biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-17

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Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE REWARD OF CHARITY.

There are some natures in this world who have
never thought how valuable their silence on certain
occasions and on certain topics would prove to them.
A lady has sent to the Glasgow Evening Citizen a
tale of her own distress in the year 1839, and an
account of the late Charles Dickens's kindness to her
in her misfortune. She allows the great author's
letters in reply to her many and, some will say, ex-
orbitant appeals for help to be printed, and in these
Mr. Dickens, though expressing an intention to aid her,
apparently very justly reproves the writer for not
striving against the misfortune with which she is
visited with a bolder spirit. He says in one
letter, " I would impress upon you that
there is no station of life in which we
must not exert ourselves both mentally and bodily,
if we would live and be ever so moderately happy.
The life of which you speak in your last letter may
be (and I know is) a very hard one, but it is in
your power to make it harder and more laborious
even than it really is; and I almost fear that a ner-
vous sensibility, and the absence of a bold determi-
nation to bear misfortune and adversity, and look
forward the while to something better, have,
perhaps, led in some degree to your present distress."
At the time when this alms-seeker, who was repre-
sented to Mr. Dickens as a lady of literary tastes, a
diligent reader, and an admirer of genius, applied to
him for relief, he was engaged writing "Nicholas
Nickleby," and at this period of his life, as is well
known, he was, though a prosperous, still a strug-
gling man. The lady, without consideration, kept
continually appealing to him, until he was at
last obliged to write that the many
claims upon him did not enable him to
see how he could assist the applicant per-
manently. However severely one may view the lady's
past conduct, that which she is at present allowing her-
self to take part in must meet with far stronger con-
demnation. She is stated to be again in want
of money and the Glasgow Evening Citizen
on her behalf informs its readers that the
letters of Mr. Dickens are waiting at its office for
any purchaser who may again think it charitable to
alleviate this woman's sorrow. It is the announce-
ment of this last fact that strikes us as being pain-
fully inconsiderate and wrong in the extreme, at this
crisis.
London, England, 1870-06-17

fiREY HAIR, 248, High Holborn, London._
VA ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour im-
mediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly natural in
effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. Gd. ; sent by post for 54,
84, and 144 stamps ; and all Chemists. Bloom of Rosses, 38. 6cl.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, at 7, MARRIED LIFE; Mr Buckstone,
Mr Chippendale, Mr Howe, Mr Kendal, Mr Rogers, Mrs Chip-
pendale, Mrs Frank Matthews, Mrs E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hill,
Mrs Laws.

After which, at 8.30. "HOME." Mr Sothern, Mr Chippendale,
Mr Compton, Mr Buckstone, jun., Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss
Fanny Gwynne, and Miss Caroline Hill.
Concluding with FAMILY JARS. Mr Compton:
London, England, 1870-06-17

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs. Mansell).
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F.
Marles and Miss L. Morgan.

At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL.
After which, at 8.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M.
Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle.
Debreux, Mesdames Lennox G. ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily
Bolden.
London, England, 1870-06-17

CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.

THE REPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES.
The Yorkshire Post of to-day (Friday) in a leader on,
the debate on the second reading of the Representation
of the People's Acts Amendment Bill points out that the
minority claues of the Reform Act rests its chief claim on
the pound that it was the embodiment of a compromise
between the House of Commons and the House
of Lords, and was part of the settlement of
the Reform question accepted by Parliament
and the country. For this reason the attempt
to obtain the repeal of the clauses was singu-
larly indecent, and the Government ought to have resisted
it. Moreover, no case had been made out showing that
the clause as an experiment had failed. Such is
the opinion of the House of Commons, and such, no doubt,
would have been the opinion of the Upper House if the
measure which was accepted at their hands had been sent
back to them for rejection.
London, England, 1870-06-17

EDUCATION AND THE DISSENTERS.

It is evident that the body of Dissenters mean mis-
chief with Mr. Forster's Education Bill. Most of the
Nonconformist meetings lately held have displayed
unmistakeable signs of opposition to the religious
provisions of the measure. This is especially the case
with the Methodists. Almost all the branches of this
great body, including the Wesleyans, have declared
against Mr. Forster, and the Times says that not a few
Wesleyans are anxious for the postponement of
legislation. But this hostility has not hitherto had
much effect in the House of Commons. There the
Leaguers are still as few as ever.
London, England, 1870-06-17

A FATAL QUARREL.

Two men, named Patrick Finney and Michael Clark,
went into a public-house in Ballyhaise, County Cavan,
yesterday to drink, when an altercation took place between
them, and in the excitement Clark stabbed his companion
in several places, causing his death almost instantaneously.

