biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-20

JEROME BONAPARTE.

The Telegraph says that a Bonaparte is dead. He never
did anything notable in the world beyond bringing a law-
suit, which he lost ; and his kindred in France success-
fully disputed his right to bear the name of Bonaparte
at all. But he could undoubtedly trace his lineage to the
great Corsican ; and, although the " divinity which doth
hedge a king " may be on the wane, there is little
decrease in the interest with which the name even of the
most distant member of the Bonaparte family continues
to be invested. The Jerome who died on Friday last
at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, was
the son of Jerome Bonaparte--the youngest brother
of the Great Napoleon, and some time Sing of
Westphalia—and of the beautiful Miss Patterson, the
daughter of a wealthy merchant at Baltimore. He was,
consequently, first cousin to the Emperor Napoleon 111.,
and half brother to Prince Napoleon and the Princess
Mathilde. Will his imperial relatives at Paris put on
mourning for the respectable elderly gentleman of sixty-
three, who has just deparated this life in his dignified
Transatlantic retirement ? We are afraid that they will
not. There can be no doubt that Jerome, Napoleon's
brother, contracted a perfectly lawful marriage with the
beautiful Baltimore heiress. Some fiery Southern gentle-
man would very probably have been moved to blow out
the brains of le petit polieson, as Napoleon called him, had
he dared to seduce an American lady ; but it pleased
Napoleon I. in the full revelry of his selfish des-
potism, to declare the Bonaparte-Patterson marriage
null and void. He wished his brother to marry an
European Princess, and Jerome was only too happy to
repudiate his bride. A son had been born to her, and
from that son are descended grandsons who, on the
establishment of the second Empire, strove to obtain
from the French tribunals a declaration that the American
marriage was valid ; but, after due deliberation, the
complaisant tribunals decided against the claims of these
young gentlemen—who, if they were not eager to assume
their rank as French Princes, were at least anxious to
vindicate the fair fame of a deeply injured lady.
London, England, 1870-06-20

THE AMERICAN MAILS.

The intelligence that the Postmaster of the United
States has made arrangements with the Cunard and
the Inman Steamship Companies for carry-
ing the United States mails is not the
least important item of news received through
the cable. For several months the commercial com-
munity has laboured under a grievance which call
only be understood by men engaged in the
pursuits of trade. Parliament denied its
responsibility for the delay in the arrival of the mails
from America, and threw the blame upon the
United States postmaster, who had refused to
continue the contracts with the two companies
at the rates agreed upon. The demand made
by this official was sudden, and the Cunard and
Inman Companies were not prepared to make a
sacrifice for the benefit of the American Post-office.
The mails were then given to the Guion
line, and much praise is due to this company
for its efforts in arresting the blow which would
have been felt by a complete stoppage of the mail
communication between the two countries. The
resumption of the contract by the two well-known
companies is, nevertheless, a matter for congratu-
lation.
London, England, 1870-06-20

THE QUEEN'S STATE BREAKFAST.

The arrangements are nearly complete for the State
breakfast which will be given by her Majesty on
Thursday next. The range of tents now being
erected upon the lawn in front of the East Terrace
comprises a drawing-room and breakfast-room and
other apartments. The handsome Tipoo Saib and other
tents with silver poles from Windsor Castle, as well as
tents from Buckingham Palace and Woolwich, will be
called into use.
London, England, 1870-06-20

FAILURE OF SERVICE REFORM SCHEMES.

It is apparently very manifest that the governing
authorities, who have latterly been proposing changes
in the army and navy systems, have been doing so
without due caution or consideration. Apart from
the dissatisfaction which is generally expressed with
respect to the reforms, in the Military Train and
other departments, which are said to have been
accomplished, there are several designs which have
only reached an embryo stage, but which, never-
theless, have succeeded in making large num-
bers of officers unsettled and anxious. Two of
these schemes have just been abandoned, and it is
satisfactory to learn that a final decision, even for
the withdrawal of contemplated plans, can be arrived
at by the governing bodies. Mr. Baxter, one of the
Secretaries to the Admiralty, is to be congratulated
on the abandonment of his purchase system ; the
scheme of allowing officers retiring from the army
to make a commutation of their pensions on retire-
ment, has also been allowed to perish. There
can be no doubt that every newly suggested
arrangement upsets the equilibrium of many minds
in the services, and abstracts their care and attention
from duties that ought to be performed efficiently and
zealously. It is, moreover, true that confidence will
be shaken in the heads of departments, if they are
ever absolutely resorting to changes, or even thinking
of them. Under these circumstances it would be
well if all pending designs either followed the fate of
those which fell through this week, or were
pushed on to completion ; and if designs
for remodelling in the government of the army
and navy were undertaken at all future times with
discrimination and common sense.
London, England, 1870-06-20

G-OLDWIN SMITH ON " LOTHAIR."

