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The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-16

MINORITY CLAUSE.

The House of Commons, after a tie, in which the
Speaker's vote was so given as to afford opportunities for
a second division on the merits, has, says the Daily News,
rejected Mr. Hardcastle's bill for the repeal of the mino-
rity clauses of the Reform Act of 1867. Nearly every
eminent parliamentary authority is opposed to the prin-
ciple of these clauses. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Disraeli,
and Mr. Henley condemned them. On the other side
were found, running in strange couples, Mr. Morrison
and Mr. John Hardy, Mr. Newdegate and Mr.
Fawcett. The minority scheme in its best form,
which is certainly not that partially adopted in
the Act of 1867, is little better than an ingenious ph
sophical toy, better fitted to amuse the leisure of a Lap tan
philosopher than to engage the labours of practical states-
men. Those who favour it talk of Representative Govern-
ment, but they are thinking only of representation, and
leave government entirely out of their minds. They lose
sight of the end in the means. In their desire to give an

ideal symmetry to the instrument, they entirely ignore the
work which has to be done. If the House of Commons
were a mirror, with no other function than passively
to reflect the feeling of the country, Mr. Hare's
scheme would be a wise one. It is not, however, a look-
ing-glass, but a lever which has to lift a heavy weight ;
and its efficiency is not likely to be increased by diminish-
ing the force that can be applied to it. The combination
of a few members, whose votes say ditto to Mr. Mill, with
the Tory antagonists of democracy, has given a few
months or years additional existence to the blundering
application of a doubtful principle, which cannot perma-
nently enter into our electoral system.
London, England, 1870-06-16

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learn to play, _together with the rules of the noble game. Post
free 6d,

BUTTERFLIES. Upon a Large Sheet
JILIP Price 6d. ; coloured. 2s. Cl.
• Twunwn. 337 Strand.

HARRY BIRKETT : the Story of • a Man who
Helped Himself. Cheap Edition, fancy boards, 25.:
in
handsome cloth, 3s. 6d.
London—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand. W.O.

W OVE'S LABOUR NOT LOST. ~By the Rev.
J. B. Kane, incumbent Of Annaghmore. A popular Tempe
ranee Tale. Limp cloth, ls.
London—W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand.

VISHING WITHOUT LIVE BAIT. Price Gd.
J. Written in easy style for boys. Engravings are given of all the
British Fresh-water Fish, with Particular Instructions Where, When
and How to Fish.
London--W. TwEEDIB. 337. Strand.

QTRUGGLES OF A VILLAGE LAD, THE.
Shewing that nothing is difficult when you try. Illuminated
fancy cover, is. ; cloth boards, ls. 6d. Pot: free for stamps.
. London—W..TwEanin. 337. Strand.

DOUGH, AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND ORATIONS
OF J. B. The Autobiography and Subsequent Life of Mr.
Gough are here given, with Fourteen Orations and Portrait.
Handsome cloth 3s. 6d. Post free, 3s. 10d.
London—W. TwEanlE, 337. Strand.

GRU TITL SWILLENDRINKEN .; or, The
.
Reptoof.of the Brutes. By Xlfred Crowquill. Containing
sixteen Hand-coloured..serio-come Illuataalions, A very amusing
and instructive book on the Temperance Question. Price Is.; pos
free,
London, England, 1870-06-16

➢IR. DISRAELI AND THE CRITICS.

The Daily Ne2vs has found out the reason of the
attack made by Blackwood on Mr. Disraeli's novel.
The distinguished Conservative leader has, it seems,
a resemblance in more than his political creed to Dr.
Johnson, who hated, or fancied he hated, Scotland
and Scotchmen with a distinctness which made
itself apparent on every opportunity. Mr.
Disraeli has scoffed at the United Presbyte-
rians, whose Church was invented by two Jesuit
priests, with the design of bringing Protestantism
into disrepute. The author of "Lothair" has not
only sneered at the coarse abundance of Scotch
country houses, but at the boorishness of Scotch
peers and the awkwardness of their provincial
daughters, and the writer in the northern magazine,
with the clanishness which is the distinguishing
characteristic of our canny countrymen, has taken
up the cudgels on behalf of his affronted fellows.
But the Scotch critic is not alone in his condemation
of "Lothair," for M. Edmond Scherer, in reviewing
the book in the Temos, is as severe in his judgment,
and says that the subjects set forth in the novel are
childish, the romantic interest of the story is feeble,
and the dialogue can scarcely be called original. M.
Scherer is of opinion that Mr. Disraeli was
never a great writer, nor even a great
novelist, and he also states that the only things
to be found in " Lothair " are "little nothings,"
and " amusing scandals." The author of " Con-
' ingsby," the best political novel in the English
language, and " Henrietta Temple," a love story
which has few equals of its kind, must be terribly
exercised by the critics, the " gentlemen who have
failed in literature." But perhaps there is a patriotic
raison d'être in this assault of the French reviewer.
Mr. Disraeli has sneered at the oat-meal eating ten-
dencies of the Scotch: does the Daity News know of
a disquisition on frogs by the same gentleman ?
London, England, 1870-06-16

LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management
of Messrs. Mansell).
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F.
Charles and Miss L. Morgan.
At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL.
After which, at t,.30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M.
Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle.
Debrenx, Mesdames Lennox G:ey, Lawson, Lee, and Emily
Bolden.
London, England, 1870-06-16

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.

