The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-24 00:00:00

: MOSES and SON, I CORNER of MLNORIES and ALDGATE. NEV OXFORD- STREET, CORNER of HART-STRENT. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHTNG. Prosk Dress Oxford Camb. C,oc.ts. Coats. Coats. Coats. 16s. 21s. 17s. 18s. ..--.- 80e. SOs. 21s. 225. 85s. tea. 265. 28s. 425. 423. 30s. 325. SN. 50s. 38s. 365. 68s. 60s. Os. 425. Also at Also at Also at Also at t hprice s . other prices. other prices other prices F MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of . Til l MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li. cf u • Eton I Brighton Harrow I Suits. Suits. Suits. 15s. 18s, 19s. 235. 235, CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EIISTON-ROAD. Ti MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of JI2J. - LI MOSES and SON beg to remind the public L 2,4 • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho Ise in England. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED Summer Tourist Summer Dress Suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 245. 245. 105. 6d. 15s. 28s. 28s. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. 365. 365. 14s. 18s. 40s. 425. 15s. 6d. 21s. 455. 48s. 17s. 6d. 245. 555. 525. 20s. 265. Also at Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. 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. BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. 9s. 6d, 13s. 6d 16s. 6d, SOs. • . 365. I 365. Also at Also at Also at i Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices. V A MOSES and SON supply every description of • clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. _ _ E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. CHRISTIE'S "PERISCOPIC" SPECTACLES, as recommended by Wollaston, giving more light, a wider field, and less strain upon the eyes.—GEORGE CHRISTIE, Manufacturer of the latest improvements in spectacles, reading lenses, &c., 25, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, W. NOTHING I hIPOSSI BLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE I.L and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, S 3, Upper Thames-street, Lou- don, E.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE'r. THIS EVENING, at 7, MARRIED LIFE; Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr How-, Mr Kendal, Mr Rogers, \lrs Chip pendale, Mrs Frank Matthews, Mrs E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Htil, Mrs Laws. After which, at 8.30. "HOME." slr Sothern, Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr I uckstone, jun.. Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss Fanny Gwynne, and M iss Caroline Hill. Concluding with FAMILY JAR i. Mr Compton. R OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. SWEASEY. The Press have unanimously praised and acknowledged the entertainment provided at the above Hall for the Whitsun holidays to be the best in London. The Brothers Voltaire, the Champion Gymnasts, in their surprising performances, particularly their aerial leaps, extending the whole length of the Hall (nearly 100 feet), engaged to appear solely at this establishment ; Mr. H. Collard (Le Petit Sims Reeves), the miniature man, the smallest and sweetest tenor singer in the world, can be heard at this hall only ; Messrs. St. Albyn, P. Corri, and Miss Barrie have made an immense hit with their operatic selections ; Miss Georgina Smith son has returned to meet with fresh admirers ; Mr. Baldwin has supplemented the brilliant encomiums he has already received from the provincial press ; Miss Louie Sherring ton is received nightly with uproarious applause ; Mr. J. H. Milburn is an old favourite ; the Great Vance is not to be, heard elsewhere, excepting at his concerts : Mr. J. H. llyley, and Madame Barnam, as comic duettists, have met with decided success; the acknowledged largest and best band in London. Bal cony, 6d.; stalls, ls.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, _ Wych-street, strand. Sale Lessee and Manager, Mr W. H. LisTox. LAST THREE NIGHTS of Miss BATEMAN as MARY WARNER, assisted by Messrs. G. Belmore,W. H. Vernon, Blake ley, Elliott, David Fisher ; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. W. H. List In reply to numerous applications at the Box Office, and to prevent disappointment to parties desirous of securing seats several weeks in advance, Mr, W. H. LisTost feels comp-lied to annouLce with regret that, in consequence of previous arran2e ments, the Gt. .liant engagement o th's distinguish. d Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, TUNE 25. Commenci with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Concluding with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office open from 10 till 5. 4T YCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. ..lharles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at P , .30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, M*. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EN ENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING HEARTS. Messrs Edward Teary and Turner; Mesdames Button a d Santley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, Terry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, Anstito, Go..mlall, Met calfe, and Moore. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Megsr. , H. J. Montague. D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30 CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. Atter which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in 'I twee Acts, entitled TWO ttO -ES. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque, DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in AIM Supported by Messrs. 11. J. Montague, 11. Irving, G. Honey, W. 13. Stephens, and T. 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At 8.30, Little Faust. OLYMPIC At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. rhe 'Varsity Boat Race. (IlizrY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Paul Pry. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH I 3")( K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every livening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn logs at 3. Admission ls, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every N fight, at 8 ; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily except'Sun days). Admission, ls. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME Tosnuo's EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 6d. . ore , „„ 1,1161 tt it 11114 "*7l MORNING EDITION. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1870. Metropolitan improvements worthy of their name are not the rule but the exception. The reason for this is that there is a divided authority. There is the Board of Works with its chairman. There is the administrative department with its Chief Com missioner. Between Mr. AYRTON and Sir JOHN THWAITES it is by a sort of happy-go-lucky touch and go that good of any kind ever is secured to London and Westminster. Even when the rival forces are agreed, local vestries start up frequently as obstructives. There is an illustration of this just now in the proposal at last to sweep away those hideous barracks at Knightsbridge. Preliminary efforts are reasonably enough being made to arrange about another site, not a hundred miles away, upon which more commodious and salubrious barracks may be erected. No sooner is there an inkling of this than the locality thus threatened is up in arms to protest against any such scheme in terms of unmeasured in dignation. Itwill be simply ontrageous if the authori ties allow themselves to be diverted from the carrying out of their good intention simply because the in habitants of Chelsea do not take instantly to the notion of erecting cavalry barracks in their immediate neighbourhood. The metropolitan suburbs are numerous enough and varied enough in character to afford reasonable hope that what to one may appear unacceptable, to another may seem in every way desirable. Chel sea may regard itself, and with some show of reason, as sufficiently well identified with the military inten sts by being the home of the great Military Hospital situated between the King's-road and the river side. Any how the feelings of the inhabitants ought to be consulted, and yet at the same time this project which the men of Chelsea are averse to ought not, by reason of that, to be abandoned or doomed to that virtual abandonment, indefinite delay. The Knightsbridge Barracks must be removed. The only difficulty is to discover the most suitable place to which they can be removed. If only our English lEdile would show for one brief interval a little of the courage of his convictions, if only he would show the_decision, boldness, promptitude, and auto cratic insistauce of a HAUSSMANN ! We might then not only see swept away at last completely that great ugly, lumbering, unwholesome, grimy bar rack at Knightsbridge, but with it also, as an eye sore, that wretched little yvedge of shallow houses (known as, and for that matter called, Park Side) tapering to a point immediately opposite the Alexandra Hotel. We should simultaneously have Holywell Street razed to the ground it pollutes— thereby widening the narrow part of the Strand by clearing away the miserable block of houses between St. Mary-le-Stran d and St. Clement Danes. We should no longer behold strangled at Temple Bar the whole of the enormous traffic to and fro between London and Westminster. We should have that picturesque old gate removed but a very little way from where it now stands—looking no longer east and west, but north and south, as an arched entrance into the Temple immediately opposite Chancery-lane. We should have the Law Courts commenced on the site now, to no purpose, cleared into a ghastly ruinous waste in the very middle of the metropolis. We should have that disgraceful centre of Leicester square put at length into proper order. And we should have such a rational improve ment carried out, instead of being merely talked about, as the opening of a new thoroughfare between Coventry-street and Oxford-street by the very simple device of connecting Berwick-street with Rupert-street in a straight line. For these and for a multitude of similar improvements of a most desir able character one would willingly deliver the Metropolis up for a time into the hands of a Dictatorial 2Edile, even though he were as rash and magnificent as the Baron HAUSSMANN. THE Commemoration Week at Oxford is always one of the treats of the summer season, and is looked forward to with interest by those who are in the habit of attending the brilliant scene. 