The Sun. — London, England, 1870-05-20 00:00:00

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FMOSES and SON supply Outfits for all • Classes and Climates. MOSES and SON have the best Styles mid 1_2.4. Materials for all Classes. 1p MOSES and SON, Corner of AliNoniEs and • ALOGATE. EMOSES and SON, NEW OXFORD-STEET, Corner Of HIBT-STREAT, j MOSES and SON, Corner of TOTTENHAM . ' . COURT-ROAD and EIISTON-ROAD. MOSES and SON, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. MISS BATEMAN.—Mr. Liston begs to announce that he has engaged this eminent artist for a limited num ber of nights. Miss Bateman will appear, for the first time since her return from America, on MONDAY, May 23, in the cha racter of Mary Warner in Tom Taylor's highly successful play.— Places can be secured at the Box-office daily from ten till five. OLYMPIC THEATRE. CRYS'T'AL PALACE. -Th e NEW GUINEA SEASON TICKET, dating to Ist May, 1871, ADMITS to To morrow's grand flower show, to the seven grand summer con certs, great rose show, firework fetes, drill review, in the presence of H.S. H. the Prince of Teck and H.R.H. the Prin cess of Teck, English operas, poultry, cage Nrds, pigeon and other shows, county cricket matches, and numerous other grand fetes, concerts, &c. On sale at all entrances and agents'. The most absurdly good guinea's worth that ever spread itself over a whole year's rational recreation."—Vide Critiqou. " Tne large and constant increase in t e number of season ticket holders is doubtless due both to the low rates at which the tickets are issued, and to the very liberal provision which is made for the enteratinment of those who hold them ; in refer ence to which it may be remarked that during the past year no less thae £43,000 was expended on music and o her sLecial at tractions, to the whole of which season ticket holders were admitted." CR Y STAL P ALA° E.-TO-MORROW. —GREAT FLOWER SHOW of the season.—INTER NATIONAL BOUQUET EXHIBITION and FASHIONABLE PROMENADE, Saturday next, May 21. The show has been fixed one week later than usual, the advantage of which will be apparent on Saturday next, when an unusual gathering of floral beauty may be expected. The unrivalled capabilities of the Nave, both for floral display and for promenade, need scarcely be alluded to. The choice collections of the first private exhibitors, both c.. L-well as nurserymen will be exhibited in their un. rivalled excak,..,.. especial me*? -tiou may uv Lu.... 10 of +i onllgan, tion of plants as arranged for decorative purposes, a feature in troduced into the show for the first time. The Bouquet Classes, in which several continental bouquetistes will compete, will also form a most interesting feature in the show. Many lady visitors and private cultivators will again enter into competition. Palace open at 10 o'clock. Show open about 12. Full Band of the Coldstream Guards, the Company's Orches tral Band, &c. Five shilling admissions on sale at the Palace ; 2, Exeter-hall ; and usual agents (see list below) this day only. Admission at doors, To-morrow, 7s. 6d., or by guinea season tickets. " The Flower Show at the Crystal Palace took place last Satur day, and crowded and brilliant as these fetes have been in past years, they were entirely eclipsed by the present. A magnificent day, a lovely and immense collection of flowers, a charming selection of music, and an unusually large attendance of ladies, combined to make up on Saturday probably the most successful floral fete that has ever been held."—Vide Critique. CRYSTAL PALACE, LAST DAY for FIVE SHILLING ADMISSION TICKETS for TO-MOR ROW'S GREAT FLOWER SHOW. These, with May Guinea sea son tickets, may be had at the Palace ; 2, Exeter Hall ; and the following agents:— Baker-street, Moutrie, 55 Brixton, Pearce, 2, Brixton-place Camberwell, Griffith, The Green Chancery-lane, Cox,-102 Charing-cross, Mitdhell, 39 Chelsea,3lacmichael,2o7,King's- London-bridge, _Stanley, Termi nus Lower Norwood, Barker, The Library New Bond-street, Chappell, 50 12 Cock, Addison Lacon, 168 Old Bond-street, Mitchell, 33 011ivier, 19 Oxford-street, Duff, 147 Paddington, Key, Bishop's road Peckham, Stansfield, High-st. Pimlico, Hopwood and Crew, 82, Buckingham Palace-road Regent-circus, Brighton Co.'s office, 28 Regent-street, Cramer, 201 21 Weippert, 266 St. James's Hall, Austin Vigo-street, Hammond Westbourne-grove, Melliship, 37 Wigmore-street, Nimmo, 3 road City, Keith, 48, Cheapside „ Good, 60, Moorgate-street „ Hays, 4, Royal Exchange -buildings „ Letts, 8, Royal Exchange „ Marratt, 63, King William street „ Mead, 73, Cheapside „ Todhunter, 22, Gresham street , Cook, 98, Fleet-street Croydon, Warren, High-street Islington, King, 86, Upper-st. Kensington, R. Station, Russel road Warren's library Knigiitsbride, Westerton, 27, St. George's-place NOTE.—No guarantee can be g kept supplied, but the Crystal will be open until 8.0 this even 'en that distant agencies can be Palace and Exeter-hall offices CRYSTAL PALACE. To-morrow. GREAT FLOWER SHOW. 1. Palace open for admission from .. 2. Show open from about 3. Full Band of Coldstream Guards (Mr. F. Godfrey) .. . 4. Orchestral Band of the Company . . 5. Ornamental Gardens of Rockhills open .. 6. Display of Terrace Fountains .. 7. Combined Orchestral and Military Bands (Mr. Wedemeyer) .. 4.15 8. Festival Organ (Mr. Coward), for pro menade till 10. 0 till 7. 0 12. 0 till 7. 0 3. 0 till 6.30 3.15 S AL T and C O.'S EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALES. Brewery—Burton-on-Trent. STORES: London—St. Pancras Station, Old St. Pancras-road, N.W. Liverpool--72, Henry-street. Manchester—Bridgewater-chambers, Brown-street. Birmingham—Old Court House, High-street. Wolverhampton-15, Snow-hill. Bristol-16, Small-street. Nottingham —44, Greyhound-street. SALT and CO.'S ALES may be obtained in casks of 18 gallons and upwards, and in glass from the principal bottlers. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNE I,L and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, is each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., an d 15 s . eac h, includ ing brush. Red Bull Wharf .Angel-pasaage, 13, Upper Thames-street, Lon don, E.C. JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder • gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. sd Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the storms of the past 17 months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU TION contributed to the saving of 1,592 lives from various ship wrecks and 43 vessels from destruction. It has now 240 Lifeboat Station:, under its management. CONTRIBUTIONS for their support will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co., Coutts and Co., Berries 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 VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H J. Montague, D. James, and T, Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30. an original Comedy, by A. Halliday, entitled FOR LOVE Olt ) , lONEY. At 9.45, the new Burlesque, by Conway Edwarde4 ' entitled DON CARLtiB ; 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 ; blesda,mes Nelly Power, Cavendish, Amy Fawsitt, K Irwin, L. Claire, J. Beauclerc, R. Evelyn, Kemp, T Levis, F. Garthwaite, R. Power. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at Mr. BEAUMONT'S, " The Wellington," Wellington-street, strand. THEATRE _ ROYAL, HAYMARKE T Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, NO SOP/ G NO SUPPER: Mr. Kendal, Mr. Compton, Mr. Edward Osborne, Mr. Clark; Miss F. Wright, Hiss Francis, Miss Fosbroke, and Miss F. Gwynn. Aft .•r which, at 8 precisely, BARWISE'S BOOK: Mr. Sothern, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. Kendal, Mr. Buckstone; Miss C. Hill, Mn. Frank Matthews, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. And (by desire) A REGULAR FIX: Mr. Sothern, Concluding with A IIiSS IN THE DARE. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Praprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. • This EVENING, at Seven, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING : Messrs. R. Phillips and Ashley; and Miss Maria and Miss Nelly Harris. After which, at 15 to 8, THE 'PROMPTER'S BOX; A. Story of the Footlights and the Fireside. Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr H. J. Byron, Mr. J. D. Beveridge, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Stuart, Mr J. G. Taylor, Mr. 0. J. Smith, Mr. Ashley, Mr. W. Eburne, Miss Furtado, Mrs. L. Murray, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon._ To be followed by 'INIE ENCHANTED WOOD: Mr. J. G. Taylor, Mr. Ashley; Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Miss Patti Josephs, and Miss Clara Thorne. Box Office open daily, from 10 till 5. No fees for booking. Places can be secured a fortnight in advance L YCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, WOOING 'ONE'S WIFE. Mr F. Charles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL._ _ _ After which, at 8.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. Debreux, Mesdames Lennox Grey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, WIDOW'S WEEDS. Messrs. Crouch, Turner, and Mesdames E. Bufton and Anstiss. Followed by SIR GEORGE AND A DRAGON. Messrs. James. Terry, Fenton; Mesdames Santley, Dashwood, Goodall. Hughes, Anstiss, and Metcalfe. And A. FISH OUT OF WATER. THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening, at Eight o'clock, at Mr. GILMAN'S, " The NVbeatsheaf," High-street, Camden-town. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- tom). 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The Princess of Tre bizonde. QUEEN'S—At Seven, Iy Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. STRAND—At - Seven, Widow's Weeds, Sir George and a Dragon. A Fish Out of Water. VAUDEVILLE—For Love or Money. Don Carlos. Sr. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage. GLOBE—At Seven, The Man o' Airlie. Robert Macaire. WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH BOOK. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every livening (except Saturday), at 8; ,Saturday Morn ings at 3. Admission Is, 2s, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every N ight, at 8; Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. MADAME TETSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 530 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra rooms, 6d. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily 'except Sur.- days). Admission, ls. ; on Mondays, 6d. .Children under twelve, 6d. g g ' ;,. ,51114 MORNING EDITION. L ONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1870. Yesterday we referred to the possibility of syste matically diminishing the aggregate amount of desti tution. This morning we have reason to comment upon the clearly demonstrated possibility of diminish ing at one and the same moment—through one and the same movement—the aggregate amount of both crime and destitution. To assert this seems like trumpetting a panacea. And yet to declare as much as we have here declared, is to argue within the range of actual, visible, appreciable demons tration. Reason as we may, we ourselves being no teatotallers about total abolition being a crotchet—there can be no doubt whatever that, crotchet or no erotchet, it has done, is doing, and will continue to do, a world of good to an immense num ber of men, women, and children in both hemis pheres. When advocates of this great movement insist, as some of them do, in season and out of season, that —if not " all the ills that flesh is heir to"— all the crimes that lead to the police van and the treadmill, to the hulk and the convict prison, to toiling, like beasts of burden, among felon gangs, to the solitary cell, to the condemned cell, to the gallows or to the madhouse, are, every one of them, more or less, directly traceable to drink the assertion thus comprehensively made is hardly in any respect whatever an exaggeration of the actual fact. Home sullenness, home neglect, home cruelty are engendered by it always. Not in the majority of instances, but as a rule, invariably. The family—imperceptibly it may be at first, but inevitably and before long—very appreciably becomes demoralized. Thrift