The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-20 00:00:00

EMOSES and SON • beg to inform the rublic that they have adop' ed and segis - te: ed a TRADE MARK, consisting of the words ' , The Standard," with the initials " E. M. & S." underneath, and that nenceforward every article of clothing manufactured by them will have al bel or ticket attached to it, with the said trade mar( printed thereon. All persons are hereby cautioned against imi ating the said Trade Mark. For trades and addresses see following advertisement. T 1 MOSES and SON, Merchant Tailors. LA. L -1 MOSES and SON, Juvenile Clothiers. I '4 • -E:l4 MOSES and SON, General Outfitters. . 10 MOSES and SON, Habitmakers. E M 1 MOSES and SON, Linen and Woollen 4 Drapers. MOSES and SON, Hatters and Hosiers. • Ta MOSES and SON, Boot and Shoe Manu a j . facturers, E. 1 1 / 4. JOS F. S and SON'S Rules for Self-Measure, F. MOSES and SON'S List of Prices, post free. ;; 4 1 MOSES AND SON'S Fashion Sheet, post free. __ .~ • • MOSES and SON send Patterns, post free L 1.4 MOSES and SON mark all Goods in Plain • Figures. T 1 MOSES and SON supply Outfits for all 4 • Classes and Climates. 1 - 1 MOSES and SON have the best Styles and 4 Materials for all Classes. ri MOSES and SON, Corner of MmonrEs and Ll 4 • ALDGATE. I MOSES and SON, NEW OXFORD-STEET, 'J• Corner of HART-STREET, MOSES and SON, Corner of ToTrENHAm;- COURT-ROAD and EIISTON-ROAD. MOSES and SON, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. 4 ISS BATEMAN.—Mr, Liston begs to announce that he has engaged this eminent artist for a limited num ber of nights. Miss Bateman will appear, for the first time since her return from America, on MONDAY, May 23, in the cha racter of Mary Warner in Tom Taylor's highly successful play.— Places can be secured at the Box-office daily from ten till five. ••- OLYMPIC THEATRE: CRYSTAL PALACE.. The NEW GUINEA tJ SEASON TICKE r, dating to let May, 1871, ADMITS to To morrow's grand flower show, to the seven grand summer con certs, great rose show, firework fetes, drill review, in the presence of H.S.H. the Prince of Teck add RR H. the Prin cess of Teck, English operas, poultry, cage bids, pige ni and other shows, -c .unty cricket matches, mil numerous other grand fetes, concerts, &c. On sale at all entrances and agents'. The moo absurdly good guinea's worth that ever spread itself over a whole year's rational recreation."—Vide Critiqou. "Tee large and constant increase in t e number of season ticket holders is doubtless due both to the low rates at which the tickets are issued, and to the very liberal provision which is wade for the enteratinment of those who hold them ; in refer ence to which it may be remarked that during the past yeer ro less thae £43,000 was expended on music and o her s„edal at tractions, to the whole of which season ticket holders were admitted," • CRYSTAL PALAC E.-TO-MORROW. —GREAT FLOWER SHOW of the season.—INTER NATIONAL BOUQUET EXHIBITION and FASHIONABLE PROMENADE, Saturday next, May 21. The show has been fixed one week later than usual, the advantage of which will be apparent on Saturday next, when an unusual gathering of floral beauty may be expected. The unrivalled capabilities of the Nave, both for floral display and for promenade, need scarcely be alluded to. The choice collections of the first private exhibitors, both amateurs as well as nurserymen, will be exhibited in their un rivalled excellence. Special mention may be made of the collec tion of plants as arranged for decorative purposes, a feature in troduced into the show for the first time. • The Bouquet Classes, in which several continental bouquetistes will compete, will also form a most interesting feature in the show. Many lady visitors and private cultivators will again enter into competition. Palace open at 10 o'clock. Show open about 12. Full Band of the Coldstream Guards, the Company's Orches tral Band, &c. Five shilling admissions on sale at the Palace ; 2, Exeter-hall ; and usual agents (see list below) this day only. Admission at doors, To-morrow, 7s. 6d., or by guinea season tickets. " The Flower Show at the Crystal Palace took place last Satur day, and crowded and brilliant as these fetes have been in past years, they were entirely eclipsed by the present. A magnificent day, a lovely and immense collection of flowers, a charming selection of music, and an unusually large attendance of ladies, combined to make up on Saturday probably the most successful floral fête that has ever been held."—Vide Critique. CRYSTAL PAL FIVE SHILLING ADMIS ROW'S GREAT FLOWER SHOW son tickets, may be had at the P. following agents : Baker-street, Moutrie, 55 Brixton, Pearce, 2, Brixton-place Camberwell, Griffith, The Green Chancery-lane, Cox, 102 „ Charing-cross, Mitchell, 39 Chelsea,Macmichael,2o7,King's- road' City, Keith, 48, Cheapside „ — Good, 60, koorgite-street „ Hays, 4, Royal Exchange buildings „ Letts, 8, Royal Exchange „ Marratt, 63, King William street Mead, 73, Cheapside „ Todhunter, 22, Gresham street „ Cook, 98, Fleet-street dioydon,'Wairen, High-street Islington, King, 86, Upper-st. Kensington, R. Station, Russel road Warren's library Knightsbride, Westerton, 27, SC George'i-place NOTE.—No guarantee can be g kept supplied, but the Crystal will be open until 8.0 this event] IA C E, LAST DAY for ;SION TICKETS for TO-310R- '. These, with May Guinea sea 'alace ; 2, Exeter Hall; and the London-bridge, - Stanley, Termi nus Lower Norwood, Barker, The Library New Bond-street, Chappell, 50 Cock, Addison Lacon, 168 Old Bond-street, Mitchell, 33 011ivier, 19 Oxford-street, Duff, 147 Paddington, Key, Bishop's road Peckham, Stansileld, High-st. Pimlico, Hopwood and Crew, 82, Buckingham Palace-road Regent-circus, Brighton Co.'s office, 28 Regent-street, Cramer, 201 Pf Weippert, 266 St. James's Hall, Austin Vigo-street, Hammond Westbourne-grove, Melliship, 37 Wigmore-street, Nimmo, 3 Nen that distant agencies can be Palace and Exeter-hall offices CRYSTAL PALACE. To . -morrow. GREAT FLOWER SHOW. 1. Palace open for admission from .. 2. Show open from abont 3. Full Band of Coldstream Guards (Mr. F. Godfrey) 4. Orchestralßand of the Company .. 5. Ornamental Gardens of Rockhills open .. • • 6. Display of Terrace Fountains 7. Combined Orchestral and Military Bands (Mr. Wedemeyer) 4.15 8. Festival Organ (Mr. Coward), for pro menade till 10. 0 till 7. 0 12. 0 till 7. 0 3. 