The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-03 00:00:00

OPERAS, THEATRES,‘AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAtOPERA, Covent-garden.—Mozart's Don Giovanni. 8.30. p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book. And A Kiss in the Dark. ADELPIII—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 0 , Little Faust. OLYMPIC At Seven, Music bath 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. 'Twist Axe and Crown. STRAND —At Seven, Loving Hearts, Kenilw rth. VAUDEVILLE —For Love or Money. Don Carlos. • ST. JAMES'S —At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH B',( K. Egyptian Hall, Pi e , cadilly, every Itvcning (except Saturday), at 8; :Saturday Horn logs at 8. Admission ls, 2s, as. CanisTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall. Every Night, at 8' Wed • nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-perk. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under , dd. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. tin 3 0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 6(1. ri MOSES and SON, a C ORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of 121• G ENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dress Oxford Camb. Fishing Coats. Coats, Coats. Coats. Coats. _ w 25.5. 255. 17s. 18s. 10s. .30s. 30s. 21s. 225. 15s. 355. 1 355. 265. 28s. 18s. 425. 425. 30s. 325. 225. 50s. 50s. 365. 365. 28s. ..—.......--- 635. , 60s. 428. 425. 355. 10 MOSES and SON beg to remind the public _u_4• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other house in England. E . MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Race Business Morning Dress Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 13s. 6d. 12s. 30s. 10s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 85s. 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 10 MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of 12.4. B OY'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. 9s. 6d. 15s. ~ , 18s. 18s. 13e. 6d. l9s. 235. 235. 16s. 6d. 21s. 265. 265. 21s. 265. 328. 325. 265. 30s. 365. 365. 80s. 365. 48s. 48s. ri j MOSES and SON supply every description of • clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes ; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset, till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON - LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDOATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of ENGLAND. 112, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, London, May 31, 1870. Notice is hereby given, That an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Proprietors of the National Provincial Bank of England will be held on the 30th day of June next, at 112, Bishopsgate street, in the City of London, at 12 o'clock precisely (and not 12 for 1 o'clock), for the purpose of electing a Director in the place of William James . Maxwell, Esq., deceased; and also for the pur se of considering the Resolution unanimously passe d a t the last Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, recommending, et account of the great increase which has taken place in the busi ness of the Bank and in the profits of the shareholders, that an addition of £2,200 per annum should be made to the annual re muneration of the Directors, and passing such Resolutions as to altering the present remuneration of the Directors as such Extra ordinary General Meeting may determine upon. E. ATKINSON,} Joint General Managers, W. HOLT, NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE LL 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, 30 each; also 55., 7s. ed., and 15s. each, includ ng, brush. Red• Bull Wharf ,Angel-passage, :3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, N.C. _ TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY ey 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 is. 6d.— Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee, Yr, Bvckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Eda 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. Bnckstono; Miss C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. And (by desire) A REGULAR F: Mr. Sothern, 8/c. • Cencinding with A IKSS IN TH E DARK. ADELPHI THEATRE.—New Company.—New Drama.—At 7.30, FREE LABOUR, a drama, in four acts, by Charles Reade, played by a new company, selected from first-class theatres. New scenery by Hawes Craven. OLYMPIC THEATRE.-MISS BA TEMAN.- THIS EVENING, at 8, MARY WARNER: Mary Warner, Miss Bateman; assisted by Messrs. Vernon, D. Fisher, Blakeley, Roberts, Elliott, Vanghan. and G. Belmore. Preceded by, at 7, MUSIC HATH CHARMS: Miss Mattie Reinhardt. To conclude with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Mr. Geo. Belmore. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of lasers. Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL. Mr. F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at 8.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and NI anageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING HEARTS. Messrs Edward Teary and Turner; Mesdames Buf ton at, drantley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, Terry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant!ey, Anstiss, Goodall. Met calfe, and Moore. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.— Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T, Thorne.—THlS. EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A. Halliday. entitled , FOR LOVE OR. MONEY. At 9.46, the new Burlesque. by Conway Edwardes, entitled DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in Aims. Supported by the following Company:— Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclerc, R. Evelyn, Kemp, T. F. Garthwaite, R. Power. N.B.—On to-morrow (Saturday), June 4 (at 8 o'clock), anew and original Comedy, in 3 Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, supported by Messrs. H. .I.. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, H. