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The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE iIMERICAN PRESS.

The SPring geld Republica- n considers that the
sword of Damocles suspended over England is
working an immense change in the foreign rela-
tions of European Powers. The balance of power
is in the hands of President Grant and the Ameri-
can people. By a kind of poetic justice England is
punished by her treason to liberty in the American
Civil War and other acts, and while her hands are
bound by the American complication, the Emperor
of Russia is emboldened to act in the East. Mr.
Motley enjoys the advantage of an intimate ac-
quaintance with Bismarck, which may prove of value
in the course in England he may be compelled by
circumstances to take. Mr. Motley is not only
Mr: bumper's cherished friend, but diplomatically
he is an embodiment of Lis speech. "The proper
vindication of our dignity and our rights need not
necessarily he regarded as a provocation of war.
We can afford to wait for some time longer, until,
under the efficient administration of President
Grant, Gre Britain and the English people shall
become convinced that we demand only what Eng-
land, if she had been in our position, would have
insisted upon with much greater rigour than we
have as yet seen fit to exercise. Great Britain
having placed herself in the wrong, and the authors
of that wrong—her principal statesmen--having
made a public recantation, so far as they indi-
vidually were concerned, we shoul I think that
England's honour were as much interested as
our own honour, in a comprehensive and equit-
able settlement of this all-important question."

The of the 7imes holds that England is
awakened to the po.bition by Stunner's speech and
the rejection by the Senate of the Convention she
cooked up, and that she will tender the required
redress, not through any dawning sense of justice,
but because she has discovered that the American
people arc not to be humbugged nor put off from
their demands, and because she cannot afford to re-
main under the duresse of this A/crbaml question
any longer. As the situation leaves Americans
perfectly at perue they arc indifferent as to Eng-
land's course, for the pressure of the situation is to
her war enough. "It cripples her from hosti'e
operations against even the moot puny foreign
power, and binds her, through thd overhanging '
dread ef our repris Ils, to keep the g neral peace."
Great Lr:tain is practically incapable of conducting
a war on anything like equal terms against the
United States. Sne is no longer a military power,
but if s're were she could effect nothing by way of inva-
sion. Canada would compensate for the injury inflicted
upon American commerce. When England during
the war drove that commerce from the sea, it was
only felt as a slight incident to the condition. [We
thought Mr. Sumner's complaint was that it doubled
the duration of the war, and ccst America
.F.,400,000,000.—ED. A.A. T.] With England, loss
of commerce, which is the breath of her nostrils, is
very different. It would bring starvation to the
London, England, 1869-05-27

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London, England, 1869-05-27

RUSSIA.

A somewhat serious insurrection has broken out amongst
the Kirghiz tribes of the Russian Asiatic frontier. All the
hordes of what is called the Great Steppe, east of Oren-
berg and north of the Caspian Sea, have taken part in
this rising. The insurgents pillage the convoys, attack
the isolated posts, and burn the Russian villages on the
frontier. A considerable force of cavalry will be required
to subdue them.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-streAt, and 127, Euston-road.
Patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Thig Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various a 4, granted to the blind
Who cannot earn thet. -ecru living: "
500 blind men and' Women aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.
London, England, 1869-05-27

TITEATLE- ROYAL, HOLBORN.

THIS EVE•INfi, THE JITSTRESS OF THE MILL. After
which MONEY: N'r. Barry Sullivan, Mn, Hermann Vezin, Mr.
U. Honey, li rs. C. Horman,

ROYALTY Tll EATRE.
Under the Management of Miss M Oliver.

TITTS EYF.NING. at 7.:10, IN FOR A II( WID AY. Followed by
A 'ROVING COM ‘IISSION. And THE MILITARY BILLY
TAYLOR. To conclude with CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Day,
Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver, Miss K. Bishop.

FP.INCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE.
tinder the 'Management of Miss Marie Wilton
Tiffs EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague,
Addison, Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss
C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING
HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE.
London, England, 1869-05-27

/lARD WORDS.

