The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-09 00:00:00

1 -1 1 4 MOSES and SON, • CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER HA_RT-STRENT. C ORNER of TOTTENHAM - COURT - R and EUSTON-ROAD. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. V MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of G ENTLEME N'S CLOTHING. 'rock Dress Oxford Camb. Fla Cleats, Coats. Coats. Coats. Cc 85s. 25e. 17s. 18$. 1 80s. 303. 21s. 22.5. 1 85s. 355. 111 4 2 , Gs • 28s. 1 425. 425. 30c. 325. 2 50s. 50s. 365. 365. 635. 60s. 425. 425. MOSES and SON beg to remind the • _12,4• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold I is sonsiderably cheaper than what can be obtained at an ho use in England. Ti MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINU: Summer Race Business Morning Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Ti 13s. 6d. 12s. 30s. 10s. 6d. 18s. 13s. 6(1. 355. 13s. 21s. 15s. 40s. 16s. 245. lie. 6d. 455. 185. 80s. 215. 50s. 20s. 40s. 248. ORDERS by post are attended to with cat punctuality, and the easy and accurate system measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables t guarantee a faultless fit. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of -Ed s BO Y'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Ha/ Suits. Suits. Suits. Su 9s. 6(1. 15s. 18s. 1I 13s. 6(1. 19s. 235. 165. 6d. 21s. 265. 2 , 21s. 265. 325. 3 265. SOs. 365. 3 Us. I 365. 48s. 4 MOSES and SON supply every descript 4 ' clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drape' and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all c All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patter Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. - E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every evening at sunset, till Saturday evening at sunset, wh( ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Huma to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE I.L and CO. have at length, with the aid the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more eons form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Is each; also Is., 7s. ed., and 15s. eacl ncelcTruil Wharf, Angel-passage, f 3, Upper Thames-str , don. E.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CH TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel fro: and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAE Sole Lessee Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 °Week. NO SONG NO SUPP Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Ede aid Osborne, Mr. Clark; Wright, Miss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwyn Aft. r which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Mr. Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Buckstc C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c. Ooncluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK. ADELPHI THEATRE.-New Company Drama.-At 7.30, FREE LABOUR, a drama, acts, by Charles Reade, played by a new company, selec first-class theatres. New scenery by Hawes Craven. R OYAL OLYMP IC THEA Wych-street, Strand. S de Lessee and Manager, Mr W. H. LISToN. M'ss BATEMAN as MARY WARNER every Evenii the week, assisted by Messrs. G. Belmore, W. H. Verne ley, Elliott. David Fisher; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. W. H. In rtply to numerous applications at the Box OM prevent disappointment to parties desirous of secs' several weeks in advance, Mr. W. H. LISToN feels cot annoutce with regret that, in consequence of previous ments, the bi- 'liens engagement o th's distinguish( must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, Commencing with MUSIC BATH CHARMS. C with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office op( till B. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the man of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVEN ING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. - Alter which, at ..30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Mai Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Ms. Odell, and Leif Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G ey, Lawson, a Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEA Sole Lessee and S' anageress, Mrs. Swanborous THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEART: Edward Teary and Turner; Mesdames Bufton at:cl Sat Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David Jam Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, A nstiss, oalfe, and Moors. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STRENT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-OOURT - ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. Fishing Coats. ri MOSES and SON beg to remind the public 3.2,4 • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho ise in England. :MEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Dress Trousers. ORDERS by post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Harrow Suits. 18s. 235. 265. 325. 365. 48s. "El MOSES and SON supply every description of l ' . 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 I-- LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE I,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, as each; also 55., 7s. ed., and 15s. each, includ ng brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, fa, 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 is. ed Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee Mr. Bvckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. NO SONG NO SUPPER: 11r. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Eda aid 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. Buckstone; Miss C. Hill, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, &c. Ooncluding with 3 IKSs IN THE DARK. AD ELP I-II 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 THEA TRE. Wyll-street, Strand. _ . _ S le Lessee and Manager, Mr W. H. LisToN. M. ss BAT EMAN as MARY WARNER every Evening during the week, assisted by Messrs. G. 