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MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls. ; extra rooms, 6d. 7400LoeicAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily (except Sundays) AataissiOn. Is.• on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. Zfy it PAtik eNZ)44U 416:04.;,5°. EVENING EDITION LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1870. The Extinction of Pauperism is one of the many fantastic day-dreams of a philanthropic character indulged in by Lothair, according to the description of the young patrician millionaire, given in the ex- Premier's latest and most brilliant romance of the English aristocracy. The idea of that dazzling day dream is not one of yesterday. It was defined—it might be asserted, in so many words, that it was pro claimed—as a possibility more than a quarter of a century ago, by a remarkable Prisoner of State, then, in the May of 1844, incarcerated as the world thought for the term of his natural existence, in a northern fortress of France : now, in the May of 1870, seated upon the most powerful throne upon the European continent. " The Extinction of Pauperism " was the title of the political work issued six and twenty years ago, from the Fortress of Ham, by Prince Louis NA POLEON. Four years afterwards the humane pamphleteer, who had indulged his fancy by penning that beneficent but utterly impracticable disquisition (having, in the meanwhile, escaped from durance by a device as ingenious as it was hazardous) was sum moned from exile by the electors of the departments of the Seine, of Yonne, of Sarthe, and of Charente Inferieure. Half a year later he was called, by 5,434,226 suffrages to the supreme chair of the Pre sidency—since when, that is to say, for these two and twenty years past, he has been, for the first five years indirectly, for the last eighteen absolutely, the ruler of the destinies of the 40,000,000 of the French population. Yet the " Extinction of Pauperism" that he mused over in the May of 1844 as a problem admitting, according to his argu ment, in some way of solution, is now, in the May of 1870, as far removed from realization as ever, though to the theory of the Fortress of Ham he has so long been able—had he so pleased (or, in other words, had his benign but most illusory scheme ad mitted seriously in any way of actual development or of practical demonstration) —from his stand-point in the Palace of the Tuileries, to apply to the pur poses of his design all the resources of his Govern ment ! When originally propounding his theory as to the practicability of effecting the " Extinction of Pauperism," how was it that the imperial publicist expressed almost with the terse ness of an epigram the root-germ of this one among his many idees fixes, beyond all doubt the most arcadian of all the Ickes Napolioniennes? Why, by observing in so many words at the close of one of the few sentences of his brief explanatory or elu cidatory Preface —" if ease, instruction, and morality are disseminated among the working classes, which are the most numerousbody, pauperism is extirpated, if not entirely at any rate in a great measure." Reading those execedingly simple and perfectly comprehen sible phrases, the notion indulged in by the day dreamer almost ensures to itself the logical sequence and irresistible force of a syllogism. Ease, instruc tion, and morality ! If disseminated among the working classes! Then—in that event—Pauperism would be extirpated Ah I that—lF. The theorist has been all these years in supreme authority in France, and yet the working classes iu France are as far removed as ever from the solution of that grand social problem, a solution then so readily cap able of being worked otP, according to the large hearted dreams (or shall we call them the beneficent hallucinations ?) of the then State Prisoner. The politico. social mirage he was then gazing upon, was simply this—the associating together of the unem ployed labourers of the community, in the cultivation of the waste lands of the State, upon a kind of joint stock principle, the lands thus occupied being formed into colonies of a purely agricultural character. Mr. DISRAELI'S Lothair now echoes the thought of Prince Louis NAPOLEON. But the waste lands—here and there—are still waste, are still unoccupied : and, from beyond the distance of nearly two thousand years, there comes another utterance, reminding us of the poor who are always among us, indicative that Pauperism, though it may no doubt be sensibly ameliorated, is hardly likely to be ever extirpated either by the fiat of an Emperor or by the gold of a Millionaire. Our Continental neighbours have not been slow to inform us that, before too severely condemning the Greeks for the disorderly and dangerous condition of their highways, we should look at Ireland, along whose main roads and public thoroughfares inoffen sive travellers do not alwags get safe to their jour ney's end. Their satire might have been yet more caustic, their censure more just, had they restrained it to the limits of England itself. Here, in the second city of the empire, amidst all the eviden'es of wealth, and civilization, and refinement, there are bands of men who wage a perpetual war upon society, who are bound together by a sacred corn,. pact, who carry men's lives in their hands, and are totally regardless of any consideration of jus tice, law, or humanity. Our Trades