The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-28 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, May 26.
The Queen went out in the morning, attended by the
Hon. Harriet Phipps.
In the afternoon the Queen drove to the Linn of Muick,
accompanied by the Princess Beatrice.
Princess Louise rode out.

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended
by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor.
In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales were
present at a ball given by the Duke and Duchess of Man-
chester, at their residence in Great Stanhope-street. In
attendance were the Countess of Mort n and Lieut.-Col.
Teesdale.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS—TO-DAY.
Her Majesty's Birthday officially celebrated.
Full-dress banquets by the Ministers of State.
Mrs. Gladstone's Assembly in the evening, at 11
Carlton Hont--terraco.

Lady MolerAvorth's evening party, at 87, Eaton
place, Belgr,,ve-square._ _

Lady Pauncefort Duucombe's matinee musicale, a
19, Pot Winn square.

Miss Burdett Coutts's afternoon party, from four
o'clock to half-past six, at 1, Stratton-street, Piccadilly.
_ _

At the Crystal Palace, in celebration of h..r Ma-
jesty's Birthday, besides the concert in which Mdlle. lima
de Murska, Madame Sinico, Mills. Orgeni, Signo M.ou-
gini, and other artistes of the Drury-lane Opera-house, will
sing. The Garden of Roses, with 3,0®(1 new and choice varie-
ties of that exquisite flower from Mr. W. Paul's nurseries,
at Waltham Cross, will be opened -the flowers being ar-
ranged in banks and beds in one of the open corridors over-
looking the ground:, and forming one of the loveliest dis-
plays of the kind ever witnessed.

GOVERNMENT AMENDMENTS ON THE
ELEMENTA RY EDUCATION BILL.
At a meeting of the sub-committee of the Manchester
Education Bill Committee, held yesterday, the following
resoluticns were unanimously adopted :
" 1. That this committee expresses its satisfaction with
the amendment proposed to be i serted in Clause 7, which
will establish a strict time-table conscience clause in all
schools receiving public aid, adequately securing the rights
of minorities, and will remove the most serious objections
which have been taken on religious grounds,"
"2. That inasmuch as the amendments proposed do not
touch any of the following points:—
" (1). The creation of school boards in every district.
" (2). The unsectarian character of rate-provided
schools.
"(3). The substitution of positive provisions respecting
attendance at school for permissive bye-laws
drawn by s'thool boards.
The general committee be recommended to persevere
in supporting the amendments to secure those objects
which Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Jacob Bright, and Sir Thomas
Bazley have placed on the notice paper of the House of
Commons."

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
THE FENIAN RAID.

The Times says that Lord Granville truly described
the Fenian raid on Canada as a most wanton affair, and
that nothing has been proved but the recklessness of the
proceeding. The invasion has collapsed before it had
well begun. Men like O'Neill take their lives in their
hands, not because they are impelled by some transcen-
dent motive of action, but from mere carelessness of exist-
ence. But if the penalties of the law are brought home
to them with any certainty, if they find that their plots
end in a wearisome imprisonment, their spirits are broken
and their designs are checked in the bud. It will be some
compensation for all the annoyance and distress suffered
by our countrymen in Canada if the raid of this week
should set the law of the United States in action so as to
restrain all desire to repeat the attempt.
The Post declares that the last intelligence from Canada
has fully justified its previous remarks. The invasion of
Canada may be said to be over. It is as well that no
extreme measures have been taken because angry feelings
might have been provoked thereby. The United Statei
Government have done all that was required of them, and
the Fenians have had no chance of escaping between the
troops of America and the Dominion. This fiasco has
shown the folly of attempting to invade Cana, b.