0 till 6.30 3.15 S A L T and C 0. ' S EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALES. Brewery—Burton-on-Trent. STORES: London—St. Pancras Station, Old St. Pancras-road, N.W. Liverpool---78, Henry-street. ' Manchester—Bridgewater-chambers, Brown-street. Birmingham—Old Court House, High-street. Wolverhampton-15, Snow-hill. Bristol-16, Small-street. Nottingham —44, Greyhound-street. SALT and CO.'S ALES may be obtained in casks of 18 gallons and upwards, and in glass from the principal bottlers. NOTHING IMPOSSIIILE. AGUA AMA.RELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at age. what . . . — JNO GOSNE i L 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 pubic in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 2s each; also 55., 7s. ed., and 15,. each, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf .Angel-passage, 8, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, 1':. C. TOHN GOSNELL and Co.'s CHERRY tj TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ' • gives the teeth a pear l whiteness, protects the en a mel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fra g rdnee to the breath. Prise is. od Red Bull 'Wharf, tt3, Upper Thames street, London. IFEBOAT sv . ;RVlClS.—Durinz the storms of L the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU- T, ttN contributed to the saving of 1,592 lives from various ship wrecks and 41 vessels from destruction. It has now 2.0 Lifeboat Station. under its mana,_toment CONTRIBUTIONS for their support will he thankfully received' by Messrs. Willis and Co , Coutts, and Co., Herries and Co., by all the London and country bankers, and by tzle Secretary. lircnAttoLEWts, }d q., at the Insti tution, 14, John-strs•et;•Adelphi, London NUDE V I 1., LETEIE A 'r R STRAN D.-- Messr • H J. M0tit2570 ,, , D. James, and T, Thorao.--TIIIS EVENING, at a), i n or'g.nal Comekly,• by A. Halli, ay;-ens filed FOR LOVE Ott MONEY. At 9.45, the new I..urlrsque. by Csmway Edwarde entitled DON CARL , S; or, The Infante M A n Supported by the following Company:— Yessrs IL J- Honey, 1 - 1. Irving, W. H. Stephens, - 0. Gurthorne, P Elton, i!.d'Tltos Th-rue ; Mesdames Nally Power, Caiendish, my-Fawsitt, • K Irwin. L. Claire, J. Beaudere, R. EV,7yn, Kemp, T Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. mill: LATE :EDITION of " THE SUN" at 31r. BEAIThIOKsIT':7 4 , " The Wellington," Welling ‘;.m-1-.troet, Strand ; THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE T, Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SaNG NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Edward Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, diss Francis, Miss Fosbrctke, and Miss F. Gwynn.Aft r which, at ti precisely, B ItATI SE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern, Mr. Chippendale, Mr.-Conipton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Buckstone; Miss C. Hill, Mrs. Frani Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c. Conclhding with A IKSS IN THE DARK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER This EVENING, at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING : Messrs. Y. Phillips and Ashley; and Miss Maria and Miss Nelly Harris. After which, at 15 to 8, THE PROMPTER'S BOX; A Story of the Footlights and the Fireside. Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr H. 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 Mellon. To be followed by THE ENCHANTED WOOD: Mr. J. G. Taylor. Mr. Ashley; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Patti Josephs, and Miss Clara Thorne. Box Office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be se :ured a fortnight in advance L YCEUM THEATRE (under the mattigemeut of Messrs. Mansell). THIS EVENING, at t. 30, WOOING ONE'S WIFE. Mr F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at r , .30, LITTLE r AITST : Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. 110YAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Managaress, Mrs.' Swamborough. THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, WIDOW'S WEEDS. Messrs. Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Buf ton 9.1,d Anstiss. Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs James, Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Sant.ey, 14ashwood, Goodall, Hughes, A nstisi, and Metcalfe. And A FISH OUT OF WATER. THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock, t.t Mr. GILMAN'S, The Whew sheaf," High-street, Camden-town. rrliE LArP, EDITION of- "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Vamden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- town. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " k supplied as soon as published, every Evening, by S. WILSON, newsagent, and special agent for fhe North-westorn District, 24, Delancey-street, Camden town, N W THE LATEST EDITION of. << THE SUN" supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS t.nd SPORTING INTELLIGENCI, by H. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriara-road London. FIE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN " s applied, as soon as published, )very Evening, by W. EX A' D (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, o. 4, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street THE THEATRES, &c. HAYMARXET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barvriee's Book. And A Kiss in the Daik. PRINGE of WA_LEs'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. ADELPHI.—At Seven, Too Much 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 bizondo. QUEEN'S—At Seven, 515 , Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. STRAND—At Seven, Widow's Weeds, Sir George and a Dragon. A Fish Out of Water. VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. ST. 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 is.'veniug (except Baturthy), at 8; tiaturday Morn ings at 3, Admissial Is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TUSSAITD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till • 530 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. •Admission, Is.; extra rooms, 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-pqrk. Open daily except Sur, days). Admission, is ; on Mondays, 6d: Children under twelve, 6d. 4 &' 4 lbA 7474 44, 13 g, • S., EVENING EDITION. L')NDON, PRIDAY, MAY 20, 1870. Yesterday we referred to the possibility of syste matically diminishing the aggregate amount of desti tution. This morning we have reason to comment upon the clearly demonstrated possibility of diminish - ing at one and the same moment—through one and the same movement—the aggregate amount of both crime and destitution. To assert this seems like trumpetting a panacea. And yet to declare as much as we have here declared, is to argue within the range of actual, visible, appreciable demons tration. Reason as we may, we ourselves being no teatotallers