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LIMN feels compelled to announce with regret that, in consequence of previous arrancve ments, the br lliant engagement o' this distinguished Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, JUNE 25. Commencing with MUSIC BATH CHARMS. Concluding with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office open from 10 till 6. T T HIS THEATRE (under the management of Messrs. Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at h. 30, LITTLE FAUST : Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G. ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and A amigeress, Mrs. r- wanborough. THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEART.S. Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Button d;Santley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, terry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, Anstiss, Goodall, Met calfe, and Moore. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.— Lessees—Messrs H- J. Montague. D. James, and T. Thorne.--THIS EVENING, at 730 CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, In 1 hree Acts, entitled TWO BODES. To conclude with the new and successful eurlesque, DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in Aims Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Faw- Sift, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. D 99173 ppm at99TQL6 4041349490 M 7,80. f , k-A ,;,, .t-- ; ,_, y . 2* r- , .., t g ' -' M.; EVENING EDITION. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1870. CHARLES DICKENS was loved and honoured by a whole nation for four-and-thirty years, that is, during the lifetime of an entire generation. He flourished as the most popular author of the age, throughout the whole of that long interval, between his twenty-fourth and his fifty-eighth year—and up to the moment of his lamented death on the 9th of June, 1870, he never received the slightest badge or symbol of honour from the country his genius had adorned, he never once had thrust upon him the alternative of his acceptance or of his refusal of some mark, no matterhow inadequate, of the grati tude of the State for his many beneficent and re splendent achievements or of their appreciation by he national Government. Had CORNEILLE lived in my time, said NAPOLEON the Great, I would have made him a Prince. Men of great original genius, the true artist, the true poet, the cre ator, the illustrator of an epoch, the master of a new school, the beginner of a new era in literature —such, one would think, are, naturally and inevi- ably, those, precisely those, whom kings delight to honour. Hence WALTER Soon received a baronetcy— even from GEORGE IV. Hence VICTOR HUGO was created a Viscount—even by Louis PHILLIPE. Happily, in cur own time, we have had resplendent illustrations of the recognition of the claims of genius to honour from the Crown, in the name of the nation, during the reign of her present MAJESTY at once, as a rule, the most constitutional, and the most graciously sympathetic of English Sovereigns. A great astronomer has been made a baronet. A great esssayist has been raised to the peer age. An author of the most comprehensive genius, himself, at once, poet, novelist, orator, dramatist, a ripe scholar and a skilled states man, one of the very first and foremost among the chief glories of the Victorian age, has received from the reigning monarch in succession the baronet's badge and the baron's coronet. But, while these most suitable awards have been made, not uugrudg ingly, to the right hand and to the left, by our most gracious sovereign, there has been all this while before the United Kingdom, before the British Empire, before the English-speaking people in both hemispheres—as the most signal example that could be adduced, we are left to presume, of the one ex ception proving the rule—a man of the rarest genius, of the most radiant originality, of the widest and he most enduring popularity ; one who was already famous, though himself, still at the time in his premier jeunesse, when the fair young Queen came to her throne; who has preserved his influence undiminished and sustained his reputation, increasingly, through out the whole of her MAJESTY'S reign, numbering up already three and thirty years; and who has neverthe less been allowed by the Nation and by the SOVEREIGN o pass from the midst of us unhonoured, save by the keen personal affections and the abounding admi ration of all ranks and classes of his fellow-country men and his immediate contemporaries. CHARLES DICKENS he lived. CHARLES DICKENS he died. A nobler title he could not have possessed. But it would better have befitted the glory of her MAJESTY'S reign and the gratitude of the people she has been guiding by her beneficent rule and he delighting by his benignant genius, if, once in all these years, there had at least been placed within reach of his refusal some bauble of honour, no matter how intrinsically valueless, that might, in the mere incident of the proffering of it, have been typical of the royal sympathy and of the popular admiration. " A Peerage or Westminster Abbey " was the battle-cry of NELSON on going into