The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-30 00:00:00

U MOSES and SON, I 4 • CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. N EW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STR,FHT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EIISTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. Ta MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Drew Oxford Camb. Costs. Coats. Coats. Coats. 1.).55. 2.63. 17a. 18a. 80s. 303. 213. t2s. '.1.55. 353. 26a. 28s. 455. 429. Ns. 82s. ---- 60s. 603. 86s. 86s. eits. 603. ^ ^ 425. s as. Also at Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices other prices :S and SON beg to remind the public 5 cheapness of an article depends entirely on its sy venture to affirm that every article sold by them cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ,land. ri MOST • that th quality, and th , is sonsiderably ho lie in Kng: E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Tourist Bummer Dress Suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 245. Us. 10s. 6d. 155. 28s. 28s. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. 863. Ns. 14s. 18s. 403. 425. I 15s. 6d. 21s. 455. 48s. 17s. 6d. 245. 555. 525. 20s. 265. Also at Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices ORDERS punctual measure intro s guarantee a fai by post are attended to with care and Lity, and the easy and accurate system of self luced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to 21tleu fit. T 1 MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li E • T of BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. .1 Suits. ! Suits. 18a. j ,18s, 19s. 235. I 235. 218. 268. 1 265, 265. 325, '6os. ; 365. I 365. Also at Also at Also at I Also at other prices. other prices, other prices. other prices, MOSES and SON supply every description of ..12.4. clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, at 7. BLUE DEVILS. At 7.30, A CUBE FOR LOVE. Mr Buekstone, Mr Everill. After which, at 8.30. "HOME." Er Sothern, Air Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr Bucketone, jun.. Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss Fanny Gwynne, and Niles Caroline Hill. Concluding with FAMILY JABS. Mr Compton: • ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ST. JAMES'S. The Coolest Theatre in London , Box-offlce, eleven to six. ST. JAMES'S.—LAST FIFTEEN NIGHTS of the SEASON, in consequence of 'Mrs. JOHN WOOD'S en gagements at the Standard Theatre and the Provinces. ST. JAMES'S.—Mrs. JOHN WOOD as Phoebe, in PAUL PRY, and H.R.H. the Princess Pocahontas, in LA BELLE SAINAGE. TO-NIGHT, and every Night, till July 16th. QT. JAMES'S.—TO-NIGHT, at 7.30, PAUL PRY (Ninth time). Conclude with LA BELLE SAUVAGE (One Hundred and Eighty-third time). Mrs. John Wood, Misses Maggie Brennan, Everai d, Turner, Bishop, Lovell, and Larkin ; Messrs. William Farren, Barton Hill. Young, Shore, Murray, Grainger, and Lionel Brough. Gallery, One Shilling. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montagne. D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30. CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by Jame■ Albery. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque. DON CARL' S ; or, The Infante in Arms Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power. Amy Fawsltt, T. Lavis, and •A. Newton. Doors °pert at Seven. Commence at 7.30. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wych-street, Strand. Sole Lasses and Manager, Mr W. H. LISToN. THIS EVENING, at 7, MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Mr. D. Fisher. After which LITTLE EM'LY. Messrs. J. Belmore, D. Fisher, Vaughan, and G. Elliott ; Mesdatnes F. Addison, Lee, Reinhardt, Conclude with OLD GOOSEBERRY. Mr. Blakeley ; Nelly Joy. 4 T YCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. Jharles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at 8.80, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maelagan, M. Marine, Mr. Ayneley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debronx, Mesdames Lennox G ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND. THEATRE. Sole Lessee and TO anageress,,Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Terry. A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Messrs. Crouch, Tur ner, Joyce ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Bufton, Hughes. And THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Mr. D. James. R OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. SWEASEY. The Press have unanimously praised and acknowledged the entertainment provided at the above Hall for the Whitsun holidays to be the best in London. The Brothers Voltaire, the Champion Gymnasts, in their surprising performances, particularly their aerial leaps, extending the whole length of the Hall (nearly 100 feet), engaged to appear solely at this establishment ; Mr. H. Collard (Le Petit Sims Reeves), the miniature man, the smallest and sweetest tenor singer in the world, can be heard at this hall only ; Messrs. St. Albyn, P. Corri, and Miss Barrie have made an immense hit with their operatic selections ; Miss Georgina Smith son has returned to meet with fresh admirers ; Mr. Baldwin has supplemented the brilliant encomiums he has already received from the provincial press ; Miss Louie Sherring ton is received nightly with uproarious applause ; Mr. J. H. Milburn is an old favourite ; the Great Vance is not to be, heard elsewhere, excepting at his concerts : Mr. J. H. Ryley, and Madame Barnam, as comic duettists, have met with decided success; the acknowledged largest and best band in London. Bal cony, 6d.; stalls, ls.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CHRISTIE'S "PERIS:COPIC" SPECTACLES, as recommended by Wollaston, giving more light, a wider field, and less strain upon the eyes.—GEORGE CHRISTIE, Manufacturer of the latest improvements in spectacles, reading lenses, &c., 25, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, W. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. NO. GOSNE LI. and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public. in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 7s. ed., and 155. each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, VB, Upper Thames-stroet, Lon don, E.C. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from (lam, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price le. ea Red Bull Wharf, 93 , Upper 'Thames street, London, THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at Mr. BEAUMONT'S. " The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand Q. 6d, 13s. 6d. 16e. 6d, THE s UN, LONDON, THURSDAY E ENING, JUNE 30, 1870. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Founded 1843. We only (purely Mutual). Cash assets .. £2,685,000 Annual income .. . £1,200,000 NEW YORK INSURANCE LAWS. _ The Insurance Laws of the State of New York are very strict. By them this Company is required to submit to a rigid super vision and examination of all its affairs, and to make sworn statements ANNUALLY to the Superintendent of the Insurance Department, of its Assets, Liabilities, Income, and Disburse ments, in complete detail ; also to undergo a personal examina tion by the Insurance Superintendent as a verification. Thus every possiblelsafeguard is thrown around the affairs of the Com pany, and offering a guarantee as to security and solvency not given by the Insurance Companies of any other country. A proof of the care in the management of American Companies is, that there has not been one single instance of the failure of an American Life Insurance Company that has confined itself to Life Insurance exclusively, as is required by the laws of New York, NO COMPANY BEING ALLOWED THEREBY TO COMBINE LIFE WITH EITHER FIRE OR MARINE INSURANCE. ITS POLICIES CANNOT BE ATTACHED BY CREDITORS. By the laws of New York, under which all policies are issued, policies are issued payable to the wife or children, and payable to them only, free from all demands of creditors notwithstand ing the assured might die insolvent. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Don Giovanni. 8.30 p.m. ITALIAN OPKBA, Drury Lane.—Don Giovanni. 8.80. OLYMPIC —At Seven, Music hath Charms. Little Em'iy. Old Gooseberry. RAI/minim—At Seven, Blue Devils. A Cure for Love. Home. Family Jars. AuuLPar—At Seven, The Robust Invalid. Free Labour. PRINCE or WlLics's—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.F. Dearest Mamma. Lyceum—At 7.30, Breaking the Spell. Chilperic. Little Faust. Garry—At Seven,Our Clerks. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEI(B--At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. VAIIDEVIIIM—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Paul Pry. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH Bo( e. Egyptian Hall, Pie cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn logs at S. Admission Is, 2s, 35. CHRISTY 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-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, ls. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME TrISSAIM'S EXHIBITION', Baker-street, from 11 a.in. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, is.; extra Bd. , " An* EVENING EDITION. secondary position; its representative has too long been condemned to speak without authority. Nothing can be easier than to remedy the evil. If Earl GRAN VILLE goes to the Foreign Office, and the Earl of KIMBERLEY succeeds Earl GRANVILLE, the offico of Privy Seal, now held by the Earl of KIMBERLEY may be left to the antiquaries, and a Ministry of Education supply its place. WHAT may not inaptly be called an additional illustration of the triumph of free trade is to 'be found in the expeditions of British and American Insurance Companies for the purpose of doing business on the opposite sides of the Atlantic. English offices have established branches in New York ; to return the compliment the New York Life Insurance Company has undertaken operations in London. This is well. Competition is always advantageous to the public, and it is not advisable that the contesting parties should be confined to the members of but one nation, that the sellers and the buyers should be all of the same family. Moreover, the American insurance offices have special advantages to recommend them to English investors. They are exceedingly well managed. The New York State Legislature has in this respect completely put to shame its English contemporary; it has enacted every reasonable safe guard for the protection of the insurer. The New York companies are subjected to close inspection; every year they must render a sworn statement of their affairs ; nor is this taken on trust, but verified by the perional examination of the insurance super intendent.' Another stipulation is that policies are payable only to the wife or children in whose interests they are taken out ; in case the insurer dies insol vent, the widow and the orphan cannot be deprived of their provision by the creditor. The laws of New York State will not permit a life office to combine marine and fire insurance with its chief business, and it is noticeable that no establishment has failed in any part of America where this condition has been applied. There is yet another important consideration. The American offices can invest their savings on very advantageous terms. The demand for capital is so great in the United States, and the development of wealth from the constant occupation of fresh tracts of land is so rapid, that the interest which satisfies investors here is contemptuously rejected in America. Such advantages as these can not fail to have due weight with English insurers. To buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest is the principle of free trade, and it applies to insu rance quite as much as to any other branch of business. This healthy competition will do good in every way ; it will offer the English insurer an