about total abolition being a crotchet—there can be no doubt whatever that, crotchet or no crotchet, ithas done, is doing, and will continue to do, a world of good to an immense num ber of men, women, and children in both hemis pheres. When advocates of this great movement insist, as some of them do, in seasoa and out of", season, that —if not " all the ills that flesh is heir to"-- all the crimes that lead to the police van and the treadmill, to the hulk and the convict prison, to toiling, like beasts of burden, among felon gangs, to the solitary cell, to the condemned cell, to the gallows or to the madhouse, are, every one of them, more or less, directly traceable to drink the assertion thus comprehensively made is hardly in any respect whatever an exaggeration of the actual fact. Home sullenness, home neglect, hone cruelty are engendered by it always. Not in the majority of instances,. but as a rule, invariably. The family—imperceptibly it may be . at first, but inevitably and before long—vtry appreciably becomes demoralized. Thrift is unknown, as utterly unknown as comfort, and cleanliness, and decency. The wages of the bread-winner are frittered, and drained,, and" fooled away before the bread-winner can 'reach his • miserable home on the Saturday evening —are frittered, and drained, and fooled away—Where? Why, in that half way house between the home awl the workshop—the house always handily placed at the street corner, with a swing door at each angle, so onveniently luring the ever-welcome customer in at one side, to let him out again (with dazed eyes and a lightened pocket) at the other that house with the plate-glass windows and the iyory handled beer-machine, in the glare of whoa) gaslights every shilling spent seems at the. time a Splendid Shilling, like that bung of by one of the halt forgotten poets of the last century. Has not GOUGH told the wonderful story of bis own wretched expe _ periences—told it with an eye of fire and a tongue of soul-stirring eloquence, born from the pathos of his long-wasted but, at last reformed life, not tutored into " thoughts that breathe and words that burn" by the art of the schools o: by th skill of the rhetorician? Has not the Feu - cil of another. great champion of Total Ab stinence depicted the horrors called into existence by the Demon Drink, has not the pencil of CRUM SHANK, with a power like that of 110 GARTH, laid bare the abysses of crime that are ready at every moment to open at the staggering feet of the drunkard, and engulph him as hopelessly as the yawning earai a nd flames engulphed the offending Israel ites? A hundred years ago the famous prints by WILLIAM HOGA WM depicting the careers of the industrious and idle Apprentices adorned the walla of many a workshop and factory in England THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAI , MAY 20,. 1870 It were well and wise if the like were done, now, even yet more widely, in similar haunts of labour with those two tragical an 1 life-like series by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, The Bottle and The Drunkard's Children. As it is, the movement for the Diminution, and" eventually, it may even yet be, for the Suppression of Drunkenness, is year by year steadily advancing and developing in the spread of its beneficent in- . fluence. A great and eminent philanthropic association has grown into power in the midst of us under the name of the United Kingdom Alliance, the one aim and object of its existence being the Abolition of the Drunkard. The Legislative suppression of the liquor traffic is the aspiration it avowedly proposes to realize. Whether it will realize it in our own time is a question open, of course, to argument. But, that the projectors and promoters of the design are in earnest in their effort to realize it, there is not a man amongst us who would care to dispute for au instant ; even though he were a licensed victualler do ing a roaring trade in the New Cut or down by Whitechapel. The Great Meeting held last night for the furtherance of the cause held sacred by the United Kingdom Alliance, is only another and the latest known evidence of ttie sincerity of those holding that cause the most nearly and the most dearly at heart. That sincerity is attested by every word of the four manly, and straight-forward, and eminently practical resolutions, which were proposed. It was attested, also, by the densely crowded and enthusiastic character of the heterogeneous multitude there assembled together, in one of the vastest and noblest public bels in the metropolis, the Great St. James's Hall, lying mid way between the Regent-street Quadrant and Pic cadilly. It was attested, also, this sincerity on the part of the upholders of the United Kingdom Alli ance, by the fact that men of all patties, men Of all religions, men of all classes and of all countries—sink ing their differences of opinion upon everything else-- combined, heart and soul, and with a will, to support. that which at least they can and do support most earnestly, conscientiously, and unanimously. Intemperance was denounced i❑ the first resolu tion as the source of a very large proportion of 3 the crime and pauperism of the United Kingdom, that first resolution, yet further adding, the glaring recog nition by all of the fact necessitating on the part of the Legislature, the enacting of a law to protect the people from the evils originating in the existing. system of temptation promoted by the liquor traffic. In the second resolution, the deriving of a revenue to the State from the sale of, intoxicating liquor, was denounced quite as unhesitatingly as drunkenness itself. Iu the third, Sir WILFRID LAWSON'S . . Permissive Bill was eulogised and earnestly commended to the country, and (through the meeting) to the accept ance of the whole population. The fourth and last of these Resolutions had reference, almost as a matter of matter of course, to the customary Petition to the House of Commons and to the for wardingof copies of the previous resolutions through the hands of the Chairman, Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON, to the Prime Minister, to the Home Secretary, to the knights of the metropolitan shires, and to the members for the metropolitan city and, borough constituencies. A meeting as large and influential, and authoratative—a meeting as cosmopolitan in its character, and as practical and earnest in the nature of its proceedings, as that of last evening, fa.