Every newspaper but one which has commented on Mr-
Goldwin Smith's absurd letter to Mr. Disraeli regards it•
as .a fresh proof of the justice of the portrait drawn in
" Lothair." Mr. Disraeli never misses his mark, and in
this case his playful satire has " wrung the withers " of a'
man who is always attacking others, but who cannot bear
to be attacked himself. It may be doubted, however,
whether it was worth Mr. Disraeli's while to discharge
even a random arrow at an antagonist who is capable of
writing a letter characteristic rather of an ungovernable
and ill-tempered schoolboy than of a full-blown Professor.
There is no abusive epithet which Mr. Smith has not
applied in his time to Mr. Disraeli, but when the lash is
laid over his own shoulders, he sets to work writin;
abusive letters.. We are to suppose that a man has proved
his courage when he calls another a coward—through the
safe medium of the Atlantic post. Professor Smith
ought to have learned by this time that when a mall
" plays at bowls he must expect rubbers."—New York.
Times.

RED CLOUD.
"Red Cloud," who recently arrived at Washington, has
a speech all ready, which he is to deliver to the Presi-
dent, and which some reporter has screwed out of the
brave, most unfairly sending it onin advance by telegraph.
" Red Cloud" calls General Grant his " Great Father,,
four times, "My Father " twice, " Good Father
once, and simply " Father " also four times. Of
course he alludes to the Deity as "The Great
Spirit," and tells General Grant that he has come
to Washington "to smoke the pipe of peace,'
whereas it is well enough known that the General would
much prefer to smoke a first-rate cigar. Isn't it about-
time that this old-fashioned nonsense of " Father " and
" Great Spirit," and the like, imitated, and that badly,
from Cooper's novels, should no longer be put into the
mouths of the poor Indians ? Why must the Red Man he
forced to acknowledge upon all occasions that he is a child
still in a condition of pupilage? Why make him affirm
fanciful paternity, when General Grant is no more his
father than he is ours?—New York Tribune.
London, England, 1870-06-20

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and 3I anageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEARTS. Messrs
Edward Terry and Turner; Mesdames Buf ton an dSantley.
Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James, Terry,
Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Sant:ey, Anstiss, Goodall, Met-
calfe, and Moore.
London, England, 1870-06-20

South-Eastern
I Rom., Bar., StCLlud.g.s pc 10711081
East India guar. 5 p o
Grand Trunk of Canada 145 151
I Do. Ist Preference Bonds 661 67/
Great Indian Peu. g. 5 p c 10811091
Great Western of Canada 151 15/
Madras g. spc lOBllO9l
Delhi,Scinde, do.
Scinde, Punjaüb, do
Dutch Rhenish 25 25
Eastern ofFrance
[ Great Luxembourg 145 145
I Northern of France
0 ttom. (Smyrna to Aidln) 61 7
Recife and San Francisco 155 165
I Sau Paulo (L.) guar. 7p c 21 211
18, Aus. & Lom. Veuetu. 161 161
London, England, 1870-06-20

Just published, price is 6d., by post is. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quadis.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Ballicre, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with
this edition.
London, England, 1870-06-20

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. Mil,
Mrs Laws. _ _

After which, at 8.30. "HOME." Ur Sothern, Mr Chippendale,
Mr Compton, Mr iiuckstone, jun., Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss
Fanny Gwynne, and Miss Caroline Hill.
Concluding with FAMILY JARS. Mr Compton.
London, England, 1870-06-20

THE BRINDISI ROUTE.

There is at present some contention respecting the
relative merits of the mail routes by Brindisi and by
Marseilles. There is no doubt that the former has
the . advantage of rapidity, an advantage
which in these days ranks very high
in the public estimation. Letters from the
East by Brindisi are • delivered in London
before the letters received by the Marseilles mall:
Sometimes the time thus gained by the Brindisi
route has been as much as thirty or forty hours.
Indeed, the first May mail which arrived in London.
via Marseilles was anticipated by the Brindisi
route by no less than forty-nine hours. The Brin-
disi mail• arrived in London on Friday, April 29, at
5.43 p.m., while the Marseilles mail did not reach
London until Sunday, May 1, at 6.45 p.m. Under
these circumstances it is thought unreasonable that
the Post-office authorities should not alter the
arrangement and make Brindisi the principal
route and Marseilles the supplementary one
but the Post-office argues that the people
can send their letters by Brindisi now if they
choose. Some of the Oriental banks, it is said,
make occasional profits. by receiving their reniit-
tances through Brindisi a day or two earlier than
the public receive their drafts on the banks. Sol°
accounts have described the population of the
Adriatic coast as dirty and half savage peasants,
the air along the coast from Venice to Reggio as
miasmatic, and the whole Brindisi route unfavour-
able. On the other hand, it is urged that the
country near Brindisi is a garden of olives and
almond trees and vines, and that the whole line ef
country is rapidly improving. The Mont °ems
tunnel, when completed, is expected to shorten the
Brindisi route by some eight or ten hours, in which
case letters will reach London before the Alexandria
steamer reaches Marseilles. Petitions are being
presented to the Governments of Germany, Holland,
and Denmark, for the adoption of this route for
Asiatic correspondence, and it is said that an inflir
ential city member intends to support the same plan
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THE MEN IN WOMEN'S CLOTHES.

