The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-16 00:00:00

OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Extra Night. 3lesdamea Lagrua, Tati, and iattu ; Signori Graziani, Tagliaflco, and Mario, Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement will be supported by 3rdlle. Silvoni and M. Desplaces. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta. Is, lOs. 6d., 75., and ss. ; 2mphitheatre.l2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-oflic-_, under the portico of the tOeaire, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and THEAT.RE ROYAL HAYNIAB,KET.— Sole Lessee and .7.lttnazer, Mr, Buc'Astone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GALtRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark. Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliarn. Followed by (for the 4th time) LORD DUNDRE ART MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To conclude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Farren and Miss M. Harris. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Last Nine Nights of Hamlet. and Last Week but One of the Season. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLET THIS EVENING (Thursday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden heff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore • Fi rs t Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W. Mllntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, «' all bank, Collett; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Niss M Henrade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elaworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half -Past 7, an d Hamlet com mences at F. Los Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. _ Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS' EVENING will be . performed a new and original Drama, by R. Slous, fish,E • sc entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. Mr. D. Murray, D. } er, J. W. Ray, J. N e l son, &n.; miss btafforct and rise Caroline Carson. Atter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. yining.; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. PNT etiY THEATEE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.— i bJle Praarletor and Manager, Mi. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART: Robert Landry (his original character). Mr. Benjamin Webster, buppo•ted by mcssrs. A. tiding, J. L. Toole, T. Stuart, t'aul Bedford. 13,11ington; Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Kelly, To c , .nclude with TILE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, it. Romer, Miss Woolgar, And Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. *TAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re-engagement of those ce'ebrazed and popular artistes, Mr. an., Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. ~ . Clarke, Mr. Paul _Bedford, Mr. F. icobinson. Mr. Ashley Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. l!,:imms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEbDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and ori2inal Comedy, In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE. haracters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash' ey, Mr. W. Cham,er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, by particular desire, COOL AS A CITCUMBZR, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with ,!'...IIAIiE HANDS : Mr. J, Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. . Commence at 7. 0 YAI, STRAND THEATRE. .:71:ana, , zer, 7,1 . r. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, DEAF AS A POST. ]l: r. Thorne. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborough. After whi,.ll, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. Thornzs. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT,— RACE GLASSES (the begs . ), at cALLAGHAN's. 23A, Now Bond-street. W., corner of G:nduit-street. N.B.—tole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. MOSES AND SON _ft'4• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable sesigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSMS and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices ire such as must satisfy the most economical. Tois depart ment is in a cistinct part of the premises, which will be L.und a gr e;.t convenience for ladies and children, MOSES AND SON .• respectfully incif e public attention to their large and weit-assorted SP. }LING STOCK. 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Emos., AND SON'S • Establishments are closed cvery Friday evening at suns et until Saturday evening at sunset, when business Is re sumed un it 1 1 o'clock. A 1 articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. Any article not appr,,ved ot will be exchanged, or the money re urned. List of Prices with Self- measurement, Fashion ep es fo " gratis Card, and our new .pam Rul phle, r w" illiara Shakearr, T he Tercentenary ; o r , Th e Three Hundredth BD thday of t and post free. cOALS.—The LILLESHALL c o . s/pAisl i, - COAL _ .l . Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 23s. per ton. I Double.. ,)03. per ton_ Top 22a. „ Deep ... 20s : ” Well screened and delivered within five miles of their D,.. pots, Westbourne Park-road, P 7., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best C0ke........ . . lss. per chPildron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. IC Covent-garden. There will, both in this week and in next week, be five opera nights, viz., Monday, Tuesday, Thitad ay, Friday, and baturday. THIS EVENING (Thursday), June 16, will be performed Verdi's opera, ON BALLO IN MASCHERA. Amelia, Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua ; lUlrica, Mdlle. Giuseppini Tad ; Oscar, Mdile. Marie Battu ; Renato. Signor Graziani ; Armando, Sig,nor Tagliafico ; Angri, Signor Capponi ; Silvana, signor Fahar ; Il uiudice, Signor Rossi ; and 11 Duca, signor Mario. 711 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," L .containing the Latest SPORTLNG INTELLIGEN , an be had Every Evening of G. It GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connawilit-terrace, Hyde -park. The Weather--Sun Office, June 16, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-29.77. WIND —S. W. ; moderate breeze, and fino. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rßis Dir.—Morning, ICh. 58m.—Afternoon, 11h. 30m. ro.. nonnow.-Morning,: 11h. 570:I.