The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

TO THE LADIES.

This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news.
Japer on Aug. 7, 1546. Reader, remember, this letter was put int
the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me.
" Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor-
amity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstoxe, of the Herbary, High-
:ate for the eflacacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com-
pletely restored the hair on her head, after using itabout four months,
and the whole of her hair's much stronger and more luxuriant than
I ever was befne the baldness appeared.
"Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to-the virtues of Mr. G.'s
itegenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
►n 11s. bottle if tkey were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex-
,erlence, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund-
ance, bet as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume iti far
scyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any
ta.dy of respectability to the abovefact .-3, Swan-street, Borough."
. . .

In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, fife w
Imps on the crown of the bead occasionally, every week, will pre-
milt the hair from coming away with the comb, maim it strong, and
prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the
flair brilliancy, causing it to curl.
The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the
most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing
,dour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion
to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops
on the crown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an
Sour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces
hair on children's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants'
heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre-
vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See
larephiet of testimonials.
All letters addressed to William Grimstone, lierbary, Highgate.

INANCIAL REFORM.
REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURE.
In our advocacy of a Financial teform, it will be seen that we do
not seek to confer a privilege upon one class, at the expense of au-
other; but in our transactions, to apply principles of such sterling
value and universal import as must prove, In the fullest sense of the
term, equally advantageous to all. We seek, in fact, to reduce, not
the income, but the expenditure, of every individual. Ilow this may
he effected the following outline of our novel, yet well appreciated
business system, will readily show.

POSSESSING L IIIGE ESTABLISHMENTS
in most of the principal towns in Great Britain, our concentrated
purchases are necessarily ♦ery extensive ; from this cause we are
enabled to obtain materials direct from the manufacturers, for cash,
at prices considerably lower than the average. Our garments are de-
signed and cut by talented artists, and manufactured by experienced
workmen ; our profits are calculated at a nominal per-tentage upon
original cost, and the price Is marked on every garment, in plain
gures, from -which no deviation is allowed. These facts, together
with the accommodation afforded by the exchange of garments not
approved after purchase, afford advantages to our patrons such as
have been seldom. if ever, elsewhere presented, enabling them to
effect a reduction in their expenditure, at least in the item
"Clothing," of not less II in 4.0 per ten„, as the following brief
price list will testify to some

BEADY MAD 3.

S. d.
Summer Co?ts ........
Summer Pal et0t5...... ••••• • • • „ 10 0
Llama do., adapted for either Over or Undercoat 25 0
Dress Coat . •

Surtout ............

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Black Vests .. • • ...• •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •• 5
Ditto Trousers .• .. •••• .. • ••.•.. • • •• „ 9
Doeskin...• •.. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •• 7
Superior do., in great vat 'ety ... • •• •• „ 12
Fancy Vests, novel designs .... • ...... •.. „ 3
Tunic and H issar Suits.. .• .• .. •• .. „ lg
Shooting Coats - -- - 10

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CHELMSFORD, JUNE I.—The better samples of wheat
found purchasers at last week's prices, while for in-
ferior those quotations were barely maintained. Spring
corn, of all sorts, unaltered in value, and with a slow sale.
Wheat, white, old 47s to 51s; new 453 to 50s; red, old
37s to 455; new, 36s to 433; barley, 28s to 30s ; chevalier
29i to 333; grinding 24s to 235; oats IBs to 21s; malt 54s
to 565; chevalier 54s to 583; peas, partridge 33s to 355;
white 30s to 345; dun 32s to 345; beans, tick, rew 27s to
30s ; old 28s to 31s ; harmw ticks, new 28s to 31s ; old
30s to 325; mazagan, new 21s to 265; old 26s to 28s per qr.
COLCHESTER, JUNE 2.—Wheat, white 483 to 525; red 40s
to 463; barley 26a to 30s ; beans, mazagan 21s to 26s ; middle
and small 28s to 325; peas 30s to 34s per qr.
HADDINGTON, JUNE I.—The following are the prices o f
grain at our market to-day :
Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Bean,.
... 51s Oct 1303 Octl 21s Od I 31.3 Od