This morning Mr. Wills, instructed by Mr. Maddock,
solicitor, of Serjeant's Inn, applied to Mr. Justice Byles,
at his lordship's private residence, 3, Prince's Gardens,
South Kensington, to reduce the amount of bail fixed for
the liberation of Mr. John Safford Fiske, the American
consul at Leith. It will be remembered that on Satur-
day Mr. Justice Willes refused to enter on the question,
and referred it to Mr. Justice Byles before whom the
motion was first heard.

Mr. Will having reminded his lordship of the circum-
tances, handed in his affidavit to the effect that Mr. Fiske
had been unable to procure the necessary bail : that, being
a foreigner, it was improbable that he should be able to
obtain the necessary sureties ; and that it was not, and
never had been his intention to go abroad in order to
avoid the charges upon which he was in custody.
Mr. Justice. Byles wished to hear what the Treasury
had to say.
Mr. Archibald would place before his lordship the
letters which had been written by the defendant, and
leave the matter entirely in his (Mr. Justice Byles')
hands.

Mr. Justice Byles thought under the circumstances, as
set out in the affidavit, that the defendant was placed
on a far different footing to the other defendant, and
being entitled by law to be liberated upon reasanable—
not excessive—bail, he should reduce the amount to per-
sonal rscognizances of £l,OOO, and two sureties of £5OO
each with 48 hours' notice, the defendant to be released
sooner if the Treasury are satisfied as to the bail. The
parties then withdrew after thanking the learned Judge
for hearing the application at his private residence on a
day (Coronation day) when the offices are closed, and
thereby saving the defendant a day.
London, England, 1870-06-20

SEWAGE.

The question how to utilise the Metropolitan
sewage has been engaging the attention of the select
committee of the House of Commons, which has
been investigating the Thames Navigation Bill. In
waiting until the utilisation be fairly accomplished,
the committee has given its approval to a bill for

preventing the obstruction of the river by the flow
of sewage. This is merely a temporary expedient to
diminish a pressing inconvenience, but the
recommendation of the committee that
mediate attention be given to the
utilisation of the sewage is an important, step
in the right direction. Other towns have grappled
with the evil, and though the proportions it assumes
in the metropolis are naturally much more formidable;
the difficulty of the task furnishes no excuse for avoid-
ing- it. The drought which now prevails to so great
an extent proves the necessity of turning oar
fertilising resources to the best account possible,ia-
stead of employing them to injure our rivers.

THE AMERICAN MAILS.

The intelligence that the Postmaster of the United
States has made arrangements with the Cunard and
the Inman Steamship Companies for carry—
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least important item of news received through
the cable. For several months the commercial cow-
munity has laboured under a grievance which call
only be understood by men engaged in the
pursuits of trade. Parliament denied its
responsibility for the delay in the arrival of the mails
from America, and threw the blame upon the
United States postmaster, who had refused to
continue the contracts with the two companies
at the rates agreed upon. The demand made
by this official was sudden, and the Cunard and
Inman Companies were not prepared to make
sacrifice for the benefit of the American Post-office•
The mails were then given to the GUiOll
line, and much praise is due to this company
for its efforts in arresting the blow which would
have been felt by a complete stoppage of the mail
communication between the two countries. The
resumption of the contract by the two well-known
companies is, nevertheless, a matter for congratu-
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MR. RTJSKIN.

- Mr. John Ruskin, in a recent lecture on War, deli-
vered at. the Royal Whitney College, Woolwich, ad-
dressed himself especially to the ladies present, and in-
formed
them that they, as representatives of the female
sex in the upper classes, were responsible for the existence
of war in the world. The only reason for it, he said, "is
simply that you women, however good and religious,
however self-sacrificing for those whom you love, are too
selfish and too thoughtless to take pains for any creature
out of your immediate circles." In further pursuance
of this fantastic sort of " Plain talk," Mr. Ruskin said
that if war, instead of unroofing peasants' houses and
ravaging peasants' fields, merely broke china upon the
drawing-room tables of the rich, no war in civilized
countries would last a week ; and, moreover, that the
ladies of the " happy classes " might put a period to war
at any moment, with less trouble than they take any day
to go out to dinner, by simply wearing deep mourning for
the fallen while any war proceeds. It seems amazing that
' any man with such a command of the English language
as this man possesses can be capable of such egregious
foolishness.—Boston Advertiser.

