The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-10 00:00:00

OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Don Giovanni. 8.30 p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book. And A Kiss in the Dark. ADELPIII—At Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. 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 83 , Little Faust. OLYMPIC At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, 3lary Warner. The 'Varsity Boat Race. GAIETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twix Axe and Crown STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, Kenilw rth. VAUDEVILLE —Cupboard Love. Two Roses. I 'on Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH .( K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every ~ v.ning (except t atr•rd- y), at 8; tiaturday horn legs at 3 Admissi n Is, 2s, 38 MUM' MINsTRELs. St. James's Hail. Every Wit, at 8 Wed • nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 a 1 the 5 ear rouLd. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent'a-perk Open daily except Sun days) Admission, is .; on Mondays, d . 4 Children under -, - twelve, 6d. MADAME TIISSAIM'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from U a.m. till 3 0 p m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra THE news of this morning will carry grief to every home in England where the genius of CHARLES DICKENS is loved and honoured. The appalling sud denness of the death of this true man, of this noble, gentle heart, renders it impossible for us to do more than simply record the fact of our great and quite irreparable loss. For all of us who have ever laid his books to heart this morning marks the close of a dearly-cherished friendship. For ourselves, the fact is thus so literally, that we can do no more at this moment than subjoin some few words of tribute already offered to this loved and honoured memory by our contemporaries : One whom young and old, wherever the English language is spoken, have been accustomed to regard as a personal friend, says the Times, is suddenly taken away from among us. Charles Dickens is no more. The loss of such a man will be felt by millions as nothing less than a personal bereavement. Extraordinary and very original genius must be united with good sense, consummate skill, a well-balanced mind, and the proofs of a noble and affectionate disposition be fore the world will consent to enthrone a man as their unassailable and enduring favourite. Mr. Dickens was a man of an eminently kindly nature, and full of sympathy for all around him. We feel that we have lost one of the foremost Englishmen of the age. Is there a breakfast-table in the land (asks the Tele graph) around which the brief, abrupt message, Charles Dickens is dead !—abrupt as the event it records was sudden will not cast the mournful shadow of a personal loss ? Is there an English home—is there an American household—for which this day will not be a day of hushed and solemn stillness, as though a dear friend lay dead within the walls ? Not merely had the fame and the genius of the departed won him love and honour among what we may term the read ing classes of the nation ; his rarely rivalled power to touch the deep springs of human feeling had made him a familiar friend in every English family. It is the man who has won such a matchless place in all our homes and all our breasts that now lies beaten in the battle of life— out of the fight for ever. He is not the first to wear him self out, all 'too soon for himself, though not for fame, in the deadly race of these too rapid times ; nor will he be the last. The workman has fallen at his task ; the war rior has died in his harness. Every Englishman knows how to honour such!a life, and such a death. It is his praise, says the Standard, that with all his wild humour he never allowed it to be employed against virtue or religion. He died in harness. Happier than too many others (says the Morning Post), he had it given to him to reap during his lifetime the fame which he had so well won; and, while still in his prime, to know that his works had gone throughout the world, that they had become almost a part of the daily life of his countrymen, and that his very phrases had turned into proverbs in their mouths. Nor will his fame die. It rests, in its essential parts, upon works that ap peal to the sympathies and feelings of all mankind, and that strike notes which will never cease to vibrate as long as the world exists. Our readers will learn with a shock of pain and a sense of personal bereavement (says the Daily News) that a writer who for four and thirty years has been the delightful friend and companion of all readers of the English language is no more. Charles Dickens is dead. With the exception of Shakespeare and of Scott, he was the best read author in the English language. In his pages, the purity of a child and the tenderness of a woman were blended with a genius rare and absolutely unique. Mr. Dickens was himself alone. He had no intellectual pedigree. His writings mark an era in English literature. The generous and loving character of the man made him friends wherever he was known. Like his great rival, Thackeray, he leaves an unfinished story behind him. The thread of his life and of the tale are snapped together. " The Mys tery of Edwin Drood " is swallowed up in a mystery more awful. Rarely has any one passed away from this earthly scene (says the Morning Advertiser) amidst more sincere and general regret than will be everywhere felt when the intelligence of the death of Charles Dickens is