The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-01 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.-MISS BA I'EMAN.- THIS EVENING, at 8, MARY WARNER: Mary Warner . , Miss linteman; assisted by Messrs. Vernon, D. Fisher, Blakeley, Roberts, Elliott. Vanghan. and G. Belmore. receded by, at 7, MUSIC HATH CHARMS: Miss Hattie Reinhardt. To conclude with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Mr. Uco. Belmore. "LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVE` ING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL. Mr. P. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at r. 30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Sol dene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and anageress, 31 rs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING HEARTS. Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Bufton alidpantley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, Ferry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant'ey, A nstiss, Goodall. Met calfe, and Moore. V.AUDEVILLB THEATRE, STRAND.- LOPSOCS-31essr , H J. Montague, D. James, and T, Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30, an original Comedy, by A. Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE OR MONEY, - At 9.45, the new Burlesque, by Conway Edwarde., entitled DON CARL()S; or, The Infante in AIMS Supported by the following Company:— Messrs H. J. Montague, G. Honey, H. Irving, W. H. Stephens, C. Garthorne, E. Elton, and Thos. Thorne ; Mesdames Nolly Power, Cavendish, Ainy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclerc, R Evelyn, Kemp, T Lavis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. N B.—On Saturday, June 4, will be produced a New and Ori ginal Comedy in 3 Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, supported by the whole of the Company, and in which Miss A. Newton will make her first appearance at this Theatre. JHE LATE EDITION o f t , THE SUN" at Mr. BEAUMONT'S. " The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. ruiHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- town. OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise's Book. And A Kiss in the Daik, ADELFIIT--at Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. Free Labour. "'MRCP. OF WALES'S—At 7.30, Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. . - - LYCEUM—At 7.30, His Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8 3 Little Faust, OLYMPIC At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. The 'Varsity Boat Race. GAIETY —At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S —At Seven, &Ty Wife's Dentist. 'Twixt Axe and Crown. STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, Kenilw. rth. VAUDEVILLE —For Love or Money. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S —At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sanvago WOOIHN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH B ,( K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every fling (except l:iatcrday), at 8; Saturday Morn irgs at 3 l,dmission Is, 2s, 3s. CHRP,TY MINSTRELS: St. James's Hall. Every Night, at 8; Wod,. neslays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 ail the year round. . ' park. 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GEN TLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Race Business Morning Dress Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. 138. 6d. 12s. 80s. 10s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 355. 13s. 18s. 21s. 15s. 40s. 16s. 21s. 245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 265. 80s. 21s. 50s. 20s. 40s. 245. ORDERS by post are attended to with care and tJ .punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self measure Introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Ti MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of . 1 1 4. B OY'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. Os. 6d. 15s. 18s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 19s. 235. 235. 16s. 6d. 21s. 26s. 26e. itls. 265. 325. 325. 265. 30s. 365. 365. 30s. I 365. 48s. 48s. MOSES and SON supply every description o " • 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. Ali 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. TIIFEBOAT SERVICFS.—During the storms of the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU TI ON Contributed to the saving of 1,692 lives from various ship wrecks and 43 vessels from destruction. It has now 2,0 Lifeboat Stations under its management. CONTRIBUTIONS for their support will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co , Courts and CO., Herries and Co , by all the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, RICHARD LEWIs, Esq., at the Insti tution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGIJA 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 torn). and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, Zs each ; also 55., Is. 3d., and 15e. each, inclad ng brush. Red Still Wharf ,Angel-passage, 13, Upper Thames-street, Lon. 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. 6d Bed Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Sole Lessee. Yr, Brekstone._ THIS EVENING, at 7 o'cicck. NO SONG NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Edu aid Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, ]Liss 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 7 (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothein, &e. Concluding with A IKSS IN THE DARK. A DELPHI THEATRE.—New Company.—New Drama.