The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-28 00:00:00

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T, Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A. Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9.45, 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, C. Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclerc, R. Evelyn, Kemp, T Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" a . Mr. BEAUMONT'S, " The Wellington," Wellington-street Strand. rrHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at NV. SMITH'S " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- town. THE THEATRES, &c. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book. And A Kiss in the Dark. PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. LYCEUM—At 7.30, Hie Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At B.V, Little Faust. —.....—... OLYMPIC -At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. - ilie'Vaisity Boat 'Race. GautTy—At Seven, The Man of Quality. The Princess of Tre bizonde. QuEEN's—At Seven, lily Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, Sir George and a Dragon. VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK, Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every Evi-ning (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn ic at 3. 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. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 530 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra rooms, 6d. OOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily except Sur: day s). Admission, Is. ; cn M ondays, 6d. Children under ,ad. 'ORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock 255. 30s. Coats Dress Coats 355. 425. 50s. 635. 1 255. 30s. 355. 50s. 60s. Oxford Coats 17s. 21s. 265. 30s. 365. 422, Cambridge } 18s. 22a. 28s. 325. Coats - - —los. Coats 15s. ISs. 225. - LI MOSES and SON beg to remind the public _ILI • 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. F, MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of . 245. 30s. 40s. 40s. 455. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer ) 13s. 6,1. 18s. Overcoats 1 12s. 13s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 6d. 21s. 248. Business } 30s. 355. Suits Morning 1 10s. 6d. Trousers Dress 1 158. Trousers 19s. 21s. 265. Ns. 36.. 235. 265. 32.5. 365. 48s. 38s. 48s. 13s. 16s. 18s. ORDERS by poet 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. T , - 1 MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of 12.4. B OY'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker } 9s. 6d. 13s. 6d. 16s. 6d. 21s. 265. 30$. Suits i 15s. Brighton i 18s. 23 5. Suits Harrow Suits 1 18s. 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 ls. 6d. — Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck, NO 101 , 40. NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Edward Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Miss 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, Concluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK. ADELP HI 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-class 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, Vanghan. and G. Belmore. t receded by, at 7, MUSIC HATH CHARMS: Miss Mattie Reinhardt. To conclude with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Mr. Geo. Belmore. j IECEUM 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 8.30, 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 Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING .EIEART.S. Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Buf ton and Santley. Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs. James, Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall, Hughes, A nstiss, and Metcalfe. F 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. SUNDAY CLOSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES. A great open-air WORKING MEN'S DEMONSTRATION willtake place at Lismore Circus, Haverstock Hill, on SATURDAY, May 28. Speakers ;—Rev. J. Morgan, and Messrs. G. Dibley, J. Hilton, and J. Leicester ; the Rev. E. Mathews, M.A., Travelling Secretary of the Central Association, will attend as a Deputation. The Chair will be taken by M. A. GARVEY, Esq., LL.B., Barrister at-Law, at Five o'Clock, p.m. LIFEBOAT SE RVIC ES. —D urin Er. 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., Herries and Co., by all the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, RICHARD LEWIS, Esq., at the Insti tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGIJA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. 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. Bed Bull Wharf ,Angel-passage, P 3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. 3*_ . 42i. THE UN, LONDON, SATURDAY EN ENING, MAY 28, 1870. P , :.grid SON, Jr :Ail, of MINORIES and ALDGATE. EW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of .1 HART-STREET. ,otio.;• 1 e Ikf ,ir sk ..atH 4. P ' " , w-irTar 111 .mrew l I 41PN 44' t EVENING EDITION. community, and thus the ignominous tale will be perpetuated. Could those miserable beings, who passed from this world in as sad a con dition as our fallen nature, can sink to have looked beyond their wretched death bed, they would have seen that their wrongs would be chronicled, and their oppressors called to account, when they had passed fr . om the scenes of their sufferings. It has been truly said that the altars of NEMESIS are beneath every outraged roof, and so it has proved in the St. Pancras Workhouse. In the hurry-skurry of existence, the ceaseless whirl of events seemed to push the matter out of sight, when, lo and behold, the scene shifts, and we find ourselves called upon to witness another act