The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-25 00:00:00

TIRE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at 1 Mr. BEAUMONT'S, " The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand MORNING EDITION. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden . town. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS t:nd SPORTING} INTELLIGENCE, by II W . HARRIS, D.Tewspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road London. MHE SUN,—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock. Mr. Gmalars, "The Wheatahear," High-street, Camden-town. MOSES and SON, 11. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD - STRF.ET, CORNER of HART-STRENT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. E MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dress Oxford Camb. Costs. Coats. Coats. Coats. sae. 265. 17s. 18s. sOt 30s. 21s. 225. 85s. 355. 265. 28s. ...--....-. Os. 421. 30s. 325. 50s. 503. 365. 86s. aSs. 603. 425. 425. Also at Also at Also at Also at hprices. other prices. other prices other prices - Li MOSES and SON beg to remind the public 12,4• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho Ise in England. "E'l MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of E GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Tourist Summer Dress Suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 245. 245. 10s. 6d. 16s. 28s. 28s. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. Ns. 365. 14s. 18s. 403. 425. 15s. 6d. 21s. 455. 48s. l7s. 6d. 245. 555. 525. 20s. 265. Also at Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices 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 fit. MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li .T of F. BOYS' CLOTFIING : Knickerbocker Suits. 13e. 6d. 16s. 6d Eton 1 Brighton Harrow I Suits. Suits. I Suits. 15s. 1 iSs. 19s. I 235, 265. 1 265, 265. 1 325. 30s. I 365. I 365. 48s. 1 48s. Also at I Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. ' other prices. "V MOSES and SON supply every description of U . 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 MLNOAIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. CHRISTIE'S "PERISCOPIC" SPECTACLES, as recommended by Wollaston, giving more light, a wider field, and less strain upon the eyes.—GEORGE CHRISTIE, Manufacturer of the latest improvements in spectacles, reading lenses, Br,c., 25, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, W. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair tolts pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Bed Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. J OHN 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 led Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, at 7, MARRIED LIFE; Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr HowP. Mr Kendal, Mr Rogers, Mrs Chip pendale, Mrs Frank Matthews, Mrs E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, Mrs Laws. After which, at 8.30, "HOME." Mr Sothern, Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr iuckstone, jun.. Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss Fanny Gwynne, and Miss Caroline Hill. Concluding with FAMILY JARS. Mr Compton. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wyph l street, strand. . _ Srae Lessee and Manwer, Mr W. II LISToN. LAST NIGHT of Miss BATEMAN as MARY WARNER, as sisted by Messrs. G. Belmore, W. H. Vernon, Blakeley, Elliott, David Fisher ; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. W. H. List m. In reply to numerous applications at the Box Office, and to prevent disappointment to parties desirous of securing seats several weeks in advance, Mr. W. H. LISToN feels compelled to announce with regret that, in consequence of previous arran,re ments, the hr iliant engagement of this distinguishtd Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, JUNE 25. Commeneinr with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Concluding with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office open from 10 till 5. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs. Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. Jharles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at 8.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Bolden. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messr3 H. J. Montagne, D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO iIO.•!.ES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque, DON CARD )S ; or, The Infante in Arms Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Terry. A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Messrs. Crouch, Tut , ner, Joyce ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Bufton, Hughes. And THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Mr. D. James. R OYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. SWEASEY. The Press have unanimously praised and acknowledged the entertainment provided at the above Hall for the Whitsun holidays to be the best in London. The Brothers Voltaire, the Champion Gymnasts, in their surprising performances , particularly their aerial leaps, extending the whole length of the Hall (nearly 100 feet), engaged to appear solely at this establishment ; Mr. H. Collard (Le Petit Sims Reeves), the miniature man, the smallest and sweetest tenor singer in the world, can be heard at this hall only ; Messrs. St. Albyn, P. Corri, and Miss Barrie have made an immense hit with their operatic selections ; Miss Georgina Smith son has returned to meet with fresh admirers ; Mr. Baldwin has supplemented the brilliant encomiums he has already received from the provincial press ; Miss Louie Sherring ton is received nightly with uproarious applause ; /1,1 r. J. H. Milburn is an old favourite ; the Great Vance is not to be, heard elsewhere, excepting at his concerts : Mr. J. H. Ryley, and Madame Barnam, as comic duettists, have met with decided success; the acknowledged largest and best band in London. Bal cony, 6d.; stalls, is.