action. England, in her treatment of the most popular and the most beloved author of our generation, has no longer at her command the choice of any such alternative. No title of honour that might have been offered to him would ever, we belitve, during his lifetime have been accepted by our great novelist. Titles of honour —now, that " after life's fitful fever he sleeps well," his good work done, the battle of life fought out by him well to the last and bravely—sound in i,he mere mention of them now worse than an idle mockery. But at least England, in the presence of those loved and honoured remains, might give some fitting token of homage to the memory of CHARLES DICKENS, if not through the pageantry of a national oepnituro iu Westminster Abbey, by marking the day of his funeral by the customary signs of a people's mourning and a nation's Farewell. THE decision of the judges in the Bristol election case is eminently satisfactory. It was an unanimous decision and it was in accordance with the dictates of common sense. The weight of a judicial sentence is always grievously impaired when it is the result of a bare majority of votes. No one, for instance, can feel that the law of marriage is in a desirable state now that, by a majority of two judges out of three, it has been determined that a husband cannot sue for a divorce from a wife, however outrageously she may have sinned when sane, provided that she be insane at the time that the suit against her is insti tuted. Never did a more weighty decision rest upon a narrower basis than that in the MORDAUNT trial. But in the case against Mr. ROBINSON four judges have given judgment, and they are all of one mind, all of the opinion that bribery at the test ballot is sufficient to invalidate the election, and that for this bribery Mr. ROBINSON must lose his seat. It would indeed have been lamentable if the decision had been otherwise. The facts may be briefly stated. On the death of Mr. BERKELEY three Liberals started for the vacant seat, Mr. KIRK MAN HODGSON, of the Bank of England, who was selected by the Liberal Committee ; Mr. ELISHA ROBINSON, a local paper maker, who had on a previous occasion nearly broken up the Liberal party; and Mr. ODGER, who started as a - working men's candidate. If they all went to the poll, it was certain that the seat would be lost to the party, and so they followed the precedent set by Mr. ERNEST JONES and Mr. MILNER GIBSON at Manchester. The result . sur prised the chiefs of the party, for Mr. ROBINSON received more votes than his two compe- titors put together. In the regular electoral contest that followed, he was opposed by a Con servative, but beat him by a comparatively small majority. Clearly Mr. ROBINSON would not have been in a position to win if he had not been first on the test ballot ; therefore if it could be shewn that he owed to bribery the right to become a candidate he had violated the Act which forbids bribery both direct and indirect. The leaders of the Conservative party had no wish to prove the offence. It was rather their policy to keep the sore in the Liberal party open, with the hope that on the next election Mr. ROBINSON'S candidature would bring about so • much disunion that a Conservative might slip in between the nominee of the Liberal committee and the nominee of the Independent Liberals. But the Conservative working men, of whom there are not a few in the " city of parsons and prize fighters," would not listen to the advice of their chiefs. They presented a petition against Mr. ROBINSON, and though they failed to prove bribery at the election itself, they established their charge so far as regards the procedure which was preparatory to the election. The judge who tried the petition reserved the point as to whether this was bribery in the technical sense of the word, although we should have thought that there was no possible room for doubt. His reservation has, however, had the satisfactory result of obtaining from four judges, including the Lord Chief Justice, an unhesi tating opinion that bribery of the kind imputed i 3 bribery within the meaning of the Act, just asbribery intended nominally to influence a municipal election, but really a Parliamentary election, is bribery within the meaning of the Act. Had the decision been otherwise it would have been easy to debauch any constituency with impunity, and we therefore heartily rejoice that Mr. komx- SON, who, it must be stated, does not appear to have been cognizant of the illegal proceedings of his agents, has been unseated. The local results of this decision will probably be the healing of the schism in the Liberal ranks. It is to be hoped that it will also serve as a warning to the electors. Twice within three years elections at Bristol have been declared void by corrupt practices Surely the capital of the West cannot desire to share the punishment which has befallen its neighbour, Bridgwater. IN some minds the idea of charitable donations is nseparably associated with winter. Keen winds and cold blasts serve as especial reminders to those whose purses are long and whose garners are well stored with all manner of treasure. Food, warmth, and raiment must be liberrlly