The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-01 00:00:00

OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book. And A Kiss in the Dark. ADELPHI—At Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. Free Labour PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest - Mamma. LYORnm—At 7.30, His Own Biwa, Breaking the Spell. At 8.30, Little Faust, OLYMPIC -At Seven Boat Race., Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary W arner . _Varsity akirrY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. Quzinrs—At Seven, !try Wife's Dentist. 'Twat Axe and Crown. SmiliD—At Seven, Loving Hearts. Kenilw rth. VAnnEvuzE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH 13'. , K. Egyptian Eall, Pin every ) ning (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn Inge it . 3 A dmissicn )s, 213,35. CaaISTT MiNgraELs.St. James's _ILa.II, Every Night, at 8; Wed- neadays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 a'l the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regeut's-pork. Open daily except Sun days). Admission, is. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under , 6d. MADAME TIIBBALITI'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7WI 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra V MOSES and SON, E CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON--ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. 114 LI MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock ' Dress Oxford Camb. Fishing Coats. , Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. tbs. 255. 17s. 18s. 10s. 60s. 80s. 21s. 225. 15s. 85s. 335. 265. 28s. 18s. 425. 425. 30s. 325. 225. ____,...._ -....-,. 50s. 50s. 365. 365. 28s. Vs. 60s. 425. 42s. 353. Vi MOSES and SON beg to remind the public 4 • • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture toaffirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other house in England. E MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED : Summer Race Business Morning Dress Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 13s. 6d. 12s. 30s. 10s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 18s. 6d. 355. 13s. 18s. 21s. 15s. 40s. 16s. 21s. 245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 265. 30s. 21s. 50s. 20s. 40s. 245. ORDERS by post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless flt. E MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of B OY'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. 9s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 19s. 235. 235. 16s. 6d. 21s. Hs. 265. 21s. 265. 325. 225. 263. BOs. 365. 365. 30s. 365. 48s. 48s. V MOSES and SON supply every description o '.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. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU TION contributed to the saving of 1,592 lives from various ship wrecks and 43 vessels from destruction. It has now 220 Lifeboat Stations under its management. CONTRIBUTIONS for their support will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co , Courts and Co., Herries and Co., by all the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, RICHARD LEwis, Esq., at the Insti tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. 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, Is each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Rod Bull Wharf ,Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, N.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.— Bed Bull Wharf, 93, TJpper Thames street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck. NO 501,4 G NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Ecla aid Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Alias Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynne. After which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Bnckstone; Miss C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c. Concluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK. ADELPHI THEATRE.—New Company.—New Drama.—At 7.30, FREE LABOUR, a drama, in four acts, by Charles Reade, played by a new company, selected from first-class theatres. New scenery by Hawes Craven. OLYMPIC THEATRE.-MISS BA rEMAN.- TB IS EVENING, at 8, MARY WARNER: Mary Warner, Miss Bateman; assisted by Messrs. Vernon, D. Fisher, Blakeley, Roberts, Elliott, Vanghan, and G. Belmore. 1 receded by, at 7, MUSIC HATH CHARMS: Miss Mattie Reinhardt. - 10 - COl:iClude with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Ur. Geo. Belmore. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs. Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL. Mr. F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. --- At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at r , .30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marine, Mr. Ayneley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Bolden. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEARTS. Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Button andrantley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, Ferry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant:ey, Anstiss, Goodall. Met calfe, and Moore. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T, Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A. Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9.45, the new Burlesque, by Conway Edwardeo, entitled DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in Alms Supported by the following Company:— Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclere, R. Evelyn, Kemp, T Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. N B.—On Saturday, June 4, will be produced a New and Ori ginal Comedy in 3 Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, supported by the whole of the Company, and in which Miss A. Newton will make her first appearance at this Theatre. rirLIE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at 1.. Mr. BEAUMONT'S. " The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden . town. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE - '7 a oisa4 i sk o „„.. 