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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

The Daily News is told that the leading members of the
late Cabinet met on Saturday at Mr. Disraeli's house,
and, after protracted discussion, determined to support
the Ministerial scheme of education against the amend-
ments of Mr. Vernon Harcourt and the League.
Non tali auxilio. The Government will do well
to consider before it allies itself with its most
formidable enemies against its staunchest frieuds.
Mr. Gladstone and Mr, Forster cannot but know
that to the secular system we must come at last.
The only questson is, how? Blindfold, and after storm
and tumult, or with open eyes and clear intention ?
Seculhr education leaves to the ministers of each Church
full freedom, and offers them every facility for giving
strict denominational instruction to the children
of their own communion. Educational secularists
are the true denominationalists, and intelligent de,
nominationalists are bound to be the most ardent advo-
cates of secular education at the hands of the school-
master. The system may not admit of being at once
introduced by an Act of the Legislature over the whole
of England ; but it is not beyond the resources of states-
manship to provide an easy and tranquil transition, instead
of one of anger and contention.
London, England, 1870-06-13

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THE BRITISH AND COLONIAL EMIGRA
TION SOCIETY.

Another meeting of the Executive Committee of the
British and Colonial Emigration Society has beeu held
at the Mansion House under the presidency of the
Lord Mayor. A letter from the Rev. J. Cohen, Rector of
Whitechapel who accompanied a party of emigrants to
Canada was read. They reached Quebec at six
o'clock on a Saturday afternoon and nearly the
whole of them, 750 in number, had left for
Toronto by the same hour on Monday. The Govern-
ment carried them to their destinations free of expense
in every instance. It appeared from statements made at
the meeting that by the end of June 3,600 intending emi-
grants will be registered on the books' of the society. Of
these 2,000 have been already despatched, and 1,300 more
will go during the month. It seems that Mr. Goschen
has made an excellent suggestion, and that is that the
society should carry out a kind of Home Emigration if it
may be so called, by the removal of working men from
parts of the country where work is slack to districts
in the North and elsewhere, where labour is scarce,
and dear. Two hundred men from the East-end clubs
have been sent to the mines of Mr. Pease, M.P., in
Durham, and have succeeded well. After some inte-
resting discussion had been held, and the immense value
and extent of our Canadian possessions alluded to, the
Lord Mayor suggested that the citizens of London should
contribute a handsome challenge cup yearly to be shot for
by Canadian riflemen. It was resolved that the heads of
the volunteer movement should be communicated with on
the subject.
London, England, 1870-06-13

WESTMINSTER ABBEY OR ROCHESTER ?

Nothing has yet been definitively fixed in regard
to the funeral of Mr. Charles Dickens. A wish had
frequently been expressed by him to be buried close
to the picturesque ruins of the old castle at Roches-
ter, the very spot having been indicated by him in
which he would by choice be interred.. Situated
immediately under the walls of the Castle, the little
burial ground here referred to, belongs to
the parish of St. Nicholas, Rochester. For a
long while this place of sepulture has been
closed, so that, to carry out the intention here in-
timated, permission would have first to be obtained
from the Secretary of State. It remains for the
Government, therefore, to decide. And in making.
their selection, we would again urge upon their con-
sideration what we were the first to suggest in our
leading article on Saturday morning, that the fittest
place of all for the tomb of our great Novell Et—the
greatest of all our English Humourists, as we have
often designated him in these columns during his
lifetime—the fittest place of all for the reception of
his beloved and honoured remains would be West-
minster Abbey.
London, England, 1870-06-13

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STRONG-MINDED V. WEAKMINDED FEMALES.

The challenge of" A Weak-minded Female" has
been accepted by Miss Emily Faithfull, who under-
takes to satisfy her opponent that strong-mindedness
is not incompatible with the performance of those
duties which are generally presumed to belong to
the growing-stronger weaker sex. Miss Faithfull, like
other philosophers, female and male, finds consolation
in the knowledge that from a very early day persons
have run the risk of finding themselves in lunatic
asylums for advocating changes now allowed to be
marked improvements. Noah is the earliest
example of disinterestedness given by Miss
Faithfull ; but whether Noah was ever
sat upon by brutal keepers is doubtful. " With
many others far more worthy, I suffer under s sus-
picion of strong-mindedness,' of a wish to turn the
world upside down, and of generally encouraging
women to step out of their spheres," says Miss
Faithfull; but if the 7inies, or some other competent
authority, will appoint a commission to examine the
letters she receives from all parts of the country,
London, England, 1870-06-13

GRUFFEL SIVILLENDRINKEN ; or, The
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London, England, 1870-06-13

THE KILKENNY HUNT QUARREL.

