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- L1 MOSES and SON, 4 • CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. N EW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. EMOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of a GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dress Oxford Camb. Fishing Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. 255. 255. 17s. 18s. 10s. BOs. 30s. 21s. 225. 15s. 355. 355. 265. 28s. 18s. ..—....—. 425. 425. 30s. 325. 225. 50s. 50s. 363. 365. 28s. 635. 60s. 425. 425. 355. ri MOSES and SON bea to remind the public I'j • 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 house in England. EMOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of . GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Race Business Morning Dress Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 13s. 6d. 12s. 30s. 10s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 355. 13s. 188. 218. 15s. 40s. 16s. 218. 245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 268. 308. 21s. 50s. 20s. 405. 245. ORDERS punctual measure introd guarantee a fai by post are attended to with care and [IV, and the easy and accurate system of self- Luced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to iltless fit. "LI MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of E BO'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker 1 Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. ---- Os. 6d. 15s. 18s. 188. 13s. 6d. 19s. 235. 235. 16s. 6d. 21s. 265. 265. 21s. 265. 325. 325. 265. Ws. 365. 365. 30s. 365. 48s. 48s. FMOSES 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. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset, till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. N ATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK o ENGLAND. 11 ? BISHOPSGATE-STREBT, London, May 31 , 1870. Notice is hereby given, That an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Proprietors of the National Provincial Bank of England will be held on the 30th day of June next, at 112, Bishopsgate street, in the City of London, at 12 o'clock precisely (and not 12 for 1 o'clock), for the purpose of electing a Director in the place of William James Maxwell, Esq., deceased; and also for the pur pose of considering the Resolution unanimously passed at the last Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, recommending, on account of the great increase which has taken place in the busi ness of the Bank and in the profits of the shareholders, that an addition of £2,200 per annum should be made to the annual re muneration of the Directors, and passing such Resolutions as to altering the present remuneration of the Directors as such Extra ordinary General Meeting may determine upon. E. ATSI-NSONI Joint General Managers. W. HOLT, JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.— Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. Lord MACAULAY'S terrible words descriptive of the pauperism of England—" Heathens in the midst of Christianity, and Savages in the midst of Civili zation"—have unconsciously furnished the text of the impressive discourse just now addressed to the whole community by Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN. The force of logic brought to bear upon his argument i 8 simply irresistible. Reading it, as of course he will read it, or rather has already read it, Mr. GOSCHEN might with reason exclaim in the saddest of all the melancholy words uttered by Hamlet— sss. I " The time is out of joint ; 0 cursed spite ! • That ever I was born to set it right." • In London, upon an average, 150,000 paupers—as many as would make the population of a whole city -in other countries. In London, not far short of 2,000 vagrants—about as many as there have been years since the fonnding upon earth of Christianity. In London from £4,000,000 to £7,000,000 spent an nually in public and private charities. In London 150,000 children living in the midst of destitution —lOO,OOO of them littered about the streets, gra duating for the goals and the gallows. A world of misery, of squalor, of utter and altogether hopeless wretchedness, under all the roaring life and dazzling wealth of this vast capital of ours " the metropolis," as Sir CHARLES describes it, " not only of the United Kingdom, but also of an empire upon which the sun never sets, including the vassal continent of India, itself an empire." The magnitude of this stupendous gathering together of human beings upon one spot 'a province of houses," as it has, before now, been well called—Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN realises to us all anew very strikingly where he observes—" The popu lation of London is as large as the.aggregate popula tion of the three next largest European cities—Paris, Vienna, and Berlin, and it closely approximates to that of Scotland, is nearly equal to the population of Holland, and is not quite three times greater than that of Wales." It is with the Pauperism of this unparalleled capital that our system of Poor-Law Relief is still most confusedly and most ineffectually dealing : as it has been ever since the days of Queen ELIZABETH, when, for the first time in English His tory, a Poor Law was ever heard of—the buttery hatch of the monastic establishments, scattered up and down the country, relieving, until then, the wants and miseries of the population. Having to take heed, now, here, in London alone, of from 1,000 to 2,000 vagrants, and of from 140,000 to 170,000 paupers, habitually, the executive or administrative departments have hitherto failed, most deplorably to deal effectively with an evil devolving upon them officers an apparently overwhelming and, at this moment, an almost paralysing weight of responsibi lities. Is it really hopeless, then, to dream of this monster evil being at last grappled with effectually ? • Much was looked for from Mr. GOSCIIEN, when he was first placed at the head of the Poor Law Board as its President. How far have those hopes been, se yet, in any w ay justified ? If ever there was an establishment which might write " Nil Desperandum " over its portals it is certainly the asylum at Redhill. Idiocy is at once the most deplorable and the most seemingly hope less of human calamities, and it is 110 great wonder that in earlier and less enterprising generations men despaired of mitigating its intensity. So painful is the spectacle of the uncouth idiot or imbecile, so ja, ring the discordant cry Jr senseless chatter, so distressing the association with a being often far below tha animal creation in intelligence and appre hension, that men of sensitive feelings and refined sympathies