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames A. Newton (her first appearance at this Theatre), T. Lavis, and Amy Fawsitt, THE SUN, LONDON, : FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1870. assistance. Amusement is plentifully provided, and 3 cricket matches, io which some 40 boys took part, were played during the summer. Weekly entertain ments, with a band formed from among the patients, have been highly successful, and the books, pictures, &e., provided by kindly friends are greatly valued by the more advanced. It gratifying to know that , 60 expellent an institution does not suffer for want of friends. One c:r two eases-are mentioned in the -Ro ped whicl do honour to our, humanity, arid serve to remind us that after all English charity is some thing more thati indolent yielding to extortion or self-complacent ostentation. A lady, name nu . known, left £l,OOO at the office for the asylum,. while another anonymous donor has twice during . the year forwarded the same rum. Naturally the history of the Institution has its dark side. It s labours are not always successful•. The most assi duous patience., the most devoted kindness, some times fail in piercing through the cloud which wraps the subtle essence of mind. The average progress of the inmates is, however, most striking, and so well are the advantages of an Earlswood training known, that wealthy families who have* a child so afflicted, ply largo sums to obtain the admission to the institution as boarders. Sometimes the effects produced in the hopeful cases are really marvellous. An excursion was made last year to the Crystal Palace, and the pupils when there were joined by two former companions, who had been discharged cured. While at Earlswood they bad learned shoemaking, and by this trade one was earning his own living ; the other supporting himself and hits widowed mother ! Even should the mental instruction and the industrial teaching totally fail, however, a residence, at Earlswood is never with out some softening and controlling effect on the poor uncouth, undisciplined' creatures, who are admitted within its doors. , Here in this twilight world the influence of the great healing and refining agent .is not wanting,. and simple religieits teaching, Bible lessons, easy prayers, and hymns are taught the the stammering tongues and penetrate the feeble intelligence. No need for conscience clauses and time tables here I No denonii national diffisalties and theological problems. The teaching begins and ends with the great doctrines of the FATHER in Heaven, and the SAVIOUR on earth, whom the children must not displease by sin, and the dull, .helpless imbecile can dimly grasp it. "An ' uudevout astronomer is mad," exclaimed the poet, contemplating the innumerable worlds. perceptible from his little corner of the universe, but the undy ing vitality of that faith, " broad as our humanity," which can control and cheer the helpless idiot atEa,rls wood, is surely no less a- testimony to the divinity of that which sears ' where imagination cannot follow, and stoops where utilitarianism fails. t . _ t • ~.-‘02 2, . tritu b t if HER 'MAJESTY. 'BALMORAL CASTLE. Juno 1, The Ciiieen went out yesterday morning with Princess Louise. in the afternociu her Majesty and Princess Beatrice drove to the Glassalt Shield, attended by Miss Macgreggpr. Princess Louise went out driving. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by tho Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. The King of the Belgians took leave of the Prince and Princess of Wales, on his return to Belgium. IfASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-D.A.Y, The Oaks. The Countess of Jersey's Dance, at 32, Wilton-place, Bel• grave-square. Mrs. Musgrave's dancing party, at 25, Queen's Gate. gardens. Mrs. Schuster's third morning reception, at 11, Upper Belgrave-square, The 32d Light Infantry annual regimental dinner at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at eight' o'clock precisely. Mr. Charles Halle's Beethoven recital, at St. James's Hall, at three o'clock. METROPOLITAN GOSSIP—TnuitspAY. The reference to " another place " made -by Mr. Gathorne Hardy in his speech on the third reading of the Land Bill has excited a good deal of criticism. Taken literally, the reference certainly does mean that the ex- Home Secretary calls upon the House of Lords to enforce all the.amendments of principle .which the Conserva,tiyea_ Y l/ the I.,e,%w„House were toa weak in nymbers to pass.. et I dotibt4f this was Mr. Hardy's real'ineaning. With the `raneereniE s of last session's conflict 'between the two hoe , will luirdly desire to rwkagain the, risk which waFitrun. then. These incidents are too.. dangerous to bear repetition. Moreover, there is not the same excuse for the course in 1870 that there was In 1869. No strong party feeling has been aroused with respect to the Land Bilk On the other hand there is the certainty that if the present bill be seriously mutilated by the landlords they ' will have to meet a far more sweeping measure next year. Altogether, theractre;tl believe: that M. Hardy's reference to the Peers was intended merely to . cover his own retreat. The House of Commons did not rise for the holidays in a particularly good humour. The attacks made upon Mr. Childers and Mr. Baxter, by Sir Jas. Elphinstone and Mr. Corry were something more than severe—they were savage, and the Secretary of the Admiralty is not a man to bear them without hitting out right and left by way of • reply. There really seemed no reason for the extravagant bitterness of the member for Portsmouth. His charges „proved baseless. Perhaps it was for that reason the hon. member was so fierce. Or was it that having fled from his old residence, Ceylon, because it was too hot, he has brought over an excessive stock of caloric, and had to blow it off ? The long absence of Mr. Disraeli from Parliament and the ferocious, though clever, review of " Lothair," in the Tory Blackwood, are giving rise to much discussion. • There is no doubt that the leader of the Conservative party intended his book as a new manifesto of Con servative policy, and he hoped to lead them back to office under the old No-Popery flag. But if we are to judge from Blackwood they have repudiated the time-honoured banner with contempt. Certainly it was hardly probable that men like Lord Derby and Lord Salisbury would consent to be dragged through the mire of religious bigotry, even though that was the