The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-31 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.—Next Thursday—Unusual Combined Attractions.—FlßEWOßKS, Operetta, Billiard Match, Rose Garden, Military Band, &c. Admission by eighteenpenny tickets, purchaseable this day and to-morrow (Wednesday) only ; by payment at doors on the day, 2s. 6d. Guinea season tickets free. ON THURSDAY, 2d June.—FJORD, ISLE. and TOR. CHARLTON TUCKER, 21, Northumberlan 1-street. Every Tuesday.—One Penny. CHARLES'S WAIN, a Review, Political and Social. Eight pages, well printed, on good paper. Modest enough for Maids. Honest enough for llandworkers. Light enough for Legislators. Deep enough for Doctors. In No. 12, June 7th, will be commenced a Serial, by Mrs. render Cudlip (Annie Thomas). Publishing Office, 4, Ave Maria Lane. This Day, Tuesday, 31st instant. Price One Penny. CHARLES'S WAIN.—CONTENT 6 : Mar ried Women's Property Bill. Editorial Woes. Sketches of Travel, No. 5. Religious Acrobats. A Romance for the Marines. Holiday Making. The Scilly Isles. Salient Points. Publishing Office, 4, Ave Maria-lane. Office for Advertisements, 21, Northumberland-street. LIFEBOAT SE RVIC ES. —During the storms of the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU TION contributed to the saving of 1,592 lives from various ship wrecks and 43 vessels from destruction. It has now 220 Lifeboat Stations under its management. CONTRIBUTIONS for their support will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co , Coutts and Co., Berries and Co., by all the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, RICHARD LEWIS, Rsq., at the Insti tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. y j MOSES and SON, CORNER of MINORIES and A.LDGATE. NEW OXFORD -STREET, CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. EMOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of 12.1• GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Coats. Dress Coats. Oxford Coats. Fishing Coats. EMOSES and SON beg to remind the public • 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 house in England. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Race Business Morning Dress Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 13s, 6d. 12s. 30s. 10s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 355. 13s. 18s. 21s. 15s. 40s. 16s. 21s. 245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 265. 30s. 21s. 503. 20s. 495. 245. 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 lit. T - 1 4 MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of I ' • B OY'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. 9s. ad, 13s. 6d. 16s. ed. Brighton Suits. Harrow Suits. EMOSES 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. CRYSTAL PALACE.-THIS DAY.- SHILLING OPERA. " Faust."—The FAIRY ROSE GAR DEN. 3,000 of the newest and choicest roses in pots. Their fragrance pervades the entire building. Palace open for admission from .. .. 10. 0 till 7. 0 Fairy Rose Garden open from .. .. 11. 0 Display of Terrace Fountains .. .. .. 2.15 Gounod's Opera Faust .. .. .. .. 2.45 Festival Organ for Promenade .. .. until 8. 0 DOTE.—Tbe Palace and Grounds never more worthy a visit. CRYSTAL PALACE.- -GOUNOD'S FAUST, um Smith.—THlS AFTERNOON at Faust .. Mr. Vernon Rigby Valentine Mr. A. Cook Wagner .. Mr. 0. Summers Siebel ~ Miss A. Thirwall Full orchestra and chorus. manager, Mr. Friend. New see] AdMission to Palace and Thi tickets. Stalls, 2s. 6d. -SHILLING OPERAS. Lder the Direction of Mr. E. T. 2.45. Mephistopheles, Mr. H. Corrl. Martha .. ]Nirs. A. Cook 1 Margarita .. Miss B. Cole ISoldiers, students, &c. onductor, Mr. MANNS. Stage eery by Mr. F. Fenton. :atre, is., or by guinea season QRYSTAL PALACE. THURSDAY NEXT. —AFTERNOON and EVENING COMBINED ATTRAC NS. See below. CRYSTAL PALACE.-FIRST GRAND DlS ki PLAY of FIREWORKS, with great floral devices 100 feet in diameter, the Radiuscope, and other novelties.—Special Illu mination of the Fountains in full play, Thursday next (day after the Derby). The Palace open for admission from 10.0 till 9.0. Alberto Randegger's comic operetta, the Rival Beauties, at 8.0. Characters by Messrs. Cummings, Maybrick, and Marler ; Miss Edith Wynne and Miss Ellena Angele. A Billiard Match between the Champion Players, Messrs. Cook and Roberts, Jun., at 3. The table will be placed imme diately in front of the great Handel orchestra, from the seats upon which the game may be watched with ease. Reserved seat tickets for the orchestra will be issued on the day. The Fairy Rose Garden open from 11 till dusk. The Cold stream Guards Band at 6.30. Fireworks at about 10 o'clock. Palace lighted up for promenade till 11. Admission 2s. 6d. or by is. 6d, tickets, purchasable this day or to-morrow. These, with the new June guinea season tickets (admitting to the grand fetes in contemplation for the next few months, and generally until the 31st May, 1871), may be had at the Palace, at Exeter-hall, and usual agents. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Last day but one for ls. 6d. TICKETS for Thursday's Great Combined Day and. Evening F6te. These and June guinea season tickets, admit ting on Thursday and to other great fdtes in contemplation for the next few months, and generally until May 31, 1871, at the Palace, 2, Exeter Hall, and following agents : Baker-street, Moutrie, 55 1 London-bridge, Stanley, Termi- Brixton, Peaice, 2, Briiton-place Camberwell, Griffith, The Green Chancery-lane, Cox, 102 Charing-cross, Mitchell, 39 Chelsea,Macmichael,2o7,King's- Lower Norwood, Barker, The Library New Bond-street, 4 Chappell, 50 Cock, Addison road City, Keith, 48, Cheapside „ Good, 60, Moorgate-street „ Hays, 4, Royal Exchange buildings „ Letts, 8, Royal Exchange „ Marratt, 63, King William street „ Mead, 73, Cheapside „ Todhunter, 22, Gresham street „ Cook, 98, Fleet-street Croydon, Warren, High-street Islington, King, 86, Upper-st. Kensington, R. Station, Russel road Warren's library Knigiitsbride, Westerton, 27, St. George's-place ' Lacon, 168 Old. Bond-street, Mitchell, 33 011ivier, 19 Oxford-street, Duff, 147 Paddington, Key, Bishop's• road- , .. , _ Peckham, Stansfield, High-st. Pimlico, Hopwood and Crew, 82, Buckingham Palace-road Regent-circus, Brighton Rail• way Co.'s office, 28 Regent-street, Cramer, 201 11 Weippert, 266 St. James's Hall, Austin Vigo-street, Hanimond Westbourne-grove, Melliship, 37 Wigmore-street, Nimmo, 3 NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. GOSNE 1.1. 