Second ... ... 46s 3d 12;s 7d 119 s 10d i 30s 4d
Third - ... .. 33s 04 2!s Od 18s Od3os Oct
Total qutntity of Wheat in market 156 qrs., 146 sold
Do. Barley do. 82 qrs., 82 sold
Do. Oats do. 203 qrs., 203 sold
Do. Beans 40. 13 qrs., 13 sold
KfaicALoy, JUNE 2.—The following are the quotations
up to this date:—
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas.
First 503 04 27s Od 20s 6cl —s Od —s Od
Second 48s Od '2ss Cd 18s 6d —s Oct —s Od
Third 42s Od 22s 03 17s Od —s Od —s Od

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Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs. imp.. 26s to 0030 d.
GLASGOW, Aar 31.—Provisions--Cheese, 34s to 40s Od
per cwt ; retail, 41d to 5d per lb. Skim milk, Os Od to Os per
cwt. Country fresh butter, 9d to 10d per lb ; Irish pow-
dered, in lumps, 9,1 to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 81d
to 9d. Country eggs, 10d per dozen; carried hen ditto, 5s Od
per hundred, or 60 per dozen. Hens, 21 6d per pair ; ducks,
2s 6d.

BERwIcK, MAY 31.—Wheat, 4ls ; barley, 24s 10144;
oats, 17s Od ; rye, OOs Od ; beans, 21s bid ; peas, OOs Od ave-
rage per imperial quarter.
KELSO, JUNE I.—Wheat, old, 035 to 00s ; ditto, new, 33s
to 37s Od ; barley, new, I6s 6d to 205; ditto old, Os Od to
Os ; potato oats, Os to Os Od ; ditto new, 13s to 13s 6d ; com-
mon oats, Ils (Id to 13s; ditto new, Os Od to Os Od ; peas, 22s
to 255 Od ; beans, 21s to 22s per boll of six imperial bushels.
HAWICK, MAY 31.—Wheat, new, 34s Od to 39s Od; ditto
old, OOs Od to 005 Od; barley, new, 17s to 21s; potato oats,
14s Od to 15s 6d ; common oats, Ils to 14s Od ; peas, 23s Od
to 25s Od ; beans, 23s Od to 2.5 s Od per boll of six imperial
bushels.

STIRLING, JUNE I.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 269 Od; ditto
home, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 22s Od:to 23s ; barley, per '
boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 17: 9d to 21s Od ;
oats common, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 10s Od to 13s Od ;
ditto Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt
distillers, 35s Od to 38s ; ditto brewers, 37s Od to 39s ; beans,
per boll, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 13s Od to 14s 6d; peas,
15s Od to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack, 36s to :'7s ; ditto common
ditto, 25s Od to 26s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od ;
ditto new 26s Od to 28s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, Bid to Os Od ;
fresh butter, per lb. 8d to 10d; eggs per dozen, Gd to 7d ;
hay per ton, 424 to 445.
PERTH, MAT 31.—Wheat, 40s Od to 45s Od ; barley, 22s
to 2.5 s Od ; oats, 16s to 19s ; peas and beans, 23s Oa to 26s Od
per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26s to 28s.
FALKIRK, MAT 31. —The supply of grain in this day's
market was 146 bolls; wheat at 18s Od to 23s Od per boll ;
barley, OOs Od to OOs Od ; oats, 13s 6d to 14s 9d; beans, 14s Od
to 16s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load.

• COAL MARKET.—YEsTannAr.
Bate's West Hartley... 13s 9d Bell
Saddle's W. Hartley.. 14s Od Hetton
Carr's Hartley
Hasting's Hartley...... 14s Od Morrison l4s 6d
llolywell Main l4s 6d Pemberton
New Tanfield ...... ... 125 Gd West Belmont
Old Tanfield
Ord's Redheugh
South Peareth
Tanfield Moor
l'anfield Moor Butes... 12s 6diSeymour Tees
Townley l3s Od Tees
West Hartley
Wylam
Wall's End, &c. Hartley
Elm Park
Gibson

.....
Walker
Washington
Eden Main lss Od

W. E. Elgin
Ships at market, 96.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, JUNE 4.
STOCK Exertawoz —There vi'as not much business doing to-day,
but prices were somewhat 'lnner than on Friday:and Saturday last.
The principal transactions were in Great Western, Quarters, which
left off at 6% dls.