is unknown, as utterly unknown as comfort, and cleanliness, and decency. The wages of the bread-winner are frittered, and drained, and fooled away before tho bread-winner can reach his miserable home on the Saturday evening —are frittered, and drained, and fooled away—Where? Why, in that half way house between the home ani the workshop—the house always handily placed at the street corner, with a swing door at each angle, so conveniently luring the ever-welcome customer in at one side, to let him out again (with dazed eyes and a lightened pocket) at the other that house with the plate-glass windows and the ivory handled beer-machine, in the glare of whose gaslights every shilling spent seems at the time a Splendid Shilling, like that sung of by one of the half forgotten poets of the last century. Has not GOUGH told the wonderful story of his own wretched expe periences—told it with an eye of fire and a tongue of soul-stirring eloquence, born from the pathos of his long-wasted but, at last reformed life, not tutored into " thoughts that breathe and words that burn" by the art of the schools or by the skill of the rhetorician? Has not the pen cil of another great champion of Total Ab stinence depicted the horrors called into existence by the Demon Drink, has not the pencil of CRUM SHANK, with a power like that of HOGARTH, laid bare the abysses of crime that are ready at every moment to open at the aggsteriug feet of the drunkard, and engulph him as hopelessly as the yawning earth and flames engulphed the offending Israel ites? A hunndred years ago the famous prints by WILLIAM HOGARTH depicting the careers of the Industrious and Idle Apprentices adorned the . walls of many a workshop and factory in England. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAI, MAY 20, 1870. It were well and wise if the like were done, now, even, yet more widely, in similar haunts of labour with those two tragical and life-like series by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, The Bottle and The Drunkard's Children. As it is, the movement for the Diminution, and eventually, it may even yet be, for the Suppression of Drunkenness, is year by year steadily advancing and developing. in the spread of its beneficent in fluence. A great and eminent philanthropic association has grown into power in the midst'of us under the name of the United Kingdom Alliance, the ono aim and object of its existence being the Abolition of the Drunkard. The Legislative suppression of the liquor traffic is the aspiration it avowedly proposes to realize. Whether it will realize it in our own time is a question open, of course, to argument. But, that the projectors and promoters of the design are in earnest iu their effort to realize it, there is not a man amongst us who would care to dispute for an instant, even though he were a licensed victualler do ing a roaring trade in the New .Cut or down• by W hi techapel. The Great Meeting held last night for the furtherance of the cause held sacred by the United Kingdom Alliance, is only another and the latest known evidence of the sincerity of those holding that cause the most nearly and the most dearly at heart. That sincerity is attested by - every word of the four manly, and straight-forward, and eminently practical resolutions which were proposed. It was attested, also, by the densely crowded and enthusiastic character of the heterogeneous multitude there assembled together, in one of the vastest and noblest public halls in the metropolis, the Great St. James's Hall, lying mid way between the Regent-street Quadrant and Pic cadilly. It was attested, also, this sincerity on the part of the upholders of the United Kingdom Alli ance, by the fact that men of all parties, men of all religions, men of all classes and of all countries—sink ing their differences of opinion upon everything else combined, heart and soul, and with a will, to support that which at least they can and do support most earnestly, conscientiously, and unanimously. Intemperance was denounced in the first resolu tion as the source of a very large proportion of the crime and pauperism of the United Kingdom, that first resolution, yet further adding, the glaring recog nition by all of the fact necessitating on the part of the Legislature, the enacting of a law to protect the people from the evils originating in the existing system of temptation promoted by the liquor traffic. In the second resolution, the deriving of a revenue to the State from the sale of intoxicating liquor, was denounced quite as unhesitatingly as drunkenness itself. In the tbird, Sir WILFRED LAWSON'S Permissive Bill was eulogised and earnestly commended to the country, and (through themeeting) to the accept ance of the whole population. The fourth and last of these Resolutions had reference, almost as a matter of matter of course, to the customary Petition to the House of Commons and to the . forwarding of copies of the previous resolutions through the hands of the Chairman, Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON, to the Prime Minister, to the Home Secretary, to the knights of the metropolitan shires, and to the members for the metropolitan city and borough constituencies. A meeting as large and influential, and authoratative—a meeting as cosmopolitan in its character, and as practical and earnest in the nature of its proCeedings, as that of last evening, regard it, ho wever else we may, is indubitably another and a very appreciable step in advance iu (what non-teatotaller amongst us will gainsay - this ?) a generous and an eminently humaniz ing movement. ITI its difficult to credit the strange story that has come to us from Oxford, and seems at first sight to be the machination of some ingenious foe of that classic haunt, rather than an actual occurrence within its walls. The frolics of Undergraduates are well known to the public, but, although virtually disapproved of, are not regarded with too harsh a judgment. Due and sometimes undue allowance is made for the exuberance of youthful spirits, and the excitement of convivial hours and joyous