It is announced that the subscription list of the Grand
Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company will be closed to-
morrow at two o'clock.

The medical department of the Privy Council
have censured the Oldham guardians for neglecting to
carry out the Vaccination Act. A letter from the
department stated broadly that the guardians had
almost entirely neglected their duty in the matter,
and that a serious epidemic of small-pox had been the
result.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE EDUCATION BILL.

The Times observes that if the extreme Liberals desire a
broad national system of education, they must, whether
they like it or not, make terms with the religious bodies.
The triumph of secularism would practically be the
triumph of Denominationalism pure and simple. What-
ever the course taken by the Conservatives under Mr.
Disraeli's ill-judged guidance, if the extreme Liberals will
accept Mr. Gladstone's proposal a settlement will be
effected, and that in the only satisfactory way—by a
united Liberal party. But if, by the obstruction of the
extreme parties, we are forced into secularism, we must
at the same time abandon the hope of a national system
of elementary education. It is clear we have a difficult dis-
cussion before us next week, and there will be need of great
forbearance on all sides if it is to be brought to a satis-
factory conclusion. Mr. Gladstone's speech affords a
striking view of the numberless complications to be dis-
entangled, and we hope it will have the effect he desired,
of deprecating any peremptory or abstract treatment of
the question, and encouraging a spirit of mutual conces-
sion,

The Standard remarks that the Opposition came down,
as Mr. Disraeli said, to support Mr. Forster's bill.
That bill was suddenly exchanged for something
totally different, and there should have been no question
whatever about the postponement of the discussion.
As it was, the Government had the air of
conceding to pressure that which ought to have been
offered as a matter of course. The amendments, simple
as they are considered by Mr. Gladstone, slight as
Mr. Forster, perhaps !inadvertently, called them, go
to the very root of the most important portion of
the bill. Mr. Gladstone declined to accede to Mr.
Vernon Harcourt's amendment, saying, with great truth,
that unsectarian religious teaching is a thing that can-
not be enforced by legal compulsion, or defined by act of
Parliament; and that an attempt to carry out such a
principle would render it necessary that Parliament should
either lay down a religious code itself, or entrust to some
tribunal such powers of theological definition as Protes-
tants have never consented to vest in any authority
whatsoever. In fact, the Prime Minister in a very
few words dispelled for ever the delusion of an
unsectarian religion capable of being enforced on
men or taught to children. For the rest the amendments
sufficiently prove the weakness and indecision of a Mini-
stry whose strength has been the boast of its sup-
porters and their consolation under a tyranny of all
but insupportable. How they will affect the interests of
religious education is a question which no party in the
House could venture to answer on the spur of the moment,
and which we must reserve for another occasion.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES.

The House went into Committee of Supply on the
Civil Service Estimates. The sum of £34,023 was asked
to defray the charges in respect of the salaries and ex-
penses of the officers of the. House of Lords. £37,850
were granted to complete the sum necessary to pay the
salaries and expenses of the officers of the House of
Commons In the discussion which ensued on this vote
attention was called to the difference between the divisions
the tellers giving one number, and the division clerks
another in the lists.—Mr. Ward Hunt• suggested that a
self-acting register would meet the difficulty.—The sum
of £44,193 was voted to complete the sum necessary to
defray the salaries and expenses of the Treasury Depart-
ment. The sum of £66,033 was voted in respect of the
salaries and expenses connected with the office of the
Secretary of State for the Home Department. £48,814
were required to complete the sum necessary to defray
the salaries and expenses of the Foreign Office.
Mr. RYLA.NDS proposed to reduce the vote by two thou-
sand pounds. He thought the salaries and allowances to
foreign messengers were extravagant, and no other nation
paid such high salaries for siMilar seivices. He was glad, how-
ever, to see that there had during the year been a reduc-
tion of expense in that direction.
Mr. OTWAY said the present staff of messengers con-
sisted of fifteen. Last year it numbered seven-
teen, and it was considered that twelve would be
just sufficient for the purposes of the Foreign
Office. Each messenger received £4OO per annum,
Ind £1 per day to cover expense, railway fares, of
;ourse, being paid. When they presented their bills they
were carefully examined. If their offices were abolished,
they were entitled to a pension or superannuation allow-
/nee. He suggested that it would be wiser and more
economical to leave the subject entirely to the action of
the Secretary of State. The right hon. gentleman defended
the arrangements of the Foreign Office. He thought.
however, that it would be to the advantage of the public/
service that all financial questions should first be dealt
with through the parliamentary Under Secretary.
Mr. RYLANDS withdrew his motion and the vote was
agreed to.
The sum of £26,923 was voted for the expenses of the
Colonial Office. A vote of £25,749 to defray the expenses
of the Privy Council.
(LEFT SITTING.)

