The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-04 00:00:00

MOSES and SON, Fa CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. E MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dress Oxford Camb. Fishing ()oats. Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. , 255. 255. 17s. 18s. as. -, i . i.• ,, 80s. 30s. 21s. 225. 15s. 365. 85s. 265. 2S, 13s. 425. - 425. 30s. 325. 225. - 50s. 50s. 38s. 365. 28s. 635. 60s. 425. 425. 358. "Ui MOSES and SON beg to remind the public _LiA• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quislity, 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. EMOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of 111. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Race Business Morning Dress Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers, 138. 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. 50s. 20s. 40s. 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. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of B'Y's CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. 9s. ed. 15s. 18s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 193. 235. 235. 16s. od. 21s. 265. 265. 21s. 20s. 325. 325. 265. 30s. 365. 365. 30s. 365. 48s. I 488. - "E] MOSES and SON supply every description of I ' . 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 AIDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THE GRANVILLE HOTEL, ST. L AWRENC RAMSGATE, ISLE OF THANET, the most comfort able and " recherche" residential Family Hotel in the kingdom, and furnished from the designs of Welby Pugin. Ball-room, Billiard-room, and Roquet Lawn, facing the Sea, and overlook ing the Gerrit= Ocean. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNELL 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, 38 each; also is., 7s. id., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf Angel-passage, 98, 'Upper Thames-street, Lon don, 141. C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price l.s. 6d Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. D R. KING'S DANDELION and QUININE LIVER PILLS (Without Mercury). The very best remedy for BILE, WIND, INDIGESTION, ACIDITY, HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, Sc., And acknowledged by many eminent surgeons to be the safest and mildest pills for every constitution. In boxes at is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d., at all chemists. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck, NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Eric, aid Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynn. 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. AD ELP 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. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wych-st reet, Strand. Snie Lessee and Manager, Mr W. H. LISToN. Miss BATEMAN as MARY WARNER every Evening during the week, assisted by Messrs. G. Belmore, W. H. Vernon, Blake ley, Elliott, David Fisher ; Mrs. Poynter aid Mrs. W. H. List in. In reply to numerous applications at the Box Office, and to prevent disappointment to parties desirous of securing seats several weeks in advance, Mr, W. H. LISTON feels compelled to announce with regret that, in consequence of previous arrauLre ments, the hr iliant engagement o• th's distinguished Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, Jugs 25. Commencing with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Concluding with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office open from 10 till 5. L YCEUM 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 /-.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 Sol done. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEARTz, Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Buf ton a-d a Santley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, 'ferry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, Anstiss, Goodall, Met calfe, and Moore. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messni H. J. Montague, D. James, and T Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30. the New Farce of CUP BOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at Eight o'Clock. a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO EO'ES. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque, by Conway Edwarde4, entitled DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in Arms Supported by Messrs H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton (her First Appearance at this Theati 8). Prices—Stalls, 7s ; Balcony Stalls, 58.; Boxes, 35.; Upp r Circle, 28.; Pit, Is. 6d.; Gallury, 6d. No Charge for Boolrin . ;, Doors opea at Seven. Commence at 7.30. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Bellini's Norma. 8.30 p.m. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Le Nozze di Figaro. 8.3 p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book. And A Kiss in the Dark. ADELPHI—At Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. 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 8.3 , Little Faust. OLYMPIC At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. The 'Varsity Boat Race. GAIETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, Kenilw rth. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. lion Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Fron Frou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH 0 K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every '•:c nin, (except Saturday), at 8; :-:aturolay Morn lugs at 8 A dmissi_li IS, 2s, 3s CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's' Hall, Every A tFllt, at 8 ; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's- p.rk Open daily • except Sun days). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under MADAME TIISSAIIIeId EXHIBTTION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, is.; extra 6d. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEMNG, JUNE 4, 1870. operation of the causes and principles which lead to the same results generation after gene ration, and which cause men who are justly distinguished for prudence to be always found on the Conservative side whenever any serious evils have to be attacked. They are anxious for peace in their time, and however bad an evil may be they know that for a while its stoppage will occasion greater difficulties than its continuance.. When the bruised Irishman was found on the pavement he declared it was not the fall which hurt him but the stop which he got. So is it with social and political evils, the effects are most felt when they are checked, the evils are not noticed. when they con tinue without interruption. With respect to the social evil which forms just now such a prominent source of angry discussion it is remarkable that this discussion has arisen not from any movement on the part of any portion of the com munity to restrict the evil or curtail the freedom of its votariee, but in reference to a proceeding for the purpose of granting special subsidies and support to the vicious members of the community at the expense of the whole. What would be thought of the father of a numerous family who announced to his children that if any of them became diseased through indulgence in a particular vice he would set apart for them one of the best rooms in his house tend them with the greatest possible care, and stop part of the allowance of the other children in order that the vicious members might have every indul gence, be cured in the quickest possible time, and be sent forth to the world with a certificate that he or she was again qualified for pursuing a vicious career. Whereas, if any of his children become ill, through the pursuit of legitimate or meritorious • labour they would be left to take care of them ' selves and would certainly have no assistance from their parents. Such a course would be precisely parallel to the plan which the Government has • adopted in reference to the Contagious Diseases' Act. By this Act distinct notice is given to all young women that if they adopt a life of vice they will immediately be taken under the special patronage of the State—splendid hospitals will be built for their reception, and surgeons, chaplains, matrons, and servants, all at the public expense, will be de voted to their service. But if they adopt a life of honest industry they must take care of themselves, and whatever ills may befal them they will have no , claim to State assistance. 'What would be thought of a Government which gave notice to all publicans that they would make good to them all losses which might arise whether from broken glass or otherwise from all drunken and disorderly persons whom they might maintain in their. houses, and yet this would not be a more direct encourage ment of vice than the notice which has been given to brothel keepers that the Go vernment will undertake to maintain and cure all their victims as soon as they become unfit for their profitable use, thus relieving them from the Most difficUlt and costly part of their business. The very name of the Act is a misleading misnomer. The evil to be dealt with is not a " contagious " disease in th. 3 ordinary acceptation of the term ; it is contagious only to those who indulge in vice ; beyond these -persons no danger arises ; and therefore it is • obvious that it is for the benefit of the vicious that the whole community is' :to be heavily taxed, and special immunities and pri vileges are to be bestowed upon the traders in vice. The public has, however, been chiefly misled in reference to this matter through the expeetation which • has been held out that by a rigid administration of this Act the disease arising from vice may be entirely removed. There is not the slightest ground for ex pecting anything of the kind, it is well known that for many years past the principle of these Acts has " been applied in other countries with far more rigour than would ever be possible in England, and'it has been found impossible to eradicate the disease. In garrisons which have been completely under the •control of our own Government both men and women have been subjected to periodical inspection, and yet under these excep tionally favourable circumstances, the disease has not been eradicated or even materially checked. The adoption of the act, has been chiefly advocated by professional persons, who appear to take a partial and limited view of its operation. Officers re commend its adoption on the ground that vicious indulgence must be provided for the soldier or he cannot be induced to enter the army. Surgeons declare that a natural desire ought to be gratified, and bishops advocate the Act on the ground that moral and physical considerations have nothing to do with each other. One and the same error underlies each of these arguments, and it is simply this, regarding expediency before principle, or looking for that which is apparently expedient before that which is certainly right. A similar error has led to all our great moral and political mistakes. The horrors of the slave trade might have, been palliated long before they were removed, if the leaders of the anti-slavery movement had sought to palliate the evil instead of removing it. The evils of the Corn Laws might have been lessened at a much earlier date, if COBDEN would have con sented to a moderate fixed duty. It may be possible to lessen for a time the evils resulting from an indul gence in vice by taking the trade in vice under the patronage and oontrol of the Government, and if this course is . persevered in the evi]s of the system will be felt more in the next generation than in our own. It will be our own fault if we repeat in this country the mistakes which have produced disastrous results elsewhere. We are dealing with a vice to the spread of which there is scarcely any limit. All we know about it is that, like the letting out of water, the sooner it is checked the easier it is stopped. At the present moment there is in this country a strong feelingsgainst the sin of unchastity. It will be im possible to maintain this feeling if the traders in vice are to be directly patronised and maintained by the Government. There never was a case presented for the consideration of the public in which it was more important to regard that which is right, rather than to look to what is expedient. There never was a case in which the.language of the late Lord DERBY could be more appropriately applied when he said, "Let us never consent to oppose a temporary and apparent , expediency to those eternal obligations which reli gion founds upon the laws of GOD,. and which morality derives from an expediency which is perma nent and ,universal. THP, Fenians are. determined