The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-21 00:00:00

MOSES and SON, F. CORNER, of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD - STREET, CORNER o: lIART-STREN,T. CORNER, of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. E. MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. _ frock Dress Oxford Camb. Fishing Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. 2.53. 255. , 17a. 18s. 10s. 300. 80s. 21s. 225. 15s. 355. 35a. 20s. 28s. 18s. 425. 43. 20s. 82s. 225. 50i. I 60s. 86s. 365. 28s. 68i. 60s. 425. 425. 355. ALSO AT OTHER PRICES, - LI MOSES and SON beg to remind the public • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is lonsiderably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other o Ise in England. MORNING EDITION. E MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1870. • Summer Race Business Morning Dress Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. Outrageous though it cannot but appear to say so, 13a. 6d. 12s. 30s. 10s. 6d. 15s. it is, nevertheless, the literal fact that, in the midst 18s. 13s. 6d. 355. 13s. 18s. of our complex system of mercantile arrangements, there is one exceptional class, set quite apart, the 21s. 15s. 40s. 16s. 21s. members of which are constrained to pay five pounds 245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 265. a-year for the extraordinary privilege of being slan 30s. 21s. 50s. 20s. 40s. 245. of that £5 per annum, they render themselves liable ALSO AT OTHER PRI( ORDERS by post are attended punctuality, and the easy and ac, measure introduced by E. MOSES and guarantee a faultless fit. 1 to with care and curate system of self- SON enables them to to be at any time flagrantly and quite causelessly traduced without retaining in their hands any power enabling them to punish their traducers. It is because of the recognition of this monstrous anomaly in the commercial organization of England that there is now before Parliament the Bill the second reading of which is fixed for to morrow, Wednesday, the 22nd instant, a bill which, it is proposed by its projectors, shall be passed into law under the title of the London Broker's Relief Act— an act through the enrollment of which on the Statute Book, the Stock Brokers and Produce Brokers of the Metropolis shall be relieved at last from the wholly superfluous and hitherto intolerable supervision of the Court of Aldermen. Accordingly as things have been heretofore, and still are, between the Brokers of the City of London and the Court of Aldermen, charges of the most groundless kind may at any time be brought, in the most scurrilous manner, against any one of the for mer, that is, against any individual broker, or any number of brokers, and this publicly before the latter, that is before the Court of Aldermen, without the unfortunate broker or brokers thus wrongfully accused having any means left at his or their com mand for the redress of the wrongs thus wantonly inflicted. The relations between the London Brokers and the Court of Aldermen date from a very remote period in the national history. Stage by stage they may be traced down from their earliest germ of development, on the one hand through the eighteenth year of the reign of EDWARD TV., when the office of Guager in London was first granted by way of security for monies lent to the Sove reign ; through the enforcement of those letters patent by others confirming them in the fourteenth year of the reign of CHARLES 1., and subsequently in the sixteenth year of the reign of CHARLES and on the other hand, though that statute of the first year of the reign of JAMES 1., entitled an Act for the well garbling of Spices—until by the Act 6 ANNE, cap. 16, an equivalent was granted to the City of London, by everybroker being compelled to pay 40s. on admission, and 40s. a year afterwards, for the privilege of carrying on bis trade in the metropolis —until subsequently by the Act 57, GEO. 111. , cap. 60, these payments to be received by brokers were increased to the sum of £5 on admission and £5 per annum afterwards—the City brokers by each of these acts in turn being brought directly under the jurisdiction of the said Court of Aldermen. Twice before now a strenuous endeavour has been made to get rid of the absurdities, but still more of the cruelties resulting from this anomalous arrangement. A Royal Conmissiou (consisting of Sir G. C. LEWIS, Sir JOHN PATTESON, and Lord TAUNTON) reported as far back as in 1854, " that the admission of brokers by the Court of Aldermen, and the inspection exercised over them by the Court, appeared not to be productive of any public benefit, and that the statutory enactments in refer ence thereto should be repealed." In consequence of this recommendation a clause affecting the para . cular matter we are here referring to was introduced into the Bill, which was then in 1858 brought in by the Government of that day for the general reform of the Corporation. As it happened the attempt was inoperative, the Bill not being passed into an enactment. Subsequently in 1864, and agai❑ in 1865 first one private bill, and then another, was introduced in the House of Commons with a view to the abolition of the yearly rents paid by the London Brokers and of the jurisdiction exercised over them by the Court of Aldermen. Both th, se endeavours were successful, the strongest argument raised by the defenders of the interests and of the rights of the Corporation resting chiefly on the pecuniary loss resulting from the act of abrogation. That money argument is now altogether ;..ot rid, of by the