The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-29 00:00:00

V MOSES and SON, u 4 • CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER of HART-STRENT. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. B RADFORD, YORKSHIRE. iq MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of I J. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING. Frock Dress Oxford Camb. Coats. Coats. Coats. Coats. 255. 255. 17s. 18s. 80s. 30s. 21s. 225. _ + Bss. 355. 2,;-3. 28s. 425. 425. 30 , . Us. - 60s. 60s. 116 s. 365. 821. 60s. 425. 425. - t Also at Also at Also at Also at other prices. other prices. other prices other prices - LI MOSES and SON beg to remind the public LIA • that the cheapness of an article depends entirely on its quality, and they venture to affirm that every article sold by them is considerably cheaper than what can be obtained at any other ho Ise in England. E . MOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: Summer Suits. Also at other prices. ORDERS punctual measure intro guarantee a fai Tourist Suits. Also at other prices. Summer Dress Trousers. Trousers. 10s. 6d 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d, 15s. 6d. 21s. 17s. ad. 245, Also at Also at other prices. other prices by post are attended to with care and Ity, and the easy and accurate system of self [uced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to iltless fit. I; MOSES and SON'S PRICE LI. ,T of -U0 BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. 13s. 6d 16s. ed. Brighton Harrow Suits. Suits. 18s. I 18s. 235. I 235. 1 265, Also at Also at Also at I Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices, IL: MOSES and SON supply every description of ' . clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes ; also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. NEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, at 7, MARRIED LIFE; Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Mr How , . Mr Kendal, Mr Rogers, Mrs Chip pendale, Mrs Frank Matthews, Mrs E. Fitzwilliam, Miss C. Hiil, Mrs Laws. After which, at 8.80. "HOME." Mr Sothern, Mr Chippendale, Mr Compton, Mr liuckAone, jun.. Miss Ada Cavendish, Miss Fanny Gwynne, and Miss Caroline Hill. Concluding with FAMILY JARS. Mr Compton: VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague, D. James, and T. Thorne.—THlS EVENING, at 7 30. CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. After which, at 8, a new and original Comedy, in Three Acts, entitled TWO BODES, by James Albery. To conclude with the new and successful Burlesque, DON CARL , iS ; 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 Fawsitt, T Lavis, and A. Newton. Doors open at Seven. Commence at 7.30. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wych-street, Strand. S.le Lessee and Manao-er, Mr W. H. LisTort. THIS EVENING, at 7, MUSIC MATH CHARMS. Mr. D. Fisher. After which LITTLE EM'LY. Messrs. J. Belmore, D. Fisher, Vaughan, and G. Elliott ; Mesdames F. Addison, Lee, Reinhardt, Conclude with OLD GOOSEBERRY. Mr. Blakeley ; Nelly Joy. LYCEUM THEATRE (under the management of Messrs Mansell). THIS EVENING, at 7.30, HIS OWN RIVAL Mr. F. Jharles and Miss L. Morgan. At 8, BREAKING THE SPELL. After which, at b. 30, LITTLE FAUST: Mr. T. Maclagan, M. Marius, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. Odell, and Mr. Wilmot; Mdlle. 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(511 M MORNING EDITION. the Peers were prepared to accept this fact they should have rejected the Land Bill on the second reading. Having accepted the bill it is im possible that the amendment now in question can be maintained, even though Lord CAIRNS'S right hand should have to suffer amputation. That, we admit, would be a melancholy incident; but if, as his lordship said, it will occur should the original clause stand, then it would be well for him to pre pare for the operation. It is a consolation to think that laughing gas will render it painless. The Education Bill has fared better than the Land Bill. Amendments have been improvements. Such especially is the new clause under which the managers of voluntary schools will be enabled to transfer .these into rate schools. This is but fair. There is many a man who has hitherto given largely for the support of a school because if he did not, the children around him would grow up in ignorance. But when edu cation has become a national matter, and there is machinery in existence for the establishment of schools out of the public purse, he may think that the time is come when other persons should do their duty and relieve him from the burden of doing both his and theirs. But there is no compulsion in the matter. If the present supporters of the voluntary schools think that religion will not be taught in the rate-aided schools, it will be at their option to continue the present system. Some members saw in this permission a sacrifice of principle, some went so far as to call it a third bill. It is neither the one nor the other. The Government still adheres