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A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no m ,tter at what ago. — JNO. GOS'ST - ELL 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 iii brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d. Rea Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. This EVENING, at Seven, TOO MITCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs. R. 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. 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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park Open daily(except Sundays) Admission, is.- on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MORNING EDITION LONDON, THURSDAY, IIIAY 12, 1870. The Extinction of Pauperism is one of the many fantastic day-dreams of a philanthropic character indulged in by Lothair, according to the description of the young patrician millionaire, given in the ex- Premier's latest and most brilliant romance of the English aristocracy. The idea of that dazzling day dream is not one of yesterday. It was defined—it might be asserted, in so many words, that it was pro claimed—as a possibility more than a quarter of a century ago, by a remarkable Prisoner of State, then, in the May of 1844, incarcerated as the world thought for the term of his natural existence, in a northern fortress of France : now, in the May of 1870, seated upon the most powerful throne upon the European continent. " The Extinction of Pauperism " was the title of the political work issued six and twenty years ago, from the Fortress of Ham, by Prince Louis NA POLEON. Four years afterwards the humane pamphleteer, who had indulged his fancy by penning that beneficent but utterly impracticable disquisition (having, in the meanwhile, escaped from durance by a device as ingenious as it was hazardous) was sum moned from exile by the electors of the departments of the Seine, of Yonne, of Sarthe, and of Charente Inferieure. Half a year later he was called, by 5,434,226 suffrages to the supreme chair of the Pre sidency—since when, that is to say, for these two and twenty years past, he has been, for the first five years indirectly, for the last eighteen absolutely, the ruler of the destinies of the 40,000,000 of the French population. Yet the " Extinction of Pauperism" that he mused over in the May of 1844 as a problem admitting, according to his argu ment, in some way of solution, is now, in the May of 1870, as far removed from realization as ever, though to the theory of the Fortress of Ham he has so long been able—had he so pleased (or, in other words, had his benign but most illusory scheme ad mitted seriously in any way of actual development or of practical demonstration)—from his stand-point in the Palace of the Tuileries, to apply to the pur poses of his design all the resources of his Govern ment ! When originally propounding his theory as to the practicability of effecting the " Extinction of Pauperism," how was it that the imperial publicist expressed almost with the terse ness of an epigram the root-germ of this one among his many idles fixes, beyond all doubt the most arcadian of all the 'dies IVapoleoniennes? Why, by observing in so many words at the close of one of the few sentences of his brief explanatory or elu cidatory Preface —" if ease, instruction, and morality are disseminated among the working classes, which are the most numerousbody, pauperism is extirpated, if not entirely at any rate in a great measure." Reading those execedingly simple and perfectly comprehen sible phrases, the notion indulged in by the day dreamer almost ensures to itself the logical sequence and irresistible force of a syllogism. Ease, instruc tion, and morality! 1 disseminated among the working classes! Then—in that event—Pauperism would be extirpated ! Ah ! that—lF. The theorist has been all these years in supreme authority in France, and yet the working classes iu France are as far removed as ever from the solution of that grand social problem, a solution then so readily cap able of being worked out, according to the large hearted dreams (or shall we call them the beneficent hallucinations ?) of the then State Prisoner. The politico• social mirage he was then gazing upon, was simply this—the associating together of the unem ployed labourers of the community, in the cultivation of the waste lands of the State, upon a kind of joint stock principle, the lands thus occupied being formed into colonies of a purely agricultural character. Mr. DISRAELI'S Lothair now echoes the thought of Prince Louis NAPOLEON. But the waste lands—here and there—are still waste, are still unoccupied : and, from beyond the distance of nearly two thousand years, there comes another utterance, reminding us of the poor who are always among us, indicative that Pauperism, though it may no doubt be sensibly ameliorated, is bardly likely to be ever extirpated either by the fiat of an Emperor or by the gold of a Millionaire. Our Continental neighbours have not been slow to inform us that, before too severely condemning the Greeks for the disorderly and dangerous condition of their highways, we should look at Ireland, along whose main roads and public thoroughfares inoffen sive travellers do not alwags get safe to their jour ney's