naturally shrunk from them. They were left to the charge of the rough, the unfeeling, the indifferent, those who were least conscious of their deficiencies, and, therefore, least able to supply them. Much as we boast of the progress of modern civilisa tion, it is only very recently that the treatment of the insane and the imbecile has ceased to be a disgrace to us. That it has so ceased, that the invincible power of gentleness and kindness, the unerring instinct of that sympathy which outstrips all acquired knowledge, have received so remarkable an illustration, is mainly due to the exertions and the self-devotion of one man, the late Dr. ANDREW REED. It is a lesson for selfish sensi bility and shrinking fastidiousness to learn that Dr. REED bega❑ his life with a strong aversion to idiots. Those who have studied the records of Earlswood, and have explored its recesses, who have seen the gradual development of intelligence, the varying de grees of mental consciousness and physical aptitude evoked from what seemed hopeless chaos, can answer to what purpose this natural aversion was overcome. The annals of the institution record some most sin gular cases. There was one boy who did not know a dog's head from his tail when admitted, who, after some years of treatment, painted a picture which , attracted the attention of no less an art critic than the late Prince CONSORT, who would not at first be- lieve that the painter had not, and never would have, his full senses. Often it is 3iscove:ed that the children have one particular turn or talent, which, when culti vated, raises their whole tone. Sometimes no mental aptitude at all is discoverable, but the boy or girl can be trained to happy ac tivity in cooking or gardening, or some other . manual work. It is the first step in the task of education when the idiot can be induced to employ his fingers in any regular and useful occupation, and straw-plaiting, mat-making, &c., are invaluable edu cational agents. One of the most hopless cases re mined for weeks insensible or indifferent to all efforts to arouse him from his sullen kthargy ; but a careful watch was kept, and one day, while he was lying in the sunshine in the garden, the helpless, hopeless fingers were seen to twirl a straw. This was enough to encourage the kindly guardians, and their perse vering efforts were subsequmtly crowned with the most signal success. The report for the current year, which is just issued, supplies gratifying evidence that the good work is going on steadily and prosperously. The number of inmates is at present 483, of whoth 314 are males, and 169 females. The number of males employed has increased from 147, in the year 1867 to 268 in the year 1869. There are sixteen different kinds of employment fur i he males and six for the females, While the educational reports are equally encouraging. Three hundred and sixty-six letters have been written by the patients to their friends during the year, in most cases entirely without assistance. Amusement is plentifully provided, and 3 cricket matches, in which some 40 boys took part, were played during the summer. Weekly entertain ments, with a band formed from among the patients, have been highly successful, and the books, pictures, &c., provided by kindly friends are greatly valued by the more advanced. lt is gratifying to know that soexcellent an institutio❑ does not suffer for want of friends. One or two casE,s are mentioned in the Re port which do honour to our humanity, and serve to remind us that after all English charity is some thing more than indolent yielding to extortion or L self-complacent ostentation. A lady, name un- L known, left £l,OOO at the aflle© for the asylum, while another anonymous donor; has twice during the year forwardad the same suxn. Naturally the history eri the Institution has its dark side. its labours ace not always successful. The most it€l3l - patienee, the most devoted kindness, some times fail in piercing through the cloud which wraps the subtle . essence of mind. The average progress of the inmates is, however, most striking, and so well are the advantages of an Earlswood training known, that wealthy families who have a child so afflicted, pky large sums to obtain their admission to the institution so boarders. Sometimes the effects produced in.the hopeful cases are really marvellous. An excursion was made last year to the Crystal Palace, and the pupils when there were joined by two former companions, who had been discharged cured. While at Earlswood they had learned shoemaking, and by this trade one was earning his own living ; the other supporting . himself and his widowed mother l Even should the mental instruction and the industrial teaching totally fail, however, a residence at Earlswood is never with out some softening and controlling effect on the poor uncouth, undisciplined creatures, wbo are admitted within its doors. Hero in this twilight world the influence of the great healing and refining agent is not wanting, and simple religious teaching, Bible lessons, easy prayers, and hymns are taught the the stammering tongues and penetrate the feeble intelligence. No need for conscience clauses and time tables here ! No denomi national difficulties and theological problems. The teaohing begins and ends with the great doctrines of the FATHER in Heaven, and the SAvioun on earth, whom the children must not displease by sin, and the dull, helpless imbecile can dimly grasp it. "An undevout astronomer is mad," exclaimed the poet, contemplating the innumerable worlds perceptible from his little corner of the universe, but the undy ing vitality of that faith, " broad as our humanity," which can control and cheer the helpless idiot at Earls wood, is surely no less a testimony to the divinity of that which soars where imagination cannot follow, and stoops where utilibirianism fails. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. - J NO. GOS - NELL 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. ed., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf Angel-passage, °3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bvekstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck. NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Edaaid Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynne. After which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern, Mr. Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Bnckstone; Miss C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynn°. And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c. Concluding with A IKSB IN THE DARK. ADELP HI THEATRE : —New Company.—New Drama.