Union ists would, doubtless, he up in arms if any one openly charged them with com plicity in the massacre which has set the country aflame. But what are we to say of a system which forbids a man in consequence of a mere business dispute to sleep in safety under his own roof ? Could the brigands of Marathon do more than dog their vie tim's steps, lie in wait for him in bye-ways, fire his house, destroy his property, terrify his friends, torture him into sabmission, and all for what ? A question of momentary gain and obedience to the rules of their fraternity ! Truly, Greece and England are not so very dis similar, If the poet's often-quoted wish could be fulfilled, and the working men of England could " see them selves as others see them," they might find that oppression was not the exclusive privilege of despots. Most men would.rather face a tangible enemy than a nameless spectre, and a regiment in arms would be less formidable than the unknown mysterious adversary who p2a# be a mile off, but who may be close in the rear or crouching at the side. The boldest and most resolute spirit may well give way under such silent pressure, and the records of Trades Unions show its that they generally do. Mr. JOHNSON, of Manchester, whose cane has just been brought prominently forward in the columns of the press and in the House of Commons, is a man of no slight mental vigour. Re has resolutely withstood the pressure of the Manchester Union for more than a twelvemonth. lie has organized and encouraged the efforts of others to resist a racial tyranny which in jures alike employes and I:Anvil:Teri , and the copse que.nee is that he is forced to codes in a letter to a frieal that his life is a burden to Lim. His ser vants fear to remain in his service, his friends shrink from his door. All dread some sudden catastrophe, and the events of the last few weeks give very pain ful and convir,cing evidence that these apprehensions are only two well founded. It is natural to inquire, after reading this story, what Mr. JOHNSON'S offence has been. In what way has he put himself under a social ban which our Eng lish law seems powerless to remove ? The answer is that he endeavoured, though probably as a matter of commercial enterprise rather than as a philanthropic design, to supply one of the most crying wants of the poor. He wished to make bricks by machinery instead of by hand, and consequently to render house-building cheap and easy. Working men, who are themselves hampered and crippled by an exorbi tant weekly rent, or are huddled in wretched, un healthy hovels, call down blessings on the name of Mr. PEABoDv for his noble gifts t o their order. At the same time they are doing their best to perpetuate the evil they are groaning under, by checking enterprise and fettering commerce. They applaud the doctrines of RICHARD COBDEN, and are ready to canonise JOHN BRIGHT, but let the Free-Trade doctrines extend from the cheap loaf to the cheap brick, and nothing short of capital punishment will suffice for the offence. Our working classes are not yet perfect in the lesson of political economy, and we fear the study of Trade Unionism is not calculated to enlighten them. Yesterday a somewhat quiet, but important and imposing Royal ceremony took place. It was not a people's display, for the company was very select, and the general public had to be satisfied with as much of the spectacle as could be seen on the outside of the building in which the business of the day was transacted. But as bearing upon the general intellectual welfare of the people, and more particularly of the poorer classes, no royal pageant of late years more justly merits attention. Yesterday the University of London, atter many years of existence without a local habita tion, and almost without a name, removed to a per manent residence worthy of its great importance ; and the Queen, with some of her children and the magnates of the kingdom, assisted at the opening ceremonial. The occasion was a great one. The London University is emphatically a great institution, its past career has been one of rapid prosperity, and, if it lose not the spirit of its old principles, it cannot fail to command a splendid future. It is an institution after its own kind, for its one great merit is not shared at present by any other University, In antiquity London is decidedly deficient; its deed of settlement is dated only 1828, and it is, therefore, in the opinion of many a new-fangled and an upstart establishment. It possesses none of the splendid buildings and ample libraries of Oxford and Cam bridge. In resources generally, indeed, London cannot compare with the older establishments. It is comparatively poor, and eia mall me tO have no palpable existence beyond the building in which it has just taken up its quarters , . The University of London► bases its claim to the favour of the English nation on the thorough accep tation and enforcement of one simple principle— liberality. It is unsectarian, and unfettered by any of the restrictions imposed upon the students of other universities. No matter what may be the religion of the London University man (or woman, for the " subjected " sex are now admitted to certain exami nations), no matter what his or her condition in life, no matter whether a resident in a college or not, the welcome is the same for all. The Senate prescribes only that the aspirant shall be equal to the required