—Afternoon. h. m. ?r,„.1 4,4,1 •` , .A.. 4 4 11 ht . • # 44 rilto.. ;MIK it 4+ **•-• 11„, doNS 4,L.Vb LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1864. Thanks entirely to her MAJESTY'S Government War is beginning to look inevitable. We say thanks entirely to the Government —not to Earl RUSg LL'S but to the . foreign pol i cy of the ::: entire Government. For, it is simply absurd to lay the whole OEII3 and responsibility upon the shoulders of the Foreign Secretary. His be the brunt, it you will, richly deserving it, as, from his cfficial position, he unquestionably and quite neces sarily does. But a relative proportion of the blame and responsibility devolves upon each of his Ministerill colleagues in the Cabinet. Their's is the responsibility of complicity and connivance. Bat, especially does a huge share of that solemn and heavy responsibility appertain by still greater right and by still more urgent necessity upon the First Minister of the Crown in his mere capacity as such, as head of the Government. It is On Sunday week next (the 26th inst.) the addi tional fortnight's armistice will expire. Any extension of the present breathing time beyond that supplementary fortnight, Denmark peremp torily declines. If nothing be accomplished during the interval between this and the 26th instant, the Conference will be more com pletely than the ruck at the close of a great race, just Nowhere. At the first gun again fired in anger between the belligerents, the silence hitherto observed with such extraordinary patience both in the Lords and in Commons will be;at length and at once, we may be certain of that, broken completely. Whatever may then come of it, the Opposition can never in this matter, with any show of reason at least, be called factious—as Oppositions generally are at these crisee. Such at least must be acknow ledged in regard to the Conservatives. What ever else may be said of them, that at any rate must in justice be acknowledged in their regard. They have during all this anxious, tedious, troublous do-nothing, and not only do-nothing, but say-nothing session--not been fac tioue. They have placed no impediment in the way of the Government. They have been asked to wait again, and yet again —and they have waited. That 1050 waiting they have grumbled was what was only human nature to be expected from any Opposition, in Whig or Tory, Radical or Conservative. They have grumbled,bat they have waited ! Recognising to the full the Ministerial responsibility at this juncture of supreme emergency for the Crown and Country—an emergency so supreme for cnce, that it involves the imminent alternative of Peace or War in Europe— the Opposition, with the cards in their hands [who shall deny it ? Count the Government losses ! Count the Opposition gains I and than answer !]—the Opposition with the cards in their hands have abstained from playing them. Again, we say it, as independent Liberals of no party, as unprejudiced and dispas sionate lookers-un, again and again we say it-- Whatever may now ba adventured upon by them, the Opposition cannot, in this matter, be pronounced factions. Between the Opposition and the Govern ment what has to be decided is far more than any question as to a change of 'Ministry I It is the question of questions politically for England— whether she is to have war or peace in Europe! Whether she is to have war or peace with German 3! It is—in itself—a fearful alternative. Woe to any Government that rashly embarks the fortunes of England in such a war ! The difficulty of the position just now oc cnpied by the Government in regard to this supreme alternative may perhaps be ex pressed the most plainly by our saying, that from the manner in which it hes, not drifted, but muddled the country towards war—it has deprived itself of the capability of maintaining peace without disgrace I Otherwise to express it—the Govern ment have contrived to get themselves into such a dilemma that their only means of vindicating the honour of the Crown is by plunging the nation into war. Therein lies the strength in truth of the Opposition. Peace, with honour to England, seems impossible now—with the present Govern ment. War, in tardy and disastrous vindication of the national honour, seems to be the only extrication from ;the diplomatic difficulties they have been BO elaborately blundering into, yet left to the existing Government. The consideration therefore forces itself both upon the country at large and upon Parliament—in this lamentable dilemma, in this alarming alternative—May not a purGr and a nobler alternative be within reach of the Opposition ? May not the Conservatives secure cur honour, without dragging us into a war ? Whoever can effect this—and we believe it can yet be effected—is the Statesman of the Hour. Whatever party can secure this to Eng land, that is the avoidance of an European War, is worthy of superseding, is entitled in the interests of the Crown and of the country to super sede the present occupants of place—what though the name of the party so supplanting the Govern ment should happen to be Conservative, The Effair s of one of our least regarded colonies have lately risen into considerable prominence. It i s many years since the first discovery of the gold El ia r a pid increase of her diggings raised A ustralia into an important coup. th e plentiful supply of the precious population and metal, which try, and she can boast of, have long since made her national a s it is, graty progress, ifi eg• Canada and the other North American provinces have been objects of especial interest during the course of the great civil war, while India, which, though not exactly among the colonies, forms a valuable part of our outlying possessions, has, ever since the great catastrophe of 1857, been anxiously watc h e d by this country. Of New Zealand, however, little has been hitherto said or thought. The chronic disputes between th e settlers and the natives were little regarded, and it was considered a th r i v i ng co l on y, though compare_ tively small and thi n ly popu l a t e d. Than ks to the recent outbreaks, New Zealand politics have grown suddenly important. The arrival of the mail is eagerly watched for, the chances of euccess and dis aster are closely weighed and scanned, while the proposed New Zealand loan has engaged the serious attention of the House of Commons. It was fortu nate so far that the question of the loan was brought up for discussion just at this time. The publication of the news received by the mail had occasioned some natural uneasiness, which Mr. CARDWELL was happily able considerably to modify. Accord. ing to the details given by the colonial press, it seems that two severe engagements took place dur ing the month of April—the first of which resulted in the defeat of the enemy, while the second inflicted upon us " the first noticeable reverse of the cam paign." Fortunately this reverse is tzazsformed in General CAMERON'S official despatch into "the simply preposterous, acting as the under-graduates of Cambridge did the other day, when they groaned, with a heart and half " in each of their groans, at the every mention of Earl RUSSELL'S name, and yet cheered to the echo Earl RUSSELL'S colleague, and now also his political chieftain, Lord PALMER STON. No—the responsibility devolves not by any means exclusively upon the Foreign Secretary— it is one the shame and the blame of which belong collectively to the entire Cabinet—indi vidually to each member of the Cabinet. The Earl RUSSELL, as Foreign Secretary, stands forth