The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-27 00:00:00

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 ; Mr. 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, ls.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. - L -1 4 MOSES and SON, I' • CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STREBT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROM) and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dress Oxford Camb. Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. 265. 255. 17s. 18s. SOS. SOs. 21s. 225. 85s. 858. 28s. 288. —.—. 4.28. 425. SOs. 325. 60s. 508. 325. 365. Ms. 60s. 425. 425. Also at Also at Also at Also at hprices. other prices. other prices other prices MOSES and SON beg to remind t 12,1 • that the cheapness of an article depends eni quality, and they venture to affirm that every article is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained ho ise in England. the public ►tirely on its sold by them at any other E MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONITNUED: OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. Summer Tourist Summer Dress 4, Suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.-La Sonnambula. 8.30 p.m. 245. 245. 10s. 6d. 15s. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.-I1 Trovatore. 8.30 p.m. HAYMARKET-At Seven, Married Life. Home. FamilyJara. 28s. 28s. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. ADELPUI-At Seven, The Robust Invalid. Free Labour. 365. 365. 14s. 18s. PRINCE OF WALES'S-At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. 40s. 425. 15s. 6d. 21s. LYCEUM-At 7.30, His Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8.30, Little Faust. 455. 48s. 17s. 6d. 245. GAIETY-At Seven,Our Clerks. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S-At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. 555. 525. 20s. 265. VAUDEVILLE-Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. Also at Also at Also at Also at ST. JAttEs's-At Seven, Paul Pry. La Belle Sauvage other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices Woopp's CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH Bo( K. Egyptian Hall, Pic p.m. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—ll Trovatore. 8.30 p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, Married Life. Home. FamilyJara. ADELPUI—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 8.30, Little Faust. GAIETY—At Seven,Our Clerks. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. ST. J.kmEs's—At Seven, Paul Pry. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BoC K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn icgs at 3. Admission ls, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every N fight, at 8 ; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily t except Sun days). Admission, is. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME Tusseun's EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.sn. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 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. T 1 MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li , T of T 1 BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. 13s. 6d, 16s. 6d, Eton I Brighton 1 Harrow Suits. I Suits. I Suits. 15s. 1 18s. 19s. I 235. I 235. 265. I 265. 325. 1 325. 30s. I 365. I 365. 48s. I 48s, Also at Also at i Also at I Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices. EMOSES and SON supply every description of . 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. B. 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 MTNORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD, COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. ALL THE GREAT FOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AT FOUR. ONE SHILLING DAY. Velocipedes, Rowing Boats, Canoes, Cricket, Quoits, Croquet, and innumerable out-door amusements. CRYSTAL PALACE. THIS DAY.-SHIL LING DAY. Palace open for admission .. .. .. 10 till 7. 0 Orchestral Band .. .. .. .. 1.30 and 4.30 Display of all the Great Fountains .. .. 4. 0 Festival Organ for promenade until .. .. 8. 0 Fine Arts and Industrial Court, Picture Gallery, Statuary, powers, Portraits, Busts, Birds Singing, Fountains Playing, &c. FIREWORKS 9.30 TO-MORROW.- ONE SHILLING DAY.—Military and Orchestral Bands, &c. Magnificent Display and Illumination of Fountains and Ter races. CRYSTAL PALACE.-CORONATION DAY.- TO-MORROW. GREAT POPULAR FETE. Magnificent Display of Fireworks and special Illumination of Great Foun tains, Terrace Fountains, Water Temples, and entire Park. Grand as the fireworks are, it is only because allied with the displays of fountains, the terraces, statuary, flower beds, and the beautiful structure of the Palace itself, that they become so unsurpassable. Attempts at firework displays elsewhere sink into insignificance when compared with those given at the Palace, where the Fountains, Terraces, Gardens, and Palace themselves give the displays their chief charm. This Grand Pyrotechnic Display, made as usual by Mr. C. T. Brock, the Company's Pyrotechnist, will include—the Great Floral Devices (100 feet in diameter) ; a Special Set Piece appropriate to the occasion ; immense Cascades of Fire, Mammoth Coloured Shells, Parachute Rockets, Magnesium Balloons, and all the startling effects of recent displays. At four o'clock, Randegger's comic operetta, " The Rival Beauties." Characters by Mr. W. H. Cummings, Mr. Maybrick, Mr. Marier, Miss Elene Angele, Miss Edith Wynne. Full orches tral band. The operetta conducted by the composer. A Billiard Match (1.000 up) will be played by Messrs. Cook and. Roberts after the Operetta. The table will be placed immedi ately in front of the Handel Orchestra. • Extra trains from all stations. Admission as usual, one shilling, or by guinea season tickets. Stalls for operetta, billiard match, or fireworks, 2s. 6d.; reserved seats, Is. NOTE.