standard, which is always high, sometimes exces sively so. Any perscn who is over sixteen years of age, and who can produce a certificate of character and pay a fee of two pounds, can matriculate if he satisfies the examiners. For five pounds he can be admitted to most of the advanced examinations —ten pounds being charged only for a few of the highest ordeals. These are all the conditions imposed. The London University is in fact nothing more than an examining board. The members may study where they like, and how they like. All that is required of them is that they should be equal to the tests prescribed. Other universities provide facilities for teaching, as well as for examining—indeed, they will not give their degrees to students who have not resided at one of their colleges. The metropolitan institution deals only with the inspectorial part of academical training. In the opinion of many eminent authorities this is a great disadvantage. The new university has none of the social training—whether in gentle manly manners, in cricketing, or in betting and policeman bonneting—which the older institutions can offer. But, on the other hand, the liberty of taking a degree without passing several terms in col lege is the one great advantage which the parvenu foundation possesses. A degree at Oxford or Cam bridge costs several hundred pounds. It is only within the reach of the moderately well-to-do, for besides the actual outlay, the residence in college is of course incompatible with atten tion to any business. The London University man need spend very little, and he can, and often does, study after a day's ordinary labour is over. Hence the younger academical centre is particularly valuable as the university of the poor, as the univer aity of a busy age, in which all men cannot spare several years of their life exclusively to culture. University study now takes a wider range. For• merly confined only to the rich, there is now scarce any so poor as to be beyond hope of distinc tion in learning. The old monopoly is broken down and it is the unpretending institution in London which has accomplished this good work. Surely this great boon more than counter-balances the loss of the refinements of Oxford or Cambridge. It is better that learning should be given to the whole nation than that it should be confined to a privileged class, even if something be lost by the widening of 4lagb THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1870. ROYAL LITERARY FUND. The anniversary of the Royal Literary Fund Was celebrated at Willis's Rooms last night. Lord Dufferin presided, Amongst the guests were the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Prince Ali Bahadoor, Prince Sulirnan Bahadoor, his Excellency the Italian Minis ter, the Earl of Sheffield, and Lord Broughton. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund," said " if literature had ceased to be the property of the literati it followed that the status of the literary man, and the consideration due to the whole of the class of which he constituted an integral portion, was increased in proportion as his power had been increased. (Hear, hear.) And here it was that the value of an institution of this kind became specially apparent. The Literary Fund hai been started by the efforts of a very few individuals, but it had now expanded into one of the most liberally supported corporations in the king dom." It was reported that 57 grants had been made in the year, involving an expenditure of about £2,500. Subscriptions amounting to £950 w ere announced. ti~~ C 1 ~J Li I RE'R MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, May 11. _ The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, left the Palace this afternoon at four o'clock for Claremont. In attendance were Viscountess Clif den, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, Lieutenant-General F. H. Seymou., and Colonel H. Ponsonby. The Prince and Princess of Wales were present yesterday at the opening of the new buildings of the University of London, at Burlington House, by the the Queen. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE RIOTS IN PARIS. PARIS, May 11, 7.30 p.m. A few groups of people have congregated this evening in the Place du Chateau d'Eau, and the authorities have adopted precautionary measures. The Belleville omnibuses have changed their route. The weather being rainy it is thought probable that the disturbances will not be renewed to night. - 6.30 p.m. The report published by the France of the collec tive resignation of the Cabinet is denied. The Ministry will not be completed until after the result of the plebiscite has been officially published and communicated t 9 the Emperor by a deputation from the Legislative Body. It is expected that the Legislative Body will not reassemble until next Saturday or Monday. Between 200 and 300 arrests were made dui log the disturbances yesterday evening. .