4k _ " 1,1444 A • • EVENING EDITION. made by angry and famished legislators. It is needless to say that the Government repudiated in the strongest possible manner Sir JOHN GRAY'S description of the operation of the bill. He himself even, in spite of self-assurance, must have felt an arrow or two pierce him as one member after another arose from the benches around him, and, in the name of their Irish constituents, reprobated their colleague's stric tures, and laughed at his vaticinations. That Colonel BARTTELOT should attack him, and declare him responsible for half the mischief wrought in Ireland, was but natural, for the gallant member is a Tory of Tories, and an Englishman of Englishmen. But when men like Mr. M'CARTHY DOWNING and Mr. MURPHY, representing the most important county of Ireland, thanked the Government in the most emphatic language for their measure, even Sir JOHN GRAY must have felt that he had blundered. It is to be hoped that the conviction has now been so thoroughly forced upon him that he will not attempt to repeat in his journal the errors of his speech. As Mr. MAGUIRE eloquently said, Ireland, above all things, wants rest, and he who would give that country this, he who would give Ireland the opportunity of turning to account the great measure which has just passed through the House of Commons, would confer upon it the greatest boon that could be bestowed. It remains very much with Sir JOHN GRAY and his friends to say if this boon shall be bestowed. If they are real patriots and not mere agitators, they will use the influence which they possess in teaching both landlords and tenants how to live peaceably and happily under the new regime which, after three months' anxious deliberation, the House of Com mons has at the last stage approved without a single dissentient voice. IT is to be regretted that Mr. GLADSTONE has not seen his way to an amendment of the present unsa tisfactory regulation by which any cross-grained, capricious, or indiscreet, though well-meaning mem ber, may obtain the exclusion of strangers from the debates of the House of Commons and the prohibi tion of all reports. There is no need at this advanced stage of constitutional progress to prove that publicity is one of the greatest safeguards of political liberty. The over zealous member who banished the reporters and visitors from the House last week would certainly not deny this. But he thought the public morals would be endangered by reading a discussion upon enthetic diseases. They are not a topic that most persons love to discuss, but there is no doubt that much harm has been done by the persistent ignoring of this terrible plague. Our squeamishness has been one great reason why the plague has so fearfully prevailed. Independently of that, Mr. CRAUFURD failed to see that whatever objection there might be to publicity with regard to this matter, the objection to secresy was infinitely graver and stronger. He knew well enough that a considerable number of persons believe that the Contagious Diseases Act seriously imperils their personal liberty. He knew that this belief had given rise to public meetingsin all parts of the country; and yet when the measure was brought before the great national tribunal of Parliament he resorted to the extraordinary course of excluding the nation. Such a power as this ought not to be left in the hands of any man. The best intentions unaccompanied by common sense may often produce the most injurious consequences, and it is now clear beyond all shadow of doubt that no private member can be enthusted with such a means of working mischief as that which the member for Ayr exercised on the 24th ult. We cannot imagine the circumstances under which the power of ex clusion ought to be exercised at all ; but if the House, jealous of its privileges, is determined to retain this prerogative, it ought to be accompanied by restrictions which would make its improper exercise all but impossible. The exclusion of strangers should henceforth be effected solely by a motion duly made and seconded, and carried by a majority of members present. We are at a loss to imagine why Mr. GLAD STONE did not propose this very simple alteration of a very unjustifiable rule. THERE was some very strong language in com mittee on the navy estimates, somewhere about mid night of Monday. Listening to the charges made by one member after another, one would have supposed that the present Board of Admiralty was not only the most tyrannical, but the most corrupt, since the days of Lord MELVILLE. Oil was bought for the navy from a personal friend of the Secretary, and the oil was very bad. Coal was bought of a political supporter of the Government, and the coal caught fire, and nearly destroyed one of her Majesty's ships. Sur plus stores had been sold with such reckless profusion that if a war were to break out it would be impossible to furnish the navy, and Mr. CHILDERS and his colleagues would be dri ven from office amid the execrations of the people. Every story is good until another is told ; but Mr. CHILDERS and Mr. BAXTER made short work of their accusers. No oil is bought at Dundee. No friend of either the First Lord or the Secretary is engaged in purchasing for the Navy. The coal that caught fire ought to have been mixed with other coal. The surplus stores, Mr. BAXTER shewed up upon a former occasion, and his list excited the un controllable laughter of a House that was too much amused to be scandalised at the shameful waste and jobbery which had form.eky prevailed. Then when the Secretary to the Admiralty, with pardonable warmth, denounced these personal attacks and the recklessness which prompted them, the assailants, a little while before so bold, re plied that they did not mean to do any harm ; but these reports were current out of doors, and it was therefore well for Mr. BAXTER to have an opportunity of answering them. "I am quite able to take care of myself out of doors," was Mr. BAXIER'S reply, and he added some deservedly severe comments upon the manner in which his opponents were now endeavour ing to sneak out of their attacks. The country will share 11r. BAXTER'S indignation. The character of public men must not be slandered in this reckless manner. We think that the Admiralty has made some mistakes, especially in connection with the discharge of Dockyard artizans, but we believe the administration of the navy to be thoroughly honest, and animated solely by the desire to get for the nation its money's worth. Those who are always making charges of corruption and favouritism, which they are not able to establish, must not be surprised if the public puts it own interpretation upon the matter. Men who are ever suspecting evil cannot be wholly unac quainted with it. In the House of Lords, last evening, the Norwich Voters Disfranchisement Bill, and the Bridgewater and Beverley Disfranchisement Bill, were reported with amendments. The other business transacted was not of a noteworthy character. Their lordsips adjourned until Monday week. The House of Com mons assembled at two o'clock in order to dispose of the Nayy Estimates, so as tp enable the House to adjourn for the Whitsuntide holidays without meeting on Thursday. M r. Nlor sell, in reply to Colonel North, informed the Douse of the nature of the latest intelligence which the Government had received from Canada. His statement was to the effect that the Fenian marau ders were thoroughly disorganised, and were making the best of their way out of danger. Get}. Lindsay, under the circumstances, proposed to reduce the strength of the troops at the various points where attack was apprehended. Nearly the who'e of the afternoon and night were spent in discussing matters connected with naval affairs. In Committee on the Estimates several grants of money were made, and shortly after the House had resumed Mr. Glad stone moved an adjournment until Thursday next. j y7. W 4 • tiro 1 , t 4,4, k N slatitar HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, May 30. The Queen, Princess Louise,•and Princess Beatrice at. tended Divine service yesterday in the pariah church a Crathie. The Duchess Dowager of Athol and Lord C. Fitzroy were in attendance. The Rev. Norman M‘Leod officiated. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday morning and again in the afternoon. The Prince of Wales paid Prince Leopold a visit at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness afterwards called on the King of the Belgians at Claridge's Hotel. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Derby—with the journeying down to Epsorn and back again by road and rail. Lady Gerard's Concert, at 35, Grosvenor-square. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1870 The inequality of the distribution of labour be tween the two Houses of the Legislature is very forcibly recalled to mind, and illustrated afresh, by the significant fact that four out of the six months set apart for the Parliamentary Session have already elapsed before the first great measure of the year has passed through the House of Commons, on its way to the House of Lords, and that, consequently, the latter will have to scramble through it in exactly half the time, if the whole session is not to be wasted, if in other words the Government Bill in question, the Irish Land Bill, is, before the prorogation of the Legislature, to be at length transformed into an Act of Parliament. It was only on the penultimate day of May that this Bill was read a third time and passed through the Lower House without a division. It was on Tuesday, the 15th of February, that we were listening to Mr. GLADSTONE'S great speech in the House of Commons, when, as Prime Minister, he laid before Parliament, this care fully prepared scheme of the Government. It was Monday, the 30th of May, before the Bill had been formally passed through all its various stages in the popular branch of the Legislature. The Lords must consequently bestir themselves. After the Whitsun holidays Midsummer will be looming up before us and, whatever haste can reasonably be made in June and July, must be made by them forth with—otherwise, before we are any of us well aware of it, we shall find ourselves landed in August, upon the eve of the grouse-shooting, with the foremost omnibus in the parliamentary line still stuck in Temple Bar. The rest are to follow in due sequence, if that first one in the long procession can but be dragged forward betimes. The Lords wait ing all this while, through February, through March, through April, through May, until June itself has arrived, before the Irish Land Bill is, for the first time in its substantive form, submitted to their con sideration. They have heard of it, they have read of it as under discussion in " another place :" but, as a bill actually in existence, they have, until now, had no knowledge of it whatever. At, length, howbeit, for them also, the day of work has arrived. But, as usual, the work of the Peers has to be hastened on, if it is to be done at all—their toil as legislators having to be crammed into the fag-end of the session, instead of being equally distributed over the full period of its duration. The difficulty is ob viously this, that, as a rule, the bulk of the sessional labour is commenced iu the Commons. Instead of which, a fair proportion ought to be accorded to each House—measure A being introduced in the Com mons, measure B in the Lords, measure C in the Commons, measure D in the Lords—A and C, B and D crossing each other midway. Nothing could have been more natural, for example, than for the Government Education Bill to have been introduced in the Upper House, the House in which is seated the official chief, who is at the head of the Educa tional Board, the high and mighty patrician, who ever he may chance to be, who holds rank at the moment among her MAJESTY'S Ministers as Lord President of the Council. It would have happened unfortunately, of course, that upon carrying out our suggestion in the present instance, the Education Bill would have been introduced to Parliament, first of all, by Lord DE GREY and RIPON, a very good Grand Master of the Freemasons possibly, but a very bad, or, at any rate, a very indifferent, and a very insignificant Orator, and Statesman, and Adminis trator—instead of by the Minister of Education, par excellence, the Right Hon. W. E. FORSTER, the Vice-President. That, however, is purely a coinci dence. What England aims at always—if repeatedly, as in this instance, the mark is missed—is the setting of the Right Man in the Right Place, is the not allowing the best man to come off second best in the distribution of appointments. It would have been unfortunate, doubtless, to have had the Government measure in regard to National Education first of all explained to the Legislature, and through the Legis lature to the country, by the Earl DE GREY and RIPON instead of by Mr. FORSTER. But, for all that, Mr. FORSTER would, in due course, have had his turn, the time of the session, particularly of the Lords, would not have been wasted, and the Bill, be fore this, would have been very much advanced. Earnestly, therefore, is it to be hoped that the system hitherto in vogue—according to which the vast majority, instead of merely a fair proportion of the Government measures are introduced, first of all, as a rule, through the House of Commons may at length in the fullness of time be judiciously modified. A more rational distribution of labour might, there is no doubt whatever about it, be readily enough arranged, spreading the Parlia mentary toil ever the six months of the session, and sharing it, in more reasonable proportions, between the two Houses of the Legislature. THE scene in the House of Commons about half past six o'clock on Monday evening is not likely to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. Mr. HARDY, who has during the present session been leading the Conservative party, had made a few mild observa tions upon the Irish Land Bill, intimating that, though he did not like the measure, he should not divide against it, but should leave the Upper House to make it acceptable (a wise deci sion, considering that in the Lower House Mr. HARDY and