end. Their satire might have been yet more caustic, their censure more just, had they restrained it to the limits of England itself. Here, in the second city of the empire, amidst all the evidences of wealth, and civilization, and refinement, there are bands of men who wage a perpetual war upon society, who are bound together by a sacred com pact, who carry men's lives in their hands, and are totally regardless of any consideration of jus tice, law, or humanity. Our Trades Union ists would, doubtless, be up in arms if any one openly charged them with com plicity in the massacre which has set the country aflame. But what are we to say of a system which forbids a man in consequence of a mere business dispute to sleep in safety under his own roof ? Could the brigands of Marathon do more than dog their victim's steps, lie in wait for him in bye-ways, fire his house, destroy his property, terrify his friends, torture him into submission, and all for what ? A question of momentary gain and obedience to the rules of their fraternity ! Truly, Greece and England are not so very dis similar. If the poet's often-quoted wish could be fulfilled, and the working men of England could 'see them selves as others see them," they might find that oppression was not the exclusive privilege of despots. Most men would rather face a tangible enemy than a nameless spectre, and ,a regiment in arms would be less formidable than the unknown mysterious adversary who may be a mile off, but who may be close in the rear or crouching at the side. The boldest and most resolute spirit may well give way under such silent pressure, and the records of Trades Unions show us that they generally do. Mr. JonNsoN, of Manchester, whose case has just been brought prominently forward in the columns of the press and in the House of Commons, is a man of no slight mental vigour. He has resolutely withstood the pressure of the Manchester Union for more than a twelvemonth. lie has organized and encouraged the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1870. efforts of others to resist a social tyranny which in jures alike employers and employed, and the conse quence is that he is forced to confess in a letter to a friend that his life is a burden to him. His ser vants fear to remain in his service, his friends shrink from his door. All dread some sudden catastrophe, and the events of the last few weeks give very pain ful and convincing evidence that these apprehensions are only two well founded. It is natural to inquire, after reading this story, what Mr. JOHNSON'S offence has been. In what way has he put himself under a social ban which our Eng lish law seems powerless to remove ? The answer is that he endeavoured, though probably as a matter of commercial enterprise rather than as a philanthropic design, to supply one of the most crying wants of the poor. He wished to make bricks by machinery instead of by hand, and consequently to render house-building cheap and easy. Working men, who are themselves hampered and crippled by an exorbi tant weekly rent, or are huddled in wretched, un healthy hovels, call down blessings on the name of Mr. PEABODY for his noble gifts to their order. At the same time they are doing their best to perpetuate the evil they are groaning under, by checking enterprise and fettering commerce. They applaud the doctrines of RICHARD COBDEN, and are ready to canonise JOHN BRIGHT, but let the Free-Trade doctrines extend from the cheap loaf to the cheap brick, and nothing short of capital punishment will suffice for the offence. Our working classes are not yet perfect in the lesson of political economy, and we fear the study of Trade Unionism is not calculat2d to enlighten them. ON Tuesday a somewhat quiet, but imported and imposing Royal ceremony took place. It was not a people's display, for the company was very select, and the general public had to be satisfied with as much of the spectacle as could be seen on the outside of the building in which the business of the clay was transacted. But as bearing upon the general intellectual welfare of the people, and more particularly of the poorer classes, no royal pageant of late years more justly merits attention. Yesterday the University of London, alter many years of existence without a local habita tion, and almost without a name, removed to a per manent residence worthy of its great importance ; and the Queen, with some of her children and the magnates of the kingdom, assisted at the opening ceremonial. The occasion was a great one. The London University is emphatically a great institution, its past career has been one of rapid prosperity, and, if it lose not the spirit of its old principles, it cannot fail to command a splendid future. It is an institution after its own kind, for its one great merit is not shared at present by any other University, In antiquity London is decidedly deficient; its deed of settlement is dated only 1826, and it is, therefore, in the opinion of many a new-tangled and an upstart establishment. It possesses none of the splendid buildings and ample libraries of Oxford and Cam bridge. In resources generally, indeed, London cannot compare with the older ebtablishments. It is comparatively poor, and so small as to have no palpable existence beyond the