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 depirous of securing seats several weeks in advance, Mr. W. H. LISToN feels compelled to annom. ce with regret that, in consequence of previous arran.2e ments, the br .liant engagement o this distinguished Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, JUNE 25. Commencing with MUSIC BATH CHARMS. Concluding with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office open from 10 till B. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVEN ING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. - After which, at ..30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and .►' anageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEART..-... Messrs Edward Teary and Turner; Mesdames Bufton at,d Santley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James. Terry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, Anstis4, GoAall, Met calfe, and Moor*. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montagne, D. James, and T- Thorne.—TH IS EVENING, at 7 30 the New Farce of CUP. BOARD LOVE, by F Hay. After which, at Eight o'Clock. a new and orii•inal Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO RO -ES. To conclude with the new and successful i•urlesque, DON CARL 'S; or, The Infante in Arms. Supportedby Messrs. H. J. Montague, 11. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavin, and A. Newton Prices—Stalls, 7s ; Balcony Stalls 58.; Boxes, 35.; Upp r Circle, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. Gantry, 6d. I% o Charge for Bookin_, Doors opea at Seven. Commence at 7.30 THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at Mr. BEAUMONT'S. " The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand, OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.--Le Nozze di Figaro, 8.30 p.m. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Roberto ii Diavolo. 8.30 p.m. HAYBIAREET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book And A Kies in the Dark ADELPHI—At Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. Fre Labour PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. LYCEUM—At 7.30, His Own I :ival , Breaking the Spell. At 8 3 Little Faust OLYMPIC At Seven. Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. the 'Varsity Boat Raee. GAIETY—At Seven, First The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twit Ase and Crown. STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, Kenilw rth. VAUDEVILLE —Cupboard Love. Two Roses 'on t 'arlos ST. JAMMS . S—At Seven, Frou ou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAD AND SKETCH K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cuddly, every nin , (except atord , y), at 8; naturda.y Morn iogs at 3 ndmissi n Is, 2s, 3s CHBIsTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall. Every isht, at. 8 ; Wed nesdays and Saturcla3 S, at 3 and 8 a I the 3 ear rouLd. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Fegent's-p , rk Open daily excei.t Sun dap.) AdmisMon, ls ; on \ oudayB, 6d. Children under ,rid. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from U. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 6d. ttt 0\ UM MORNING EDITION. f.;Z, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1870. Fenianism, it is to be hoped, if not as yet stamped out, must by this time be very thoroughly disheart ened. It is not merely, wherever it has attempted to raise its head, a failure, but far worse than that, it has rendered itself at once ridiculous and con temptible. Conspiracy never succeeds, says one of the fine ladies in " Lothair." The remark is super ficial, if you will, is trivial, is " flippant"—but, for all that it is true. From LUCIUS CATALINA to GUT F.awiEs, conspirators have always blundered. The Cato-street conspirators can hardly, from this point of view, be regarded as travesties of their historical and classical prototypes. They merely vulgarised the fiascoes that had long previously become pro verbial. In one sense they were not a jot more ludicrous, secreting themselves in the hay-loft at the back of those miserable mews, than was the Spanish fanatic, hiding with his dark lantern among the barrels of gunpowder in the cellarage of the Houses of Parliament. THISTLEWOOD was but a trifle more ruffianly than that profligate Patrician Adventurer of old Rome, alien= appetens,suiprofusus. They are of a-piece, these scheming, plotting, marau ders. They are visibly of a genus. A family likeness runs throughout them from generation to generation. And they are all bunglers. As of old—so now. As with the intriguers, who failed two thousand year ago—so is it during these last half-dozen years with the lawless promoters (covertly and on the sly) of the no-principles of Fenianism. Ostensibly they are all that—while flying at high game, at the subver sion of the Empire, at the undermining of the Con stitution. The liberation of Ireland is their watch word : but, as to their acts, they are the mean and despicable acts of the lowest class of magsmen, they are the most wild and wanton caricatures of the crimes of burglary and assassination. Than the Clerken well explosion, there was no baser or more despicable atrocity ever conceived and pitilessly perpetrated. noffensive, harmless standers-by—men, women, and little children of the humblest class among the industrial, population—were brutally struck down, blinded, mutilated, many of them destroyed —and all for what? Simply to tear a hole through a prison wall on the chance of aiding a Fenian prisoner or two to escape, in the confusion of the moment, from incarceration. The calculation arriving at such a result through such means was the calculation as of a half-witted savage. And so, also, in the instance of the late absurd and pre. posterous invasion of the two Canadas. It was an exploit imagined by BOBADIL, proclaimed (as already half accomplished) by BOMBASTES FURIOSO, and carried out to its