to its resolution not to destroy the existing schools for the purpose of obtaining a questionable symmetry. At the same time it is not fair that a man should be compelled to pay twice over —for the voluntary school, and then, again, for the rate-aided school, which may be established in the same parish. They ought to have full liberty of action on this point. The time-table conscience clause is not an expedient for which we can feel any enthusiasm. Theoretically it is open to the objection which Mr. HORSMAN urged against it with so much force. It will make religious teaching in the eyes of the children penal by subjecting them to longer school hours than their schoolfellows who are allowed to " turn their backs upon the Bible." Practically, how ever, we expect that this objection will not arise. The great majority of children will no more be withdrawn from the religious lesson under the new than they have been under the old conscience clause. There is every reason to suppose that the Education Bill will pass through Committee at an early date. IT is now nearly five years since the attention of this country was forcibly and painfully directed to one of its oldest colonies. A terrible outbreak of the coloured population against the white planters had occurred, and it was suppressed with ruthless rigour. After the controversy respecting the conduct of the Governor on this occasion had subsided, the condition of the colony became the subject of inquiry, and it was found that an island so fertile that it sup plied all the primary wants of man without the labour of cultivation, was on the very verge of ruin. Year after year there had been a growing deficiency in the revenue, and the credit of the Colonial Government was almost destroyed. The social was no better than the. financial condition. The various classes and races were bitterly hostile, education was miserably neglected, and justice was almost unattainable by the poor, It was under these circumstances that Sir JOHN PETER GRANT was sent out to govern the colony of Jamaica, which, under the rule of Governor Eyre, had fallen into the lowest depths of despondency. It skews how much the condition of a country depends upon the conduct of one man that in three years Jamaica has now become more prosperous than at any time since the emancipation of the negroes. Governor GRANT'S report, which bas just been presented to Parliament, refers to 1868, and by the end of that year he had succeeded in converting the yearly deficit into a surplus, had reformed the law courts, the police, the church, the medical staff, and the schools ; largely diminished serious crimes at the same time that the number of convictions was , decreased through the greater vigilance of the police; and had restored harmony between the landed and the labouring-class. There is reason to believe that the report for 1869 will be even more favourable than that of the preceding year, for the modest surplus in 1868, of £423, has in 1869 expanded into £50,000, a fact that will appear all the more satisfactory when we bear in mind that even so late as 1867 the Colonial Government was obliged to borrow £20,000 from the Colonial Bank, in order that the Treasury might be spared the discredit of st apping payment. Referring more in detail to Sir J. P. GRANT'S re forms, we find many incidents of interest. The staff Of clergy, who were far too numerous for the wants of the people, has been reduced by omitting to fill up vacancies as they arise. The Treasury and the Audit Department have been reorganised and made efficient, at the same time the cost of them has been diminished. The district courts of insol vency has been reformed, and that this step was needed may be inferred when we mention that out of the three late official assignees in Jamaica, all of whom were bound to pay the moneys arising from in solvent estates into the public treasury, one died insolvent, owing money to the creditors of bankrupts, and another was found to be £2,000 short, and absconded. The extrava gant expenditure upon gaols has been curtailed. There was one gaol, for instance, which had on an average only ten prisoners, and of which the salaries of officials alone amounted to £44o—a perfectly use less expenditure, as there was another gaol only twenty-two miles off. While it was necessary to impose fresh taxation in order to meet the yearly deficiency, the equilibrium has been restored much sooner than was expected, because the taxes have been much more punctually collected. At the present moment the finances " have sprung up from a state of imminent insol vency, in which unquestionably they were three years ago, to a state of unexampled prosperity," and there is every reason to hope for an early repeal of the least popular taxes. In a country like Jamaica where so large a portion of the area is very thinly populated, it is necessary that the Government should be much more paternal than it is with us. Sir J. P. GRANT ' has therefore had to organise a proper medical service. Formerly " over a large part of the island, except in the case of a person of means, such an accident as a broken leg was fatal, which, near a town, would have been cured in a few weeks." Now a Government ioedical officer is entrusted with the care of a speci fied district, and in that district lie must live, and bestow his services and his medicines at settled charges. The advantage of another change effected in Jamaica under the new regime is more question able. Ne w district courts of law have been established, and all of them " have done a considerable amount of civil business of a legitimate character, none of which, or a very minute portion of it only, would have been brought to trial at all, but for the existence of these courts." Two thou sand and ninety-one common law cases, 10 equity cases, 86 land cases, and 348 criminal trials were decided by these courts in the course of about cne year. It is possible that this increased facility for litigation may not be abused, and it is certain that no country can be said to be properly governed in which it is not possible to obtain justice cheaply and speedily. ` The criminal statistics spew an increase of convictions, but this is easily explained by the fact that the constabulary have been reorga nised, and that the crimes have been promptly detected. The improvement in education has been as marked as the improvement in the finances. Formerly Government grants were given to the schools in the most indiscriminate . manner. There is now rigid supervision and examination; neverthe less the grants are larger than they used to be. Under these changes the coloured population have become much more loyal and orderly. They have learnt to understand that all parties and classes will obtain justice, and thus the only case in which a disturb ance threatened to arise out of that formerly prolific source of riot, land disputes, the calamity was averted by a timely display of force accompa nied by a clear explanation of the circumstances. Altogether, Jamaica may be said to have passed from death to life, since the outbreak in Morant Bay. This is another illustration of the old proverb that " when things are at the worst they are sure to mend ;" another reason why, even though things may appear desperate, we should "never despair." TOPICS OF THE DAY. can be taken off indiscriminately and hap-hazard on the bare chance that a defect might be found out. Still, something might be done beyond everlastinglyhammer ing the cars at different railway stations. The wheels of this waggon, said the chief engineer of the Man chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Company, " had been in use for eighteen years—eleven and a half years to my own personal knowledge." Surely after the lapse of a certain time a waggon ought on a regular system to undergo a thorough testing. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1870. Round the sea-beaten coasts of England there are now distributed and maintained at the principal points of interest, that is of danger, upwards of 200 lifeboats. This good work has been accomplished within less than a score of years, indeed within less than nineteen. The agency through which this noble fleet has been called into existence is that of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Appealing to the country for its charitable aid, with a view to the preservation of human life, more or less constantly imperilled along our island sea board by the dangers of the deep encountered by those who "go down to the great sea i❑ ships," this intensely and essentially patriotic association has been instrumental, in less than two decades, in gathering together, in one thoroughly well-organised scheme, 220 admirably-equipped Lifeboats, now the property of the association. It is wonderful, however, to add that eight alone of these lifeboats have had to be constructed at the direct instance, and at the immediate cost, of the Society itself —the remaining 212 being, within the last fourteen years, gifts to the National Lifeboat Institution. A charitable individual set the thence forth memorable example, fourteen years a _o, which has been so magnificently followed. A benevolent lady was the one who thus commenced the good work. A gentleman of kindred generosity did the like shortly afterwards. Another lady gave a lifeboat as a thank-offering, because of her having been herself preserved from drowning, providentially. A couple of sisters, in tender memory of a third whom they had lost, presented another of these lifeboats on the affecting condition that it should be Untitled " The Sisters' Memorial." Inland towns, beginning with Ipswich, had themselves represented, here and there, along the coast line by lifeboats of their own contribution. All kinds of institutions—yacht clubs, Sunday schools, the universities, the commer cial travellers, the united benefit societies, and the Society of Friends, public journals, and Parsee merchants—vied with:each other in aiding and abet ting, iu the same practical manner, the