The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-09 00:00:00

MOSES and SON, Fa CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD - STREET, CORNER of HART-STRENT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. EMOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of a GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dregs Oxford Camb. Fishing Clouts. Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. 15a. 255. 17s. 18s. 10s. 80s. 30s. 21s. 225. 15s. 555. 355. 265. 28s. 18s. 42.8. 425. 30s. 325. 225. 503. 50s. 365. 365. 28s. 635. 60s. 425. 425. 355. FMOSES and SON beg to remind the public • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho Ise in England. F ,MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of G ENTL: MEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED : Summer Race Business Morning Dress Overcoats. Coats. I Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 13s. 6d. 12s. 30s. 10s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 355. 13s. 185. 215. 155. 40s. 16s. 21s. 245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 265. 30s. 21s. 50s. 20s. 40s. 245. ORDERS punctual measure introd guarantee a fai by post are attended to with care and My, and the easy and accurate system of self- Luced by E. MOSES and SON enablas them to iltless flt. V MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of E B OY'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. 9s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 19s. 235. 235. 16s. 6d. 21s. 265. 265. 21s. 265. 325. 82s. 265. 80s. 365. 365. 48s. MOSES and SON supply every description of A . 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 BRANOH BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. .INO. GOSNE 1 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, Is each; also Is., 7e. , and Its, each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, PS, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. T HEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee . Yr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck. NO t_ 4 OING NO SUPPER: )Ir. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Eda aid Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynne. Aft , r which, at 8 precisely, B4RWISE'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 SECULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c. Concluding with A. IKSS IN THE DARK. ADELPHI THEATRE.—New Company.—New Drama.—At 7.30, FREE LABOUR, a drama, in four acts, by Charles Reade, played by a new company, selected from lirst-class theatres. New scenery by Hawes Craven. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wych-street, strand. _ S. le Lessee mid Manao - c . r, Mr W. H. LISToN M ss BATEMAN as MARY WARNER every Evening during the week, assisted by Messrs. G. Belmore, W. H. Vernon. Blake ley, Elliott. David Fisher ; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. W. H. List )n. In n ply 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 comp,lled to annou, ce with n gret that, in consequence of previous arrange ments. the t r liant engagement o this distinguished Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, JUNE 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 EVE:‘ ING, at 7.3(1, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. Charles and Miss L Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. kfter which, at ..30, LITTLE le .BUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, ➢lesdames Lennox G cy, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Bolden. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and M anageresa, Mrs. Swanborough THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING HEART,. Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Burton a. d Santley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, Terry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, GoAall. Met (wife, and Moore. Messrs VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Meser. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T- Thorn —THIS.. EVENING, at 7 30 the New Farce of CUP. BO A.RD LOVE, by F Hay. After which, at E.ght o'Clock a new and original Comedy, in 'Three Acts, entitled TWO RO ES. o conclude with the new and successful Burlesque, DON CARL S; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, It. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, a!td T. Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt T. Lavis , and A. Newton _ _ _ Prices—Stalls, 7s ; Balcony Stalls bs.; Boxes, 35.; Upp r Circle. 26.; Pit, is. 6a.: Qalliry, 6d. No Charge for Bookin., Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30 m illi LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at _L Mr. BEAUMONT'S. " The Wellington," Wellington-qreet. Strand, OPERAS, THEATRES, AND .AIIUSEMENTS, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden.—Le Nozze di Figaro. 8.B) p.m. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.--Roberto ii Diavolo. 8.3 p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book And A Kiss in the Dark. ADELPIU—At Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. Fre 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 hash Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. the 'Varsity Boat Race. GAIETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QuEEN's--A t Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twix Axe and Crown STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, Kenilw rth. VAUDEVILLE —Cupboard Love. Two Roses. lon Carlos. ST. JAMES'S —At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND :•KETCII It K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every ..v. ning (except t'aturd• y), at 8; eaturday Morn iegs at 3 ndmiss► n is, 2s, 38 CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall. Every Night, at 8 Wed neslays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 a I the year rouLd. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-p.rk Open daily except Sun days) Admission, ;on Ai ondaya, lid. Children under MA.D.A.NII TuSSArm'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra To apply this argument,Lord DERBY pointed out that the middle ages had left us two sets of buildings esssentially typical and characteristic of the time that produced them—the feudal castles, and the cathedrals. We have few specimens of either at the present day, but their worth must not be decried if not for their in trinsic merit, at least for their associations and attri butes. They are types of an age which is past, and which can no more be revived than the Roman Em pire can be restored. In conformity with the utilitarian spirit of the present day, it has been the fashion to sneer at those who reverence the past and urge the preservation of the records of its grandeur. These cavillers may learn a wholesome lesson from one who if he is the descendant of an old historic house, is also one of the most practical men of his day. Lord DERBY admits that we do not live in fe tidal castles, and that our worship is carried on in buildings which bear slight resemblance to the ancient cathedrals, but that is the more reason w hy we should preserve what we have, and guard from destruction what cannot be recreated, " the more reason why, as in heritors of the past, we should feel that we are trustees for the future." This is the right spirit in which to regard the question of the resto ration of an ancient cathedral; it is the common property of the country, and neither the man of progress, nor the man of refine- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9. D-gn. ment, would willingly part with that for which we can find no substitute. The impressive language of Lord I)ERBY left nothing to desire, and the accounts which were furnished of the progress of the repairs, and the general plan for the restoration of the Cathedral, allow no room for doubt on the question. It may fairly be said to those who are in the vicinity, that their duty has been put before them, and it remains for them to chew if they are wanting in the will or the ability to perform it. PARLIAMENTARY holidays in the middle of the session give us time to look round us and consider what we have done, and what yet remains to accom plish. Generally speaking the result of the inquiry is more flattering to our good intentions than to our actual achievements. If Ministers and members have struggled through one quarter of the questions they proposed to deal with at the opening of the session by the time the Midsummer sun shines above them, the session has been one of extraordinary activity and success, and in the year of grace 1870 we suspect few will be found bold enough to boaSt of past achievements. If the present session disposes of our second great Irish difficulty, and deals reso lutely with the education problem, it will condone for many omissions; but the continual' neglect and postponement of social questions affecting the daily well-being of the people; is a continually recurring grievance. The procrastination brings its own pun ishment, for the . postponement of some difficulties produces and perpetuates others which will not be put aside. Thus the neglect of the great questions of edu cation and intemperance recruits our standing army of paupers and criminals, and forces us to hap in startling and unexpected forms the harvest of our culpable indifference and apathy. The problem of English pauperism is rapidly, however, assuming gigantic proportions, and be coming one of those questions which, after long delay and evasion, suddenly override all others. It was so with Free Trade, it was so with . Parliamentary Reform, it was so with the condition of Ireland. A grievance by constant reiteration becomes intolerable, and is fiercely resented, or an evil augmented by accumulating years produces unex pected consequences. Parliament and people are forced to deal with the question they fain would shun, and the difficulties which, earlier considered and frankly met, might have been easily resolved, are then found to have become, under our complicated social system, problems which perplex and confound the wisest. The great pauper question may be divided reeler many heads, any of which is a weighty matter in itself. We have to ascertain whence comes this overwhelming mass of misery and degradation, how we are to treat it when under our care, how we are to provide for it in the future and diminish its extent. There is work for a whole generation of social philosophers on this one subject alone, for directly and indirectly it in volves a host of others. Looking to the most hopeful view of the question, the chance of diminishing our national burden, it is quite evident that we cannot attain our end simply by deterrent influences. Our workhouses are, Heaven knows, dismal and uninviting enough, and should serve one might suppose to drive away the most incorrigible idler, who would rather live at anybody's expense than his own. Lord DERBY said the other day at Liverpool that it was inconceivable any man would break his leg for the pleasure of having it cured, but it is scarcely less amazing that