—At 7,30, FREE LABOUR, a drama, id foar acts, by Charles Reade, played by a new company, selected from llrst-class theatres. New scenery by Hewes Craven, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1870. r 7 I• , 1 1 .7 Vi le/1j - C - • MORNING EDITION. made by angry and famished legislators. It is needless to say that the Government repudiated in the strongest possible manner Sir JOHN GRAY'S description of the operation of the bill. Ile himself even, in spite of self-assurance, must have felt an arrow or ' two pierce him as one member after another arose from the benches around him, and, in the name of their Irish constituents, reprobated their colleague's stric. tures, and laughed at his vaticinations. That Colonel BARTTELOT should attack him, and declare him responsible for half the mischief wrought in Ireland, Was but natural, for the gallant member is a Tory of Tories, and an Englishman of Englishmen. But when men like Mr. M'CAnTinc DOWNING and Mr. MURPHY, representing the most important county of Ireland, thanked the Government in 'the most emphatic language for their measure, even Sir JoHN 011.1 Y must have felt thalt he had blundered, It is to be hoped that the conviction has now been so thoroughly forced upon him that he will not attempt to repeat in his journal the errors of his speech. As Mr. NAGUIRE eloquently said, Ireland, above all things, wants rest, and he who would give that country this, he who would give Ireland the opportunity of turning to account the great measure which has just passed through the House of Commons, would confer upon it the greatest boon that could be bestowed. It remains very much with Sir JOHN GRAY and his friends to say if this boon shall be bestowed. If they are real patriots and not mere agitators, they will use the influence which they possess in teaching both landlords and tenants how to live peaceably and happily under the new regime which, after three months' anxious deliberation, the House of Com mons has at the last stage approved without a single dissentient voice, IT is to be regretted that Mr. GLA.DSTONE has not seen his way to an amendment of the present unsa tisfactory regulation by which any cross-grained, capricious, or indiscreet, though well-:meaning mem ber, may obtain the exclusion of strangers from the debates of the House of Commons and the prohibi tion of all reports. There is no need at this advanced stage of constitutional progress to prove that publicity is one of the greatest safeguards of political liberty. The over zealous member who banished the reporters and visitors from the House last week would certainly not deny this, But he thought the public morals would be endangered by reading a discussion upon enthetic diseases. They are not a topic that most persons love to discuss, but there is no doubt that much harm has been done by the persistent ignoring of this terrible plague. Our squeamishness has been one great reason why the plague has so fearfully prevailed'. Independently of that, Mr. CRALTFURD failed to see that whatever objection there might be to publicity with regard to this matter, the objection to secrecy was infinitely graver and stronger. He knew well enough that a considerable number of persons believe that the Contagious Diseases Act seriously imperils their personal liberty. He knew that this belief had given rise to public meetingsin all parts of the country; and yet when the measure was brought before the great national tribunal of Parliament he resorted to the extraordinary course of exclu-ding the nation.., Such a power .as this ought not to be left in the. hands of any man. The best intentions unaccompanied by common sense may often produce the most injurious consequences, and it is now clear beyond all shadow of doubt that no private member can be entrusted with such a means of working mischief as that which the member fol. Ayr exercised on the 24th ult. We cannot is the circumstances under which the power of ex dusion ought to be exercised at all ; but if the House, jealous of its privileges, is determined to retain this prerogative, it ought to be accompanied by restrictions which would make its improper exercise all but impossible. The exclusion of strangers should henceforth be effected solely by a motion duly made and seconded, and carried by a majority of members present. We are at a loss to imagine why Mr. GLAD STONE did not propose this very simple alteration of a very unjustifiable rule. MERE was some very strong language in com mittee on the navy estimates, somewhere about mid night of Monday. Listening to the charges made by . one member after another, one would have supposed that the present Board of Admiralty was not only th e most tyrannical, but the most corrupt, since the days of Lord MELVILLE. Oil was bought for the navy from a personal friend of the Secretary, and the oil was very bad. Coal was bought of a political supporter of the Government, and the coal caught fire, and nearly destroyed one of her Majesty's ships. Sur plus stores had been sold with such reckless profusion that if a war were to break out it would be impossible to furnish the navy, and Mr. CHILDERS and his colleagues would be dri ven from office amid the execrations of the people. Every, story is good until another is told ; but Mr. CHILDERS and Mr. BAXTER made short work of their accusers. No oil is bought at Dundee. No friend of either the First Lord or the Secretary is engaged in purchasing for the Navy. The coal that caught fire ought to have • beeh mixed with other coal. The surplus stores, Mr. BAXTER showed up upon a former occasion, and his list excited the un controllable laughter of a House that was too much amused to be scandalised at the shameful waste and jobbery which had formerly prevailed. Then when the Secretary to the Admiralty, with pardonable warmth, denounced these personal attacks and the recklessness which prompted them, the assailants, a little while before so bold, re plied that they did not mean to do any harm ; but these reports were current out of doors, and it was therefore well for Mr. BAXTER to have an opportunity of answering them. "I am quite able to take care of myself out of doors," was Mr. BAXTER'S reply, and he added some deservedly severe comments upon the manner in which his opponents were now endeavour ing to sneak out of their attacks. The country will share Mr. , BAXTER'S indignation. The character of public men must not be slandered in this reckless manner: We think that the Admiralty has made some mistakes, especially in connection with the discharge of Dockyard artizans, but we believe the administration of the navy to be thoroughly honest, and animated solely by the desire to get for the nation its money's worth. Those who are always making charges of corruption and favouritism, which they are not able to establish, must not be surprised if the public puts it own interpretation upon the matter. Men who are over suspecting evil cannot be wholly unac quainted with it. strength of the troops at the various points where attack was apprehended. Nearly the who'e of the afternoon and night were spent in (iisctiss;ng matters connected with naval affairs. In Comtnitt on the Estima' es several grants of money were made, and shortly after the llonse had resumed Mr. G;ad stone moved an adjournment until Thursday next. 4, if tff nr 1 c ,-.,--- --4..