road to the Treasury bench. Mr. Disraeli's attempt has signally failed, and it would seem as if the party were resolved to throw him Overboard, a poor return for five-and-twenty yearsfaithful, if not always wise service. Oh ! that Baron Haussmann would pay us a visit and take Mr. Ayrton in hand. This gentleman is beyond all question the very worst First Commissioner of 'Works we ever had. Not only is he allowing the contractor to make a waste howling wilderness of the Serpentine in the very height of the season, but he has neglected one 0f the finest opportunities of beautifying London that ever offered. When the Metropolitan District Railway made their line to Westminster, advantage was taken of the opportunity by Lord John Manners and Mr. Layard to lay out the ground close to the Abbey and St. Margaret's Church as a garden. It needs only the flowers to make Parliament Square, as it is sometimes called, one of the choicest spots in London:- But Mr. Ayrton, who pziespises gardeners no less than architects, withholds the flowers, and the square stands a memorial visible to all the world of ludicrous pettifogging economy. An tedile worthy of the name would, moreover, insist upon taking in hand that grievous scandal to 'bur capital, Leicester square. It has been going from bad to worse, and it is now simply disgraceful. _ It appears' 'that some one /has, after litigation, established his right to the square, so there is no longer any difficulty ' in discovering whom to deal with, and there is no longer any excuse for not dealing with him peremp torily, and compelling him to sell the property which he has so greatly abused. If an Act of Parliament is required for this purpose, let it be passed, and then we shall have the talked•of new street from Trafalgar-square to the Tottenham Court-road, which will cut through the heart of St. Giles's, and flutter the rookeries in that choice neighbourhood. No one but a Londoner can understand the satisfaction with which the decision of the House of Lords has been received throwing out the Metropolitan District Extension Bill. Not only would the proposed station at the Mansion House have spoilt one of the finest streets in London just after it had been opened, but the abandon-. ment of the extension to the Tower would have prevented the completion of the long-promised inner circle. This completion will now be effected, and it will be possible to reach any point of London from any other point. The opening of the undergrOund line to Black friars will to a certain extent compete with the Charing Cross Railway, as travellers will be set down close to St. Paul's without the necessity of crossing the river twice. Ido not hear a good account of another great public work. A friend who has arrived in England this week by the overland route says that in Egypt it is well under stood that the Suez Canal is filling up, and that it will be necessary to raise new capital in order to keep it open. It seems to be thought that this will be done by forming a new company, and that eventually the canal will pass very much into the hands of English share holders, who will come in and reap where they have not sown, and gather where they have not strewed, as gene rally happens in all new undertakings. The King of the Belgians was at the Derby, and both he and the Prince of Waleki were a good deal cheered. The Duke of Edinburgh is preparing a diary of his tour, and it will be illustrated by M. Chevalier, a Swiss gentleman, who was commanded by the Queen to accompany her son. M. Chevalier (who, by the way, has married an English wife) has painted an elaborate picture of the installation . of the Duke in the Order of the Star of India ; he has also painted a large number of Indian landscapes. Still speaking of royalty, I may mention that Prince Napoleon's eldest son is suffering from the smallpox; that the son of the Viceroy of Egypt is going to make a tour of the chief capitals of Europe, and will shortly be in London ; and that there has just been published in Paris "The Cam paigns of the Army of Africa in 1835 and 1837, by the Duke of Orleans, edited by his Sons." The preface is by the Count of Paris, and the introduction by the Duke of Chartres, and there is a portrait of the duke, after Horace Vernet. The literary topic of the day is the skirmish between Mr. Hepworth Dixon and Mr. Sutherland Edwards. The latter gentleman wrote an anything but flattering notice of " Free Russia " in the Times, and subsequently one in the Pall Mall Gazette. He seems to have trusted to his memory for his second review, and charged Mr. Dixon with sundry mis-statements which Mr, Dixon declares he never made. He has chal lenged Mr. Edwards to cite the erroneous passages, and Mr. Edwards has given some, which, however, do not entirely, to use the mildest phrase, bear out his accusa tion. So there is' war between these two gentlemen, both of whom have " done " Russia. The strangest part of this affair is that which Professor Kapoustin has taken in this matter. The Professor was an intimate personal friend of Mr. Dixon, has been both his guest and his host ; and he read the proof sheets of the book as it passed through the press, yet he writes to the Golos (as the sharp eyes of the foreign editor of the Pall Mall - Gazette discovered) de claring that he had implored Mr. Dixon not to write, and that the book is full of blunders. The one blunder, of which a good deal has been made — the assertion that there are six hundred and odd thousand priests in Russia—was the Professor's own, he himself having,altered the word " clergy," which included both the priests and their families, into " priests." It is painful to suppose .that the Professor's repudiation of the book has arisen from any fear of its giving offence in high quarters, and I will not say that this is the cause of the strange course which he has taken. But I can offer no other explanation. Sir Charles Mike, the proprietor and the editor of the Athenceunt, means to pay another visit to Russia during the Parliamentary recess. He is, as I have mentioned on a former occasion, preparing a work on Russia, which certainly even Professor Kapoustin cannot condemn as hasty, for Sir Charles has been more than a