The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-18 00:00:00

THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W. AL EXA ., Mat (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street THE .‘.TRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SOING NO SUPPER: %lr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Edward Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke. and Miss F. Gwynne. Aft r which, at 8 precisely, B RWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern, Mr. Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Buckstone; Miss Robertson, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, Concluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell) THIS EVE ING, at 7.30, WOOING ONE'S WIFE. Mr F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at P. 30, LITTLE F RUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, 31. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G:ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and :lanageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, WIDOW'S WEEDS. Messrs. Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Burton a- d Anstiss. Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs James, Terry, Fenton; Mesdames 7iant ey, Dashwood, Goalall, Hughes, A nstis and Metcalfe. And A FISH OUT OF WATER THE THEATRES, &c. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book, And A Kiss in the Dark. PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma, LYCEUM—At 7.30, Wooing One's Wife. Breaking the Spell. And Little Faust. ADELPIII.—At Seven, Too ➢luch of a Good Thing. The Prompter's Box. The Enchanted Wood. OLYMPIC At Seven, Frou Frou. The 'Varsity Boat Race. My Turn Next. GAIETY—At Seven, The Man of Quality. The Princess of Tre bizonde. QuEEN's—At Seven, :‘ly Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. STRAND-At Seven, Widow'3 Weeds Sir George and a Dragon. A Fish Out of Water. VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Lon Carlos. Sr. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage, GLOBE —At Seven, The Man o' Airlie. Robert Macaire. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every n.vening (except Baturd , y), at 8; Saturday Morn jags at 3, A dmissi,n Is, 2s, 3s. CEIRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall. Every fight, at 8 ; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 a 1 the year round. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 530 p.m , and from 7 t:11 10 p.m. A dmisidon, is.; extra rooms, Gd, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent'a-p , rk Open daily except Buz day 0. Admission, is ; On 111ondaya, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. -.%'--- 7 - 4 4N L lT it 1111, MOSES and SON E• beg to inform the Public that they have adop'ed and registe ed a TRADE MAI K, consisting of the words "The Standard," with the initials " E. M. & S." underneath, and that hencefLrward every art cle of clothing manufactured by them will have al bel or ticket attached to it, with the said trade marx printed thereon. All persons are hereby cautioned against imi tating the said Trade Mark. For trades and addresses see following advertisement. T 1 MOSES and SON, Merchant Tailors. LI MOSES and SON, Juvenile Clothiers. • MOSES and SON, General Outfiders. F. MOSES and SON, Habitmakem FMOSES and SON, Linen and Woollen . Drapers. MOSES and SON, Hatters and Hosiers. F. - El MOSES and SON, Boot and Shoe Mann ,l 'J • I a,cturers. MOSES and SON'S Rules for Self-Measure, 1' . Post Free. r - l a MOSES and SON'S List of Prices, post free. .i., MOSES AND SON'S Fashion Sheet, post free, 7.4 MOSES and SON send Patterns, post free. . T j l MOSES and SON mark all Goods in Plain • Figures. FMOSES and SON supply Outfits for all • Classes and Climates. FMOSES and SON h.tve the hest Styles and . Materials for all Classes. F MOSES and SON, Corner of MINORIES and . ALDGATE. EMOSES and SON, NEW OXFORD-STEET, • Corner Of HART-STREET, EMOSES and SON, Corner of TOTTENHAM . COURT-ROAD b ud EUSTON-ROAD. EMOSES and SON, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. 0 SONGS By W. T. W N E NV ➢lemories. In the Downhill of Life. The Music of her Voice. Remember Me. Fair ::qaring is Coming. The above Songs free London : Published only by I lington-street. Order everywhe] and BALLADS rRIGHTON. Thy Voice is Near Morn on the Meadow. the Wishing Cap. Shylie Bawn (Comic). Tier Bright Smile Haunts Me. by post, 19 stamps each. Robert Cocks and Co., New Bur- Te. STATE OF ALABAMA.- ISSUE OF 2,000,000 COLLARS EIGHT PER CENT. GOLD BONDS. Holders of fully paid-up Scrip Receipts of the above Bonds are hereby informed that the Bonds will be ready for delivery at the Counting-home of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co., on and after FRIDAY, the 13th instant. The Scrip must he left two days previously to applying fog• the Bonds, and the numbers of the ~ c rip must be inserted on printed forms, which may be obtained of Messrs. J. Henry Echroder and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street. May 10, 187 `. HEATRE ROYAL ADELP HI. 1_ Sole Pr,prietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER This EVENING, at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING : Messrs. K. Phillips and Ashley; and Miss 5I aria and Miss Nelly Harris. After which, at 15 to 8, THE PROMPTER'S BOX; A Story of the Footlights and the Fir,side. Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr 11. J. Byron, Mr. J. D. Beveridge, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr. C. J Smith, Mr. Ashley, Mr. W Eburne, Miss Furtado, Mrs. L. Murray, and Mrs. Alfred V ellon. To be followed by T lIE ENCHANTED WOOD: Mr. J. G. Taylor, Mr A shley; 31 rs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Patti Josephs, and Miss Clara Thorne. Box Office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H J. Montagne, D. James, and T, Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an or'ginal Comedy, by A. Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE Ott MONEY. At 9.45, the new Burlesque, by Conway Edwarde4, entitled DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in Alms Supported by the following Company:— Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, 11. 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 Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. NOTHING IMPOSSI BLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE L.I. 