his friends are always in a minority of over 100) ; Mr. GLADSTONE had made his last set oration upon this bill, and had, with great tact, bestowed praise all round for the care and attention which members of all parties had given to it ; Cap• tain ARCHDALL had denounced the bill from the Tory Irish landlords' point of view, when Sir JOHN GRAY got up to condemn the bill as little better than a sham ; as, indeed, worse than that, since it would com pletely extirpate the class of small tenant farmers. The stormy and noisy impatience with which this prophet of evil was listened to, or rather not listened to, would have made a less self-confident man sit down. But the member for Kilkenny does not want assurance. Had he wanted it he would never have opposed the bill at all. When it was introduced he praised it, and it was not until he had conferred with his extreme friends in Ireland that he suddenly altered his tone, and could find nothing but mischief in the measure which he had at first thought so worthy of commendation. For twenty five minutes he kept hungry members from their dinner, and the roar that ascends from the Zoological Gardens just before feeding-time was but as the cooing of a dove compared with the noise I SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS-TO-DAY. The Ethnological Society, at 8 p.m., when Mr. 0. Spence Bate will deliver his "Report on the Pre-historic Antiqui ties of Dartmoor." MAGAZINE DAY. Blackwood has a notice of " Mercer's Journal of Waterloo, which transports the reader to times that seem long past. His diary throws a light on the by-ways of war, and will thus be acceptable to those who have had enough of the general details of that oft-trodden field. "Our Ironclad Ships" is a criticism on Mr. Reed's late work on the subject. In- conclusion, the writer confesses himself lost in speculation when he thinks of the ships our navy may possess ten or twenty years hence. " John " is continued in four chapters ; it is an eventful instal ment. " Earl's Dene "is also proceeded with at some length. " Trade Unions " are considered in a second article. It is forcibly pointed out that a noble opportunity is afforded to the women of the working classes to exert their influence on their husbands, and to gather up per ceptions•which they may be too slow to notice. If they enter into an inquiry of the rules which govern these Societies, and call for an account of the good, and the evil they produce, much lasting benefit might ensue, and we " should have smaller need to write about the Trade Unions." " Regina " presents us with a very interesting title page, for though the Third Lecture on the " Science of Reli gion," by Professor Max Muller, may be more attractive to the philosophical student than to the general magazine reader, it is followed by plenty of lighter papers. " The Adulteration of Food and Drugs" is a matter only too painfully practical. The "Peck of Dirt," which, accord ing to our nursery traditions, every human being was compelled to eat in the course of his life has certainly increased of late years in as rapid a ratio as the value of land in the city or the area of British commerce. Alas with the increasing extent of that commerce the " Peck of Dirt," has only too much to do ! The editor, Mr. Froude, himself finds something more to say about the age of " Bluff King Hal," and the readers of his histories can very readily guess whether the " fresh evidence about Anne Boleyn," which greets us in the June Fraser, is on behalf of the prosecution or defence. Further on we have a glimpse into the twilight world of Persian poetry, and a review of " Lothair," by Shirley, so genial and appreciative, that it stands in striking contrast to some of its monthly contemporaries. " Shirley" is a pseudonym well known of old to the readers of Fraser, and his introductory remarks on the advantage of our statesmen being able to turn from their political duties to the world of letters skews that he has not lost his enlightenment, his taste, or his tolerance. There never was a time, he says, when it was more essential that our politicians should be something more than politicians ' for the sectarian trade spirit is in the asc en d an t, an d Mr. Disraeli has done good service in that his career has been a not unsuccessful protest against it. That career, which appeals to the imagination, has proved that wit and genius and imagination are still powers in the land, that they still pay even among a people bent on money making and indifferent to ideas. London Society contains an amusing sketch called the ".Social Uses of Guardsmen," which throws out some sug gestive hints to the frequenters of society. There is a great variety to be met with in this number ; some stories are continued with spirit, and we meet besides with sketches in verse illustrative of different scenes and sub jects of social life. " Fashions to Follow " is a sharp criticism on the extravagances of the period, not wholly un called for by what is passing around us. " Sketches and Episodes of the London Season" is an appropriate paper for this month. " The Piccadilly Papers' contain an interesting notice of " Lothair." It is said that " Loth= ' is a great novel ; but it is a novel that could only have been written by a great gentleman, and a great gen i us ," a l so that i t is impossible to read. the work without recognising the authors' indivi duality, on every page, and feelings of political sympathy, and antagonism, yield to those of admiration while we read, The New Monthly patronises Danish literature as usual, and the name of Hans Christian Andersen is a host in it self, and the quaint simplicity of the style recals the fami liar strain of the gifted childlike story teller. Mr. Rossetti's poems receive an eulogistic criticism, while the very next article deals 'with poetry of a very different order— Tennyson's " In Memoriam." The Fortnightly .Reriew, as usual, deals with weighty subjects, dealt with in a weighty manner, from Mr. Mill on the Land Question," to " Joseph Mazzini on the (Ecu menical Council." These two articles alone are sufficient, one would imagine, to secure a pretty large circle of readers for the June number of the Fortnightly, and the doctrines of Stuart Mill on the one question will be about as acceptable to our English and Irish landlords, as will the attack of the Italian hero of a hundred revolutions the prelates and dignitaries now assembled in Rome, The Edinburgh reviewers are the most noticeable figures in theGentleman'sMagazine, and the brilliant group of which Jeffrey, Brougham, Sydney Smith, and Horner were the ruling spirits, forms the subject of a very readable article. The 10th of October, 1802, when the blue and yellow Edinburgh first made