-gard it, however else we may, is indubitably another and a very appreciable step in advance in (what non-teatotaller amongst us will gainsay this ?) a generous and an eminently humanii ing movement. • IT is diffichlt to credit the strange story that has come to us from Oxford, and seems at first sight to be the machination of some ingenious foe of that classic haunt, rather than an actual occurrence within its walls. The frolics of Undergraduates are well known to the public, but, although virtually.' disapproved of; are not regarded with too harsh a judgment. Due and sometimes undue allowance is made for the exuberance of youthful spirits, and the excitement of convivial hours and joyous meetings; but the outrages which have just taken place at Christ Church pass all comprehension. Whether we are' puzzled to discern the motive, or aghast at the ill-deserved success of the venture, amazement, and horror are all predominant feelings. It is the best satire on the conduct of these out rageous offenders to say that their conduct would have disgraced the most degraded burglar, because it was done in the most wanton manner, and with no object but that of sheer destruction for destruction's Brake. What is past cannot be undone, nor can the mischief be remedied that has followed from these base acts, but it is sone.) negative sort of satisfaction to think that a protest has been made, and steps taken to avenge the wrong if it cannot be redressed. The choice works of art which have ' been] sacrificed to please the vandal instincts of the unworthy representatives of a classical commu nity, cannot be restored, but a warning must be held out to those who might, after the fashion of EROS TRATUS, emulate their dishonourable renown in the future. The governing body of Christ Church have acted with decision, and no fault can be imputed to them for the course they have taken. Only the strong arm of the law can deal with these unwarrantable offences, and the sooner the penalty of their acts is enforced against them the better for the outraged dignity of their college, and the indignant senti ment of all lovers of good taste and right feeling. It was reproached to, these young men that they refused to give themselves up to justice, or to their friends or companions, that they aided and abetted them in their misguided resolve. It is now reported, however, that the names or the oil'enders will be given up, and that so far the cause of justice will not be impeded. Whatever be the pct of Parliament under which the college authorities may proceed whether the offenders are tried for burglary 'and malicious damage or for in juries to objects of art their punishment will be a severe one. Viewed in the right spirit, however, the disgrace of the affair rests with the commission of the offence and not with the righteous dealing that is meted out to it. The friends and relations of the guilty individuals must see and recognise the fact "for . themselves not that there can be much hope of improvement in the case of the offenders themselves at any rate for som e years to come. Their punishment will, however, act as a deterrent to' others, and this consideration brings us to'another view of the matter. Prevention it is well known is better than cure, and without in tending any .reproach to those who are already in trouble enough, it may be said that stricter rules of (11: C;.'ine and sterner vigilance on the part of the authorities would have been productive of much good. No . doubt with. the best intention and acting with the most laudable motives, the heads of colleges may have passed over trifling derelictions, but they havp found out to their . cost that trifles make the sum of hnman things, and must not be neglected for the future. Practical joking in the army was productive of much mischief; and brought great discredit on the service: It was not found a work of supererogation, however, to put it down effectually when it passed beyond the limits of en durance, and men of sense and spirit cried out upon its perpetrators. The lesson must be repeated in our Colleges and Universities, an , / those freaks and follies which have hitherto been tolerated and so far sanc- tioned by the establishment of fatal precedents, must now be checked and sternly rebuked until they are crushed out and undermined from their strongholds. By the exercise of timely severity during past years the outrage which has just occurred at Christ Church might have been prevented. When any particular act is offensive to society or militates against the rights of other, not a word can be said in its defence. It must be rigorously dealt with, but if anything could add to the unseemliness of these jokes, as they are unmeaningly called, it is the fact that the universities are now, as it were, on their trial. People are asking the use of these august seminaries, where, at the cost of time that can never return, and money that could be better em ployed, the youth of the higher ranks become pro ficients, real or imaginary as the case may be, in dead languages. No doubt an answer might be found to these and similar queries but if .the uses are questioned who will tolerate the abuses of the system. It is not for a moment to be supposed that indignation at the affair at Christ Church is not rife at Oxford, but too much toleration to minor evils has paved the way for the commission of this extraordinary outrage. Let ue hope that good may come out of evil, and that from henceforth a stop may be put to practices which before appeared irenial to the ordinary observer. The country may feel disappointed at the shortcomings of its balls of learning, if they fail to turn out the average amount of scholars, but it has a right to be indignant at an occurrence which reflects disgrace on the first university of the land, and casts discredit on its rules and regulations. The time for trifling is past, and the undergraduate's of the present and future generation , must understand that jokes may be practised until they became serious and earnest, and that the wisest course will be to let them alone altogether. There is a time to be merry and a time to be wise, but much cannot be said for the wisdom that allowed such follies to be perpetrated as have culminated in this crowning catastrophe or for the discernment of those who saw wit in wanton destruction, and drew merriment from that which was well calculated to awaken grave doubts and give rise to serious apprehension. A protracted debate ensued in the House of Lords last evening on the second reading of the bill which proposed to render it lawful for a man to marry his deceased wife's sister. The measure encountered strong opposition, and was ultimately rejected by a majority of four. In the House of Commons about even hours was devoted to the consideration of a series of clauses which the hon. member for Kil kenny moved to introduce in the . Irish Land Bill. The proposal, however, did not recommend itself to the committee, which, soon after a condemnatory speech by the Premier, pronounced a very emphatic judginent against it. It was agreed th'at every effort should be made to bring the bill to a final stage. The other business transacted was merely formal. , _ Irdtar CRICKET. (CENTRAL PEERS TELEGRAM.) A match between M.C.C. and Ground v. Cambridge University was commenced at Cambridge yesterday. The following was the score : Cambridge University first innings. Dale b Wooton... ••• ••• 2 Preston b Shaw... •• • ••• • • • ... 