investment well worthy of his consideration, it must stimulate the English offices to make that improvement in their management for which there is so much scope, and perhaps Parliament may at last be brought to see how well certain regulations work amongst a kindred people, with a business temperament similar to our own. TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE THUNDERER AND THE BILL. The course which the Times has adopted with respect to the Land Bill is worthy of note. On Mon day it was so angry with the serious amendments made by the Peers in the preceding week that it gravely discussed the question whether the House of Lords ought to exist in its present form any longer. The nation cannot,it said in effect, allow the Peers to override its decisions ; it is not worth while for the Peers to remain the mere registrars of the business done in the Lower House; therefore the interests and dignity of all parties might be advantageously consulted by some change. Alarmed apparently at this astonishing declaration, the Times on Tuesday treated with much leniency the very grave amend mends made in the Lords on Monday. On Wednes day it took heart again, and once more was down upon the Upper House, albeit the alterations made on the preceding evening had not been of great mo ment—not fewer than sixty one clauses having been passed at a sitting. It told the Peers that their amendments would neyer be accepted. In fact they had better revise them at once. " The interval before the. report is considered may be profitably spent in inquiring whether some of the alterations made in the Land Bill since Thursday have not been made in a wantonness of irre sponsibility that must be abandoned." These vacillations are characteristic of the leading journal but the style in which they have been made shows that apprehension is not wanting of serious difficulty about the amendments. It may be taken for grante d that the Government cannot accept them. the police by the populace than to the disputes be tween masters and workmen. There have been more policemen shot in the southern city than in any other in Ireland, the reason for this probably being that the constabularywere unusually vigilant in that place in the feverish seasons when the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended. Cork being the landing point from America it has been made since 1865 the chief resting place of the members of the Fenian Bro therhood arriving from that country. Owing to the work they have carried on in Cork city, the police force has several times had to be augmented, and each Fenian capture —and there have been many—tends to make the popular hostility to the constables more serious and revengeful. Much confirmation is given to this view from the fact that more policemen have been injured in the late disturbances than any other persons. Some have been perfectly disabled, others have had limbs broken, while others have been injured on the head, their shakos being literally cut, through by bludgeons in many instances. The angry feeling of the mob, first levelled against the masters of the trades, afterwards vented itself against the police who attempted to interfere, and when against them it obtained greater sway. Finally, the antagonism extended to every known native of "perfidious Albion" who was known to have a shop in the city. The sharp fire of heavy stones and the brunt of the savagery has been chiefly, however, levelled at the members of the constabulary. Remembering the repeated denunciations of the force by a former Mayor of Cork, one could hardly expect that it would be, otherwise when a, struggle should take place. Happily, the riots , are now said to be over, and the real source of the dis cord and fighting will probably be fully known. If the trades on strike disavow the worst share of the business, it will be the duty of the Executive to further increase the number of the police in Cork, and to punish every disaffected renegade in the severest manner. If there is sedition and hatred of law and order allowed to exist in a city, it is hard for it to prosper or to be at peace. ORPHANAGE. That to be an orphan is the most fortunate condi. tion for a child seems a strange expression ; but there can be no doubt that when the orphan is also a pauper, it is strictly true. Several of the inspectors of schools, treating of pauper education, give testimony of this effect. Mr. Bowyer says that the cause of almost all the evil in pauper children, who on the whole possess many good qualities which classes above them might envy, is far more the bad influence and example of their own parents than that of the other inmates. Parents often leave the workhouse in the summer, taking their families with them, and then the children are more than ever exposed to this contamina tion. Other inspectors say much the same thing. The bane of pauper children is the power the parents possess of removing them from school, and this power they exercise with tie most criminal and reckless indifference to the welfare of their miserable offspring. The orphans, on the other hand, may be regarded as children of the State. It is sad to see children suffer for not being orphans. entitled to praise alone for the action they have taken. lie does not, however, omit to mention that the gross accusation against a body of intelligent and respectable men, in the midst of a calamity so heartrending and deplorable, is, under the circum stances which have now been revealed, anything but creditable to the author of it. FOREIGN RESIDENCE. Policy holders are allowed to reside in any part of the world, without extra charge, except in the tropics and obviously un healthy climates. No charge for voyage to or from America, China, or Japan. POLICIES ISSUED FROM £lOO to £4,000. LONDON OFFICES, 76 AND 77, CHEAPSIDE. LONDON, 711URSDAT, JUNE 30, 1870. THERE would be a touch of the pathetic about the farewell Proclamation of Queen ISABELLA to the