generous and systematic efforts of the National Life Boat Insti tution. The result is, as we have seen, that the scheme, originally set on foot less than nineteen years ago, has within that interval, and chiefly by means of these last fourteen years of volunteered benefaction from the hands of private indi viduals and of other spontaneous contributors— the result is that the comprehensive and elaborate scheme, represented at first by a modest cluster of merely six or eight lifeboats, has been so far completed that its now aggregate of 220 lifeboats occupy " nearly all suitable and available positions ou the coasts of the United Kingdom." That most satisfactory and comfort ing declaration is made in the immediately forth coming number (77) of the quarterly journal of the association—the always instructive and often enthralling periodical called The Lifeboat. There, in that forthcoming instalment (Vol. vii., p. 506) that most gratifying acknowledgment is made, the acknowledgment that the work the promoters and projectors of the institution set themselves to accomplish is as nearly as possible already accomplished. That a complete system of lifeboats at any rate has been established, and that all that re mains to be done now is to see that they are maintained in a constant state of efficiency and completeness. How much is required in this way may be recog nised, upon the instant, upon a mere glance at the very admirable broadsheet just issued by the .Asso ciation, upon which broadsheet the require ments of a Lifeboat Station are represented vividly, both by explanatory letterpress and by woodcut embellishments. Sufficient for us here to add, by way of illustration, that the equipment of stores supplied to and used in the fitting up of one of the lifeboats of the institu tion—including among them such items as speaking trumpet, compass and telescope, tackle-blocks, grap nels and carronades--there are exactly as many distinct articles (52) as there are weeks in the year ! Besides which, the permanent income required for the maintenance of the existing fleet of 220 lifeboats is one of not less than £20,000 sterling ! NOTWITHSTANDING the lamentable event which occurred on Monday morning, and by which England was deprived of one of her foremost statesmen, and Europe of one of its most accomplished diplomatists, both Houses of Parliament continued their arduous labours on Monday evening. It is to he wished that they had worked with equally satisfactory results. It is in no captious or party spirit we say that while the House in which the Liberals have the ascen dancy did well, the House in which the Conservatives preponderate did ill. The amendment to the Irish Land Bill, moved indeed by the Whig Lord CLAN RICARDE, but supported by the great bulk of the Conservative peers, and by Lord CAIRNS with vehement warmth, strikes at the foundation principle of the Bill. To reject the provision by which the burden of establishing a claim to improvements will rest on the landlords, instead, as heretofore, on the tenants, is simply to render the bill futile ; nor is it possible that Government can assent to such an amendment. The arguments used in support of it shew that a majority of the Peers have not yet comprehended the root idea of this measure, that it is an exceptional Act, an Act different from, and, in some respects, opposed to all previous legislation, because all previous legislation has failed to secure justice for Irish tenants. Unless THE VACANCY IN THE CABINET. It is very early yet to speculate upon the possible successor to the Earl of Clarendon at the Foreign Office, but most " selections," though they differ in sbme respects, agree that the post will be offered to Earl Granville. Should he accept it, the Post thinks that Mr. ChiChesterFortescue will have the refusal of the Colonies portfolio; the Telegraph, on the other hand, inclines to the belief that Lord Kimberley, who has been Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, willgive up the Privy Seal. The Daily News halts between these two statesmen. The Stan dard says it is probable that Mr. Cardwell will re turn to the Colbnial Office, and Lord Northbrook will have the Secretaryship of War. The latter official is at present Under-Secretary for War, and his appoint ment would fill up the Cabinet. It must not be forgotten, however, that Mr. Forster's claim to the vacant seatis at least as good as that of any other Liberal politician. THE EDUCATION QUESTION. "A Catholic," who believes that the religious difficulty in the Education Bill is not so much one of principle as one of dexterity in framing the working machinery, has submitted a plan to the Times which he thinks will meet the case. He would provide out of the public funds for only that portion of education which is common to all and necessary for all— instruction in the purely secular elements of primary education alone. The Govern ment should encourage the religiluS bodies to give religious instruction at their own cost in all Stat 3 aided and