its appearance, marks in the opinion of the writer we are referring to the commencement of one of the most prolific and brilliant periods in the whole history of English literature. When he says that the writers of the 18th century were hardly fit to mend the pens of Pope, Addison, and Swift, and includes Gray, Goldsmith, Johnson, and Cowper among his list, be must expect to call forth a very active protest from those to whom the " Progress of Poesy " and the " De serted Village," the " Vanity of Human Wishes " and the "Mother's Picture" are something more than schoolbook names. _ _ Colburn's United Service Magazine furnishes its readers with all the most important points of naval and military knowledge of the day, and keeps them au courant with passing events of note. The Food Journal is a review of sound and sanitary economy, and a monthly record of food and public health. One chapter contains an analysis of popular food which is accomplished with great skill, though it cannot be said that its details are illustrative of the saying that " know ledge is pleasure," being rather confirmatory of the notion that ignorance is bliss. Britannia is an attractive number. The continuation of " How the World Wags " presents some stirring sketches of life. " Through the Fire "is also very ex citing, and some eventful passages cecur in this instal ment. Once a Week contains the month's collection of subjects of varied kinds, and is quite equal to the average. The circle of our magazine literature is so wide that it finds room alike for the disquisitions of philosophers and the caprices of the milliners. In the Follet, an old favourite with the fair, and the Milliner and Dressmaker, its homely sounding English rival, we see art and taste doing all they can to set the marvellous toilettes of the day in the best possible light. NEWS FROM SIR J. YOUNG. The most satisfactory tidings have been sent from the Canadian frontier. Sir J. Young says that no further atttack was expected, and that the Fenians were begging their way home. Three of them were killed and ten wounded at Freelingburgh, and they sustained the same loss at Trout River. Their stores have been lost or nearly destroyed. Sir Henry Bulwer's Speech of the 20th instant, during the debate in the House of Commons in reference to the Greek massacres, we are glad to see has been just now issued from the press as a separate publication. Brief, though it was, it was as directly to the purpose, and RR im pressive as any speech delivered in either House of Parlia ment in regard to that most lamentable catastrophe. THE AURORA BOREALIS was on Saturday morning the 28th (between 12 15 and 12 40) visible in the northern heavens in the form of first one and eventually three broad bands of scintillating light, gradually growing paler, until at the end of 25 minutes it had almost entirely disappeared. The long and expensive parliamentary contest between the Metropolitan District Railway Company and the City authorities was brought to a close yesterday. The Lords' Committee unanimously refused to sanction the construction of a line from Bread-street to the Mat,sion house. The proposal of the Metropolitan Railway Company to abandon their line from Aldgate to Tower-hill was also refused, but the Committee tire prepared to recommend that there should be an extension of time, if it be desired, for the completion of tho works. 1870. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE SESSION OF 1870. The Times observes that the session has recelved the second of its Three Warnings, and there is some reason to hope that the lesson of the event will not be neg lected. The arrival of Easter was the first reminder that the time for work was slipping away, and now Whit suntide is upon us impressing the same truth. It is certain that the break of Easter did agreat deal of good. Up to that time the progress of business had been alarmingly slow. But with the re-assembling of Parliament after the Easter holydays a new spirit was manifested. The House of Commons has been sedulous in the despatch of business. Much unfinished work still remains before Parliament, and it is evident that a great part of it will not be finished this session, but a methodical spirit has been developed. With all drawbacks the session will not be unfruitful. It will have settled the greatest social difficulty of Ireland, and have grappled, not unsuccessfully, with the greatest social evil of England ; and if it achieved no more than this, it would amply deserve to rank with equal honour by the side of its elder sister of 1869. THE IRISH PRESS, The Standard thinks the Irish press is much to be pitied for the failure of the Fenians in Canada. No rapider countermarch is recorded in history than this of the Irish Nemesis, who came to revemze the wrongs of Erin in battle line upon the Canadians. "No Fenian has pene trated a mile into Canada, or stood half an hour on Canadian soil." This is very disheartening after all the sympathies and good wishes which had been poured on O'Neill and his braves by their friends in Ireland. What cruel destiny is this which insists not only in confounding the enterprises of the Fenian heroes, but in covering them with ridicule? How are we to maintain the sentiment proper to national heroism when within four-and-twenty hours of the march of the patriots into Canada their chief anxiety is found to be touching the railway fare to their homes? The Flag of Ireland, under the head of " an Irish Nemesis " says that if England will only do justice to Ireland Canada may rest in peace and O'Neil's occupa tion's gone. "Until then the Nemesis will hang on the heels of the Dominion." But this, by its own shewing. is a very Irish Nemesis, which hangs on the heels of one people in order to be avenged on another. If the Canadians had any share in pro ducing the wrongs of Ireland—if it were possible for them to remedy those wrongs—we could understand a Nemesis, even in the uncomely guise of a Fenian general, hanging on the heels of the Dominion. But why should be plundered because of something, done by England —more espooicaly why -Canad a , should be assailed by the American Irish f or some thi ng done to the home Irish—passes all ordinary understanding. These Irish journals, it will be seen, are not only accounting for the event, but justifyi ng the deed. They do not only say thas it is very natural for the A.merjoan Irish to attack Canada to gratify their rage against Eng land, but they maintain that it is just and proper that the wrongs of Ireland should be redressed through the robbery and slaughter of the free Canadian pe o pl e . Th ese are sentiments which deserve the serious attention of the law officers of the Crown in connection with the new act