• The Bonnie opened flat, but closed firmer. The final quotatio❑ of Rentes was 74f. 87c., or Bc. lower than yesterday. SPAIN. MADRID, May 10. The junta of the Progressist majority ace discuss ing the proposals to be submitted to the party to morrow. The Republicans are also holding a meeting to consider their future course of action. GREECE. ATHENS. May 8. Mr. Erskine has replied to the recent letter of the Greek Prime Minister, which denied a statement alleged to have been contained in a despatch of the former to Lord Clarendon respecting the members of the Opposition having encouraged the brigands. Mr. Erskine states that his despatch made no allu sion to the present leaders of the Opposition, and points out that no one conversant with English could put such a construction on his words. The leaders of the Opposition have sent a deputa tion to M. Zannis, requesting an explanation of the words said to have been spoken by Mr. Erskine. M. Zannis denit d, by letter, ever having used such ex pressions. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Tuesday Night. The Presidency of the North German Confedera tion will recommend to the Federal Council and the Prussian Parliament the adoption of a vote of 12,000,000 of francs towards the St. Gothard Rail way. INDIA. CALCUTTA, May 11. It is reported that cattle disease has appeared in the Punjaub. The appointment of Sir Henry Durand as Governor of the Punjaub has given, general satis faction. POINT-DE-GALLE, May 11. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has written a farewell letter to Lord Mayo, expressing his extreme gratification at the reception which he has met with throughout India. Her Majesty's ship Galatea sailed last night for the Mauritius. COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) " CRITICS. "—The rival Premiers (who have not exactly " failed in literature and art ")—reading " Lothair" and " Juventus Mundi "—see My. D.'lB new work.—Mr. G-d-s-t-ne : "Hm !—flippant ! " Mr. D-s-r-li : "Ha ! prosy !" THE GREATER GUY FAWKES DAY.—" All the world,' writes the Times correspondent at Rome, " has heard of Roman fireworks." It has. Happily, however, in the present age those fireworks are such as we should be only too proud to emulate, if we could, on our Fifth of November. AN INDIGNANT ANSWER.—What is Cardinal Antonelli supposed to have said to Count Daru, when Daru pro posed so interfere with the Roman Council ? " flow dare you ! " of course. FRENCH JUSTICE TO IRELAND. — Comparisous are not always odious. We can take no offence at the compari son implied in the query which concludes the subjoined observation made by the Journal cl4B Debats, respecting Greece ;--" We see with regret that the tone of the English press has become much more vindictive. An entire nation cannot and should not be condemned for a single crime. Some of the London papers speak of nothing less than of putting Greece in a state of siege, and of making a descent there with Zouaves. What would they say if we proposed to send some to Ireland Certainly Greece and Ireland are very ranch like one another, especially Ireland. What should we say if our French friends proposed to send some Zouaves to that isle of mutiny s That they were very kind indeed, and we thanked them heartily, but would save them the trouble. (From Fun.) TAKING ♦ MEASURE.—If sixteen drams make one ounce, how many will destroy all scruples ? . . . THE FOULEST STAIN ON A SHEFFIELD BLADE.—A stab in the dark. BLACK GAMB. —Now is your time—noble sportsmen ! in London, rookeries innumerable caw loudly for thinning. MISSING GRINDERS.—We learn from American papers that " Richmond reports a great dearth of organ-grinders since the civil war." We trust the paragraph will be circulated among the London organ-grinders, and that they will take the hint. We always thought civil war an unmixed evil, but the South must have found it .a blessing in disguise. If it had the same effect in England as at Richmond, it would almost reconcile us to putting up with a Fenian disturbance for a few days. (From Judy.) A. TALE OF 4 Tun.—The French Democrat, Ig. Raspail, has written a letter to the Washerwomen's Mutual 'Aid Society at Lrone; in which he tells thi citiienestfee that he will accept the pOsition of honorw member of their Society, if they will prOinise to sthik to Vimocratic and Republican opinions. Tf extrerie Opinions are mAy quali4oation, gentleman rejoicing in the anr.cpriate name of Raspail ought tcl quite at horn@ 41110lig the tubs. VERY DREADFUL.—According to a certain Mr. Kurz, the Andaman islands are gradually getting submerged, and will eventually be swallowed up in the ocean. There are upwards of 6,000 convicts on these islands ; but there is no occasion for immediate anxiety, for, as the submer sion is proceeding only at the rate of one foot in a hundred years, it will take a thousand or so before one of them even gets his boots wet. TUE FRENCH FUNDS. According to Renter's telegrams the French Renter to-day were quoted 75f. 02c. We learn by telegram from Enniskillen that the Lord Lieutenant arrived there last evening. Pis Excel lency was received with much enthusiasm. To-day he will receive an address from the Town Council, and, after visit ing the various institutions, will proceed on a trip down the lower Lake Erne, visit Castle Caldwell, and rcturn in time to proceed to Londonderry. FREE RUSSIA. TC THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In justice to a gallant officer, who had to conduct a difficult operation in an unknown sea, and in completion of a curious episode in the history of our time—the miraculous defence of Solovetsk against au English squadron—l send you the fol lowing correspondence 'pith Admiral Ommaney.— Very faithfully yours, W. HEPWORTH DIXON. " 6, Talbot-square,.April . 