—Palace brilliantly illuminated for Promenade until 10. B ILLIARD MATCH between Messrs. COOK and ROBERTS, TO-MORROW, about 6.0. CRYSTAL PALACE, TO-MORROW, at 4.0. Randegger's Comic Operetta THE RIVAL BEAUTIES. Sir Percy Ringwood . .. Mr. W. H. Cummings. Stephen Lynn, a miller . .. Mr. Maybrick.. Tom Deloraine . .. Mr. Marten Lady Edith Carleton .. .. Miss Elena Angele. Alice Lynn . .. Miss Edith Wynne. Full Orchestral Band of the Company. The operetta con ducted by the composer. No extra charge. Admission to Palace and Theatre as usual, one shilling. CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT CHORAL GATHERING.-5,000 CHILDREN of the METROPOLI TAN SCHOOLS COMMITTEE. Conductor, Mr. John Hullah. Organist, Mr. E. J. Hopkins. Concert at Three on Great Handel Orchestra. Programme includes :—The Prayer from " Moses in Egypt ; " Chorus " Sing unto God " (Handel) ; Part Songs, " Auld Lang Syne," "Cherry Ripe," "The Minstrel Boy," &c. At a similar gathering last week more than 20,000 visitors were attracted. Admission is., or by Guinea Season Tickets. Stalls 2s. 6d., now ready. NOT BING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. GOSNE lA, 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. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, V 3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, 14. C. T ORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY ej 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 ls. 6d Ned Bull Wharf, 03, Upper Thames street, London. THE LATES I E 1) ITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS End SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road London. , 4 4 4 , ';D10P-v'UL . - ORNING EDITION. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1870. Supposing the Legislative Body should, as is very probable, take a favourable view of the appeal re cently addressed to its sense of justice by the Princes of the House of Orleans—who are still, as they have been for these last twenty-two years, exiles here in England—the return to France of the Comte de PARIS, of the Duo de CHARTRES, of the Duc D'Au- MALE, and of the Prince de JOINVILLE will only more conspicuously than ever signalise the consolidation of the Liberalised Empire under Napoleon 111. The law requiring to be repealed, that of the 26th of May, 1848, was one passed by the Republican Assembly. Directly or indirectly,; his Majesty had nothing what ever to do.with it. By sweeping it aside or allow ing it, in the course of things, to be swept aside by the Legislature of France, now, under his own regime, the Emperor will in no way be dero gating from his own dignity, he will be con ceding nothing that can militate against his own in terests, he will, in point of fact, be materially strengthening his dynastic position by an act of sig nal and conspicuous magnanimity. Under the elder branch of the House of BOURBON, the Imperial family were one and all, without exception, pro scribed. Their proscription was continued inexorably after the accomplishment of the Revolution of July. And, considering the daring attempts made—only a little prematurely, as history has long since demon strated (the pear simply not being then ripened)—at Strasburg and at Boulogne, it could be no wonder to H. I. H. Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON, that the general or comprehensive proscription of the whole race of BONAPARTE applied more stringently and more pointedly than ever during the reign of Louis PHILIPPE, to the head of the Imperial house, to the heir of the great EMPEROR. Throughout the whole of their sojourn as exiles, here, in England, at Clare mont and at Twickenham, the Princes of the House of Orleans have never once acted to wards France and the French Government, other wise than with loyal impassibility. There has been no scheming, or plotting, or intriguing of any kind, with a view to the recovery of their lost position, any more than there has been any attempt of that character on the part of the solitary representative of the other branch of the House of Bourbon, the Comte DE CHAMBORD, or HENRI CINQ, as he is called among his adherents. The Emperor NAPOLEON 111., with honour to him self and without running in any way the hazard of jeopardising the tranquility of France, might very reasonably, as he will in all human probability, con cede both to the chief of the Bourbons and to the whole of the Orleans Princes, the right claimed by the latter of entering France simply as Frenchmen, that is as merely pri vate individuals. His Majesty's position is so securely strengthened, his authority as a constitutional so vereign is so firmly consolidated, his dynastic in terests have been so recently guaranteed by upwards of seven million affirmative votes, his personal popu larityis so unmistakably assured, that he has nothing to lose, it will be, on the contrary, wholly and simply to the good, his once more showing himself, in another striking instance, resplendent in his magnanimity. He has done so before now on memorable occasions. He did so when he re leased ABD-EL.KADER from captivity. lie did so when he had BERANGER interred with full military honours. Let him show himself yet more signally magnanimous, now, in the instance of these Princes of the House of Orleans, by permitting them freely to take their place among his