building in which it has just taken up its quarters. The University of London bases its claim to the favour of the English nation on the thorough accep tation and enforcement of one simple principle— liberality. It is unsectarian, and unfettered by any of the restrictions imposed upon the students of other universities. No matter what may be the religion bf the London University man (or woman, for the " subjected " sex are now admitted to certain exami nations), no matter what his or her condition in life, no matter whether a resident in a college or not, the welcome is the same for all. The Senate prescribes only that the aspirant shall be equal to the required standard, which is always high, sometimes exces sively so. Any person who is over sixteen years of age, and who can produce a certificate of character and pay a fee of two pounds, can matriculate if he satisfies the examiners. For five pounds he can be admitted to most of the advanced examinations—ten pounds being charged only for a - few of the highest ordeals. These are all the conditions imposed. The London University is in fact nothing more than an examining board. The members may study where they like, and how they like. All that is required of them is that they should be equal to the tests prescribed. Other universities provide facilities for teaching, as well as for examining—indeed, they will not give their degrees to students who have not resided at one of their colleges. The metropolitan institution deals only with the inspectorial part of academical training. In the opinion of many eminent authorities this is a great disadvantage. The new university has none of the social training—whether in gentle manly manners, in cricketing, or in betting and policeman bonneting—which the older institutions can offer. But, on the other hand, the liberty of taking a degree without passing several terms in col lege is the one great advantage which the parvenu foundation possesses. A degree at Oxford or Cam bridge costs several hundred pounds. It is only within the reach of the moderately well-to-do, for besides the actual outlay, the residence in college is of course incompatible with atten tion to any business. The London University man need spend very little, and he can ; and often does, study after a day's ordinary labour is over. Hence the younger academical centre is particularly valuable as the university of the poor, as the univer sity of a busy age, in which all men cannot spare several years of their life exclusively to culture. University study now takes a wider range. For merly confined only to the rich, there is now scarce any so poor as to be beyond hope of distinc tion in learning. The old monopoly is broken down and it is the unpretending institution in London which has accomplished this good work. Surely this great boon more than counter-balances the loss of the refinements of Oxford or Cambridge. It is better that learning should be given to the whole nation than that it should be confined to a privileged class, even if something be lost by the widening of +uo banin A 4 7'. Zf ig ROYAL LITERARY FUND. The anniversary of the Royal Literary Fund was celebrated at Willis's Rooms last night. Lord Dufferin presided. Amongst the guests were the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Prince Ali Bahadoor, Prince Suliman Bahadoor, his Excellency the Italian Minis ter, the Earl of Sheffietd, and Lord Broughton. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund," said "if literature had ceased to be the property of the literati it followed that the status of the literary man, and the consideration due to the whole of the class of which he constituted an integral portion, was increased in proportion as bis power had been increased. (llear, hear.) And here it was that the value of an institution of this kind became specially apparent. The Literary Fund hal been started by.the efforts of a very few individuals, but it had now expanded into one of the most liberally- supported corporations in the king dom." It was reported that 57 grants had been made in the year, involving an expenditure of about £2,500. Subscriptions amounting to • £950 were announced. FIER MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, May 11. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, left the Palace this afternoon at four o'clock for Claremont. In attendance were Viscountess Clif den, the Hon. Horatia Stopford, Lieutenant-General F. H. Seymou., and Colonel H. Ponsonby. The Prince and Princess of Wales were present yesterday at the opening of the new buildings of the University of London, at Burlington House, by the the Queen. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE RIOTS IN PARIS. PARIS, May 11. A barricade was constructed of paving-stones yesterday evening in the Rue Moret, and the de fenders twice repulsed the police. Twelve persons were arrested with arms in their hands. The barricade in the Rue Courselle was carried by the Gardes de Paris at the point of the bayonet, when • five of the rioters were seriously wounded. Three of the Gardes de Paris were also wounded, and one police agent was killed. At five a.m. the whole quarter of the Faubourg du Temple between the Canal and the exterior Boulevard was surrounded by the troops. Several of the houses were searched, and any individual found armed was arrested. The soldiers are irritated against the rioters. The Gaulois states that disturbances took place at Havre on Monday and Tuesday evenings. PARIS, May 11, 9.15 a.m. The disturbances last night were more serious than was at the time supposed. There was one large barricade in the Faubourg du Temple. The soldiers did not fire, but there were several casualties from sword and bayonet wounds. One officer was wounded by a shot from a revolver. There was also some rioting yesterday at Havre. 