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. gd., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf ,Angel-passago, .3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, 141. C, TrOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth poffder ; ves the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, attii i.rarlartv api Gime:mit fragrance tO the breath. Price ls. 6d.— Red Bull Wharf, 43, Upper Thames street, London. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY. MORNING, MAY 31, 1870. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SO.NG NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Ed,, ai d Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Hiss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynne. After which, at 8, precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Buckstone; Miss C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c. Concluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK. ADELPHI THEATRE.—New Company.—New Drama.—At 7.30, FREE LABOUR, a drama, in four acts, by Charles Reade, played by a new company, selected from first-clash theatres. New scenery by Hawes Craven. OLYMPIC THEATRE.-MISS BA I'EMAN.- THIS EVENING, at 8, MARY WARNER: Mary Warner, Miss Bateman; assisted by Messrs. Vernon, D. Fisher, Blakeley, Roberts, Elliott, Vaughan, aLd. G. Belmore. Preceded by, at 7, MUSIC HATH CHARMS: Miss Mettle Reinhardt. To conclude with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Mr. Geo. Bebuore. "LYCEUM TaLATItli (under the management cif MUSTS. Mansell). HIR ZVENDIG at 7.80, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. ibs.tles and Miss L. Dlorgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at 8.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maelagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lenmx grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Bolden. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING HEARTS, Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Buf ton andjSantley. Followed by Kenilworth. Messrs D. James. Ferry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant'ey, Anstiss, Goodall, Metcalfe, and Moore. V.AUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montagne, D. James, and T, Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A. Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9.48, the new Burlesque, by Conway Edwardes, entitled DON CARLOS; or, The Infante In Aims. Supported by the following Company:— Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving, W. H. Stephens, 0. Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; Mesdames Welly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclero, B. Evelyn, Kemp, T. Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. N.B.—On Saturday, June 4, will be produced a New and Ori ginal Comedy in 3 Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, supported by the whole of the Company,'and in which Miss A. Newton will make her first appearance at this Theatre, THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at Mr. BEAUMONT'S, " The Wellington," Wellington-etreet, Strand. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Aleyerbeer's Dinorah. 8.30.fp.m. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Roberto Il Diavolo. 8.3) p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwiee's Book. And A Kiss in the Dark. ADEum—At Seven, Free Labour. PRINCE OF WALES'S--At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. LYCEUM—At 7.30, His Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8.30, • Little Faust. OLYMPIC -At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. Ihe ' Varsity Boat Race. GAIETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QuEEN's—At Seven, kly Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOC K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn , ings at 8, Admission is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, 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 , 6d. MADAME TuSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 6 d. 4i14 1,1111 MORNING EDITION striking incident illustrative of the latent mutiny and suppressed insubordination actually at work under the apparently tranquil surface of Conservatism—it seems like another of those spring portents indicative of the proximate breaking up of the ice of the. Neva. To whom—this really seems to be the problem thrust upon the consideration o f all who are inte rested in the maintenance of the constitutional system of Government by Party—to whom will soon pass that Leadership of Conservatism which is fast slipping, if it has not already slipped, out of the grasp of the right hon. gentleman the member for Bucking hamshire? Derision is hardly the weed he had earned by twenty years devoted to the furtherance of the influence of what is, now, once more, by the accidents of fortune, the OppeAtion, and what ate has thrice helped to form into 4 Government. 