subjects as only so many, Frenchmen the more, as so many added units to the aggregate of the population. Mn. HARDY'S hint as to what would happen to the Land Bill in " another place " is being amply realised. The peers are continuing their huckstering with the utmost energy. On Thursday the Conserva tive majority in the Upper House contrived to reduce the scale of compensation for arbitrary disturbance of the tenant in his holding, so that a £2O occu- THE b UN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING „JU:‘ E 27, 1870. pier will be paid a maximum of only four years' rent. This proviso in itself spoils the measure; but the Peers persevered in the good work on Friday even ing. It will be remembered that the bill prohibits sub-letting of a holding—that is, it debars from com pensation any tenant who sublets his farm without his landlord's consent. An exception to this rule against sub-letting was made in favour of agricultural labourers; and it was provided that a tenant might sublet half an acre to a' bona fide labourer employed in the cultivation of the farm. The, Peers have struck out this exception ; and thus, with a prohibi tion of conacre which they agreed to on the previous evening, the only stipulations in favour of the paid servant vanish from the bill. The original measun provided that by granting a thirty-one years' lease, a landlord might withdraw his property from the clauses touching compensation. The object of the measure is to give security to the tenant. If the owner arbitrarily evicts, he must pay; but if he will forego his power of evic tion, by granting a lease, it is just that he should be relieved from payment. Hence the lease proviso. The Peers, however, have decided to reduce the extent of the lease required to absolve the landlord from the bill to twenty-one years. The value of the measure as one for ensuring the tenant security is thus impaired, for twenty-one years' safe possession is scarcely enough to obviate those evils which are now the effect of year to year tenures. If the com pensation clause be a great burden, as some landlords profess to think it, a thirty-one, years' lease is surely no very hard condition of escape. It is useless to provide compensation for the tenant, and allow the owner to evade it by con ceding a lease of no great value. Not content, how ever, with this side attack upon the compensa tion clause, the House passed an amendment making £5O the highest value of a holding for which disturbance compensation can be claimed— instead of £lOO as in the measure. This amendment was proposed in the House of Commons, and was met by the obvious reply that if a landlord had to pay nothing for holdings over £5O a year, he would be straightway tempted to consolidate his land into farms above the maximum and thus escape from the bill altogether. But this consideration weighed nothing with the Peers. The Duke of RICHMOND voted with the Government; but. the bulk of the Conservatives followed the Marquis of SALISBURY, and the amendment was carried. These changes are to be regretted on many con siderations. They bode no good to the relations be tween the two houses. They form, too, another example of the detestable practice so common in the English Parliament of professing to agree with the principle of a bill, and afterwards whittling away its details until that principle is rendered comparatively inoperative. This is the task the Peers are actively engaged in. The bill is one for thb protection of Irish tenants. The House of Lords is making amendment after amendment in the interests of Irish landlords. An alteration here and there might not matter, but the collective effect of all the changes will be precisely the effect which the Upper House is so fond of producing. The Peers delight in keeping the word of promise to the ear of the nation, and breaking it to the hope. Happily there is a Lower House, which at present displays a better disposition. 'To the Lower House the amendments must come. If it be fair for Mr. HARDY to suggest what the Peers might do, it is still more reasonable for the public to express their wish respecting the course of their own repre sentatives. It is needful—even the Lords agree—to pass a Land Bill this year ; and it is equally needful that the measure should be no mere delusion, but a reality, and calculated, as far as possible, to achieve the object sought. If the nation has set its heart upon justice to Ireland, it is not for a few landowners to frustrate the desire. There is another consideration of some importance suggested by the progress, of this committee on the Land Bill. Who is the leader of the Opposition ? The election of the Duke of RICHMOND with many professions of attachment was an admirable cere mony; but that the Duke is no more than a figure head leader seems well-nigh established by the fact that on the first important occasion under his guidance Lis party broke away from him and fol lowed the Marquis of SALISBURY. Of course the party retains the right to choose its own leader, but as it openly professes to retain a veto on the legis lation of the people, it is just as well that an anxious public should know who the leading person age is. Mr. GILPIN'S complaint that too much labour at untimely hours is inflicted on the House of Commons was open to only one answer : Parliament must call in assistance. It cannot have longer sittings, for if it began sooner, it must leave off later; it will not sit during the autumn months ; and the business of the country is at present most inadequately done. Here are sufficient reasons. Notwithstanding the late hours of which