THE NEW LORD JUSTICE OF APPEAL.
We believe we shall be found correct in stating that
Mr. Jessel will be appointed to the Lord Justiceship,
vacant since the death of Sir J. Selwyn.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening,

FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 14.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Theodor
Willdering as Consul-General in London for his Majesty
the King of Sweden and Norway.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. B.
G. Sinclair as Consul at Berwick for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 16.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend
Robert Scott, D.D., the place and dignity of Dean of the
Cathedral Church of Rochester, void by the death of
Doctor Thomas Dale.
London, England, 1870-06-17

LOnanli—W. TWBEDIE. 337. Strand.

Nearly Ready. Fifteenth Year of Publication. Price 6d.. post, 74
CIYMNASTICS FOR FAMILIES AND
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paniment of music. fit alike for the drawing-room and the public
hall ; with "Dumb-Bell Instruct ,r," and the " PangymnastAron"
—a valuable work on Physical Education. With Three Hundred
Illustrations, price Is. Cd., cloth boards. Post free for stamps.
London—W. Twig rim 337. Strand.

GEOLOGY MADE EASY. A Sheet sheaving
the various strata upon which London is built, commonly
known as the London Basin. Shewing also the localities where the
various strata come to the surface. The Diagram represents the
various Epochs, Systems, and Characters of Rocks, from the
Plutonic, through the whole Series, to the latest Alluvium, coloured
ISO as to represent real specimens, with the organic remains to be
found in each, and the localities in Great Britain where they
severally occupy the surface. Being the most concise and instructive
publication on the science that has ever been before the public. 13'
Smith Evans, Esq., F.G.S. Price Is.

London —W. T NEED rE. 337. Strand
London, England, 1870-06-17

MR. CHARLES DICKENS.

Mr. Charles Kent has kindly consented to our printing
what is in all probability the last letter that Mr. Dickens
wrote. On Thursday, when Mr. Kent went to keep the
appointment, Mr. Dickens was lying unconscious, and was
within a very few hours of his death. The " opal enjoy-
ments" refer to the tints of the sky.
"dad's-hill-place, Higham-by-Roohester, Kent,
Wednesday, the Eighth of June, 1870.
" My dear Kent—To-morrow is a very bad day for me
*o make a call, as, in addition to my usual office business,
have a mass of accounts to settle. But I hope I may be
ready for you at three o'clock. If I can't be—why,
then I shan't be.

" You must really get rid of those opal enjoyments.
They are too overpowering :
These violent delights have violent ends.'
I think it was a father of your Church who made the wise
remark to a young gentleman who got up early (or stayed
out late) at Verona—Ever affectionately,
"To Charles Kent, Esq.," " CHARLES DICKENS.

The pictures and other objects of art which belonged to
Mr. Dickens are to be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie
and Manson. His library he has left to his eldest son.
His manuscripts and papers are at present in the hands of
his executors, Mr. Forster and Miss Hogarth.—Athencewn.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE CONSTITUTIONAL LEFT.

A meeting has been held by the new political party in
France which calls itself the Constitutional Left, and
acknowledges the leadership of M. Picard. The members
determined not to publish a political programme, but
to persevere in their efforts for the full establishment of
the Parliamentary system. A dissolution of the Chamber
was thought necessary.
London, England, 1870-06-17

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London, England, 1870-06-17

OTHER SCENES.

In Crown street, a number of daring and reckless vaga-
bonds had collected, with the view of plundering the
goods and effects, which people had been trying to save.
We noticed a gang of four boys, not over 18 years of age,
in a half-drunken condition, reeling on the sidewals,
draining the contents from brandy bottles. Everything
at the time was in confusion and disorder, and of course
these worthless beings escaped arrest and punishment,
which they so richly deserved. Another resident had re-
moved from his house a life size plaster statue of the
Virgin Mary, which we believe became afterwardsbroken
up in the confusion. In the shipyard of Lane and Co.,
hundreds of persons had congregated to protect their
effects ; and, as we left, they might be seen clustered
around them in groups of five and six. Another poor
creature without legs had, in his anxiety to save his few
worldly possessions, crawled the length of a room in the
opper story, out of which he had to be afterwads re-
moved by force. Had such means not been adopted the
unfortunate fellow would have lost his life. .
London, England, 1870-06-17

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London, England, 1870-06-17

London—W. TWEEDIE. 237. Strand.