There has been a meeting of ultra Protestants at
the East End of London. There were no bones
broken, but there were a good many hard words.
The Pope and Mr. Gladstone had to act as " Aunt
Sally" while the amiable advocates of the pure faith
hurled their missiles. Mr. Gladstone was denounced
as" a traitor in the camp." -, This was stick number
one ; but as Mr. Gladstone had never been in
the "camp," the missile fell wide of the mark.
Then came another " shy :"—" False as he had been
to Protestantism, he had been still more false to
himself. He had been turned out of Oxford and
South Lancashire, and was now a poor Greenwich
pensioner." This, too, was equally unsuccessful, for
as Mr. Gladstone did not vote against himself at Ox-
ford or in Lancashire, he can hardly be said to have
been " false to himself" in "being turned out."
Then came the last attempt. Mr. Gladstone's policy
was " that of a ruined gambler, who, playing for high
stakes, was regardless what card be played." This
was wi,ier of the mark flan any. If Mr. Gladstone
is a gambler at all, " ruined " he certainly is not with
a majority of 113 to back him. Another of the
speakers declared that should the present Govern-
ment again -be in Opposition, it would bid for
place by an offer to disestablish and disendow
the Church of England. Of course after hearing
this prophecy the ultra-Protestants will do their
best to keep the present Government in office.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE START.

- When the time came fur saddling and starting, from
the little meadow, with its wall of may-blossom and chest.
nut spikes, one could see the vast crowd splitting into two
sections, divided by the long green fillet of the course,
add the people settling down upon the mountainous pile
of the Grar-cl Stand, like black snow-upon alill-top. ;.7ow
tilts vigthiiif thmvn from the !hitting 12,414itt

equine champions; the little saddles were clapped into their
place and tightly girthed down, and one by one the little
w:zened men and stunted lads, who had been walking about
w:th gaily-coloured caps, like p eripatetic flower-buds, broke
Du t all of a sudden into full-blown jockeys. It must be
confessed that racing is wonderfully pretty. The bright
colours of the riders and the satin sheen of their horses,
tit up by such a sunshine as on Wednesday made the scene
radiant, go charmingly together; and when the saddles
were all filled, the nineteen or twenty in the Paddock made
•1 beautiful squadron of holiday cavalry. At the starting
point were by-and-by gathered one by one the gay specks
of silk, which go dancing past the Stand ; and, seen
through the glass, the group appears like one of
those peep-shows of flower-leaves which schoolboys
make with glass and paper. And now the prodigious
concourse—which was so noisy and mobile—is suddenly
hushed ; those that can see the flag drop are intent, and
those that cannot see it catch the spirit of intense atten-
tion from the faces of the others. The three minutes to
which all the preparation of the day conducts this swarm
of human creatures, at which it culminates, and from
which it has its charm anal popular vitality, have arrived.
Nobody does anything but look hard towards the little
flag in front of the group of flower-leaves. The gipsy woman
breaks off her prophecy in the middle, the proprietor of
Aunt Sally ceases to invite her demolition, the acrobat has
come down from his stilts, the chicken-liver is suspended
midway between the plate and the mouth, the champagne
glass is put down half drained. " They're off !'' goes
through the multitude like a wind more than a voice.
No ! Drummer and ugly Rupert, and a horse with blue
and gold colours, have gone away; but the attempt is
false, and they are recalled. Once more they
marshal themselves in a gay cloud, and the flag
falls to an excellent start. This time they are really
off ; the impetuous Drummer again in the front, and
the two cracks lying in the rear, with Martyrdom's
sky blue glittering behind all. As the horses get fairly
away, and the course of the race leads them from the right
to the left of the Downs, the most curious of all the won-
derful effects of the Derby Day is to be seen. The faces
of the gathered multitude all flash round from one side to
the other, making a pale gleam run along the surface of
the Grand Stand, and light up the farther border of the
Course. It is as if an immense avenue of aspen trees was
agitated by the wind, and displayed at one instant all the
white underside of their foliage.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE TRADE IN BEER.

" Gilpin Grains" writes a letter to the Teegraph
protesting against SirJ. Selwyn-Ibbetson'sbeerhouses
bill. " Gilpin Grains" is a brewer, and the owner of
a large number of beerhouses. He points
out that while everybody condemns magisterial
supervision of public-houses, it is propos4 to
extend it to beerhouses. The bill, he fuitber
urges, is confiscatory, interferes with the freedom
of the trade, and tends to produce a huge monoply.
It prevents a beerseller from selling his house with-
out the consent of a magistrate, and deprives him of
his property should he be unfortunate enough to be
fined for breaking the law. There can be no objec-
tion, this correspondent thinks, to a severe punish-
ment; but he protests against the house being closed
on account of the tenant's misconduct, as it would de-
prive the man's family of all their wealth.
London, England, 1869-05-27

DR. CUMMING AGAIN.