7.30 p.m. A few groups of people have congrega•ed this evening in the Place du Chateau d'Eau, and the authorities have adopted precautionary mea-ures. The Belleville omnibuses have changed their route. The weather being rainy it is thought probable that the disturbances will not be renewed to- night. 6.30 p.m. The report published by the France of the collec tive resignation of the Cabinet is denied. The Ministry will not be completed until after the result of the plebiscite has been officially published and communicated to the Emperor by a deputation from the Legislative Body. It is expected that the Legislative Body will not reassemble until next Saturday or Monday. Between 200 and 300 arrests were made du , ing the disturbances 3 esterday evening. The Bourse opened flat, but closed firmer. The final quotation of Rentes was 74f. 87c., or Bc. lower than yesterday. SPAIN. MADRID, May 10. The junta of the Progressist majority are discuss ing the proposals to be submitted to the party to morrow. The Republicans are also bolding a meeting to consider their future course of action. GREECE ATHENS, May 8. Mr. Erskine has replied to the recent letter of the Greek Prime Minister, which denied a statement alleged to have been emtained in a despatch of the former to Lord Clarendon respecting the members of the Opposition having encouraged the brigands. Mr. Erskine states that his despatch made no allu sion to the present leaders of the Opposition, and points out that no one conversant with English could put such a construction on his words. The leaders of the Opposition have sent a deputa tion to M. Zannis, requesting an explanation of the words said to have been spoken by Mr. Erskine M. Zannis denied, by letter, ever having used such ex pressions. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Tuesday Night, The Presidency of the North German Confedera tion will recommend to the Federal Council and the Prussian Parliament the adoption of a vote of 12,000,000 of francs towards the St. Gothard Rail way. INDIA. CALCUTTA, May 11. It is reported that cattle disease has appeared in the Punjaub. The appointment of Sir Henry Durand as Governor of the Punjaub has given general satis faction. POINT-DE-GALLE D May 11. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has written a farewell letter to Lord Mayo, expressing his extreme gratification at the reception which he has net with throughout India. Her Majesty's ship Galatea sailed last night for the Mauritius. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MESSINA, May 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon passed Messina at 1.30 this morning, en route for Marseilles. MALTA, May 10. The Ceylon left for Southampton at 7 p.m. on the 10th. She may be expected on the 19th inst. The Bangalore from Southampton, 30th ultimo, arrived at 5 p.m. on the Bth, arid left at noon on the 9th for Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, May 11. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Neva, with the West India and Pacific mails, arrived here at 8.30 a.m. to-day. AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 10. Mr. J. Rcesing, Consul-General of the N orth German Confederation, has authorised a positive denial of the statements lately circulated in Europe giving a warning to German capitalists against in vestment in American railway bonds. The trial of Mr. M‘Farland for the murder of Mr. Richardson resulted to-day in a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW YORK, May 11. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing prices : Gold closed at 115 ; the highest quotation during the day was 115, the lowest 1141. Sterling exchange on London, 109 i. Five-Twenty. United:States Bonds, 1882, 1121 ; ditto, 1885, 111-l i ; ditto, 1867, 114+ ; Ten-Forty United States Bonds, 1411 ; Erie, 231. Cotton : Middling upland, 23+c. Petroleum : Standard white, 28+c. Flour : Extra State, s4:9oc. to $5 50c. Corn : Old mixed, $1 16c. We learn by telegram from Enniskillen that the Lord Lieutenant arrived there last evening. His Excel lency was received with much enthusiasm. To-day he will receive an address from the Town Council, and, after visit ing the various institutions, will proceed on a trip down the lower Lake Erne, visit Castle Caldwell, and return in time to proceed to Londonderry. (CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.) THE DISCHARGED DOCKYARD NIEN. The Western Morning News of to-day comments upon the correspondence which has just passed between the First Lord of the Admiralty and Ur. Lewis, member for Devon port, on dockyard discharges. The Morning News points out that in this, as in previous similar cases, Mr. Childers has been misinformed