meetings; but the outrages which have just taken place at Christ Church pass all comprehension. Whether we are puzzled to discern the motive, or aghast at the ill-deserved success of the venture, amazement, and horror are all predominant feelings. It is the best satire on the conduct of these out rageous offenders to say that their conduct would have disgraced the most degraded burglar, because it was done in the most wanton manner, and with no object but that of sheer destruction for destruction's sake. What is past cannot be undone, nor can the mischief be remedied that has followed from these base acts, but it is som) negative sort of satisfaction to think that a protest has been made, and steps taken to avenge the wrong if it cannot be redressed. The choice works of art which have been 3 sacrificed to please the vandal instincts of the unworthy representatives of a classical commu nity, cannot be restored, but a warning must be held out to those who might, after the fashion of Enos- TRATUS, emulate their dishonourable renown in the future. The governing body of Christ Church have acted! with decision, and no fault can be - imputed to them for the course they have taken. Only the strong arm of the law can deal with these unwarrantable offences, and the sooner the penalty - of ':their acts is enforced against them the better for the outraged dignity of their college, and the indignant senti ment of all lovers of good taste and right feeling. It was reproached to these young men that they refused to give themselves up to justice, or to their friends or companions, that they aided and abetted them in their misguided resolve. It is now reported, however, that the names of the offenders will be given up, and that so far the cause of j ustice will not be impeded. Whatever be the Act of Parliament under which the college authorities may proceed whether the offenders are tried for burglary and malicious damage or for in juries to objects of art their punishment will be a severe one. Viewed in the right spirit, however, the disgrace of the affair rests with the commission of the offence and not with the righteous dealing that is meted out to it. The friends and relations of the guilty individuals must see and recognise the fact for themselves not that there can be much hope of improvement in the case of the offenders themselves at any rate for som e years to come. Their punishment will, however, act as a deterrent to others, and this consideration brings us to another view of the matter. Prevention it is well known is better than cure, and without in tending any reproach to those who are already in trouble enough, it may be said that stricter rules of discipline and sterner vigilance on the part of the e anthor ties would have been productive of much good. No doubt with the best intention and acting with the most laudable motives, the heads of colleges may have passed over trifling derelictions, but they have found out to their cost that trifles make the sum of . human things, and must not be neglected for the future. Practical joking in the army was productive of much mischief, and brought great discredit on the service. It was not found a work of supererogation, however, to put it down effectually when it passed beyond the limits of en durance, and men of sense and spirit cried out upon its perpetrators. The lesson must be repeated in our Colleges and Universities, an , / those freaks and follies which have hitherto been tolerated and so far sanc tioned by the establishment of fatal precedents, must now be checked and sternly rebuked until they are crushed out and undermined from their strongholds. By the exercise of timely severity during past years the outrage which has just occurred at Christ Church might have been prevented. When any particular act is offensive to society or militates against the rights of other, not a word can be said in its defence. It must be rigorously dealt with, but if anything could add to the unseemliness of these jokes, as they are unmeaningly called, it is the fact that the universities are now, as it were, on their trial. People are asking the use of these august seminaries, where, at the cost of time that can never return, and money that could be better em ployed, the youth of the higher ranks become pro ficients, real or imaginary as the case may be, in dead languages. No doubt an answer might be found to these and similar queries but if the uses are questioned who will tolerate the abuses of the system. It is not for a moment to be supposed that indignation at the affair at Christ Church is not rife at Oxford, but too much toleration to minor evils has paved the way for the commission of this extraordinary outrage. Let us hope that good may come out of evil, and that from henceforth a stop may be put to practices which before appeared ♦enial to the ordinary observer. The country may feel disappointed at the shortcomings, of its halls of learning if they fail to turn out the average amount of scholars, but it hai a right to be indignant at an occurrence which reflects disgrace on the first university of the land, and casts discredit on its rules and regulations. The time for trifling is past, and the undergraduates of the present and future generation) must understand that jokes may be practised until they became serious and earnest, and that the wisest course will be to let them alone altogether. There is a time to be merry and a time to be wise, but much cannot be said for the wisdom that allowed such follies to be perpetrated as have culminated in this crowning catastrophe or for the discernment of those who saw wit in wanton destruction, and drew merriment from that which was well calculated to awaken grave doubts and give rise to serious apprehension. A protracted debate ensued in the House of Lords last evening on the second reading of the bill which proposed to render it lawful for a man to marry his deceased wife's sister. The measure encountered strong opposition, and was ultimately rejected by a majority of four. In the House of Commous about even hours was devoted to the consideration of a series of clauses which the hon. member for Kil kenny moved to introduce in the Irish Land Bill. The proposal, however, did not recommend itself to the committee, which, soon after a condemnatory speech by the Ptemier, pronounced a very emphatic judgment against it. It was agreed that every effort should be made to bring the bill to a final stage. The other business transacted was merely formal. IrtlY tin 4 is , .4,,441a** te- CRICKET. (CENTRAL MESS TELEGRAM. A match between M.C.C. and Ground v. Cambridge University was commenced at Cambridge yesterday. The following was the score : Cambridge University first innings. Dale b Wooton... ... • • • • • • ... 