Bill, at present before Parliament, proposing in no way to interfere with the rents, monstrously unjust though those rents, are both in practice and in prin ciple—the projected act simply aiming at the abo lition of the vexatious, and, as we have said, the long intolerable system by which the Brokers of the City of London are brought within the jurisdiction and under the supervislion of the Court of Aldermen. What the bill now proposes is, that the Corporation shall still obtain its equivalent for the diminished profits of the City guager, and for the dwindled gains formerly accruing from the well garbling of spices, by raising henceforth, as hereto fore, £5 sterling from every stock broker and produce broker permitted to carry on his trade in the City, and /5 sterling from each of them year by year afterwards. What the Bill aspires' to accomplish is the relieving the brokers of the City of London from the supervision of the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen. Happily the Bill is supported in Par liament by all the Metropolitan members, with one ' exception, namely, Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE, or as - V MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of -11- 0 BOY'S CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Eton Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. Suits. 98. 6d. 15s. 18s. 18s. 13s. 6d. 19s. 235. 235. 16s. 6d. 21s. 265. 265. 21s. 265. 325. 325. 265. 30s. 365. 365. 48s. ALSO AT OTHER PRICES iLI MOSES and SON supply every description of '4. 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. CIHRISTIE'S "PERISCOPIC" SPECTACLES, k_, as recommended by Wollaston, giving more light, a wider field, and less strain upon the eyes.—GEORGE CHRISTIE, Manufacturer of the latest improvements in spectacles, reading lenses, &c., 25, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, W. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. ]NO. GOSNE LI, 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., and 15s. each, includ , ng brush. Bed Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 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 ls. 6d Ned Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames street, London. MHEATRE ROYAL, HAYIIARKET. AL THIS EVENING, at 7, MARRIED LIFE ; Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr How , , Mr Kendal, Mr Rogers, !lire Chip pendale, Mrs Frank Matthews, Mrs E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hiil, Mrs Laws. After which, at 8.30. "HOME." afr Sothern, Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr liuckstone, jun.. Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss Fanny Gwynne, and Miss Caroline Hill. Concluding with FAMILY JARS. Mr Compton. MUSIC FIA.LL, ROYAL HOLBORN. Proprietor, Mr. J. S. SWEASEY. The Press have unanimously praised and acknowledged the entertainment provided at the above Hall for the Whitsun holidays to be the best in London. The Brothers Voltaire, the Champion Gymnasts, in their surprising performances, particularly their aerial leaps, extending the whole length of the Hall (nearly 100 feet), engaged to appear solely at this establishment ; Mr. H. Collard (Le Petit Sims Reeves), the miniature man, the smallest and sweetest tenor singer in the world, can be heard at this hall only ; Messrs. St. Albyn, P. Corti, and Miss Barrie have made an immense hit with their operatic selections ; Miss Georgina Smith son has returned to meet with fresh admirers ; Mr. Baldwin has supplemented the brilliant encomiums he has already received from the provincial press ; Miss Louie Sherring ton is received nightly with uproarious applause ; Mr. J. H. Milburn is an old favourite ; the Great Vance is not to be, heard elsewhere, excepting at his concerts • Mr. J. H. Ryley, and Madame Barnam, as comic duettists, have met with decided success; the acknowledged largest and best band in London. Bal cony, 6d.; stalls, ls.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wyph-street, Strand. . _ Si - 4e Lessee and Manager, Mr W. H. LISTON. Miss BATSMAN as MARY WARNER every Evening during the week, assisted by Messrs. G. Belmore, W. H. Vernon, Blake ley, Elliott, David Fisher; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. W. H. List ;n. In reply to numerous applications at the Box Office, and to prevent disappointment to parties dec•irous of securing seats several weeks in advance, Mr. W. H. LisroN feels compelled to announce with regret that, in consequence of previous arran,,e ments, the br:lliant engagement oh this distinguished Artiste must POSITIVELY TERMINATE on SATURDAY, JUNE 25. Commencing with MUSIC BATH CHARMS. Concluding with THE 'VARSITY BOAT RACE. Box Office open from 10 till 6. L YCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs. Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. 'Merles 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 G. ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily Soldene. DOYAL STRAND THEATRE. , Lessee Sole Le and Manggeress IA ) _____ Mrs. Swanborough. THIS ENENING, at 7 o'el - oek, LOVING HEARTS. Messrs Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Bufton ar d Santley. Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, rerry, Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant ey, Anstiss, Goodall, Met calfe, and Moore. VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague. D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at ? 30, CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO .ROSES. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque. DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in Arms. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W. H. Stephens, and T. Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Faw sitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at J. Mr. BEAUMONT'S. " The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Cainden- town. THE LATEST E D ITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as published, containing all the LATEST NEWS r.nd SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road London. THE " SUN" forwarded by Morning and Evening Ma iwith undeviating regularity, and delivered in Town as 80011 as Published. Advertisements inserted. Apply t o NY . ALSIANDER, 24, Old Cavendish - street, W. Established 1760. THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be seen every Evening: at Eight o'clock, a Mr. Gthmeß's, "The Whea• sheaf," High-street, Camden-town. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, J UNE 21, 1870. he is called, the member for the Corporation. So far as Mr. GOSCHEN'S remarks are to be understood, the promoters of the bill are en couraged to hope that it will receive the support of Her MAJESTY'S Government. Five of the most influential Aldermen (CARDEN, FINNIS, Lusx, PHILLIPS, ConcoN), are known to regard the bill favourably. in the exercise of their common sense, of their love of justice, and of their love of fair play, the popular representatives,, it is earnestly to be hoped, will not only see well to it, that the second reading of the bill is secured to-morrow, but that it shall be as rapidly as possible afterwards passed through its other stages, so that the Lords in their turn may be enabled this session to co operate with the Commons in relieving the London Brokers at last from the preposterous and irksome supervision of the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. IF the Epsom meeting was a great blow to those who trust to the qualifications of favourites, the Ascot meeting was not less so. The victory of Kingcraft after the poor figure he cut in the Two Thousand, and the defeat of Macgregor after his two easy triumphs were staggering events. The success of Gamos, the horse that could not run a week before, and the ,overthrow of the famous Sun shine and Hester, in the Oaks,deepened the discourage ment of the public. And recent events have not been of a character to dispel the gloom. At Ascot Sunshine won one race and lost another. In the Prince of Wales's Stakes, King o' Scots went out first at the beginning, made all the running, and was never reached by any other competitor. Yet this is the very animal on which the discriminating talent of Newmarket pinned its faith previous to theTwoThou sand, supporting its belief that he would win by invest ments to the extent of thousands, but which never figured in the race at all, giving up disgracefully at the end of half-a-mile. The same horse behaved similarly in the Derby. A. fortnight afterwards, however, he carries off an important race against respectable competitors without the slightest diffi culty. Normanby presented another example of faithlessness. He was third in the Two Thousand, could do nothing in the Derby, and was beaten by this rogue, King o'Scots ; but won an important race against an equally good field immediately afterwards. These repeated examples cannot be quoted too often now that the public is disposed to repent of its follies. It has long been a turf axiom that though prophets, touts, and other agencies of information were untrustworthy, yet " public form " was in general a safe guide. It is no such thing. It is true that the good horses win many races, and the bad ones few; but unhappily no one has yet found means of discovering which races the good horses will lose, and which the bad ones will win. The accomplished public performers come to nothing when they are most trusted, and the indifferent ones win on the most unexpected oc casions. Nor are the professional racing men any better judges than ignorant outsiders. It is notice able that at the sale of Mr.BLENKinoN's yearlings on Saturday fifteen youngsters fetched the-large sum of £ll,22o—tm average of £748 each. Thirty-seven others produced altogether only £5,185. Yet all experience leads to the conclusion that the chances are in favour of the low-priced horses carrying off the great races, and against the probability that the high-priced ones will ever earn their keep. There is nothing certain in racing, save that horses will fail to win. Those persons who trade on this assump tion make fortunes out of their less discriminating brethren. The Lords did not sit very long last evening. The principal discussion arose upon a notice intro duced by Earl Russell, which .practically involved a consideration of our relations with the colonies. The notice referred to the recent manifestations of loyalty on the part of the colonies, and prayed her Majesty to appoint a Commission to enquire into the best means of guaranteeing the safety of our colonial possessions. Earl Granville, in defending the action of the Government in connection with the colonies, alluded to the discomfiture of the Fenians by the Canadians, and designated the ad venturers as " a contemptible body of filibusters." He declared that if the colonies were attacked, it would be the duty of the mother country to defend them. The motion was withdrawn. In the House of Commons a very long debate ensued on the motion of Mr. Richard, to the effect that the grants to existing denominational schools should not be increased, that compul,ory