conspicuously, of course, foremost for that matter among all his colleagues, to receive whatever shame or blame may be regarded by the people as due to the foreign Folicy of the Goverrn t „ n t. But—above him as Chief of the Government itself, as Prime Minister of England, the responsibilities of the situation, the shame and the blame now pouring forth abundantly as the miserable fruits of this foreign policy, are—Lord PALMERSTON'S ! Ths Aberdeen Cabinet enjoys in the national his tory the credit of having " drifted" as into the war with Russia. This second Palnierston Cabinet appears to be earning quite as securely for itself the credit of "muddling" us into another war, into a still more terrible war—into a war not upon the eastern confines of Europe, but in the very centre or heart of the European Continent—into a war ►with Germany. severest lesson the Maories have ever learnt," and as there is no reason to suspect an English General of Yankee manoeuvring, we may safely accept the latter version as the true one, There is no doubt, however, that the engagement was a severe one, and not altogether profitable in its results, since, although the natives were much discomfited by it, their discomfiture induced them to abandon the position which General CAMERON was prepared to attack, and to retreat into the interior, where it is not at present possible to follow them. General CAMERON left part of his troops under his second in command at Orakau, in the Waikato district, where the natives had constructed works blocking up their main road to the south, and he himself proceeded to the spat where the main body of the enemy wore entrenched. During his absence, how ever, the officer in command, with more gallantry than prudence, attempted to storm the position of the Maories at Orakau. He was unable to carry it, owing to the want of scaling-ladders, and with out further assistance, and accordingly General CAMERON returned from his expedition to sup. port the attack. It proves the daring and resolu tion of the native tribes, that when outnumbered five to one they refused to surrender, and by a bold and unexpected movement dashed through the opposing forces, and fled for their lives through the neighbouring swamp. They were pursued by the English troops and many of them killed, wounded, and captured. There is no doubt, according to Mr. CARDWELL'S information, of the district of the Upper Waikato being now in our possession, and accordingly the prospects of the colony are bright ening, however tedious and inconclusive the course of the war may at times appear to be, There has never been any room for doubting the ultimate establishment of British supremacy and the event ful triumph of the colonists, provided they are assisted by the mother country during the time of severe trial. The loan proposed by Mr. CARDWELL to be made to the Colonial Government is fair and reasonable. There is no great risk incurred, since there is every prospect of a loan of £1,000,000 being repaid out of an average surplus of £200,000. The financial prospects of the colony are most re assuring and quite sufficient to warrant a loan of the amount specified, since in the year ending June 30th, 1863, there was a surplus of receipts over the expenditure of £260,000, while even for the pre sent year the estimated surplus of £200,000 is likely to be exceeded. The minor arrangements explained by Mr. CARDWELL are fair and straight forward, neither putting an undue burden on the mother country, nor taxing too heavily the resources of the colonists. It was proposed that after this year the colonial Government shall make the same payment as the Australian colonies for any military aid it may receive from the Imperial Go vernment, with the exception of one regiment, which, in consideration of the native tribes, is to be sent free. This indulgence can hardly be be grudged to them, since their position is one of some risk and considerable difficulty, and they have corm manfully forward to fight their own battles in this nations in trade and commerce we are sapping our foundations, and poisoning the root of our strength by cutting off future supplies. A diseased and de• crepid generation of labourers will militate against any eminence that we may hope to reach, and mar the effect of any effort male by posterity to carry on successfully the arduous endeavours of the pre sent community. Besides, the wrong thus perpe trated is positively frightful to contemplate. Nothing can excuse or justify the fact that young children of a tender ago aro put to trades which inflict vital injuries on their unformed constitutions and wither their undeveloped strength. The provisions of this Bill seem to be very admirable, and to have taken under notice many matters that will materially affect the welfare and comfort of these distressed operatives. Between seventeen and eighteen thousand children are employed in dangerous trades, such as lucifer match making, manufacture of percussion caps, &c., and rules have been given for the proper cleansing of the places where they work. The children are not to take their meals in the place of manufacture, and no child under eleven years of age is to be em ployed in any trade above mentioned. This is a vary excellent arrangement, and will prevent much suffering to those of tender years. Some parents are so heartless that they sacrifice everything to money, and are glad to get their children out of the way. Besides, there are thousands of these little ones who are without a proper guardian, and for these it is right and fitting that the law should provide some protection. In the potteries, many children work for thirteen and fourteen hours a day. In one portion of the work, the " dippers" seldom remained many years without paralysis supervening. It is greatly to the credit of those concerned that they have sent a memorial to the Government, signed by the manufacturers at the potteries, which prays for the adoption of this bill. In the lucifer trade, children are often em ployed from six in the morning until ten at Light. This bill will prove of great service to these children in many ways. It limits their hours, secures ventilation, and obviates the necessity of their taking their meals in the factory. The paper staining trade is not injurious in itself, but the poor little workers were kept so many hours at their labour that they sometimes " fell from sheer exhaustion, while ell their limbs became sore from long stand ing at the machinery." Such pictures are frightful to contemplate, end the critic, the cynic, and the caviller may well smile at the zeal which sends mis sions to the uttermost ends of the earth, and under takes to remedy so miry evils abroad, while the children of England, the sons of the soil, are crushed and trampled upon like this. It is greatly to be rejoiced at that so efficient and comprehensive 1 a system should have been organised, and the labours of the Cunanai.F.sion appointed to inquire into this cprnplicated case