bestowed at Christmas, in order that the hungry, the shivering, and the scantily clad may in some measure have their share of rejoicing, and find the world something else be sides a howling wilderness and a weary round.of toil. It hnppens, however, that summer brings something else in its train besides bright days and smiling skies, and the ministering spirits of the earth may find plenty to employ their zeal oa satisfy their ambition. Amid the grand and important schemes set forth for inquiry and observation in the columns of the various journals, some simple notices may be seen, ever and anon, here and there starting up like modest wild flowers by the wayside, yet claiming sympathy by their very humility and unpretentiousness. " Treats for Poor Children " is the title of some appeals that are made by persons well qualified to explain their object, and though at first the unobservant and inex perienced may misunderstand their meaning, a little consideration will enable them to appreciate their importance. For instance, we find in one of these letters a reminder that about GOO of the city Arabs, connected with the Ragged School of the Golden Lane Christian Mission were last year taken out for a day's excursion at the small sum of £2B 16s. 11d. These chiidren of poverty "fondly anticipate" a day in the green fields, and the recollective of the enjoyment thus afforded will last them until another spring brings round the time when retrospective can be exchanged for prospective pleasure in their minds. Another claimant declares that the little ones look forward with "much delight to their annual treat, and it is impossible to imagine the joy they manifest at the sight of the green fields." It is to them the one bright day of the year. In most matters a few words are as good as a great many, and in this instance brevity is desirable because the question must be appreciated or not, according to the disposition of the person who takes it up. Many well-meaning but unsympathising individuals need reminders, and here is one which tells them of a duty in the form of a pleasure, of an opportunity for rendering service to poor helpless outcasts passed by amid a bustling throng, but who have feelings to impress and tastes to please as well as the golden boys and girls whose lives pass by amid 'brilliant scenes like the painted figures on porcelain vases. Surely it is a kind and Christian act to snatch these little ones from scenes that make one shudder and surroundings that are enoug;i to crush out all hope or energy from the most daring and reckless, and shew them, if only for a day, how fair is the world which they live in, and how bright the sun may shine when it looks down on daisied fields and blossoming hedge rows, instead of cooped-up , courts and dingy alleys. No one can measure the impression thus made on a child's mind, nor how a sweet and happy influence may affect the character in after years. At any rate if the leaders of society do their duty, and provide some recreation for these neglected little oues, the fault is not their's if nothing comes of it the result is in other hands. To impart a moment's pleasure to minds placed among debasing influences is a holy achievement, and must furnish a more satisfactory reflection and a wore solid joy in counting up the cost than to have frit tered a sum in empty amusement, or flung it aside on a useless article of dress, or unnecessary luxury. The donors to these treats may reioice to know that they have earned genuine gratitude by their kind ness, and that the glimpse of country scenery thus aflOrded to these children may be the one cheerful memory they can carry through the plodding march of life till next year arrives; or if that next year shall not find them as little pilgrims on God's earth, that perhaps the only faint foreshadowings they may have had of the bright world above the din of cities and the toil of strife have been when they wandered amid the woods and revelled in the flowers on these red-letter days of their treats. The proceedings in the House of Commons yester day were of a very miscellaneous character, but pos sessed no interest. Mr. Campbell brought forward a motion, in which he asked the House to affirm that the principle of representation ought to be applied to the government and financial administration of counties. The hon. gentleman traversed a wide range of subjects, but his proposals found no favour with the Government. On a division the motion was lost, and the result of the debate, according to the forms of the House, prevented other members who had intended submitting motions fromfortnallyputting them, so as to take the sense of the House. They had simply to content themselves with drawing at tention to the topics in which they were interested, but the proceedings were nevertheless prolonged until one o'clock, when the House adjourned. Mr. Locke called attention to the efforts which had lately been made to amend the Game Laws, and declared that it was necessary that their operation and effect should be inquired into by a committee, especially in rela tion to Scotland. Mr. Bruce argued that there was no necessity for an inquiry, inasmuch as the difficulty was not that the House was unacquainted with the facts relating to the preservation of game, but simply as to how it should deal with them. He signified his confidence in the bill which had been introduced to improve the existing state of things. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE LAND BILL AND THE PEERS. Very little or no anxiety is being felt as to what the Lords will do with .the Land Bill. It is gene rally felt that they must accept it, notwithstanding Mr. Gathorne Hardy's hint to the contrary, It is also probable that they will not in sist upon any very substantial modi fications. Everything depends, however, upon the temper of the Conservative party in the Upper House, which at present has not decided upon its policy. The usual meeting to consider what action shall be taken, is announced for Tuesday next. The Duke of Richmond has called upon his supporters t o meet him, that a determination may be arrived at upon the course that should be pursued when the second reading comes on for discussion, and amend ments of the Ministerial measure drawn up which may command the united support of the party. THE EDUCATION BILL. The Irish Land Bill having been relegated to a placid atmosphere, the battle of the schools seems imminent. So at least, thinks Mr. Vernon Harcourt, who has written a long letter to the Times, in which he lays a good deal of blame upon the shoulders of the Government, for the un satisfactory position of the Education Bill. The hon. and learned controversialist fears that the Commons' Committee on the bill will become little better than a free religious faction fight, simply for want of the guiding hand and voice of those from whom the House of Commons has a right to expect district counsel and aid. Mr. Harcourt says the question really at issue in the number of con flicting amendments proposed to be made is not one of detail at all, but of principle, which he puts in this form, " Is the reli gious education to be given in rate-aided schools to be denominational or undenominational, sectarian or unsectarian in its character ?" Of course Mr. Har court thinks the solution lies in the selection of some mean between the two extremes, and has a phrase at his command—" undenominational and unsectarian." True, this is vague, and the definition illogical, but this is the fault of the phrase, not that of Mr. Har court. THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND DR. BALL. The authorities of Oxford University have intima ted, through the Chancellor, Lord Salisbury, to Dr. Ball, M.P., their intention of conferring upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, in recognition of his distinguished Parliamentary services. Last ses sion Dr. Ball was one of the principal speakers in the House of Commons in opposing the Irish Church Bill, and his fierce invectives against the Government measure of last year, have been con tinued against the Land Bill this Session. Dr. Ball is , member for Dublin University. LORD 0 7 HA GAN. General satisfaction is felt in Ireland at the eleva tion of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland to the peer age. Since his lordship's promotion to the first judicial position in Dublin, he has increased the number and attachment of his personal friends, and gained the confidence of political opponents, not only by his impartial conduct in official life, but also by his courteous and straightforward disposition towards all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. Baron O'Hagan, who is a Roman Catholic, took a large share in the preparation both of the Irish Church Bill and the Land Bill, and it is probable because his presence is especially desirable in the Upper House in the approaching debates that the honour has been conferred at this period. This will be the first occasion in the history of Great Britain and Ireland that an Irish Catholic Chancellor will have a seat in the House of Peers. Baron O'Hagan has selected as the barony which confers the title— Tullahogue—the ancient residence of the once renowned clan of the O'Hagans. SOLDIERS VERSUS CITIZENS. We have not yet, it seems, heard the last of the Pldbiscite, and the old vexed question of the civil position of soldiers has been brought up in connec tion with it. It has been currently reported in Paris that the military vote was not altogether unbiassed by the influence of the superior officers, and the address of the colonel of the Gist Regiment openly censured his men for having put the wrong ticket into the ballot-boxes on the redoubtable Bth ofMay. It was not to be expected that the Irreconcilables would miss so favonrable an opportunity of attacking the powers that be, and accordingly M. Jules Ferry, a prominent Republican, cross-questioned the Minis- try on the subject in the Chamber of Deputies. M. 011ivier attempted to get out of the difficulty by declaring that it was not allowable to call into question the sincerity of the vote. This did not silence M. Ferry, who pointed out the irregu larity of requiring soldiers to vote in their barracks, where it was evident their vote could not be so inde pendent, and demanded that the colonel referred to above should be