in the supposed completed tragedy of St. Pancras. It has been said— "All fame is foreign, save that part, Plays round the head, but touches not the heart." And so disgrace does not consist in the things that most readily catch the eye; but in those that lie too deep for casual observation. The true cautc of shame for the late Guardians was the state of the workhouse in which they presided, and not in the outcry and clamour which was raised about it. However, as some minds cannot be affected by any thing that is not directly put before their eyes in the shape of immediate loss, let us trust that those who have carelessly turned away from the records of the sick untended,the dying neglected, and the poverty -stricken ground down to the lowest point, will think it a dis grace on the parish that this sale should come off, and visit their wrath and indignation on those who brought about such a fiasco. For the sake of the public may this affair be the last scene of all in this strange, eventful history, and way other and better fashions prevail. Let those whom it most immediately con cerns—the other guardians of parishes--take heed by the lesson, and reflect that, if weighed in the balance, they too may be found wanting, and that a far stricter test will henceforth be applied to all who are placed in authority over the poor. The game has been played out with a vengeance, and no other metropolitan parish can be permitted to emulate St. Pancras in its strife and discord, its sad di3closures and harrowing stories, and to crown the edifice, in the scandal of the seizure and sale of its parochial goods and chattels. THE news from Canada, although not altogether satisfactory, gives no ground for uneasiness. The move ment of the Fenians, so far from producing the effect which its designers hoped and expected, has met with a prompt and vigorous resistance. There has been little fighting, the losses and injuries being reckoned by units, so that the Hibernian heroes can not even take consolation in the recollection of a spirited encounter. They have been baffled and re pulsed in the most ignominious fashion, their leader has been arrested and imprisoned, their force demoralised, and, according to some accounts, entirely dispersed. Even O'Neill's imprisonment is deprived of the faintest Prestige of martyrdom by its being occasioned for want of the necessary bail to answer a charge of in fringing the neutrality laws. It would be difficult for an elaborate scheme to break down in a more complete and ignoble manner. and the disowning of all know ledge of the affair on the part of the President of the Fenian Council gives evidence of the popular estimate of it's ill-success in the States. The United States Government has acted with com mendable promptitude and decision in the matter. For some time past the columns of the New York press have been filled with quiet little satires on what they termed "The Fenian scare," plainly intimating that the apprehen sions of the Canadians had overturned their judgment. When, however, the recent events chewed those apprehensions to have been only too well founded, the Government at Washington did all that could possibly be expected. A proclamation from President Grant, warning all persons to keep aloof from illegal expeditions, and directing United States officers to arrest their progress, if possible, was immediately followed by the movement of American troops to the border, which they still guard. The arrest of O'Neill, which is said to have completely demoralised and disorganised the Fenian force, was accomplished by the United States Marshal, General Foster, and latest accounts report that both sides of the border are efficiently guarded by the Canadian troops on the one hand, and by the American troops on the other. A telegram from New York, May 27, repeats the statement that a large body of Fenians, variously estimated at from eighteen hundred to four thousand, had crossed from Malone, and entrenched on the Trout River, a mile from the border, a spot distant some eleven miles from the station of the British troops at Huntingdon. There had, however, been no fighting, and so thoroughly are the Canadians on their guard that should the invaders be rash eno ugh to renew the attempt of Monday, there can be no question whatever as to the result. . The events of the last few days have at all events shewn us that one long-standing and general apprehension has been hitherto exaggerated. There is no insuperable difficulty in guarding the Canadian frontier, at all events from such a foe as the Fenians. The vigorous co-operation of the American Govern ment has, no doubt, greatly facilitated the task; but the energy and patriotism of the Canadians have proved fully equal on their side of the border to the exigencies of the case. We have seen enough of the Fenians on both sides of the Atlantic to know that if not thus firmly met they would have been unscrupulous, if not actually formid able foes. Even now, though having failed in disabling a single Canadian or in keeping possession of a rood of ground, they have done some mischief by cutting the telegraph wires and impeding communication with the States. We have, too, yet to hear the particulars of the disastrous fire at Quebec, the origin of which has not been accounted for. The loss and annoyance occasioned by an enemy is no t always to be measured by his dignity or his importance. A guerilla warfare has been known to harass and perplex the most brilliant and successful general, and these miserable Fenians, whose efforts against Great Britain scarcely rise above the level of absurdity, once contrived by their Clerkenwell exploit to startle the Eng lish metropolis. Out of the midst of all the evil