Mr. GILPIN complains, the Legislature never gets through one half the work which is cut out for it at the begin ning of the year. The obvious inference is that some of the duties which are now attempted must be transferred to another body, in order that Parliament may be left free for the functions which properly belong to it. The idea of Parliament delegating its duties looks alarming ; but it is not proposed that it should abandon any power which the nation could reasonably desire it to keep. In former times Parliament never made laws, but merely sketched them out, leaving it to the judges to arrange the details. Some process of the kind is required now. If the House of Commons left a great many matters of routine, and especially the work of codification, which it at present wastes its time over, to a body of competent jurists, there would be better opportunity for considering important reforms which are now kept waiting, like a suit in Chancery. Moreover, it might be hoped that our legislation would, under these circumstances, become. more accurate. At present law-making is in a disgraceful state. The Acts of Parliament which yearly receive the Royal assent are so full of blunders—mistakes and commissions —that thousands of pounds are annually spent by private persons in suits to determine the meaning of doubtful points. Parliament in fact now delegates its powers through its own4ncapacity. The judges make well nigh as much 'law as the Legislature, and the public at large bear the expense of the precedents established in litigation. One of our legal contemporaries has published a list of some of the more notorious omissions in Acts of Par liament. We have not space to enumerate half of them. One blunder alone—a bungling section of the Companies Act passed in 1862—must have cost the public tens of thousands. The County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Act of 1865 contained two stupendous errors, so that the Legisla ture itself had to interfere to amend it, and then the amending provisions themselves proved erroneous. The Workshops Acts, the County Court Act of 1868, the Act for the Protection of Seabirds, the Judgment Acts, and many others contain errors which render some parts of them doubtful of application or easy of evasion. Many of these mistakes creepin during the process of amendment in committee. These might at least be avoided. If Parliament cannot trust any of its business to other hands, it might at any rate consent to a process of revision after amendment. On dit, that the author of " Lothair " realised £9,000 before the fourth edition of his work appeared. TOPICS OF THE DAY. distinguished for their physical powers of endurance, as well as for their courage on the field of battle. The heroic and almost superhuman marches of the . English Army during the Indian Mutiny are not yet forgotten, for it was to those efforts that General Havelock and Lord Clyde owed their successes — successes that enabled them to preserve the lives of thousands of their countrymen. The accounts given by disinterested witnesses of the march of the 94th Regiment are heartrending. On Monday they marched from Woolwich to Kingston, a distance of twenty two miles, in the hottest part of the day. On Tuesday the regiment made a further march of eighteen miles, and on Wednesday nine miles more. The . thermometer stood at from 80 to 84 degs. in the shade, and as if the heavy clothing were not encumbrance enough under a scorching sun, the men marched in their shakos, enveloped in oil skin. A correspondent states that he saw the regiment toiling along the Wands worth-road, and in ten minutes seven men actually fell down, and there were many more lying on the footway in a fainting condition. So numerous were the cases of prostration that it was impossible for the surgeons to look after all. They could only attend to the more serious ones. The accounts are unanimous in describing the condition of the men as pitiable in the extreme. That a searching examination ought to take place into the whole affair no one can doubt ; and it is to be hoped that the sufferings of the 94th Regiment will be remembered in the punishment that may be awarded to the inconsiderate discipli narian, who has subjected English soldiers to such gross cruelty. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, at 7, MARRIED LIFE ; Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe. Mr Kendal, Mr Rogers, Mrs Chip pendale, Mrs Frank Matthews, Mrs E. Fitzwilliam, Miss 0. Hiil, Mrs Laws. After which, at 8.30. "HOME." Kr Sothern, Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr Buckstone, jun., Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss Fanny Uwynne, and Miss Caroline Concluding with FAMILY JABS. Mr Compton. 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. Aftei 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 Soldene. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs 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 ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque, DON CARL' )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 opea 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, Tur ner, Joyce ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Bufton, Hughes. And THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Mr. D. James. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at Mr. BEAUMONT'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand rrHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at L W. SMITH'S lc Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden . town. THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock. a Mr. GiuszAtes, "The Wheatsheaf," High-street, Camden-town. THE EDUCATION DIVISION, The test division on the Education Bill has been taken, and the strength of the Secularists has been tested. Mr. Henry Richard brought forward an amendment to the motion that tho Speaker do leave the chair to the effect that the grants to existing denominational schools should not be increased, and that, in any national system of elementary educa tion, the- attendance should be everywhere compul sory, and the religious instruction supplied by voluntary effort not out of public funds. Upon this amendment, the House of Commons has been debating the whole of the week, and it has now been thrown out by 421 to 60. The list requires very little description. The sixty were composed of the below gangway Liberals—Mr. Fawcett, Sir C. W. Dilke, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Winterbotham, and hoc genus onzne. No Con servative joined this knot of sixty. On the other side was a formidable array of Ministerialists and Conservatives combined, many of the Opposition leaders going into the same lobby with the Government. This division may be considered to dispose of the great objection of prin ciple to the bill. The details which remain to be disputed are not likely to unite any formidable ele ments of hostility. EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND. It was announced a few days ago that the Govern ment had promised—not a little to the astonishment of most people—to guarantee a loan of one million for New Zealand, the money to be expended in public works and in promoting emigration. A Par liamentary paper just issued tells us what ale scheme of emigration is to be. The New Zealand authorities intend to appoint agents in England to select emigrants, who will be required to furnish only so much towards their passage as would suffice to take them to America—from £2 to £4 each adult. Tlie remainder of the passage money, amounting to about £l2 each adult, will be defrayed by the Colonial Government out of this loan. The New Zealand authorities thus hope to introduce 30,000 emigrants to the colony in the course of the next eight years. There can be no doubt that such a scheme will prove of much benefit to New Zealand. Emigrants at present prefer America, mainly because of the small cost involved in getting there; but now that the New Zealand Government offers a passage for the money that is needed to cross the Atlantic, many people will doubtless be glad to go to the fine southern colony. At the same time there can be little doubt that in guaranteeing this loan, Earl Granville has departed from the policy to which he has hitherto adhered so rigidly. He him self admits it. In a despatch announcing his consent he says :--" I trust that the decision of her Majesty's Government to waive the objections which attach to the guarantee of colonial loans, will be received by the colonists of New Zealand as a proof of the deep interest which they feel in the welfare and pros perity of this great possession of the Crown." THE DIFFERENCES AT THE ADMIRALTY. It is stated through a trustworthy source that it is most probable that both Sir Spencer Robinson, the Controller of the Navy, and Mr. Reed, the Con structor, will remain in office. The matter, how ever, has not been finally decided, the case being in all its particulars one of an exceedingly perplexing cha racter. The United States Gazette expresses some gratification at the possibility of new hands being grafted into the Executive Department of the ser vice, and it declares, that although there is no doubt that the allies have wisely seen their threat to be ineffective, and consented not to vacate their seats, still it would be felt as an insult to the services if their conduct were passed over and their resignations not accepted. The Army and Navy Gazette does not view the matter in the same light; that and other military journals believe that the differences (which solely arise out of Sir Spencer having felt himself aggrieved in being placed on the retired list,) if they had ended in the retirement of the two officers, might have considerably affected. the administration of naval affairs, and brought about changes anything but desirable at this crisis. Cap tain Robert Hall, C. 8., the present superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard, would, in all probability, have been the officer who would have been asked to All Sir Spencer Robinson's position, had he retired, and Mr. Reed's office, there is reason to believe, might have been offered to Philip Thornton, Esq., the present master shipwright at Chatham. A MAMMOTH GUN. A. colossal piece of artillery is now in course o f construction in the Royal Gun Factories at Wool wich, orders having been given for a 35-ton gun. It is to be an enlarged specimen of the "Woolwich Gun," a coil gun on the Frazer principle, with fewer parts than the Armstrong and less cost, but greater strength. The new gun is about 16 feet with a maximum diameter of 56 inches and a calibre of 111 inches. It will be composed of six pieces, of which the breech coil will be the principal, weighing 20 tons out of the 35. It will consist of two bars of iron coiled one over the other, one of them being 200 feet long, the other 170, and the work of coiling up these bars while red-hot, and of pounding the double coil by the largest steam hammer in the Arsenal, will be one of the most interesting of the various processes of construction. The trunnion hoop is another important part of the gigantic weapon of destruction. It will be the largest solid forging