Eef M to have been crowned with success. IL will be a ecurce of unmitigated satisfaction to every one who appreciates the im emergency. In the province of Auckland the whole population, from sixteen to fifty-five, have been porto.nce of the question, that there seems every reason to hope these propositions will soon become the law of the land. Lord JOHN MANNERS ez. under arms at once, and the colonists are certainly entitled, as Mr. ADDERLEY remarked, to "great credit and great consideration for the spirit with which they have met their difficulties, and the ex- pressed a hope that " before many weeks were over they would see this measure unmutiluuted reeef.ve the royal assent." That such may be the e3se a ample which they have set to other colonies." Surely when our settlers show such readiness to right-minded individuals will concur in hoping, for it is an undisputable fact that it does not do to trust fight for themselves, and are so ready to meet us on fair and moderate grounds with respect to financial these important matters to the good sense, the good faith, and the good feeling of employers or the friends of the young employed. The law must be the universal referee, and there must be a distinct matters, it is the least that can be eicineted by the mother country to afford soma temporary assist ance without waiting for actual payment to be made. If the colonists sat in their homes and asked and decisive regulation laid down from whicb.there is no appeal. It is certain that all thsse changes will give rise to opposition at first, prejudices will England to send her troops to fight for then gratis, arise, and partiality be displayed, but there eanno' some opposition might ju s tly b e ma d e , but_ when the whole population of a province is under arms, be a better came for which the reformer may brave the difficulties of improvement than this, which no charge of selfish inactivity can justly be made. As to those logicians who contend that we have no seeks protection for those who cannot protec' themselves. more interest in our distant colonies than in foreign lands, their arguments, even on the low ground of Mr. Holman Hunt's Pictures, self-interest, are quite untenable. Should England abandon her protectorate of the islands of New Zealand, what is to hinder them from putting them selves under the protection of some other Power, say France or the United States? Au American Governor may yet order British vessels out of the There is now on exhibition at the new gallery, 16, Hanover-street, Regent street, three pictures by Mr Holman Hunt, of the greatest merit. The first and most important is "The After Glow in Egypt," which represents an Egyptian girl standing in the after-glow of evening on the banks of the Nile. The girl, a native of Ghiv.h, near the Pyramids, has been gleaning in th e r i c h fi e ld s o f b ear d e d Egyptian wheat, and now approaches us bearing on her heed a sheaf bound with straw and entwined with poppies. Even the graceful, gliding mo tion of this child of the desert is not gentle enough to hinder the shedding of the ripe grain, and therefore she is attended by a flock of Barbary pigeons, one of which has alighted, half hovering on the wing, half clinging to the sheaf, looking eagerly amongst the cern in search of grain. In this painting Mr. Hunt has wonder fully depicted the glories of an Oriental atmos phere, and the manner in which the figure of the girl is dealt out is worthy the highest praise. The flesh tints have about them all the native warmth, and there is a brilliancy in the eyes that make them positively life-like. The, picturesque costume of the girl falls most gracefully, and the masterly manner in which the artist has treated this portion ports, and profit by the trade of our rejected colo nies without our having the right to object. Bat the ties between the mother country and her chil dren are too strong to be so easily sundered. Eng land is as proud of her widely extended dominions as the settlers are of their connection with the Mistress of the Seas, and the mutual strength de rived from the union is essential to the prosperity of both. England has no cause to question the loyalty of her colonies. In every time of national distress or trial they have come gallantly forward, and it would ill become us, after the munificent contributions of Australia to the relief of Lance shire, to begrudge a temporary outlay on her younger and less flourishing neighbour. It i s a very nn-English quality to forsake a friend in diffi- culties; and in the present caso principle and profit, interest and feeling, all combine in advocating the same policy. the painting, whether in respect to colour or 'orm, will not escape notice. "London-bridge on he night of the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales" is a p,,inting of a totally different description; but the saine wonderful management of atmospheric effect is here exhibited. The appear ! ance of the bridge on the memorable occasion is vividly portrayed, and the intense blue of the firma ment gives space and profound solemnity to the sky, which deepens as the eye looks into it. Through the arches of the bridge runs the dark river, only to be silvered and become iridescent as it glides into the moonlight, and the high riding masses of of e lamps mpeeeeteoenhle us theho t r e iz e o e n e , so ie f t s e r tahse glowing and firery vista dim-coloured atmosphere of the distant end of the bridge. The fire-bearing tripods, waiving banners of Denmark, the crush, confusion, and excitemen of the crowd, altogether produces one of the most vivid pictures ever placed on canvass. " The Last Day in the Old Home," illustrating the ruin of a noble property by the spendthrift heir, wh o h as br ought about the sale of th e o ld h om e by auction from his love of gaming. Th e p a i n ting is finished, like its two companions, with the g reatest care, and although it illustrat e s a most lamentable event, it will be treasured by its possessor as a work of rare merit and of the highest art. There is no particular in which improvements have been made of late years that has resulted in more substantial benefits than the efforts made for the amelioration of those employed in fac tories. It is now some years since the Earl of SHAFTESBURY made his praiseworthy efforts in the cause of justice for the overtaeked operatives. Amid the bustle of more stirring events, and the general hurry-skurry of existence, these struggles, so momentous at the time, may be perchance for gotten ; but the skilful disciple of progress will acknowledge that we then entered upon a new and blessed era of oar country's manufacturing industry, when protection was afforded to the weak, the helpless, and the young. Many had cause to bless the day when the Ten Howe' Bill was introduced; and, when more exciting end brilliant epochs are forgotten, the still small Voice of truth will bear witness to the lasting effects of that effort, and the beneficent results of