2 Preston b 5haw............ ... 12 Money b Shaw... ... •. • •• • ... 29 Yardley b Brune ... ••• ... 51 Fryer run out ... ... ... ... 10 Thornton b Shaw ... •• • ... 29 Mackinnon c Wooton b Herne ... 27 Myers c Tobin b Brune ... 7 Nixon b Wooton 9 Cobden b Shaw 6 Wilson b Wooton 29 Ward run out ... 0 Leg byes ... 4 Total ... M.C.C. and Ground first innings. Wilkinson, not out Winter b Cobden ... Tobin b Money Filgate not out Byes • Total ... Play will be resumed to-day. Rumours prevail that the United States will per mit supplies for the Winnipeg expedition to pass through the Sault St. Marie Canal, Mr. Thornton having given an assurance that the difficulties there are amicably arranged. Lord A. Hervey, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, charged the clergyof his diocese at Castle Carey, on Wednes day. He said the scheme to exclude the Gospel from the national education of the English people was a most faithful evidence of the spread of infidelity. A large fire is reported from Rochdale at a cotton mill, by which about 00,000 worth of property is said to have been destroyed. The fire spread with great rapidity and the mill was soon reduced to a mere shell. Nearly three hundred operatives are thus thrown out of employ ment. " STUDYING FOR THE MINISTRY."—The Ameri can papers record a novel reformatory enterprise, which is in progress in the Idaho Territorial Prison. The pri soners have formed a Bible class, and spend a part of each day in reading and commenting on the Scriptures and in the performance of religious services. We are gen ously told that two prisoners who were pardoned last month " left the institution with great reluctance, as they regard its moral atmosphere of a far higher tone than that of the rest of• the territory." One of the inmates, who attempted to rob an express waggon train, is " studying for the ministry." DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is recommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand - . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings, Strand, W.C. HER. MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 19. The Queen walked and drove this morning, ac companied by Princess Louise. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, left the Castle this evening for Balmoral. Prince Leopold is expected to follow i❑ a few days. His Majesty the King of the Belgians visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House yesterday, and remained to luncheon. The Princess, of Wales drove out, accompan!ed by the Countess of Morton. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The Times regrets that the cabinet should have last night opposed both the schemes of permissive tenant right. The bill is still a good bill, but a favourable opportunity for improvement has been lost. Twenty-two out of twenty-three counties in Ireland outside Ulster have, through their representatives, approved the prin ciple of the plans yesterday discussed, and asked the Government to acqept it. The several organs of Irish opinion have united in asking for it. Why have not their wishes been heeded ? The attitude of the Govern ment is greatly to be regretted. It is from such incidents that the Irish nationalist party derives its strength; and esteeming the policy of separation fatal to both countries, we deplore any neglect of Irish opinion which may seem for a moment to justify it. The, Tlegraph ,says that the discussion on the Greek massacre to-night, will have a great interest, and in some measure bear upon new features of the case. We must settle what demands are to be made upon Greece, for the injury which has been inflicted upon us, and above all we must not be carried away by passion. The question is whether the Greek executive is prepared to render us the required satisfaction, or whether we must exercise pressure from without to ensure the necessary requital. There are peculiar circumstances which call for attention in this case. The Daily' News asks who is to fill the Throne of Spain, or if it is not worth the acceptance, of Nose to whom it is offered. It is to be hoped that Espartero will keep to his resolution, and not consent to fill a place for which he is not fitted. It is hinted that Marshall Serrano may after all be the long-looked for King, and we are free to suspect that some under standing exists on this subject between him and - Prim. The uspect of affairs in Spain just now leads us to sup pose that important changes are impending, and that many efforts are being made to fill the- vacant throne, Last evening, says the Standard, Lord Houghton moved the second reading of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill in the most crowded House of Lords which has been seen this session. It is to be regretted that his speech was not more worthy of it. He met two sdamaging retorts from the Bishop of Ely and the Duke of Marlbprough, the latter doing good service in calling attention to one of the most insiduous pro visions of the bill. It proposes that if these marriages are legalised the clergy shall not be compelled to solemnise them, the civil form at the registration office being sufficient. No wonder Mr. Gladstone is thankful for any compromise ; but when it remembered that 80,000 civil marriages take place annually it is surely unwise to bracket them with unions interdicted by the Church. The rejec tion of the second reading will give the friends of