That a Legislative Chamber should think itself
capable of digesting a bill containing no fewer than
693 clauses, and dealing with interests so vast in
their magnitude as the Merchant Shipping, is one of
those things which ordinary mortals cannot under-
stand. There is no doubt as to the urgent necessity
of the Merchant Shipping Code Bill; but on the
other hand hasty legislation must lead to crudeness
and inefficiency. That this is the view of the
Government is acknowledged by Mr. Gladstone, and
the assent given to the measure by the House of
Commons in reading the bill a second time, can only
be understood as implying a recognition of its prin-
ciples. The great evil of modern legislation appears
to be a disposition to undertake the working out of
the details of principles, instead of confining itself to
the principles themselves; and this departure from the
essential duties of the House of Commons is
well exemplified in the vain attempts made to
perform work which is seldom done with that com-
pleteness and finality necessary to success, The
remedy shadowed forth by Earl Grey would have
the effect of releasing both Houses of Parliament
from a vast deal of unnecessary detail, and would
thus allow the Legislature more time to devote to
measures of exigency. The noble lord advocates
4, the greater use of subsidiary authorities, in order
to propose measures of legislation." In the codifi-
cation of laws, subsidiary authorities would be more
likely to effect the intention of the Legislature than
vain discussion in an unwieldly assembly.
London, England, 1870-06-16

M. LABOULAYE.

There is no better instance of the ingratitude of red
Republicans than in the treatment which M. Laboulaye
is now receiving. This gentleman deserves everything at
the hands of the Liberal party in France.. He has been
one of their most consistent, wisest and coolest friends.
He is too wise and cool to help build barricades or to
incite to murder and rapine an excited mob, speaking
from the top of a hearse. But his services have been of
the most valuable character. They have been such as to
attract into the ranks of the intelligent Opposition the
cultivated and wealthy men whose character and standing
add strength to any party. We in America have special
reason to be grateful for his unvarying friendliness to our
country and to the cause of the Union. In short, he has
used all his great talents as a brilliant journalist, a great
lawyer, and a successful novelist, to add strength to the
party which demanded larger liberty—from the Empire,
if it could be so obtained, and if not so, through a change
in the Government. But Laboulaye was guilty of the
unpardonable sin of advising that Frenchmen should
secure a good placed within their reach by voting
for the plebiscite. The indignation of the irreconcilables
knew no bounds. They began to charge the man whom
they had trusted all his life with the most unworthy
motives in his new line of conduct. They went so far as
to demand the return of a silver inkstand which had been
given him as a testimonial of respect and esteem when he
was, in 1866, defeated in an election to the Corps L4gis-
latif from Strasbourg, and -on his refusal to restore it,
have brought a suit to recover it. The new hostility to
him has penetrated even to the students in the University
of France, to which he is a lecturer, and lately he
was hissed by his pupils in the law school, forced to leave
the hall, and made his escape with great difficulty. There
will be plenty of people to applaud this lawless and
ungrateful conduct toward a life-long friend, who has
done more to help the cause of liberty than forty Roche-
forts, Flourenses, or Gambtttas, but to those who can
look at the transaction from a disinterested point of view,
and can look at it, as no hot-headed Frenchman can, in
its bearings upon the future of the Liberal party, it seems
disgraceful in every aspect.—Boston Advertiser.
London, England, 1870-06-16

London—W TWEEDIE. 337. Strand.

EGGS OF ALL THE BIRDS WHICH BREED
IN GREAT BRITAIN. By a Clergyman. The classical,
common, and local names, with description of nest, and various other
interesting particulars ; 170 outlines, printed on thick paper fox
painting, offering a most instructive and delightful amusement to
young persons. Price 6d. Tinted, Is. Post free for stamps.
London—W. TwEEDIE. 337. Strand.
•

GEORGE CRUIKSHANICS GREAT PICTURE
"The Worship of Bacchus," engraved. on Steel, 47 inches
by 30 inches, is now ready. Price One Guinea. This remarkable
Engraving contains over 1.000 figures. each figure portraying a
character or a passion—the whole presenting a history of the cus-
toms and manners of the present century. The Painting is the
property of the Nations 1 Gallery, and is on view at the Kensington
Museum.
London, England, 1870-06-16

{Hell RITIES.

I. Rbbr, G P Tel. Wks. 44 45
lutr. Financial (L) 1I 1 dis
Mdras Irrigton g. 5 p c 104 106
National Discount (L) 111( 12
Ocean Marine
Pniuslr & Orntl Stm. 44 46
Telegraph Constrctn
Tobacco 6 po Lu, Gus.
by Italian Gyrnuant 91 93
Trust &LnofU On da I 1 pm

MINING SHARE LIST.-JUNE 15.
Messrs. WATSON BROTHERS.