The differences which arose during the winter be-
tween some members of the Kilkenny Hunt Club,
and which were said to have had such an effect upon
the peasantry as to induce them to poison hounds
and burn some of the fox coverts, have been happily
adjusted, by the intervention of Lords Cork and
Portsmouth. These noble sportsmen undertook to
give their earnest consideration to the causes which
led to the quarrel between Mr. Meredyth (the late
master 'of the pack), Mr. Marum, and Mr.
George Bryan, I\LP., and they have decided that
Mr. Marum acted without authority in sending
a notice of Mr. Meredyth's retirement as master to
Beles Life, which announcement appears to have
beet the primary incentive to the dispute. The
arbitrators are, however, also of opinion that Mr.
Meredyth's subsequent letter to the Kilkenny Mode-
rator should not have been written. They deny
finally that there has been the least ground for the
imputations against Mr. Bryan connecting him with
the outrages, which tended so much to injure the
prospect of the hunting in Kilkenny. In reply
to the two adjudicators, Mr. George Bryan and Mr.
Marum express their entire approval of their judg-
ment, and they agree to withdraw all the offensive
remarks which may have passed from them, reflect-
ing on Mr. Meredyth, and to place their
coverts at once at the disposal of the Kilkenny
Hunt. Mr. Meredyth's concurrence with the ad-
judication is the only thing now waited for. There
is no doubt, however, but that it will be forthcoming,
after which it is to be hoped that all past recrimina-
tion and hostile feeling will be forgotten by the
members of the club, and that the hunting will be
in future seasons be carried on prosperously and un-
interruptedly in one of the finest countries for such
purposes in Ireland.
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE PEERS AND THE LAND BILL.

The Post refers to Lord Derby's remarks at the Merchant
Taylors' Company with respect to the Irish Land Bill.
He said they would endeavour to deal to the best
of their ability with the great problem of
Irish discontent ; and to that end, and with that parpose
in their minds, they cannot, on the motion for the second
reading of the bill, hesitate to affirm all its essential pro-
visions. There is no reason arising out of political obliga-
tions why the Conservative Peers should oppose this mea-
sure, and it is unnecessary to observe that they mig ht as well
reject it as a whole as attempt to strip it of any of its
fundamental principles. Nothing can be further from
the desire of Ministers than to restrict the expression of
opinion in debate ; but it must be well understood that
upon this Irish Land Bill there can be no compromise of
Principles and no further delay. Procrastination has al-
-eady proved to be in Irish affairs the thief of security.
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE
OF PERSONATING WOMEN.

This morning an application was made at Judges'
Chambers for summons calling on the prosecution
to show cause why the defendant Louis Charles
Hurt should not be admitted to bail in the matter of
the indictment for misdemeanour found against him.
Mr. Abrams, Bow-street, made the application.
Mr. Justice Ryles—What is be charged with ?
Mr. Abrams—Conspiring with others to incite to
the commission of a disgraceful offence.
Mr. Justice Byles—ls he committed?
Mr. Abrams—Yes, my lord, for misdemeanour.

Mr. Justice Byles—ls the prosecutor here?
Mr AbramsNo, my lord.

The affidavit of Charles Hurt was then handed
in ; it stated that he was .entirely guiltless of the
charge made against him ; that he had surrendered
to the warrant directly he became aware of its
being issued, and that he had no intention of leav-
ing London.
Mr. Justice Ryles—lt is a very serious mat er.
You say he is committed ?
Mr. Abrams—Yes,. my lord, upon a bench
warrant.

Mr. Justice. Byles—Where is the prosecutor?
Mr. Abrams--The Treasury are the prosecutors,
and do not object.
Mr. Justice Byles—So you say, and so the parer
says, and no doubt it may be so, but have you an
thdavit ?-

Mr. Abrams—That affidavit which I have
haiided in.