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. TH OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Esmeralda. 8.30 p.m. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Otello. 8.30 p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, Married Life. Home. Family Jars. A DELPHI—At Seven, The Robust Invalid. Free Labour. PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. LYCEUM—At 7.30, His Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8.80, Little Faust. OLYMPIC -At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. l'he 'Varsity Boat Race. GAIETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S—At Seven, Hy Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Paul Pry. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH 131( IL Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn ings at 3 Admission 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. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, ls. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ts.; extra 6d. ti -P) 114 -a z l• (-..„ e ~.....,,,1 , -, -; ,s p , i 94 .4,.. , Nft 1 irr (---- ..,_ , , * l * ,s. ‘ l ` 444.444 e-:_.---i LONDON, SA7URDAY, JUNE 25, 1870 The well-known Nine Wonders of the World have long since been replaced by others far more marvel lous, but to these latter a tenth, the most marvellous of them all, has been added. The Nine Wonders of the World are no longer old world wonders like the Colossus of Rhodes and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. They are far rather such marvels for admiration as the telescope and the mariner's com pass, the steam-engine and the art of the photo grapher, spectrum analysis and the oxy-hydrogen microscope, the printing press, and the sewing machine, and the electric telegraph. But, beyond all these, there is the tenth, we are now referring to, and which has grown out of the one last-mentioned. There is that as tounding marvel by which the ends of the earth are brought together, that is into instantaneous communication with one another, as in the twinkling of an eye, with the speed of light or of thought, at the thrill of an acid, on the wings of the lightning. The globe we inhabit has already its girdle, like that of Puck or Ariel—only that instead of its being a fairy gossamer filament spun from the dreams of a poet's imagination, it takes shape in the form of a substan tial and tenacious submarine cable, trailed along the bed of the ocean, knitting continent to continent. From across the Atlantic we have tidings just now of the projection by Mr. CYRUS FIELD, of the grandest enterprize in this way upon which even his daring genius has as yet adventured. His project is this time to " pay out " a line between China and California, a line that will, by way of the Sandwich Islands and Japan, enable the Chinese and the Americans to converse freely with each other in spite of the intervening Pacific. Scarcely has the programme of this magnificent undertaking come to our knowledge, when, within the four walls of a room in a house in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, as recently as the evening before last, we have brought to view, through a series of startling demon strations, the like of which has certainly not till now been witnessed, the extraordinary powers brought within the human grasp by the agency of the British - Indian Submarine Telegraph Association. Surrounded by men of science and others interested in the development of this astonishing contrivance, the Prince of WALES was present, there, on Thursday night, not merely to witness, but to preside over and personally participate in, this unparalleled series of achievements. Rapidly, one after another, mes sages of friendly congratulation were flashed by his Royal Highness, from within the four walls of the room in Arlington-street, to the King of POR TUGAL in Lisbon, to the Viceroy of EGYPT at Alex andria, to the PRESIDENT of the United States at Washington, to the Viceroy of INDIA at Simla. These congratulations being reciprocated with amazing rapidity by messages flashed back to the Prince, there in Arlington-street, from King Lum, from the Khedive ISMAIL, from General GRANT, and from Lord MAYO. Intermediately placed here in London, the Prince of Wales and those around him became aware of a message of upwards of forty words being flashed in less than as many minutes, from point to point, about a distance of 8,442 miles from the Indian Viceroy to the American President : in other words across two oceans and three continents, from Simla to Washington, the answer being flashed back from Washington to Simla with similar velocity. Lord and Lady MAYO exchanged affectionate greet ings to and fro between Simla and London. As if stirred up with a long pole like the bears in the Zoo, the Governor of the Bombay Presidency was roused out of his bed by a very long wire, and so, with a laugh at Sir SEYMOUR FITZGERALD'S expense. these astounding demonstrations were brought to a conclusion. THOSE of us who have supported the Government Education Bill from the outset, must be pleased to see that the