for the preservation of peace in Ireland, for they are un doubtedly as seditious as they are grossly immoral, and opposed to the peace and welfare of society. MANNING THE NAVY. The Times remarks that the old question, once so for midable, of mannin g th e nav y dwindled on Monday even ing into a very slight objection on the part of Mr. Graves to the new rules for the Naval Reserve. The answer of Mr. Childers was doubly satisfactory, if only his calcula tions are correct. It is quite true that some of the in dulgencies, or rather relaxations, hitherto extended to the men entering the resesve have this year been withdrawn; but the change will be fo r th e a d van t age o f t h e service, and our position is, in Mr. Childers's opinion, strong enough to allow of our making it. The Reserve is a popular force, and certain measures have recently been taken to increase its popularity, so that we may fairly venture to improve the terms a little on the side of the nation. As for the rest, it is probable that fewer seamen will be required than formerly under the new conditions of naval warfare, though the uncertainty which hangs over the future in this as in other respects is not to be disguised. The best officers of the present day profess themselves unable to forecast the character of a modern sea fight, and one of them has said that the first battle may upset all our calculations. All this may be true, but in the meantime w e c an d o no b e tt er th an k eep ahead: in the race according to the best of our judgment, and that is what, for the first time in this generation, we now appear to have done. THE TRIUMPHS OF AGE. When, about forty years ago, says the Telegraph, Europe suddenly broke out into Young Italy, Young Germany, Young France, and so on, M. Thiers exclaimed, " What ! are we to have the reign of bibs and tuckers ?" Now the case is reversed, and greybeards rule the day. One of the oldest Sovereigns in Europe, King William 1., has been a conqueror on the field of battle. Saldanha, at eighty, seizes -power with the strong hand. Espartero, over eighty, is the much-desired King of Spain. In England itself the triumphs of ago are by no means contemptible ; Lord Russell and Lord St. Leonards can still come to the front with speeches vigorous, if not discreet. In Spain the demand for Espartero is easily understood. Prim wants an old or a young head to wear the crown, while his hand, strong with the vigour of matured man hood, may actually guide the State. But certainly the present and as yet unfinished romance of the Spanish interregnum is edifying. First, the crown is hawked about in chase of princes, meeting only refusals. Then a prince chases it, even killing his man to illustrate his kingly valour ' • and he meets nothing but r e f usa l s . Th en it is offered to Espartero, and even, it is said, to Serrano, with as yet nothing but refusals. The only man who is willing to have the crown can't get it, and wherever it is offered it is refused. Yet the edifice, without being crowned, seems still firm, and will remain so until some morning a general more popular than Prim may lead a few regiments into Madrid, and, after killing a few recu sant comrades and kindly fraternising with the rest, may proclaim for the fiftieth time a new regime based on every thing great and good. EXCLUSION OF STRANGERS. The Daily News thinks that Mr. Henley's remarks on Monday evening upon the exclusion of strangers, that is to say, of reporters, from the gallery of the House of Commons, were marked by the manly good sense which usually characterises his speeches; and we may, perhaps, be permitted, with the sincerest respect and deference, to express so little regret that they did not receive a more congenial reply from the Prime Minister. For the 'present Mr. Gladstone declines to do anything. The Government have no proposal to make with respect to the exclusion of reporters, and they see no nebessity for referring the sub ject to a committee. We regret that Mr. Gladstone should have taken this attitude. We regret still more the ground on which he justifies it. Mr. Gladstone has titles so many and so indisputable to the respect, confidence, and gratitude of the Liberal party and the country, that his errors are more to be deplored, and require to be more earnestly combatted, than those of inferior men. The Post declares that when Mr. Cranford exercised what the Prime Minister has properly called the " power" and not the " privilege" of a member of Parliament to have the galleries cleared, so many years had elapsed since the last occasion on which that power had been used that- it was not unnatural for the proceeding to excite some little resentment. The Government have con sidered whether it was necessary to prevent the recurrence of that event. The result of that consideration is that they have no proposal to make to the House for the alte ration of the practice on the responsibility of the Govern ment. We confess we do not see that there is anything to quarrel with in this decision. It has been reported that Mr. Crauford's object in excluding strangers from the House was to clear the Ladies' Gallery, In his speech on Monday he entirely disclaimed such an intention, believing, as he did, that the ladies of England require no compulsion to make them close their ears to discussions they ought not to listen to. In point of fact, before Mr. Fowler's motion came on the ladies, upon a hint of what was coming, had quitted their " cage "—all except two. Two strong-minded women maintained their position, and' will probably bear Mr. Cranford a grudge for the rest of their lives for turning them out. 'They have succeeded in justifying the unusual course adopted by Mr. Crauford, and they have also given ft striking proof of the mischief which must arise when ever women depart from the line of duty Providence ht assigned them. OURIOVS ROBBERY AND RESTORATION.—SOIDe nights since a post of the guard in Brussels was robbed of eight Albini rifles under circumstances of the greatest mystery, It was at first supposed that they had been thrown into the canal and preparation s were on foot. to drain and search for them. Strange to tell, on Saturday n last, a late passer-by observed on the Boulevard de Waterloo, at midnight, a carriage stopping before a house. Just as he noticed it, the vehicle started off at a gallop, and at the same moment the house door was opened by General Thibaut, who resides there, and who narrowly escaped being hurt by the fall of what had been placed against the door, namely, the eight Albini rifles, enclosed in two bags. The general took in the rifles, which were next morning handed over into proper custody, and the whole affair remains as great a mystery as before. REJECTED SuiTons.