Mr. Justice Byles—But an affidavit that what is
stated in the newspaper is true.
Mr. Abrams—l am not now applying, my lord,
for the defendant to be admitted 'to bail, but
to ask for a summons, to be returnable to-morrow,
to show cause why he should not be admitted to
bail.

Mr. Justice Byles..—..Yes, you can have that, and
let the prosecutor attend, and you be here also with
a reasonable amount of bail. Not extravagant bail,
for that would be contrary to the Bill of Rights, but
a reasonable amount of bail.
The summons was accordingly granted.
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE PEERS AND THE LAND BILL.

The Poe refers to Lord Derby remarks at the Merchant
Taylors'..„.. Company with respect to the Irish Land Bill.
41° said they would endeavour to deal to the best
Of their ability with the great problem of
Irish discontent ; and to that end, and with that purpose
lu their minds, they cannot, on the motion for the second
vieading of the bill, hesitate to affirm all its essential pro-
ti si"s• There is no reason arising out of political obliga-
:118 Why the Conservative Peers should oppose this mea-
sure, and it is unnecessary to observe that theymight as well
ieieet it as a whole as attempt to strip it of any of its
ohs
111damental principles. Nothing can be further from
o desire of Ministers than to restrict the expression of
ili" in debate ; but it must be well understood that
b.,.;-°ll this Irish Land Bill there can be no compromise of
tileiPles and no further delay. Procrastination has al-
eadY Proved to be in Irish affairs the thief of security.
London, England, 1870-06-13

SEAMEN'S HO srrrA L (late Dreadnought).--
Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE-
MOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green-
wich, where any seaman, needing medical cm surgical care, will
be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in-
troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re-
moved from the City to the same building.
KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary.
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE SUEZ CANAL.

Mr. Lange, the director of the Suez Canal Com-
pany, writes to say that the curve near Lake Timsah,
which was found so troublesome to passing ships
is being removed, and the other bends of the
Canal have been properly buoyed. Twelve ships,
passed through the canal between the Ist and the
6th of June, and a vessel has been chartered to proceed
vid Port Said to Ismailia to load with corn and
cotton for England. Mr. Lange believes that
Ismailia, which a few years since might be
said to have no existence, will become,
thanks to the freshwater canal and the railway that
link it to the regions of Upper Egypt, the great
entrepot of the country, and an interior shipping
port of considerable importance. It is pleasant in
these days, when merit is not always too promptly re-
warded, to find that M. Ferdinand de Lesseps has been
awarded the Albert Gold Medal for this year by the
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufac-
tures, and Commerce, for services rendered by the
realization of the Suez Canal. Certainly few of us
will be inclined to dispute the strength of M. de
Lesseps' claim to public recognition on these
grounds.
London, England, 1870-06-13

ROYM,

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Proprietor, Mr. J. S. SWEASEY.
The Press have unanimously praised and acknowledged the
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the Champion Gymnasts, in their surprising performances,
particularly their aerial leaps, extending the whole length
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this establishment ; Mr. H. Collard (Le Petit Sims Reeves),
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received from the provincial press ; Miss Louie Sherring-
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H. Milburn is an old favourite ; the Great Vance is not to be,
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Madame Barnam, as comic duettists, have met with decided
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London, England, 1870-06-13

SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE,
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London, England, 1870-06-13

STRONG-MINDED V. WEAKMINDED FEMALES.

The challenge of" A. Weak-minded Female" has
been accepted by Miss Emily Faithfull, who under-
takes to satisfy her opponent that strong-mindedness
is not incompatible with the performance of those
duties which are generally presumed to belong to
the growing-stronger weaker sex. Miss Faithfull, like
other philosophers, female and male, finds consolation
in the knowledge that from a very early day persons
have run the risk of finding themselves in lunatic
asylums for advocating changes now allowed to be
marked improvements. Noah is the earliest
example of disinterestedness given by Miss
Faithfull ; but whether Noah was ever
sat upon by brutal keepers is doubtful. " With
many others far more worthy, I suffer under a sus-
picion of strong-mindedness,' of a wish to turn the
world upside down, and of generally encouraging
women to step out of their spheres," says Miss
Faithfull; but if the '1 imes, or some other competent
authority, will appoint a commission to examine the
letters she receives from all parts of the country,
London, England, 1870-06-13

UNIVERSITY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL GENERAL
COURT of this Society will be held at the Office of the Society, No.
25, Pall Mall. on Wednesday prat, the lbth Juno instant, when the
NINTH QUINQUENNIAL DIVISION of profit will be declared.
The Chair will be taken at 4 o'clock precisely.
CHARLES M'CABE, Secretary.
10th June, 187'.
London, England, 1870-06-13

FENIAN PRISONERS INQUIRY COMMISSION.

