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

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Time will, both in this wcek and in next week, be five opera nights, viz., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and haturday Extra Night. Mesdames Lagrua, Tati, and Battu ; Signori Graziani, Tagltalic°, and Mario. THIS EVENING (Thursday), June 16, will Sc performed Verdi's opera, UN BA LLo IN MASCHE RA. Amelia, Mdlle. Emilia inrua Mdlie. Giuseppini Tad.% Oscar, Mdile. Marie Battu ; Renato. Signor Graziani ; Armando, i2nor Tagliafico; Angri, Signor Capponi ; Silvano, Signor Fallar ; Il tiludice, Signor Rossi , and 11 Duca, signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mlle. Slivoni and M. Desplaces. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre ,ta Is, 10a. 6d., 75., ar,d ss. ; smphitheatre."2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at th, box-offic under the portico 01 the tnea:re, whiat is 4,pen from ten to five, and ac the principal musicsellrrs' and THEATRE ROYAL HAY ARKET.- Sofe Lecaee and Manager, Mr, 13nel:stone. THIS EVENING, THE BA LANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Mcssrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, ‘l'eathersby, &C. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by (for the 4th time) LORD DUNDREARY M ARMED AND DONE 10R. To concincla 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 sights of Hamlet, and Last Week bat One of the Season. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLE f THIS EVENING ahursday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb • Osric, Mr. to. Charles ; Mess rs. W. .M`lntyre, F. Morton, 'Rayniend, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Opheiia, Hiss Kate Terry ; Actress, ktiss 31 lieurade ; sad Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half past 7, and Hamlet com • isences at 3. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesec and Manager, Mr. Geo. I'ffl3 EVENING will be performed a new an d or i g i na l Drama, by R. Slows, Esq., entitled LIGIIT AND SHADOW . . Mr. D. Murray, D. Fisher, J. W. May, J. Nelson, ; Miss Stafford and J 1193 Carolne Cars;m. Alter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien del Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaud, Mr. er Lacy. N - F, \V THEATRE-P.O YAL, AD ELPIII.---• Pronriotor and itranavr, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, TEE DEAD HEART: Robert Landry this origival character). Mr. Benjamin Webster, ,uppo ted by Messrs. A. titling, J. L. Toole, T. Stuart, eau' Bedford, It llington; Miss W oolgar (Mrs. Allred Mellon), Miss Kelly, tze. TO ocl4clude with TIIE AREA BELLE : Ntessrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, ic. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Airs. IL Lewis. Commence at 7. .110YAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comtdy, by Din Boneicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re• engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. an t Mrs. Charles IlathCw-s. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Took, Mr. Clarke, Mr. P•iul Bedford, Mr. F. a °Wilson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss 11 , rbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. aimms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworta, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE %VE)DING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before S, an entirely new and oricnnal Comely, in 5 acts, by Dion Boni:Maul:, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Vharacters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthew., Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash Ey, Mr. W. Chain er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank afitthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appear;i.ce here). At 10, by parricular desire, CO:A., AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with HAKE ITANDS : M. J. Clarke; Mies Fanny Josephs. . _ Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Thorne. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada SwanborouOt. After whl:h, MAZOTIRKA. '.Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, 5/o. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE IIES CUE. Mr. T. Thorne. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT.—RACE GLASSES (the beat), at CALLAGHAN'.s 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. MOSES ANI) SON .ICI • respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted Stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest taurics are combined with the latest and most fashionable oesigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON dive particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices Ar,. such as must satisfy the most .conomical. T nis depart taent is in a wiatinat part of the premises, which will be t,tind ~ r e conv..nience for ladies and children, 1 - ,71 MOSES AND SON ,i• respectfully invVe public attention to their large and wet!