WAYS AND MEANS. A Story of Life's Strug-
gles. By Mrs. C. L. Balfour.
"Of the present work of Mrs. Balfour, after careful and intensely
interested perusal, and with a distinct and lively recollection of all
her previous works, we are perfectly free to say that we regard it as
her masterpiece."—Weekly Record.
Cheap Edition, paper boards, price ls. 6d. Post free is. Bd. In
handsome cloth, lettered, Library Edition, crown Bvo., price 3s. 661.

PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII Diseases of the Skin
are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGETABLE
SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness, &c. 2s. 9d. and
7s. 6d. ;or post for 40 and 100 stamps. Alex. Ross, 248, High
Holborn, London, and all chemists.
Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d.
London, England, 1870-06-17

MINING SHARE LIST.—JuNE 16,
Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS.

Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London.
Market very quiet. East Lovell advanced to 344 buyers,
Grenville 21 buyers, and East Grenville firm, at quotations.
_ .

Australian United, 21, 21
Bwlch Consols, 31, 31
Bronfloyd,
Chiverton Moor, 5, 51
Chiverton Valley,
Cook's Kitchen, 19, 21.
Chontales (G01(1),
Drakewalls,
Don Pedro Korth Del Rey, 31, 31
East Bassett,
East Caradon, 41, 41
East Lovell, 34. 35
East Wheal Grenville, 2), 3
Frontino and Bolivia (Gold),
198, 218
General Brazilian,
Great Laxey 18(, 191
Great Retallack,
Great Wheal Vor, 9, 10
Hingston Down,
Marke Valley, 7. 71
New Lovell, 2/
North Crofty, 3, 31
North Treskerby,
Pacific, 8), 81

Prince of Wales, 16s, 18s
Providence Mines, 39, 40
Rosewalt Hill and Ransome
United,
South Condurrow, 21
Tankerville, 181, 19
Tincroft.
Tan-yr-Allt,
Taquaril (Gold).
Trumpet Consols,
Van, 78, 80
Van Consols, 4, 41
West Chiverton, 54, 56
West Frances,
West Maria and Fortescue, 21, 21
West.Drakewalls,
West Caradon,
West Tankerville,
West Panty Go.
Wheal Agar,
Wheal Chiverton,
Wheal Grenville. 21, 21
Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes,
Wheal Mary Ann,
Wheal Seton,

MARKETS.

LONDON TRADE REPORT, THIIRSDAY.—TaIIow has been
dm at 455. 9d. cash.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY. There
was a fair supply of beasts on sale here to-day. Owing to the
extreme heat, the demand was heavy at barely late rates. As
regards sheep the supplies were large. For all breeds the trade
was dull, and prices ruled in favour of buyers. Lambs were in
limited request, and the demand for calves, as well as pigs, was
inactive. Beasts sold at from 3s. 2d. to 55.; sheep, 3s. to ss. 4d.;
lambs, 6s. 6d. to 75.; calves, 3s. 10d. to ss. Bd.; and pigs, 4s. 6d.
to ss. 3d. per 81bs., to sink the offal. Total supplies—Beasts,
880 ; sheep and lambs, 15,850 ; calves, 840 ' • and pigs, 25. Foreign
—Beasts, 270 ; sheep and lambs, 3,120 ; calves, 655 ; and
pigs, 5.

CORK BUTTER MARKET, THURSDAY.—Ordinary firsts,
113 s. ; seconds, 1095.; thirds,lo9s. ; fourths, 98s. ; fifths, 755.
sixths, 555. 2,690 firkins in the market. Mild cured firsts,
117 s. ; seconds, llts. ; thirds, 0 ; 210 firkins in the market.
London, England, 1870-06-17

MORE WATER.

The popular fire cry could have been heard at all
quarters. The Corporation brigade, as well as the volun-
tary firemen, worked well throughout, and with great per-
sistency and determination, but their labour was all in
vain. It is true, a number of jets were in use at the same
time, which considerably diminished the force of the
water. This, however, cannot now be urged as an excuse
for the imperfect and next to useless condition of our fire
system for these purposes, and the sooner the City
Council takes this matter in hand, the better for persons
enjoying real property in this city. We want for the
moment two good steam fire engines, available at a mo-
ment's notice. Had we the use of two such engines on
Tuesday morning, the burning of two splendid ships would
not have occurred.
London, England, 1870-06-17

London- W. TWERDIE. 337. Strand.