- ' -- #l' llllllllal. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, May 80. The Queen . , Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice at. tended Divine service yesterday in the parish church of The Duchess Dowager of .A.thol and Lord C. Fitzroy we in attendance. The Rev. Norman . 31'Leod officiated. Tho Princess of Wales drove out yesterday morning and again in the afternoon. The Prince of Wales - paid Prince Leopold a visit a Windsor Castla. His Royal Highness afterwards called of the King of the Belgians at Claridge's Hotel. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Derby—with the journeying down to Epsom and back again by road and rail. Lady Gerard's Concert, at 35, Grosvenor-square. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS—To-DAY. The Ethnological Society, at 8 p.m., when Mr C. Spence Bate will deliver his "Report on the Pre-historic Antiqui ties of Dartmoor." SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE SESSION OF 1870. The Times observes that the' session has received the second of its Three Warnings, and there is some reason to hope that the lesson of the event will not be neg lected. The arrival of Easter was the first reminder that the time for work was slipping away, and now Whit suntide is upon us impressing the same truth. It is certain that the break of Easter did a g,reat deal of good. Up to that time the progress of business had been alarmingly slow. But with the re-assembling of Parliament after the Easter holydays a new spirit was manifested. The House of Commons has been sedulous in the despatch of business. Much unfinished work still remains before Parliament, and it is evident that a great part of it will not be finished this session, but a methodical spirit has been developed. With all drawbacks the session will not be unfruitful. It will have settled the greatest social difficulty of Ireland, and have grappled, not unsuccessfully, with the greatest social evil of England; and if it achieved no more than this, it would amply deserve to rank with equal honour by the side of its elder sister of 1869. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1870. The inequality of the distribution of labour be tween the two Houses of the Legislature is very forcibly recalled to mind, and illustrated afresh, by the significant fact that four out of the six months set apart for the Parliamentary Session have already elapsed before the first gi eat measure of the year hes pawed through the House of Commons, on its way to the House of Lords, and that, consequently, the latter will have to scramble through it in exactly half the time, if the whole session is not to be wasted, if in other words the Government Bill in question, the Irish Land Bill, is, before the prorogation of the Legislature, to be at length transformed into an Act of Parliament. It was only on the penultimate day of May that this Bill was read a third time and passed through the Lower House without a division. It was on Tuesday, the 15th of February, that we were listening to Mr. GLADSTONE'S great speech in the House of Commons, when, as Prime Minister, he laid before Parliament, this care fully prepared scheme of the Government. It was Monday, the 30th of May, before the Bill had been formally passed through all its various stages in the popular branch of the Legislature. The Lords must consequently bestir themselves. After the Whitsun holidays Midsummer will be looming up before us and, whatever haste can reasonably be made in June and July, must be made by them forth- with—otherwise, before we are any of us well aware of it, we shall find ourselves landed in August, upon the eve of the grouse-shooting, with the foremost omnibus in the parliamentary line still stuck in Temple Bar. The rest are to follow in due sequence, if that first one in the long procession can but be dragged forward betimes. The Lords wait ing all this while, through February, through March, through April, through May, until June itself has arrived, before the Irish Laud Bill is, for the first time in its substantive fora), submitted to their con sideration. They have heard of it, they have read of it as under discussion in " another. place :" but, as a bill actually in existence, they have, until now, hail no knowledge of it whatever. At. length, howbeit, for them also, the day of work has arrived. But, as usual, the work of the Peers has to be hastened oil, if it is to be done at all—their toil as legislaturs having to be crammed into the fag-eud of the s ssion, instead of being equally distributed over the full period of its duration. The difficulty is ob viously this, that, as a rule, the bulk of the ofssioatral laLour is commenced iu the Commons. Insttad, of which, a fair proportion ought to be accorded to each House—measure A being introduced in the Ceirt , mons, measure B in the Lords, meas'tre - C in the Commons, measure 1) in the Lords—A arid C, B and D crossing each other midway. Nothimg could have been more natural, for example, thatrfor tire Government Education Bill to have been introduced in the Lipper House, the Houle in which is seated the official chief, who is at the head of the Edutft tional Board, the high and mighty patrician ) , who ever he may chance to be, who holds rank at the moment among her MAJESTY'S Ministers '41,9 Lord President of the Council. It would have kappened unfoNunately, of course, that upon carrying out our suggestion in the present instance, the Educati:m Itill would have been introduced to Parliament, flat of all, by Lord Ds GREY and RtooN, a very good Grand Master of the Freemasons possibly, but a very bad, or, at any rate, a very indifferent, and a very insignificant Orator, and Statesman, and Adminis trator—instead of by the