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. Cd , and 151.. each, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, t 3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enaniel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. THE TATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at Mr. BEAUMONT'S, " The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr. GiLmAN's, " The Whea sheaf," High-street, Camden-town. rip H E LArE EtnytoN. of " THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden . towr. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for the North-western District, 24, Delancey-street, Camden town, N W TI -1141 LATES lEI )1 'l.' ION of "THE SUN" supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST EWS t nd SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by 11. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent; 4, Blackfriars-road London. BANK OF ROUMAN lA, Established as a Soci6t4 Anonyme, in accordance with the Law of Roumania. The IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK is authorised by the present•owners to offer 35,000 of the 50,000 shares Of the Bank of Roumania for public subscription on the terms undermentioned. The capital of the Bank of Roumania is £1,000,000, or 25,000,000 francs, in 50,000 shares of £2O or 500 francs each. The capital paid up £400,000, or 10,000,000 francs, being £B, or 200 francs per share. The shares are to bearer, and transferable by simple delivery. The liability of the shareholders is limited to the nominal amount of their shares. CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BANK OF ROUMANIA. James Alexander, Esq., London, Sir William R. Drake, London, Pascoe Du Pre Grenfell, Esq., London, }Directors of the Im- L. M. Rate, Esq., London, penal Ottoman Bank. Lord Hobart, Constantinople, M. Charles Mallet, Paris, M. Casimir Salvador, Baron Herman de Stern, London. Count Eugene Kin.sky, Vienna, t Directors of the Anglo- Charles De Meyer, Vienna, f Austrian Bank. DIRECTOR-GENERAL AT BUCHAREST. Adolphus De Herz, Esq. Terms of Subscription : For each Share of £2O, with £8 paid thereon, the sum of £9los. (being £1 10s. premium), such sum to be payable one month after allotment. Share Certificates to bearer will be issued to the Allottees, in exchange for their allotment letters and the bankers' receipts for £9los. per share allotted. The shares now offered are entitled to dividend in respect of profits made from Ist January, 1870. The Bank of Roumania, originally established by virtue of a concession from the Roumanian Government, com menced operations in March, 1866, and has carried on business continuously since that period. By arrangement with the Roumanian Government that concession was an nulled, and the Bank reconstituted in 1869, under statutes approved by the Government. The Bank is in perfect working order, carrying on an important and lucrative business, as will be seen by the subjoined statement of the profit for the three past years, viz. : Net profits, 1867 1868 IP II 1869 £42,000 41,200 48,177 These results have been obtained after providing for all preliminary expenses. Out of the above net profits a sum of £20,000 has been paid for the good-will of the branches and agencies of the Imperial Ottoman Bank in Rcumania, which were taken over by this Bank, and it is to be re marked that the profits have arisen from the active em ployment of a sum far inferior to the actual paid-up capital. , Pending the discussions with the Roumanian Government as to the re-constitution of the Bank, the directors deemed it wise to limit the use of capital to about one-half (aoopo) of that paid up, the remainder being held in reserve in England, and bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. The arrangements with the Govern ment having now been definitively settled, the whole of the paid-up capital can be employed, and it may be fairly assumed that the profits will be proportionate to those which have been realised on the smaller sum. The annexed balance-sheet for the year ending 31st De cember, 1869, shows the state of the assets and liabilities of the bank at that date. In making it up every doubt ful debt was carefully eliminated, and by far the largest proportion of the assets has, since the said period, been realised in regular course. The balance of profit and loss, as well as the reserve fund, shown on that account will belong to the ►present shareholders. The shares now of fered will, however, be entitled to the profits arising from the business transacted by the Bank of Roumania from let January, 1870. In the allotment a preference will be given to holders of shares in the Imperial Ottoman Bank. Letters of application in the annexed form must be ad dressed to the Imperial Ottoman Bank ; but no applica tion will be entertained unless a previous deposit of £2 per share applied for has been made with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. A Copy of the statutes of the Bank of Roumania can be inspected at the offices of its London agency, 13, King's Arms-yard, E.C. If no allotment is made the deposit will be returned to the applicant without deduction. In cases of allotment the deposit money will be applied in whole or part, as the case may be, to the payment of the subscription price ,of £9 10s. per share. If the sum necessary, with the deposit, to make up £9 10s. per share allotted, is not paid at the date specified (viz., one month after allotment), the allotment may be cancelled, and the deposit paid on application will be liable to forfeiture. Imperial Ottoman Bank, London Agency. 4, New Bank-buildings, E.C., May, 1870. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE BANK OF ROUMANIA, DECEMBER Dr. 31, 1869. Capital paid up £400,000 0 0 Bills payable Deposits for fixed terms Current Accounts Reserve Profit and Loss 184,96012 8 5,830 3 8 48,177 3 0 £807,820 2 3 Cr. Cash on Deposit Cash in hand ... Bills in Portfolio £200,000 0 0 66,612 18 2 158;176 0 10 Investments and Advances 193;919 1 3 Current Accounts Bank Premises and Furniture £807,820 2 3 Correct. DE HERZ, Director -General. FORM OF APPLICATION. _ (To be retained by Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co.) No. ' To the Imperial Ottoman Bank. Gentlemen,—Having paid to Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co., the sum of £ , being £2 per share on shares, I request you to allot me, upon the terms of the prospectus issued by you, shares of £2O each in the Bank of Roumania, and I hereby agree to become a member of that society, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I agree to pay, within one month after allotment, such further sum as, with the deposit paid, will make £9 10s. in respect of each share allotted to me.