censured. This direct attack brought the Minister of War to the rescue, who took up arms in true military fashion. He would not, he said, censure his officer, and the measures that had been taken. would be persisted in. It is not perhaps sur prising that under these circumstances M, Ferry de, dared the military vote to have been a mere form, or that M. Gambetta, made a motion declaring the terial explanation insufficient. However, the Chamber passed to the: simple order of the day, reject ing NI. Gambetta's motion, and the subject dropped. Perhaps the vote in the barracks is not the only one which is a mere formality. THE STATE OF ITALY. The political bands who are now infesting Italy and attempting to kindle a spirit of mutiny among the soldiers, are working grievous calamity to the country. It is said that there is something in the lake and mountain scenery of the Alps and Appen nines which gives a vagabond life an uncommon zest, and the assertion is more than ever confirmed in the present day. In Garibaldi's time of triumph the Bourbon rule was brought to an end in Italy, while he was the bearer of the Royal Standard, not while he was a Republican. It was, moreover, when the cry was "Italy for the Italians !" and not, as now, " Italy for the Italian 'Republicans !" that the struggles of the Italian rebels gained the little sympathy from other countries they did. In this day, however, no partiality whatever can be shewn in favour of the plotters and law-breakers who con spire against the country in the name of Republicans. Reviewing the recent acts of Joseph Nathan (a British subject, by-the-bye) and his band of adventurers, and the miserable attempts at revolution at Pavia, Porlezzct, Riva, and Colico, the Times says that they are fast tending to sow the seeds of common bri gandage over the kingdom. It considers that Italy must aspire to agricultural progress if the nation is to prosper and to be at peace. If, however, disorder is allowed to prevail in the country places, as at present, it cannot see how r ural labour is to flourish where there is no safety for the isolated farmhouse, and where every dweller in a lonely hut can only avoid being the brigand's victim by becoming his accomplice . Many other interests of the country besides the agricultural will in this way seriously suffer if the Government does not, once for all, employ the ample means for repres sion it has now at hand. THE PROTESTANT CONFERENCE IN AMERICA. The International Protestant Conference s • to be held in New York from the 22nd of September to the 2nd of October next, will be attended by many distinguished divines and laymen from Germany, Denmark, and France, in addition to those from Eng land and America itself. Professor Tholuck, of Halle, Count •Berustorf, Professor Revel, of Florence, Bishop Martensen, of Copenhagen, Dean Kind, of the Grisons, and the Rev. Eugene Bersier, of France, will, it is expected, testify to the state of religion in their respective countries, while Dr. de Pressensd, of Paris, will give a dissertation on the (Ecumenical Council. The American and English representatives, it will be observed, are men upon whose speeches and opinions much dependence can be placed by their fellow countrymen. Dr. Stoughton, for instance, will speak on religious, spiritual, and ecclesiastical relations between the United States and the British Empire ; Dr. James M'Cosh, on materialism and positivism ; Dr. John Cairns, on modern infidelity; Mr. Charles Reed, M.P., on family religion; Mr. Davis, on Christianity and the press; the Hon. W. M. Evarts, on legislation upon moral questions ; Professor Wolsey, of Yale College, on the Constitu tion and Government in America, as related to Religion, and the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, on " War and its Prevention." Lord Shaftesbury is also mentioned as tLe reader of a paper, but it is not considered probable that he will cross the Atlantic. It is said that the Queen takes a warm interest in the forth coming Conference, and that her Majesty has con veyed in a private letter to the Duchess of Suther land her feelings with respect to the religious as well as international importance of the meeting. GREEK AND TURKISH BRIGANDAGE. Mr. Dow writes to the Times on the subject of Brigandage, and concurs in Captain St. Clair's states ment that the " East is little known." He illustrate the truth of this by an anecdote. He spent some years in the valley of the Meander and heard a good deal about brigands. On one occasion it was said that a number of brigands had been despatched in a lane near the bazaar, and on proceeding to the spot he found that it was true. The place was in the possession of well-armed police, and some dead bodies in the vicinity bore traces of " summary execution." There was great excitement in the village, and the next day the men took away the bodies of their fellow villagers for burial; but there was an end of brigandage in that quarter for some time. The brigands, if such they were, were Turks, but, adds Mr. Dow, "Had they been Greeks, the story would have got into the Greek newspapers, and might possibly hav 3 been discussed in the English Parliament as an instance