that struggle. Much has since been found to do in following in the wake of that enterprise, and the subject is one which attracts the attention of all who can comprehend the vast importance of the question, whether we regard it from a social, mercantile, or moral point of view. It is satisfac tory to find that the second reading of the "Fac tory Act Extension Bill" took place on Tuesday. This excelle n t measure proposes to extend the restrictio ns of the Factory Act to those trades which are specially injurious to children . person s . M r. B RUCE made some vaenrdy young gestmg remarks on this subject, and it must be a source of great pain to all who atten tively study the details of the case that the little e a a u rl d y i e n x j p u o r s y e . d 203 t0 m to e il st t r h in a ! l t a h tions are mo a t urgently labourers shoituleduffbeerisnog t called for, and gent e r brings g w u i its seems surprising that something decisive was not done before in order to check those serious evils which accrue from the misdirected and uncon trolled pursuit of business and trade. It is against the interest of the country that the juvenile race should be injured and deteriorated. In maki ng haste to be rich, end striving to mil all other M. BENEDICT'S MORNING CONCERT.—The pro gramme is now fully completed, and the concert announced by M. Benedict for the 20th instant will be one of the most extraordinary over presented to a music loving public. It is quite impossible to quote even the names of the artists anxious to testify their appreciation of the abilities of M. Benedict by appearing at bis benefit, we therefore refer our readers to the programme itself, which, we have no doubt, astonished and delighted them. It would be absolutely absurd to L more than mention the bare fact that M. Benedict's ccn cert taxes place next Monday morning at the St. James's Hall. The result of such an announcement will most surely be a crowded, fashionable, and delighted audience. HOME FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC FEMALE CONVICTS. —An association has recently been formed for the purpose of establishing a home for female convicts of the Roman Catholic religion, to afford them a shelter on leaving prison, to subject them to moral and religious training i n the tenets of their own religion, and eventually to enable them to start in a new and honest career in cur colonial dependencies. A concert on behalf of this highly praise • worthy object is to take place at the Hanover-tqaare Rooms, airier the patronage of the Duchess d'Aumale and the leading members of the Roman Catholic nobility. The musical treat provided for the occasion is worthy of the object and of the patrons. ME SUN, LOMJON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1864. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPAIN. RUSSIA. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 15, 11.22 A.M. FRANCE. THE DANISH QUESTION. PARIS, JUNE 16. The writer continues--"If Europe bps not to fear the Ecou g e of a general war, it is to the far-seeing wisdom and moderation of the Imperial Government that it will be due." The famous Polish General Dembinski, who has resided in Paris for nearly 15 years, died yesterday at the age of 73. He was till lately extremely vigorous. I met him not many years ago in the Champs Elysees, dressed in the braided blue frock coat which he habitually wove, rolling his eagle eye, and with little of the old man about him except his white beard. BOURSE, June 15.—The market has been firm, but with little improvement either in tho amount of businc4 doing or i❑ quotations. Threes, for the Account are now at Of. 95c., Mobilier at 1,0821. 60c. Railway Market quiet, but up to the present time former quotations pretty well maintained. Sales for realisation previous to the close produced a little retrograde movement, and the market left off as follows : 4 perSents Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 85 Credit Mobilier.... 1075 De, end m0nth....1075 Bank Shares 3365 Credit F ander 1237 60 Roman Italian Loan 69 50 Do. end month 69 80 Ditto Threes .. 42 75 New Mexican .... 57a Russian Austrian .. B2 Spanish Threes 563 Home Debt Deferred . 45 75 BA IL WAYS. Orleans Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern . ... Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 870 .. 867 50 990 .. 990 862 50 .. 865 -- .. 648 75 .. 647 50 498 75 .. 501 25 463 75 .. 465 365 ~. 367 60 405 ~, 407 50 528 75 .. 528 75 941 50 a . 442 50 665 .. 567 50 257 50 .. 257 CO Mr,. John Bright and the Licensing System, - - In some of the reports of the late debate on Mr Lawson's bill it did not clearly appear whether Mr Bright, whilst objecting te' give power to the ratepayers to suppress all licensing, was not in favour of investing town councils with permission to do so; but fr,,m the following letter it is clear that he only proposed to giva town councils the power to veto the granting of any additional licenses, and of withdrawing them where there were just grounds of complaint : "London, June 13. "Dear Sir,—lf it is desired to put the licensing power into the hands of the residents of any town or district, I think the municipal corporations are the proper channels for exercising that power, and they would give licenses freely or not, as puclic opinion directed them. I did not propose to give the power to shut up all the public-houses and beer-shops, but only for the future to restrict the granting of licenses ; they would also have power to suspend or withdraw licenses in cases where there were just grounds of complaint against those to whom they have already been granted. Ido not urge this proposition with much con& dence—there is something to be said against it , but I think it better than the scheme of the friends of the Permissive Bill. I cannot consent to the "rough and ready" way of dealing with the question which rimy friends of tempe rance in their zeal seem disposed to advocate. I think they would inflict a great injustice in many cases, and might create a strong reactionary feeling against their own prin ciples. The case is full of difficulty, and I speak with hesitation upon am, very respectfully, yours, "Mr Robert Martin, Warrington." "JOHN BRIGHT. A letter from Constantinople, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" Prince Mourad, eldest son of the late Abdul Medjid, and heir presumptive to the throne, is kept under close surveillance at Top. Kapou, and the other princes, who were at their villas on the banks of the Bos phorus, have been recalled to Constantinople. The young brothers of Mourad have been sent to the Dolma-Baktche Palace. Rumours of all kinds are in circulation. A conspiracy against the life of the Sultan is even spoken of, and of a mine filled with gunpowder having been discovered in the Summer Palace of Fhanar. What is most probable is that the prodigality of the heir to the throne led to violent explanations between him and the Sultan, and that the nephew made use of not very respectful language towards his uncle." AGES OF AMERICAN GENERALS.