—At 7.30, FREE LABOUR, a drama, in four acts, by Charles Reade, played by a new company, selected from first-class theatres. New scenery by Hawes Craven. OLYMPIC THEATRE.-MISS BAI'EMAN.- THIS EVENING, at 8, MARY WARNER: Mary Warner, Miss Bateman; assisted by Messrs. Vernon, D. Fisher, Blakeley, Roberts, Elliott, Vaughan, and G. Belmore. Preceded by, at 7, MUSIC HATH CHARMS: 3liss Nlattie Reinhardt. To conclude with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Mr. Geo. Belmore. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL. Mr. F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at 8.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marina, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING IiEART:_ , . Messrs Edward Teary and Turner; Mesdames Bufton a diSantley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, ferry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, Anstiss, Goodall, Met calfe, and Moore. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Metier, H J. Montague, D. James, and T, Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A. Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY. At 9.45, the new Burlesque, by Conway Edwardos, entitled DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in Aims Supported by the following Company:— Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; Mesdames Nelly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclerc, R . Evelyn, Kemp, T Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. N.B.—On to-morrow (Saturday), June 4 (at 8 o'clock), a new and original Comedy, in 3 Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, H. B. Stepbens, and T. Thorne ; Mesdames A. Newton (her first appearance at this Theatre), T. Lavis, and Amy Fawsitt. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Mozart's Don (Remind. 8.30. p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book. And A Kiss in the Dark. A DELPHI—At Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. Free Labour. PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.80. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. --- LYCEUM—At 7.30, His Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8 3 , Little Faust. OLYMPIC At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. the 'Varsity Boat Race. • O•ALETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S—At Seven, 01y Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts. Benilw rth. VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. lion Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN's CARPET-BAG AND .5 KETCH fi',( K. Egyptian Hall, cadilly, every r.vtning (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn lugs at 3 Admission is, 2s, as. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall. Every Night, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 a.l the Sear round. Zo LOGICAL GleansNs, Regent's -pork. Open daily except Sun days). Admission, Is.; on 3loudays, 6d. Childre n un d er , 6d. MADAME TXISSAITH'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3 0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 6d. THE SUN, LONDON, TATIDAY 'EVENING, JUNE 3, 1870. :11g EVENING EDITION. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1870. g rar t • tirtui HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, Julie I, The ituee'n weti-t .out yesterthty /morning with Prine.eßa Louise, In the afternoon 'her Majesty and Princess Beatriee drove to the Glassalt Shield, attended by Alisa Macgregor, Princess Louise went out driving. The Princess of Wales drove out ~ esterdtty, attendee by the Hon. Mrs. IV. (hey. The King of the Belgians took leave of the Prince and Princess of Wales, on his return to Belgium. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO DAY The Countess of Jersey's Dance, at 32, Wilton-place, Bel .grave-square. Mrs. Musgrave's dancing party, at 25, Queen's Gate. gardens. Mrs. Schuster's third morning reception, at 11, Upper Belgrave-square. The 32d Light Infantry annual regimental dinner at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at eight o'clock precisely. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS TO-DAY. The Royal Institution, at 8 p.m., when Professor Max Muller will lecture on the Migration of Fables, The Archeological Institute, at 4 p.m. The Philological Society, at 8.15 p.m. The Aeronautical Society, at 8 p. m., at the Society of Arts. BELL-ALLEY RAGGED SCHOOL AND MISbION TO THE EDITOA OF TILE " SUN.* Sus—Permit me to ask the kind attention of your readers to au appeal for funds to enable us to take the destitute children of our schools for a day's excursion into the coun try. Most of their parents are very poor, the little ones themselves living in crowded rooms and dens of poverty. Crime and misery aboend in every direction ; and it will be true kindness to give them what they so much need good food and fresh air for one day if we can do no more. The children of the poor are here instructed free daily, and the work is carried on by voluntary contributions and voluntary labourers. Any small aid for this treat will be most thankfully re ceived by F. Dean, Esq., 251, Hampstead-road ; or by your obedient servant, J. SALMO , 38, Chancery-lane, GoErwell-road, St. Luke's. LITERATURE. Edwin Drood. Nos, 11. and 111. By Charles Dickens. At the heart of the labyrinth evidently preparing for us in Edwin Drood is Jasper the Opium-Eater. Nothing finer than the suppressed passion of several of the scenes described in these two numbers of the his new serial story for May and June has ever been written by Mr. Dickens : the quarrel between Edwin and young Landless, in the second num ber, for example, and the astounding outburst on the part of Jasper, at the very close of the third number, just published. The mysterious visit to the old Cathedral of Cloisterham (coupled with the winding staircase depicted on the green cover) has about every touch of it an eyrie suggestiveness. What is the concealment that is getting in readiness, and what is the subsequent revelation? A quarter of the story has already appeared, but the drift of the plot cannot, as yet, in the least be conjectured. Al ready, however, Mr. Dickens has created for us a cluster of new intimates—known but yesterday, but familiar to our imaginations for ever afterwards. Durdles, with his dinner-bundle. Sapsea, with all his absurdities. Mc. Grewgious'—a wonderfully humorous conception. MA Crisparkle, whose very name i's refreshing. Ma--that. ' pretty old piece of china. Durdles' deputy—stoning everybody 'he can get a shy at, with his " I'll blind you, s'elp =ne t I'll stone your eyes out, s'elp me !" The Landlesses, Pussy, Bazzard, and a whole throng of others, the tones of