they have caused, there arises, however, some good. The Canadians have shewn that they are fully capable of their own defence, and whatever their future, truly and thoroughly English in their courage, their patriotism and their discipline. The Fenians have accomplished oth& ends which they certainly did not include in their programme. They have strengthened the slackening ties between the colony and the mother country by the keen interest excited by the hour of danger, and they have promo ted a good understanding between the Governments of London and Washington through the ready and effi cient enforcement of the neutrality laws by President Grant. It . reply to the Earl of Carnarvon, in the House of Lorus last evening, Earl Granville declared that there was no change in the Government policy in refer ence to Canada, but added that orders had been given to suspend the movements of the troops during the continuance of the Fenian ex citement. The noble for 1 also stated during the evening that he should bring up the Irish Land Bib at the beginning of next week, and on Tues day propose an adjournment until Monday, the 13th June, when, unless such a course were objected to, he should move the second reading of the measure. Their lordships were engaged for several hours discus sing the Ecclesiastical Titles Act Repeal Bill. Much opposition was offered to the second reading, but ultimately the bill was read without a division. The Beverley and Bridgwater Disfranchisement Bill was also read a second time. In the House of Com mons Mr. Monsell made a statement with reference to the Fenian attack upon Canada, which was well calculated to reassure those who might have entertained any apprehension of very serious results from the inroad of the Fenians. Lord E. Cecil brought forward a motion, de 7 claring that in the opinion of the House the present state of the law with regard to the use of false weights and measures, and the preventing and punishing the adulteration of food, drink, and drugs, was most un satisfactory. The evidence which the noble lord adduced in support of his motion was indis putable, and he withdrew his proposition after receiving an assurance from the Home Secre tary that the subject should have his best attention. An unusual scene occurred, when the House at 12 o'clock went into Committee on the Burials Bill. The forms of the House were frequently resorted to, in order to postpone the further consideration of the measure, and an hour and a half was wasted in fruit less efforts to accomplish that effort. The House adjourned at five minutes past two. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. THE FENIAN RAID: The Earl of CARNARVON called attention to the state of affairs in Canada, and asked if the Government were prepared to carry out the orders given some time ago as to the troops in Canada, or whether they would suspend the recall of the troops. Earl GRANVILLE protested against the course adopted by the Earl of Carnarvon, and remarked that the whole of the circumstances connected with the Fenian raid into Canada were well known to the public. He regretted that even the lives of those miserable dupes who had been led into such a wanton and senseless and unjusti fiable an attack had been sacrificed: The noble lord praised the conduct of the Canadians, and said that with retard to the movement of troops there was no change of policy, but on the previous day he had sent out orders for the suspension of any movement so long as the excitement lasted. THE IRISH LAND BILL. In reply to the Duke of RICHMOND, Earl GRANVILLE said that he proposed to bring up the Irish Land Bill at the commencement of next week. It was his intention to propose an adjournment on. Tuesday next until Monday, the 13th of June, when he should, unless their lordships objected, move the second reading of the measure, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1870. Iberian unity, in spite of all the disclaimers audible, both at Lisbon and Madrid, from the lips of leading politicians as authoritative as PRIM and SALDANHA, is still the mirage floating before the dazzled eyes of the more imaginative Spaniards and Portuguese. The Prime Minister of King Luis, it is true, has gone out of his way to swear alle giauce to the cause of his country's independence. While, on the other hand, the Prime Minister of the Regent SERRANO'S Government, repudiates the de sign, at the moment that he evidently regards it with a longing eye, wistfully, askance. Upwards of half a century has elapsed since— almost immediately after the conquest of Portugal by JUNOT, the Duke of Abrantes, in the name of NAPOLEON—the then Lord Paramount of Europe, in the spring of 1808, offered, imperially, to cede to the Spanish monarchy his newly-acquired realm of Portugal. Since then, time and again, the same magnificent dream of amalgamation has flitted across the vision of political optimists in all parts of the Iberian peninsula. " Union is strength" has been the thought encourag ing their aspirations. An aspiration precisely similar, though of a much more readily realizable nature, one might have imagined, to that which we have seen, nevertheless, triumphantly carried out, in our own time, in the instance of Italy, although that day-dream had in its day been derided as a mere " geographical idea" by no less astute an observer of passing events during his epoch than the late Prince METTERNICH. It is not always that circumstances fit in so satisfac torily, for the consolidation of a hitherto divided country, as they did three centuries ago, among our own ancestors, in what has, since then come to be known, the whole world over, as the United Kingdom. Only, there, in that in stance, it was the lesser