The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-07 00:00:00

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S , le Lessee arid Managir, Mr W. H. Lifrrox. Kee BATEMAN as MARY WARNER every Evening during the week, assisted by Messrs. G. Belmore, W. H. Vernon. Blake ley, Elliott, David Fisher; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. W. H. List m. In reply to numerous applications at the Box Office, and to prevent disappointment to parties desirous of securing seats several weeks in ad mnce, Mr, W. H. LISTON feels compelled to armour co with r,gret that, in consequence of previous arran2e mcnts, the hr iliant engagement o th's distinguished Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, JUNE 25. Commencin= with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Concluding With THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office open from 10 till B. LY CEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVE'ING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at 1.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot and ; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G ey, Lawson, Lee, Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Solo Lessee and 1. anageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING}, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEART6. Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Bnf ton a , d Santley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, terry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, Anstis-4, Go-dall. Met calfe, and Moore. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND._ Lessees—Messrs H J. Montague, D. James, and T- Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30 the New Farce of CUP. BOARD LOVE, by F Hay. Atter which, at Eight o'Clock. a new and original Comedy, in '1 liree Acts, entitled TWO HO-ES. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque, by Conway Edwarde', entitled DON CARLUS; or, The Infante in Ai ms Supported by Messrs H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, ar,d T. Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Fawsitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton (her 2nd Appearance at this Theatre). Prices—Stalls, 7s ; Balcony Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 38.; Upp r Circle. 25.; at S Pit, ls. 6d.: Galltry, 6. No Charge for Bookin,, Doors pea even. Commence at d 7.30 OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Auber's Fra Diavolo, 8.30 p.m. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Dinorah. 8.31 p.m. HAYMARKET—At Seven, No Song No Supper. Barwise:s Book. And A Kiss in the Dark. AT/ELM—At Seven, No. 1 Round the Corner. Fre. Labour. PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. LYoEttm—At 7.30, His Own it ival, Breaking the Spell. At 83 ', Little Faust. OLYMPIC At Seven, Music hash Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. l'he ' Varsity Boat Race. - - - GAIETY —At Seven, First f ight. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUEEN'S --At Seven, My Wire's Dentist. 'Twix Axe and etown. STRAND —At Seven, Loving Hearts. Kenilw rth. VAUDEVILLE —Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Iron Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND F KETCH 11 ,‘ K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every avcning (except tiatur&y), at 8: Baturday Morn legs at 3 dmissi ,n Is, 2s, 35. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall. Every ‘ight, at 8 ; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 a 1 the 3 ear round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-perk Open daily except Sun days). Admission, ls. ; on AI oudays, 6d. Children under , fed. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls.; extra 6d. Of.trvinn, the French Premier, would deserve the ntmosteympatby in the midst of his many mis fortunes, if, 'Unfortunately, be bad not brought them , all upon binistl£ He escapes trona one difficulty only to tte Donfronted with another. His official existence is of that pleasing and exciting kind , which may Ire described as a continual fluctuation between the frying-pan and the fire. He made a peat and damaging sacrifice of principle when he agreed to retain office notwithstandirigthe reactionary Pladscite—asamifice which hi9three ablest colleagues declined to make. But even this concession has not brought him into smooth water. He finds no sympathy in the Legislative Chamber ; he is con- " tinually opposed there; and after several narrow escapes he has sustained two crushing defeats. There is now a bill under discussion in the Chamber for extending the powers of those ancient municipal institutions, the councils-general. Two amendments in this measure—Liberal amendments providing for greater publicity of the pro ceedings undertaken by the COUR ails-General, • were opposed by M. OLLIVIER and the other Ministers, but were carried by 197 to 18, and by 117 to 83. Yet, on the first occasion the Ministry could muster only half a score sup porters besides themselves, and after "putting on the screw " they were beaten by fifty votes. M.OLLIVIEU, however, did not resign. All he asked for was a vote of confidence, which the Chamber gave, as it is always ready to do. But surely a Ministry is not to • be set on its legs again by empty votes of confidence, alter repeated defeats on im portant measures. Mr. riLADSTONE would hardly have rested satisfied with such consolation, if the Land Bill bad been thrown out. The present aspect of French politics is, in fact, most discreditable. The Ministry is, apparently, prepared to undergo any humi liation rather than resign. The Chamber acts upon no fixed principle, but capriciously hurls adverse votes at M. OLLIVIER, and after