—No one can be infidel enough to doubt that ladies whose unlucky lot it is to reject the affections they have won, feel all the sympathy they profess for the sufferings of which they have been the cause. Yet with its regrets and remorse, it is not in the most angelic feminine nature to be insen sible to the glory of involuntary triumphs ; to think, without some thrill of pleasure, on the sorrows of its victims. There are women, of course, who hunt down hearts for the sheer pleasure of the sport, and parade their bruised and bleeding trophies as a veteran Indian carries at his belt the scalps he has torn away in a score of razzias. We suspect there are few of the sex who can resist gratifying a pardonable vanity by taking some one into the secret of the tribute paid their fascinations ; who have the strength of kindness to do the best they can for their lover next to acceptinc , him, and consign to oblivion the episode he unpleasantly figured in. Unless an offer be so wild as to amount to an insult, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the gentleman may find comfort in thinking he has left pleasant memories With the lady to whose happiness he would have conse crated his life.—Front" Against Time," in the " Cor2zhill Magazine. DEMOLITION OF A MARTELLO TOWER AT RYE. —An important experiment with gun-cotton was made on Tuesday, at Rye, upon the martello tower No. 36, rendered famous by a previous experiment with Dr. Gale's non-explosive mixture of gunpowder. This tower, the walls of which were twelve feet thick at the base, was entirely and safely demolished by 2001bs. of gun-cotton, fired by electricity. Tha gun-cotton was in five-inch discs ; Ond none of the (tapirs, not even single bricks, was blown Away to the extent of fifty yards from the bnildhur. MANSION HOUSE BANQUET TO HER MAJESTY'S JUDGES. Last evening the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained Her Majesty's judges at a grand banquet in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House. and The Lord Mayor propo se d " Th e A rm y, Navp Volunteers," which was responded to by General enne father, Amiral Sir H. Denham, and Colonel Warde re spectively. The Lord Mayor, in proposing the toast of " Her Ma jesty's Judges," said that the annual banquet to the judges was a reflection of the honour which the commercial sPiri t paid to the judicial administration of the law in this country. Every Englishman felt that the administratio n of justice in this country was a thing to be proud O. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) There were few amongst then' who could estimate the labour and painstaking of the honest judge. Whilst the judges were anxious that the law should be administered according to its letter, they we re also desirous that it should not be administered contrail' to the true spirit in which it was framed. Such anxiety in dealing out justice had maintained the high reputation which the judicial bench enjoyed. (Cheers.) The toast was warmly received. Lord Chief Justice Bovill acknowledged the comPli" ment, and said that the Lord Mayor had not inadequately described the anxious duties which the judges had to per form, and the responsibility which rested upon thew. The law of the country was administered with sound rea son, and in a manner which he hoped met with the aP probation of the country. (Cheers.) The Lord Mayor proposed " The Equity Judges," an d hoped that before long they would have a new toast added to their list, viz., the fusion of law and e quity. (Hear, hear.) Vice-Chancellor Malins, in responding, said that there was as much distinction between law and equity as 13 ,e,; tween the army and navy, and he trusted that it wow" be long before their distinctive features were abandoned. (Hear, hear.) Lord Chief Justice Bovill proposed " The Health of, the Lord Mayor" in complimentary t erms and referre d in a genial manner to th e f ac t th a t th e rival governing, powers of the metropolis were present i n hi s l or dship arid the chairman of the Board of Works. The toast was cordially drunk. The Lord Mayor, in reply, said that it was a, mistake to sup, pose that there was any antagonism between the Board 0, Works and the city authorities. Th e on ly ques ti on wa s, that, if two men rode upon the same horse o ne mus t r id e i n front and the other behind. (Laughter.) It was absurd to compare 9 ' ll old thoroughbred racehorse like the Corporation of London with such a young cob as the Board of Wo r ks. (Lou lanehter. ) He thought that the House of Comm9 l l 9 would not zQ l yinterfere with a corporation . had stood the test of I,luo The other toasts were " The House of Commons," re sponded to by the Hon. G. Denm an , Q.C. ;. "The Ladies," &c. MR. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINMENT. It is with great pleasure that we have to record the 0 0 " cess which continues to follow the entertainment of Mr W S. Woodin at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. For marl years this popular public entertainer has presented his pa trons with a series of sketches and portraits, all of which he has pourtrayed with the greatest effect; and now ' e has selected the most successful of his impersonations, and com bined them into one entertainment, to which he is con tinually making additions. The latest and perhaps the most wonderful assumption of character is that known as th e "Diner Out," in which Mr Woodin appears in three distinct characters almost simultaneously. At one table we have a particularly quiet, mild gentle man waiting patiently for the attention of the waiter; at the other, one is most impatient for the service of his orders:; and in attendance on both the lively, energeti ° waiter, who is constantly calling for all sorts of viands, el eepting those ordered by the cus'omers. The rapid chang e of dress, voice, and situation is so quickly m anaged that it requires the sharpest eye to detect that they are al l supported singly by Mr Woodin, and when the discover,' takes place the applause is enthusiastic. The great featur e of this very popular entertainment is th e a b sence o f vily . gality, and in all the varied characters in which the clever impersonator appears the fun is always produced in the most genial and pleasant manner. During t he present entertainment, Mr. Wo o din g i ves us a var iety o ' , characters, among which we have a servant girl in constant fear of losing her luggage, a blustering major, a swaggeri n g Yankee, a jack-tar, and a gushing young lady dressed in the latest fashion for evening costume. All these representatio ns are hit off to admiration, and amongst the many entertain' meats that are now bidding for public support we keel of none more worthy of attention than