In royal Bvo., handsomely bound in cloth, full gilt, gilt edges
price 205., post free 21s.
THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY
of BRITISH MOTHS. By Edward Newgian, F.L.S.,
Giving a full description of the perfect insect from nature ; also a
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Appearance, and Localities where found. Each moth is drawn from
nature by George Willis, and engraved in his best style by John
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require it, three, four, five, and even six figures are given. The work
is complete in thirty-one monthly numbers, at 6d. each. The work is
also issued in quarterly parts, in covers. at Is. 6d. each part. Part X.
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One edition.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT.

The Post remarks, that it cannot be repeated too often
that the very essence of a rule that is to be applied in
emergency is that it should be absolutely simple. The
existing shipping code not being so, and it being proposed
nevertheless to adopt it in the Merchant Shipping Code
Bill, nothing can be more natural than that amendments
should be proposed to this part of the scheme. Sir John
Hay has taken the matter in hand, and has proposed an
alternative set of rules which, while they would be to
some extent an improvement in the right direction, are
yet, to our thinking, not sufficiently so in one respect,
and too much so in another. He retains, for instance,
for sailing ships the exception in favour of a
vessel closehauled, while on the other hand, in laying
down absolutely that a steamer having another on her
port side shall " starboard and stop," he makes too iron
and inflexible a rule which might in a very conceivable
Case actually bring about a collision that might otherwise
be avoided, and yet leave no responsibility for it.
We would suggest the following steering and
sailing rules as calculated to obviate these objec-
tions. 1. A sailing ship having the wind on
the port side shall keep out of the way of any
sailing ship with the wind on the starboard side. 2. A.
sailing ship with the wind on the starboard side shall keep
her course. 3. A steamship having another end on sh.lll
port ; on her port side, shall keep her course ; on her
starboard side, shall keep out of the way. These, we
think, would be sufficiently simple to admit of no kind of
mistake, and at the same time they would not unduly
interfere with the freedom of action of either vessel in any
of the cases provided for, and would not, therefore, which
is most important of all, so act as to enable the captain to
avoid his proper responsibility under the mere plea
that he had obeyed the absolute direction of an inelastic
rule.
London, England, 1870-06-17

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London, England, 1870-06-17

THE STORM.

An enormous destruction of property and loss of life has
resulted from the storm on Thursday night. A short distance
from the town of Croydon is a village called Coulsdon, in
which stood a large range of farm premises belonging to
Mr. G. Smith, a farmer, who employed a number of agri-
cultural labourers. The estate was called " Stoat's Nest
Farm." The proprietor had been for the last few days
speaking to his neighbours as to the great good a thunder-
storm and a heavy shower of rain would do to his crops.
Unfortunately the electric fluid struck and set fire to one
of the stacks of hay containing 50 waggon loads, three
straw stacks each of 20 loads; a corn shed, 50 feet long and
20 wide ; two stables, of 20 feet and 30 feet long, and
another 40 feet by 30 ; also a granary, certainly only one
floor high, but 50 feet long, and something approximatini
to 25 feet wide. The wind drove the flames into the pri
vate residence of Mr. J. Kent, and before an engine had tim4
to get to the spot the premises were burned for the greater
part out, and the remainder fell with a crash to the ground
Fortunately the whole of the horses had been rescued, bu.
.at no little danger to those who were bold enough to ven
ture into the stables. It is reported that a man named
Joshua Martin was struck down by the lightning close b)
and killed, and that a girl near Foot's Cray had shared 1
similar fate. A private residence belonging to Mr. T.
Charman was also seriously damaged by fire. Anothe
fire was caused at Bridge Wharf, Harrow-road
the property of Mr. Putney, a timber merchant. Owini
to the violence of the storm the raift fell in such stream
that a number of lime sacks became ignited. Fortunately
owing to the timely arrival of assistance, the fire was sow
subdued.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)
A very heavy stoma of thunder and lightning passed
over Cambridge last night, and continued for several
hours. The lightning was unusually vivid, and several
fires were occasioned thereby in the neighbourhood. An
old malt-house, situated about nine miles from Cambridge,
was burnt down. Several fires were caused by the
electric fluid a Swavesley and other places in the locality.
The scene for about three hours was one of extraordinary
grandeur.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE EDMUND'S SCANDAL.