wards begs him to retain office. The conduct of the Ministry is bad ; that of the deputies is worse.. The only honourable course now open to the Cabinet is either to resign or dissolve the Chamber and have a fresh-election. Nor can there be any doubt as to which is the preferable alternative. If the Ministry resign, it is not at all likely that any more Liberal personages will take their place. If the Chamber be dissolved, it is possible that the shame ' less intimidation and corruption practised by the Ad ministration at the last election, may not be repeated, and that te really representative Chamber may be returned. A dissolution, with an unbiassed eledtion, would be by far the better resource. There tr no guarantee, however, of freedom from administrative pressure, if the Chamber were dissolved. The aspect of affairs in France just now is very discouraging to the friends of liberty. AN essay on "Richard Cobden," in this month's St. Paul's, is calculated to raise reflections which the author doubtless never expected to prompt. It is a readable paper, embued with sincere admiration of the great man whose life it sketches, and yet it does not diverge into extravagance or Utopian theories. It is pleasant to have thus called to mind the stout battle against the Corn Laws, and the other good works done by the Manchester party, whom BRIGHT and COBDEN led ; but how much a thing of the past it all seems! The monument reared by COBDEN and his friends will endure for ever, but nothing will ever be added to it by the same hands. The Manchester school is utterly extinct. Mr. COBDEN is dead; Mr. MILNEn. GIBSON is in enforced retirement, the Star has ceased to twinkle, and Mr. BRIGHT now rests like a man who is conscious of having 'finished his own work) and who leaves fresh duties to fresh MOSES and SON, CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. N EW OXFORD - r s ` T R RUT T, CORNER of C ORNER of and T E O U TLE N N - HA AD M-COURT-ROAD B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. E MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of G ENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. 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Suits. 9s. 6d. 15s. 18s. 18a. 13s. 6d. 10s. 235. 23a. 16s. 6d. 21s. 265. 265. ' 21s. 265. 325. 325. 265. ;As. 365. 36a. 1 365. I 48a, - V MOSES and SON supply every description of 1 'l. clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates% All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset, till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : - - 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, THE GRANVILLE HOTEL, ST. LAWRENCE ON-SBA, RAMSGATE, ISLE OF THANET, the most comfort able and recherche" residential Family Hotel in the kingdom, and furnished from the designs of Welby Pugin. Ball-room, Billiard-room, and Roquet Lawn, facing the Sea, and overlook ing the German Ocean. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMATIELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. INO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s each; also 55., 7a ed., and 15s. each, tnclud ng brush. Rod Bull Wharf Angel-passage, IS, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. 10s. 6d. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7. 1870. minds. And such is undoubtedly the case. The Manchester school is gone, because, as the French say, it has no further reason for existing. It was formed to demolish the barriers built by ignorano and self-interest against freedom of commerce. This work is so far complete that nothing remains. but to allow the ,seed which has fallen on good ground to COM 9 to maturity. The Corn Laws have vanished ; Free Trade is so firmly fixed as part of English policy that the tempting masquerade of Reciprocity could not induce the Conserva tive leaders to join the enterprise of Mr. STAVELEY HILL ; and in other parts of the world Protection is slowly but surely receding. The Man chester men wished to reduce the suffrage; they have obtained all that they could wish in that respect. They hoped for lesser armaments and economical government. That hope is now being realised to at least some extent. They preached universal peace, and . fondly expected. that the " band of commerce" would, unite all the different branches of mankind, that the smooth course of international prosperity would no longer be interrupted by idle conflicts, and that dis putes between nations would in future be settled by arbitration. It has often been sneeringly said that their efforts in this direction have been thrown sway, and that nations are as fond of war, .and as little disposed • to a reign of universal peace as ever. But is this derision quite just? Whether the Manchester school have brought about the change may be doubted; but it is a fact that there is less war now than at apy period of the world's history. In America the strife' was internecine, and, therefore, peculiar ; and, with this exception, recent wars have been very short in duration, and they have been few in number. Formerly wars lasted often from seven to twenty ' years. A few months' fighting is quite enough ex citement in these modern times. • And now, Nunc Dimittis. The Manchester men are as politically fossil as the Catholio emancipators. Never was the middle-class so strong as it is now ; and it was the primary object of the Manchester school to make the middle-class strong. Further progress will be in the direction of weakening the middle-class— that is, of sharing its strength with the working classes; and this was never any special object of the Manchester men. It is true that they have conferred great benefits upon the working classes. So did the Peers confer great benefits on the rest of the com munity when they