—l am gen tlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address in full Reference Date If the applicant is a shareholder in the Imperial Otto man Bank, he will here state the number of shares which he holds. EVENING EDITION. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18,• 1870, Southwards we have the Crystal Palace and Gardens at Sydenham as the Londoner's summer and winter scene of relaxation. Northwards we have the chance of acother popular luxury of a like kind in the Alexandra Park and Palace on Muswell Hill. The latter Palace is a sort of memorial, raised partially out of the Exhibition building of 1862 at South Kensington—as the former Palace is a kind of memento, in its way, of the first fairy strut. ture in glass, built up by the genius of Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, on the greensward of Hyde Park, as the world's show for the first grand international exhi bition in 1851. Happily for us all, the Crystal Palace is securely established upon its elevated plateau at Sydenham, and will flourish there, we may reasonably hope, for many subse quent generations As yet, we ar, grieved to think there is no such security for the preservation, and maintenance for the publi?, good, of the splendid park on Muswell-hill, and of the magnificent structure erected in the midst of it under the beloved name of the Princess ALEXANDRA. Nearly seven years have already elapsed since, on the 23d of July, 1863, this noble property was purchased by a Company and opened with a flower-show. During the four suc ceeding years, the work of constructing the Palace proceeded with some tantalizing fluctuations—being pushed forward rapidlyinlB64,beingsu spended in 1863, being recommenced in 1866, and at length, in 1867, making an advance so fair as to give promis, of its ultimate completion. Nevertheless, at this moment, the fate of the Alexandra Park and Palace is trembling, we fear, very perillously in deed, in the balance. The chief champion of the popular interest in its regard, thereupon, himself, in this emergency, appealed frankly and directly to the Lords of the Treasury with a view to discover whether the national Government might not itself, of course upon substantial security, advance the capital requisite for the complete and absolute acquirement of the property with a view to its being preserved be- THE MTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1670. times from the otherwise imminent peril of being misapplied most perniciously. According to the tradi tional policy of both the Executive and Legislature,the Government of this country is altogether debarred from participation in any way in an enterprize partaking to the smallest extent of a commercial character. Precludtd by their, no doubt, conscien tious regard for this refined theory of governmental non-interference, her MAJESTY'S Ministers have, re gretfully it may be, but very firmly and inexor ably, resolved upon abandoning the Alexandra property to its fate. A decision, in its turn, immediately involving a really momentous alterna tive—so far as good or evil may be thereby applied to the myriad Londoners destined to be drawn in that direction by futute allurements. Enormous good or enormous evil—in a manner must by necessity— spring from the decision arrived at, and this forth with; in regard to the destination of this once propi tious but now most serious'y imperilled enterprise. Precisely at this turning joint in its history, there is opportunely set forth by Mr. FRANCIS FULLER a propositien of a most ingenious character for the orga nisation of an Alexandra Park Tontine and Art Union whereby the misapplication t) the property of the roost baneful influences may be effectually guarded against, the beneficial design of the original projec tors being more than merely confirmed, being deve loped and expanded far beyond their earlier aspi rations. What constitutes the chief attraction and the substantial security of the project thus submitted to public consideration, is the fact that to every member of the projected Alexandra Park Tontine will be secured immediate advantages and privileges of a kind most acceptable to persons of t tste and in telligence, as well as the prospect—the reasonable, it might be said the certain prospect - of very consider able benefits of a pecuniary character accruing, after a very moderate lapse of years, the number of which admits of being very accurately defined. For the purchase of the property, consisting of exactly four hundred acres, crowned by the palatial edifice now adorning the centre of the Park on Muswell Hill, a sum of £850,000 is now required. That amount, it is suggested, might be very readily raised by means of a Tontine, consisting of £l, of £5, and of £lO shares respectively, so that, in the carrying out of the projected enterprize, all classes of the com tnunity might he intimately associated together. At tte close of a period of twenty-one years the Park and the Palace, with all their contents and appurtenances it is further proposed, shall rest absolutely in those who shall then, in 1891, be members of the Tontine—the original members, of course, having by that time, in the natural course of things, been very considerably diminished. Remembering that in the the immediate neighbourhood of the Crystal Palace, land that, prior to the trection of that structure, was worth no more than £2OO an acre, and knowing that that same land now fetches £3,000 per acre—it cannot, in reason, be reg irded as an exaggerated anticipatory ealcu lation, in regard to the Alexandra Estate, valued now at £850,000 , that in twenty-one years hence under the like lrospering influences, it will be worth, at the very least, £2,000,000 ster ling! . Into the details of Mr. FULLER'S proposition, we do not fcel here, in any way, called upon to enter—regarding that proposition as a purely commercial enterprize. Had we space for the consi deration of several of the projector's more original schemes for the enhancement of the value of the col lection intended to be brought together under the domed roof of the Alexandra Palace, we should be tempted, however, to expatiate upon their extraordinary attractiveness, and upon the cer tain combination in s2veral of the:n of in struction and entertainment. Instance, for ex ample, the intended collection of "British Birds, male and female, with nest .and eggs, and divided into classes setting forth the friends and foes of the gar den and the farm, and the insects on which the insec