Mining Offices, 1, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London.
Market very quiet. East Lovell firm. East Grenville and
Taukervilie in demand, Grenville advanced to 21 buyers. West
Maria flatter.
Australian United, 2/, 3
Bwlch Consols,
Brontioyd,
Chiverton Moor, 5, 52
Chivertou Valley,
Cook's Kitchen, 19, 21
Chontales (Gold),
Drakewalls, 11
Don Pedro North Del Rey, 3, 32
East Bassett,
East Caradon, 4i, 4
East Lovell. 331, 34
East Wheal Grenville, 22, 3
Frontino and Bolivia (Gold),
19s, 21s
General Brazilian,
Great Laxey 18/, 191
Great Retallack,
Great Wheal Vor, 9, 10
Kingston Down,
Marko Valloy, 71
New Lovell, 21, 2/
North Crofty,
North Treskerby,
Pacific, 88, 83

Prince of Wales, 16s. 18s
Providence Mines, 39, 40
Rosewall Hill and Ransome
United,
South Condurrow,
Tankerville, 183/4, 19
Tincroft,
Tan-yr-Allt,
Taquaril (Gold).
Trumpet Consols.
Van, 79, 80
Van Consols, 41, 41
West Chiverton, 55, 56
West Frances,
West Maria and Fortescue. 21, 23/4
West Drakewalls,
West Caradon,
West Tankerville,
West Panty Go.
Wheal Agar,
Wheal Chiverton,
Wheal Grenville. 21, 21
Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, 7, 71
Wheal Mary Ann,
Wheal Seton.

MARKETS.

LONDON TRADE REPORT, WEDNESDAY.— The tallow market
has ruled flat, at 455. 6d. spot and June, and 465. last three
months. Oils are inactive, but unchanged in value. Tin dull,
at £134 for fine Straits.

LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE, WEDNESDAY.—The tea
auctions are going off flatly at the late decline on common
Congous. The sugar market is very dull, and very few trans-
actions have taken place. Mauritius fine crystallised bought in at
375. 6d. ; full clayed Manilla, 255. 6d. ; Egyptian, 225. 6d. to
355. 6d. ; Porto Rico, 265. to 355. per cwt. The high prices
demanded for rice have checked business, but there is still a dis-
position to purchase floating cargoes. Rangoon has sold at
auction at 10s. to 10s. 3d. ; Necranzie, Ss. 6d. ; Italian, 13s. 6d,
per cwt. Supplies of coffee are still in excess of the demand,
and values are easy. The spice auctions have gone off flatly.
London, England, 1870-06-16

THE CURRENCY BILL.

The House of Representatives at Washington has
Passed the Currency Bill by 98 votes against 81. The
bill provides for the redemption of 45 million dollars of
Three per Cent. Certificates, and for a more equal distri-

bution of paper currency among the States. It authorises
the issue of additional National Bank currency to the
amount of 95 million dollars.
London, England, 1870-06-16

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).—
Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE.
MOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green.
wich, wbere any seaman, needing medical or 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.

KEM.I3ALL COOK, House-G•hernor and Secretary.
London, England, 1870-06-16

THE MURDER AT WAKEFIELD.

John Johnson, pitman, of Sharlston, who it was al-
leged murdered a woman in a back-yard in Wakefield on
the morning of the 31st ultimo, was to-day again brought
up for examination before the borough magistrates.
Through the kindness of his fellow workmen the
prisoner was defended by a solicitor. At the close of the
enquiry the prisoner was again remanded for a week, but
the magistrates intimated that they intended to commit
him for trial at the next assizes.
London, England, 1870-06-16

London- W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strali

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 Newman, F.L.S., E.Z.S.
Giving a full description of the perfect insect from nature ; also a
description of the Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Food Plant, Time of
Appearance, and Localities where found. Each moth is drawn from
nature by George Willis, and engraved in his best style by John
Kerchner. The figures are life-size of every species ; and if varieties
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.
now ready, price 2s, Back numbers reprinted, and may be had.

"We congratulate British entomologists on the completion and
publication of this magnificent work."—.Field.
" Both to the beginner and the proficient in that study this work
will be invaluable."—Daily Telegraph.
" It is illustrated with life-size figures from nature of each species,
and of the more striking varieties, and it possesses great advantages
over all similar works, inasmuch as the caterpillar of each moth,
with his habits dtkUseason, is described. This, to collectors, will be
an immense boon, and by its means they will be enabled to obtain
many rare specirehiss."—Standard.
"The completion of Mr. Newman' work on the British Moths is a
benefit to entomologists of all classes. It is at once a text-book by a
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mologist deservedly stands high. . . We notice also with
satisfaction that Mr. Newman's descriptions, whilst thoroughly
scientific and minute, are given in plain and unaffected. English.
With the help of these and the very excellent woodcuts, even a
very young collector may with ease identify any moth ,he may cap-
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this volume to our readers. We regard it as a very useful addition to
our library." Land and ivaler, Oct. 9.

London—W. TIVEEDIE. 337. Strand. W.O.
London, England, 1870-06-16

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS•)

THREATENING A MAGISTRATE.
Michael Ryan, drill sergeant of the Wisbeach Rifle
Corps, was charged yesterday, before the Wisbeach
borough magistrates, with threatening the life of Mr.
Richard Young, magistrate for the county of Norfolk a.ud
Isle of Ely, and formerly M.P. for Cambridgeshire. Thz
defendant, who is an Irishman, had been convicted before
Mr. Young and fined for drunkenness and riotous con-
duct. After his conviction the prisoner was heard by
several witnesses to say that he would do for Richard
Young. Prisoner also stated publicly that he was going
to Canada within three months, and he would do for Mr.
Young before be went. The case was remanded till
Tuesday next
London, England, 1870-06-16

OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden.—Les Huguenots. 8.50

p.m.
ITALIAN OPERA, Drury Lane.-11 Troyatore. 8.30 p.m.