attendance of children should be universal, and religious instruc tion should not be paid for out of the public funds. Mr. Fowler, in a long speech, explained why the Government could not accept the proposition, and also remarked on the alteration which had been made in the bill. The religious difficulty he contended had no practical existence, and he earnestly besought the House not to retard legislation on so important a subject as national education by occu pying time in efforts to deal with what was an im aginery obstacle. He announced that the Govern ment did not intend to make any further alteration in the bill. The debate was adjourned. TOPICS OF THE DAY. asked the Admiralty to omit certain words from Articles 11 and 13 of the Regulations for the Pre vention of Collisions at Sea, their lordships state that it was to meet the views of the legal authorities who decide in cases of collision that the words " near!) end on" were originally inserted. It was believed that it would have given rise to end less litigation if the words "end on " alone had been used, as it would have been necessary to prove that the vessels were actually " end on " that is, that their masts were positively in a line. The addition of the word "nearly " provides against this technical difficulty, and for this reason the Admiralty has demurred to the memorial of the shipowners. 1861. At the general election in 1865 Lo rd Arthur Clinton was returned without op position for Newark, in conjunction with Mr. Grosvenor Hodgkinson. He described himself as a Liberal, but voted against Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill of 1866, was opposed to the ballot, and to the total abolition of Church rates. After his retirement from the House of Commons in 1868, his lordship passed through the Court of Bankruptcy. His connection with the miserable Boulton and Park case must be left to be decided by the coming trial; but it is only fair to give the exact words of the most important sentence in his decla ration :—" I have instructed my solicitor to retain the strvices of counsel to represent me on my trial, when I shall clearly and honestly chew that nothing can be laid to my charge other than the foolish con tinuance of the impersonation of theatrical charac ters, which arose from a simple frolic in which I permitted myself to become an actor." OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Oovent-garden.—ll Flauto Magico, 8.30 p.m. ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.—Otello. 8.30 p.m, HAYMARKIIT—At Seven, Married Life. Home. Family Jars. ADELPIII—At Seven, The Robust Invalid. Free Labour. PRINCE OF WALES'S—At 7.30. Quite by Accident M.P. Deare: Mamma. LYCEUM—At 7.30, Ms Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8 SO, Little Faust. OLYMPIC -At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner. I'he 'Varsity Boat Race. (&IETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde. QUERN'S—At Seven, ,ly Wife's Dentist. 'Twist Axe and Crown. STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, Kenilworth. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos. ST. JAMES'S—At Seven, Paul Pry. La Belle Sauvage WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH B 1( K. Egyptian Hall, Pic cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn logs at 3. Admission Is, 28, 3s. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8; Wod nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME TIISSAIM'S EXHIBITION, Baker -street, from 11 a.m. till 3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra 6d. c at!' • • c?: - " THREE-AND-THIRTY YEARS AGO. Queen Victoria has been Sovereign of Great Britain and Ireland for thirty-three years. Early on the morning of the 20th of June, 1837, William IV. died, and the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chamberlain immediately left Windsor Castle for Kensington to inform the Princess Victoria that she had succeeded to the throne of England. A curious incident is related in connection with the duty which the Archbishop and the Chamberlain had undertaken. Reaching Ken sington Palace about five o'clock, the porter was aroused with difficulty. In a half sleeping condition, little dreaming of the important event that had brought his early visitors, this official kept them waiting for some time in the courtyard, from which they were shewn into one of the lower rooms of the Palace. There they remained until the Lord Chamber lain, ringing the bell, desired an attendant of the Prin cess to request an audience of herßoyal Highness. But the Princess was asleep, and the attendant hesitated to arouse her. The Archbishop of Canterbury insisted that they had come on business of State, and even sleep must give way to that. The attendant obeyed, and in a few minutes her Majesty came into the room in a loose white dress and shawl, her hair falling over her shoulders, her feet in slippers, and tears in her eyes. Lord Melbourne was soon after sent for, and at a Privy Council, held at eleven o'clock, the Lord Chancellor administered the usual oaths to her Majesty, and to the members of the Cabinet who had been reappointed to office. The reply of the Queen to the declaration of obedience made by all present expressed the sense of responsibility imposed upon her, and the determination to place her firm reliance upon the wisdom of Parliament, and upon the loyalty and affection of her people. Amidst the convulsive throes of European revolutions this reliance has never been shaken, and after a reign of thirty-three years, Queen Victoria still lives in