The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVENING, OCTOBER 25 1855

rnanent measures may be prepared for the consi-
deration of Parliament—a consideration which
should be given to this all-important, although
scandalously neglected, topic before the ensuing
Christmas.

If a greedy cabman distresses his scurvy hack
by fast driving, a surly costermonger beats bis
vicious donkey with inconsiderate vigour, or a
SYKES kicks his ill-conditioned cur with his heavy
boot with unusual vehemence, and is "pulled up"
for it by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, there is something in store for him.
Not only will he be subjected to fine or imprison-
ment, but the administrator of justice will also
lecture him, and with the utmost sincerity, on the
brutality of his offence. This is as it should be ;
and to our ears the gruff notes of justice thus
directed and employed are almost as dignified as
the agent of the society finds them affecting.
If a lodging-house keeper turns a poor friend-
less and homeless unfortunate, fresh from the
pangs of parturition and a wretched mother's
gaze on her dead offspring, into the street, what
is in store for her? Say that the illustratrix of
human frailty is not older than justices in, esse are
when they begin to shave. Say that she has listened
too credulously to false vows, and as part of her
punishment has borne, without a friend in the
world, the burden of her transgression despairingly
about with her for hours in the stony streets of
the metropolis while seeking for shelter. Say
that cabmen, and costermongers, and burglars
have cast on her an eye of pity as they pointed
out to her the way to the workhouse. Say that
she has met there with not the slightest sympathy,
but has been scoffed at and turned out of doors as
an impostor. Say that in her anguish she has
met with some thoughtless scapegrace of the other
sex, whose uncultivated heart was touched with
her woe, and whose slender purse emptied itself
to find her lodging, if but for a day, and that she
became the mother of a dead child ere warmth
bad returned to her long-chilled limbs. Say that
she is commanded and compelled instanter to take
up her bed and walk by the virtuously indignant
landlady, and the servant of all work pushes her
along the bustling street, and when she can go
no farther recommends her to sit on the stones,
and when in that position palms on her a lie to
move the compassion of the police as they peram-
bulate their rounds. What has justice in store
for the perpetrators of inhumanity like this ?
Why, what but words of approval for the
exemplary servant of so brutal a mistress,
find for the latter an entire abstinence from re•
mark ? " If," says Mr. JARDINE, in the case of
ELIZABETH JOYCE, reported yesterday in our
columns—" if her own account of the affair be
true, ISABELLA. WARD'S conduct appears to have
been reasonably humane and proper !"
Reasonable, humane, and proper ! to carry out
the inhuman behests of her mistress with a vigour
at least equal to that in which they were con-
ceived, and with an art that, however much it
might commend her to her employer, hardly less
commended her to the treadmill. The unfortu-
nate woman who was to be got rid of staggered as
sbe walked. ISA.BELLA. WARD helped her along.
The poor wretch was wan and pale, and seemed
about to drop ; ISABELLA WARD gave her some gin.
The destitute mother of an illegitimate babe even
torn from the bed of labour and left on the flinty
pavement might move inconvenient pity and in-
quiry from the bystanders. ISABELLA. WARD con-
cocted a lie to deceive the police into taking the
girl under their protection, and hush up an un-
pleasant affair. " Reasonable, proper, and
humane"—we stare aghast at the words. Had
we not the utmost reliance on the integ-
rity of the report we would pronounce
them a monstrous slander. A magistrate of Bow-
street is of opinion, and is not ashamed to express
it, that a servant girl guilty of conduct such as
we have described has acted a part reasonable,
proper, and humane. Fancy a jury of cabmen,
oostermongers, and reprobates asked for a
verdict on a case like this, and when about
to deliver it, informed of the opinion of
Mr. JARDINE ! Virtue might be offended with
the blasphemy lending force to the verdict
and its rider, but hardly with the import of either.
" Reasonable, proper, and humane." What, then,
was the conduct of the officials of the workhouse ?
—lndulgent, we suppose, and discriminating.
What the conduct of ISABELLA. WARD'S mistress ?
—Charmingly proper, of course, and affectingly
humane. Where are we driving ?—what was the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
about? Is its bustling secretary not yet done with
the Jews ? Here is a case ho might have taken
up with the utmost propriety. But no ; a poor
miserable girl, with the extremest claims of woman-
hood to pity—dealt with more cruelly, all things
considered, than brute animals exceptionally are
--►and that powerful society does nothing to vindi-
cate her claims on humanity. The case, for all
this, must meet with more consideration than
it hitherto has. Mr. JARDINE must be recom-
mended to the attention of the Home Secretary.
Possibly he may be of opinion that " ISABELLA
`WARD'S conduct" was anything but " reasonable,
proper, and humane," and that the magistrate
who said so is hardly fit for the place he occupies.

VISIT OP THE DITCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE
PRINCESS MART TO LIVERPOOL.—Their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge,
who fur the last few days have been the guests of the
Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knowsley Hall, paid a
visit to his worship the Mayor of Liverpool, yesterday,
and by him were escorted and shown over St. George's
Hall, the Town Hall, and other buildings of interest in
the town. The royal party were accompanied by the
Earl and Countess of Derby, and several members of
the aristocracy at present on a visit to Knowsley.
A matrimonial alliance between the Marquis of Win-
chester and the Hon. Miss Montague, daughter of Ge-
neral Lord Rokeby, now in the Crimea, is spoken of.
Lord and Lady George Manners were expected to
leave Stanton Woodhouse, the Duke of Rutland's seat
in Derbyshire, early in the ensuing week, for Arundel
Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk.