'The old University comes out to advantage on such occasions, and blends the hallowed memories of historic associations, with the more steady attributes of modern manners. Since the commemoration of last year the late distinguished CHANCELLOR of the UNIVERSITY has passed away, leaving the recollection of his great acquirements, and the honour of his ancestral name as precions legacies to the record. of the classic city he loved. In this changing scene the departing guest makes place for the new arrival, and the Marquis of SALISBURY accordingly graced the scene at. Oxford, and took his place as the new Chancellor of the University. This distinguished honour falls to his share comparatively early in life, but so far as ability and character could influence the decision, the choice has not been au unfitting one. Some of the incidents at the Sheldonian Theatre are ♦ery significant of the state of public feeling, and light words of jest spoken at random often served to show the true state of the case to many observers. An interesting incident in the ceremony of conferring degrees was the introduc tion of the SPEAKER of the House of Commons. Mr. LOWE has certainly been endowed with the fatal gift of bringing discord wherever he goes. Even when he escapes from the turmoils of Parliament and the strife of statesmanship to the classic shades of the academic city, he is pursued by the demon of misrule. No sooner had his name been pro- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY nounced than a shout of non placet arose, which caused some excitement and amusement. The Chancellor shewed a determination worthy of Mr. LOWE himself, and passed on to the next name on the list in a manner that permitted no doubt to rest on the subject. The Duke of RICHMOND, the Conservative leader of the House of Lords was well received when he came up after pre sentation, but the unfortunate CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER came in for a share of abuse. At any rate, whether by good or evil report, he was the hero of the occasion, and attracted sufficient atten tion to satisfy the most exigeant aspirant for aca demical honours. Much laughter was created by the allusion of the Regius Professor to the extreme care which the new Doctor had taken of the national finances. At any rate, it must be conceded to the right hon. gentleman that he bore a trying scene with great equanimity and surprising good humour. He may return to the scene of his labours well satisfied that his doctor's degree has been no lightly won prize, but only achieved by dint of great exertion, after bearing the brunt of much ridicule and sarcasm. The new Chancellor has certainly made a choice selection of names, and among them may be found men distinguished by very various attainments. Altogether the Commemoration at Oxford is an interesting episode, a most refreshing interlude in the dreary round of dull common-place existence, and among the many devastastations which are brought round to us in the Course of Time, let us hope that destroying power will spare these time honoured ceremonies at our two ancient universities. They form a neutral ground where rival politicians may meet and draw together, by the ties of a common interest in arts and letters those who might otherwise be kept apart by the agency of those secondary influences which exert so great a power. THE long pending case of PHILLIPS V. EYRE was yesterday decided in the Exchequer Chamber. Some years have passed since the chequered story of the Jamaica outbreak divided all England into partisans of Governor EYRE and Mr. GORDON: The last five years have not been unfruitful of exciting topics, yet there are few probably who do not recollect the main outlines of the story. The individual case which has been resuscitated before successive law courts is not, perhaps familiar to many in its details, but its outlines are not very different from those of its predecessors. The plaintiff PHILLIPS sought compensation from ex- Governor EYRE foran assault, and for injuries alleged to have been committed in the island of Jamaica during the rebellion. The defendant, ex- Governor EYRE, pleaded that he was indem nified by the tct passed by the Legislature, of the colony, and assented to by the Crown, and this plea was accepted by the Court of Queen's Bench. The Act, it will be remembered, was passed by the Colonial Legislature to indemnify all who had acted in good faith in the repression of the re bellion, from any legal consequences of their acts. A special mention of the governor and his officers was made in this Act which after passing through both Houses of the Colonial Parliament was duly ratified by the QUEEN. Neither morally nor legally could a doubt rest on the matter. The Colonial Parliament, if it had power to pass an act at all, had power to pass the Act of Indemnity. If the bill were to be declared worthless, and for bidden to pass into English law, the duty of putting a veto upon it surely belongs to the QUEEN of GREAT BRITAIN and its dependencies, not to a particular sect in the island. Martial law is of course an expedient that should only be resorted to in the the last extremity, but having been resorted to, its chief excuse is that it overrides the tedious delays and uncertainties of oivil law. If those who enforce its provisions are to be liable to be called before the Law Courts, and compelled to pay damages for the repressive measures which they have taken, the proclamation of martial law will be no better than a farce. Into the merits of the case it is needless now to