29, 1870. , "Sir,—On perusing your work, just published, under the title of ' Free Russia,' you have given me cause to feel deeply grieved with the manner in which you represented my conduct before the public, especially in chapter 13, on the Great Miracle, respecting the operations of the White Sea squadron at Solovetsk, in the late Russian war in 1854. You have no doubt prepared your narrative from the statements made by the Russians, which I beg to in form you are not correct. I could have wished that you had conferred with me and heard my version of that affair, before putting forth such inaccuracies, which seriously affect my reputation. " I infer from what you have written that the Russians concealed from you the facts connected with the military character of Solovetsk, and that they opened fire upon her Majesty's ships which were approaching the anchroage of Solovetsk with peaceful intentions, and desirous of respect ing the sacred character of the place. " I shall be glad to give you the full particulars of all that occurred, and can show you that we were fully justi fied in the act of retribution which we were compelled to inflict for the unprovoked insult to the British flag. " Having thus publicly exposed my conduct to the criticism of the world, and traduced the characters of British officers who had a painful duty to discharge, at the same time I feel sure that you have done so unintentionally ; but I must be allowed to appeal to your generosity, and ask you to take an opportunity to set me right before the public.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, " ERASMUS, OMMANEY, Vice-Admiral. " W. Hepworth Dixon, Esq." "fi, St. James's-terrace, April 30, 1870. " Sir,—On receip't of your note of yesterday, referring to the account in my book, ' Free Russia,' of the defence of the Convent of Solovetsk against the English squadron in 1854, I hasten to express my regret that any words of mine, even when wrongly read, should have caused you pain. I trust that when you turn to the passage again you will see that no word is said on my part that could suggest a doubt. The version is, as you say, the Russian version. As such I give it, not as a true statement of all the facts, but as a report from ' the other side,' singular and impres sive, as an illustration of native modes of thought. You will see that the attack and defence of the convent fell into my plan, not as a series of events now passed, and matters of history, but as part of a general picture of an existing state of mind. " The facts on the English side are not very well known, if one may guess by conversations in clubs and at dinner tables, and a record from your pen, as chief in command, would interest many persons., As you appeal to my ' generosity' to assist in setting you right, 1 beg to add that it would give me much pleasure to do everything in my power to that end. Such a statement would enable us to see a little more clearly than at present the reason for opening fire on the convent.—Ever faithfully yours, " W. HEPWORTH DIXON. " Rear-Admiral Ommaney." " 6, Talbot-square, May 5, 1870. " Sir,—Permit me to thank you for your courteous reply to my letter of the 29th ult., and to furnish you with a general statement of my operations at Solovetsk in 1854. Proceeding with her Majesty's ships, Brisk and Miranda, under orders, on an exploration of the White Sea, we visited Solovetsk. On approaching the anchorage I placed the Miranda in advance of the Brisk to lead the way in, for the reason that she drew less water, caution being ne cessary in navigating waters not without danger without any pilot on board. The Miranda was commanded by Captain Lyons, a gallant officer, who afterwards lost his life in the Crimean war. I was on board the Brisk, ad miring the imposing aspect of the monastery and its mas sive fortifications as we drew into the bay, when my attention was suddenly called to an exchange of shots be tween the Miranda and some field artillery drawn by horses which emerged from the woods adjacent to the monastery. With every desire to avoid hostilities with a locality bearing such a sacred character, I signalled the Miranda to anchor out of gunshot, and both ships did so about 4 p.m. on the 18th of July, and on inquiry, Captain Lyons in formed me the Russians were the first to fire ; before re senting this hostile act, I was anxious to ascertain whether it emanated from a military or an ecclesiastical authority. The same evening the enemy was observed throwing up an earth battery . to the westward of the fortress. On seeing this I determined opening a communication by means of a flag of truce, and demanding satisfaction, requiring the surrender of garrison and the munitions of war—fail ing to comply, the place would be bombarded. At day light on the following morning, the 19th July, the flag of truce was displayed from both ships ' • an officer, accom panied by an interpreter, proceeded to the monastery with my written conditions. On reaching the shore they were received by some monks and soldiers, both being armed with muskets and swords. A monk who spoke French in formed our officer that he was confined there for a political offence. We also learned that beside the garrison sta tioned there for the defence of the place arms were sup plied to the monks, who numbered about 300. A horse man was dispatched with my conditions to the monastery, when our officer returned to the Brisk, having agreed that we should send for the reply at the same time. "At the hour appointed a boat was seen coming off. I