4)erirsion, nevertheless, is, no' ,unsparingly and, as it o,4iems to us, ungratefully accorded to Mr. DISRAELI, however, by the two leading organs of Conservatism, who are therefore preparing, we presume, to transfer their allegiance by preference to—whom ? THE amazing crime at Denham has not proved - the mystery that might have been at first anticipated. The person who is at present charged with the mur ders has been so accommodating in providing the police with abundant clues, he has been so careful in filling 'up blank places in his history, that within a week the entire story is complete. That is to say, a man is now in custody, and a set of evidence of great force is stored up against him. It usually happens that these crimes of exceptional atrocity involve some difficulty in tracing the author. The Ratcliffe Highway murderer was enabled to perpetrate two wholesale massacres before he wascaptured. TROPP MANN was taken under very peculir circumstances, and only after much search .If the woman Wirlson he d been content with a moderate number of poisonings, she might have been enjoying the recollection of them now. The ability or recklessness • required for a very great crime may also be employed to defeat the ends of justice ; and, moreover, when the horrid work is so thoroughly done it is frequently very diffi cult to obtain a clue. But the Denham personage, after doing his work most thoroughly, carefully set himself to undo it. He took no greater precau tions to conceal his connection with the deed than a beast of the field would have done. He took less, for an animal might have scampered away, but this libel on humanity tendered every needful clue to his apprehension, and remained in the neighbourhood that it might be effected with the least possible trouble. JONES, or JENKINS, arrived in Uxbridge un the night of Saturday week, and took lodgings in Bell yard. He was then dressed in the poorest attire, and slept with a tramp bricklayer, named COOMBS. Early on Sunday morning COOMBS was astonished to find that his companion was no longer in his place, and still more surprised to find him return later on the same morning with a different suit of clothes on, and bearing a carpet bag well filled with good things,. During the few intervening hours the massacre had been perpe. traced. The MARSHALL family had been seen on the Saturday evening as late as dusk, and they slept in their own cottage that night. About three on the Sunday morning a policeman met a tramp dressed in shabby clothing in the village of Denham, and directed him on the road to Oxford, which ran past the MAR SHALLS' cottage. At seven o'clock a woman saw a person whom she took for MARSHALL, as he was wearing clothes which she knew belonged to the blacksmith; but it could not have been he, for MARSHALL was then beyond doubt lying dead in his workshop. Between three and seven the murders must have been committed. The murderer whoever he was, took MARSHALL'S clothes with some property, and left his own behind—saturated with blood. The ragged dress left behind was proved to be that of JENKINS, and the respectable dress in which COOMB s saw JENKINS return to the Bell-yard lodging house on Sunday morning was proved to belong to the dead blacksmith. After returning to Uxbridge, JENKINS remained there some time. He pawned various articles belonging to the murdered family. He indulged in some remarkable extrava gancies of conduct, • more or less pointing to him as a man who had been guilty of some offence. In fact, though there is not the slightest reason for thinking him insane, he appeared so drunk with the intoxication of blood as to threaten the lives of several of the miserable companions with whore he spent Monday night; and when captured at Reading, he drew out a revolver, not, it has been very justly conjectured, to kill himself, but to commit more murders. He left Uxbridge on Tuesday morning, and was taken at Reading on the same evening, leaving a door-key in the lodging house where he was staying. This key belonged to the house inhabited by the MARSHALL family. Except for its extraordinary magnitude, this mas sacre is now reduced to one of the commonest char acter. It raises no question of interest whatever. That the pure love of bloodshed, regardless of advan tage or consequences, does occasionally enter the mind of man has been proved before ; and the exertions of this beery, bungling scoundrel were not needed to enforce the truth. All the accessories which rumour added to the crime in order to bring it within the scope of some rational law, have vanished. There is nothing to prove that the murders were committed for revenge, and it does not appear that JENKINS is, as was horribly sug gest 2,d, the brother of MARSHALL. His motives were of the meanest, as his after conduct was of the maddest kind. Petty plunder of a few clothes, and of such valuables as a village blacksmith's home was likely to contain, was the sole object for which he took the lives of seven persons. Compared with him TROPPMANN was an intelligent and rational being, for the Frenchman had a plan, and the massacre of the whole KINCK family was indispensable to his success. The Denham mnrderer committed an almost unparalleled crime in order to carry out a petty burglary. THE Bristol election petitioners have justified the perseverance with which, in opposition to the advice of some of their local leaders, they pressed on their objections to the return of Mr. EMMA ROBINSON. It has been clearly established that bribery was practised to a certain extent to ensure the success of Mr. ROBINSON at the test ballot, when the respective claims of that gentleman, Mr. HODGSON, and Mr. ODGER, were decided. There is no doubt as to the fact, but there is a question as to its bearing upon Mr. ROBINSON'S return. A. test ballot is entirely a pri vate affair; the law does not recognise it; and therefore Mr.BaronßßAmwELL has resolved to seek the assistance of the Court of Common Pleas in order to fully determine how far bribery at the preliminary trial of strength invalidates the result of the more serious contest. He seems disposed to think that the one can have nothing to do with the other; but he takes counsel in order to get a final decision on the matter. Of course the judges at the Court of Common Pleas will endeavour to lay down the spirit of the law as it is, not as it ought to be. There can be no doubt, however, that if the existing Acts