of the kind ever made. Twenty tons of iron will be worked en masse under the Nasmyth hammer, and when made solid a hole is punched through the centre, corresponding in size to the body of the gun. The Woolwich monster will require an aperture forty inches in diameter in the trunnion hoop, and a fortnight's incessant work, night and day, will be needed to complete the forging. When finished, this part of the gun will weigh fifteen tons, and then will come the last and heaviest undertaking, the welding of the trunnion hoop on to the breech coil. The Americans make smooth-bore guns of fifteen inches in diameter, and though rifled guns cannot be made of equivalent size according to our present method, it is not impro bable that the latter may reach a larger diameter than even the great experiment at AN oolwich. THE DRESS OF NAVAL OFFICERS. Officers in the Navy it appears suffer under a most unpleasant grievance with respect to their dress. When invited in any number to a levee, dinner, ball, or evening party, they are in grave doubt as to what particular garments to put on, and probably when they arrive at the entertainment they have the happiness of discovering that their brother officers are clad insuits totally different to theirs. The difficulty arises in consequence of each officer being obliged to provide himself with two suits, to be worn on special occasions. These are both handsome, although one is described in the Navy list as undress. They are, however, very opposite, the coat of one being single-breasted and open, while the other, in accordance with the prevailing taste of the officers themselves, is double-breasted. Serious incon venience and anxiety of mind is said to result often in consequence of this diversity of dress, and strong efforts have at last been commenced with a view of removing it, by providing for the abolition of the open coats. Cocked hats are worn with either set of garments, and -the officers think that nothing looks so ridiculous or unsailor-like as these ornaments on occasions when loose and civilian-like garments are worn as well. A DAY'S MARCH. The march of the 94th Regiment from Woolwich to Aldershott will not be forgotten in the annals of the corps. The soldiers of the British Army are THE NEWARK ACCIDENT. In anticipation of heavy damages for death and injury resulting from the Newark accident, the Stock Exchange already views unfavourably the shares of the Great Northern and Sheffield companies, who are interested. The Solicitors' Journal thinks this depreciation very premature. Precedents shew that it will be very difficult to bring home liability to either of the injured companies. The case of " Redhead v. the Midland Railway Company " finally settled that companies were liable only for negligence, and not as insurers. None of the guards, drivers, or signalmen displayed any negligence in this case. The waggons of the goods train were all examined shortly before the accident, and it does not follow that the inspection was insufficient, for defects in iron are frequently incapable of detection. As regards the Sheffield Company, if they knowingly sent on to the Great Northern line a defective waggon, it is possible that they might be held responsible, but it is un likely that any knowledge of the defect can be brought home to . them. NEGLIGENCE AT SEA. The case of the Carnatic is a remarkable example of the doctrine that negligence only makes carrying owners liable for damages to their passengers. Hitherto attempts to procure damages in case of shipwreck have been very unsuccessful, owing to the difficulty of proving negligence against the owners or their servants. But in the case of the Carnafic the jury thought there was no doubt about the mat ter. This steamer struck on a coral reef in the Red Sea several months ago. The accident happened in the night and the vessel remained on the reef until the afternoon of the following day, when she sank, and some of the persons on board were drowned. The cap tain did not attempt to save them before the final catas trophe, as he was in hopes of getting off the ship. The jury thought that risking the lives of passengers for the bare chance of saving the vessel was negli gence, and awarded £3,000 damages in the case just decided. This verdict must be regarded as an im portant precedent. LEGAL UTILITIES. Some odd thirigs turn up now and then in the evidence given before the Judicature Commission. One officer of a local London court admitted that his jurisdiction was obsolete and that his establishment did no business; but defended its existence, on the ground that the expenses, amounting to several hundreds per annum, being paid out of corporate funds, were not paid by the pub lic, who had, therefore, no right to complain. This logical gentleman added that, as the court did no business, it could do no harm, and therefore ought not to be meddled with. Here is a fine plea for the existence of useless persons as well as useless things. They can do no harm. How speedily the common law courts, and especially those rascally county courts, which sometimes " bustle through" several hundred cases in a day, ought to be cleared off on this principle ! Another gentleman told the commission that his court had only had four cases to try within the year. It was highly popular, and the county court was regarded as an intruder. The people liked this court because it was their own— though it is wonderful that they did not come into it a little oftener. AN UNWELCOME ATTENDANT. Pending the reorganisation of the metropolitan police force, which, it is to be presumed, is now being pushed forward