enter. Had Governor EYRE, the resolute represser of the Jamaica rebels, the unflinching upholder of the rights of the Crown and the undaunted defender of the lives and property of its subjects, been a man ofa different stamp, we should have had the Meerut and Delhi tragedy repeated on a small scale at Morant Bay. Had EDWARD JOHN EYRIE, the friend of the Australasian aborigines, the kindly counsellor of the bleak men in their distresses, been really the monster he was painted by his pre judiced assailants, the negroes of Jamaica would have been well nigh exterminated. Doubtless there were acts of harshness and even cruelty com mitted during the pacification of the island. Revo lutions are not repressed any more than they are made with rose water, but we must look to the main results. There can be no doubt that the white residents of the colony were for a time in serious peril, or that the prompt and vigorou s action of the Governor averted the danger. It was one of those cases in which success is not virtue, for had Mr. EYRE'S measures fallen short, and had the rebels achieved even a temporary triumph his name would have been held in honour, and his fortunes no doubt well cared for. As it is, thanks to the pertinacity of his antagonists, the prejudice of sects the enthusiastic devotion of a powerful party to any thing that wears a black skin, and the vacilllation and timidity of Governments which are neither brave enough to condemn or to uphold him, the Ex- GOVERNOR of JAMAICA has no enviable place. He may rest satisfied, however, as a just and honourable man who knows that misplaced mercy is often cruelty, with the judgment of his own conscience: and the Exchequer Chamber, in unanimously ratifying the decision of the Court below, does bqt endorse the verdict of the majority of his countrymen. The House of Lords last evening went into com mittee on the Irish Land Bill, and rapid progress was made with the measure, the first and second clauses being quickly disposed of. The third clause occasioned the most opposition, and three amend ms_nts were proposed, which, although resisted by the Government,. were carried. Progress w:.2 reported at five minutes to one, when their lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons the debate on the Elementary Education Bill was resumed by Mr. Dixon, the representative of the Birmingham League, who in a very long speech alluded to the objectionable principles of the bill according to his view of the subject. The discussion was carried on until a late hour, when the debate was further adjourne 1. The speakers for the most part were in favour of the Government measure. The death is announced of Mr. F. M. Evans, of the firm of Bradbury and Evans. He was sixty-six years of age. 11.1011.:\ P_G JUNE 24. TOPICS OF THE DAY. WORKMEN'S TRAINS. One of the committees of the House of Commons on private bills has made an important change in the law respecting railway travelling. The Omnibus Bill of the South Eastern Railway Company had been sent down from the Lords, and one of its provisions stipulated that passengers travel ling by " working men's and excursion trains," run at exceptionally low tares, shal not recover for injuries received while travelling in such trains any sum exceeding £loo—the amount of com pensation to be fixed by arbitration, the arbitrators to be appointed by the Board of Trade. It was argued that the company would be compelled to take off the cheap trains unless these stipulations were agreed to, for the workmen's trains were largely used by persons for whom they were not intended, and it might happen that £20,000 would have to be paid to these irregular travellers. The committee passed the clause, and hus the £lOO limitation is fixed—for if it apply to one company, it must apply to another. It is rather odd that such a great change in the principle of the common law should be made by a committee on a private bill. An issue so important might have been settled on a wider basis. THE HALL OF SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. Ayrton is a bold man, but he has by this time found out that boldness is by no means a virtue if untempered by discretion. The attempt to hood wink the House of Commons into a belief that his " Bill for the Improvement of Kensington-road," would be a great public advantage has met with signal failure, and the First Commissioner of Works has been compelled to excuse himself as best he could. The proposed bill, which would have sacrificed a valuable piece of ground for the benefit of the shareholders of the gigantic hall now being erected at Kensington, may be numbered with the things of the past, and Ayrton has received a lesson which it is to be hoped will make him more careful for the future. LIGHT COIN. The defects of the plan hitherto adopted for the withdrawal of light coin from circulation are in a fair way of being removed. The publication of the correspondence between the Treasury and the Bank of England on the subject is of interest as she wing the un fairness which 'compelled the public to lose 20. per ounce on all light gold coin taken to the Mint, for the purpose of being converted into bars, previous to re-coinage. The proposed change will enable the Bank of England to give the public £3 17s. 9d. per ounce instead of £3 17s. 62d. with immediate payment, while the difference between the first-named sum and the mint-rate • of £3 