The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-13 00:00:00

larting intellignue.

EPSOM. SPRING
THE CITY 'ANDIEFUI=I/11VIDI. • )
This meeting pommies ath's to Londoners second only
to the Derby week, and to-MO • ro*ateenlance assembled on
the Downs than usual. The weether fortunately underwent a
favourable change, and In place of tbe°wind and rain of yester-
day, the day was dewed sad othiyable. Heavy special trains
continually arrived at the stades on the Downs, whence to the
coarse people strewed in • ecodnuous line from noon
wdß. the racing commenced. Tirdargresmme teatgd for
sad Sedates tae opening "sionewasbed4 'attest to renderm one
attractive.
The Thal ashes was the Snit wed on the ord. Xbralimalini
being the only absentee of the half-dozen entered, t Clernma
at 6 to 4 and Christmas Carol at 7 to e were the Mar Wallis
supported, and the eveut proved the witedneell of the backs&
judgment, for the race was donned to the pair, " the Carol"
winning by • length and a half. The City and flubeetee wee
the next nos en the tart, and the numbers were horded In
wildcat thes, 'WINS nineteen darters were displayed, the most
noteworthy athentee being Braadalbane. Great Interest we ma-
'Waded as the horses walked from the paddock prior to taking
their prthwthary orates, and, es Is really the case, thewh he-
rewith received the greeted attention, but o
had come with such a "•rattle" during the Morning that at one
giras bide at 6to 1 was taken, was dm WO* /oohed for
t:thaw Mephistopheles, who dripped a most commend-
ling Moldm horse, was .
As generally admired, hie Ilse Whin=
' him may heti supporters awl
peat, Provide was walled and hia
should
as
ie was ascertained just in Ow
wry • penalty for wthalog at Crouton Parkhe . During
the delay which museqateatly occurred, the favourite
wee very restive, but when led up to his hones at the start M-
oose quite tractable, and one of the best starts ever witseseed
for this nee was effected. It is unneatemly to IWO in the race
further than to remark that Mephistopheles, when running very
forresklably, broke a blood vase and was Stopped, end that ehe
favourite, whose party up to the last 13KMOM ladled the moo •
" moral," rounded the renowned Tatman= Corner bill of run-
ning, from which point the race was virtually over, as be can-
tered in amidst tremendous chewing frees Ids backers,
who looked far mare derma then those who did not
believe in the greet trial at Newmarket Brahma,
who bed long been expected to do a good thing,
would, la the atheism of this Owed lease dyer, have
repeated the Merry Hart coup of 1884, as It will be seen
he Writhed second • length and a half in Rent of 0=
who, it will be remembered, was once freely
far the Derby, and was also a prominent favourite
for last year's Cesarewitch. Vandervelde failed to ac-
complish when we expected of hire from the wawa in
which he had been Watt The Two-yew-Old Stakes proved the
good thing It looked for Cellina, who landed with the odds of 2
to 1, which were freely laid on her. During the race for the
Ithatboote Plate an widens occurred by the failing ot Skirmish
and Lydon', and we regret to add that Cuarance, who rode the
latter, was eo seriously injured that he was st once conveyed In a
cab to the tow, when ft wet found that his edlar-bore was
badly Imbued. It will therefore be Impossible for
him to ride Lord Lyon for the Two Thousand Oldness
at Newmarket next week. A selling we sad the
man Plate Plate term/Wed the Ws racing, which le described below.
Immediately after Delight's victoryke became • tremendous
favourite for the Chester Cup, 5 to 1 being et owe booked to
any hundreds, and for the Derby on the floe blush at hie
victor/. 8,600 to 100 wag. booked twice, and to 100 also
twice, a demonstration in his favour which brought him
to 1,000 to 00, taken to money. Subjoined are full details of the