with all the assiduity and zeal so characteristic of the authorities of Scotland-yard, it may be useful to call attention to a novel illustration of the variety of uses to which a policeman may be put. A correspondent, who signs himself" A Hospital Visitor," writing to the Times, says that in one of our larger hospitals may generally be seen in some comfor table nook, close to the fire in winter, a constable in uni form. Lest the curious inquirer should fail to dis cover the business of this well-drilled, military looking personage, the correspondent is kind enough to take us into his confidence. He is put there to watch the occupant of a particular bed in that ward. The man or woman is at once seen to be in a thoroughly helpless condition, pale as deatd, with throat enveloped in bandages—in fact a case of attempted suicide. It is the duty of the constable to prevent the hetpless patient from running away, and his presence is doubtless of great use in preventing his recovery. If the in valid were one •of those persons who at times come before the magistrates under the Habitual Criminals Act, the presence of constable 999 L might be valued by the public, but that he should be enjoy ing his cosy retreat while garrotters and jewel robbers are having their own way outside, is to say the least of it, not productive of pleasant feelings in the breast of the tax-hampered Englishman. WOMEN AND MEDICINE. The unrestrained admission of women to the practice of medicine is not very favourably regarded by the general faculty ; but there is evidently a disposition in some quarters to meet the aspirations of the sex half-way. Dr. Bennett for instance suggests that we should adopt in . England the French system of divid ing the practice of midwifery between the medical men and qualified women. In Paris there is a large midwifery hospital to which women students alone are admitted. When duly qualified, they receive a diploma, and settle in practice in town and country. As a rule every midwife selects a medical man as her consultant, her referee, her supporter in difficulty ; and the great majo rity make a point of applying to these " consul tants " in difficult or dangerous cases. The regular practitioners thus undertaking only the most abstruse problems in the vt, the French doctors receive much higher fees for midwifery than their Eng lish brethren, though medicine generally is better paid in England. Dr. Bennett thinks that this plan of women co-operating with men, instead of rivalling them, would find favour hi England. Doctors wou ld be glad to give up some of the drudgery which too often, under present circumstances, breaks down their health. And the public prejudice against women practitioners would disappear so soon as it was known that they were competent. FATAL CRICKET. The other day Summers, of the Notts Comity Eleven, a most respected professional, was struck by a ball on Lord's Ground and killed. This melancholy event is the first instance of a fatal accident ever known in a first class or even a second class match. It appears from the great authority on the subject—Lillywbite—that only three authentic case s of death from cricket are on record. In 1856 abo y named Simpson, nine years of age, was killed at Cambridge ; in 1859 a fatal accident occurred at Gorton to a youth of nineteen; and in 1860 another youth of the same age was killed in Denaerara. An athletic sport which has been carried on with enthusiasm by Englishmen throughout the century, and which has produced only four fatal casualties in so many years, cannot be esteemed very hazardous, however much we may deplore this particular misfortune. No . active sport is abs olutely secure from danger. Nevertheless the death of Summers does point a moral, and it is di rected against Lord's Ground. That wretched piece of turf is advantageous from its excellent situation, but it possesses uo other merit whatever. It is hilly, lumpy, and unsound. It is true that nobody has ever been killed on it before, but no match passes off without some player being bruised. SLEEPING IN CHURCH. Rhode Island may be a very pretty place to live in, but for poor mortals who are apt to relieve the tediu m of a dull sermon by enjoying a few winks in church it is a decidedly objectionable island. - A. man in Rhode Island has been sent to gaol for ten days for sleeping in church. The report fails, however, to state whether the wicked criminal snored or not, but from the exceptional severity of the sentence, it is evident that the wicked criminal was not content with silently protesting against the too lengthy sermon, but ac tually made audible confession of his opinion. It is fortunate that Rhode Island law is not a part of the constitution of England, else it is to be feared that the number of prisoners would be so large that the preacher would be under the necessity of delivering his sermon to empty pews. zt ha , — xrurtStri fat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 26. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, at tended divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Rev. C. J. Vaughan, D.D., Master of the Temple, preached the sermon. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Prince and Princess of Wales's dance at Marlborough House. The Prince and Princess of Wales gave a garden party on Saturday afternoon at Chiswick, at whioh there was a large attendance. Mrs. E. Marjoribanks' first dance, Mrs. Washington Hibbert's second dance, 34, Dover- street. The Hurlingham Club—Return match between the Lords and Commons. Military bands in attendance. Mr. Henry Holmes's morning concert, under the special patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Stafford House, by kind permis sion of the Duke of Sutherland. At Lord's Ground (grand cricket match)—Oxford Univer sity v. Cambridge. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS-TO-DAY. The Ethnological Society at 8 p.m.—" Opening of the Park Cwm Tumulus," Sir John Lubbock ; " Opening of Grim's Graves, Norfolk," Rev. Canon Greenwell ; " Discovery of Platycnemic Men in Denbighshire," Mr. W. B. Dawkins and Professor Busk. The United Service Institution at 8.30 p.m.—`• On a Very Heavy Breechloading Gun," Captain J. P. Morgan. DEATH OF PROFESSOR SYME The death of Professor James Syme, surgeon to her Majesty in Scotland, and late Professor of Clinical Sur gery in Edinburgh University, took place on Satudray at his residence Millbank, near Edinburgh, after a few weeks' prostration from a second attack of paralysis. THE ROYAL ENGINEERS.--.The numerical strength of the officers of Royal Engineers is to be considerably increased, in view mainly of the urgent prospective re quirements of the Public Works Department of India. The precise mode of carrying out the augmentation must depend upon the recommendations of Captain Vivian's committee on the promotion in the scientific corps. In all probability the additions to the Royal Engine ers will be made gradually, rank by rank, from the lowest commis sioned grade upwards. THE ADMIRALTY RESIGNATIONS.—In any event the reports circulated last week, as if on authority, an nouncing the resignation of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, as Controller, and Mr. Edward J. Reed, as Chief Constructor, of the Navy, would have been premature. They were, to say the least, based on a very erroneous misconception of the facts, and now, we believe, they may be regarded as completely out of date, all foundation for them having passed away.—Telegraph. The thermometer in London, at eight o'clock in the morning, was only 56 degrees. At two in the after noon it had risen to 66 degrees. The fall in temperature, although general all over the British Isles, is most notice able along the south-east stations of England. The winds have all veered to north and north-north-west. The sky is still cloudy. The sea is nearly calm. A. prisoner has escaped from the Tiverton borough gaol in a rather ingenious manner. He was incarcerated for highway robbery, and was to have been tried at the next Devon assizes. It seems that he tore up his bedding into shreds, and tying a stone to the rope which he thus made, he threw it over the prison wall, and getting on to a house adjoining, made his escape. The Rev. Edward Male, minister of All Saints Church Jersey, was drowned at that island on Thursday afternoon. The deceased gentleman went to St. Aubin's sands to bathe, and after he had been in the water a few minutes he was seen to sink. Assistance was a once ren dered, but on his being brought to shore he was found to be quite dead. He leaves a widow and a large family. Sir Thomas W. White, Bart., of Walliugwells, Worksop, whose horse ran off on Wednesday as he was leaving the Worksop Court-house, and , threw him, is in a precarious condition. It has been found necessary to amputate one of his legs, in addition to which several ribs were broken and his chest crushed. Sir Thomas is reported to be doing well, but is ordered to see nobody. Prussia always holds itself in readiness for any war eventuality. Lately (says the Broad Arrow) every week has seen bodies of troops being exercised on the railway between Berlin and Hamburg, in preparing trains of carriages, entering and descending from the same, and loading and unloading them witn material of war. The construction of the line which is to connect Kiel with the railway network of Europe is being unremit tingly pursued. The Sporting Gazette asserts that there is not the slightest foundation for the statement that Mr. T. Hughes intends to withdraw his Turf Reform Bill. On the contrary, the hon. member intends to struggle to get it read a second time ; and he will be supported by most of the independent racing' men in the House. Mr. Hughes contemplates the addition of a new clause to shut up the metropolitan racecourses.—The breeding stud of the late Lord Hawke will be brought to the hammer during the York August meeting. A Berlin correspondent writes:—"l am sorry to say that Professor Gneist has met with another rather serious accident. Not three months have elapsed since his bed caught fire in London, and in his endeavours to extinguish it, he burnt his arms and legs so severely as to be obliged to keep his room for several weeks. He has hardly recovered from the injuries then sustained before he has sprained his left leg, and in such a manner as to render it necessary to encase the limb in plaster of Paris." THE EDUCATION QUESTION.—The Leeds Mercury, which may be taken as representing that section of the Dissenters which agrees with Mr. Edward Baines rather than with Mr. Miall and Mr. Henry Richard, says the country has reason to congratulate itself upon the victory of the Government on the Education Bill. It has effec tually cleared the way by indicating the fact that not a mere majority of the House of Commons, but a majority of overwhelming strength is resolutely opposed to that system of secular education which Mr. Richard's amend ment would have inaugurated. To continue to struggle for such a system after the division of Friday, would simply . be to waste time in labours the uselessness of which is manifest. WI died The of E Janus succe Sii math 98. ed A.CfU goi ati inl fo] St ha gb rei V] to 00 lal 110