limes, which a week ago was denouncing the measure, blaming the Ministry for making altera tions which pleased neither party, and prophesying all kinds of disaster, now finds - that the amended bill " is the only possible compromise, and it is fair to all parties." This avowal of a journal, which believes that before all things it is necessary. to be on the winning side, shews that, as we have all along maintained, noisy and energetic as the League has been, and it had the most perfect right to be both, it does not represent, and has never repre sented, any large portion of the community. Given a fund of £50,000, and it is always easy to create a factitious agitation, which may be mistaken by superficial observers for the voice of the nation. But only let the agitation continue long enough, and its true nature is sure to appear. Ministers thoroughly understood the position when Mr. FORSTER declared on Monday night that the Government could make no further concessions. At the same time they have shewn no disposition to stifle the debate. In truth they had very good reason for not doing so. The longer the debate continued the more clear it became that the opponents of the Education Bill were not at unity among them selves. When Mr. RICHARD opened the discus sion he claimed to speak in the name of the Nonconformists generally, and he laid down what he considered to be the first elements of Nonconfoimity, and which must ever prevent his co-religionists from accepting denominational educa tion. He had even the temerity to cite the testis mony of Mr. BAINES in support of these views. Mr. BAINES had repudiated them long before. He repudiated them again on Thursday night. Nor was he alone among Dissenters in doing so. SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, 3 ITNE 25, 1870. Mr. MoRLEY and Mr. CHARLES REED have equally declared in favour of denominational education. Even if all the Dissenting M.P.'s had been agreed upon a common course of action, that would have been no reason why Mr. GLADSTONE should have given them everything they wanted. Omitting the Roman Catholics, they fall considerably short of a half of the nattion, and even if they had been a full moiety, there could be neither reason nor justice in telling Churchmen that the concessions must be all upon one side. As for the League, it is' in the main distinct from the Dissenters, and as much opposed to them as it is to the great body of the Conservatives ; and it was not to be expected that Mr. GLADSTONE would yield to it, although a break up of the Liberal party was threatened as the punish ment for not yielding. The result of Thursday's debate shews that Ministers did wisely in standing their ground. The position of the Education question, which now, happily, satisfies the Times, is told in a few words. The Government never meant, as the League sup posed, to supplant the denominational schools by the rate-aided schools. On the con trary, seeing what the first have done already, Ministers could not sanction a policy at once ungrateful and unwise. At the same time they recognised the fact that theseschools have not done all which is required, have failed both in the very poor rural districts and in the very large towns; in the two extremes of population that is. In the first the failure has been due to the absence of landowners and clergy with sufficient means to maintain a school; in the second it has been due to the presence of a numerous pauper class, unable to pay the school pence, and by their very numbers eluding observation. The Government maintain the present system where it has succeeded, and apply the rate system where the first has failed. The two will stand side by side, or "race" side by side, as certain members of the League fear. The apprehension will not be felt by any one else, for competition is the best thing that can happen. As Mr. BAINEs said, denomina tionalism is the result of religious liberty, and he might have added that it is the surest sign of religious life. But while the old sys tem is maintained, Ministers are determined that it shall not work unfairly. The power to give reli gious teaching will be preserved, the power to 'en force it will - be taken away. Full and entire liberty to the teacher, - full and' entire liberty to the pupil are alike secured. We believe that this is all which the country demands, and that in obtain ing it the country will be more than content. Tim Lords made considerable progress with the Land Bill on Thursday night, and again laboured at it last night, after their return from the Royal enter tainment at Windsor. The alterations which they effected on Thursday can scarcely be considered im provements, and neither the Ministry nor the House of Commons will be able to accept the grester part of them. The chief harm that will result will happen to the Peers. It was not a graceful sight which the Conservatives presented in haggling about a few shillings. Their conduct seems to spew that they do not really understand the main principle of the bill. It is simply this—that no landlord shall evict his tenant capriciously without paying him compensation. , The House of Commons has fixed what that compensation shall be, and the House of Lords has of course a perfect right to revise the scale and to alter it. But when the exercise of that right involves angry words about a pound or two, when it means a quarrel between the wealthy landlord and the miserable cottier, about a sum so small that the first would not miss it, though he paid it ten times over, the