12 Money b Shaw... ••• ••• ••• ... 29 Yardley b Brune ••• ••• ... 51 Fryer run out ..r •• • •• • •• • •• • 10 Thornton b Shaw .•• ••• ..• 29 Mackinnon c Wooton b Herne ... ... 27 Myers c Tobin b Brune 7 Nixon b Wooton Cobden b Shaw ... ••• ••• 6 Wilson b Wooton ... 29 Ward run out ... 0 Leg byes ... 4 Total ... . M.C.C. and Ground first innings. Wilkinson, not out Winter b Cobden Tobin b Money Filgate not out r Byes Total ... Play will be resumed to-day, Rumours prevail that the United States will per mit supplies for the Winnipeg expedition to pass through the Sault St. Marie Canal, Mr. Thornton having given an assurance that the difficulties there are amicably arranged. , Lord A. Hervey, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, charged the clergy of his diocese at Castle Carey, on Wednes day. He said the scheme to exclude the Gospel from the national education of the English people was a most faithful evidence of the spread of infidelity. A. large fire is reported from Rochdale at a cotton mill, by which about £30,000 worth of property is said to have been destroyed. The fire spread with great rapidity and the mill was soon reduced to a mere shell. Nearly three hundred operatives are thus thrown out of employ ment. • "STUDYING FOR THE MINISTRY."—The Ameri can papers record a novel reformatory enterprise, which is in progress in the Idaho Territorial Prison. The pri soners have formed a Bible class, and spend a part of each day in reading and commenting on the Scriptures and in the performance of religious services. We are geri ously told that two prisoners who were pardoned last month " left the institution with great reluctance, as they regard its moral atmosphere of a far higher tone than that of the rest of the territory." One of the inmates, who attempted to rob an express waggon train, is " studying for the ministry." D UNVI LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application US Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings, Strand, W.O. 11I;R AI AJE,S T Y. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 19. The Queen walked and drove this morning, ac companied by Princess Louise. . _ . lie Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, left the Castle this evening for Balmoral. Prince Leopold is expected to follow in a few days. His Majesty the King of the Belgians visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House yesterday, and remained to luncheon. The Princess of Wales drove out, accompanied by the Counters of Morton. FREE RUSSIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " FUN." 6, St. James's-torrace, Regent's-park, N.W., • May 19, 1870. Sin,- May 1 ask your leave to lay the following facts before the public. Mr. Sutherland Edward:, who has himself written a book on Russia, tells the world that my work, called "Free Russia," contains many errors. He cites from "Free Russia" certan things; he declares that the things so cited are not true; and on the strength of these citations he warns his re7ders that my facts are not to be trusted. Now, I e -o not imagine that "Free Russia" is free from error; what work ever was?. nut I reply to Mr. Edwards that the passages he cites are not in my book. Iu this cause of truth I put Mr. Edwards to the proof. 1. He makes me say . The Convent of Solovetsk is a Lavra." My answer is, I never said so; and I demand his proof. 2. He makes= say "That there are four great religious and monastic establishments iu Russia rejoicing in the high designation of Lavra." My answer is, I have never said so ; and I demand his proof. - . 3. lie makes me say that "serfdom disappeared from Western Europe with the dark ages." My answer is, 1 have hover said so, and 1 demand his proof. 4. He makes me say that "Russia is the only country where the serf was ever looked - upon as owner of the land he tilled." My answer is, I have 'never said so, and I de mand his proof. 5. He make me say that "Russia is the only country where the serf has been liberated with his land." My an swer is, I have never said, so, and 1 demand his proof. These are not opinions on which Wen may differ. They ate not facts on which authorities may differ. They are questions of Truth and Falsehood. It is for the man who makes the false citations a question of honour, and as he answers he will stand or fall in the estimation of all honourable men. W. HEPWORTH DIXON. UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. A very crowded and enthusiastic meeting of the mem bers and friends of this large body was held last night at the St. James's Hall, under the presidency of Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P. Amongst those on the platform were Mr. Hugh Birley, M.P., Mr. M. Dalway, M.P., Sir W. Lawson, M.P., Sir D. Wedderburn, M.P., B. Whitworth, Esq., J.P., J. H. Raper, Esq., the Baboo Reshub Chunder Sen. , The CHAIRMAN, who was received with much applause, said that he was not a volunteer for the post he occupied that night, for he had accepted the office of chairman at the solicitation of the committee. In the county which he had the honour to represent (Tyrone) there was a district covering 61 square miles, which worked very successfully under the permissive system. (Hear, hear.) It was riot necessary from him to enter into a detailed account of the evils arising from the present system for. the sale of intoxicating liquors. He would draw the attention of the meeting to one point which he thought influenced the question to a great degree, and that was the condition of the homes of the humbler classes. It was necessary to provide comfortable homes for the poor, because the want of comfort at home 'oftentimes drove them to the public house. The noble chairman concluded by stating his perfect confidence in the ultimate success of the movement. (Loud cheers.) Dr. Lusx proposed the first resolution, and spoke of the question from a medical point of view. It