wo shall hear enough. of them one way or another. Scarcely has the report of their attack on one place died away before a ru mour is heard of their approach in another, direction. Clerkenwell and Woolwich have been honoured in being the objects of their selection, and the last news is, that special precautions have been taken at Devonport and Keyhain Dockyards against a Fenian attack or the effects of (,reek fire. It was believed at Portsmouth that the Admiralty had received in illation of some dash on the Royal Establishments being contemplated, and therefore they have orga ni6ed repressive measures at all alike:" It has at all times been difficult to follow the policy of the Fenians; but the present moment seems an extra ordinary one to select for making a movement in England, when their cause has suffered so igno minious a defeat in America. There is nothing so damaging to success as ridicule, and that has been h'eaped upon the Fenian expedition to the Dominion,' It *a - heralded by the nee of preparkticin, and the trumpet-tongued clamour of the officious and pretentious. Since the record of the three wise men of Gotham, whoSe business . transactions in the great waters were not fe . a very extensive character, there has never bpn aaPhronicle of greater absurdity and utter failure than that of the Fenian march to Canada. As if it was not enough to hear of the heroic invaders flying at the sight of the enemy and abandoning their position before they were attacked, the next news was that they were in a desperate hurry to return whence they came. They were right so far that they were out of their element ; but it really was such a lame and impotent conclusion to all the fuss and excitement. Doubtless it may all turn out for the best, and when wilful and per- Verse persons, who go under the soubriquet of enthusiastic patriots lament the sad fate of the martyrs of the Clerkenwell prison, and the durance vile that is endured by Ireland's noblest sons, they will turn a deaf ear to those who talk of the Domi nion invasion, and be very blind to the doings of this campaign. Long will the memory of this hair brained expedition dwell in the .memory of those who were at all concerned in the affair. The spectacle was like that of a dissolving view, just when attention was most riveted and curiosity existed, all vanished away, and an ignoble return to ordinary life ensued. It would puzzle the ingenuity of the editor of the Flag of Ireland to find anything heroic in the affair. The imagination that evoked the grand idea of the "Fenian Raid" being an " Irish Nemesis" must be content to renounce all further effort in the con templation of the before and after of the occurrence. Ireland has a real grievance to complain of if these are the expcfnents of her wrongs and the defenders of her rights, and may well exclaim Save me from my friends." "To conquer or die" was supposed to be the feeling with which they entered on the engage ment, but the realisation was very different. The touch of Canadian soil produced a marvellous effect on their minds, and all their anxiety was to get back again The star of the Fenians was said to rise in America, and it hfts certainly set in the land of the West. Canada has the proud satisfaction of having put an effectual extinguisher upon them, and shown the want of vitality and vigour which is their dis tinguishing failing. Let us hope that we have heard nearly the last of the Fenians and their foolish under takings. But at any rate if they persist in obtrud ing themselves much longer on public notice they will find out the unwelcome truth that they are despised where they were once extolled, and scouted instead of magnified. The imagination of their admirers would have us believe their efforts to be sublime, but experience has shown that they have taken what in reality is supposed to be the next step, and identified them selves with the ridiculous to such an extent that if they escape oblivion it must be by accepting it as their associating attribute. .. C ~. t , . fon rt ' , ---,.'.--.. - - -- - ' - ti7,l - -0..,, ' • SPIRIF OF I tiE ritt , SS--THIS MORNING. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The Times cannot anticipate that the speeches of the Spanish statesmen in the Cortes will go far to allay the un easiness of theirneighbours respecting compulsory Iberian unity. Though all parties repudiated the notion of com pulsion, yet all concurred in looking forward with strong desire to the very result whichthe Portuguese regard with horror, and it is not pleasant to hear a powerful neighbour express such decided inclinations. It is all very well for the Spaniards to renounce all idea of forcible annexation; the Portuguese would prefer to hear no talk of annexation at all. They want to be left as they are, and to leave Spain as it is, without any return to the exceedingly obscure days of a Peninsular Iberia. It is reported that the Emperor Napoleon looks without repugnance on the Iberiamsm of Prim and his party, though he might be less favourable to the Iberian Republic of Castelar, but it would be a singular concur rence of events if the reign of one French Sovereign were to witness the successive " unifications " of Germany, Italy, and Spain. There is, however, this clear, distinction bet Ween the cases—that, though Sermans and Italians had long een craving for unity, the Portuguese evince no such p,sprationi%___ Prith made a safe prophecy when he mid tTlat, .if the Union was to be, it would be, but it is not likely, adording to present appearances, to be the result of a pacific transaction, and the Spaniards themselves have now energetically declared that it shall never be brought 'about by 4 less amicable process. '••• vi r r • arAVIVITO EVENING EDITION. LONDON, SA7URDAY, JUNE 4, 1870. One of the greatest and noblest among our philo sophic jurists, Sir MATTHEW HALE, wrote two cen turies ago, in his Pleas of the Crown, " When offences grow enormous, frequent, and dangerous to a kingdom or state, destructive or highly pernicious to civil societies, and to the great insecurity and danger of the kingdom or its inhabitants, severe punishment, and even death itself is necessary to be annexed to laws in many cases by the prudence of lawgivers." A hundred years afterwards—a century from the present time—Sir WILLIAM BLACKSTONE declared it to be a melancholy truth, " that among a variety of actions which men are daily liable to com mit no less than an hundred and sixty have been de clared by Act of Parliament to be felonies without benefit of clergy, or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death." An hundred and sixty !