Minister of Education, par excellence, the Right Hon. W. E. FORSTER, the Vice-President. That., however,is purely a coinci dence. What England aims at always—if repeatedly, as in this instance, the mark is miss-;d—is the setting of the Right Man in the Right Place, is the not allowing the best man to come off second best in the distribution of appointments. It would have been unfortunate, doubtless, to have had the Government measure in regard to National Education first of all explained to the Legislature, and through the Legie lature to the country, by the Earl DE GREY and RIPON instead of by Mr. FORSTER. But, for all that, Mr. FORSTER would, in due course, have had his turn, the time of the session, particularly of the Lords, would not have been wasted, and the Bill, be fore this, would have been very much advanced. Earnestly, therefore, is it to be hoped that the system hitherto in vogue—according to which the vast majority, instead of merely a fair proportion of the Government measures are introduced, first of all, as a rule, through the House of Commons—may at length in the fullness of time be judiciously modified. A more rationAl distribution of labour might, there is no doubt whatever about it, be readily enough arranged, spreading the Parlia mentary toil ever the six months of the session, and sharing it, in more reasonable proportions, between the two Houses of the Legislature. THE scene in the House of Commons about half past six o'clock .on Monday evening is not likely to be fOrgotten by those who witnessed it. Mr. HARDY, who has during the present session been leading the Conservative party, had made a few mild observa tions upon the Irish Land Bill, intimating that, though he did not like the measure, he should not divide against it, but should leave the Upper House to make it acceptable (a wise • deci sion, considering that in the Lower House Mr. HARDY and his friends are always in a minority of over 100) ; Mr. GLADSTONE had made his last set oration upon this bill, and had, with gnat tact, bestowed praise all round for the care and attention which members of all parties had given to it ; Cap. tain ABCHDALL had denounced the bill from the Tory Irish landlords' point of view, when Sir JOIIN GRAY got up to condemn the bill as little better than a sham ; as, indeed, worse than that, since it would com pletely extirpate the class of small tenant farmers. _ - The stormy and noisy impatience with which this prophet of evil was listened to, or rather not listened ln the House of Lords, last evening, the - Norwich to, would have made a less self-confident man sit Voters Disfranchisement Bill, and the Bridgewater down. But the mem b er for K i lkenny does not want and Beverley Disfranchisement Bill, were reported assurance. Had he wanted it he would never have with amendments. The other business - transaced Their was not of a noteworthy' character. lordsips opposed the bill at all. When it was introduced he adjourned until Monday week. The Home of Com praised it, and it wasnot until he had conferred with mons assembled at two o'clock in 'order to his extreme friends in Ireland that he suddenly dispose of the Navy Estimates, so 'as to enatl! the House to adjourn for the - ' W hitsuntid e altered his tone, and could find nothin g but mischief holidays without meeting on Thursday. 'M r. in the measure which he had at first ' thought INIo, sell, in repb- to Colonel North, informed the so worthy of commendation. For twenty- 'Rouse of the nature of the latest intelligence which five minutes ho kept hungry members the Government had received from Canada. His statetneut was to the effect . that the Fenian maran, from their dinner, and the roar that ascends from the , dens were thoroughly chaorgantsed, and were making Zoological Gardens just before feeding-time was but the best of their way out of danger, Gen. Lindsay, as the cooin g of, a dove compared with the noise under the cirCumstances; proposed to reduce the I • MAGAZINE DAY. Blackwood has a notice of " Mercer's Journal of Waterloo, which transports the reader to times that seem long past. His diary throws a light on the by-ways of war, and will thus be acceptable to those who have had enough of the general details of that oft-trodden field. "Our Ironclad Ships" is a criticism on Mr. Reed's late work on the subject. In conclusion, the writer confesses himself lost in speculation when he thinks of the ships our navy may possess ten or twenty years hence. " John " is continued in four chapters ; it is an eventful instal ment. " Earl's Dene "is also proceeded with at some length. " Trade Unions " are considered in a second article. It is forcibly pointed out that a noble opportunity is afforded to the women of the working classes to exert their influence on their husbands, and to gather up per ceptions which they may be too slow to notice. If they enter Into an inquiry of the rules which govern these Societies, and call for an account of the good, and the evil they produce, much lasting benefit might ensue, and we " should have smaller need to write about the Trade Unions." " Regina " presents us with a very interesting title page, for though the Third Lecture on the " Science of Reli gion," by Professor Max Muller., may be more attractive to the philosophical student than to the general magazine reader, it is followed by plenty of lighter papers. " The Adulteration of Food and Drugs" is a matter only too painfully practical. The " Peck of Dirt," which, accord mg to our nursery traditions, every human being was compelled to eat in the course of his life has certainly increased of late years in as rapid a ratio" as the value of land in the city or the area of British commerce. Alas with the increasing extent of that commerce the " Peck of Dirt," has only too • much to do ! The editor, Mr. Fronde, himself finds something more to say about the age of " Bluff King Hal," and the readers of his histories can very readily guess whether the "fresh evidence about Anne Boleyn," which greets us in the June Fraser, ia on behalf of the prosecution or defence. Further on we have a glimpse into the twilight world of Persian poetry, and flo review of " Lothair," by Shirley, so genial and appreciative, that