rate-supported schools to the extent of one hour daily, the time to be fixed by law and free access to be given to the premises. In most schools it will be found, says " A. Catholic," that two apartments will serve the purpose, and that practi cally it will turn out that Catholic and Protestant will alone suffice to mark the division. A. practical exemplification of this scheme is at present to be seen in a school at Edinburgh, conducted by a joint committee of Protestant and Catholic gentle men. For twenty-three years the school has been con ducted in harmony, and there is no reason why what has been done in one place should not succeed in another. LEGAL EDUCATION. Sir Roundell Palmer haswritten to the Times to cor rect a misapprehension with regard to the late vote of the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn upon his motion. The question on which Sir R. Palmer differs from the Bench is not whether the principle of establishing a Legal University should be affirmed or rejected, whether a committee should be appointed by them for promoting a Law University on the principles promulgated by the "Legal Education Association." Sir Roundell Palmer states that some time ago Lin coln's Inn gave in its adherence to the movement for establishing a Legal University. Unfortunately, however, the public believe that the benchers of that Inn of Court are strongly opposed to any reform in the manner of legal education. The conveyancing barristers are very numerous in Lincoln's Inn, and they naturally object to lose the 100 guineas which have been hitherto paid by students for permission to read in their chambers. The Pall Mall Gazette states that all the influence of these gentlemen was brought to bear on the benchers some time ago to induce them to withdraw the subsidy contributed by the body towards the collective system. But the opposition of the conveyancers, although it may postpone fora time the inauguration of a reformed system of legal educa tion, cannot prevent its ultimate success. Next session the matter will be taken in hand by Parlia ment, and more radical changes than those now asked for will no doubt be the result. THE IRISH ESTATES OF THE CITY CORPORATION. The annual statement of accounts of the Irish Society, which has the management of all the Irish estates belonging to the Corporation of London, has been presented to the Court of Common Council. The receipts of the last year were £lB,BOO, including a balance of £1,892 left from the previous account: On the other hand, the expenditure amounted to £17,404, leaving a balance of £1,396 in favour of the society. The society spends a good deal of its income in charity, and during the year the sum of £1,985 was contributed towards the support of schools in the neighbourhood of Londonderry, in pursuance of original grants, some of them dating as far back as 1613. The society also spent £3,377 in public improvements. There can be no doubt that these estates are now managed with considerable dis cretion, but that the Corporation should be allowed to hold estates in Ireland is an anomaly, which Par liament may inquire intowhen it has a little leisure. THE FATAL ➢IARCH. Mr. Cardwell has answered various questions as to the dropping down dead of soldiers whilst march ing from one place to another during the terrible hot weather of last week. It appears that two soldiers died—one from excessive drinking, and the other from the effects of the heat. One of the regiments at least was in heavy marching order on two out of three days; the other was not. There was no dissatisfaction among the soldiers : that is, none of them grumbled, nor is it likely they will on any similar occasion ; they know better. Mr. Card well tells us that the men were " out of" marching, and that this trudge was given them for practice. The gist of the matter is then, that when troops are rusty in their marching, an exceptionally hot day ought not to be selected for brushing it up. Soldiers are all the more likely to suffer from heat when out of practice. THE BROKEN AXLE. A great quantity of evidence has been adduced at the Newark inquiry respecting the unhappy axle which broke and cast the goods waggons on to the line in the way of the excursion train. It does not appear that there are any Means of finding out such flaws in carriage axles as that which caused all this ruin. The flaw had been in existence some time, and was due, says Captain Tyler, to wear and tear. The quality of the iron was good. The ordinary mode of testing the wheels of a carriage—by striking them with a hammer at the different stations, though considered effectual in most cases of defect, would fail to ascertain a secret flaw of this kind. Only by taking off the wheel and sending it to the workshop could the discovery be made. As Captain Tyler remarks, it is hardly to be expected that wheels THE CURRAGH OF KILDARE. The Government having made up their minds to enclose the great plain of Kildare, known as the Curragh, the extent of which covers 5,000 acres, a