year about it already and it will not be out until next year. Sir Charles's approaching journey is his third visit to Russia. That country would seem to be peculiarly attractive just now to literary men as Mr. Ralston of the British Museum, the best English-Russian scholar we have, igabout to go there to write a book. It is to be hoped that these and all other visitors to Russia will read Mr. Michell's - most able report on -the tenure of land in Russia which appears in the second blue book on that subject lately published. TljeaFe is the strangest story afloat about a recently published volume of poems, which is having almost as great a run at Mudie's as "Lothair." It is said that the author some years ago lost his wife, and in Aire agony of his be reavement declared that he would never publish one of the poems which lie then had in MS. pi'eliaritig for ptibli pc, cation. It is further said that-he bAgni7l7l4is wife's coffin. For some years the poems have lain undqground. They are now eichmned, , Published, and are being read by everyone. This is, I should think, the first instance of a " posthumous " work being published during the lifetime of its author. There was a large literary dinner a few evenings ago in the City. The guests were distiniuished, the fare more than good. The occasion was the launching of Mr. Sala's new magazine, " England in the Nineteenth :64.tury.", It is intended that this periodical shall deal with the social life of this country in all its phases, and a large number 01 well-known writers liaye joined the — staff. TIE proprletor of the magazine is Mr. the, advertising agent.. Another advertising agent', Mr. Maddick, has started a halfpenny mornin paper. This is not his first venture. About two year ago Mr. Maddick brought out the Morning Summary at penny. It lasted only a fortnight, however. Anothe item of journalistic news is that Mr. Edward Dicey, la editos of the Daily News, has become the editor of tli Observer. .1 . Another capital number of. the Photographic A Journal reaches me as I write. The first illustration is photograph, by the Woodbury process, of a painti by a rising Spanish painter, Zanaivis. It is intende to enlarge and improve the magazine, and the Jul number will appear in a new form and under the tit e of " Art- , -Fine and Industrial," and will contain s' full-page illustrations. A new edition of Bishop Berkeley's works, in four volumes, With a Life by Professor Camp bell Fraser, is announced as nearly ready. So, too, are Professor Ruskin's Lectures on Art and Profess9r Hullah's book on the cultivation of the speaking voice. The latest novelty is a bicycle which rises and falls in imitation of the movements of a rider on a horse. The effect is irresistibly ludicrous. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS, THE IRISH LAND BILL. The Standard thinks that the House of Lords should exercise its discretion on the question of the Irish Land Bill, and it is important that it should do so, as the House of Commons has no will of its own ; it votes precisely whatever Mr. Gladstone' may ' command, and its bills, therefore, represent nothing more than the individual will of a single man. If there is to be any check on his caprices, any power of appeal against his arbitrary pleasure, it must be supplied by the House of Lords. In the present case the bill em bodies a partisan view—the tenant's view of the questions with which it deals. It is a great misfortune that all debates should take the form of controversies between the two assemblies, rather than within each assembly ; but it is the consequence of the skilfully-devised manoeuvres of 1831 which secured to the Radical and urban element a preponderance in the House of Com mons disproportionate alike to its numbers, it wealth, and its real social and political importance. Till that in justice be redressed the only agency through which the rural agricultural Conservative majority can assert itself fs through the House of Lords, and the independence of that House alone can secure that both elements of na tional opinion shall have a share in shaping the national policy. red, ic4-1:, 4 A , lA tjj o fi - (4r 4'&444 MORNING EDITION. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1870. ( Lord MACAULAY'S terrible words descriptive of the pauperism of England- 4 ' Heathens in the midst of Christianity, and Savages in the midst of Civili zation"—have unconsciously furnished the text of the impressive discourse just now addressed to the whole, community by Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN. The force of logic brought to hear upon his argument is simply irresistible. Reading it, as of course he will read it, or rather has already read it, Mr. GOSCHEN might with reason exclaim in the saddest of all ti melancholy words uttered by Hamlet— " The time is out of joint; 0 cursed spite That ever I was born to set it right." In London, upon an average, 1.50,000 paupers--as many as would make the population of a whole city in other countries. In London, not far short of 2,000 vagrants—about as many as there have been years since the fonnding upon earth of Christianity. In London from £4,000,000 to £7,000,000 spent an nually in public and private charities. In London 150,000 children living in the midst of destitution —lOO,OOO of them littered about the streets, gra duating for the goals and, the gallows. A world of misery, of squalor, of utter and altogether hopeless wretchedness, under all the roaring life and dazzling wealth of this vast capital of ours " the metropolis," as Sir CHARLES describes it, " not only of the United Kingdom, but also of an empire upon which the sun never sets, including the vassal continent of India, -itself an empire." The magnitude of this stupendous gathering together of human beings upon one spot—"a province of houses," as it bas, before now, been well called—Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN realises to us all anew very strikingly where he observes—" The popu lation of London is as large as the aggregate popula tion of the three next largest European cities—Paris, Vienna, and Berlin, and it closely approximates to that of Scotland, is nearly equal to the population of Holland, and is not