received. There are probably very few disinterested obser vers who will regret the termination of the Bristol Election Inquiry. Whatever opinions men may entertain of the merits and advantages of the Ballot, there can certainly be only one opinion as to the conduct of professing Liberals, who bribe under its shadow. Bristol, the stronghold of the secret voting party, has for years filled a prominent and an honour able place in our electoral history. The late Mr. BERKELEY was the stalwart and unflinching cham pion of the cause which he lived to see pass through the successive stages from contempt and ridicule to the very threshold of success. This generation has always associated the names of Bristol and BERKE LEY with a degree of electoral purity and political sincerity, because they were connected with an emi nently practical remedy for an oppressive practical evil. No one expected the western town to prove a political Utopia, nor did any one suppose that corrupt and corrupting agents could not find •cope for action in the borough. It was not too much, however, to expect that those who so eagerly thrust themselves forward in competition for Mr. BERKELEY'S seat before it was actually vacant, were prepared at least to act up to the principles he had always professed. It appears incredible that any one should stand for Bristol, who was not pre pared fully and heartily to support the . Ballot, and it must on all sides be acknowledged as an intolerable inconsistency that an advocate of the Ballot should stoop to electoral corruption. Yet so it has proved. The unseemly haste with which the Liberal candi dates came forward to solicit the suffrages of Bris tol during the late member's last illness did not en courage us to hope great things from them. But the circumstances which have led t) the Bristol election petition are not certainly what might have been looked for in the stronghold of the Ballot. The competition was so sharp, the rivals so re luctant to give way, that for fear the Conservatives should get the seat, the expedient of a preliminary test ballot between the rival candidates was resorted to. Nothing could have been wiser or more suitable. Here was an opportunity of sub mitting to a practical test the theory which had always been so popular at Bristol, and a means, too, of eliciting the real opinions of the electors 'without endangering the seat for the party. So far so good, but as so often has happened from the days of ADAM downwards, theoretical virtue turned out to he very different from prac tical self sacrifice. The test ballot it was clear must go against some one, and the loser must not stand for the borough. The illustrious ROBINSON was not to be thus tamely deprived of his la ospective Parliamentary laurels, St. Stephens must not be thus defrauded. In the interest of the public his friends bestirred themselves, but the mode iu winch they exercised their talents has not unfortulia.ely succeeded in gaining the approval of the Court of Common Pleas. • The noticeable point raised by this inquiry was whether corrupt practices at the preliinivary a3,it Bal- T 1 MOSES and SON, E CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STRFRT. CORNER .of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD ; YORKSHIRE. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dress Oxford I Camb. Fishing Cods. Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. 255. 25e. 17s. 18s. 10s. 30s. 80s. gig. 225. 15s. 85s. 355. 28s. 28s. 18s. 425. 425. 30s. , 325. 225. 50s. 50s. 365. 86s. 28s. 635. 60s. 425. 425. 355. MOSES and SON beg to remind the public F• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho ise in England. F. MOSES 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. 18s. _..._.-. 21s. 15s. 40s. 16s. 21s. 245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 265. 30s. 21s. 50s. 20s. 40s. 245. 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 enablda them to guarantee a faultless fit. I', • MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of B OY'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. 95. 6d. 16s. 18s. 18s. 131. 6d. 19s. 235. 235. 16s. 6d. 21s. 265. 265. 21s. 265. 325. 325. 265. SOs. 365. 365. 40a 365. 48s. 48s. 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. 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. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. J NO. G. L and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 7s. id., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Red • Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, S 3, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. 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. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee Yr, Bvckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck. NO SOING NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Edwaid Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Hiss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynne. Aft. r 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 Gwynne And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, Concluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK. ADELPHI 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. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wych-street, Strand. _ _ _ S , ,le Lessee and Manager, Mr W. H. LISTON. Miss BATEMAN as MARY WARNER every Evening during the week, assisted by Messrs. O. Belmore, W. H. Vernon. Blake ley, Elliott. David Fisher; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. W. H. List ;n. In reply to numerous applications at the Box Office, and to prevent disappointment to parties desirous of securing seats several weeks in advance, Mr. W. H. LlscroN feels compelled to annout, ce with re gret that, in consequence of previous arranoe ments, the br Iliant engagement o• th's distinguished Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, JUNE 25. Commencing with MUSIC HATE CHARMS. Concluding with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office open from 10 till S. L YCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVEMNG, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at x. 30, LITTLE le AIIST : Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and .Nlanigeress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING I.IEART.- 1 . Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Burton a d Santley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James. - ferry, Turner, and Fenton; 3lesdames Sant ey, Anstiss, Goodall. Met- Gallo, and Moore. 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 AO-ES. To conclude with the new and successful urlesque, DON CARL' bS; 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 Faw sit t, T. Levis, and A. Newton Doors open at Seven. Commence et 7.30. HE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at T Mr. BEAUMONT'S. "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand, .. i) 1,0,1 • • A 7.- * ' .Z 4111,4 MORNING EDITION. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1870. CHARLES DICKENS. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, lit, could be held to vitiate the subsequent election. It was at first a doubtful matter, not so far as the justice of the case was concerned, but as to the technicalities of the law. Happily for this once the dream of Lord than MILEY has been realised. Law and equity are united, and offenders will not escape the punishment they so richly deserve. The test Ballot, said the Court, in delivering judgment yesterday, was a step in the election, and so far from regarding it as an unimportant or trivial matter, they deliberately an nounce that, inasmuch as the candidate heading the list was almost certain to gain the election, the bribery at the preliminary ballot would have a direct effect upon the poll. It was bribery, said the Court in plain and unmistakable terms, within the meaning of the Act. After this nothing more can be s dd. Mr. ROBINSON'S election is void. The Liberals of Bris tol have another opportunity of going through the preliminary forms, and pushing and elbowing one another out of the vacant seat of the veteran elec toral Reformer. Only we should advise them, if such enlightened and illustrious politicians will listen to a presumptuous suggestion from the outer world, we should venture to hint that it might be better for the candidates in their canvass to let the subject of the Ballot and Electoral Corruption alone, and for the electors not to cheer too heartily any re ferences to Conservative intimidation and Liberal independence. History, it has been said, is continually repeating itself. The remark was justified at the time of its first enunciation by a multitude of retrospective in stances, readily enough aduceable by way of illustra tion. But, since then, it has again, and yet again, been illustrated afresh, ev, n yet more strikingly, by reason of these perpetually recurring repetitions of history coming directly within the scope of our own immediate observation. Very recently, yonder in the etst, yonder in the wt st, here in the old world, there in the new, we have been startled by the aim( at simul taneous announcement of an appalling conflag ration, destructive in each instance of the chief part of a great city, and recalling to mind in its origin, in its magnitude, in its resistless pread in defiance of the most desperate efforts to arrest the course of its devastations, the event which in 1666—n0w more than t o hundred years ago—reduced one entire moiety of this vast metropolis to ashes. As calamitous for the time being as that tertibie incident in the annals of our own capital—an incident ever since known in the history of this country as the Great Fire of London—have beea these lamentable events, so to speak, of yester day's occurrence, the Great Fire of Quebec and the Great Fire of Constantinople. In all three cases the cause of the conflagration was identical. In each in stance the city destroyed was a city,in the very materials of it, in the highest degree combustible. A city of old wooden ramshackle houses, closely packed and jumbled up together, arran g ed in narrow scree s, the upper stories overlapping the projecting roof beams at the eaves and parapets, in many places nearly ouching each other. Scarcely any provisi ei made against the horrors of combustion. Whatever appliance there were t.) that end, of the most primitive character. Light a single tene ment thoroughly in such a metropolitan city thus constructed, and the element that has been well de scribed as a gOod servant, but a bad master readily enough obtains the mastery until the crackling flames soon fly abroad like wildfire. Read the nar rative of our own calamitous conflagration, as it was jotted down from day to day, sometimes evidently from hour to hour, in cipher by the then Secretary of the Admiralty, Mr. SAMUEL YEPTS. What was then penned by the old gossiping Diarist, might have been penned, in many of the particulars, only the other day by a Canadian, or a Turkish Diarist at Quebec, or at Constantinople. Out of the cata strophe in each of those capitals, however, there will come, we may rest