17s. 10d. will be retained by the Bank, as compensation for interest and expenses. The Lords of thee Treasury have issued instructions to the Mint authorities to " receive all light sovereigns and half sovereigns coined at the Mint or any of its branches, which may be imported in parcels of not less than one hundred pounds nominal amount, as if they were bar gold, and to deliver new gold coins in exchange for them by weight at the Mint rate of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce." The Bank has also issued an announcement in accordance with the instructions of the Treasury, and after the Ist of July the public will be paid at the • rate of £3 17s. 9d. per ounce for light coin. This is a step in the right direction, and the speedy manner in which the sutject has been disposed of reflects equal credit on the Treasury and the authorities at Threadneedle-street. THE RESIGNATIONS AT THE ADMIRALTY. The rumours of the resignation of the Controller and the Chief Constructor of the Navy, are partially confirmed, and, although it was stated a day or two ago that one of the gentlemen might be induced to reconsider his determination to withdraw from his important position, it is feared that the chances are too slender to permit such a consummation of the general wish. A. correspondent of the Scotsman says that the retirement of Sir Spencer Robinson and Mr. Reed has arisen from a misunderstanding between them and the First Lord of the Admiralty on a point of official discipline. The Controller of the Navy, finding that the effect of the ''self-denying ordinance" promulgated by Mr. Childers would be to prevent him from any chance of promotion or dis tinction in active service afloat, remonstrated against the order, and claimed to be restored to the active list. While his claim was still under consideration he addressed a peremptory letter to the First Lord, threatening to resign unless rein stated on the active list, and adding that his resignation would be followed by a similar step on the part of Mr. Reed. This was too much for Mr. Childers ; he at once consulted his colleagues, and the upshot resulted in the acceptance of both resignations. This version evidently does not cover the matter. It is quite possible that Sir Spencer Robinson may have placed, himself out of court by what may be considered an act of intimidation ; but there is no reasonable ground for the inference that Mr. Reed's determination is connected with the Con troller's line of action. LUNACY AND ITS CAUSES. The increase of lunacy in Scotland is the subject of comment in the report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for that part of the king dom. Without denying that over excitement of the intellect or feelings is not unfrequently an element in the production of mental disease, the commis sioners are convinced that the proximate cause of insanity is, in the great majority of- cases, caused by imperfect nutrition. It is pointed out that the great development of the asylum system of accommodation in European countries has run parallel with the disproportionate increase of the population of towns, and it is con sidered probable that one of the principal causes of the great increase of pauper lunatics can be accounted for in the accumulation of the lower classes in large towns under circumstances that have a delete rious effect on their bodily vigour, and as a sequence on their mental condition. In spite of the efforts made to improve the dwellings of the masses, and other social reforms having a tendency to mitigate the evils which follow in the wake of poverty, mor tality, crime, pauperism, and lunacy increase with such rapid strides that the social economist is puzzled as to the means by which this unhealthy state of things can be arrested. A broad-based system of edu cation is recommended by the Lunacy Commissioners, and it is argued with reason that a diffusion of the knowledge of those physical laws on which the existence of a healthy body depends would lead to a vast improvement in the condition of affairs. No doubt a system of the kind would require immense exertions on the part of our legislators, and consider ing the difficulties that seem to thrust themselves in the path of a scheme of primary education, the pros pect is rather gloomy. There is, however, no reason to despair of the solution of a question whose urgency is admitted on all sides. OMNIBUS NURSING. It is satisfactory to find that the Worship-street Police-court magistrate takes a serious view of the case of omnibus "nursing" which has just come be fore him. The practices complained of were most disgraceful. A private individual started an omnibus in the east of London, and straight way the great organisation known as the London General Omnibus Company set itself to drive him off the road. Six omnibuses were put on for the express purpose of causing an obstruction, and for months the private proprietor's vehicles were so hampered before and behind with the "nursing " omnibuses that his custom grievously fell off. 1870. Such attempts to keep up 'monopolies and restrict the .freedoni of trade ought to be severely dealt with. They precisely correspond with the obnoxious acts committed by trade unionists•in restraint of their fellow workmen. There can be no reason why a less measure of justice should be meted out in one case than in the other. A. great company should not be