—then—in the middle of the eighteenth century, when BLACK STONE was delivering at Oxford those famousVinerian Lectures that afterwards grew into a classic authority under the title of his "Commentaries." lVous aeons change tout cela. In place of 160, read now, about six. , Capital punishment is only inflicted ,now, for a few picked crimes of a more heinous, chiefly of a murder ous character—stabbing, cutting, wounding, poison ing. We have adopted long since what is called a more humane code. Forgery is no longer dealt with , by the hangman, as in the case of the Rev. Dr. DODD or of the eminent banker, Mr. FAUNTLEROY. Rape" and certain crimes, foul and revolting, are no longer so punishable. Remembering this, and reading from . day to day the atrocities recorded in the living history of the newspapers, thoughtful observers are driven,nowa days, to the revision of conclusions logically arrived at years ago, and conscientiously maintained during the lifetime of a whole generation—as to whether ' we have not been carrying this modern predilection, for what is termed the humane code a little too far, ' and certainly to the most disastrous consequences. We revert to the opinion of Sir MATTHEW HALE— that " when offences grow enormous, frequent and dangerous . . . severe punishment and even death itself is necessary to be annexed in many cases by the prudence of lawgivers." In diversity, in enormity, and in multiplicity, the crimes very recently brought to light, here, in the very midst of us, could hardly in the blackest epoch of man's history be surpassed. More pitilessly brutal murders than those perpe trated at Denham—craftier murders than those com mitted just before then at Chelsea—are not recorded among the inhuman annals of the Newgate Calendar. And simultaneously with these, and with other horrible revelations, there have been investigations going for ward very recently in our courts of justice so re volting in their character that they recall to mind the condition of the cities destroyed by fire from heaven—or those depravities, the evidences of which have been preserved, to the horror of after times, among the ruins of Pompeii, under the dust and ashes from Vesuvius. For the administration of the law in this country we have all of us, and with reason, the profoundest admiration ; as for that matter, also, we have for the wisdom and integrity of our judges. There is one judge, however, familiarly known on the other side of the Atlantic— by name Judge LYNCH—that we often think of wist fully as inapplicable to our own state civilization. It behoves the legislature, at any rate, seriously bo re consider the whole state of our criminal code, to the end, if possible, of devising some more effectual means than we have certainly yet contrived tc hit upon for clearing away from the very midst of us these most revolting and horrible abominations, IT is less than a hundred years since a few humane and patriotic Englishmen banded themselves toge ther with a determination to extinguish the slave , trade. Like many others who enter upon untried undertakings, they had formed but a very inade quate idea of the magnitude of the work upon which they had entered, and the extent of the difficulties they would be required to surmount. In their enthusiasm they imagined that the horrors of the slave trade had only to be made known, and their . countrymen would at once and unanimously deter mine that the trade in human flesh must cease to be carried on. It was not, however, easy to make the case known. Englishmen are so busy with their own affairs that they have little time or thought to give to any new complaint. And ignorance and in- ' difference were not the only enemies with which they had to contend. No sooner did their case begin to make some impression on the public mind than the advocates of suppression found their arguments directly opposed by those who had a reputation for wisdom and prudence. Not only was the object they had in view denounced as being utterly unattainable, but their proceedings were condemned as calculated to increase the miseries of those they were attempting to relieve. It was argued that the thirst for gain was such, and the facilities for obtain ing slaves so great, that no sensible person could expect to stop the traffic. The only cours6 which reasonable people could adopt was to endeavour to regulate the traffic and to mitigate some of its evils. It was contended—and with much truth—that the attempts to suppress the traffic had greatly increased the sufferings of the slaves. The horrors of the middle passage were cbarged upon those who pro fessed to be actuated by special feelings of humanity, and refused to recognise or maintain a trade which they could not suppress, and which, but for their misguided efforts, might be greatly mitigated. Thu Pall Mall Gazettes of that period stigmatised the advo cates of suppression as " shriekers" and enthusiasts who were destitute of common sense, and who in the name of humanity committed the grossest• -sins , against good taste. They were men and w'mnen, who regarded the feelings of the blacks, but did not hesitate to outrage the more refined feelings of the whites. It was not a pleasant position to be thus held up to the world as mistaken enthusiasts, who were creating the evils they sought to remedy. We can now scarcely recognise the fact that such was for many years the position occupied by the prominent leaders of the anti-slavery , movement. In the present day we regard their names almost with veneration as the men who have delivered the human race from one of its greatest evils, as men who have establiished their claim to wisdom and humanity, by the success ful results which have attended their efforts. But the worn goes on as before ; we build the sepul chres of the prophets of the past generation, and stone the prophets of the present. The wise and prudent of the present day, in defending existing evils, use.the same arguments, the_ sine epithets, as were used by the wise and prudent of former gene rations