tiverous classes feed, the ❑ature and f -rm of those in sects in their various stages of development, and the plants, fruits, and flowers, which they destroy !" Instance, the collection of accurate representatives of a male and fewa!e in the present costume of man different countries, each pair surrounded by the ordinary household implements ! Instance another collection of male and female costumes in England and other countries, at various periods; down to the present century ! Everything considered, it will be simply lamentable, if what may thus be directed wisely to the popular advantage, instruction and amusement, should bepertnitted, through culpable negligence on the part of the very community it is designed to benefit, to sink into a mere tawdry arena (upon a gigantic scale) of frivolous and meretricious entertainments. The Alexan Ira Palace on Muswell Hill ought to be a worthypendant, in the Noah of London, to that cynosure of the South of L'udoa, the Crystal Palace at Sydeuhatn. Yesterday we had convincing proof that all the utiiitat iauistn of this our iron age, has not rendered us insensible to the refining influences of to to and knowledge. The attendance at the rooms of the Society of Arts, under the presidency of Lord HALI FAX, showed that the advantages of familiarising the public with the chefs irceuvre of art and science, are becoming more and more widely appreciated. The truth is recognised that if our skilled workmen are to compete successfully with the dexterous craftsmen of the Continent they must not be unduly weighted in the race. We pro claim with reason the benefits of Free Trade, and we declare that all England needs in the great com petition of nations is a fair field and no favour; but we forget that too often our workmen do not start fair. Their are weighted by the long accumulated ignorance and prejudice of their class, the want of observation, the uncultivated eye, the slow intelli gence which belong to those who for generation after generation plod on with scarcely a thought or in terest beyond their daily bread. We cannot cure this evil by putting on prohibitory duties, or by withdrawing altogether from the competition in artistic manufacture and works of taste. Rather we should endeavour by degrees to refine the taste sad extend the knowledge of our craftsmen, to educate them, not by book and treatise only, but by lecture, by illustration, by every means of popu lar enlightenment. English men and women are not naturally deficient in the power of appreciating beauty in art. For many a long year the dogma that " The English are rot a musical nation" was accepted resignedly, but there are probably few who would venture to repeat this after visiting our popular concert rooms, or standing among the throngs which fill Exeter Hall on the night of a favourite oratorio. In the same way the other arts, and branches of art, which are applicable to indus try, only need to be . better understood and more familiarly known to be prized and cultivated by the people. Lord HALIFAX, in his yesterday's address, observed tint the great International Exhibitions of which 1851 was the precursor, had assisted materially in developing the industry of the great prcducing countries. If those exhibitions had a fault it was their extent, which bewildered the visitor by the multillicity of objet's. It had been determined, the. efore, to have annual international exhibitions of selected works of fine and industrial art and scien tific productions. The first of these is to be held next spring, and it is, according to the programme of Lord HALIFAX, to consist of an exhibition of pottery, woollen fabrics, and educational appliances. It is intended to alternate in these Exhibitions be tween fine arts, applied or not applied to works of utility, and the several branches of Industrial Art, until each branch shall have the opportunity cf exhi bit'ng its produce. This programme, though less dazzling than many of its predecessors, is sensible and practical, and will tend, we may hope, to a dis semination of that kind of knowledge of which we as a nation never admitted the utility until we recognised the vacuum it left. THE Government has at length resolved to give New Zealand some assistance. The Times states that an arrangement has been come to between the Government and the delegates from New Zealand, by which Parliament will be asked to guarantee a loan of £1,000,000, to be raised by the colony for the purpose of employing the friendly Maories in road-making and other public works, and for the promotion of• emigration. how ever reluctant Earl Granville may be to confess it, this concession amounts to a decided change of policy. Hitherto the Colonial Office has refused every request for assistance from the settlers in New Zealand. They asked for British troops to beat off the Maories, for the retention of thesingle regiment then in the colony, for a British guarantee on a loan of two millions—and in all cases Earl Granville's answer has been the same. The colony, he said, voluntarily chose self-government, and it must abide by its decision. Self-government is incompatible with the active intervention of the Home authorities: if, for instance, t':e Colonial office despatched troops to New Zealand, it could not entrust the control of such a force to the Colonial Ministry, whilst on the other hani divided authority mustmean ruin ; and if the Eng lish Parliament were asked to guarantee a loan, where would such a principle end? But these arguments, however theoretically sound, have given way before the practical necessity of the case. Earl Granville now agrees to give half the assistance which, a little while ago, he ostentatiously refused. He was asked to guarantee two millions, and he consents to request Parliament to guarantee one. The concession will undoubtedly be beneficial to the colony, and there can be little doubt that the English Minister is right in making it. It will be beneficial because the English guarantee will enable the New Zealanders to borrow at a low rate, whereas with their own security only they must have paid very high interest. It is perhaps questionable whether this loan will prove of so much advantage as the re tention of the 18th Regiment might have been ; but the colony is undoubtedly poor, and any gain in the way of economy must be felt as a substantial assistance. Equally clear is it that the Government has done well in yielding this guarantee. In ,the strictly logical sense the former argu ments of the Colonial Secretary were,. it is true, quite