GOLDWIN SMITH ON " LOTHAIR."
Every newspaper but one which has commented ou Mr.
Goldwin Smith's absurd letter to Mr. Disraeli regards it
as a fresh proof of the justice of the portrait drawn
in
" Lothair." Mr. Disraeli never misses his mark, and in
this case his playful satire has " wrung the withers " of a
man who is always attacking others, but who cannot bear
to be attacked himself. It may be doubted, however,
whether it was worth Mr. Disraeli's while to discharge
even a random arrow at an antagonist who is capable of
writing a letter characteristic rather of an ungovernable
and ill-tempered schoolboy than of a full-blown Professor.
There is no abusive epithet which Mr. Smith has not
applied in his time to Mr. Disraeli, but when the lash i 5
laid over his own shoulders, he sets to work writin4
abugive letters. We are to suppose that a man has proved
his courage when he calls another a coward—through the
safe medium of the Atlantic post. Professor Sniith
ought to have learned by this time that when a man
"plays at bowls he must expect rubbers."—New York
Times.
London, England, 1870-06-20

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.

The cattle trade has been in a depressed state. The con-
tinued drought and the difficulty.of obtaining sufficient
food are compelling graziers to send their cattle to market
much earlier than usual, and consequently lean stock is
becoming more plentiful, whilst really prime breeds are
proportionately scarce. At present the deterioration in
quality is , principally apparent in the case of sheep,
beasts as yet not exhibiting any marked falling off.
About an average supply of beasts has been on sale. The
demand has been inactive, but prices have been main-
tained. For the best Scots and crosses ss. per 81bs has
been paid. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire we received about 1250 Scots and crosses, from
other parts of England, 720 various breeds ; from Scot-
land 18 Scots and crosses, and from Ireland 90 oxen.
The market has been fairly supplied with sheep. Sales
have progressed slowly, at previous quotations. The
best Downs and half-breds havebeen disposed of at 5s 2dto
5s 4d per 81bs. Lambs have sold heavily at from 6s to
6s 8d per 81bs. Calves have been in limited request, and
the demand for pigs has been also inactive.

SALE OF MR. BLENKIRON'S YEARLINGS.
The annual sale of Mr. Blenkiron's yearling's attracted
much attention and a large attendance at Middle Park,
Eltham, on Saturday. Prominent amongst them was a
colt (own brother to Bicycle) who is cast in such a racing
mould, and is so full of quality, that even at the
large price of 1,500 guineas he cannot be con-
sidered at all a dear horse. As anticipated, the
largest price was paid for the grand Gladiateur colt from
Battaglia, and another—the beautiful half-sister to Her-
mit—reached the splendid figure of 1,150 guineas. A
Trumpeter colt from Isilia, purchased as a foal by Mr.
Blenkiron, made 1,650 guineas. The following are some
of the prioes realised :—Colt by Marsyas, 1,150 guineas ;
colt by Trumpeter, 1,650 guineas ; colt by Blair Athol
1,500 guineas : and colt by Gladiateur, 1,800 guineas.
London, England, 1870-06-20

ALSO AT OTHER PRICES

LAMOSES and SON beg to remind the public
• that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its
quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them
is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other
o ise in England.

-Ll4 MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of
[l.

GENTL:

MEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED

Summer Race Business Morning Dress
Overcoats. Coats. Suits. Trousers. Trousers,
133. 6d. 12s. 30s. 10s. 6d. 15s.
18s. 13s. 6d. 355. 13s. 18s.
21s. 15s. 40s. 16s. 21s.
245. 18s. 6d. 455. 18s. 265.
30s. 21s. 50s. 20$.
40s. 245.
London, England, 1870-06-20

RACING ANTICIPATIONS.

The fixtures for the week are Newcastle, Windsor, and
Hampton. At the first-named place the Northumberland
Plate is the most important event, but the horses engaged
are not of a high class. On Tuesday, the opening day,
six races are appointed to take place. The following are
the selections of the sporting papers :
For the Stephenson Biennial.—Bell's Life—Lady
Studley, or the Sheik ; Field—Columbus ; Sportsman—
Mount Blair, in the absence of Perth; Sporting Life--
Lady Studley in the absence of Perth.
For the North Derby.—Bell's Life—Dark Cloud or
Stanley; Field—Falkland ; Sportsman—Falkland or Tor-
reador ; Sporting Life—Falkland.
For the Northumberland Plate.—Bell's Life—Lord
Hawthorn or Cap-a-Pie ; Field—lrregularity ; Sportsman
—T. Dawson's selected or Myosotis ; Sporting Life—Lord
Hawthorn or Kidderminster.

For the Newcastle Handicap.—Field—Silver Band or
Jarnac.

The Windsor Meeting takes place on Tuesday and
Wednesday, the following being the most important
races :

Eton Handicap.—Bell's Life gives Skipjack, President
Lincoln, or Scarbro' ; Field—President Lincoln and Vest-
minster ; Sportsman—Blue Bell ; Sporting Life—Depar-
ture or President Lincoln.