Spaniards, only that her misfortunes have been of her own making—and that, it might be said, in more than one sense, out of very wanton ness. At the moment when the bauble sceptre slipped from her grasp—meaning, not now at the date of her abdication, but a year ago, when she hurriedly crossed the northern frontier of her do minions into France—her reign had been the longest among all the reigns of contempo rary sovereigns. Immediately afterwards in duration came the reign of Queen VIC. TORIA. But whereas her Majesty succeeded to the throne of England on the 20th of June, 1837, upon the death of her uncle King WILLIAM IV., Queen ISABELLA succeeded her father, FERDINAND VII., in 1833, on the 29th of September. So that the " long reign " referred to by that unfortunate monarch in the very opening phrase of this, her manifesto at once of adieu and of abdication, is one of such exceptional duration that it actually extends over what statisticians speak of as the lifetime of a whole generation. During a period of from thirty-four to thirty-five years, altogether ISABELLA 11. nominally ieigned at Madrid. The destinies of her "dear country" she at any rate claims to have swayed during that interval. Doubtless, all the while she has been in a great measure that purely supposititious head of so many modern monarchical forms of government, a so-called Constitutional S overeign. But, at the least, it has been within her power, ever since the time when she emerged from her minority or non age, to give a character of her own to the nominal authority with which she had been invested in the midst of all her rapidly-alter nating vicissitudes. The horrors of war doubtless surrounded her cradle, when, as she now touchingly reminds the world, in hyperbolical language, her name as a child was proclaimed by thousands of heroes I During the perilous interval of her childhood, when Spain was yet, in her name, under the government of a Regency, one of those heroes, the purest and best among them all, afforded her for a while, and that not long before the attainment of her majority, the opportunity of extricating herself at last from the pernicious influence of her mother, Queen CHRISTINA. That opportu nity—and other opportunities that arose fitfully and most of them fleetingly from time to time after wards—the Queen allowed to slip by unheeded or disdained. Deluded eventually, by a shameful intrigue, into a most detestable marriage, she has since then, since the date of that most lament able marriage, (in 1847)—failed notoriously before all the world —it is matter of history ! to bear that " white blossom of a stainless life," our English Laureate has sung of so exquisitely, "in that fierce light " which, as he finely expresses it, "beats upon a throne, and blackens every blot !" The prosperity of Spain, poor ISABELLA 11. now tells the Spaniards from her place of exile—having been so long cherished as the chief subject of her solicitude—she has failed to secure. And.why, should it be asked, has it failed ? Because her most earnest wishes for it have, according to her been thwarted by acts inde pendent of her will ! History will not so interpret the melancholy records of her agitated and more than simply barren reign. For the degradation to the very dust of the Spanish sovereignty entrusted to her keeping, she at least, we may be sure, will be held by posterity to have been in part responsible. IT is yet early to consider the filling-up of the vacancy which the lamented FOREIGN SECRETARY has left in the Cabinet, but as Lord CLARENDON would not, said Earl GRANVILLE, have wished that the business of the House of Lords should be adjourned on his account, so a statesman of such 'thorough public sympathy would have desired that the fullest attention should have been given to a matter of the first importance, which appears to be involved in some doubt. Everybody agrees that Earl GRAN VILLE will take the Foreign Office, and . various Cabinet Ministers are spoken of for the Colonial Secretaryship. These redistributions, however, will still leave a vacancy in the Cabinet, and if the original number is to be kept up, a recruit must be added. There can be little doubt as to the choice which would be most welcomed by the nation. Mr. FORSTER has deserved well of his country, and the importance of the office which he fills ought, for the future, to give possessor a place in the Cabinet. It would be invidious to compare e Vice-President of the Council with some of his more favoured colleagues; but it is not too much to say that only one or two of the foremost men of the party have a higher place in public esteem. Moreover, the Edudation Department has too long occupied a CHESTERFIELD IN THE UPPER HOUSE. Mr. Bright's famous letter about the Peers and the Irish Land Bill—the letter in which he thought their lordships " not very wise "—was considered a remarkable production for a Cabinet Minister ; but Lurd Malmesbury has had the satisfaction of return ing in full the compliments of the President of the Board of Trade. On Tuesday the Peers dealt with the portions of the Land Bill which provide for loans to the tenants in order that they may purchase their holdings. This part of the measure is noto riously the work of Mr. Bright. The Conserva tives allowed it to pass, and then the Earl of Malmesbury set himself to abuse it. It was the work of a single member of the Cabinet, he said ; it had not a leg to stand on—mean ing possibly that the unfortunate member of the Cabinet himself had not. It was a sham, a humbug, it would not come to anything. The Govern ment knew very well that it would be impos sible to carry out such a scheme. Most people will think that if Mr. Bright's plan • deserved , all these hard names, it did not deserve to become law, and that it was not the duty of the Opposition to allow such a preposterous proposal to safely pass. Happily the political capacity of Lord Malmesbury is not so striking as to warrant the