allowed to adopt the practice of picket ing any more than a few tailors: THE TRIUMPHS OF SERVANTS. It would seem that there are some judges in our law courts who do not believe that servants wield sufficient power in their respective departments in a household. It is hard certainly to expect that all men learned in the law are acquainted with the tyranny of cooks, for instance, who usually monopo lise, for purposes best known to themselves and to policemen, all rights in the kitchen. It is the meek wives of such men who are abused in the absence of their lords, by these despots, as well as their children, who dare not . even peep into the sanctum, without incurring a penalty of being " dratted " venomously by the irate supe rior. Lawyers, indeed, may be said to take smaller interest in domestic matters than other men, and therefore it is not with very great surprise that we learn of a merciful adjudi.m tion just made by one of them in Liverpool. A lady in the suburbs of that town engaged a cook to come to her house on 'trial for a month. The self-possessed female, on arrival at her future sphere of action, saw with horror that her mistress had a partiality for pet dogs, and that two of these interesting little animals were to be her co-occupants of the kitchen. The woman, with the usual sense of personal authority, at once put the dogs in a kennel out side the house, but to this the lady of the house objected. The servant accordingly immediately left the house, and sued for a month's wages. Mayhap the county court judge of Liverpool is a bachelor. If a married man, he must assuredly have been blessed all his life with model kitchen maids ; for he expressed commiseration for the plaintiff's misfortunes and actually gave her a verdict, contending that unclean animals had no right by law to be in the kitchen, where they could only be on sufferance and at the pleasure of the cook. AN ECCENTRIC GENTLEMAN. The late William Maxwell Stewart, of Lochnagar; . Scotland, must have been in . his lifetime a singular man. A trial is now being proceeded with in the Glasgow Court of Session to test the validity of his will, and the evidence already adduced proves him to have been a very eccentric character indeed. Heprobably had heard early in live that an angry man is always supposed to have a fiddle, which in his hours of quietude 1)e is understood to keep hanging on a cer tain nail behind some door. " Give the man a nail to hang his fiddle on" is often said. in Scotland, when a fellow shows extraordin ary ebullitions of temper. Mr. Stewart knew the value of a fiddle, and it is stated that when he was : in really violent passions, as he often .was, only the soothing melody of the violin pacified him. Among his other peculiar traits of charac ter this gentleman is alleged to have shewn a decided partiality for an unsettled life. In proof of this it was stated that he had been a clerk in Liverpool, an officer in the navy, an officer in the army, and a gentleman farmer in the course of his eventful • career. During his life at his Scotch farm the deceased went out regularly to buy his own herrings, and all provisions for him self and a single servant. He was often seen clothed like a beggar. At other times he appeared to be filled with overweening vanity, and on these occasions he dressed well, and wrote letters to various authorities, declaring himself a worthy claimant for the Victoria Cross. Mr. Stewart, all through his latter years, seemed to have groundless suspicions of conspiracies against him, 'chiefly among his own relatives, and it was always observed that he persistently watched the tops of the houses : opposite to those in which he liyed, in expectation of seeing the man, who would venture to assail him, appear there. His chief food was eggs, as he believed they never could be poisoned. In the will of this strange individual who, by-the-bye, belonged to a distinguished family, it is provided that a large sum of money should be invested to provide the Sunday School children at Inverkip " with bread, butter, and tea every Sun day," each class to be " supplied with knives and forks with ivory handles." The deceased also be queathed trusts for the encouragement of Scotch music, particularly of reels and jigs played by per formers on the violin. LADIES' DRESSES. Republican simplicity is in danger of corruption, and the pockets of American husbands are threatened by the encroachments of aesthetic dressmakers. Hitherto Paris has been considered the head quarters of artistic modistes, male and female, but the city of Boston, with the enterprise and go ahead spirit which is the special characteristic of American genius, is determined to make a bold bid for superiority. A case recently tried in the Superior Court of Boston has drawn the attention of aspiring wives and despairing husbands to that part of the world. Mrs. Flynt, described in the newspapers as a distinguished dressmaker, sued a Mr. Coolidge for 1,911 dollars, being an account for dresses supplied to that gentle man's wife. The plaintiff boasted that no woman in Boston could make dresses equal in taste and beauty to the elaborate dresses constructed for Mrs. Coolidge. The paniers and flounces were unapproachable in style, the silks, the satins, and the laces were the produce of the most cunning workmanships, fairy fingers had assisted in the gorgeous architecture, and " all the world