Mr. Butt has received a reply from the Secretary
of the Fenian Prisoners Inquiry Commission in
answer to his proposal that he should represent the
Fenian prisoners during the investigation that is
about to take place. The secretary says that the
range of the inquiry cannot be extended, and that
the commissioners therefore decline to permit any
person on behalf of the friends of the prisoners to be
present during the examinations. He adds that
the commissioners are willing to receive any state-
ment in writing, and that the prisoners have been
allowed to prepare a statement. This reply is not
likely to prove a satisfactory one, for Mr. Butt de-
clared that the Inquiry would not be regarded as a
conclusive one in Ireland unless the friends and rela-
tives of the prisoners were represented on the occa-

awn.

THE MONARCH AND THE CAPTAIN.

Messrs. Laird Brothers, the well-known ship-
builders of Birkenhead, who built Captain Coles's
turret ship, the Captain, have written to the Tinges

in reference to the recent trial between that vessel
and Mr. Reed's Monarch, built on the Admiralty
design. The constructors of the Monarch are anxious
that no definite conclusion as to the 'respective merits
of the two ships should be formed from a ten days'
passage, in which the Captain was newly commissioned,
and her officers and crew were altogether unacquainted
with the peculiar construction and fittings of the
ship. The Monarch, on the other hand, has been in
commission more than twelve months, during which
time Captain Commerell and his officers have grown
thoroughly familiar with the good qualities of their
ship. The public verdict on the relative merits of
the two types of turret ships should, therefore, the
constructors of the Captain contend, be reserved
until reports on. their behaviour during a lengthened
cruise with a fleet are received, or at least,
until we can hear what Admiral Sir
Thomas Symonds thinks of their perfor-
mance when with the Channel Squadron.
Messrs. Laird are still firmly convinced of the advan-
tage of Captain Cole's turret system for sea-going
ships, though they admit the Captain to be suscep-
tible of improvement. They are in no wise discon-
certed at the result of a competition in which it would
be as unreasonable to expect the Captain to surpass
the Monarch as to look for an untrained horse to win
•
the Derby.
London, England, 1870-06-13

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STRUGGLES OF A VILLAGE LAD, THE.
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London—W. TWEED iE.. 337. Strand.

OUGH, AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND ORATIONS
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Gough are here given, with Fourteen Orations and Portrait.
Handsome cloth Is. 6d. Post free, 3s. 10c1.

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London, England, 1870-06-13

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London, England, 1870-06-13

THE CONSERVATIVE REACTION.

The Standard sees in the two elections which have
just taken place a significant testimony to the growth
of Conservative opinion. In the success of Mr.
Cochrane in the Isle of Wight a remarkable revulsion
of feeling has taken place in the community since
November, 1868, when the Conservative candidate
was beaten by a majority of 237; and the conversion
of this minority into a Majority, is, according to the
Standard, very significant. The return of Mr.
Heygate for South Leicestershire is a greater victory
than has been achieved in the Isle of Wight even, for it
exhibits an increase of Conservative sentiment in
one of those mixed constituencies which reflect per-
haps more than any other the general feeling
of the country. In 1867 Mr. Paget was
elected for South Leicestershire by a majority of
something like 40, but in the following year, with the
new and enlarged constituency, he was defeated by
a majority of 250. In the present instance he has
failed by about 600 votes. From these successes the
Standard argues that the position is a most hopeful
and encouraging one ; and, at the next general elec-
tion, a large Conservative majority may be expected.
The Standard, however, held out such flattering hopes
as these long before it became the " largest news-
paper in the kingdom."
London, England, 1870-06-13

POLICE IN'T'ELLIGENCE-SATURDAY.