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LIVERPOOL, JUNE 4.
STOCK ExcEtAtioz.—The share market was rather better to-day
but the transactions continue limited. The sales Ara—East Lanca-
shire, Quarters, 4/. Is. 3d.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, !,N
dis.—Ditto, Preference, I2—Ditto, Preston and Wyre (No. 1), 37
London and North-Western, 126 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 p.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 11—Midland,
11% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6/. 13s. 9d.—Yora,
Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), guaranteed 6 per
cent. 3% dis.

MANCIIESTER, Ju N E 4.
STOCK ExclIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follows:
Leeds, Fifths, 4 11-16 n. dis.—North Staffordshire, 51y n. e's.—
Dover (No. 4), 6 11-16 c.

BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transactions to-day:woro '9 Shrews,
bury and Birmingham (A), at dis.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—An Awful Bad Leg, with
15 Wounds in it, Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—
Extract of a letter from Mrs. Sarah E istment, of Haselbury,
near Crewkerne, dated April 16, 1849. To Professor Hol-
loway, Sir—About six years ago certain unfavourable symptoms
manifested themselves in my left leg, which proved to be. scro-
fula and King's evil, and at one time there were 15 wounds
about my ancle. For four months I was in Cheltenham Hos-
pital, and there pronounced as incureable; from thence I went
to King's College Hospital, there also they failed to effect a
cure, and I was obliged to return home a complete cripple;
in this state I commenced using your Ointment and Pills
which
perfectly cured my leg. Sold by all Druggists,
Professor Holloway's Establishment, i 44, Strand,
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
hdni cdho at
London
h.av
office, from the Governors of the West India 1.314ncb.

An opera, by Flotow, the composer of Stradella,
was produced here by the German company last night
' with the most complete success. It is entitled Martha,
or the Market of Riehmoni. Of the plot it is unne-
cessary to speak, inesmuch as it is literally the same
as that of Balfe's opera, the Maid of Honour, which
was so successful on its first production at Drury-
' lane Theatre, under Jullien's management. The
same plot also formed the subject of a ballet, Hen-
rietta, or the Statute Fair, at the same theatre, in
which Clara Webster, the danseuse who was unfor-
tunately burnt to death while performing there, made
a very favourable impression on the public. Although
the plot has thus become familiar, the music of the
German composer has a freshness and vivacity which,
after the weak specimen of his powers in Stradella,
was as unexpected as it was gratifying. He has
been fortunate, also, in having his music interpreted
by artists who entered thoroughly into the spirit
of the opera, and made Sit the most pleasing
of any which has been performed during the
present visit of the German company. Great atten-
tion has also been bestowed on the production of
Martha, the scenery, dresses, and accessories being
complete even fo the introduction of the horses on
which Plunkett (Herr Karl Formes) and Lyonel
(Herr Bahrdt) ride to the fair. To this attention to
the minor accessories of the opera, as well as to the
excellent singing of the principal characters, the great
success of last evening must be attributed. The part
of the Maid of Honour was taken by Mdlle Romani,
who acted and sung with great energy and gained
considerable and well-deserved applause. A well-
known melody, " The last Rose of Summer," has been
introduced into the opera by Flotow, and Mdlle.
Romani sang the air with so much feeling as to com-
mand an unanimous encore. Madame .Marlow, who
was the waiting maid, tinteredAboroughly into the
spirit of the character. Her vivacity and archness, and
the easy style in which she executed some difficult pas-
sages in the music of her part, appeared to be thoroughly
appreciated by the audience, and she was greatly
applauded. Herr Karl Formes was the Farmer
Plunkett, and his rich bass voice could hardly be
heard to more advantage than in the drinking song,
" Laszt mich Euch fragen," &c., in the opening scene
of the third act—an air in praise of "malt and hops,"
which met with an unanimous encore, and had
nearly been demanded again. Herr Bahrdt, as Lyonel
(the lover), had ample opportunities for the display
of a very sweet tenor voice, of which he availed him-
self satisfactorily. He was encored in the Spinning-
wheel duet with Herr Formes, " Immer munler
dreh das Radchen," in the second act, where they
instruct the Maid of Honour and her attendant how
to perform the duties of the farm-house. All the
concerted pieces were given with great effect, and
the chorus, as usual, distinguished themselves by the
energy and exactness with which they executed the
music—being encored in the " Madchen bray and
treu," &c., in the first act, and greatly applauded
throughout. We ought not to omit in our notice the
quaint and effective manner in which Herr Kuchler
performed the minor part of Lord Tristan. Without
overacting the part of the fop, he made it very
amusing. The opera is likely to prove the most
attractive of the series.