placing of much faith in his dismal prophecies. COTTAGES WANTED FOR IRELAND. It is regretted by some that the Duke of Rich mond should propose to expunge from the Irish Land Bill the clause permitting the erection of one cottage on every 25 acres. The want of proper accommo dation for our labouring classes has long been loudly complained of in England, and certainly the grie vance is not less burdensome in the sister country. Mr. Rochefort, a resident in Ireland, points out that great mischief has already been done by the increas ing tendency to clear estates of labourers, and to send them and their families into the nearest towns. This is owing partly to the action of the Poor Law, partly to the landlord's desire to abolish small holdings and encourage large farms. The spread of Fenianism among the labouring population is also -attributable to, the sudden transfer of a rural population to the vicinity of public-houses and other town temptations, the miserable rooms they are forced to live in offering them strong inducements to disloyalty and intemperance. The system tends also to foster the emigration of the able bodied labourer whomlreland could usefully employ in tilling her fields, and who, if he were properly housed and cared for, would gladly remain at home. The concentration of the masses in the towns and villages renders the, work of combination and secret organisation easy fOr the Fenian agents, especially as the ousted cottagers are chafing against what they believe to be the harshness and injustice of their landlords. TUB CORK RIOTS. It is believed that the continuance of rioting at Cork is to be traced more to the ill-feeling against ACQUIRING LAW. The difficulty of getting prisoners tried at Bow street removed into the van has been increasing for some time, and Mr. Vaughan, on Tuesday, took occa sion to comment upon the matter. It is the habit of the friends of the prisoners to place every obstacle in the way of the officers of the court while performing their duty, and lately the offenders have been brought before the magistrates and fined. Beyond this, how ever, much of the inconvenience arises from the unsuitability of the court itself. The only approach is a long narrow passage,which is generally packed to suffocation. The hall has standing room for about 80 persons, and sitting accommodation for a few banisters and solicitors. But those seats are almost daily occupied by a number of young gentlemen, candidates for Civil Service appoint ments, who are sent by the commissioners to acquire' an in sight into the mode of conducting criminal business. Very praiseworthy of the young gentlemen, no doubt, but hardly satisfactory to the unfortunate officials, who are so cramped for space, and who live in terror of losing their prisoners while conveying them to the prison van. SPECIAL JURIES. The great .inconvenience occasioned to bankers, merchants, and others engaged in mercantile pursuits by the mode in which grand jurymen are chosen, has long been regarded as a grievance, and though the subject has frequently been brought before the authorities, no reform has been attempted. A gentleman complains that leaving out of question the many summonses for special juries received by him during the past year, within the last ten days no less than four documents of the same kind have been served upon him either at his place of business or at his pri vate residence. According to the account given by the gentleman the manner of selecting grand jurymen isnot very complicated ; but it might be improved upon in so far that those who either reside or are in business in the immediate vicinity of the sheriff's office, should not be asked to devote the greater part of their time to considering bills of indictment. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. The opening of the camp at Wimbledon is always looked forward to by the volunteers with interest, and the programme of the meeting is scanned with as much care and subjected to as much criticism as though the volunteer movement depended upon the great rifle competition. True, it is one of the features of that national organisation, which was born of intense patriotism, and it affords an opportunity for the various corps in the kingdom to meet and try conclusions in a friendly spirit; but that it is essential to the life of the volunteer movement, is not the, prime consideration. Beyond the relaxation, which is admittedly the product of a not too severe training, we are dis posed to regard the social side of the question as one of infinitely greater importance than mere success in efficiency. The bringing together of a large body of young men, belonging to the various grades that constitute English society, was a difficult feat ; but that the esprit de corps should have so welded them together as to call into play those feelings of regard and attachment which, when attainable, are the soul of national stability, is a matter to be looked upon with sincere gratulation. The Wimbledon meeting is announced to begin on the 9th of July, and, as usual, the prize-list is a long one. The Queen's Cup is the most important, both for its intrinsic value and for the honour which it confers upon the winner. The Prince of Wales's Prize, the Alexandra Prize, the St. George's Vase, and others, the enumeration of which would occupy too much space, will, no doubt, tend to cause much emulation. There are various All Comers' Prizes, and should our Belgian friends pay us a visit they will receive as hearty a greeting as they did before. QUEEN ISABELLA'S ABDICATION. The full text of the manifesto of Queen Isabella IL has now been published. The unfortunate suc cessor of Isabella the Catholic descends the Castilian throne with at least the outward dignity be fitting her majestic race, though foreign critics may be inclined to dispute her possession of some of the queenly virtues to which she lays claim. Her long reign has, she affirms, been a troubled