bill" has been introduced by . Mr. Chichester Fortescue for the purpose. For many years past the pasture lands have been used by landed proprie tors in the county Kildare as grazing grounds for sheep. Latterly, however, the farmers in the neigh bouring counties finding that but little restriction was offered to anyone who drove a flock of sheep to the plain of Kildare, resolved to mingle theirs with the rest. In consequence of this step the. Curragh soon became flocked with the ovine species, and in 1867 things went on so comfortably that owners of all sorts of cattle led their animals out to the pasture. In a brief time the grass disappeared, and the incon venience to the troops, who, when firing at the butts, were always shooting down mules, asses, goats, cows, or sheep became so annoying that the Government de termined to exercise their prerogative to the Crown pro perty, and to enclose the whole lands, •in the centre of which the Curragh camp is situated. Commissioners were appointed to inquire into all claims of pastur age and rights of way, and the bill now prepared is meant to confirm their award and to make their deci sions supportable by law. The Government, although they will vastly improve the appearance of the plain and the quality of the pasture, by enclosing it, and by only allowing the rightful parties to use it for grazing purposes, and that, too, for sheep alone, will be at considerable expense in the matter.. The compensation to be awarded for rights of way, to the numerous small and large proprietors round the Curragh will be serious, but the sums of money that will have to be given to the owners of racehorses, in lieu of their privilege to exercise any number of steeds on the soft turf of the Curragh Edge will form a far more lugubrious item in the State's accounts. Irishmen will certainly have reason to be grateful, if the Executive will consent to improve the 5,000 acres of spare land in "Kildare, as Mr. Fortescue hopes they will do. INTERNATIONAL COURTS OF ARBITRATION. The Peace Society publishes some remarks by Mr. Elihu Burritt in favour of international courts of arbitration. He refers to the tribunal which has just been established in Egypt, in substitution for the highly unsatisfactory consular jurisdictions, as a model. "This is a kind of miniature High Court of Nations, to adjudicate upon cases of difficulty, or dis turbance between individuals and interests in Egypt, pertaining to different nationalities. This court is to consist of judges belonging to different nations. In composition, character, and object it is a goodly sized model of that High Court of Nations which the friends of peace have advocated so long for the settlement of international difficulties." But Mr. Burritt must not forget that this Egyptian court was established only atter much trouble, so jealous were the different nations of the privilege of having their own subjects tried by their own consuls; and that, now it is: established, it can decide only questions between individuals.. The experiment of a " High Court of Nations " has been tried in the shape of conferences and the like, and it works well under certain conditions. It answers capitally when some of the parties are so strong that they can safely override another, as the Powers did Greece a short time ago. It turns out well, too, when the parties are afraid of each other, as France and Prussia were in 1867. But when the desire of gain is strong and the chance of success is greater than the risk of failure, it is little use talking of arbitration, WORKING MIRACLES. Dr. Newton, the American who a few weeks ago made his appearance in, the metropolis as a miracle worker, has returned to the business, and on ➢lon day exhibited his powers in New Church-street Chapel, the pastor of which is Mr. Burns. Dr. Newton had no reason to zomplain of the dearth of subjects, as there was a numerous attendance of in valids, ranging from the lame boy, who" was promised sugar plums if he would come again, down to the aged paralytic patient. The mode of procedure adopted by the philanthropic doctor is simple to a degree, and• one example will serve for all. It may be mentioned that Mr. Burns opened the séance with prayer. Then the operator stood forward, and taking hold of a young man who was suffering from paralysis, said, " Feel to love me, dear brother ; the love I bear you bear ye to every one. Bend your feet so ; draw them together so ; that's it, that's it ; now open your legs wide." Whether the patient was unable to feel the proper amount of love, or whether he found it impossible to extend his legs to the proper angle, is not known ; but after being subjected to repeated jerkings and twistings he was informed that his was a bad case, and he was advised to pour two pails of warm water of 115 degrees, or hotter if he could bear it, down his back every day. The reflections suggested by the scene are not of a hopeful kind, and we are not at all inclined to question Dr. Newton statement that in his own country he