Nursery Handicap.—Bell's Life—Houghton or Rose of
Athol • Field—Queen of the Vale or Botheration ; Sports-
man—Botheration; Sporting Life—South Durham or the
Moula filly.
Royal Stakes. Bell's Life— Perth ; Field—Perth ;
Sportsman—Perth ; Sporting Life—Perth.
Hampton Races will give London cockneys an oppor:
tunity of holding high jinks on Thursday and Friday.
For the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes the Field selects
Moccoto, and the Sporting Life Hobart or Chawbacon ;
the Sportsman, Hobart or Chawbacon.

CITY BETTING—SATURDAY,
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
100 to 30 agst Lord Hawthorn (offered-7 to 2 taken
and wanted)
85 to 20 agst Kidderminster (offered—take 9 to 2)
sto 1 agst Myosotis (taken and offered)
8 to 1 agst Five per Cent (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Irregularity (offered)
10 to 1 agst Cap-a-pie (offered)
30 to 20 agst Lord Hawthorn and Kidderminster
coupled (offered)
It is rumoured that Mysotis is scratched.

ST. LEGER.
sto 2 agst Kingcraft (offered)
7to 1 agst Sunshine (offered)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-SATERDAY.
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
3to 1 agst Lord Hawthorn (taken and offered)
9to 2 agst Kidderminster (taken)
9to 2 agst Myosotis (taken)
10 to 1 agst Cap -a-pie (offered)
12 to 1 agst Five per Cent. (taken)
100 to 6 agst Irregularity (offered)
20 to 1 agst Kennington (offered)

The New York Times has a telegram stating that
w ar has broken out between the Cheyenne Indians and
t he Sioux Indians, and there is to be war to the knife.
London, England, 1870-06-20

TWEEDIE'S TEMPER.
FACT AND B

,ANCE YEAR BOOK OF
lISTORY FOR 1870.
'ENT?.

CONT
General Review of the Tempe-
rance Movement.
Chronicle of the Temperance
Movement.
Teetotalism an Agent in Civi-
lisation.
Researches Respecting Alcohol.
The Result of the Personal and
Professional Experience of the
Benefits of Total Abstinence.
Physiology of Drinking.
Analysis of Bitter Ale and Beer.
Judicial Testimonies.
Statistics in Reference to Intoxi-
cating Drinks.
Presi-,—.{.lDeclarations.

Ecclesiastical Sayings and
Doings.
Temperance and Longevity.
Hindrances to the GospeL
Temperance Literature.
Temperance Societies, London
and Provincial.
Temperance Associations.
Temperance Provident Associa-
tions.
Facts, Legislative and Social.
Calendar—Eclipses—Postal Infor-
mation.
Royal Family and other Useful
Information usually found in
Almanacs.
:EDIE. 337, Strand.

London—W. T wzi

THE NATURALISTS' CALENDAR : a Register
of Periodic Natural Phenomena, referring to more than a
thousand native and cultivated plants, native insects, native and
domesticated mammals, native and domesticated birds and birds of
passage, and giving,the mean times of appearance of insects, the
periods of birds in respect of song, migration, &c. ; the time of
hybernation and first appearance of reptiles and mollusks ; the time
of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of trees mid other plants, &c„ &c.
Prefixed to each day is the mean temperature—i e., the temperature
at nine a.m.—deduced from an average of thirty-five years at Green-
wich. Also, a complete plan of entomological operations for each
season, shewing when, where, and how to capture the various orders
throughout the year.
Appended is a review of organic nature, namely :—l. The Vege-
table I(ingdom, including a census of the plants of the world, he
manner and proportion of their distribution ; census of British
plants, their distribution and origin. 2. The Animal kingdom,
divided into families, classes, and orders ; estimate of the numbe, s
of each, and their distribution, with special reference to British
Animals. &c., &c. Also, Weather Prognostics, from the aspect and
other indications furnished by inanimate nature, the conditio, of
n
plants ad flowers. and the actions of animals.
Illustrated by Wood Engravings in the highest style of art—
British Plants, British Insects, British Reptiles, British Birds.
London, England, 1870-06-20

THE VACANT THRONE.

The Spanish leaders are in such desperate
straits touching the filling up of the throne,
that they have taken to petitioning the Cortes on
the subject. It is odd news to learn that Admiral
Topete, one of the chief authors of the revolution,
has presented a petition to the Cortes in favour of
the Duke of Montpensier. It is quite clear that the
Cortes has nothing to do with the matter, but that all
rests with the wire-pullers. Nobody knows this better
than the Admiral, Ever since the revolution the
Duke of Montpensier has been angling, touting,
begging,
entreating to be made king ; but Prim's
unflinching opposition has kept him out. The idea
of Topete, the Duke's great supporter, proclaiming his
Impotency by petitioning is characteristic of Spanish

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, June 19.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by
the Marchioness of Ely.
"ler Majesty, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, and
the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine ser-
vice this morning in the private chapel.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY.
Lady Poltimore's dance.
Mr. William Gillett's (of the Albany) fancy dress ball, at
Willis's Rooms.
Mire. John Heathcote's evening party, 14, Curzon-street.
Mr. Wilhelm Ganz's annual grand morning concert, under
the immediate patronage of their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princese Mary Adelaide
of Teck, at which Madame Adelina Patti will appear;
to commence at two o'clock, as the St. James's Hall.
Signor Marras's apree midi musicale, from three to five
o'clock, at his residence, 10, Hyde-park-gate, Kensing-
ton-gore.
Philarmonic Society (conductor, Mr. W. G. Cusins).—
Last concert but one, at eight o'clock.
'kb Lord's Ground (grand cricket match)—M.C.C. and
Ground v. University of Cambridge.
International Pigeon shooting at the Gun Club—Club
Sweepstakes, at 25 yards, commence at 12 o'clock
Precisely.