accurate. The colony had of its own motion chosen to govern itself, and if it selected the pleasures, it must also take the responsibilities of self-rule ; to have a Ministry, a Parliament, a budget, and the other paraphernalia, whilst England found troops to carry on war, and guaranteed loans to pay expenses, would be a wretched farce. Such a division could never be tolerated. Earl Granville was right in in sisting that the transfer of authority should be com plete, but he was wrong in demanding that it should also be sudden. A. time of trouble is not favourable for developing changes according to strict rule. Logic and strict right must give way sometimes before the pressure of actual necessity. In this case the colonists found themselves in real danger from a war with a powerful adversary. The colonial forces had experienced reverses; massacres had taken place. The local Government felt itself unequal to the task of restoring peace, and, with a full confession of previous sins, it asked the English Ministry for aid. No doubt it was correct enough of Earl Granville to answer this appeal by telling the New Zealanders that they had made their own bed, and must lie on it; but the answer was not a generous one. The more friendly course would have been that which Earl Granville has now adopted : to meet the immediate necessity of the case, to help the colonists out of their peessing needs, and then, when the young State was in a position to care for itself, the stricter rule, so pitilessly enforced in his lordship's despatches, would have been quite appropriate. Unless it is designed to sever the connection with the colonies altogether, alienate kindred populations, and create hostile States where now exist friendly dependencies, it will not do to push on these consti tutional changes in such hot haste, and at such dangerous times. In the House of Commons yesterday the unsatis factory system of marine communicatio❑ between France and England was brought forward by Sir William Gallwey, and gave rise to a short but in teresting discussion. The hon. baronet described the miseries attendant upon the passsage of the Channel, strongly urged the necessity of obtaining the co operation of the French Government, with the view of mitigating the discomforts and hardships of the voyage. The motion was withdrawn after Mr. Lefevre had shown that the Government had not been indifferent to the importance of the subject. Ti.e next question which came under the notice of the House was a remarkably interesting one, namely, the proposed introduction of the commercial element into the Indian Council of State. Strong representations were made as to the necessity of ad mitting commercial men into that body, in order to develope the material resources of the empire. On the other hand, Government, whilst recognising the feeling of the House on the subject, pointed out that, by confining the selection of representatives of the commercial interest to those who were practically acquainted with Indian trade and commerce, it would embarrass the choice of the Secretary of State for India. The motion was withdrawn, and at ten minutes to nine the House was counted out, a cir cumstauce which has only occurred once before dur ing the present session. An exchange of livings has been effected between the Rev. H. F. Seymour, M.A., rector of Barking, Essex, and the Rev. H. W. Jermyn, rector of Nettle come, Somerset. The Italian Government will next month des patch to England a transport, for conveying to Naples, free of all charge, the objects selected for the Maritime Exhibition. Miss Annie Machellish, daughter of the Procura tor-Fiscal of Argylshire, has been drowned while bathing in the sea. Her friends were on the beach but unable to rescue her. A report was issued yesterday of the select committee who have directed their attention to the plans prepared by direction of the House of Commons with a view to provide additional dining accommodation for members of that House. L IT.ERATURE. Eliza Cook's Poetical Works. Popular edition. Frederick Warne and Co. The poetical works of Eliza Cook have at last been brought within reach of the whole circle of her readers, the million ! Thanks to the enterprise of the Messrs. Warne and Co., we have them here in the form of ahandsome volume of 624 pages, bound in crimson and gold, gilt-edged and admirably printed. Comprised within it, for a really trivial amount, is a complete edition of Melaia, and of all the lovely lyrics which more even than Melaia have built up Eliza Cook's reputation. Her note, she herself compares in her charming preface (all too modestly) to the whistle of the woodland robin. Wherever heard it is certainly as welcome—whether near the window-sill of the poor town artizan, or near the hedgerow, or hard by the sylvan path of the humble cottager. Many and many of her songs are known by heart, and are sung, and are listened to with tearful eyes, far and wide throughout the British dominions. Among patriotic songs there is not one more inspiriting—we will not except even Thomson's " Rule Britannia"—than her noble choral chaunt of " The Eng lishman." Among songs of the purest home affection, there is none more exquisite or more heart-stirring in its tender beauty than hec world famous song of songs in celebration of " The Old Arm Chair." Her " Old Dobbin" and " Old Pincher" are as immortal as Mary Mitford's "Mayflower," or as William Cowper's " Puss" and " Tiny." Nothing is too lowly or common, too trivial, or too terrible for celebration by her in harmo nious stanzas—the old farm gate, and the surgeon's knife the acorn and the cricket, buttercups and daisies, the grandfather's stick and the greenwood faggot, her old straw hat or her new red shoes, the dew-drop and the dead leaves—she can extract sweetness from them, one and all, with a ready alchemy, like that which enables the bee to draw honey alike from the cactus bloom and the nettle blossom. Remembering all which, those among her readers who have been unable until now to treat themselves to a complete edition of their favourite songstress will gladly and gratefully avail themselves of the present opportunity—with this dainty volume at once gladdening their homes and adorning their bookshelves. The Photographic Art Journal.