There is not one of the sporting prophets which
.can compare with Dr. Cumming in unshaken self-
confidence. It is nothing to him that he prophesied
the end of the world for 1807. and that here we are
still merrily spinning round the sun. It is nothing
to him that a few Sundays ago he made the
alleged earthquake in Lancashire a text to prove that
the destruction of all things is close at hand,
and that this earthquake turned out to be a hoax,
perpetrated by a silly fellow upon the Manchester
journals. The doctor is still as confident as ever, and
as many persons go to listen to him as ever. He
has just been down to Manchester, and has been
insisting, in defiance of all facts—in defiance of the
fact that nations were never so slow in fighting as
they are now—that this is the time of wars and
rumours of wars which is to precede the final
catstrephe. The " sell " about the earthquake
has not in the least disconcerted him.
file winter he considered that the term earth-
quakes in " divers-places " was to be taken literally ;
but now ho interprets it to mean a financial crisis.
The dis2overy- is rather late in the day, considering
that it is now _three y%.lus sinco the " earth-
quake " took place. The value of his inter-
pretations is seriously deteriorated both by their
tardiness and by their uncertainty. The most remark-
able thing about the matter is, that for once Cardinal
Antonelli and Dr. Cumming .are of one mind. The
Cardinal, when he heard that Austria had given up
the Concordat, exclaimed Casco, it monde. The
doctor, without any particular reason, repeats the
equivalent of those words in English, and says,
" The world is. going to mash." had,
irozaiuluacant of till*. meta ekeusa for hia
London, England, 1869-05-27

ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE, REGENT STREET.

THIS EVENING, at 8, THE ROYAL ORIGINAL CHRISTY'S
MINSTRELS' Ethiopian Entertainment. Immense Success of
BARBE !SLUE. The Only Leon !

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London, England, 1869-05-27

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbetkat King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free-

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London, England, 1869-05-27

'THE UNITED STATES.

Chief Justice Chase has decided that the Statute of
Limitations applies to all cases where money held by
American officials was given up to the Confederate
Government in 18G1. Postmasters and others who gave
up their funds to the Confederacy at the outbreak of the
civil war will not be liable to refund the sumo.
London, England, 1869-05-27

MR. SPUItGEON ON FANCY BAZAARS.

Mr. Spurgeon approves of fancy bazaars. He
even thinks those persons Pharisaical who object to
them. He argues that it is not everyone who can
give money to a charitable object, but there aro
many who can give time and labour in the shape of
worsted work. This is true enough, and against
such persons no one can say a word. The real
objection is that a vast quantity of useless rubbish
being sold at a high price, charity, so far
as the purchasers are concerned, takes the
character of a bargain, and that usually a very bad
one. Either the purchaser buys what is worth
buying, and then there is no charity at all in the
matter so far as he is concerned, or he buys what is
not worth buying, and then the time and labour
spent in the production is lost, from the politico-
economical point of view. But the economists are
not likely to have much influence in the matter.
Bazaars will continue, though girl graduates should
have to pass an examination in all the philosophers
from Adam Smith to Stuart Mill.
London, England, 1869-05-27

VELOCIPEDE INSTITUTE.

Of course we can do nothing in England without
an institute, a society, or some kind of nucleus
for a " swarmery " when the enthusiasm is
no longer repressible ; and so a Velocipede
Institute is to be established, from which
rules, instructions, and encouragement in the
shape of prizes to good velocipedestrians are to
issue. But what is the Aeronautical society about ?
Velocipedes, looked on at first with much the same
encouragement as flying machines, are now the
hobbies of the period. But the high-flyers are still
unpatronised, and one of their balloons has taken
itself out of control.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE RACE.

The colours of Mr. Savile on Neuchatel were the first
to show in front, followed by the blues of Middle-
ham stable, the cherry jackets of Sir Joseph
Hawley, the green of The Drummer, and the blue and
gold braid of the ~Egean, with Belladrum and Tasman the
two last. Mr. Merry's colt was never in it, and appeared
to be checked by the hill before he had got to the furzes—
a strange reversal of his Newmarket running ; while Pre-
tender was always in the van, closely attended by Pero
Gomez, The Drummer, Duke of Beaufort, Rupert, and
Ryshworth. A scuffle occurred after they had come
round the corner on descending the bill, caused by the
Duke of Beaufort cannon'ng against Pero Gomez, and
knocking the latter out of his stride. Wells had to set
him going again, and this bad a material influence on the
final struggle, which was left to Pretender, Pero Gomez,
and The Drummer, with Rupert, Duke of Beaufort, and
Ryshworth well up. Pretender appeared to be tiring, and
Wells made a vigorous call on his horse, who, answering
most gamely, looked like catching his opponent at every
stride ; but he failedqui to to get up, and was beaten, after
a most exciting finish, by a head. The Drummer was
third, and so close did the next two finish that the judge
was unable to place a fourth. But for the collision above
mentioned it is the general opinion (the Times says) that
Pero Gomez would have won.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE PADDOCK.