spectacle is not dignified. It is all the less so because it seems to imply a presump tion on the part of the peers that the great majority of them will be bad landlords, will . evict capriciously. The Lower House will, doubt less, restore the original scale, which was quite low enough for the adequate fulfilment of the pur poses of the bill. But the setting right of a wrong will, unfortunately, not obliterate the memory of the wrong, nor prevent the great nobles of this kingdom from being handed down to history in the character of petty hucksters. THE foreigner who advised his friend on visiting England to leave off his great coat on Midsummer eve and to put it on again the day after, would have been doubly wrong in his recommendation. We had tropical heat before Midsummer day, and on that day there was in many parts of the country a chilling but most welcome rain. The great coat would have been well nigh fatal be fore yesterday, whereas yesterday it would have been, at least, bearable. The weather reports sent to the Meteorological Office seem to shew that there is a general break-up of the long drought; temperature has fallen, and, still more, rain has fallen. We can well endure the one; we shall all rejoice at the other. TOPICS OF THE DAY. land will be somewhat surprised to find in almost every field a wooden cross erected. It has been put up in accordance with a popular superstition that crosses save the land on which they are plaCed from misfortune. When the rinderpest broke out in England and Scotland, innumerable crosses were reared. at °nee in Ireland, and at this day the farmers will tell the tourist that the plague was kept from Ireland by their influence alone. The efficacy of this system, evidently, was not altogether shared in by the Executive Government, who on the appear ance of the cattle disease in England at once passed an Act to prevent, if possible, the introduction of animals suffering from the disease into Ireland. A second provision of the Act consisted in the forma tion of a fund to meet expenses in case the plague should actually visit the land. A bill has just now been introduced into Parliament to amend the old Act, by enacting that the money set apart for the above named purpose in IBGG, may be applied, with the object of obtaining better accommodation for cattle in transit to, or in transit through, Ireland. The amendments suggested order that the fund shall be *expended in securing a proper supply of space, of food, and of water, to cattle when on a journey, as well as their cleanliness. Regulations are also made ensuring that every necessary precaution shall be taken against the spread of infectious and contagious diseases on these occasions. made to keep pace with the rapid increase of . the labouring classes in the metropolis and other large towns, and we are now called upon to deal with a frightfhl amount of overcrowding, and with a host of wretched dwelling places, whose mental and moral effects on their unfortunate inhabitants are no less disastrous than their physical consequences. Mr. Peabody, Miss Burdett Coutts, the societies formed under the auspices of the . present Earl of Derby, of Sir Sydney Waterlow; and others, have done good service in the cause of reform, but the arrears of neglected, public duty are still overwhelm ing. The society, which has just completed its twenty-sixth year, was constituted with the view of being model and experimental rather than compre hensive. The members wished to prove that decent homes could be provided for our workmen on inde pendent, not; on eleemosynary principles, and that the experiment has fully and fairly succeeded was shewn by the last balance-sheet of the association. As all such schemes to be permanent and to be national,. must be practical and self-supporting, the Association has done good service in making it clear that while it cannot be right that working men'shouses let in floors should be, as they now are, the most profitable investments for landlords; neither is it necessary that they should fail to pay a fair return upon the capital invested. TILE ADMIRALTY. The Standard gives this explanation of the two sensational navy resignations : We have reason to believe that the reported resigna tion of Mr. Reed, as chief constructor of the navy, is entirely due to the position which that gentleman has felt called upon to assume in consequence of his sympathy with Admiral Sir Spencer Robinson, Controller of • the Navy, who has been required to withdraw from the active list of naval officers under circumstances which appear to inflict undeserved hardship on a valuable public servant. The final settlement of this transaction is at present uncertain, Mr. Reed's resignation being more or less conditional on the decision of the Government with reference to Admiral Robinson. The question is, why did Sir Spencer Robinson resign ? According to one account it was because he attempted an act of intimidation ; but in this case it would be strange indeed if Mr. Reed felt himself called upon to resign too. IRRESISTIBLE TEMPTATION. The intense heat, which reached its height on Wednesday, did considerable mischief; but its worst deed was to ally itself with official bungling, and thus succeed in killing a soldier. The second battalion of the 9th Regiment was ordered to change its quarters this week from Warley to Aldershott. On Tuesday, under a broil ing sun, the men were made to trudge fifteen miles in heavy marching order. When they reached Strat ford, in East London, it was found that only