as to facts, and specifies particulars in which discharged dockyards men have been subject to injus tics and haidship. Our contemporary concludes by saying, " Thy reductions at Devonport are now proceeding with greater rapidity than ever ; the necessity for reducing the dockyard staffs has never been denied by ourselves or by any one acquainted with the internal adminis tration of those establishments, but should have been done gradually, judiciously, and with the most scru pulous fairness towards the workmen. it is because the reductions are being carried out in a manner the very re verse of this, that even staunch Liberals and Ultra-Econo mists in Devonport feel indignant and disappointed. At the next election for the borough Mr. Childers will be better abl, to a; preciate this fact, and we fear that Mr. Lewis despi e his earnest remonstrances with his friends in the, Ministry, may feel its effect " The Duke of Manchester's Light Horse Volunteers completed their annual drill at Cambridge yesterday, under the command of the Duke, and were inspected by Lieu tenant-Colonel Elliot, who complimented them on being the smartest Volunteers he knew. He also complimented them on the wonderful improvement they evidenced con sidering the shortness of their drill. The prizes for proficiency in sword exercise were distributed at a luncheon at the Lion Hotel by Lady Mary Montague,the eldest daughter of the Duke of Manchester. The health of the Duke and Colonel Elliott were drank with all the honours possible. Great preparations had been made for holding a Fancy Fair to-day, at the Earl of Mount Edgcumhe's villa at Plymouth, but the rain considerably marred the effect. After three months of almost unbroken drought, which latterly had become very serious, the Western counties were visited yesterday with steady rain. A serious accident occurred at Chesterfield yesterday to four men engazed in pulling down some houses to make room for a new siding at the railway station. The men were putting the floor of a house through a window opening, when the gable end of another house fell upon them and so severely hurt two of them, named Degges and Birch, that they were taken to the ,hospital and are not expected to recover. Another, named Bloomer, was very much hurt, but was taken home. The fourth named Bower, escaped. At a meeting of the Manchester shareholders of the Albert Insurance Society held yesterday, the scheme of reconstruction, proposed by the committee, was adopted. Mr. Morris, solicitor, made a long statement, shewing that the plan was the only one which could save the shareholders from ruinous loss. A resolution was also passed, that premiums due should be paid into the Agra Bank, and returned if the company should not be resuscitated. The directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce have appointed Mr. ohn Slagg, jun., and Mr. Benjamin Armitage directors, and Mr. Henry Adaworth, formerly President of the Chamber, to give evidence before the French committee of inquiry into the operation of the treaty of 18E0 on behalf of the cotton trade of Lanca shire. Inquests were held yesterday at Wroughton near Swindon, on the bodies of Miss Emily Kate Selling Farmer, daughter of a yeoman living at Wroughton, and her illegiti mate child. Miss Farmer, it will be remembered left hex father's home at night on Sunday, and was confined near Swindon reservoir. She threw the child which was born into the water, and died by the roadside, where her body was found the next morning. Tho jury returned a verdict in Miss Farmer's case that she died from her confinement and want of proper attention. In the case of the child the verdict was " Found drowned." Last night Mr. George Odger addressed a meeting of the Birmingham Land and Labour League. He urged the necessity of working men members being returned to Parliament. They were not properly represented at the present time, and never would be till some of their own class were in Parliament. He denounced those Liberals who, while professing to be their friends, were ever ready to op pose a working man candidate. - A resoluticn thanking the Government for the Parliamentary Election Procedure Bill, hut regretting that Mr. Fawcett's proposal to throw the legi timate expenses of elections on voters bad not been adopted, was carried unanimously. FREE RUSSIA. TC THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. May 9, 1870. SIR,—In justice to a gallant officer, who had to conduct a difficult operation in an unknown sea, and in completion of a curious episode in the history of our time—the miraculous defence of Solovetsk against an English squadron—l send you the fol lowing correspondence N‘ith Admiral Ommaney.