the hearts of her subjects. RULE OF THE ROAD 43 SEA. The shipowners and shipmasters of Shields having THE EDUCATION QUESTION. Mr. Hubbard who represents one of the most Conservative constituencies in the United Kingdom, believes in the theory that, owing to the multiform religious views fostered in England, no education sys tem imposing distinctive religious instruction will give satisfaction. He, therefore, feels bound to make a proposal which he hopes may meet the difficulty. He suggests that parishes which will, by Mr. Forster's bill, have to provide schools supported by rates, should have the option of connecting their schools with any or no religious denomination, as they may wish. Mr. Hub bard thinks that the State, if it decides to exclude religious instruction from its care and cognizance, ought at least to abstain from obstructing the pro gress of religion among the people. POSTAGE ON PRINTED MATTER. In an admirable compendium on the subject of taxation—" The Queen's Taxes," by Mr. J. Noble— Mr. Lowe's arrangements respecting the pos tage on printed matter are strongly con demned. The Chancellor of the Exche quer proposes to carry any newspaper weighing not more than six ounces for a halfpenny, but the packet must contain only one paper, however light a single copy may be. Moreover, printed matter of other kinds is less favourably dealt with : only two ounces are allowed for a halfpenny. Mr. Noble points out, as we have often done, that if the Post Office is able to carry for a halfpenny six ounces of printed matter in the shape of a single newspaper, it can just as readily carry at the same rate a packet of newspaper, no matter how many, if the weight do not exceed six ounces. He thinks, too, that it can equally carry six ounces of any printed matter, news or not. The compulsory newspaper stamp gave rise to costly litigation touching the question of what constitutes a newspaper. The present change reopens the difficulty, which an equal tariff would set at rest for ever. Mr. Noble holds that no heed should be paid to the description of printed matter ; but that a double rate might be levied according to the speed of transmission. A. quick rate might be used for news papers and packets requiring speed, and a slow rate for books and the like, which may bear a little delay. Mr. Noble does not expound the merits of this proposal. It is as easy for the Post Office to deliver quickly as to deliver slowly. Moreover, if the quick rate for newspapers were a halfpenny, the slow rate must be further reduced ; and if the slow rate were a halfpenny, the quick rate must be something more, so that the halfpenny postage, as far as newspapers are concerned, would become null and void. Nothing like perfect equality. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. A comparison of the duties levied upon tobacco and cigars affords a fine illustration of the disin terested spirit in which the British Parliament has thrown taxation on the poor for the benefit of the rich. The duty on tobacco ranges from about three shiti i ings to three and sixpence the pound. The duty on cigars is five shillings. The average price of tobacco, minus the duty, is 71d.; thus the poor man pays in duty about five times the in trinsic value of his pipe of shag : moderately good cigars are worth twenty shillings the pound; hence the rich smoker pays only one fourth in duty. In 1868 433,159 lbs. of cigars were imported from Cuba. This quantity without the duty was valued at £259,895, and the impost itself amounted to £108,288. If these cigars had been assessed at the same rate as tobacco, more than £1,800,000 would have have gone into the Treasury on their account. MR. LEONARD EDMUNDS. One of Mr. Edmunds's warmest vindicators is Sir James Elphinstone. This is proved in a correspon dence between Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe, and this gentleman, which has just been published, and which shews that since April last .efforts have been made in the strongest manner possible to have fuller inquiry made in order that the character of Mr. Edmunds may be proved to be spotless. In these letters, Sir James Elphinstone declares his full confidence in the innocence of the late Clerk of the Patents, and states his impression that the arbitra tors appointed to inquire into the charges against him have misunderstood the case, and that their award has been made contrary to the facts. He asks Mr. Glad stone and Mr. Lowe respectively to give him an in terview, with Mr. Tennant, in order that all the facts may be revealed to them. Sir James subse quently encloses a proposition of Mr. Tennant's, that the matter in dispute should be referred for final adjudication to the two senior Vice-Chancellors. The right hon. gentlemen have both declined 'to ac cede, on the part of her Majesty's Government, to either of . the two requests, and the correspondence has been therefore printed. It would seem that the award of the arbitratorsappointed in the first instance is like the laws of the Medes and Persians, and from Sir James's account it has resulted terribly with respect to Mr. Edmunds. He describes him now as a ruined man, whose means are entirely exhausted. To add to his sorrows, his sister has broken down and died under anxieties, and Mr. Edmunds himself is now losing what remains to him of spirit and life itself within the walls of a prison. A SOLDIER'S GRIEVANCE. A private soldier has written to the Pall Mall Gazette, complaining of an injustice which has long existed in the army. No soldier is allowed without the permission of his