—We have received the first three numbers of this journal, which is especially de voted to the photographic interest, and we doubt not that much good may be effected by its affording a means of noting all improvements in the science in a descrip tive and instructive manner. Each number con tains three engravings of a very superior character, illustrating new methods of photography, of which able notes are given. There are also interesting articles on other matters connected with the art. The introduction of this new journal is a step in the right direction, and from the manifest ability, conciseness, and neatness with which it is compiled, we should anti cipate that it will speedily establish itself in a high position as a special periodical. STATE BALL. By command of the Queen a State Ball was given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to which a party of upwards of 1,800 was invited. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton, the lion. Mrs. Stoner, Lord Harris, Lord Alfred Hovey, the Hon. C. L. Wood, and Lieutenant Colonel Teesdale, and escorted by a detach ment of Life Guards, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palace, from Marlborough House, at twenty minutes past ten o'clock. Iler Royal Highness Prince Louise was present at the ball, attended by Lady Churchill. his Alajesty the King of the Belgians arrived at the Palace, attended by le Comte Vanderstraeten Ponthoz, M. Jules Devaux, Captain Lunden, and Dr. Ii Smith. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived from Gloucester-house, attended by Colonel the lion. J. Mac donald. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Tecic arrived at the Palace, attended by Lady Caroline Cust and Col. Airey. his Royal Highness Prince Christian arrived from Frog more, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel G. G. Gordon. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in the interior of the Palace, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel C. D. Patterson, the Exou in Waiting. A Guard of Honour of the Ist Battalion of Grenadier Guards, with i he band of the regiment, was mounted in the court of the Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by his Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness Princess Louise, and the other members of the Royal family, conducted by the Viscount Sydney (Lord Chamberlain), and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, entered the ball room at half-past 10 o'clock when the danc ing immediately commenced. Iler Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a dress of green satin, with bouillons of tulle and a tunic of Irish lace, looped with bouquets of stephanotis. Ornaments—A stomacher and corsage of diamonds, and necklace and brace lets of pearls and diamonds. Head dress—A tiara of dia monds. Orders—Victoria and Albert, Catherine of Russia, and the Danish Order. her Royal highness Princess Louise wore a dress of rich lace and tulle, ornamented with garlands of various coloured roses. Head-dressßoses and diamonds. Ornaments— Diamonds. Orders Victoria and Albert, the Order of Sr. Isabel, and the Coburg and Gotha Family Order. Coote and Tinuey's band was in attendance, concluded by Mr. Cobte. A large number of distinguished personages had the honour of receiving invitations to the Ball, but some were prevented by unavoidable causes from obeying her Ma• jesty's commands. 4 ,, E r t r, ." ~.6 tourt 's' .- -tidirtathir _,...._----__, ii i r - II E R .11 .1 J ES7' Y. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 17. The Queen walked and drove this morning, ac companied by Princess Louise. • Prince Leopold also went ,out. Mrs. Lloyd (widow of the late Mr. E. Lluyd, who was murdered in Greece), came to the Cas.le this afte, noon, and had the honour of an audience of the Queen. The Princess of Wales drove out. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales visited Mr. Boehm's studio at the Avenue, Fulham-road. THE NEW FRENCH MINISTERS. The successors of MM. Daru, Buffet, and Talhouet are not so well known in the world of French politics as to render unnecessary a slight sketch of their history and party posi tions. The Due de Gramont, now Minister of Voreign Affairs, was born in Paris in 1819. After being educated at the Ecole Polytechnique he was appointed a sous-lieutenant at the Practical School of Metz. He resigned his commis sion in 1840, and remained in private life until the Deux De cembre of 1851. After the accession of the Emperor Napoleon 111. he was successively appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Cassel, Stuttgart, and Turin, and subsequently Ambassador at Rome. He supported Count Cavour in his successful at tempt to induce the Sardinian Government to join the alliance of the Western Powers against Russia. In 1861 he was ap pointed Ambassador at the Austrian Court. The Due de Gramont is a Conseiller-General for the Canton of Bidache, iu the department of Basses Pyrenees, and married in 1848 Miss Mackinnon, by whom he has four children. M. Mege, the new Minister of Public Instruction, is a native of Itiom, and was also born in 1819. He devoted himself to the profession of the law, and his career was unmarked by any striking feature until 1862, when be became batonnier or head of the local bar; at Clermont Ferrand. Soon afterwards he was appointed Maire of Clermont, and in 1863 he was elected to the Corps Legislatif. under the auspices of the Government of the day, M. Roulter being a friend and fellow . townsman. Up to 1869 he was one o f th e most act i ve members of the Conservative majority. After his re-elec tioa in 1869, M. Mege joined the new Liberal Tiers Parti, and was one of the 116 who :igned the once famous demand of interpellation. A Vice-President of the Corps Legislatif, his name was mentioned on a former occasion in connexion with the department over which he is now called to preside; but M. Segris then obtained the nomi nation. M. Plichon, the new Minister of Public Works, who was born in 1814, i s an a d vocate. H e was a deputy under the July Monarchy, and in 1857 was returned to the Corps Legistatif as representative of the Department du Nord. He was re-elected in 1863, and again in 1862, this time in the character of an Opposition cand- date. He was also one of the 116 signe sof the demand for interpellation. It thus appears that one of the new Ministers belongs avowedly to no political fraction, another is taken from the Right Centre, and the third was a member of the Left Centre. The journals representing the moderate Liberal opinions do not appear to be very highly satisfied with these ap, ointments, and regard them only as fresh additicns to what must be a transitional Ministry. We understand the marriage of the Earl of Derby and Mary MarcbioneEs of Salisbury does not take place before July next. Trifling applications have' been made by men in Chatham Dockyard for passages in troopships for Canada. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—The famous picture of John Bellini representing the Death of St. Peter, Martyr, which excited so much admiration at the recent exhibition of Old Masters, has just been presented to the nation. This noble work of art is the munificent gift of Lady Eastlake. Private advices received in Liverpool yesterday state that the recent riots in Madeira were caused by a col lision between the clerical party and the Liberals as to the. safety of the ballot boxes during the late elections in the island. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE OXFORD OUTRAGES , The Times observes that astonishment, 'mingled at first with incredulity, is the feeling with which the story storl that comes from Oxford has been received by the public, and especially by university men. The practical jokes o! undergraduates are sufficiently notorious, and have 3t . times verged on sacrilege and misdemeanour, but this ex. ceeds anything that lingers in the memory of the oldest. inhabitant. Truth is stranger than fiction, even on a sup, ject which has so much exercised the invention.tor novelists as university life. Certainly, no wrl would ever venture to describe the fast of of a college as wilfully destroying the ch o ices t works of art which it possesses. Even the inaaginativ author of "Formosa " might shrink from such a t s etch , of the licence of fiction as conveying something too rqo o . , strous to be accepted by a gallery of cockneys. The thin , however, is only too true • it is the scandal of the lava and the Governing Body at ' Christ Church is engage; l-e investigation and deliberating on punishmen t. be" thought necessarily suggests itself that there Intist te 4 faults of disci?line where the freaks of undergradua thus culminate in an indictable offence. It nO one becomes all at once very bad, so no society can proditc le ' such a set of rioters unless a great deal in the sam e sty though less serious, has been tolerated in former Year s ' If this be so we cannot but think that it is the duty of the authorities to intimate to the uneraduats that excesses of the kind will be morderg serious!): dealt with in future. These things are simplY tradition, which each year hands on to the next. 'ln men cannot, and we are certain do not, feel any strolg.; desire to engage in these so-called " larks " but there jA, 3 : fashion, and it is followed. It used to ' be worse in tau e for army not many years ago ; an unpopular newcomer, instance, was subjected, in property and person, to Per. ° cutions that were almost incredible. Public ilidignat ior a t t at a particular case forced the Horse Guards to act, d to an the smashing of furniture and so forth was put an en at once. The same firmness would produce the sale effect at the university. On the other hand, bad exa sll) e at and the prospect of impunity will urge men to acts which in the sanity of reflection and solitude they themselves wonder. While we feel the magnitude P' a stuk),icte the offence, we must recognise that it is the Wilt of artificial demoralisation from which it is in the poweriot er an able and active governing body to restrain those one its charge. SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. The Standard declares that Mr. Chichester Fortescue and his advisers hope, by occasional bold strokes, to con . , teal from the public the vacillating, feeble characte r .? l their Irish government. But these enterprises unhaPPll.r, are attempted just at the wrong moment, and only he t r i ridicule upon the officials of Dublin Castle. A sp ec 1 - commission is about to issue for some of the Irish cou.o. ties that have suffered most from agrarian lence. Its first sitting in the county a is fixed for the first week of June. ' he summer assizes for this county are already fixed f°l. t e first week of July. It is for a matter of f weeks that the county is to be put to th e e e r. sense of rison ed a specis not large.ion The number of P, e ons im It that there was any good reason for this proceedht on grounds of expediting public justice. Wh en w t recollect that this course is adopted by the Govern or who, when the magistrates of Westmeath asked for P r°, tection for their property and lives some month ehn told these gentlemen to suggest something, its obj ect plain enough. It is a cheap and ingenious way of gdetitiibir_ credit for vigour. Ingenious as it seems, and was ° less intended to be, its object is too manifest. For twe v c e i months violence was allowed to rage unchecked in Irelan d monster meetings assembled to hear seditious sPee en i g from Government supporters. Then for a change pec commission was sped to Galway, and its proceedings r e l l an utter failure in the condition of excitement vi long impunity • had produced. The jurors dare 1 1 , convict, and the judges were hooted out of the tovine Further time was allowed to elapse while Mr. Gladstone lamented, and Mr. Fortescue asked for suggestion,s,,.% nothing was done except pour troops into Ireland. Crepe for activity was next claimed by the dismissal of loyal Protestant magistrates who had ventured to criticise Government. The violence got worse, and the public /el; patient, and the Coercion passed, but Gov erninell" rested on their oars, or tried an occasional proclamatfolli until roused to activity by the attempted assassination o Mr. Radcliffe. Agrarianism is still unchecked, is fetir d, weeks before the assizes a special commission s issue By all means let the Government take this course, or aI other course that will tend to restore order in Irelana but there should be some other reason for such a measnre than the mere anxiety of officials to wash away the di grace of past mismanagement. NEW ZEALAND. New Zealand, says the Post, is itself again.Cheerf ul' ness has supplemented gloom, and resolution has su,c_ ceeded the paralysis of panic. The true policy for_ tla° development of the country, as well as the security of V° settlers—namely, that of constructing roads—is tt ld energetically advocated and put into practice. It w° ~,e seem that the inconveniences necessarily attending w e distractions that have agitated New Zealand so long ha v impressed the natives with the idea that the double ru le of the Maori and the European is incompatible with Pro :: gress, and they have been shrewd enou g h t o see which the stronger side and to contemplate joining it. They 1 freely offering their lands for sale, and requesting that