—The fallowing list goes to prove that the best of our military leaders are by no means young men, but mostly men of middle life, or beyond it :---" General Rosencranz is 44, and General Grant 42; Stonewall Jackson died at 37. General Banks is 48 —General Hooker 45—General Beauregard 46 —General Bragg 49—General Burnside 40—General Gil more 39—General Franklin 41—General Magruler 53 General Meade 4 8—General Schulyer Hamilton 42—Gene ral Charles S. Hamilton 40—and General Foster 40, General Lander, a man of great promise, died in his 40th year. General Kearney was killed at 47, and General Stevens at 45, General Sickles was in his 41st year when he was wounded at Gettysburg, and General Reno was 37 when he died so bravely at South Mountain. General Pemberton lost Vicksburg at 45. General T. W. Sherman is 49, and General W. T. Sherman 44. General M'Clellan was in his 35th year when he assumed command at Wash ington in 1861. General Lyon had not completed his first month of his 43d year when he fell at Wilson's Creek. General IVl'Dowell was in his 43d year when he failed at Bull Run, in consequence of the coming up of General Joe Johnsto n , w h o was 51. General Keyes is 5 3—G enera l Kelley 5 7—General King 40—and General Pope 41. Ge neral A. S. Johnson was 49 when he was killed at Sh.loh. General Halleck is 48—General Longatreot is 40. The best of the Southern cavalry leaders was General Ashby, a ho was killed at 3 8—General Stuart 39. On our side Gene ral Stanley is 30—General Pleasanton 40—and General Averill about 40. General Phelps is 51—General Polk —General S. Cooper CS—General J. Cooper 54—and Gene ral Blunt 38 ,—American Paper, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MADRID, Juice 15 (Evening). The Council of Ministers was occupied yesterday with the Peruvian question. It is f.sscrted that the Cortes will be closed on Saturday next. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 16. The Deulsehe Petersburger Zeitung publishes a semi-efficial article pointing out the absurdity of the assertions of the Augsburger Allgenzeine Zei lung, namely, that a personal union of the Duchies with Denmark under the rule of a Prince of the Oldenburg branch, was aimed at by Russia; and this, it was stated, would be rendered possible by the abdication of King Christian IX., and by pay ment of indemnity to the Duke of Augustenburg, Dagbladet of to-day oaths upon the Government, at the resumption of hostilities, should assistance from England and Sweden then be withheld, to seek support from the revolutionary elements of Europe instead of from legally constituted Govern ments, which have forsaken the cause of Denmark. It also urges the raising of a foreign legion and the acceptance of Garibaldi's offer. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, JUNE 16. The EUora, with the above mail, arrived here at 1 a.m. this day. The mai! travels for London at 11.30 a.m. The Baroda, with the Southampton portion of the mail, left Malta at midnight on the 14:h inst. The Constitutionnel of today, in an article signed by M. Limayrac, states, that in case hostili ties be recommenced, England will be compelled to participate in the Dane-German conflict by her maritime interests in the Baltic, as well as by the fact that a family question is involved, and also by a state of things which the English Cabinet has created for itself, and which, already belong ing to history, it is useless to dissemble. Non e of these necessities exist for France, and we may therefore congratulate ourselves, because, if even with the intervention of England the war should remain limited, it would become general should France take part in it. LITERATURE. Women in France durin;the E;ghteentit century. By Julia Kavanagh, author of " Madeleine," Ike. One Vol. Pp. 491. Smith, Elder, and Co. Few sensational novels ace crowded with such startling vicissitudes, or adorned with heroines so various and remarkable as Miss Kavanagh has here collected in these brilliant pages —records of that Truth which is "stranger than Fiction." During the last century, in France, "a series of most re markable women," says Miss Kavanagh, "exercised a power SO extensive, and yet so complete, as to be unparalleled in the history of their sex." " They ruled society as women of the world, the empire of letters as patronesses of the fine arts, the State as favourites and advisers of kings. They gave the tone to feeling, philosophy, and thought. caprice made wars, and signed treaties of peace. They hastened the fall of a monarchy and the out break of the greatest revolutfon of modern times. They could attempt to check or direct that revolution in its rapid or fearful course; they shared to its fullest extent its errors, its crimes, and its heroic virtues." Startling contrasts, indeed, are the heroines of these pages—from the brilliant court beauties who adorned the salons of the Regency, to the courageous victims of the fearful " deluge" of which those gay scenes were the prelude. Here we listen to sarcasms from the sprightly Duchess° du Maine, and there we admire the heroic devotion of Madame Elizabeth. In one page we find Madame du Deffand lamenting, as her friend caresses a child, that she herself " never could love anything!" And in others we hear frantic cries of " Viva le Roi" from the wives of condemned Royalists, anxious, by that exclamation, to earn death with their husbands. At the close of her very interesting and elaborate task, Miss Kavanagh takes the following vivid retrospect of her labours:— Madame du Maine and the Cellamare conspiracy, valuta tuoue Madame de la Yerrue, and intriguing Madame de Tencin, reappear before us with the profligate days of the regency : they add to its deep corruption : whilst chastened by penitence, sorrowful Mademoiselle Aisse dies, silently asserting, though she knows it not, the undying strength of woman's faith and purity. The name of learned Madame du Chatelet remains associated with that of Voltaire and his cold philosophy. Madame de la Popelinire, graceful and elegant as she is, is only the protectress of that degraded art which suits a degraded age, when four sisters became the mistresses of a king. The haughty favourite, Madame de Pompadour, has no power beyond that political power she wrings from her lover. The philosophic Madame d'Epinay ; the good-natured Madame Geoffrin ; Madame du Deffand, selfish, caustic, and ennuyee ; and impassioned Madlle. Lespinasse, with so much that is generous and true in her erring nature, rule society under Louis X.V. The abandoned old king dies; Louis XVI., young, pure, and weak, ascends the throne to reap the thorns his grandfather has sown. Women still govern society :Marie Antoinette, the gay and imprudent queen, the clever and supple Mdme. de Geniis, Md me, Necker, sedate and grave, have their day. But this empty world is passing fast away. The storm which has gathered through centuries