-assorted S P 11.1.NG ,TOOK MOSES ANI) SON'S • "SANDRING-UAM" WRAPPER J utruluced by them) is the r.emest and most fashiontble style of Overcoats for the season. 1:;1 3,IOSES AND SON'S .124• READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOTHING for all classes and all ages, MOSES AND SON'S LI • CELEBRATED "INDISPENSABLE" SUIT, lrona 308. - N1 MOSES AND SON'S 41_24 • HOSIES.Y and DR t\PERY, for all classes and all ages. -1 0 A 1 MOSES AN C AP D , SON'S HS fa all c asses and all ages. 10 MOSES AND SON'S -11:A• BOOTS and STIOICS, for all &asses and all ages. 1.,71 MOSES AND SON'S OUTFI I'S. for all classes, all and all climates. EMOSES AND SON'S • LONDON HOUSES, 154, 155, IP, 157, Minorles ; 83, 84, 85, 80, 87, 84, 89, Aldgate ; 886, 507, 508, New Oxford--street ; 1,2, 3, Hart-sire: t; 137, 138, Tottenham-court-react; 288, Ettoton-road EMOSE S AND SON'S • COUNTRY ESTABLISHMENT, Bridge-street, Bradford, Yorkshire. L-1,1 . MOSEs AND SON ' S ir Establishments a-e closed (very Friday evening at suase t until ~,''rday e vening at bunset, when business is ature sumed un H i i o'clock A 1 articles arc marked the. l owest prices in plain figures. Any article nut appr ,veu of will be e x. b anged, or the money re urged. Self- measurement, Fashion List of Prices with Eulehsieftof.S.Telhf; Tercentenary Card, and our new Pan* '''illia.. ,- Snak,, t , are :,?rg,r'arthies Three Hundredth Birthday of vY and post free. COALS. —The LILLESHALL CoApAisy,s COAL". Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 23s. per ton. I Double.. ....... 20 s. per ton, Top 22e. „ Deep ...........21s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. • Best Coke lss. per clvlldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent E THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Lstest SPORTING LSTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening . of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde -park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 16, 1864. ~-- THERMONETEE. This day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-29.77. ; moderate breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tura DAN.—Morning, ICh. 58m.—Afternoon, 11h. 30m. ro-t waßow.-Morning,, 11h. 57m.—Afternoon, h. m. I , - Faa z -7---.„1 ,0 4 .gljg - g , 1 . LONDON , THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1864. Thanks entirely to her MAJESTY'S Government War is beginning to look inevitable. We sa-r thanks entirely to the Government —tot to Earl licssELL's policy, but to the forcigo Po li cy of the entire Government. For, it is simply absurd t o l ay the whole onus and responsibility upon the shoulders of the Foreign Secretary. His be the brunt, if you will, r i c hly d e serving it, as, from hi s cificial position, he unquestionably and quite neces sarily does. But a relative proportion of the blame and responsibility devolves upon each of his Ministerial colleagues in the Cabinet. Their's is the responsibility of complicity and connivance. But, 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 is his mere capacity as such, as bead of the Government. 'tie 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 policy of the Government. 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 ! The tiberdeeu Cabinet enjoys in the national his tory the credit of having " drifted" us into the war with Russia. This second Palmerston 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. On Sundry 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 25th 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 crises. Such at least must be acknow ledged in regard to the Conservatives. What ever else may be said of them, that at any rate mast 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 tious. They Liave placed no impediment in the way of the Government. They have been asked to wait again, and yet again—aud they have waited. That in so 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, but 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 (lice, 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 ! and then 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-en, again and again we say it— Whatever may now be adventured upon by them, the Opposition cannot, in this matter, be pronounced factious. Between the Opposition and the Govern ment what has to be decided is far more than any question as to a change of Ministry ! It is the question of questions politically for England-- whether she is to have war or peece in Europe! Whether she is to have war or peace with German)! 