commanding officer to have any article of private wearing apparel in his possession, and on entering the service he has tc sell all his clothing in the presence of a non-commissioned officer. One dealer has a complete monopoly of some regiments, and it is suspected that the sergeant. receives b ack handed fees for his services in the transactions. In many cases the clothes worn by the recruit are of considerable value, but the dealer is master of the situation, and for what is worth £3 the renovator of soiled garments offers 10s. The clothes thu s dis posed of would fetch treble the amount at a pawn broker's. But it is not the recruit alone who is thus victimised, for every article of clothing worn by the rank and file is disposed of to the hungry " clo'man." The men are constantly complaining of this griev ance, but hitherto their complaints have been dis regarded. There is no reason why our soldiers should be subject to these losses, and it is to be hoped that the matter will be brought to the notice of some authority who will take measures to clip the claws of the monopolist and his cider and abettor in the robbery. LORD ARTHUR CLINTON. The late Lord Arthur Clinton was a member of the unhappy Newcastle family, the present Duke of that title being now a bankrupt and an exile. Lord Arthur was the third son of the late Duke, and at the time of his death was thirty years of age. He was educated at Woodcote School, near Reading, and at Eton. He entered the navy in 1854, served in Captain Peel's Naval Brigade in India, received two medals, and was made a lieutenant in THE APPREHENSION OF ABSCONDING DEBTORS. The new Bankruptcy Law baying nominally abolished imprisonment for debt, it has been found necessary to bring in 'a new act which will authorise the arrest and imprisonment of any debtor who may endeavour to leave the country without arranging the claims upon him. The new bill has been issued, and one of its chief provisions allows the apprehension of a debtor on a Sunday. This day has hitherto been left as a sort of holiday to the bailiffs, and men who had reason to dread the latter, often, in the time of the old bankruptcy laws took advantage of the twenty-four hours in it, to effect their escape from England. No longer will this day be allowed to remain a day of rest to the one set of men, and a day of flight to the other. The new bill directs that any creditor who is about to take out a summons against a debtor shall be enabled to obtain a warrant for the apprehension of the latter, if he is able to spew that there are good reasons for believing that the defaulter contemplates evading the power of the law in the United Kingdom by summarily bidding it farewell. THE TURNER COLLECTION. The Turner Collection of paintings in the National Gallery, which were removed from the South Ken sington Museum in 1861, were deposited, in the first-named place in strict accordance with the will of the deceased painter. When Turner died, in December, 1851, he bequeathed a sum of money to the Royal Academy for the purchase of gold medals to be given to persevering painters, and also for the founding of a home for decayed artists at Twickenham. He left all his oil paintings and water-colour drawings as a gift to the nation, and he willed that the residue of his property and his engravings should go to the next of kin. The rela tives of the great landscape painter disputed the will, but subsequently a compromise was arranged, and the wishes of the deceased were carried out as nearly as possible in the way he had desired. Lord St. Leonards, by whose instrumentality, it is said, the amicable understanding with reference to the disposal of the property was arrived at, declares that the artist refused to sell any of his works, however tempting the price offered, contemplating that his paintings would, as they now do, form a collection which no other country could exhibit. Remembering this circum stance, his lordship has expressed his great regret and surprise at the question which was put in the House of Commons the other evening, with reference to the worth of certain of the Turner pictures. MALVOLIO IN THE PULPIT. There are many people who may not be aware that some miles from London there exists a small town called Uxbridge. There may be fewer still who know anything about the " Old Meeting House" in that town; and it is quite certain that the fame of the " Rev. Mr. Orr," who, it seems, is a shining light in that place, has not yet penetrated into every corner of the land. But Mr. Orr has, in one day made himself famous, and Uxbridge may hence forth consider herself the possessor of a transcendent genius. While the sorrow of the nation is yet green, while every tongue is speaking words of regret at the loss of the great humourist, we have one man who dares to give utterance to words that would be pain ful if they were not ridiculous. The reverence of the "Rev." Mr. Orr for what is good and holy is attested by the following extract from a sermon preached by that gentleman at the Old Meeting House at Uxbridge on Sunday : I dare say some of you, my friends, will expect me to say somewhat concerning that foolish creature, Charles Dickens, of whom the papers have been full during the last week. The Almighty, no doubt, allows such men to be gifted with such talents in order to serve as a moral filter to the immoral. The regenerate soul would loath such garbage. I do not pass• sentence on this foolish creature, who will have to appear before his Judge and Maker ; but I feel for, and am grieved for the people who can enjoy such