quite three times greater than that of Wales." It is with the Pauperism of this unparalleled capital that our system of Poor-Law Relief is still most confusedly and most ineffectually dealing : as it has been ever since the days of Queen ELIZABETH, when, for the first time in English His tory, a Poor Law was ever heard of—the btittery batch of the monastic establishments, scattered up and down the country, relieving, until then, the wants and miseries of the population. Having to take heed, now, here, in London alone, of from 1,000 to 2,000 vagrants, and of from 140,000 to 170,000 paupers, habitually, the executive or administrative departments have hitherto failed, most deplorably to deal effectively with an evil devolving upon their officers an apparently overwhelming and, at this moment, an almost paralysing weight of responsibi lities. Is it really hopeless, then, to dream of this monster evil being at last grappled with effectually ? Much was looked for from Mr. GOSCHEN, when be was first placed at the head of the Poor Law Board as its President. How far have those hopes been, as yet, in any w ay justified ? • If .ever there was an establishment which might write " Nil Desperandurn " over its portals it is certainly the asylum at Redhill. Idiocy is at once the most deplorable and the most seemingly hope less of human calamities, and it is no great wonder that in earlicr and less enterprising generations men despaired of mitigating its intensity. So painful is the spectacle of the uncouth idiot or imbecile, so jarring the discordant cry or senseless chatter, so distressing the association with a being often far below tha animal creation in intelligence and appre hension, that men of sensitive feelings and refined sympathies naturally shrunk from them. They were left to the charge of the rough, the unfeeling, the indifferent, those who were least conscious of their deficiencies, and, therefore, least able to supply them. Much as we boast of the progress of modern civilisa tion, it is only very recently that the treatment of the insane and the imbecile has ceased to be a disgrace to us. That it has so ceased. that the invincible power of gentleness and kindness, the unerring instinct of that sympathy which outstrips all acquired knowledge, have received so remarkable an illustration, is mainly due to the exertions and the self-devotion of one man, the late Dr. ANDREW REED. It is a lesson for selfish sensi bility and shrinking fastidiousness to learn that Dr. REED began his life with a strong aversion to idiots. Those who have studied the records of Earlswood, and have explored its recesses, who have seen the gradual development of intelligence, the varying de grees of mental consciousness and physical aptitude evoked from what seemed hopeless chaos, can answer 'to what purpose this natural aversion was overcome. The annals of the institution record some most sin gular cases. There was one boy who did not know a dog's head from his tail when admitted, who, after, some years of treatment, painted a picture which attracted the attention of no less an art critic than the late Prince CONSORT, who would not at first be lieve that the painter had not, and never would have, his full senses. Often it is discovered that the children have one particular turn or talent, which, when culti vated, raises their whole tone. Sometimes no mental aptitude at all is discoverable, but the boy or girl can be trained to happy ac tivity in cooking or gardening, or some other manual work. It is the first step in the task of education when the idiot can be induced to employ his fingers in any regular and useful occupation, and straw-plaiting, mat-making, &c., are invaluable edu cational agents. One of the most hopless cases re mained for weeks insensible or indifferent to all efforfis to arouse him from his sullen lethargy ; but a carefkil watch was kept, and one day, while he was lying in the sunshine in the garden, the helpless, hopeless fingers were seen to twirl a straw. This was enough to encourage the kindly guardians, and their perse vering efforts were subsequtntly crowned with the most signal success.. The report for the current year, which is just issued, supplies gratifying evidence that the good work is going on steadily and prosperously. The number of inmates is at present 483, of whom 314 'are males, and 169 females. The number of males employed has increased from 147, in the year 1867 to 268 in the year 1869. Them. are sixteen difftrent kinds of etnp!oyment for the males and six for the females, while the educational reports are equally encouraging. Three hundred and sixty-six letters have been written by the patients to the it friends during the year, in most cases entirely without SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS TO-DAY, The Royal Institution, at 8 p.m., when Professor Max Muller will lecture on the Migration of Fables. The Archreological Institute, at 4 p.m. ' The Philological Society, at 8.15 p.m. Thc Aeronautical Society, at 8 p.m., at the Society of Arts. BELL-ALLEY RAGGED SCHOOL AND MISSION. TO THE ED/TO2, OF THE " SUN.'' SIR,— Permit me to ask the kind attention of your readers to an appeal for funds to enable us to take the destitute children of our schools for a day's excursion into the coun try. Most of their parents are very poor, the little ones themselves living in crowded rooms and dons of poverty. Crime and misery abound in every direction ; and it will be true kindness to give them what they so much need good food and fresh air for one day if we can do no more. The children of the poor are here instructed free daily, and the work is carried on by voluntary contributions and voluntary labourers. Any small aid for this treat will be most thankfully re ceived by F. Dean, Esq., 251, Hampstead-road ; or by your obedient servant•, J. Salm° 38, Chancery-lane, W.C. Doswell-road, St. Luke's. LITERATURE. Edwin Drood. Nos. 11. and 111. By Charles Dickens. At the heart of the labyrinth evidently preparing for us in Edwin Drood is Jasper the Opium-Eater. Nothing finer than the suppressed passion of several of the scenes described in these two numbers of the his new serial story for May and June has ever been written by