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS TO-DAY.
The Asiatic Society at 3 p.m.
The United Service Institution at 8.30 p.m., when there
Fill be a discussion on Capt. Hoseason's paper on " The
necessity of our Naval Transport Fleet for Military
Purposes."
London, England, 1870-06-20

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Tins DAT.

ASSAULT BY A DISCARDED LOVER.—Benjamin Staples,
a young man, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt at
the Marlborough-street Police-court, charged with
assaulting Ellen Carter, residing in Upper Charlton.
The complainant, a good-looking young woman, said she
had " kept company" with the prisoner for some time,
and because she had given him up he came up to her on
Saturday night in Whitcomb-street, took her hat from
her, and struck her in the mouth. A constable proved
seeing the prisoner strike the complainant. Mr. Tyr-
whitt said it wau a cowardly assault, and committed the
prisoner for 21 days, with hard labour.
CHARGE OF FRAUD.—Simon Jonas and Lewis Sterne,
Jews, were brought before Mr. Lushington, at the Thames
Police-court, charged with attempting, by false and fraudu-
lentpretences, to obtain 204 boxes of soap value £lO 4s. 3d.
from Mr. John Parker, dealer in soap, of Parkfield-street,
Islington. The prosecutor met with Jonas about six
weeks ago opposite the Royal Exchange, and said he
would introduce him to several persons and transact
business with safety. Jonas subsequently introduced
Sterne, and. in consequence of what the former said, he
supplied Jonas with soap of the value of £lO 4s. 3d.
The order for the soap was received through
Jonas from Sterne. The terms were cash on
delivery. All that the prosecutor ever received was £2.
He had since applied to both prisoners frequently for the
money, but without success. Lillystone and Alfred
Smith, detectives, searched the house of Jonas in High-
street, Stepney, and on doing so found 172 boxes of
scented soap. The officers asked for a remand, and
said they should have more and important evidence to
adduce. The prisoners were members of the notorious
"long firm." They had offered the prosecutor £4 in
addition to £2 already received, but was refused. Remanded
accordingly.

On Saturday evening Mr. Alfred Wigan will take
his benefit at the Gaiety Theatre, on which occasion ho
will appear with Mdlle. Leblanc in " La Pluic et
to Beau Temps, " which will be acted in French.
The public will thus have the rare opportunity of
seeing Mr. Wigan personate one of his most successful
English parts dla Fran caise. The bill also presents
another special attraction viz., the drama of " The Poor
Nobleman," a character that tended greatly to enhance
Mr. Wigan's great reputation as an actor. Mrs. Wigan,
will also sustains a character in the last-named drama,
and the entertainment will conclude with the bur-
lesque of " The Princess of Trebizond. His rare
talent and the high reputation in which Mr. Wigan
is held will certainly secure him an overflowing house.
London, England, 1870-06-20

TILL

. •
N
MORIN G

BUENOS AYRES SIX PER CENT. STATE
LOAN, 1870,
Under the authority of the State Laws of the 17th (Isth)
November, 1868, and 27th (28th) January, 1870 ;. 18th (19th) p 1
February, 1869 (as varied by a further Law of 3rd (4th) September,
1869), and 27th (28th) January, 1870,
FOR £1,034,700 STERLING,
In Bonds to Bearer for £lOO, £5OO, and £l,OOO each.
The Interest payable half-yearly in London.
The Loan to be redeemed at par by Annual Drawings in about
thirty-three years, by means of an accumulative. Sinking Ftind,
which, however, the Government reserves to itself the right to
increase, so as to redeem the Loan at an earlier period.

"conjunction with the Republic of Honduras, to protect
same from interruption, seizure; or unjust confls-
" cation, from whatsoever quarter the attempt may
"proceed."
Treaties signed by the Honduras Government with France and
the United States contain the same provisions.
A general Bond, executed by His Excellency Don Carlos
Gutierrez, on behalf of the Government of Honduras, wiil be
deposited at the Bank of England for security of the entire Loan,
and the Definitive Bonds of this Loan will be signed by his Ex-
cellency Don Carlos Gutierrez, on behalf of his Government, and
cfmntersigned by • Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt,
Agents of the Government in England.
Applications for the Loan will be received by:the London
and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, and Branches, where
Prospectuses and Forms of Application can- be obtained.
Louden, Juno 20th, 1870.