in defending evils which have now been happily exploded. It is not difficult to trace the SPAIN'. The Post thinks it is curious that in the present critical state of Spain so wild an idea as that of the Iberian Union should have seriously suggested itself to men's minds. Yet there is no doubt but that many have attributed the late outrage of the Duc de Saldanha to a concerted plan arranged between himself and the Spanish Government. The truth of such a supposition has been denied both by the Portuguese Minister and by Marshal Prim and his Government. But the fact of the surmise 'having gained numerous believers in political circles generally is very significant, and would naturally suggest that it was not entirelywithout foundation. There is no doubt that the Iberian idea is popular in Spain, and if the Spaniards were perfectly free to devote themselves to its realisation, it might be seriously Considered. But such is not the case at present, and it is well known how unacceptable the union would be to Portugal. The demonstration in the last sitting of the Portuguese Chamber of Deputies was not needed to prone what is a well-established fact, viz., that Portugal is in rtp mood at present to link her destinies with those of a country so critically situated as Spain is at this moment,. RECKLESS SPORT. Raw ihany aching hearts, asks the Telegraph, are there to-day in London—hearts which ache because their owners stand self-convicted of bitter folly in trusting hundreds -a ul thousands of pounds to the accident of a race? We read with pity and incredulity the old legends of Rome, which tell us that Romulus and Remus scanned the heavens in order to rule the destinies of their nascent city in conformity with the flight of vultures. Is it one whit less childish to stake honour, happiness, the future comfort of a home, the education of children, upon the speed of a racehorse or the honesty of a jockey? We shall, of course, preach in vain to hardened gamblers, or to men who find it suit their health and taste to circulate from pleasant racecourse to racecourse, and pick up money from idiots, in preference to earning their daily bread by the sweat of their brow. But will the supply of idiots never cease ? We do not blame betting men for taking to the metallic pencil ; but we do blame gentlemen for flinging away the blessings which have been lavished upon them, in so unworthy a pur suit as the hopeless attempt to pick out winners. No arguments.that we can employ are likely to arrest them ; but long after this Epsom week has passed away, and the settlement which follows it has been forgotten, may the names of Kingcraft and Gamos ring in their ears, and warn them, if they still persevere in backing horses ex travagantly, that, besides poverty, disgrace, and dis honour, " that way madness lies." HOLIDAYS AND INTEMPERANCE. The Standard says that on the morrow of such a holi day as that of Epsom a question is apt to suggest itself, for which we wish a satisfactory answer could be obtained.: What are the causes which conduce on a large scale to the temperance or intemperance of nations ? Is natural climate the only physical cause of extreme desire for stimulants ? Alas ! the arti ficial climate of the miserable garrets and cellars and work-rooms in which so large a portion of our popula tionlive is tenfold worse as an i n centive to strong drink than all the mists of Scotland or the snows of Russia. Here it is, in the vitiated atmosphere, laden with the emanations of unhealthy bodies, amid the reeking odours of bad drains, stale tobacco, and all things • coarse and foul —here it is that the worst thirst is awakened. Quite apart froM all those classes of what may be called regular drunkards are those who, on festive occasions, such as the Derby-week, partake of the " refreshments " of the very non-refreshing kind usually contained in hampers, or obtainable at public house bars, till " freshness " becomes either quarrel some folly or dead stupidity ; and they terminate the day's pleasure in a police-station. This a most lamentable feature about English amusements. Between one cause and another our poor holiday maker finds his rare day's pleasure end in a night's pain and a morrow's shame: When will he be persuaded to learn how to take the pleasure, and save himself the pain and the shame? THE PRINCE OF WALES'S GLOVE. The Daily. News remarks that the Prince of Wales on his way homelrom the Derby was politely lifting his hat to a group of ladies, in acknowledgment of their re- Teotful greeting, when he dropped one of his gloves. This was too much for the ladies. Cinderella racing against the clock, in her agony of mind lest the fairy godmother's gifts should leave her too soon, and ishe same heroine's re-transformation into squalor, are the only parallels we can find to the fuss and perturbation which came over the beauties of Tootin' when the royal glove fell. Bland and simpering loyalty gave way to fierce impulsiveness and muscular competition. A burning &ogre to possess that bit of warm leather, to put it under a glass-ease, to label it " Glove worn by his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, 1870," to take it with her when she travelled, to have it with her when she visited friends, to acquire a social reputation as its possessor, and to be queath it when she died to the Clapham Insti tute or the Tooting Museum, stirred the pulse and fired the blood of every fair athlete. So " a rush was made, his Royal Highness laughing heartily at the scramble of the ladies.' - The once popular refrain, :` Those gloves, those gloves, they never belonged to me," which used to be heard unceasingly on the road home from the Derby, has been revived this June, and at Clap ham, by every damsel and matron who tried for and failed in securing the regal prize. Four expeditions are going out to observe the approaching eclipse of the sun, which will be visible throughout a great part of Southern Europe. A. New York paper says that a labourer in an ice -house, down East, was killed by a large lump of ice falling on his head. Verdict of the jury, Died of hard drink." THE. PACIFIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.