Leaving the people for the horses, we turn from the
grand sea of massed faces to the Paddock. Horses do
not show there as they used, and Martyrdom and Border
Knight were for some time its only occupants. Lord Cal-
thorpe'shorse looked much " fitter "than be did on the Two
Thousand day, but though his quarters and thighs were good
he did not go so well in front as he did behind. The roan,
Rupert, was the next to show, a heavy shouldered horse,
and lacking quality, followed by the game and blood-like
little De Vere, and then a rush to the gate proclaimed the
advent of a " crack," who proved to be Pero Gomez, led
-by King Cophetua. Pero had evidently received a
wonderful preparation at the hands of Porter, but still his
upright pasterns provoked much hostility, while in thehand-
. some Belladrum, who next appeared, there was really no
fault at all. But he had been beaten by Crocus as
well as St. Mungo in his trial, and though the public
prevented him receding to a longer price than 6 to 1,
there were few investments among- real judges. Perry
Down, but for a crooked sinew in the off fore leg,
looked eminently a horse for the Epsom gradients, and
the Drummer had fined down and was blooming.
Taking a horse for his good looks alone, Mr. Padwick's
Ethus was, next to Belladruni, the best picture of a race-
horse in the Paddock, but he exhibited a scrambling
action in his canter, whkh destroyed the effects rf hiA
appearance. Pretender did act api;ear at all at the
Paddock. Rupert was the t it, followed
`Paddock.
De Vere, Tasman, Tcricd.::3, Ry,3l:-.7arth, Lada3, and
I".thus, and then came ::,1-art7,-rdfra, tearing at ale bit and
going with a free acti,,n pleas;lig to eyes.
The last to show was Belladrum, and a roar of gutting
from the multitude attested the pophlarity of the hand-
some son of Stockwell, and the unflinching trust of the
Public in their idol.
London, England, 1869-05-27

SIR EDMUND LACON.

Mr. O'Malley is a very injudicious friend. In de-
fending Sir Edmund Lacon during the recent election
petition, the learned gentleman referred to former
elections at Great Yarmouth, and said that the hon.
baronet had never done anything of which he need
be ashamed. Perhaps not, for Sir Edmund is used
to that style of thing ; but other gentlemen
would certainly chew some emotion after
the disclosures which led to the disfranchisement
of the bloater capital. Mr. Justice Blackburn, at
all events, has a very strong opinion on the subject,
and declared that " he could not regard the acts com-
mitted by Sir E. Lacon at Yarmouth elections as
otherwise than disgraceful." There are some victories
worse than defeats, and all the world, except perhaps
Mr. O'Malley and Sir Edmund Lacon, will think that
the victory of the sitting members for North Norfolk
is one of them.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY.

The Herald, which has been publishing very
favourable statements of the health of the Bishop of
Salisbury, now announces that there has been given
" too hopeful a view of his lordship's condition. It is
true that the Bishop has recovered from the
extremely critical condition in which he was three
weeks ago, but he has by no means reached that
point at which we may look for a speedy recovery."

DEAN ALFORD IN TROUBLE.
The Dean of Canterbury is in trouble. le has
just published a revised version of the New Testa-
ment, and by some unexplained blunder has left out
seven words. The omission occurs in 2 Cor. xii. 18,
where the words " Walked we not in the same
spirit r are left out. Fortunately, the blunder is
hisnot abevsetryto ifyserrieocitisoneii and • Dean Alford has done
by advertising it in the
" agony " column of the Times. There was,
many years a far more awkward omission,
thatofthe gwoardo4 not" from the Seventh Command
ment, and terrible was the penalty inflicted upon
the perpetrator of the blunder. The erring edition
of the Bible was burnt, and the only copy in existence
is now in the Bodleian Library.
London, England, 1869-05-27

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London, England, 1869-05-27

ABORIGINAL OVENS.

This highly-important subject was discussed at the
last meeting of the Anthropophagal. we as': pardon,
the Anthropological Society. Sir Charles Nicholson
contributed a paper to show how the ancient abori-
gines of Australia made their ovens, and lie proved
a, good deal of culinary skill on their part. Clearly
Sydney Smith's joke about "cold boiled missionary
on the sideboard" was very wide of the mark. With
such ovens as those just referred to the aborigines
were not at all likely to put up with cold meat.