Mr. Dickens : the quarrel between Edwin and young Landless, in the second num ber, for example, and the astounding outburst on the part of Jasper, at the very close of the third number, just published. The mysterious visit to the old Cathedral of Cloisterham (coupled with the winding staircase depicted on the green cover) has about every touch of it an eyrie suggestiveness. What is the concealment that is getting in readiness, and what is the subsequent revelation? A quarter of the story has already appeared, but the drift of the plot cannot, as yet, in the least be conjectured. Al ' ready, however, Mr. Dickens has -created for us a cluster of new intimatee , ---known but yesterday, but familiar to our imaginations for ever afterwards.; Durdlee, with his dinner-bundle. eapsea, with all hie absurdities . , Mr. Grewgious•—a - Wonderfully humorous Conception. Mr. Orisparkle, whose very 'fame is refreshing. Ma—that pretty old piece of china. Durdles' deputy—stoning • everybody he can get a ,shy at, with his " blind you, s'elp me ! I'll stone your eyes out, s'elp me !" The Landlesses, Pussy, Bazzard, and a whole throng of others, the tones of whose voices, the sound of whose footsteps, the trick of whose every movement, the very sit of whose clothei—all are now as vividly realised by us as have been (apparently for half a life time) those of the many well known figures in the Dickens' Gallery of Originals — Sam Weller, Dick Swiveller, Sim Tappertit, Joe Gargery, Tim Linkinwater, Bob Cratchit, and a very world of other inimitable characters. The simple fact of of the matter is this, we take it, that Mr. Dickens so thorOughly realises his own creations, to begin with, that his reflection of them upon the mind's eye of his reader has all the clearness, minuteness, vividness, crispness of outline of a veritable photograph. His letterpress is in itself pictorial. Insomuch so that we could very readily and • very willingly dispense with his later illustrators. Mr. Fildes, to our mind, is no improvement whatOv upon Mr. Stone. We sigh for the return of the days wheß, IL K. B. was scrawled at the corner of the woodcuts in Modell Ilumphrey's Clock, or when Phiz was floutished on the margin of the graphic etchings adorning al . monthly instalments of " Pickwick," and " Nickleby," and " Copperfield." The, only added charm now in any way degrable would he to have the green nlnbe're without the illugtraticais. CONSUL CAMERON. A single line, says the Telegraph, records the death'of a man who had the honour of plunging England into a war which cost her nine millions, and a King his life. On Tues day last Captain Cameron, formerly English Consul at Massouah, died at Geneva. Although he could lay claim to no personal distinction, Mr. Cameron will live in: history as the chief agent in bringing about the Abyssinian war. We need not now discuss the question how far he exceeded his powers as a Consul, and how far he was responsible for what followed. If Consul Cameron erred, he also suffered. Requiescat in pace. But his death once more directs attention to the immense power for mischief wielded by the petty officials of England in foreign lands, and especially in countries which are half civilised, like China, or uncivilised, like Abyssinia. Some discretionary power they must receive ; and yet by the exercise of that power they may stir up troubles from which we can extricate ourselves only by means of an armed force. Moreover, the expense of war is increasing in something like a geometrical ratio. Half a century ago much might have been done to carry on a great European contest by the aid of the millions which we had to pay for so miserable a little war as that of Abyssinia. The duty of limiting the discretionary power of our foreign representatives is, therefore, every day becoming more serious ; and, fortunately, science has given us the means of bringing them more immediately under the supervision of the Foreign-office. The electric telegraph is enabling our Ministers and Consuls abroad to seek instruc tions from bead-quarters before taking any irrevocable course. When the remotest parts of the earth shall, in point of time, be only a few minutes from Down ing -street, the reign of the Consuls will have come to an end, and one main guarantee will be secured against the necessity for Abyssinian campaigns. THE GKEEK PROTECTORATE. The Times considers there is nothing in the constitu tional system of Greece which makes it impossible for England and the other Protecting Powers to exercise a real supervision, until brigandage be really blotted out. It is difficult to see what argulnent any poli tician, Greek or other, can advance against our moral right to do this. On any other understanding the Pro tectorate is a scandal, and ought to be relinquished. Protection does not merely mean that the existence of the State is guaranteed against an attack of Turkey ; its obli gations, and consequently its rights, extend as well to serious internal dangers with which the Sovereign's Go vernment appears unfit to deal. If there were a native pretender to the throne, or if a province were in a state of chronic insurrection, no one would deny the right of the Protecting Powers to interfere as well as advise, though the form of their interference might be a fit subject of negotiation with the King's Government, Now, there is a general consent that brigandage has reached such a point in Greece of late years, and has so generally infected the body politic, that not even the best disposed Ministry is able to deal with it. The Greek s would bless the day when the Great Powers insisted on the installation of Ministers who would dare to make war on the most deadly enemies of the State; and when they gave the King's Government such active and continuous support as would enable it to carry out its new policy. THE HORDAIINT CASE. The Daily News says that Lord Penzance having decided that Lady Mordaunt, being insane, cannot be put on her trial for adultery, Sir Charles Mordaunt appealed against the decision. The full Court before which the points at issue were argued at length consisted of the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Keating, and Lord Penzance. After taking some timeto