ridiculous result by PAROLLES. `lle whole logic of Fenianism, such as it is, is arguing in a circle. And hence, appropriately enough at the core and heart of every movement there is a Head Centre—BOBADIL, BOMBASTES and PAROLLES all rolled into one. THE Earl of DERBY has come valiantly to the rescue during the dull period of the Whitsuntide recess, and has furnished the public with subjects of reflection which have been alike interesting and im portant. On Tuesday, he presided over one of the largest meetings that has ever been held in St. 1 George's Hall, Liverpool, convened for the purpose of supporting the movement for the restoration of Chester Cathedral. Lord DERBY'S speeches have one substantial claim on our regard—they are always of a practical character. They i say enough, and not too much, about the subject under discussion and put the merits of the case fairly before the audience. With respect to the question before us the noble lord truly said the facts were "few and simple." Chester cathedral, one of the oldest buildings in the north of England, is in such a state of decay that many repairs must take place unless it is allowed to fall to pieces altogether. The necessary repairs will entail a cost of thirty thousand pounds or perhaps fifty thousand pounds, but in a case like this expense is not the first consideration. Lord Derby gave expression to the feelings which must animate all men of sense and spirit when he said that to repair a building of this kind was a duty which the residents of that part of England owed to their country. The Englishmen of to-day have duties to discharge, which are not confined to the present generation, but extend to posterity, and they must not permit the destruction of a national memorial which can never be replaced if once destroyed; but which, on the other hand, can be of service to those who, five hundred years hence, may endeavour to search into the past history of their race. No pursuit is more interesting than that of researches into the past, and as the world becomes richer in the spoils of time, it is pursued with increased ardour. Architectural work is rightly considered to be of the greatest importance as repre senting the style and characteristics of a generation, and it is also the most durable among the memorials of antiquity. An apt illustration or an appropriate quota tion will often impress the mind and strike the fancy when more prosy arguments fail to convince, and Lord DERBY'S speech afforded an instance of this when he referred to tae structures of Egypt. If, said he, any ruler of Egypt were to pull down one of the pyramids for the sake of the materials, "there would be an outcry of remonstrance throughout Europe." Everyone would feel that the thing at tacked was the common property of the human race. To apply this argument,Lord DERBY pointed out that the middle ages had left us two sets of buildings esssentially typical and characteristic of the time that produced them—the feudal castles, and the cathedrals. We have few specimens of either at the present day, but their worth must not be decried if not for their in trinsic merit, at least for their associations and attri , - butes. They are types of an age which is past, and which can no more be revived than the Roman Em pire can be restored. In conformity with the utilitarian spirit of the present day, it has been the fashion to sneer at those who reverence the past and urge the preservation of the records of its grandeur. These cavillers may learn a wholesome lesson from one who if he is the descendant of an old historic house, is also one of the most practical men of his day. Lord DERBY admits that we do not live in feudal castles, and that our worship is carried on in buildings which bear slight resemblance to the ancient cathedrals, but that is the more reason why we should preserve what we have, and guard from destruction what cannot be recreated, " the more reason why, as in heritors of the past, we should feel that we are trustees for the future." This is the right spirit in which to regard the question of the rest& ration of an ancient cathedral; it is tin common property of the country, and neither the man of progress, nor the man of refine- THE b UN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7n. ment, would willingly part with that for which we can find no substitute. The impressive language of Lord DERBY left nothing to desire, and the accounts which were furnished of the progress of the repairs, and the general plan for the restoration of the Cathedral, allow no room for doubt on the question. It may fairly be said to those who are in the vicinity, that their duty has been put before them, and it remains for them to show if they are wanting in the will or the ability to perform it. American colonel, was quite a youngman, of advanced opinions on all subjects, religious, social and political. He was clever, extremely well-inf ormed—so for as books can make a man knowing—but unable to pro- fit even by his limited experience of life from a rest le-ss vanity and overflowing conceit, which prevented him from ever observing or thinking of anything but himself. He was gifted with a great command of words, which took the form of endless opposition, varied by sarcasm and passages of ornate jargon. He was thelastperson one would have expected to recognise in an Oxford Profes.or; but we live in times of transi- Con. Like sedentary men of extreme opinions, he was a social parasite, and, instead of indulging in his usual invectives agiinst ppers and princes, finding himself unexpectedly about to dine with one of that class, he was content only to dazzle and amuse him." PARLIAMENTARY holidays in the middle of the session give us time to look round us and consider what we have done, and what yet remains to accora- plish. Generally speaking the result of the inquiry is more flattering to our good intentions than to our actual achievements. If Ministers and