any one from indolence or greed of public charity should elect to pass his days in St. Pancras! What • influence can be exerted to break the spell of habitual dependence is an enigma that remains to be solved, but at least we can turn our attention to the desideratum of stopping the supply of paupers. It is an acknowledged fact that a very large proportion of the children brought up by the parish.return to it in after life. When we consider the great number of children which came under the care of the guardians from orphanage, desertion, the misfortunes or intern perace of their parents, and other causes, we shall at once perceive that we are not likely to lessen our poor-rate under these conditions. The workhouse is a cheerless home enough, and certainly little of the romance of early associations can linger in the memories of the pauper apprentices or little " marchionesses " sent out by the Union. But the fatal habit of helpless ness and dependence has been formed, and clings more or less closely through life. The children are not thoroughly and efficiently trained, and the guar dians, however good their intentions, find it • difficult to get them into suitable posi tions. Employers of the better class are averse to taking workhouse children, and in con sequence they very often fall into the hands of harsh and unscrupulous masters. They have little heart or courage, they have no one to work for but themselves, they have no one to take pride in their success, to encourage them to exertion, or to cheer them after failure. The badge of pauperism drags them down, and it is well, indeed, if that downward path leads them only back to the gloomy home from which they started, and not to its kindred gaol. In the case of the girls, indeed, there are other and worse agencies at work, and it is here that our parochial authorities might at once achieve a most important practical reform. "Evil communications corrupt good manners " said the wise apostle many a century since, and the experience of later years has only served to confirm his assertion. Many inmates of our work houses, no doubt, even among the able-bodied, are driven there by sheer force of circumstances and irresistible misfortune. Many more among the inmates of the wretched infirmaries deserve our tenderest pity rather than our censure. But it is not with these that the young girl, fresh from the union school room, comes into immediate contact. It is with those of her own sex a little older than herself in years, far older in worldly wisdom and wickedness, with those who have gone out into the world and been driven back to the workhouse gates by their own sin and folly. The lessons she learns are not from the broken-down servant, the widowed mother, whose health has failed in the struggle, or the strong man crippled by diSease and unwilling to burden his family. They are from the bold flaunting girl, the woman whose intemperance has broken up her home, and all the loud and reckless crew, who fill our workhouse sheds. So rapid is the consequent deterioration in the young girls suddenly introduced into this motley circle, that the chaplain of one of our large workhouses stated that he could see a marked change in their conversation and manner within one week of their entry into workhouse life. While we are puzzling as to what we are to do with our old paupers it is certain that we have found a marvellous receipt for manufacturing new ones. TOPICS OF THE DAY. withdraw from the campaign before they hays actually raised their flag. The Dublin journals all seem agreed as to the importance to Ireland, socially and I olitica.lly, of local legislation ; and their efforts to propagate their doctrines are in spite of the want of sympathy shewn by Cork, Waterford, and Tipperary, gaining the cause many strong adherents from all parties. £45, and that the directors can only pay a 2 per cent. dividend. It would seem that the company, having secured to themselves £60,000 or £70,000 per annum from season ticket holders, care but little to fulfil their contract of supplying reasonable accommoda tions and decent regularity, especially when it would be afforded at a loss of money to be gained from other hands, namely, those of the pleasure seekers. •••, til l .• • 4, EVENING EDITION. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1870. Fenianism, it is to be hoped, if not as yet stamped out, must by this time be very thoroughly disheart ened. It is not merely, wherever it has attempted to raise its head, a failure, but far worse than that, it has rendered itself at once ridiculous and con temptible. Conspiracy never succeeds, says one of the fine ladies in " Lothair." The remark is super ficial, if you will, is trivial, is " flippant"—but, for all that it is true. From LUCIUS CATALINE to GUY FAWKES, conspirators have always blundered. The Cato-street conspirators can hardly, from this point of view, be regarded as travesties of their historical and classical prototypes. They merely vulgarised the fiascoes that had long previously become pro verbial. In one sense they were not a jot more ludicrous, secreting themselves in the hay-loft at the back of those miserable mews, than was the Spanish fanatic, hiding with his dark lantern among the barrels of gunpowder in the cellarage of the Houses of Parliament. THISTLEWOOD was but a trifle more ruffianly than that profligate Patrician Adventurer of old R ome, alien= appetens, suiprofusus. They are of a-piece, these scheming, plotting, marau ders. 1 hey are visibly of a genus. A family likeness runs throughout them from