whose voices, the sound of whose footsteps, the trick of whose every movement, the very sit of whose clothes—all are now as vividly realised by us as have been (apparently for half a life time) those of the many well known figures in the Dickens' Gallery of Originals—Sam Weller, Dick Swtveller, Sim Tappertit, Joe Gargery, Tim Linkinwater, Bob Cratchit, and a very, world of other inimitable characters. The simple fact of of the matter is this, we take it, that Mr. Dickens so thoroughly realises his own creations, to begin with, that his reflection of them upon the mind's eye of his reader has all the clearness, minuteness, vividness, crispness of outline of a veritable photograph. His letterpress is in itself pictorial. Insomuch so that we could very readily and very willingly dispense with his later illustrators. Mr. Fildes, to our mind, is no improvement whatever upon Mr. Stone. We sigh for the return of the days when , H. K. B. was scrawled at the corner of the woodcuts in Master Ilumphrey's Clock, or when Phiz was flourished on the margin of the graphic etchings adorning the monthly instalments of " Pickwick," and " Nickleby," and " Copperfield." The only added charm now in any way desirable would be to have the green numbers without the illustrations. „ CRYSTAL PALACE.—HaIf-a,-Crown D ay, June Admission Ify seacrdri tickets, 6,664; do. on payment, 6,226 ; total visitors, 12,890. METROPOLITAN GOSSIP-THURSDAy. The reference to " another place " made by Mr. Gathorne Hardy in his speech on the third reading of the Land Bill has excited a good deal of criticism. Taken literally, the reference certainly does mean that the ex ' Home Secretary calls upon the House of Lords to enforce all the amendments of prieciple . which the Conservatives in the Lower House were too weak in numbers to pass. Yet I doubt if this was Mr. Hardy's real meaning. With the remembrance of last session's conflict between the two houses, he will hardly desire to run again the risk which was run then. These incidents are too dangerous to bear repetition. Moreover, there is not the same excuse . for the course in 1870 that there was in 1869. No strong party feeling has been aroused with respect to the Land , Bill. On the other hand there is the certainty that if the present bill be seriously mutilated by the landlords they will have to meet a far more sweeping measure next year. Altogether. therefore, I believe that Mr. Hardy's reference to the Peers STA& intended merely to cover his own retreat The House of Commoner did not rise fozP the holidays in a particularly good humour. The attacks made upon Mr. Childers and Mr. Baxter, by Sir Jag, Elphinstone and Mr. Corry were something more than severe—they were savage, and the Secretary of the Admiralty is not a man to bear them without hitting out right and left by way of reply. There really seemed no reason for the extravagant bitterness of the member for Portsmouth. His charges proved baseless. Perhaps it was for that reason the hon. member was so fierce. Or was it that having fled from his old residence, Ceylon, because it was too hot, he has brought over an excessive stock of caloric, and had to blow it off ? The long absence of Mr. Disraeli from Parliament and the ferocious, though clever, review of " Lothair," in the Tory Blackwood, are giving rise to much discussion. There is no doubt that the leader of the Conservative party intended his book as a new manifesto of Con servative policy, and he hoped to lead them back to office under the cld No-Popery flag. But if we are to judge from Blackwood they have repudiated the time-honoured banner with contempt. Certainly it was hardly probable that men like Lord Derby and Lord Salisbury would consent to bo dragged through the mire of religious bigotry, even though that was the road to the Treasury bench. Mr. Disraeli's attempt has signally failed, and it would seem as if the party were resolved to throw him overboard, a poor return for five-and-twenty years faithful, if not always wise service. Oh ! that Baron Haussmann would pay us a visit and take Mr. Ayrton in hand. This gentleman is beyond all question the very worst First Commissioner of Works we ever had. Not only is he allowing the contractor to make a waste howling wilderness of the Serpentine in the very , height of the season, but he has neglected one of the finest opportunities of beautifying London that ever offered, When the Metropolitan District Railway made their line to Westminster, advantage was taken of the opportunity by Lord John Manners and Mr. Layard to lay out the ground close to the Abbey and St. Margaret's Church as a garden. It needs only the flowers to make Parliament Square, as it is sometimes called, one of the choicest spots in London. But Mr. Ayrton, who despises gardeners no less than architects, withholds the flowers, and the square stands a memorial visible to all the world of ludicrous pettifogging economy. An indile worthy of the name would, moreover, insist upon taking in hand that grievous scandal to our eapital, Leicester-Square. It has been going from bad to worse, and it is now simply disgraceful. It appears that some one has, after litigation, established his right to the square, so there is no longer any difficulty in discovering whom to deal with, and there is no longer any excuse for not dealing with him peremp torily, and compelling him to sell the property which he has so greatly abused. If an Act of Parliament Is required for this purpose, let it be passed, and then we shell have :` the talked-of new street from Trafalgar-square to the Tottenham Court-road, which will cut through the heart of St. Giles's, and flutter the rookeries in that choice neighbourhood. No one but a Londoner can understand the satisfaction with which the decision of the HOuse of Lords has been received throwing out the Metropolitan District Extension Bill. Not only would the proposed station at the Mansion House have spoilt one of the finest streets in London jnst after it had be= opened, but the abandon ment of the extension to the Tower would have prevented the completion of the long-promised inner circle. This completion will now be effected, and it will be possible to reach any point of London, from any other point. The opening of the underground line to Black. friars will to a certain extent compete with the Charing Cross Railway, as travellers will be set down close to St, Paul's without the necessity of crossing the river twice. Ido not hear a good account of another great public work. A friend who has arrived in England this week by the overland route says that in Egypt it N well under stood that the Suez Canal is filling up, and that it will