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 cupied by the Government in regard to this supreme alternative may perhaps ba ex pressed the most plainly by our saying, that from the manner in which it has, 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 troth 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 ba the only extrication from ,the diplomatic difficulties they have been so 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 purer and a nobler alternative be within reach of the Opposition ? May not the Conservatives secure our honour, wit hoat 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 n ame of the party so supplanting the Govern ment should happen to be Conservative. provinces course The affai r , of one of our least regarded colonies have lately rise n into considerable prominence. It i s many years sinc e the first discovery of the gold diggings raised Austr a li a into an important coun try, and the rapid increas e o f h er population and the plentiful supply of th e precious metal, which she can boast of, h a ve long sine 3 made her national progress, C anada and the other North Americant i s have of the great c i v il been o bj ec t s o f l gratifying. especial interest during the war, while India, w hi c h, though not exactly among the colonies, forms a valuable part of Our outlying possessions, has, ever since the great catastr aphe of 1857, been anxiously watched by this country. o f New Zealand, however, little has been hitherto said or thought. The chronic disputes between the settlers and the natives were little regarded, and it was considered a thriving colony, though compara tively small and thinly populated. 9 Thank. ' to the recent outbreaks, New Zealand pclitic3 have grown suddenly important. The arrival of the moil is eagerly watched for, the chances of success 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 detaila given by the colonial press, it eems that two severe engagements took place dur ing the month of April—th e 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 transformed in General CAMEBON'S official despat:h into "the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVO:NING, JUNE 16, 1864. Mr, Holman Hunt's Pictures, 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 Aft er Gl ow in Egypt," which represents an Egyptian girl standing in the after-glow of evening on the banks cf the Nile. The girl, a native of Ghizeh, near the Pyramids, has been gleaning in the rich fields of bearded Egyptian wheat, and now approaches us bearing on her head a sheaf bound with straw and entwined with poppies. Even the graceful, gliding mo Lion 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, ore of which has alighted, half hovering on the wing, half clinging to the sheaf, looking eagerly amo n gst th e corn 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 of the painting, whether in respect to colour or form, will not escape notice. "London -bridge on the night of the marriage of the Pi into and Princess of Wales" is a p,iating of a totally different description; but the same wonderful management of atmospheric effect is here exhibited. Tee 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 i;. Through the arches of the bridge runs the dark river, only to be silvered and bscome iridescent as it glides into the moonlight, and the high riding masses of clouds meet on the horizon, so far as the firery vista of lamps enable us to see into the glowing and dim-coloured atmosphere of the distant end of the bridge. The fire bearing tripods, waiving b a nners of Danmark, the crush, confusion, and exci t e men 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, who has brought about the sale of th e old home by auction from his love of gaming. Th.a painting is finished, like its two companions, with the greatest care, and although it illustrates a most lamentable even', it will be treasured by its possessor as a work of rare merit and of the highest art. M. BENEDICT'S MORNING CONCERT.—The pro gramme is now fully compleed, and the concert announced by N. Benedict for the 20th instant will to one of the most extraordinary ever presented to a music loving public. It is quite impossible to quote even the nanvs of the artists anxious to testify their appreci;ti'm of the abilities of 111. Benedict by appearing at his benefit, wo therefore refer our readers to the programme itself, which, we have no doubt, astonished and delighted them. It would be absolutely absurd to do more than mention the bare fact that M. Benedict's emu cert takes place next Monday morning at the St. James's Hall. The result of such an a nnouncement will most surely be a crowded, fashionable, and delighted audience. HOME FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC FEMALE CONVICTS. —An aEsociation 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 piison, to subject them to moral and religious training in the tenets of their own religion, and eventually to enable them to start in a new and honest career in our colonial dependencies. A concert on behalf of this highly praise. worthy object is to take place at the HanovJr- quer° Rooms, un'ler the patronegecf the Duchess d'Atun ale and the leading members of the Roman Catholic nobility. The musical treat provided for the occasion is worthy of the object and of the Natrona. I LATEST INTELLIGENCE. 