ran as follows : —" That this meeting deeply laments the prevalence of intemperance throughout the nation, and recognising that it produces a large prop,:7,,,Ttion of the pauperism and crime of the country, with their consequent taxation, calls upon the Legislature to enact a law to protect the people from the evils which originate in the present system of tempta tion presented by the liquor traffic." Mr. BIRLEY, M.P., seconded the resolution, and spoke of the feeling in the north on the question, a feeling which he said was very much in favour of the object of the Alliance. Sir WILFRED LAWSON, who was greeted with a perfect hurricane of applause, supported the motion, and in the course of doing so remarked upon the two remedial mea sures which have been put forward for poverty, viz.. education and emigration. With regard to the former, he was of opinion that there would be very little room for compulsory education if drunkenness was stopped, as it was invariably the drunken parent who neglected the education of his child. (Hear, hear.) As to emigration, he thought it would be a good thing if the Government would make a grant for the removal of the 130,000 publicans in the kingdom. (Laughter and cheers.) The hon. baronet then proceeded to notice the measure which he had presented to the House of Commons, which he said he was ready to withdraw in favour of a better one, should it appear. He concluded an able and lengthy speech by expressing his confidence in the satisfactory settlement of the question. • The next resolution, proposed by Dr. Mackenzie, the provost of Inverness, was to the following effect —"'That this meeting expresses its strong disapproba tion of any system of legislation, whether administered in the United Kingdom- or British India, by which the sale of intoxicating liquors is maintained for purposes of revenue, in opposition to the social and moral interests of the community ; and this meet ing earnestly hopes that statesmen of all parties will give proofs of an enlightened and Christian spirit, by opposing themselves in word and deed to a sys tem so inherently corrupt and productive of the most deplorable results." BABOO RESHUB CHANDER SEN, who met with a most enthusiastic reception in rising to support the motion, said that he had always admitted that India had much to thank England for, out the British Government were responsible for the harm they had done by introducing to India the sale of intoxicating liquors, which, he argued, was done for the purpose of drawing a large revenue. The effect of intoxicating liquors in India was dreadful, and raised cries and lamentations from thousands of widows and orphans. He strongly advocated the pro posed measure. ' (Loud and long-continued cheering.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. , Mr. DALWAY. M.P., . proposed the third resolution, viz. : " That this meeting rejoices • that Sir Wilfrid Lawson has introduced his Permissive Prohibitory Liquor Bill, and as this measure proposes to prevent the licensing authority from granting licenses for the sale of liquors in parishes or districts where a large majority of the ratepayer desire to be free from the liquor traffic, with its disastrous results, this meet ing recognises that measure as a just extension of local protection, and pledges itself to use every legiti mate effort to secure its adoption by Parliament, and hereby respectfully . requests'the members for the Metro politan constituencies and counties to give their earnest support to the bill. In doing so the honourable gentle man said he should continue to support Sir Wilfrid Lawson's bill in the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was . seconded by Mr. CARTER, M.P., who said that if earnestness and goodwill were required to obtain the desired reform, Yorkshire might be relied on. (Cheers.) J. H. RAPER, Esq., proposed the fourth resolution, which was—" That the following petition to the House of Commons be adopted, and that copies of the foregoing resolutions be forwarded by the Chair man to the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, and to the members for the Metropolitan constituencies and counties." Mr. Raper having read the petition, which embodied the views of the Alliance, contended that the Legislature could and should deal with the question this year, by introducing a bill at the eud of the session and carrying it through promptly. (Cheers.) The resolution was unanimously carried: The proceedings, which were marked throughout with the greatest enthusiasm, terminated with a vote of thanks to the noble chairman. The Earl of Stair; arthe Lord High Commissioner, opened the General AsiemblS , of the Church of Scotland yesterday. The select committee upon the Public Prosecutors Bill commenced its labours to day, and was occupied all the afternoon in examining and discussing the clauses seriatim, No evidence is required to be given before the committee, which will, therefore, sit with closed doors ORTII PCEDIC HOSPITAL.—The annual dinner of the Royal Orthopo3dic hospital was held last evening, at Willis's Rooms. 'fbe Rev. Mr. Wright, senior vice-presi dent, was, in the absence of Lord Shaftesbury, the chairman 'fhe Prince of Waha has consented to preside at a public meeting iu aid of St. George's Hospital, which is to ho held at the Hanover-square Rooms on Thursday next, the 26th instant. Amongst the speakers will be the Earl of Derby, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Carnarvon, the Ma quis of Westminster, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M P., and Mr. W. H. Smith, M.P. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The great flower show of the season takes place to-morrow (Saturday). The entries are very numerous ' particularly in the most attractive classes, the orchids and azaleas. new feature' introduced in the show last year of an international bouquet competition will be repeated in to-morrow's exhibition on an . increased scale. Several entries have already been received fr.. m Parisian bouquetists; and altogether the show promises to be more than usually beautiful and interesting. The band of the Coldsb earn Guards and the company's orchestral baud will perform, separately and united, during the day. The gardens of Rochhills will be open for promenade during the afternoon. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH ON THE METROPO LITAN RAILWAY.