generation to generation. And they are all bunglers. As of old—so now. As with the intriguers, who failed two thousand year ago—so is it during these last half-dozen years with the lawless promoters (covertly and on the sly) of the no-principles of Fenianism. Ostensibly th e y are all that—while flying at high game, at the subver sion of the Empire, at the undermining of the Con stitution. The liberation of Ireland is their watch word : but, as to their acts, they are the mean and despicable acts of the lowest class of magsnnen, they are the most wild and wanton caricatures of the crimes of burglary and assassination. Than the Clerken well explosion, there was no baser or more despicable atrocity ever conceived and pitilessly perpetrated. Inoffensive, harmless standers-by--men, women, and little children of the humblest class among the industrial population—were brutally struck down, blinded, mutilated, many of them destroyed —and all for what? Simply to tear a hole through a prison wall on the chance of aiding a Fenian prisoner or two to escape, in the confusion of the moment, from incarceration. The calculation arriving at such a result through suck means was the calculation as of a half-witted savage. And so, also, in the instance of the late absurd and pre postk rous invasion of the two Canadas. It was an exploit imagined by BOBADIL, proclaimed (as already half accomplished) by BOMBASTES FURIOSO, and carried out to its ridiculous result by PAROLLES. The whole logic of Fenianism, such as it is, is arguing in a circle. And hence, appropriately enough at the core and heart of every movement there is a Head Centre—BOBADIL, BOMBASTES and PAROLLES all rolled into one. THE Earl of DERBY has come valiantly to the rescue during the dull period of the Whitsuntide recess, and has furnished the public with subjects of reflection which have been alike interesting and im portant. On Tuesday, he presided over one of the largest meetings that has ever been held in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, convened for the purpose of supporting the movement for the restoration of Chester Cathedral. Lard DERBY'S speeches have one substantial claim on our regard—they are always of a practical character. They say enough, and not too much, about the subject under discussion and put the merits of the case fairly before the audience. With respect to the question before us the noble lord truly said the facts were " few and simple." Chester cathedral, one of the oldest buildings in the north of England, is in such a state of decay that many repairs must take place unless it is allowed to fall to pieces altogether. The necessary repairs will entail a cost of thirty thousand pounds or perhaps fifty thousand pounds, but in a case like this expense is not the first consideration. Lord Derby gave expression to the feelings which must animate all men of sense and spirit when he said that to repair a building of this kind was a duty which the residents of that part of England owed to their country. The Englishmen of to-day have duties to discharge, which are not confined to the present generation, but extend to posterity, and they must not permit the destruction of a national memorial which can never be replaced if once destroyed; but which, on the other hand, can be of service to those who, five hundred years hence, may endeavour to search into the past history of their race. No pursuit is more .interesting than that of researches into the past, and as the world becomes richer in the spoils of time, it is pursued with increased ardour. Architectural work is rightly considered to be of the greatest importance as repre senting the style and characteristics of a generation, and it is also the most durable among the memorials of antiquity. An apt illustration or an appropriate quota tion will often impress the mind and strike the fancy when more prosy arguments fail to convince, and Lord DERBY'S speech afforded an instance of this when he referred to tue structures of Egypt. If, said he, any ruler of Egypt were to pull down one of the pyramids for the sake of the materials, "there would be an outcry of remonstrance through out Europe." Everyone would feel that the thing at tacked was the common property of the human race. REPEAL IN IRELAND. The agitation in favour of a "national senate " in Ireland, which, absurd ai it may seem to English ears, is gaining much support in the northern and midland counties, is not being countenanced in any serious manner in the South. A. Cork paper con demns the revival of a cry which all sensible men must see to be hopeless. It contends that a demand for absolute separation would be more logical than one for a subordinate parliament, but even agitation for this must result only in trouble and failure. It therefore advises all prudent men to FITS HIM TO A T. Professor Goldwin Smith will have it that the Social Parasite, described by Mr. Disraeli in his " Lothair," means himself. The Professor is evidently a man of nice discernment. In order to enable our readers to recognize the accuracy of the delineation first perceived by the gentleman who maintains that he and no other sat for the portraiture. we subjoin one of the passages referred to by Mr. Goldwin Smith in his insolent letter to the author ( f " Lothair," as occurring in that book and as so Itumistakeably personal to himself, Mr. Smith : " The Oxford ProfEssor, who was the guest of the American colonel, was quite a young man, of advaiicid opinions on all subjects, religious, social and political. He was clever, extremely