducted
by Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Besley, and Mr. Poland,
instructed by Messrs. Wontner and Sons. The prisoners
will be defended by Mr. Ribton, instructed by Mr. Mayo.
The prisoners now manifest great anxiety as to the result
of the trial.
London, England, 1870-08-15

UR CO TEM.

This Morning. 1

THE RETILEA:I: FItUM METE.

The Tinto? thinks that at the head of 180,000 men
exceeding in numbers that which won Austerlitz, and
drawn up before the walls and within cannon-range of
one of the most formidable citadels of France, a French
General ought scarcely to have hesitated about giving
battle, no matter against what odds; for an army of
one hundred and eighty thousand combatants on
its own ground ought to be able to withstand
whatever forces may be brought against it. Of the
780,000 men at Metz, 100,000, we are told, had not yet
been in action, and this was, of course, equally the case
with the detachments and volunteers which had come up
from Chalons, from Pails, and from other parts, up to
the very evening of Friday. But the routed
fragments of Frossard's, De Failly's, and MacMahon's
Divisions -- part of them, at least—are also in Metz,
and it is difficult to say to what extent their
shattered condition may have acted upon the nerves
of their comrades, and undermined that morale about
the excellence of which we have received such repeated
assurances. We would not say one word in
disparagement of the French soldiers. Their valour,
ke
haps, never shone with greater brilliancy than in
late encounters at the foot of the Vosges. But
would be more or lees than men if their confidence in
thWere werenot somewhat shaken; and we know that,
without that confidence discipline may prevent mutiny,
ISnt cannot beget enthusiasm or devotion. In their first
encounters with the Germans the French perceived that
fle enemy before them had been grossly undervalued;
that, with all the glorification of their own Chasse-
pots and mitrailleuses, they had to contend with
weapons fully as formidable and in hands quite
as skilful. Victory over the Prussians, they began to
feel, would have to be hotly and fiercely disputed. In a
perfectly fair fight, and man to man, the Frenchman
has found his match in the German, and, owing to the
Inferior strategy of his own leaders, he had always been
borne down by the overwhelming superiority of the
enemy's numbers. When once the conviction that the
most desperate heroism is unavailing creeps into a sol-
dier's heart, he loses stomach for the fight; and there Is
Little profit in bringing into the field troops who look
upon themselves as led to the slaughter.
London, England, 1870-08-15

SKIRMISHING AT METZ.

The following is also an official despatch from Metz of
yesterday (L4O p.m.) :—"Yesterday several strong
columns of the enemy approached within a short distance
of our encampments, but withdrew again to-bay. The
railway communication between Metz and Froward is in-
terrupted. Numerouscompanies of volunteersharpshooters
(franc-tireurs) have taken the field. Considerable quanti-
ties of provisions have reached here. Some skirmishes
between scouts are reported. A rumour which has been
current that Mulhouse had been evacuated by the civic
and military authorities is without foundation."
London, England, 1870-08-15

THE DIPLOMATIC CONTROVERSY.

The official Siaatsanzeiger publishes a despatch of Herr
von Thiele to the Prussian representatives at the South
German States, relative to the circular of the
Duke de Gramont of the 3rd instant, in reference
to the alleged declaration of Count Bismarck, to the
effect that he feared the alliance of Austria with the
South German States. The despatch says that, although
doubtless the South German States are convinced that
such a fear would not deceive us, yet for the sake of
historical correctness that declaration must be
declared to be absolutely unfounded. The pro-
position of disarmament made by Earl Clarendon to
Count Bismarck, in which the North German Confedera-
tion should take th initiative, was relinquished by the
former as soon as the considerations were raised on one
side, which Materially depended upon the fact that the
diff(rence existing in the military systems of France
and Germany would cause the greatest difficulty in
carrying out and , controlling • a comparative dis-
armament. In the negotiations referred to not a single
syllable was mentioned in any way threatening the South
German States.

The Official Journal, in yesterday's bulletin, says :
" Count Bismarck's diplomatic plan for alienating from us
England, Russia, Italy, and Spain has everywhere failed.
The sympathies of Denmark are strongly in our faVour.
Our squadron is before Kiel, and great events are in pre-
paration in that quarter. There can be no question, for
aii imtant, of negotiations for peace. The thought of
weakness could not be harboured by any Frenchman."

A NORTH GERMAN BARQUE SEIZED BY
A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR.
The steamer Seine has arrived at Southampton, and
reports that a North German Lloyd's barque has been
taken into Cherbourg by a French man- of-war.
London, England, 1870-08-15

DEFENCES OF PARIS.