HAYMARKET—At Seven, Married Life. Home. Family Jars.
ADELPHI—At Seven, No. 1 Round tho Corner. Free Labour.
PRINCE OF WALEs's—At 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest
Mamma.
LYCEUM—At 7.30, His Own Rival, Breaking the Spell. At 8 SO,
Little Faust.
OLYMPIC -At Seven, Music hath Charms. At 8, Mary Warner.
the 'Varsity Boat Race.
GAIETY—At Seven, First Night. The Princess of Trebizonde.
QUEEN'S—At Seven, My Wife's Dentist. 'Twat Axe and Crown.
STRAND—At Seven, Loving Hearts, lienilwL,rth.

VAuDEvu,Lß—Cupboard Love. Two Roses. Don Carlos.

Sr. JAMES'S—At Seven, Frou Frou. La Belle Sauvage
WOODIN'S CARPET-BAG AND SKETCH Bo( K. Egyptian Hall, Pic
cadilly, every Evening (except Saturday), at 8; Saturday Morn
lugs at 8. Admission is, 2s, 3s.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 ; Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round.
ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun-
days). Admission, is.; on Mondays, Gd. Children under
twelve, 6d.

MADAME. TussAup's EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till
3.0 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls.; extra
6d.
London, England, 1870-06-16

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montagne, D. James, and T.
Thome.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30. CUPBOARD LOVE, by F.
Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three
Acts, entitled TWO 8.06E5. To conclude with the new and
successful Burlesque. DON CARLOS; or, The Infante in Arms.
Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague, H. Irving, G. Honey, W.
H. Stephens, and T. Thorne; Mesdames Nelly Power, Amy Few-
sitt, T. Lavis, and A. Newton.
Doors opea at Seven. Commence at 7.30.
London, England, 1870-06-16

OUR SPORTING PREMIER.

The Premier at the Derby was a wonderful event;
Mr. Gladstone offering to bet is more wonderful still.
It is but a step, however. On June Ist the First
Lord of the Treasury formed one of the great
congregation on the turf ; on June 14, during
a debate (of all others) on the revision
of the authorised version of the Scripture the
Premier invites Mr. Buxton to a wager. Facilis
descensus Averni. If there should be any doubt on
the subject, witness this passage in the Premier's reply
to Mr. Buxton's motion on Tuesday night. "My hon.
friend supported his argu Lent by saying that in the 17th
century £30,000 was the actual cost in money of
that version, and he said he thought it could not be
done for less now. It appears to me that that was
a very safe declaration; at least with this one qua-
lification—it will certainly not be done for less now,
if it be done by public authority, by means of funds
voted from year to year by this House. If my hon.
friend were disposed to bet, I think he might safely
bet that the figure of £30,000 would not be found
excessive in that view of the case."
London, England, 1870-06-16

ASCOT RACES-WEDNESDAY

The Visitors' Plate of 100 sovs each and 25 for the se-
cond. Once round and a distance.

Lord Zetland's Brennus, by Voltigeur—Sweetbriar, 4
yrs, Bst 101 b (Snowden) 1
Mr G. Clement's Rover, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Lynham) t
Mr A. Barclay's Moccolo, 3 yrs, 54 121 b (Jewitt) t
Royal Head and Adrastus also ran.
Won by three parts of a length, the other pair running
a dead heat for second place.
- - -

The Second Year of the Twelfth Ascot Biennial Stakes

of 10 sous each. One mile.
Lord Falmouth s Wheatear, by Y. Melbourne, Swallow,
Bst 61b (car. Bst 71b) (French) 1
Baron Rothschild's Tamarind, Bst 6th ...(Maidment) 2
Mr Fleming's Atlas, Bst 101 b (Midgley) 3
Asterope and Cradle also ran.
Won by two lengths.

The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 soya each. About half a mile.
Count F. de Lagrange's Turquoise, by Monarque—
Stradella, 2 yrs 7st llb

Captain Mac Jack in th• Box, 2 yrs. -7st 411;
(Jeffery) 2
Mr W. S. Cartwright's Ely Blanche, 3 yrs, Bst 11113
(Custsnce) 3
Asterope also ran. Won in a canter by four lengths.
The Royal Hunt Cup, a piece of Plate, value 300 glove,
added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 BOYS each. New

Mile.
Sir F. Johnstone's Judge, by Voltigeur—Spinster, 4
yrs, 6st 61b (Newhouse) 1
Mr. A. Schickler's Rafale, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Loates) 2
Mr. Johnstone's Sweet Sound, 3 yrs, 65t.... (W. Gray) 3
The following also ran :—Blacklock, Soucar, Pandore,
Thundercloud, Carfax, The Weaver, Blue Bell, Dolphin,
Typhoeus, Paganini, Border Knight, Ryshworth, Rupert,
Plaudit, Starter, Duke of Beaufort, Oxonian, King o'
Scots, Cymbal, Stephanotis, Chawbacon, Demidoff, Maid
of Athol, Flyaway Jack, Prince Henry, and Westley.
Betting.-100 to 15 agst Judge, 7 to 1 agst Typhoeus, 8
to 1 agst Oxonian, 10 to 1 each agst Sweet Sound and Blue
Bell, 11 to 1 agst Rafale, 100 to 6 each agst Chawbaoon
and Blacklock, 20 to 1 each agst King o' Scots and Dol-
phin, 25 to 1 each agst Border Knight, Plaudit, Pandore,
and Soucar, 30 to 1 agst Rupert, 40 to I each agst Paga-
nini and Stephanotis. There was a delay of half an hour
at the post, but a good start was effected when the flag
fell, Prince Henry being the first to show in advance, and
next to him being Rafale, Thundercloud, Pandora, Rupert,
Oxonian, Blue Bell, Tim Weaver, King o' Scots, the re-
mainder being headed by Judge. The lot came on in good
orderto the road, and the favourite, who had been gradually
gradually up, joined Prince Henry, at the same time pro-
minent places being taken by Chawbacon, Paganini,, and
Sweet Sound. These three latter, with Judge, formed
the front division at the distance, where Rafale drew
nearer, and the favourite came out, the latter going on and
winning in a canter by two lengths. _