Vi34lllratil. Massa of 50 soya., added to a sweepstakes of 6
sova. each for Syr-olds and upwards weight for age mares
allowed M 6; geldings, 511. One mile.
Mr. B. Walker's Christmas ChM, by Itataplan—Mia-
tletoe, 4 yra, gat 711 kCballoner) 1
lard Stsord's Gamma, aged, Mt 0rb.... (A. Wean* 2
Mr. W. G. Craven's Denmark, yrs, 7st (S. Adam) 3
Her Ladyship and Vortigern also ran.
Bettbrg: S
to 4 apt Gerama, 7 to 4 apt fluidram Carol,
and 0 to 1 box two.
TH2 CM AID BelstraNAN HANDICAP of 16 efft. each, 10 ft,
and 6 only if declared, with 100 sort. added: whams extra : the
second to receive 25 aces. oat of the stakes. Ow mile end •
Quarter. (Ile end, IS of whom paid 6 nova. each.)
Mr. C. H. Careves Delight, by illiington—Macht, 5 yrs,
fee 9I
Wb (Halyon) 1
lord estmoriand's Brakes*, 4 yrs, 7st (Hibbard) I
Mr- W. Ber Mill Ostregor, d re, Mt Sib .* (H. Orintshaw) S
The following also ran :--Copenhagen, Out and eater, Skir-
mish, Endsleigb, Preview, La Values, Split the
Difference, Vandervelde, Nukuheva, The Char, Mephistopheles,
Basquine, Bradaulante, and Sinspoell.
Betting : I to 1 on Detlght, I to 1 opt Venderveida. B to 1 apt
Brahma, 10 to 1 apt Mephistopheles, 100 to 8 each apt Copen-
hagen and Out-and-Outer, 20 to 1 each apt Ostregor and Misda-
ted/et, 33 to 1 etch agst The Czar and le Vanes, sad 40 to 1
apt Skirmish.
After the horses had taken their preliminary canters they mo-
ceeded through the paddock to the starting post, where Yr.
lUneorge tack them under command. After a slight delay and
one break away, the lot were got in a line, and the fag fell to •
beautiful start, Nukuheva (who whipped round as the others
sped away) getting badly oil, and being coesequently left
many lengths In the rear. The first who showed in ad-
vance was Shrapnel'. who on reaching the brow of
the hill held • clear lead of Vanderreide, liepads-
iodides, Oat end Outer and Ostregor, who idlowed
in close order with Delight, Brahma, Coper hewn, and Skirmish
i immediately n their wake, the rear division Mtn composed of
▪ Indsleigh, Villain, and Damian., while Nukaheva was still
several lengths in their rear. The pace was a cracker across the
top of the MU to the three-quarter of a mile pod, where several
of the rearmost division dropped away, but the leaders under-
watt no material change, except that Mephistopheles, who
no
to this point had been pulling double, suddenly stopped,
having, as it afterwards transpired, broken a blood-vessel.
Vandervelde, soon afterwards appearing to be outpaced, gave
way to Out-and Outer, Delight, °stream. and Brabant, who
leaded Sharpnell, as they rounded Tattenham-corner, and the
latter immediately dropped into the rear. Having fairly entered
the straight the favourite, in the mitre of the course, took up
the running with a clear lead of Ostregor, Brahma, and Copen-
hagen, in whose wake were Skirmieh and Vendome/de.
As they approached the distance Ostregor made an
effort to reach Delight, but Kenyon, "losing" the latter's head,
came on with the race In hand, and won very easily by three
lengths; Ostreger, compounding opposite the enclosstre, was
passed by Bramah, who beat him for second money by a length
and a hall: ladragth, l'audery obit, and Copenbseet, clear of
°stinger, were next, close together, and in their rear Out and
Outer, La Valaase, and PTOVIAOr finished la the order narood.
The others,widely scattered, pulling up on the poet, were whipped
in by Valiant. Mephistopheles waked in led by Ms trainer some
few minutes afterwards.
TIM TWO-TZAR-01.D 52• W. of 10 son each, with 50 added :
for colts, Sat 101 b fillies, Set 71b ; the owner of the second to
save his stake. Italf.a-tulle. (61 111114.,
Lord atoutord's Online, by Newmfnater—Qmen Bee,
Set ne (A. Edwards) 1
S.
Pryor's 'Petulant, OA 101 b (Lodes)
Lord St. Vincest's Odd Yellow. Mit 1011) .(H. Griallaw)
. c by 11,1;j1d-liarridan,Charl,
_