—Mr. Cyrus W. Field has appeared before the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee and made a pretty long argument in favour of his proposed new telegraph cable between Cali fornia and China. _ A. table chewing the number of births, marriages, and deaths which took place in Ireland last year, has been presented to Parliament. In the twelve months 145,912 births (75,176 males, and 70,736 females) were registered The deaths numbered 90,039, and there. were 54,736 per sons united in wedlock. The population of Ireland in 1861 was 5,798,967. A NEW ADVERTISEMENT.—Pedestrians in some of the principal streets of Glasgow have been made aware. within the past few days, by the appearance of " horse man in armour," of the latest! novelty in the way of adver tising. This phenomenon is paying a visit to some of the large towns, to call attention to the quality of the wares of his employer. Apparently alive to the ridiculous nature of the situation, and resembling vastly, as he bestrides his raw-boned Rosinante, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance, he excites immense admiration among the juvenile population. His armour is all polished to a fine plumbago black, and he flourishes a well polished lance sup porting, a flag with the strange device—not Excelsior—but "This beautiful polish was produced by —'s patent black lead." A MAD DOG.—On Wednesday evening a black and tan bull terrier dog was seen running along the canal bank, at Calverley-bridge, coming from the direction of Leeds. Shortly afterwards the dog was seen among fifteen fat cows belonging to Mr Ald. D. Yewdall, of Calverley, by James Watson, farm servant, who was ploughing in the next field. Watson observed the cattle running about and the dog biting them. lie got a thick stick out of the hedge and went up to the dog, which flew at him, but he:" felled " the ferocious brute with the stick and afterwards killed it The dog is supposed to be in a rabid state. The cows were afterwards examined, and seven of them were found to have boon- bitten, FATAL ACCIDENT.—Last night Mr. Bedford held an Awl:test on the body of Robert Dixon, aged 30. It appeared that deceased was at work at some repairs to the house of the Marquis of Salisbury, in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, and was engaged in breaking down the concrete floor of a room on the second floor, when the part of the flooring on which he was standing suddenly gave way be neath him, and he was precipitated to the bottom of the premises, falling about'so feet on a heap of rubbish. He was at once picked up by some of his fellow-workmen and taken to the hospital, where it was found he had sustained a fracture of the spine. Paralysis of the lower extremities ensued from the injury, and after lingering for some time in great agony, he died on Monday last. A verdict of " Accidental death " was returned. _ A WEALTHY PILFERER.—A woman in sordid attire, and apparently between fifty and sixty years of age, was detected the other morning by a baker in the Rue de l'Entrepot stealing rolls from his shop, and was handed over to the police. Her lodgings in the Fau bourg St. Penis were afterwards searched, when proofs were obtained that she had been carrying on a system of pilfering on an extensive scale. In her rooms were found 22 bottles of perfumery, 21 cakes of soap, 30 pairs of new boots of different sizes, besides innumerable other arti cles of small bulk. This woman, who appears to have been regularly receiving charity under four different names, including her own, which is Mutet, had in her possession, concealed in a cupboard, railway and other bonds to the amount of £2,880, with £6OO in - gold.or notes, and 5,!2 in sous. She had been arrested in August last for stealing a handful of beans in the Saint /Laurent market, but at that time property to the amount of only £2,480 had been found at her domicile, so that she must have since accumulated the difference of 1x1,400. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, June 2. The Queen went out yesterday morning with Princess Beatrice, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athol. In the afternoon her Majesty and Princess Louise drove out, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps, The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, accUmpanied by the Princess of Teck. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. Lady Llanover's afternoon dancing party from 4 to 7.30 at 9, Great Stanhope-street. The opening of the annual Horse-show early in the fore. noon, at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. The 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars regi mental dinner at Willis's Rooms, when H.R.H. the Prince of Wales will be present. The Ist Guards' Regimental Dinner—the Duke of Beau. fort in the chair—at Willis's Rooms. The Crystal Palms—Grand Season Concert and Fashion- able Promenade. Eton Montem—this being the fourth of June, when at 12 o'clock the Classic Speeches are delivered, the Dean of Windsor gives a banquet afterwards in College Hall, there being the procession of boats on the river, and the display of fireworks on the ait opposite the Eton Brocas. SCIENTIFIC MEETING—TO- DAY. The Royal Institution at 3 p.m., when Professor Gran will lecture on " Comets." MADAME SAIN'FON DOLBY'S FAREWELL, On Monday next, Gth inst., at two o'clock precisely, will commence in St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, Madame Sainton Dolby's' Annual Grand Morning. Concert— an event always of especial attraction. This year, how ever, Madame Sainton Dolby's Benefit will be peculiarly and exceptionally attractive. For, on Monday next, this gited artist so long the delight of the lovers of music in England will take her fare well of the public. Among the the eminent names of thos e brothers and sisters artists of hers who will assist Madame Sainton-Dolby on this occasion will be Mdlle. Christine Nilsson, Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Madame Lemmens Sherrington, Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Bettini, Signor Gassier, and Mr. Santley. The great hall, no doubt, will be thronged by the earnest and grateful admirers of one of the most rarely gifted of Ellglish songstresses. PROFESSOR MAX MULLER. Professor Max Muller last evening delivered a lecture at the Royal Institution, on the Migration of Fables, and traced them through the various nations and languages of the world back to the early Indian traditions. He began with the familiar adage, "Do not count youß chickens before they are hatched," and traced it back to Persia, in the year 560 of the Christian era. The lecture was numerously attended, the Dean of Westminster being among the audience, IHE GIBRALTAR PRISONERS. —News 11,8 been received from Madrid yesterday that an emmissary of the Spanish Government has found traces of the Gibraltar prisoners. They are well and cared for, their release being only a question of money. A new comet was discovered on Saturday night by Dr. Winnacke of Carlsruhe, as announced by Mr. Hind, our great astronomer. 