of the oppressive nature of Turkish misrule." MR. BERNAL OSBORNE AND THE IRISH CHURCH The views of Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., in favour of the disestablishment of the Church in Ireland are apparently not shared in by his wife, Mrs. Bernal Osborne. As the time approaches for making up the sustentation funds :or the new Church Body, Mrs. Osborne has thought proper to declare her own in tentions on that score. A letter, from which the follow- ing is an extract, has accordingly been addressed by that lady to the Clonmel Chronicle :—" As soon as the Church Bill takes effect, I shall give one hundred and sixty pounds a year to the Church Sustentation Fund, as long as the present rector of Killaloan remains in that parish ; and whenever a change there may occur, I shall transfer that annual sum over to a private chaplain— for I will only give the sum specified to the Church Fund on condition of being allowed to retain Killaloan Church as my private property, vested in trustees. In the event of this being refused I shall build a small church at Newtown Anner and the maintenance of a private chaplain is considered in testamentary arrangements. It is a matter of regret that the House of Commons should have wrought a resolution to injure the resources of all classes in this country, professedly for the good of Ireland, but really for that of British tax payers." AN AUTHORITY ON THE TURF. Mr. Edmund Tattersall, a member of the well- known firm of that name, is in the field on a subject of which he at least, should have some knowledge. Mr. Tattersall is of opinion that the English racehorse of the present day is a better and faster animal than he was fifty years ago. There is no doubt he is a bigger and faster animal. As to the question of two-year old races, he says that he does not believe that early training or early racing injures the horse either as a race-horse or as the progenitor of race-horses, unless carried to excess, which is exactly what the opponents of two-year-old races say, and which is also true of other things besides racing. On the subject of betting this great authority says that we are not so bad as we seem. Englishmen love speculation, and horse-racing furnishes an outlet for the superfluous energy which must be let off somehow or other—in other words when we can't get up a South Sea Bubble, and when Overend, Gurneys, or insurance companies and swindling banks are not to be had, why then we," plunge" on the turf and get singed. Mr. Tattersall has a scheme to turn racing into a business. " Let five gentlemen each find five friends, with £5OO or £l,OOO each, to put into a racing company. This would represent a capital of £12,500, or £25,000; half to be called up at once, and the other as required, but half down to make it Nana fide. Let the five form a board, and appoint three to manage the concern ; and I think I can put them in a way to have a great deal of real amuse ment for their money, combined with a return. The company is not to bet, but if any individual member chos6 to do so on his own account, that would have nothing to do with the company." Mr. Tattersall is sanguine as to the result. Perhaps our old friend, Air. Thomas Hughes, may be able to deal with this part of the question in his next bill. OPEN BOATS AT SEA. The recent deplorable accidents at Hastings and . Ramsgate have naturally a tt rac t e d a goo d d e al of attention to the dangers incurred by pleasure-seekers in open boats at sea. As these disasters form a regular part of our summer mortality, it is certainly high time that we should investigate their causes, and endeavour to ascertain the best means of preventing their so frequent' recurrence. Out of the many suggestions now being made on the subject, some are practical enough, others very unlikely to be serviceable, One correspondent cautions excursionists to beware of the danger of sailing in an open boat with the maul sheet made fast. Even the Deal boatmen never run this risk. One of the boats' crew holds the sheet of the sail in his hand and the halliards are so fastened that the least touch can bring the whole sail down into the boat. When a sudden gust comes there Is no time to untie a rope, but plenty of time to let it slip through the fingers. Another writer maintains in reference to the Ramsgate accident that a party of eight should not have gone out in a mere cockleboat without two competent hands at least, and that each boat should be licensed to carry so many, while no party should be allowed to sail with less than two men on board. Again, it is proposed that the watermen's licenses should be scrupulously revised, and that small boats should never be allowed to ballast themselves with a material which does not float. The recklesssness of the water men in inducing large parties of inexperienced per sons to go out in these small open boats in squally weather is generally condemned, but, unhappily, it is the sort of reckless folly that will always be com mitted on the chance of a trifling gain on the one side or an hour's diversion on the other. PAYING WAGES IN PUBLIC HOUSES. A case which has just occurred at the Greenock Police-court calls attention