one, and it has been specially sad to her, because, loving peace and the public good, she has always seen her best wishes for Spain checked and thwarted. The horrors of war surrounded her cradle, the heated strife of parties embittered hergirlhood, and in mature age she hasbeen driven from her home and her country by the pas sions of men whom she would not oppose at the cost of Spanish blood. She cannot accuse herself, during these thirty-five years, of contributing to the national evils by any deliberate intention, and she has mitigated the misfortunes which she could not prevent, as far as possible. A. constitutional Queen, she has re spected the laws. A Spanish woman, and a loving mother, Spain's sons are all alike dear to her. During the twenty months she has lived on foreign soil she has not ceased to think of the suffer ings of Spain. Full of faith in its future, she asks nothing for herself, but obeys the impulse of her heart in confiding to the loyalty of the Spaniards the destiny of a traditional dynasty and the heir of a hundred kings. The act of abdication follows, by which the crown is transferred to the Queen's son as Alfonso XII., his mother preserving all civil rights, and maintaining the custody of the Prince until he is proclaimed King by the Govern ment and Cortes of Spain. Court j (fir• HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 29, The Queen, accompanied. by Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Marchioness of Ely was in attendance. Her Majesty and the Princesses went out this morning. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, visited Sir James Clark, at Bagshot Park, on Monday afternoon. The Princess of Salerno visited the Queen at Windsor Castle yesterday, and not Princess Marie of Salerno, as was erroneously stated. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. Lady Hunting&ld's ball. Lady Molesworth's soiree dansante, at 87, Eaton-place, Belgrave-square. Mrs. Foster's ball, at 81, Eaton-square. The Loders Club dinner at the Albion Tavern, Alders. gate-street. At Lord's Ground (grand cricket match) —Rugby v, Marlborough. . The Gun Club—Wormholt Scrubbs, near Shepherd's bush. The Champion Sweepstakes of £25 each, £5 forfeit. 50 birds (second half to be shot at this day.) 30 yards rise. Mrs. Gladstone's garden party in Downing-street is postponed from Friday, the Ist to Friday, the Bth of next month, on account of Lord Clarendon's death. The Bristol Town Council have resolved to increase the pay of the city police by one shilling a week. GEO. GILFILLAN'S LIFE OF SCOTT.—We under stand that the Rev. George Gilfillan's new work, "The Life of Sir Walter Scott , " will be in the hands of the publishers about the middle of July.—Dundee Courier. TURF REFORM. The committee of the Jockey Club appointed to consider the subject of turf reform have submitted their recommendations. A non-official summary of them is given in the Sportsnzan. First, the committee deal with the authority of the Club at the various racing meetings; and in order to uphold this in all its integrity, it is recommended that no notice be taken of the programme or results of any gathering where the rules of the Club are not recognised. Any horse running at such a meeting is not to be allowed to take part in a "regular " meeting. The same disqualification will apply to jockeys. Having vindicated the authority of the Club, the committee take in hand the details of racing. They urge that no plate or prize of less value than £5O shall be ad vertised in the calendar. The season is to be shortened. No meeting shall commence before the week which includes the 25th of March, or continue beyond the week which includes the 15th of Novem ber. Then follows an alteration in the conditions of selling races, and another touching the meetings of the Club. Some other regulations as to assumed names are added. But with respect to the really essential points of turf reform, the recommendations of the committee are not extensive. They make no further alteration in the running of two-year-olds, proposing to retain the first of May as the earliest date for such contests. They are also of opinion that no two-year-olds should be allowed to run in handi caps before the Ist of October, and then only with horses of the same age. They have come to the conclusion that the Club should not recognise the publication of nominations before the weights, and should decree that the acceptances for free handi caps, and declaration of forfeit for other handicaps, should not be published earlier than the Thursday immediately preceding the week in which the race is run. Three-year-olds and horses of greater age ought not to take part in races under five furlongs. Finally, the committee recommend that the weight for-age scale should be revised by:another committee ; and express their opinion that post entries ought to be discontinued. THE UNIVERSITY CRICKET MATCH. The contest between the Oxford and Cambridge elevens adds another to the long list of close matches played during this fine cricket season. It was the closest and best ever fought between the two Univer sities. Oxford went in with 179 runs set them to win : 160 were put on for the loss of five wickets, and any odds were offered on Oxford. But the other five players were all out before the remaining nineteen runs had been gained. At 176 Oxford had only three runs to get, and three batsmen to get them with. Yet they tailed : Mr. Butler was caught off the first ball he received from Mr. Cobden ; Mr. Belcher was bowled with the following one ; and with the -last ball of the over Mr. Stewart was disposed of. Such a finish of wild excitement was never before seen at a cricket match. The two sides were of very equal strength, but Oxford had the advantage in bowling, and was indeed, in the opinion of the best judges, the stronger eleven of the two. The manner of their defeat was certainly a marvellous piece of good fortune for Cambridge. The