perfectly well assured, through the mere labour of reconstruction, as there came out of the catastrophe of the Great Fire of London, through the labour here of a reconstruction amount ing, in its way, to a resplendant resurrection, good incalculable for all after generations of the inhabi_ tants of particular cities thus visited. The most interesting part of the proceedings in the House of Commons last evening was the debate arising from Mr. Crawford's amendment. The ques tion on which he and the Government joined issue was as to whether sugar dealers should be entitled to drawback, the same as manufacturers. A division seemed inevitable, and Mr. Gladstone. had to come to the front and exert his power of persuasion to avert so undesirable a result. He emphatically refused to recognise the principle that dealers should be regarded as manufacturers, but effected a compromise by expressing the willingness of Go vernment to deal with their case separately. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn. When the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill got into committee, Viscount Bury strongly objected to the course pur sued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in with drawing the clauses relating to the duty on railway traffic receipts. Mr. Lowe had to confess that at the time he made hip proposals in April he was ignorant of the real position of the railway companies. From his explanation it seemed that the companies had obtained, shortly after Parliament had fixed a maxi mum fare and imposed a duty of five per cent. on the passengers traffic, permission to charge five par cent. over and above the maximum fixed by the legislature. Thus it was represented to him that that which appeared to be a boon was no benefit whatever. The Government suffered a defeat on Mr. G. Gregory's motion to introduce a clause exempting owners of horses employed in agriculture from liability to take out a license on account of the animal being occasionally used for drawing materials for the repair of roads and highways, and whether for hire or otherwise. The singular spectacle was seen of the Speaker arrayed with Mr. Disraeli and the Op position ranks against the Ministry and its supporters. Mr. Gladstone but very ill concealed his annoyance at the result of the division, and the remarks he made after the division were very ominous. On going into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates several grants of money were made. The House adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. TOPICS OF THE DAY. stilt of the inquiry. it has been impartial and complete. Mr. Butt accordingly asks the commis sioners for leave to attend the inquiry, as the repre sentative of the friends and relatives of the political prisoners, and adds that he would be influenced solely by a desire to aid the commissioners in elicit ing the whole truth and gaining public confidence in the result of this inquiry. POLITICAL PRISONERS. Mr. Isaac Butt has written to Lord Devon, the chairman of the Inquiry Commission. The com mittee of the Irish Amnesty Association, have requested him, as their president, to represent the friends and relatives of the prisoners at the inquiry which is to take place. He is willing to undertake this duty,but d eclares th at anyinquiry inwhich the friends of the prisoners are not represented will be looked upon by the Irish people as unsatisfactory. He believes that the British Government are interested in the investigation being so conducted as to satisfy the public opinion not only of Ireland but of the whole civilised world, that, whatever may be the re- CANADA AS A FIELD FOR IMMIGRATION. The cry of want of labour is said to be heard everywhere in Canada, although large batches of im migrants continue to arrive in the Dominion. It is also satisfactory to learn that there is a lively com petition for the services of artisans the moment the vessels conveying them to port are announced to have reached the harbour. The chief demand for workmen is said to be on the railways and in country farms. This state of things, however, instead of bringing hope and success to English labourers, is said to lead to much misery, as large numbers prefer to wait in Toronto idle rather than accept lucrative situations in the country. The love of town life and town wages inherent in the immigrants is discountenanced by the Canadians, who consider that the men, on arrival, ought to be glad to begin their new life any where, and at once, and, in consequence, serious disapproval is expressed on all sides of the conduct of the many who refuse to leave Toronto. It is a disheartening fact, and the newspapers are so indig nant at the matter that they say men deserve to starve who will insist on wasting their little means by loafing about the cities when labour is so plentiful elsewhere. CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. The progress which the movement for co-operation has been making in this country has been exemplified in a statement made at the present Co-operation Con gress at Manchester. It appears that in 1860 only 150 societies existed, whereas, in 1862 there were 330 ; and at the present time the number has increased to, at least, 1,000; with 250,000 members. A great deal of diversity of opinion was expressed when a member of the same Congress made the novel proposition that a bank for co-operative purposes, with a capital of £50,000, should be established. The preponderance of the members were, however, in favour of the institution, and the executive com mittee were requested