got the Magna Charta signed ; but it was the personal benefit of the Peers that was the mainspring of the gathering at Runnymede. In helping themselves they helped their inferiors ; and so did the Manchester men. A new school of Radicalism is now springing up, and fresh problems await the zeal of men who are "in advance of their time." Trade has progressed, the principles of Government have become more popular, economical maxims are being carried into practice; but the comfort and well-being of the great mass of the population remains as far off as ever. How to relieve the in tolerable moral, mental, and material degradation of the poor is the problem of the future. That degra- dation is so extreme, that it may reasonably be questioned whether civilisation is of any advantage all, if its net result is to elevate few hundreds to a condition of exceptional luxury, and condemn the millions to the most intolerable misery. Govern ment is not an end, but a means to an end. What, therefore, is the value of all this flue machinery of Constitutionalism—a popular Parliament, incorrupt judges, an able press—if the bulk of the nation re semble swine in morals and intellect, and are interior to swine in comparative conditions of physical com fort ? It is clear that the Manchester men thought little of these impending questions. The attitude of Mr. BRIGHT 18 a remarkable illustration in point. The condition of the poor would be immensely improved if adulteration were prevented, as it undoubtedly might be. The mere assuring to the lower classes of the precise article for which they paid would do nore for their good than any amount of success to • . - the principles of Free Trade. Mr. BRIGHT's sympathies, however, are all on the side of the shopkeeper. It would be an undue interference with trade, if the tradesman were com pelled to sell what he professes to sell. He would, in Mr. BRIGHT'S opinion, be justified in resisting such intolerable interference. And so the work of poisoning and robbing is allowed to proceed. Simi larly Mr. BRIGHT can express no sympathy with the movement for ensuring direct representation in Parliament to working men, and with many other popular demands. It is possible that a leader of the people who is so great a favorite will learn to view these questions in a broader light. But then he will not be of the Manchester, but of the new school. Ile will have to shake off the tradi tions of the past, and look at things from a point of view which he has never yet taken up. THOUGH speaking under official restraint when waited upon by the deputation at Bradford, Mr. FORSTER cast some light on the position of the Go vernment respecting the Education Bill. On one of the three important points they yield ; on the others they maintain their position. Mr. FORSTER has obvi ously no objection to conceding general and absolute compulsion, instead of the permissive system which is now provided for in the Bill. But he is afraid the country will not readily accept compulsion. Well, if it does accept it at all, there should be no permission in the matter. If the power of enforcing attendance be left to the school boards, it is tolerably certain that few of them, if any, would care to take the initiative —to court possible unpopularity by being the first to put the principle in practice; and hence th proviso would remain a dead letter. Better settle the question decisively , one way or the other. On the subject of free schools Mr. FORSTER thoroughly disposed of the arguments of those who imagine that the poor have an inherent right to get education for nothing, even when they can pay for it. A working man might, it is true, contribute to the support of schools by means of the rate. But he would pay no more than others do who have no children at national schools. Moreover, the highest sum he could thus contribute would be a mere trifle , compared with the value he would receive for it. The VICE-PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL is equally explicit, oil matter of religious teaching. The bill abolishes the inspettion of Church schools, Which hitherto has been made a preliminary of the whole examination. But, on the other hand, it will not forbid those parents who are satisfied with the schoolmaster's religious teaching from acceptuig it on behalf of their children. It is certain that the vast majority will be so satisfied, and it would be monstrous to forcibly exclude the Bible, when the interests and wishes of the greater number are in favour of its retention. DURING the last few days various letters purport ing to be written by royal writers have been pub lished. The authenticity of some o: them has been denied, and that of others is perhaps open to doubt. There is one letter, however, which appears beyond all question to be written by the Prince to whom it is ascribed. The Duke of EDINBURGH is the writer in question. Lord MAYO is the person to whom the letter is add] essed, and the subject of it is his ROYAL HiouNEss's recent tour through India. It is satis factory to know that the Buitt; Wto no inex perienced traveller, has found his last eXpedition in every way successful. Though he has visited moSt of the countries of the world, though he has had ex perience of Oriental magnificence in other countries, iie has found that of lndia more than realise the expectations which he had formed The DUKE regrets that his visit happened to take place at a time when the public revenues of India are in a bad condition, and it is unfortunate certainly that the " natives" should have learnt to associate. the hated income-tax 'with Prince ALFRED'S ap pearance. But the Prince is young, and youth is hopeful, and his Royal Highness trusts that the revenue will recover itself, and so does