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

It is a matter of no small gratification, at this de-

lightful season of the year, to know that Vauxhall
still survives with all its wonted splendour and at-
tractions, and bids fair, from the auspicious opening
last night, to have a prosperous season, worthy the
palmiest days of the royal property. This, perhaps,
may be owing to the gardens being placed in the
hands of entirely new proprietors, who have gone to
great outlay in renovating and improving them, and
have shown a degree of zeal and enterprise which can
only be adequately met by entire success. One con-
siderable improvement is the opening of the Italian
Wa!k, which for several years has been almost en-
tirely closed, and its continuation round the back of
the Waterloo Ground, thus giving to the gar-
dens a more extended appearance, and allowing
visitors to have the full scope of the grounds
for promenade. The covered avenues have been en-
tirely re-decorated, presenting, when lighted up, a
most brilliant appearance, and the walks which are
covered with a soft and agree.tble kind of sand, beau-
tifully laid out with flowers, statues, lamps, and
fountains. The entertainments commenced with a
vocal and instrumental concert—consisting of fifry
performers, under the very able direction of Mr. A.
Lee, the composer—which gave the most unbounded
satisfaction. The National Anthem which first
greeted the ears of the company, was given with
great force and ability, and produced a most furious
applause. Mr. Ross, of comic-tragic celebrity, who
gave several most exciting and humourous songs and
recitations, will, no doubt, be a great acquisition to
the Gardens. The entertainments in the Rotunda
Theatre, with Au riors troupe of French
equestrians, were of a most superior description.
The drolleries and tricks of Auriol the clown,
achieved as they were with so much precision and
agility, created roars of laughter and applause, and
the wonderful and almost supernatural feats of young
Hernandez on horseback were applauded to the echo.
A. magnificent representation of the palace and
gardens of Versailles, with the basin of Neptune and
fountains of real water, was given after the scenes in
the circle, by means of a new and brilliant species of
,
illumination. The fireworks followed, and the.n came
the dancing upon the platform in front of the or-
chestra and in the ball room which, it would appear,
was by no means considered the least part of the
entertainment. There was a novelty in the introduc-
tion of several French vivianderes into the gardens,
prettily dressed, who,
to the astonishment of the
company, offered, with a winning smile, bouquets and
bonbons, and shunned the idea of payment. One we
were told, was present at the death of the Archbish( p
of Paris. The gardens were very much crowded.