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 Orakan, in the Waikato district, where the natives had constructed works blocking up their main road to the south, and he himself proceeded to the spot where the main body of the enemy were entrenched. Daring 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, Thee 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 piespects of the colony are most re assaring 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 come manfully for ward to fight their own battles in this emergency. In the province of Auckland the whole population, from sixteen to fifty-five, have been 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 difficultiee, and the ex ample which they have set to other colonies." Surely when our settlers show such readiness to fight for themselves, and are so ready to meet us on fair and moderate grounds with respect to financial matters, it is the leaat that can be expected by the mother country to affard soma temporary assist ance without waiting for actual payment to be made. If the colonists sat in their homes and asked England to send her troops to fight for them gratis, some opo3ition might justly bo made, but when the whole population of a prosince is under arms, no charge of selfish inactivity can justly be made. As to those logicians who contend that we have no more interest in our distant colonies than in foreign lands, their arguments, eve❑ o❑ the low ground of 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? An American Governor may yet order British vessels out of the ports, and profit by the trade of our rejected colo nies without our having the right to object. But 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 Lanca shire, to begrudge a temporary outlay on her younger and less flourishing neighbour. It is a very un-English quality to forsake a friend in diffi- culties; and in the present case principle and profit interest and feeling, all combine in advocating the same policy. 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 overtasked 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 our 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 Hours' Bill was introduced; and, when more exciting and 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" tock place on Tuesday. This excellent measure proposes to extend the rest r ictiona of the Factory Act to those trades which are specially injurious to children and young persons. M r . B RUCE ma d e some ver y interesting 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 labourers should be so early exposed to toil that brings w ith it suffering and injury. S ome strin gent re gulations are most urgently called for, and its seems surprising that something decisive was ne t 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 making haste to be rich, and otriving to excel all other nations in trade and commerce we are sapping our foundations, and poieening 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 age are 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 inciter 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 very excellent arrangement, and will prevent much suffering to then 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. Ia one portion of the work, the " dippers" seldom remained meny 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 i 3 not injurious in itself, but the poor little workers were kept so many hours at their labour that they sometimes " fall from sheer exhaustion, while all their limbs became sore from long stand • ing at the machinery." Such pictures are frightful to contemplate, and 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 many 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 a system should have been organised, and the labours of the Commission appointed to inquire into this complicated case seem to have been crowned with success. It will be a source of uemitigated satisfaction to every one who appreciates the im portance of the question, that there seems every reason to hope these propositions will soon become the law of the land. Lord JOHN