11r. Syme, the woll-know surgeon, the Lances says is at present suffering from another paralytic seizure. But slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. A cricket match, we learn by telegram from Gan fytantinople, was played. on Wednesday last between the officers of the Mediterranean fleet and the Constanti nople Cricket Club, at the Valley of Sweet Waters, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. The officers won by 64 runs. A. number of clergymen have announced their secession from the Evangelical Alliance, because the Rev. T. R. Birks, who is a member of that body, holds what are deemed unsound views upon the subject of future punishment, and the Council decline to excommunicate him. The six year old daughter of a farmer at Haworth had her hand blown to pieces by the accidental discharge of her father's gun. So soon as the little heroine had got over the first feeling of terror, she exclaimed without a tear, " I'm fain it were no' but me that were hurt." Am putation was afterwards performed, and she is now doing well. The -family of the Lord Chancellor has been thrown into mourning by the death at Surbiton, of Lord Ratherley's niece. The deceased lady, Mrs. Sarah Boger, was the eldest daughter of his lordship's younger brother, the late Mr. Western Wood, M.P.,for the City of London, and married August 22, 1857, illiam Shad forth Boger, Esq. Canon Hornby has written to the Bishop of Man chester to knew if his lordship disapproves of the office of guardian for a clergyman: • The bishop replies - that he has beeii a guardian of the poor himself, and in that capacity he hopes he did the poor some service. The Ample question for a clergyman to consider i 8 whether such duties interfere with those of a spiritual nature, PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. THURSDAY EVENING. The relative positions of the Left and the Left Centre are of course the great topics of the day. Ernest Picard's m anifesto in the Electeur Libre, his own paper, is generally commented on. He avers that the seventeen deputies who act with him and who thought it advisable not to associate their names with those of the journals at the time of the plebiscitary demonstration, have no wish to break off from their old part. He denies indignantly that there is any truth in the rumours that they have made any compro mise with personal power. M. Picard thinks the great line of distinction between parties in the Chamber should be drawn between the official candidates and the inde pendent members. Had this distinction, he avers, been preserved, we might by this time have had that new and freely elected Chamber, "without which our Constitutional reforms will never be perfect. The Electeur Libre says that the members of the Left who had not signed the journalist's manifesto immediately afterwards invited their former colleagues to resume their deliberations with them, and until they receive a definite answer to this appeal they must maintain a suitable reserve. The Left Centre held a meeting last night, at the grand hotel, to discuss the nomination of the Mayors. The Marquis d'Andelarre presided, and M.M. Buffet and Daru were present. In a preliminary discussion it was decided that the constitution of the Bureau should be postponed till quieter times, and then the great mayor question came up for discussion. Several members present proposed that the mayors should be chosen by the municipal councils, after your English fashion. Count Daru and M. Bodmir thought it better the mayors should be chosen by the Executive, from a list of three members. Others, among whom was M. Brame, supported the Govern ment scheme, which M. Buffet observed was the only one possible if their programme was not carried out, and he added that he thought it better to give a vote of confidence to the existing Cabinet, h w Ter faulty, than to provoke a Ministerial crisis. This conclusion was not very well received, and,several members p t left rather than vote. The Siecle is satirical at the expense of the new Alge rian Constitution, which it compares to a wealthy old lady who was more anxious to gain than to deserve a repu tation for open-handedness. She would call a beggar across the street, and putting her hand in her pocket turn over ostentatiously a handful of gold. The expectant suppliant would eagerly watch her, and would by-and bye receive a single Hard. Louis Blanc has written to the Temps about the Uni versity Tests Bill, which he describes as more strange to French ideas than to the French language. He gives a sketch of the bill, and traces the .various successes and defeats which its projectors have met with. He declares that when once an idea has taken possession of the public mind in England, it is difficult to uproot it. Mr. Glad stone's change of opinion on the subject meets his com mendation, and he honours him for his enlightened con duct. There are enough political persons who retrograde in their movements ; let us lose no opportunity of doing honour to those who advance. The Jews of Paris have sent a circular to the Emperor thanking him for the proof of his liberal sentiments which he has given in nominating to the Senate a member of the Jewish persuasion. They venture to make a suggestion to the Emperor to the effect that the only superior chief of the Jewish religion in France, the Grand Rabbi of the Central Consistory, should be chosen for the honourable position of senator. This decision will, they are con vinced, receive the approval of foreigners as well as of the French nation. The Gazette des Tribunaux mentions that the First Advocate-General has proposed to send for trial seventy four persons accused of being mixed up in the plot against the Government. The-Afarseillaise has been pro