dispatched the same officer and interpreter, and they met the bearer of the Archimandrite's reply half way. The reply was evasive, declining to accede with my conditions, and the Archimandrite acknowledged himself to be the sole director of the military operations. At 8 a.m. the flag of truec was hauled down, and the ships took up a position to bombard the place. We opened fire at 8.30. The earth work battery, skilfully thrown up on the crest of the hill, returned the fire • pieces of ordnance mounted in the towers of the fortifications were fired at us besides. A desultory fire of musketry from several parts of the brushwood was directed at us, but their shorts fell short. In tho course of an hour the battery was silenced, as the guns were apparently dismantled, on which we suspended our fire ; after a time, the Russians had the temerity to rebuild the battery and remount the guns, when the fire was resumed on both sides. Our shots fell harmless on the massive breastwork which encloses the monastery ; the domes and roof work were the only portions of the building within range of our shot ;. these were considerebly da maged, and believe, occasionally, on fire. The battery . was silenced a second time ; the guns and soldiers dis appeared from our sight, and we concluded they were withdrawn into the forces. We fired an occasional shot at the monastery until the enemy ceased firing in the afternoon, when the ships resumed their former anchor age in the bay. To make a reconnaissance of the defences of the monastery I landed on the small island of Pesi. My conclusions were that the place was unassailable by the small force at my command, nor had I the means of besieging it, so nothing more was to be done. We remained quietly at anchor before the monastery until the following morning. No further intercourse transpired, and we, therefore, could not understand the amount of damage the enemy bad sustained. Soon after daylight on the 20th we left the anchorage, feeling satisfied the Archi mandrite was punished for assuming the character of a combatant. On my part, I approached the anchorage with every desire to respect the sacred character of the spot ' • had he acted like a man of peace it w ou ld h ave accorded better with his sacred calling. Of course the Archimandrite had to make out a good case to the Empe ror, and he very adroitly turned it to his own advantage. I was exalted by him to the rank of an admiral, the cor vettes were magnified into frigates ; as to swearing round oaths, I never personally communicated with any one, neither did we leave Solovetsk with shame. " I gave the fullest credit to the gallantry and pluck which the Russians manifested at the battery ; none but a skilled artillerist could have selected the admirable and advantageous position in which the guns were placed ; at the same time I should mention that owing to the nature of the coast navigation our nearest position to the monas tery was 1,600 yards, a longe range for damaging stone walls, " What would the Emperor have said had he known that the Archimandrite assumed the offensive by being the first to open fire ? " But it is clear that he made good capital out of us for the benefit of his monastery ; legends and miracles are easily imposed upon a race who are slaves to superstition. From the benefits he has derived from my visit I think canonisation is my due. " I had the advantage of a very good interpreter with me, a gentleman who had been brought up in St. Peters burg, so that I had the means of obtaining pretty good information. We heard that Solovetsk was a state prison, and from your book this is a confirmed fact, and accounts for the place being garrisoned ;. one consul w h o t oo k hi s passage home at the cOnclusio n of the season assured me that 80 soldiers` and eight guns were sen t from w Ahapgel before we entered the White Sea. " HaVing - thus - descriloea circiimstAntially my proceed ings at SOloyetsk, ,_l6 years ago, I hav e a l wa y s be en d e - Sirous of having full Particulars of the place, and I dare saT you call testify to the strength of its position in a rrillitary point of view. However faithfully you have narrated the Russian version of the affair, I think you might have refrained from drawing analogies and conclu sions which can scarcely avoid prejudicing the mind of the general reader to my disadvantage. , " The term convent in the mind of the British public conveys the idea of an establishment 0 harmless puns or monks ; to fire upon such a plce Nr l.o therefore be a sacrilegious act. :You do, not descrthe the true cha racter of the place spot* purposes of monastery, fort, anci pA. SOU; The Archunandrite was some time ch'aplain in - the army, and naval chaplain at Archangel. " I should also remind you that we were at war with Russia, and I did nothing but what was in accordance with the usages of war. I commanded a small fove4 ip a re mote sea, surrounded by th e enemy ' s e9o.s; we were cut' off from all resources except thoo we carried` with us ; we had to navigate a 4axgeroliii sea to which we were strangers we had 'to blockade and harass the enemy's ports and trade: Altogether I believe it was the roost arduous duty which - fell to a vaval officer's, lot in, the Russian war. " In conclusion, I express a bow that, should you bring out another edition of your work, you will do, me the jus tice to add a note to the end of your miracle chapter, or in the preface, to. exonerate your countrymen from the ridi culous position iri will& you have placed them, as I think that I have shown you that the Russians brought upon themselves the attack upon Solovetsk. The attack was not made hastily, or without due consideration of the unpleasant duty which circumstances imposed uPc e d it nor did we retire with shame, as you have expirsefijo. Excuse my lengthy communication.