MANNERS ex pressed a hope that " before many weeks were over they would see this measure unmutilated receive the royal assent." That such may be the case a right-minded individuals will concur is hoping, for it is an undisputable fact that it does not do to trust 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 and decisive regulation laid down from which there is no appeal. It is certain that all these changes Will give rise to opposition at first, prejudices will arise, and partiality be displayed, but there e,l:nEot be a better CAIIEe [of wh:eb the reformer may brave the difficulties of improvement than this, which seeks protection for those who cannot protect themselves. LE EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 15 (Evening). The Council of Ministers was occupied yesterday with the Peruvian question. It is asserted that the Cortes will be closed on Saturday neat. RUSSIA. ST: PETERSBURG, JUNE 16. The Deulsehe Pdersburger Zeitung publishes a scmi•cflicial article pointing out the absurdity of the assertions of the Augsburger Allgemeine Zei tung, 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. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 15, 11.22 A.M. Daybladet of to-day calls 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 Eilora, with the above mail, arrived here at 1 a.m. this thy. The mail. travels for London at 11.30 a.m. The Baroda, with the Southampton portion of the mail, left Malta at midnight on the 14th inst. FRANCE. THE DANISH QUESTION. rAms, JUNE 16. 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 Dino-Gelman 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 I,htory, it is useless to dissemble. None 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. The writer continues—"lf Europe has not to fear the scourge of a general war, it is to the far-seeing wisdom and moderation of the Imperial Government that it will be due." The ferrous 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, drcased in the braided blue frock coat waich he habitually wore, 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 Halo improvement either in th© amount of business doing or in quotations. Threes, for the Account are now at 66f, 950., Mobilier at 1,082 f. 50c. Railway Market quiet, but ❑p 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 :- 41 periCarto. f3 20 e ri_tA month DJ. , C.2.:d C 6 85 orue.it .. .. ..... 00. end m0nth...,1075 Italian Lon C9 50 flo. evil moctb 69 80 l'frii.o Threes 42 75 Na w llexicau . a a a 57a itu.;a. Bank Shares 3,6 r) Credit k wader 1237 50 Roman Austrian .. B2 Spanish Threes. 502 H MBA Debt Deferred ILA IL %% S. eaah. Account. Orleans „ • 870 867 50 Northern •• • • Lyons and ticditrraneau 862 50 .. 865 New ditto Southern Wenern • . Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lot - ph - Jr(' North of Spain Saragos , a .. Ditto to Barcelona 618 75 .. 647 50 4PB 75 .. 501 25 463 75 46.5 - 365 - 367 50 405 - 407 50 528 75 .. 528 75 441 50 .. 442 50 565 - • 567 50 257 5) 257 50 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 of jetting to xlve power to the ratepayers to suppress all licensing, 'las 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 give town councils the power to veto the granting of any additional licenses, and of withdrawing them where there were just grounds of complaint : Lon, J 13. "Dear Sir,—lf it i s d es i re d to put" the ond licensin une g power into the hands of th e res id ents 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 bees granted. Ido not urge this proposition with much confi 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 many 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 it.—l 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 wore at their villas on the banks of the Bos phorus, have been recalled to Constantinople. The young brothers of hlourad have been sent to the Dolma-Bektche 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 Fleanar. What is most probable is that tho 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 respectrul language towards his uncle.' AGES OF AMERICAN GENERALS.