— Very faithfully yours, W. HEPWORTH DIXON. " 6, Talbot-square, April 29, 1870. " Sir,—On perusing your work, just published, under the title of ' Free Russia, ' you have given me cause to feel deeply grieved with the manner in which you represented my conduct before the public, especially in chapter 13 on White Sea Great Miracle, respecting the operations of the Sea squadron at Solovetsk, in the late Russian war in 1854. You have no doubt prepared your narrative from the statements made by the Russians, which I beg to in form you are not correct. I could have wished that you had conferred with me and heard my version of that affair, before putting forth such inaccuracies, which seriously affect my reputation. " I infer from what you have written that the Russians concealed from you the facts connected with the military character of Solovetsk, and that they opened fire upon her Majesty's ships which were approaching the anchroage of Solovetsk with peaceful intentions, and desirous of respect ing the sacred character of the place. " I shall be glad to give you the full particulars of all that occurred, and can show you that we were fully justi fied in the act of retribution which we were compelled to inflict for the unprovoked insult to the British flag. " Having thus publicly exposed my conduct to the criticism of the world, and traduced the characters of British officers who had a painful duty to discharge, at the same time I feel sure that you have done so unintentionally ; but I must be allowed to appeal to your generosity, and ask you to take an opportunity to set me right before the public.—l , am, sir, your most obedient servant, ERASMUS OMMANEY, Vice-Admiral. " W. Hepworth Dixon, Esq." " 6, St. James's-terrace, April 30, 1870. " Sir,—On receipt of your note of yesterday, referring to the account in my book, Free Russia,' of the defence of the Convent of Solovetsk against the English squadron in 1854, I hasten to express my regret that any words of mine, even when wrongly read, should have caused you pain. I trust that when you turn to the passage again you will see that no word is said on my part that could suggest a doubt. The version is, as you say, the Russian version. As such I give it, not as a true statement of all the facts, but as a report from the other side,' sin gu l ar an d impres sive, as an illustration of native modes of thought. You will see that the attack and -defence of the convent fell into my plan, not as a series of events now passed, and matters of history, but as part of a g enera l p i c t ure o f an existing state of mind. " The facts on the English side are not very well known, if one may guess by conversations in clubs and at dinner tables, and a record from your pen, a s c hi e f i n comman d , would interest many persons. As you appeal to my generosity' to assist in setting you right, I beg to add that it would give me much pleasure to do everything in my power to that end. Such a statement would enable us to see a little more clearly than at present the reason for opening fire on the convent.—Ever faithfully yours, " W. HEPWORTH DIXON. " Rear-Admiral Ommaney." " 6, Talbot-square, May 5, 1870. " Sir,—Permit me to thank you for your courteous reply to my letter of the 29th ult., and to furnish you with a general statement of my operations at Solovetsk in 1854. Proceeding with her Majesty's ships, Brisk and Miranda, under orders, on an exploration o f th e Whi te Sea, we visited Solovetsk. On approaching the anchorage I placed the Miranda in advance of the Brisk to lead the way in, for the reason that she drew. less water, caution being ne cessary in navigating waters not without danger without any pilot on board. The Miranda was commanded by Captain Lyons, a gallant officer, who afterwards lost his life in the Crimean war. I was on board the Brisk, ad miring the imposing aspect of the monastery and its mas sive fortifications as we drew into the bay, when my attention was suddenly called to an exchange of shots be tween the Miranda and some field artillery drawn by horses which emerged from the woods adjacent to the monastery. With every desire to avoid hostilities with a locality bearing such a sacred character, I signalled the Miranda to anchor out of gunshot, and both ships did so about 4 p.m. on the 18th of July, and on inquiry, Captain Lyons in formed me the Russians were the first to fire ; before re senting this hostile act, I was anxious to ascertain whether it emanated from a military or an ecclesiastical authority. The same evening the enemy was observed throwing up an earth battery to the westward of the fortress. On seeing this I determined opening a communication by means of a flag of truce, and demandin g sa ti s f ac ti on, requ i r i ng t h e surrender of garrison and the munitions of war—fail ing to comply, the place would be bombarded. At day light on the following morning, the 19th July, the flag of truce was displayed from both ships ; an officer, accom panied by an interpreter, proceeded to the monastery with' my written conditions. On reaching the shore they were received by some monks and soldiers, both being armed with muskets and swords. A monk who spoke French in formed our officer that he was confined there for a political offence. We also learned that beside the garrison sta tioned there for the defence of the place arms were sup plied to the monks, who numbered about 300. A horse man was dispatched with my conditions to the monastery , when our officer returned to the Brisk, having agreed that we should send for the reply at the same time. " At the hour appointed a boat was seen coming off. dispatched the same officer and interpreter, and they /net the bearer of the Archimandrite's reply half way. The reply was evasive; declining to accede with my conditions, and the Archimandrite acknowledged himself to be the