well-informed--so far as books can make a man knowing—but unable to ITO fit even by his limited experience of life from a rt st less vanity and overflowing conceit, which prevented him from ever observing or thinking of anything but himself. He was gifted with a great command of words, which took the form of endless opposition, varied by sarcasm and passages of ornate jargon. He was the last person one wouldhave expected t o recognise in an Oxford Professor; but we live in times of transi tion. Like sedentary men of extreme opinions, he was a social parasite, and, instead of indulging in his usual invectives against peers and princes, finding himself unexpectedly about to dine with one of that class, he was content only to dazzle and amuse him." Altogether, a capital likeness ! What you would call a speaking photograph ! THE NEW DEAN OF ROCHESTER. The announcement in the Post, that the Rev. Dr. Scott, the Master of Balliol, had retused Mr. Glad stone's offer of the Deanery of Rochester, turns out to be incorrect : a special postcript to the Guardian states that the rev. doctor has accepted the appoint ment. He will probably make an excellent dean. He was educated in Christ Church College, Oxford. obtained the Craven Scholarship in 1830, and the Ireland Scholarship in 1833. In the same year he took a first-class 8.A., and became M.A. in 1836. He was ordained deacon in 1835, and priest in 1836; was Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral from 1845, and became Master of Balliol College nine years later. As joint author with Dr. Liddell, of "Liddell and Scott's Greek-English LexicOn." the new Dean is universally known. Dr. Scott was rector of Duloe, Cornwall, from 1840 to 1850, and is the author of several volumes of sermons. TAE FIRE IN QUEBEC. Our correspondent there furnishes some particulars of the great fire in Quebec. The fire originated in a baker's shop, spread, with the ass'stance of a strong east wind, over a street about forty feet in width, in the suburb of St. Rock's, and in a few hours destroyed Over 400 houses. The fires engines and attempts of all kinds, including the blowing up of houses with gunpowder, were utterly useless in staying the pro gress of the fire : it made its way to the banks of the river St. C harles, and ended by destroying two new compoSite vessels nearly ready for launching, considered the finest ships ever built at Quebec. The actual loss is over 000,000 dollars, and that of the insurance companies 250,000 dollars. THE ABYSSINIAN MEDAL. It is with much satisfactioi that one learns that the Queen has signified her will that the officers and men of the Royal navy and marines employed during the operations in Abyssinia, including every sailor who was conveyed even into the Red Sea, with a view to ultimate active service, shall have medals awarded to them. It only now remains to be desired that a like award will be meted out to the gallant tars who were so willing to risk their lives in the New Zealand troubles. After a long sea voyage out to a trying climate, and an anxious period of watching, in which they did not know the moment their assis tance might be required against the Maori rebels, one would say that common justice alone demands that the sailors and marines of the war-vessels sent to New Zealand should have a small badge of honour. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. An Irish Catholic Layman has written to the Daily News in reference to mixed education in Ire land. He says that the plan of mixed and secular education has already been tried in the Queen's Col lege and proved a failure. There is only a " frac tional representation" of the majority of the Irish people in these endowed "mixed education" colleges. The cause is not indifference to learning or poverty, but the fact that the Irish people are of one mind with their clergy, and disregard any system of instruc tion in which religion has no prominent place. The recent declaration to Mr. Gladstone on the sub ject of education from the Catholic laity, was signed by nine hundred influential persons of different classes, and affords a sufficient proof that they are totally opposed to mixed education. In conclusion, he declares that the question is one which the Irish Catholic people can very well settle for themselves. If the majority of them require secular education for their children, accompanied by religious education, they ought to be allowed to have it, and a reservation might be made, in order that the minority might please themselves ; but a very small college would hold them. CANADA OPPRESSED BY " EXPEDITIONS." A correspondent at Quebec sends us some interest ing remarks on the present condition of the Dominion of Canada. As might be expected,the two expeditions —if the Fenian raid deserve the dignity of such nomen clature have somewhat seriously checked the prosperity of our American colony. Twice within the short space of a month the militia and volunteers have been called out to meet the Fenian raid ; and the increased taxation that must necessarily follow will press heavily in the present state of trade. The Red River expedition too has been delayed by the occurrence of the Fenian movement ; and the probable expenditure is on that account increased by some thousands of dollars. To add • to the misfortunes of the Dominion, Quebec has again suffered from a recurrence of the vast fires that have rendered its name notorious for wooden buildings and bad local management. "At the same time (our correspondent adds) it may be observed that the feeling elicited by these occurrences