Sir RICHARD TE➢IPLE, and so do all the rest. The royal letter , writer then goes on to speak of the institutions of India in highly satisfactory terms. In fact Lord MAYO might say to his correspondent " you speak like a book." The phraseology is a little less stilted when the PRINCE writes of his own experience of Indian railway travelling. He does not seem to have suffered from the heat at all In fact he never travelled with greater comfort. And then the sport was unquestion ably good. The letter concludes with a most proper. filial reference to the Queen, and with the Prince's own blessing upon L tdia,which is administered with all the unction shewn by a ritualist clergyman or by a heavy father on the stage. Altogether it is a most satisfactory termination of an undertaking which involved a good deal of anxiety to many minds in anticipation, but which in retrospect will, we doubt not, be pleasant to all. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. THE CAPTURED ENGLISHMEN. Conflicting telegrams have been received in Eng land regarding the four Englishmen taken by Spanish brigands, some declaring that they have been released, and others that they have not. The truth, judging from intelligence dated Madrid, Sun day, would appear to be .that one of the captives, Mr. Bonell, senior, alone has been allowed to proceed to Gibraltar, and that, too, only to negotiate for a ransom, which the brigands demand before they allow his nephew and servants to go free. " LOTHAIR." Nearly all the older magazines this month review " Lothair," and without exception the verdict is hos tile. Deliberate reflection has reversed the indis criminate praise accorded by the daily press. In several instances the condemnation is savage. The monthly organs have obviously not confined themselves to merely estimating the value of " Lothair " as a lite rary work ; they have let their pages out to men whose criticism is guided by intense personal antagonism to the novelist. Most savage of all is the review in Blackwood. The appearance of this production in the pages of the Tory maga zine has given rise to unbounded astonishment. The writer evidently hates Mr. Disraeli with a hatred that is beyond concealment. He compares the Con servative leader's pictures of high life to "the gin inspired dreams of the assistant of some fashionable haberdasher, who enjoys glimpses of great houses and great people when he goes out with the goods." " Lothair" in general is compared to the romances of the London Journal. The extravagance of the per formance is "equalled only by its dulness." It is " more inflated in expression and false in grammar than the exercises of an aspiring schoolboy of the fifth form." In point of art the book is "on a level with the drop-scene of a provincial theatre." - Having paid these and many more similar compliments to the work itself, the reviewer rwoceeds to deal with the author, and to confess that a portion of the Conservative party hate Mr. Disraeli unsparingly for the Refor►n Bill of 1867. Everybody knew that such was the case ; but, though a candid . avowal might be appreciated in the proper place, what has it to do with " Lothair ?" The severity of other monthlies is mildness com pared with the attack in Blackwood. Never theless they are very severe. The Catholic Month" speaks as a Catholic organ might be expected to speak, after the handling the faith receives in " Lothair." It expects that Mr. Disraeli will soon write a book to shew how much England has lost by becoming Protestant. Fraser is more appreciative thaii the rest of its contemporaries. The Fortnightly Review, which is a monthly at present, considers the literary work of " Lothair " well enough ; but is severe upon the moral tone of the novel. The life represented is " rotten and mean." "Does not the book reek with the stifling fumes of gold, as when the idiot puts rails of solid gold round the tomb which covers his useless old bones ? Is not the life vapid, aimless, arrogant as if the world of the human race existed only to gratify its selfish whims ? " Macmillan rails at Mr. Disrs.eli's artificiality and snobbishness. He never feels at home amongst his great people, suggests the reviewer; he takes no pleasure in their society. On the whole it would seem that these critics have less to complain of the literary merit of the famous book than of the man who wrote it, and of the peculiarities he introduces into his work. from Senegal arrived at Bathurst, the capital of Gambia,. to take the preliminary steps for transferring the colony to the French dominion. This, it is said, was the first intimation the inhabitants had of any such intention on the part .of • their rulers. The Gambians, it appears, entered a protest against being made compulsory Frenchmen, and the British public have a. right to an explanation as to the cir cumstances under which such an apparently arbi trary proceeding has been carried out. • C:‘.:7"143-Iff MORNING EDITION. LONDON, 7 UESDAY, JUNE 7. 