THE CHRISTY'S TORMENTOR.—Jane Green, a low-looking
woman, was charged before Mr. Knox at Marlborough-
street Police-court with being drunk and behaving in a
disorderly manner in Piccadilly. A constable saw the
prisoner about six o'clock yesterday evening outside St.
James's Hall in Regent-street. She was in a state of
intoxication, had a crowd round her, and was making use of
bad language, and on his telling her to go away she threw
herself on the ground, again made use of language of the
worst description, and was then taken into custody. The
constable said the prisoner was the same woman who was
charged on Monday last with annoying the Christy
Minstrels by shouting through one of the windows whilst
the performances were going on. She was sent to prison
for four days.
AN INCORRIGIBLE VAGABOND.—John Forbes, a dimi-
nutive lad of 16, with all the habitual criminal cast about
him, was placed in the dock, at the Westminster Police-
court, charged with stealing a shining brush, the property
of Daniel Lynch, a member of the West London Shoe-
black Society. The prisoner, with the most unblushing
effrontery, almitted the robbery. It was stated that the
prisoner had, from a very early age, been an incorrigible
thief. At 10 years of age he was committed to the Refor-
matory at Walthamstead for five years, but was not long
out before he was again preying upon society, and was at
this court only last week for felony, when he promised to
join his father in Wales. Mr. Selfe said prisoner was a
regular'.: boy, and would become one of the dangerous
classes, and was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
SUICIDE AND REMORSE.—Mary Ann Senweder, an un-
fortunate woman, was brought up on remand before Mr.
Lushington at the Thames Police-court, charged with
attempting to commit self-destruction, by cutting her
throat with a knife, at her dwelling, 5, Richardson-street,
Stepney. While she was in a fit of despondency, after a
fit of drunkenness, she began to cut her throat at her bed
side, and was detected by a laundress named Phoebe King,
to whom she stated she was tired of life, and if she was not
given into custody she would rid herself of life another way.
She inflicted a serious wound on her throat. The
wretched woman was still in a state of despondency, and
her mind seemed affected. Mr. Lushington said it was a
very shocking case, and he would remand her for
another week for the purpose of her receiv-
ing the spiritual ministrations of the chaplain
of the Cleikenwell House of Detention. Ellen
Cross, aged 36 years, dwelling at No. 11, Upper
Chapman-street, St. George's-in-the-East, was also charged
with attempting to commit suicide at that modern Tar-
piean Rock, New Gravel-lane swing bridge. She was a
very dissipated woman. She was also remanded.
London, England, 1870-06-13

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rglH E TESTIMONY OF TWENTY-EIGHT
C ERGYMEN in FAVOUR of TOTAL ABSTINENCE.
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hOYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
Royal Exchange, London, 25th May, 187.
The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the ROYAL EX-
CHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice that their Transfer
Bo ,ks will be shut from Thursday, the 9th, to Thursday, the 30th
of June next; and that a General Court of the said Corporation
wib be holden at the Royal Exchange, on Wednesday, the 22d of
the same month, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to consider of a
Dividend

ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary;
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE REMOVAL OF TILE CAPITAL.

The capital movers got another black eye on the 27th
of May. It was a square stand-up fight between the
Senators pro and con, and the Senaturs pro ought to feel
satisfied that it is perfectly useless for them to
provoke a contest any more for some time to come. . The
question came up while a proposition was before the
Senate to appropriate 500,000 dots. for the improve-
ment of the Capitol grounds. Harlan, Ross, and Dick
Yates were the special advocates of capital moving, awl
opposed strongly expending any more money upon the
improvement or adornment of the city of Washington.
Nearly every other Senator, however, took ground against
the removal project, though some of them argued that
the country was burdened with too much debt just now
to justify any appropriation for any unnecessary Work.
Howard, Stockton, Stewart, Drake, Davis, Morrill of
Vermont, Tipton, and Corbett spoke very sensibly on the
folly of agitating removal, demonstrating clearly that it
could never happen, and was only calculated to do mis-
chief, without doing good to any human being except
certain land-jobbers. Stewart well said that if anything
ever did grow out of the agitation to remove the capital
one thing was certain, and that was that it would go to
New York, the seat of the commercial glory and power
of the country, and not to any city out West. The pro-
position to make the appropriation was carried by the
overwhelming majority of 42 yeas to 10 nays.
London, England, 1870-06-13

SPEECH V. SILENCE.

