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MOSES and SON, CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER o f HART-STRENT. CORNER of TorrENHAm-coURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. pi ,. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHLNG. Frock C 04% 4.5 At;. Oxford Coats. 178. Also at other prices. 80s. 21s, 35i. 265, Camb. Coats. 808. i 82s. Also at Also at i Also at other prices. other prices other prices r MOSES and SON beg to remind the public • 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. E , MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of TIE. MOSES and SON'S PRICE Li T ef BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suite. 9s. 60 13s. 6d, 16s. 6d, 325. 1 82s. 365. I 365, 48s. Also at I Also at I Also at Al so a t other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices. 11 MOSES and SON supply ever y d escr i pt i on o f 4 I • 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-fTo E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments aie closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. Tho following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON r LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. VORNER at TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRAD FORD, YORKSHIRE. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. QT. JAMES'S.—The COOLEST THEATRE in London.—Box-office, 11 to 6. ST. JAMES'S.--LAST NIGHT BUT ONE o f the Regular Season, and of MRS. JOHN WOOD as Phebe n PAUL PRY. ST. JAMES'S.—MRS. JOHN WOOD as PHEBE in PAUL PRY, at 9 o'clock TO-NIGHT and To-morrow Night, when she will make her last appearance this season, and deliver her First Annual Address. ST. JAMES'S.--TO-NIGHT, at 7.30, LA BELLE SAUVAGE (136th time). After which, at 9 o'clock, PAUL PRY (23rd time). Mrs. John Wood, Miss Emily Thorne, Misses Ifaggie Brennan, Everard, Bishop, Turner, Lovell, and Larkin ; Messrs, Farren, Hill, Young, Shore, Murray, Grainger, and Lionel Brough. ST. JAMES'S.-TO-MORROW , LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. Programme : At 7.30, A HAPPY PAIR. Miss Herbert's last appearance this season. At 8.30, PAUL PRY. Mrs. Johh Wood's last appearance this season. Miss Bessie Lovell's last appearance this season. Mr. A. W. Young's last appearance this season. Mr. Lionel Brough's last appearance this season. To conclude with LA BELLE SAUVAGE, for the last time this season. After the comedy, Mrs. JOHN WOOD will deliver her first Annual Address. ST. JAMES'S.—O n M on d ay next, fi rst n i ght of the Summer Season, special engagement of Mr. J. CLARKE, who will appear for the first time as PAUL PRY, and will repeat his celebrated performance of Gaiters in the BONNIE FISHWIFE. Places may now be booked. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.— Lseees—Messrs H J. M ontae, D. James, T. Thorne.— - THIS EVENINti, at 7 30. C U PBOARD LOVE, and by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO ROSES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful iturlesque, DON CARL( )S ; or, The Infante in Arms Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne ; lllesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . Sole Lessee and ansgeress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Terry. A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. 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BIZALGIITTB is popularly regarded as the de signer, under the " governance benign " of Sir JOHN TUWAITES, of that noblest of all the great London improvements, the Victoria Embankment. The Standard puts in a claim for the transference of the credit of the undertaking to Mr. JOHN FOWLER, C.E., somewhat marring the force of that claim, however, by coupling with Mr. FOWLER, as having participated with him in the projection of the undertaking that energetic Party Firm of Parliamentary agents, the Messrs. BAXTER, Rost, and NORTON, for, inasmuch as in 1861 they lodged the lan and promoted a bill for its authorisation. As a matter of course, palmam qui meruit ferat, say we : perfectly conscious all the while that, in regard to a considerable enterprise like this, it may be pretty safely predicated, as a rule, that to the skill and to the energies of many, and not of one man alone, the realisation of the project is directly traceable. Whenever the fact stands otherwise, it is, we may be certain of it, a case quite exceptional. As, for example, in the instance of Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN, whose name alone is associated with St. Paul's:Cathedral. Whereas with the building up of other among the world's greatest ecclesiastical edifices—as, for example, may be said in regard to the greatest of them all, St. Peter's at Rome—the result has been owing probably to the munificence of many Pontiffs and o the genius of many successive architects. The Designer of nearly all imperiakstructures might, in point of fact, in the generality of instances, be literally described in the familiar words of the gram mar as "a noun of multitude signifying many." This is not only so in regard to minsters that have been the growth of centuries, it is so likewise in re spect to important national works like ' this very one of the 1 hames (or as it is henceforth to be called the Victoria) Embankment, a work