country, it was the smaller population, that gave a Sovereign to the larger. It was Scotland who gave her Sixth JAMES to become the First JAMES of England. A dynastic bond thence forth bound the two nations securely together. It is equally remarkable, in the instance just now ad duced of the work of amalgamation or consolidation accomplished within the last few years in the Italian peninsula, that it is the comparatively minor kingdom of Savoy that has dominated, alike, in the north over the Lombardo-Venetian provinces, and in the south over the kingdom of the Two Sicilia, absorbing into t at the same time all the lesser archduchies and principalities. It would be calculated, one might be disposed to conjecture, at the first blush, to afford the smaller portion of the Iberian peninsula the oppor tunity of offering Spain, now, a like reasonable chance of amalgamation with Portugal, by the presentation, to the two countries united, of the Portuguese SOVERElGN—particularly, seeing that Spain is almost, as one may say, for months past, going a begging for any Sovereign at all. Only, that, now, upon the morrow of Marshal SALDANHA'S astound ing revolutionary seizure of Ministerial authority out of the young KING'S grasp, the crown and sceptre of Portugal, have in a manner been trundled into the dust, and utterly and, as it seems to us, irretrievably degraded. Alike among the Spaniards and the Portu guese, the monarchical system has received a shock that threatens to prove equally disastrous, at Madrid and at Lisbon, to that particular form of Constitu tional Government. The unfortunate parish of St. Pancras will never expiate its sins ; it is for ever called to the bar of public opinion, there to receive the just sentence for its shortcomings. Just as we thought the worst was over, that old things had passed away, and a new and better order of things would prevail, a most astounding piece of intelligence appears, and the public are frighted from their propriety by hearing that the furniture and effects of the St. Pancras Guardians have been seized by the broker, and will be sold by public auction. The task of providing legal assistance to defend themselves against the charges brought against them has proved more than they can accomplish. They en tered on a warfare without counting the cost, and the result has been a fatal one. It is true that those who are called upon to pay are not alto gether responsible, for the greater part of those who offended the public last year have now been super seded, but the disgrace to them is the same whether they actually bear the expense or not. At a special meeting of the St. Pancras Board of Guardians on Thursday a letter was read from the Poor Law Board in answer to a message which had been sent to them for advice in the emergency. The Poor Law Board abstained from giving advice, but suggested that an application might be made to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to stay the execution. • At the same time a hint was given as to the reason of the persecution, the Board reminding the Guardians that the " present difficulty had arisen in consequence of the course pursued by the late Board of Guardians, who, after the expenses in question had been incurred, neither paid the amount nor defended the action brought for their re covery." Mr. WATKINS said that he was willing to contribute his share provided the Board agreed to get over the difficulty. Mr. JOSEPH SALTER also suggested that the money shoull be paid, and declared that such would be the wisest and most prudential course to pursue. "He would move that a cheque be now signed, to settle this unfortunate affair, and thus prevent a great public scandal in the sale of the property of a great metropolitan parish for debt." This wise advice was not taken, and it was eventually resolved to allow the law to take its course by the rejection of Mr. SALTER'S motion, and the sale of the guar dians' effects will therefore be carried out this morn- Ding. An exciting scene may be expected. Much as this affair is to be regretted, some salu tary lessons may be derived from it. Perhaps it may do no harm for the former Board of St. Pancras Guardians to feel how completely they have missed their destiny, and failed to secure the respect of the community. Justice has overtaken those who seemed indifferent to the voice of mercy, and if they do not visibly and directly bear the loss of this affair, every one knows where to impute the blame, and whose culpable conduct has brought the crowning disgrace on the parish. The sad disclosures of the St. Pancras wards will dwell in -the minds of one class, and the forced sale of the effects of the Guar dians live in the memory of another section of the lIILLS ADVANCED. uhildren, ttc., Protection Bill, the Metropolitan Regulations Bill, and the Churchwardens' Liability Bill, were severally read a second time. BANKRUPT LAW AMENDMENT ' (IRELAND) THE FENIAN RAID ON CANADA. In reply to Mr. Dent, Mr. MONSELL said the only additional information he Lad received with respect to the Fenians in Canada was t > the effect that her Majesty's 69th Regiment were to be at Huntingdon at five o'clock on yesterday morning, that the telegraph line had been cut, that 450 Fenians had crossed the frontier and recrossed on finding volunteer cavalry in the neighbourhood ; and that about 100 de s.Ated, pay and rations not being forthcoming. FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Lord EUSTACE CECIL moved that the House was of opinion that the present state of the law a.,4 regarded the use of false weights and measures, and the prevention and punishment of adulterations of food, drink, and drugs, was most unsatisfactory, and de manded the early attention