had never been able to get into a church. Will he explain how he got into Mr. Burns's chapel? SEEING LONDON. Newspaper readers have, for some time, missed the country gentlemen who periodically make their appearance at the metropolitan police-courts to com plain of the too kind attentions of the well-dressed person who, having fallen into a legacy of £50,600 is unable to spend it himself ; and is, there fore, glad of any assistance for that pur pose. John Mansfield, described as a countryman from Gloucestershire, but wearing the uniform of a soldier, was charged at Bow-street„ on Monday, with being intoxicated, and with having personated a private in her Majesty's army without a proper licence. The story told by the countryman, fresh from the simple ways of his rustic home, is unique. He had met with a soldier named White, and after the usual kind of enjoyment, was persuaded by the soldier that he would look very handsome in military uniform. .He consented to make the trial, and the clothes were exchanged; but the soldier soon got rid of him, and his peculiar enjoyments having had a rather deadening effect upon his brain, he fell asleep. On waking up he found him self alone in a pleasure-van, and h av i ng seen e n o u gh of London, he was advised to present himself at the Wellington Barracks, where he was taken into cus tody. It is not the first time that a red jacket has been the cause of grief and sorrow; and if Mr. John Mansfield convinces the magistrate of the truth of his tale, it may be that, the next time he sees London ,he will eschew the society of military gentlemen who are desirous of admiring his handsome military figure. "INCREASED " POLICE PRIVILEGES. It is quite right that the London policeman should have his turn as " a subject" in the Telegraph after the young man of the day, the young woman of the day, the rascal in railway carriages, and many other much less eligible persons have filled their columns of correspondence. The pay of the metropolitan force has been increased by one shilling a week, but in return the men are required to sacrifice two days' leave a month : the question at issue is whether this can be called a satisfactory arrangement. It does not look very liberal ; and the hosts of letters from real or imagi nary policemen are pretty unanimous in assuring us that it is not. The complaints are pitiable. On writer begs Colonel Henderson to remember that policemen are human beings, and not dogs—though it is noticeable that the policemen themselves do not always regard the distinction in dealing with their captives. Another says that the force are paid like boys and treated like soldiers, forgetting that be would gain nothing by being paid, as well as treated, like a soldier ; and a third pathetically Lays "At first we thought, when Sir R. Mayne expired, that we had no occasion to lament ; but, alas! we have cause to regret that he died." Actually this man wishes Sir Richard had lived because he got nothing out of his death. It would be a satisfaction to know whether, these letter writers are all real policemen. Nobody would imagine there were so many Irishmen in the force ; everybody is aware that there are a great many Irish writers in the Telegraph office. However, one state ment is important. A. writer says that the Chief Commissioner recently put the question to the police whether they would have the extra shilling a week and lose the leave. "The men did not re quire an hour to decide ; but their decision was, without the slightest hesitation, We will keep our leave.' " Yet the pay was thrust upon them and the leave withdrawn. Surely at a time when most people are recognizing the necessity of treating the police a little more liberally, it is a strange sort of con ciliation to compel them to accept "an advantage" which they do not desire. FRANCE AND FREE TRADE. Free trade principles are making progress on the Continent, despite the depressed state of trade and com merce. A French manufacturer writes a long letter to the Siecle on the position of the English cotton indus try. Last week two Englishmen gave evidence before the Commission of Inquiry now holding its sittings prior to the national decision on the renewal of the Treaty of Commerce. One of these, Mr. Ashworth, formerly president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, drew a melancholy picture of the English cotton trade, and declared that French rivals had nothing to fear from English competition. The other witness, Mr. Hogg, affirmed that owing to the high tariff, English cotton, which had not yet recovered the shock of the American war, would soon cease to be exported to France altogether. Curiously enough while this examination was going on, Mr. Goschen was giving a very different version of the story to the English House of Commons. Pauperism, he said, had sensibly diminished in Lancashire. In Preston, Wigan, Stockport, and other places, every cotton hand co uld readily find employment, and,in short, the English cotton trade, after passing through