—An inquest was hold yesterday in Pad dington on the body of Mr Joseph Holmes, aged 33, wt• was found mutilated and in a dying state on the embank ment of the Metropolitan Railway between the Latimtr road and Notting-hill stations ou the morning of. March 28th last. In the hospital the deceased said that h was travelling by the railway on the revious evening, and while leaning against the earriago door it flew open and ho fell out upon the line. The jury returned averdlet of accidental death. SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—Y est et day a young woman, named Selina Skelsey, was given into ouc tody. at Leamington, charged with stealing gold, notes, and securities of the value of .£l,4oo,>belonging to her uncle, Thomas Holmes, with whom she had been living in Rus sell-terrace. The case presents a singular . feature. After Skelsey was arrested, the police searched Holmes' house, but could find no trace of the missing •properry. Subse quently they found the cash-box• and contents i❑ the coal cellar, where it had been placed after the first search. Skid say has been bailed to appear before the magistrates to-day. SPIT - ZIT 01,' PERMISSIVE TENANT RIGHT. The Times cannot but regret that the Cabinet should have opposed the adoption of permissive tenant right. We freely allow, indeed, that the bill remains a good billsh , Tri and promises to remove the worst characteristics of tenures, but an opportunity of greatly improving it h a* been lost. There is another reason compelling us to e on sea , demn as a grave error the rejection of the plans discu There are twenty-three counties in Ireland ous . tsir Ulster, and representatives of twenty-two a th signed a declaration approving the principle ft these plans, and urging the Gove rnment ti; accept it. The organs of opinion of all Par no in Ireland united in asking for it. Why wag it favourable answer given to their representations ? ' 13 , 11 0 be doubted that if a similar array of opinion had been manifested in Scotland its demands would have b granted? It is upon this consideration that the attiteurna of file Government is most to be regretted. The Lth h i se English members followed the Government, as theY I' i/4 done throughout the progress of this bill, abnega, „, their own opinions on a question in which their consr7o, encies are little instructed and less interested• it is ist incidents like this that the strength of the Nationa sentiment in Ireland is derived : and it is because wej p e i pudiate as fatal to the welfare of both countries the Furry of separation that we deprecate the neglect of -4114., opinion which may give it even a shadow of tion. • lit the The Daily News declares that on Thursday lug — I le House of Commons practically did its last bit of vi t : bi , upon the Irish Land Bill. Some stages ha ve Ye passed through, but the measure has now assumed deLeesv tive and final shape. If the House of Lords should itself less prudent than is reasonably expected, thee autclitlia r ns may echo with the controversies which have disturbed re. spring. But an assembly of landlords is likely t alV on , crate the inconvenience of keeping open a land clu, os l ia and it will be as sensible of the desirability (4, n o, an Irish controversy before it becomes an Engns' The rapid passage of the •measure, in spite of soniestaa straits and shoals, on which at one time it seemed to be wrecked, is clue in great part to the skill and coutvae of its authors and parliamentary advocates. The burster of the bill fell upon Mr. Gladstone. The Prime 1 " - ' 1- a na had worked himself as thoroughly into its spirit hick details as is his practice with the legislative plans he propounds. Whatever may be said for the arn e „a ments of Sir John Gray and Mr. Morrison taken for themselves, they are in antagonism with the prinelE,t, and details of the measure. Their introduction the Irish Land Bill would supply i t wit they self-repealing machinery. In proportion as o the were brought into operation, they would t 1 . 11 „ d ,c n ich labour of the Ministers and of Parliament. AWu 1 4 ; po' secures the tenant from arbitrary eviction by the N hick sition of a heavy fine on the ejecting land lord ; is affords facilities to the farmer for becoming t he o gre, en fee simple of the land he cultivates ; and said Ati c ,„ do courages the practice of long leases, cannot beand only a little for him. The wisdom of the politicians tenant os economists who would once more set the Irish h i nt to the wild quest of fixity of tenure, and teach '9 discharge the security which is offered him , is ' thSrs doubtful character. The House of Commons disturb a day night expressed the determination not to into half-accomplished settlement, and throw things bac' chaos. THE EDMUNDS SCANDAL. the' • The Standard protests against the course pursueel ease of Mr. Edmunds, and points out that while na 3 ttbe is pending, raising, for the first time before a jury, issue between Mr. Edmunds and the TreasurYi Government issues a writ against the person 0 ' ti bfie Edmunds, under the pretence of securing for the X the the sum of money declared to be due from him, m i ticlt arbitrators. Mr. Lowe defends this procedure? 0 ' I ,' p eal he rather boasts, on the ground that there is 140 appeal to from the judgment of the arbitrators. We are. a k a i boe• be compelled to describe this statement of the rig' has gentleman as a wretched quibble. Mr. Lew ° 0 had, as one of several defendants, to plead 3 i r e action for libel, brought by Mr. Edmunds, and t a Ti the tended arrest of Mr. Edmunds wears therefore boo appearance of a device, legitimate enough, as we _ e dit. alablloewteod,tfboer membersa certain class of eoe Government,but tomosotoroclipseelt Edmunds to abandon his action. Mr. Lowe " his hand," but Mr. Lowe will at least know by tins rode' that the course he has taken is not approved by - an.Y„ DIP pendent man. The seeming attempt to sliell e ' o f the Edmunds is worthy of the worst Governmen t ...ld oce, worst times of despotism. The Treasury shew; waited the trial of file action for libel, illeue-nosl, seeking to shut Mr. Edmunds's mouth and • tlO the action by imprisoning him. The plain fact 'al p of Mr. Edmunds has taken the only c h an ce offered, to has impeaching the judgment of the arbitrators ; deei' inn ct, although not in form, appealed against th r e'vsq sio ; and that being the case, the conduct of ora and the Treasury, in seeking to give effect to the a pre' by an imprisonment calculated to prevent him frova d 85 0 ceeding with the action, must be generally hel, ie rest, paltry piece of sharp practice deserving of the se' t olo censure. The question is not now one of Mr. Edt a u blie rights or wrongs, but of the conduct of a great P ,department and a leading Minister of State. THE LORDS AND THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER RILL. The Post remarks that irrespective of the merits of ist.llo; measure a constitutional question of some importalliste f raised by the discussion of the Deceased Wife's cioo Bill in the Lords. The Commons had on oth er eel" the assented to a bill similar to that laid on the table od de House of Lords, and on each occasion the P eers ha t hat dined to endorse s it. But when, time after time, be Chamber which is composed, not of the h ereditaa the elective representatives of the n ation? ir o ne d dared its desire that a certain In ca " — tbe a i r should be effected in the existing law'. rig' however, unnecessary or impolitic such modificatoofolli, seem to the Peers, it is their duty to consider ealliotO that which appears to be the expression of the ne'''.evt will, and to determine whether their objec tions, 110; 00 conscientiously entertained, ought to weigh actin" tbe manifest inconvenience of obstinately thwartni,aiiit' wishes of the Commons. Those who take even the face est interest in a bill enabling a man to marrY,h l : c tioll , `; s in-law must constitute an infinitesimally smali,t e facto the community ; but, however small it may be, ', c oc, t not the less indisputable that its members have a - oil s in satisfying the majority of the House of Cont ll3l- c ire e r o they have a grievance which ought to be' r,e It was in this light that the House 4 : 4 o sti°; might have done well to regard the to n before it. Whether it is likely on the viho'Lltio, i t prodctive of evil or good to place a wife in the Pfl,, eve'it regarding her sister as her possible successor L' t 'b e ? 3° l of her death, is a matter necessarily deservini terl oo e e o anxious consideration ; but when it is always co n pe t 4 in one way by those who are at all events as c`i it ra - ,d as the Peers to express an opinion on the subie c ,' of e i ` t il not unnaturally be assumed that the prosp r e s e t "he trt. o , cannot be very apparent or very alarming. r ejettO were told, we believe that the acceptance or t' - ``' "•elibwio of the bill would have no sensible effect on the l ba ps? of family life throughout the kingdom, save. ? P er i r ow •e" a very few exceptional cases. That it , would apple of discord into otherwise happy and unite:ol3ft no impartial person can for a moment believe . ee ° jealousy is rarely excited by the possible occurrell remote contingency. THE GREEK GOVERNMENT AND THE MAS.,- eu it Three English subjects, says the Telegraph, e tt ll, o 0 cruelly murdered on Greek territory. If that sve'. worlily may be doubted whether the English Gover nro Vili te t tio have any right to interfere ; for no principle tional jurisprudence is more generally recogalsi'dera, that which declares every Sovereign State to h.e al pO il W 03 a dent of every other in the exercise of its judic, 9,0 t tiO There are certain exceptions to the rule, slic. " - ~ hr compacts by which the resident Consuls a A,,Dijo Powers in Turkey, the Barbary States, apd othe i r 0 103 medan countries, exercise a certain civil an" tra te,o4 jurisdiction, to the exclusion of the local =W e ; sill e at tribunals. But, subject to these and scill' A - pve o- 14 State the rule is, that each 1 ,, 11 "„0 5 1,„ f t State has sole authority to punish all °L` e ierriTtie , whomsoever committed, within its own ii tha" A li' This rule is laid down by Wheaton and other g i me in almost identical terms ; and it is dictated, n e fag 1 0 0 0 trary authority, but by- absolute necessity p e lf ao, never could undertake absolutely to protect A, !Ind property . of all her subjects wandering ab re ' s tre e 'are' Englishman is knocked down or robbed in t l3 . al l egl Paris, he must be content with such vindicatie paration as the French law and the Frenol l P. 0,1 05 9 , 1 0 give him. A British citizen, so long as he „re e at ootolii i foreign country, is generally subject to its juu . ', e ,"" o ess i pia must be regarded as hazing voluntarily elect eu to 04 lot with the native inhabitants of the coun . fi r p 'ffect has neyer at any time undertaken to give flu', - late $ Civis Rontanus theory ; and, though tae., o poo e to ) Palmerston adopted that theory for the pi C. Parliamentary debate, he was a politici ° ' - iaon experienced to attempt its application in ca e ... orc l3l ;o 3 ' tice. But the case now before us is not that ofri,iio 0 5 , crime committed abroad upon the persons of n r e ti os ., We have, first of all, the fact that one of the ti ei% 0 0S a diplomatic servant, and, therefore, by th',,,,ote,,e,,te; agreement of nations, peculiarly entitled te o , r ost P ; c te:, and inviolability ; while, secondly, we learn t p.c olli l iort, rial circumstance—that the crime was lo s er ious" e t" with political machinations. If this most bers o can be made out—if it can be shewn that rne l:e d irect l fo tf t Greek Government or Legislature have bea t to pli e o to plicated—it becomes manifest that the eatl, r s ; Sts moved from the category of ordinary march,je the assumes the character of a crime for ~r itself is, or may be, held responsible. St i ft. ot; it NEW AUSTRALIAN BISHOPRIC.- --- A- Ile rise 1) .1 0 0 Bishopric is about to be formed. It will coinPiscas the present diocese of Melbourne, an d the eP '4O will be at Balarat. P e r __lt AP, fo, THE .INSPECTION OF LONDON CADS . VAI „l?: that Mr. Bruce did not precisely select Derl,,oooB‘o, the inspection of the London cabs. There are 7, c ote: to be inspected, and to perform this dutY .011 inspectors and six assistants. The inspeovtelrult.he mence on the Ist of June, and will extend. e e d . 1 0 r e ; in accordance with the instructions contain . o r e, notice. A copy of this notice has been sent s a ttZ.oo prietor, who can suit his own convenience a 0 ' o f 0' on any day during the month for the purP ° ' fod, his cabs inspected. wa s . e ii a , i ri n THE SPORTING BISHOP.—A. biSU O P W ith a ttes ts of shooting, in one of his excursions met ins gamekeeper, whom he sharply reproved 0 . to ar e to to heihsurrelgi, andous drueatdiesh,isexhßiobritein. mood, responded : " Why, I do read mY 131 ,.i 5 s goka I don't find in it any mention of the t yf shooting." " No, my good man, you are ri, gA n e, 0Q bishop, " the shooting was very bad iiiO wont flohinis inoteal" hTunhesktreeenpuer.otili9,:iir.:;.:lo Uri on kne; - Pres en misery to re, corlscii Th e 141 Inen Its. Pro their 4 11(.1 sa la w it thing I IN Th e which tituribe Th e Inept, Aftf all the as ap , appeal The o'clocl The Lord M r . th e co Dr. bepa tak e , Wh et merit trieui wh et each Poir t app( Th© h a rd oil h who Ito t Cro' of tl spec to b th e , of tl Wax