Cantabs have now won a majority of the whole number of matches played. They were victorious in 1869, 1868, and 1867 ; in the four previous years Oxford tri umphed. THE POLICE AND THE NEWARK ACCIDENT. Mr. Thomas Earp, Mayor of Newark, with a promptness and sense of justice which do him credit, has made a searching inquiry into the. infamous charge brought against the Newark policemen, namely, of robbing the bodies of the people killed in the late accident. The result of Mr. Earp's conduct has justified his worship and his brother magistrates in believing that all the allegations were unfounded. Mr. AN ilson's missing watch has been for several days safe in the custody of a friend in London, so has the insurance ticket supposed to have been abstracted from the body of a lady named Robinson. The purse, which with nearly £4O was missed from Major K. Hurst!s body, was at the opening of the inquest a day or two after the accident, handed by the police to the deceased gentleman's solicitor. Mr. Earp has discovered that ao far from despoiling the sufferers of their property, the constables were indefatigable in their efforts to secure it, and that one act of theirs, namely the taking off of a lady's rings in order to number them similarly as the remains were numbered, was con strued into an act of heartless pillage, when it was to prevent this that it was under taken. The Mayor of Newark rests satisfied that the policemen of the town have made themselves THE MAGAZINES FOR JULY. BLICKWOOD is chiefly remarkable this month for its giving the conclusion of its homely serial story of "John.' As a supplementary paper it has at its close a reprint of the note appended to the second edition of the number of Maga for June, anent that slashing review of " Lothair," now very generally attribUted to Colonel Hamlet', Edi tor of the " Art of War," and author of " Lady Lee's Widowhood." The Gentleman's contains to our mind the most charm ing, certainly the most tenderly appreciative, tribute that has anywhere been offered as yet to the radiant genius of Charles Dickens. It is contributed by Blanchard Jerrold, and gives eloquent expression to the grief and love and admiration at this moment in the hearts of so many. Every one to whom the memory of Charles Dickens is dear —and to whom is it not ?—should turn to this exquisite memorial chapter in which the son of Douglas Jerrold commemorates Douglas Jerrold's beloved friend and inti mate companion. The majority of those who read thi paper in the Gentleman's Magazine will, we doubt not, treasure it up afterwards as a remembrance. Elsewhere we give some extracts from Blanchard Jerrold's own per sonal recollections .of the great, good author, whose chief glory in literature is that he is the first of all Humourists. The Cornhill, we grieve to say, closes this month what has long been its chief attraction—the brilliant serial story by Charles Reade, " Put Yourself in his Place." It is a work worthy of the writer's genius, and contains some of his finest creations, as also some of his most splendidly realistic descriptions. The flood at the end is magnificent. One of Mr. Millais' noblest pictures in this year's Academy Exhibition, it now turns out, is illustrative of an incident in this catas trophe. The hero and heroine of Charles Reade's last tale will long live in our remembrance. Several other magazines have already also come to hand, among them Miss Braddon's Belgravia, Arthur A'Beckett's Britannia, Colburn's United Ser riae, the Month, Le Follet, and London Society. The last mentioned closes with a copy of verses by Walter Thorn bury, entitled " Taking a Header," the closing words of which have a wonderful comic effect. TURKISH BATH. Those who are in the habit of indulging in a Turkish Bath will be interested in the fact that they may now do so under circumstances which will afford facilities for enjoying the treat with almost Oriental luxury. The Turkish Bath Chambers, which have been erected on the site of the Hotel in Jermyn-street, are to be thrown open for public use on Friday, and an inspection of the premises enables us to speak in ' high terms of the manner in which the general arrangements have been carried out. The building, which is in the Gothic style of architecture, is both handsome and capa cious, combining in the sleeping and other chambers all the desiderata for an excellent club-house. The chambers are to be let unfurnished, and are especially arranged with all the requirements of the day—hot and 0013 water on each floor, lift for luggage, access to the Turkish bath under the same roof, and an electric bell service through out the building, while the system of ventilation in each room is complete. In addition to the other baths, public and private, a special one is being fitted up for the accom modation of ladies. Both in point of construction and embellishment the Turkish system is to be followed out as closley as possible, and this is a guarantee that the process will be attended with every luxury. Some idea of the general capaciousness of the establishment may be arrived at from the fact that the principal cooling-room measures 68 feet by 50, and this, as well as the others, is replete with every comfort .necessary to render the effects of the bath refreshing and luxurious. The rooms are heated by Urquhart's patent radiating stove, with horizontal flues, by which the purity of the atmosphere is retained ; and, in fact, the whole arrangement of the building, carried out from the design of Arthur Cates, Esq., is not only a splendid improvement to the locality in an architectural point of view, but is likely to prove a most , favourite place of resort, being situated in the centre of the club district of London. The establishment is under the control of Mr. Hunt, secretary, whose obliging disposition will form an additional recommenda tion to visitors. PAYMENTS ON PROMOTION IN THE ARMY.