be necessary to raise new capital in order to keep it open. It seems to be thought that this will be done by forming a new company, and that eventually the canal will pass very much into the hands of English share holders, who will come in and reap where they have not sown, and gather where they have not strewed, as gene rally happens in all new undertakings. The King of the Belgians was at the Derby, and both he and the Prince of Wales were a good deal cheered. The Duke of Edinburgh is preparing a diary of his tour, and it will be illustrated by M. Chevalier, a Swiss gentleman, who was commanded by the Queen to accompany her son. M. Chevalier (who, by the way, has married an English wife) has painted an elaborate picture of the installation of the Duke in the Order of the Star of India ; he has also painted a large number of Indian landscapes. Still speaking of royalty, I may mention that Prince Napoleon's eldest son is suffering from the smallpox; that the son of the Viceroy of Egypt is going to make a tour of the chief capitals of Europe, and will shortly be in London ; and that there has just been published in Paris "The Cam paigns of the Army of Africa in 1835 and 1837, by the Duke of Orleans, edited by his Sons." The preface is by the Count of Paris, and the introductip by the Duke of Chartres, and there is a portrait of the Mike, after Horace Vernet. The literary topic of the day is the skirmish between Mr. Hepworth Dixon and Mr. Sutherland Edwards. The latter gentleman wrote an anything but flattering notice of " Free Russia " in the Times, and subsequently one in the Pall Mall Gazette. He seems to have trusted to his memory for his second review, and charged Mr. Dixon with sundry mis-statements which Mr. Dixon declares he never made. He has chal- lenged Mr. Edwards to cite the erroneous passages, and Mr. Edwards has given some, which, however, do not entirely, to use the mildest phrase, bear out his accusa tion. So there is war between these two gentlemen, both of whom have " done Russia. The strangest part of this affair is that which Professor Kapoustin has taken in this matter. The Professor was an intimate personal friend of Mr. Dixon, has been both his guest and his host ; and he read the proof sheets of the book as it passed through the press, yet he writes to the Galas (as the sharp eyes of the foreign editor of the Pall Mall Gazette discovered) de claring that he had implored Mr. Dixon not to write, and that the book is full of blunders. The one blunder, of which a good deal has been made— the assertion that there are six hundred and odd thousand priests in Russia—was the Professor's own, he himself having filtered the word " clergy," which included both the priests and their families, into " priests." It is painful to suppose that the Professor's repudiation of the book has arisen from any fear of its giving offence in high • quarters, and I will not say that this is the cause of the strange course which he has taken But I can offer no other explanation. Sir Charles Dilke, the proprietor and the editor of the Athenceum, means to pay another visit to Russia during the Parliamentary recess.. He is, as I have mentioned on a former occasion, preparing a work on Russia, which certainly even Professor Kapoustin cannot condemn as hasty, for Sir Charles has been more than a year about it already and it will not be out until next year. Sir Charles's approaching journey is his third visit to Russia. That country would seem to be peculiarly attractive just now to literary men as Mr. Ralston of the 3ritish Museum, the best English-Russian scholar we rave, is about to go there to write a book. It is to be roped that these and all other visitors to Russia will rea, Mr. Michell's most able report on the tenure of land in Russia which appears in the second blue book on that subject lately published. There is the strangest story afloat about a recently published volume of poems, which is having almost as great a run at Mudie's as "Lothair." It is said that the author some years ago lost his wife, and in the agony of his be ruavement declared that he would never publish one of the porno which he ihell hiul, in 10 pttrratize for publi, cation. It is further said that he buried the MS. In his wife's coffin. For some years the poems have lain underground. They are now exhumed, published, and are being read by everyone. This is, I should think, the first instance of a "posthumous " work being published during the lifetime of its author. There was a large literary dinner a few evenings ago in the City. The guests were distinguished, the fare more than good. The occasion was the launching of Mr. Sala's new magazine, " England in the Nineteenth Century." It is intended that this periodical shall deal with the social life of this country in all its phases, and a large number of well-known writers have joined the staff. The proprietor of the magazine is Mr. Willing, the advertising agent. Another advertising agent, Mr. Maddick, has started a halfpenny morning paper. This is not his first venture. About two years ago Mr. Maddick brought out the Morning Summary at a penny. It lasted only a fortnight, however. Another item of Journalistic news is that Mr. Edward Dicey, late editor a the Daily Hews, has become the editor of the Observer. Another capital number of the Photographic Art Journal reaches me as I write. The first illustration is a photograph, by the Woodbury process, of a painting by a rising Spanish painter, Zanaivis. It is intended to enlarge and improve the magazine, and the July number will appear in a new form and under the title of " Art—Fine and Industrial," and will contain six full-page illustrations. A new edition of Bishop Berkeley's works, in four volumes, with a Life by Professor Camp bell Fraser, is announced as nearly ready. So, too, are Professor Ruskin's Lectures on Art and Professor Hullah's book on the cultivation of the speaking voice. The latest novelty is a bicycle which rises and falls in imitation of the movements of a rider on a horse. The effect is irresistibly ludicrous. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE MORDAUNT CASE. Marriage, observe the Times, is a contract in the per paaxience of which society is so deeply interested that it may not be dissolved, except upon certain conditions ; but when these conditions are s a ti s fi e d it s dissolution is granted ex debito justitice. Can the existen'.:e of these conditions be ascertained when one of the parties to a marriage sought to be dissolved is insane ? Natural rea son says they may. The practice both under the old and the new law of Divorce proves that they can. The Act of Parliament gives no warrant for the suggestion that the task is insuperable. The lucid and consistent judg ment of the Lord Chief Baron Kelly appears conclusive. liow, then, has it happened that Lord Penzance and Mr. Justice Keating have arrived at an opposite 'Opinion ? If we may say it with respect, we should answer, because they have yielded to a feeling which appears to be a con stant snare to many of our Judges, especially those trained to the Common Law. They have an almost invincible repugnance to work out ques tions involving conflicting principles or conflict £i statements. Just as Lord Kenyon said, "If wo take to considering equities, we are lost "—just as other Judges have protested against being called on to consider conflicting probabilities which they affirm to be the special function of juries, so the Judge-Ordinary and Mr. Justice Keating shrink from the difficult issues of a divorce suit where any party to is incapable of reason. But, meanwhile, the unfortunate husband or wife is shut out from the remedy for the ills he or she suffers because of the unwillingness of judgers to undertake a duty of singular responsibility. The hardship inflicted by a refusal to entertain a suit is not, indeed, an argument that can be heard against clear reasons on ther other side, but where the balance of judgment is doubtful it may properly turn the scale, and where all the reasons are in favour of entertaining a complaint it may oonfarm our conviction of the soundness of this con clusion. The Daily News says that Lord Penzance having decided that Lady Mordaunt, being insane, cannot be put on her trial for adultery, Sir Charles Mordaunt appealed against the decision. The full Court before which the points at issue were argued at length consisted of the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Keating, and Lord Penzance. After taking some timeto consider the arguments, the full Court has confirmed Lord Penzance's decision. But, as the Lord Chief Baron dissented, the value of this ex pression of judicial opinion is much less than it would have been had the court been unanimous. As the point raised is a novel one, a precedent must in any event be created. As it is, however, nothing has been proved on the one part or disproved on the other. All that has /I?een presented to the public is a ghastly story, which it is difficult to forget, and which, whether it be true or faiso cannot be regarded without repulsion. Sir Charles Ittorkla.nut can, indeed still appeal to the House of Lords on the legal points raised, or he may endeavour to obtoin legislative sancti,u to his divorce. While desiring' that ho should suffer no wrong owing either to the law's delay or any accidental cause, it is nevertheless a subject of thankfulness that the complete public exposure of the facts connected with the case, in which his wife plays so Orange a part, is indefinitely postponed. THE IRISH LAND BILL. The Standard thinks that the House of Lords should ccercise its discretion on the question of the Irish Land Bill, wad it is important that it should d o so , as th e H ouse cif Oviaamons has no will of its own ; it votes precisely Whatever Mr. Gladstone may command, and its ills, therefore, represent nothing more than the individual will of a single man. If there is to be any check on his caprices, any power of appeal against his arbitrary pleasure, it must be supplied by the House of Lords. In the present case the bill em bodies a partisan view—the tenant's view of the questions with which it deals. It is a great misfortune that all debates should take the form of controversies between the two assemblies, rather than within each assembly ; but it is the consequence of the skilfully-devised manoeuvres of 1831 which secured to the Radical and urban element a preponderance in the House of Com mons disproportionate alike to its numbers it wealth, and its real social and political importance. Till that in justice be redressed the only agency through which the rural agricultural Conservative majority can assert itself fs through the House of Lords, and the independence of that House alone can secure that both elements of na tional opinion shall have a share in shaping the national policy. CONSUL CAMERON. A single line, says the Telegraph, records the death of a man who had the honour of plunging England into a war which cost her nine millions, and a King his life. On Tues day last Captain Cameron, formerly English Consul at Massouith, died at Geneva. Although he could lay claim to no personal distinction, Mr. Cameron will live in history as the chief agent in bringing about the Abyssinian war. We need not now discuss the question how far he exceeded bii powers as a Consul, and how far he w as respons ibl e for what f o ll owe d. If Consul Cameron erred, he also suffered. .Requiescat in pace. But his death once more directs attention to the immense power for mischief yielded by the petty officials of England in foreign lands, and especially in countries which are half civilised, like China, or uncivilised, like Abyssinia,. Some discretionary powe r th ey must rece i ve ; and yet by the exercise of that po wer th ey may st i r up troubles from which we can extricate ourselves only by means of an armed force. Moreover, the expense of war is increasing in something like a geometrical ratio. Half a century ago much might have been done to carry on a great European contest by the aid of the millions which we had to pay for so miserable a little war as that of Abyssinia. The duty of limiting the discretionary power of our foreign representatives is, therefore, every day becoming more serious ; and, fortunately, science has given us the means of bringing them more imm e di a t e ly un d er t h e superv i s i on of the Foreign-office. The .electric telegraph i s ena bli ng our Ministers and Consuls abroad to seek instruc tions from bead-quarters before taking any irrevocable course. When the remotest parts of the earth shall, in point of time, be only a few minutes from Down ing-street, the reign of the Consuls will have come to an end, and one main guarantee will be secured against the necessity for Abyssinian campaigns. THE GKEEK PROTECTORATE. The Times considers there is nothing in the constitu tional system of Greece which makes it impossible for England and the other Protecting Powers to exercise a real supervision, until brigandage be really blotted out. It is difficult to see what argument any poli tician, Greek or other, can advance against our moral right to do this. On any other understanding the Pro tectorate is a scandal, and ought to be relinquished. Protection does not merely mean that the existence of the State is