The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-07 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRIJRY-LA-1%.1 E.
Sole Ltssee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chat
Nterta
J.
TITIS EVENING, THAT RASCAL JA_CR. iezars.
Route, J. Neville, C. Warner; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C.
Thompson.
To conclude with T FIE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warner,
F. Morton. J. Fitzjamez, Villiers, J. C. Coavier, W.
IWlntyre, J. Rouse, J. Irvinz, J. B. Johnstone; Mesdames
C 'lliomplon.
M. Uobertson, R. G. Le Thicre, .
Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucks One.
THIS EVENING, THE LOVE CHA.SE. Messrs. Chip-
pendalo. Howe, Rovers. Kendal, C'ark, White, Wcathereby,
&c. ; Me.dames Sedgw•ck. Chippendale, Burke. &e.
Alter which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE
rous DS. Mr. Duckstone.
To conclude with THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT
Mr. Compton.

means of placing the institutions of this countr y
on a firmer basis; and that the passing of this
measure will tend to increase the loyalty
and content of a great portion of her
MAJESTY'S subjects." We hope that this cordial
expression and frank avowal on the part of Lord
DERBY will have due influence, and tend to remove
in a great measure the unfavourable improssion
produced by those who have been so ready to de-
clare that the Conservatives are against all mea-

sures of Reform.
Very little discussion took place last night, but
Lord STRATIIEDEN chose a most inconvenient time
for making an extraordinary proposition. Just as
the bill was on the point of passing, the noble
lord spoke at some length, and, after referring to
the chief elections that had taken place since
1832, at which popular candidates had lost their
seats, he moved that certain seats should be kept
vacant, in order that the House of Commons might
have the power of electing as representatives for
these places those whose services were important,
and yet who had been rejected. Lord DERBY, in a
few amusing remarks, showed the impossibility of
such a step being taken, and said that under the
Jewish dispensation " there were certain cities set

apart to which the manslayer fled, and be secure
from the consequences of his act," but the proposal of
the noble lord had the merit of singularity and
novelty. It is not surprising that the clause was
negatived without a division, for it was indeed a
peculiar one ; but it was not good taste to have
brought it forward at such a time. Lord RAVENS-
WORTH made s)me remarks on the Lodger Fran-
chise, and deprecated the courso taken by the
House of Lords in rescinding their vote on the
subject. The workmen, he said, were under the
power of trade unions, and had no freedom of action.
Lord RUSSELL made some observations, and it is a
satisfaction to find that the noble lord did not share
in the gloomy anticipations indulged in by some.
He apprehended no danger to the British Constitu-
tion. We agree with the remarks of the noble

lord on this topic, and think he was quite right in
his assertion, that the majority of the people would
be the strongest safeguard to the constitution when
they shared in the electoral working, being attached
to it most sincerely. Very unnecessary were the com-
ments subsequently passed by Lord RUSSELL on the
course taken by Government, but perhaps it was
hardly to be expected that he would lose the last
opportunity for making a protest.
Ministers can, however, well afford to listen to
these strictures, for they have the proud satisfaction
of knowing that their task is accomplished, and they
have succeeded in passing through both Houses of
Parliament a measure well calculated to answer the
desired ends, and to serve the best interests
of the community. It seems really almost
incredible to think that the Reform Bill has passed
both Houses of Parliament, and only awaits a few
more stages to be the law of the land. It would no
doubt afford great satisfaction to those who take a
deep interest in the questions and indeed gratify the
public generally, if her MAJESTY could prorogue
Parliament in person. It would be a gracious and
a graceful act on her part, and connect her more
immediately and intimately with a measure
that is in some respects the most important
political feature of her reign. The Govern-
ment of Lord DERBY has great claims on the
gratitude of the nation, for it has had an arduous
task to perform, and it has set about the task in a
right spirit, and with a generous endeavour to do
the thing as complete as possible. We do not
believe that the Liberal party, as it stands at pre-
sent, could have carried a measure that approached
this ono in completeness and extent, and
hence it is the more to be rejoiced at
that the Conservatives should have come
to We rescue. time had, indeed, arrived when
Reform could no longer be shelved with credit to
Ministers, satisfaction to Parliament, or respect to
the general feeling of the country. Under all the
circumstances of the case, we do not see that any
better measure could have been passed than that
bill which was yesterday read a third time in the
House of Lords, and which will shortly be com-
pleted, to the great satisfaction of the country, and
,he credit of all who have assisted in its pasting.