company and trash. It is like the mirage of the desert which deceives the weary traveller. I shall say nothing about the place where he is buried—" But birds of a feather flock together "—think of this, people of England, who are accustomed to an open Bible. The intellectual food of Mr. Orr must be of a peculiar hind, or the asinine brays of the " reverend " gentle man would have been less characteristic of our ill used quadruped. Surely Bottom has been re translated ! CRICKET. The cricket season so far has been the best we have known for many a year—perhaps the best ever known. The schism by which several of the leading northern players . banished themselves, from London grounds has been healed, and on Whit Monday the old faces were again seen at Lord's. The game is largely extending. Gloucestershire, Hertford, Norfolk, and Essex aie now playing regular county elevens —an enterprise they have seldom or never at tempted before. Close and exciting matches are now the order of the day; Gloucestershire narrowly won of Surrey ; Yorkshire defeated the M.C.C. by only one wicket; Nottinghamshire beat the same great club by two wickets; a fine struggle between Surrey and Cambridge University ended in favour of the University on Saturday. The University Elevens are strong, and promise an interesting encounter. And—if that be any sign of prosperity—three itinerant elevens are now per ambulating the country, engaging in those wretched travesties of cricket, matches against twenty-twos. One of the most noticeable features of the game at present is the vast superiority of the North in bowling. Freeman, Emmett, Wootton, the two Shaws, and M'lntyre have no rivals in the South. At the match between North and South on Whit Monday, the latter were fully equal to their oppo nents in batting. But the bowling carried the match for the North. DEATH OF A BONAPARTE. The son of Jerome Bonaparte, the youngest brother of the first Napoleon, died at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, on Friday last. He bore the name of his father, and might have been a Prince of France, had selfishness and ambition been weaker than they were in the characters of his father, the once King of Westphalia, • and his uncle, the Great Napoleon. The Bonaparte who has just died was the son of Jerome, and Miss Patterson, who was not only rich, but was a most beautiful woman. Jerome saw and loved the daughter of the worthy Baltimore merchant. The Republican fervour of the children of France was beginning to die away into the ambitious schemes of the fist Empire, and the powerful consul had objec tions to the marriage. With success came hope, and in the zenith of his despotism, the man who did not hesi tate to divorce his own wife, declared that the marriage of his brother with Miss Patterson was null and void. Jerome was too ready to do the bidding of his brother, and to his American wife succeeded a European princess. On the establishment of the Second Empire the grand-children of the injured lady attempted to vindicate her fame, but the French tribunals decided that the injustice perpetrated by an emperor was legal. Jerome's • wife still lives, an example of the morality of power when divo•ced from right. _cwk „ite, 4. - ti z / 4 44 Can s kt , Eztralliar. " HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 20, Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian and his Serene Highness Prince Woldemar of Schleswig- Holstein, and Sir T. M. and the Hon. Lady Biddulph, dined with the Queen yesterday. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, went out in the grounds this morning. The baptism of her Highness the infant princess, daughter of their royal highnesses the Prince and Prin cess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Princess Helena of Great Britain and Ireland) was solemnised to-day, at four o'clock, in the private chapel within the castle. Th• clergy officiating were the Bishop of London and the Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor. The Household in attendance assembled in the Red Drawing-room shortly before four o'clock. The company invited to be present were conducted on their arrival to the Red Drawing-room, and thence were shown to seats provided for them in the chapel. The sponsors for the infant Princess were—Her Majesty the Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and the Duchess of Cambridge, their Serene Highnesses Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and Prince Woldemar of Schleswig-Holstein, and the Duchess of Roxburghe as proxy for her Serene Highness Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, and Princess Amelia of Schleswig-Holstein, who were also sponsors, were un able to be present. Her Majesty the Queen was attended by the Marchio ness of Ely, Laiding in Waiting. At the commencement of the Service a Chorale was sung by the Choir of her Majesty's Private Chapel. The infant Princess was then brought into the chapel, attended by Lady Susan Melville. The Queen handed the Princess to the Bishop of Lon don) and gave her names—" Victoria Louise Sophie Augusta Amelia Helena." At the conclusion of the service, another chorale was sung by the choir. Refreshments were afterwards served in the dining - room. The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to Marl borough House yesterday from Cooper's Hill, near Egham. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The State Ball at Buckingham Palace. The Ist Battalion of Grenadier Guards' afternoon party at Chelsea Barracks. School drill review (at the Crystal Palace), by the Prince • and Princess of Teck. Extra trains from London-bridge, Victoria, and Kensington. At the Gun Club, Wormholt Scrubbs, near Shepherd's bud], the International Pigeon Shooting at 27 yards. Commence at twelve precisely. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS TO-DAY. The Ethnological Society at '8 p.m., when Mr. David Forbes will reads paper on the " Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Peru." The Statistical Society at 8 p.m., whet Mr. W. E. A. Axon will read a paper on Free Libraries." SPIRIT OF IHE PRESS.-THIS MORNING. LORD RUSSELL AND THE COLONIES. The Times observes that the purport of Lord Russell's criticism on the colonies was that Canada had been neglected, but Lord Northbrook showed that aid was still given abundantly —more so, indeed, than we should be prepared to defend. Lord Northbrook, indeed, and sub sequently Lord Granville, took the right line when they spoke of the numbers, thelzeal, the growing national and military spirit of the people of the Dominion. Sooner orlater every British soldier must be removed from the American continent, and we must cease to expose a few thousands of our troops to the armies of a nation of forty millions. In this determination there will be no faltering on the part of any House of Commons ever likely to be elected. Whether the withdrawal be completed this year or the next will depend on the progress of the Dominion to the full organisation of its resources. But a State of 4,500,000 souls, rapidly increasing in population, with a marine equal to three-fourths of that of France, and with 70,000 seamen on her lakes, will not need the military driblets which a distant European country can send over the sea. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. The Standard thinks that the - ministerial amendments in the Education Bill have, as might have been expected, failed to satisfy anybody. It is plain that Mr. Forster has failed to satisfy the more consistent and logical of the party which his late and sudden concessions were meant to conciliate. On the other hand, they have alienated from the Government the confidence and support of the Conservative party. Mr. Hardy dealt very sharply, but very truthfully, with the policy by which the League are driving us to a pain ful and shameful conclusion. Their real object, he said, whatever they might talk of nonsectarian religion, really aimed at striking religion out of the school system alto gether. Non-sectarianism, in short, and secularism are virtually identical, and either implies that a very large proportion of the children of this country—and especially those on whose account this bill is brought in—will be brought up as heathens. The Daily Hews says that Mr. Gladstone has taken from the Opposition their enthusiasm for the bill, but not their acquiescence in it. Mr. Hardy is obliged to forecast the future to find any danger to the denominationalsystem in the amended bill, and his complaint really was, as Mr. Melly said, that the two systems were not fairly handi capped in the race they are set to run. Mr. Melly, indeed, hit a point in which the abolition of building grants is in favour of the denominational schools, inas much as they have received those grants, and the rate aided schools which have yet to be founded will now be denied them. It may, as Mr. Forster pleads, be impos sible at present to exclude religious teaching from even the rate-aided schools ; but both he and Mr. Hardy will yet learn that the religious difficulty is a real and practical one. LORD ARTHUR CLINTON. Lord Arthur Clinton, observes the Telegraph, died at Christchurch, in Hampshire, on Saturday last. The son of an eminent nobelman, whose closing years were embit tered by an overwhelming domestic sorrow, he never, is to be feared, enjoyed the benefit• of that tender but vigilant control which might have guarded him against influences vicious in their immediate effects, and as destructive of refinement as of self-respect. We are informed in the documents which we printed yes terday that the sole reason why he escaped arrest was his illness ; that, so far from seeking to evade justice, he was anxious to surrender; and that to the last he persisted in a solemn denial of the serious charge made, pleading guilty to nothing more heinous than indulgence in a very silly frolic. Meanwhile we cannot but look with sadness, not un mixed with pity, on the last moments of a foolish lad, whose misguided career has inflicted a new stain on the escutcheon of a house, distinguished in the last gene ration by one who must be ranked among the most in telligent, honest, and sincere in the roll of English statesmen. There are some, however, still living who are associated with the young prodigal by name and family—although themselves honourable and respected — who certainly deserve a word of sympathy. Whilst death seals up the sad and wastad career of Lord Arthur Clinton, the painful nature of their position earns general tribute of regard. The death is announced of Mr. David D. Keane, Q.C., a distinguished member of the Common Law bar. The deceased was recorder of Bedford. Mr. Childers' state of health is such that his medical advisers will not allow of his leaving England for the pre sent, but prescrbe a short period of rest within reach of London. A. resolution condemnatory of the Government compromise on voluntary schools was passed yesterday at the meeting of the Sub-Committee on Wesleyan Edu cation. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. 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