are not adverse to test-ballot bribery, the sooner the omission is remedied the better. Any bribery whatsoever, bearing, however indirectly, on the issue .of the election, must be forbidden. At Beverley it was laid down that Corruption at a municipal elec tion, with a view to affecting the greater contest, invalidated the latter. It is true that a municipal election is recognised at law, whereas a test ballot is not; but on the other hand the second has a far more more intimate connection with a parlia mentary election than the first. It may often be doubtful whether money spent by would-be town councillors is distributed for any other purpose than that of merely winning them the local honour : there can scarcely ever be any doubt that money is spent at a test ballot with an ulterior object. If these pre- liminary trials, which now promise to become fre quent, are disregarded, nothing will be more simple than for corrupt men to once more set at defiance the law and the public. It will be easy to set up a test ballot. It will be safe to distribute any sum of money at it. It is true that the bribers will have to trust to the honesty of the bribed ; but it would seem that at Bristol, as well as at Beverley, there is no objection to this. Indeed, it will often be found that a bribed voter will be true to his bargain. The fact that he takes a bribe shews that he cares nothing for his vote, except in respect of what it will fetch, and he might as well, therefore, give it to the candidate who has bought it, as to anybody else. Surely the pure section of the community are not to be laughed at in this fashion. The business transacted in the House of Lords last evening was not of a very interesting character, the principal e discussion being on the High Court of Justice Bill. In the House of Commons the Irish Land Bill came on for the third reading, and after several members had protested against the principles it con tained, and others warmly expressed their acceptance of its provisions, the measure was read a third time. The bill was subsequently brought up in the Lords and read a first time. The Navy Estimates, in the House of Commons, gave rise to a long discussion, and several Conservative members—notably Sir Jas. Elphinstone and Sir J. Hay—vigorously attacked the naval administration. Several grants were made, and the remainder of the estimates will be consi dered to-day, when the House will meet at two o'clock. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in moving the second and third reading of the Gun Licences Bill, announced his intention to retain the game licenc- 4 ,in deference to private and public represen tations which had been made as to the inexpedi ency of abolishing it. The bill was real a second time. 1 1 01117 a 4. LITERATURE A BOOK FOR THE DERBY DAY ! Nicholas's Notes. By the late W. J. Prowse. Edited by Tom Hood. One vol., pp. 152. George Routledge and Sons. Some twenty years ago, several of the contributors to Punch wrote and published "A shilling's worth of Nonsense." Here, on the contrary, in this attractive little volume—alas! that we should have to say it posthumously—a single con tributor to Fun, has issued from the press a shilling's worth —a splendid shilling's worth—of the truest sense and of the richest, and with a double significance, it may be said, the raciest humour. Appended to Nicholas's Notes and Sporting Prophesies are' several miscellaneous poems, seri ous and comical. Prefixed to the body of the work there is a brief biographical notice by the editor of Fun, and the personal friend of the creator of Nicholas. The title page of the volume has as a frontispiece to it a life-size sketch, from a photograph of the author. Born at Torquay, on the 6th of May 1836, William Jeffrey Prowse—known among his intimates as Jeff Prowse, according to Mr. Hood— died at Nice, on the 17th April (being Easter Sunday) 1870— haying run out his career in thirty four years, another vie- Um of consumption, and (if we uuderstaud his biographer rightly) in some sort also of journalism. He was a leader 'writer in the Daily Telegraph, in which his first contribution was an ac ount of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, in 1861 —his last article in that journal being a leader, written not long before his own death, on the death of Tom Lockyer, the Cricketer. The one "hit" of Mr. Prowse's life, however, was his creation in Fun ( f that genuine original, or character, the Old Man Nicholas. Mr. Hood in no way over-rates the achievement of his friend, in having called into existence this Most humorous individuality, where he speaks of it as " surely a creation which might have been not unworthy of the pen which drew Captain Costigan." Throughout, from the first page to the last, Nicholas's notes are thoroughly and genuinely humorous. There is no straining after comicality in them. They are—in all their lingual muddle and confusion as to the personal pronoun, in fact as to all the rudimentary laws of gram mar simply delightful in their droll extravagance. Wit and wisdom, mother wit and worldly wisdom, run through the maundering monologue of the Old Card—one can hardly say the Correct Card—giver of tips, lover of sherry wine, knower of horse-flesh, in one word—Nicholas ! LONDON, TUESDAY, _MAY 31, 1870. , Again, the wonder is as to who may be the Leader of her JWAJEBTVI3 Opposition. People are once more asking themselves as to whether the Conservative party has any Leader at all. The Tong• Chieftain confronting Earl GRANVILLE in the House of Lords Vas yesterday no doubt Lord CAIRNS, is to-day no joubt the Duke of Mamoru). The Tory Chieftain confronting Mr. COLADSTONE in the House of Com mons is still, of course, the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire. But—the Leader of the Opposition, as a whole—who may be be ? " That is the question" over which all the more inquiring spirits in Clubland are just now, with a renewed relish, marvelling to one