—The Royal Commission to inquire into over-regulation pay ments on promotion in the army met at the War-office on .Tuesday. THE LATE SIR JAMES SIMPSON.—The list of candidates for the midwifery chair in Edinburgh Univer sity, vacant through the decease of Sir James Simpson is now complete. They are Dr. Matthews Duncan, Dr Beiller, and Dr. Coghill; Edinburgh, and Dr. Alex. R Simpson, Glasgow. The election takes place on the 4th proximo. THE PROTESTANT CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK. The Archbishop of Canterbury has addressed a letter to the Bishop of Ohio, with reference to the forthcoming Conference in New York. His Grace expresses the deep interest which he feels in the proceedings, and earnestly trusts that the Divine blessing may guide all who take part in the discussions. Princess Mary Adelaide of Teck has been presid ing the last two days over one of the stalls at the bazaar in aid of the Ladies' Sanitary Association, which is being held in the gardens of Madame Uzulia, at Hanover Lodge near Hanover-gate, in Regent's Park. CRYSTAL PALACE.—A grand fete and reception, under the most distinguished patronage, will be given to M. de Lesseps, on Thursday evening next, the 7th July. The concluding portion of the evening's arrangements will include an unusually magnificent display of fire works, with appropriate devices, similar in extent to those recently sent to Constantinople by command of his Im perial Majesty the Sultan, by the company's pyrotech nists, Messrs. Brock ; a moiety of the net proceeds of the day being set apart by the Crystal Palace Company in aid of the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late disastrous fire at Pera. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Notwith standing the late dry weather roses have done well, as was unquestionably proved by the general condition of the multitudinous specimens exhibited yesterday. Amongst other objects of interest was an entirely new strain of lobelia. Several of the varieties were trained as pyramids, and were very attractive. There was also a wonderful collection of varieties of the common hartstongue fern, some of which were quite- new. In the afternoon a general meeting, presided over by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.A., was held in the council room, when the following candidates were elected Fellows, viz. :—Messrs. Trevor Barkley, Hon. Thomas Graham Briggs, Charies W. Elliott, W. H. Elliott, W. H. Halse, Miss Harcourt, William Martin, H. R. Mit ford, Dr . E. Grindley Pearse, Frederick Power, Wm. W. Robertson, James Rolph, Henry Sealy, &c. M. OLLIVLER AND THE COUNCIL.—The Augsburg Gazette has published the text of the despatch which M. 011ivier addressed to M. de Banneville during the time he was Foreign Minister. After naming the various efforts which had been made to modify the extreme opinions of the Holy See, M. 011ivier regretted that the Pope had not thought fit to pay attention to them. He added that the French Government did not insist upon their proposals, but fell back to their former attitude of neutrality. M. de Banneville was desired to hold no conversation with the Pope or Cardinal Antonelli about the Council. Cunious DISCOVERY.—As a willow log was being sawn at Airdrie the saw struck against some hard sub stance in the timber, which, on being cut out, was found to be a rude arrow point, made of iron, and about an inch and a-half long. It is evidently of great age, and probably belonged to some one of our savage ancestors, who, being out hunting, had shot at a deer and missed his mark. The tree, which came from the neighbourhood of Carluke, is a very old one. The arrow-point was found embedded in the solid wood about fourteen inches from the surface, and at a part of the trunk twenty-five or twenty-six feet from the ground. ROYAL ACADEMY.—On Tuesday night the annual conversazione was held at the Royal Academy, and the num ber of invitations being judiciously limited, the comfort of those who had the privilege of attending was most effectually secured. From half-past nine to half-past eleven the arrivals were incessant, and, according to pre cedent, the guests were received b y the president, Sir Francis Grant. Lady Grant and Miss Grant shared this responsibility ; and, as usual, what may be called the re ception-room was a great point of attraction. On occa sions of this kind an examination of the pictures does not seem to enter into the philosophy of the friend's of the academicians, but from the entire absence of over crowding, every facility was at hand for those who pre ferred to form an exception to the general rule. A conver sazione on such an extensive scale would be incomplete without the attraction of music, and at frequent intervals throughout the evening a portion of the Grenadier Guards' band, under the conductorship of Mr. D. God frey, gave selections. Refreshments were served in the first of the suite of rooms, and the arrangements generally were admirable. On the arrival of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge the National Anthem was played by the band ; and the conversazione was honoured by the presence of the Prince of Teck, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among those who at tended were the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Win chester, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl of Mountcharles, Lord Stanhope, Lord John Hay, the Mar quis of Hartington, Lady Waterford, Sir William Mans field and Lady Mansfield, Lady WharnclitTe, Lady Thompson, Sir David Sutherland, Sir Hope_ Grant, Lord Hardinge,Lady Elizabeth Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. Wilberforce, and Mrs. Bredell. Associated with the fine arts were pi esent Messrs. Sidney Cooper, J. E. Millais, Marks, Horsley, F. Goodall, and many more. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in prefetenc• to French brand• . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. 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