lIERR ERNST'S CONCERT.—This distinguished vio-
linist gave a concert last evening at the Hanover-
square Rooms, which was very fully and fashionably
attended. The programme comprised performances by
Ernst—a host in himself—Halle, Pischek, Jetty Tretfz,
Miss Dolby, and Herr Damcke ; and the selection was
well calculated to display their powers, vocal and instru-
mental. Halle exhibited his great executive powers in
Meudiessohn's Concerto in G minor, and was enthusias-
cally applauded. Pischek sang Meyerbeer's "Monk"
in magnificent style, besides taking pant in a duo
from Belisario, with Herr Damcke. Treffa was en-
cored in one of her charming German songs, and fairly
captivated the audience by her exquisite delivery of the
English ballad " Home, sweet home," and she also sang
in a duct with Miss Dolby. The last-mentioned lady
sang Holmcs's ballad, " Scenes of childhood," and the
aria " Ciel pietoso." Ernst was received enthusiastically.
Besides the allegro pathetique and the airs Hongrois,
which ho has already played here, he gave for the first
time in England a composition of bis own, entitled a
rondo Papa geno, not founded, as the name might imply,
upon any air in the Zauberjlote, but introducing an
effect with the piccolo, similar in character to that which
accompanies Papageno's song. This composition, which
is calculated to display the most startling characteristics
of Ernst's style, with many of his most bizarre effects,
was enthusiastically received and redemanded; as was
also another piece, alanstasia on airs from Bellini's Pirate..
The concert went off with great eclat, as indeed was in-
evitable from the quality of the talent engaged.
LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. —Last
evening a performance was given by this Society, the
proceeds of which were to be given to Mr. Surman, the
conductor, as an acknowledgment of his gratuitous ser-
vices in that capacity. The programme presented no
feature of novelty. The first portion of the performance
consisted of the first and second parts of Haydn's
oratotio The Creation; and it concluded with the second
part of The Seasons, by the same composer. The
celdadb"yanMdi's'sOn mighty wings"
Catherine Hayes,
in a style to command the most enthusiastic applause.
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Miss Hayes was (-pally successful in her portion of the
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esrudsut sustained
music of The Seasons. The other Ye3alists were Mr.
Phillips, Mr. Benson, Miss A. E. Byers, Mr. Lawler,
and Mr. Lockey.
CRENORNE GARDENS.—TIIIS place, which is now
in the best possible order, was last evening crowded with
people destro • us of witnessing the balloon ascent of Lieu-
tenant Gale, and of partaking of the other amusements
furnished by the proprietor. The ascent took place
shortly after seven o'clock, the balloon taking a direction
towards the north-west, and continuing in sight for a
considerable length of time. When at a great height
above the earth Lieutenant Gale performed his really
terriic feat of descending from the upper car to the
lower one by means of a rope ladder, discharging fire
works and ascending to the upper car. The oat
attraction of the evening was, however, the represents..
tion of the siege of Moultan. The fortress is erected in
the grounds on a large scale—soldiers are seen storming
the breaches, end cannon and all the attributes of a
siege are depicted with a fidelity which renders the illu-
sion complete. F7rewotks and all the proper appliances
of such a representation are of course introduced. For
those who do not delight in war and martial turmoil
there are other exhibitions almost of endless variety—
dwerfs, the largest horse in the world, sorobat per-
formers, theatrical representations, illuminated walks,
stlLaes, and tableaux of statues by Mr. T. Thompson,
the original depictor of living classic groups. The band
is a very good one. This is one of the best conducted
places of public amusement in London. Mr. Lewis, who
is well know a to the public as a master of the ceremc-
nies, is engaged, and performs his somewhat onerous
duties in a very satisfactory manner.

Sir Herbert Maddock had an interview with Earl Gray
yesterday at the Cvlonlail.vifice.