it stands in striking contrast to some of its monthly contemporaries. " Shirley" is a pseudonym well known of old to the readers of Fraser, and his introductory remarks on the advantage of our statesmen being able to turn from their political duties to the world of letters shews that he has not lost his enlightenment, his taste, or his tolerance. There never was a time, he says, when it was more essential that our politicians should be something more than politicians, for the sectarian trade spirit is in the ascendant, and Mr. Disraeli has done good service in that his career has been a not unsuccessful protest against it. That career, which appeals to the imagination, has proved that wit and genius and imagination are still powers in the land, tl}at they still pay even among a people bent on money making and indifferent to ideas. London Society contains an amusing sketch called the "Social Uses of Guardsmen," which throws out some sug gestive hints to the frequenters of society. There is a great variety to be met with in this number ; some stories are continued with spirit, and we meet besides with sketches in verse illustrative of different scenes and sub- jects of social life. "Fashions to Follow ; is — a — sciaTp criticism on the extravagances of the period, not wholly un called foe by what is passing around us. " Sketches and Epiaodec of the London Season " is an appropriate paper for this month. " The Piccadilly Papers " contain an interesting notice of " Lothair." It is said that Lothair ' is a great novel ; but it is a novel that could only have been written by a great gentleman, and a great genius," also that it is impossible to read the work without recognising the authors' indivi ' duality, on every page, and feelings of political sympathy, and antagonism, yield to those of admiration while we read, The New Monthly patronises Danish literature as usual, and the name of Hans Christian Andersen is a host in it self, and the quaint simplicity of the style recals the fami liar strain of the gifted childlike story teller. Mr. Rossetti's poems receive an eulogistic criticism, while the very next article deals with poetry of a very different order— Tennyson's " In Memoriam." The Fortnightly Review, as usual, deals with weighty subjects, dealt with in a weighty manner, from Mr. Mill on the Land Question," to "Joseph Mazzini on the (Ecu menical Council." These two articles alone are sufficient, one would imagine, to secure a pretty large circle of readers for the June number of the Fortnightly, and the doctrines of Stuart Mill on the one question will be about as acceptable to our English and Irish landlords, as will the attack of the Italian hero of a hundred revolutions the prelates and dignitaries now assembled in Rome. The Edinburgh reviewers are the most noticeable figures in theGentleinan'slifagazine, and the brilliant group of which Jeffrey, Brougham, Sydney Smith, and Horner were the ruling spirits, forms the subject of a very readable article. The 10th of October, 1802, when the blue and yellow Edinburgh first made its appearance, marks in the opinion of the writer we are referring to the commencement of one of the most prolific and brilliant periods in the whole history of English literature. When he says that the writers of the 18th century were hardly fit to mend the pens of Pope, Addison, and Swift, and includes Gray, Goldsmith, Johnson, and Cowper among his list, he must expect to call forth a very active protest from those to whom the `,` Progress of Poesy " and the " De serted Village," the " Vanity of Human Wishes " and the " Mother's Picture " are something more than schoolbook names. Colburn's United Service Magazine furnishes its readers with all the most important points of naval and military knowledge of the day, and keeps them au courant with passing events of note. The Food Journal is a review of sound and sanitary economy, and a monthly record of food and publio health. One ohapter contains an analysis of popular food which is accomplished with great skill, though it cannot be said that its details are illustrative of the saying that " know ledge is pleasure," being rather confirmatory of the notion that ignorance is bliss. Britannia is an attractive number. The continuation of " How the World Wags " presents some stirring sketches of life. " Through the Fire "is also very ex citing, and some eventful passages oecur in this instal ment. Once a Week contains the month's collection of subjects of varied kinds, and is quite equal to the average. The circle of our magazine literature is so wide that it finds room alike for the disquisitions of philosophers and the caprices of the milliners. In the Follet, an old favourite with the fair, and the Milliner and Dressmaker, its homely sounding English rival, we see art and taste doing all they can to set the marvellous toilettes of the day in the best possible light. NEWS FROM SLR J. YOUNG. The most satisfactory tidings have been sent from the Canadian frontier. Sir J. Young says that no further atttack was expected, and that the Fenians were begging their way home. Three of them were killed and - ten wounded at }'reelingburgh, and they sustained the same loss at Trout River. Their stores have been lost or nearly destroyed. Sir I lenry Bulwer's Speech ,of the 20th instant, during the debate in the House of Commons in reference to the Grook massacres, we aro glad to see has been just now issued from the press as a 'separate publication. Brief, though it was, it was as directly to the purpose, and as im pressive as any speech delivered in either House of Parlia ment in regard to that most lamentable catastrophe. THE AURORA BOREALIS was on Saturday morning the 28th (between 12 15 and 12 .10) visible in the northern heavens; in the form of first one and eventually three broad bands of scintillating light, gradually growing paler, until at the end of 25 minutes it bad almost entirely di , appeared. The. long - and expensive parliamentary contest • between the Metropolitan District Railway Company and • the City authorities was brought tc, a close yesterday. The Lords' Committee unanimously refused to sanction the construction of a line from Bread-street to the Ma..sion