to give their consideration to the subject. CHESTER CATHEDRAL. Mr. Gilbert Scott, the architect, has delivered a lecture inChester on the history of Chester Cathedral. The Dean, who presided, called attention to the im portance of including the south transept in the general restoration, so that the ancient dignity might be preserved to the interior. Mr. Gilbert Scott began his lecture by referring to the church which stood on the spot in Anglo-Saxon days; he then described the portions of Norman work which survive in the cathe dral. In 1195 the monks made an appeal for help in consequence of the dilapidation which had taken place. It is curious to notice that the present generation have followed their example after the lapse of nearly seven centuries. The most attractive part of the lecture was that devoted to the descrip tions of the architectural structure, and the manner in which its true forms of buttresses, cornices, and aisles, had been disinterred during the work of re construction. At the conclusion of the lecture Mr. Scott conducted the assembly through the Cathedral and round the exterior so as to illustrate its architec ture in chronological order. NIGHT REFUGES. Is it altogether a barren hope that some day the charities of the metropolis will be properly organised P —that the time will come when refuges will not clash with workhouses, nor benevolent societies he doing over again what the poor-rate has done pre viously, when our poor will not be undergoing a " pauperisation ?" One step in that direction has been taken at the Conference held in London on Wednesday. Under the advice of the Earl of Lich field, Sir Charles Trevelyan, Mr. Gurney Hoare, and others, a resolution was unanimously passed. " That the primary object of the nightly refuges, namely, giving shelter and food to houseless persons, having been provided for by the arrangements made under the Houseless Poor Act, it is desirable to give a preventive or remedial character to these institutions, conforming them to the principle of industrial schools, penitentiaries, or homes of the character of the House of Charity (Soho), and the Dudley Stuart House of Refuge, in which persons overtaken by misfortune may obtain temporary asylum preparatory to their return to useful and respectable positions in life." The want of system under which poor relief (being thought degrading to the recipient) was totally ignored in benevolent plans is rapidly coming to an end. Is not some progress being made ? THE "BRAHMA SOMA) " IN INDIA. The Baboo KeshubChunder Sen comes to us as the representative of the progress, culture, and tolerance of Kodern Hindostan. As such he has been received. But the Record, which would not recognise any movement as good whose object did not profess to be Low Church Christianity, declares that the Brahma Somaj, the sect which Mr. Sen leads in India, is intolerant towards Christianity. In proof thereof our contemporary publishes a letter from Calcutta, describing the efforts made to prevent a young widow from living with Christians. Against the wish of her friends she had been baptised ; contrary to their will she persisted in living with her new co-religionists. Finding " moral suasion " of no avail, her mother tried to retain her by legal force. The judge, how ever, before whom she brought the case decided that the young lady might do as she pleased, and she chose to remain with the Christians. " Verily (moralises the writer of the letter) it seems as if this most instructive case had happened provi dentially, at a time when the good people of England needed to have their eyes open to the true character of the 'freedom of conscience' which 'theistic' professors are disposed to accord." A LITERARY HOAX. The veteran Parisian litterateur, M. de Villemes sant, of the Figaro, has succeeded in producing a veri table "sensation." Figaro appeared a day or two since under a new and startling character, that of the organ of unmitigated Red Republicanism, bear ing the names of Victor Hugo, Gustave Flourens, Ledru Rollin, Pyat, Arago, Simon, &c., among its contributories. A. leaded notice from the editor and proprietor himself announced that this was the last time in which his name would appear on a paper which no longer represented his views. The trick answered. Half Paris was taken in, and probably more still would have been deceived, but for a certain mys terious intimation in small type on the back page: Those who were regular subscribers to the Figaro, however, remembered that a twelvemonth ago it similar joke was perpetrated at the expense of Imperialism. The comments on the affair are as various as they are amusing. One writer thinks that M. de Villemessant's staff write much better in the name of their adversaries than as themselves. Many indignant subscribers have demanded the return of their subscriptions while new subscribers have come forward for the n ew Republican organ. Wonderful to relate, the Times itself has been taken in, and gravely announces that Figaro has at once assiuned the well-known characteristics of the Marseillaise, whose place it seems intended to supply. M. de Villemessant must be enjoying the success of his audacious experiment. TURRET SHIPS. The Times examines the results of the trial be tween the rival turret ships Monarch and Captain, in which naval constructors take so keen an interest. It will be remembered that these two vessels repre sent the designs of Captain Coles and the Admiralty in respect to the turret prin ciple. The chief difference is that the freeboard of the Monarch, Mr. Reed's ship, is