--The following list goes to prove that the best of cur 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 48 —General Bragg 4 9—General Burnside 40—General Gil more 3 9—General Franklin 41—General Magruder 53 General Meade 48 —General Sehulyer Hamilton 42—Gene ral Charles S. Hamilton 40—and General Foster 40 General Lander, a man of great promise, died in his 41h year. General Kearney was killed at 47, and General Stevens at 45, Ganerel Sickles was In his 41st year when he was wounded at Gettysburg, and General Iteno was 37 when he died so bravely at South Mountain. General Pemberton lust Vicksburg at 45, General T, W. Sherman is 49, and General W, T. Sherman 44, Genoral M'Clellan was in his 35th year when ho assumed command at Wash ington in 1861. General Lyon had not completed his first month of his 43d year when ho fell at Wilson's Creek. General lePleowell was in his 4'cl year when ho failed at Bull Run, in consequence of the corning up of General Joe Johnston, who was 51. General Keyes ia 53—General Kelley 57—G enera l Ki ng 40—and Genera l P ope 41. G eneral A. S. Johnson was 49 when ho was killed at Shiloh. General Halleck is 48—General Langstreet is 40. The best of the Southern cavalry leaders was General Aehby, who was killed at 38—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 68 —General S. Cooper 68—General J. Cooper 54—and Cione ral Blunt 3 8 ,—ainterican raper. LITERATURE. Women in France during the Eighteenth Century. By Julia Kavanagh, author of " Madeleine," &c. One Vol. Pp. 491. Smith, Eider, and C o . Few sensational novels are 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 moat 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 es patronesses of the fine arts, the State as favourites and advisers of kings. They gave the tone to feeling, philosophy, and thought. Their caprice made wars, and signed treaties of peace. They hastened rte fall of a monarchy and the out break of the greatest revolution 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 frooa the sprightly Duchesse da 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 Itoi" 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 Callatnare conspiracy, volup tuous Madame de la Verrue, and intriguing Madame do Tencin, reappear before us with the profligate days of the regency : they add to its deep corruption : whilst chastened by penitence, sorrowful Mademoiselle Alsi , e 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 Popeliniere, 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 Defraud, selfish, caustic, and ennuyee ; and impassioned Meddle. Lespinasse, with so much that is generous and true in her erring nature, rule society under Louis XV. 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 Awoinette, the gay and imprudent queen, the clever and supple Mdme. de Geniis, Mdme, 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 an active part. She rules pat ths, defends a monarchy with Marie Antoinette, or founds a republic with Madame Roland. We behold her avenging outraged humanity under the form or Charlotte Corday ; teaching wen how to suffer and dig in every prison and on every scaffold ; over throwing the whole fabric of tyranny wi:h the generous Madame Tallien, and defending the freedom of thought with the ghted daughter of Necker. To this attrective analysis of the subject of her new work, we need only append a word of commends.- Lion as to the very felicitous manner in which the subject has been treated by the eloquent biographer of " Madeleine." The Application of Prophecy to the Crimean War. By O. H. Hildebrand. One Vol., pp. 522. Jas. Blackwond. 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. 0 aeVol., PP. 352. Nimmo. " Who ever heard of a contented player," ask Peter Paterson, and then answers his interrogative in the negative. "Such a character," be adds, " would indeed be a rara axis. The very principle which gives votaries to the stage repels ail content." As a mater of course, then, Peter Paterson's own histrionic experiences Lira neither successful nor satisfactory ; but, to make amends, his mis• cellaneous adventures and vicissitudes aro 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 aro taken to a hail 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, was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales on the acces. sion of George 1., and was re-appointed by the Prince on his accession as George 11. He was afterwards Groom of the Sole to the latter King, rose in the army to the rank of LieutenanteGentral, and acted several times as one of the Lards Justices duriog the Royal absences from England. He was particularly noted for his taste for the fine arts, especially architecture. Not only Wilton, bat several seats of his friends, had the benefit of his favourite pursuit, and be took great pleasure in watching over the construction of Westminster bridge. He died very suddenly January 9, 1751, and was succeeded by hie son Henry, tenth E of Pembroke, and seventh Earl of Montgomery, who was in his minority. He returned from his travels in 1755, and held some appointments in thearmy. Next year he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Wilt shire, and a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, afterwards George 111., and continued in this office for some time after the commencement of the new reign. Hs 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 special 