house. The proposal of the Metropolitan Railway Company to abandon their line hem Aldgate to Tower hill was also refused, but the Committee are prepared to recommend that!: there should be an extension of time, if it be desired, for the Completion of thO works. THE IRISH PRESS. The Stand«rd thinks the Irish press is much to be pitied for the failure of the Fenians in Canada. No rapider countermarch is recorded in history than this of the Irish Nemesis, who_came to revenge the wrongs of Erin in battle line upon the Canadians. " No Fenian has pene trated a mile into Canada, or stood half an hour on Canadian soil." This is very disheartening after all the sympathies and good wishes which had been poured on O'Neill and his braves by their friends in Ireland. What cruel destiny is this which insists not only in confounding the enterprises of the Fenian heroes, but in covering them with ridicule? How are we to maintain the sentiment proper to national heroism when within four-and-twenty hours of the march of the patriots into Canada their chief anxiety is found to be - touching the railway fare to their homes? The Flag of Ireland, under the head of " an Irish Nemesis " says that if England will only do justice to Ireland Canada may rest in peace, and O'Neil's occupa tion's gone. " Until then the Nemesis will hang on the heels of the Dominion." But this, by its own sheaving. is a very Irish Nemesis, which hangs on the heels of one people in order to be avenged on another. If the Canadians had any share in pro ducing the wrongs of Ireland—if it were possible for them to remedy those wrongs—we could understand a Nemesis, even in the uncomely guise of a Fenian general, hanging on the heels of the Dominion. But. why Canada should be plundered because of something. done by England —more especially why Canada should be assailed by the American Irish for something done to the home Irish—passes all ordinary understanding. THE DERBY DAY The Derby Day, i says the Telegraph, the most remark able of all days n the year, is here at last. It is the " peculiar Wednesday " of which Mr. Gladstone lately spoke with such good-humoured unction in the House of Commons. The Premier can do a good many things, but we defy him to keep in hand 650 great schoolboys who are all resolved to break bounds and go out en masse for a frolic. It is said that Mr. Gladstone may be on the ground to-day not on the Hill, we will not go so far as that—but certainly on the Grand Stand. We sincerely hope Mr. Gladstone may look upon the doings of " the ring " to-day, and see the gentlemen who frequent that place of business at work. He would return home, as the result of the experiment, a wiser, perhaps a sadder, man. Certainly he would drive back full of doubt whether betting could be entirely suppressed by law. Besides, might he not have " taken the odds about the winning horse ? EXCLUSION OF STRANGERS. The Daily News thinks that Mr. Henley's remarks on Monday evening upon the exclusion of strangers, that is to say, of reporters, from the gallery of the House of Commons, were marked by the manly good sense which usually characterises his speech - es ; and we may, perhaps, be permitted, with the sincerest respect and deference, to express so little regret that they did not receive a more congenial reply from the Prime Minister. For the present Mr. Gladstone declines to do anything. The Government have no proposal to make with. respect to the exclusion of reporters, and they see no necessity for referring the sub ject to s. committee. We regret that Mr. Gladstone should have taken this attitude. We regret still more the ground on which he justifies it. Mr. Gladstone has titles so many and so indisputable to the respect, confidence, and gratitude of the Liberal party and the country, that his errors are more to be deplored, and require to be more earnestly combatted, than those of inferior men. MANSION HOUSE BANQUET TO HER MAJESTY'S JUDGES. Last evening the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained Her Majesty's judges at a grand banquet in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House. The Lord Mayor proposed " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," which was responded to by General Penne father., Admiral Sir IL Denham, and Colonel Warde re spectively. The Lord Mayor, in proposing the toast of " Her Ma jesty's Judges," said that the annual banquet to the judges was a reflection of the honour which the commercial spirit paid to the judicial administration of the law in this country. Every Englishman felt that the administration of justice in this country was a thing to be proud of. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) There were few amongst them who could estimate the labour and painstaking of the honest judge. Whilst the judges were anxious that the law should be administered according to its letter, they were also desirous that it should not be administered contrary to the true spirit in which it was framed. Such anxiety in dealing out justice had maintained the high reputation which the judicial bench enjoyed. (Cheers.) The toast was warmly received. Lord Chief Justice Bovill acknowledged the compli ment, and said that the Lord Mayor had not inadequately described the anxious duties which the judges had to per form, and the responsibility which rested upon them. The law of the country was administered with sound rea son, and in a manner which he hoped met with the ap probation of the country. (Cheers.) The Lord Mayor proposed " The Equity Judges," and hoped that before long they would have a new toast added to their list, viz., the fusion of law and equity. (Hear, hear.) Vice-Chancellor Malins, in responding, said that there was as_ much distinction between law and equity as be tween the army and navy, and he trusted that it would be long before their distinctive features were abandoned. (Hear, hear.) Lord Chief Justice Bovill proposed " The Health of the Lord Mayor" in complimentary terms, and referred in a genial manner to the fact that the rival governing powers of the metropolis were present in his lordship and the chairman of the Board of Works. The toast was cordially drunk. The Lord Mayor, in reply, said that it