FOREIGN NOTES.

AUSTRIA.

The Indipendance Beige announces that Herr Beke, the
financial representative of the Austro-Hungarian Ministry,
will take a diplomatic post at Constantinople. He will
be replaced by a Hungarian. This is another proof of the
growing influence of Magyar statesmen in Austria.
London, England, 1869-05-27

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London, England, 1869-05-27

THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY.

The Herald, which has been publishing very
favourable statements of the health of the Bishop of
Salisbury, now announces that there has been given
"too hopeful a view of his lordship's condition. It is
true that the Bishop has recovered from the
extremely critical condition in which he was three
weeks ago, but he has by no means reached that
point at which we may look for a speedy recovery."
London, England, 1869-05-27

A QUARREL IN man QUARTERS.

The Record, which is always skilful in finding out
the highest and noblest motives for conduct which
seems erratic, has discovered that the reason why
Lord Russell has quarrelled with the Government
is, that Lord Hyde was chosen to fight the Ministe-
rial battle at Brecon instead of Lord Amberley. The
same trustworthy authority goes on to say that "the
Government shew no disposition to march through
Coventry with such an ornament to their junior
attachs as this ultra-Maltinisian and ' Positivist'
young nobleman."' The journal which hailed a.Pela-
gian Premier as the man of God because he ap-
pointed Low Church bishops, would naturally
ascribe an important political action to sordid reasons.
London, England, 1869-05-27

TILE lIILL.

As the day advanced the crest of the hill became illumi-
nated with the gilt-lettered refectories of the gingerbread
vendors, vdithout whom no holiday festival of the people
could be considered complete. In recognition of the pro-
minent place to be assigned to the Volunteers in the great
gathering on the Surrey Downs, the "Rifle Saloons"
•
occupied a conspicuous position on the kills. Those
in search of curiosities would probably be more
than satisfied by gazing on a picture of a ferocious
Mastiff held in gentle durance by a smiling gentleman,
even if the bewildering legend beneath of " The Spotted
Twin Sisters, born at Egham, and exhibited by their
mother," did not further induce them to inquire within.
At an adjoining tent was to be seen " A Marvellous Freak
of Nature," described by the highly imaginative
exhibitor as "The Bodiless Womam, and only
specimen of the kind ever brought to England," and
in which apparent mystery the familiar optical
illusion of " The Sphinx " was not very carefully
enshrouded. The itinerants who beguile the in-
tervals between the races were of the old type and
pattern. Conspicuously amongst them came the troop of
" nigger minstrels," led by the familiar street personage
who represents Punch, and who, adorned with nose and
spectacles, chews such a curiously applied knowledge of
pirt:Singing, and who, if local legends are to be believed, is
a respectable householder in Kentish Town, and a prominent
member of a ritualistic choir when his secular duties are
over for the week. More nigger minstrels, whose lays are
of a time when the " Christy's " were unknown, and
vagrant singers, who rely on strength of lungs rather than
appropriateness of ditty, make up the vocal throng who
besiege the occupants of carriages with their noisy impor- •
tunities. The extension of the photographic system was
exemplified by a portable camera, which, with a woman
for the operator, took unanticipated groups of the inmates
of various carriages. These seemed to find a rapid sale.
The general amusements on the hill were of the
old familiar. kind. The sharp crack of the
rifle, at a penny per shot, was to be heard
constantly throughout the, day. Portable ninepins car-
ried about in a box were revealed for the gratification
of those who believed in skittles as a necessary adjunct to
human happiness ; a clever female prestidigitateur shewed
the juggler's sleight of hand in substituting pence for half-
crowns in paper purses ; the stilt-walkers took advantage
of their elevation to carry their caps into the faces of the
loftiest amongst the spectators and the assertors of the
right of " Turbary," or of the privilege of going upon the
soil of another and digging turf, and carrying away the
same, seemed to be fully aware of their especial immu-
nities.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE ROAD HOME.