The First Year of the Eighteenth Triennial Stakes of
10 soya each. T.Y.C.
Mr Merry's King of the Forest, by Scottish Chief—
Lioness, Bst 101 b (Grireshal 1
Mr Saville's Brother to Neuchatel, Bst 101 b (Maidment 2
Sir J. lie.wley't! Pink, Bst 71b . . • (Morris 3
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London, England, 1870-06-16

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, A:10
orclsJ
The Queen, with Princess Beatrioe, wont out Seat
morning. `vent
In the afternoon her Majesty, with Princess Louise,
out, attended by the lion. Eva Macdonald.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-W.
The Cup Day at Ascot.
The 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars' annual dinner, at the
St. James's Hotel, Piccadilly.
The M.C.C. and Ground v. Civil Service grand cricket
match, at Lord's ground.
SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS TO-DAY.
The Numismatic Society's annueeting, at p.m.
The Linnean Societs, at 8 p.mal m., when Mr. J. T. Is-`"4:
gridge will read a paper on " Two Species of SeraPia'ai
which occasionally present Semi-labelliform fater

Sepals.
The Royal Society's, at 8.30, p.m.
The Society of Antiquaries, at 8.30, p.m.
London, England, 1870-06-16

MR. DISRAELI AND THE CRITICS.

The Daily News has found out the reason of the
attack made by Blackwood on Mr. Disraeli's novel.
The distinguished Conservative 'leader has, it seems,
a resemblance in more than his political creed to Dr.
Johnson, who hated, or fancied he hated, Scotland
and Scotchmen with a distinctness which made
itself apparent on every opportunity. Mr.
Disraeli has scoffed at the United Presbyte-
rians, whose Church was invented by two Jesuit
priests, with the design of bringing Protestantism
into disrepute. The author of "Lothair" has not
only sneered at the coarse abundance of Scotch
country houses, but at the boorishness of Scotch
peers and the awkwardness of their provincial
daughters, and the writer in the nortLern magazine,
with the clanishness which is the distinguishing
characteristic of our canny countrymen, has taken
up the cudgels on behalf of his affronted fellows.
But the Scotch critic is not alone in his cohdemation
of "Lothair," for M. Edmond Scherer, in reviewing
the book in the Temps, is as severe in his judgment,
and says that the subjects set forth in the novel are
childish, the romantic interest of the story is feeble,
and the dialogue can scarcely be called original. M.
Scherer is of opinion that Mr. Disraeli was
never a great writer, nor even a great
novelist, and he also states that the only things
to be found in " Lothair" are "little nothings,"
and " amusing scandals." The author of " Con-
ingsby," the best political novel in the English
language, and "Henrietta Temple," a love story
which has few equals of its kind, must be terribly
exercised by the critics, the "gentlemen who have
failed in literature." But perhaps there is a patriotic
raison d'être in this assault of the French reviewer.
Mr. Disraeli has sneered at the oat-meal eating ten-
dencies of the Scotch : does the Daily News know of
a disquisition on frogs by the same gentleman ?
London, England, 1870-06-16

THE CASE OF MB. EDMUNDS.

Mr. Leonard Edmunds, says the Standard, having com-
menced an action for libel against Mr. Gladstone and
other Treasury officials, has been arrested at the suit of
the Crown for the amount of the award given against him
and lodged in Whitecross-street Prison. We will say
nothing for the moment of the apparent abuse of power
by the representatives of the Crown in a case which is
practically still undecided. But it is clearly to the public
interest that the question whether the Crown has any
extraordinary powers under the Debtors' Act of
1869, should be at once set at rest. By that statute
it was enacted that "after the Ist of January next (1870)
no person shall be arrested or imprisoned for making de-
fault in payment of a sum of money." Certain exceptions
are provided for in the act, but none of them, it is alleged,
touch Mr. Edmunds's case. A summons, we understand,
has been taken out to try the validity of the arrest ; and
it will no doubt lead to an important discussion in full
court. For the present, it would certainly appear that
the prerogative of the Crown has been cruelly strained
against Mr. Edmunds, and that the liberty of the subject
is very little considered by Liberal Ministers when it is an
object to get rid of a troublesome assailant.
London, England, 1870-06-16

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.