half the requisite amount of accommodation had been ordered, and thus, part of the force spent the night under the hedgerows. On Wednesday, they started off again, and underwent another fifteen miles of torture, again in heavy marching order, and arrived at the West of London completely ex hausted. One man died of fatigue, and another is said to be in a hopeless con dition. Of course, every allowance is to be made for the temptation to bungling. It is a long time since a man was killed by the heat, in fact, it is a long time since we had any killing tempera ture ; and thus there is some excuse for the worthy officials indulging in a luxury of which they have long been deprived. But as neither the public nor the unhappy men who are treated with this shameful disregard of consequences, share the fun, it might just as well be discontinued. Seldom does hot weather set in without some " acci dent " of this kind. THE CATTLE DISEASE ACT FOR IRELAND. English travellers in the pasture districts of Ire- BUMBLEDOM AT NAZARETH. Mr. Bumble has been paying a visit to a locality where his services were but little needed. Nazareth House, the residence of a community of benevolent sisters at Hammersmith, has been invaded by the " parochial authorities," and a distress warrant has been put in execution to enforce payment of some rates. The results have been most disastrous. The house of charity has been stripped; the sisters are loft destitute, and the poor old men and women whom the sisters supported are deprived of the little comforts which they have hitherto enjoyed. The chairs and tables have disappeared from the sitting-room, so th at the poor people have to take their meals sitting on the floor. In the infirmary the chairs have been seized ; and the rooms of the sisters themselves are empty of furniture. This act may well be described as " insensate oppression." It is well that guardians should have their due ; but there is no rule without an exception, and the case of Nazareth House might well have been made one. If by supporting these old men and women the sisters keep them from the workhouse, what do the guardians lose ? COMMEMORATION. The playful banter, the chaff and licence—not to say vulgarity, which characterise the doings of the undergraduates at Oxford, are the subject of a some what anxious article in the Standard. The guardian of Conservative interests admits that this sort of thing cannot be altogether right. Nevertheless, it is a display '• which no healthy-minded Englishman would care to lose." And why ? The undergraduates are the august body which guides and forms the opinions of the nation, and preserves its Conservative tendency. The cheers which greet the Tory, and the groans which await the Liberal' reci pients of degrees are invaluable as educating the public in the right political faith. The voices of the undergra dilates represent" a very rare kind of public opinion a_ to the characters and the conduct of the leading men of the day. It is not only that this opinion is utterly sincere, and free from bias or guile, but that it is really of a high order." This is pretty well. There can be no doubt that the howls of the gallery at Commemo ration" represent a very rare kind of public opinion," and the rarer the better ; but we had yet to learn that such opinion was intrinsically valuable, or that it was of a high order. To the uneducated mind the behaviour of the undergraduates is an exhibition both coarse and disgraceful, and an ugly symptom of that vulgarity which no education seems to efface from the British character. Nothing need be said as to the preference of the gallery for the Conservative digni taries. We all know who said that the glory of being further behind the time than any other portion of the British people is one which the University of Oxford acquired early, and has never lost. A MEMORIAL TO SIR JAMES SIMPSON. The name of Sir James Simpson is not likely to be forgotten so long as human sufferings are soothed by his application of the beneficent anodyne. Never-, theless it is only right and fitting that the generation in which he has laboured should do honour to his memory. A meeting has been held with this object at Stafford House, under the presidency of the Duke of Sutherland, and it was attended by many distin guished membfts of the profession, as well ns by other gentlemen of position and influence. The first resolution was moved by Sir Roderick Murchison, and indicated the general purpose of the meeting; the second proposed by the Earl of Dal housie, suggested that the proposed memorial should take the form of a hospital for women. This scheme being generally approved - of, it was decided that a committee should be formed in London to co-operate with the other committees in Scotland. In th e course of the proceedings Mr. Pender, one of Sir James Simpson's trustees, stated that although the late distinguished physician might have died a - very rich man, he had ended his days comparatively poor. His friend believed that three-fourths of his income was spent in acts of kindness, while his whole life was devoted to the promotion of science, and the alleviation of suffeling. No memorial of such a life could be more apposite, or could more worthily do honour to the eminent public benefactor than the perManent endowment of a hospital such as he had always wished to raise, and such as he had for years supported out of his own private income. HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE. The career of the young nobleman whose bones