very 870. much higher than that of Captain Coles's Captain ) while the all-round fire of the guns is limited in the Admiralty vessel. Even now, however, when this long talked of experiment has actually been made, the Cap tain has been at a disadvantage. By some unexplained error in her construction, she is smaller than she should have been by 800 tons, and, being newly commissioned, neither her officers nor her men knew her capabilities, whereas the Monarch had already taken a trip across the Atlantic. Each vessel has its advantages and its drawbacks. The Captain is calculated to inflict more injury on an enemy, and to suffer less, while the Monarch is faster,handier, and cheaper, consuming less fuel, and making her coal go further. The Admiralty ship is moreover the better cruiser, but she would require some time to prepare for action, and the Captain is at all hours in fighting trim. Mr. Reed's ship has an advantage from the height of her guns, which would command an enemy's deck, but in a broadside fight the Captain would be safer and stronger. The Monarch has better accommodation for her crew, and the verdict is on the whole in her favour, but the main result of the trial . is that wheie either vessel has an advantage, it has been obtained by a surrender of some opposite qualifications. Where the Monarch gains as a cruiser she loses as a fighting ship, and where the Captain excels in her capacities for action she fails as a sea boat, THE EDUCATION BILL. The Northern Association of Baptist churches, is holding its annual meetings in Darlington. Respect ing the Government Education Bill, it was resolved that the Association regretted the Govern ment amendments failed to remove the objections of the Nonconformists. Furthermore, the Association believed that the only way to get out of the religious difficulty was for the State to restrict its functions to civil and secular things, and leave religious matters to the Churches. A Catholic writes to the Times on the subject of an Education Rate. He says that the most vigorous supporters of the League have declared in favour of Bible instruction, when the majority in a parish affirm that such is their desire. He lays great stress upon the argument that if there is no injustice in permitting the establishment of a secular school when it is the wish of the majority, there can be no injustice in allow ing the majority to establish schools in which a catechism and formularies are taught the chil dren of parents who prefer that form of religion to the Bible views of the schoolmaster. "For my part," he concludes, "I see no justice in depriving Roman Catholics when they happen to be in the majority in a parish, of the privilege which will undoubtedly be claimed by the Wesleyans or the Congrega tionalists when they happen to be in a majority." CLERGY AND LAITY. How best to secure the practical co-operation of clergy and laity in Church work, and the furtherance of Church interests, is a question which has often been brough t under consideration. A night or two since it was very fully discussed at a conference in the Town Hall, Buckingham, presided over by the Bishop of Oxford. The mana gers of the proceedings were resolved to obey the apostolic inj unction, and do all things in order, and also to carry the principle of the division of labour into effect, for the speakers were strictly limited to quarter of an hour turns, clergy and laity speaking in regular succession. The two questions brought prominently forward were, how to bring clergy and laity, into co-operation, and how to provide church funds in place of church rates. The bishop com plained that at present the laity were apt to throw all church business on the clergy, and the clergy were sensitive as to any lay interference. The general feeling of the meeting appeared to be strongly in fa vour of a more cordial co-operation between the two bodies, and the Bishop assured the meeting that he would always be ready to lead them on Church questions if they would let him know their views and wishes. In speaking of the condition of the Church he urged upon those present the dut y of writing to the Bishop of the diocese, and cautioning him should they know anything derogatory to the character of a young man about to be ordained. ANCIENT FORESTS AND CAMPS IN ENGLAND. It is much to be regretted that the preservation of some of the hallowed spots which have been held in reverence for ages by the English people on ac count of their historical interest, should be allowed to be filched from the public or, destroyed, for the want of strenuous opposition. Epping or Waltham Forest is one of these places, one of the royal domains which, instead of being devoted for the benefit of her Majesty, her heirs, and the people, is being claimed by certain lords of manors, who seek to subvert the rights of the Crown in the matter. No effort is being made to secure' those portions of this cele brated forest which are still left, and probably it will soon be allowed to be altogether obliterated from the map of England. Another well-known place of national and antiquarian importance is an extensive earthwork near the " junction of the Thame and Isis," at Dorchester in Oxfordshire. It is known as having been long ages ago a military encampment of the Roman invaders, and although the formation of the mound which, by the bye, is 800 yards in length and 400 in breadth bears valuable evidence of the unskilful strategic accomplishments of Csar's legions, and although the " Dyke Hills," as they are called by the country folks, as they stand, consider