—l remain, so , fully yours, W. Hepworth Dixon, Esq." May 9, 1870. " H. ERAsmus 03010E1 187 0 . " Sir,—Your note of Thursday, " St. James's-terrace, May Ste curious story, which I will gladly lay before the Pu m , s . s is your own words. In the next edition of ' Free -tr i o I will also give your letter of explanation a consP le t he May 5, corat i f e place. Permit me to add two words, one t e at part of my monastic hosts, the other on my own- is 3 on the important point of which side opened fire tu e tiGe general agreement between the two stories as to fact% e ted attacked, failed, withdrew. The Archimandrite conu cl t he the defence. The fortress walls were not injure domes of church and chapel were struck and burntL 4 g. retired, you say, because the place was too s' 4 :the They say the same thing ; only they believe Oa: bit strength was not in the rusty guns and ancient Pik' in the miraculous portrait of the Mother of God., do ptd " Excuse me for repeating that I have nowher e 3 910,0 the monkish facts, nor have I anywhere drawn 311 O d and conclusions' from those facts.' I have told theustrx from their point of view, as they tell it, and as an $ tion of their state of mind. A sense of art would" 00 man from forcing any personal views into another, keep story, just as his respect for a noble profession w° ll 'fihfia him from censuring operations of which he was n ° ,,,, , 00. judge.—Very faithfully yours, "W. HEPWORTH v" " Rear-Admiral Ommaney." SAN FRANCISCO A panic is reported in mining stocks in San .r, a , D 1 .52 4, Gould and Curry sold at $l4O, Kentuck at $64, CbOlzaor®~ Hale and Norcross $124, Overman $63, and An'andeti° 8180, and this simultaneously with news of the o°, d ice' wealth in the fresh gold mines discivered in Newr, h, an d whereof the ledges are from 50 to 300 feet in wi u ". s peo r . contain ver rich artz. The location of the urines! t, 1 2 the Sullit tieduroff Mountain, in the Virginia Liistricesof miles west of Burr's Mountain. Tueson is said to be n deserted. Colonel Dunne, commanding at Fort Bow' e l the established a post at the mines for the protection fJO miners, and large parties are leaving San Diegos 6 ; 0 Augelos for the new fields. A writer in the San Fr'°,,,f, Scientific Press gives a startling account of the inist°,oll, merit of some of the mines. He asserts that the sac mir e, jobbing of shares requires the mismanagement of t b „ ° ,,501, and sketches the modus operandi thus :—" If it is ne's",.r to bull the shares, at the behest of a ring, the mine is for the time being with the object of a large, conti Liu 'f or d increased yield of bullion. Every available ten ° I; ell is extracted in the shortest possible time, and I c o , i r , e jeg' a hurried, slovenly, and wasteful manner. work,' essential to future economical or successful solo ing, is orb abandoned, and, in mining parlance, the `oSe s° l,eid mine are picked out.' The highest attainable pri ce reached, those on the inside sell, while the non-sPecli,lo shareholders on the outside find themselves the pr°, l l , pef; of a mine that requires as great an outlay of cv.p o P haps, to restore it to a condition for further workit it did to open and develop° it in the first instance• toi l o f , necessary to bear the shares, then a large no° needless 'dead work is done • shafts are sunk 0 1, O A are run; large bodies of rich ' ore may be exposeTh JP' assessments crowd thickly upon one another, until floiLie the wearied shareholder, so unfortunate as to be o ° l3 Ot it the ring, either sells for a trifle himself, or i 5 S- DieD tf'. under tEe hammer for arrears in unnecessary asses'orli This latter process is identical with what is Plat c' h known as 'freezing out' and has a very frigid e'vivo shareholders of limited means." The lame dine' wit h declare mining to be a failure, though Neva u l,', l llo:, 75,000 inhabitants, yielded last 'year $18,000,0 00 10 '„ 0 10 1 1 and he . considers that in the fact of unse f f„ r t air,, stock jobbing, and the high rates of interest Innotre4' by a moneyed monopoly, the success of minim: is 3 o diP of surprise, while he calculates that th e bullion P,,, r th of Nevada would be quadrupled if r e lieved fr— incubus. A s° s By command of the Qu e en a State Conc ert ~,,,r1 given last evening at Buckingham Pal a ce, to whic h g of upwards of seven hundred was invited. -Ml°se i , td, company were their Royal HighnesSes the Pri ° , e- ,, 10", Princess of Wales, the Princess Louise, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Christian. 