wondered" at the tout ensemble of the design. Witnesses were called on both sides, and on both sides there was nothing but an agreement to differ. Mrs. Flynt's supporters said the charges were moderate. Mr. Coolidge's friends said the charges were monstrous ; and the unfortunate jury, like the proverbial donkey, for four-and-twenty hours, could decide nothing. SOme of them believed in the aristocratic name of Flynt with - a y ; others syMpathised with the democratic Coolidge with an i, and matters remain in statu quo waiting for more light. COURT DRESSMAKERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES. It seems that in spite of all our legislative effOrts on their behalf, the workwomen employed by our fashionable dressmakers are still liable to ex cessive demands upon their labour. Two cases have just come before the metropolitan police courts which illustrate the hardships to Which they are often subjected, and the difficulty of protecting them. A. dressmaker in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, who was in the habit of using • 6 rather strong " language to her people gene rally, was fined 40s. and costs for overwork ing and otherwise ill-treating a young woman in her employ. A visit paid by the Government Inspector greatly incensed the dressmaker, who apparently suspected the plaintiff of having had some thing to do with his visit, and instead of the legal interference being an advantage to the girl, it was rather a drawback to her. In the other case the dressmaker seemed to be much less tyrannical. Still there could be no doubt that she had allowed her girls to work over hours, and she-could only plead on her behalf the old story, that the orders came in at such short notice. If nothing will make our dressmakers more scrupulous, neither will anything, it seems, render our ladies of fashion more considerate. They must, by this time, be perfectly aware that when they send an elaborate order to their dressmakers to be executed at a day or two's notice, they are indulging their caprices at the cost of other women's health, rest, and comfort. The dressmaker, in excusing herself by the peremptory nature of her orders, said she was unwilling to give the names of her customers. The magistrate justly . observed that any lady deserved public obloquy who gave orders involving a breach of the law. He might have added that any lady who could be so wilfully cruel and unjust as to inflict unnecessary hardships on workwomen deserved a sterner reprobation than for a breach of law. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN EMPEROR. The Corporation of Southampton recently sent the Emperor Napoleon an address : congratulating him upon his escape from the recent conspiracy against his life. • A letter of thanks was received in reply. It appears that the worthy municipal body has thus been indireCtly the means of giving great offence to the Pari;:illepublicans. The Siecle is very angry with the g . mperor's reply, de claring that the so-called conspiracy -has never yet been proved, that the prisoneVs are uow awaiting trial, and that, in acknowledging these congratula tions, the Chief of the State assumes the guilt of men who may be innocent. " Does he know," asks the Siecle, " a single detail of the conspiracy other than by the re port of M. Grandperret, and does he not know as well as we do that that report has no judicial value ?" To assume the guilt of men awaiting trial is undoubtedly strange to English notions, though the French are apt to think nothing of such an irregularity. The Parisians are beginning to regard this conspiracy—it is the one in which M. Gustave Flourens was mixed up—with suspicion. One of the Paris papers has just got itself into trouble for pub lishing the official report of the plot day by day, with the humorous addition "To be continued." It does not follow from this ridicule that the plot had no existence; but it is certain that the evidence pointed more towards a design to subvert the Go vernment than to assassinate the Emperor. PERSECUTION IN RUSSIA. The Roman Catholics in the Russian dominions are undergoing very harsh treatment just now. For some time past sad stories have reached Rome of the oppression practised in Poland ; and now the persecu tion has been extended to the Baltic provinces. Nor are the Protestants spared. All public functionaries belonging to the Reformed Church are compelled, says the Memorial Diplonzatique, to attend all the religious solemnities celebrated in the Russian churches in honour of the Emperor or other members of the Im perial family. They have in vain represented that they perform those religious duties in their own places of worship. They have been informed that the Greek faith being that of the State, they must attend all solemn ceremonies the object of which is to im plore the Divine blessing in favour of the reigning dynasty. When the Emperor's birthday was last celebrated the Governor of Riga took pains to ascertain whether all the Protestants had been pre sent at the Te Deum. Liberty of conscience is evi dently but little regarded in Russia. s • • e i", (filial IC, , DI E, E I rin ht HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 23. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Louise, and her Majesty went out in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice. Her Majesty held a Council this afternoon at 3 o'clock, Mr. John H. Briggs, late Chief Clerk of the Admiralty and Mr. Antonio Brady, late Superintendent of Contracts at the Admiralty, arrived at the Castle, and were severaly introduced to her Majesty's presence, and received the honour of Knighthood. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, was present in the evening at a conversazione given by Mr. Pender, at his residence in Arlington street. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Royal Breakfast at Windsor Castle. - Special trains will run between Paddington and Windsor as under for the accommodation of her Majesty's guests :—Down Trains.—Paddington, dep., 3 20 p.m., 3 35 p.m., 3 43 p.m., 3 50 p.m. ; Windsor, arr., 3 55 p.m., 4 10 p.m., 4 20 p.m., 428 p,m. Return Trains.—Windsor, dep., 725 p.m., 7 45 p.m., 8 0 p.m., 8 20 p.m. ; Paddington, arr., 8 0 p.m., 8 25 p.m., 8 40 p.m., 8 57 p.m. Sir George Osborn's dance, instead of the 15th, at 25, Chesham-place. Lady St. Aubyn's dance, instead of the 28th inst., at 42, Upper Grosvenor-street. The Grand Caledonian fancy dress ball. Mr. Charles Hall4's last Beethoven recital, in St. James's Hall, at three o'clock ; vocalist, Herr Stockhausen. Mr. F. A. Marshall's selections from Shakspere and the Elizabethan dramatists. Morning, at three o'clock — Hanover-square Rooms. The Hurlingham Club—Second International Cup to b e shot for in Hurlingham-park, at 25 yards rise. * No Scientific Meetings to-day. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES DICKENS. "It is a fine day." " Yes; but Schiller is dead." These brief words expressed the popular sadness of Ger many at the loss of her great poet. A similar feeling has prevailed among the masses throughout the British Em pire since the death of Charles Dickens. The first time we saw Charles Dickens was soon after his arrival in Boston on his first visit to America. On sending in our card at the Tremont House, Mr. Dickens immedi ately received us in his breakfast-room. He was then young, handsome, and in the first flush of his fame. His manner was overwhelmingly cordial, the grasp of his hand being emphasised by a blow. He wore a gorgeous dressing-gown and a very gay scarf ; in fact, his style, at that time, bordered on the flashy. The pleasant radiance of his eye, the merry ring of his voice, and the rich profusion of his light hair, are indelibly impressed on our memory. Regretting exceedingly that his arrangements would not allow him to stop at Provi dence on his way to New York, where the " Grand Boz Ball " was in preparation, he begged us to say all manner of kind things to our associates, and to express to them his hopes of meeting them on some future day. Of Mr. Dickens's first visit to America, and the issue of his " American Notes," we will say little here. Much of his satir a was just and wholesome ; but he sometimes descended into cutting cari cature, and he has recently confessed to all the world his regrets for having wounded the host who so generously feasted and feted him. At the time of his first appearance in America the " Pickwick" Papers were in every hand, and "Boz" was the idol of the hour. It was before the day of sun-portraits, and so thousands of ladies, crazy for some personal souvenir of Dickens, wrote letters begging for a lock of his hair. To one of these innumerable admirers, a young lady of Plymouth, Mr. Dickens wittily replied that, as he was utterly unable to comply with all these compli mentary requests, he was compelled to comply with none. —Cosmopolitan. KNIGHTS.—The honour of knighthood is about to be conferred on Mr. John Henry Briggs, Chief Clerk of the Admiralty, and Mr. Antonio Brady, Superintendent of Contracts. THE GREEK BRIGANDS.—A fresh series of de spatches (the sixteenth) respecting the massacres in Greece has been issued from the Foreign Office. The report of the trial at Athens, on the 21st and 22nd of May, of seven members of the Arvanitei band is concluded in this series. With regard to the chief, Takos, who escaped, nothing certain appears to be known. Writing to Lord Clarendon on the 9th instant, Mr. Erskine mentions a report according to which Takos had been joined by several other brigands, and was at the head of a band of nineteen, who had remained for ten days in the Turkish village of La kressi, although that village is a military station. On the other hand, the Greek Minister, M. Valaority, Was under the impression that he was concealed some where in the neighbourhood of Athens, and had in duced M. Zaimis to double the reward offered for his apprehension. Lord Clarendon, in reply to this despatch, states that he has communicated with the Porte on the subject of the reported escape-of Takos to Ottoman ter ritory, and that the most stringent orders had been given to the Turkish frontier authorities for his capture. " But you will, if you have not already done so , " adds Lord , Clarendon, press upon the Greek government not to allow any formal question of frontier to interfere with the capture of this brigand band either on Turkish or Greek territory. The frontier convention be tween Turkey and Greece admits of mutual pursuit across the respective borders ; and it concerns the honour of the Greek Government that its frontier authorities should not shew themselves careless or lukewarm in the measures they may take for the suppression of this notorious band of brigands." 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