Six hundred guns are now mounted on those parts of
the fortifications of Paris which would be first exposed to
attack.

The authorities are busily occupied with the necessary
measures for provisioning Paris should the capital be

besieged.

PRUSSIA DOES NOT WISH TERRITORIAL

AGGRANDISEMENT.

It is stated that Count Bismark has announced that
Prussia does not wish any territorial aggrandisement at
the expense of France ; that Prussia will leave the four
southern German States in their full autonomy, and will
never take the initiative of inducing any of them
to enter the Northern Confederation; that Prussia never
intended, and does not intend, to extend her seaboard to
the prejudice of Holland, whose integrity she respects;
that Prussia, after the successful issue of the war with
France, will act towards Denmark in the most generous
manner, to recompense her for her neutrality.

It is reported from Paris that the Empress Eugenie,
with a view to eventualities, has ordered an inventory to
be made of the Crown diamonds.
The Journal Officiel says that the Bavarian troops are
fighting with the old percussion musket. Almost all the
mobiles at Chalons are now armed with the converted
breech-loader.
Colonel Bocher, of the 3rd Zouaves, who took part in
the battle of Woerth, gives a thrilling account of the mas-
sacre of his regiment. He says he lost forty-seven out of
sixty-five officers. They had marched over fifty miles the
preceding day, and slept on the ground without tents in a
Pouring rain.
London, England, 1870-08-15

THE HEAT IN NEW YORK.

While Europe is watching the advance of hostile
armies, America is trying to defend herself against
an intangible foe, one who is generally' ooked upon
as man's best friend. The intense heat of which
complaints have been made at intervals all through the
summer, seemed to reach its maximum during the
last weeks of July, and the sunshine grew as fatal
as an epidemic. Ninety-one deaths in a week
from sunstroke are sufficient to account for the
opening of a sunstroke hospital in New York, where
two house surgeons are kept actively at work.
Another•very sensible idea, which proves, however,
the frequency and danger of the attacks, is that now
adopted of having horse ambulances in the public
streets, which at once convey the stricken to their
homes or to_the hospital. Since these means have
been adopted fully two-thirds of those attacked by
sunstroke recover, but the mortality of the cityduring
the week ending July 24th was 341 in excess of the
estimate, the increase being attributed by the regis-
trar to the excessive heat. When the hot weather
began the deaths it occasioned were those of old
men and young children ; but lately the young and
middle-aged have been affected. Curiously enough,
one of the victims has been a negro woman, the sur-
geon who attended her observing that he had never
known one of her race succumb to the effects of heat
before. When we find, however, that during
this last "heated term" the temperature in
New York city has ranged from 90 to 98
degrees in the shade, while at St. Louis it was 104
and in Illinois 106, we need not wonder that white
and black alike find the sunshine a little too strong
for them. One hundred and twenty-nine
degrees is exhausting even for American
energy or African endurance. The intense
heat extends it is is said over a given space both in
the 'old and new worlds while strangely enough in
mid-ocean the Cambria and Dauntless have en-
countered rains and foggy weather.
London, England, 1870-08-15

MEN • DRESSMAKERS.

Those who pity the hardships and sufferings of
dressmakers' assistants may not be aware that there
are half-a-dozen dressmaking eAablishments in the
city of New York where the work is chiefly per-
formed by men. In the second story of an establish-
ment in Broadway may be seen a quantity of big
bushy-headed Hungarians, A ustrians, and Poles,
sewing with great rapidity on fabrics of many hues
and textures. These men work by the piece, and
earn from twenty-two dollars to thirty-two dollars a
week; they have served an apprenticeship in their
native countries, where the use of men as dress-
makers is very common. The apprenticeship begins
from the age of nine to thirteen. None of the men
appreciate their trade sufficiently to teach it to their
sons, but many of them have daughters who are more
learned in the art of dressmaking. than many of the
American sempstresses, tho Ugh they are not equal in
skill to the'.r fathers.

The Customs' officials at Liverpool, Queenstown,
and Falmouth have been instructed to place in quarantine
all vessels arriving from the Black Sea and the Darda-
nelles, in consequence of the prevalence of cholera.
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VINES AND FIG TREES.