guaranteed against an attack of Turkey ; its obli gations, and consequently its rights, extend as well to serious internal dangers with which the Sovereign's Go vernment appears unfit to deal. If there were a native pretender to the throne, or if a province were in a state of chronic insurrection, no one would deny the right of the Protecting Powers to interfere as well as advise, though the form of their interference might be a fit subject of negotiation with the King's Government, Now, there is a general consent that brigandage has reached such 4 point in Greece of late years, and has so generally infected the body politic, that not even the best disposed Ministry is able to deal with it. The Greeks would bless the day when the Great Powers insisted on the installation of Ministers who would dare to make war on the most deadly enemies•of the State, and when they gave the King's Government such active and continuous support as would enable it to carry out its new nolicv. THE " DERBY " TELEGRAPHED TO INDIA.—The result of the Derby was telegraphed to India by the lndo- European route, ria Teheran and the Persian Gulf. The race was run at 3.23 p.m. Greenwich time; and the tele gram announcing the first, second, and third horses reached Bombay at 5.57, and Calcutta at 6.25 p.m.. Greenwich time ; thus travelling from the Grand Stand at Epsom to Bombay in 2 hours and 34 minutes, and to Calcutta in 3 hours and 2 minutes. During the return home of the Prince of Wales from the Derby on Wednesday au incident occurred at Toot ing which create d some amusement. At the turn of the road towards Clapham a number of ladies had assembled to greet the Royal party ; the Prince, in taking off his hat to acknowledge• their salutations, dropped one of his gloves, and a rush of the bystanders was made to possess them selves of it, his Royal Highness laughing heartily at the scrambla of the ladies as the carriage proceeded on the journey. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This DAY.) THE SHEDDEN LEGITIMACY CASE.--Judgment on portant points in this case was to have been pronou n /1 to-day in the Probat e a n d Di vorce C our t by a full b r lic v . of judges, consisting o f L or d P enzance , M r . Baron I ° 3 , nell, and Mr. Justic e M on t ague S m ith, b u t the deliceil of their lordships' decision has been postponed. of TILE PROSECUTION OF MR. BENNETT.—The C. - , it " Sheppard v. the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett" came b e ' tbe the Court of Arches to-day, on an application as . reformed Articles. His Lord s hip ma d e certain alter tions, omitting in the articles all reference to the : 4 article of religion. He appointed the case for hearing b e the week after Whitsun-week, and directed n otice t° given. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(Tars DO') • A GOLD BRACELET "FOUND."-Henry Hawkil' s l iat shoemaker, of John-st ree t, Lamb e th, was c harged be 'tli Mr. Knox, at the Marlboro U gh - s tre et P o li ce -court, 11 11 . stealing a gold bracelet, the property of some person I , ll o p known. A few days ago th e p r i soner wen t into thus," of Mr. Scrivener, wat c hm a k er an d j ewe ll er , of Pr street, Story's-gate, and asked Mr. Scrivener whether.t bracelet he produced was gold. Mr. Scrivener told hif in was, and the prisoner then offered it for sale, and' answer to some question put to him, accounted for its Pe ti : session by stating that he had picked it up in a cab ill til j e Haymarket. Mr. Scrivener told the prisoner that he she, it detain the bracelet, take his address, and give infarnit r ti :i to the police, and did so. On the 28th of Sergeant Mullord, a detective of the L div isj o% received information from Mr, Scrivener respecting bradelet, and on going to the prisoner yesterday an d ing him to account for his possession of it he said that , e t , was in the habit of minding cabs at a fish-shop in 1N : t 1' ; combe-stree, and seeing the bracelet lying at the b ° „t„ of a hansom cab he picked it up, put it into his Pue'i t; said nothing to the driver, and afterwards offered it iv o sale. The prisoner was remanded, and the bracele t... t o goldßelcher chain pattern, with gold heart containing' attached) remains in the hands of the sergeant. ,; fel . RUFFIANLY ASSAULT.—John Ford, a low-100..n0 low, was charged at the Westminster Police, Court st ,„ l t , the following acts of ruffianism. Emily Green, a resr r , able-looking girl, said that she and three others veil standing last night in Lombard-street, Chelsea, wh en i e t , accused came up and addressed them in the most rev ° , ing and disgusting language. They told him that the ic did not wish to say anything to him, and desired homed go away. He repeated his filth, and euddenly complainant down with a violent blow on the face , /al p then rushing upon a second girl also assaulted her' a pt ran off aLd was pursued and captured. The defend' le said the women first interfered with him. A respeet t ` b ,4 resident deposed that every word of his statemeut;;; untrue, and that the young women were sham e ' ;t 1 ) treated. Mr. Selfe committed him for three months y" hard labour. SUCKING THE MONKEY—ASSAULT ON A DOCX %TABLE.—Charles Welpdale, a dock labourer, was chu b , at the Thames Police-court with an offence called " ing the monkey," and assaulting Watson Howard, a ecL ; stable in the employ of the London and St. Katheriltio Dock Company. The constable detected the prisoaerhe the act of drinking sherry out of a cask by means of a tu g { he had inserted i n th e b ung -h o l e. Th e consta ble se t ", him and took the tube (a glass one ) f rom hi m . The ,b; soner immediately struck him a heavy blow on the I ' 4 cheek and felled him to the g roun d. Th e pr i s oner: o - sentenced to pay a fine of 20s. or be imprisoned 1 4 t f,, 3 for drinking the wine, and one month f or th e assault' the constable. GREAT FIRE NEAR LEICESTER-SQVA Sj ,j The most extensive fire that has occurred in this Par d tit the metropolis for a considerable time past hapPenf e oe an early hour this morning, and for h ours cau sed ill' r e excitement to prevail amongst some hundr e d famili e h ieb siding in the immediate locality- The premi s es ill ` P e en the fire originated belonged to Mr. J. W. Ward, ale grocer and fruiterer, carrying on business at Nt i Little Pulteney-street. The discove r y w as made vol police-constable, who at once aroused the inmates, o d such was the fury of the flames that the inmates_ D old barely time to rush out of the building when the t he structure became encircled in flame, igniting at Att, same time the grocery and tea establishment of ifPt , Hall, as well as the premises