, 1870-06-13
LONDON.
The Social Condition Of England.
Vandalism at Oxford.
The Late Mark Lemon and the New
Editor Of Punch"
The Queen and the Royal
Family.
Row in Club Honse-The Opera.

PooAA80e41 tHuuouueod W dedfy h1nHsl9y to
10 about the most terrible and powerful po-
lisical satire sinoe tho time Of Swift" asaerts
that reform means moro than repair, and that
Englhh statesmen By Aeeing to tho latter
endanger their 1natltutions- Mend. patch,
sake down h.tie mere. psup up coma tottes-
ing nuisance taefe' MI in gaping chinks with
pA4ent 4eslsn'se cement, coat Old facades with
D!'sn. Ps1n', niao aeeas beneath aglaze OF
~, 4"'elts' aa'" aeEo3a'e' 'n1oisn7-sno satef
~ tae nouse u no. No" oner but =
an0eo sepoicnre, shaxlhg 70 decay. There
tep~. parry 1ntes"ouAuns oetHeen
4o3'es anu 1'e'of1ncfs, VINO chng to vested In
teteeo', 5e' sa5 IoeT Ire "sl1ne 10 improve
tnen- 4aese arc, 10 SAFE, ~ bad - the opal n
opsttucosee. England does indeed appear to
require an he1nic remedy. sinco my Last lat-
ter, fresh developments OF hideous moral
evil hAEo taken place Questions then In
doubt are solved IN horsid proof. One half Of
society stxrta in beNldered disgust. Hen
iook It each other with frightened air, and
would scarcely be surprised by retributive
frc from heaven. There tnusl bo a1aggera-
ton in Whist one is told; il not, tho two lead,
ing universities, and some,,of the largest Of the
aristocratic public schools, exhibit degrees
~ ""~Ae~!4see ""4AH4 HoH1o oseA Aase sF0aAeu
hcathenish sge. N4 not repeat what Is CON
aochf's stated sufnee 1t to asy. that the gang
Hoose open atroclles nave brought them to the
teioh aoeK arc saa 10 be no "ofso toan many
IN leaoins AND olstnsn'shcd localities. Believe
this one cam OF, until something like evidence
il advanced, but we have had succession oil
surprises Of late.
What we do know Of Oxford University
"nat - oPen ano patents excessively na'
cteoltaolo 10 section OF the undergraduates
"s anything moro f1taanly ever per
reoaeeo ID Ing newest society than
tao steaHng anu burning OF prsceless
s'atueas ana tns oy tae most exclusive and
Fse'cntsous OF ihe stodentA' the tnomnallyj
tenneo e, anu h,8nls cultivated jea'esse doree Q,
en1,es chutcn! Tue London museums, and
poeAe galoens' ana national monuments afe
Nonaet11n !seo 13on "ot'lAuon, tnoueh thes
soe eee4 ~ .uoUaanos' "no set tals Outrage IL
cooamastoa % men WHO have had al the ad'
Santagos Of high birth and breeding. Those
who know oxford well, are led By this act tc
clear their consciences; and to do so they SAY
that basbarous and half-saTage physical Life
IL getting tho ideal among the undergraduates
Manners and morals arc deteriorating.
Daily do tho young aristocrass whc
poescss the best Of the place grow more care
lees Of culture, moro vulgar In extravaganza
md sice. By come, this deterioration il
traced to the gospel Of nuscu1arity which has
been preached there Of late. Tho well-regu-
lated mind and disciplined temper which ac-
companies intellectual pursuits have suffered
under tho excessive cultivation OF boat-racing,
London billiArtl-matches, jumping over high
esicke, and tacing, in eeni-nudity, ACROSS long
meadows. The cozporeal dieciplino Of prize-
fighter las produced the mental habita Of a
corresponding coazseness and mere sordid
SiEiity. It ia time new blood was let into Ox-
ford, and that such measures "a the Tests ad-
d'hon bill which Parliament Was discussing
last night, mado the infusion practicable.
Meanwhile. vigorous dcbate is proceeding,
on the aufticiency or Otherwise Of the punish
ment which tho authorities Of the University
hare inflicted upon the ring leaders In tho
statuc-buSnlng. On tho one side it ia urged
that the sentence Of expulsion to young men
in their position, becomes Us much stigma
as imprisonment to men in similar class.
Not one OF them can enter any single profess
that this method OF dealing with tho case, is a
public misfortune. There arc hundreds Of
young roushs, it is said, Of the age Of twenty
and thereabouss, who would desire no better
amusement than to defaee the Elgin Marbles
OF bum hall dozen pictures in the National
Gallery; and they arc deferred from max
inG the attempt far less by any iusupe1s-
bio difficulty in tho Way Of success than
bg salutarE fear Of personal suffering.
They will have read Of the exploits Of the
Christ Church undergraduates, and recognized
in them the handiwosk Of men Of Ike tastes
and temper with themselves. and they c.nno,
fail to draw one Of two fnfe.euces. Either
they viii argue that the Nanton destruction NJ