members have struggled through one quarter of the questions they proposed to deal with at the opening of the session by the time the Midsummer sun shines above them, the session has been one of extraordinary activity and success, and in the year of gram 1870 we suspect few will be found bold enough to boast of past achievements. If the present session disposes of our second great Irish difficulty, and deals reso lutely with the education problem, it will condone for many omissions; but the continual neglect and postponement of social questions affecting the daily well-being of the people, is a continually recurring grievance. The procrastination brings its own pun ishment, for the postponement of some difficulties produces and perpetuates others which will not be put aside. Thus the neglect of the great questions of edu cation and intemperance recruits our standing army of paupers and criminals, and forces us to reap in startling and unexpected forms the harvest of our culpable indifference and apathy. Altogether, a capital likeness! What you would call 4 speaking photograph! mtrzAL IN IRBLAND. The agitation in favour of a "national senate" in Ireland, which, absurd as it may seem to English ears, is gaining much support in the northern and midland counties, is not being countenanced in any serious manner in the South. A. Cork paper con demns the revival of a cry which all sensible men must see to be hopeless. It contends that a demand for absolute separation would be more logical than one for a subordinate parliament, but even agitation for this must result only in trouble and failure. It therefore advises all prudent men to withdraw from the campaign before they have actually raised their flag. The Dublin journals all seem agreed as to the importance to Ireland, socially and relitically, of local legislation ; and their efforts to propagate their doctrines are in spite of the want of sympathy shewn by Cork, Waterford, and Tipperary, gaining the cause many strong adherents from all parties. The problem of English pauperism is rapidly, however, assuming gigantic proportions, and be coming one of those questions which, after long delay and evasion, suddenly override all others. It was so with Free Trade, it was so with Parliamentary Reform, it was so with the condition of Ireland. A grievance by constant reiteration becomes intolerable, and is fiercely resented, or an evil augmented by accumulating years produces unex pected consequences. Parliament and people are forced to deal with the question they thin would shun, and the difficulties which, earlier considered and frankly met, might have been easily resolved, are then found to have become, under our complicated social system, problems which perplex and confound the wisest. The great pauper question may be divided under many heads, any of which is a weighty matter in itself. We have to ascertain whence comes this overwhelming mass of misery and degradation, how we are to treat it when under our care, how we are to provide for it in the future and diminish its extent. There is work for a whole generation of social philosophers on this one subject alone, for directly and indirectly it in volves a host of others. Looking to the most hopeful view of the question, the chalice of diminishing our national burden, it is quite evident that we cannot attain our end simply by deterrent influences. Our workhouses are, Heaven knows, dismal and uninviting enough, and should serve one might suppose to drive away the most incorrigible idler, who would rather live at anybody's expense than his own, Lord DEBBY said the other day at Liverpool that it was inconceivable any man would break his leg for the pleasure of having it cured, but it is scarcely less amazing that any one from indolence or greed of public charity should elect to pass his days in St. Pancras! What influence can be exerted to break the spell of habitual dependence is an enigma that remains to be solved, but at least we can turn our attention to the desideratum of stopping the supply of paupers. It is, an acknowledged fact that a very large proportion of the children brought up by the parish return to it in after life. When we consider the great number of children which came under the care of the guardians from orphanage, desertion, the misfortunes or intern perace of their parents, and other causes, we shall at once perceive that we are not likely to lessen our poor-rate under these conditions. The workhouse is a cheerless home enough, and certainly little of the romance of early associations can linger in the memories of the pauper apprentices or little " marchionesses " sent out by the Union. But the fatal habit of helpless ness and dependence has been formed, and clings more or less closely through life. The children are not thoroughly and efficiently trained, and the guar ians, however good their intentions, find difficult to get them into suitable posi- Employers of the better class are averse to taking workhouse children, and in con sequence they very often fall into the hands of harsk and unscrupulous masters. They have little heart or courage, they have no one to work for but themselves, they have no one to take nide in their success, to encourage them _ _ _ Lions. to exertion, or to cheer them after failure. The badge of pauperism drags them down, and it is well, indeed, if that downward path leads them only back to the gloomy home from which they started, and not to its kindred gaol. In the case of the girls, indeed, there are other and worse agencies at work, and it is here that our parochial authorities might at once achieve a most important practical reform. " Evilcommunications corrupt good manners" said the wise apostle 'many a century since, and the experience of later years has only served to confirm his assertion. Many inmates of our work houses, no doubt, even among the able-bodied, are driven there .by sheer force of circumstances and irresistible