111° Of ° and chorus, consisting of upwards of 160 performer,f, selected from the Italian Operas, the Philharmolleb Sacred Harmonic Societies, and her Majesty's Priv" t° His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has 1 tiO graciously pleased to announce that her Royal Higi lue . s o Princess of Wales will accompany Min on the oc cgsi° chi l ' his Royal Highness's opening the pew schools for the -to drew of seamen an others, in connection with S t ' 13 ( 6 0 ock-street, London Docks, the church for searne a ° port of London, about the end of June. n-011' The marriage of the Hon. Eli za b e th daughter of the late Lord Londesborouo-h, and the 118 ,..' I 's Dickinson, son of the late Sir Ri c h ar d P . Di c ki n son, w was solemnised to-day. Sir John Simeon, M.P., is ordered by his w e' advisers to the Continent. he ld The annual meeting of the Surrey Club 1 109 yesterday at the Fridge House Hot e l, Sonthvis balance slin;2t showed that the recei is for the Y ( 4 a o b £.1,440 and the payments £2,020, leaving hand. In the evening the members dined together large hall of the hotel. Mr. HEPWORTH DIXON'S " FREE RUSSLA•;IO' Emperor of Russia h a s ex resse d, th roug h P r ince G °r , f or! koff, his thanks for a copy of Mr. Hepworth Di%°°? t° " Free Russia," which th o au th or h a d p re sentea Majesty. • t jps THE ALBERT INSURANCE SOC IE TY.—At a 111e0-0, of the Manchester shareh o ld ers o f th e Albert I ns pr'" Society, held yesterday, the scheme o f reconstructic posed by the committee was adopted C The Emperor has appointed Count Bens cellor of the Order of Maria Theresa. t It is stated, observes the Church Herald, t: l9 fl Right Hon. W. E. Forster, Vice-President o f the of Education, is unbaptised, 111/ A lively young barrister has been the Dublin Police-court, charged with wrenc h Jo knockers, and sent to gaol for a month. tiO r ei Lord Elliot arrived on Saturday at Consta i , li o ce to resume the duties of his post th ere , a ft e r an a ' S ' six months. Mr. Isaac Butt, Q.C., has been named as th e , didate of the Liberal party for the vacant seat in presentation of Dublin. toP t O A woman named Hannah Norman was . 31 , ( 1,, a p de r charged, at the Worksop Police-court, with a,t 4 :, - to drown her daughter. On Saturday night, Nvii — oev e ll the influence of drink, she dragged her daughter,?°lo to a well, and was raising the cover to throw her 111 ' a constable fortunately interfered. • The treasurer of the Mont-de-Pietd at - f ° just absconded with a sum of £12,000. FALL OF A WOODEN CHURCH.—The r oo e i o i ror i l i , e large wooden church in course of erection l' l , l l3 betpit street, Bridgeton; It had been com pl e ted a" o r e ) putting on of the slates. Workm en h a d been eng o 0: 1 0 this portion of the work, but the weight proved ° leo eA for the sides, which were pressed outwards, the 5 „,. 0 4V4 the roof without support. A number of the c e ) r,o! were buried partly in the debris, but with one 5- acv ) ;el none were seriously injured. It is fort una te the : o pe;;01) did not occur on Sunday. when the church w 3' " for public worship. At one se rv i ce th a t day 5- 0 J O chi T ld h r e en r w oy er a e l in the building. tl9 robbed of five paintings by G a o d y r a i , d the has sub r i e e c e e ts rit ,.o l T ri ::; : , c i are a satirical allegory, two pictures of children al za ile'e l e guitarrero, and dogs in a hunting field. Fac -5 t ri these works, engraved on wood, have been serLeov e different museums of Europe with a view to the u - A of the thief. THE SITUATION IN AUSTRIA.—A specia- „f 01 ( 0,, of the Eastern Budget sa y s th a t th e nego tiations Potocki with the Polish leaders have not yet be ZtO l tile the latter have shewn a very conciliatory disr; v itligli the interviews which they have already bd" for o 4; Premier. Dr. Smolka especially, w ho lvs s ,xrt' c oo: the most determined opponent of the rhofo" tion of the Poles in the Reichsrath , ynt only yielded that point, but ha s gone t° oG es l e to persuade the Czech leaders to make a like ° c a ll) d r Prince Czartoryski's political programme, as d es el 9 pr t fr his speech at Paris on the 3rd of May, is a r i 00v. i v o fe sonal one, but it agrees with that which tue g 01)4 ment has determined to adopt in the event of i t / li fe - 0 6° 0 f', of the negotiations with the Czechs. Prince, ea t° Dietrichstien, a strict Constitutionalist and aa v°- poi ii compromise with the nationalities, has been is Do r Governor of Bohemia. ; onl A suggestion for the protection of shops oe • glars has emanated from Mr. Ernest Turegiiiiiis g, e ct ber of the Royal Institute of Architects. 1- tleman advises that all shutters should b e :010, white instead of black or bro wn as is now g t 15 ,0 1 A the case. The light in the s t ree ts at nigh ° B e , he considers, be reflected, and the eba ille o3 ol3 o marauder escaping observation he thus b i t o e , There are two objections to Mr. Turner's 1 1111 'd e 0;1) , burglars latterly have begun to ply their til, tos eit matically and extensively they may be thougn' et In the first place the owners would have i ° g if establishments painted several times a Ye ar co ualPof wished them to look respectable ; and se o ditY° o ll o number of white shops in a street on Sliootootte holidays would render its appearance 10° 113 and displeasing to the eyes of most peop le •_. to ':„et winter a row of shops painted accordine otry Turner's pattern would cause the aspect Of to be terrifying. de rf bol d i4f of whiskyp 1 , 7 V i I o L a the nd Co. o T ., he ß ir e o lf ld as l t ltiol ar wh e thisekylaisrgrerecas:4* by the medical profession in meference to French b nt io;l e plied in casks and cases f(g• home use or exportation:"lri?,o on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., RoP Duo tilleries, Belfast ;. or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufor Strazul 3 , W.O,