It is, perhaps, an inevitable necessity of our cramped
area and swarming population that the sombre formality
of New York houses should make us seem to dwell rather
in prisons than in bright and cheerful homes. The spacious
court-yards and pleasant gardens, that lend to dwellings
in other cities the grace of foliage and flowers, even the
wealthiest with us are unable to compass. The insatiate
Moloch of trade lays its grasp on every foot of ground
not absolutely essential for mere sleeping and eating room,
and denies to our home life the luxuries of space and
beauty. This is scarcely to be helped. Yet something.
might be done by a slight application of taste, in the
building and external adornment of our dwellings, to give
them a more enlivening appearance. The material most
in vogue for fashionable residences, and the manner in
which it is used, combine to throw over our up-town
streets an air of settled gloom. Sunshine only serves to
expose their desolation. On a hot July noon one feels, in
traversing Murray Hill, something akin to the depressing
effect of walking in a place of tombs. The long, dismal
rows of brownstone fronts, the staring windows, un-
shielded by blinds, the blank monotony of the architecture,
the absence of any sign of life—for at this time the cross
streets are almost deserted—the pitiless glare reflected
from, the house fronts and the pavements, and unbroken
by any shade, make a journey through this part of the
town a positive trial to the nerves. To look forth upon
the blazing expanse of an up-town block at
noontide is almost to feel the incipient pros-
tration of comp de soled at once. Now, part of the dis-
advantage might be obviated, and our streets rendered
pleasanter for passer and sojourner alike, by a very simple
means. The eye influences our physical comfort more
than most are conscious of. It is well known to phy-
sicians that a building presenting a large white surface
to the eye in the sunshine is as apt to cause vertigo, and
for the same reason, as an unbroken expanse of snow.
And, on the other hand, a tree, even when it gives but
little shade, relieves and refreshes the sense by its sug-
gestion of coolness. If city people would take a little
more trouble to hide the unsightliness of their dwellings
with the beauty of leaves, they would find their account in
increase of comfort and comeliness. Our architecture we
can scarcely hope to ameliorate before the millenium, but
we may disguise it. A rose bush in the court, or an urn
with trailing ferns, or some vine like the graceful wisteria,
trained over the house front, would make even brown
stone less like a mausoleum, and more like a human habi-
tation. It is in devices of this soft that true refinement
asserts itself. New York to-day reveals more of these
delicacies of civilisation than twenty years ago, but there
is still room for progress.—New York Times.
London, England, 1870-08-15

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London, England, 1870-08-15

BOILER EXPLOSION

A boiler explosion took place on Saturday at Messrs.
Stableford's brickyard, about twelve miles distance from
Leicester. Two persons were killed on the spot, and
another died yesterday morning. Some of the bodies were
frightfully mangled, and one was thrown on to
the railway, about 100 yards distant. The boiler
is an upright one of five horse power, and drives an engine
for grinding clay. It had only been in use six weeks, and
although able to stand a pressure of one hundred pounds
was not worked up to fifty. On the return of the men
from dinner, shortly after one o'clock, Thomas
Underwood, fifteen years old, started the en-
gine, when a violent explosion immediately ensued
the report being heard many miles off. On the steam
clearing away it was found that two persons had been
killed instantaneously and six others injured, three
seriously. The killed are William Davis, 10 ; and Joseph
Armstead, 13 ; whose bodies presented a sickening sight,
being frightfully mutilated, and the intestines pro-
truding. The injured are Frank Underwood, 5; Thomas
Garner, 22 ; Thomas Hardy, 30 ; Frank Armstead, 11;
Alfred Orton, 13 ; Philip Greasley, 35 ; Thomas Under-
wood, 15 ; and Henry Brooks, 30. Frank Underwood,
who had been to take his brother's dinner, was so seriously
scalded and burnt that he died at six o'clock on Sunday
morning. Frank Armstead and Alfred Orton are dreadfully
hurt, the latter having his left knee shattered and his
back scalded badly, and neither is expected to recover.
Thomas Underwood, the youth who started the engine,
and was close to the boiler, is only slightly hurt.
Hardy, the brick maker, is injured in the back of his
neck, and Greasley is badly bruised. Isaac Cooper, the
foreman, who was blown on to the railway
close by, miraculously escaped almost unhurt. So
great was the force of the explosion that portions of the
boiler were hurled great distances. One large piece was
thrown Into the parish of Whitwick, 150 yards off, and
fell through the roof of a house. The sufferers to-day are
better than might have been expected, but Orton and
Armstead cannot, it is thought, survive. The inquest
will open to-day. The cause of the accident is unknown.
London, England, 1870-08-15

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