Probably never before, and certainly not for many
years past, have so many people been assembled together,
of both sexes, of all ages and all classes, to witness a
return home from the Derby. The footways along
the Blackfriars, Waterloo, Westminster, and Vauxhall
roads were lined with spectators, but the scene at the
Elephant and Castle, Newington, and down the
Kennington-road as far as the Horns Tavern, was most
remarkable. Between these two points both footpaths
and carriage-ways were almost impassable, and it was
with the greatest difficulty that the large body of police on
duty, including several mounted constables, could obtain
a passage for the numerona vehicles. The portion of the
road from the horns to the Elephant and Castle was one
continuous block from seven o'clock in the evenin;,* until
ten at night. A 3 might be expected, in the confusion
and cxcit:trent nrtracrc.•,-,3 col si,,r s. r-.‘,3ts, and 0th,,,,r
cocurr, ^.. far.., bea3certain,-1,
roue. of a vcry natur?. To add to tiv.
excitement and animation of the scone, trn:ny of the ocru•
pants of the foar-horse vans amused themselves by displays
of red. I,lua, and green tire from tln. roofs. The
sf; to e thioj N; as done, with the addition of tirewra ka,
thu windows of several of the public houses
along the road. This practice, largely indulged in,
though it added to the excitement, also increased
the confusion and danger from the sudden rushes
of people that took place and afforded a fine addi-
tional field fur the operations of the light-fingered
brigade. The roughs, as usual, pelted all respectably-
dressed occupants of carriages with small packets of flour,
made up and sold for the occasion. It was after ten
o'clock before any perceptible diminution was observable
in _the crowds of veople or the streams of returning vehi-
cles, and up to undwght the road had a molt upr94riouff
Agect.
- -
London, England, 1869-05-27

LO? DOW, 271URSDAY, MAY 27, 1869.

The Opposition Deputies already elected number
lonly three more than in the last Corps Legislatif.
This—out of 290 elections. As many as fifty-nine
of those elections having been abortive, a fresh ballot
is necessitated. It is almost certain therefore that
several additional Opposition Deputies will, in conse-
quence, be returned. The advocates of responsible
; Government are therefore clearly gaining strength,
are gradually winning their way at any rate to larger
importance within the walls of the Imperial Legisla-
ture. A liaise, however, has in the thick of the elec-
tioneering contests been perpetrated by the fore-
most of all the leaders of the late Opposition.
M. TIIIERS has blundered. Evidently he has been
ill advised. We sincerely regret this, but the fact
Lis undeniable. The suspicions of M. THIERS
having been aroused as to whether the ballot boxes,
or electoral urns, had been tampered with, the his-
torian of the Empire, on Saturday night, accompanied
• by two persons, went at eleven o'clock, it appears, to
the- Mairie of the Seventeenth Arrondissement, that
of the Batignolles, and there demand<<d permission to
examine, fcr hilhself, the condition of these same
electoral urns or ballot boxes. The keenest scrutiny
was applied to the seals—without, however, the de-
tection of a single flaw. The sacred depositories of
the voting papers were found to be intact. The
self-appointed scrutineers one of them the
most illustrious of all the candidates of the

Opposition baffled in their search, in oue
sense, even, disappointed in their expectations, with-
drew. Upon tl:e Place dc la Maine a considerable
throng had—hearing of M. TusEns' visitLassemLled
together. ILearing of what had occurred, no wonder
that, on the following morning, the outraged because
the suspected Mayor of the arrondissement wrote
thus indignantly to the great author and statesman—
" I learn, sir," wrote M. BALAGNY, " that you called
at the Mairie of the Batignolles last night to examine
the room where electoral urns were deposited.
Without raising any questions as to the ille-
gality of that visit, mate in my absence, and
without previous notice, I may observe, with all the
deference due to you, that your proceeding, besides
being unusual, has deeply wounded me, inasmuch as
it would imply that my delicacy or my attention
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.

The association whose object it has been to obtain
the extension of the Contagious Diseases Act to the
civil population, feeling secure in the thought
that the Government would support an ex-
tension of the measure, gave up any further
pursuit of the subject some - time since. It has
now been called once again into action by the an-
nouncement that the whole question is to be referred
to a select committee of the House of Cominuns.
Meetings are being held, and information is being
obtained, to show the feeling of tire country, and the
true bearing of facts upon the matter. An oppo-
sition is also organised, chiefly proceeding from the
refuges, which is endeavouring to enlist the religious
feelings of the country against the proposed reform.
In this the refuges are . not altogether successful.
Several bishops, deans, *and many clergymen have
given in their names to the society, and Lord Russell,
with several other eminent statesmen, lead the way
in counselling the alteration of the law. :- It is feared
that if the measure were passed, penitentiaries would
lose their hold. The society alleges,-- however, that
they would be of still more use. Women would
co:ne under religious instruction in the hospitals, and
might, if they wished to leave their lives of vice, be
handed over to the penitentiaries.
London, England, 1869-05-27

THE PADDOCK.