That a Legislative Chamber should think itself
capable of digesting a bill containing no fewer than
BM clauses, and dealing with interests so vast in
their magnitude as the Merchant Shipping, is one of
those things which ordinary mortals cannot under-
stand. There is no doubt as to the urgent necessity
of the Merchant Shipping Code Bill; but on the
other hand hasty legislation must lead to crudeness
and inefficiency. That this is the view of the
Government is acknowledged by Mr. Gladstone, and
the assent given to the measure by the House of
Commons in reading the bill a second time, can only
be understood as implying a recognition of its prin-
ciples. The great evil of modern legislation appears
to be a disposition to undertake the working out of
the details of principles, instead of confining itself to
the principles themselves; and this departure from the
essential duties of the House of Commons is
well exemplified in the vain attempts made to
perform work which is seldom done with that com-
pleteness and finality necessary to success. The
remedy shadowed forth by Earl Grey would have
the effect of releasing both Houses of Parliament
from a vast deal of unnecessary detail, and, would
thus allow the Legislature more time to devote to
measures of exigency. The noble lord advocates
"the greater use of subsidiary authorities, in order
to propose measures of legislation." In the codifi-
t cation of laws, subsidiary authorities would be more
' likely to effect the intention of the Legislature than
I.vain discussion in an unwieldly assembly.
London, England, 1870-06-16

FATAL AFFRAY IN STAFFORDSHIRE.

Two men, named George Mayer and John Mountford,
were drinking together last night, at a public-house known
as the New Inn, Ball Green, near Hanley, Staffordshire,
when Mayer struck Mountford, who returned two such
severe blows that the man died instantly. Mountford
is in custody.

JAPANESE EARTHQUAKES.

Several earthquakes are recorded from Yokohama
which have destroyed a number of villages, and the great
volcano in Niphon is actively at work;

The purifying-house at the Airdrie Gas Works
was set on fire and totally destroyed on Tuesday, through
a workman dipping a pair of red-hot pincers into some tar
near the retort-house.

We have to announce the death of Mr. James Du
Pro, of Wilton Park, Buckinghamshire, at the age of 92.
He sat in the Conservative interest, as memberfor Gatton,
Aylesbury, and Chichester, between the year 1802 and
1812.
London, England, 1870-06-16

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

MR. FOWLER, M.P., ON EDUCATION.
Mr. Fowler, M.P. for Cambridge, met a number of the
Nonconformist members of his constituency on Tuesday at
the Guildhall, Cambridge, to discuss the education ques-
tion. The meeting was opposed to compulsory education,
except where parental neglect was proved, and even in
such cases objected to religion being taught in rate-sup-
ported schools. Mr. Fowler said he would rather go out
of the House of Commons, and never re-enter it, than
vote for mere secular education, which would be only
tolerable if there was no alternative between secular edu-
cation and no education at all. The meeting, which was
a ticket meeting, lasted three hours.

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON WORKING
London, England, 1870-06-16

Just published, price is 6d., by post ls. Bd., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Oases, in illus-
tration of the nefarious prooeedings of the Advertising Quacks.
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QI7ACKERY By DIMOTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: H. Balliere, 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, 1870-06-16

♦DMIRALTY STORES.

The Telegraph thinks the plain English of the new
contract and purchase system at the Admiralty is, that
our great and costly naval department can now go into
the open market, buying what seems most profitable,
without the trammels of long contract, and certain that,
in its offers, it commands the entire range of supply ;
without restricting itself to a small section of p ro-
ducers who may combine to extort high terms. And
official documents will show that this improve -
ment of our position as purchasers has not been
effected entirely or even chiefly by resort to the
open market—since most of the supply under the new
system has been procured, not by direct purchase, but by
employing some one of the other three methods that we
have instanced. However this may be, a commercial
country like England can only approve the enter-
prise and economy of a Government which, securing
good judges of work or material as its buyers, goes
boldly down into the common market to purchase
for the public service as cheaply as it can. As regards
the imputation of favouritism and corruption, we need
only remember who aro the trained and wearisome
grievance-mongers from whom it comes, to pass it by at
once as the too familiar cavil which, blindly and indis-
criminately, assails with equal contumely corruption and
reform.

BRISTOL LIBERALS.
The Standard says that the Liberals of Bristol have
selected their candidate for the vacancy which was yester-
day officially declared. Mr. Kirkman Hodgson, who
was second to Mr. Robinson at the now famous test
ballot, is the choice of the majority of the party, and
although Mr. Odger complains loudly of the decision
arrived at to his disadvantage, it is hardly probable
that he will protest against it in the polling•booths.
So we may take it, that Mr. Hodgson will enjoy
in the forthcoming contest the support of the " great
Liberal party" in the capital of the West, and that if he
is defeated—as we hope and trust he will be—the personal
disappointment he must experience will be but a small
matter compared with the sense of discomfiture and dis-
aster which will come over the Liberal managers in
Downing-street. The Conservative candidate has not yet
been announced, but that there will be one is
a matter beyond all question, and there can hardly
be any doubt that if Mr. Sholto Hare will only
wage again, and under so much more favourable
circumstances, the fight he so gallantly undertook last
March at the eleventh hour, his candidature will be cor-
dially welcomed by the Conservatives of Bristol, and, so
welcomed, will prove successful. The Conservative cause
has the best prospect of success at Bristol, and its chances
will not be damaged by the disunion which its enemies
have imagined. Our Liberal contemporaries will have
another occasion in the polling at Bristol of proving the
progress of the Liberal cause from the diminution of
, Liberal strength in the large constituencies.
London, England, 1870-06-16

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President—the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S.
This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24,000 patients since its
foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy
current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary.
London, England, 1870-06-16

THE DUTY ON GRAIN.