The following also ran:—Verdi, -
the Second, Regentrem, c by Vedette—Helen Railars,—sied lady
Betting: ft to 1 Collins, 5 to 1 apt Vorulam, and 10 to I
bar two.
Tug Hita7Bo)72 Mtn of 50 soya (Handkapl, for all ages:
winners extra. New T. Y.C. (Three-quarters of a Inas)
My. Yoy's Oodmershans, by Laurbourue—Bay Bonier, 4
yrs, 7st 51b (Parry) 1
Lord Bandiesham's Black Duchene, 4 yrs, got gib (113phick)
Bfr J. Hawley's Vabalathos, S yrs. Mt lib Covey) g
The following also ran :—Lytham, The Radio, Skirmish,
Vixen, Junestou, Viceroy, Junius, Hingham, Moos Rose, The
Clyde, and Black Tulip.
Betting : 2 to 1 apt Godmersham, 6 to 1 apt The Beadle, 6 to
1 each apt Skirmish and The Clyde, 8 to 1 apt Vabalathns, 10 to
1 apt Lytham, and 12 to 1 apt Black Duchess
Tuß LONDON Burros SWAN of 5 move each with 50 added,
for 2-yredds and u wards , weight for age: with selling and
other allowances. rten of a mile.
Mr. lirsyley's Chicken by Hattlebsoo—Swallow
Eyre. Ist 91b (carried let 10th, (Cannoti 1
Mr. Barbidge's Colleen, 5 yrs. get 21b (130) (Damon
Mr. Hodpian's c by Promised Land—Bavard's die., =
Mt 121 b (X. 50
The following also ran :—Stilton, Viscount St. Aibses, Hades,
and Juliegt.
Bettin : to 4 apt Hades, to I apt Juliet, to 1 apt
Chicken Huard. and 4 to 1 apt Viscount St. Mbans.
T, 10imus nen (Handicap) of 60 son, for harms of all
ages ; winners extra. Half a mile.
Mr. P. flyor's Qui Vivo, by Vedette—Theodora.mrs,
7st 10Ib
Sr.& Brayloy's Mongrel th b), 4 yrs, 74 glb (ear Tat 101 b)
(Cannon)
Mr. Hodgman's Venturesome, I re, 7st 5110 (Inc Mb ea)
(Parry)
The following also ran :—Kilkenny, Vision, Sans 81, Seminal.
Opc=n, and Wildair.
:6to 4 eget Qui Vivo, 11 to apt VIII" MO to 15
apt Venturesome, b to 1 apt Sans Si, and 10 to 1 each apt Kil-
kenny, Mongrel, and Savannah. At Ent 6 to 1 was taken
about the latter.
BETTING ON THB COMM
mentorouTex HANDICAP.
7to 2 apt Pairing (t & off,e I sto 1 age Lucifer (t)
7to 2 Treasure Trov 12 to I Sandal (t)
tot tit° 1)
CHESTER mt.
to 1 apt Delight (t f)
TWO THOUSAND.
Ito 4 on Load Lyme (I) Bto 1 MO Indite (t)
11BBBT.
1000 to 00 Nit* Delight (te

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THE EARLY CLOSING Mouirdnirf. —On Wednes-
day a meeting of the leading employers in the linendrapery
trade of East London was held at the Bull Hotel, Aldgate,
to sowider the request for an abridgment of the hours of
business which had been forwarded to them from the
meeting of the assistante held on the 28th ultimo. lir.
H. Clayton, of the firm of W. and H. Clayton, White-
shapel-reed, occupied the chair, and after • discussion,
in which • desire for meeting the wishes of the employed
was usenimeuely expressed, a proposal was adopted for
' abridging the session during which the latest hours have
hitherto prevailed, by restricting it to four months of the
year instead of six, and for observing an earlier hour of
closing on the Saturday.
[Advertinementl il
HoLiowaVil • PILE& Dys-
ladigestics, dotalencyjleartburn, Blasmem, la=
Wes' of Appetlte.—French plillinophers trace the
feelings of the mind to the state of the stomach. and
there is much wisdom In the epee anon. The stomach
to the aman body la more than the kitchen to the do-
mestic e
stablishment be it ever so slightly disordered
the whale Internal economy is deranged. The young may
miles& the simile, and disbelieve the ireassodons sacrifice Indi.
gallon meets from its victims. The dam come when ,they
wlllowes. ever their dyipepela as desert than
themselves have done. when it will be well fat aranfort and
happtheas U they lOU remember these prophetic wards, and hold
fa readiness lioDoways PlDs a cedes mfegeard.