is highly creditable, Personal interest is, in nearly every instance, willingly sacrificed to the welfare of the Government." RAILWAY GRIEVANCES. The management of the London, Brighton, .and South Coast Railway is calling forth very serious complaints from season ticket holders and others who must of necessity make use of the line. A train, it is said, is rarely if ever started to its time, and never arrives at its destination when due. Indeed, instances are known when trains conveying business men reach the West End a full half-half hour beyond the time guaranteed in the company's tables. The situation of travellers on days when festivities are going on at the Palace, or when a Derby race is to he run, is extremely deplorable. On these occa sions the season ticket holders are not apparently once thought of, and all the inconvenience to them is caused for the sake of a few pleasure-seekers, who, however, pay for their ac commodation. On June Ist the company, it is said, took off forty trains from the line without previous notice, and regular passengers had to get to their business and home again at night as best they could either by the trains, after waiting several hours, or by other conveyances. Under the circumstances it is scarcely to be wondered at that shares once worth £l3O are now worth only LAW REFORM. An Ex-Judge writes to the Times on the much vexed question of Law Reform. The Whitsuntide recess, he says, affords us an opportunity of taking stock as to our prospects during the present session. The survey is on the whole satisfactory, since public opinion has declared in favour of the chief part of Lord Hatherley's measures, and he need not fear the opposition of the Law Lords, if he stand firmly to his guns. His scheme for the fusion of law and equity in one great court, and eventually° in every court of justice in England, is quite safe if he appeals to the statesmanship on both sides of the House to support him against the lawyers. The ex judge, however, does not think that all will be done when the fusion of laiv and equity is completed. The most crying want of the day, in his estimation, is a good Supreme Court of Appeal for the whole empire, which should swallow up the jurisdiction of every other appeal court from the House of Lords downwards. It is too much to expect any Lord Chancellor to propose such a suicidal measure to his peers, and this reform must therefore originate with the Commons. In conclusion the writer gives a hint which should be acted upon in these days when unnecessary delays are held to be so great a grievance. No one has the power of compelling the attendance of judges at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The most effi cient of the judges have their duties elsewhere, and their sittings are few and far between. At the pre sent moment no fewer than 200 appeals are lodged for hearing from India alone, a fact which- of itself should stimulate the exertions of our Law Reformers. EXTRADITION BILL. The Attorney-General's bill on the extradition of criminals makes provision that the Act shall be applied to any foreign State by order in council, where an arrangement has been made regard ing the surrender of any fugitive criminals. A fugitive criminal is not to be surrendered Who is only convicted of a political offence, and the requisition for the surrender must be made by some person recognised by the Secretary of State as a representative of the Foreign State. Cases under this Act are to be heard by a police magistrate, and the magistrate is to commit if the evidence is such as would justify a committal in an English court, but the prisoner will not be sur rendered for fifteen days in order that opportunity may be given to apply for a writ of Habeas corpus. Among the list of extradition crimes are murder and conspiracy to murder, manslaughter, forgery, counterfeiting and altering, and also utter ing; embezzlement and larceny; obtaining money or goods by false pretences ; crimes by bankrupts against bankruptcy law; fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director or member or public officer of any company, made criminal by any statute ; rape, abduction, child-stealing, burglary and housebreaking, arson, and robbery with vio lence. THE SALISBURY ESTATES. We have of late become accustomed to seeing the names of our oldest nobility figuring in the law lists, but the special case which has brought the Salisbury estates under the consideration of the Court of Exchequer is happily in no way connected with money lenders or sporting disasters. The point at issue was the amount of succession duty which Lord Eustace Cecil was liable to pay upon a sum of £20,000, of which he came into possession on the death of his father, the late Marquis of Salisbury. Certain estates were, under the marriage settlement of the late Marquis settled upon him for life, with remainder to his sons in tail. The late Marquis and his eldest son, the late Lord Cranborne, in 1855 executed a disentailing deed, and two years later they joined in a deed . to raise a su m of £20,000 for the defendant, Lord Eustace Cecil, the third son, in'case he survived his father. In 1860 another deed removed the condition of his sur viving his father. 