The Daily News remarks that an accomplished preacher
advertised a strange subject of discourse on Sunday. He
announced that he would spellc about silence. Some of
his hearers might, perhaps, retort that example is better
than precept ; but a mute in the pulpit would speedily
And himself without a congregation. We wish the preacher
success in his exhortations. The caeoethes loquendi is on
the increase in England. To what is this prevailing
national vice, or malady, to be attributed ? Is it to
Parliamentary institutions and local self-government?
When this excess of public talk is condemned,
and the virtues of silence are commended by an
essayist, we are apt to suspept the writer of being consi-
derably deficient in the facility of addressing his fellow-
creatures rive/ voce. It may be so in oertam instances;
yet some of the most perfect orators the world has ever
heard were the most sparing of their powers. The roost
intolerably fluent and ready of pubho speakers are very
often the most destitute of ideas and thought ; and the
gift of fluency is apt to degenerate into habitual insin-
cerity, and to be the distinguishing acconmlishinent of the
stupidest vuhtaxitv.

Captain A. G. Griffiths has been appointed to be
Deputy Governor of the Convict Prison, Chatham.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following
members of the College having been elected fellows at
previous meetings of the council were admitted as such
on the 9th instant, viz. :—Messrs. Samuel Tilley, L.S.A.,
-Union - road, Rotherhithe, diploma of membership
dated November 4,Frederick Hamilton
Simpson, Fore - street, E.C. March 18, 1842 • and
Staff Surgeon - Major Thomas Parr, Recruiting-
office, Poterborough, July 8, 1842. At the same
meeting of the council the following members were also
elected fellows of the College, and will be admitted at
another meeting, vii.:—Messrs. John Edward Stacy,
Rendwick, Sydney, New South Wales, January 7, 1820;
Henry Harris, Retimth, Cornwall, May 13,
1833 ; Wm. Gosse, Adrlaide, South Australia, November
20, 1835 ; and Thomas Taylor, L.S.A., Warwick-place,
Grove-end-road, N.W., April 7, 1837. It is Gated that
for the preliminary examination in arts, &c., for the
diplomas of fellowship and membership of the College,
c ommencing on the 21st inst., there are already 327 candi-
dates, viz., 81 ,for the former distinction and 246 for the
fitter,
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE D A.RIEN EXPEDITION.

It seems that not a little of the time and expense of
the Darien Expedition might have been spared, had the
projectors referred in the first instance to the archives of
Bogota. A document is preserved in those archives
called ".A Description of the Province of Santo Domingo
del Darien, with its principal rivers, ravines, streamlet:;,
mid villages, &c." This was compiled in 1754, and con-
tains a great deal of information that much research and
money have lately been devoted to procure. The only
doubt is as to how far it is safe to trust the calculations

of the Spanish engineers, but as these have been verified
in other instances—by recent surveys on the coast and in
the interior of California, for example—it might have
been prudent to have credited their accuracy in this. • At
all events, it was hardly wise to embark, without regard
to these sources of information, in expenditures which
they clearly skew would be thrown away.—New York,
Times.
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE COUNTESS OF DERWENTWATER.

A sale of stock seized by the Lords of the Admiralty
at Newlands West Farm took place on Saturday. The
tenant, Mr. Brewis, had offered the rent to Mr. Grey,
but only on condition that he would protect him from any
aggression by the Countess of Derwentwater. Mr. Grey
refused to give such guarantee, and Mr. Brewis deposited
the money in the bank. During the sale the Countess
drove up and informed the auctioneer that she expected
the proceeds of the sale. The seizure was for £240, one
year's rent, due in May last.
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE ARMY AND MILITIA.