Arinotit.

HER MAJESTY'S TKEATBL

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There was an interesting debed last night at this
theatre ; Mr. Holder made his and appearance in the cha-
racter of Artless, in the Pe item Mr. Hohlar bee Iceg
been well kiklwa fe ourinseioel and fashionable eireke ore ei
amateur of extraordinary gifts and attainments, and pos-
keeled, in particular, of that very rare acquirement, a
tenor voice of singular power and beauty. He has been in-
duced by his passionate love of music to make it his profes-
sion; and, after a conaiderable courts of study and practice in
Italy, has at length submitted himself to the ordeal of
public criticism. He will not, we believe, have any rea-
son to repent the step he has taken ; for him reception by .
• crowded and highly musical audience has been se cordial
as any young aspirant to favour could possibly wish. He
is handsome and distinguished is appearance very
tell, without being on that account in the slightest ,
degree awkward, bat, on the contrary, having
the unaffected ease and simplicity of a gentleman.
He was, however as might be expected, in a state of nerv.
out agitation which for a time seemed almost to paralyse
hie female-. bathe speedily recovered in a great measure
his pelf Tosecolion. Prom the very first the extreme beauty
of his voice struck his audience. As an actor Mr. Holler
has mach tb learn. Eat nobody can become an actor all at
awe ; and tAis young performer has the materials which
dramatists are made of. In short, we believe, from ail that
we have heard and seen, that Mr. Holder will one day be an
aliment to the muted stage.

The opera, greed ultra, 'was well performed. Mdlle.
Mnico, who is makingprozress every day, was s charm-
ing Elviri. 11. Gamier had his old part of Itiocerdo, and
Georgie Irroperforsood by Signor Poll, as Modem basso
preload° of ranch merit.

THE MUSICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
This society's second concert of the season took
pleas on Wednesday night at St. Jamwerhall. The no.
gramme was as follows :
PAST PAR.
Overture
Iteettativo, =nu t coo"
Grottos, "solloaoseasineedittta,"
Oluramento), iNretmlnie
Concertom•
Motel, violoncello and erabirem
ti Scimmann.
Ze.aandArta, SoMrentbedneddeor
(Idomentio), Wm Roberti= Wm-
demon Steuart
Overtime (Der Freedom Woke.
PAPS 8100111).
Symphony In Z, No, 1 Arthur& Sullivan.
Boot " Praia: rased tt dono " (In
Sonnambulal, Mae lobertine Hen-
derson end W.V. Oesuoinge
Overture.... aw Jenne Hand)

This concert has *rook us as showing that the society
sometimes rashes bat an indifferent use of their great
resources, especially their magnificent orchestra—an or-
chestra not excelled in any city in Europe. It never enamor*
superb than it was on Wednesday night, when its execution ,
of the overtures to iPssoosi and the Proischetz was wee*
arming a long way I. hear. In playing the latter mar
rakes work every performer seemed actually inspired.
and the result was a blase of splendour which threw
the audiense into an absolute tumult of excitement.
Its repetition was called for with acclamations. But this
made it the more to be regretted that such a band had
comparatively so littletodo.