This case was brought before Mr. Justice Wiles yes-
terday. His lordship deferred giving judgment. The
question raised by the defendant was whether the
new statute to abolish imprisonment for debt
did not include debts due to the Crown. The
defendant had been found indebted to her Majesty, and
at the instance of the Attorney-General had been
arrested and was now confined in Whitecross-street Prison.
He applied to be discharged on the ground that the new
law extended to such debts. His lordship announced to-
day that the case required further consideration before
he gave judgment.
London, England, 1870-06-17

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London, England, 1870-06-17

SPIRIT OF THE PRESS-THIS MORNING.

THE EDUCATION BILL.

The Times observes that if the extreme Liberals desire a
broad national system of education, they must, whether
they like it or not, make terms with the religious bodies.
The triumph of secularism would practically be the
triumph of Denominationalism pure and simple. What-
ever the course taken by the Conservatives under Mr.
Disraeli's ill-judged guidance, if the extreme Liberals will
accept Mr. Gladstone's proposal a settlement will be
effected, and that in the only satisfactory way—by a
united Liberal party. But if, by the obstruction of the
extreme parties, we are forced into secularism, we must
at the same time abandon the hope of a national system
of 'elementary education. It is clear we have a difficult dis-
cussion before us next week, and there will be need of great
forbearance on all sides if it is to be brought to a satis-
factory conclusion. Mr. Gladstone's speech affords a
striking view of the numberless complications to be dis-
entangled, and we hope it will have the effect he desired,
of deprecating any peremptory or abstract treatment of
the question, and encouraging a spirit of mutual conces-
sion,

The Standard remarks that the Opposition came down,
•as Mr. Disraeli said, to support Mr. Forster's bill.
That bill was suddenly exchanged for something
totally different, and there should have been no question
whatever about the postponement of the discussion.
As it was, the Government had the air of
conceding to pressure that which ought to have been
offered as a matter of course. The amendments, simple
as they are considered by Mr, Gladstone, slight as
Mr. Forster, perhaps inadvertently, called them, go
to the very root of the most important portion of
the bill. Mr. Gladstone declined to accede to DU
Vernon Harcourt's amendment, saying, with great truth,
that unsectarian religious teaching is a thing that can-
not be enforced by legal compulsion, or defined by act Of
Parliament; and that an attempt to carry out such a
principle would render it necessary that Parliament should
either lay down a religious code itself, or entrust to some
tribunal such powers of theological definition as Protes-
tants have never consented to vest in any authority
whatsoever. In fact, the Prime Minister in a very
few words dispelled for ever the delusion of an
unsectarian religion capable of being enforced on
men or taught to children. For the rest the amendments
sufficiently prove the weakness and indecision of a Mini-
stry whose strength has been the boast of its sup-
porters and their consolation under a tyranny of all
but insupportable. How they will affect the interests of
religious education is a question which no party in the
House could venture to answer on thespur of the moment,
and which we must reserve for another occasion.
London, England, 1870-06-17

OTHER SCENES.

In Crown street, a number of daring and reckless vaga-
bonds had collected, with the view of plundering the
goods and effects, which people had been trying to save.
We noticed a gang of four boys, not over 18 years of age,
in a half-drunken condition, reeling on the sidewalks,
draining the contents from brandy bottles. Everything
at the time was in confusion and disorder, and of course
these worthless beings escaped arrest and punishment,
which they so richly deserved. Another resident had re-
moved from his honk a life size plaster statue of the
Virgin Mary, which we believe became afterwardsbroken
up in the confusion. In the shipyard of Lane and Co.,
hundreds of persons had congregated to protect their
effects ; and, as we left, they might be seen clustered
around them in groups of five and six. Another poor
creature without legs had, in his anxiety to save his few
worldly possessions, crawled the length of a room in the
opper story, out of which he had to be afterwads re-
moved by force. Had such means not been adopted the
unfortunate fellow would have lost his life.
London, England, 1870-06-17

MILITARY PUNISHMENTS.

Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY asked the Judge Advocate
General whether his attention had been directed to the
recommendations of the Commissioners on Courts Martial
and military punishments so far as they related to the
provisions contained in the Mutiny Act and Articles of
War, and whether it was the intention of the Government
to introduce a measure, during the present session, to
carry those recommendations into effect.
The JUDGE ADVOCATE GENRRAL replied that the matter
was receiving the attention of the Government, but
owing to the present state of public business, a measure
to carry the recommendations into effect would not be
introduced this session.

EDUCATION.
Mr. VERNON HARCOURT asked the Vice-President of
the Committee of Council on Education, whether, under
the proposed amendments in the Education Bill, there will
be any provision whatever for enforcing compulsory
attendance in voluntary schools now or hereafter to be
established.