requiring as many as eight years for its accomplishment, and one consequently advancing, from its first germ—a mere scheme upon paper—to its substantial reality when finished, under the regime of more than one political administration. Whosoever the merits of the original design, of the earliest proposal, of the energetic promotion, and of the laborious building up of this most superb of all our metropolitan improvements of late years— there, to the honour of Mr. BAZAGETTE, and it may be also of Mr. FOWLER, and to the credit likewise of Sir JOHN TIIWAITES and of others, stands not merely for the present day, but for all after times, in solid material magnificence, the grand granite struc t ure of the Thames or Victoria Embankment. It is the actual realization at last of what has been a day-dream for many genera tions of Londoners, in fact during upwards of two hundred years. Upon the morrow of the dying out of the great Fire of London, 204 years ago, namely A.D. 1666, the notion of a Thames Embank ment presented itself to the imagination of those who were at once bent upon availing themselves of the opportunity of drawing out of the very devastation of the capital, its eventual adornment and improvement generally. Old streets were widened; new streets were opened up; churches and public buildings of all kinds were rebuilt—in the . majority of cases, upon a considerably larger scale than those out of the smouldering ruins of which they sprang into existence. And in the midst of all these wonderful changes for the better, the idea presented itself el en then, two centuries ago, of sweeping away all the filthy and ramshackle wharves littering either bank of the noble river flowing through the metropolis, but a clean sweep of which only commenced, as we all know, eight years from the present time, when the first pile was driven, and the first spadeful of earth lifted, in the labour of preparing the way for this now completed masterpiece of the Victoria Embankment. So that a couple of centuries have slipped away in the mere thinking about it—eight years having sufficed for its actual accomplishment. Now that the work is really done to hand, and has been formally inaugurated, it behoves the Lon doners to see that it is in no way marred by those supposed decorations of public places in the English capital, by whish, instead of being in any way adorned, they are only very conspicuously and most discredit ably disfigured. Until we can have fountains like those of Paris, and street statues like those of Ber- lin, let us see well to it that there are no fountains and no statues to spoil the noble grandeur of the Embankment. We want no more ginger-beer bottles burst on the top of dumb waiters like those in Trafalgar-square---we want no ostler robed in a horse-cloth, and armed with a rolling pin, to take his steed to water in their overflowings. Rather than this, let us have empty pedestals like that one opposite the equestrian effigy of GEORGE IV., a pedestal that to our eyes always appears to be one of the finest satires in the metropolis, evidencing that we can nowhere find any match at all (thank Heaven !) to our Royal Fum the Fourth. The advocates of the Permissive Bill were defeated on Wednesday, but the cheers with which they greeted the numbers were in no way misplaced. Important reforms linger long, and are rejected often ; but assuredly no great change is regarded with more rapidly-increasing favour than is the Permissive Bill. The~ figures will shew what progress has been made. In 1864, when the first field fight on this question came off, the Bill received altogether the support of only forty members, including tellers and pairs. The other side mustered not • fewer than 297. In 1869 the respective numbers for and against, again in cluding, tellers and pairs, were 94 and 200. On Wednesday the voting with tellers (not counting pairs) shewed 92 for the bill and 123 against it. The full list of pairs this year has not yet been gathered, but the names of at least twenty are known, and it is certain that more gave this amount of support to the bill. Thus the measure this year has polled a total of something like 120 votes in its favour. The actual voting (exclusive of pairs) in 1869 was 195 to 89, shewing that a difference of 75 has been effected in one year by the increased support and diminished opposition to the bill. The majorities against the reform have sunk from 257 in 1864 to 106 in 1869 and 31 in 1870, Surely this is reassuring pr tigress. There is some thing more to be said. The supporters of the bill experience much difficulty in finding pairs. Many members who are not willing to vote for the measure are not prepared to be seen in opposition to it ; they prefer absolute neutrality ; and hence the published numbers represent the whole of the active opposition. The adversaries of the bill polled their full strength on Wednesday. Another fact is not less interesting. The Scotch vote this year was fourteen for and twelve against ; the Irish vote, twenty-one for and thirteen against ; the Welsh vote, ten for and three against. Three provinces of the kingdom have pronounced for this reform. England alone supplies the substantial opposition. How long will she remain in* the rear of the less wealthy peoples ? TOPICS OF THE