THE GUILDHALL Exitlemolc.--On Tuesday
next this Exhibition will aloes after a highly successful
career, nearly 20,000 persons having visited the ball weekly.
Mr. George Peabody has consented to distribute the prizes
to the snooeseful exhibitors on the dosing day, at 4 o'clock,
that being, we umdsrstand, the last public ceremony is
which he will take part, as he leaves this country for Ame-
rica on the following day.
ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL, HAVRESTOCK-HILL.
Loaf evening the 1086 anniversary festival of this insti-
tution was celebrated at the London Tavern, Bishopagste-
street, hisr
Be Highness the Duke of Cambridge pre-
siding, eu by a large number of gentlemen interested
;••1 the we of the charity. It appeared that the schools
are in a most satisfactory position, and that the children
had made good progress in those branches of education
which it was the object of the institution to Impart. His
royal highness's speech was listened to with marked atten-
tido, and the subecriptionsafterwardsannounoed amounted
to shout I,OOW.
RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
Yast•rday the various committees of the House of Com-
mons upon railway and other matters resumed their duties.
In group 1 the committee proceeded with the consideration
of the Metropolitan District Railway, and adjourned. The
cos were taken in the case of the Metropolitan
=(sdditionel powers). In group la, the Brixton,
Clapham, and lislham Extension Railways was proceeded
with ; Mr. Venehles, Q.C., appeared in support, and Mr.
Rodwell, Q.C., Mr. Burke, Q.C., Mr. Davidson, Q.C.,
Mr. Somerset, and Mr. Round opposed on behalf of the
London, Chatham, and Dover, and the South Eastern
Railway Companies. In the case of the East London
Railway (South Western Extension) the estimates were
declared insufficient, therefore the bill will not be
proceeded with. In group the committee declared
the preamble had not bun complied with in the
ease of the Bridgwater Railway Company. The Bristol
sad Exeter Railway (additional powers) was opened and pro-
ceeded with until the adjournment. In group 7 the
and Hereford Railway was thrown out. The
BE:catimrled ntesteishire was opened end proceeded with. The
Wrexhsm, Mold, and Conner h's Quay and Kayla."
Railways was proceeded with in group 9. In group
13 it was declared that in the case of the Huddmidad and
Halifax Railway, the estimates were declared to be inSUS-
cient, and the bill will not be proceeded with. The Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire Railway (West Riding Branches.
Re.) was opened and proceeded with. Mr. Smith, one of
the examiners of Standing Order Proof, sat in room B,
House of Lords, and declared the standing orders to have
been complied with in the unopposed case of the Midland
Great Western (lid Ireland) Bill.
THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 12.
The second meeting of the ironmasters of this district for
this quarter was held in the town-hall here this afternoon ;
there was a large attendance, the trade in distant iron-pro-
ducing districts
.being well represented, as was also the
=6Pal eltlPorting firms of London and Liverpool The
was healthy at the commencement, and so re-
mained throughout ; there was nothing like animation,
but a very fair amount of business was done in
all descriptions of finished iron • in that respect st least
it was quite an average. quarter-day.
The principal firms
professed to adhere strictly to the regulation pewee, and
as a rule such was the owe ; the second-class houses se.
copied orders at prices to a great extent dependent on
how far they might stand in need of them ; upon the
whole, better prices were obtained loan at the January
quarter-day. The principal feature of to-day's meeting
was the amount of business done in pig iron ,• that was
very much larger than usual both as to the make of this
district, and of North Staffordshire. For this clams of iron
prices are remarkably firm, and the eagerness to buy dis-
played by consumers to-day would lead to the inference
that either their stocks are low, or that the trade with
them is more active than it has been represented to be.
For the cold blast iron of Shropshire there was the usual
steady demand, and the bulk of the quarter's make was
sold.
SUICIDE OP • BANKER AT SILICRWSEURY.—A
profound sensation was created throughout Shrewsbury
iny morning, by the intelligence that Mr. W. HaiB
the firm of Mears. -Roche, Eytme, Camp
pity, Old Bank, Shrewsbury, had comma
suicide on the previous evening. It appears that the
deceased gentleman had returned to his residence from
the hank shortly after three o'clock in the forenoon,
and almost immediately retired to his dressing.
room. At fear o'cluk, his usual hour of dress-
ing for dinner, his valet knocked et the door and
asked whether he was reedy for dressing. Mr.
Bayley answered shortly in the negative, and after waiting
el 6 o'clock the valet again knocked at the door and in-
quired whether he might enter. Receiving no answer, he
opened the door and saw his muter kneeling over the foot.
pan with his bead hanging clown, and a razor covered with
blood in his right band. On lifting him up he found his
throat cut from ear to ear. Medical eminence was at ono,
obtained, but the deceased was then quite dead. There
had been a special meeting of the proprietors held at the
bank on Wednesday morning, and many rumours
are rife throughout the town as to the motive
that impelled the dummied to take his own life,
and though none of them am sufficiently substantiated to
warrant publication, it is stated on good authority that the
causes arose from his private circumstances, and do not
affect the position of the bank. Throughout yesterday
morning there was, as might have been expected, a great
run on the bank. but later in the day confidence in its
stability seamed entirely restored. The deceased gentle-
man held a high position in the county, throughout which
he was widely ]mown. In addition to his commercial
badness he practised as a barrister, and had a good con-
nexion on tie Oxford Circuit. He was an ex-mayor of
Shrewsbury, and at the time of his death occupied a seat
in the town council for one of the wards.
ADMIRALTY Arm 12.—ArroncricsNTIL —Has-
tees F. R. Taylie, F. C. Corbett, and A. J. W. Neville, to
the Princess Royal, additional, for disposal.