to the reprehensible cus tom of paying wages in public-houses, which unfor tunately prevails in too many places. A labourer was charged with a breach of the peace in a spirit shop, and with assaulting the owner. The shop was used by some employers in the neighbourhood for paying their men,and it appeared that an arrange ment had been made that the men should run up a score for drink, and the sum should be deducted from their wages on pay night. The defendant wAnt into the shop and put his name down for a joke. This caused confusion and he struck the landlady during the struggle. He was sentenced to ten day's imprisonment, but in passing sentence the baillie passed a just censure on the demoralising in fluence of paying wages in public houses. The men and their families suffered greatly through this system, and he should like to see it put down. It is to be hoped that public attention will be directed to this evil habit which puts impediments in the way of temperance among working men. WOMAN'S RIGHTS, "A Weak-minded Female," who is not intimately acquainted with any strong-minded one, would like to know what sort of being the latter is. In what state does she keep her wardrobe, and is she au fait in the small matters of darning and making button holes? This old-fashioned gentlewoman has prejudices. The " Rights of Women " is a subject that always makes her angry, and, she fears, uncharitable ; and she asks, " What are these people thinking of who w i s h to unsettle arrangements that have worked well for long a time, and, because things are now in an ab normal state, are trying to make matters worse by introducing other arrangements which may tend to promote the happiness of the few, while they imperil that of the many ?" The " Weak minded Female" gives the opposite sex comfort, for she assures us that men need not per sonally fear the result if they are threatened with a host of feminine rivals. They will easily h o ld the ground against the s t ronges t o f the women. A° to lawyers, she is p r oph e ti c , th a t even Macaulay 's New Zealander will fail to discover the bust of a f e male learned in the law. THE PRICE OF A GRAVE. A curious tale is told of the large sums demanded for the burial of a gentleman in Ickham churchyard. Kent. The undertaker who went to open the Brave where one of his children Was already buried, was informed that he mus t pay forty-five guineas for the privilege. After some demur it was agreed to take half the sum proposed. but the relations did not feel justified in spending e° much. To add to the confusion of the affair, it is stated that wh en th e c hild was buried the fees were disputed by the parents, and that a settlement was not come to. Whether the former claim was connected with the extravagant charge for the second interment seems doubtful, but in any case the story needs explana tion. Nothing can justify the demand for such an extravagant sum for interment, and of all places t° hold disputes it is surely the worst taste to selec t the confines of the grave for bargains and bartering 4P -1 e If entilitAr. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, June 9. The Queen, with Princess Louise, drove out yesterdaY afternoon, attended by Miss Macgregor. Earl de Grey had the honour of dining with her Majesty The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday morning' tended by Miss Knollys. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY• The 3d Guards' annual regimental dinner at Bp. at Willis's Rooms. The Crystal Palace, last flower show of the season, 1131c1 display of tables florally decorated. LONDON GAZETTE—•L .st Evening, ADMIRALTY, JUNE 9. In accordance with th e p rov i s i ons o f her Majesty's" • Order in Council of 22d F e b ruary , 1870 : — Li eu t e nant en Bainbridge a n d J ames Ch ar l es Cl ar k e have been placed on the Retired List, from the Ist of April, 1870. BANKRUPTS. A Chabord, Camden-street, Camden-town. • George L. Norman, so li c it or , S ac k v ille street, Pic 9 . _ ow Richard Thomas Strangman, general merchant, G% Ol . brids-road, South Hackney, and Railway place, -r church-street. W. Tom, accoucheur, Mina-rord, Old Kent-road. Newman. Wolf, Cheapside and Berners-street, OVu . '" street. • I to The report of the Royal C omm i ss i on o f Inquiryl i ea the state of Primary Education in Ireland has been issu.s. this week in five volumes. Th e re p or t s o f the colon,' e sioners were publi s h e d a f ew d ays s i nce i n an abbrei 3 ' form. The new lectures on phy s i o l og y a t Trinity - O t lege, Cambridge, by P ro f essor F os t er , w ill, we anderst' 9ll h is be open to all members of the University, so that liberal act on the pa r t o f th e 'college is practically eclui.vill lent to the foundation of a p ro f esso rship of phys iology the University. It is considered to be " probable," on account of 11, suggestion from the law officers of the Crown to that effect, that the trial of Michael Davitt and John Wil s l, the suspected Fenians, will take place at Leeds,, the being, it is said, many circumstances which render it dell rable that the venue should be laid in that town. 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