Leaving the people for the horses, we turn from the
grand sea of massed faces to the Paddock. Horses do
not show there as they used, and Martyrdom and Border
Knight were for some time its only occupants. Lord Cal-
thorpe's horse looked much " fitter "than he did on the Two
Thousand day, but though his quarters and thighs were good
he did not go so well in front as he did behind. The roan,
Rupert, was the next to show, a heavy shouldered horse,
and lacking quality, followed by the game and blood-like
little De Vere, and then a rush to the gate proclaimed the
advent of a " crack," who proved to be Pero Gomez, led
by King Cophetua. Pero had evidently received a
wonderful pieparation at the hands of Porter, but still his
upright pasterns provoked much hostility, while in thehand-
some Belladrum, who next appeared, there was really no
fault at all. But he had been beaten by Crocus as
well as St. bingo in his trial, and though the public
prevented him receding to a longer price than 6 to 1,
there were few investments among real judges. Perry.
Down, but for a crooked sinew in the oil fore leg,
looked eminently a horse for the Epsom gradients, and
the Drummer had fined (loan and NV (.1.4 blooming.
Taking a horse for his good looks alone, Mr. Padwick's
Ethus was, next to Belladrum, the Lest picture of a race-
horse in the Paddock, but he exhibited a scrambling.
action in his canter, which destroyed thc effects of his
appearance. Pretender did not appear at all at the
Paddock. Enpert was the first to emerge from it, followed
by De Vere, Tasman, Tenedos, Eysliworth, Lada,, and
Lthus, and then came Martyrdom, tenting at i!is bit and
going with a free action phasing to Lis backers? eyes.
The last to show was Belladrutn, and a roar of gle.eting
from the multitude attested the popularity of the
some son of Stockwell, and the unflinching trust of the I
public in their idol.
London, England, 1869-05-27

LES EXTREIitES SE .TOU'CITENT.

It has been often noticed that scarcely anyone is
married in Lent. It is not so generally known that
scarcely anyone is married in the Derby week.
Everyone is supposed to be keeping fast during the
former period; everyone is supposed to be keeping
holiday in the latter. And so it comes to
pass that the Times of to-day has but one English
marriage in its column of hatches, matches, and
despatches.
London, England, 1869-05-27

DEAN ALFORD IN TROUBLE.

The Dean of Canterbury is in trouble, Ile has
just published a revised version of the New Testa-
ment, and by some unexplained blunder has left out
seven words. The omission occurs in 2 Cor. xii. ls,
where the words " Calked we not in the same
spirit F" are left out. Fortunately, the blunder is
not a very serious one, and Dean Alford has clone
his best to rectify it by advertising it in the
" agony " column of the Times. There was,
many years ago, a far more awkward omission,
that of the word " not" from the Seventh Command-
ment, and terrible was the penalty inflicted upon
the perpetrator of the blunder. The erring edition
of the Bible was burnt, and the only copy in existence
is now in the Bodleian Library.
London, England, 1869-05-27

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London, England, 1869-05-27

STERN JUSTICE.

Two criminals were lately brought before the
magistrates at Twickenham, charged with the heinous
crime of breaking a fence and stealing the broken
pieces. The prisoners could not look over the dock,
for one of them was 6 years old, the other only 5.
The Ithadamanthi of the Thames neverthe!ess
condemned these desperate and hardened offenders
to a fine of 2s. each, or seven days' im-
prisonment. The parents, who were poor, pleaded
for time, but could obtain a respite only till the
evening, when they were told that if the money
were not forthcoming the Queen's warrant would be
issued for the committal of these wicked babies.
Eventually the money was paid. We should like to
know if these stern administrators of the law would
have dealt in the same manner with the infants of
one
of their colleagues, had they been guilty of the
sin of injuring General Peel's railings ? If not, is it
true that there is the same law for rich and poor ?
London, England, 1869-05-27

WESTMINSTER.