:ONDURA.S GOVERNMENT TEN PER CENT,
RAILWAY LOAN FOR £2,500,000.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To be retained by the Bankers.

To HIS EXCELLENCY
M DON
ter CARin LonLOS GUTIERREZ, Honduras
inisdon.
Per London and County Bank.

I sir,
• I hereby request that you will allot to me Stock
of the above Loan, on the terms of the Prospectus issued, and
I hereby agree to accept that or any smaller sum which may be
allotted to me, and to pay the instalments thereon according to
the terms of your Prospectus of the 20th June, 1870.
I am,
Your Excellency's obedient servant,
Signature
Address in full

(Addition to be
_filled up-if Applicant wishes to pay up
- in ful
- desire to pay up - Subscription in full, receiving dis-
count thereon at the Bank of England rate now current.

LOANS ON DEBENTURES.—The Directors
of the Great Eastern Railway Company are prepared to
receive Loans of Money for three, five, or seven years, at 4t per
cent., on the security of the Company's Debentures. Applica-
tions to be addressed to the undersigned.
By Order,
J. B. OWEN, Secretary.
•
Bishopsgate Terminus, 17th June, 1870.
London, England, 1870-06-20

THE NEW EDUCATION BILL.

Canon Oakeley writes as follows to the Standard:—The
friends of religious education are deeply indebted to Mr.
Disraeli for his admirable exposure of Mr. Cowper-
Temple's amendment on the Government bill. The pro-
posal to substitute the reading of the Bible for definite
religious teaching is a compromise which will satisfy
neither the advocates nor the opponents of denomina-
tionalism. As Mr. Disraeli has clearly shown, it con-
ceals a sectarian tendency under an unsectarian aspect.
It either reduces the reading of the bible to a
mere school exercise, which is a profanation, or it
leaves an opening for comments which must in-
troduce the principle of dogmatism in its most
objectionable form. The dogmatism of unauthorised
teachers is of all intellectual tyrannies the most odious,
and this it is to which the adoption of Mr. Cowper Tem-
ples amendment by the legislature would subject the un-
happy children of our poor. The Catholic community,
to which I have the honour and happiness to belong, is
perfectly ready to merge all differences, from the Estab-
lished Church and the other religious bodies in this country
in a common support of the denominational principle.
For we prefer definite religious teaching of any kind to the
entire absence of the religious element in education. But
we cannot consider that the reading of the Bible, with the
explanatory comments of the schoolmaster, deserves the
name of such teaching at all ; and there are not a few of us who
would prefer the purely secular system, which should leave to
the parent or the clergyman the duty of inculcating religion,
to an expedient for the solution of the religious difficulty
which is calculated to throw dust in the eyes of all those
who are not forewarned of the mischief which lurks be-
neath its pecious pretensions.
Far from hoping with you, Sir, that the Conservative
party may be able to reconcile themselves to this ob-
noxious amendment, I rather hope that they will combine
with earnest men of widely different politics to get rid of it;
or, at alli events, that they will constitute a minority
sufficiently powerful to strengthen the hands of the upper
House in preventing that amendment from becoming the
law of the land.
London, England, 1870-06-20

THE DENHAM MURDERS.

A number of letters have, during the past few—a7s.,
been received from various parts of the country in
reference to the previous history of John Jones, alias
Owen, alias Jenkins, alias Reynolds, the man now in
Aylesbury Gaol charged with the perpetration of the late
murders at Denham. A story has been current that Mrs.
Marshall's name was Jones, and that Jones was her ille-
gitimate son born before she was married. The statement
is without foundation, Mrs. Maishall's name having been
Smith, and her marriage having occurred twelve years
before Jones's birth. She bore the highest character both
before and after marriage. Superintendent Dunham has
received a letter from Shipston-on-Stour, stating that a
man named John Owen, a journeyman blacksmith,
resided there, and was convicted of felony in 1855.
Another letter states that a man named John Owen, a
native of Byfield, left that place 20 years ago with a
very bad reputation. He went to Birmingham, and has
recently been tramping the country as a blacksmith.
Other letters evidently refer to Owen under the alias of
Jenkins. Photographs of the prisoner are to be sent to
the writers of the letters, and there can be little doubt
that his previous history will soon be known. Several
persons who have seen the photograph aver that they have
at various times seen him at Denham, when, they believe,
he occasionally worked for Marshall.
London, England, 1870-06-20

THE DEPRESSION OF TRADE IN FRANCE.