sole director of the military operations. At 8 a.m. the flag cd truec was hauled down, and the ships took up a position to bombard the place. We opened fire at 8.30. The earth work battery, skilfully thrown up on the crest of the hill, returned the fire • pieces of ordnance mounted in th e ' towers of the fortifications were fired at us besides. A desultory fire of musketry from several parts of the brushwood was directed at us, but their shorts fell short. In the course of an hour the battery was silenced, a s the guns were apparently dismantled, on which we suspended our fire ; after a time, the Russians had the temerity to rebuild the battery and remount the guns, when the fire was resumed on both sides. Our shots fell harmless on the massive breastwork which encloses the monastery; th e domes and roof work were the only portions of the building within range of our shot ; these were considerebly da maged, and believe, occasionally, on fire. The battery was silenced a second time ; the guns and soldiers dis appeared from our sight, and we concluded they were withdrawn into the forces. We fired an occasional shot at the monastery until the enemy ceased firing i n the afternoon, when the ships resumed their former anchor age in the bay. To make a reconnaissance of the defences of the monastery I landed on the small island of Pesi. My conclusions were that the place was unassailable by the small force at my command, nor had I the means of besieging it, so nothing more was to be done. w e remained quietly at anchor before the monastery until the following morning. No further intercourse transpired, and we, therefore, could not understand the amount of damage the enemy had sustained. Soon after daylight on the 20th we left the anchorage, feeling satisfied the Archi mandrite was punished for assuming the character of a , combatant. On my part, I approached the anchorage with every desire to respect the sacred character of the spot ' • had he acted like a man of peace it would ha ve accorded better with his sacred calling. Of course the Archimandrite had to make out a good case to the Empe ror, and he very adroitly turned it to his own advantage. I was exalted by him to the rank of an admiral, the cor vettes were magnified into frigates ; as to swearing round oaths, I never personally communicated with any one, neither did we leave Solovetsk with shame. " I gave the fullest credit to the gallantry and pluck which the Russians manifested at the battery ; non e but a skilled artillerist could have selected the admirable and advantageous position in which the guns were placed ; at the same time I should mention that owing to the nature of the coast navigation our nearest position to the monas tery was 1,600 yards, a longe range for damaging ston e ivalls. " What would the Emperor have said had he known that the Archimandrite assumed the offensive by being the first to open fire ? " But it is clear that he made good capital out of us for the benefit of his monastery ; legends and miracles are easily imposed upon a race who are slaves to superstition. From the benefits be has derived from my visit I think canonisation is my due. " I had the advantage of a very good interpreter with me, a gentleman who had been brought up in St. Peters burg, so that I had the means of obtaining pretty good information. We heard that Solovetsk was a state prison, and from your book this is a confirmed fact, and accounts for the place being garrisoned ; one consul who took- his passage home at the conclusion of the season assured me that 80 soldiers and eight guns were sent from Archangel before we entered the White Sea. " Having thus described circumstantially my proceed ings at Solovetsk, 16 years ago, I have always been de sirous of having full particulars of the place, and I dare say you can testify to the strength of its position in a. military point of view. However faithfully you have narrated the Russian version of the affair, I think you might have refrained from drawing analogies and conclu sions which can scarcely avoid prejudicing the mind of the general reader to my disadvantage. "'The term convent in the mind of the British public conveys the idea of an establishment of harmless nuns or monks ; to fire upon such a place would therefore be a sacrilegious act. You do not describe the true cha racter of the place in its simple purposes of monastery , fort, and prison. The Archimandrite was some tune chaplain in the army, and naval chaplain at Archangel. " I should also remind you that we were at war with Russia, and I did nothing but what was in accordance with the usages of war. I commanded a small force in a re mote sea, surrounded by the enemy's coasts ; we were cut off from all resources except those we carried with us ; we had to navigate a dangerous sea to which we were strangers ; we had to blockade and harass the enemY's ports and trade. Altogether I believe it was the most arduous duty which fell to a vaval officer's lot in the Russian war. " In conclusion, I express a hope that should you bring out another edition of your work, you will do me the jus tice to add a note to the end of your miracle chapter, or in the preface, to exonerate your countrymen from the ride' culous position in which you have placed them, as I think that I have shown you that the Russians brought upon themselves the attack upon Solovetsk. The attack was not made hastily, or without due consideration of the unpleasant duty which circumstances imposed upon rar ; nor did we retire with shame, as you have expressed it. Excuse my lengthy communication.