the bill time to reconsider their plans. They must understand that the public will not tolerate a condonation Of past offences against the law. To have passed this bill would have been to offer a premium to law-breakers. The Post says that the time was not wasted which was bestowed upon the consideration of Sir J. Gray's clauses, but they could not be made to fit in with the blil. The Irish Land Bill is safe, and though some of those who vote with the minority may entertain doubts as to its 'merit no one, can believe it possible that the House of Lords will reject it. The success which the Government has achieved must be estimated according to the difficulties which they have surmounted, and it must be remembered that they have attained an object which none of their predecessors could reach. UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. A very crowded and enthusiastic meeting of the mem bers and friends of this large body was held last night at the St. James's Hall, under the presidency of Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P. Amongst those on the platform were Mr. Hugh Birley, M.P., Mr. M. Dalway, M.P., Sir W. Lawson, M.P., Sir D. Wedderburn, M.P., B. Whitworth, Esq., J.P:, J. H. Raper, Esq., the Baboo Reshub Chunder Sen. The CHAIRMAN, who was received with much applause, said that he was not a volunteer for the post he occupied that night, for he had accepted the office of chairman at the solicitation of the committee. In the county which he had the honour to represent (Tyrone) there was a district covering 61 square miles, which worked very successfully under the permissive system. (Hear, hear.) It was not necessary from him to enter into a detailed account of the evils arising from the present system for the sale of intoxicating liquors. He would draw the attention of the meeting to ono point which he thought influenced the question to a great degree, and that was the condition of the homes of the humbler classes. It was necessary to provide comfortable homes for the poor, because the want of comfort at home oftentimes drove them to the public house. The noble chairman concluded by stating his perfect confidence in the ultimate success of the movement. (Loud cheers.) Dr. LUSE proposed the first resolution, and spoke of the question from a medical point of view. It ran as follows : —" That this meeting deeply laments the prevalence of intemperance throughout the nation, and recognising that it produces a large proportion of the pauperism and crime of the country, with their consequent taxation, calls upon the Legislature to enact a law to protect the.people from the evils which originate in the present system of tempta tion presented by the liquor traffic." Mr. BIRLEY, M.P., seconded the resolution, and spoke of the feeling in the north on the question, a feeling which he said was very much in favour of the object of the Alliance. Sir WILFRED LAWSON, who was greeted with a perfect hurricane of applause, supported the motion, and in the course of doing so remarked upon the two remedial mea sures which have been put forward for poverty, viz.. education and emigration. With regard to the forme..., he was of opinion that there would be very,little room for compulsory education if drunkenness was stopped, as it was invariably the drunken parent who neglected the education of his child. (Hear, hear.) As to emigration, he thought it would be a good thing if the Government would make a grant for the removal of the 130,000 publicans in the kingdom. (Laughter and cheers.) The hon. baronet then proceeded to notice the measure which he had presented to the House of Commons, which he said he was ready to withdraw in favour of a better one, should it appear. He concluded an able and lengthy speech by expressing his confidence in the satisfactory settlement of the question. The n4xt resolution, proposed by Dr. MacKenzie, the provost of Inverness, was to the following effect : —" That this meeting expresses its strong disapproba tion of any system of legislation, whether administered in the United Kingdom or British India, by which the sale of intoxicating liquors is maintained for purposes of revenue, in opposition to the social and moral interests of the community ; and this meet ing earnestly hopes that statesmen of all parties will give proofs of an . enlightened and Christian spirit, by opposing themselves in word and deed to a sys tem so inherently corrupt and productive of the most deplorable results." BABOO RESHUB CHANDER SEN, who met with a most enthusiastic reception in rising to support the motion, said that he had always admitted that India had much to thank England for, but the British Government were responsible for the aarm they hael done by introducing to India the sale of intoxicating liquors, which, he argued, was done for the purpose of drawing a large revenue. The effect of intoxicating liquors in India was dreadful, and raised cries and lamentations from thousands of widows and orphans. Ile strongly advocated the pro posed measure. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. DALWAY. M.P., proposed the third resolution, viz,: -" That this meeting rejoices that Sir Wilfrid Lawson has introduced his Permissive Prohibitory Liquor Bill, and as this measure proposes to prevent the licensing authority from granting licenses for the sale of liquors in parishes or districts where a large majority of the ratepayers desire to be free from the liquor traffic, with its disastrous results, this meet ing recognises that measure as a just extension of local protection, and pledges itself to use every legiti mate effort to secure its adoption by Parliament, and hereby respeetfullyrequests the members for the Metro politan constituencies and counties to give their earnest support to the bill." In doing so the honourable gentle man said he should continue to support Sir Wilfrid Lawson's bill in the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was seconded by Mr. CARTER, M.P., who said that if earnestness and good w ill were requ i re d to obtain the desired reform, Yorkshire might be relied on. (Cheers.) J. H. RAPER, Esq., proposed the fourth resolution, which was—" That the following petition to the House •of Commons be adopted, and that copies of the foregoing resolutions be forwarded by the Chair nian to the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, and to the members for the Metropolitan constituencies and counties." Mr. Raper having read the petition, which embodied the views of the Alliance, oontended that the Legislature could and should deal with the question this year, by introducing a bill at the end of the session and carrying it through promptly. (Cheers.) The resolution was unanimously carried. The proceedings, :which were marked throughout with the greatest enthusiasm, terminated with a vote of thanks to the noble chairman. NORWICH ELECTION.