roads may be made, to enhance the value of those lax At a time when many of our workmen 3 ! . " anxiously looking for employment here or else where, the news that New Zealand is on the point of, maturing a magnificent scheme of immigration corarf opportunely. It seems that, roughly speaking, one of the loan of one million st er li ng i s t o b e a pplied to the purpose of assisting some fifty thousand persons to ell, grate to New Zealand, while the other half will be be voted to the construction of roa d s . Doubtful as t policy of guaranteeing colonial l oans mus t generally be Te l this particular case commends itself for approval. . r only will the guarantee testify. to New Zealand of ot; good will towards it, but it will indirectly tend to bei?e,r4 the Mother Country. Mr. Gladstone not long a go ain- 3 down as an axiom that no such guaran t ee s h o uld be gil ie that had not this tendency ; and, therefore, while "- colony will be benefited by the liberality of the Ge., i v e "b ~/1e ment, no fundamental principle of State policy "V violated. Mr. Monsell said truly on Tuesday night, remarks t. h o e a Telegraph, that it was not the policy of the InW eri n - Government to guarantee colonial loans, save in exe.ea'se tional cases ; but the circumstances of the present side. certainly gave New Zealand an especial claim on ration. The withdrawal of our troops and the estabiisio ment of the principle that with the colony itself mus t to :. the duty of settling its internal disputes, hav e , os f. doubtedly placed New Zealand in a worse . !' lle n tion than it occupied, say, five years ago, , o ps the war was in full swing, with Imperial IriZr e if under an English General. The money wanted by for Zealand is to be spent in enabling the colonists to de le a themselves what the Imperial Government had our t he them to expect that it would do, and our persistence in resolution to withdraw the last Imperial soldiers tn,F; ic e more than ever on the colony th e t as k o f self-de-L e ibe against its internal foe. Hence there is fair ground f er te e, request, that at least we should, by g i v i ng our guar° to enable the money needed for prosecuting the wa r t he be borrowed at 2 or 2} per cent less than be rate of interest which New Zealand w ould nt. made to pay if sh e b orrowe d on h er ow n aecl e e, Besides, there was a p r e ce d en t f or the guars n the in the shape of nearly a million sterling secured by o• Government when the colony borrowed some years 'll, But we heartily endorse the assurance of Mr. Ml t he that a sincere desire to prove the cordial good will °' e ng Mother-country to her dependencies was influential aln tee• the motives that induced the granting of the gliaret n e, And we can only hope that, not in New Zealand „a l , O but throughout the Empire, the action of the / 1 -`'.. o f Government will be read as an emphatic disclaiinelbe those selfish and cold-hearted purposes, in regard to 01 ,.. Colonies, which some time ago were imputed in the re lessness of jealous alarm. THE GREEK MURDERS. The Daily News thinks that a mischievous questi° n sir the House of Commons has received a sensible replY• e nt J. Elphinstone wanted to know whether our Gover°, l Tihe will send the Mediterranean fl ee t t o the Piraeus to an e rs " Greek authorities" i n i nves ti ga ti ng t h e recen t 1 1111r- d e ry of our countrymen. Perhap s , if he could have ro 3 tr y speech he would have t o ld the House of some couotbe with which he is acquainted where it is found th at of assistance of admirals and captains—and cili foreign admirals and captains—is found useful in fa tating the labours of Crown prosecutors and detective P,°. e - e x We have a grave demand to make upon the Government and nation, and in presenting it we ie wi know nothing whatever of parties, nor must the sc" t i o e cause we represent become mixed up through any ac of ours with the quarrels and recriminations of f 3c e ct Whoever may rise or fall at Athens, we shall e_ l 2 tir . complete and impartial justice to be done upon th e m a y derers of our countrymen, and all who were in a.„nYi of accessory to the crime. This demand the -u-' 3lr , a ,u- Clarendon has made in the most formal 7 0 0 ner and care has been taken that the , by shall be investigated and the trial watchea this able and courageous representatives Of r oll! country on the spot. The Greek Gove rl i t aiesl' is bound, as much in policy as in justice, to g i ve the satisfaction to our righteous demands, and our const t i ti l tion in the Mediterranean is not so poor and dow r oe that before the legal proceedings can properly b.„ . egt e l fore must needs support it by fluttering the Union 0, " . will the Greek Judges. Every functionary understand that whenever Great Britain sPea n ic t s w oe speaks with the voice of the whole Empire. Mr. hav e reply to Sir J. Elphinstone was just what it ought °, ger been. He declared his opinion that the presence o% the Majesty's Fleet in the Pirnus was not necessarY.te can ascertainment of truth. The suspicion that ios tic ho ula only attained under the pressure of armed force 0 not be lightly ad opted or countenanced. in Greece sue An iiish genleman, parting with a lazy ant elev woman, was asked with respect to her indus„trdrilwhetne_, ot t 7 she was what is termed afraid of work. all," said he, "not at all ; she'll frequently lie down L ' fall asleep by the very side of it." 01 1- MALLOW AND LONGFORD.—The Dublin corro- t ha t dent of the Daily Telegraph " can mate for certain r l r . there will be no petition against the return of ~,1 be Waters for Mallow. He believes, also, that there none in the case of Longford. 1 at RIOT BY WO3IEN.—A feminine riot oceurreubat Comment ry (Allier) a few days back. The wom en of t to town, considering the articles brought from the country s, the market too dear, attacked the dealers, broke the threw the butter in the dust, &c. They were a,ssisted ~e a number of idle boys, from 12 to 15, whop e lted .t . ' er unhappy stall-keepers with their own goods. .A. n° lll .,,• n g of the latter took refuge in the church, the rest nifi n it o the best of their way home. The following clay Øi 1100II01$ were repeated at Diontltwon. SP] IMp The s i twelv e 0,4 Mr. \V Mr. e lie rem ; tortdoit.' the esta vorks, bt eoticl not ilov ernin( 11 01114 b e t hat it s t Dert y, a . ft ° 4 l th e fletit Ti of anar e h t Pon th e at tp, e .„ 3en w thn e a Powerful 1 1 1. ' 3 Pio ondo u e p, With T he bi ec)kraitti Th e ,found 1 be en tr fined a Th e th e Th field, w th e col Thy A ladll e an itnn Beasts