The brief but suggestive intelligence respecting
our fellow-countrymen in Abyssinia which was
yesterday received from Aden is of the highest
importance, and must give great relief to the friends
and relatives of the captives. A letter received
from Mr. Davies, the agent of the Peninsula and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company at Aden,
dated the 20th ult.—the latest date to which ad-
vices have been received—states that her Majesty's
steamer Dalhousie arrived from Massowah on the
15th—latest date ; that she reports—" Captives cut
off from the Emperor, both parties being surrounded
by the rebels ; no danger of their falling into his
hands again." It is nothing new that the dis-
affection among the EMPEROR'S subjects has been
wide-spread and increasing for some time past.
Many powerful chiefs have fallen away from him,
and it has even been said that nothing but a kind
of superstitious belief in his power prevented a
general rising. Colonel MEREWETHER, writing on
the position of affairs in January last, says that
whereas Mr. MASSAM accompanied the KING last
March, and saw his army to consist of 80,000
men, he had not then 15,000 with him. lle
enumerates several chiefs, one of them having
escaped from confinement,who were in arms against
another named Tissoo GoLuZYE had an army of
20,000 men, and held Walkait and up to Gondar.
WAKSIIIM GOLUZYE had also a strong force, and
held nearly all Tigre. Mr. RASSA3I confirmed this
intelligence in a few lines, which he contrived to
forward to the Colonel, in which he said that no
respectable man in the country approved of THEO-
DORE'S conduct, but that no one had the courage to
speak plainly to Lim. In case of war Mr. RASSAM
advised that we should try and obtain the friend-
ship of the two chief rebels, Tissoo and WAR-
SHIM, who could be very useful to us in
stopping communication between the EMPEROR
and the coast, and in other ways. This advica
was evidently very sound, as if the news from Aden
proves true, it is to these chieftains the captives owe
their safety. From the state of open warfare in-
dicated, it would seem that the chiefs have closed
upon the EMPEROR, or else that he has ventured at
last to attack them. In either case there is little
doubt that the long delayed vengeance for the
cruelty and oppression THEODORE has been guilty
of has at length come upon him, and that the hours
of his authority are 'lumbered. We have
much reason to rejoice that the captives

should have escaped his hands under circum-
stances which render it extremely improbable
that he can reclaim them. We shall wait anxiously
for fuller intelligence, but it will not do to slacken

our energies on behalf of the captives. We must
not rest contented with knowing that they are out

of the EMPEROR'S hands, and leave them to find
their way out of the country as they can. It will
be a matter for consideration how fat it may be

desirable to join with the leading rebels in their

endeavours to free the country from the intolerable
tyranny of THEODORE, to open its cities to com-
merce, and to provide for the protection of European
travellers, Lu any case, the security of the prisoners

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN3, AUGUST 7, 1867.

instance, in the garden there is a model washing-
house and laundry, replete with convenience and
with appliances for washing and drying linen in a
very short space of time. Linen may be well washed
and properly drained in three hours. Very dirty
linen is not suffered to come into contact with linen
which is moderately clean, and the labour is won-
derfully abridged by mechanical contrivances. The
whole process of " getting up" fine linen, as it is
called, is performed in a shDrter time than even
laundresses could imagine.
The night fetes at the Exhibition, so often talked
of, will be shortly commenced. They will be on a
novel and attractive scale, including concerts, torch-
light processions, boat races, fireworks, and, in
short, spectacles and entertainments, which will
give to the fetes an aspect and character hitherto
unpr ralleled.
It was indeed but one summer's day which we
enjoyed yesterday, although the weather appeared
to have assumed a settled character. Even this
morning it was fine and very warm, but towards
midday there was a sensible diminution in the tem-
perature, and it soon afterwards became a rainy
day--at least not exactly, but a day with repeated
showers, like an April day.
A genuine and useful novelty is in course of
organisation in Paris-- a ladies' club—which will be
opened on the commencement of the next year.
Men have had their day with their clubs ; why
should not the ladies have their day? The regula-
tions for admission will be on the most severe scale.
The number of members is not to be limited, but one
black ball. out of s'x will be sufficient for exclusion.
The lady committee engaged in the arrangement
of this club includes some of the most eminent
aristocratic ladies of Paris, but for the moment I
must not mention their names. The club-room will
be a jewel in regard to magnificence and comfort.
The vestibule will be under the direction of female
servants in appropriate costume; dress of light blue
merino, black silk apron with pockets, and cap
trimmed with blue ribbons. Each attendant will
be furnished with attributes agreeable or useful to
ladies, say white, red, and black paint for com-
plexion or eyelids, essential salts and all artificial
assistants to beauty, in spite of the dictum of the
poet that " loveliness needs not the foreign aid of
ornament." Cards and music will be introluced
at this club for ladies, and even whist will be al-
lowed, although it is a game which requires
silence. The great difficulty with which the
framers of the regulations are occupied is
whether men shall be admitted. Ladies do not
go to clubs to look after their husbands, but
it has been proposed that husbands shall be per-
mitted to go to the club to see their wives. This is
the knotty question with which the committee are
occupied. Perhaps there may
be a compromise,
and husbands will be admitted to the club by a
ticket signed by the wife. All this, however, is
matter for serious consideration.
At the rowing matches at Dieppe on Sunday all
the prizes were won by the Paris Rowing Club.
The match with two rowers was won by M. Etoile,
with four rowers (prize of the Prince Imperial),
M. Gauloise, with six rowers, M. Fabrienne.
There will be matches at Dunkerque on Sunday
next, at which the Paris Rowing Club will again
contend for the prizes.