—At a meeting of the Liberal party held yesterday, it was resolved that Mr Tillett be requested to contest the vacant seat. The select committee upon the Public Prosecutors Bill commenced its labours to day, and was occupied all the afternoon in examining and discussing the clauses seriatim, No evidence is required to be given before the committee, which will, therefore, sit with closed doors CRYSTAL PALACE.—The great flower show of the season tahes place to-worrow (Saturday). The entries are very numerous, particularly in the most attractive classes, the orchids and azaleas. The new feature introduced in the show last year of an international bouquet competition will be repeated in to-morrow's exhibition on an increased scale. Several entries have already been received from Parisian bouquetists, and altogether the show promises to be more than,usually beautiful and interesting. The band of the Coldstream Guards and the company's orchestral band will perform, separately and united, during the day. The gardens of Rockhills will be open for promenade during the afternoon. PARIS CORRESPONDENCE WEDNESDAY EVENIIs`G• We seem in Paris to be imitating not only your Eng al constitutionalism, but your English stoicism and in difference. It takes a great deal to shake an EnglishnO from his propriety, but the more excitable esprit 3 of "th e airy and bright-minded city of the Seine are usually ve,,,rY easily influenced. A Ministerial crisis with you is talk of the clubs and a topic for the newspapers, but Wit us it ordinarily produces the most vehement es eitti the ment. Nevertheless, so well are we learning ~ lesson of solidarite that the transformations 13. our Cabinet have neither excited enthusiasm nor disPles. sure, scarcely any surprise. The appointments, to e° fess the truth, are not very popular. Neither M. Meal M. Plichon are to be ranked among our po litics celebrities. Moreover, M. M4ge is looked on with el e suspicion in Liberal circles as the intimate friend of 3 Rouher, of reactionary celebrity. M. Plichon, 91 , ' 11 sorry to say, is a Protectionist, and will not cli'c°i't sequently strengthen the Government in respect. The Journal des Debats, while gi;. general approval to the Emperor's selection, t 3 ': care to reserve its opinion on M. Plichon's ec ° nomy. The Temps, a very liberal organ, accepts the 11 pointments as a compromise. The nomination of - Grammont was strongly desired in high places, while til t : other two Ministers balance the scale between the E ig , and Left Centres. The Gazette de France is aghast at t''s selection of M. Grammont, which it clen° lllle . u'e B in the name of the Catholics, the Conserva tive and the true Liberals. The Union satirically observe g that it was scarcely worth so much fuss to make such in significant changes, while even the Liberte (M. de Gira r : din's paper) asks whether it was worth while to 1131 :, agitated all France, and even Europe, for eight days , effect such a movement. The Cabinet has already b e `. l. l christened "Le Cabinet du 16 Mai," a name which Nvi probably last it out. M. 011ivier, by his too frequent use •of the pen' 11 getting the same reputation for unlucky letters as Ij3 Russell himself. The other evening, when the alteratir; in the functions of the Minister of Public Instruc tio , were being discussed on the benches of the C° T. P' Legislatif one of the members remarked that with Prime Minister who was subject to an epistolar y ra °ll° :, mania the Ministry of Letters was far from bola sinecure. The Commissions who are making up the official rell' rt , ' of the Plebiscite are staggering under the weight of t il " labours. Saturday will be the earliest day for the sol emn presentation of the vote to take place. Doubts preva il 3 ' to the celebration of a "Te Deum " on the occasit The France, however, positively asse r ts that it will t 5 place, and that there will be a day of p u bli c rejoicing ,„: account of it Yesterday it was reported that Marshal Valliant 1152 . died suddenly in his carriage, and, aft er th e usu al "L e : - ,. est wort vivo le roi" fashion, men were already disc - L.l oll ' 4 i his probable successor, when, lo ! th e news a rrived tl / 50 the Marshal was as well as ever he was, and there ‘ 05 ,.3 vacancy to fill. It was General Goyon who had a le suddenly of apoplexy—so suddenly that he had not tin,e to speak one word. His coachman, who was driving I t home from the Senate, suspected nothing wrong, uli rs ' his attention was called to his master by the P 3ss u e t by. He was taken into a chemist's shop, life was quite exti nc t. Th e G enera l was horn _ l , 1802, and, after p ass i ng w ith di s ti nc ti on 000 . 5 Saint Ayr, he entered a caval r y reg i men t , an d a fterri 6l , to the grade of general was app o i n t e d di rec t o r of tj i Military School at Saumur in 1853, was subseqn e n o f aide-de-camp to the Emperor, and in 1859 commander the French troops in Rome. A story is told of his differences with Cardina l c d ,, e l Merode, Minister of War. Our genera l was a i l A ° l . ll Christian, no doubt, but a good soldier fi r st of all, ' - j his hot altercation with the Minister of State he f °lllj to it difficult to remember the respect due our the prelate. "If I did not respect Y l l robe," exclaimed he one day to the Cardinal, " 511°11 give you a souffiet. Consider, you have received eue'r He was a favourite at the Tuileries, though the et e world at one time suspected hi m o f O r l ean i sm, a el°''' e o he indignantly denied. He requested the E m peror," allow him to retain his comm an d a t T ou l ouse notNt ' standing his age, which exceeded th e p rescr ib e d The Emperor specially endorsed this request, but 1 , 1 7: Council of State were too red-tapist to grant it. Emperor has sent a special mess age o f con d o l e nce t' ° widow. THE AITEMPT TO ASSASSINATE MR• CHARLES BUXTON, ➢Z.P. Alfred Shelley White, aged . 