EPURTLE, TURTLE, TURTLE.
1 Mar TWA, and Invalid TURTLE NODWI shr•Js mmal•
11 BT. JAM3B-HALL, Damorr-sram, PIOCADULY.
... WM. DONALD. Proprietor.

rro NEST-END DINSEE. —The WELLIN G-
.2_ TON, IL James's-street. AvdinY• 'Atha B•l°°°
Dining-man S
se Ant nom. The subscription room ara nom
opeu. rams, twelve months, El Da Od. six months, LI
Apply to D. Cameron, 4P, St Jansweallsweh

LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC
ROOM for Geedel2l6ll.—Remember, we watt for Ton et
" EVATIV," after the Coyest Garden Opsra sad the Theatre&

Ehe 45nrrtoo.

TO CORRESPOYDINTS.
AdeatWeassofs uatonded for "The Express," Loudon Enda(
ce
}O'n onin Sheday of thy:Ml .n. 10, Bourerle-strest, by Two

unwurir.
Tetepton Tvzirnio, A lOYANTIC ATTACATTACHMENT.Wawa
Com and W. Farm : AelaCaveedbh.—TH2 !AVON.=
OF YORTUNE. Mesin. Bucketoned Bothers;
lire. Chippendale, ac.—And A DAUGIIM TO NALLY.

TRINCIGSTS.
Tun Muse, A GHOST IN SPITZ OP grwsw.—Alter
D. THE STREETS OF
Mn
Deem Vining, T. Mead,
D. Murray, More, and Villiers; rn H. Marston, and Minn Z.
Barnett and K. lodgers.

LYCEUM
Terß Rvianie, SDU'SON AND co.—And TEI MAST= 01
RAVENSWOOD. Messrs. Fochter, G. Jordan, Veda, Emery,
Wield(comb, Fitzpatrick, &c ; Mesdames Ternan, Irkwortby,
Lavenu, and C. Laelereq.

THE EsiorrnO, THE DAILY KING OP THE BLACK 11011H-
TAIN& Wes Clam St Came, Mrs. & Lane.—Master IL Benders
—The 'chasm Faralky.—And THE SCOTTISH CHID 10.
James Andersen.

HIGH-WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE.
THIS DA[ —Morning, Ob. IGen Afternoon, Ob. 37m.
To-MOlROW—Morning, 112. lm Afternoon, lb. 25in.

LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13.

Tux gathering held on Wednesday at Willie's
Rooms, of which we gave a report yesterday, was of
an etwentislly practical character. Advertised and
spoken of as the annual meeting of the friends and
subscribers of the existing refuges for homeless and
destitute children, it possessed a special interest
from the novelty of the scheme propounded, and
the striking facts given from the chair.
It will be' remembered that jest February a
supper was given in cheat Queen-street to as many
destitute boys as could be persuaded to accept the
invitations walkout ; and that some questions arose

as to the precise good to be gained from thus
assembling together, and making temporarily merry
the little ragamuffins of our streets. Men read of
a delighted and enthusiastic affirmative being given'
to questions having " Would you like to be better
" off than you are 1" for their key-note ; and half
cynically wondered whether a different reply was
expected, either from ragged boys or from any other
class of the community. Lord Sserrraausr proved
mostsatisfactorily on Wednesday thatreal, substan-
tial good has arisen from the questions put, and the
whole tenour of hisspeech was sofull of moderation
and practical good sense as to make one regret
that the aims of the benevolent supper-givers had
not been made clear concurrentlywith their banquet,