one of the severest crises in commercial history, was steadily regaining its former vigour. What is to be learned from this, asks the French manufacturer, who was formerly, says the Siecle, strongly opposed to commercial treaties ? The resuscitation of English industry teaches a powerful lesson to French traders. It shews them what can be accomplished by courage and perseverance. It has a still stronger lesson for the French Government, demon strating that full liberty of action is necessary for commercial vigour. There must be no octroi duties, no tariff monopolies, no exorbitant prices on railways. The manufacturing interest must second the efforts of the Liberal party if France would rival the com mercial prosperity of England. THE BELGIAN CABINET. A. country cannot be called thoroughly well off when it possesses only one party strong enough to take office ; and Belgium, happy and prosperous though it is, labours under this disadvantage. The Liberal Cabinet of M. Frere Orban has resigned, but nobody seems likely to fill his place. The clericals and the Radicals form the opposition. They would command hardly a bare majority, if they were combined; and they cannot well com bine. The Radicals are in favour of an extension of the suffrage and the reduction of army expenses; the clericals hold an exactly opposite policy on both points. It is to be hoped that the difficulty will be got over, for Belgium presents by far the best speci men of the English style of government on the Conti nest, and all ELglishmen must wish the little country to keep clear of Ministerial troubles. /AA urt tir Lim HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, sun. 28. Her Majesty, with the Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, went out in the grounds this morning. The Duke d'Aumale, Princess Mary of Salerno (Arch duchess of Austria), and the Duke of Guise visited the Queen this afternoon. Lord Wrottesley and Colonel Hon. Augustus Liddell have succeeded Viscount Torrington and Lord Frederick Kerr as Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Cola) and Lieut.-Colonel Seppel, dined with Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, at her residence in Hertford-street. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS TO-DAY. The Concert, at Buckingham Palace, originally fixed for this evening, has, in consequence of the Earl of Claren don's lamented death, been postponed. Lady Catherine Wheble's ball, instead of the 24th inst. Mrs. Paynter's ball. Mr. Oberthier's matinee musicale, under the immediate patronage of the Duchess of Wellington, at his resi dence, 14, Talbot-road, Westbourne-park, W.; to com mence at three o'clock precisely; Madlle. Natalie Carola's matinee musicale, at 11, Hyde park-gardens, by the kind permission of Lady Bisshopp, at four o'clock. The Gun Club—Wormholt Scrubs, near Shepherd's-bush. The Champion Sweepstakes of 225 each, 25 forfeit. 50 birds (one half to be shot at this day). 30 yards rise. SCIENTIFIC MEETING—TO-DAY. The Society of Arts, at 4 p.m.—The Annual General Meeting. The Right Hon. Hugh Childers, M.P., has been staying at Bedwell, Mr. Hanbury's seat, in Hertfordshire, since he left town on Saturday last. Mr. Childers was considered somewhat better yesterday. _ MINISTERIAL CHANGES.—Nothing is yet determined as to the Ministerial changes consequent upon the death of Lord Clarendon. It is probable, however, that Lord Granville will take up the Foreign Office, and will be suc ceeded in the Colonial Department by Lord Kimberley. If this arrangement be carried into effect, the office of Lord Privy Seal will become vacant ; and in filling it up 'another peer will be introduced into the Cabinet. — Daily News. _ _ A statement of Vice-Admiral Wellesley, respect ing the alleged refusal of Commander Poland of her Majesty's ship Plover, to render assistance to the British merchant steamer Venezuelan, has been published. Captain Poland states precisely that he spoke the Venezuelan, asked if assistance was required, and was answered in the negative. Several other vessels also offered help which was declined. Another instalment of the correspondence respect ing the Greek brigandage affair has been published. This, the seventh batch of correspondence consists entirely of translations of documents in French which appears in the earlier letters and despatches. Amongst the other papers last issued, is a return of the endowed charities in the county of Carmarthen ; correspondence respecting the supercession of colonels, and the second report of the deputy keeper of the public records in Ireland. On Monday one of the park constables on duty in Richmond Park was attracted to a man who was lying on the grass, and apparently writhing in great agony. Near him was found a bottle labelled " Spirits of salt— poison," and in his note-book were found some memo randa clearly skewing that he intended to commit suicide. He was taken to the infirmary, where he lies in a dan gerous state. 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