consider the arguments, the full Court has confirmed Lord Penzance's decision. But, as the Lord Chief Baron dissented, the value of this ex pression of judicial opinion is much less than it would have been had the court been unanimous. As the point raised is a novel one, a precedent must in any event be created. As it is, however, nothing has been proved on the one part or disproved on the other. All that has been presented to the public is a ghastly story, which it is difficult to forget, and which, whether it be true or false, cannot be regarded without repulsion. Sir Charles Mordaunt can, indeed still appeal to the House of Lords on the legal points raised, or he may endeavour a obtoin legislative sanction to his divorce. While desiring that he should suffer no wrong owing either to the law's delay or any accidental cause, it is nevertheless a subject of thankfulness that the complete public exposure of the facts connected with the case, in which his wife plays so strange a part, is indefinitely postponed. DEPARTURE OF THE KING OF TILE BELGIANS.— Yesterday afternoon his Majesty the King of the Belgians left London for Belgium. His Majesty and suite were con veyed to Woolwich by road, where they arrived. at about a quarter to four o'clock, and shortly, afterwards embarked on board the- Marie Henriette. General Wood and several of the Arsenal officials wore present on the occasion. THE " DERBY " TELEGRAPHED TO INDIA.—The result of the Derby was telegraphed to India by the lndo- European route, via Teheran and the Persian Gulf. .The race was run at 3.23 p.m. Greenwich time; and the tele gram announcing the first, second, and third horses reactied Bombay at 5.57, and Calcutta at 6.25 p.m.. Greenwich time ; thus travelling from the Grand stand at Epsom to Bombay in 2 hours and 34 minutes, and to Calcutta in 3 hours and 2 minutes. Opinions of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England on Thorley's Cond mont, at a meet ing held in Elanover Square Rooms, London—Colonel Challouer in the chair. "By its use the Sheep improved in the most extraordinary degree so much so, that after they had taken it three or four weeks, I really hardly knew them again."— T. BEALE BROWNE "1 any satisfied that apart from every other cause, the recovery of my Sheep and Lambs was due to the moot this Condiment. Other Condiments had not the effect Thorley's had. I have tried the food of other makevs, and it failed completely."— MAJOR Nu NN. "On my horse the effect was marvellous; with cows, pigs, and dogs the same rmult."- ll.Corrox. I can unhesitatingly say hat Lord Canto's has been satisfied with it, both .in respect to young animals and those arriving at maturitY." Mr BARKER. " horses improved upon it so much that I was quito sur prised."— Mr CANTRELL. THE STEPNEY MURDER. INQUEST— (YESTERDAY.) This morning Mr. John Humphreys, coroner, held an in quiry at the Rising Sun Tavern, Sydney-street, Stepney , touching the death of Mrs. Sarah Redhead, aged 51 year° , "who was murdered last Monday afternoon. The first witness called was *Mary Ann Morriss, who deposed that she lived at -No. 80, Sydney -street, Stepney. The decease'd •and her . 'stepson lived in the same house. Mrs. Redhead was the wife of the steward.ot a. steamer coming from China She had been married to berhusband 12 months. On Sunday last Wu]. Redhead remained at home in his room all day. He kept the blinds down until 7 o'clock in the evening. Coroner—The stepson was a Volunteer?—Yes, sir. Coroner—And he was in the habit of keeping his rifle at home with him ?—Yes. Coroner—What happened on Monday ? Witness—A t half-past two o'clock I was on the landing, and I'heard the report of firearms. I then saw smoke from gunpowde r aseending up the stairs. I became alarmed, and I ran into my room and locked myself in. I then called out to the people in the street. I did not hear any words spoken be fore the shot was fired. By a Juror--I do not know that the reason why Redhead did not go out on Sunday was that he had no money. Be was employed at a wine merchant's at 14s a week. On last Friday he was too late for his pay, and ho did not get it. Ellen Redhead, 190, Piccadilly, the sister of the accused, deposed that her father was named James Redhead. Coroner—Do you know of your own knowledge how your stepmother and William Redhead got on tog. her ? —No ; I live away from home; but she was very crud to William about food. Coroner —He was in receipt of money, and he could have bought his awn. Mr. Philip Norriss Page, 16, Cambridge-road, Milo-end , deposed that he was sergeant of the 7th Tower Hamlets. On Saturday last he was going iu for the second-clas s examination so as to get the extra Government grant. Coroner•—How much is that ?-10s. a year. Coroner--Did he fail ?—Yes ; he came to the butts at Woodford, and he was served out 20 rounds. After he Wail done firing I asked him if he had any cartridges left, and he gave me three. I did not think that he had any others in his pouch at that time. Anne Brighton, 80, Sydney-street, a lodger in the house where the murder was committed, stated that Mrs, Redhead had told her that her son had pawned his clothes. He said he could not go out on Sunday because his good clothes were gone. By a Juror—l saw Redhead running away from the house on Monday after he shot the deceased. The Juror—Did you ever sae food carried into the pri soner by his mother-in-law.