another in be wildered amazement. Why—it may be asked—these revivified doubts and uncertainties ? Well, the reason is obvious enough, to even the most careless observer, on glancing through the chief monthly organ of Conservatism in the United Kingdom—an organ hitherto most loyal in its allegiance to Mr. DISRAELI, but which has now thrown off, in his regard, the merest semblance of consideration—scattering the last rags of its hitherto merely affected respect for him, for his abi lities, or for his position, far and wide, north, south, east and west, to all 'the winds of heaven. The closing article in the current number of Blackwood recalls to one's mind inevitably the closing article a year or two since in the then current number of the Quarterly. The authorship of the latter, it may be remembered, was instantly recognised by poli tical experts—perhaps, because of its dis tinctive lack of " finish"--as another viru lent emanation from the spleen of that right good hater (of one man, at any rate) the Marquis of SALISBURY. As to the authorship of Maga's unmiti gated and most uncompromising diatribe on Lothair —well, in regard to that, it may be said at once that the peculiarities of the style are not by any means so clearly marked or so readily traceable. One inciden tal touck there is by which the writer of the review in question might, perchance, be identified— if the clue thus afforded were but keenly and perseveringly followed up. It occurs where he is referring superciliously to the rivalry of the social parasites who are contending for the possession of supreme influence over the all but fabulous fortunes of LOTIIAIR, as being, " though more decorous, hardly more respectable, and much less amusing than that of a crowd of Moors whom we once saw in Tangiers, tearing each other's beards and pulling off each other's turbans, in a mad struggle for a fourpenny piece which an English stranger [the Ex-Premier's Reviewer in Blackwood ?] had dropped from a balcony." The import ance and significance of the whole onslaught, however, must be defined as consisting in this, that one of the Conservative organs hitherto most loyal in its support of Mr. DISRAELI, suddenly, unhesitatingly, and absolutely, throws off its al legiance to him altogether. The Quarterly did some time ago. Blackwood has now followed suit. It only remains for the Standard to cover the Leader of Conservatism with ridicule as un compromiqug—to show that the Member for Bucks is regarded by the principal organs of the par y he has so long led in the House of Commons, and thrice to power(thelasttime under his ownPremiership)is hence forth under a political taboo, in the cold shade of the aristocracy." Realising that much, however, one asks, again, in the interrogative phrase familiarised to us by the title of Mr. COBDEN'S last brochure, " It hat Next, and Next?" It seems—this last and not 16,81 H.M. SEVENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. Already we have announced the return of this splendid regiment from India, and its disembarkation on Wednesday morning at Portsmouth. Having first of all proceeded (on leaving England shortly after its return home from the Crimea), across the ocean to Australia, and having thenc:^ crossed the ocean again to Hindostan on the breaking out of the Indian Mutiny, the Seventy-Seventh Regiment, upon now returning to England via the Suez Canal, have, in point of fact, become the Circumnavigators of Africa. Already this noble troop bears inscribed upon its colours these eight grand historical names— S eeda sere Seringapata m Ciudad Rodrigo —Elbodo I—Badajoz Alma—lnkerman—Sebastopol. Seeing that the 77th is the very first regiment that has been conveyed bodily along the Suez Canal, one is almost tempted to suggest that the name of the "Suez Canal" should be emblazoned on its banners, side by tide with the vic tories in memory of that peaceful achievement. Now that the 77th have on reaching Portsmouth, passed from the floating palace of the Great Indian screw relief troop ship the Jumna, to its old location, twenty years ago, in the Clarence Barracks, it is intriesting to read among the re collections in regard to it penned by a Correspondent of the Hampshire Telegraph, the subjoined list of the 77th, as it was, 21 years ago, that is in 1849, and as it is now in 1870— Officers of 77th in Ports mouth in March, 1849. Remarks. Lieutenant-Colonel, Nicholas Wilson, Kai., (Col). Exchanged to 64th Regt. gilled at Cawnpore. Majors. Thomas Graham Egerton ... Colonel and Lieut. Colonel commanding. Billed in Crimea. • Robert Jocelyn Straton ... Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel commanding. Died at Dum- Dum. Captains. Guy Clark William Jonathan Clerke ... Bt. Major, retired. read. Alexander Tomkius George Dixon Paris W. A. Bradshawe Henry Jervis White Retired. Dead. William F0rbe5......... Major Unattached. Retired. Edward H. Lou they Crofton Died in Crimea. James Putler Fellowes Retired. Alexander Aitken... Retired. Major Ist West York Militia. Lieutenants. Bartholom w O'Brien Colonel and Lieut.-Colonel commanding 4th Battalion, late Military Train. John Haaokett 76th Rh-giment. George . Harry Smith Willis .. Colonel, unattached. Assist. Qr. Mr. Goni. South. Dis trict. eorge Cary Henry Robert Carden Lieut.-Colonel, unattached.— Maj. North Tipperary Light Infantry Militia. Thomas Oriel Forster . Captain, retired. Lieut.-Col. com. Monaghan Militia. Francis Kennedy Wm. Wentworth Grant Dilke Captain. Died in Bulgaria. Robert Mostyn .......... Regiment. Dead. Henry Jobling Wallack at-Arms. Thomas Elliott William Bertram George Leslie Retired. Late Captain Royal Elthorne, or 5t Middlesex Regiment of Militia. Ensigns. Henry Kent . . Lieut.