FRASER.
Fraser opens this month with No. I. of a series of
papers on railways, in which the history of the pro-
gress of railways in England is to be given up to the
present time. The present paper gives us the history
of railway legislation up to the middle of the year
1845, and at a time when shareholders are grumbling
at decreased dividends, and the public are grumbling at
increased fares, and immaculate Peers are holding up
their hands in pious horror at the iniquities of railway
and
have t o
no whose
hesitation abuse
inf trust
saying i t
jobbers, it is well to look back to this history of the
pnaes
rt
e,
ai sne d, or
der toascertain
is owing that dividends are diminished and fares
i
it is principally owing to the conduct of the
members of the Legislature themselves, who
abusing the legislative power with which they were
entrusted, sacrificed the public good to their own
private and pecuniary advantage, and extorted large
sums of money from the various companies as hush-
money, to prevent opposition. Fraser gives many
instances of these corrupt practices on the part of
Noble Lords and Hon. Members. We quote one
which is so flagrant that m e think the House of Lords
ought, if it has any regard for its own character, to
at once institute an inquiry into the circumstances of
the case ; and if the charge shall not be disproved they
ought then to mark, in some especial manner, their
sense of the conduct of a Peer who uses his legislative
poWers, not for the purpose of maintaining and pro•
meting the national interests, but to serve his per-
sonal pecuniary ends.
" When the first Bill to make a railway from London
to Birmingham was brought into Parliament, a great
majority of the public, looked upon the whole scheme
with doubt and aversion. The plan was new—that was
enough to excite opposition in many men. It was not
only new, but extraordinary, wonderful. The. rate of
speed promised was terrific, and, consequently, not a
little of contempt and fear entered into the opposition
raised. But there were interests opposed which induced
some persons to watch these proceedings, certainly with
emotions of fear—of fear, not lest the plan should fail,
but lest it should succeed. Among these were the great
canal proprietors, and of these proprietors the richest
and most powerful was a member of the House of
Lords. The first Bill was thrown out in the Lords.
The sum spent in this first unsuccessful attempt was
enormous, and the public are daily paying for that loss
in the shape of increased fares, and the shareholders in
the shape of decreased dividends. The next year
another another Bill was proposed. The opposition in
the Lords had been conciliated. What does ' concili-
ated' mean? Bought off. This was not the case of a
man whose land was injured directly by the passage of
the railway through it; it was that of a rival, whose
less efficient means of carriage were supposed likely at
once to be superseded by a more efficient and rapid
mode of conveyance. This was, therefore, no case for
compensation. Every high road had precisely the same
claim as the noble proprietor's canals, but no one pro-
poses to compensate the proprietors of the highway
trusts. Their property has been destroyed in
many cases, by the new mode of travelling, and the
public has never dreamed of paying for that loss.
Every improvement is attended with the same evil, and
every proprietor of a machine, superseded by one more
useful and effective, has just as equitable a claim for
compensation as the noble proprietor of canals which
were about to be injured by the introduction of railways.
But the possessors of these machines are not Peers of
Parliament—they have no means of harassing and op-
posing the inventors-of the superior instruments which
work them mischief, and they cannot, therefore, com
wand the compensation which a Noble Lord, in the case
before us, complacently put into his pocket.
"The evil here was notconfined to the payment of this
one sum. It was extended in various ways, and infec ed
as with a moral pestilence all classes, who now began to
take an interest in this new mode of conveyance. A
man of great power, station, and wealth, had set this
bad example; and there was no want of followers in
this course of unjust acquisition. This first case was
peculiar, because it was a clear and naked case of buying
off opposition. The sum was enormous which was
offered and accepted; and the mode of payment at once
proved that the Noble Lord's objection to the scheme in
the preceding year was not founded on public considera-
tions, but was wholly the result of his private interests.
The Noble Lord received, as the price of his forbear-
ance, a number of shares in the B.rmingham
The shares were given, and the Bill went successfully
through the Lords."
'We alluded in our leading article of Satur-
day to the admirable paper on the Hungarian
question, which is to be found in the present nun -
her of Fraser. It is an excellently argued an-I
excellently written paper, and should be atten-
tively studied by all who desire to make themselves
acquainted with the subject. "The Unseen Charities
of London" is an admirable paper on the less obtru-
sive charities, such as the "Nursing Sisters," and "the
Refuge for the Ilouseless Poor," which are such an
honour to our metropolis. We are glad to fm-1 these
charities thus brought prominently forward into
public notice. Ensign Faunce continues his " Peace
Campaigns," and as a contrast we have an excellent
paper on the war campaigns of the Macedonians and
the English in the Punjaub. In the "Current
History" of the month, Eraser, in allusion to Air.
Roebuck's speech on Irish affairs, says :
"But he not the less deserves the thanks of the Eng-
lish people, who are willing enough to pinch themselves
in order to save their fellow-creatures from starving, but
have no idea of being taxed that Irish landlords may re-
ceive their arrears of rent."

These are the words of truth and the words of jus-
tice, and we believe express exactly the feelings of the
people of E ngland on the question of Irish distress, and
Irish landlordism.