1870. THE fall of Spain is as appalling as CIESAR'S. " But yesterday her word might," one would have said— " Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do her reverence." During a whole twelvemonth her Crown has gone a-begging. Candidate aft candidate has been besought - in vain to assume the bauble and the robe, of royalty. one among them-could be induced to regard the racant throne proffered for his accept ancOa ae in any way a " coign of 'vantage." Upon the morrow of the Revolution, by which IsABELLA was driven beyond the Pyrenees, it was said, and with perfect truth, that the establishment of a Republic at Madrid, in lieu of a Monarchy, was impracticable, it might almost be said impossible— for the simple reason that in all Spain there were no Republicans. Progressistas and Moderados there were, Monarchists and Constitutionalists, but no Republicans. Thrust back upon the Regent SERRANO, and upon his Prime Minister FRIA, by every one to whom the diadem of the Bourbon dynasty has been profferred, that symbol of sove reignty is still left upon the hands of the succes.ful revolutionists, who yet preside over the Spanish Government, as a thing no less obsolete of its kind than an arquebuss or a catapult if proffered as an implement of Aar to an. arsenal rich in arms of pre , cision, bristling with breach-loaders and with rifled cannon, with needle-guns and ARMSTRONGS. Spain, foiled in her efforts to discover a king, is beginning to think i❑ earnest of founding a Republic which once founded will create Republicans. The t' unkindest cut of all " yet received by the indefatigable seekers of some now Sovereig❑ for the Spanish nation, is the one administered, and repeated more than once since then, by the son of a cartwright. Such, in point of fsct, in his origin, was the some-time absolute ruler of the once haughtiest nation in Christendom, one of the bravest of her soldiers, one of the purest of her statesmen, the gallant oil Marshal JOACHIM BALDO MERO ESPARTEIIO, Duke of Victoi y, Conqueror of Bilboa, Viceroy of Navarre, Spanish Prime Minister in 1840, Spanish Regent in 1841, in the room of QUEEN "CHRISTINA, but long since rttired from public life, and reposingunder laurelswon by no sinister intrigue, but in the face of day, at the edge of the sword, upon the open battth -field. ESPARTERO having been born on the 27th of February, 1793, is now in the seventy-eighth year of his age, and having no son to succeed him, m ould, if crowned King of SPAIN, in his green old age, be merely at the best a stop gap for the time being. In declining the supreme honour now thrust upon his acceptance, ' the brave old Marshal best consults his own dignity, while he certainly acts in a manner consistently with the whole tenour of his noble an& historical career. The incident, though it has come to nothing, is one eminently worthy of remembrance. It is an evidence of homage and of gratitude on the part of Spain towards her venerable and stainless hew Marshal the Duke of VICTORY--a mark of homage and of gratitude in every way magnificent. THE ELECTIONS. Two county elections are still pending in England —for the Isle of Wight and South Leicestershire. In the former constituency the claims of the " sub jected " sex have been brought before the Liberal candidate, Mr. Moffatt. But Mr. Moffatt will not pledge himself. It was urged on Saturday night that single women and widows, as they possessed the property qualifications of the members of the sterner sex, ought to possess electoral privileges. Mr. Moffat asked his questioner what he would do in the case of married women who had property independently of their husbands; should they have votes ? He was answered in the affirmative.. Mr. Moffatt observed, that in that case this question arose, " Why should one married lady have a vote and not another ?" It was_ manifestly unfair, he thought. But Mr. Moffat forgets that the same " unfairness" holds in the case of men. Why had a tea-pounder a vote, and not any other householder ? Why has now a householder a vote, and not a person who is neither .a householder nor a qualified lodger ? Why, in short, is there a line drawn anywhere ? In South Leicestershire the nomination takes place to : day, and the polling on Friday. The fight in this division is expected to be very close. THE NEW VACCINATION BILL. Mr. Candlish's bill for amending the Vaccination Act of 1867 looks wonderfully like compound ing an offence punishable by law. Its prin cipal clause is its third one, which provides that " no more than two orders shall be made under the 31st section of the Aat of 1867 for the vaccina tion of any one child." The effect of this clause is simply to limit the penalties for non-vaccination of any child to two fines, after the payment of which in any given case the law will have no further power to en force vaccination. This is nothing more nor less than a sou to anti-vaccination agitiitors, and is as illogical as it is -undignified. If vaccination be a right thing, and the State considers the well-being of society demands its enforcement, the State ought to have the power of repeating the punishment until the law is obeyed. If it is not right, let theiLct be repealed altogether. PIJ} FENIAN PRISONERS' INQUIRY. The Amnesty Association has applied to the Sec retary of the Treason-Felony Prisoners' Inquiry Commission to permit some person on behalf of the friends of the prisoners to be present for the purpose of offering evidence and putting questions to the wit nesses who may be examined. The secretary hass . stated in reply that the Commissioners, after due consideration of the proposal, do not consider their granting such an application would promote the due investigation of the subject. They will, however, be ready to receive from the friends of the prisoners, or any one acting in their behalf, any statement in writing which may be thought desirable. Further, if the friends of the prisoners desire to tender any witnesses for exami nation, the commissioners will consider any applica tion forwarded to them to that effect. They add that care will be taken is give due notice to each prisoner a reasonable time before his examination, and so to conduct such examination as to enable each man to give his evidence in the most free and uncon strained manner. TRANSFER OF THE GAMBIA TERRITORY. The transfer of the Gambians to the dominion of the French is an act which certainly demands .an e - xplaamtion from. Lord. Granville. All we know at present is that about the Ist of May. last a