Mr. FORSTER replied that the amendments would ap-
pear in the reprinted bill, hut would make no allusion to
that part of the bill which related to compulsory attend-
a-lee. The voluntary schools were about to be separated
from the Local Board. Of course his hon. friend was
aware that in the bill as it stood they were not necessarily
joined. His hon. friend would have observed that he had
put upon the notice paper an amendment consequent upon
the introduction of the time-table conscience clause pre-
venting school boards from enforcing compulsory attend-
ance upon religious instruction in any school.
In reply to Mr. J. G. TALBOT,

Mr. FORSTER said that it was intended that the addi-
tional grant should be given to all public elementary
schools, present and future, denominational or secular.
London, England, 1870-06-17

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THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN LAMBERT.

Yesterday in Court Queen's Bench, Dublin, application
was made by Town for writ of Habeas Corpus, to bring
up the body of Peter Barrett, whose third trial for the
attempted murder of Captain Lambert, in Galway, in
July last, is fixed for 23rd inst.—Rule accordingly.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE PURCHASE OF IRISH RAILWAYS.

The discussion as to the expediency of the Govern-
ment buying up the Irish railways will no doubt be
materially enlarged now that the draft bill, pre-
pared in Dublin with a view of promoting that
object, has been published. There are in the
sister island four great lines of railways, and
several minor ones—chiefly, however, branch
lines—and the proprietors, especially of the former,
enjoy, it is said, an influence and a monopoly,
owing to the want of competition, which reacts in a
most disastrous way on the people, and on the gene-
ral progress of the country. It is now proposed that
the several companies be bought up by trus-
tees on behalf of the Government, and that
the price should be arranged either by mutual
consent, or by arbitration. The loan to defray the
cost might, it is suggested, be obtained from the
Irish National Debt Commissioners, and stock might
be issued for the amount. The term for fulfilling
the purchase mentioned in the draft bill is limited
to 25 years, and a schedule is appended fixing the
maximum rates of fares that are demanded on the
different lines.

ADMIRALTY ADMINISTRATION.

It seems the prevalent impression that naval stores
are now purchased, by private contract, and not by
open tender as formerly, is erroneous. Very few
goods are privately bought, and these only in cases
where it has been found that the lowest tenderwas above
the market price, and the competition therefore only
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE PEERS AND THE LAND BILL.

The Daily News says that the peers often complain that
they have nothing to do, yet when business of importance
is entrusted to them they sometimes seem unable to deal
with it satisfactorily. Last night the adjourned debate
on the Irish I Land Bill was postponed for an hour,
in order that a Railway Bill should be discussed and
a division taken. Railway bills certainly merit careful
consideration : but there is a time, as well as a place,
for everything ; and the discussion night might as well
have been postponed to a more convenient season. They
manage these matters far better in fhe House of Commons.
The entire speech of Lord Cairns was vitiated by his de-
termination to pick holes in the speeches of his opponents,
and to point at minute flaws in their scheme.
The speeches of Lord Derby and the Duke of Argyll,
however, raised the debate to a higher level than that on
which Lord Cairns and Lord Grey had placed it. We
only realise the extent of the revolution which has been
brought about during the past few years when such a
measure as the Irish Land Bill is practically accepted
with little more than verbal protests by the House of
Lords.

VALUE OF PROPERTY IN IRELAND.—A number
of properties have just been sold in the Landed Estates
Court, Dublin. They brought high prices. Several con-
siderable lots were sold at twenty-four years' purchase.
_ _ _

The number of messages forwarded from postal
telegraph stations in the United Kingdom during the
week ending June 11 was 177,523, a decrease of 13,920 on
the preceding week, when the number was 191,443.
Whitsun week has been devoted to pleasure; the Epsom
race week to business.

No Ministerial modification in Spain, it is believed
will be made during the summer. The establishment of
the civil marriage registers will require two months ;
nine thousand registers are to be opened. The publica-
tion of Queen Isabella's abdication is not expected for some
time.

The Woolwich Board of Health have resolved
to send a deputation to the Premier, to point out to him
that the retaining of so large a portion of WoolwichDock-
yard by the War Office, for almost a profitless purpose,
would be bad policy, and injurious to the interests of the
working classes of the district.
The 1 emps published a short time ago an account
of an accident which had occurred to some members of a
choral society near Vevey, Switzerland, by which some
twenty persons were said to have been drowned. That
journal now states that it had been made the victim of a
hoax, as no such event had happened.
The final heat for the Oxford University_ challenge
oars resulted in Moss, Balliol (bow), and Leslie (Pem-
broke (stroke), having first position, their opponents
being Veasey, St. John's (bow), and Mair, St. .Alban 's-
ball (stroke), who rowed best throughont and won easily
in eleven seconds.
London, England, 1870-06-17

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1870.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EDUCATION

BILL.
The Leeds Mercury publishes the following telegram
from its London correspondent :—" Mr. Gladstone will, I
hear on the highest authority, make considerable conces-
sions to the Nonconformists upon the education question.
Mr. Richard's amendment has been placed on the paper
at the suggestion of Government, in order to give them
an excuse to yield.