ably add to the attraction of the neighbourhood, they are now being ploughed up ruthlessly by some English farmer, who has evidently no respect what ever for the monuments of the early days of this country. THE NEW ZEALAND CHIEFS. News of the most satisfactory character has been received from New Zealand. The success obtained by the friendly native chiefs, Kemp and Ropata, who have been teaching the redoubtable Te Kooti in the bush, is fully confirmed. Hakaraia, his chief friend, has been killed, thirty prisoners said to be his associates, have been sent to Welling ton for trial, and Te Kooti himself is believed to be hiding with a few followers. This desirable result has been obtained through the skill and energy of the native chiefs. Not very long since the settlements around Auckland stood in wholesome terror of Te Kooti,- and it is likely enough that had a European force been employed to track him the panic would not yet be allayed. The loss on our side in such an unequal campaign would probably have exceeded the casualties of a regular encounter, while the mortality, disease, and suffering induced would have been, so far as we could see, useless. By the enlistment of friendly natives in our cause we were enabled to meet our wily and treacherous foe on his own ground, and turn our superior advantages to account. In allusion to the disputed question, whether the presence of regular troops, is or is not advantageous to the colonists, an anecdote is told of the intense dislike and suspicion with which the troops are regarded by the natives. An old chief, ‘, a great warrior," who died many years since, advised his followers on his deathbed to be kind to the missionaries, and to trade with the Europeans generally, but if ever they saw a people who wore red coats, and had arms in their hands, who neither bought nor sold, they were to know that these were a dangerous people, and must be resisted and ex terminated. At a meeting of the Co-operative Congress in Man chester, on Wednesday, a letter was read from the Bishop of Manchester stating that he found it impossible, on ac count of the many demands on his time, to accept the invitation he had received to preside at the Congress. The letter stated that the Bishop took great interest in the co-operative movement, particularly as it might be made to apply to farms and the general conditions of the agricultural labourer. efflirt Cirri/Tat R AI AJES 7' Y. BALMORAL CARTLE, June 8, The Queen, with Princess Beatrice, drove to the Glas salt Shiel yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Har riet Phipps. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Coke, Colonel Kingscote, and Kep pel, went yestarday to the Horse Show, at the A gricultural Elall, Islington. • FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Earl of Fortescue's balL Lady Cairns' evening party at 5, Cromwell Houses, South Kensington. Lady Eleanor Heneage's dance at 10, Grosvenor-gardens. The Hon. Mrs. Magniac's ball at Chesterfield House. Mrs. Allsopp's dance at 36, Raglan-square. Signor Arditi's grand morning concert, at the Italian Opera, Drury-lane, commenced at two o'clock. Mr. Charles Halld's Beethoven recital, in St. James's hall, at three o'clock. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS-TO-DAY. The Royal Institution at 8 p.m., when Professor Odling will read a paper on " Ammonia Compounds of Pla tinum." The Astronomical Society at 8 p.m. SPIRIT OF 1 HE PRESS-THIS MORNING. The Standard declares that after every justice has been done to it by the friendly New York journalists this last exploit of the Irish Republic may be summed up in three words. It was an abortive agrarian outrage. The county of Meath alone can show, almost any week, a bolder and a bloodier achievement. Pigeon-hill and Huntington must pale their glories before Clerkenwell-green. The explosion of the Fenian " sun-burst " on the Cana dian frontier was nothing like so deadly as the explosion of the gunpowder barrel in the heart of London. At least, on the latter occasion there was the killing and mangling of some score of women and chil dren. In Canada not one enemy killed, wounded, or in any way incommoded, rewarded the efforts of the patriot armies. They came, they saw, and they went away by the 2.40 train. Positively the last blood shed in this quarrel remains still the blood of D'Arcy Magee, assassi nated on his doorstep at Toronto. A relentless destiny still pursues the Fenian cause, rendering every act of it not only harmless, but ridiculous, insisting upon spoiling its heroism, and turning its most dangerous schemes into subject for laughter. THE BRISTOL ELECTION. The Telegraph says that election law, like hiternational law, is conspicuously the creation of events ; and an important step towards its practical improvement has just been made in the final issue of the Bristol petition. The grounds for the decision are obvious. The same rea sons that made us anticipate the verdict of the Appeal Oourt must compel us to approve it, as confirming another safeguard against those improper courses at elec tions which the conscience of the country is resolved no longer to endure. Though the Liberals may lose for the time a seat at Bristol, they may be abundantly consoled by the assurance given in yesterday's decision—that their new invention of the " test ballot" must henoeforth have the protection of the law. THE SUGAR QUESTION. The Daily News says that Mr. Crawford's plea on behalf of those who manipulate sugar on a large scale has had the effect which we anticipated. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer easily found many reasons to justify his conduct; but he could not deny the reality of some of the grievances he was called upon to redress. One of Mr. Lowe's qualifications for the office he fills is the vigour with which he can resist the importunities of those who beg, nomi nally, on behalf of the public, but really for themselves and their friends. In addition to saying " No" with emphasis, he makes it under stood that any further application is worse than useless- The sugar trade, however, have refused to take " No" for an answer. Happily the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Gladstone admitted their disposition to be governed by the cogent and temperate arguments of Mr. Crawford. THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. Wednesday was a more favourable day for the specta tors of the race of the Thames Yacht Club than for the vessels themselves. A succession of light, baffling wind s, attenuated with vexatious calms, compelling the frequent abbreviation of the match. The following yachts were the competitors for the honours of the day : FIRST CLASS. Yachts. Tons. Owners. Cambria Pleiad Egeria Gloriana Gwendolin First prize, value £lOO ; second prize, £3O ; third prize , £2O. SECOND CLASS. Astarte Flying Cloud Prize value, £5O. The start at Gravesend was watched by the Prince of Wales, Prince Teck, and others, from the Prince's screw yacht, Alexandra. The president of the club, Mr. A . Duncan, was on board the Eagle. The signal to stall was given at eight minutes past eleven, the wind ligl,"' from the north-east and the tide at half flood. T 1 Gloriana took the lead, and after a time they went roun d the steamer, which anchored as mark vessel, in order fa i lowing : H. H. S. I H. 3f. S. Flying Cloud ... 2 10 0 Cambria v e o Gloriana Egeria The most exciting part of the match was the struggl e between the Egeria and Gloriana to round the Eagle first. They rounded it almost, if not qu it e , t oge th er , and the ra ce finished as follows : , Ti. M. S. Gloriana 4 56 45 Cambria Egeria Flying Cloud The prizes were consequen to the Gloriana, Egeria, and taking the prize of her class. H. DL 8 5 5 13 4 n -'T fitly awarded in the first elas! Cambria, the Flying C log a MILL HILL SCHOOL. " mill Hill " is taking its place among the national public schools. " New foundation day" was observed of Wednesday with the most brilliant success. The weatr i was good ; the boys did their game of cricket well ; ° the managers had to report most cheeringly of the grad progress of the Institution. The afternoon was spent 11,i, watching the cricket match played between the .° l ‘ l , l boys and " present " boys. Towards 3 o'clock, lunch was served in the dining-hall of the school, and ab a '" 120 ladies and gentlemen sat down, under the presidenaf of Mr. Benjamin Scott, Chamberlain of the CitY a s . London. After the usual toasts, in giving the toast r a perity to Mill-hill School," the Chairman referred t o f o r circumstance that the institution had been carried on I_,l only eight months, under its new constitution ; and as sii M his hearers that its progress had been so rapidt,a2:o there was every reason to trust that in a short tl a w, t its prosperity would exceed that which it had e njoye,.cl io any period of the previous sixty or seventy years 01 , e i r existence. He announced that letters regretting,t u $. inability to be present had been received from I ‘„J r ,.• Morley, M.P., Sir J. Rolt, Mr. Justice Lush, Mr• Well castle, M.P., and Dean Alford, vice-presidents_ , as an ... as from Serjeant Cox, Dr. Angus, the Rev. N ew. Hall, the Rev. Mr. Brock, Mr. J. Gurney, the Rev. or Landells, and others. The toast, which was m ost r. dially received, was responded to by Mr. Miall , who spoke hopefully of the prospect of the immediate and complete opening of the Universities to Dissenters , the formation of a link of connection between Mill ead and those national institutions. The health o f the it master most warmly received, and in respond in g to rt Dr. Weymouth dwelt at much length upon the pasteis no and present condition of the school. As a proof of t h V ot es scholarship which its alumni had displayed in Past ;n ot he mentioned that it had given to science an ern to astronomer, to the Church of England a bishop, and a poetry and the bench one who was at once a poetevi, judge—Challis, Jacobson, and Talfourd ; and as dente of its present prosperity he mentionedthat alt s , the terms had been raised, the number of sehelaro_D°3'4 within the eight months of the new regime risen from to 71. Mr. Doyle, M.A, Fellow of All Souls, will be the President of the Oxford Union next term. Barker, who was injured by being throw"; 5 the horse show on Monday afternoon, died on Wednes' night. The inhabitants of Cashel are preparing a Il lenl i, a ;fi. rial against the proposed disfranchiseme nt of t''' borough. it" The two men charged at Manchester vinno, attempting to defraud a Hartlepool ship owner of g-4v have been again examined and remanded. -viredne r b Another death, the thirteenth, took place on 6el) day, through the Kidsgrove boiler explos ion. Dudley Jones is the name of the last victim. lip The H o after th e N Th e Spe c , V ise°im °llffolk. LI 4 r. Gl] attention during th Plan couli be ing take XORNAT Mr. Da] under th e the Lords' The mot h -ee ll Post] Mr. \ A; whether i "cods a n in those NS w as lord, estim ated Per cent. the case Mr. ST. e Uero nein Were ahr z rilcus Mr. A. whether a ' arr Y out Trusts A, kr. 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