The Army and Navy Gazette prints a scheme for
the reorganisation of the army and militia, which
has been prepared by an experienced officer, who
apprehends unsatisfactory results from the recent
reduction of the Line regiments to skeleton bat-
talions without reserves. It is recommended that
every regiment should consist of two battalions,
the first battalion to be the Line regiment, the
second battalion to be the militia battalion of the
regiment. When at home, the first battalion should
be quartered at the country head - quarters,
the county town barracks, and when abroad its
place should be taken invariably by the depot of the
regiment. When the militia battalion is out for
training, the two battalions might be drilled together,
and the bonds tightened between the two,
and after each' training the 2nd battalion
should volunteer some of the number of men required
by the Ist battalion to complete. One lieutenancY
should also be given to the most promising young
officer of the 2d battalion at the end of the training.
The adjutants and sergeants should be selected front
the Ist battalion, and the field officers (when possible)
from officers who have served in the regiment. The
honorary colonel might be excepted. In some cases
two or three militia battalions might be attached es
2d, 3d, and 4th battalions, to a battalion of the
Line, to suit localities or nationalities. To do
away with jealousy, exchanges should be permitted
among the officers, and in a few years, it is believed,
the Line would look upon the Militia as a part of
their regiment. The dress should be the same, with
some distinctive mark. The Militia battalion should
not carry the regimental colour. The Queen's colour
alone would be sufficient, and it would impress upon
the men that the Ist, or war battalion, represented
the county regiment, and they should carry the
county badges on their regimental colour.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 11.
The Queen, with Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterdilY
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The Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine service
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS-THIS MORNING.
CHARLES DICKENS AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

Westminster Abbey, observes the Times, is the peculiar
resting-place of English literary genius; and among those
whose sacred dust lies there, or whose names are
recorded on the walls, very few are more worthy
than Charles Dickens of such a home. Fewer still,
we believe, will be regarded with more honour as
time passes and his greatnessrows upon us. He has
done as much as Addison, Johnson, or Goldsmith
to "correct the vices," "ridicule the follies," and purify
the sympathy of his generation. The Abbey, as the
shrine of English genius, would be incomplete without
him. We see, indeed, that, with the modesty which espe-
cially distinguished him, he has in his will expressed a wish
to be buried with as much simplicity and privacy as possible.
If his relations should think it their duty to adhere to this
direction, we shall defer to their decision with profound
respect. But the Dean of Westminster, at all events, is
not precluded from preferring a request that Dickens may
be buried in the only tomb in England worthy of him.
Dickens spoke from his own modest estimate of himself ;
he did not reflect how dear his memory would he to the
English nation ; and could he know the pleasure it would
give them to honour him and to have his tomb always
among them, he would have been the last to disappointthe
people whom he loved so well. If his friends prefer it,
let them have as quiet a funeral as they please ; their
wishes will be religiously respected. But let him lie in
the Abbey. Where Englishmen gather to review the
memorials of the great masters and teachers of their
nation, the ashes and the name of the greatest instructor
of the nineteenth century should not be absent.
London, England, 1870-06-13

A SPECIAL PLEADER.

John Bazar, having killed a rival in his love affairs
was tried and sentenced to death in New Orleans. A
petition for clemency was at once sent to the Governor on
his behalf, the reason for it being the prisoner's " ignor-
ance," and the fact -that he only murdered a man in ' a
quarrel about a woman." This was rather striking, but
John Bazar, himself, sent a similar request for mercy
based upon the ground that " he was not ready to appear
before his Maker." He added—" Let me remind you that
it is written in the Sacred Volume, in emphatic language,
binding on man and society, "Thou shalt not kill.' " John
Bazar conveniently forgot that injunction himself, but he
evidently is of opinion that it ought not to be forgotten
when his own neck is in jeopardy. He should have been
a criminal lawyer. —New York Times.

DEATH OF NAM k.NIEL
BOSTON, May 27,

Nathaniel Willis, aged 90 years, died in this city yes-
terday. He was the son of Nathaniel Willis, a publisher
well known in the days of the Revolution, who was an
apprentice with Benjamin Franklin in the printing-office
which was situated upon the spot where the Daily Adver-
tiser building now stands, and was also a member of the
Boston "tea party." His son, the subject of this sketch,
was also a publisher and journalist. He founcted the
Eastern Argus of Portland, and was the original pro-
prietor and for many years editor of the Boston Recorder,
which was established in 1816, and was the first religious
newspaper in the. world. He also started the Youth's
Companion, the first youth's paper. Two sons, Nathaniel
Parker Willis, the poet, and Richard Storrs Willis, fol-
lowed the profession of their father and grandfather, and
one of his daughters, Mrs. Parton, is well known as an
author and a lively newspaper writer.
London, England, 1870-06-13

EASILY SATISFIED.