have just been laid in the secluded cemetery at Christ Church, Hampshire; has no doubt in some instances afforded ground for censure. But as Lord A. Clinton's acts may be traced rather to thoughtlessness and folly than to any criminal ten dency of disposition, the fair fame which there is undoubted record to prove he deservedly gained for himself as a British sailor must not at this period be allowed to lose its lustre among brave and just Englishmen. Lord krthur entered the Navy as a midshipman at a very early age, and from his first day on board ship he was held in esteem by his brother officers. In the year 1801 he became lieutenant; having achieved many marks of distinction for his valour and courage in trying times. During the Indian mutiny the gal lant young sailor served under Captain Sir William Peel in the Naval Brigade, and he is mentioned as one of the first to enter Lucknow. during the siege. In the struggle he received a wound, which, however, soon healed, and he came home to England to receive two gold clasp medals from the Queen's hands for his valiant con duct. His name was many times referred to with honour in the despatches sent from India. It was soon after the 1857-58 campaign that Lord A. Clinton retired from active service, perhaps unfortunately for his future. Ms Lordship was placed on the reserve list on half-pay, and on coming of age he started an apparently wild life in England, where there were few members of his own family to watch over his mode of living and counsel him as to the many things expected of him. OUR WORKMEN'S DWELLINGS. The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes has happily found its supporters in a very different position from that which they occupisd at its first ,establishment. A quarter of a century ago the importance of providing wholesome and suitable dwellings for our workmen's families was far from being rightly estimated. No effort was therefore EABLSWOOD ASYLUM. Of the many institutions which help to mitigate the sufferings of afflicted humanity Earlswood Asylum stands out in high relief. The asylum. is situate near Reigate, and the position of the noble Gothic structure, standing as it does in its own beautiful grounds, is well chosen for the humane purpose to which it is de voted. The annual festival is looked forward to With much interest by the inmates, and the amuse ments provided for them are enjoyed with gleesome eagerness. Cricket, croquet, Aunt Sally, Punch and Judy, are as welcome to the poor Cretins as an additional sovereign to the miser's heap. Here and there one poor demented-looking face may be seen looking blankly at vacant space, but the great majority, though bear ing the stamp of afflicted intellect, partake of their pleasures lilt() their healthier fellows. The Earlswood Asylum is not entirely a charitable insti tution. Some of the inmates are elected, and receive care and education out of funds subscribed by the public ; others pay a certain sum towards their main tenance, while others again are supported by their relatives. The full benefits of the institution, how ever, can only be brought into active operation by "the liberality of the public. LAW-LOVING SCOTCHMEN. Scotchmen have hitherto been allowed to appro priate to themselves credit for what is considered a national characteristic. Common sense is supposed to be as indigenous to Scotland as her prickly emblem, and for centuries this belief has been allowed to go unquestioned. But there is an end to all this. The glory has departed, and for the future the land o' cakes must be content to take a position of inferiorityto that which she has so long assumed. The case just heard by the House of Lords is one of those astonishing pieces of absurdity that might sometimes crop up in Laputa, but which one hardly expects to see discussed in a British Court of Law: To settle a dispute about a triangular plot of ground said to be worth ss. does not present to the ordi nary mind any great difficulty, but nevertheless it has cost two Scotch gentlemen much trouble and money be fore the difference has been disposed of. Given the heavy fees of such lawyers as Sir Roundell Palmer, the Lord Advocate, and Mr. Mellish, Q.C., how many acres of land could be purchased for the aggregate amount ? Add to this the value of the time spent by the various judges of the Court of-Session,besides the lords in the Appeal Court, to say nothing of the expenses of witnesses, and other costs, and the sum would be sufficient to buy a small province in Ger many. Well might Lord Chelmsford remark on the state of the law which permits such abuses. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Mr. Mappin has expressed his surprise that railway accidents are not more frequent from the breaking. down of goods and coal trains. The ordinary prac tice is to couple the waggons and trucks together by one or two chains, leaving room for plenty of play between the buffers. Of course the natural result is that at every stoppage a severe jerk takes place, and the chains are either frac tured or strained. Mr. Mappin is of opinion that goods and coal trains should be coupled in the same way as passenger trains. Some people hold, however, that even passenger car riages might be connected on a more improved prin ciple than at present prevails. The disagreeable shaking of the train would be in a great measure avoided, and the passengers themselves would be able to devote their attention to subjects of more importance than the preservation of their equili brium. MORE BABY