'ln 1866 Lord Cranborne died, and the present Lord Salisbury, the second son, became tenant entail of the property. In 1868 the Marquis died, and the defendant became entitled to his £20,000. The Crown claimed succession duty at the rate of 3 per cent. on the ground that the true settler of the charge was the tenant in tail, the defen dant's brother, who was to be treated as the prede cessor within the meaning of the Act. The defendant claimed to pay only at the rate of 1 per cent. on the ground that his father, not his brother, was the true predecessor. However, the Court gave judgment for the Crown, and the full amount must therefore be paid. BOARDING OUT PAUPER CHILDREN. There are undoubtedly two sides to every question, and it is accordingly not surprising to find the scheme of boarding out workhouse children, unsparingly denounced by Mr. George Bartley. This gentleman brings forward many arguments against the plan. It would not be, says he, so economical as is supposed, neither would the children be so kindly cared for, as the foster-parents would merely take them in as a matter of profit. The contract price, being reduced to the lowest possible rate by energetic guardians, would only allow them to do this by stinting and starving the children, while, when they grew old enough to work, th e latter would find - their position became still more un comfortable from the competition with their foster parents and brethren. Again, the diseased state of the pauper children would be likely to create an epidemic in the over crowded houses of the agricultural poor, and the children must therefore remain some time on the parish before they could be thus disposed of, while at best only aportion of the children—those with out parents—could be thus provided for. All these arguments, however, fail to touch one practical Point—the miserably unsatisfactory condition of our pauper children at present. Those who know any thing of the inner history of workhouses are well aware that a very large percentage of the workhouse reared children hopelessly fail in life, in spite of the excellent sanitary arrangements, good education, and every other advantage boasted of. It may also be doubted whether if these little workhouse waifs and strays were questioned direct, they might not prove to us that their present existence was not so very enjoyable that they should shrink fro.a exchanging it for something like a natural home life, however poor. THE SPANISH THRONE. It is certainly a triumph for the democracy of the age to find the proudest and most exclusive nation in Europe proposing to elect a King. If any country might be supposed to be the strong hold of antiquated despotism and Divine Right it was surely Spain, where the rigid etiquette of the Court entailed death rather than loss of dignity on an imperilled monarch. Yet the Spaniards are actually debating a law for the election of a sovereign ruler, and the debate in the Cortes, when the question came on was naturally of the most exciting kind. At the very outset there was a difference of opinion. The committee who prepared the draft of the measure were not unanimous. The greater• part of them are partisans of liontpensier, and they wished the king to be elected by a majority of the deputies present, provided they equalled the number required for voting the ordinary laws, which is one more than half of the Deputies admitted. By this arrangement Montpensier, who has, it is said, 100 votes promised, stands a good chance, a 3 the whole number of DeputieS is only 356. The minority of the committee, who are dead against the duke, maintain that the king-elective should have half the suffrages of the whole number of deputies. The discussion in the Cortes was very animated, and the amendment of the minority was taken first. A king, said its supporters,should not be elected under the same form as ordinary votes were taken, bufshould represent the majority of the nation. Senor Figueras, the Finance Minister carried this idea still further, and suggested P. plebiscite. When the division on the amendment came on the excitement was tremendous, though the question was only whether it should be taken into c onsideration. Six Ministers voted No, and all the Montpensierists joined them, but the Si's had it, a nd a majority of 106 to 98 pronounced in favour of the amendment. The trial of strength, however, will be on the definite vote. THE ACCIDENT ON THE ➢IONTE SALVATOItE. The Monte Salvatore, on which Mr. E: Royds has just lost his life is so high and treacherous an ascent that three hours and a-half is looked upon as the average time required for getting to its top. It would appear from later particulars which have reached England that the party, Mr. Royds, his sister, and his cousin (another lady) mistook the usual path for be ginning the ascent, and they had reached a track ending in a rugged furrow, 200 feet from the level of the main road, before the error was discovered. The party, instead of retracing their steps, persevered/ thinking that they must hit the regular mule-path a little way above. Darkness, however, came on rather suddenly, and a slight d isaster wlich happened to Mr. Royds' sister in the brushwood, from which she ha d to be extricated, first made the young man aware of the critical position they were in. Instead of remain" ing where they were till . dawn, the tourists now began to descend, and it was when doing tbis that Mr. Royds suddenly placed his foot on an inse cure piece of rock, and toppled over three successive tiers of rocks before his body touched the ground. The calamity cannot be attributed to foolhardiness or rashness, as Mr. Royds, followed by his lady coin' panions, was taking each step down the mountain slope with a steady watchfulness. It must be said/ however, that the party did not expect that thei would meet with any extraordinary mountain difl culties, and as the deceased