of her Majesty's Government. The noble Lord strongly urged the necessity of an altera tion in the law. The arguments which he had used on a former occasion, when he introduced the subject, had remained uncontradicted, and time, he ventured to say, had rather increased than diminished their force. He alluded to the increased importation of a poisonous drug which was used almost exclusively in the adultera tion of beer and porter. This great fraud was wholly felt by the poor, and the Government ought to protect them. Speaking of adulteration which was called harm less, he said such adulteration, like false weights and mea sures, was, in his opinion, neither more nor less than pocket-picking, and the punishment which was awarded. in the case should be awarded in the other. During the, last few months a great deal had been said about the adulteration of tea, and he read an extract from a daily newspaper as showing the prevalence of the system. The noble lord called attention to the punishment for- merly inflicted upon butchers and bakers, and re marked that although our ancestors were severe in such matters they were wise. He did not think it was worthy of the strongest Government since the days of Sir Robert Peel to shirk the question. He said it was not only a national question, but it was one which specially affected the labouring classes. The rich, if they happened to be poisoned or defrauded, had a remedy ; they had the means and the opportunity of going elsewhere for their food and drink, but the poor could not. He did not wish,, nor could he expect, that the Government could bring in a bill this session, but he hoped they would pro mise to deal with it. Mr. T. HUGHES had great pleasure in seconding the motion, and thought that the House owed the noble lord. a debt of gratitude for the perseverance he had displayed in the matter. With regard to the subject of false weights and measures he made the unpleasant discovery the first year he had a seat in that House that the constituency he represented, according to the Board of Trade re turns, stood worse in this respect than any other part of London. On representing the case to his constituents they replied that it was true the state of things was very bad, but they were no worse than in other parts of London. The hon. member went on to show that the state of the law was eminently unsatisfac tory, and called attention to the anomalous way in which the statutes were worked in the north of London. There the inspection was a perfect farce. In the south of London the inspection of weights and measures was performed by two competent men, chOsen by the magistrates, and the cases of fraud were five times as many as in the north. It would not be asking too much of of the Government to propose a short measure placing the whole system of in spection under the magistrates, who should appoint in spectors and see that the inspection was carried out. He believed that if the Government published in the Gazette the names of all shopkeepers who had deliberate:y de- frauded their customers it would have a very salutary effect. He believed too that.the Home Secretary had the power of putting up boards in different parishes, which they might designate the " rogues' board," and of publiAing ths names of offenders thereon. He believed ali parties in the House would support any Minister who w ,uld take the matter in hand. Mr. BRUCE slid that the commissioners had, although tleir report was not yet published, made certain recom muulations for the amendment of the law, which he almitted was defective. At the same time, he thought that if the Government were to propose to cover the country with inspectors to inquire into every shop throughout the country they would be making a demand witich would somewhat try the attachment of the House t , ) the Government. He did not, however, defend adul teration. In his opinion it was a grave offence, and could ither Moi•ally nor legally be separated from the fami- Lx crime of obtaining goods under false pretences. He w.,01d undertake to give the subject the best considera tion he could. Mr. S. CAVE supported the motion, and in the course of his observations said that a public prosecutor should be appointed to deal with cases of adulteration, &c. The real remedy, however, was publicity of all cases of fraud on the part of shopkeepers. Mr. MUNTZ, after pointing out the varieties of weights and measures, spoke of the prevalence of 'adulteration. He said it was not a question of cheating, but of life and death. After some further discussion the motion was withdrawn. BILL. This bill was committed pro fornu2 for the purpose of cel tain amendments being made. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT REPEAL BILL, The Earl of KIMBERLEY moved the second reading of this bill, which, he said, contained but one clause, and that clause was for repealing the Act of 1851. Considerable discussion ensued on this bill, and Lord LEONARDS, who strongly opposed the measure, moved that it be read that day six months. Lord CAIRNS during the discussion inquired upon what principle the Government intended to proceed with the hill, inasmuch as it dealt with the Ecclesiastical Titles Act of 1851, which prohibited persons from taking the Ales of bishop and dean in the United Kingdom, but not with the section of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act, L 829, which prohibited the assumption of titles corre sponding with those of the Established Church. In re ply, the Lord Chancellor said that the Irish Church Establishment having come to an end, the objection to persons assutf ing titles attached to sees previously sxisting in Ireland had now been removed. The principle of , the bill was, he said, that whilst it lid not recognise any authority in persons assuming these titles, it would not inflict penalties on those who took titles which did not exist in the Established Church. rile second reading of the bill was ultimately agreed to without a division. The Beverley and Bridgwater Disfranchisement Bill was read a second time, and other measures having been advanced a stage their Lordship 3 adjourned at half past eight., lIOUSE OF COMMONS.-TRIDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock. THE PARTY PROCESSIONS ACT. Mr. STACPOOLE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the bill which the Government had undertaken t 9 propose with reference to party processions in Ireland would be introduced before the Whitsuntide Recess ; and if not, when it might be expected. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the measure would be introduced m Vic first Thursday after the Whitsuntide recess. LISIMPS' RESIGNATION BILL, Sir ALtssEY LOPES asked the first Lord of the Treasury whether he did not consider that the provisions of the Eesignation Lill of last session might not with eat advantage be extended to the other dignitaries, as w.ll as to the beneficed clergy of the Established Church •nerally, who tither from infirmity or other physical nimble effectively to discharge their dutiee. ( ~ ,TON I: :aid it w mild not be possible to extend -inea. me of last session, n•Lich related especially to h.Thops to the clergy generally. 1 - 16 entirely agreed in tha spirit of the question, that it would be a great advantage to the Church generally in passing a bill to pi-oxide for the retirement of the beneficed clergy under th. 3 circumstances alluded to. THE -FENIAN RAID ON CANADA. Mr. WHALLEY asked the Under Secretary of Sta e or the Colonies, with reference to the Fenian raid on Canada, whether the G o vernment had in their possession, and if so, were prepared to consent to the publication of any docu ments or written information calculated to throw light upon the origin and nature of the Fenian conspiracy, either in the United Kingdom, in the Colonies, or in America, and especially as to any purpose or design other than that of an Independent Republic in lroland ; and whether the Government were informed of any connection between this Canadian raid and the recent Fenian demonstration in support of the Red River Rebellion. Mr. MONSELL said her Majesty's Government were not in possession of any further information which it would be for the public benefit to lay before the House. With respect to the second part of the question he had also to inform them that the Government had no information to connect the Fenian insurrection with the Red River re bellion. THE EDUCATION BILL. Sir G. GREY asked the Vice President of the Council, whether, in addition to the amendments of which he had given notice for Committee on the Elementary Edu• cation Bill, it was his intention to propose any alteration in the 14th and 22nd clauses of the bill as to the religious instruction which might be given in schools supported or aided ont of local rates. Mr. FORSTER said it was not the intention of the Go vernment to anticipate the discussion that must take place in committee by putting any further amendments to •those he had placed on the table , list night. Those amendments had been produced in accordance with the promise given by the right hon. gentleman on the second reading, and they were intended to meet the objections that had been raised against the bill with respect to the protection of the conscientious scruples of parents and their securing them' the elect ion of the school-boards. They had met those objections by a time-table clause and a provision that there should be no plurality of voting at the election of school boards, and also that the voting should be by ballot. He was quite aware that there would be much difference of opinion with respect to the bill, which was a constructive one, but he hoped some allow ance would be made for the difficulty the Government had had in framing that measure. He might say that during the discussion that must take place the Government would give their best attention to everyone of the amend m - .lilts suggested, and the arguments by which they were snpported. Although the 14th and 22nd clauses were not directly altered, yet the amendments proposed would affect them to some extent. There might, however, be some other amendments that he might have to place on On the paper, but they would be either formal or verbal. He 11 ,- ,i2ed, however, to•be able to put some proposals be fore the House as regarded compulsory powers for sites of schools. CARD POSTAGE. Dr. LYON PLAYFAIR asked the Postmaster-General whether the Government had come to any resolution in regard to the establishment of a halfpenny card postage, a memorial in favour of which had been some time since presented to the Postmaster-General supported by the signatures of members of Parliament, of mayors and merchants of many towns in the United Kingdom, of members of learned societies, and of a large number of officers of volunteers. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he was glad to be able to inform his hon. friend that the Government had lecided in connection with the reduction of postage on lewspapers and Z.•inted matter to adopt a half-penny :.,ard postage; that was to say cards would be issued beak'. fug a half-penny stamp on one side and the address woul , l be written on the other. This, he believed, woul oe a great accommodation to the public. TRAMWAYS BILLS. The second reading of the following bills was post doned : Birmingham Street Tramways, Birmingham Tramways Bill, Glasgow Street Tramways Bill, Glasgow Tramways Bill, Leeds Street Tramways Bill, Leeds Tramways Bill, Liverpool Street Tramways Bills, Liver ?ool Tramways Bill, Manchester and Salford and Dis ;riot Tramways (No. 1) Bill, Manchester and. Salford and District Tramways (No. 2) Bill, Manchester Street Tram vays Bill, Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport Street rilamways Bill, Portsmouth Street Tramways Bill. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, May 26. The Queen went out in the morning, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps. In the afternoon the Queen drove to the Linn of Muick, accompanied by the Princess Beatrice. Princess Louise rode out. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales were present at a ball given by the Duke and Duchess of Man chester, at their residence in Great Stanhope-street. In attendance were the Countess of Mort n and Lieut.-Col. Teesdale. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS—TO-DAY. Her Majesty's Birthday officially celebrated. Full-dress banquets by the Ministers of State. Mrs. Gladstone's Assembly in the evening, at 11 Carlton Hont--terraco. Lady MolerAvorth's evening party, at 87, Eaton place, Belgr,,ve-square._ _ Lady Pauncefort Duucombe's matinee musicale, a 19, Pot Winn square. Miss Burdett Coutts's afternoon party, from four o'clock to half-past six, at 1, Stratton-street, Piccadilly. _ _ At the Crystal Palace, in celebration of h . .r Ma jesty's Birthday, besides the concert in which Mdlle. lima de Murska, Madame Sinico, Mills. Orgeni, Signo M.ou gini, and other artistes of the Drury-lane Opera-house, will sing. The Garden of Roses, with 3,0®(1 new and choice varie ties of that exquisite flower from Mr. W. Paul's nurseries, at Waltham Cross, will be opened -the flowers being ar ranged in banks and beds in one of the open corridors over looking the ground:, and forming one of the loveliest dis plays of the kind ever witnessed. GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS ON THE ELEMENTA RY EDUCATION BILL. At a meeting of the sub-committee of the Manchester Education Bill Committee, held yesterday, the following resoluticns were unanimously adopted : " 1. That this committee expresses its satisfaction with the amendment proposed to be i serted in Clause 7, which will establish a strict time-table conscience clause in all schools receiving public aid, adequately securing the rights of minorities, and will remove the most serious objections which have been taken on religious grounds," "2. That inasmuch as the amendments proposed do not touch any of the following points:— " (1). The creation of school boards in every district. " (2). The unsectarian character of rate-provided schools. "(3). The substitution of positive provisions respecting attendance at school for permissive bye-laws drawn by s'thool boards. The general committee be recommended to persevere in supporting the amendments to secure those objects which Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Jacob Bright, and Sir Thomas Bazley have placed on the notice paper of the House of Commons." SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE FENIAN RAID. The Times says that Lord Granville truly described the Fenian raid on Canada as a most wanton affair, and that nothing has been proved but the recklessness of the proceeding. The invasion has collapsed before it had well begun. Men like O'Neill take their lives in their hands, not because they are impelled by some transcen dent motive of action, but from mere carelessness of exist ence. But if the penalties of the law are brought home to them with any certainty, if they find that their plots end in a wearisome imprisonment, their spirits are broken and their designs are checked in the bud. It will be some compensation for all the annoyance and distress suffered by our countrymen in Canada if the raid of this week should set the law of the United States in action so as to restrain all desire to repeat the attempt. The Post declares that the last intelligence from Canada has fully justified its previous remarks. The invasion of Canada may be said to be over. It is as well that no extreme measures have been taken because angry feelings might have been provoked thereby. The United Statei Government have done all that was required of them, and the Fenians have had no chance of escaping between the troops of America and the Dominion. This fiasco has shown the folly of attempting to invade Cana, b. ADULTERATION. There are few things, observes the Standard, more exasperating than the. notorious existence of a wrong which apparently cannot be righted, and, judging from the length of time (luring which the question of short weight and adulteration has been pressed upon the attention of the Legislature, one might almost despair of securinc , redress. The improved tone of the Government last night, however, and the eagerness with which the House took up the question, encourage us to hope for better things. Mr. Bruce carried the general sense of the House, and the acquiescence of the mover with him, when he declined to undertake the question during the present session. But he made no pretence of adopt ing the line of argument pin•sile 1 by Mr. Bright last year. Mr. Bruce admitted without anv lwervation that giving short weight is not less a crime tean picking pockets, and that adulteration is a form of oljtaming, money under false pretences. For the reasons we have cited, the motion and the demand for legislation during the present session were not pressed ; but we see no reason to doubt that' next year one of the worst abuses of the day will receive a decided check. THE EDUCATION A3IEND3IENTS. The Daily News thinks Mr. Forster's conciliatory reply to Sir George Grey last night will tend