misfortune. Many more among the inmates of the wretched infirmaries deserve our tenderest pity rather than our censure. But it is not with these that the young girl, fresh from the union school room, comes into immediate contact. It is with those of her own sex a little older than herself in years, far older in worldly wisdom and wickedness, with those who have gone out into the world and been driven back to the workhouse gates by their own sin and folly. The lessons she learns are not from the broken-down servant, the widowed mother, whose health has failed in the struggle, or the strong man crippled by disease and unwilling to burden his family. They are from the bold flaunting girl, the woman whose intemperance has broken up her home, and all the loud and reckless crew, who fill our workhouse sheds. So rapid is the consequent deterioration in the young girls suddenly introduced into this motley circle, that the chaplain of one of our large workhouses stated that he could see a marked change in their conversation and manner within one week of their entry into workhouse life. While we are puzzling as to what we are to do with our old paupers it is certain that we have found a marvellous receipt for manufacturing new ones. TOPICS OF THE DAY. FITS HIM TO A T, Professor Goldwin Smith will have it that the Social Parasite, described ly Mr. Disraeli in his " Lot hair,' mans himself. The Professor is evidently a man of nice discernment: In order to enable our readers to recognize the :.ecuracy of the delineation first perceived by the gentleman who maintains that he and no other sat for the portraiture, we subjoin one of the pa , sages referred to by M. Goldwiti Smith in his insol , nt letter to the author of " Lothair," as occurring in that book and as so unmistakeably personal tti himself, Mr. Smith : "The Oxford Profeisor, who was the guest of the £45, and that the directors can only pay a per cent. dividend. It would seem that the company,. having secured to themselves £OO,OOO or £70,000 per annum from season ticket holders, care but little to fulfil their contract of supplying reasonable accommoda- tions and decent - regularity, especially when it would be afforded at a loss of money to be gained from other hands, namely, those of the pleasure seekers LAW REFOUM. An Ex-Judge writes to the Times on the much vexed question of Law Reform. The Whitsuntide recess, he says, affords us an opportunity of taking stock as to our prospects during the present session. The survey is on the whole satisfactory, since public opinion has declared in favour of the chief part of Lord Hatherley's measures, and he need not fear the opposition of the Law Lords, if he stand firmly to ' his guns. His scheme for the fusion of law and equity in one great court, and eventually in every court of justice in England, is quite safe if he appeals to the statesmanship -on both sides of the House to support him against the lawyers. The ex judge, however, does not think that all will be done " when the fusion of law and equity is completed, The most crying want of the day, in his estimation, is a good Supreme Court of Appeal for the whole empire, which should swallow up the jurisdiction of every other appeal court from the House of Lords downwards. It is too much to expect any Lord Chancellor' to propose such a suicidal measure to his peers, and this reform must therefore originafe with the Commons., In conclusion the writer gives a hint which should be acted upon in these days when unnecessary delays are held to be so great a grievance. No one has the power of compelling the attendance of judges at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The most effi cient of the judges have their duties elsewhere, and their sittings are few and far between. At the pre sent moment no fewer than 200 appeals are lodged for hearing from India alone, a fact which of itself should stimulate the exertions of our Law eformers. THE NEW DEAN OF ROCHESTER. The announcement in the Post, that the Rev. Dr. Scott, the Master of Balliol, had refused Mr. Glad stone's offer of the Deanery of Rochester, turns out to be incorrect : a special postcript to the Guardian states that the rev. doctor has accepted the appoint ment. He will probably make an excellent dean. He was educated in Christ Church College, Oxford. obtained the Craven Scholarship in 1830, and the Ireland Scholarship in 1833. In the same year he took a first-class 8.A., and became M.A. in 1836. He was 'ordained deacon in 1835, and priest in 1836; was Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral from 1845, and became Master of Balliol College nine years later. As joint author with Dr. Liddell, of "Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon." the new Dean is universally known. Dr. Scott was rector of Duloe, Cornwall, from 1840 to 1850, and is the author of several volumes of sermons. THE FIRE IN QUEBEC. Our correspondent there furnishes some particulars of the great fire in Quebec. The fire originated in a baker's shop, spread, with the assistance of a strong east wind, over a street about forty feet in width, in the suburb of St. Roch's, and in a few hours destroyed over 400 houses. The fires engines and attempts of all kinds, including the blowing up of houses with gunpowder, were utterly useless in staying the pro gress of the fire : it made its way to the banks of the river St. C harles, and ended by destroying two new composite vessels nearly ready for launching, considered the finest ships ever built at Quebec. The actual loss is over 600,000 dollars, and that of the insurance companies 250,000 dollars. THE ABYSSINIAN MEDAL. It is with much satisfactio] that one learns that the Queen has signified her will that the officers and men of the Royal navy and marines employed during the operations in Abyssinia, including every sailor who was conveyed even into the Red Sea, with a view to ultimate active service, shall have medals awarded to them. It only now remains to be desired that a like award will be meted out to the gallant tars who were so willing to risk their lives in the New Zealand troubles. After a long sea voyage out to a trying climate, and an anxious period of watching, in which they did not know the moment their assis tance might be required against the Maori rebels, one would say that common justice alone demands that the sailors and marines of the war-vessels sent to New Zealand should have a small badge of honour. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. An Irish Catholic Layman has written to the Daily News in reference to mixed education in Ire- , land. He says that the plan of mixed and secular education has already been tried in the Queen's Col lege and proved a failure. There is only a " frac- ' tional representation" of the majority of the Irish people in these endowed "mixed education" colleges. The cause is not indifference to learning or poverty, but the fact that the Irish people are of one mind with their clergy, and disregard any system of instruc tion in which religion has no prominent place. The recent declaration to Mr. Gladstone on the sub ject of education from the Catholic laity, was signed by nine hundred influential persons of different classes, and affords a sufficient proof that they are totally opposed to mixed education. In conclusion, he declares that the question is one which the Irish Catholic people can very well settle for themselves. If the majority of them require secular education for their children, accompanied by religious education, they ought to be allowed to have it, and a reservation might be made, in order that the minority might please themselves; but a very small college would hold them. CANADA OPPRESSED DY " EXPEDI TIONS." A correspondent at Quebec sends us some interest ing remarks on the present condition of the Dominion of Canada. As might be expected,the two expeditions —if the Fenian raid deserve the dignity of such nomen clature have somewhat seriously checked the prosperity of our American colony. Twice within the short space of a month the militia and volunteers have been called out to meet the Fenian raid ; and the increased taxation that must necessarily follow will press, heavily in the present state of trade. The Red River expedition too has been delayed by the occurrence of the Fenian movement ; and the probable expenditure is on that account increased by some thousands of dollars. To add to the misfortunes of the Dominion, Quebec has again suffered from a recurrence of the vast fires that have rendered , its name notorious for wooden buildings and bad local management. "At the same time (our correspondent adds) it may be observed that the feeling elicited by these occurrences is highly creditable, Personal interest is, in nearly every instance, willingly sacrificed to the welfare of the Government." RAILWAY GRIEVANCES. The management of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway is calling forth very serious co mplaints from season ticket holders and others who must of necessity make use of the line. A train, it is said, is rarely if ever started to its time, and never arrives at its destination when due. Indeed, instances are known when trains conveying business men reach the West End a full half-half hour beyond the time guaranteed in the company's tables. The situation of travellers on days when festivities a re going on at the Palace, or when a Derby race is to be run, is extremely deplorable. On these occa sions the season ticket holders are not apparently once thought of, and all the inconvenience to them is caused for the sake of a few pleasure-seekers, who, however, pay for their ac commodation. On June Ist the company, it is said, took off forty trains from the line without previous notice, and regular passengers had to get to their business and home again at night as bes they could either by the trains, malting several hours, or by other conveyances, r i Under the circumstances it is snarcely to be wondered at that shares once worth 2130 are now worth only of ter EXTRADITION BILL. The Attorney-General's bill on the extradition of criminals makes provision that the Act shall be applied to any foreign State by order in council, where an arrangement has been made regard ing the surrender of any fugitive criminals. A fugitive criminal is not to be surrendered who is only convicted of a political offence, and the requisition for the surrender must be made by some person recognised by the Secretary of State as a representative of the Foreign State. Cases under this Act are to be heard by a police magistrate, and the magistrate is to commit if the evidence is such as would justify a committal in an English court, but the prisoner will not be sur rendered for fifteen days in order that opportunity may be given to apply for a writ of Habeas corpus. Among the list of extradition crimes are murder and conspiracy to murder, manslaughter, forgery, counterfeiting and altering, and also utter ing; embezzlement and larceny; obtaining money or goods by false pretences ; crimes by bankrupts against bankruptcy law; fraud by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director or member or public officer of any company, made criminal by any statute ; rape, abduction, child-stealing, burglary and housebreaking, arson, and robbery with vio lence. THE SALISBURY ESTATES. We have of late become accustomed to seeing the names of our oldest nobility figuring in the law lists, but the special case which has brought the Salisbury estates under the consideration of the Court of Exchequer is happily in no way connected with money lenders or sporting disasters. The point at issue was the amount of succession duty which Lord Eustace Cecil was liable to pay upon a sum of £20,000, of which he came into possession on the death of his father, the late Marquis of Salisbury. Certain estates were, under the marriage settlement of the late