French gunboat with several officials THE NEW LIB ER A L CLUB. The preliminary arrangements for establishing a Junior Reform Club are now understood to be com pleted, and it is confidently believed that a large number of aspirants for admission to Mr. Gladstone's new stronghold will. be immediately forthcoming on the opening of the building, It is said that the Conservative Club is also contemplating the insti tution of another satellite; and the apparent deter- mination of both. parties to cariy on a con test by meeting clubhouse with clubhouse, is fao loss nn evidence. of the prudent and wise plans of the political leaders, than of the desire of the gentry of England to respect and rally round the first men of their party as best they may be able. Unlike the clubs under the Georges, which were aris tocratic gaming houses, rather than political arenas, the clubs of the last forty years have well served the pur poses for which they were instituted. The necessity of dealing indirectly as well as directly with one's parliamentary supporters has acted most beneficially in the interests of the country, and the day is pro bably very far distant now when the " Reforms" and " Carhops " will cease to be indispensable adjuncts to the English system of Government. THE IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE. It is not, perhaps, known that large numbers of the unemployed of London have within the past few weeks been drafted to Middlesborough and the other iron districts in the North of England. The demand for labour has become greater than the various localities referred to can meet, and they accordingly have extended already more help to the poor of the metropolis than all the emigration societies who have been so charitably assisting artizans and their families to get to Canada. The cause of all this is the ex tranrdinary revival of the iron industry of England, which is said never to have had brighter prospects before it than now. The mills and puddling furnaces at Cleveland, Lan cashire, Wolverhampton, and Middlesborough, are all in active operation, and the orders at these places from Russia, the United States, India, and the colonies extend into next year. This news must be very gladdening to Englishmen, especially to busi ness men, who will hail with delight any sign of in ' vigoration in trade. It is only to be hoped that the toiling operatives may, after their sore time of dis tress, be allowed fair play, and that the improved *circumstances of the labour market will be allowed to benefit alike employers and employed. CRIME IN LONDON. It is very deplorable that crime—and that, too, of the , worst description—has been enormously on the increase in London and the surrounding towns within the past few weeks. There are at the present sessions of the Central Criminal Court no less than 112 prisoners awaiting trial, and among the charges there are three of wilful murder, and six of attempt ing to murder. The Boulton and Park case will be, _perhaps, one of the most puzz ling • brought before the court. Indeed, it is thought that the prosecution will ask for a postponement, and that too, on the ground that suffi cient evidence has not been collected. Unusual interest will be given to the case of the alleged Chel sea murderer, by the defence of the prisoner, which has been taken up by the Society for the Aholitiao of Capital Punishment, who have, if .is believed, secured very able counsel. If the supposed perpetrator of the Denham massacre could wily have been tried by the London authorities, the June sessions of the Criminal Court would have furnished the most replete calendar of horrors ever yet issued. As it is, one feels inclined to give a large share of pity to the judge and juries, who will have to listen to so many tales of villany, heartlessness, and bloodshed, and witness so many despoilers of their country's good name. THE POLICE AND THE. puinac. "An Unbiassed Man" relates an incident of which he states he was an eye witness, and which adds another to the numerous instances lately re corded of brutal conduct on the part of the police. He says he was walking along Regent-street with a friend when two policemen came up and seized hold of a young man and young woman who were talk. ing. The constables, . having obtained firm " grips," shook their victims, flung them against the shutters, and threw them upon the pavement by turns. They were then dragged round Foubert's Place towards Marlborough Police-court. The wit ness and his friend followed with a view of giving evidence, but suddenly, to their surprise, they found that the prisoners were released. On speaking to the policemen one of them made an alle gation against the prisoner, which the witness states he can declare on oath was false. The treatment of the two persons by the officers, he adds, was inhuman and ruffianly. This is certainly an extraordinary story, and one that should be verified before the police authorities. THE LAST SCENE OF A TRAGEDY. The last moments of murderers are not always par ticularly edifying, though they exercise such a mar vellous fascination over the multitude. It is not very often, however, that we find an instance of such hardened recklessness and stolid indifference as in the case of Bayon, the French murderer, who assas sinated a merchant named Lubanski, on the Paris and Lyons line. The wretched criminal thought, it appears, that as Lathauvers, the butler, who mur dered his mistress, had been reprieved, his own sentence would be commuted. But his obstinate refusal to confess his crime, or to listen to the exhortations of the priest, survived his conviction that his doom was certain. He laughed with his keepers at the execution the night Wore, and when roused in the morning said, " All