breaks forth. In that new contest destined to ruin her power, woman still takes au active part. She rules patties, defends a monarchy with Marie Antoinette, or founds a republic with Madame 'Roland. We behold her avenging outraged humanity Under the form of Charlotte Corday ; teaching men how to suffer and die in every prison and on every scaffold ; over throwing the whole fabric of tyranny with the generous Madame Tallien, and defending the freedom of thought 'with the gifted daughter of Necker. To this attractivaanalysis of the subject of her new work, we need only eppend a word of commenda tion as to the very felicitous manner in which the subject has been treated by the eloquent biographer of " Madeleine." Their The Application of Prophecy to the Crimean War, By G. H. Hildebrand. One Vol., pp. 522. JAs. Blackwood. The author tells us in his preface that " the manuscript of this work was never meant to meet the public eye ;" and it is much to be regretted that his first intention was not adhered to. Glimpses of Real Life, as Seen in the Theatrical World and in Bohemia : being the Confessions of Peter Paterson, a Strolling Comedian. Ono Vol., pp. 332. Nimmo. '• Who ever heard of a contented player," asks Peter Paterson, and then answers his interrogative in the negative. "Such a character," ho adds, " would indeed be a rara avis. The very principle which gives votaries to the stage repels all content." As a matter of course, then, Peter Paterson's own histrionic experiences are neither successful nor satisfactory ; but, to make amends, his mis cellaneous adventures and vicissitudes are suffi ciently entertaining, and his critical remarks and anecdotal reminiscences are exceedingly amusing, These reminiscences are not wholly theatrical : he introduces us also to the social Bohemians of high and low degree—that is, according to a French definition, Bohemians whose existence is a problem, their condition and fortune an enigma, having no resting-place, who are never to be found and yet are to be seen everywhere. Their empire, however, is divided—there is among them a St. Giles's and a St. James's. We are taken to a hall in the latter precincts at the house of a lord who but for his coronet would be in the Queen's Bench—a magnificent house for "somehow the houses of the Bohemian nobles are grander and more luxurious than those of quieter people." Mr. Peter Paterson's observations are occasionally shrewd and telling, and his memorials may serve to wile away an idle hour. Sidney Herbert's Son, Henry, ninth Earl of Pembroke and sixth Earl of Montgomery, elder brother of the ancestor of the Earls of Carnarvon, ''as appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to Qua Prince of Wales on the access sion of George 1., and was re-appointed by the Prince on his accession as George 11. He was afterwards Groom of the Stole to the latter King, rose in the army to the rank of Licutenantt , Gena rat, and acted several times as one of the L-ards Justices during the Royal absences from England. He was particularly noted for his taste for the fine arts, especially architecture. Not only Wilton, but several Beats of his friends, had the banefit of his favourite pursuit, and he took great pleasure in watching over the construction of Westmin ster bridge, He died very suddenly January 9, 1751, and was succeeded by his son Henry, tenth Earl of Pembroke, and seventh Elrl of Montgomery, who was in his minority. He returned from his travels in 1755, and held some appointments in the army. Nex year he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of IVil sh re, and a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wiles, afterwards George 111., and continued in this office for some time after the commencement of the new reign. He became a General in the army, and was High Steward of Salisbury. He died January 26, 1791, and was succeeded as eleventh Earl of Pembroke and eighth of Montgomery by his only son George Augustus, who also became a Lieu tenant-General in the army, and went, May, 1807, on a epecial. embassy to Vienna. He was also Governor of Guernsey, High Steward of Salisbury, and a Knight of the Garter, besides the almost hereditary office of Lord-Lieutenant of Wilt shire. He was appointed ViceXhamberlainof the Household in 1784 under Pitt's minis try, and retained thi s o ffi ce till 1794. While Lord Herbert he had served in the war of the French Revolution, being in command of the Eaglish force attached to the Prussian army on the French fron tier. He greatly improved the rent-roll of his estates, which at his accession to the title were esti mated at £35,000 a-year, but at his death, Oct. 26, 1827, h av i n g laid out £200,000 on th em , they were. estimated at nearly treble that sum. He was twice married, first to a . daughter of 'P o ph am B eauclerk, a ndsecondly, to Catnerine,daught ei of Count Woron zow, Russian Ambassador in this country. By the first marriage he had one son, Robert Henry, who succeeded as twelfth Earl of Pembroke and ninth Earl of Montgome r y, and to whom he left a legacy of £lO,OOO. he bulk of his very large disposable property Earl George bequeathed to his son Sidney by his second marriage, well known as the late Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and created Lord Her bert of Lea, 15th January, 1861. The twelfth Earl, who resided at Paris, leaving Wilton to the occupation of his brother, died April 25, 1862, and was succeeded by his nephew. George Robert Charles, thirteenth and present Earl or Pembrok e and tenth E ar l o f M ontgomery , ton of Sid ney, L ee e Herbert of Lea (who (tied lei Augat,t, 1801), a lad of fourteen yeurs ol Vi ho, it Ile kei"! l '" Inen't estate, will in 1871 find 11% ti 01 the ver3 greatest of English nobles,—Spectator. *IS 41Kr z.. elf 11 - HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Wednesday: His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig; her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Lieutenant General Sir H. Bentinck ; and his BoYel Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Capt. ♦on IVester, weller, returned from London yesterday'. The Duke and Duchess of Bcccleuch and Lady Victoria Scott arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty and royal farnily in the evening. The !queen drove in the grounds this morning accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princ ess Helene, and Prince Louis of Hesoe rode on hc rsei back. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Yesterday being Appositi on Day at St. Paul's School, the Prince of Wales, after taking lunched with the Mercers' Company, visited the sc hool 811 ‘‘ listened to the course of scholastic exercises copal° to the day. His royal highness was attended by the Earl of Mount-Ed gcum b e , Li eutenan t-Gener al Knollys, and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attend ed 1 1 the Marchioness of C armar th en , Li eutenan t-Gencr . a Knolls, and Lieutenant-C o l one l K zppe l, went n Somerset House in the afternoon and inspected t "" Civil Service Volunteers. The Prince of Wales afterwards rode on 11 ° r8e. back, attended by his equerry in waiting. The Princess of 'Wales took a ca rr i age drivel ta • tended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. Marriage in High Life. Yesterday forenoon the marriage of the 11° ,1 1/ :, Ellen Stuart, second d aug ht er o f L or d an d I' E T Blantyre, with Sir David B a i r d, 13 art ., of NewbY t 7 county of Haddingt on , t oo k p l ace at St. rani! Church, Knightsbridge. Th e b r id a l par ty wet at the church shortly after half.past 11. In the brida l train 'he six youthful bridesmaids formed the r ear of the bride, who was accompanied by Lord Bia lj : tyre. They were the Mi sses M ar i a an d Ali ce BO" sisters of the gallant bridegroom; the Hon. Evel ll and Hon. Gertrude Stuart, sisters of the bride; Miss Rashleigh, cousin of the bride; and the 11°I). Miss Labouchere ; daughter of Lord Taunton. 138 Hun. and Rev. R o b er t Lidd e ll per f orme d the relig gious ceremony, assisted by the Hon. and P6 e.v. Francis Grey, rector of Morpeth. The weddy j g party, which was very numerous, adjourned a ter the solemnity to Lard and Lady Blantyre's L° °° in Grosvenor.place, to partake of a sumptul breakfast. Early in th e a f ternoon the gfillam baronet and his young wife left town for the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland's seat, Clived c3° near Maidenhead, Bucks. Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke a ° , Thachess of Ivlecklenbur g -St re lit z h onoure d Lord an d Lady Foley with their presence at dinner la st evening, at their residence in Grosvenort9. 3Bre. Lady Caroline Cost and Baron Luhe were in at ' tondanco on their royal highnesses. Au earl . evening party assembled after dinner. The Duke of Devonshire had a select party at dinner yesterday evening at Devonshire House. The Duchess of Somerset will give a bell at the First Lok - d's official residence, at the Admiralty, en the 6th of next month. The Marquis and Marehioneos of Normanby and Lady Louisa Phipps have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Marquis and Mt;rchioness of Ailesbury left town on Tuesday evening for the Earl of Dunmode seat in Scotland, for the wedding of Lord Ephin. stone and Lady Constance Murray. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath had A select dinner party yesterday evening at their man• sion in Belgrave-square. The Countess Cawdor has issued cards for re ceptions on the 28th instant end on July 5, at her residence South And.ley-street. Viscount and Viscountess de Vesci and Hon. /Wes Vesey have left Carlton-house-terrace on a visit to the Countess of Dunmore, for the marriage of Lord Elphinstone and Lady Constance Murray, Which 113 appointed to take place to-day. Admiral Sir Thomas and Lady Cochrane enter tained the Prussian Ambassrdor and the Countess of Bernatorif and a select party at dinner last eves' ing, at their residence in Belgrave-square. DEATH OF THE EARL OF GOSFORD.—The cleat h of the Earl of Gosford took place yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor street, He represented the county of Armag h in the Hou se o f C ommons f rom 183 0 to 1 847, when he was elevated to the House of Lords by the title of Bar': Acheson. In 1855, ho was made a knight of the Order of St. Patrick. He was a liberal in politics, and was a n excellent landlord. Princely Beneficence. The Hon. Rustomjee Jamsttjee Jejeebhoy, lll6l3l ; ber of the L eg i s l ative C ounc i l of Bom b ay , sou °` the late Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, placed some time since at the disp osa l o f M r C raw f or d , M.P. 1° "" London the sum of £15,000 for the purpose of al)P r ' r priation to charitable purposes in London, in ° Ol3 section with the name of his late father, 1 1 Q te i eapecially th e c h ar i t i es o f t h e Ci ty o f L on don, ° which his father was a freeman, under the followlDg condition :—" The charities selected to be tbal which have iu view the alleviation of the want s the poor and i n di gent , the i n fi rm and hapless, an not societies whi c h are o f a rel i g i ous character ?' 'I"" charities so selected are enumerated in the folio-514 list, the ruling principle of the appropriation bo tls the selection of those institutions whose door° are' always open to every class of sufferers on the !" stant, without reference to any other consideration than the merits or ur genc y o f t h e part i cu l a r case i n need of help. The appropriation to the 14°"" i Hospital is in connecti on w ith th e new i'vi°g, °f which the foundation stone is to be laid on the 4tll of July by the Prince of Wales, end the fact that the London is pro-eminently the hospital of the commerce of the port of London, Hospita ls: Lon don £2,ooo—University College, 1;1,000—Aletrom sex, I;soo—King's College, £ soo— London Fever , politan Free, £l,ooo—Royal Free , £soo—Middle -I:soo—City of London for Discuses of the Chest: 1:500—for Sick Children, £soo—Royal, for Incur' ables, £4oo—British Home for Incurables, £4o° Asylum for Idiots, £l.OO-Tfor Diseases of the Skint £3oo—total, £8,500. Dispensaries : City, £5OO--' Farringdon, I:soo—City of London and E a st Lon don, £4 oo — ;- Royai General, I:4oo—Metropolittor £4oo—Western City, £2o o—Finsbury, £2oo' City Orthopmlic, £2oo—Queen Adelaide's Di ed pessary, Bethnal Green, £2oo—total, £3,000. Miscellaneous: Associ a ti on f or t h e R e li e f of poor in.._ the City o f London, £2oo—Stranger's ii° l33ef £Soo—P rov id ent Cl er k s ' F und, / 500 —S e aman Hospital S oc i ety, £ soo—Royal Nat i ona l Lifeboati Institution, £soo—Shi pwrec k e d Fi s h erm an'afi n Mariner' B enevo l en t S oc i e t y , £3oo—llcstata ti : Sailors' Asylum, £2oo—City of London Geyer" Pension Society, £2oo—Accident Relief Sen l6ll ' £loo—Society for Relief of Distressed Widower £loo—total, £3,100. City of London Truss Society, £2oo—Guildhall poor-box, £loo—Mansion -house poor box, £loo—total, £4OO. Grand total, £15,000. THE NEW CLUB.—Tho formation of the nevi club is progressing wi t h grea t success, and th e directors, amongst whom are Lord Beauclerc, Mejor General Downing, Vi scoun t M a iden, Captain Addis on, Captain W. W. Knollys, Lord Muskerry, and Lord Ni g el Kennedy, teem d e t erm i ne d t o ma ke the club everythi n g that can b e d es i re d. Al rea d y a l arge number of memb ers of the high es t di s ti nc ti on h a ve been enrolled, and the dail y application for a d m i s sion is very numerous. The g reatest care is exercised in the selection of candidates for the entree, and, all things considered, the prospects of the new club are of the most cheering description. The clubhouse is to be erected (on tee scale of the Carlton and Reform) in the irnmaliato vicinity of but in the meanwhile a temporary building will be migaged for the ueccrumedetiou of tho membe rs . The name of the clu b will be &gadod upon at the first g2neral meeting of the =embers,