Marquis settled upon him for life, with remainder to his sons in tail. The late Marquis and his eldest son, the late Lord Cranborne, in 1855 executed a disentailing deed, and two years later they joined in a deed to raise a su m of £20,000 for the defendant, Lord Eustace Cecil, the third son, in case he survived his father. In 1860 another deed removed the .condition of his sur viving his father. In 1866 Lord Cranborne died, and the present Lord Salisbury, the second son, became tenant entail of the property. In 1868 the Marquis died, and the defendant became entitled to his £20,000. The Crown claimed succession duty at the rate of 3 per cent. on the ground that the true settler of the charge was the tenant in tail, the defen- dant's brother, who was to be treated as the prede cessor within the meaning of the Act. The defendant claimed to pay only at the rate of 1 per cent. on the ground that his father, not his brother, was the true predecessor. However, the Court gave judgment for the Crown, and the full amount must therefore be paid. BOARDING OUT PAUPER CHILDREN. There are undoubtedly two sides to every question, and it is accordingly not surprising to find the scheme of boarding out workhouse children, unsparingly denounced by Mr. George Bartley. This gentleman brings forward many arguments against the plan. It would not be, says he, so economical as is supposed, neither would the children be so kindly cared for, as the foster-parents would merely take them in as a matter of profit. The Contract price, being reduced to the lowest possible rate by energetic guardians, would only allow them to do this by stinting and starving the children, while, when they grew old enough to work, the latter would find their position became still more un comfortable from the competition with their foster parents • and brethren. Again, the diseased 1 state of the pauper children would be likely to create an epidemic in the over crowded houses of the agricultural poor, and the children must therefore remain some time on the parish before they could be thus disposed of, while at best only aportion of the children—those with out parents—could be thus provided for. All these arguments, however, fail to. touch one practical point—the miserably unsatisfactory condition of our pauper children at present. Those who know any thing of the inner history of workhouses are well aware that a very large percentage of the workhouse reared children hopelessly fail in life, in spite of the excellent sanitary arrangements, good education, and every other advantage boasted of. It may also be doubted whether if these little workhouse waifs and strays were questioned direct, they might not prove to us that their present existence was not so very enjoyable that they should shrink haul exchanging it for something like a natural home life, however poor. THE SPANISH THRONE. It is certainly a triumph for the democracy of the age to find the proudest and most exclusive nation in Europe proposing to elect a King. If any country might be supposed to be the strong hold of antiquated despotism and Divine Right it was surely Spain, where the rigid etiquette of the Court entailed death rather than loss of dignity on an imperilled monarch. Yet the Spaniards are actually debating a law for the election of sovereign ruler, and the debate in the Cortes, when the question came on was naturally of the most exciting kind. At the very outset there was a difference of opinion. The committee who prepared the draft of the measure were not unanimous. The greater part of them are partisans of Montpensier, and they wished the king to be elected by a majority of the deputies present, k • provided they equalled the number required ; for voting the ordinary laws, which is one more than half of the Deputies admitted. By this arrangement Montpensier, who has, it is said, 100 votes promised, stands a good chance, In the whole number of Deputies is only 350. The minority of the committee, who are dead against the duke, maintain that the king-elective should have half the suffrages of the whole number of deputies. The discussion in the Cortes was very animated, and the amendment of the minority was taken first. A. king, said its supporters,should not be elected under the same form as ordinary votes were taken, but should represent the majority of the nation. Senor Figueras, the Finance Minister carried this idea still further, and suggested a pl6biscite. When the division on the amendment came on the excitement was tremendous, though the question was only whether it should be taken into consideration. Six Ministers voted No, and all the Montpensierists joined them, but the Si's had it, and a majority of 106 to 98 pronounced in favour of the amendment. The trial of strength, however, will be on the definite vote. THE ACCIDENT ON THE MONTE SALVATOItE. The Monte Salvatore, on which Mr. E. Royds has just lost his life is so high and treacherous an ascent that three hours and a-half is looked upon as the average time required for getting to its top. It would appear from later particulars which have reached England that the party, Mr. Royds, his sister, and his cousin (another lady) mistook the usual path for be ginning the ascent, and they had reached a track ending in a rugged furrow, 200 teet from the level of the main road, before the error was discovered. The party, instead of retracing their steps, persevered, thinking that they must hit the regular mule-path a little way above. Darkness, however, came ou rafher suddenly, and a slight disaster which happened to Mr. Royds' sister in the brushwood, from which she had to be extricated, first made the young man aware of the critical position they were in. Instead of remain ing where they were till dawn, the tourists now began to descend, and it was when doing this that Mr. Royds suddenly placed his foot on an inse cure piece of rock, and toppled over three successive tiers of rocks before his body