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 Vi ce -Chamberlain of the Household in 1784 un der Pitt'a minis try, and retained thi s office ti!! 1794. the French While Lora Herbert he had served in the war s.7 Revolution, being in command of the E nglish force attached to tae Prussian army on the French hen tier. He greatly improved the rent-roll of his estates, which at hi 4 accesstou to the title Were cati meted at £35, 000 a - year , but at his de a th, G et. 26, 1827, having laid out £ 200 , 000 on them, they wer e estimated at nearly treble that sum. Ho Was twice married, first to a daughter of 'Popham Beauelork, and secondly, to t::.ztherine, daughte): of Count Worm). zew , Itussi,,n Ambassador in this ecuntrv. By the first marriage he had cue sun, Robert Henry, who succeeded as tavelith Earl of Pembroke and ninth Earl of Montgomery, and to whom he left a legacj of £lO,OOO. The 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, 13th January, 1861. The twelfth Earl, Who resit . .!ed itt Paris, leaving Wilton to the occupation of his brother, died April 25, 1862, and was succeeded by his nephew, George Robert Charles, thi r t een th an d p resen t Eerl of Pembr o k e arid tenth Eerl of Montgomery, son of Sidney, L or d Herbe r t o f L e a (who di e d 2d August, 1861), a l a d of fourteen years of age, who, if ho reaches man's estate, will in 1871 find himself ono of the very grtateat of English nobles.— Spectator. i , ( 7.-.),4 - - - -r ~,, L'' 3" ~ --, w , 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 E. Ben tinek ; and his Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by capt• von Westervveller, returned from London yesterday The Duke and Duchess of Buceltuch and Lady Victoria Scott arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining with her ALl9.jesty and rays' family in the evening. The Queen deovo in the grounds this morning accompanied by h er R oya l Hi g h ness P r i n cess Loui s of Hesse. Th€ir Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Prin ces° ILlena, and Prince Lcuis of Hesse rode on bo la° back. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Yesterday being Apposition Day at St. rat ll7B School, the Prince of Wales, after taking lun ch" ! with the Mercers' Company, visited the school an listened to the course of scholastic exercises ecu ani f il to the day. His royal highness was attended b f the Earl of M oun t-Ed geum b e, Lieutenant - Genera Knollys, and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lieutenant-Gen er al Knollys, and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Nvolt to Somerset House in the afternoon and inspected t '" Civil Service Volunteers. The Prince of Wales afterwards rode on 11 ° 118- back, attended by his equerry in waiting. The Prificeas of Wales took a carriage d.riTel at ' tended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. Marriage in High Life. Yesterday forenoon the marriage of the ll °. Ellen Stuart, second daughter of Lord and 'A tl i Blantyre, with Sir David Baird, Bart., of NewiltP,' county of Haddington, took place at St. Pa tti: Church, Knight s b r id ge . Th e b ridal party me t a ; the church shortly after half-past 11. In the bridP train the six youthful bridesmaids formed the re ar of the bride, who was accompanied by Lord Bie n : tyre. They were the Misses Maria and Alice Bair d ' sisters of the gallant bridegroom; the Hon. Eve l Y il and Hon. Gertrude Stuart, sisters of the bride, Miss Rashleigh, cousin of the bride ; and the 11 00 ' Miss Labottcheze, daughter of Lord Taunton. The Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell performed the relict pious ceremony, assisted by the Hon. and Ee l. Francis Grey, rector of Morpeth. Th e wedding party, which was very numerous, adjourned af ter the solemnity to Lord and Lady Blantyre's ho use in Grosvenor-place, to partake of a sumptal breakfast. Early i n th e a f ternoon the ga ll° baronet and his young wife left town for the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland's seat, Clivede t4 near Maidenhead, Bucks. Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke. an d Duchess of Mtcklenburg-Strelitz honoured Lord so Lady Foley with their presence at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-squa re ' Lady Caroline Lust and Baron Luhe were in at, tendanco on their royal highnesses. Au earl evening party assembled after dinner. The Duke of Devonshire had a select party at diuner yesterday evening at Davonshire House. The Duchess of Somerset will give a ball at the First Lord's official residence, at the Admiralty, ° ll the 6th of nest month. The Marquis and 'Marchioness of Normanby and Lady Lluisa Phipp3 have arrivEd at the Queen'il Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aiiesbury left town on Tuesday evening for the Earl of Dunmore'g seat in Scotland, for the wedding of Lord Rphitr• stone and Lady Constance Murray. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath had a select dinner party yesterday evening at their man sion in Beigrave-equare. Tho Countess Cawdor has issued cards 17or re ceptions on the 2811 instant and on July 5, at her residence in South Audley-street. Viscount and Viscountess de Vesci and Hon. Miss Vesey have left Carlton - house -terrace on a visit to the Countess 01 Dunmore, for the marriage of Lord Elphinstone and Lady Constance Murray, which i° appointed to take place to-day. Adcairal Sir Thomas and Lady Cochrane enter tained the Prussian Ambassrdor and the Counteso of Berndtorff and a select party at dinner last even ing, at their residence in Bblgrave-square. DEATH OF THE EARL OF GOSFORD.— The death of the E ar l o f G oaford took place yesterday, at his house to Grosvenor s t ree t. H e represented the county of Armaghin the Hou se o f C ommons from 1830 to 1847, w h e n he was elevated t o th e H ouse of Lords by the title of B a ron. Acheson. In 1855, h e was made a knight of the Order of St. Patrick, H e was a lib eral in politics, and was 821 excellent landlord. Princely Beneficence. The Hon. Rustornjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, m eui ; ber of the L eg i s l ative C ounc i l of Bombay, so h the late Sr] Jamsojee Jejeebhoy, placed some fife since at the disposal of Mr Crawford, M.P. "•°- London the sum of 115,000 for the purpose of aPPr o ' priation to charitable purposes in London, i n con nection with the name of his late father, more edpecially th e c h ar i t i es o f t h e Ci ty of Lon d o n,. which his father was a freeman, under the following condition :—" The charities selected to be tb °s ; which have in view the alleviation of the wants gl a the poor and i n di gent , t h e i n fi rm and helpless' „,al3„ not societies whi c h are o f a rel i g i ous character.' -" charities so selected are enumerated in the following list, the ruling principle of the appropriation being the selection of those institutions whose doors ! re always open to every class of sufferers on the !ha stant, without reference to any other consideration than the merits or u rgency o f the particu l a r case la liked of help. The appropriation to the London Hospital is in connecti on w i t h t h e new wing, ° f which the foundation stone is to be laid on the 4th of July by the Prince cf Wales, and the fact tha t the London is pre-eminently the hospital of the commerce of the port of London. Hospitals: Lon don £2,ooo—University College, 13,000—Metro" poiitan Free, £l,ooo—Royal Free, 1500—Middle' sex, £soo—King's College, £soo—London F e ver, £soo—City of London for Diseases of the Chest, £soo—for Sick Children, £soo—Royal, for Incur ables, £4oo—British Home for Incurables, £4OO--• Asylum for Idiots, .1100—for Diseaees of the Skin, £3oo—total, £8,500. Dispensaries : City, £5OO-- Farringdon,l:soo City of London and East La' don, I:49o—Royal G eneral, £4OO--Metropol i ta n, £4oo—Western Cit y, £ 2OO _ Finsbury, City °rthor din, I: 2 oo —Queen Adelaide's pis" pensary, Bethnal Green, 1:200—total, £3, 000. Miscellaneous: Azisociation for the Relief of P °ar in the City of London, £2oo—Stranger's 1-I ° e ", e ' I ; soo —Provident Cl er k s ' F un d, 1500—Seaman ° Hospital Society, £soo—Royal National Life boat Institution, £soo—Shi pwrec k e d Fisherman's° and s Mariner' Benevolent S oc i e ty, £3OO—DOBu:l2U! Sailors' Asylum, 4 :2oo—City of Landon Genera l Pension Society, 1200—Accident Relief Society, .1100—Society for Relief of Distressed Widows, £loo—total, £3,1C0. City of London Truss Society, £2oo—Guildhall poor-box, 1;100--Mansion - h ouse poor-bos, £loo—total, £4OO. Ort.nd total, £15,000• HE-I;lll3.—Thefcrmittion of the new' T NEE7,. c d , l a r p ee ta to in rs l , club . is progres s ing with great success, and the v a . m vir on . g K st no w n ;:m are Lord Beaucierc, msjor- General Downing, Viscount Maiden, Captain Addison, Kennedy, seem determined to l‘ m iv a s k lt t r h y e c a l n u a b L ev or e d ry N tl airne g l• that can be desired. Already a large number of members of the highest distinction have been enrolled, and the daily application for admission is very numerous. The greatest care is exercised in the selection of candidates for the entre4 and, all things considered, the prospects of the new club are of the most cheering description. The clubhouse Is to be erected (on the scale o f the Carltonßeform)in tha immediate vicinity of Pall-mall, but in the meanwhile a temporary building will be engaged for the accommodation of the members. The namo of the clu b wilt be decided upon at the first general meeting of the members,