DERBY NIGHT AT UREMORNE.—George French, well
dressed, who gate the address No. 14, Drury-court, Bow-
street, was charged on suspicion with stealing a watch,
value £B, the property of Mr. Henry Scobel, a medical
student, residing at 4, Cecil-street, Strand.
Mr. W. D. Smyth, of Rochester-row, defended.
Mr. Scobel said he was coming out of the wine room at
Cremorne at half-past 12 this morning, and there was a
great crush. The prisoner got close to him and remained
there some time, and at length be missed his watch. He
culled out that his watch had been stolen, and prisoner
then hurried towards the door, but was detained and taken
to the station.
John Neal, 144 T, proved searching the prisoner at
Cremorne and finding a brass watchchain and old broken
metal Geneva watch, but not that of the prosecutor.
dr. Smyth contended that there was a groat crowd, and
it could only amount to a case of suspicion, in which no
conviction could be obtained.
Mr. Arnold said it was a case for inquiry, and remanded
prisoner till Tuesday, requiring bail in £25 for his reap-
pearance. _

The bail was not forthcoming.
There was no other chirge from Cremorns.

THAMES.

TILE DISPUTED SURPLICE.-William Dolan was brought
before Mr. Paget charged with being in the unlawful pos-
session of a white surplice, the property of some clergy-
London, England, 1869-05-27

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBING A SURGEON.—Jamas Built, a French polisher,
living in Union-street, Middlesex IloTital, was charged
before Mr. D'Eyneourt with stealing the witch Mr.
John Simpson, surgeon at the Marylebonte Infirmary.
The prosecutor was passing from Foley-place into Ox-
ford-street about one o'clock that morning, when the pri-
soner seized his watch and made off. The prosecutor
pursued the prisonsr into Upper Rathbone-place, and
seized him, when he dropped the watch down an area, and
broke away from the prosecutor, and made off again, but
was subsequently found concoaled iu a water closet by
Police-constable Essex 133 E.

In answer to Mr. D'Eyncourt the constable said the pri-
soner had been drinking.
The prisoner said the prosecutor was very drunk, and
accused a,uothor man of stealing his watch.

The prosecutor said ha knew what he was about, and
was sure the prisoner was the man who took his watch.
The prisoner said the prosecutor had a fight with the
London, England, 1869-05-27

Commence at Seven.

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WESTMINSTER.

DERBY NIGHT AT CREMORNE.—George French, well
dressed, who gave the address No. 14, Drury-court, Bow-
street, was charged on suspicion with stealing a watch,
value £B, the property of Mr. Henry Scobel, a medical
student, residing at 4, Cecil-street, Strand.
Mr. W. D. Smyth, of Rochester-row, defended.
Mr. Scope' said he wa:, coming out of the wine room at
Cremorne at half-past 12 this morning, and there was a
great crush. The prisoner got close to hint and remained
there some time, and at length he missed his watch. He
called out that his watch had been stolen, and prisoner
then hurried towards the door, but was detained and taken
to the station.

John Neal, 144 T, proved searching the prisoner at
Cremorne and finding a brass watchchain and uld broken
metal Geneva watch, but not that of the prosecutor.
Dlr. Smyth contended that there was a great crowd, and
it could only amount to a case of suspicion, in which no
conviction could be obtained.

Mr. Arnold said it was a case for inquiry, and remanded
prisoner till Tuesday, requiring bail in £25 for his reap-

pearance.

The bail was not forthcoming.
There was no other charge from Cremorne.

TIIAM.ES.

TIIE DISPUTED SURPLICE.—WiIIiam Dolan was brought
before Mr. Puget charged with being in the unlawful pos-
session of a white surplice, the property of souls clergy-

man unknown.

The prisoner was seen by Harris, a police-constable,
with a surplice under his arm, and treating it in a very
irreverent manner, and if it had been an old coat, said the
constable, he could not have used it more roughly. Ile
was asked where he obtained it, to which he replied that
a gentleman in Brighton gave him the surplice, and he
intended to sell it to a High or Low clergyman of the
Church of England, or a Roman Catholic priest, when he
could obtain a customer.
Mr. Paget asked the prisoner if be could give any other
explanation of his possession of the surplice.
Prisoner said he could not. It was given to him at
Brighton by a gentleman whose name and address he did
not know.
3lr. Paget—And you expnt me to believe that ?
Prisoner— Yes, sir; I do. (A laugh.)
An officer thought the surplice had been worn by a
Church of Eeghted clergyman.
Another officer thought the surplice was a Ritualistic

one.
Roche, the gaoler of tho cout, was strongly of opinion
that the sarplico belonged to a Roman Catholic priest.
Mr. Paget wits of the same opinion as Riche, and that it
was very likely the surplice had been stolen from the
vestry or sacristy of a Ronifin Catholic church. It wits not
likely a priest of that communion would part with his sur-
plice to any one.
He remanded the prisoner for a week.
London, England, 1869-05-27

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