was a mistake to sup pose that there was any antagonism between the Board of Works and the city authorities. The only question was, that if two men rode upon the same horse one must ride in front and the other behind. (Laughter.) It was absurd to compare an old thoroughbred racehorse like the Corporation of London with such a young cob as the Board of Works. (Loud laughter.) He thought that the House of Commons would not ruthlessly interfere with a corporation which had stood the test of 1,100 years. The other toasts were " The House of Commons," re sponded to by the Hon. G. Denman, Q.C. ; " The Ladies," &c. ST, JAMES'S HALL—MR. KUHE'S CONCERT. Mr. Kuhe's grand annual concert, - Which is invariably re garded as one of the great events of the musical season, took place on Monday afternoon, and attracted a large bril liant, and fashionable audience. The programme was a most extraordinary one, as it embraced the names of Mdlle Christine Nilsson, Madame Monbelli, Mdlle. Carole, Madame Florence Lancia, Mdlle. Liebhart, Miss Edith Wynn, Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Madame Patey, Madame Sinico, Signors Mongini, Foli, Castelli, Waldeck, Bettini, Mr. Santley, Vernon Rigby, and other eminent artistes. It would be an impossibility to par ticularise every piece sung, although each deserved the highest commendation ; so we must content ourselves by singling out some that call for special notice; and first in order, as in talent, amongst the vocalists, we must place the pieces rendered by Mdlle. Nilsson. in the first part., although each of the preceding artistes had gained very great applause, the honour of an encore was positively forced upon this accomplished artiste, for Verdi's aria from " Traviata " "Ah forse d lui, and cer t a i n ly nothing could have been more perfect. The bpplauso was universal and so enthusiastic that it only remained for Mdlle. Nilisson to app ar again, but in place of giving the aria she substituted for it one of her delicious native melodies which positively enchanted the entire audience. Mdme. and Sig. Bettini we must next compliment for the duet, " Si la stenchezza," from " Trovatore ;" and here, again, we can only say the combined efforts of these two highly accomplished musicians were really so fine that nothing better could be desired. Aldine. Montelli gave " Come per me sereno " in the most ar istic manner, and Mdlle. Natalie Carole. sang a German soffg, " Berglied,".with groat sweetness. Mdtne. Sherring ton gave the " Ode to St. Cecilia" with the taste of a true artiste, and Signor Foli a new song by Reyloff, "Fireside Dreams," which is destined certainly to become a great favourite. "The Spinning Wheel," quartette, from "Martha," by Mdmes. Nilsson, Trebelli-Bettini, Signor Bettiui, and Mr. Santley, was superbly rendered, and Miss. Edith Wynn must be complimented for a song by Baudegger, " Only for One." The trio, from "Guillaume Tell," by Signors Mongini, Foli, and Mr. Sautley called for great applause, and Signor Verger gave Mattel's Romance, "Non e ver," with taste and effect. Mr. Santley's solo was a hew song by Molloy, " Tho Wandering Jew," and from the applause with which it was received it will frequently bo heard in the concert room Amongst the instrumental performances Signor Piatti's solo for the violoncello was much enjoyed, as also was the duo for violoncello and pianoforte, which he played with Mr. Kuhe. Mr. Kith° performed on the piano " Will o' th ) Wisp" and "Etude de Concert," both his own compositions, and itis aim 3stneed less to say that the splendid manager in which each was executed elicited 1 la) in. st raptu rous applause. The first piece was a succession of the most, brilliant and snarklit,g harmony, hut the latter was a perfect triumph of artistic skill, and henceforth it will be placed high amongst the many compositions which this accomplished musician has contributed to the pianoforte. We must com press our further remarks almost into ono sentence, awl therefore we can only say the concert was (?f the highest order from heginning to end, and g'ave the most unbounded pleasure to one of the largest anti aces that has yet a s,ezn bled in the St. James's Halt. The conductors were Mr. Benedict, Signor Arditti, W. Ganz, Pinsuti, and Randegger. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) FRANCE. May " PARIS, I • , The Press Law was to-day present e d t o th e S ena te, ana referred to a committee. The Rapp€l states that twenty prisoners, who were mixed up in the complot, were released to-day. News has been received, through the Israelite Alliral . c e of an attack on the Jews by the Christians in Roumaill& The massacre was great, and the Jews fled the city. THE ENGLISH CAPTIVES. MADRID, May 3 0 . One of the brigands who captured Mr. Brunell b 35 opened communications with the authorities. It seems the prisoners were entrapped by artifice. Italian brigand bands of armed men have been com mitting robberies near Ravenna, and have captured a r ich proprietor. Fifty men have appeared in Como, and the troops have been sent in pursuit. TtlE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 30 . Admiral Milne and the officers of the Mediterrane au Squadron have arrived on a visit. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, May 3 1 . The Italian refugees have suddenly left Lugano for Como. They have been dispersed by the Italian troops, and many of them arrested on returning to Switzerland. INDIA. BOMBAY, May 3 1 . A monster meeting is to be held by the British Indian Association, with the view of petitioning Parliamen t against the Government education policy. AMERICA.. WASHINGTON, May 31. The bill to enforce the Suffrage Amendment and the Northern Pacific Railway Bill have been signed by the President. The monthly statement of the public debt will, it i 5 thought, show a decrease of $11,000,000. The following appeared iu- our Special Edition of yester- day evening : (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, May 30, Evening. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies a Pro posal of Signors Querzoni and Cortese was accepted I ).Y Signor Lanza, requesting the Government within a Ye t "' to bring forward a scheme for the reorganisation of the army. Signor Millana, of the Left, expressed his belief that the landed proprietors were too heavily taxed, and that it IS necessary to establish equality between their position a' that of the capitalist by reducing the rent, thus equalising the burdens on property and capital. Signor Lanza strongly opposed the idea of reducing th e ren t, whic h would be fatal to the general interests of the country' He denied, moreover, that landed proprietors were snore heavily burdened than capitalists. The Diritto states that the Government has resolved ill' mediately to present to the Chamber a bill to provide O f the construction of the St. Gothard Railway. GREECE. ATHENS, May 30, Evening• The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and the Mi ke and Duchess of Penthieone arrived here from SulY ll//1 to-day. FALMOUTH, GIBRALTAR, AND MALTA TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. A telegram from Sir Samuel Canning announces that the expedition had yesterday, at noon, rounded St. Vincent, and was only 75 miles from Lisbon. Cable in perfect condition, and all going well. e Hibernia, with the Lisbon Falmouth section, was at the entrance of the Tagus ready to commence from there t ° England. AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 0 . Gold• closed at 114 i ; the highest quotation during the cIN , was 114 f ; the lowest 114 g. Sterling Exchange on London lo9i Five-Twenty U.S. Bonds, 1882 ll2l Ditto 1885 llll Ditto 1867 ll4 Ten-Forty ditto 1867 lOBl Illinois Shares Erie Cotton, Middling Upland Petroleum, Standard White 270 Flour, extra State Corn, old Mixed $1 14e. (CENTRith PRESS TELEGRAMS.) AQUATICS AT CAMBRIDGE—STRANGE SCENE' The University boat races at Cambridge yesterday w ere c i of a somewhat sensational character. On the sec °l ' o division races at the start second Trinity drifted acr ° ' t the stream and fouled a barge, and on attempting to he away from third Trinity the boat capsized, and rill ly crew were thrown into the water, but were 11111 0 ,, enabled to swim to the shore. There was consideral; confusion amongst a large number of the succeeding b° 3 in the division. There was only one bump. BURIAL OE SIR JOHN SIMEON. Th r The remains of the late Si r J o h n Si meon , M.F. the Isle of Wight, were on Monday afternoon deP°s ite in the family vault at Calbourne Church, Isl e ° Wight, in the presence of a large number of spectati The Rev. C. M. Wilson, Rural Dean and Vicar of C 5 t ' bourne, was the officiating clergyman, and the r e A e Laureate, Mr. Tennyson, was among the mourners. number of the county magistrates, the mayor and co i l; ration and borough justices of Newport and Ryde, t i principal inhabitants of the island, and about fifty 0 f .,, deceased's tenants formed part of the funeral processi°l; The bells of the churches were tolled, and the 611°P t of many of the tradesmen in Ryde, Newport, Ven tji " and the other towns of the island were closed. The Liberals of the Isle of Wight have fixed u pon 3 ' Moffatt as their candidate at the approaching election' The addresses of Mr Moffatt and Mr Cochrane, the Co n, servative candidate, are expected to appear at once. DEATH FROM SOMNAMBULISM. tb,ol - Yesterday Mrs. Ann Brya n t, o f W es t Teigrn °n ',, l aged 68, died from injuries receiv e d on M on d a y night f r° a fall, the result of somnambulism. She had risen fr ?„. her bed without rousing her husband, and opened the `t h e dow, apparently with the intenti o n o f walking ° ll , t re roof, but missed her footing and f e ll t o th e ground, Iv ue she lay until the morning. 4 . of Edward Driver, clerk, late in the employulei l ", r j Richard Noverre Bacon, proprietor of the Norwich Aler';,l newspaper, was charged at the Norwich Police 0° " 0 . yesterday with embezzling money, the property of his e Tm ployer. Prisoner was remanded till Saturday F i r e accused was formerly a clerk at the Norwich I.lni° ll Office. gon o l jo: At a meeting of the Stirling Town Council on -- 15 was resolved to throw open the richly endowed hospiti'—:. the burgh for educational purposes. A scheme was pounded for the establishment and endowment of ga l- 11 tary and advanced schools to furnish education tO ; le classes at a nominal fee. The amount to be placed a t oll disposal of the Council, after satisfying annuitants, wed be £4,640. This action was taken under the Schools Act. Endolv 0 . l , " Lord Chief Justice Bovill yesterday morni n v a of pointed Thursday, the 9th of June, for the purP ns jot hearing the argument about the test ballot at Bristol, the added that of course there must be no delay in sen ding special case to the court. aitti°l.l PROOF POSITIVE.—Wife (who has been r up")—" Weil, this is a pretty time to come her o ' 1 :111- 4 o'clock !" Husband (who has taken nothing but one of a curious compound spoken of by himself as " warra")—"Wha' you mean, madam, e by 'Forklock fr, I fort'nly for you, madam, it she ', pp s' curiou sleao ve , parsh'd Big tieu, madam, and heard it strike One (hie) 643 nal times, madam ! !"—Punch and Judy. DEMOLITION OF A MARTELLO TOWER AT de Y e t An important experiment with gun-cotton was " 13 date d terday, at Rye, d'pon the marten() tower No. 30, r° P famous by a previous experiment with Pr Galo' s explosive miN ture of gunpowder. This tower, the 0 11 which were 12 feet thick at the base, was entirely: ll " i Ihre° demolished by 2001bs. of gun-cotton, divided' into go. charges and fired simultaneously by electricity. into vo' cotton was in five-inch discs ; and none of the debro,ads even single bricks, was blown ~way to the extent of 5 0 Y from the building. , Verb/ CRYSTAL PALACE.—The day between the °t ip() and Oaks Dace dayB is invarially rendered very attr!, ito rB at tho Palace owing to the great number of country. Ir r ' w ill to London for the Lace week. To-morrow's attractionsweca combine an operatic performance, a billiard match be s t c os the chpion playes Cook and Robert,r. jog and the firstdisplay r of fireworks and illj um i na ted fou o ::', o d The pyrotechnic di play will be on a more maguifi ce o' v)ocic* extensive scale than ever, and will commence at nine extensive The Coldstream Guards band will attend. TR we tw o 'i r' th e , 4 hi(