FARMING. An example of the growth of the cruel and immo ral practice which has attracted the attention of the public during the past fortnight, has been brought under the notice of the coroner for Central Middle sex. At an inquest held at Holloway on the body of an illegitimate child, whose age at the time of death was four months, a Mrs. Cooper, living at Bryant's-place, Islington, informed the court that she had obtained the child' by putting a bill in her window. The description given by this person of the condition of the unfortunate infant was hariow ing in its details, and from the evidence both of the mother and the baby-farmer there is little doubt that death arose from starvation. The jury, with the severity characteristic of British justice, censured the mother A MEDICAL GRIEVANCE. Doctors very often complain of the continual dis turbance to which they are liable at night, and it is by no means an unusual thing to hear complaints on the other side from persons who have vainly sought their aid in case of dangerous illness or accident. It sometimes happens that in sudden emergencies at night several physicians are applied to before one is found able and willing to come, while again nervous or inconsiderate patients will not scruple to arouse the wearied doctor from his hard earned sleep without any sufficient cause. It is pro posed to remedy all these several grievances by a scheme just suggested by Dr. Amenille of the Con seil d' Hygiene of Paris. Those phySicians who are willing to be . called up at night are to give in their names at the police stations, where those who want medical aid at night are to apply, and an agent will accompany them to the doctor's house. By this means the medical profession will avoid another cause of complaint in the frequent loss of payment for these midnight visits, since the person . who applies for the doctor at the police station will give his address, and he will afterwards be called upon for the amount due. If for any reason he fails .to pay, it will be charged to the public expenses. Young doctors, and those who have not much practice by day, might be glad to take the chance of night work, which was certain to be paid for. This appears to be a simple and sensible method of providing those who really require medi cal help with the certainty of qualified assistance, while it would secure overtasked and wearied physi cians from the chance of continual disturbance. THE ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS. It is announced that the governor of the West India island of St. Thomas has issued a- proclamation plac ing the island again under the, protection of Denmark, in consequence of the failure of the United States to ratify the Annexation Treaty. This is a fitting termination to one of the most discreditable episodes in the history of the United States. It was at the special and pres sing request of the American Government, that the Danes consented to sell their island. They took no initiative in the matter ; the whole bargain was the work of the other party. The treaty was drawn up, and the Danish Government renounced its claim to the territory. Yet the Senate has ever since persistently neglected to ratify the bargain, and though months have elapsed, nothing more has been done. As President Grant himself said, the honour of the United States is compromised by such a trans action. THE ORLEANIST PRINCES. A measure has been laid before the French Parlia ment for the purpose of repealing the decree of banish ment against the Orleanist princes now living in England, and of allowing them to return to their country. The Comte de Paris, the Prince de Join ville, the Duc d' kurnale, and the Duc de Chartres, have addressed a letter to the LegiFlative Body asking that the measure may be passed. "It is not a favour that we ask : it is our right, a right which belongs to all French men, and of which we alone are de spoiled. It is our country to which we ask to be restored—our country which we love, which our family has always loyally served, from which not one of our traditions separates us, and whose name alone ever makes our hearts beat ; for nothing can compensate the exiled for their absent country." It is to be hoped that the subservient Right will so far shake off its ancient traditions, and permit this measure of justice. These Princes are amongst the best representatives their houie has ever produced. HEALTH OF THE EMPEROR. According to the Paris correspondent of the Lancet, the alarming rumours touching the health of the French Emperor have had very little foundation in fact. They may have proved highly beneficial to certain speculators on the Bourse; but otherwise there is no reason for' troubling the mind of Europe about the condition of the personage whose death would be the most important event that could hap pen at the present time. " The fact is that the Emperor has been affected only with a slight attack of gout, which is now localised in the feet, so that he is compelled to wear very large shoes, and walks with difficulty. His general condition, however, is excellent." tet;).,lo. :VAvi ‘klf rrw. h ur t - '- c t,7 l ; - Inn ar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 24. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Mar chioness of Ely. Princess Louise went out riding. Her Majesty went out in the grounds this morning, ac companied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Duchess of Cleveland's assembly. Lady Clay's garden party, at Fulwell Lodge, Twicken- ham. Mr. Alfred Wigan's benefit at the Gaiety Theatre. Miss Bateman's last appearance at the Olympic Theatre as Mary Warner. The Hurlingham Club—Third International Prize, a double-barrelled breechloader, to be shot for in Hurling ham-park. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will be in attendance. At the Gun Club, Wormholt Scrubbs, near Shepherd's bush. Sweepstakes, £5 or £lO. All at 30 yards. Commenea at two. Grand Rose Show at the Crystal Palace. Frequent trains from London-bridge, Victoria, and Kensington. LITERATURE. MR. SALA'S TRIBUTE TO CHARLES DICKENS The little shilling publication announced by the Messrs. Routledge and Sons as immediately forthcoming, on the very morrow of Charles. Dickens's funeral in Westminster Abbey, is now published. As advertized, it is from the hand of Mr. Sala. An early copy of it has come to us, and we have examined it, curious to mark the dis cretion of so instant a memoir of one so profoundly lamented. Altogether nothing could by any possi bility be in better taste throughout. The introduc tory essay, the portion of the work coming directly to us from Mr. Sala, is simply a reprint of the admirable tribute paid to the memory of the great author immediately upon the announcement of his dissolution in the columns of the Daily Telegraph. Following that, comes a record of the circumstances attending his deplorably sudden death at Gadshill, and his strictly private funeral in the old Abbey at Westminster. Directly after that, we have his last letter, originally published in the 4 thenxum, and since then scattered broad-cast over the world in every form of republication. Several of the many admirable speeches of the great novelist are then given, and the appendix is closed with fragmentary passages from the two eloquent sermons delivered on Sunday last by Dean Stanley and Professor Jowett, the one in the after noon, the other in the evening, from the pulpit of West minster Abbey. For the feeling animating every word of Mr. Sala's Preface, we cannot but express our highest admiration. It reflects honour upon himself, as well as upon the great man whom, through its every syllable, he delights to honour. "He was my master," he remarks simply, "and but for his friendship and en couragement I should never have been a journalist or a writer of books." Mr. Sala adds that his first coherent production was published by Mr. Dickens in 1851. " The first five pound note I ever earned by literature," he says, " came from his kind hand." During seven years—the time of an apprenticeship—" I wrote for him," says Mr. Sala, "and for no other chief." Further, it is here naively but manfully added by Mr. Sala, " He sent me to Russia; we quarrelled (of course I was in the wrong) and he laugh ingly forgave me my transgression, my debts, and my bad temper." And so on, in regard to the whole of the writer's career, in which his progress was watched with interest, and in every possible way furthered and encouraged, by Charles Dickens—thanks to whom thus indirectly, or shall we not rather say directly, Mr. Sala has for 13 years now been conspicuously connected with one particular daily newspaper, in which, as he here tells us, he has written nearly three thousand leading articles, and by whose proprietor he has been despatched to almost every part of the world " with the treatment of a gentleman, and the wages of an ambassador." Altogether this little shilling book about dear Charles Dickens is as nearly as possible exactly what it ought to be. It is a manly, tender, respectful, affectionate tribute, from the heart, to an author of the noblest genius and of the most unsullied reputation. As such, as a green chaplet laid on the brink of the tomb of one "known so long, revered so deeply, loved so dearly," this little book on Charles Dickens deserves to have what we doubt not it will for certain command, an almost fabulous circulation, both here and in America. The Mayor of Bristol has received communications from the representatives of the two political parties, pledging themselves not to employ any roughs 'at the election now pending. Feirs of a riot had been pre viously expressed. The election of sheriffs for London and Middlesex took place yesterday at the Guildhall. The only candi dates were Mr. Bennett, watchmaker, Cheapside, Mr. Alderman Owden, and Mr. Robert Jones, a retired tea broker and member of the Spectacle-makers' Company. Messrs. Owden and Jones were elected. After an interval of several months, another body has been recovered from the workings of the Oaks Col liery. Identification was impossible. Now that some portion of the workings are clear of water, it is expected that a large number of the bodies of those who lost their lives by the explosion in 1866 will be recovered. The Irish Church Representative Body has de termined, after a division, to permit any of the clergy who may desire it to commute and compound their life-in comes in the Church. It is rumoured (says the Evening Mail) that some difficulties have arisen with the Govern ment in regard to the terms of the charter. The extreme section in the House of Commons are said to be determined to destroy the Education Bill by a Fabian policy. By constantly speaking up to seven o'clock they hope to delay the preliminary stages of the bill so greatly that the measure will not be able to pass through both Houses of Parliament this year.— Globe. IMP] In. consec lordships a' Castle the ] Woolsack Ul The Bisi lordships to and express service at therein. 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