secuted once more on two charges—first, for exciting hatred against the Government, and secondly, for giving notice of a public subscription to raise the amount of the fines to which it had been condemned on a previous conviction. A dancer at the Vienna Opera has just died from the effects of the burns she has received. Many thousand persons attended her funeral. It is a deplorable thing that no experience can. induce the authorities of operas and theatres to insist on the use of uninflammable ma terial for the dresses of their employes. Guillaume Bayor, who was condemned to death for as sassination, followed by robbery commited in a railway carriage, has paid the penalty of his crime at Valence. He displayed the greatest cynicism during his last moments, and made flippant remarks to the crowd. LONDON GAZETTE---I=,st Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr John Burden Blandy as Consul at Port Natal for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Jonathan Biuns Were as Consul at Melbourne for the Re public of Peru. WHITEHALL, June 3. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Alexander Bryson to the church find parish of Alloa, in tho presbytery of Stirling, and county of Clackmannan, vacant by the resignation of the Reverend Angus Gunn. CROWN OFFICE, JUNE 2. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Suffolk.—Eastern Division.—Arthur Philip Stanhope (commonly called Viscount Mahon), it, the room of the Honourable John Major Henniker Major (now Baron Hartismere), called up to the House of Peers. BANKRUPTS William Arwstead, Barnsbury-street, Islington, rate collector. William Bennett, sen., Queen'F-road, Peckham, cowkeeper. William Henry Cotterill, Throgmorton-street, City, solicitor. Wardle Eastland Evans, harmonium manufacturer, Maryl.-bone. Peter M'Laren, Caledonian-road, baker. Gilbert Rourk, licensed victualler, Westminster. George Heather Rouse, Poland-street, Oxford-street, clerk. As the Irish express was approaching the Whit land station a man attempted to drive a waggon and three horses over the level crossing. He was unable to accom plish his mad venture, and the two first horses were knocked down by the engine and cut to pieces. The driver escaped. The man Dolan, who brutally murdered his wife at Glenfarine, Leitrim, has been placed in Carrick-on- Shannon Goal. The coroner's jury has returned a ver dict of " Wilful murder." The young man Flynn, with whom the unfortunate woman was supposed to have car ried on an improper intimacy, remains in a very precarious state from the injuries inflicted on him by Dolan with a knife. DIPLOMATIC CHANGES IN FRANCE.—The Patrte believes that the following changes in the diplomatic re presentation of the French empire have been determined upon :—Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne will proceed to Vienna to replace the Duc de Gramont. M. de la Gila onnibre will be appointed Ambassador at Madrid in the place of M. Mercier de Lostende, who will be created a senator. M. Prevost-Paradol will go to Washington to replace M. Barthelemy, who succeeds M. de la Gueron nibre at Brussels. It is probable, adds the Patrie, that at a later period other diplomatic changes of a more compli cated character will be effected. VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES TO THE EAST-END.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have Signified their intention to attend the opening ceremony, on the 30th inst., of the new schools for the children of the seamen of the port of Lon don. The schools occupy a large portion of the open space in Wellclose-square, near the Sailors' Home, and will be attached to St. Paul's (church for seamen), in Dock-street, London Docks. They will accommodate over 400 children. The stewards are making arrangements to give their royal highnesses a proper reception. THE MEN IN FEMALE ATTIRE.—The Case against Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park is fixed for trial at the Central Criminal Court next week, before one of the superior judges, and, as a large num ber of witnesses have to be examined on both sides, it will probably occupy three days. It is expected that the Attorney-General, with Mr. Poland, will conduct the prosecution ; Mr. Serjeant Ballantine (with Mr. Besley) has been specially retained for the defence of Boulton ; and Mr. Serjeant Parry (with Mr. Straight) for Park. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR NEAR LEICESTER-SQUARE. —Last night about a quarter to nine o'clock a re spectably-dressed young man, apparently 23 years of age, was walking through Cranbourne-passage, and as he neared Cranbourne-street the report of a pistol was heard, a flash was seen about the man's body, and in a second he was lying on the flagway writhing in agony, scarcely sensible, and growing rapidly unconscious. The police arrived upon the spot and had the young man removed to Charing - cross Hospital. It should be stated that when found by the police a six-chamber revolver was in his hand, five chambers being charged with powder and ball. On examination at the hospital, it was found that a pellet of lead, , roughly beaten into a spherical shape, had penetrated the calf of the man's left leg, entering on the inside, and embedding itself in the flesh on the outside of the calf. Mr.Gosse, the house surgeon , stopped the hemorrhage and otherwise attended to th young man, who is doing well. He said his name was John Vanprague, that his father and mother were French, but that he was born in Ice land. He had been living in Liverpool, and followed the business of a travelling jeweller. He has been eight or nine months in London and had no fixed residence. No money was found upon him, but he had a pawn ticket of a revolver, pledged for £l2s. He wore a suit of blak clothes and a round hat. Vanprague says the pistol went off by accident. F irst Pri hilstay I Sec ond p qiarietoll, b Third P r i 4 lortb mnpto Class 2. F . b 'rat P r i a rk Wai second w eots Park, , c Third A • n: S ., 8 years Class 3. Fir st Priz "Coacc ee°ll4 P Woo g," bloc h 4 Y To - gu'Y recoi Class 5. - First Pri gate, Londo s econd Pi 'orno w Ira Pri aged. 22, tnic tnorevoilillt under er had ' 34 th Lei( dayhe gr, E b , , th e .Ke i , di n ente red. 11 ' A lt ne w to make Iv 'qake °ls ks th r diaries ( i 14 t aries ' si l c 'wn.. u,rees l'Ay of . ] TT-