-Colonel commanding. W Milani Ronalds William Henry Weston ...... Retired. Adjutant 56th Lan cashire Rifle Volunteers. W. H. 0. G. Brooke-Pechel Captain. Killed in Crimea. W. F. Tollemache Exchanged to 12th Lancers, Dead. William Rickman Depot Battalion. Ben'inck Duncan Gilby ... Brevet Major. Died in Cri- mea. • John Richard Harvey Borderers." Paymaster. William Galwey Retired. Dead. Quarter Master. John Remington Breading Quartermas. Ist Derby Militia (late Captain h.p. Depot Battalion). Surgeon. Joseph Samuel Prendergast... Inspector General of Hosp tale, h.p. Assistant-Surgeon. Chtistopher Macartney, E. 8... Surgeon. Died in Crimea "Colonel Kent"—who served the Eastern campaign of 1854 and up to 26th March, 1855, with the 77th Regiment, in cluding the battles of Alma and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol (Medal with three Clasps, sth Class of Med jidie, and Turkish Medal)—" it will be [erceived," says the correspondent of the Hampshire Telegraph, is the sole regi mental remnant of the commissioned officers of 77th— the ultimus horum virorum (almost) Romanorum —that left this command in spring, 1849 ! How many, therefore, of the non-commissioned officers and men must since then have passed from its ranks by death and otherwise! In Captain Sayer's official volume the fatal pre-emi nence of the 77th in the Russian campaign is recorded on the beautiful monument, in St. Paul's Cathedral, the most :esthetic within its sacred precincts, of the East Middlesex Regiment, from the studio of the gifted Noble, records its fearful total of losses in the expeditionary army of 1854-5-6. An engraving. and detailed account may be found in the London Illustrated News of 16th July, 1864. On one scroll the marble bears the following inscrip tion :-- To commemorate the loss of 15 Officers and 542 N. C. Officers, Drummers, and Privates sustained by the 77th Regiment During the Crimean Campaign, 1854, 1855, 1856. " Upon the basement portion the names of the fifteen officers, viz : Colenel T. G. Egerton. Captain E. H. L. Crofton. Captain W. W. G. Dilke. Captain W. H. C. G. B. Pechell, Captain J. Nicholson. Bt. Major B. D. Gilby. Captain W. B. 0. Parker. Captain Audley Lempriere. Captain Knight. Lieut. Robert Walmesloy. Lieut. Francis Alder. Lieut. Arthur F. Maine. Lieut. Basil H. Brown. Ensign Charles Henry Massey. Surgeon C. Macartney. " The present remarkably healthy condition of the men is surprising after their long Indian service, and the bronzed complexions, resulting from the persistent scorching sun of hot Hindostan, attests most palpably what tropical dangers must have been undergone, though by sound sanitation, skilful management, and moral discipline, sickness has been kept under. Among the welcoming throng on the wharf at the dockyard Lou Wednesday morning]" says the same corre spondent, " were observable three former comrades, Major Forbes. Dr. Prendergast, Capt. Knowles, 67th Regiment. (Col. Willis was absent from Portsmouth on duty), who, with glistening eyes and extended right hands of fellow ship, fratornised once more with Colo el Kent, and sin cerely congratulated him upon his promising body of young officers, and the admirable state of his battalion. " I cannot conclude this communication," adds the writer, "without alluding to the respected chief's chestnut charger, the Arabian Abdallab, which, having served con tinuously in the 77th Regiment for fifteen years, in the Crimea, Great Britain, Australia, India, is now once more Voyaging back in steamer from Alexandria, for England, Home, and Duty- and yet remains, as Scott described Marmion's, A matchless horse, though somewhat old, Prompt to his paces, cool and bold." Altogether the 77th regiment has returned home in the highest state of discipline, and with a splendid character for efficiency. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, May 29. The Queen went out yesterday morning with Princess Beatrice. In the afternoon her Majesty, attended by the Hen. Eva Macdonald, drove out. The Princess of Wales drovo out yesterday morning. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales dined with the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Stafford House.. Ie attendance were the Countess of Norton and Lieut.-Col. Teesdale. PARLIAMENTARY INCIDENTS. THLRD READING OF IRISH LAND BILL. Without a division, and amidst enthusiastic cheer ing from the Liberal side of the House of Com mons, the Irish Land Bill was last evening read a third time, after an earnest and animated speech from the Prime Minister. The Premier's quoted couplet from Dryden, anticipatory of the time when the beneficent influences of the measure would become apparent in the sister island— A. flood of /nom) , that o'orflowa our joie, Calm in its rise, and fruitful as the Nile"— :old magnificently. CLEARING THE HOUSE. Without waiting for the promised motion of Mr. Gilpin, the Quaker member, in reference to the absurd power still at the command of any one of the national representatives, to clear the House of Com mons of strangers, and thereby to turn out among others the whole body of the Reporters. Mr. Henley, last night; brought this important matter again under the consideration of the popular branch of Parliament. If the power should still be retained in the hands of a single member, it ought to be a pri vilege exclusively accorded to the Leader of the House, and to him only. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi's dinner and evening party, to meet his Majesty the King of the Belgians and H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge, Lady Isham's dance at 12, Upper Brook-street, Mayfair. The Countess of Caledou's ball postponed from yesterday. Mrs Goodman's first dance. . _ The first Guard's Club annual dinner at Willis's Rooms. The 18th Ilussars' annual dinner at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at eight p.m. precisely. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS-TO-DAY. The Royal Institution—A Lecture at 3 p.m. by Professor Seeley, on "Present English History." The Anthropological Society—At 8 p,m., a paper by Dr. John Shortt, on the "Armenians of Southern India;" and a paper by Mr. J. Stirling, on " The Races of Morocco." The Engineers' Society—At 8 p.m., the President's Annual Conversazione. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The Times does not doubt the accuracy of Mr. Glad stone's statement last night that the landlords of Ireland, if consulted, would cry, " Pass the Land Bill," and re joices that he has declared his resolution to maintain its substance unaltered. The House of Lords will pass it without substantial difference. The intervention of the State to protect the Irish tenant is necessary. If this be ecognised, the essence of the bill is conceded ; if not, no bill whatever is wanted. The Standard is very indignant at the manner in which Mr. Gladstone spoke of the House of Lords with respect to the passing of the Irish Land Bill, and declares that he has no right to dictate terms to that assembly. Should the bill not pass this session, it will be the fault of the Prime Minister. COUNTY MAGISTRATES. The Daily News thinks Mr. Gladstone has removed the painful impression caused by the appointment of the Lan cashire magistrates, which they only partially atoned for by cancelling the nomination. It has now made complete amends by abolishing the system which made such blun ders possible. BLACKWOOD ON LOTHAIR. The Telegraph severely condemns " Blackwood's " attack on " Lothair, and complains that the critics found nothing to blame in their leader or their leader's books when he led them to power and to pelf. Mr. Disraeli's career is not, however, ended, and some members of his party have been premature in their petty attacks on a lion who has not lost his strength. The Bishop of Winchester has collated the Rev. Dr. Monsell, vicar of Egham, to the rectory of St. Nicholas, Guildford, vacant by the prefermeut of the Right Rev. Bishop Ryan to the vicarage of Bradford. Thirty-four guns were fired from the American yacht Mudge, at Stonington, Connecticut, in honour of the victory of the Sappho, and the bunting was set on all the vessels in the harbour. On Saturday morning it was discovered that a commercial traveller, who had arrived at the Alliance Temperance Hotel, Carlisle, on the previous evening, had committed suicide by cutting his throat. A Royal Commission is about to be despatched' to Demerara. Complaints have reached the ears of the Colonial Office as to the cruel treatment to which many of the coolies are subjected. Among the parliamentary papers yesterday are returns of railway accidents, affidavits in the Queen v. Fenelley, returns of fees in the common law and superior courts, and of imports of copper and other ores, report on the grouping of private bills and general Police (Scotland) Bill. Mr. B. Webster and Mr. 11. J. Byron are to appear In the " Prompter's Box," on June 13, at the Standard Theatre, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ARRITALS AT EPSOM. The following horses have arrived in addition to those already here : —Perfume, Cymbal, Defamation f, Bay Ro land, Carfax, Hygernia c, Normauby, Imperatrice g, King o' Scots, Camel, Sphynx, Thor, Starlight f, Camerino c, Melbourne f, Ardrastus, Sarsfield, Queen of the Village f, Tit Bit, Vedette f, Amsterdam f, Penguin, Star of India f, Baymiuster, Aberdeen, Kingcraft, Wandering Bret ze, Bonny Swell, Bab at the Bowster f, Caller Ou f, Bonny Bell f, Seville. Pandora ' Sister to Paudore, Chanoinesse, Tamara , Semolina, First Lord; Rose of Athol, La Rose, Miss Pen hill, Prince Imperial, Viscount4Nobleman, Sybil, Ossifrage, Palmerston, Skipjack, Claudius, Jester ' 'Astarte, Flyaway Jack, Macgregor, Sunthine, Sunlight, Seamstress f, Seam stress colt, Sunflower colt, Semolina, Tympanum, Rambling Katie f, Tabernacle, Rataplan f, Reform, Tibthorne, Black Boy, Belladrum, and Bab at the Bowster f Expected—Prince of Wales, Albany, Demidoff, and Bicycle. EPSOM SCRATCBINGS. Derby—Barford, all horses in Mr. G. Jones's name, all Oount Lagrange's, all Baron Rothschild's, Braemar, 'rho Boy, Five per Cent., Exciseman Oaks —Mahonia, all Count L grange's horses, Stockhau sen, Cestus, Forget-me-Not, Fast Day, Fragrance, and Rosalie. High Level Handicap The Boy. Woodcoto Stakes —Colonel Ryan, Marquis of Steyne, St. Vincent, Theodoros, Lady Heron, King Offa, Constable, Frailty, Jackal, Load:tar, Touch and Go colt, Althorp, Chaucer, Lytham's dam colt, Blackgown, Amorous c, and Torment filly. TATTERSALLS'—LA s EVENING. THE DERBY. 6to 4on Macgregor (offered —take 65 to 40) 7 to 1 agst Camel (taken) 100 to 6 agst Prince of Wales (offered —take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agat Kingcraft (taken freely) 1000 to 40 agst Palmerston (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Normanby (offered) 1000 to 30 agstlKing o' Scots (take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Cymbal (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst Sunshine (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Bonny Swell (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Ely Appleton (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Astolfo (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Exciseman (offered) 1000 to 5 agat Nobleman (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Sarsfield (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Tourist (offered) 1000 to t agst Recorder (offered) 1000 to 5 agat Champion (offered: 1000 to 5 agst Hawthornden (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Muster (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Merry's lot bar Macgregor (offered) PLACE BETTI \G. 3 to '1 on Macgregor (offered —take 7 to 2) 2 to 1 agst Camel (offered -225 to 100 taken) sto 2 agst Normanby (offered -3 to 1 taken and wanted) 3to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken and offered) 100 to 30 agst Prince of Wales (taken and offered) 7to 2 agst Palmerston (offered -4 to 1 taken freely) 10 to 8 agst Bonny Swell (taken) 100 to 8 agst Ely Appleton (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Sarsfield (offered) Even 200 on Bonny Swell v. Ely Appleton (taken). THE OAKS. 6 to son Hester (taken and offered. sto 1 agst Pate (taken freely) 5 to 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Sister to Tomato (taken and offered)] 100 to 8 agst Dark Cloud (taken) 2to 1 agst Alacgregor winning The Derby and Hester The Oaks (taken) CITY BETTING—MONDAY, DERBY. 