GENERAL BANKS ON SPANISH
OUTRAGES.

The New York Herald publishes the full text of the re-
port from the Committee of Foreign Affairs on Cuba,
drawn up by General Banks. It is a very lengthy docu-
ment, and points strongly against the Spaniards,. setting
forth a long list of outrages inflicted on the Americans 'in
Cuba by them, and condemning the timidity and hesita-
tion of the pohcy pursued at Washington. The general
feeling at New York is strongly against the Spaniards.

THE MEN lAN WOMEN'S CLOTHES.

Yesterday the requisite bail was tendered for the ap-
pearance at the July sessions of the prisoner Hurt, im-
plicated in the Boulton and Park case. No further
arrests have taken place in connection with this affair.
There are warrants out against eight persons, but four
only are in custody, viz., Boulton, Park, Fisk, and
Hurt. The four men at large are Lord Arthur Clinton,
William Somerville, Martin Luther Cumming, and
C. H. Thomas. Up to the present moment these per-
sons have succeeded "in keeping out of the way."
Nor is it probable, from present appearances, that they
will be apprehended in time to appear in the dock of the
Old Bailey to take their trial with the others charged.
They are said to be abroad, and in parts where the war-
rants cease to be valid documents. The residence of
Somerville is said to be entirely deserted, and the whole
family is reported to have left the country.
London, England, 1870-06-17

DETAILS OF THE GREAT FIRE AT
QUEBEC.

The Canadian papers just arrived are full of details of
the great fire at Quebec. The Quebec Chronicle gives the
following account of the origin of the disaster and the
destruction of the two ships :
Owing to the confusion which prevailed when the fire
originated, and for a long time afterwards, it was impossi-
ble for our reporter to ascertain, with anything like
accuracy, the exact spot where this great fire started, but
we now learn that it was upon the premises of Mr. Lortie,
baker. It would also appear, from reliable information
received, that it had been burning fully half an hour, and
had communicated to two or three dwellings, before any
person rung the alarm from the box. This neglect, no
doubt, happened through the excitement usual with per-
sons whose properties are in danger from fire, but it is a
neglect which will prove serious to the unfortunate unin-
sured householders. We are inclined to think
that, had the fire brigade received prompt notice
of the breaking out of the fire, it would have
been extinguished with the loss of perhaps one or
two houses. One thing is certain, that it would have been
effectively checked berore it could have communicated
with the buildings on the opposite side of Crown-street,
which is at least fifty feet wide. This was generally
commented upon by those who were present at its

origin
London, England, 1870-06-17

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REPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES.

A. glance at the division list will suffice to shew
that Mr. Hardcastle's bill for repealing the minority
clauses of the Reform Act of 1867 is not one of those
questions which "decide the fate of Ministries." No
party discipline was observed in dealing with this
measure. Mr. Newdegate allied himself to Mr.
Morrison, and Mr. Fawcett joined hands with Mr.
John Hardy in opposing Mr. Hardcastle's bill, and in
supporting the minority clauses. In the main the
Government and the Liberals supported Mr. Hard-
castle, and the Conservatives opposed him ;
but the latter required the assistance of many
Liberals to tie the Government. The fact is that the
minority clauses have had very little influence on
party fortunes. They were passed to secure the
representation of minorities, by enacting that no elec-
tor should give more than two votes for a con-
stituency which returned three members, nor more
than three in case of a constituency returning four.
It is obvious that such a provision must cut
both ways. The Liberals lost seats in some
of the great towns, but they won seats in some of
the counties. In Oxfordshire, for instance, there was
not the slightest hope of getting in a Liberal until
these stipulations became law. Altogether the
thirteen constituencies to which the clauses appl y
have returned twenty-two Liberals and eighteen
Conservatives.
London, England, 1870-06-17

DREADFUL MURDER IN TYRONE.

A foul murder was discovered near Enniskillen, county
Tyrone. A young woman, named Lees, was found with
her head nearly severed from her body ; she had left home
in the company of a young man ; it was supposed they
had gone to America. The sad truth was revealed by the
discovery of the body of the unfortunate woman.