of Mr. W. Parr, "uootia,lPT. No. 16, Great Crown-court, and also the house of lu-')JI Sutton, jun., hardwareman, and one or two others; . eo t this was the work of a f ew minutes, and before suls cl ,o time had elapsed for th e arr i va l f an engine the S was terrible. The houses were broken open with 8 ;,,t0 and many of the inmate s , w h o were soun d asleep, fetched out of their beds. Many children were bfl t ill out in their night-clothes, an d grown - up peop l e , °ail i is! dressed, had to hasten for their lives. One it ° oo after. the other caught fire, and at one time fre, immensely-populated court was like a furnace a , ti „, After several hours of labour the conflagration was guished, but the damage is thus described officiel ar cl, Captain Shaw :—" 26, Little Pulteney-street, J. greengrocer. A house of five rooms b urne d and ,%11, down. Insured in th e G enera l Fi re - o ffi ce . M r . F. 019 grocer, the first and second floors an d con tents 0 0 0 burned out and the roof off. R es t o f h ouse an d colt o d severely damaged by fire and water, &c. No. 35, .40 J. E. Taylor, cheesemongers. le front of prewli , -I- 1 severely damaged by fire, and contents by wa t e r.. ° a bS ditto, A. A. Milliner. Building and contents damaglior , water, &c. No. 16, Great Crown-court—Mr. W. 10 bootmaker, house and contents severely damaged blt or e• water, &c. No. 15, ditto—Mr. T. Sutton, jun, bar d man, back windows burned out, the roof ilamagS o ,:i, breakage, and rest of premises injured by water. s p , ditto, let out in tenements, back windows burned contents damaged by water, removal, kc." ifl Whilst the above fire was raging another commeri c the premises of Mr. G.. W. Dray, waste paper dealer,oe Queen's Head-yard, Borough, High street. In the c ° _,; l 4 of a few minutes the two upper warehouses, costalwi r e some tons weight of paper, were in flames, and the itP b commenced attacking the boiler-house of Guy's 11 °, 11 0' The flames were subdued, b u t no t b e f ore M r . DraY "tile mises were destroyed, an d th e p rem i ses belonging t ° hospital much injured. The marria,ze of the Marchioness of Ha s " ce d and Sir George Uhetwyn!, Bart., is appointed to take r ' on the 9th inst. S' DEPARTURE THE KING OF THE BELGI-n . o 5 Yesterday afternoon his Majesty the King of the Be l g o o' left London for Belgium. His Majesty and suite we l t !„ - I t voyed to. Woolwich by road, where they arrived at 00 quarter to four o'clock, and shortly afterwards embarked Of hoard the Halle Henriette. General Wood and sev er ` the Arsenal officials were present on the occasion. iv , 00' MR. BRUCE AND THE PRINTING TRADE.-- re' derstand that the Secretary of State (Mr. Bruce) Dt 4 ;ipt• solved to collect statistics relating to the letter-press ,13 t oy mg and other trades embraced by the Factory Acts 1 0 to rl sion Act. The information will be collected by the F se tu rPfi Department, and will be published only in the gross, re . co ir from individual employers being regarded as strictly fidential.—Printer's Register. Of erg_ 'lies THE CRYSTAL PALACE. —There were a a fet e at tractions at the Cry tal Palace yesterday, and as t„"" l o day was aptly fixed between the Derby and the O bo if very large assemblage of people was present. A s ire° of superb roses was perhaps the rnoEt greatly auu, - s of the novelties in the day. At night there l ' s - ver e magnificent display of fireworks, and the fount ins s 0 illuminated in the usual effective manner. There 1" - 00 0 operatic performance, which was listened t o i w ith grati“ e Leti c by those who were near enough to the stage. The n e : r 0 0 1 arrangements were, however, defecti ve , an d m ail failed, in consequence, to be impressed with this porto the entertainments. ;011 Opinions of the Council of the Royal AgrieU ltij i t• Society of England on Thorley's Condim e nt, at a, l'oel ing held in Hanover Square Rooms, London- 0 d Challouer in the chair. "By its use the Sheep itupro v thef the most extraordinary degree so much so, that afte r Del had taken it three or four weeks, I really hardlY, t bel them again."—T. BEALE BROWNE "1 am satisfieu SOd apart from every other cause, the recovery of my She e Poot ° Lambs was due to the use of this Condiment. Other Condin'tbel had not the effect Thorley's had. I have tried the food of of makers, and it failed completely."— MAJOR NUNS. "° horse the effect was marvellous; with cows, pigs, and dosord same re:ult."- H.COTTON. I can unhesitatingly say &d oj o; Camoys has been satisfied with it, both in respect to i„)if animals and those arriving at maturity." - Mr BAnlalt, or ly)rses improved upon it so much that I was clu' - prised."— Mx CANTRELL. d o r 0 SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MOUSTACHES --"' e from the War Office and Admiralty have been 11 1 ) 0 0, in accordance with orders of the House of C° lll. i for a " copy of any rule, order, or state 9 ,00, any custom enforced in her Majesty's army, litti r l'ol marines on the wearing of beards." With r e : t ilx to soldiers, article 358 of the Queen's tions and orders for the army, enjoins that I v ore ° are to wear moustaches, but the chin is to be s to ID (except by Pioneers). Whiskers when worn ar A s t ° , of moderate length. These orders are not inten" c e i s tb' apply to the troops quartered in India. As regal' oaf navy, the directions are that the officers and roe ll i vorl i , wear beard and moustaches but one must not b e 0 0 9 without the other, except in the case of marines, wh ° only grow moustaches. )jr. SHOCKING DEATII.—Ou Wednesday e vening id u° W. S. Poole, coroner for Central Warwickshire , t ( l i e r od i inquest at Kenilworth, on the body of Mr. Bahl:lel ffr e 0 , Jennanay, a retired farmer. The deceased was 5 2 Ye-viif° age, and had u to a recent period occupied an e l "' 100 grazing farm at Cubbingtou, near Leamingt";,iiftli was also the owner of cousid rablo land at au On Monday evening last, he had been drinkir i g' tl4 retired to rest shortly after seven o'clock. S O T. 6 , ' after he called out to his wife to come 111),r, be and added, " If you don't come, I'll set fire to myse";:; 1 0 was engaged at the time in administering some a sick member of the family, and as he h•id made use ° r oe threat previously on many similar occasions, she reg) ( l tie it only as au idle expression, and replied that she 14 ",°" 1 „ .tbi,,' up in the room in a minute or so. I n a short time an' t o', conversation a bright light was seen in the bedrooOlit when the wife ran into the room she found deceased 49 re' bed all in flames. He died on Tuesday. The ell turned a verdict of "Accidental Death by burning,' all pr pr tai ti' air Pa Ca