to lessen the dis appointment eaused by his amendments to the education bill. The discretion given to the school boards will open the way to endless sectarian strife. In every board there will be a fight between those who wish for secular, and those who wish for denomina tional education. But there is room for compromise, and if Air. Forster is to succeed in settling the question at all It can only be by at least excluding Denominationalism from the school boards and the rate-provided schools. The Telegraph asks who invented the phrase—Time table Conscience clause. The term must suggest to sane readers a kind of nightmare combination, as if "Brad shaw" and the " Church Catechism" had got mixed up, or the Athanasian Creed were travelling to and fro along the South-Western Railway. Yet it is simple enough, and now forms the cardinal principle of the Government Bill, as may IQ seen from the new amendments which have been printed. As the State knows no sectarian distinction when it calls on people for rates and taxes, it is only fair that no sectarian " fear, favour, or affection " should be- displayed m the distribution of its funds. That i 3 simply the secret of the difficulty which lies at the root of the matter ; and that difficulty the Time-table Conscience Clause is in tended to meet. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal -Irish Dia tillgries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings Stralid, KIRWEE BOOTY. Mr. GOLDNEY called the attention of the House to the petition of Majors-General Miller, Nott, and Ludlow on behalf of the officers and men of the late Sir G. C. Whit lock's force employed during the war in India in 1857-5 8 , and moved an humble address to her Majesty that their claims to have 25,600 Its. and other debts due to the Kirwee chiefs treated as booty, might be fully inquired into, and referred for the decision of a legally constituted tribunal. Major ANsoN seconded the motion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was impossible for the Government to agree to the motion. The matter had been referred to a competent tribunal, and the case had been fully heard and decided. The discussion which ensued lasted for some hours. The House divided on the question with the following result—for the motion, 67; against, 108. CHILDREN EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE. Mr. FAWCETT, who on several previous occasions bad attempted to call the attention of the House to the condi tion of children employed in agriculture, again introduced the subject, andmovedthatin the opinion of the House the evidence of the commission appointed to inquire into the condition of such children proved that the ignorance which prevailed in the rural districts was in a far greater degree due to the early age at which children were taken from school to be sent to work than to any general de ficiency in the means of education. The hon. gentleman at great length argued that the ignorance of the young in the agricultural districts was not attributable to want of school accommodation. Mr. BRUCE said the whole aim and object of the hon. member was to show the absolute necessity of a comptil sory system of education. He admitted the condition of the children of the agricultural population was not satis factory, but at the same time they were no worse than the children of other portions of the country. The hon. gentleman had said that there was no lack of g ood schools ; but the proportion of schools which would he recognised by the Education Bill in the agricultural dui' tricts was very small. After some remarks from Mr. Corbett, Mr. Scourfield, and Mr. Forster, the motion was withdrawn. BURIALS BILL. On the House going into Committee on this bill, Colonel BARTTELOT moved, in consequence of the late ness of the hour, that the chairman report progress. The House divided, and the result was—Ayes, 47 ; noes' 89. The committee were about to proceed with the con sideration of the first clause, when Mr. Goldney moved that Mr. Dodson leave the chair, Nearly half an hour was spent in discussing the ques tion of postponement, Mr. Bruce warning the committee that Government could not give up any of its tim e to the bill. He thought the amendments on the paper might be easily disposed of, as they were compara tively unimportant. The upshot was that at twenty minutes to one another division took place, on the propo sition that the Speaker leave the chair, and the voting was—ayes, 39; noes, 78. Mr. Newdegate thereupon moved that the Chairman report progress. During the discussion several members of the Opposition expressed their repugnance to the bill, and gr' Miall complained that they were taking unfair mean s to stop the progress of the measure, and he at the sam e time reminded him that the Liberals could stop any illes 4 sure if they were to act factiously. At twenty minute s past one the motion was withdrawn. Several unopposed amendments were disposed of, and progress was reported. On the House resuming, Mr. Dodson, in consequence of the illness of the Speaker, took the chair PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The adjourned debate on the Public Schools was post poned until Monday. VACCINATION ACT (1867) AMENDMENT BIL L ' Mr. CANDLISH moved the second reading of this bill. A division took place after a brief discussion, and after several attempts had been made to avert one. The result was as follows—for the second reading, 18 ; against, 8. The Howse sidiounied MilYo gig:lutes past two. rrHi At 11 or the soi at the Sw, the unfort tianuel Marshall, mother, and At ary The into 'the first Persons s b eing heir that only and a strip brak e , th dents Du , both in an RES T. , t7 hNt I:A4r:9'J Race Coats Eton Suits