right, I expected it." Later on the priest came to assist in his preparations, but was thrust aside, Bay on saying " No, leave me alone, M. le Cure, I have nothing to tell you." He stoutly refused to enter the coach provided to take him to the place of execution, and at last the officers yielded to avoid a struggle. As they walked through the gates Bayou looked round at the crowd and said " Well, why do you not come on ? The sight costs nothing." During the procession the priest, though unnoticed, had continued his efforts, but in vain, and the last words the miserable culprit uttered were addressed to the patient and pitying minister on seeing him on the scaffold, " No more here than in the prison." CHARITY DEFEATING ITSELF. The evil effects of indiscreet and indiscriminate charity have often been insisted upon, but they have seldom been more strongly shewn than in the evidence collected by Sir Charles Trevelyan in his letters on pauperism. Sir Charles, indeed, goes so far as to object to the dispensing of public alms through clerical channels, believing that the office of ahnoner hot Only wastes the time and secularises the spirit of the clergy, but leads to grave scandals. The worst of these is the mistaken system of proselytising, which encourages deceit and hypocrisy among the unscrupulous poor by inducing them to profess with great earnestness whatever form of faith appears temporarily most profitable.' Sir Charles supports his opinion by a citation from the evidence of Mr. Rowsell, rector of St. Margaret's, Lothbury, and chaplain to the Queen, waoatameetingof the Mendicity Society, declared that he always endeavoured to separate his spiritual from his temporal ministrations. The practice of prose ' lytization was the more dangerous because so much conscientious feeling was mixed up with it, and if the recipient of alins was bribed over to the alms giver's side, he gained not only a weak mem ber but a false man, whose demorali zation was j ust in proportion to the alms he received. I\lr. Walrond, vicar of St. Mary Charterhouse, gave similar evidence on another occa sion, and declared that there is a waste of charitable funds under the present system, as many persons, on account of their importunity and hypocrisy, get twice or thrice as much as really deserving and euf fering cases. The mixed clerical and lay • committee appointed at Sion College, reported in favour of a common fund, into which all amounts collected should be paid and divided, irrespective of religious considerations. One thing is, however, cer tain. If the several religious ministers decline the office of almoner in their respective parishes, the laymen must exert themselves much more perse veringly than they have hitherto done to ascertain the condition of the poor. THE WINNER OF THE OAKS. Among , sporting men a good deal of comment is going on just now with reference to the contradietor3r running of the filly Gamos. Though the late Mr. Richard Tattersall once stated in evidence before the Gaming Committee of the House of Commons that "horses are fit to run to-day and not to-morrow, just as a roan is often equal to an exertion on one day and unequal to it on the next." still the connois seurs of the turf have continued to get indignant, and to demand unreasonable explanations on every occa sion that a horse's running is reversed with the same opponents. It was so in 1791, when the Prince of Wales's horse Escape came in last 'on. one day and first on the next, at races in which like competitors for public favour figured. It was so again in 18.551 when the late Lord Derby had to fly from the race ' course at Doncaster in consequence of the extraor dinary behaviour of Acrobat, who on a Wednesday was placed behind Ivan (who raa second) for the St. Leger, but who in the Don caster Stakes on the Friday defeatel the latter easily, On each of these occasions the reasons for the strange results in the respective cases were asked for and were explained. in a tolerably satisfactory manner. It is now said that Mr. Graham, being most honourable man, ought to show that Gamos httd a headache or something else the matter with her at Bath. FRENCH COMMENT ON THE DERBY. It is sometimes very amusing, in reading through a Pruch or German paper, to observe the rash attempts made at depicting English customs and representing celebrated English characters. Only the other day the anther of " Lothair " was called Lord Disraeli in one of these well-informed prints, and now the Figaro has fallen into a still more absurd errors. Sympathising with the large number of betting men who backeeMacgregor, that journal remarks that Englishmen might have expected " execution" when Kingcraft, 4 4 the winner, with a wonderfully a ppro - priate . title;.' passed the flag-post first. " Kingcraf t, : ' it goes on to explain, " in English means Jack Ketch. ' Of course, everyone in England will see that the Figaro has mistaken Kingcraft for Calcraft. THE GREEK MASSACRE. The Hellenic community have presented Mrs. Lloyd with 22,570 and an address, in which they express their sincere perSonal condolence with that lady, and assure her that they would not attempt to disturb the privacy entailed upon her by the recent melancholy affair in Greece, were it not that they considered that the suddenness of gr. Lloyd's death might have caused anxieties in the alleviation of which they hoped it would be allowed them to aid. Mrs. Lloyd has sent a reply to the com munity thanking them for their kind thoughtfulnes s and gift. She says it was a Greek gentleman who first afforded her help (of which she was greatly in need) at Athens. Mrs. Lloyd concludes her letter by saying that although nothing in this world can console her for her irreparable loss, the benevolenc e and