young man was of power' ful and athletic build, the party were all confident of accomplishing all they wished in perfect safety. if anything tended to render Mr. Royds hurried 01 anxious it was the thought that the friend s of the .ladies would be in alarm abou t them at Lugano. When the melancholy event Fig; pened the two ladies, though terribly shockectl happily preserved their courage, and, with a sagacity often remarkable in women when in real danger; they attempted to go back on the way they lit' come. After wandering under the moonlight fg, some time, they reached th e path f rom th e ma in roa d which they had at first wrongly and unfortunat ely taken. court HER Al A .1 Eti 7' Y. BALMORAL CASTLE, June , The Queen, with Princess Beatrice, drove to Loch C° later yesterday, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athol° and the Hon. Eva Macdonald. Princess Louise drove out, attended by Miss Macgregor' The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday moraine attended by the Hon. Mrs. Coke. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales W e A re present at a dinner and ball giv en by Si r Anthony' ue Rothschild, at his residence in Grosvenor-place. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-P A he The Countess of Radnor's ball (instead of 00 t 2nd), at 52, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. , De The Grand Cricket Match on Lord's Ground betweell4 e Household Brigade and the Royal Artillery. bands will be in attendance. SCIENTIFIC NI EETINGS—TO-DAY• 0 The Mathematical Society at 8, when Mr. T. Cott ere o will lecture on the " Intersection of Curves, and Collinear Correspondence in certain R4seaus." Snar e The Zoological Society at 8.30, p.m., Mr. B. B. ft will leeture on "N ew Bi r d s f rom M a d agascar ," and roe. R. Swinhoe, o n "Z oo l og i ca l no t es o f a j o urney o ', Canton to P e ki n an d K a l gan, " an d D r . J. MUrie' ° the " Saiga Antelope (Saiga Tartaricus.) THE GRAND IN FERNATIONAL P1 (11: ' ° MATCH LS IN FRANCE. PARIS, June s• PRIX DE BOULOGNE. This, the second of the international matches, we s fi h r o s: for this afternoon in the Bois de B ou l ogne , when tL:otitin prize was won by M. Hottinguer, the second by C ap Anderson, and the third by Captain F. Gist. There were 57 competitors. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SoCIETY.. At the great show of the Royal Horticultural Soeleoch held yesterday, the show of Orchids was peculiarly V. Oll several species appearing under a degree of perf et :et which has scarcely been previously realised. The grt 7 or. novelty was a singular species of Gonzora from N l '', ° Wilson Saunders, which has been named C 4.01 ' - hostentora. We cannot speak too highly of thelsholv a whole, the foliage plants being extremely striking. 0 .0 In the afternoon a general meeting of the Felloo held in the Council-room , presided over by Sig isln e re Rucker, Esq., F.S.S., and the following candidates s v ,rl elected Fellows, viz. :—F. Atkinson Argles, the ,r t of Ashburnham, the , Hon. R. Baillie-Ha n :;:er , Edward James Boldero, the Marquis of - 01 .40. Mrs: Fryer, Theodore H. Galton, Thomas nanki n ', a d, John Jones, Charles Kekule, Frederic T. D. Le"Y: t is Godfrey J. M. Meynell, Mrs. Miller, George Augj o Moore, Thomas Pain, E. S. Bouverie PuseY, Rougier, Mrs. A. M. Speer, Mrs. Squires, Edutul„ae tersall, Mrs. Tattersall, Miss Amy Taylor, John &c., &c. ag; The Great Eastern arrived at Sheerness Yes' , of A man named Agley flung himself on the jinesco er the South-Eastern Railway, near Stoat's Nest, yest and was killed. There having been a slight disturbance on Tu escll l sl6 ' front of the theatre at Ryde, in connection with t, h p e a to of Wight election, the magistrates have deternlo - a posse of special constables. 0 11 te, • At the inquest held yesterday at Ramsg3 f a ce. t - f tb' qof the 13( -^ident, verdict reget wo of the victims of the boat accident a dental death was returned, and an expression o'4 to the was recorded that more care was not taken s' qualification of the boatmen. The marriage of Lady Alexina Duff, drug an d the Earl of Fife, with Mr. Aubrey CoventrY, secl `ail of the Hon. Henry Coventry, will be celebrated 3 _ PO House, Banffshire, on the 6th of July, which is the of Fife's birthday. w a 10 1 , A NOBLE GIFT.—The stun of £l,O OO ..„, s as fi ve. e ; days since left at the bank of Messrs. Ransom , P", - f th and Co., "for the British Hospital for Diseases o f Skin, 56, Great Marlborough-street, W., and A ' bury-square, E.C., from V. S. T." 1, rid er Lord Falmouth has presented T. French, t-„ e ffl l ,l I ' l ' of Kingcraft, with the handsome douceur ofds' gift is all the more liberal, seeing that his lor,,it,e6V not back the horse for a shilling, and consequ ently nothing beyond the value of the stakes.—Sportozafi• the An old pensioner has died at Greenwich froffi,o, effects of injuries he received from garotters, w hen a lit, ing London the other day. A Coroner's Jury, les",,, per returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against gall oons unknown." the The Jockey Club Committee now consideriq gr; abuses of the Turf seem determined to forestnoeo Th o mas Hughes with his Horse Racing Bill, as it ,ssip° they will probably come to a decision by next .r r i , tti Sit Joseph Hawley, it is stated, at the meeting °re .Saturday before the Derby, brought forward his P 1,01 sition to restrict two years running until July AP', by a majority of seven to two, it was negative. el' the committee will not propose any alteration ill present law. SI