7 to 4 on Macgregor (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Camel (offered—take 15 to 2) 1000 to 60 agst Prince of Wales (taken and offered) 1000 to 35 agst Kingcraft (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Palmerston (offered) 100 to 3 agst Normanby (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Sunshine (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst King o' Scots (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Cymbal ( aken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Nobleman (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Ely Appleton (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 ag.t Bonny Swell (offered) 1000 to 8 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 1000 to 5 agst Sarsfield (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Recorder (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Flyaway Jack (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Champion (offered) 1000 to 4 agst Hawthornden (offered) 1000 to 3 agst Muster (offered) 1000 to 2 agst Barford (taken) 1000 to 2 agst Ptarmigan (offered) 100 to 1 agst Temple (offered) 3to 1 agst Sunshine running (taken) PLACE BETTING. 100 to 30 on Macgregor (offered—take 4 to 1) 2 to • 1 agst Camel (offered) sto 2 agst Normanby (taken and offered) 3 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken) sto 1 agst Cymbal (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered) OAKS. Even Hester (taken to £5O) 4to 1 agst Pate (offered take sto 1) 4 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered—take sto 1) Mahonia reported scratched. GRAND PRIZE OF PARIS. 50 to 20 agst Sornette (taken) CRICKET. M.C.C. AND GROUND v. YORKSHIRE. This match was commenced yesterday at Lord's. . 4 " the close of the day's play the score stood as follows :---- M . C.C. AND GROUND.—First Innings. W. G. Grace, Esq., c Iddison, b Emmett 10 C. R. Filgate, Esq., b Freeman 4 C. E. Green, Esq., b Freeman l3 Hearne, b Freeman l5 W. F. Maitland, Esq., b Freeman R. D. Balfour, Esq., b Emmett Shaw, b Freeman, 4 Price, b Freeman E. G. Sutton, Esq., b Emmett 7 Biddulph, c Ullathorne, b Emmett 4 Wootton, not out 5 Byes 5, 1 b 4 9 Total 73 M.C.C.—Second Innings. W. G. Grace, not out 5O C. R. Filgate, b Emmett 2 C. E. Green, c Greenwood, b Iddison Hearne, b Freeman .. . W. F. Maitland, b Emmett 0 R. 1). Balfour, b Freeman Byes 4, 1-b 6 Total . ~... 126 YORKSHIRE—First Innings. Lockwood, b Wootton 1 Thewlis, c Biddulph, b Wootton Rowbotham, b Grace.. 6 Rawlinson, c Sutton, b Wootton 5 Freeman, b Wootton. 1 Iddison, c Filgate, b Wootton lB Greenwood, c Biddulph, b Shaw Pinder, b Shaw Emmet, b Shaw Ullathorne, not out West, c Maitland, b Wootton 1 Byes 2, 1-b 2, w 1... 5 Total 9l Two important matches were decided on Satur A u t i j e The M.C.C. v. the University of Oxford Club, an " d ie, Lancashire v. The Surrey . Club. In the former strufp, which came off at Oxford, the M.C.C. were victg li r rei with six wickets to spare. The Lancashire ° il $ O , match terminated in the success of the northern te with eight wickets to spare. • ALLEGED MURDER IN STEPNEY. fle d' At the Thames Police Court, yesterday, Willis fo r head, 18 years of age, was charged, on his own c° a n otb sion, with the wilful murder of his stepmother , Redhead. Alfr e4 ; Police-constable 356 K said he tilts on duty in - nP street, Stepney, that afternoon, when the prisoner 1.- „, to him with a rifle in his hand, and said. " I have Witness said, "Done what?" and the prisoner reP,"„, e oi+ have shot my stepmother ;" and when asked where, ' w orcl e ;, "At 80, Sidney-street, Stepney; and after I did the f t ? I . ' I sot fire to the house, and now I give mysel f justice." lob e ; Police-sergeant 19 K said that a few minutes siac e, , the prisoner was brought into the station-house, th e '; an exploded cap on the nipple, and six other percusst°o,„ c 4 o er,, in a box in the prisoner's pocket. He called the Pri s e) , or" attention to the rifle and caps, and he said, "Yes, t ' • mine." Mr. Thomas Ashton, a tailor, who lives opposite no sonar, deposed that he heard the report of the rifle, a ° the prisoner running in the direction of Mile-end. „ 40 re,.; Mr Robert Swyer, surgeon, said that shortly t'v e f o'clock that afternoon he was called to the hous e ~dttrj deceased. She was quite dead. There was a wound Itassee fractured ribs on the left side. The ball had, 1 :1 tb through the chest, and came out close to the niPr ie left breast. s to Po The 'prisoner was asked if he had any question vl.O to the witnesses. He replied, " None, sir. ','" ie fe oc then asked if he had any observations to make or to offer. He answered, "Nothing at all, sir." lc. t o Mr Lushington remanded the prisoner for a we° 0, 0 , The self-accused murderer is the son of a eo n) 010 1 , officer on board a ship now on its way home frontiosrP; whose marriage with the deceased occasioned groat ness to his family by his first commit The prisoner , °°.. 0 0 himself up, stated that he haded the murde 6 isto o count of his stepmother's cruelty to himself and hi s The prisoner has been in the employment of a merchant in the City. FP - A state ball will be given at B uc kingham cOt, e on the 21st of next month, a breakfast at Windsor r it iv on the 24th of June, and a concert at Buckinghan2 on Wednesday, the 29th. 1111 p The Loi This bi' of con strt S econd tix This bi With ame This bi Their 1, Th e S . o'clock. Th e f , Atlantic Harb our 13111, E 4 ,„ 11 c 1 W E attic 1)311 Qua 4 bio r „ &c.) Rainhill Tuubridt The fo Li,' • Tr anavva Street Ur. a. 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