and the prompt and hearty appreciation and sup-
port of every charitable thinker secured. Sixty of
the lads who supped that night have been
received into the refuge in Great Queen-
street, have conformed with diligence and pro-
priety to its rules, and are in a fair
way of becoming useful members of society.
We are assured that these boys are drawn from the
lowest grade, that many of them have been in
prison, and that none had the means of earning a
livelihood, or a home in which to lay their heads.
To provide for them still further, and to add to the
numbers reclaimed, Lord Siiirrasnuax came for-
ward on Wednesday with two tangible propositions.
First, that a " training ship " shall be fitted up
in which two hundred boys shall be educated and
trained for a seafaring life ; secondly, that a
" country house" shall be hired with sixty
acres of land, in and on which another hundred
boys may be trained for agricultural pursuits. The

Lords of the Admiralty have promised to give up
to the promoters of the movement a fifty-gun
frigate, to be tused ass training ship, andsome 2,000/. ,
or about 101. per boy, are required for its fitting
up. The proposed " country house" may be made
available for 100 boys at a further outlay of 1,000/. ;
and another 100 boys will be retained at the pre-
sent refuge in Great Queen-street, without addi-
tional cost. It is estimated that the support of
this aggregate of 400 boys will coat 6,0001. a year,
or 15/. a year per head, and the public are now
asked first for 3,0001. to supply the necessary
accommodation ; and then for subscriptions for
maintenance and tuition. We have little doubt
that the necessary funds will be forthcoming,
and that 400 lads will be comfortably clothed
and fed, and be taught to earn their liveli-
hood respectably. We were not told whether this
number was fixed under the impression that it
bore some affinity to the number of outcast boys
who are absolutely helpless and destitute in our
streets ; or if it was only hit upon as the most prac-
ticable commencement of a good work. We
assume, however, that the Earl of Suerras-
Bray and his friends have considered and obviated
the danger of creating a supply of homeless
lads ; and that the delicate and difficult duty of
discrimination will be carefully enforced. It was
encouraging to hear on Wednesday of the excellent
behaviour of the boys who were caught only a
few weeks ago like so many wild animals by the
bait of toothsome food, and who have so readily
and easily adopted the tone and discipline of
their resting place as to give satisfaction to
their instructors. When it is remembered that
the hordes of wanderers who fill the casual wards
of our workhouses are nearly all young, and that
labour has never been in such demand as now,
the essential service rendered by those who, bridg-
ing over the terrible gap between idleness and in-
dustry, make the raw human material available,
and add to our stock of productive workers, is un-
deniable. The demeanour and appearance of the
two hundred boys and girls who appeared at
Willis's Rooms on Wednesday, fully corroborated
all that was said in their favour by the
noble Chairman ; while the photograph of
the sixty lads who were taken in and housed
after the supper of last month, gives a series
of heads and faces that are neither better
not worse than might be taken at random out of
any well or ill dressed crowd. Strange as it may
seem to the ultra-believers in race, practical edu-
cation, kindness, humanising surroundings, and
sound religious teaching, will and do convert
the veriest little savage of the police-dock and
casual ward, into an obedient, tractable, and indus-
trious boy. •' Give me a chain and a red gown,"
wrote Mr. THACEERAY, "and a pudding before me,
and I could play the part of alderman very
" well, and sentence JACK after dinner. Starve
" me, keep me from books and honest people, edu-
" cats me to love dice, and gin, and pleasure, and
"put me on Hounslow Heath, with a purse before
" me, an 1 I will take it." It is the interest of us all,
on economic *swell as highergrotmds, to reduce the
number of our criminals, by teaching them better
things wren young ; and the promoters of the
scheme now submitted to the public, give sub-

stantial guarantees both of thei(aptliade and sUa
cees. Duly guarding against the creation of the
class eligible for relief, by the comforts and pro-
vision promised, the benevolent supper-givers of
ba Febrile* will, doubtless, coatinue the sub-
stantial public service they have begun. The sixty
well-behaved lads rescued from the streets form
an argument there is no gainsaying, and Lord SHAF-
TESBURY and his colleagues are to be congratulated,
both upon the proved success of their efforts and
the promising character of their experiment.