M. Harjeirs has proposed the abolition of the import
duty on grain from the Ist of July in the Corps Legislatif,
and said the discussion ought to be urgent. M. Forcade
de la Roquette and M. Segris opposed the proposal, as
likely to disturb trade. It was referred to a committee.
London, England, 1870-06-16

London—W. TwEnnur.. 337. Strand. W.O.

LITTLE CAPTAIN, THE. This captivating Tale,
illustrating in the most powerful manner the influence of
"Drink " in the hoine circle, is equal in power and interest to any
ever written on the subject. Limp, 9d. ; cloth boards,

London- W. TWEEDIE. 337. Strand.
London, England, 1870-06-16

MARRIAGES.

On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, Stamford, Frederick glint°ol3i
of Springfield Villas, Kilburn, to Amy, fifth daughter,
John Paradise, J.P., editor of the "Stamford Mercury.
On the 14th inst., at St. Michael's Church, Chester-sVare
the Rev. Charles James Hamilton vicar of Doveridge:
Derbyshire, to Alice Catherine, daUghter of Elliot 313 c
naghten, Esq.

DEATHS
On the 13th inst., at 40, Portland-place, James Dare, Esq'
of Wilton Park, Bucks, aged 92.
On the 12th inst., at Modbury, Devonshire, John Andrews
Esq., aged 82.

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NOT IP WE KNOW IT

Again Mr. Ayrton, with a sneer on his lips and an
air of truculent pertinacity, is to-night going to
try it on once more—in regard to that wretched
little job about the Hyde Park and Kensington
High-road, A Select Committee, is what
he is going to ask for. To what end ?
Why, simply and coolly to the end that this said
committee shall endeavour to reconcile the public
at large (so likely !) to the cutting off from the
south of Hyde Park of a goodly strip of that
cherished grass-land, well planted with trees,
wholly and solely for the convenience of
a p rivate speculation of a quasi-artistic character.
Of course Mr. Ayrton, as in duty bound, now that
he sits on the Treasury bench as a right hon.—not
below the gangway, as a thornin the side of a ministry
and the maddening catechist of an administration
—of course, we say Mr. Ayrton wishes he may get
what he asks for, meaning the Select Committee, and

hrough the Select Committee, the coveted slice of
Flyde Park. So do not we. So—we are tolerably
well satisfied—does not the House of Commons.

THE CONSERVATIVE PEERS AND THE LAND BILL.

The Conservative peers have wisely decided to
consider the Irish Land Bill on its merits, and to '
offer no factious opposition to the great measure of
the session. They will not, however, abnegate their
duty of proposing such amendments as in their
opinion may tend to enhance the value of a bill neces-
sary for the well-being of the country, and for the
removal of those heart-burning disputes between
landlord and tenant which have been the principal,
if not the sole cause of the unhappy and unsatisfac-
tory condition of a country containing in itself so
many essentials of material prosperity. At the meet-
ing which took place at the residence of the Duke
of Richmond, the speakers were unanimous as to
the course proposed to be taken in the House of
Lords; and while it was insisted that no attempt
should be made to alter the principle of the bill,
amendments will be proposed in committee in order
to render the details consistent and effective.
London, England, 1870-06-16

A SPEAKER FOR THE LORDS.

The Daily News considers it is desirable that the House
of Lords should have a Speaker with powers analogous to
those possessed by the House of Commons. But it is ex-
ceedingly undesirable that the Lord Chancellor should be
that Speaker. As Lord Hatherley himself remarked, the
Speaker of the House of Commons is chosen by the house
itself, from among those of its members who possess its
confidence as being well acquainted with its forms
and customs. The Lord Chancellor, on the other
hand, is nominated by the Crown ; he is often
entirely new to the House of Lords, and is necessarily for
some time ignorant of its forms and customs. The Speaker,
moreover, after his election, always exhibits a decorous
neutrality in politics. The Lord Chancellor is a Cabinet
Minister, and may often be a strong partisan. These are
arguments for relieving him of the duty of sitting on the
Woolsack, of disembarrassing him of his suffwating wig
and his troublesome gown, and allowing him to
sit with his colleagues in the Cabinet on the
front Ministerial Bench. The Lord Chancellor
on the Woolsack, in fact, as little presides over the
debates in the Lords as the mace on the Speaker's table
presides over the debates in the House of Commons. They
are both venerable but grotesque symbols. The Lord
Chancellor only recovers political animation when he
steps to the left of the Woolsack, to his place as a peer,
in order to address the House. The change for
which Lord Stratheden asks is undesirable ; but
a larger change in the direction which we have indi-
cated would be of use. It is for the peers, however,
to decide. If they chOose to keep a disorderly House,
they incur no other penalties than inconvenience and
a certain amount of discredit.
London, England, 1870-06-16

REPRESENtATION OF MINORITIES.

A correspondent of the Times calls attention to
the fact that the Constitutional Convention of Illi-
nois has just adopted, by a majority of four to one,
the principle of the representation of minorities. The
State is to be divided into districts, each returning
three representatives. Each elector is to have as
many votes as there are representatives to be elected,
and may either vote distributively, or concentrate
his votes upon one candidate. The cdmmittee
which originated the proposal reported that
the adoption of the principle would relieve the voter
from the despotism of party caucuses, and would also
enable the virtuous citizens to elect the ablest and
purest men. It will be remembered that great dis-
satisfaction was manifested by the Liberals at the
result of the elections in the City of London and
Manchester immediately after the passing of the last
Reform Bill, when Mr. Charles Bell and Mr. Hugh
Birley, both Conservatives, were respectively returned
for those places. The action of the State of Illinois
is interesting at the present time, when the question
London, England, 1870-06-16

A COTTON LADEN VESSEL BURNT.