DAY. rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, J LILY 15, 1870. LORD JUSTICE GIFFARD. By the death of Sir George Markham. Gifford, Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal, the legal pro fession has lost a distinguished ornament, and the public a valuable servant. The learned judge, who had suffered for some time from ill-health, was a son of the late Admiral Gifford, by . Susannah, daughter of Sir John Carter. He was born at Portsmouth in 1813, whence he was sent to Winchester School, and then to Oxford, where he took up his residence at New Col lege. He became a fellow of his college, and subse quently he received the honour of B.C.L. from. the University. Having determined to study law, he entered.at the Inner Temple, and was called to the Bar in 1840. For many years he had a large prac tice in the Equity Court of Vice-Chancellor Wood, and when in 1868 the present Lord Chancellor succeeded Lord Cairns in the Court of Appeal, the Vice-Chancellorship was offered to Mr. Gifford, and in his acceptance of the office he received the honour of knighthood. In December 1868, owing to the difference of opinion between Sir R. Palmer and Mr. Gladstone on the bill for the disestablish ment of the Irish Church, some difficulty was expe rienced in finding a Lord Chancellor; but ultimately Sir W. Page Wood was removed from the Court of Appeal, and took his seat on the woolsack, as Lord Hatherley. The vacancy in the Appeal Court was filled up by the promotion of the deceased Judge, who was at the same time made a Privy Councillor. Sir G. M. Gifford was a sound lawyer and a painstaking Judge, and his decisions were sel dom reversed. FINISHING ST. PAUL'S. ith the great meeting, at which Mr. Gladstone and the Bishop of London were present, it may be hoped that an earnest movement in favour of completing St. Paul's Cathedral has fairly set in. It is the interior which remains unfinished after the lapse of so many years. Whilst the outside is grand, the inside is a cold and dreary wilderness, devoid of all appropriate orna ment. Some decoration and furniture there, indeed, is, but it is of a wretchedly mean and trivial kind, quite inappropriate to such an edifice. The architect, Sir Christopher Wren, had designed the interior in a style suitable to the rest of the building, but his plans were never carried out, and the great cathedral remains, not a monu ment to the nation, but another piece of testimony to its indifference and neglect. The beautiful epitaph to Wren; " If you seek my monument look around you," is almost ridiculous, for by looking around you, nothing meets the eye but a sort of superior barn. A DEFENCE OF MARSHAL PRIM. Among the din of voices which have been heard in connection with the Franco-Prussian dispute, the conduct of General Prim has been condemned on all sides. It was said that the selection of Prince Leopold as the future king of Spain was kept a pro found secret, not only from France, but from all the .European Cabinets, except the two imme diately concerned in the elevation of the Prussian cadet. Now, however, that calmness has taken the place of undignified passion, people are beginning to think that Prim has been somewhat harshly treated. No doubt his previous failures to obtain a fit person for the Spanish throne made him reticant,. but his action in this respect can hardly be wondered at, considering that his success in a great measure depended upon the secrecy with which the negotiations were conducted. That Prince Leo pold's candidature was not absolutely unknown has already been made clear by Mr. John Lemoinue's articles in the _Mats, and one of those" occasional correspondents who rise as if by magic iu the Times when anything noteworthy turns up in European politics, states that scant justice has been done to General Prim. When he made his famous " ex planations" in the Cortes of his ill-success with the first three candidates, he told them of a fourth, of whom he had great hopes, but who for reasons of moment had refused to permit his name to be put forward. In order to prevent further obstacles, Prim asked permission to withhold the name of this personage, but it was a matter of general conversation in the tribune of the press and in the diplomatic gallery that this nameless candidate was Prince Leopold. It is also said that the American, Italian, Eng lish, and French Ambassadors all agreed in this. Why, therefore, this attempt to throw all the blame on Prim ? Surely the Count de Reuss has sins enough of a well de fined character without having ,this enormous one of a wilful desire to throw Europe into a blaze thrown upon his shoulders. The fact seems to be that the gentlemen who were once believed to lie for their country kept their night-caps on too long. THE NEWS FROM CHINA. It is not easy to extract a minimum of fact from the various conflicting accounts of catastrophes in China. First came an announcement that the French charge d'affaires, with many priests and nuns. had been murdered at Pekin. Then followed a Reuter's telegram, stating that serious tumults had broken out at Nankin, far away from Pekin, and. that " an attack by the mob on the French missionaries was hotirly expected." Finally, the Advertiser pub lishes the following message from Tientsin, dated June 27 :—" Gunboat Opossum arrived. Europeans more secure. Protestant