consideration of the Greek merchants of London have diminished the care for her children's future) which still Presses heavily upon her. THE SPANISH CROWN. Another candidate has disappointed the unhappy Prim. Marshal Espartero has made his refusal 0 1 the Spanish crown absolute. He has written to . several deputies requesting them to make no furt her exertions on his behalf, since, even if the Cortes elected him, his age, and the distracte d state of parties in Spain, would lead him t° decline the offer. •It would have been astonishi n g indeed, if he had come to any other decision. What earthly enjoyment can an old man of eighty, who has spent many years in battles, an d ; revolutions, and intrigues, and who now seeks to en d his few remaining days in quietness, derive from the possession of a crown, which would be nothing snore than a bauble in the hands of Prim F It is unfortu nate, indeed, for the latter personage that he canuo i _ t find a puppet of sufficient respectability ; but thoug h unfortunate for him, it may be very good for th e Spaniards. LORD DERBY'S MUNIFICENCE. The magnificent generosity of the late Earl of Derby is being emulated by his son and successor Yesterday, the noble lord, in as-isting at the laying of the foundation stone of the new Stanley Hos pital, at Liverpool, evidenced his sympathy for tile ereat public charities of his country, not merely by his piesence on the occasion, but by th.?, generous sentiments to which he gave utterance 1' addressing those assembled to witness the ceremony of inauguration. The site for the building given the late earl consists of nearly 10,000 yards of la n'' valued at some £20,000 sterling. 'file institutioed which is to be called the Stanley Hospital, is intende for the districts of Everton and Kirkdale, and will be at once an adornment and a benefaction to te i l population of Liverpool. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. 'The June session of the Central Criminal Court opened yesterday with an unusually heavy calenchlv. Prominent among the offeudeis are Waltt-r charged with the murder of Mr. Huelin and " housekeeper, at Chelsea ; William Redhead, charg' with shooting his stepmother ; Park and Bou ltou, the men in womne's clothes; Joseph Reo reB ,i for the murder of his wife ; and selret, , others of a grave character. The trial of WOW; Heal for perjury at the Bridgewater election I'3 been postponed to the July sessions. Alfred Wh i g' who attempted to shoot Mr. Charles Buxton, I ‘ l-1- j has been declared insane, and ordered to be confi n e d during her Majesty's pleasure. The Middlesex 3n Surrey Sessions were also opened, the united oleo' dar of the three courts containing 252 names. tun irist 'VIAL! trallya: • HER MAJESTY. .....................r. T 05' BA L MORAL CASTLE, OM- de The Queen held a Council yesterday, at which Ea rl o t Grey, the Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, and Vise ° Castlerosse were present. Mr. Helps was the Clerk of the Council. The Queen drove out yesterday morning with Princ e° Louise and Princess Beatrice. - The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday tlorsi4 attended by the Hon. Mrs. Coke. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-i P',;so Lady Llanover's afternoon dancing party, from t ° i. p.m., at 9, Great Stanhope-street. Sir Thomas Wathen Waller's dance, at 16, Eato n-s4l/ _ ° :o 6 : The Hon. Mrs Prideaux Brune's dance, at 5, Belgv square. e ifig Mrs Gardner's (nee Comte de Mandelsloh), ell-11 party. t St. M. E. M. D.laborde ' s second morning concert, °- James's Hall, at 3 p.m. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS—TO-DA 1 ,.% The Royal Institution, at 3 p.m., when Profes sor : e will read a paper on " Present English History The Ethnological Society, at 8 p.m. TOE PIGEON MATCH AT HUR LI NGI: s _ 1; While reposing from the cares of state our legisi st °, o ol° both Houses are solacing their leisure with the Nvil ° ,,;oro slaughter of pigeons. Lords and Commons cannot 01" it-i agree about Churh and Land and other little diffien't-bee of the kind, but there cannot be two opinions as , t ,, ° o 0 0 necessity of destroying such dangerous creatures a s P The nor as to the glory of killing the greatest nurabe n ,„ r jd annual contest between the two Houses came off ye s " - t - c he g at Hurlingham, and it was " one of the most exciting 015-0019 ever witnessed." The Upper House won by one birdvol after twice tieing. The Marquis of HuntlY an d e 0 Willoughby de Broke were ties for the cup for the scorer. The match lasted four hours, comnnennlng 'Pp' quarter-past three and concluding at a quarter-Past s° 4 - THE GRAND INTERNATIONAL FIGP° MATCHES IN FRANCE. P AR IS, 'ru ne PRIX DE MADRID. sO L This, the first of the international matches, vs• for this afternoon, in the Bois de Boulogne , when t'.o9,- prize was won by Mons. H. Carder, the second by Baracco, and the third by Captain C. Vansittart• There were fifty-three competitors. ACCIDENT AT THE HORSE SHOW.--A sit- ito dent happened yesterday afternoon, at the Agric, l ,4‘e r ! Hall, to one of the gentlemen riders, Francis -Pt sVP an owner of several valuable horses. The horse riding first of all lashed out behind, and then reld'epl lir; suddenly. Mr. Barker pulled the reins rather silu n and the horse fell back upon him. A m edical o re c oo: instantly in attendance, but it was some time befol:o4o., sciousness was restored, and it is feared that % o tl' internal injuries have occurred to the u nfortunat e marl. • Th( Const be re conte: ill and even bassa, Souse /usual inthe Part ( 'was d old w tine. in to eider; sPark sun, ease, by it Wide] bons( Ere s] elan, destr excel Were sign : than tons( eater Tt and, Bra the epit aim( Wol ttro Lui Or its sex Bel T 1 WI nr