Intelligence was received in Liverpool yesterday of the
burning off Bombay, on the 11th inst., of the ship Aurora.
She had a large cargo of cotton and wool on board.

A STEAMER DISABLED.

The paddle steamer Monarch, of London, 296 tons
burthen, Captain James Elvish, bound from London to
Wexford, to repair the Wexford telegraph cable, put into
Penzance harbour yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock,
disabled. When nearing the Longships, about two o'clock
yesterday afternoon, her port engine broke down, and she
steamed into Penzance with one engine.

MRS. GLAD STON E'S Ass EM B LT. —Mrs. Gladstone
had a reception last night at the family residence in Carl-
ton-house-terrace, which was numerously attended.
Dean Stanley intends to preach a funeral sermon
upon the career and character of the late Mr. Charles
Dickens, in Westminster Abbey, next Sunday.
The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a grand
full-dress ball at the Mansion House last evening. Up-
wards of 1,000 invitations had been issued and the guests
in all numbered between 700 and 800.

CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses have been issued
for a Cabinet Council on Saturday afternoon, at the First
Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street.
The Council is summoned for half-past two o'clock.

DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders
of whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended
by the medical profession in preference to French brand, . Sup
plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations
on application to Messrs DIINVILLE & Co., Royal Irish,Dts-
tilleries, Belfast ; or at their London Offices, 4, Beaufort Buildings
Strand, V.C.
London, England, 1870-06-16

THE CLERGY IN PRISONS.

Hitherto, as the public are no doubt well aware,
the appointment of prison ministers other than those
of the Established Church has been left to the dis-
cretion of the different prison authorities throughout
the country. The effects of this system have been
very dissatisfying, and differences of an exceedingly
painful character have been fostered, not only be-
tween the clergy of the different forms of religion
themselves, but also between the inmates of the gaols,
under their charge. Some time since a select com-
mittee was directed to inquire into the subject, and
it will be looked upon generally as a happy result
that they have now declared it highly impolitic that
inequality in the working of the religious system of
English prisons should be allowed to exist. Reli-
gious instruction, the Commissioners declare,
should, as far as possible, be the same for
Rcman Catholic as for Protestant prisoners.
They further recommend, in this report, that the
authorities should be henceforth required by law to
appoint Roman Catholic chaplains to institutions in
which prisoners of their persuasion are confined.
This is so in Ireland, and the plan has been attended
with the best possible results. The mutual under-
standing between the ministers of both religions,
who look upon each other as kindred labourers in
the work of Christian reform, and of propagating
Christian living, does not fail to bring its due lesson
home to the members of their respective flocks.
London, England, 1870-06-16

M. LABOULAYE.

.There is no better instance of the ingratitude of red
Republicans than' in the treatment which M. Laboulaye
is now receiving. This gentleman deserves everything at
the hands of the Liberal party in France. He has been
one of their most consistent, wisest and coolest friends.
He is too wise and cool to help build barricades or to
incite to murder and rapine an excited mob, speaking
from the top of a hearse. But his services have been of
the most valuable character. They have been such as to
attract into the ranks of the intelligent Opposition the
cultivated and wealthy men whose character and standing
add strength to any party. We in America have special
reason to be gTateful for his unvarying friendliness to our
country and to the cause of the Union. In short, he has
used all his great talents as a brilliant journalist, a great
lawyer, and a succesful novelist, to add strength to the
party which demanded larger liberty—from the Empire,
if it could be so obtained, and if not so, through a change
in the Government. But Laboulaye was guilty of the
unpardonable sin of advising that Frenchmen should
secure a good placed within their reach by voting
for the plebiscite. The indignation of the irreconcilables
knew no bounds. They began to charge the man whom
they had trusted all his life with the most unworthy
motives in his new line of conduct. They went so far as
to demand the return of a silver inkstand which had been
given him as a testimonial of respect and esteem when he
was, in 1866, defeated in an election to the Corps Legis-
latif from Strasbourg, and on his refusal to restore it,
have brought a suit to recover it. The new hostility to
him has penetrated even to the students in the University
of France, to which he is a lecturer, and lately he
was hissed by his pupils in the law school, forced to leave
the hall, and made his escape with great difficulty. There
will be plenty of people to applaud this lawless and
ungrateful conduct toward a life-long friend, who has
done more to help the cause of liberty than forty Roche-
forts, Flourenses, or Gambettas, but to those who can
look at the transaction from a disinterested point of view,
and can look at it, as no hot-headed Frenchman can, in
its bearings upon the future of the Liberal party, it seems
disgraceful in every aspect.—Boston Advertiser.
London, England, 1870-06-16

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Fwanborough.
THIS ENENING, at 7 o'clock, LOVING BEART. Messrs
Edward Teiry and Turner; Mesdames Burton d,Santley.
Followed by KENILWORTH. Messrs David James. Terry,
Turner, and Fenton; Mesdames Santiey, Anatiss, Goodall, Met-
calfe, and Moore.
London, England, 1870-06-16

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
NO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of
the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfecting this wonder-
ful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated
form, and at a lower price.
Sold in bottles, 3s each; also Is., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, includ-
ng brush.
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don, E.C.