—l remain, sir, faith fully yours, "ERASMUS OMMANEY. " H. W. Hepworth Dixon, Esq." " St. James's-terrace, May 7, IS 7O . " Sir,—Your note of Thursday, May 5, completes a curious story, which I will gladly lay before the public in your own words. In the next edition of ' Free Russia' I will also give your letter of explanation a conspicuo us place. Permit me to add two words, one on th e part of my monastic hosts, the other on my own. Exe . eP t on the important point of which side opened fire there „„is general agreement between the two stories as to facts. w attacked, faile4 withdrew. The Archimandrite conduce the defence. The fortress- walls were not injured ;we domes of church and chapel were struck and burnt. " retired, you say, because the place was ' too s trong. They say the same thing ; only they believe that th? strength was not in the rusty guns and ancient pikes, bu in the miraculous portrait of the Mother of God. " Excuse me for repeating that I have nowhere adopted'the monkish facts, nor have r anywhere ' drawn analogi es and conclusions' from those facts. • I have told the story from their point of view, as they tell it, and as an illustra tion of their state of mind. A sense of art would keep man from forcing any personal views into another insn' ° story, just as his respect for a noble profession would keeP him from censuring operations of which he was no fitting judge.—Very faithfully yours, "W. HEPWORTH DI:KOS . " Rear-Admiral Ommaney." By command of the Queen a State Concert WO given last evening at Buckingham Pahce, to which a par t y of upwards of seven hundred was invited. Amongst the company were their Royal Highnesses the Prince an cl , Princess of Wales, the Princess Louise, the Duke a nu , Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Christian. The ba nd and chorus, consisting of upwards of 160 performers, v( 818 selected from the Italian Operas, the Philharmonic Lo u Sacred Harmonic Societies, and her Majesty's Private Baud' His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been graciously pleased to announce that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales will accompany him on the occasion ° f his Royal Highness's opening the new schools for the chil dren of seamen an i others, in connection with St. Pol l% ock-street, London Docks, the church for seamen of th e port of London, about the end of June. - , , The marriage of the Hon. Elizabeth Denison, daughter of the late Lord Londesborough, and the Rev. Mr' Dickinson, son of the late Sir Richard P. Dickinson, K.C. 6 •1 is to be solemnised to-day. Sir John Simeon, M.P., is ordered by his medical advisers to the Continent. The annual meeting of the Surrey Club was hel d yesterday at the Bridge House Hotel, Southwa k. balance sheet showed that the recei is for the year bto b e £4440 and the payments .£!,020, leaving £420 in hand In the evening th members d ned together in the larg.i hall of the hotel. Mr. HEPWORTH DIXON'S "FREE RUSSIA.”--r" Emperor of Russia has ex ressed, through Prince Gortscba koff, his thanks for a copy of Mr. Hepworth Dixon's svorl. "Free Russia," which the author had presented to his Majesty. THE ALBERT INSURANCE SOCIETY.—At a meeting of the Manchester shareholders of the Albert Insuraue° Society, held yesterday, the scheme of reconstruction Pr °- posed by the committee was adopted. The Emperor has appointed Count Beust Chau cellor of the Order of Maria Theresa. It is stated, observes the Church Herald, tha t the Right Hon. W. E. Forster, Vice-President of the B°a rd of Education, is unbaptised, tit A lively young barrister has been brought up ff the Dublin Police-court, charged with wrenching ° knockers, and sent to gaol for a month. Lord Elliot arrived on Saturday at Constantinoplef to resume the duties of his post there, after an a bsence ° six months. Mr. Isaac Butt, Q.C., has been named as the can: didate of the Liberal party for the vacant seat in the re presentation of Dublin. A woman named Hannah Norman was y esterdilY charged, at the Worksop Police-court, with attenaPtijel; to drown her daughter. On Saturday night, whe n the influence of drink, she dragged her daughter, age a t ', to a well, and was raising the cover to throw her in, Niro a constable fortunately interfered. FALL OF A WOODEN CHURCH.—The ro of ark ,f . t , large wooden church in course of erection in Bernar.di street, Bridgeton. It had - been completed all but plot:t p u tting on of the slates. Workmen had been engage d. this portion of the work, but the weight proved too for the sides, which were pressed outwards, thus leavi the roof without support. A number of the worknou were buried partly in the debris, but with one exc e p tio none were seriously injured. It is fortunate the acciden, did not occur on Sunday. when the church was open for public worship. At one service that day some 200 children were in the building. 1 • etiv 1- I g• r _ /lin T ar 0-- e• tl4l. 0, 44 " '1. 1 ) D D o D" )I, tr ° ° Do