27, was yesterday placed be j ' fore Sir Thomas Henry, at B ow - s t ree t P o li ce-cour t, charg e ° with attempting to murder Mr. Charles Buxton on 29th of April last. Mr. Charles Buxton said he lived at Grosvenor-cres ee The prisoner had been his secretary for about seven and had always given him satisfaction until a few va° l3t l , o ago, when he became strangely negligent, - and he found . 03 could not continue to employ him. By his agreement sli , l „ s t him he was to give him a month's no ti ce ,, but he `, 1. 4 given him three months; and as h e did me re wri t foe very well he tried to get some em pl o yment ' a him. On the Saturday before th e o ccurrence ' he f°llr3 . l o he had neglected to work, and he wrote to him t e lling "' o f, that, as he did not attend to his busi ness , h e should ! I/ require his services after that day m on th. The follo wl ; Wednesday he (prisoner) was doing some writing, 03 ,11 (witness) being called away, asked th e p r i son er 5 0 4 0 1 until he returned, but when he go t b ac k h e f oun d 11 ° ; b e gone. On the Friday morning following he, ma t tb prisoner at the door of his house, and they went in together. He told the prisoner tiv' t to thought he might have waited for him on WedneadaPeo which he made no reply. He (witness) said, "If y° o not wait for me you might have sent the papers by P° - io He then told prisoner to get him the Army List, when "' h e ' o f a very insolent t one , sa id h e did no t k now anything 9:j°of it. He told him it was in th e di n i ng - room, b u t, inste 9 ' de o going for it, the prisoner said he was n o t go i ng to bet° fo t fool of. He told him to leave the house, as he should not him any more, but he did not stir, but commenced read io o letter from bis sister, who, he said, wanted t o k n ow w l ' , o ci was dismissed. He told him because he was the most lag ia - do incompetent man of business he ever met with, and cow 08 nothing. Prisoner said, "You used not to complain.;" 1 ; 41 , e r answered "No, you used to do your work very well." rr is° t aa then said, " Do you want the Army List,' , and went out ° ` s room to got it. On prisoner's return he ( w it ness ) fur tot round and said to him in a friendly way, " Mr. White, Lilt a fool you are to be so insolent to me ; it makes it so din' to to get you other employment, which I have been trYil l gv, do." He then•saw th e p r i soner scowl i ng at him very °tot and he answered "I d on 't b e li eve a wor d of it., and be down towards him as he said s o . H e th oug h t h e was 5°;11 to assault him, but he remained seated and said, " know I asked certain friends of mine to give you writing to do." Prisoner mattered something, then ttlrPo, round, and sat down at his table in the middle of the r ite He (Mr. Buxton) was sitting at another table a t t i t o other end of the apartment, with his back towa rd fe et prisoner. The distance from the door to the wall is 23 He told the l risoner to leave the house, an d t he afterwards heard him got up and walk t ° , o we door. Ho (Mr. Buxton) was looking at i j o. papers on the table, and the next moment the heard the report of a pistol. H e started up, and 83 ‘ c is prisonerstanding with his back to the door with a P ist° ,t l his hand pointed toward him. He in s ta n tly fl u ng 11 ` 1 , - , i down behind the table in the middle of the room, aud l°- 00. ound for any weapon to get hold of, but could not se e 1 for Prisoner said, "Are you wounded ?" and then st° ° " ti''' some little time as if irresolute whether 5 0 co again or not. He saw' him over the top o f the table. He (Mr. Buxton) resolved to spring him, when the prisoner opened the door and wont on' v • et (Mr. Buxton) rushed to the door, and not hearing the, fof door bang, he thought the prisoner was still waitiaci net him. He opened the study door with great caution, a n d or: seeing prisoner in the hall he opened the dining roe'" d Not finding him there he rung the bell, and. look ( ' 0 04 of the window to see whether he was in the Cr e S ti e but he had gone. The witness Wilkes answer' ) s e bell, and he told her White had shot at h iu k of directed her to look for the bullet. There was bullet on the study wall in a direct line with his bea d ▪ fall' bat at the table. Witness found the bullet three °` yards away from the wall. Uf In answer to questions put, on behalf of the prison fit W Mr. Br ' tde to . iest, .r. Juxton said no attempt was ma- „ea second time. He had noticed for some time a et , '" the mode of his doing certain small things for him• t re" Mary Wilkes said she was the daughter of the ) ' l " e oc e keeper to Mr. Buxton,and that she recollected the .stal at Grosvenor-crescent. She heard the report of the P l o AS abcut tee o'clock in the morning. She did not go 11 .VolJ she thought the firing was in the mews outside, but ir• ~,e t "' g_ ten minutes she went up to Mr. Buxton's study, a" a sXv a Buxton said. "Mr White has shot me," and he then spot , her to look for the bullet. She found it in front of til u ce°' at which Mr. Buxton had been sitting. The bullet Pr. is the one. She gave it to the police. ° al Inspector Pay produced the bullet referred to, an d it fitted the mark on the wall of Mr. Buxton's study. ot o Inspector Druscovitch said the prison e r wa s give ° ti ' ja his custody in Paris, and he brought him to Loudonl.l the warrant delivered to him. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. 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