--No ? The Juror—Do you think that ho was without the usual stimulus of drink on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday ? Coroner—How can she tell. Ho might have got drum; for all she knows. Dr. R. Y. Sawyer deposed that on the left side of the de ceased he found a small bullet hole. The bullet had go"° through her body, and had emerged underneath the nipple of her right breast. The ball had fractured the tenth rib on the right hand side. The ball had lacerated the heart an d caused instant death. Witness found two shillings tied in t i rag round her neck. Police-Constable William Smith, 556 K, said that 00 Monday last, at a quarter to 3 o'clock, be was on duty ju Ilalford street, Stepney, when ho sam William Redheu running down the street. He had a rifle in his hand. li e cried out, "I have done it." "What have you done?" s aid witness and Redhead replied, "I have shot my mother-in law, and after I did it I set the house on fire." He then too him to tho station-house at Arbour-square, where he w 39 searched, and ball cartridges and caps were found on hi"' The rifle had recently been fired off. Police-constable Turner, 436 K, said that he had found the ball produced on the landing in the hose No. 80 ' Sydney. street. The bull had, after it had passtd throug h the woman's body, entered the wall, and made a hole inches in depth in it. The Coroner said that ho•would not take up the time of the jury by reading over the depositions taken. rrh,°, facts were simple. The prisoner, Redhead, hid shot in' mother-in-law. A Juror—Cannot one make it manslaughter? Coroner—lt• was not done in the heat of blood ;it is therefore murder. Another Juror—Why did the prisoner tiy . to burn the head down ? Coroner—lf the house had been burnt down and Ited house had escaped, it would have been very difficult to proCe the cause of death. Three Jurors—We think that the case is ono of me n; slaughter. We have no evidence of malice on the par t ° the accused. a t Coroner—You Gannet tell what was passing in his mil ,- the time he committed the crime. After a very animated discussion the ju y returned e verdict of "Wilful murder" against William Redhead maliciously shooting Sarah Redhead. The warrant was then issued for the trial of the accused' THE CHARGE AGAINST SUSPECTED FENIANS IN,LONDON. , Yesterday, at the Marylebene Police the O v a ° men, Davitt and Wilson, charged with treason felony, being membera of the Fenian Brotherhood, were agl brought up before Mr. D'Eyncourt. They were conv e n e from the House of Detention in the prison van, strongl/ guarded by police armed with revolvers and cutlasses, and, as there was an immense crowd round l b° entrance of the court, an adequate force was present by of precaution. Evidence was given to show the acquai nt-, , rime of the prisoners with each ol her, their complicity removing rifles, revolvers, and ammunition from Birrniug] ham to Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, &c. Davitt 'ors" also sworn to by Corydon, the informer, as having b e°j , present at Fenian meetings in Liverpool when the raid e" Chester Castle was discussed, and also the projected fe it ' 4 in Ireland. inspector Henderson was examined at length by 3l i; Poland. Ho stated that he watched the Globe Fa rce ., Office at Manchester, and following a box which he snit taken away to the house of Georghegan, but afterwards went further on, and then he seized the box, 31i d found it to contain four packages, "each contailov°, 100 rounds of Boxer ammunition, and five e the e packages containing 1,100 revolver cartridges. 03 til same day he searched Georghegan's house, and foun d the" ; three new revolvers, which Georghegan said did not bele r) to him. There was a mark of " No. 12" on them. .„. or John -Snapp; another detective, proved seeing fond b ° five empty barrels brought to Jackson's warehouse, 813 g: saw the same barrels removed to the railway station• d saw Davitt hand the warehouseman who wheeled the t hin° away a piece of paper. • 010 Mary Murphy identified Davitt as one of the me n saw with a box at the railway station on the 28th of . 00 Superintendent Hunt said he went to the railway eta and saw the barrel in question. It was addressed, Flaherty," some place in Ireland. By his directions t he c ' t o f was opened, and it was found to contain two packet s ammunition, nine rifles, nine bayonets, and some rev olve 1 ; 1 Having taken one of the revolvers the cask was refastel3.:o and sent on to the address. He also received inforreatiel relative to two more casks, whic'a he removed to the rf° oo B Hall. They had been returned to Ireland, although ra ge had no address. He believed neither of the if had been claimed. They were now to be bad for any person applied for them. They were a ddresse'. r ieg J. Henderson, commission agent, Leeds,. but from 4411 he had made no such person was to be found... Oor , Zaccheus Thorn, the manager of the Midland sis,b t proved that the prisoner Wilson fetched away a box'ooll came from Birmingham on the 26th of March, 1 0d ,, 00 labelled" John Wilson, Midland Goods Station, Le eds ',„op also signed the delivery (:.tclor. It was a case 4 ft. and weighed 24 cwt. ' 1 " - 'oved tl' e m c air k Th( mas Islavanah, a Dublin detective, pr, iVio` covery, on the. /Ist of March, of a case of arms on the - 1) 'lb sor steamer arriving at the North Wall Qua)" , P t f 1 :10 from Liverpool, and three other barrels.' On o n° diog barrels being opened it was found to contain breech-1° 3 , 4 , 0 revolvers and ammunition. The others were fella. I ' m - $ lO contain fire-arms and cartridges. One of tho was addreised to a Miss Cecilia Higgins, May o. ,„ of Michael Ronan, acting detective, proved t he sef o `; casks under similar circumstances to those above stafttio Joseph Dickson, of the Newcastle police, ide ntified cases that had been sent from that part of the count of A number of other witnesses were examined , the ene-iceo whose testimony was to show that the packing c ases' 6P° to by the police - were made to the order of Wilson The prisoners were again remanded. -, TEE CRYSTAL PALACE. —There were a ,"i-,,jeko attractions at the Cry tal Palace yesterday, a nd as ,tls-1,0, day was aptly fixed between the Derby and the very large assemblage of people were present. i'diL,aire of superb roses Nvas perhaps the moat greatly 00 • 1", of no velties in the day. At night there very magnitiventLdisplay of fireworks, and the f ount ius, 0 ti° illuminated in the usual effective manner. opet aut.:performance which was listered to with gra";Lotovro by tlwse who were near enough to the stage. The 8 ' 001 l arrangements wore, however, defective, and many pi o n failed, in consequence, to be impressed with this p ort the entertainments. Festal and Mr. cas e " taents. Lady I\l divorce E Sir Ohm Mr. Jl Tliis is a Ordi na , furthe r Alordani Petition( is able, t 'the petit 186 9 file ground °O-rekp o dul y Be . served r. their an cation N beh a lf c ground for ente behalf. that th( ad liter ingly a] fo rm e,,, 13sue w resp onc i n a sta l