The French commission appointed, to inquire into
the working of the commercial treaty with Great
Britain and other countries has nearly completed its
report on the cotton trade in all its branches. An
immense amount of evidence of the most varied kind
has been collected, and it is believed that the reports
will shed much light upon the causes which have
so sadly interfered with the manufacturing
interest during the last four years. The
persistent efforts of French Protectionists have made
it the fashion to attribute the depression to com-
mercial treaties, and superficial acquaintance with
the principles of political economy in spite
of the writings of Bastiat and Cheva-
lier has helped to propagate the error. The forth-
coming reports will, it is believed, remove many
of the prejudices against free trade. Several English
gentlemen have been invited to give evidence
on the state of the cotton trade, among others
Mr. Henry Ashworth, Mr. Armytage, and Mr. John
Stagg, jun., all Manchester men, and able to afford
trustworthy information to the commission. Lord
Lyons has given every assistance in his power, and it
is to be hoped that the results of the commercial
treaties will be exhibited in their proper light.
London, England, 1870-06-20

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London, England, 1870-06-20

THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

The Standard thinks the aspect of the great question
of national education has been entirely changed by the
event of Thursday night ; and the situation is critical.
What course the friends of religious education ought now
to pursue is one of the most difficult and most momentous
problems that ever tasked the prudence of leaders or the
temper of_a party. We have already considered the nature
of his amendments, and we shall not here repeat either
the objections or the recommendations we then pointed
out. What is of more immediate moment is the spirit in
which these amendments have evidently been framed.
It seems to us, judging of the matter from a pofnt
outside of Parliamentary entanglements and of party
necessities, that the course of the friends of religious
education should be 'determined by a single main
consideration. That our rprimary schools shall be as a
rule religious, and secular or " unsectarian" only were
sectarian feuds make common action on religious grounds
impossible, is the ona essential necessity, the one point of
transcendent importance to which all other considerations
should be subordinated. That England should remain
Christian is an object of more consequence than any that
can ordinarily engage the ambition or stir the passion of
political parties ; and England will not long remain
Christian after her primary education has been practically
heathenised.
London, England, 1870-06-20

This is by no means an easy process if we are to
judge by the elaborate description given in the
Court. The material selected is Russian wool
or other wool of a coarse texture, and it has to be
soaked, boiled, dyed, dried, crisped, and curled, before
it is fit for exhibition on ladies heads, according to the
dictum of fashion. So successful was the improvement
on Dame Nature, that other chignon manufacturers
imitated Mr. Rushton's contrivance, and produced wool
transformed into hair ! The case was brought into
court for an injunction to restrain any such sale.
The point raised was of some interest, for though►
one of the counsel heartlessly observed that ladies
ehignons were trifling things, the validity of
the patent depended upon the principle
that a known material might be adapted
to a new purpose for which it had not
before been used. Vice-Chancellor Malins, however
refused to admit this, and declared that a man could
not take out a patent for the use of a well-known
material in the manufacture of every-day goods,
If this patent were sustained, no one could hereafter
use wool,without the consent of the plaintiff, for pur-
poses to which our grandfathers applied it. The bill
was dismissed, with costs, and the rivalry goes on.
London, England, 1870-06-20

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

The Elementary Education Bill will be taken in commit-
tee to-day. The Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Bill
is also fixed for third reading, the Post Office
Bill for second reading, and the Lords' amendments
on the Bridgwater and Beverley. Disfranchisement Bill,
are on the paper for consideration by the House of
Commons. Among the questions to be asked will be one
by Mr. Peek with reference to the small consideration the
council of the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park,
receive from the hands of the Government in
return for the means of enjoyment and instruction they
afford to the public. The poor accommodation granted
in the House of Commons to Reporters will be also the
subject of a question to be put by Mr. Taylor ; and Mr.
Stacpoole intends asking the Postmaster-General what
steps he is prepared to take in the way of facilitating te-
legraphic communication with I:eland. To-day Sir
Henry Hoare will, moreover, ask the First Commissioner
of Works •whether plans .sheaving the .deviation of the
new Kensington Aad into Hyde - park, and which
threaten to interfere with the traffic of Rotten-
row, have not been prepared, and -if so whether
such plans ought not to be submitted to the House for
approval. The appointment of a select committee to
report on the Kennington-road Improvement Bill,
returns of the students in the Irish Queen's Colleges, and
correspondence relating to the capture of Englishmen in
Spain by brigands, will probably be asked for, and the
Merchant Shipping Code Bill be considered in committee
before the House rises. On Tuesday, Captain Dawson-
Darner will ask Mr. Ayrton if measures are not now in
progress for letting the enclosure in Leicester-square for
building purposes, and whether it would not be advisable to
keep the square as an open space for the public. The ad-
journed debate on the Ballot Bill will be resumed. The
Absconding Debtors' Bill and the Lodgers' Protection
Bill will come up for a second reading on Wednesday.
The Stamp Duties' Bill will no doubt be
taken in Committee on Thursday, and on that day the
University Tests Bill will also in its amended form come
under consideration. Mr. Stacpoole will, moreover, put
a question with reference to the filling up of the vacancy
in the city of Dublin.—The second reading of the Benefit
Societies Bill, as well as of the Clerical Disabilities Bill,
is fixed for Friday, on which day also Mr. Bass intends
calling the attention of Parliament to the advantage of
taking more special notice of industrial occupations in
connection with the census of 1871.
London, England, 1870-06-20

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