Lord Henry Thynne is at present staying at Longleat
House, where he has been suffering under indisposition,
brought on by a cold.

Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest has arrived at Wyn-
yard, from the Crimea, his lordship having obtained
leave of absence until the 31st December.

The vestry of Hastings have rejected a church-rate by
a majority of 27.
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advice boat, arrived at Toulon on the 10th instant, from
the illaek Sea.
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worth will be finally deposited in a brick grave at the
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around it, or the camp itself, all was equally en-
chanting from the height on which I stood, and
would have been much more so to me if the
walk had been a final one, and, like the friend
I was accompanying, I had been about to em-
hark, although with a severe wound, for Eng-
land. The camp itself was rendered more pictur-
esque from the number of men of different regiments
at drill and sword exercise—at ono spot amidst
the tents, a squad of Heavies in bright scarlet, and
further off a large body in blue uniform, who could
only be distinguished by the gleaming of their
swords in the mid-day sun.
In Bal aklava a great embarkation was taking place
of vagabonds of all descriptions, Turks, Tartars,
and Maltese, discarded, and happily so, by the
Land Transport Corps—lazy ruffians who have
for months eaten and done nothing, requiring one
good man to look after each one of them besides
doing him own work. It must be discovered even-
tually that soldiers only can work with an army,
and that any undisciplined body of men is only an
incumbrance to the machinery.
The embarkation of Light Cavalry continues
slowly.

FRANCE.
PARIS, WFONESDAY EVENING.

The Moniteur says :—" Generals Bosquet, Mel-
linet, and Trochu, whose wounds are in a fair way
of being healed, embarked on the 18th of October,
in order to return to France. Their state of health
is satisfactory."
It is confidently affirmed that Perekop will be
besieged. A corps of 30,000 men, it is stated, is to
be disembarked to the north of Perekop, while
another corps is to be placed before the fortress, to
invest it on the other side.

According to letters from St. Petersburg the
Emperor Alexander's mind is becoming affected.
He has grown exceedingly religious since his
troops have been everywhere beaten, and he prays
the whole day, invoking Providence to accord to
him a victory. It is likewise stated that his train
includes more priests than generals.
The Emperor and Empress, with the the Duke
and Duchess de Brabant, went yesterday to visit
the fort of Mont-Valerien. Their Royal High-
nesses, who were to have taken their departure
from St. Cloud to-day (Wednesday), will prolong
their visit until Saturday.

The Moniteur contains a decree authorising a
number of Frenchmen to accept and wear foreign
decorations. Among them are the Baron de Bour-
queney for the Grand Cross of the Austrian Order
of Leopold, and General Letang for the Ist class of
the Order of the Iron Crown ; Baron Rousseau,
consular agent at Broussa, Knight of the Neapoli-
tan Order of Francis I. and the Turkish Order of
Medjidie, sth class ; the Marquis de la Grange,
senator, the Grand Cross of the Dutch Order of
the Oaker Crown ; Count Tascher de la Pagerie,
first chamberlain to the Empress, Knight of the
Tuscan order of St. Stephen, &c.
The Africaine frigate left Toulon on the 22d,
with troops and military stores on board for the
Crimea.

BOURSE, Oct. 24, Two o'clock.—The market is
very dull, though Rente and shares are steady at
yesterday's prices. It was announced that the
Bank of France was to receive within a few days
40 millions of francs from the Bank of Holland,
through the medium of Messrs. do Rothschild,
Brothers. The Bank would take no new stringent
measures in its next weekly sitting. Threes were
done at the opening at 64fr.45c., but they receded
to 64fr. 30e., and they are without much busi-
ness at from 64fr. 30c. to 64fr. 35e. The other
securities aro quoted about the same as yester-
terday, Mobilier from 1,190 fr. to 1.185 fr. The
Eastern Shares are in demand at 915 fr. and 917 fr.
50c.

Half-past Three—The prices are about the same
as at the opening, and there is little or no business
doing. The following are the last quotations :

THE BOURSE —OcT. 24.
Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4i per Cents co 25 —f. c.
3 per Cents 64 35 64 35
New Loan 65 20
Bank Shares 3200 roman
Credit Mobilior llB5 Austrian
Belgian Fives 9s} Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese B5 Home Debt 32

movements of General Hassan Pacha had deter-
mined 17 Bedouin chieftains, forming part of the
insurrection in Upper Egypt, to open negotiations
with the Government. They demanded a complete
amnesty for themselves and the insurgents. The
general promised it, and the chieftains entered the
camp to conclude the peace. But when the Vice-
roy heard of the event, he commanded the general
to behead the 17 chiefs without delay. Hassan
Pacha, having given his word to.the Bedouins, re-
fused to obey, and sent in his resignation, which
was accepted. Another general now commands
the troops. The Governor of Upper Egypt, Latif
Pacha, has received orders to signify to the Be-
douins that the Government will accord no amnesty.
It may, therefore, be considered probable that the
Bedouins will continue their hostile movement.