chapels destroyed : converts being killed. Missionaries and other loreignars all safe. Missionaries supposed to put out children's eyes and to put them to death. Gunboats Dove and Scorpion coming up, anticipating missionary troubles." According to the Reuter's telegram it was the gun boat Dove that had been sent to Nankin, not to Tientsin. Yet perfect accuracy is claimed for the Advertiser telegram. Messrs. Morgan, of the City, who send it, say that it comes from Kiadhta, by way of Mongolia, and that special arrangements are made for getting news that way. Unfortunately, this mes sage is not quite consistent with the former one, through the same agency. But it is at least clear that something very serious has happened somewhere in China. PIGEON SLAUGHTER. One of the young men who find life so useless that from sheer listlessness they are compelled to shoot a certain number of pigeons every year, has rushed to the defence of himself and his fellows. " A Shooting Member of Hurlingham's " letter to the Tim es is evidently the effusion of a gentleman who belongs to the idle class. Of course the term "gentleman " is applied in its conventional. sense, for one can hardly understand how anyone with any pretension to gentleness can defend an act which few barbarians would not be ashamed to acknowledge. "If it be cruel to shdot pigeons," says the Hurlingham devotee, "it is equally cruel to shoot any other bird," and then he proceeds to talk about fox hunting and salmon fishing as being in the same category. But he forgets that in fox hunting, barbarous as it undoubtedly is, there exists an element of danger that goes a good way to redeem it from the character of a mere senseless and cruel pursuit. As to salmon-fishing, who ever heard of a score of them being placed in a pond to be baited at the leisure of people who would quail at the hard work which is necessary to the capture of a single fish in a Highland stream ? That pigeon shooting enters deeply into the daily life and social habits of Englishmen, or that it imparts manliness to our national character, is a dictum so absurd, that . we can only attribute its suggestion to the demoralising effects of the very serious occupation to which the shooting member of Hurlingham evidently gives his time. " Let me see the tyro, the dullard, the muff who can hold his own at Hurlingham," exclaims the . advocate of pigeon slauAtering. Let him look around the next meeting, and if he fails in finding the first,it is quite certain the two latter will not be absent. A MODEL INSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. Williath Henry White, who was not above PLatinising his name into Albus, will have sufficient time to ponder over his vagaries in a well-regulated prison. This ingenious gentleman has been con victed of circulating and publishing a prospectus, which set forth in warm terms the financial condition of the Manchester Insurance and Banking Company, but which was disfigured by one sad defect— its • untruthfulness. Of his ingenuity there can be little doubt. To start a company with property and securities worth £50,000 is no small task, but that persons of ordinary sense should have been found willing to insure in a scciety whose directors were fictitious, and whose migratory ten dencies were well developed, argues a degree of plausibility on the part of this new Jeremy Diddler which merits a better fate than has fallen to it .s possessor. The office of the company was first at Southport, in Lancashire, but the Northern folk were too cautious to be gulled by the smoothly-written prospectus, and it was accordingly transferred to London. The classic neighbourhood of the City-road was the locality selected for its home, but it was soon removed to Cheapside, Mr. Albus forgetting to pay the rent. In its new habitation matters prospered well for some time, but in the end an old stool was the only remain ing fixture, and - even that was taken in lieu of a five shilling premium. Disaster followed in the shape of a detective, and the Central Criminal Court was the scene in which Mr. White made his last appearance previous to his departure for prison. CRICKET. It is noticeable that a change has come over the spirit of those peculiar cricket matches in which a perambulating eleven of professionals contends against twenty-two comparatively unskilled players of some town or district. Science formerly triumphed over brute force. The eleven always mustered so me fearfully skilful bow lers who shot down the stumps of their adver saries like so many nine-pins. As few of the twenty two scored more than two or three, as most of them scored nothing at all, their numbers went for little. Sometim es by selecting a very rough piece of ground to play on the twenty-two would neutralise the difference Of skill and thus win—for the best play avails little on very lumpy turf. But this did not happen often. Now, however, the larger number generally prevails. Twenty-two of Worksop have beaten the United North by 103 runs, and eighteen of the I Zingari defeated the United South in one innings and 40 runs. On other occasions the Elevens have met with similarly mournful fates. Possibly the increasing skill of the local clubs in some way accounts for this change. Still more explanation is to be found in the subdivision of