that of Mr. W. odia at the Egyptian-hall. Miss Brackenbury, of Brighton, has given a dons; tion of £5,000 to war d s th e comp l et i on o f the M anc h e ster Grammar School, and the foundation of three scholarship s. It is understood that Mr. W. H. Barrow, the seniormember for South N o tti ng h ams hi re, will shortly resig his seat on a ccoun t o f t h e i n fi rm i t i es incidental to 111' advanced age. . At the Hull P o li ce - cour t t wo pr i vates of the Eflst York Militia were fined 50s. each and costs for havl whilst sworn to serve as m iliti amen, enl i sted in the BO Marines Light Infantry. The Sultan was successfully launched at Chathatil yesterday. The christening ceremony was performed bl the daughter of the Turkish ambassador. The Sultan 11 the largest ironclad in the world. A contemporary understands, "on reliable avil thority," that Mr. Hughes will abandon his bill on horse" racing and betting, it being generally admitted that til e measure was both ill-timed and iil-advised. The Earl of Wilton had his usual "Derby dinner yesterday evening at his residence in Grosven,q: square. Covers were laid f or t wen t y -f our guests. I.'" Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the nobl e earl with his presence at dinner. Earl Stanhope, as President of the Society ° f Antiquaries,. gave his anniversary dinner t o th e member: of the council of that learned society y es t er d a y ev ening a his house in Grosvenor-place-houses. Later in the ell; ing the noble earl welcom e d a l arge num b er o f th e fellow of the antiquarian and other learned institutions. THE SMALL-PDX IN PARIS.—The small-pox eP i " demic has just carried off a gallant and popular naval offlc, er :, Captain Georgette Dubuiss on . F or th e l as t f ew year s be l it !, acted as A.D.O. to Prince Napoleon, and commanded b i yacht. The Duke de Caum on t Laforce, a senator, has a lso been attacked, but is in a fair way to recover. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. EXAMINATIONS F og WOMEN.—The following are li s t s o f th e can did a tes wb o havo passed the recent examinations fors pe c i a l certifico e of higher efficiency : F renc h : Emma Kate Woodya rd ' North London Collegiate School for Ladies. Geruyi n 00 Emma Kate Woodward, North London Collegiate Soh . for Ladies. Mathematics and Mechanical PhilosopbYi Susannah Wood, Ladies' College, Cheltenham. I s Ta t ti tl ! , h.. Philosophy and Chemiptry : Eliza Ornie, private stoat Harmony and Counterpoint: Sarah Jane Moody, Pr''' . r tuition ANOTHER GREAT SCULLERS' MATCH. —At a meet ing held last night at the Bell Tavern, Putney, a scull . race was arranged betwe en H enry K e ll ey , o f P utne y, an d y H. Sadler, of Teddin g to n , t o b e rowe d on Th urs d a y, 'l, 14th, from Putney t o M or tl a k e , f or a s t a k e o f £2OO a 8 ; 9 The articles, which were duly dr a w n u p an d s i gne d at time, stipulate that the start shall take place one ho r i e , fore high water from two boats moored 25 yards apart tween Putney Aqueduct and the Steamboat Pier. GREAT FOOT RACE FOR £loo.—lt is not Oi yr that Londoners can get a ch ance o f see i ng rea ll y good rlOO ning, and from the days of Deerfoot, when a great imPe was given to pedestrianism, there has scarcely been a ra c e of any note to chronicle, and those that have come off " 0 1 been shrouded in such mystery that the runners did v ,s b obtain credit for genuine i nt en ti ons; i n f ac t , so IoW 0 a pedestrianism fallen, that the th ree b es t men in Englan d had to take a trip to A us t ra li a t o replenish exhaus tscoffers. On Monday, at We s t B romp t on, a m il e race „as o f run between four of the b es t men i n L on d on for a s take , 13 - 0 £lOO, E. Mills, E. Golder, J. Coney, and R Rogers; ide r latter, from some private trial, was the favourite. ,„ up cut out the pace for thre e quarters th e way, Coney el°toi, in the last '2OO yards ; Mills and Rog ers race d past ti7 o l and the former came in first easily by five yard , , in the time of 4 min 27i sec. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—HI B Serene T...1;011 nesa the Prince of Teck presided at the fifty " wes, anniversary festival of this e x c ell e nt charity, whic h c,es celebrated on Mond a y by a di nner at t h e Freemo Tavern. At present 102 children are being educated hied supported in the institution. Among !hose who a'sen'sal were : The Duke of Bu c cl euc h, th e E ar l o f M ar , Lor d ck toun, Lord Borthwick, Lord Garlies. M.P., Sir Rodeland Murchison, his Highness the Nawab Nezim of Bengli z ight his sons ; Sir Walter Stirli ng , Si r Thomas Gladstone , Hon. Nesbit Hamilton, &c. His Serene Highness vift' r ele ceived by the Duke of Buccleuch, by some of the ste! i n i co r and supporters of the charity d re ssed i n f u ll Highlan u Av er, tume, who formed a procession, and, headed by a p i g- marched up the ball to the sound of the g a ge, pipes. The hall was tastfully decorated with elan bic b trophies of spears, and e m bl azone d s hi e ld s, a bove L r of were suspended the clan ta r t ans . A s a l arge num bs see officers were present in uniform, and in mail d wearing the tartan and kilt whi c h di s ti ngu i s h the gig gl e ' regiments, the banqueting-hall, with its 200 giles' s ' n ipe r sented a brilliant appearance. During the dinner th e fi r a jor to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and PiPe -1- ,elle Mackenzie,the instructor of the boys iu the i ns titutiou ots , will in time becom e pipers in the Highland reg i % the marched round the room. After the usual loyal toas_oued youthful inmates of the asylum marched in procession s ,;th the tables—the boys in full Highland costume, som° w ith bag-pipes, others with brass musical instruments or _ o ci banners, and the girls in scarl e t plaids—and formed er u e tbo the upper tables. The ch a i rman then rose to pr o p os dos iea toast of the evening, "Prosperity to the Royal (-3 ' l ' c h drew Asylum," in an eloquent and tou c hing address, wh" i 0 0) forth loud and frequent c he ers . The Duke of 131 if dr eel proposed " The Health of the Chairman," which Wa', t arl! with Highland honours. D ur i ng the evening the see too& Dr Daniel, read a list of sub scr iptions, amounting t°, £1,500. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest bo _ de d of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recoronie;;vir by the medical profession in preference to French brand latioao plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. (PP ] , pie" it on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal 103. tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufor ti3a Strand, W.W Satu r( th e p th e 1 it Iv, Tfl cor i( l,j cuPb, 'll, t be er Pint, ni liec