touched the ground. The calamity cannot be attributed to foolhardiness or rashness, as Mr. Royds, followed by his lady com panions, was taking each step down the mountain slope with a steady watchfulness. It must be said, however, that the party did not expect that they would meet with any extraordinary mountain diffi culties, and as the deceased young man was of power ful and athletic build, the party were all confident of accomplishing all they wished in perfect safety. If anything tended to render Mr. Royds hurried or anxious it was the thought that the friends of the ladies would be in alarm about them at Lugano. When the melancholy event hap pened the two ladies, though terribly shocked, happily preserved their courage, and, with a sagacity often remarkable in women when in real danger, they attempted to go back on the way they had come. After wandering under the moonlight for some time, they reached the path from the main road which they had at first wrongly and unfortunately taken. Fro trintt tirtn r Tat HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, June 7. The Queen, with Princess Beatrice, drove to Loch Cal later yesterday, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athol° and the Hon. Eva Macdonald. Princess Louise drove out, attended by Miss Macgregor• The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday morning attended by the Hon. Mrs. Coke. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales were present at a dinner and ball given by Sir Anthony de Rothschild, at his residence in Grosvenor-place. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY ; The Countess of Radnor's ball (instead of on the 2nd), at 52, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. The grand morning concert at 3 p.m. in aid of the Creche , or day nursery, in Bulstrode-street, at 19, Upper Seymour-street, by the kind permission of Mr. Owen Lewis. Mr. John Thomas's grand morning concert (by kind per mission of the Marquis of Downshire), at 24, Belgrave square ; to commence at three o'clock. The Grand Cricket Match on Lord's Ground between the Household Brigade and the Royal Artillery. The bands will be in attendance. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS—TO-DAY. The Royal Institution at 3, p.m., when Professor Tyndall will lecture on " Electricity." The Mathematical Society at 8, when Mr. T. Cotterell will lecture on the " Intersection of Curver, and Collinear Correspondence in certain R6seaus." The Zoological Society at 8.30, p.m., Mr. R. B. SharPe will leeture on " Newßirds from Madigascar," and Mr . R. Swinhoe, on "Zoological notes of a journey fool Canton to Pekin and Kalgan," and Dr. J. Murio, oil the " Saiga Antelope (Saiga Tartaricus.) TUE GRAND INTERNATIONAL PIGEON MATCHES IN FRANCE. PARIS, June 8. PRIX DE BOULOGNE. This, the second of the international matches, was shc' t for this afternoon in the Bois de Boulogne, when the ft'? prize was won by M. Hottinguer, the second by Capt Anderson, and the third by Captain F. Gist. There were 57 competitors. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. At the great show of the Royal Horticultural Society, held yesterday, the show of Orchids was peculiarly good , several species appearing under a degree of perfectio n which has scarcely been previously realised. The g reates t novelty was a singular species of Gonzora from Mr. W . Wilson Saunders, which has been named Gonzor n hostentora. We cannot speak too highly of the show 01/ a whole, the foliage plants being extremely striking. In the afternoon a general meeting of the Fellows Avsl held in the Council-room , presided over by Sigism uou Rucker, Esq., F.S.S., and the following candidates wed elected Fellows, viz. :—F. Atkinson Angles, the Es: of Ashburnham, the Hon. R. Baillie-Harnilt on, Edward James Boldero, the Marquis of Exeter, Mrs. Fryer, Theodore H. Galton, Thomas Hankin, ND", John Jones, Charles Kekul4, Frederic T. D. Led Yul" Godfrey J. M. Meynell, Mrs. Miller, George Augustus Moore, Thomas Pain, E. S. Bouverie Pusey, Henri Roug,ier, Mrs. A. M. Speer, Mrs. Squires, Edmund To' tersall, Mrs. Tattersall, Miss Amy Taylor, John I r at eB ' &c., &c. The Great Eastern arrived at Sheerness yesterday' A man named Agley flung himself on the lines the South-Eastern Railway, near Stoat's Nest, yesterday' and was killed. At the inquest held yesterday at Ramsgate, two of the victims of the boat accident, a verdict of 6; dental death was returned, and an expression of regli e w was recorded that more care was not taken as to t qualification of the boatmen. The marriage of Lady Alexina Duff, daughter ° o f the Earl of Fife, with Mr. Aubrey Coventry, second s'9o of the Hon. Henry Coventry, will be celebrated at 12.., 12 ,1 House, Banffshire, on the 6th of July, which is the -r"' of Fife's birthday. 1 A NOBLE GIFT.—The sum of £l,OOO was 9 te . days since left at the bank of Messrs. Ransom, Bouvel; and Co., " for the British Hospital for Diseases 0f Skin, 56, Great Marlborough-street, W., and VA, , bury-square, E.C., from V. S. T." Lord Falmouth has presented T. French, the ri d i e i r 6 of Kingcraft, with the handsome douceur of £5OO. gift is all the more liberal, seeing that his lordship not back the horse for a shilling, and consequently ben° nothing beyond the value of the stakes.—Sportsman. 110 The Jockey Club Committee now considering at abuses of the Turf seem determined to forestal A:ecl Thomas Hughes with his Horse Racing Bill, as it is S t i °' ,:y, they will probably come to a decision by next Frillie Si) Joseph Hawley, it is stated, at the meeting on Saturday before the Derby, brought forward his Prl, sition to restrict two years running until July 1, " by a majority of seven to two, it was negatived, anal the committee will not propose any alteration in present law. _-...---....'''."-' --____ SPIT: The Ste safe retr ficti on b e ' ; 'essor, o f of restl< Th S ena th e liegot ItA i Ab L ang I' field up 1 rails slips