professional strength, for whereas there were formerly only two perambu lating elevens, there are now three. Lastly, the twenty-twos are in the habit of getting a good sprinkling of professionals to lend their assistance, so that the unhappy eleven sometimes finds as much talent in the opposing host as in its own ranks. Really these country matches ought to be put on a better footing. TROUBLE WITH THE ALPHABET. English spelling has ever been a source of afflic tion to foreigners, and even a subject of grave reflection to the members of our conservative race. What with letters which are not sounded at all, combinations which coalesce into one unearthly strange sound, and both letters and combinations which have half a dozen different sounds, what With the termination " ough," the several tones of the letter "a," the fluctuations of "ch," the vagaries of " th," &c., the whole system is in a state of complete con fusion. There was, and we believe still is, in exist ence a society for the reform of spelling by adopting a separate letter for every individual sound, and omitting all letters which are not sounded. Thus, " th" as in " thin " and as in "thy " are represented by two different signs. This is a fine scheme, and unimpeachable in logical accuracy, but, unfortunately, it makes plain English look more like the vernacular of Kamtschatka, and is, indeed, so great a revolution that scarcely any efforts can bring it into practice, even supposing that we should be content to lose all trace of the origin of our words. The Americans are bringing about a humbler but more practicable alteration. They cut off as far as possible unnecessary letters, and change inconsistent terminations. For instance, such words as "honour "and "labour" are always put " honor" and " labor;" even "mould " has been cut down to " mold ;" " theatre " has been altered to "theater," and " plough " has become "plow ;" though we do not see that " tough" is changed into "tuff," or "through," " throo." But our brethren are a progressive people, and we may look for further improvements shortly. Suffice it to note that these alterations in spelling seem to be making progress, and give quite an odd appearance to an American paper. A TALE OF A TEAPOT. The Governor of Jamaica, Sir J. P. Grant, and the Admiral of Bermuda have just undertaken an expedi tion in connection with a black teapot, which, though possibly presenting ludicrous features, will in all pro bability cost the Treasury about £5,000. It would seem that these officers received intelligence very suddenly one morning from the authorities at British Honduras to the effect that four hundred Indians had marched upon Carosal, had completely saeked it, and were preparing to burn Belize, a neighbouring town. With all promptitude her Majesty's ships Vestal and Lapwing, with troops and artillery, were hurried away to defend the ports. On arrival there, however, the true facts of the case were declared, from which it appeared that a small band had entered the town, and had decamped in triumph with a large black teapot. This was the only act of pillage accomplished; btfc the people of Bermuda and Jamaica, slight as the depredation was, will have good cause to remember it fora l ong I time. The proclamation of the dogma of Infallibility is expected next Sunday or Tuesday. A. marriage is arranged to take lace between Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. W. St. Clair, Master of Sinclail,_and Margaret Jane, Younger daughter of Mr. James Murray, of Bryanston-s quare. The Right N on. J. —. w Henley, M.P., has re turned to town, after Spending a fortnight at East Brent, Somersetsbire, In attendance on his son-in-law, Arch - deacon Denison , who has been dangerously ill. For seve ral days his life was despaired of by the doctors in attendance, but the reverend gentleman is now daily fi n _ Proving in strength. azN, 0:6 .e, env --TT-,lifar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 14. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince and Princess Christian dined with the Queen. The Dean of Windsor had the honour of being invited. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prince Beatrice, left the Castle this morn ing at half-past nine o'clock, for Osborne. The suite in attendance consisted of the Lady Waterpark, the Hon. Eary Lascelles, Viscount Bridport, Col. H. Ponsonby, Sir William Jenner, and Mr. Duckworth. Theii Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, attended by Lady Caroline Cust and Baron Von Engel, the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Marchioness of Ely, and M. and Madame Van de Weyer, have left the Castle. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR OSBORNE.---. Yesterday morning the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold, and attended by General Lord Bridport, Colonel Ponsonby, and suite, left Windsor Castle at half past nine o'clock en route for Osborne. The Queen will remain at Osborne for a few weeks, and then return to Windsor. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY Lady Manningham Buller's assembly. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. The-competition for the Queen's Prize was continued yesterday at the 500 yards range, and the shooting was no exception to the general rule. Some remarkably good scores were made, and to all appearances a very high figure of merit will be necessary to place the competitor in the first sixty, and entitle him to fire in the second stage at the longer ranges. There is no doubt whatever that the general average of the shooting is con siderably in excess of that which has taken place on any former occasion. This to a certain extent may be attributed to the very favourable state of the weather, but it is mainly due, probably, to the increasing interest taken in rifle shooting by the volunteers. Though many men are present whose faces are familiar to those who, regularly attend the meeting, and who year after year take part in the shooting, there are, perhaps, a greater number of young shots, upon the ground than at any former contest, and this must be taken as an indication of a very healthy state of affairs as regards the volunteer force generally, and in relation to the shooting department especially. With regard to the Queen's Prize, notwithstanding the very large numbr of entries, it is satisfactory to be able to state that the arrangements made by the Council were perfect in every respect, and enabled the whole of the competitors at the 200 yards range on Wednesday to complete their firing comfortably some little time within the specified period. The Alexandra Prize is not yet concluded, but will be BO by night, there being a few competitors to complete their 200 yards range. The 500 and 600 yards shooting has already been determined, and the results of the 200 yards (for which there are range prizes) is looked to with considerable interest, as most of the best shots are engaged in it, and although any position is allowed, the ranges are the same in the first stage, as in the Queen's first stage. The breechloading competition was watched with considerable interest by a select company, including Mr. Cardwell, Secretary of State for War, Lord Elcho, &c. Some very good scores were made, and the rapidity of the firing was a subject of general comment. That the breechloader should be the arm of the Volunteers, as well as of the Regular Army is beyond question, and its dis tribution to the various corps cannot long be delayed. The Lords and Commons Match has been unavoidably postponed till Saturday. To-day being the day on which the Irish Land Bill will probably be again under the consideration of their Lordships' House, the match would probably not be finished in time that evening to allow Lord Spencer, Lord Abercorn, and other peers to be present at the discussion. The Elcho Challenge Shield is to be shot for on the 20th instant. The English team, of which Mr. Wells, M.P., is captain, is constituted as follows :—Mr. G. Norsworthy, Inns of Court ; Captain Radcliffs, South Middlesex Rifles; Captain Fenton, 24th Lancashire (Rochdale) ; Captain Jaques, Surrey ; Captain Burt, Ist Warwick (Birming ham) ; Captain Harrison, 19th West York (Rotherham); Lieutenant Purchas, 14th Worcester ; the Rev. J. H. Doe, Victorias. The Duke of Abercorn commands the Irish contingent, which, relying in the main upcn the national, or " Rugby,' rifle, enjoyed, it is said, some advantages over their English brethren in the preliminary trials, the English having been sorely troubled by defective ammunition. The Irish Eight is thus composed :—Mr. J. M'Kenna, Bel fast ; Mr. J. G. Pollock, Dublin ; Mr. J. Rigby, ditto ; Mr. J. Lloyd, Roscrea, ; Mr. W. Smyth, Glasgow ; Lord Cloncurry, Lieutenant Walker, 34th Regiment ; and Mr. J. Lowry, Glasgow. Lieutenant-Colonel F. Gascoigne, of the Leeds Artillery, being the ninth, or waiting man, in the event of lapse. Captain Ross is again the veteran leader of the Scotch Eight, and his trusty band includes names which are very familiar, viz„ Captain J. W. Malcolm, M.P., Mr. Ed ward Ross, Corporal Fraser, Queen's Edinburgh ; Mr. J. Clews, Ayrshire ; Mr. Brownlee, Glamorgan ; Mr. R. Dunlop, Ist Inverness ; Mr. J. Ferguson, Mr. M`Vittie, 7th Dumfries. . The first accident at this year's Wimbledon meeting hap pened on Wednesday in the shooting for the Queen's Prize. A member of one of the Middlesex regiments had fired a shot at the 200 yards' range, which struck half on the bull's-eye and half on the centre. In ordinary cases one motion of the disc is sufficient to denote the value of the shot, and to efface the mark with the paint brush that is fastened to the reverse side of the disc. In this case, however, it was necessary to use two brushes, but those at the firing point, forgetful or not aware of the circum stance, fired just as the marker was putting out the disc for the second time. One splash of lead, penetrating through the narrow opening from the butt, struck-him on the face, while a second and sharper splash cut his arm below the elbow. He, however, walked bravely to the field hospital, where the cuts were attended to, and he is doing well. The proprietor of the London Figaro has offered a prize of £5 to competitors for the " Extra Prizes '! contest. The Prince of Wales prize terminated early in the fore noon, the following being the result. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards. COlour-Sergt. Mortimer, Ist Aberdeen 48 Private Venables-, 2nd Oxon Private Roe, 3rd Salop 44 Lieutenant Good, Ist Dorset Sergeant Appleby, 3rd Durham 42 Private Pardoe, Ist Oxford University 4l These all received £5 each, as did fifteen others who had scored forty points and under. QUEEN'S, 500 YARDS. Present highest scores. Sergeant J. Holmes,• 6th Lancashire l9 Ensign Gow, Ist Edinburgh l9 Private Green, Ist A. B. Dorset Private Chapman, Rifle Brigade Sergeant W. Roper, 31st Kent Private H. Young, 2nd Herts lB Private L. Cameron, Ist Edinburgh lB Sergeant Snelis, 2nd Glamorgan lB Private Williams, 11th Glamorgan Sergeant W. Beare, 13th Hants ........... There are twenty-seven others with seventeen to fifteen points. They are almost all Lancashire volunteers. The following are the aggregate scores for the Alexandra Prize : ALEXANDRA A GGREGATE SCORES. Lieut. Purchas,l4th Worcester, winner of £l5 53 Winners of £lO. Private Gane, London S co tti s h ..• Captain Wilson, 3rd Lanark ... • Winners of £5. Major Jopp, Ist AberdeenEnslon ... Private Starkie;22 Lanark ndMidles Smith let Captain Rimington, 2nd London ... 51 ... 51 ... 50 ... 50 Sergeant Wallace, 2nd Monmouth ... ... 49 Sergeant Frost, 14th Cheshire ... 49 There are ten winners of £3, and fifteen of £2. The Daily Telegraph prize was won by Ensign. Green, 3rd Somersetshire, with a score of 19. GRAPHIC, 500 YABDS. Corporal Poole, 12th Somerset ASSOCIATION CUP, 200 AND 500 YARDS. Highest Aggregates. Lieutenant Burrows, 23rd Lancashire Sergeant W. Mickie, London Scottish D UNV I LLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. QUotation an application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dies tinerfes, Belfast or at their London Offices, 4. Beaufort Buildings, Strand, W.Q. IMPERIAL PARLIA,si ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. ROYAL ASSENT. • The royal assent was given, by commission, to the fol lowing bills :—Attorneys' and Solicitors' Remuneration Wages Attachment Abolition, Wine and Beer-houseEi (1869) Amendment, Sale of Poisons (Ireland), Protection , of Inventions, Jewish United Synagogue, General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Supplemental Bill, Local Government Supplemental, Southwark and City Subway, Wandsworth Bridge, London and North-Western Rail way (Steam Vessels)." THE UNIVERSITY TESTS Bl' L. A number of petitions having been presented against this bill, EL4 De Grey moved its second reading. The noble earl briefly explained the provisions of the bill, and strongly urged their lordships to give their approval to a measure which would complete the steps which had: been taken to reform the universities, and place them in their true position as great national institutions. The measure would extend the utility and efficiency of our• great seats of learning, while adequate safeguards had' been embodied in the bill for the maintenance of their religious character. The noble marquis opposite' had given notice of his intention to move resolutions. with a view of providing proper safeguards for the main tenance of religious instruction and worship, but be thought the real object was to impede the passing of the bill during the present session, and therefore he hoped the House would not be induced to accept the resolution in preference to reading the bill a second time. Had in quiry been the real desire of the noble marquis; he could . have brought the matter forward some time ago, as the bill was one of those mentioned in the Royal Speech on ' the opening of Parliament ; but he carefully avoided doing so, and now at the present late period of the session he de sired that there should be a select committee ap pointed to whom the vote should be referred. He could only view such a proposal as an attempt to defeat the bill, and therefore he hoped their lordships would not consent to adopt the course proposed.—The Marquis of Salisbury then moved the following resolution :—" That in any imeakure forienabling persons not members of the Church of England to hold offices to which they are not now eligible tin the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, and the colleges and halls in those univer sities, it is essential to provide by law proper safeguards for the maintenance of religious instruction and worship, and for the religious character of the education to be given therein. That a committee be appointed for the purpose of inquiring into the best mode of giving effect to the foregoing resolution." The noble marquis said he took that course because he did not think it was right to legislate upon such a question without a full and deli berate inquiry, not only into the provisions of the bill, but its probable results.—The Bishop of Oxford said he could not vote for the amendment proposed, • and although he had been threatened with the loss of all. his friends at Oxford, if he voted for "the accursed measure," he should give it his support, believing better things both of Oxford and his friends there.—The Bishop of Gloucester supported the amendment. —The Bishop of Exeter was of opinion that the time had come when these tests should be set aside, and that all should be admitted to the offices and endowments of the universities. The question was not so much how this was to be done, but to do it at once, for delay was most mischievous, not only to the universities, but to the interests of the Church. The tests, he believed, were the great cause of the doubts and difficulties which prevailed in the Church and the univer sities, and it was the dissensions of those entrusted with religious education which would drive the country, now happily strongly religious to adopt a system of secular education. The time had come when, in order to fight the battle of truth, it was necessary that these tests should be abolished, and he hoped that their lordships would now read the bill a second time.