It is rather diverting to read in a Chicago newspaper
that the Fenians of that city are in excellent spirits, and
that " the news of the capture of General O'Neill will not
check their operations nor diminish their ardour." We
do not see why they should be in the least depressed by
the captivity of the warrior ; on the contrary, we fancy
that, if we were Fenians, the effect upon us would .be

rather exhilarating than otherwise. Instead of disbursing
30;000 dols., to get the'O'Neill out of the calaboose, as
the Fenian Philadelphians propose to do, our opinion is
that it would be better to pay 100,000 to keep him where
he is—permitting him, of course, to send out proclama-
tions, pronunciamentos, orations, general orders, exhor-
tations,. and appeals without stint —everything and any-
thing, in short, except plans of campaigns, which are
evidently not this noble General's forte. —New York
Tribune.
London, England, 1870-06-13

OPERATIC SINGERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE " BUN."
B„lR,—Our contemporaries are continually complaining
'Jae sudden throat attacks of the popular vocalists, and
°,.substiuting the lesser for the greater artist. It is amend
Plied that some pecuniary benefit is derived from it. The
0-4,..atvel is that they stand the constant strain on the
I?at's of voice encumbered as thcy are by what the
aliaos call the " Ponticelli," generally known as the
breaks in the voice. It is a matter of regret to find that
neither foreign nor native singing masters of popularity
atle aware that these obstructions to voice can be removed ;
„,,"'e3r consider them structural hindrances, and manage
th them as well as art can devise, but if they knew that
b"37 denote hereditary disease, and that singing over the
reaks hardens the mucous of which they are coin-
to Posed, it would facilitate the labours of singers
direct minute attention to this subject. Since 1851
linrYe a ks ys
,8 ta d ennl of voice development has removed these
music
the public would have more enjoyment in
[U had musicians, operatic managers, and music pub-
a,,,E...lers engaged singers who have no breaks to manage,
the public would not have to complain of the disap-
rintment of not hearing Patti or Nillson after payipg
f„amisoinely for the pleasure. The public being now in-
ins'llaed of the cause of these sudden sore throats can no
Cell,ge,.l. justly complain of singers whose health is, unfor-
--a'elY7 not much considered in the matter. —I am,
°l.lrs obediently, G. F. FLOWERS.
London, England, 1870-06-13

THE SCOTTISH FARMERS AND THE GAME LAWS.

The Times, in referring to the attitude assumed by the
Scottish farmers about the Game Laws, says : Of all
public questions recently agitated, none lies in so small a
compass as this. Owing to the habits of modern society
and the course of modern trade, most country estates may
now be said to produce two returns—a crop rent and a
game rent. The relative proportions of the two may vary
to an extent. In the majority of cases the crop rent
is far more valuable than the game rent, which
may be comparatively trifling ; in others, the
game rent may. be everything, and the crop
rent nothing, as in the instance of the Scottish deer
forests. But, however this may be, the two rents
admit of equally easy calculation, An intending tenant
may stipulate for having both in his own hands,
in which event he is master of the whole matter. We
suspect that in point of fact land occupiers have come tco
look at the game on an estate as something which is main-
tained solely at the expense of their crops, and which
ought, therefore, to be their property without any stipu-
lation whatever. They look especially upon hares and
rabbits as vermin, which they would kill down if they
could, but which thel landowner preserves at their cost for
his own amusement. To this we reply, again, that if any
tenant allows this to be done it is his own fault, That
the person who rents the game, whether he be a separate
tenant or the landlord himself, should pay for what it
costs in damage to the crops is perfectly just. In the
case of a deer forest he does actually pay the whole rent
of the estate, and in the case of ordinarypreserves he should
pay his due proportion, whatever it may be. Over-pre-
servation would then be equivalent to under-renting, or
in other words, as the game rent rose the crop rent woul
fall. But all this is clearly matter of calculation an
i
agreement, and against such view there is, indeed, but a
single plea to be set up—namely, that a Lowland farmer,
like an Irish peasant, is too poor, too helpless, and too in-
capable to be regarded as a free agent, or as competeut to
strike a bargain with a landowner on equal terms. But
do the wealthy scientific agriculturists' of Scotland really
intend to plead in that form ?