—The Archbishop of York also warmly supported the second reading of the bill. On a division, there appeared— For the second reading Against it The result did not elicit a single cheer from either side - of the House. To the first resolution of the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl De Grey said he should raise no objection, but to the second, for the appointment of a select com mittee, he should offer his strongest opposition. A some what angry discussion then arose as to the utility of appointing a select committee. Ultimately their lordships divided, when there appeared— For the appointment of the committee 95 Against it Majority The Customs and Inland Revenue Bill was read a second time. The Salmon Acts Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. The Tramways Bill passed through committee, 'and the bill was reported with amendments. The Benefices Bill was withdrawn. The Charitable Funds Investment Bill and the Rents and Periodical Payments Bill were severally read a second time. On the motion for the third reading of the Cattle Dis eases (Ireland) Bill, the Earl of Airlie moved the recommittal of the bill, as he believed that infected cattle in Ireland would be shipped to Scotland, to prevent which he thought some power of inspection and prohibition ought to be in troduced in the bill.—Earl Spencer said there was ample power for that in the various clauses. The bill was read a third time and passed. The Magistrates in Populous Places, the Dividends and Stock Bill, and the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchise ment Bill were read a.third time and passed. The Consolidated Fund Bill and the Petty Customs (Scotland) Abolition Bill passed through committee. The Judicial Committee Bill was read a first time. The Commons' reasons for disagreeing to certain of their Lordships' amendments to the Irish Land Bill were brought up and ordered to be taken into considera tion to-morrow. Their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes to ten. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY, The Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Tillett took his seat for Norwich. The hon. gentle man was introduced by Sir T. Bazley and Mr. Mundella. THE PERMISSIVE BILL. Sir WILFRID LAWSON gave notice that early next ses sion he , should move for leave to re-introduce this bill. ROYAL RESIDENCE IN IRELAND. Mr. STACPOOLE asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, having regard to the desire generally expressed in Ireland that there should be a royal'residence in that country, her Majesty's Government would propose to Parliament this session a grant to purchase a suitable residence there for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Mr. GLADSTONE said the Goverment were very sensible of the importance of the relations between the Royal Family and Ireland, but it was not the intention to intro duce any measure on the subject mentioned during the present session. _ _ STATE OF MAYO. Mr. G. BROWNE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, having regard to the present peaceable state of the County Mayo, it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to relieve the people of that county from the expense of maintaining an extra police force. Mr. FORTESCUE said although the state of Mayo had improved, it would yet be premature to direct the with. drawal of the additional protective force. SENDING A CHILD TO PRISON. Mr. TAYLOR asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he had caused inquiry to be made as to the truth of a statement which had appeared in the public papers to the effect that a child of twelve years old had been sent to prison for taking fish out of the River Avon of the estimated value of twopence by the magistrates sitting at petty sessions in the county of War wick. Mr. BRUCE said he had made inquiry, and he found the age of the boy was seventeen, not twelve, and that he had been fined ls. for trespassing upon private property for the purpose of taking fish. The costs amounted to 135., and he regretted the magistrates had not exer cised the discretion they possessed of reducing the costs as no loss to the clerk would have been occasioned by such a course. He regretted that so severe a sentence as seven days' imprisonment should have been inflicted for so slight an offence. (Hear, hear). SEARCHING THE CHIEFTAIN. Mr. Alderman LUCK asked the Secretary to the Ad miralty, or the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he was aware that the steamship Chieftain had been searched and her crew and captain disturbed at Ply mouth in the prosecution of a lawful voyage, and as the admiral and the Customs authorities there and the Com missioners of Customs here refuse to give any satisfactory answer to those concerned, whether the Government was prepared to make any compensation to the owners for the loss by the detention. Mr: OTWAT said the vessel was once the property of her